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r4 i ht J tnttuttotEntered at the Post Office in Lancaster Ky ar Second ClassMatterNUMBER 41-

LVBNTH YEAR<

LANCASLOUIa KY THURSDAYlFTERNOON JANUARY 31901 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR

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Fresh oysters at T Currys

Boller fixtures Engines repairedSmokestacks built by Conn

Fair warning pay your account andsave cost Logan Robinson

Currey sells good goods as cheap asjP you Pay for inferior goods at other

places

For rent a nice office of two roomsr on Lexington street For terms ap-

plyt to Mrs Dr ONealWe can save you money on Lime

Cement and Plastering of all kindsJ S Minor Son

As next Sunday is the first one ofr the year the attendance at the

churches will be unusually large NewYear resolves etc

Mrs Judson House died at ner homeon Danville pike December 24th ofconsumption She leaves many ac-

quaintances

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and friends to mourn herloss

Remember we have bargains allthe year round We can show ym

v goods and make YOU prices that willtheirIF

Coal and VecdBest coal always c J hand also a

I cheaper grade for tih se who preferquantity to quality yeatfOod cheapcoal Ship stuff shelle oats Hayetc at Leavells Mill

Good AppointmentJtJ At the meeting of the KentuckyLourisville last week Prof J H Patter¬

son was elected president of the HighSchool department for the State A

better and more competent man could

not have been selected

Ballard Moves to DanvilleMr Bland Ballard has moved his be ¬

longings from Richmond to Danvillewhich shows he believes a Danvilleman will land the collectorship MrBallard is the best revenue man in

I Kentucky and has had charge of thecollectors office for many years

Gus Suns Minstrels is the largestcompany of the kind on the road It-

ItiSendorsed by all leading papers

brass band and orchestra areup of artists They have four¬

teen favorite comedians bristlingwith wit and noted for fun At Ope ¬

ra House Thursday night January 10

Seats on sale at Stormes drug storerX

W R SmUh College LrxliigionKrIs where hundreds of clerks farmer

boys and others have invested 890 fori tuition and board for an educationi and are now receiving 1000 and over

per year Read and keep this noticefor reference Remember that in or¬

der for your letters to reach this Col ¬

lege you should address only W RSmith Lexington Ky-

Remembered The PoorJtlr R E Hughes the popular news¬

paper man of Louisville came up lastweek to see his relatives He broughtus a box of fine cigars for which weare very grateful By the way Bobis making quite a success with hisfeature matter The World One Hun ¬

dred Years Ago Today which is be ¬

ing used by all the prominent dailypapers The matter is quite interest¬

ing and required much work

A CallI

The members of the Democratica Committee of Garrard county are rej quested to meet at Hon R H Tom

liusons olfice on Monday January28 at 10 oclock a m being countycourt day for the purpose of makingnominations for the county oflicesandfor the transaction of such business asmay come before them All candid-ates

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can have a hearing before nom-inations

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are in orderT B ROBINSON Chm

JJ D HUGHES Secj 4t

The Worst In the LotWe have heard of stingy men men

who will steal bungholes and then beg

t a cooper to make them a barrel around1 it free of charge we have heard of a

milkman who would skip the milkon top and then turn the bucket bottom upward and thenthe4 milkal the

= tom of aT an whoj f l1adoiwarton the back iof jis neck

vas too stingy to buy a collar buttonz e wart for that purpose

q but such are liberalhearted men com ¬

pared with tljose Wbo will pick up ev-

ery¬

possible find impossible objectionto a papertnd then go around and

g swipe their ne hbor s paper and cuss

i it to boot SuQcribars who bavepaidtheir money any are bona tide subscri

j bers can helpt e enterprise a greatreadingrbeing read buwhat we object to isthe man who asesour paper andthen commits P tit larceny to get tore ItEzr5Mt kk i

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A 815000 stock at cost at LoganRobinsons

The best bargains in Harness SaddlesjsBridles c at Conns

For sale pure bronze turkey gobbler4t J E StormesX

Visit Logan Robinsons store andbuy uptodate goods at manufactur-ers

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cost I

Black Cake go to T Curreys andget the ingredients for tiHe hasthe best on the market 1

tAlways on top in quantity and

quality and at the bottom in pricesT Currey

All accounts due us must be paidatonce If not they will be placed inthe hands of an officer for collection

