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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
Demand for Morgan County Coal

The Development of the camel
coal fields in Morgan county has
proceeded so rapidly that about
thirty cars week are now being
handled by the Ohio q Kentucky
railroad to the Lexington a. East
ern for the Central Kentucky trade.
The transportation facilities are for
the present behind the demand for
the coal and the question of cars to
handle it is now becoming serious
one. Much of this camel coal is
now being used in the Chicago
trade.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
Preacher Uses Knife.

In an alteration at Paducah
growing out of the pranks of a mis-
chief loving boy, the Rev. G. w.
Briggs, pastor of the Broadway
Methodist church, and a widely
known minister, stabbed and seri-
ously wounded Mr.. T. j. Carr, the
proprietor of the Inn, fashiona.
BILE boarding house, where Mr.
Briggs and his family were making
their home. Mr.. Briggs is one OF
the most eloquent and prominent
ministers in the Methodist Church
South.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
NEW OWNERS.
The Louisville Commercial Pass
es to a New Company Shortly
to be Incorporated.

The Louisville Commercial, a
Republican morning paper, owned
by the Duponts, of Wilmington,
Del, has been sold to company
which will be incorporated with
Harrison M. Parker and Charles
NJ. Palmer, of New York; Young
E. Allison, Washington Flexner
and George A. Newman, Jr, of
Louisville, as incorporators. The
new owners will take charge as
soon as the necessary formalities
can be gone through with.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

The Covington Postsays Among
those who registered Tuesday was
Justus Goebel, but recently return
ed from Arizona. He gave his ad
dress as 81 East Sixth street, Cow
ington, and, Of course, registered
as Democrat. His appearance as
voter in Covington is looked up
on by some as an evidence of his
determination to devote SOME time
to politics from now on.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
Acquitted.

Gardner, the man who worked
the short change racket recently in
getting a money order at the Win
chester postoflice, was tried in the
Federal court at Covington and ac-
quilted. The fellow acknowledged
getting the money and showed
Judge Cochran how it was done,
but escaped. conviction on a techni-
cality.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
Good Prices Paid for Bath County
Farms.

Near Sharpsburg, Judge L. s.
Rodgers sold his 200 acre farm to
Robert Clark for $4,000, or 800
per acre. This is the best price
for a large farm ever paid in Bath
county. Robert Clark sold his
farm to Oscar Chandler for 81, 300
cash. NJ. and G. Bolts bought of
f. E. Peck seventy-five acres of
land for $4,6S7.5O
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

The Winchester electric street
railway is hearing completion and
it is expected that the cars will be
RAINING by November Is. The
suspension cables are in place, the
track is completed and the string
ing of the trolley wires is about all
that remains to be done.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
SALVATION
For the Kentucky MOuntains-W
]. Lampton's Appeal for an
Industrial Education.

Writing in the New York Sun in
support of the Lincoln Memorial
University of Cumberland Gap for
the education of young men and
women of the mountains, w. j.
Hampton writes as follows of the
Kentucky mountaineers
"There are 100000 people living
tributary to Lincoln University
who have in them the genuine
quality of the American, but it
has no opportunity of development,
and the result is, through all that
section we find poor farms, poor
homes, poor food, poor liquor,
poor education, poor religion, poor
everything that might and should
be made good and wholesome.
There prevail the bloody feuds
that have put there red marks on
the history of those States, and
there ignorance holds the people
in thrall. 1t isn't book learning
those people need, but training in
how to make homes livable places;
to be taught the little amenities of
life; to be taught how to prepare
the food that is in abundance
about them; to be taught how to
get the most out of the opportuni-
ties they have; to be taught some
thing of social pleasures, the
proper association together of their
own kind; to be taught how to
build their houses, and how to
keep them when they are occupied; /;
to be taught the sewing machine
instead of the shotgun; to be
taught the more modern ideas of
living, the more modern appliances
of labor, the more modern ideas of
the worlds progress; to be taught
sanitation and cleanliness; to be
taught new things to take the
place of The old that have kept
them back three-quarters of cen
tury. Nowhere in this country
can more primitive people be
found than among these noun
taineers.
"No one knows or can know
what manner of people these are
until he has gone among them l..
Many of them are capable, and
have managed, in a way, to keep
fairly abreast of the times, and to
be fairly modern in their ideas,
but the majority, less capable, are
are far behind, and the opportuni-
ty being lacking for their better
ment, they remain in the rut. Yet
the results at Lincoln University,
and at other schools which in a
small way have been attempted,
show conclusively that these people
are ready and willing to come out
the darkness that has shut them in
for l50 years"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

