Newspapers; Adair County KY The Adair County KY News, Columbia KY 15-Dec-1897 Submitted By: Laura Frost Wright lsllwright@fuse.net Submission Date: 14-Nov-2001 THE CITIZENS MEETING The meeting held at the courthouse last Friday night to take steps to better the moral condition of the town was very well attended. There were scores of ladies present, showing that they were very much interested in the movement. The meeting was called to order by Reverend T.F. WALTON who opened the exercises by reading a Scriptural lesson and offering prayer. After prayer, Reverend WALTON was elected permanent chairman and Reverend E. W. BARNETT secretary. The published program was then carried out, the following gentlemen making pointed speeches. Hon H.C. BAKER, Reverends Z.T. WILLIAMS, E.W. BARNETT and S. J. THOMPSON, Dr. U.L.TAYLOR, Gov. J.R. HINDMAN, Professor N.W. MILLER, Judge HANCOCK, R.H. PRICE and JAS GARNETT Jr. The songs led by Elder Z.T. WILLIAMS were beautiful and appropriate. The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Allison McKINLEY, mother of President McKINLEY, will take place this afternoon (Tuesday) from the First M.E. Church, Canton OH. Nearly all members of the cabinet will be present. PERSONAL Judge James GARNETT returned home Sunday. Miss Maud THOMAS was in this city Monday. R.J. LYONS of Campbellsville was in town Sunday. W.J. MURPHY of Liberty was in town Monday. John Q. ALEXANDER of Campbellsville is in town. Owen BANKS of Cane Valley was in town yesterday. W.F.ROWE of Jamestown was in Columbia Friday. Estus BARGER and Judge WILLIS (of) Monticello are in town. J. YATES of Bradfordsville was here a few days ago. W.R. HOPKINS of Casey's Creek was in town last Saturday. J.W. COY has been suffering with a lame leg for several days. Miss Lizzie CLEAVER of Lebanon is visiting Miss Mary PRICE. W.I. MEADER of Campbellsville was in Columbia last Thursday. W.R. LYON of Campbellsville was in this city last Saturday. Special pension examiner PLESS was in town the first of the week. Mrs. J.J. BOOKER of Camp Knox was shopping in town Monday. Miss Sallie WILLIAMS of Montpelier is visiting friends in Columbia. F.E. NELSON and Dud STEVANS of Kimble were in town Saturday. Mack FRAZER left for Clinton MO last Thursday to visit his mother. Z.M. STAPLES, and his daughter, Miss EDNA, visited Frankfort last week. Judge W.W. JONES returned from holding his Liberty court Saturday. Miss Mary HADLEY of Kimble was visiting Mrs. W.H. WILSON last week. Misses Ida KINNAIRD and Willie WHITE have paid their respects to the news. Mrs. G.R. COFFEY is at home, her school at Knifley having closed last Friday. Miss Lou BELL of Nell is visiting her grandfather, Mr. W.L. WALKER, of this city. Clel CLEAVER and wife of Lebanon were visiting the family of R.H. PRICE last week. Mrs. Victoria GARNETT and Mrs. Mary HOLLADAY visited the news office last Thursday. Miss Flora HARVEY of Barry IL is visiting the family of Moses MEDARIS, this county. Mrs. Kate R. HARRIS of Louisville, daughter of T.T. WILSON, is visiting in this vicinity. Misses Via and Gertie MURRAH of Montpelier were in Columbia shopping last Saturday. Capt. W.W. BRADSHAW is on a business trip to western Kentucky. He will return home about Christmas. Thomas J. WEST, wife, and little boy Henry of Campbellsville were visiting relatives in Columbia last Sunday. Mont WHITE left for Stanford Monday, and will build a telephone line from that point to Nicholasville. J.C. MUNCIE, Commonwealth"s Attorney, was in Columbia Sunday, en route home from the Liberty court. John and Anderson HOLLADAY and J.C. and Tom DOHONEY left for the Southern market with mules last Monday. J.W. RICHARDS of this city, who has been in Russell County for the past six months, returned home a few days ago. C.S. HARRIS, editor of the News, who has been absent from home since the paper started, returned home last Wednesday. Mrs. F.R. WINFREY of this city, and Miss SALLIE MILLER of Crocus are visiting the family of J.G. WINFREY in Evansville IN. Robert and James LOGAN, who have been making their homes in Illinois for several months, returned to Columbia last Wednesday night. Misses Rosa DUVALL and Nannie REYNOLDS, the former from Cane Valley, the latter from Junction City, were visiting Miss Sallie Rae MARCUM and the family of Judge Junius HANCOCK last week. Mrs. Lucy FOLLIS and her two children and G.R. FOLLIS, who have been in Illinois for several months, returned to Columbia last Wednesday night. J.S. DUNBAR, of the firm of MANIER, DUNBAR & Company, wholesale boots and shoes merchants, Nashville TN, who had been visiting in Russell County