Logan Robinson

Nothing extra for reserved seats toEli Perkins Lecturo Go early andhave choice of seats reserved

Money for TeacherTHE RECORD is requested by Miss

Lusk to say that the last payment forteachers will be ready for them Janu-ary

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12th

Fur SaleAn Upright office desk and large

book case also a number of very valu-

able¬

law books Apply tojan3 Chas W Frisbie

The Middlesboro opera house willsoon be turned into a livery stableThe papers do not say whether it wassold by the front foot once so im-

portant¬

a term or by the hind footWe presume by the latter

Teacher Il signsMiss Annie Royston has resigned

her position at the Graded SchoolMiss Royston is a splendid teacherand the trustees regret to give her upThere are many applicants for theplace

A Saxton DanceThe young men will give a hop

with music by Saxton next Tuesdayevening Tickets of admission willbe issued as the space for dancing islimited The announcement thatSaxton is to play will bring joy to theyoung folks and many of us older onestoo TIlE RECORD has printed hand ¬

some programs for the occasion

Honor for Lancaster ManAt the election of officers for PostB Travelers Protective Associa-

tion¬

in Nashville last week Mr AHoward Rice was made presidentConsidering the fact that he has justmoved to that city this is quite acompliment to Howard His manyLancaster friends extend congratula-tions

A Quiet ClirlstmagChristmas eve was one of the most

quiet and orderly ever known in Lan ¬

caster There was little drinkingand Marshal Turner soon convincedthe shooters that he would tolerateno monkey business from them Onlya few cannon crackers were fired andno pistol shooting was permitted atall Our citizens owe Capt Turnerand iris able assistant CorporalSiler a vote of thanks for the splen-did

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order maintained A few drunksshowed up but they were of thefriendly harmless variety

Santa Claus Novel RideAt the Cnristmas tree in the Christ

ian church last week Mr H A BMarksbury played the part of OldSanta He dressed and went to thedoor but for some reason was requiredto wait a few moments before enter¬

ing An undertakers truck had beenleft in the vestibule and it being arather handsome piece of furnitureOld Santa concluded hewould ride inand surprise the children Callingthe sexton he mounted the drapedcarriage and was quickly pushed tothe front of the large audience Thekids were glad to see Santa but couldnot understand why he should selectso mournful a carriage As one littlefellow remarked Well if Old Santaaintcorain1 in on a hearse

I Louis Ray of Buckeye Ky wishto make the following statement Ihad fever for three months and asl im ¬

proved I found it settling jn my rightknee joint 1 had several of the bestphysicians of Garrard and Boyle totreat me without relief

After eighteen months of sufferingwith crutches and a plaster paris bootthey pronounced my case hopeless Ipresented a pitiable sight and sufferedso much that I was forced to takemorphine for relief I went undertreatment of Dr C M Kennedy lastJanuary and after one months treat ¬

ment could walk with a cape Amnow entirely well and can do any kingof work 1 feel that Dr Kennedy hassaved my limb and all without time

use of drugs or medicines I know ofmany other such wonderful cures he

anyonej

Anything you want in the eatingline you can get it at Curreys

Fun Comedy and Burlesque inabundance at Opera House Jan 10

Ifyou want pure candy go to TCurreys and get Shryocks Cos purecandies s

A handsome rocking chair is a spitable and useful Xmas present Seethose at J A Beazley Cos

Piano For SaleIn fair condition Will be sold at a

bargain Apply at this office n29tf

90 days to clear a 15000 stock ofClothing Shoes Hats and FurnishingGoods Everything goes at cost noth ¬

ing reserved Logan Robinson

A good lady who requests that hername be kept out of print sent us abasket of delicious sausage and spareribs Verily we are living on the fatof the land-

Remember the lecture of Eli Per¬

kins is worth a dozen of the other en ¬

tertainments that will be in Lancas ¬

ter this season Reserved seats only50

centsFlourYoucan get Wards White

Swan Minors 4X or best PottsPerfection Ballar-d and Ballards Obelisk J E Miles

Son JEM Take your choice only60c per sack at T Curreys

Distillery to StartThe Hume distillery at Silver Creek

which is owned bv the whisky trustwill resume operations the first of theyear Extensive repairs are now beingmade on the plant The BurnamBennett plant will not be run thecoming year Richmond Register

