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1ji tartfarb UqrnblkanFine Job W rka Specialty IF IT IS NEW YOU WILL FINE IT IN TilE REPUBLICAN Subscription 1 a YearVOL XVII 1 HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY ICY t FRIDAY JUNE 8 1906 No47jL
TO MAMMOTH CAVE
Ten New Candidates Are Record ¬
ed In Free Cave Trip
w This Week
New life has been infused intothe free trip to the Mammoth Caveoffered by THE REPUBLICAN to sevIen school boys of Ohio county Tennames have been added to thelist of candidates during the weekall of them being among the coun ¬tys brightest and best boys
Candidates from the various dis ¬tricts have been unusually activeand many votes have been receivedThe standing of the various candi ¬dates is as follows
DISTRICT NO1Cecil Barnard Beaver Dam 60lltrrcll Sullenger Hartford 210Hubert Davis Hartford 100Ernest M Coleman Beaver
Dam f0Godfrey Bean Hartford 60
1DISTRICT NO 2-1nle 210
DISTRICT No3Roy Crawford Olaton 10Hernice Neighbors Dundee 20Palmer Loyd Narrows 5Herbert Midkiff Magan 7
DISTRICT NO4hay Keown Fordsville 70Pete Tilford Fordsville 5Arthur Durdctt Herbert 4
UISTKICT No5Talmage Davis Beda 60Jesse C Smith Taffy 305Sherman Chamberlain Koercek 443
DISTRICT NO6John Morton Ceralvo 10Vig Morton Smallhous 50
lien Kimmell Ceralvo 2Frank KuykendallCentertown 4Rowe Condit Matanzas 14
DISTRICT NO 7
irroll Smith McHenry 100Hoy Brown McHenry 60
Orient Carter Rockport 3Ctrl Davenport Cool Springs 4
jgmbnd FranctsRender GRules governing the contest have
ben reduced to brief concise formThey are as follows
RULES OF CONTEST IN BRISK
The rules governing the contestIre very simple Every coupon cutfrom the paper properly filledoutand sent to the office before date ofexpiration counts one vote
Every dollar paid on subscriptionwhether renewal on arrears or newsubscriber counts ten votes
You do not have to vote for thecontestant in the district in whichyou live You can vote for anyoneyou please
Fill in all coupons correctly be ¬fore sending them in
If you want to send a years sub ¬scription fill in on the coupon liasthe subscription counts for ten votesand the coupon one
Be sure and get the coupons inbefore they expire No expiredcapons will be counted
Continued on eighth page
fA Birthday SupperMr and Mrs Joe Miller of Cen ¬tral Grove entertained the 4th ofJune in honor of their daughterLauras twelfth birthday The aft ¬ernoon was spent in many delight ¬ful games The children were de-lighted
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with the music furnished byi Miss Annie Hocker with her talking
machine The vote of the little
resultIedAultmire and little Miss Ruth Tich
enorThe house was beautifully decorirtcd in crimson rambler and lilliesAt four oclock supper was announc¬edThe table groaned beneath the Igood things that would tempt themost delicate taste The little hos ¬tess received several valued andhandsome presents and all departedwith a grateful remembrance of a
1most pleasant day never to be forwishing Miss Laura manyhappy returns of her birthday
ONE OF HER GUESTS6 IRespectt were
1ordered by Rob Roy Local Union of
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A SoC E on the death of BrotherMarion Stevens at the meeting onMay 31-
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it has pleased ourHeavenly Father to remove from usour estoe ed neighbor BrotherMarion Stevens
Therefore be it resolved by thisLocal
1 That we tender our profoundsympathy to his bereaved family
2 That in his death this Localhas lost one of its efficient andearnest workers the community anhonest capable and Christian gen ¬tleman the farming profession anindustrious and promising member
Be it further resolved that theseresolutions be spread upon our min ¬utes and a copy of same be sent toeachof the county papers for publi ¬cation and one to his family
Done by order of Reb Roy LocalUnion of A S of ER
C JARNAGIN
To muster in Military Company-All of those who signed the peti ¬
tion which I circulated asking thata company of State guards be organ ¬ized at Hartford are requested tomeet at the Court House on Mondayevening June 11 1906 at 7 oclock
An officer will be present to musterus into service and instruct us in preli unary drill I have received au ¬thentic informatin that the companywill be paid for the time spent inthe encarnpmen t in addition to allexpensesIt is absolutely essential that every
member be present at this meetingJAMES M DKEESE
JUSTICE MISCARRIES
Hiram Powers Transferred to
Asylum By Penitentiary
Officials
Hiram C Powers who was triedfor the murder of Fitzhugh Renfrow in the Circuit Court here lastAugust and sentpnced to twentvoneyears in the State prisonwas taken tothe Eddy ville penitentiary last Fridayby Sheriff R B Martin and turnedover to the proper authorities