for the past ten days, was in Columbia last Thursday, en route home. Before taking his departure, he called and subscribed to the News. An Apothecary, who has druggist's license, is the only one under the law who has the right to sell ardent spirits in Columbia. Those who have no such license are selling illegally. The Courier-Journal says that "Colonel Tom NEAT will be appointed Deputy Surveyor of the Port at Louisville and will resign next fall to run for Congress. R.A. ROBINSON, a wealthy and leading citizen of Louisville, died last Thursday night. He was the senior member of the firm of ROBINSON, PETTIT & Company, wholesale druggist. Reverend Fred GRIDER is no longer pastor of the Methodist church at Barboursville. He tendered his resignation last Sunday after severly rebuking his congregation for non-payment of salary. Reverend GRIDER represented Russell and Casey in the last legislature. LOCAL NEWS Dr. Melvin RHORER, formerly a citizen of Columbia, will start a sanitarium at Lexington. T.A. MURRELL has removed from " Pea Ridge" and is now occupying rooms in Mrs. W.L. WALKER's residence opposite the Methodist church. William CONOVER of Glensfork has lost a black spotted sow, white in the face, weighing about 125 pounds. Miss Mattie TAYLOR and Mrs. Nona CABELL are training a lot of young people for an entertainment to be given Christmas eve. It goes without saying it will be a success. Mr. T. R. STULTS and George COFFEY spent a few days last week on Casey's Creek with guns and the whistle of the "Bob-White" will be few and far between next year. R.F. PAULL has sold his interest in the drug store to his brother Thomas E. PAULL and the inventory will be taken the first of the year. All persons indebted to this firm are requested to call at once and settle. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give an entertainment during the Holidays. The exact date will be announced later. P.V. GRISSOM is handling the yard stick behind the counter of W.L. WALKER. Virge is a good salesman and has numerous friends who delight to trade with him. The Fairplay letter will appear next week. J.E. GARNETT has removed to the property vacated by H.O. SMITH, who is now located in Greensburg, having removed his family last Friday. H.M BIGGS majority for magistrate in the Cane Valley precinct was 19 officially, the average vote of the Republican ticket at that voting place. the News was misinformed and made this statement last week that his majority was only six. Judge Junius HANCOCK is getting after whiskey sellers with a sharp stick. For several days he has kept the officers busy, summoning men before him to testify against those who are selling liquor unlawfully in Columbia. John Henry RICE, of color, who was before Judge HANCOCK last week upon a warrent for not providing for his family, was held over until Circuit court. He gave bond for his appearence. Isam SCOTT, of this county, who was convicted and sent to the Indiana State Prison for fraudulently obtaining an increase of his own pension, will reach home in a few weeks, his time being out about Christmas. Logan BOMAR, of color, and William LANE, a white man, were tried for a breach of the peace before Judge HANCOCK last Wednesday. They were fined ten dollars each and cost. LANE was fined twenty dollars and cost for selling liquor unlawfully. The temperance lectures to be delivered in this place by evangelist J.B. LISTER at the Baptist church and court house this week are free and everybody is invited to attend. He has a fine reputation as a speaker, and doubtless all who may attend will be entertained. Mr. George NELL has sold his interest in the Columbia Roller Mill and steps down and out, after serving two years as manager. Mr. NELL was always at his post of duty and watched closely the interests of his company. Mr. Z. M. STAPLES assumes the management of the mill, and we predict that things will continue to roll. No better man could be found to fill the position. We call your attention to those indebted to the Columbia Roller Mill. Its management has changed and we are bound to have money. This call is made because we need the cash and not for the purpose of pressing claims. To one and all we insist on a settlement at once. It will save you cost as we are forced to collect. The News desires to return thanks to its numerous correspondents who have so promptly furnished the tidings from their respective localities since the paper started. A county paper full of local correspondence makes it interesting to all its readers, as all sections of the county and adjoining counties are heard from weekly. Levi COX, who many years ago was a citizen of this county living on Green River, died in Bates County MO on the 3rd of December. He was 55 years of age and was an excellant citizen. His wife was Miss Lucille EWING, a daughter of George W. EWING, who once lived in Columbia, and who has many relatives in this county. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. Jo TRAYLOR who lives near town. Jas. J. WILMORE of New York, J. Cager YATES of Marion County, and W.F. ROWE, of Russell County, who recently purchased a patent for a computing scale, have doubtless struck it rich. The latter named gentlemen have just returned from New York having perfected all arrangements for manufacturing the scale, which will be ready for market by the middle of January. The company, known as American Computing Scale Company has been incorporated with a capitol of $100,000. J.A. WILMORE is President, J.Yager YATES Vice President , and W.F. ROWE Secretary and Treasurer. The sneaking midnight pilferer, who makes it his business to replenish his cupboard with other people's edibles, will receive a warm welcome sooner or later, which will probaly have a soothing effect upon his nefarious business. An instance in view where a family residing near the public square awoke one morning recently to find that during the night some audacious thief had stolen the breakfast meats from their usual place of keeping. The same thing has happened quite frequently of late, and be it known that the guilty parties are suspected and when they make their next noctural visit they had better proceed cautiously. Henry PELLY, who is charged with murdering Mark TURNER at Dunnville, Casey County, a few weeks ago, and who made his escape from the scene of his crime, was caught in Adair County and is now languishing in the Liberty jail. We understand that he was indicted last week but his trial will not come up until the next term of court, four months hence. John N. CONOVER informs us that he is getting up rock for the foundation of his new hotel building, and that he will commence structure which will be the handsomest in Columbia in the near future. The building will contain twenty-eight rooms and will all be hard wood finish. MINISTERS COLUMN Reverend T. F. WALTON will preach at Ebenezer next Sunday. Reverend J.L. MURRELL will preach next Sunday at Republican Cumberland County. Reverend S.J. THOMPSON will preach at Cane Valley next Sunday. Reverend W.S. DUDGEON will preach at Sulpher Springs the third Sunday in January. The Union services at the Presbyterian church last Sunday night was well attended. Elder Z.T. WILLIAMS preached an interesting service. Reverend J.S. CRANDALL will preach at Clear Springs next Sunday. There will be a preaching at the Baptist church next Sunday by the Pastor, Reverend E.W. BARNETT. There will be a preaching at Pollard's Chapel next Saturday morning by the Pastor, Reverend S.J. THOMPSON. Reverend J.B. LISTER of Campbellsville will lecture tonight (Tuesday) at the Baptist church, also Wednesday and Thursday night at the court house. SUBJECT TEMPERANCE Patrolman HUNTER found a 11-year old girl wandering about the Tenth and Broadway streets station last night. The child seemed lost and patrolman HUNTER asked what the trouble was. She said that her name was Mary Belle JOHNSON and that her home was at Campbellsville KY. She told the officer that her mother , in this city, had written her to come to Louisville but did not meet her at the station as promised. Patrolman HUNTER sent her to the home of the Friendless. LOUISVILLE DISPATCH William TAYLOR, son of Matthew TAYLOR, is dangerously ill at Edmonton. His mother and father are there with him and at this writing he is not expected to live. D.H. BUTLER is always experimenting with garden truck. Some weeks ago he set a lot of tomato slips in his wife's flower pit. They thrived and last Sunday he gathered a number of very fine tomatoes, using them for dinner. This is out of the ordinary but Dave says it is just as easy to have this delious vegetable in winter as well as summer if you know how to grow them. Otis WILBURN, who lived at Glenville, this county, gave his wife a check on the Bank of Columbia for $500 and left for another climate. His wife failed to get the check cashed as there was no money in the bank to his credit. He had about $90 in the bank when he gave the $500 check, but when he reached Columbia he managed to get that out. His wife had about $800 in cash when he married her, two years ago, but every dollar of it has been squandered. ROWENA Os BOWMAN of Liberty visited his sister, Mrs. ANN