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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
A PROMINENT EXPONENT
OF the City's Worthy Officials
LuCien II. Davis, City Clerk.

The city of Hopkinsville is
favored in the possession of a
corps of officials who labor unit
edly for the best interests of the
whole community. Economy,
without unnecessary stint, has
characterized the administration
of our city's affairs, and is the
direct result of the selection of
officials from the active vocations
OF life, and who are concerned in
the public welfare, and identified
with the best interests of our
city.
Mr.. Davis, our efficient city
clerk, has won the favor of our
citizens for his able, conscientious
and courteous discharge of his
duties. He is native of this
county and was educated in the
HOpkinsville Public Schools and
afterwards took a business course
in the Evansville Commercial
COlleSe' lie is now engaged, ana
has been for nearly seven years,
head salesman and boOk-keeper
at the large and popular store of
G. M. Latham, which is fitting
illustration of his characteristic
energy and industry. He was
elected to his city position in
1895-his term of Office to cover
two years, '06-'97. No better
man could be found to fill this
position than the present incum-
bent; and we but voice the senti-
ments of all our citizens when
we say that his official record
will be long one-as fidelity to
the interests of the city deserve
a justly earned reward. He is
Trustee of Evergreen Lodge
No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and
also manager of Pearl City Camp
No. 5, Woodmen of the World,
and is clerk in the Hopkinsville
Baptist Church. Courteous and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

the only means of reducing
wheat into an article of food.
How does this method compare
with the roller process, by means
of which the output is doubled
in half the space of time,
and is of much better quail
ity. All of this has been accom-
plished, and more; and no review
of our city would be complete
were we to fail to mention the
Crescent Milling Co., of Hop
klnsville. 1t is truly a home in
dustry, and one which has grown
in our midst, from a crude state,
into the most modern of mills,
and OF large proportions. This
company's mill and elevator are
situated on the l.. q N. tracks,
between 9TH and Sth street cross
ing. 1t was first established, and
the property erected, in 1876, by
Rabbeth, Brownell & Co., and
was then known as the Crescent
Mills. a few changes were
made in the ownership up to
1884, when Mr.. f. ]. BrOwnell
assumed full control. In Janua-
ry, 1886, the Crescent Milling
Co., was formed and duly incor-
porated. The following officers
are in charge: J. f. Garnett,
President; f. J. Brownell, Bust
ness Manager, and f. X. YOst,
Secretary and Treasurer.
In the early days of the mill,
the old burr system was used
as the patent roller system was,
then, little knoWn-and itself in
an imperfect state; but in 1870
all traces of primitive conditions
had disappeared, and the Cres-
cent Milling Co., was perfectly
equipped to do the finest grades
of work in comparatively short
er space of time. Beginning
with capacity of $50 barrels a
day, they now can turn out 800
barrels of flour and 100 barrels
OF meal in the same length of
time. 1t has but one peer in this
regard in the whole State. They
handle about 100000 bushels of
wheat and about 10000 bushels
of corn annually, while they are
prepared through their elevator
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
THE Mills GRIND SLOWLY,
But Grind Exceedingly Fine...
Crescent Milling Company,
HOpkinsville, Ky.

The history of the Blue Grass
State extends so far into the
past that it is not vouchsafed to
even the old est inhabitant-that
oracle on past events-to inform
us of the primitive conditions
existing in Kcntucky's early
development. All that has pass
ed away;and is, to-day, succeeded
by what can truly be called the
agricultural and horticultural
age, it having been discovered
that in the marvellous climate
and underwriting soil of this
great State, were possessed all
the essentials to make it, event
uallv, one of the wealthiest and
most powerful in the Union.
With the growth of our agri-
cultural area has come the birth
of kindred industries, chief
among them that of milling.
There is no class of manufacture
ers who administers so much to
the necessities of the people as
the producers of bread stuffs;
and there are no more enterpris- !
ing class of men than those be-
to that industry. We
use the word Contemplating" in
it's truest sense, for what devel-
of manufacturing has
made greater progress than
theirs? Only short time ago
so short that it is within the re-
collection Of our growing gener-
alton - the mill-stones, which |
seem to us 50 primitive, were
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