Immediately after Sheriff Martinhad turned Powers over to the prison officials and taken their receiptfor him a deputy Sheriff executeda lunacy warrant on Powers and aninquest into his sanity was held theHofLyoned and after hearing tne evidenceoffered by attorneys representingPowers a verdict < o the effect thatho is of unsound mind was returnedPowers was later transferred to theHopkinsville asylum where he willprobably become a pet of the officialsin charge who is reported to havedone much to defeat the ends of jus ¬tice in the matter
It is the general opinion thatPowers will remain quietly at Hop ¬kinsville for a few short monthsthen like Warrencr the murderer ofPulaski Leeds steal gently awaynever to be heard of again whilepoor Fitzhugh Renfrow yet sleepsthe long sleep of death to whichPowers resigned him on the 31st dayof March 1905
Home Coming Week Louisville KyOn account of above occasion
round trip tickets will be sold fromHeaver Dam to Louisville Ky for340 Tickets on sale June 10th
11th and 12th also for morningtrain June 13th limited to June 23rdf r return with extension privilege
S B VAN METER ngtIOblo Countys SummerOhio countys well known and t
popularsummer and health resort JSulphur Springs will be open for iguests on and after Saturday June2 1906 Under the management ofMr T C Bean Sulphur Springshas attained first rank as a summer i
resort The management sparesneither time trouble nor means tomake the stay of all guests pleasant jThe hotel and grounds have been
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improved from year to year and arcnow first clas in every respect Ifit is recreation health or pleasureypuare seeking you should spendafew weeks at the Sulphur SpringsTerms reasonable 453
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BRUTAL ASSAULT
Of SimpleMindeJ Woman i
Muhienberg
ICountyIICentral City Ky June 6Mrs-
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George Whitehouse living near Bevier a village three miles distancefrom here on the L and N railroad
waslcriminallyHarrison Alexander eighteen yearsoldut this place The affair occurr ¬ed at the old camp meeting ground onthe road between Central City anditevfer and the negro was arrestedhere at the carnival on Saturdaynifcht
Mrs Whitehouse is an imbecilethe wife George Whitehouse whoran off about tvo years ago with an ¬other woman Joe Doolan anothernegro was arrested at the same timeas was Alexander but the formerclaims that he fought the latter indefense of the woman and his storyis corroberated by Mrs WhitehouseAlexander claims that both negroesare guilty
She was attacked in the publicroad and pulled seventy yards to thebrush and after committing thecrime Alexander endeavored to pullher tongue out to prevent her tell ¬
ingThenegro has been arrested and
takento the county jail at Greenvilleand the officers will watch for evi¬dence of mob violence and place anextra guard about the jail This isnot the first time the Alexander ne-gro has been in trouble and it isfeared he will have serious troublethis time The woman is in a criti ¬cal condition-
A crowd of 200 citizens from overthe entire county went to Green ¬ville Tuesday morning and demandedof the jailertlwnecro
The mob was quiet and orderlybut very determined and jt was on-ly
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when the leaders had been takenover the entire jail that they con ¬len ted to disperse and go to their
homesWhenit became known on Mon¬
day that the negro had been identi ¬tied by the woman the officers decid ¬ed that it was best to take the negroto Elkton Todd county out of reachof a possible mob This precautionalone saved the negros life
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George R Henry DeadGeorge H Henry exsheriff of
McLean county and one of themost highly respected citizens ofMcLean died Tuesday afternoon ofuraemic poisoning at his home atCalhoun after an illness of twelvedaysMr
Henry was born in McLeancounty May 3 1852 He was a sonof Jafecs and Carolyne HenryWhen quite young he located atCharleston Mo where he enteredthe drug business He remainedthere four years returned then toMcLean county where he had sinceresided
MThird Appellate Court District
ConventionPursuant to the direction of the
3rd Appellate Court Republican Dis¬trict Committee of Kentucky it ishereby ordered and directed by saidCommittee that all the Republicancounty committee inthis the thirdAppellate Courts District of Ken-tucky
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call mass conventions to meet