Prices ReducedTo suit the times and satisfy the

public the admission to Gus SunsMinstrels Thursday night January10th will only be 25 35 and 50 centsSeats on sale at Stormes drug storeThis is one of the best shows on theroad and the price is only put downfor the reasons above given 2t

Reception By AV C T uThe local W C T U gave an ele ¬

pant reception at the handsome homeof Margaret Gill to meet Miss Mosherwho is visiting Mrs Geo M PattersonThe hours were from 330 to 530 A

great many ladies were present re¬

freshments were served and the after ¬

noon most pleasantly spent

ResolutionAt a meeting of the democratic

committee of Garrard county held onMonday December 24 the followingresolution was unanimously adopted

Resolved T h a t the committeeheartily endorses the able and effi ¬

cient course of lion Geo T Farris inthe Senate of Kentucky during thelate perilous session and we earnestlyrecommend his renomuiation andelection to the same office

T B ROBINSON ChmM D HUGHES Secty-

Accidental ShootingThe accidental shooting of Mr C C

Becker the popular Bryantsvillemerchant caused much regret amonghis many friends Last Saturday hewent to his money drawer for changeand in pulling out some papersa large44calibre revolver was dischargedThe ball entered near his hip and go-

ing¬

through the abdomen lodged inthe backbone The wound is danger-ous and causes great pain At thiswrIting he is resting easy The acci-

dent happened Saturday

281 From 1 to 500That might be a ride or an invi ¬

tation to a church fair but it isntIts a concise way of calling public at ¬

tention to the fact that The RoyalTailors of Chicago have authorizedus to reduce prices on 281 Fall andWinter Patterns all the way from 81-

to 85 per suitand weve done it Ourprices on this high grade tailoringtheyifforda man ever made in the wy of dressCome and see these patterps we havethem all costs you nothing to lookand but little to buyand our guar ¬

antee is your safetyyalveAnd heres a friendly tip They

wont last always J3 C Hemphill

Of Interest PrintersThe craft is well aware of the

trouble caused when cold weatherstrikes a set ot printers rollers andthe rapidityVith which they dieHaving had much trouble of this kindand being of an experimental turn ofmind we made a wooden case or rackfor our cylinder press rollers It is

absolutely airtight The result hasbeen that the cold weather has hadno Disastrous effect Mia upon therollers and tie clear print Qf thisedition shows the ponditjpn they re-

in 4nother Marl which has prpbablyhelped ttlat we only washed the qMs

trlbution table t and have never rugbed the footers at all While We havea new set seasoning1 pod reafly yetthe present ones bid fair to rim Aliwinter The plan is inexpensive J infact the cage Jd a ftom made 11m1c

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The local banks will elect severaldirectors next Tuesday the 8th

We mean business if you owe usyou must pay us Logan Robinson

Go at once to McRoberts and haveyour seat reserved Jer Eh PerkinsLecture

Americas greatest Juggler and bestdancers on the stage will appear inGus Suns minstrels at Opera HouseJanuary 10

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Eli Perkins is the most noted humorist in the world Dont miss thisopportunity of hearing him Reserved seats only 50c

A few left to go at Cost As I amincreasing and improving my repository I will sell at cost anything yousolicit in my stock of buggies Call atConns Carriage Shop

New County AttorneyLewis L Walker has been appointed

county attorney to fill out the termcaused by the absence of LetcherOwsley Mr Owsley has located in theWest

Swell Colored HopThe colored hop given last Friday

night was quite a swell event amongtheir race in this city They had printed programs a large orchestra good

order and a big time generally

Lew Brown ResignsLexington papers say Lou Brown

has resigned as ticket agent at the C

O depot in that city Lou spentmuch time in and about Lancaster inhis courting days and has many friends

here He is a splendid young fellowand has a heart as big as boxcar

masonic Lodge ElectionAt the annual election of officers of

the local Masonic lodge the followingwere selected Louis Landram W M

Jacob Joseph S W K F Postel JW Robt Kinnaird Secty DavidRoss treasurer A T Anderson ST The master appointed E M Wal-

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senior deacon and T J Hatcherjunior deacon There will probablybe third degree work at next meeting

Good Telephone ServiceNo town has a better telephone ser ¬

vice than Lancaster Mr Bastin theclever manager puts his whole soul inthe management of it and the serviceis strictly A No 1 The calls are an ¬

swered promptly the instrumentswork well and greatest of all nomonkey business is permittedIts hardto see how we ever got along withouttelephones

