The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-05-17
BRECKENRIDGE NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1898.
EKRON.

burg last Monday.
Mrs. Matte Roberts visited friends il
Brandenburg last Thursday.
Mr.. Mack Richardson returned from
Louisville las: Tuesday night.
Misses Lille Board and Myrtle Brown
visited friends here last week.
Mr.. d. S. Henry returned from bust.
ness trip to Irvington last week.
Mr.. Roland O'Bryan, of Brandenburg,
was in town last week on business.
Mr.. James Wimp went to Louisville
last Wednesday to attend the races.
Mr.. f. A. Guedry and son, Gene, re-
turned from New Orleans last week.
Rev. II. b. White, of Leitchfeld, was
the guest Of Mr.. y. T. Cox last week.
Mrs. McCanse and children, of Custom,
visited Mrs. ]. X. Bramlett last Thurs
day.
Miss Ola McGill left last Thursday to
visit friends in Cloverport and Hardins-
burg.
Mrs. Sim. Dooley, Mrs. Jack Hall, of
Long Branch, are visiting friends near
Ekron.
Mr.. James Bishop representing shoe
house in Louisville was in town last Sat
urday soliciting trade.
Mr.. Will Tobin returned from Louis
vile last Wednesday night, where he
had been to seek employment.
Rev. Niram Willett and Miss Louie
Willett were the guests of their brother,
DIR. ]. Max Willett last week.
Mr.. J. o. Cosby went to Louisville last
Sunday, he said, too see his best girl.
May be he did, but we doubt it.
Messers. u. Il. Cox, accompanied by
James Warfeld and Bea Guedry, visited
his parents at Stephensport last week.
MIR. q. T. Cox looked unusually happy
last Wednesday. The cause was GER
tain "Meade county Belle" was circulat-
ing among friends on that day.
Messrs. Will Tobin and T. NJ. War
field returned from their southern trip
last week. They report a good time,
but prefer the old Kentucky home to
the south.
Mr.. j. ID. Babbage, of the BREcKEN-
RIDGE News, paid our town visit last
week. After being acquainted with Mr..
Babbage one can easily account for the
News being such an excellent paper.
Mr.. C. G. Beard, of Custom, was bid
ding farewell too his many friends in
Ekron on last Friday morning. He left
Sunday for Louisville to accept posi-
ton with the wholesale firm Of Harbin-
son, Gathright & Co. We wish him
much success in his new position.
Mr.. Press Richardson left last We'd
nesday to take possession of the Custom
depot. He had been in our midst long
enough for us to become very much at
tached to him, one person in particular,
but such is life made up Of disappoint-
ment, so our loss is Customs gain. We
hope he will continue as he begun,
Shy wandering back again."
Our thoughts run in the same channel
with the correspondents from McDaniels.
That there is nothing we would like to
report better than marriage. But Mad
am Rumor is not so kind to us, in spite
of our close vigilance we have failed to
"catch on" to the faintest hint of mar
riage. Although we have heard il hint
ed that our druggist was going to build
him new drug store with a nice suit OF
rooms over head, aid he did not intend
TO rent them out. And that our "dealer
in goodies was looking for lot to build
him store and cottage on. AS they
both enjoy single blessedness, they must
mean business.
HuRRAH FOR EKRoN.
It's true saying "those that laugh
last laugh longest" And we have the
laugh over Hardinsburg. Since the ar
rival OF the noon train last Thursday
bearing the Honarables d. S. Roberts
and Gus. w. Richardson with the con-
tracts for the Ekron college, duly signed
by Prof. Shacklett, Of that place in their
possession. 1t is true Ekron is in her in
fancy, but she can teach Hardinsburg
that a ''still tongue makes wise head"
AS to Brandenburg she always was
sick over poor little Ekron, and we know
since receiving this sad blow "she is
neigh unto DEATH but cheer up we have
tender spot in our hearts for you and
extend hearty welcome too you to
come out and spend the day with us
when we get our new college. 1t win be
built where the old lsx24 school house