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VOL XXXII CLOVERPORT KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY nAY 6 1908 8 Pages NO 43

COUNTY FAIR

IIDIRECTORS ELECTED

Haswell and Green Resign

Building Committee Refuses

Compensation

C V ROBERTSON PRESIDENT

Hardinsburg KyMay 5Special-The stockholders of the Breckenridge

County Fair Association met at thecourt house Saturday afternoon andelected the following Board of Direc ¬

tors for the ensuing year C V Rob ¬

ertson Jess Howard Joe Glasscock WR Moorman Jr John D Shaw H M

Beard George N Lyddan T J Hookand W j Piggott

No other names were before themeeting Hon John P Haswell andWillis Green resigned and would notpermit their names to be presented-

E C Haswell offered the followingWhereas Our fair of 1907 was an

unqualified success that our groundsand buildings and equipments are prob ¬

ably the most beautiful and convenientin the State with the exception of pos ¬

sibly the largest cities and that theyhave bought and buildtd with thestrictest economy and the manage ¬

ment and the building committee incharge of this work have refused to ac ¬

cept any compensation for their serv ¬

ices Therefore be itResolved That the stockholders as ¬

sembled endorse and commend themanagement of the fair of 1907 ourBoard of Directors the building com ¬

mittee T T Hook C V Robertsonand John P Haswell Jr and thankthem for their services

Judge H DeH Moorman secondedthe motion to endorse the resolutionEverybody present voted a hearty

aye and the meeting adjourned har ¬

monious and nappy wlthing fifteen min¬

utes after President C V Robertsonhad called it to order and stated its

J object

CITY IMPROVEMENT

Chas Hamman Affords Resi ¬

dents and Business Houses

Convenience of Water-

Works

During the last ten days Mr ChasHamman one of the most progressiveand wideawake business men of thiscity has been busy putting in a systemot works by which a supply of watercan be furnished to all living on Mainstreet The pipes are being distributedand several hydrants have already been

usedMrHammans subscribers are Dr

Forrest Lightfoot J C Nolte FFraize Fred May Conrad PayneSevers Drug Co Lillian Sippel WmPate Marion Weatherholt and ChasMay

May Days For Picture Taking

IThe month of May is a most appro ¬

time for having photographsmade says a city photographer Peoplelike to have their pictures taken whiletheir hats are new and their dresses are

freshAnotherreason it is such a popular

month is because the weather is brightand persons look happier and prettier inthe springtime

The mothers crowd the art gallerywith their babies before the summergets too hot to worry them with thetask By all means the month of Mayis the best month in which to have aphotograph mad-

eSecretary of Base Ball Club

Enos Keith formerly of this city whonow resides at Oolitic Ind is secre ¬

tary of the Oolitic Base Ball Club MrKeith and the business manager RayCook are expecting glorious resultsfrom their team this season Theysolicit dates with firstclass amateur andsemiproftessional teams

Mr Pate Leaves

E T Pate left Monday morning forOklahoma City to make his future homeMr Pate has been a successful man inthe sawmill business here and it is the

7 wish of his many friends that he willcontinue to prosper in the West

ELEVEN CHILDREN

SURVIVE

Geo Blake 63 Years of Age

Passes Away at His Home

Near Cloverport

On Wednesday evening April 29 atabout 7 oclock George Blake breathedhis last at his home on the pike near

townHehad suffered patiently for six

exIpressedMr Blake was born January 23 1845

at Cloverport He married Miss ElizaClemmons To them were bornchildren eleven of whom twelveIparents Three of them MissEd and Frank lived with the father at

deathThewas a member of the

Methodist Episcopal church The fu ¬

neral was preached at the home by hispastor the Rev Isaiah Cline afterwhich the remains were taken to theJohnson buriai ground near HitesRun where the burial ceremonies wereconcluded and the interment took placeon Thursday afternoon

Mr Severs III0

At his home at Union Star Mr JakeSevers is very low suffering from can-

cer¬

of the stomach His condition hasoccasioned much apprehension

PLAY BALL

Cloverport Boys Getting Busy

With Ball And BatMakingPlans For The Season

Interest is being thoroughly arousedin out door sports among the school boysin this city and they are making plansto have a great time with ball and batthis season The members of the clubare ambitious school fellows who aremaking rapid strides not only in athleticsbut in their studies The club is composed of two teams West Side and East