Tha Population of LancasterThe recent census shows Lancaster

to have a population of only 1040souls It has been the general im-

pression

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of our citizens that the townhad 1800 population and we believethat a thorough canvass taken withcare and time would show this Butthese are the figures given to UncleSamand as Teet Baily said when hesurveyed the Cemetery Figgers wontlie The report gives Stanford 1651Bryantsville 292 Crab Orchard 385

Danville 4285 Harrodsburg 2876Richmond 4655

Will Open MondayThe new Garrard Hotel will open

its doors next Monday morning MrLong the manager has been at workfor tvvomonths getting the house inthe condition he wants it and it isnow perfect in every detail from cel-

lar to garret The company has had-

a great many improvements made tothe house and it is now second to nonein the state Mr Long has a wellselected lot of help and begins businesswith very flattering prospects THERECORD bespeaks for the house thelarge patronage it so richly merits

MAIUMOTII CASII BUSINESS

New Manas nient Under A NewSystem

We are glad to see our little city im¬

proving and moving to the frontMr R H Batson informs us that heIs now remodeling renovating tarnishing painting etc his alreadydouble handsome storerooms fittingthem up in the most modern styleOne of these rooms will be used ex-

clusively¬

and extensively for clothingand gents furnishings the other fordry goods notions fancy goods car ¬

pets and everything pertaining to ladies wear use etc This dry goodsroom will be solely under the manage ¬

ment of lady clerks the most compe ¬

tent that can be had four of whichhave already been employed Every-thing

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will be first class and up to datein both merchandise fiixtures and ar¬

rangements He is the Ijrst to intro-duce a regular cashier system and hisbusiness we guarantee willj be one of

the best syteqiatizediq Central Kenuckvt Mr Batson has not been in the besthealth for the last year but lie isweltaqd strqng agaiq and we till Hnqw hisBusiness ability when on Ills feet Webespeak for him a huge business TimeImprovements will be completed byJan 20 The Cost Sale will continueuntil that time i

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Pay your account and save costLogan Robinson

You will regret it if you do not seeGus Suns Minstrels January 10

A carload of oranges bananas andnuts to burn this week at T Curry

Bring us the cash and we will giveyou unheardof bargains LoganRobinson

You need not call at our mill forflour all grocers keep it

J S Minor Son

If you are indebted to us pay youraccount at once the business of thefirm must be closed up at once Log-an Robinson

Store Room For RentKnown as the Gaines room Pos

session given immediately Apply atTHE RECOItD office tf

SIou 4 For Rent4room house at Camp Dick Robin

son known as the toll house Goodgarden and outbuildings 127tf

Banks Hudson

Mr Ike D Currant orders his copyof THE RECORD changed to SearsyArk where be has recently bought afarm He has been living in Garnerthat state since leaving his old homein Garrard

Please remember the new grocerystore near Marksburys Hemphousewhere you can get big value for yourmoney Our goods are all new andfresh and the very best quality

Robert Underwood

Death at RichmondMembers of the press extend sym

pathy to Capt SF Rock editor ofthe Richmond Register on the deathof his wife She suffered a stroke ofparalysis Christmas night and neverrecovered from the shock

Flghlliiir for Uncle SamWe have received a picture of Taku

Forts sent by Mr John H Kirby aLancaster boy now in Uncle Sams ser ¬

viceIie signs his name over Fire ¬

man 1st class U S N on U S SMinocacy Tongku China lie en ¬

listed in the Navy some time since

Emancipation DayTuesday was a big day among the

colored folks A big parade was givenheaded by the popular Reentownband Severallodges the old soldiershorsemen and plain every day citizenstook part Speeches were made byGov W 0 Bradley Prof J A Whiteof Richmond Prof C F Anderson ofthis city and Rev Shaw At nighta big dance was given

Harding d miller Music Co

The strong combination of HardingMiller and Harding Riehm the

largest line of pianos and organs incentral states lowest prices easiestterms and best instruments in theworld Business booming If I amtoo busy to talk to you leave your or¬

der with E W Harris North Westcorner Public Square where you willfind samples of our goods for inspection Geo 11 Overman Salesman

