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VOL XXXIII CJLOVERPORT KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30 1908 8 Pages NO 25

tSAMPLES WERE

PLUCKED IN HANCOCKJ

County Tobacco Fields And Not

lu Breckenridge iIt Was AI

ileged By Farmers Int>>i > Meeting Here Mop

g day Ocavi1fjtl

Thereforei Not Representative Of

Local Crop

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ANOTHERl MEETING SATURDAY

TO SETTLE CONTROVERSY

rJMonday afternoon at the City Hall a

hundred and fifty Breckenridge countytobaco growers gathered to attempt tosettljf a controversy involving themselves and the American Tobacco CompanV of this city arising over the prices

1pair for tobacco now being deliveredherd The farmers interested are afSlia

GroworsAssociationJNljlson against the local representativeof the American Recently the local

crc p was sold at Owensboro to theAI ericnn and it is understood that a-

ve bat agreement was made whereby ther fa mars were to deliver their tobacco at

Cl verport and receive ninenine andthi BO on the basis of certain samples to

igathered from the various crops inbells section by Frank Dean represen

t Ming the sellers and Mr Haynes rep

Resenting the the buyer The samplest were sent into the local receiving house

i ind all tobacco delivered here was to beI

accepted and paid for as per the samplesat hand A few deliveries were made

r and the tobacco did not compare favorably with the samples The Americanwould not pay number one prices forn imber three tobacco Deliveries stop

j ped and the war meeting called to de ¬

y Itermlne whether or not the samples inii I hand were truly representative of the

kcrop to be delivered Chairman Masonof the meeting called for a discussionof thomaiterwhen It was stated thatthe samples were plucked from Hancock

r county and therefore not representativeof the local crop the samples being of a

c tsuperior grade of tobacco Cert PateMason Hawkins and James Keenanwere appointed a committee to meet on

next Saturday here in Cloverport a repr-

esentative each of the Green RiverTobacco Growers Association and the

1American Tobacco Company to arrangefor the gathering in of new sampletaken from the local crops and arranging

a z of a new scale of prices to meet localw

conditions It is very important thatevery farmer interested in this matter

v be in Cloverport next Saturday 3beI

meeting will be held at the city hall at130 p m

Cocaine which dulls the nerves neveryetcured Nasal Catarrh The heavyfeeling in the forehead the stuffed upsensation and the watery dischargefrom eyes and nose along with all theOther miseries attending the diseaseareput to route by Elys Cream BalmSmell and taste are restored breathingis made normal Until you try thisremedy you can form no idea of thegood it will do you Is applied directlyto the sore spot All druggists sOc

Mailed by Ely Bros 56 Warren street

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The little baby of Mrs Ed Siefriedof Curdsville died suddenly Thursday

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Miss Mary Ventress age ventyfivnearwrbrook Thursday Heart trouble was the

+ iJcause of death

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Mrs Fannie Matthews died of Cancer°

k at Fordsville Saturday She was forty

ttG seven years of age Her daughter Missµ

Essie Matthews of West View attendedthe funeral

000Word was received here last week of

c tne death of Mrs Amthia M Robertstl She iis survived by seven children The

c dcasedwas a lovely Christian and antembr of the United Brethren church

000Mrs C L Knight of Cannelton andvnierl tofCloverport died at her

i zbowie last Thursday Mrs Knight formatt y years was engaged with her hus

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THE CHAlIBEU AIN RESIDENCE AT IRVINGTON

Notmany men in Breckenridge county can claim the honor of coming in close relationship with a President of the United States and there is onlyone who has had the unusual experience of being chastised by a Chief Executive He is Mr Charles Chamberlain of Irvington

When a boy he attended school at Hiram Ohio taught by James A Garfield and for a mischievous boyish act the future President gave him someHickory t FT

Since Mr Chamberlain has been a locomotive engineer he has several times been in charge of trains pulling the countrys great men His trainhas carried Garfield McKinley and Harrison all of whom personally thanked him for safe joerneys Senasor J B Foraker of Ohio and William JBryan of Nebraska have traveled with Mr Chamberlain Mr Chamberlainl formerly lived in Ohio but for several pears has been living at Irvingtonwhere he has a beautiful home Mrs Chamberlain Is a charming womnn and is greatly admired for her beauty

STEPHENSPORT

Mrs Matilda Milliner Dies atUnion Star Christmas Day

Other News

On Christmas morning the Angels didnot herald the glad tidings of a Savioursbirth but wafted uo to the great whitethrone the spirit of Mrs Matilda Mill n ¬

er wife of Dr Wm Milliner deceasedShe bad been afflicted forsime time butseemed very patient through it allS releaves nve children Helm WilliamJames Pone and Mattie who have ourdeepest sympathy Yes mother is gonethe home is lonely it will never be as itouce was father and mother are notthere fi it only trust in the one whohas saidIII will never leave or forsakethee and may Heaven not seem so far-

away and your steps be in the path thatwill lead you All up to that beautifulcity and meet father and mother

