Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-05-12
LANCASTER.

extensively Tor vile, Is now happily
married.
Mrs. Louis Landram, Misses Attic
aud Bessie Marksbury went to Louis
Vile Wednesday.
The Stone men are getting up club
here TO promote and look after the in
terests of their favorite.
a number OF our boys attended the
X. Z. convention at Danville Tuesday
night and report ROYAL time.
The illustrated lecture by DR.. Kubo-
Ia on japanese customs Tuesday night,
was entertaining aud Instructive.
Senator Thomas II. Hays, candidate
for lieutenant governor, and Mr.. e. b.
Hill, candidate for secretary of State,
were here Tuesday urging their claims
for nomination.
The merchants talk OF agreeing to
close their stores at 1870 ia the evening
during the summer months. and. as the
protracted meeting begins next Sun
day. such move would be desirable
now to enable proprietor- aud clerks TO
attend the meeting.
Mr.. J. w. Flowers was here Monday
and, being posted on railroads, gave
some good reasons why our people
should do all in their power to get the
southern Railroad. He referred to
several towns which were made popu-
lous and prosperous by being so fortu.
nate As TO have two competing rail-
ways.
+. S. Griffin, travelling freight agent
for the l.. 4 n. railway, met commit
tee, appointed by our commercial club,
to confer in reference TO rates. No
changes were made, but he told the
committee that If any discrepancy could
be proved between the rates here and
at other points, they would be so
changed as TO conform to each other.
As predicted, DIR. j. B. Owsley was
here measuring his lots and talking of
rebuilding the entire block. 1t will
certainly pay him to do so, and be is
well apprlsed of the fact. Our city
council is arranging to have pavements
laid where ever they are needed aud a
spirit OF enterprise is manifested In
Everybody. Truly Lancaster has risen
from the dead.
!, Rev. Ira Parton will go TO Louisville
today, Thursday, to attend the Baptist
convention, which will consist of about
5000 ministers. DIR. Shelton, of Stan
ford, will fill his pulpit at Fairview,
next sunday and administer the Lord {
supper. Bro. Parton takes part with
several OF the fraternal orders mere,
and has made host OF friends.
Elder c. +. Powell will begin the
protracted meeting at the Christian
church next Sunday, and Eld. +. l..
Powell, another eminent minister, OF
Louisville, will arrive here Monday
: night TO assist him. The harvest il
plentiful and it is hoped that much
, good will be done in bringing the peo-
3 pie nearer together, aud especially
I nearer To God.
Il ludl U
, failure to instruct the Garrard delega.
ton for Gen. Hardin would show lack
of gratitude and an utter absence Of
policy. They refer to occasions when
Mercer county contributed literally tC
our campaign fund and they assert thai
II we should fail TO instruct for Hardin
we could not lame Mercer for ignoring
any candidate that we might offer fol
Commonwealth attorney, circuit judg,
$ or Congress. This matter OF distric
I courtesy has generally been observed
10 1t now.
o Quite crowd gathered on Tuesda,
: to hear Senator VIM. Goebel. Senator
: Farris introduced him in compliment
tary terms, saying that, in his judg
70 ment, he would be the next governor o
c Kentucky. Mr.. Goebel followed tn,
n same line of thought that was reported
e in the INTERIOR JOURNAL o. Tuesday
referring to his speech at Stanford OF
J. Monday. He gave his views on Stat,
: and National issues in clear an,
Y forcible manner and made a good i'm
: preston. He is clearly in line will
the democratic party, in opposinl
: trusts and monopolies and favoring th,
a best interests of the people, in regula
n ting freight rates and the price o
books. He asserted that the election
Law was passed To prevent fraud, which
had frequently been practiced by tb,
II republican party. His sarcastic allu
!. sions TO Gen. Hardin's objection I,
+ making certain questions issues In tn,
Ie campaign, and his assertion that tn,
Z cause OF silver would go down with hin
n II he should be defeated, called on
le much applause.