construction have been pur-
chased by Nine. Levy with an
eye to taste, richness and style,
and she places before her pa
irons only the best goods and
the latest modes.
Madame Levy has been in bust
ness for three years. She has,
without exception, the finest
millinery parlors in the city.
This department is under the
direct supervision Of Miss Ida
Allen, the head trimmer of the
house. Miss Allen realizes fully
that what pleaseth the eye pleas
eth the heart, and the work
which materializeS under her
skill is both artistic and fashion
able, and has made "The Lead
e." the rendezvous for the bon
ton of the city. This emporium
is 25X5O feet in dimensions and
welhappointed. The stock COM
prises the richest of ribbons.
flowers, hats and all millinery ac-
cessories. The line of fancy
goods is complete, and shows the
same good taste in selection
which characterizes the balance
of the establishment.
Madame Levy, and her eight
able assistants, have by their
courteous treatment and fair rep
resentation of goods, brought
this store up to the standard
which justly earns for it the title
it bears. An immense business
IS done throughout the surround
ing country, and the result of
Nine. Levy's business career
proves her TO be not only a
shrewd and capable business
woman, but one thoroughly
awake to all that tends to i'm
prove and benefit the city in
which she lives. She is affable,
courteous and reliable, and en-
joys a large patronage and host
of friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

and brick storehouse to handle
100000 bushels of wheat at one
time.
The Mill is five stories high
with cement floored basement
which latter contains the engines
and boilers. They use 100
horse power Corliss engine.
Second floor has ten double
rolls and flour packers. Third
floor contains purifiers and flour
reels. Fourth floor has boiling
reels and bran busters. The
Fifth floor contains the necessary
elevator heads, -four reels and
automatic dust collectors.
They employ twenty-five work.
men. Their special brands are
the "Perfection Patent, ""Orient
Extra Fancy" and "Sultan Fam
ily' Flours. Their goods find a
ready sale throughout Georgia
and South Carolina, where they
do a large jobbing trade. Their
local business extends over a
large portion of Kentucky and
Tennessee. The products of
the mill are of the very best
the wheat of this country being
No. l, as the land is so well
to it's production. Ad- |
ded to this are their extra fine
facilities for producing the best
flour in the markets of the world. !
Mr.. Brownell of the company, I
and its business director, has
been with the mills since their
inception, He is man of ener-
gy and determination, as we'll as
industry, and to his watchful
eye and careful supervision is
argely due the uninterrupted |
success of the enterprise. The
personnel of the company are
men of acknowledged standing
n the community, and possess
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

excelled. In this department
will be found a nice stock of
burial cases, caskets, collins,
robes and other accessories at
all prices and in all grades.
Mr.. Pyle is a native of Chris
tian county, and until seventeen
years of age was engaged in
farming. He received an early
education in the common schools.
He then served an apprentice
ship of two years under Mr..
Thompson in Princeton as a cab
inet-maker, and coming to this
city worked at his trade for sew
eral years with Thompson &
Coleman. While not actively
gagged in the war, Mr.. Pyle
witnessed much of the horror in
cidental to it, and has the dis
tlnction Of having buried Col.
Tom Woodland and Col. Brewer,
who were both killed in the Con-
tederate service.
Mr.. Pyle is a man Of sterling
integrity in business and private
lie. His honesty is unques-
toned, and his career is ur-
stained by dishonor. He is Mas
ter Mason, a Knight of Honor
and Deacon in the Christian
Church and a true and loyal citi-
zen. Mr.. Pyle has further the
uniqe distinction of having been
a subscriber to the KENTUcKIAN
since its inception in 1864, having
taken every issue from the first
to that of to-day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
OLDEST ESTABLISHMENT
IN HOPKINSVILLE.
The Popular Furniture and I'm.
dertaking Store OF
A. w. Pyle.

