r8 THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS COLUMBIA KY APRIL 3 1907

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Hi Weeks Happenings News Important or Otherwise as Report-

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GRADYVILLE

We had a good shower of rainlast Friday

Sam Thomas of Gadberrywas in our midst last Thursday

J A Diddle spent several daysof last week at Greensburg-

W W Yates was in Edmontonlast Wednesday

Mr Z M Staples of Colum¬

bia spent a day visiting relativeshere last week

Mrs J D Walker of Colum¬

bia was the guest of Mrs J ADiddle last week

Mrs B E Rowe and MissRowe were visitors at Mrs J JHunters last Thursday

Mr Leaper Yates of Edmonton spent a few days of lastweek visiting relatives at thisplace

Our old people say they dontremember of experiencing aMarch like the one just closed

Rev G Y Wilson has just re-

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from Albany where heclosed a very interesting seriesbf meetingsI

Mr C 0 Moss made a busness trip to Portland one day

last weekIi

Mr Geo D Vance one of theprosperous farmers of the Cool I

Spring community was with uslastFridayiWe are glad to note that Rev I

J Vi Sexton and his estimablewife are now citizens of ourtown I

Mr Robert 0 Keltner one ofour industrious citizens has re-

cently¬

made some improvementson his property at this place I

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Messrs C L Keltner and j

Thomas Gowen of the Weedj

community attended prayerI

services at this place Wednesday

nightMr I

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L C Hindman was in thePrices Creek community one

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day last week looking after catItte1

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JJiMiss Mollie Flowers and Katie j

Russell students of the L WITtS of Columbia spent J

in urcityMr Geo H Nell after spend I

frig several days with his family I

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at this place returned home lastWednesdayMrs I

Gupton of EastI

Fork spent a few days visitingrelatives in this community lastweek

James Wilmore Willie B Hun-

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and Paul Wilson students of I

Columbia spent last Saturdayand Sunday at their homes in ourcity

Mr Willie Hill one of our efficient merchants f spent lastSunday afternoon at Bliss

Iand Mrs S A Taylor andtheir son Samuel attended thefuneral services of Mr Motgomery at Ozark last Thursdayv Messrs Will Sharp and family

r3XA Gradyand family and JoYates and family who left herethe first of the year for McGre¬

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gor Texas are well pleased withthe Lpne Star State and are allthrough planting a large crop ofcorn Success to you is the wish

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of your Kentucky friends +

Mr S A Harper handed yourreporter a letter to read that hhad just received from his son

i Mont who has been enjoying asoldier life for many years andIstated that he had good healthbut was very much disappointedvisitis Kentucky

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during the month of March onaccount of having extra work todo but would be sure to come inJuly Mont has been stationedat San Francisco for a longtime

I His many friends in Gradyvillewill be glad to see him

Our town was full up of peoplelast Saturday attending the auction sale of Mr J J Hunter Agreat many articles sold lowerthan their cash value while others brought more This is the

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case at all auctions the peoplewill buy

Mrs Millie Hill has just return¬

ed from the Louisville marketwhere she spent several dayslooking after millinery and willbe ready to meet her customerswith a full line of uptodategoods in a few days

Mrs J A Diddle is receivingthis week new machinery frombeginning to end for his rollermill at this place When thismachinery is put into serviceand with the experience of an ex-

perienced miller our town willhave a mill that will make asgood flour as any in the Stateand the patrons of this millshould appreciate the great convenience it will be to one and allSuccess to Mr Diddle

We are just in receipt of a let¬

ter from our old friend MartinRoach formerly of this community but for the last few yearsof McGregor Texas statingthat his health is good and he isaccumulating some of this-

i worlds goods We all know IaIathing we ever heard of Martin

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beingthebLord has forgiven him for thatwhich is leaving the Democraticwaspartyworsethe Republican TheImatter you requested the ¬

Ier to see after will be attendedI

to in due season and I will as-

sure you everything will come up

endallWe are glad to note that MrsW C Hill of our city and Mrs

Mattie Dulin of Edmonton haveformed a partnership and willopen up a dressmaking establish¬

ment in this place at once It isthe very thing we need Suc¬

cess to you ladies

GLENSFORK

Many of our farmers have beencompelled to stop breaking cornground on account of the dryweather I

M E Blair and wife and Law¬

rence Wilkinson and wife attend ¬

ed the exposition at Louisvillelast week

Several of our young folks at¬

tended the singing at SmithsChapel Sunday

Mrs Ed Gifford is recoveringfrom a severe attack of pneumo-nia

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feverThe social at Louis Morgans

Saturday night was well attend ¬

ed and highly enjoyed by all pre ¬

sentMarried on the 26th Miss Mil ¬

lie Grider to Mr Joda SamuelsThe bride is the youngest daught ¬

er of Mr M B Grider and is avery estimable young lady Thegroom is an industrious youngfarmer and a gentleman in thefullest sense of the term

Henry Hudson bought a smalltract of land on the west side of

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Glensfork from Louis Morganand will erect a dwelling

PELLHAMi

Miss Tennie Young and broth-er

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Luther visited Miss MyrtleSquires Saturday evening

Dave Bridgwater was here lastweek looking for stock

Geo Cundiff of Mt Pleasantwas here recently buying stock

There will be a singing atHutchinson school house thefourth Sunday evening Everybody come and bring Windowsof Heaven and Crown AfterCrossArthur