WARRINER, last week. Miss Viola BAUGH has returned home after a pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. A.D. RHOTEN, at Georgetown. Miss Cora BALLEW will teach a winter school at this place. Stanley BAUGH, one of our prosperous young men, is almost blind. Ben HAM was in this community buying hogs last week. Dr. BAUGH, of this place, will move to Jamestown about Christmas. James WARRINER of Seventy-Six KY was here last Saturday. There is a prospect of us losing one of our fair maidens before long, and Jimmie is presumed to know something about it. Ola TAYLOR of Glen's Fork was here last week seeking a location for a winter school. J.R. BROOK's school closed last Friday. Professor DUDLEY is now teaching a singing school at Smith's Bottom. GRADYVILLE John DIDDLE is buying sheep. Tom FLOWERS is ostensibly bird hunting these days. H.C. WALKER has gone to Columbia. R.L. CALDWELL has quit fishing, especially in Metcalf County. W.L. GRADY and John A. COFFEY are in the law- suit business. W.C. YATES would like to go into the toll-gate business on a good pike near some town. C.O. MOSS has gone to see about his flowers. George H. NELL is buying calves. George FLOWERS is wearing mourning - his sweetheart has gotten married. A.B. WILMORE is going to try to make another trip to Milltown soon. Garfield FLOWERS is running the barber shop. Luther GENTLE is taking orders for tailor-made clothing. Robert and Jim Will WALKER are attending Professor BLSS School. Charles S. HARRIS, who has been for the past thirty days in counties below here delivering fruit trees, passed through here a few days ago, en route home. He reports business not as flourishing as he expected. Charles HYMAN, representing W.B.BELKNAP & Company was in our town a few days since, soliciting orders. J. W. KELTNER has been sick for the last few days with lagrippe. Born, to the wife of H.A. WALKER, the 10th, a son, Henry Alvin. Strong HILL and R.L. CALDWELL were in Greensburg Friday. The popular hat man, J. Cager YATES, passed through here a few days ago enroute to Nashville. The well-known singing man, Professor P.C. McCAFFREE, is teaching a class at Hiseville this week. The professor understands his business. C.C. YATES, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. NELL, attended services at Buckeye church last week. The meeting was conducted by Reverend GRANVILLE. DOCKERY. Corn is selling from $1.50 to $2.00 per barrell here, and our merchants and doctors are buying any where from 10 to 40 barrels per day. The old citizens claim there has not been such a yield of corn for years. Will ROWE the well- known hardware man, formerly of Jamestown but now located in the scale business (in) New York City, was here recently, en route for Red Lick. He says the American Computing Scale will be ready for market in the near future. PELLYTON I.C. HARMON, who has been sick for several weeks, is no better. Mrs. William CORNEAL, who has been confined to her bed for over 2 months, is very much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Charles OVERSTREET and their little son Grover, and Rowe COFFEY of Casey County, were visiting their nephew J.M. CAMPBELL, this place, the first of the week. Miss Pearl LEMMON has returned home after an extended visit to relatives in Taylor County. Misses Sue PELLY and Cora SWIGGETT attended the exhibition at the close of Virgel BEARD's school at Casey's Creek Friday. Captain Ed PELLY of Dunnville was here the other day. RAIN FALL Six of A.C. JEFFRIES family are confined to their beds with fever; Ruby, his second daughter, is very sick. Gus JEFFRIES returned home last week from a five-week trip delivering fruit trees for the Knoxville nursery. Prosperity has hit our farmers on the wrong side. Corn is selling at $1.50 per bbl, hogs 2 to 2 1/2 cents per lb., good cotton mules $ 32.50 to $35.00. About 10 o'Clock Sunday morning, H.O. BRYANT and Miss Mary FLOYD, accompanied by quite a number of young folks, drove to White Oak church and Reverend BARNES walked out to the buggy and said to Mr. BRYANT and Miss FLOYD, "that by the authority I hold in my possession, I pronounce you man and wife." So they went on their way rejoicing. Walker BRYANT and Miss Hattie BLAIR were married the 9th, at the residence of Jno. BLAIR. The protracted meeting at Liberty church is progressing fine. There were 30 professions up to last Saturday. KNIFLEY Wyatt MONTGOMERY, who is teaching near this place, is giving good satisfaction. Wyatt was reared in Adair County. He is a fine young man of fine ability. T. R. STULTS and George COFFEY were here last week bird hunting. As