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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
By order of the Governor:
JOHN W. MORTON.

Pay Your Taxes.
City taxes are now due. Pay and
save penalty.
H. T. HURT, Collector.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05

Don't let the baby suffer from &C.
zema. sores or any, itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe,
for children. All druggists sell it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05

Prof. Garman of the Kentucky
State University announces that he
has discovered a butterfly parasite
that eats up tobacco worms. The
butterfly plants the insect on the
worm, which eventually destroys it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
The Weather.

Jno. D. Rockefeller claims to be
descended from a line of French
borous.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Kentucky Fair Dates.

The following are the dates fixed
for holding the Kentucky fairs for
1908:
Monticello, September 8, 4 days.
Hodgenville, September 8, 3 days.
+ Glasgow, September 9, A days.
Louisville State Fair. September
IA, 5 days.
List vnrr real estate fn,. sale with
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
September "a a Legal
Holiday In Tennessee.

A few days ago Governor Malcolm
R. Patterson, in recognition Of the
value of the State Fair to the people
of Tennessee and as a compliment to
the several Governors of the neigh
boring States who will visit the
State Fair on Tuesday September
24-which will be Tennessee Day
and Governors Day"-has issued the
following proclamation:
Whereas, The Tennessee State
Fair Association has set aside Thurs
day, September "a, as Tennessee
and Governors Day of the Tonnes
see State Fair; and,
Whereas, The invitation is ex-
tended to all citizens of Tennessee
and they are urged to attend the
State Fair on this day;
"Now, therefore, l, Malcolm r.
Patterson. Governor of the State of
Tennessee, by the power and au.
thority in me vested, do hereby de.
clare Thursday, September "a, 1908,
State holiday, and hereby order
and direct that on that day all State
Offices be closed and that, so far as
practicable, business be suspended.
I'm testimony whereof, l have
here unto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State to be
affixed at the department at Nash
Vile.
"This, the 21st day of August, 1908.
MALCOLM r. PATTERSON,
Governor.
By order of the Governor:
JOHN W. MORTON.
Secretary of State"
On this holiday a great programme
of entertainment will be prepared to
take place at the State Fair grounds,
and at least so, 900 people from Ten
nessee and the neighboring States
are expected in Nashville at that
time.
Pay Your Taxes.
City taxes are now due. Pay and
save penalty.
H. T. HURT. Collector,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05

ca1.fra Up State,
Just az we learned how 10 pro
nounce chauffeur they sprang aviator
j.. ma --Nunda IN ~ News.
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VN9iT GeAMAR/ES 0FSM8
Ss71ts KEee/-kEeRlGS
show up against the lion, ele'

show up against the lion, ele-
phant bongo hippo, rhino, ze- ~
bra tigers and smaller animals? FROM Indications,
the Democrats declare, there will be no Jungles
when Theodore leaves
Five thousand pounds of ammunition VIII be
needed six months food is an absolute neces-
sity and an expert declares that the cost from
the time steps onto the continent until he
leaves Will aggregate about $4,000 That is
large amount of money to put into six months
hunting but British and German sportsmen say
it is worth the price.
The real heart of the hunting regions of Afri-
ca is in Rhodesa. There cannibals there,
also hostile tribes but Rooseveltian diplomacy may
become a splendid asset, and backed up by his
fighting experience gained on San Juan hill and
in sparring bouts with the senate, there should be
no serious danger.
One of the features of the expedition will be
shooting lions by night This has been authori-
tatively announced by the magazine which is to
pay Mr. Roosevelt 81 a word for his stories of the
hunt In stalking lions by night the president must
use an automobile headlight, which African ar
chives say King Leo hates He dislikes it so much
that each season several dozen natives are killed
and carried away while carrying jungle torches
The lair of the lion must be baited with live
donkey. One of the hired help holds the light and
the president holds the gun, always in readiness
to end Leos career on sight.
When the king of beasts is sighted, the native
instant that the lion is dazed by the glare, Mr..
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