Robinson and familyhave removed to Parson Kansaswhere they will reside

Preaching at Hutchinson schoolhouse the fourth Sunday morn ¬

ing at 11 oclockA singing at Mr Frank Shep ¬

herds last Saturday evening wasvery much enjosed

W F Squires was visiting hisfamily here Sunday

FONT HILL

Messrs J F Shaw and E GAtkins commercial travelerswere here Tuesday night

Mr Luther Brockman has ac-

cepted¬

a position as timber in¬

spector for the Columbia Single ¬

tree Co at this placeMr J 0 Jarboe foreman of

Columbia Singletree Co is heresuperintending the erection ofshop and other buildings for thatcompany Machinery will be in ¬

stalled as soon as buildings arecompletedMr

Barns spent Thursdaynight with Mr and Mrs Herschel Dunbar

J H Smith Co are buyingandshipping large quantities ofeggs and poultry

John Rexroat has beenIMrs for a few daysMr J 0 Jarboe has bought

and is having delivered at thisplace a large quantity of timberto be used in building houses forjhands and other necessary build ¬

ing for the factory that is goingIhereMr

Merkely and familyleft last Saturday to be at thebedside of his brother who wasrsick and has since died at Campbellsville

GARBER OKLA

Perhaps a few lines from thispart of the fair land would be ofinterest to some one I am aregular reader of the News andassure you that it is a welcomevisitor however I would like tohear from Knifley and CaseyCreek at more frequent intervalsAm sure if you could get SteveKnifley to correspond we wouldget all the news

We are experiencing some verywarm weather for this season ofthe year last week the thermom-eter

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registering 94 degrees in the

shadeWheatand oats were never bet-

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and fruit trees are loaded totheir utmost capacity Hun¬

dreds of acres of corn have beenplanted and gardens are lookingfine The Old Mexico fever hasstruck our community and sev ¬

eral of my neighbors have gonebut this Kentuckian will nevergo

I would like to say a fewwords for Enid the coming cityof Oklahoma with her wholesalehouses factories mills churchesschools railroads street cars andCpaved streets A Christion Uni-

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building is being erectedfor which Enid gave over onehundred thousand dollars

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We Have AIOFEmpire Superior and The Farmers Black Hawk CornDrills with blade disc or wheel Globe Fertilizers FieldSeeds Farm Wagons Buggies Saddles and Harness lightand

heavyWekeep a complete line of Shelf and Heavy Hard¬

ware Mill Supplies and nearly euery thing needed on thefarm Give us a call

Wm F Jeffries SonsColumbia Kentucky

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GOOD EYESIGHTijIs one thing everybody is looking for and if your eyes are diseased now is the time tohave them attended to You cannot afford to neglect as important a thing as youreyes I am permanently located at Columbia and wiil guarantee every piece of mywork If you need anything drop me a postal card and I will call uponyouit I am the only Licensed Optician in Adair County

Would be glad to do your work and guaranteeSatisfactihnSAM

HANCOCKYYYYy YYYYfYiY YYYYfYY YYrYYYYYIY7

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MACHINE SHOPOpened up by experienced Machinist

Repairs Promptly and Correctly Made onEngines Boilers and all Machinery Shop well equipped

A C SURREY CAMPBELLSVILE KYlf 1UIIr

Democrats carried Oklahoma soI will close with best wishes tothe News and its many readers

R S GOODE4

Dudley Bros bought of variousparties 9 young cattle at 8 to 16 perhead also 7 hogs at 6 centsGlensforkCor

REPORT0iMade to the Comptroller of the

Currency of the Conditfon

THE FIRST NATIONALOFi

BANK

No 6769ftT GOLUMBIfl IN TttE STflTE Of j

KENTUCKY fiT HIE GLOSE OF BUS ¬ j

INESS MGtt 22 1907IRESOURCES I

Loans and discounts yG5 845 821

Overdrafts secured anded unsecurI

U S Bonds to securecirculation 25 000 00Bonds securities etc 34 863 45Banking hams furniture and

futures 3 000 CO

Due from approved reserveagents 39 390 18

231NotesLawful money reserved in banks

viz Specie 9 3000Legaltender notesO 000 00 9 320 00

Redemption fund with U STreasurer 5 per cent of cir ¬

culation 125000

Total 183 759 70

LIABILITIESI

Capital stock paid inn 25000 00 tSurplusfund i 300000

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Undivided profits less expensesand taxes paid 301218

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National Bank notes outstanding 25000 00

Due to other National Banks 91 39

Individual deposits subject tocheck 127 G5C 13

183 759 70

STATE CF KENTUCKYss

COUNTY OF ADAIR JI John O Russell President of the above

named bank do solemnly swear that the abovestatement is true to the best of my knowledge

belief JOHH O RUSSEL ProsSubscribed and sworn to before me this 29th

day of Mch 1907

WM A COEFEYN P A CCommission Expires January 22 1908

CORRECT Attest

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Cerol1imoI

Black jack white points about15 hands high 6 years old Goodength good head and ears hea-

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bone and the best of feet Thisjack is an excellent breeder hiscolts onbmarket last fall Fee SO to in¬

sure a living colt

IfHGULAND PEACOCK AND

FAYETTE ARTIST

Two very handsome and royal-ly

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bred young stallions will servea limited number of mares at

S125Oinsure living colt You seldomsee two colts with more finishorwith better breeding They arestrictly highclass in ever partic-ular

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When in Columbia call atour barn and see this stock

In all cases when mare is tradedsold removed from the neighbor¬

hood or bred to other stock ourmoney becomes due and must bepaid at once Mares fed or graz ¬

ed at reasonable rates

YOUNG COFFEY

Mr Bruno Merkely purchased a nice2 yearold colt from Wm Owen price185Font Hill Cor

000Wm Francis bought a mule ffom Al

len Walker Monday for 155 t I t< >

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