Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-04-18
TOLL.
Corn is selling at 80 cents when it

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'-'a., h.s ..- S - i1 'he store room
I % Weldon D.ys,
W. p. C..f. , p, with ,he Croft
= n BaI-,.t 90, and meets all Gus
toners with heppy smile.
: Miss Bessie Hamilton has, return
+. ed from Il visit in Ills.
Mrs. Laura Mcfarland, Of Etown
HIS, spent a few days with friend,
b in Tolu.
D K. G. Moore, of sheridan, and
! VI b. Moore, Of this place, went to
Ripley, Tenn, last week.
J The Mercantile Company will pull
! down the Croft tobacco barn aud
erect a fac warehouse in addition to
their present store room.
Sunday Wallace, colored, one of
Tolu's characters, was married TO
Sidney Wallace on the 18th inst,
Rev. Green Belt Officiating. Sandy
says be has been trying for Forty
years to get a wife and has at last
found one.
Mrs. Harriet Paitain has left for
= her home IN Tenu. She mas been on
visit among her former friends Of
this place
Dick Dorr, Of Marion, has foun
great attractions in Tolu it seems, |
but not in hunting and fishing alone. |
somebody's darling is abiding
here"
Will Crowcll, Of Marion, was IN
town Monday
Misses Jessie DeGrailnreid and
Lulu Hubbard have opened up mil
linery shop and are doing a good bu-
siness. They say that D.ck Dorr is
first clerk.
Charles Cox, the photographed,
has been in our midst, catching G
features Of the happy inhabitants.
Miss Ella Elsley of Rep,on, is vi
sitting her brother Bob OF this place.
Mr. J. W. Cues 3 building nice
cottage on New street
On sale day for town lots we want
to auction of all the oil bachelors I
also; old maids take notice.
'lr W. p. Order has gone 10
Evansville with lot Of preac' ers
meat (chickensl.
We believe il we had some new
sidewalks and !. r. woull crook his
railroad around this way, that rolu !
would soon come 70 the front.
Rev. George Summers OF Lcyias,
preached for rs the u Sunday. L
A thief broke into the warehouse
at the river kept by G.. VI McGreS
on Monday night and got $3.50 worth
of clothing and $3.50 worth Of Shoes.
No clue as yet as to who it could
have been. I
Ed. Cook, east OF olu, IN a
brand new, rei-tcaded, b0Iacins
baby boy.
Drs. Clement & Dixon have fitted
up their office in splendid style, and
doubtless there is no better equipped T.
Office in Southern Kentucky. They
have put IN nice stock of drugs and i,
are prepared TO compound their own t,
prescriptions.
Last week Mr.. G.. II. Croft, one l.
of our leading farmers, sold To j Z
Reed the finest lot Of cattle that ey
er went out of Crittenden county. -
The lot Melted Mr.. Croft $3.50; they
were contracted to Reed some months
ago at 3-4 cents.
The latest State statistics place
as No, 6 in tae corn pro- OIL
iucing counties of the State; that
IS, there are just five other counties
hat produce more Of this great grain -,
han we. The assessors books will
show that Tolu precinct produces :,
he bulk Of the countys product. To -
give you some idea of how we ralse ;.
.orn down here, here is the size of ~
zone Of the crops that will be plan.
ed this year p. b. Croft, 45O acres ;.
\. j. Bennett, 200 acres; G. II. =,
croft, 200 acres, Il en- there p. @. =
Barnett, VIM. Barnett, w, s. .IIale;t =,
\. Alvis, Tom Wright, Foster Threl-
'els, all of whom will rai.e crops OF
rom 10 to 400 acres, to say nothing
# the innumerable smaller crops.
IF course with such an agricultural
ountry as this to back her, Tolu is
oming to the front.
Dirt has been broken for the foun-
alton of our big Touring mill -
You may talk about hard times
lsewhere, but never befote In, her tu
rstory bias Toln done anything life IN
ne bulk of business sifeaistd oiiig f'Rf
ow. The Two big stores are al ways as
! rush. |' " 81 \ .sr
The sawmill is kept running at de-
Ill capacity to keep up with orders. go
ur town is improving AL along the
ne. Su
Salem, Hampton, ct al. may talk Sc,
nd dream of that railroad to their Law
carts content, but when the time
1mes for knocking the persimmon- AZ
nd we verify believe that time is