cornered His prey having been killed. the aioes
with tho nresident will set to work to skin the
beasts.
But the most sought animal is the Dongo' ar
ter which every African hunter is Keen lts the
rarest animal on the dark continent ACCORD
ing to one wealthy European, the market price
for single specimen is $4,000. The bongo Is
wilder and more timid than the American
deer.
The great continent of Africa for centuries mas
held civilized peoples in hypnotic state II
simply teens with mysteries and to get st the
bottom of these, thousands OF lives nave been
snuffed out by wild beasts, natural formations
of the country and the novelists as we'll STA
tistics, gathered between the years OF 1901 and
1876, have it that over onethird of the works OF
fiction of those generations were based on the
darkest continent.
Arabs. Portuguese, Dutch, French, Teutons
and Britons have held sway in that order in the
most populated parts of Africa French Dutch,
Germans and English are still prevalent there
and evidences of the subjects of Portugal ana
the wandering Arabs are still to be found In the
STYLE OF building, customs and costumes.
The classics of Livingstone, Speke and Stan
lev tell us what it was once like and now we
are to have a present-day rehearsal by Roose'
velt himself Africa confronts the traveller with
the grandest, most mysterious, most difficult
touring proposition that is to be found the world
over.
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90
HERE AND THERE v.I;s.. 5.:' ps;.'. s:s. s'cG cI.
DEEP MYSTERY
Surrounds the Tragedy That Wiped
Out Two Lives.

LoudOnville, On. B. Stein. %. OF
Des Moines, Ia, and Miss Hester Por-
ter, so, of Loudonville, his mother-in-
laws sister, are dead as a result of a
mysterious tragedy at Miss POruer's
home 1t is believed that Stein shot
Miss Porter and then turned the revoL
yer upon himself, although no motive
can be imagined.
STEMS wife and her mother have
been visiting here for two weeks and
he arriving on the first anniversary or
his wedding. He had never been here
before and never had seen Miss Porter.
Shortly after the noon meal Stein aud
Miss Porter went into another room,
and Mrs. Stein and her mother heard
three shots fired. Investigation show
ed the bodies of Miss Porter and Stan
lying on the floor a few feet apart, she
with two wounds and he with one,
each having been shot in the back OK
the head. A revolver lay on the floor
between them. Both died, neither hav-
ing rcgained consciousness.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
LIMA CHOSEN
For Next Meeting of Ohio Rural Mail
Carriers-Offcers Chosen.

GAINESVILLE, O.-The convention OF
the State Association of Ohio Rural
Mail Carriers adjourned to meet next
year at Lima.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, H. II. Collins, gainesville;
vice president, ]. B. Gish, Rittman,
Wayne county, o.; secretary, l.. j.
Steinbrecker Mt. Healthy, Hamilton
county; treasurer, C. S. Duer, Ando-
yer, Ashtabula County.
Delegates to the national convention
at Omaha: j. d. Steddem, Lebanon;
w. II. Johnson, ST. Paris. and L. j.
Steinbrecker.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
CAMDEN GIRL
Who Lost Her Golden Tresses Can
Throw No Light on the Outrage.

Hamilton, O.-The village of Cam
den is terribly worked up over the
treatment Miss Ruth Lou, handsome
young miss OF 16, received at the
hands of two masked men, who chloro-
formed her and cut of her rich golden
tresses.
Her condition was discovered when
Miss Lou did not appear for breakfast,
and her mother found her lying uncon-
sc!ous on the bed
On arousing from her stupOr Miss
Lou told her narrowing experience to
her parent, saying:
Il awoke about midnight to lind two
masked men in my room. Each car
ried revolver, and, while one neld
his pistol at my head, the other seized
me by the shoulders and pressed a
handkerchief to my nostrils. After
that | sank into unconsciousness."
The Lou family is among The most
prominent in the village. and their
daughter had number of admirers.
The authorities are ct a loss for a
clew.
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for half block through busy West
Thirty-ninth street. Stage carpenters
stopped carrying for few minutes the
big planks with which they are repair
ing the opera house stage. Masons
put down for awhile the heavy chiselS
with which they were breaking up the
crecked cement sidewalk. The auto
mobile crowd took their shoulders
from the door posts of the opposite
garage and drifted across the street
"Wese jes' tree little cullud boys,
an we want chSnce to make some
money like ma big brewer" explained
one Of the singers, his eyes growing
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
CARS NEED NOT BE PAINTED,
But Law Requires That Gasoline"
Must Be StenciIed on Receptacle.

Columbus, O.--Attracted by the re-
port from Stryker and other small
cities in Northern Ohio that an i'm
postor has been going about under the
guise of a state official and painting
cans used for holding gasoline, an in
spection was made at the capitol of
the law under which he pretends to be
operating. This resulted in the unCov-
ering of the fact that there is really
no statute compelling the painting Of
these vessels red. Instead there is a
requirement that they must be stem
ciled with the words gasoline, "naph-
tha" or "benzine," according to the nse
to which they are put.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Veterans Meet in CIermont.