they are both good shots they had splendid success. Miss Ada BOTTOMS, who has been visiting her brother at Watson, returned home last week. William HOVIOUS is visiting relatives at Stanford this week. William BRYANT is on the sick list. Mrs. Ella COFFEY closed her school here last Friday. Joe B. YOUNG went to Hustonville with some cattle last week. Dame Rumor announces that several young men in this community will celebrate Xmas by taking unto themselves a partner. Sam HUMPHRESS has a novel way of catching fish. It consists of a fiddle string in a loop, with a white button on the string to locate it, and this attached to a short line on a pole. He rakes them out of the waters of Casey Creek. Miss Nannie HOVIOUS is visiting relatives in Middleburg. Jas W. JONES and daughter went to Campbellsville last week. James JONES, of this place, is the largest man in the county. He is fifty-five years old, stands six feet, and weighs 350 pounds. He went through the late war, and can call the roll of his company today like his sergant did in 1861. MONTPELIER Elder Z.T. WILLIAMS is at home this week. Elder COOK of Clinton County will preach at Pleasant Hill next Sunday. Elder J.W. McGARVEY Jr. of Lexington will deliver a lecture accompanied with steryoptician scenes at Pleasant Hill on Friday night, December 31. One-half of the proceeds will go to the Smith's Chapel Church. This will be a rare opportunity. We should not miss it. A meeting has been in progress at Liberty church near this place conducted by Brothers CAVE and GIVENS. Much good is being done. Miss Lula ALLEN and Sallie MONTGOMERY were visiting Miss Lillie WILLIAMS last week. The exercises at the close of Miss Vena ROYSE school was quite a success. Miss Vena is an excellent teacher and has given perfect satisfaction. WHEAT & WILLIAMS have sold their store-house at Glensfork to Otis WILBURN, E.B. KELSEY and C.A. WALKUP. We understand it will be used for a school building. CANE VALLEY Miss Nannie REYNOLDS of Junction City, who has been visiting Miss Rose DUVALL for the past two weeks, returned home last Saturday. Mrs. J.E. RICE made a trip to Campbellsville last Friday on her wheel. Jno. CHAPMAN has moved into his new residence. W. E. EUBANK is building him a new grocery store on the lot he purchased of C. R. DUDGEON opposite the Roller Mill. On last Wednesday night, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.T. BARTLETT, an oyster supper was given the young people of this place in honor of Dr. E. ATKINSON, a popular young gentleman who came here from Barren County last year and has made many warm friends during his short stay. He was suffering at the time with a bruised hand but he seemed to enjoy himself all the same. SPARKSVILLE The sawmill operated by WOOTEN near here is doing a good business. BARTLETT's ax handle factory near here. He is receiving plenty of hickory timber and likely to remain a considerable length of time. The school taught by J. H. HOLLADAY is giving entire satisfaction and will close on the 23rd of December. Ezekiel ROWE is said to be improving in health. The merchant Sam MYERS of this place has closed out his stock of goods and will soon move to the place formerly occupied by John A. BREEDING of Leatherwood. CREELSBORO Miss Emma CAMPBELL has returned home from Rowena. Miss Nannie HOLT was visiting her sister, Mrs. ALLEN, of Lawson's Bottom last Saturday and Sunday. Elder E.S. BLEDSOE will preach here next Saturday and Sunday. Dr. H.C. JACKMAN and master Clyde IRWIN are on the sick list. Misses Annie GRIDER and Emma BURCHETT of Smiths Bottom were visiting here last week. Capt. Louis RAMSEY has returned to Burnside. Berry BUSTER was visiting Ranie McKINNEY of Wells Bottom last Sunday instead of the family. Berry, in that private chat, did he tell you yes or no??? Reverend BELL preached a very interesting and able discourse here Sunday night. Brother BELL, you had some nice compliments given you by the ladies. HOUSEHOLD GODS The ancient greeks believed that the penates were the gods who attended to the welfare and prosperity of the family home. They were worshipped as household gods in every home. The household god of today is Dr. Kings new discovery. For consumption, coughs, colds and for all affections of the throat, chest, and lungs, it is invaluable. It has been tried for a quarter of a century and is guaranteed to cure or money back. No household should be without this good angel. It is pleasant to take and a safe and sure remedy for old and young. Free trial bottles at Paull Brothers, Columbia KY. 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