Clifford Payne of Hardinsburg camehome from Bowling Green to spend theholidays He has been visiting friendsfor several days in our town we areglap to welcome him back again

Miss Mary Basham is spending a fewdays in town

DrNevitt is iin a critical conditionwith typhoid fever

Chas Nevitt and wife of Dallas Texwere the guests of his brother DrNevitt last week

The oyster supper given the ladiesof the Baptist church Saturday nightwas successlljMrsi children havereturned from a visit ia HendersonkMr kmari willleave for California same tin this week

Mr ahd Mrs Pike Conn attended thefunerall of Mrs Matilda Milliner atUniori Star Saturday

Rev F R Roberts conducted thefuneral service of Mrs Matilda MillinerSaturday at Union Star

The good people of Holt rememberedour pastor very kindly by sending hima nice box of good things to eat whichwas very mu appreciated by both thepastor and wife

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Mr and Mrs Eugene Connor spentSunday in Cloverport guests of MrMrs Sam Bishop

Mr and Mrs Dan Duncan of Louis-

ville spent Chrtettaas with ilw Misses

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PROVED GOOD

For Fifty Years Has A Stool In

Mr Haswells Store At liar ¬

dinsburg

Patrons of Haswells grocery andsaddleryat Hardinsburg have manytimes noticed Mr Ha well at workupon a time worn stool which he con¬

stantly usesFur fiftyeight years this piece of fur ¬

niture has done duty every week day inin the year When Mr Haswell set upin business in Hardinsburg he beganwith this stool which bids fair to doservice for many years to come

Accomplishing MuchI

The Rev Isaiah Cline of the M K

church is to be congratulated upon theactivity of the members of his variouspreaching places Taylors Chapel inHatdinsburg will soon be furnishedwith elegant new pews costing severalhundred dollars At Westview a saw-

mill¬

ia at work cutting lumber for a newchurchwhich will occupy the rite of throld and inadequate one His Fairviewchurch at Mook IS being overhauledand made to look new and more mod ¬

ern The work will not be completeuntil the church is painted and madebetter than it was when first erectedmore than twentyfiv years ago

A Profitable Box SupperGuthrie Tucker with tnViiid of his

patrons pupils ando her school friendsrecently gave a successful box supper athis school at Howards netting 1330for library purposes They electedMrs M B Tuckerlibratian and leadedthe list qf their books with an Inter ¬

national Dictionary which they securedunder the special offer recently madeletting them get the book at half price

220000 Back Taxes

In the action in the County Court ofThe Commonwealth of Kyutucky throughits auditors agent Hallond N Ander-son

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against tile Mndisonville Hartfordastern Railway Jumpanv for back

taxes for the years 1005 Q6W07i thecase was disisd on account of errorin petition The mount sued on was220000 C± ti

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WAY DOWN IN-

BIRMINGHAM ALA

Chas Burke Of Clover ort Is

Making Big Money

Way down in Birmingham Ala thereis a Cloverport boy making goodCharles Bqrke now in the employe ofthe Grasselli Chemical Co at a lucra-tive

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salary Mr Burke has been lo¬

cated in Birmingham since August andis so well pleased wits his position thathe never expects to leave His com¬

pany is satisfied with him and they areof the same opinion about his leavingMr Burke leaves tomorrow night forthe South after spending a week withhis parents Mr and Mrs John Burkein this city

Married Near Lodiburg-

Mr Carlton E Payne and Miss MaryD Basham were married Sunday Dec

27 at the residence of Mr and MrsJesse Payne near Lodiburg Rev J JWillott performed the ceremony

BURLEY BRINGS GOOD PRICES

Thos J Triplett a local tobaccodealer at Bewleyville has bought about 150000 pounds of tobacco fromthe farmers in that section most ofwhich is burley He started the aU-

to rolling early in the season whilethe tobacco was in the patch payingfrom 1250 to 16 all round

Those who sold wereRoy Cain 8000 c 81250Chas H Drury 4000J250j

Dulphus Jordan 3000 V 1400ZackStlth 4000 1250Chas D Hardaway 3500 1250Strother Stith 1000r 1250C T Stith 700 1300Thos H Payne 2100II 1000Ollle Board 4000II 1400

Mr Triplett is prizing and shippingto Louisville He has sold about halfof his purchase at prices rangingfrom 1275 to 1075 making him avery good profit on what he has sold

