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EAR EARtlNCTON HOPKINS COUNTY KYf
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UNIONISTj
Uamperin Sanitary Work in< Fe ¬
verStricken New
OrleansS
I Better Citizens Devoting Time Labor andMoney to Cleansing City
I New Orleans Lnr A g107jll thoiighrall the bettor qlussefc pfcitizens in New Orleans fire 10
voting their time ahd1ibpr andmoney lo the cleaning of thepity the labor unions of the cityhave put in their oar and havetried to tie up all the vvork whichwas being lone They found aloss of the men who wdre beingemployed belonged 10vorIo-
usiunions and they promptly triedto formulate the scale of wageswhich Urn laborers who are oilingthe cisterns and cleaning guttersshould demand
A committee of those labor
i unions called on Dr Warner to
Jday and demanded an advance pf50 cents per day on their wagesThey were promptly turned downand a number qf them quit ork1
Off for Mammoth Cave
Tlie fplloNying parties leftTuesday morning for MammothCave to see the sights of theGave They will take the longroute a good time is expected byall They will begone two daysTim party consists of Metfdamos
In it Ashby W 0 Morton JD Sory W f 10ox W L Bran
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son J K Hawes Norman Howard Hilroy Spencer WalterWright Alex Todd Dick Sal-
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Ed Barnott Misses EdnaJohnson Cora Hall Eunice
4Brown Genora WhittinghillLynn Mary Ruby Morton
r Blunt Aihby Ray Prather Hazeli Todd Mary White Messrs R
W Long BR A hby DurwoodLyon Ohesley Holloman BaconI Aihby Will Riggin Sam Ruby
I Joel McPherspn and Jphn Hall
1fALINGT9NGUN ClUt
6en Weekly Practice frf the Sewen-rt
The Earlingtpn Gun Clubcomposed of some of the bestmarhiraen of the city has beganita weekly practice on their
1grounds at this place The clubwill shoot oh every Thursday
t afternoon if the weather is favorable The following score was
i made by the participants presenton last Thursday afternoon August 10thoqt of 25 shots each
t WG Bnder 244 oH Robinson r 18
fG E Drake H 417T 13otirland16Mr QrewFOn 10
1SPE U UNIVERSITY
Will be Located Somewhere in
j KentuckyIA Point Halfway Between Earllnjton
and Madlionyiile Soggcste4
A half million dollars has beendonated for tlio purpose of build-ing
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va university to be known asthe pe < d university fKntuo
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r left by the JutS Mrs Speed ofLouisville rhe university willbe the prpperty pf the Northern
s MethocfjbtichurchQnd is to be1ocatcd sdmiSwhQre in WesternKentucky Fifty acres Of groundwill lie needed tor the site A
splendid locatlori wpuld be ft
point halfwjiy befcweeu Madisou11 villa 4trtl Edfluigtpu wid botlvofq iiiese thriying towns would be
qualybene11tted It would be4
agood idea for the business menpftlrdtW9 places uamiad to got
=t their heuds togetheif 1l1tlm kea
t qiigp <ltiooitJHs site Thenecessary ground cQul likely bp
Iacurd with the proper managameut
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MORE WHITE THAN NEGRO I
CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH
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Census Showsth sCondJUonforFfrsfTime In Countrys History
A sfejdy in the proportibn of
clflclron has just been publishedr Stie Bureaii of Oonsusv atAVashingtoiv Arnpug other interestiug features cpnf ulued in
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the VolUnid is n compangqu of-
f ha inoroaee ilnd decreasejthrough the pst decodes of the
proportions of both wjufe andcolored huldron to women of the
twcf races between thjagesof10 and til year f
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Though the hQgro is have a
larger proportion ofchildrenthan the whites ithhas been
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noticed that the whites of theSouth have a larger proportionthan the whites in other sectionsof tho country It therefore is
interesting to compare thQ tworaces ih those states to which thenegroes are inostly confined
