Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-08-13
CREAM OF NEWS.
Or. A. D. Sears.

Rev. j, u, RuSt was ehecteu ouhuhy
Two large congregations welcome
the aged divine at the Baptist church
and heard his able sermons with
d eight born Of long affection for hin
DIR. Sears' life has been full Of labo
and usefulness, and now, at So year
of age, he IL In full possession Of h'
mental faculties. His step is elastic
his body erect, his ey Q clear, his voic
strong aud musical he throws Int
his di,courses the vigor- Of youth
mingled with the rich ripeness O
experienced old age, and there i
abundant promise Of yet more year
of useful labor. Our community
was glad to welcome him, as his Ia
bors Of past years IN this city arr
fresh in many hearts and his nobl'
life and work In this section com
mand the warmest esteem and homo
of the denomination and the genera
public Rarely has anyone been Il
our city whose coming was mort
gracious to those who truly feel al
interest in the Lords work.
The Coroner Matter. q X
DIR. j. w. Liliard, the colored maj
recently elected coroner, was scei
Saturday by Kentuckian reprcseu
tative and questioned in regard tt
his reported ineligibility. Ill
promptly replied: "If residence o
two years In the State 10 necessary,
am Ineligible. Twas born in Tennes
see, lived there all my life excepting
a few years wher was out OF thu
State some years ago, graduated II
Nashville Feb. 90, 1888, aud came her
four days later"
The Doctor was shown the article
bearing on his case in the Constitu
ton, which he read, and remarked:
According TO that 4 cannot hole
the office, but II makes no differences
whatever to me. / was not an aspi
rant for the domination and did nc
canvassipg further than TO distrib'
ute A few carda.D
lie further remarked that he had
been notified officially II his election
but did not say whether or not bt
would attempt to qualify. Up tt
noon yesterday he had not taken &C
tlon In the matter.
Or. Dulin TO Contest.
DIR. Dulin has fully decided TO con-
test for the Office and Messrs. Wood
aud McCarroll are his attorneys IN
the matter. Judge McCarroll II
clearly Of the opinion that there hal
been no election Of qualified csndi'
date and that the course 10 pursue
will be for the county Judge to ap
point a coroner until the next Angus
In that event DR.. Dulir
would ofcourse be re-appointed.
We Wear the Horns.
According 10 the assessors 70
turns Of the four staple crops raised
Ia the State, Christian ranks frat IL
The production Of tobacco and wheat
Warren leads In oats and Shelby ID
corn. The tables show that Chris
tlan county's product In 1888 wa
l7,2ll, l50 pounds Of tobaccoi 565,7ai
bushels OF wheat; $3.50 bushels o
corn and 96,538 bushels of oats
Number Of acres In corn and wheat
SO, 676 The totals for the State
were 2S2, 33l ,42l pounds Of tobacco
1921, 249 bushels Of wheat, 5l.5O5,
5l6 bushels Of corn and 3,740,0i:
bushels Of oats.
The Tobacco Crop.
From large number Of answer
received to 4 circular sent out
Messrs. Glover & Durrett, Of Louis
vile, have compiled table Of stats
tics about tho tobacco crop. Chris
tisn and other counties in the Clarks
Vile district sent 1923 replies. Thee
an acreage Of 24.0i3 acre.
last year and only 1884 this year
All other districts heard from showet
about tho same proportion of fui
crop and few made even q worse
showing. Messrs Glover q Durret
estimate the crop Of 1889 at about q
per cont. of that of 1883.
No Election in Trlgg.
The missing poll-book came L
hand in Trigg county and the vote 0
Ferguson's Spring was found to b.
as reported-l9 for Wharton and 81
for Clark. These votes being count
ed, the result in the legislative rae
Is a tie betwee Wharton and Clark
each having 932 votes. The onl!
course TO pursue in such a case Is u
have another election, which will
undoubtedly result in the success o
Mr.. Wharton, as the Democrats vii
profit by experience and get the vot
out next time.
si The County Wheel.
The County Wheel, of ChristiaI
county, met al Sinking Fork Sstur
day and was largely attended. Din
ner was supplied in abundance 70
all and public addresses were mad
by NJ. NJ. Hanbery and Jas. L
Brown. ,lttt
ATramp Killed.
A tramp was fatally hurt on th
railroad at Guthrie. Thursday nigh
Nothing could be learned about hin
as he was unconscious up to the tim
he died.
Deafness Can't be Cured