SideThemembers of the East Side are

Casper Gregory Sereno Winn JosephBurk Wilbur Chapin Fred PierceLewis Gregory Raudell WeatherholtWilbur Gilliland and Norman Greg-

ory

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The West Side playersare Amil Pate Mike Tncker Owen

Berry Homer Morrison Chadwick McCracken Muriel Morrison Willie WroeWallace Lewis and Herman V wisoAgame between the E 8 and W S willbe played on toe schoolhouse diamondat 2 p m Saturday The boys are ex-

pecting¬

to make dates with Tobinsportand Skillmans team

Base Ball Club

Irvington Ky May 4Special-A base ball team was organized on lastFriday electing Hillard Biggs as pres-

ident¬

Edwin Jolly vice president PoinGalloway secretary and treasurer Theteam is composed of the very best menof this section of the State such asHubert Piggott of the Rose Polytech ¬

nic of Terre Haute Ind and EdgarBennett of State College at LexingtonThey are anticipating a victorious teamand are ready to receive challenges

PRETTY ROMANCE

Loves Young Dream Comes True

For a Webster Girl and a

FormerBreekenridgeBoy

Los Angeles Cal April 29Yesterdap at the little town of Corona Caltwo young Kentuckians were mademan and wife They are William Thoma aged seventeen and Mysa Hatfield aged fourteen They both claimKentucky as their native State havinglived for many years with their respect ¬

ive families at the small town of Web¬

sterFormore than a year the boy had

kept his secret while an affection whichbegan in a Kentucky schoolhouse grewwarmer and stronger day by day span ¬

ning a gulf of 2000 miles ignoring thepassing months and bravely meetingevery obstacle that lay between Whenat last the truth was known Williamsfather knew resistance was useless andtoday there is only rejoicing in Coro ¬

nas Kentucky colony

FESTIVE DAYS

AT ST ROSE

Eleven Priests In Attendance At

The Forty Hours Devotion

This Week-

BEAUTIFUL MUSK

With unusual splendor unequaledheretofore in the history of St Rosescongregation the Forty Hours Devo-

tion¬

in honor of the Most Blessed Sac ¬I

rament of the alter were opened withHigh Mass sermon and procession lastSunday morning by the Rev AloysiusMeyering of Browns Valley Ky Inmost appealing terms he requested hisaudience one and all to make this atime of blessing by approaching on thishallowed occasion the Sacraments ofPenance and Holy Communion

Whilst the adoration of our BlessedLord was being continued during eachday of the celebration special eveningdevotions and an eloquent discourse onthe Sacrament of Penance were render ¬

ed by the Rev George Connor ofOwensboro Ky

On Monday morning the high massin behalf of Peace of the world togeth-er

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with a remarkable description ofour heavenly reward for faithfulnessto duty were conducted by the RevStephen Holleran of Irvington Ky

The usual festive evening Vesperswhich are witnessed at this churchonly on this occasion were performedby the Rev John Kalaherof LouisvilleKyand a glowing tribute to our Bless ¬

ed Lord in the Tabernacle the Centreof Devine Love was rendered by theRev Joseph Odendahl of Henshaw

KyTheconcluded exercises of Tuesday

morning were conducted at nine thirty

Mr M citizens

a m Solem High Mass was celebrat ¬

ed by the Rev Cyrin Thomas ofHardinsburg Ky assisted by FatherKalaher as ubdeacon The Revs GH Moss of Cannelton Ind and JasL Whelan of St Alphonsus Church inDaviess Co Ky were the Masters ofCeremonies The concluding sermonwhose thought was an exhorta ¬

tion to the faithful to persevere intheir fervent devotion towards theirEucharistic Lord was delivered byFather Kalaher followed by a proces ¬

sion and solemn Benediction with theBlessed Sacrament

The St Roses Church Choir underthe leadership of Father Odendahl as ¬

sisted by Fathers Connor and Meyeringrendered a program of the oc ¬

casion All in all the Forty Hours De¬

votion of 1908 was an event repletewith graces blessings for the faith¬

ful congregation and will long be re ¬

membered by each and every one

MUSICAL NOTES

Special music will play an importantpart in the commencement exercises ofthe High School Mrs L T Reid andMrs J Proctor Keith are giving thepupils especial training in the singingfor the occasion