uit the two iensus precoedingthti0ivil War the proportion ofchildren for the two races at theSouth wiis substantially thesanitf Tlio Immediafo effect ofthe Civil War and liucpnstiuction if the figures of 1S70 iMybe trusted to tile extent was toreduce the proportion pf children among southern whites byabout one eighth and xiiilongnegrOes by one twentyfifth Thefollowing decade saw an increasein the proportion for each racebut as the decrease among thenegroes 1800 to 1870 hue beenloss so was the increase 1870 to1880 greater But between 1880an l1QOO there was a decrease oflaG lu the number of negrochildren at the South to 1000negro women and a decrease ofonly 75 white children to 1000white women As a result in1900 there were for the firsttime more white children thannegro children in the Soutk toi006 womn7 v
SECOND REGIMENT
Of State GdKdt Bruit CMIJI at Pa
tkicah HPaducahiXy Aug 1The
Second Regiment ot the StateGuards which has been in camphere since August 0 broke camplast night and returned ttheirhomes The Second Regimentboys have made many friends bytheir gentlemanly conduct hereThere will be two days inter¬
mission before the irst Regiinenl of Louisville under ColBiscoe Hihdman will arriveThursday morning for a tendays1 stay The general officersBattery F of Frankfort and sig ¬
nal corps will remain herd allduring encampment
OR CHATtfN
Investigates Cripple Creek Proposition
but Will Stay at San Antonio
DE A Ohatten fornorlyof this place recently made atrip to Oplorixdo to inv stigntan pff made hIm io inVest inand take charge of a priyatehospital at Orlpple Oreelo Thephysician who washed to retirehad several hundred minorsfrom several gold mines lhjalist arid waSj doing a nice has ¬
pital practice Dr Ohattenj ifter investigating and advisingwith friends at Qripple Greekdecidpd to remain ntSlll Autoriioy Texas where he baa beeifpracticing since leaving Earlington The doctor has offices 6yefone pf the lleadicjg drug f tpifes ofSan Antonio ndjeels tlat Jhfuture is quitiai micpuragingy
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PERCY ii LUSTER
TheO thric Murderer a Physical
WrckMaV Not Live for
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REQUISITION HAS BEErJ ISSUED
OgdeiijUtah g141jercyJ Jjustor who will be returnedto Kentu ky tp answer for the
rie1iSltphysidoubtful if he Win live t6 botried He is iailjii rapidlythough his brain seeiiis clearerand he is partakiiigof food
LiiBters confession seems tohave cleared his consciencethough he is still under a fear ¬
ful heIcommittedhis crime he has losttwentyfive pounds He has ask ¬
ed for a spiritual adviser a nil itisbelieved he will make a de ¬
tailed confessionSolar it ha been impossible
to get him td give any mottvofor his crime He merely saysthat he shot his wife
When arrested Luster wasvciting in a hotel The policehad been told by tire > oman oftlie halt world Who betrayedLuster tq lhciil1thrttlHclmqsflJdhe yould kill anyone who tried4rrest1iiip
They were very cautious andwhiles two of them seized Lusterbefore ho know what was coin ¬
ing a third disarmed him fitfdjng the pistol with which hekilled his wife cocked for use inhis coat pocket
The police here knew nothingof the crhneuntil it was tippedoff to them by the woman andif Luster had not talked about itVVThehere for an indefinite time
The local police are anxioustohave the Kentucky officers comefor the prisoner as they fear hewillcollapse
Goy Beckham has issued arequisition on the Governor ofTJtah fQrPJ Luster under arrest at Odgen and wanted inGuthrie for the murder of hiswife
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Of Ma MAvil Kill HlsUftcwtftGII-nol
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iWord was received fr o as
Wpddlawti Illinois tliiafc L AMorgLn1f Madisoayiile thathis nephe lveyil rga1hadshot and killed his uncle MrJlorgans hrother at that placelast week
Atyoy Morgan isa young maiand tends bar forMs uRQle1rH Morgan in Madiepuvalle
The pity Qouncil had closedup the saloon for twenty days onthe charge that gambling iaabeen <jarried on1 there XouugMorgan decided he woulcilI1ake-li uncle in Illinois a viit andwent to that State afihart timeagoji seems that the two Jiiid a
little difficulty when the boysUncltf Btarted at himt its saidwith pitchfork and wa shotand killed by the boy Selfdefehso is claimed v i
i Ice Cream Supper
hmel beliotthe pwrtbLeague will on Saturday nightnoygtvertuceeds of the supper will be ap-
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to pay out some of l ep ebfc
of the pafBdiisge In addition totiiQice cream and dakeihe youugpeople will be allQWdd to playjiames and hnveJgQd time geperaliy A cor4i linvftatLnisiaxtended io all Who wish to at-
tend Dont forgot the date and>vthpplacey Z HtI Z1 itIqif