"Thc oldest place of business
in Hopkinsville!" How these
words will send the thoughts of
the pioneers flying through space
back to the days when the South
lay paralyzed from her recent
war-shock, and business was
only in the first stage of reiuva-
nescencc-to the time of so many
bitter and sad memories; to the
days of "auld lang syne,"' when
brave hearts and noble minds
joined forces in the upbuilding
of the "New South"
Mr.. A. w. Pyle, the proprietor
of this time-tried house which we
are about to review, established
his business just a quarter of
century ago, in the days when
the transaction of a successful
business meant incessant toll,
early and late hours, and slow
but steady progress. The note
worthy facts that Mr.. Pyle has
survived fifteen houses that have
started in this same business
since the inception of his own;
that he is the oldest firm in any
business in this city, and that
not a single business-house ex-
lists to-day that embarked on the
commercial sea when he himself
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
1.-THE LEADER"
OF HOpkinsvilIe's Millinery and
Fancy Goods EmpOriums!
NINE. FLEURErTE LEVY, 105 MAIN
STREET.

Who can truly say that "there
is nothing in a name" when he
visits the fashionable and attrac-
tive millinery emporium of the
above lady. Every well-dressed,
stylish maid or matron realize
the importance of buying taste
full and becoming millinery, for
nothing, in point of wearing ap-
parel, has so much power to en-
nance or mar beauty as the hat
or bonnet worn!
Those of the above establish
ment are truly creations of art,
as the materials used in their
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
ONE OF THE OLDEST
Dry Goods Houses of Hopkins
vilIe'-C. M. Latham, Prop.

The fact that an establishment
which bears the above distinc-
ton, is still doing a lucrative
business, and is first-class
house in every respect, should
prove to even a skeptical public
that it has been all along deserv-
ing of its patronage.
For twenty years, Mr.. Latham
has conducted his present bust
ness, and in that time has built
up a custom which speaks highly
for the supe.-ior quality of his
stock, and his honorable and lust
methods. His Efforts have al
ways been directed to keeping
his house up to a true standard
of merit, and his stock of goods
are the result tf the most train
ed and careful selection. TO OBJ
vlate any dissatisfaction result
ing from mail orders, and those
issued through commercial trav-
cling statesmen, Mr.. Latham goes
to New York City every year
and remains six weeks, which
enables him to personally select
his stock from the leading mar
kets of the country and To make
a proper selection Of goods of
foreign importation. AS result
this store contains no shoddv
articles, AID his dress goods are
of the very best wcaves that the
French markets afford. His
stock is truly a superior one, and
contains everything usually kept
in a first-class establishment.
The finest dress patterns, rich
est and latest trimmings, have
made this store very popular
with the bon-ton of the city.
His premises are at No. 5
South Main ST., and measure FAX
100 fee. with three floors for
practical use. Six clerks are
here employed, and the most
courteous attention is afforded
one and all.
The stock is too extensive for
a detailed account; but consists
of the best line of dress goods,
notions of all description and
value, and fancy goods in endless
In addition, is a fine
line of carpets, including the
best Administers, Moquettes,
Wilton Velvets, Tapestry and
Body Brussels, and Ingrains.
These are made after the espe-
cial order of Mr.. Latham.
The patronage is very extern (
sive-made up of Christian and =
surrounding counties. 1t is an
establishment which is a perma-
nent benefit to the community.
Its proprietor has always con-
Quoted his business in a fair and
honest manner, sharing with
his patrons any advantages
which he could find in a tinan-
cial way. Content with a small
p oft, he has greatly increased
mis- patronage from year to year,
the buying public being quick to
a store operated on
such basis.
Mr.. Latham is one of Hopz
most esteemed citi-N
.ens. He is enterprising and
generous to a degree, of pro-
gressive ideas, affable and re-
firing, in short, man unspoiled
by success.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
STREET sPRINKLING!