respectlive ¬time to select delegates to attendcounty conventions directed to becalled by said county Committees to imeet Monday July 2nd 1906 at 11oclock p m standard time tolect delegates to attend the District IConvention called to meet in Hodgensville Ky Tuesday July 10th i1906 at 1 oclock p m standard Itime to nominate a candidate forAppellate Judge in the Third Ap ¬pellate Court District of Kentuckytube voted for at the Novemberelection 1900
Tho basis of representation in j
rach county hAll bone delegatefur each omfh
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ndred lOOJior frac¬
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tion over fifty 50 votes cast forPresident Roosevelt in 1904 viz6n9 Casey 16Greene 12 Hardin 17 Hart 18LaRue 9 Marion 12 Metcalfe 11Nelson 13 Oldham 5 Pulaski 37Russell 11 Spencer 5 Shelby 16Taylor 11 Washington 14 Wayne
16This May 2 3rd 1906M L HEAVRIN
Chairman Third Appellate CourtDistrict Republican CommitteeB T CONWAY Secy pro tem
HORSE AND COW
Compose Team Driven by Jo
B Hayden a FarmerNear ftlasonville
Jo B Hayden of near Masonville attracted much attention bydriving through the streets of Owensboro today with a red milch cowharnessed to a wagon with a grayhorse says Tuesdays Owensboro In ¬quirer The cow had a coffee sacktied over her head and Mr Haydensaid he had to do this to keep herfrom wasting time in looking at thepeople along the streetS This wasthe flnjt time the cow had ever beento the city and the first time sucha team had been seen on the streetsof Owensboro and perhaps the firsttimo asphalt streets in any part ofthe country had given footing to soillmatched a team
The cow was not yoked but harnCJSCd and Hayden seemed proudof bis span He said the cow wasa good1milker and furnished more
family of five coulduseT He has plowed all spring withthevstrange team and was on thisoccasion going below the city for aload fcorn He owner a smallfarm oet1tirtrtwqacrethrep milesfrom Masonville A few years agoMr Haydens heath failed and hewas sent to the asylum for a timeHe and his incongruous team werephotographed at Fourth and Fred
ricaRaglandElected Chairman
At a meeting of the Ohio countyRepublican Committee held at theCourt House Monday at one oclockp m Ira S Ragland was electedchairman to fill out the unexpiredterm of Mr Barrass The commit¬tee was called to order by Mr Ragland as Secretary and on motionC M Barnett was selected to pre ¬side over the meeting Mr EdBarrass was elected to succeed hisfather as member of the committeefrom the county atlarge and thenfollowed the election of Mr Ragland unanamously as chairmanJames M DeWeese was elected Sec ¬retary to succeed Mr Ragland
Both of these gentlemen are trueblue Republicans and will bring tothe positions to which they havebeen chosen the benefit of years ofexperience m active political workWe think the committee has madewise selections-
A committee consisting of the fol ¬lowing members was appointed todraft resolutions concerning thethe death of Chairman BarrassE P Taylor B S Chamberlin andJames Carter They reported thefollowing which was unanamously
adoptedResolvedthat this Committee is
saddened inexptessably by thedeath of its Chairman Nicholas Bar¬rass whose impartial rulings andcourteous treatment of its membersIat all times made him
allResolvedI
that his party has sus-tained
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a special loss and the countyan upright patriotic citizen I
Resolved that the Secretary bedirected to spreadthese resolutions iupon the records o the committeand a copy to be furnished to the
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Hartford blicm forIB1JAMES EOa TO HI Agun teibc firs You flau lhtajs Bou l IglBnn 11aA44Td
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FARMERS LOCAL
Holds Meeting at Gum SpringsNo Patience With Traitorism
Prevailing Sentiment
Editors REPUBLICAN On last Sat-urday
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Fordsville Local Union No600 A S of EV held its annual rallyat Gum Springs Ky this being alsothe regular monthly meeting of theFordsville Magisterial district UnionThis was an enjoyable affair Thecrowd was large and orderly and asplendid dinner was spread by tgood ladies of the community anevery one feasted upon same to ththeir hearts content or rather thestomachs capacity
Good speeches were made by Pres-ident
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J W Dunn Whitesville anRev Wm Morton of Jones Agrowing contempt is manifested up-on all occasions for anything thatsmacks of traitorismsuch as playingthe role of dumper and obstinaterefusing to line up with the onlymovement that offers any real prom¬ise of future prosperity for the famers viz A S of E
The business session was well at-tended
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and much importantwas transacted arid plans are beininaugurated whereby farmers whowill not work for Equity shall notbe permitted to share the benefitsthe organization This is Jp keepin-with the scripture that says thatany will network neither shall they