Christmas RatesRound trip tickets via L H St L

will be sold December 18 19 23 24 25

303tand January ljKpod returningJauuary 6 at rducedratesm

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FROM IDLENESS

TO USEFULNESS

Ohio River Springs Forth Again

Big Tows Soon To Come

After many months of idleness theOhio river has again come to the aid oiflocal rivermen plying up and down thestream and the last ten days has showmarked improvement in steamboat andsmaller craft business A thorough andgeneral resume of trade is expectedwithin a week or so and the millions oj

bushels of coal at Pittsburgh wilbe coming South at an earlY

date The transportation of coal fromPittsburgh to New Orleans by rail i

487 against 18 cents by water Man yof the rivers North of Cincinnati tributary to the Ohio are blocked with coabarges awaiting a rise to be floated outWhen the big towboat Spraguecomes South this year it will be th <

sign of relief having come to the operators and coal miners of Pennsylvaniaand West Virgin-

GtCHRISTMAS

ENTERTAINMEN

AT GARFIELD SCHOOLHOUS E

A DECIDED SUCCESS

The Garfield School closed withChristmas entertainment made up wtrecitations by the pupils and talks fromthe parents There was a large atten-

dance and great interest manifested iII

the sixteen prizes given by the teacherMr C 0 Buck The enrollment o

the school was G2 and average atten-dance 46 It is interesting to note thfollowing Those present every dayLula Lyon Gilbert Lyon Homer Horsley Hazell orsley Norton Richardon Lottie Whitworth a id Hubert LyoiThose present during the last thre

months Etta Nichols Pearl Bell Maltingly Luther Lyon and Mary Horelc

Most headmarks Etta Nichol s

Homer Eorsley Pearl Bill Mattingand Luther Lyn Laura LeGrand no

ceived a present for kindness towniteacher

Mrs S A Pate and childrenI Hopkinsville is visiting atHardinsbur g

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FINAL SLEEP CAME-

CHRISTMAS DAY

ToDr Smith To Annihilate Suf¬

fering Of Years Faithfull <

Public ervant For Over

Quarter Century

A MODEL FATHER AND

AN HONEST PRACTIONER

The joys and festivities of Christmasare never without their sorrows and sowas Cloverports Christmas this yearThe calling away just at this time of aservant to his last reward who hasbeen always and without ceasing faith¬

ful to his trust for the last thirty yearscould not but dampen the spirits of aglad yuletide Such was the death ofDr Francis Marion Smith of this cityat two oclock in the afternoon ofChristmas day The final sleep cameto annihilate the pains and agonies of ayears known suffering and too thesufferings of years previous unknown toany save himself whilst hewas ad-ministering

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to the sick and earring forthe wounded Few men haveever been held in higher esteem in theminds of Cloverport and Breckenridgecounty people than has Dr Smith Hewas a model father even indulgent to afault a true husband and an honestpractioner of his profession-

Dr Smith was born near Hardinaburg in 1845 on May 5 Educated inthe Hardinsburg Public schools theState College at Effinhara N H andat Bodin College Maine Returning toKentucky he taught school both inHardinsburg and Hawesville and thenentered the Louisville Medical Collegegraduating in 1876 After two yearspractice each at Lewisport and Tobinsport Ind he came to Cloverport toenter upon his final service which end¬ed in death Soon after coming here hemarried Miss Mattie LaHaist who sur¬

vives him with three daughters a sonand a stepdaughter He is also surviv ¬

ed by three brothers and a sisterThe funeral services were held Sat

urday afternoon from the Methodistchurch Rev B M Currie officiatingand the interment was made in thelocal cemetery

Those who attended the services froma distance were Mr Willis Smith ofOwensboro Mr Enick Smith of Irvington Mr Wesley Smith of WestView brothers of the deceased MrsJohn Cheaham of Owensboro a neiceand Mr Wm Hensley Hardinsburg

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HOLIDAYVISITORS

Enliven Earned and Make MuchfI NewsIt is All Here

Quite a number from here attendeds the Musical and Literary entertainment

at Kingswood Thursday nightMr Gabe Bruner of Custer was theifromiSaturday until Monday-

SMiss Nannie Board of Garfield was

the guest of relatives here several dayslast week

Mrs Bettie Davis is convalescentMisses Nannie and Fannie Horsoly

visited relatives here Monday and Tues

dayTheprotracted meeting at the Bap¬

tist church is still in progress i

Miss Ola Gray spent Saturday andSunday the guest of Miss Edna MayButler of near Kingswood

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Miss May Pile was the guest ofjlMissIsabel Moorman Saturday and Sunday

ah Mrs Missouri Watts + b on the sick

list i p

Mrs Eliza Gray i as the guest of1 Mrs Elizabeth BenItyFriday after

>r noonIf Mrs Ola DriskeH spent Monday the

guest of Mrs J A Graye IICM Payne who has been in school

at Bowling Green is at home for theholidaysTuckernwent to Hardinsburg Wednesday shopp

telugMrsyCrumes Monday was well attended Iy Hunter Henninger of West ViewI was here Sunday calling on friendsd Fred Snyder who has been In

some time arrived here-of lIllin9isror spend the holidays with

relatives0

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