The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-08-11
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A new bank is in prospect.

noon, don't know where.
Orla Voolfolk and Lena hewitt attend
ed the picnic and hop at Custom.
Mrs. GIMME Phillips and children Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ditto last
week.
Misses Ellen McGehee, Eva Herndon
were the guests Of Miss Jen Hardin last
week.
Cough Grinnell went TO Mooleyville
to see the game Of base ball and help
"whoop"
For once, Mr.. Editor, 1 am behind in
items, being absent two or three days
throws me out.
l particularly enjoyed Mrs. H V. Dun
cans stay. She is congenial friend.
What is equal to congeniality?
Mrs. H. V. Duncan after most pleas
ant visit to her son and wife has gone to
Rosetta TO see her sister, Mrs. Taylor.
Beall Grinnell, Henry hewitt attended
the ice cream supper at Mr.. Patterson's
after which they patronized the hop at
Custom.
Mrs. VIM. M. Ditto has been in Louis
vile under treatment fer nervousness
We all hope she may soon be her bright,
attractive self.
Bro. Jenkins and Bro. Pate both held
services morning and night last Sunday.
Protracted meeting will begin next Mon
day night at Baptist church.
The news Of Tom Kendalls untimely
death shocked us very much. He was
kind"hearted, generous man ever ready
to lend a helping hand to one in need
News has reached me OF several fall
weddings of friends who were once
Meade county citizens. Mention and
congratulations when have more time.
Prof. @. M. hewitt and Miss Fannie
Pusey Phillips were the guests of Miss
Myrtle Norman, OF Big Spring. They
are enthused over MIS-. Moorman's pleas
ant home.
had a pleasant day with Mrs. ]. X.
Ditto's family. Mrs. Ned Reese, OF near
Columbus, is visiting her parents. She
keeps the bloom OF youth beautifully.
She has fine boy.
The Missionary Society of the M. E.
church had an interesting meeting last
Friday afternoon with Mrs, Milton Reid.
Several leaflets were read and Mrs. Pate
read her missionary notes from the late
Hawesville convention.
Henry Malin, who has had typhoid
fever for sometime, is reported in SER
ious condition. AS this goes to press /
am not able to send particulars but hope
the dear young man may yet recover.
How my heart goes out to that young
wife OF few months.
The Meade county and Mooleyville
base ball teams had two games on the
Mooleyville grounds. No betting was
the edict OF their team which is as it
should be-the national game is all right
il gambling on it would cease. / believe
the Meade county nine are very jubilant
oyer scores and decisions.
Miss Allie Reid and l had a most
pleasant stay in Big Spring. 1t always
affords me genuine pleasure to meet and
mingle with those dear people with
whom l once lived. The old town is full
of visitors and quite gay. The picnic
and moonlight trip had patronage from
the city and adjacent towns.
My friend, John Hardin, OF Big Spring,
is as staunch on the financial issue as
the ex-President or the ex-Treasurer.
He likes the News and says our editors
are the most generous in views OF an any
paper he reads on the absorbing topic.
Firm in ones own views is all right but
not Indifferent OF others who conscien-
tiously differ.
News reached here Monday morning
OF the death of Mr.. Dick Wimp who died
at his daughters, Mrs. DIR. Walker, OF
Garnettsyille. Mr.. Wimp was one of the
oldest residents Of Meade county and
had lived in this county his life time, a
man OF excellent reputation and man
whose friends appreciated him.
Last week was gala week, education
ally, with us, sixty odd teachers took
possession OF the town. Prof.. Mchenry
Rhodes kept things humming as warm
as the thermometer. The musical and
literary entertainments on Wednesday
and Thursday nights we're interesting
and the audiences large. The Institute
brought a great many visitors to town
from quite a distance. Mr.. w. D. Ash
craft is to be congratulated upon its sue
cess in every particular. He has accom-
plished wonders in stimulating the spirit
of educational interest.
Mrs. Harriet Powell. one OF our oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens, died
very suddenly last'%eek OF heart trouble.
She had fallen three weeks ago and
broken both ankle bones, but was doing
well and strong hopes were entertained
for recovery when the summons came
unexpectedly, but she was ready, for
long years Mrs. Powell had worn the
world as a loose garment She had been
a faithful, consistent member OF the Bap-
fist church for forty odd years. She was
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