000Misses Grace Plank and Lula Severs

have charge of the childrens choir ofthe Methodist chnrch

000Dr A A Simons and Miss Eva May

sang a beautiful duet at the Methodistservices Sunday

Decoration Day Services

The Tar Fork Christian church willhold services the fifth Sunday of thismonth the being in honor ofDecoration Day Elder Thos Willisof Shrewsberry Ky will preach

MRS PILE DIES

Widow Of George Pile Who Re-

cently Died Passed Away

Saturday

Irvington Ky May 4 SpecialMrs George Pile died Saturday at thehome of Mr Enick Smith after a weeksillness of a complication of diseasesShe was a great sufferer the short timeshe was sick but bore it patiently andwas ready to go to meet her husbandwho halI passed away just two monthsprevious to her death The remainswere tacen to Huras and interred in thefamily grave yard the is survived byone daughter Mrs En ck Smit-

ht1ARDINSBURO

Cicuit Court convenes next Mondaywith a godly sized docket

Mrs Porter Nunnelly of Georgetownwas the guest of Mrs D R Murray aday or two last week

The a vance sale of tickets for ColGeorge Baius lecture at the Oily HallThursday night is large and indicationspoint to a capacity house The LadiesAid is to be congratulated upon bringingsuch talent to our town No one canafford to miss Col Dame as he is with¬

out a superior on the platform-

Dr P W Foote of Bewleyville wasin town Saturday-

W N Gibson and Z T Hardin of

Holt were in town SaturdayClayton Crosson formerly employed

on the Democrat is again in journalismFor some time be has been in Louis ¬

ville writing an Indian history of Ken ¬

tucky Since complleiag that work hehas returned to Madisonville where heagain is on the staff of the Madisonville

JournalMiss

and Mrs M Freeman the oldest of

leading

worthy

and

occasion

Tula C Daniel left last week forNew Orleans a meeting of missionary

workersMrsGodfrey Haswell and daughter

Georgia Mac returned Monday from avisit at Stepbensport

John Skillam has returned from theState College at Lexington He leftcollege in time to make the trip with theparty who went to Oklahoma Texas andNew Mexico

Mrs Paul Compton spent a few daysin Louisville this week

Miss Mollie Moorman was with herparents at Glendeane Friday and Sat ¬

urdayMrsMarvin Beard and Mrs Judith

Dejarnett have returned from a visit toMr and Mrs Allen S Edelin of Bur

ginTJ Hook the popular proprietor of

our skating rink was in Louisville last

weekAtthe public school building next

Friday and Saturday the last commonschool graduation of the year will beheld by Supt Pile and one of the boardof examiners Heretofore these exam ¬

inations have been held at two or moreplaces as the accoiuodation of the ap ¬

plicants demanded but Supt Crabberules that the school law does not contemplate its being held in more than oneplace and he stands for strict interpre ¬

tation of the lawThe work of grading the court house

yard and laying new walks is nearing

completionThewho wont West to inspect

their lots and to prospect at other pointshave returned delighted with their trip

Mrs Skillman III

The last ten days Mrs Chas Skill ¬

man has been suffering from an attackof malaria fever She is considerablybetter this week Her daughter Eliz ¬

abeth who has been ill is able to bein school

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ROYAL I

Baking PowderIfI The only Baking Powder madeiI with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar

made from grapes

Insures healthful andeveryhomeevery

Safeguards your food againstalum and phosphate of lime

CHILDHOOD LOVERS

TO BE UNITED

Miss Lillian Greenwood and Mr

J S Mattingly To Wed At

St Rose This Morning

FATTIER BREY TO OFFICIATE

The marriage of Miss Lillian Greenwool and Mr J S Mattingly will takeplace at the St Rose Catholic churchthis mornimg at 9 oclock Father Brey

officiatingThewere sweethearts for five

years twenty one years ago Duringthe time that has elarsed since thenMr Mattingly has been marriedandhis first wife has been dead thirteenmonths He now lives at Tell Citywhere he holds a position with the SlackBarrel Heading Factory