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FAMilY REUNION
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Held at Near StatiShterwHkA Portion
ir of Four Generations PresentVtV
The family reunion held atBtick Church near Slaughtersyiijb Saturday August 12thwasUargely attended by a pjrilt
qf four gen rtt o sor the Sonfamily an elegant dinner wssprpad of fine barbeciied meatsaticl bakings ice cream and
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lomonudo was Served and every-
one enjoyed a pleasant davstil1gQ friends and relti
tipis mot that had nut before fbi
ioib 20 years Jt yjs a joyfulmeeting Those present w re-
M Tip OAtes wife and familyof Slauglitersville Mrs MaryPrather Mrs Kizzie OrOwleyMr Sam Son and wife all ofSla ghter villa Mrs Jane Bealpf Evansville Mrs SarahaniBeat of HoWell MrIGeoKel ¬
ly wife j and family ofSh ughtergville Mr Jim Fowler wifeand family of Earlington MrTom Son wife and family ofOrtlhoun Mr nod Mrs ElijahGrant and family of DixonMr and Mr J Galloway ofRiUnseyr Mr rob Sbjij ofAshbysburg Mf and MrsMonroe Phipps of Slaughtersyule Mrs Jane Frazier and sonof Evansville Mr and Mrs J0Son of Sacramento Mr and
its Ed Beal and family ofHowell Mr Gus Quails andchildren Mr and Mrs TomQuails and family also Mr Jno
Jones aUof ShvughtersvilleMr George Hardin of Henderon also a large umber of rela¬
tions and family friends wljoseAmines xore not given
>CAPTERINSPECTION
Earlingten Masons Confer Degrees on
Class at Annual Inspection
Earlington Chapter R AMhad their annual inspection Tues ¬
day afternoon and evening Theinspecting officer was Mr 10Walker of Paducah Mr Walker is resident engineer for the NO k StL Railroad at that cityhaving been stationed there thepast ten years All the chapterdegrees were conferred On
Messrs Leo Price of EmpireHiram BrOwn of Oroftoo and
1 Win S Matthews of ProvidenceA banquet was spread during the
I evening at which a number ofshort tables were made by thecandidates aud others
Mr Walker inspected Madison iUe chapter last night
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YOung People Entertain
Through an overeight FUR BKK
failed to chronicle the fact thatMiss Mabel Browning and MissIrene Coil entertained a numberof their friends at Flinch last
I weoli at the residence of Mr andMrs WE Ooil Eleven gamesvyere played out of which MissMartha MoGary Won ten thussecuring itliQ bnnipion hip DeIlightfut refreshments were servedand the young ladies and gentlemcnaU pad a very interestingtitneas they always dQ whenthese popular young ladies en¬
tertain >BURGLARS
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Enter the Residence of A J Stokes andI
Secure Pocket Boo-
kSaturday night between mid ¬
night and day some one enteredthe residence of Mr A J Stokedon tkinspti avenue and removedhis pocket ktloni his trous ¬
ers containing 4250 There weresaveral other articles of value inthe house including watchesybutnothing else was taken There isno clue what yer to the thief
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TYPHOID
EaVlington Health AuthoritiesC pperlngtheWeHsOnlyI
Few Causes
Much Malaria but Little Typhoid Pre
vailing
The EarliugtOn Board ofIHealth and our efficient HealthbificorvIJr 0 B Johnson have
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ii fine record fOr prompt actionQf the right sort in any emer¬
gency affecting the health ftheIpeople backed up and assistedas they MQ always 9yall theIphysicians of the city and by thecitizens generally
Jusb now for instance thepublic wells and several of theprivate wells of Earlington havebeen treated to carefully gradu ¬
ated doses of blue stone havebeen coppered fYql1like or
copperized if that term suitsyou better The object bl thistreatment is to kill all typhoidgerms that may possibly lurk in
these well patronized sources ofour water supply There ronfew cases only of typhoid here so
far this year avery small miniber as compared with last yearfor instance And in fact thenumber of cases comparativelytrifling generally here The casesso far have been too of a mildtype generally So that noemergency exists but this actionon the part of the health authoriities is only precautionary andshows their general alertness andpreparedness
The amount of blue stone ad k
ministered to these wells is in ¬
finitesimal being but one grainto siityftve gallons of waterThe amount of water in eachwell is estimated and the chemi ¬