Veek of PrayerThe topics for the Week of Prayer

are those suggested by the Evangeli ¬

cal Alliance and are the same thatwill be used in all the cities throughout the land The following is theprogram as it has been arranged bythe pastors of Lancaster

Monday Jan 7 at the Presbyterianchurch subjectPrayer fora betterrealization of spiritual truth and abetter estimate of spiritual realitiesa clearer vision of the redeemingChrist and of the actual need and thedivinely intended glory of the worldwhich lIe redeemed Tile sermonwill be delivered by Dr McKee

Tuesday Jan 8 at the Methodistchurch subjectPrayer for right re ¬

lations in society and the nationwith the Golden Rule obeyed as be ¬

tween man and man and all socialand political action guided by justiceand good will the Christian idealSermon by Rev A R Moore

Wednesday Jan 9 at Christianchurch subject Prayer for a Churchwhich through faith in Christ and bythe indwelling of the Holy Spiritshall be wholly Christian doing Godswill and winning the world to ChristSermon oy Rev J E Wolfqrd

Thursday Jan 10 at the Baptistchurch subject Prayer for suchChristian character and life as shallbe pleasant in the home honored inhvsiness relations welcomed in theneighborhood helpful in the churoh =personal religion being thus manifest-ed Jn its rightful attract venessSermon by Rev L Robinson

I intendedis to be a union service

and is to last about one hourEach Raster will have charge of thepraise service in his Own church andaH Qf th singers are asked to be presgqt anq aid in the songs EverybodyIs iqvlted to attend and help to mak-

erthe Wefek of Prayer a suitable spirit¬

ual beginning for the new year andthe rm t nt ry v

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All kinds of canned goods fruits and I

celery at T Currey sxf

All kinds of carriage work and re-pairing at Conns

Comforts and blankets at JosephssSee them and get pricest

We keep best Jelltco Coalv JS Minor Son

Joseph has some fine midwinterbargains which you should not fail tosee

Help the Ladies Parsonage Societyby purchasing tickets to the Eli Per¬

kins Lecture

We want to wind up the businessof the firm as quickly as possible Payyour account Logan Robinson

Our closing out sale will be conducted on strictly cash basis goods takenout on approval must be paid for ifreturned in good shape money will berefunded Logan Rubinson

Measels are playing havoc with theyoungsters in this locality Severalolder persons have also been atllictedWe dont know whether the doctorsar prescribing the oldtime and bestremedy or not

Train WreckThe afternoon train from Rowland

was wrecked just belowGilberts Creekyesterday A number of cars were de ¬

railed and the train did not reachLancaster until nine oclocc

JSlrd Law in ForceThe law against killing quail is

again in force and from now till nextfall any person having a partridge inhis possession no matter when killedis liable to a tine of 85 for each bird

Crockery For Sale> Mrs H Singleton has rented out

the front rooms of her house but willcontinue to keep all kinds of crockeryfor sale at low prices She will con ¬

tinue to keep the stock at her resi¬

dence on Lexington street

Married In CincinnatiMr Cal Kevieus and Miss Pearl

Phillips were married in Cincinnatiyesterday and returned here last nightMr Nevieus is connected with thePilgrimage Distillery in this cityand the bride has had charge of the ilocal telephone exchange for sometime As it was press hour when wereceived the item lack of time pre¬

vents the extended notice these pop ¬ j

ular young people deserve

Favrite

Air Tight

StovesExamine our line ofHeating Stoves Wecan please you andsave you money

J R HASELDEN

J A Beazley Co

Funeral DirectorsArterial and Cavity Embalming

A Specialty

nil Line of

Furniture and carpe-

tsDavidson

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R LAttorney At= Law

Life insurance policies bought forCash or loaned on for sums of500 upward

LOCAL

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Sonthbna Mixed passes Lniicascer 11 HO A-

Northbnd Mixed 335 F M

Sorthbud Passgr 251 Afjjuthbnd 1223 AM

7f ffljffjl fffft ljjrt1BijCLEAANCESALE to

oWe will now clean up theo

o balance of Impa Our Winter Stock IIAT GREATLY

IS Reduced Priceso

sBlankets Comforts

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Cloaks Wrapsoc

oUnderwear QII0 0-

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and many other items go io rln this sale1IGonrievin at once before the goodIDIlings are all go-

neTheLoganDrvMsGoI4 eo mmeoo m s me