eatThefarmer that has not taken
stand in the ranks of the A S ofandadmitted the rightousness ofthe cause as every one does andter so much good has beep accomlished certainly does realize that heis giving encouragement to the con¬bines of speculators and gamblers
lin farm products and in many in¬stances giving actual assistance tosaid combines by dumping his cropson the market thereby furnLshinthem with the munitions of war witwhich to prosecute their warfareagainst profitable prices and therby delaying the time when we sbaenjoy the full fruits of victory
Pluck patience and perseveranceshould be prominent characteristicsof every Equity man at the present
Agitate Educate CooperateLet these things be in you an
abound and complete victory isours M F SHARPNarrows Ky June 4 1906-
NARROWSJune 61r and Mrs Sam P
Bennett have returned from Elktmwhere they went to attend the comencement exercises of the Vander-bilt Training school of which theirson RevReginald Bennett was agraduating student
Mr and Mrs Will Park visitedthe family of Byron C Petty TrislerSunday
Zach Green Milwood visited hissisterMiss Lou Green Sunday
Charles L Wedding who is study ¬ing Telegraphy at Bowling Greoncame down Tuesday to visit his
parentsMissElio Renfrew visited relatives
at Fordsville MondayMisses Verna Renfrew Magnoli
Renfrow Tina Powers Carrie Robison Mable Sharp Alma Petty andMessrs Cyrus Sharp Jack WalkerOllio Wimpsatt and Byron Trumanattended childrens day exercisesMarvins Chapel Sunday
Mrs A R Renfrew is visiting herparents Mr and Mrs Thomas Dukeat
PaloCharlieBaker Linton 1d wh
has been visiting here returned home
TuesdayOrahas gone to Linton
Ind for an indefinite stayMiss Oma Axton Sulphur Spring-
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visiting the family of E G KirbTrip White Owensboro visited
friends here SundayJoe Grant caught a fish in Rough
river above Barretts Ferry Satur-day that weighed fortysix poundsand this is no fish story either
Melvin Smith who has been in theUnited States Army fOrth past sixIyears isarhome for a brief
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He has reenlisted for anotherthree years service in the army andwill leave for Columbus Ohio Sat¬urday where he will be stationed forthe present
Clarence Smith is at home after abrief sojourn in Illinois Mr Smithis the last to return of a small Armyof young men frpm this communitywho followed the setting sun westward with the blooming days ofspring
Mrs R C Duff spent last weekwith relatives near Mt Vernon
Dr and Mrs D H Godsey ofShreve visited here Saturday
IeMpsss John Renfrew Henry-d Carter and T C Bean went to Ow-e ensboro WednesdayitMelvin Westerfield has gone to
Missouri where he will spend thesummer-
d John Greer Adaburg visited hisdaughter Mrs Powers the first ofthe week
EIGHT BIDS RECEIVED-y
For Construction MH ERR
rC D Smith Co MemphisBelieved Successful One
ithegRailroad were opened the secondtime at the office of Chief Engineerfollowingg¬
Ifositions Missouri Construction Co fCape GirardeamMoC H DishmanPensacola Fla Edington GriffittsBrosERodesCo Knoxville TenriKirkDSter Construction Co IndianapolisIndWhile the Engineers force willnot be ready for a few days to give cout the name of the successful bid-der it is believed that C P Smithbehgivencomplete the work in twelveeightIldayscethis paper
The propositions contained timerangingdmonths
FOR THE BUSY READER
Gov Hanley of Indiana has offered a reward of 3000 for the arrestatmtempting to bribe a member of theLegislature tk-
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President Roosevelt has upon rec¬ommendation of Postmaster GeneralCortelyou decided upon the appointtment of Robert E Woods as Postmaster at Louisville to succeed DrT H Baker and his name probablywill be sent to the Senate today
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MeetingThere at theMethodist church next Sunday even ¬ing at 730 oclock Also a generalinvitation to the whole church to rmeeton Tuesday evening following at730 oclock Matters of great im ¬portance will be before us
JAMES A LEWIS Pastor
atOfficial NoticeAll parties having just claims
against the estate 6f Sam Kidneydeceased are hereby notified to pres-
o ent Same properly proven to the un-dersigned
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administrator of said dec-eased at my office in Hartford Kyronorbeforethe2nddayofJuly190Gand
time will be forever barred Noticewillybe paid all areC E SMITHA dmr of Sam Kidney deceased
For Sale or RentI Store room on Center Street Hart¬ford noted as the best grocery andApplyI
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