cal put mat the proper ratioCity Engineer Frank D RashAssisted Drs Johnson j Nisbefcand Sisk in doctoring the wellethe engineer estimating the ca ¬
pacity while the doctors admin-istered
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XheBoardof Health is madeup of Jas R Rash John XTay ¬
lor and Dan M EVAIsDrOBJolinson was appointedHealth Officer upon the retire¬
ment frE A < Ohatten andhas served in that capacity noethat time
Ohills have been very pr0vaIqnt here this year andat is noticed that when there is muchmalaria there is little ftyphoid
A WeekattKlrkwo d Springs
The following spent last weekat KirkwOod Springs
Mr and Mrs A P McMullenand family Mr and Mrs JoeEblen and family Mr and SamEblen Mr and Mrs Whitledgeand family Mr and Gee Whitledge and family Mr and MrsBabe Spence and dughterZQlalloister Bottle Mao Poole AlaPoole Walter Whitledge KoyBusby Marvin Roister and HughRoister of Robards Mr Payneof Providence rJago MathBoixville Mrs Sights Marshall I
ICy Edgar Whitledge df NewBaden Ill J Mrs Susie Turnerand children and Miss MaggieOBrien of Eanlington Lots ofifinemugicwas had A numberof the visitors venb ta klie rivertndstopped over at Happy Hol ¬
low for a few hours
Keep in the middle Of theload says aGeorgiaphiipspher
1U but watch out for pe atitomoV > l T V
Hles of Trouble Y < i >f
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HELD AS MERCHANDISE
Paper Samples Will Not be Second Class
Matter Alter eptlstL
The 1ostoffice department hasadvised postmasters that perioti
mailed at the eecondplaserates are being made the vehi-
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or cover for the transmIssionof samples pf paper merchanrdige rto the detriment of thepostal revenue from matter ofthe fourth classprintingof the paperto whiclif the adver ¬
tisements relate and attachingthem as acvortising pages to theperiodicals Tlio effect Of bifJ
a tangibte Exhibitsof stocks such as waxed papersoiled papers glazed papers tis ¬
sue papers writing papers covecpapers wall papers wrapping
0papers etc are passing in themails at the rates providing by1
law for matter of the sendclass only
This isiin abuse p the secondclass mailing privilege tlGdo ¬
partment aays and will not bepermitted OnandafterSep ¬
tember 1 next alt publicationscontaining such exhibits of pa ¬
per will be charged with thefourthclass rateJ regardless Of
the fact that such specimens orexhibits purport tp bo and re-
inserted as advertisementsWhep after September 1 it
can bo determined from the ad-
vertisement¬
or the advertise ¬
merit and the paper taken to ¬
gether that it is printed uponthe stock advertised totbe endthat the texture finish teusil lestrength etc may be examinedit will be held to be merchan ¬
dise and subject to the fourthcrass rate as regardless of thelanguage of the advertisement
Postmasters are oautioned notvtbVmis apply this rule in caseswhere papers of different coloror grade are used for the solepurpose of imprpying the ap¬
pearance of advertisementsH
Enjoyable OHtinj
Mrs Isaac Davis entertained R
fwof her friends at Lakesidepark Tuesday in honor ofMrgHuff of California and MrsFerris of Chicago A delight-ful
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dinner and supper w re-
served and judging from themanner in wlichthe good thingsdisappeared before the onslaughtOttlie j lly pfrrty they certainlyenjoye themselvessBontdding and fishing wore en jopjed iirthe afternoon and although nolarge fish were caught Miss Eftie Teague hooked several smallones and Bryan Hopper caught a
bat while casting flies The partybroke up about 8 oclock andcame loJ1eby moonlight Thevisitors were enthusiastic overthe beauties of Loch Mary andher surroundings Mrs HUltwas a Miss Judsoii and livfedJ
here quite a number of yearsago Her recollection of Earlington and some of the peoplbwere quite interesting
JIM HOWARD CASEjj J
Brief Forwarded to CIert4ot FederalSupreme Court
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Frankfort Ky Avig llAt c
torWar1edtpromo Oourt at Washington thebrief for the OOJnmottwealth ofKentucky in them Howardcase After receiving his sentence of life impriaonment foralleged conspiracy in the as-
sasSination of W lliajn GoebelHowards attorneys carried thecase to the Supreme Court on awrit of error Hoj now iiijailat Louisville awaiting the resultoftliisaction
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