Say, Cuba,
What do you think of us
u. s.,
SeeY
o, gee.
Amt this land of the free
A bird?
Have you ever heard
Moi anything so absurd
Asrthe way we keep our wordS
ABut don't you worry
Tor be in hurry,
For we're going to scurry
Around and pay off the mortgage
The beet sugar trust
Holds on us, or bust
And then we play fair
And make it square
With you,
Or rip the Red, White and Blue
Trying to,
See2
w. J. hampton in the New York
Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
President Roosevelt Sets Aside
Nov. 81, AS Annual National
Holiday.

IreSlOcnC hOOseNcl1 mas lsouSu
proclamation designating Thurs
Nay, November 27, as day of Ma
cal Thanksgiving. The procla-
fasion is as follows:
4 According to the yearly custom
OF our people, 1t falls upon the
Resident at this season to appoint
day of festival thanksgiving to
God. Over a century and quar-
ter has passed since this country
took its place among the nations of
the earth and during that time we
have had, on the whole, more to be
thankful for than has fallen to the
lot of any other people. Genera
tion after generation has grown to
manhood and passed away; each
has had to bear it's peculiar bur-
dens, each to face its special crisis,
and Aech has known years of grim
trial. When the country was men
aced by malice, domestic or foreign :
when the hand of the Lord was
heavy upon it in drouth or flood or
pestilence; when in bodily distress
and anguish of the soul, it paid the
penalty of its folly and forward
heart, nevertheless, decade by de-
cade, we have struggled onward
and upward. We now abundantly
Joy material well-being, and un-
r the favor of the Most High, we
le striving earnestly to achieve
Nral and spiritual uplifting.
IThe year that has just closed
y been one Of peace and overflow
ing plenty. Rarely has any people
enjoyed greater prosperity than we
are now enjoying. For this we
render heartfelt and solemn thanks
4 the Giver of all good, and we
to praise Him not by words
only, but by deeds, by the way in
which we do our duty to ourselves
and to our fellowmen.
Npw, therefore, l, Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, do hereby designate as a
day of general thanksgiving, Thurs
day, the 9th day of the coming
November and do recommend that
throughout the land the people
cease from their ordinary occupa-
tions and in their several homes
and places of worship render
thanks unto Almighty God for the
manifold blessings of the past year
=, In witness whereof, have here
into set my hand and caused the
.aal of the United States to be
liked. Done at the City OF
Washington, this, the 29th day OF
October. in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
twoe~gpd of the independence of
the United States, the one hundred
and twenty-seventb. SEAL.
(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
President
(Signed) BY JOHN Hay,
Secretary of State
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
To Make 1t Nice

For our subscribers, we will for the
next ten days, take on subscription
at the market price the following
CASH, bacon,
beans, 'lasses,
taters, onions,
corn, fodder,
MONEY, turnips,
lard, butter,
eggs, chickens,
anything,
"FILTHY LUCRE" not excepted
Now if this isn't an opportunity
to pay for and read your home pa
per, and never miss the price, then
what is it Morgan Messenger.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
FOxhunters Meet.

The National Foxhunters' Asso-
cistion will meet at Bowling
Green, KY, November 10th. Col.
Lee Hathaway, of Winchester, is
First Vice President of the Asso-
citation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

A case of smallpox, Of the mild
est type is reported in the family
of Jordan Howard, at Ford, Clarke
county.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
saARPsBURG WANTS A LINE.
Citizens Address the Mayor Urg
ing Extension Of N. Middle
town Road.