In addition, they are prepared
to sprinkle the streets of the
city at but small expense to the
property owners on the streets.
1t hardly seems possible that an
enlightened people would fail to
grasp, eagerly, such condition
of affairs. Nothing impresses a
stranger entering a city on a hot,
dry day more faYorably than to
see its'streets properly sprinkled
and the dust thus settled, while
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

Hopkinsvile's educational institu-
tions offer many home advantae es
and have stamped her as a city of
learning and culture.
Hopkinsville climate is salubrious.
its health proverbial, and home adj
vantages unexcelled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

civil to all, of unquestioned in
tegrity and loyal impulse, he has
a large following of staunch and
true friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

Hopkinsvlle's various churches
pronounce her religious and Chris
ian communicable new Baptist
@ .urch being one If the finest edi-
ices Of worship in Southyt stern
Kentucky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

The facilities afforded Christian
county farmers by the enterprising
Milling Companies OF topk'nsville
are boon to this section OF the No.
hard wheat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

set sail, should convince the most
skeptical that he is not only pos
'sessed of great perseverance
and detcrminati IN, but has con-
Quoted his business in an honest,
straightforward manner, and
afforded his customers fair
goods at fair prices. The furni-
ture stock is composed of COM
plete and most artistic line of
goods. All the latest styles of
woods, upholstery and designs
have been provided by this pop
ular and experienced proprietor.
No home can fail to be beautified
and made more cheerful that has
been fitted up from the store of
Mr.. Pyle. An inspection of the
stock is sure to mean a purchase
as the prices and goods tempt all
visitors. The premises are in a
central location, and are beauti-
fully equipped with everything
tending to quicken operations
and economic labor. One deliv-
cry wagon attends to outside de-
mands. The business done b.
Mr.. Pyle extends far into the
country, and is made up of the
best class in the county; showing
the confidence reposed in the
proprietor, and the intrinsic
worth of the goods, as twenty
seven years of business would
have unearthed any misrepre-
sentatiOn of them.
UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT.
Men are born to die! The
"Black Camel" kneels at each
mans door once in a lifetime,
and when it does, sorrowing
hearts turn to the one best fitted
to attend to the last sad rites of
their beloved dead. Often,
greater need is felt than that of
the undertaken, and to those in
search of the embalmer's art,
we would suggest the name and
fame of Mr.. A. w. Pyle. This
gentleman is, undoubtedly, the
most proficient embalmer in this
section, and gives all funeral di-
rection and details his personal
attention. He keeps two hearses,
and as a funeral director is UNI
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

ed of the enterprise needed in
such a vast concern.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-23

In a new bicycle saddle a fluid
tight cushion is filled with glycerine
or similar syrup and inclosed by a
leather covering, to make flexible
seat.
Carbon sticks for arc electric lights
are made with soft cores placed close
to one side of the stick for the pur
pose of throwing stronger light in
one direction.
A new comb has the teeth formed
separately with eyelets in the base,
which are threaded on a wire and
embedded in an elastic strip for use
making the comb easy to clean
Envelopes are being manufactured
with a string inserted in the fold o.
the flap, both ends of which are lief,
loose, to be pulled and tear the
envelope open along the edge.
To minimize the danger OF fracture
| of lamp chimnfys new burner has 6
plate in which the chimney rests anC
is clamped fast with screw, which i,
frightened when the lamp is lighted
| SO that Sudden changes of tempera
ture will not break the chimney.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-23
Discoveries at Treves.