Batavia, O.-The Clermont County
G. A. r. held an encampment at the
Bantam fair grounds. The Rev. Her
bert Ketcham, of Cincinnati, one Of
the speakers, declared that the negro
had been given the right to vote too
soon after the war, and that urrestrict-
ed immigration is menace to the
country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Columbus, O.-At a meeting of the
democratic state executive committee
Mansfield was selected as the place
and September 26 as the date of the
opening of the state campaign. Jud-
son Harmon, of Cincinnati, the nomi.
nee for governor, and former Gov. Jas.
e. Campbell, of Hamilton, indorsed by
the state convention for United States
senator will be the chief orators at
the opening.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
NEGRO BOYS WERE PRACTICIN'

fresh, apparently, from the colored
amusement halls of Seventh avenue
and Thirty-ninth street.
"Oh! Ma Pretty Luz was the first
song. Afterward the boys sang Bon
Bon Buddy, the Chocolate Drop"
Chop Suey," Last Hours" Sweet
-Adeline," and "Ah've Been Dreamin
of You" Their clear voices echoed
back from the dingy yellow walls of
the opera house and could be heard
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

big with pleasure at being interro
gated. Ma big brewer sings in sa
looms along Sevent' avenue. Wese
jes' practicin' nov. Does yo' t'ink
yo ken get US real engage
ment?"
The boys made no attempt to take
a collection. They said their names
were Willy johnson, age 16; Joe
Miller, age IA, and Phil Anderson, age
a. Miller is the manager. He says
he will book his Juvenile trio for local
appearances from his parents home
302 West Fortieth street.-New Yor,-.
Times.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Thrasher Did 1t.

Versailles, O.-Job Armstrong pulled
his thrashing machine into the barn
of Lewis Householder, nine miles west
of here. and during the night the barn
caught fire from the engine and was
burned, with its contents. All the
outbuiIdings were also destroyed.
Householders estimated loss is $4,000,
partly insured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Marysville, O.-John T. Snitzler, OK
Marysville, sent check to his mother
"a Chicago for S94O. The check was
lest on the road to the bank in Chi
cogo. 1t was picked up by an honest
person, placed in an envelope and
mailed to the Bank Of Marysville on
which it was drawn. Snitzler was no.
tilted, indorsed the check and again
sent it on its mission.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Lima, O.-A pile of ashes at The Cen
trail police station in this city is a 81
lent proof that gambling in at least
three resorts is at an end. Two van
loads of gambling paraphern2lia, val
ued at $4,000, were captured in the
raid. when a score of gamblers were
caught
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
S13 For Madnate.

Akron, O.-Ohio G. Barber, the mil
lionaire match king, is entitled to $13
from the state through Senator Hypes'
bill, passed last winter. Barber and
q number of other prominent men We're
members of the Squirrel Hunters" ="
who rendered service to the state A.
years ago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Columbus, O.-John Truss, a negro,
who killed Mrs. Minnie Green here by
cutting her throat, was caught oine
miles from Delaware. He was con-
Cealed in hut, and when the officers
went to get him he pulled razor and
slashed his throat.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Strike Thru atened.

GAINESVILLE. O.-It is said that all the
miners of the e-CrCokSville
district, numbering about 600 men, will
go on a strike because of the inability
of the scale committee of operators
and miners to reach an agreement, be-
ing now in their third deadlock.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Driver Hurt.

Athens. O.-At the fair races Jas.
Mosier, an owner from New York, was
probably fatally crushed by his horse
falling on him, breaking three ribs and
the collar bone. NJ. G. Cole, of CALI
polls, was badly nurt. Numerous acci-
dents have happened on the grounds.
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UnIucky 13.

Findlay, O.-Franklin avenue IS one
of the shortest streets in Ffndlay,
There are but IS families living on the
avenue, but regardless of that it has
been productive of Is infants in five
wears. There are two "sets" of twins
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Sandusky. O.-John McDaugell, a
bridge builder, of Johnson City, Tenn,
and Mrs. Florence McDaugell, who,
since she was divorced from McDau-
gell three years ago has been teaching
school at North Monroeville, O., were
remarked here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Riders Are Suspected.

Ripley, O.-Newt Cox, a tenant on
F. X Germans farm, near here, lost
two horses, six hogs and two calves by
poisoning. He had pooled his share
OF the 1907 crop of hurley tobacco and
then sold it to outsiders. The night
riders are suspected.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Emery Wheel Burst.

Newark, O.--Vangele Dumitri, aged
% years, a Turk, employed at the
WehTle foundry, was instantly killed
by the bursting of an emery wheel,
large chunk of which crushed his
skull
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Decision on Auto Law,

Columbus, O.-In an opinion render
ed to the secretary of state the attor-
uey general holds that suits for dam
ages under the automobile law may be
brought in the county in which the
person suffering the damage resides
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Boat caUsized; One Drowned.