Lexington and North
electric railway may
become trunk line seems of early
realization. 1t is now proposed to
extend the line to Sharpsburg,
twelve miles beyond North Middle
town.
Mayor Duncan, of Lexington,
received a special delivery letter
from the principal business men of
Sharpsburg Wednesday, asking for
consideration of proposition to
extend the line. Sharpsburg is on
a direct line from Lexington via
North Middletown. Following is
the letter received by Mayor Dun
can:
Sharpsburg, Ky, Oct. 80, 1902.
Mayor H. L. Duncan,
Lexington, KY.
"Dear Sir:-We take the liberty
to write you, seeing your name as
member of committee of business
men to meet the citizens of North
Middletown, KY, to discuss the
electric road from Lexington to the
latter point. Not seeing the notice
of this meeting in The Morning
Herald until too late to be in Lex
ington today, we take this method
of placing our town before you as a
desirable and profitable extension
of this line. Since these traction
systems were first agitated through
out the Blue Grass region, our cit
izens have been very much in favor
of line from Lexington to Sharps-
bug via North MIddletown, and
we think the greater majority want
that line and no other. We have
had propositions for other routes,
that is from Sharpsburg to Mt.
Sterling or Carlisle, but have never
given them any encouragement.
We are situated twelve miles
from Mt. Sterling and twelve miles
from Carlisle, our nearest railroad
points. According to statistics,
We are in the best farming country
in the world, the statistics showing
that the Flat creek land of Bath
county, which is in our territory,
as the best, most fertile and pro-
ductive land in the world. We are
twelve miles from Licking river by
turnpike. AS a shipping point we
would command the traffic to Lick
ing river and a distance of at least
twenty miles up and down said
river, aside from a distance of at
least six to eight miles north, south
and west of town.
The fuel of the entire community
is coal, which at present must be
hauled by wagon from Mt. Sterling
or Carlisle. Our principal crops
are corn, wheat and tobacco, the
latter of which is the most extern
sive as to shipping. BY an esti-
mate of Hon. Waller Sharp, the
most extensive tobacco dealer in
the county, an aggregate of twelve
million pounds would be shipped
from this point annually. These,
aside from the live stock, etc, to
be shipped out, and the vast
amount of coal and merchandise to
be shipped in, together with the
passenger traffic, would, we think,
be to Lexington good feeder, and
we respectfully ask your considera-
tion of said route.
We would be glad to give you
any further information regarding
this section. We are about ten to
twelve miles from North Middle
town, and should you run a line to
that point, we feel that it will be
much to your interest to extend to
this place.
The above was signed by all the
business men of Sharpsburg and
vicinity.
Last Saturday the first mails
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

Last Saturday the first mails
over the rural routes of Clark
county started from the Winches-
ter postof1ice.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

Bring your job work to this
flee and you will be pleased.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05

1 Strictly Democratici cannot
: be side tracked; opposes all
class and vicious legislation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-05
To Cuba.

Say, Cuba,
What do you think of US
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
"UncIe Terry" to Return.

The manager OF Howe Opera House
has secured James B, Waite for a return
engagement of his realistic comedy
drama, "Uncle Terry" beautiful story
OF Maine coast folks. This same attrac-
ton appeared at the Opera House last
February and the quality Of the attrac-
ton was general surprise to the audi.
ence present, as few had knowledge OF
the worth and merit of the production
and owing to the festival concert a good
many were unable to be present The
company carries all its scenery and effects
in a special car. "Neyer has a sweeter
more wholesome play been presented il
St. Johusbury, nor one that will he more
enjoyable" than Uncle Terry" a first
class production in every sense of the
word is guaranteed by the management
A crowded house will doubtless greet tn,
return OF Uncle Terry" on Monday
evening March 1st,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09