The bride is the daughter of MrFrank Greenwood aid is a lovelywoman After a visit to Mr Dick Car¬

ters family they will leave for TellCity to make their hom-

eIRVINUTON

Miss Ethel Farrington of AtheirsAlabama who has been in Louisvillefor the past nine months studyingmusic arrived Saturday to visit theMisses McGlothlan until after thewedding of her brother Rev F HFarrington to Miss Mable Simmons ofBrandenburg the middle of May

Miss Vesta Vaughan who has beenacting as governess at the home of Mrand Mrs Jake Kendell left Saturdayfor her home near Campbellsville Ky

Misses Eva and Mable McGlothlanleave today for Louisville to spenda few days

Miss Ada Stith returned to Bewley ¬

ville Saturday after being the guest ofher cousin Miss Willa Drury

Mr and Mrs Harry H Kemper havegone to Frankfort where they will bethe guests of his brother and sister Drand Mrs Menish

Mrs L B Moreman and son LouisBennett spent Friday in Louisville

shoppingMrsKing gave a surprise

party Sunday to her daughter MissEvelyn King in honor of her fifteenthbirthday Covers were laid for abouttwenty of her young friends

Miss Nellie Smith expects to leave thelatter part of the week for Hardinsburgfor a weeks visit to friends

Mr and Mrs Edd Alexander were

the guests of Mrs W H Rhodes atBrandenburg last Sunday

Mr J R Wimp has sold his landlying southeast of the L H St LR R containing about three hundredacres to Mr Jonas Lyon Considera ¬

tion 30 an acreBorn to the wife of Mr Miner Arms

on Tuesday April 28 a fine girlMrs P B Hoskins of Glendeane

spent several days last week here visit ¬

ing her daughter Mrs Walker Brown

Miss Golla Brown has returned to herhome near Garfield after a short visit toMr and Mrs John Galloway

Mrs Willard Arnold And children arevisitors of relatives and friends inOwensboro this week

J Fo Claycomb has returned from a I

business trip down in the southern part i

of the State I

Miss MAry Cornwall spent Saturdayand Sunday in Louisville visiting relativtts

Mrs T1 M McAfee and daughterDella after being the quests of Mr andMrs Edd McAfee for a week left lastweek for their home at AllenKy

Allen Pierce of Cloverport spentSunday here visiting friends

Reports received from all over thecounty indicates that the fruit wasgreatly injured by the heavy frost andsnow of the previous nights Some ofthe more tender vegetables were alsoslightly hurt

Mr and Mrs LaRue Cox of Louis ¬

ville were visitors in town last weekMr and Mrs Moremarj of Branden ¬

burg have returned to their home afterbeing the guests of Dr and Mrs L BMoreman i

The Ladies Aid of the Methodistchurch will give an entertainment tothe public Friday May 15

The Sunday School Convention ofthis district will be held at High Planechurch ii

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Buys Another Farm

IJonas Lyons the restaurant man atIrvington has a hankering for farmsHe bought last week 300 acres oi JohnWimp lying on the east side of the I

Branch railroad He is satisfied nowhe says as he has one of the best farmsin the county He paid a good roundprice for it 9000 He has no idea ofquitting the restaurant business

ANNOUNCEMENT OF fiiSECRET MARRIAGE

Hardinsburg Ky May 5SpecialKeeping their marriage a secret for ashort time In order to surprise theirfriends the happy couple were them-selves suprised It came about in thisway The groom had written his wifea letter which she joyously read andcarelessly left it where a member of C

the family a little later picked it upand happened to see the secret Ofcourse there was an anxious inquiry and I

and an explanation and then everybodyabegan to learn that Mr Alvah M Beauchamp of Clifton Mills and Miss Min ¬

nie Poole of Garfield who had beensweethearts for about a year were quietlymarried at the Fifth Avenue Hotel irlLouisville on April 18

The groom an excellent young manis the son of Eugene Beauchamp

The Bride is the daughter of Mr antiMrs Steve Poole of Garfield and isone of the best known and successfulteachers of the county

Cupids pranks will not take awaythe teacher for Mrs Beauchamp willenter school again this fall as has beenher custom for several years

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