Fremont, O.-Edward Lucas, 30, was
drowned in the Sandusky river by the
capsizing of naphtha launch contain
ing Lucas and five other men. The
beat overturned easily when several
Of the party started to rock the craft
in deeD water.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Findlay, O.-Col. Samuel f. Gray, 70,
died in indianapolis, Ind. He is sur
vived by a widow and three children.
He was the last surviving commander
of Gen. Bill Gibson's famous old 18th
O. V. He organized Company c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Error Killed Four.

Sonderburg, Germany, Aug. 15.-
Four sailors of the German navy we're
drowned here in man overheard"
drill through mistake in the
transmission of an order on the cruiser
Undine.
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But Their Songs Pleased Crowd Near
Times Square.

Three ragged Eegro boys recently
treated an audience of stage carpen-
ters, garage loungers and passing
business men on the steps Of the Met
ropolitan opera house to a repertoire
Of negro songs, many of which, to
the listeners at least, were quite new,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Woman's Head in Lake.

Cleveland O.-The head of wom-
an, evidently 40 years of age, was
found floating in the lake, near the
breakwater The features were well
preserved Foul play is suspected.
The police have begun an investiga-
ton
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Girls Eorn Bucket eriaade.

Delaware, GA hundred girls, in
mates of the Girls Industrial home
here. formed a bucket brigade and
saved No. cottage from total destruc-
ton by fire. About 1880 damage was
done the building. The origin of the
fire Is unknown.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
CNclist Hurt.

Paterson, n. j., Aug. la.-Boh
Schultz the professional motor cyclist,
was hurled from his machine and badly
injured at the start of a three-mile
race Wednesday in the Clifton
stadium
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EAST $E%/cA
WHERE R0OSENELy
WILL. AU(VT
S%SS%-

the cleverest of beasts. The
ones we see with circuses look
as if they couldn't run fast or
far. Perhaps they can't, but the
one who is disturbed in his lair
is declared to be the fastest thing
afloat. The shot which is meant
to kill the big brute must be
placed just behind the shoulder.
For there the skin is exceptional
ly soft and the bullet will pierce
his heart. Huntsmen say the
safest precaution against disaster
is to hit rhino there first. The
same precaution holds true in
the case of the elephant and hip
DO. Both are tough-skinned ami
mails and terribly ferocious when
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Ianar and China Aoain at odos.

London, Aug 13.-Another cloud has
arisen between China and Japan, &C
ccrding to a special dispatch received
here from Hong Kong, owing to the
seizure at Chinchon by the Chinese
authorities of a steamer having on
board rifles and cartridges.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Columbus, O.-Jealous because OF
her attentions to another man, John
lIus, a negro, cut the throat of Mollie
Green a negress, shortly after mid
night and made his escape. The wom-
an died instantly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
MESSAGE Told of Death.

Bellefontainc, O.-Just as Mrs. j. H.
Hill, of this city, was preparing TO at
tend a reunion of all the children on
the occasion of her mothers 10th birth
day she received q message telling OF
her death. The funeral will be held on
her birthday.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Sandusky, O.-The dead body Of a
male child. evidently strangled at birth,
was found by boys at the mouth OF
Whisky Run. There was a string
around the neck to which a stone was
tied. The coroner is investigating.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Manned For Life.

Findlay, O.-While moving weeds
Harley RAIDER, of MCComb, ran upon
his two-year-old son, who was lying in
the path of the cutter bars of the ma
chine. He was frightfully cut about
the face and arms, but he will survive,
though manned for life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
VIII Move to Cincinnati.

GAINESVILLE, Announcement was
made that the Pinkerton Tobacco Co,
of this city, will remove to Cincinnati.
The company manufactures scrap to-
bacco. It's Cincinnati factory will have
an output OF 100000 pounds a year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Gather Of 36 Files suit For Divorce.

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 1S,-Married
the second time, father Of &c children
Of which 81 were by his second wife
whom he married in 1884, Peter Brown
fled suit for divorce against his wife
alIegisg statutory grounds
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Roosevelt must fire. If his aim fC
any reason fails, it's time to elm
trees. For experts point out thu
just at that moment when the bu
let fails of it's mission, the savag
male will charge.
Hunting the rhinoceros takes lc
more science than that which
needed for the lion in African iur
giles. The rhino is more savag
when wounded and as cunning
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Discharged Employees Seek Revenge

Dayton. O.-Tony Simons, formerly
employed at the county infirmary, eut
who was discharged, entered the court
house and attempted to whip lnfirmary
Director John Piatt, aged, but we'll
muscled from his experience as
blacksmith. The tussIe continued untA
Court BaiHff Creager interfered ard
the disturber was elected. SimOni
was locked up