The excavations that have been going
on for months past on plot of ground
belonging to Herr Schabb, a manufac-
turer at Treves, have resulted In the
discovery of a Roman private house,
which will excite the interest of anti
uuaries almost as much as the famous
public buildings at Augusta Trevirorum.
The front of the house lies parallel with
the principal street of the old Roman
city. A number of blocks which served
as pedestals for the wooden or stone
pillars Of a portico still remain. The
entrance is distinctly recognizable be-
tween two buttresses and an immense
heap of stones. A long entrance hall
running right through the house from
front to back is intersected by another
corridor, SO that the gigantic building
is divided into four parts. Side corridors
lead into the rooms. OF these the mar
BILE tessellated bathrooms for hot and
cold water and warm air lie side by side
and deserve special mention. The two
latter were supplied with warm air
through subterranean passages. The es-
cape of the smoke was effected by means
of hollow tiles laid on one another. The
southwestern rooms have cellars under
them. In light court in the same part
of the house there is we'll preserved
window, the first ever found in Ro-
man building.
The most interesting thing, however.
is the magnificent and richly colored
Mosaic floor, rarity of the first order.
Experts assign the building to the first
half of the fourth century. when Au-
gusta Trevirorum attained the zenith OF
it's splendor under Constantine and his
sons. - Berlin Dispatch to London
| Standard
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-23
salmon That Jump Fifteen Feet.

The first fall on the Mingan is about
three miles from the mouth. 1t is 46
feet high, in three pitches about equal
in height and with seething pools be-
tween. The spawning beds of the salmon
are on broad, gravelly bars far up the
river. They must surmount this fall
once year in order to reach them. We
camped on a sand bar below the fall and
watched the struggle. The broad pool
below the fall was so full of these roy al
fish that their tails and dorsa1 fms
could constantly be seen sticking out of
the water. Every minute one or more
fish would make a rush from the depths
below, spring far into the air, every
fiber quivering, and time after time fall
back, only the most powerful and deter
mined occasionally succeeding in pass
ing the first pitch. Above that every
nook and crevice in the rocks where the
salmon could obtain a resting place
was crowded. Great monsters they
were, weighing from 20 to 40 pounds.
How they ever made the second and
third pitches do not know, for there
was not the good starting chance that
they had in the deep hole below the
first pitch.-Frederic Irland in Serb
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-23

then finish off with an Austrian knot
or trefoil arrangement. The skirt may
also be trimmed in this style from the
waist on either side. Many of the serge
skirts are trimmed quite at the edge
with braid, and stylish trimming
consists of fat band of white cloth,
about az inches broad, on which is
laid a center line of inch wide military
braid and at either edge half inch
braid This leaves half an inch of
white cloth on either side between the
braids and is certainly most uncommon.
Other skirts are trimmed with grouped
lines Of braid set about six to eight
inches from the bottom edge, and these
lines are often repeated at intervals all
up the skirt.
Skirts for autumn wear are cut in
three and four parts and require 81 to
Az yards of double width material, but
to - yards is now the average width
of the skirts Coats are still in request,
but the basques lie quite fiat and no Ion
ger set in flutes and are neither gro
tesquely short nor of the old three-quar-
tiers length. One of the newest styles of
the early autumn is the short blouse,
with shaped basque. which will to some
extent supersede the open coat. The
smartness of this garment depends up
on the arrangement of the neck.
A new blouse, adapted for ordinary
wear, in dark blue serge has reyers of
blue silk, trimmed with narrow bronze
passementerie, or white cloth may be
used in the same fashion with ordinary
blue braid. The vest is of china wash
silk, with groups of tucks and stock to
correspond. A second costume in hello
trope cloth has coat and vest arranged
on the same lining. the vest formed OF
tucks of white surah alterDated with
lines of yellow insertion lace and cas-
cades Of yellow lace ON either side. The
coat consists of deep tucks of the cloth
stitched in tailor fashion, and there are
epaulets arranged in the same manner,
with cuffs to match the vest The
shaped basque appears also on this COS
tune, and it is not surprising that it is
becoming very fashionable with the
loose type Of bodice. as it covers any
little deficiencies in shape and is equal
! ly useful if the hips are too small or
becoming where they are full and round.
For tailor made gowns, also other
| day gowns, the plain coat sleeve appears
to be the model. For evening gowns
the elbow sleeve and shoulder puff are
promised. More effective new trim
| mings are those made of silk braid OF
| various colors. about the width OF q
shoe lace, arranged in curves and VEIN
| ed and outlined with bronze and silver
tinsel and little jet.
Among the early autumn models q
canvaslike wool in navy blue and bot