dinner at Delmonico's on March 81, by
his staff and associates.
G. w. Flint, editor of the Danbury
News Conn, spent last week in town.
He came to see his sister, Mrs. NJ. F.
Fenno, who is at Brightlook Hospital,
and was the guest of his uncle, R. B.
Flint.
Miss Marion Dean Patterson returned
Thursday from six weeks stay in Bos-
ton, Walpole, N. H., and Bellows Falls.
While in the latter places she gave sew
eral lectures and demonstrations on
cooking.
Miss Margaret B. Merrillleaves Thurs
day for Norwalk, Conn, where she will
supply a few weeks in the school in
which she taught last year, in the abb
sence of one OF the teachers on account
of illness.
Civil service examinations for the
positions of agricultural chemist, analy.
teal chemist, physical chemist, physio-
| logical chemist, and pharmacologisti in the
Philippines service. will be held at the
post office May 81.
Frank c. Perley of Tombstone, Ari.
zona who is spending few weeks in the
East, was in town last week. Mr.. Perley
is manager of the Vermont aud Arizona
mine, considerable of the stock of which
is held in this vicinity.
Miss Marion Wilson Of New York, who
was leading attraction at the food fair
last winter, was in town Friday, on the
way to Derby Line, where her new COM
pany, known as the Wilson-Frye COM
bination, appeared that evening.
Editor Jamason of the White River
Junction Landmark came to st. Johns
bury on Saturday to see his home team
defeat the Company D players in neat
game of basket ball. On the whole he
rather enjoyed taking victory back
home with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Black and son
Oliver LETT yesterday for visit to Lowell,
after which they will go to their old
home in Westboro, Mass. Mr.. Black is
undecided about his future course at
present. Quite large company of their
friends gathered at the depot to bid
them good bye.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Dean Of Sgd
ney, Australia, have been spending a few
days the past week with his cousin, D.
D. Patterson. Mr.. Dean is an American
but this is his first visit to this country
for eight years. Mrs. Dean is a native of
Australia and this is her first visit to the
United States.
Miss Martha c. Goodwin of the Acad-
envy corps of teachers is at Williams
town, Mass, for the vacation. Miss
Hazelton is at Reading, Mass, Mr..
Bingham is in New York. Mr.. Stephen
son and Mr.. Barbour are at Stanstead
on a fishing trip. Miss Davis is at her
home in Connecticut.
Invitations have been received by
friends here, from Mrs. H. W. Kinney Of
Grants Pass, Oregon, former St. Johns
bury resident, to the marriage of her
daughter Mabel Helen, to John Curtis
Wiseman, of Fostoria, Ohio, which takes
place tonight at the Bethany Presbyte.
rian church, Grants Pass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
Improved Christian Science Rooms.

The quarters of the First Church Of
Christ, Scientist, have been greatly I'M
proved this spring and the society no"
has some exceedingly pleasant rooms
The church room has been made nine ieet
longer by the remo7al of a partition ana
two smaller rooms have been added TO
the suite, so the society now occupies the
entire second floor 'front.' OF ODD Fellows
Block. The vestibtle, or reception ROOM
has been set off from the main corridor
by a partition; hardwood floors have
been put in in all the rooms, and they
have been repa nted ana paPered
throughout. The new rooms Will be
be used as a reading room and cloak
room. The enlargement ofquarterrs was
made necessary by the increase IN the
church and congregations. Starting four
years with a membership OF SIX, the
church now has % members and several
more will be aGded in June. The con
gregations average from IS to 40.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
Letter to II. j. Goodrich.
St. JOhnsbury, Vt.

Dear Sir; No man has more need of a
quick and open mind for good new things
than a hardware man. The whole town
looks to him for advice to buy this, and
not to buy that, among tools and 1901
contrivanCes. It's his business to know
what is good, to find out quick what is
better, to drop the good, and sell his
neighbors the better.
Our paint IS not new-we are ourselves
l45 years old-it is new to some.
Read what we guarantee:
"lt you have any fault to find with this
paint, either now in putting it on or after,
ward in the wear, tell your dealer about
it.
I'VE authorize him to do what is right
at our expense"
This is our short way of saying the
paint is good, 1t is better than good: it
is best: the only good paint.
Old-tashioned painters paint, lead and
oil, is not good any longer-wears out in
three years. Ours lasts six years, seven
years, eight years, ten years, fiteen-in
favorable conditions.
Devoe lead and zinc is the paint.
Yours truly,
50 F. w. DEyoE & Co.
P.S. Flint Bros, St, Johnsbury, and
S o. Morse, Danville, sell our paint.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
-"For I'm called Little Buttercup,"
East St. J0hnsbury.

Mrs. Ella Wood, who has rented
rooms in the house of G. l. Copp, will
return to her home on her farm this
week.
Edgar Cushman has given a general
invitation to the village people to come
to his sugar camp Wednesday afternoon
to "sugaring off. "
The Ladies Society meet with Mrs
Stephen Rudd Thursday, at ten O'Clock.
The higher department of the village
school commenced Monday with -
scholars. The primary department will
commence next week.
Master Charles Copp found spring
beauties and hepaticas in the fields Sun
day, April 8.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Howe regret to hear that their little son,
Joe, is very sick with fever at st. Johns
bury.
Miss Fidelia Fisher was made happy
by the receipts of letter from a friend
about the last of March SAYING that she
would receive as gift soon, a garden
cultivator which was warranted to keep
out witch grass and weeds, etc. Miss
Fishers expectations were high and she
had bright visions of vegetables and
flowers without the customary backache
which usually attends the successful cul
tivation of garden. April box con.
tanning rooster and two hens were left
at her door. The "cultivator" will
doubtless do all that it was recon-
mended to do-and more.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
Consumers League.

Consumers League.
The Consumers League now has a
membership of 81, and at the meeting
held last week Tuesday afternoon the
constitution was adopted and these Of
hcers were elected:
President, Mrs A. B. Moves.
Vice President, Mrs Walter P. Smith.
Secretary and treasurer, Mrs. James
Nj eastman.
Executive Committee of II members
Mrs. c. W. Farr, Mrs. George F. Cush.
man, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, Mrs. W. P
Stafford, Mrs. B, w. SpauIding, Mrs. F
II. Miner, Mrs. n P. Lowering Miss
Flora Morse, Mrs. F. D. Thompson, Mrs
A. F WaIch, Mrs. A. c. Hussey, Miss
Lucy Sinclair,
New members may join at any time
the membership fee being 25 cents, which
is to be paid to Mrs. James NJ. Cushman
1t is expected literature for distribution
will be ready in few days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
Branching Out.

The Farmers Mutual Creamery Com
pauy has Just secured the controlling
interest in the butter and cheese factory
at Evansville which is one of the largest
plants OF the kind in the state. 1t was
built about three years ago at a cost OF
$500 The new owners expect to com.
mence operating May /. The company
will also put in a butter making plant at
Littleton to avoid the expense of ship
ping cream from routes in that section
1t is the expectation that this will be in
operation May |.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
WANTED. FOR SALE. ETC.

[Small advertisements will be inserted in
this column in reading matter type at the
rate of two cents word for the first inSer-
ton and one cent word for subsequent in
Sertions. Cash must accompany the order. |
ACADEMY STUDENT would like place
to work tor his board during the spring
term. Address E. L. Dodge, East St.
Johnsbury.
For SALE. Two Horse power Baxter
engine and boiler, at a bargain. L. P.
Hartman & Sons.
MAGAZINES REBOUND While you are
cleaning house, why not gather up last
years magazines and either bring them
to this office or telephone and we will
call and put them into binding which
will preserve their valuable contents. All
kinds of book repairing,
GIRLS WANTED to stitch overals. Our
work is so arranged now that one can
make good pay in short time. Write
H. w. Garter & Sons, Lebanon, N. H.
WANTED-A woman in small family.
Competent housekeeper. P. w. Carlton,
Boynton Avenue, St, Iohnsbury.
MACHINIsT WANTED Apply or write
to ]. w. Murkland, Barton.
For SALE-Full blood Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Red eggs, 81 per setting,
Sylvester Day, St. Johnsbury Center, Vt.
WAGE FARMERS, do not overlook the
fact that your savings can earn for you
II per cent. per annum, guaranteed in
vestment at that. For particulars ad
dress Box 431, Hartford, Conn.
For SALE-Two separators. No. l
De Laval, run months, also No. U. S.
with sheep power and sheep. All in good
repair. H. E. Chalmers, North Danville
TENEMENT TO RENr-2 Bagley St.
EGGs FOR HATcHING; 81 90 for 10
Rose-comb white Leghorns, Barred Ply.
mouth Rock, Daniels Poultry Co., z
Pleasant St., st. Johnsbury, Vt,
WILL ASSIST any one who wants helt
in bookkeeping. Ernest A. Mcfarland
II Main St., ST. Johnsbury.
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Deaths.

At Danville, April 2, Levi FRANK Bad
ger, aged 65 years, 10 months.
A. carhridgeport. Mass, March IS,
Henry Hooker, a former resident of Danville
At North Danville, April 5, Robert Scott
aged 80 years.
At St. Iohnsbury. Apr. 6, Mrs. Bessie NJ
(Pierce) Waters, aged % years.
At St. Johnsbury, April s, Crank R. Rob-
erts aged 81 years.
At Montague City, Mass, April +, Mrs
Oren A. Jameson, aged % years.
AtSt Tohnsbury, April s. Miss Elizabeth
King Hawkins, aged 25 years.