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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
In MemOriam.
JNO. p. FOSTER,
Committee.

On the morning of Dec. 16, 1908,
the death angel came and took from
our midst Eulah, the beloved daugh-
ter of j. S. Bennett.
She was twenty-five years old. So
young to die, but God knhtw best.
SIZE was married TO Mr.. Jesse Taylor,
Dec. 90, 1903. Husband, father broth
er and sisters, cheer up and look to
God for help. Eulah has Joined her
mother and they are now watching
and waiting to welcome you home. 1t
almost breaks our hearts to think she
has gone, but lei us so live that when
Life is over with us we shall be re-
united with our loved ones, where no
farewell words are spoken nor tears
are ever she'd.
Eulah is gone, but not forgotten,
Never will her memory fade;
Sweetest thoughts will ever linger
Round the grave where she is laid.
The golden gates were opened wide,
A gentle voice said Come"
And angels on the ether side,
Welcomed Eulah home.
One who loved her,
STELLA.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
The Caleb Powers Case"

Lexington, KY, Dec. 2O-The pres
ence of Caleb Powers and Miss Ele-
nora NJ. Bonham, of York, Penn, as
guests at the Phoenix Hotel to-day
caused the old report that they were
soon to be married to be put in cir
culaition.
MISS Bonham left here at o'clock
for the East, after which Powers said
Miss Bonham was visiting friends at
TT. Smelling, st. Paul, and we merely
arranged to have a day together ON
her way home.
81 came down from Barboursville
and will go to Frankfort Tomorrow
to spend the day with Governor Will
son and other good friends. January
1 I will enter law partnership with
Fleming D. Sampson and Lawyer
Smith. have no matrimonial inten-
lions.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Death of Estimable Citizen.

Rev. ]. A. Bennett, onsl of the most
highly respec ed citizens of the coun-
ty, died at his home in the NccreelI
neighbortbcd last Friday night. His
death was TIE RESULT of an acciden.
which happened December 10. While
driving a heavily loaded wagon tAe
gearing of TIE Aarness get out of or
der and he stepped out ON the tongue
of the wagon to fix it. In some man.
ner he missed Ibis footing and fell be-
tween t,te two h,crses. The team did
not become heightened, but started
asead, pulling the wheels of the wag-
ON over his body before he had time
TO arise, inflicti8g fatal injuries. I;
was seen at u5ts time that he was
badly hurt, bu. the best attention
could not save tdm and he passed
away a littla over a week from the
time he was hurt. His age probably
initiated against his, recovery.
Rev. Bennett was 6S years old at
the time of his death, He leaves a
wife and four daughters-all grown
AS follows: Mrs. c. NJ. Barnett,
Mrs. ]. B. Foster, Mrs. Fleetwood
Ward and Mrs. John W.. Sanderfur.
His funeral occurred at 10 O'Clock a.
m. Sunday and Ids body was laid 20
rest in M. Hermon cemetery in the
presence of a very large attendance
Of friends and relatives. The
funeral sermon was preached by Rev.
Virgil Elgin, after which his body
was taken in charge by the Masonic
fra. ernity, of which ledge he had
long been member.
Many people mourn the deafb Of
this coed man. \
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Resolution of Respect.

No Creek, Ky, Dec. 10Th, 1905, A
S. of E., No. 61O,
Whereas, God in His infinite love
and wisdom has seen fit to call from
the walks of this life to life eternal
our dear brother and Chaplain, Rev
10. A. Bennett, therefore be It
Resolved, By this Union, list. That
our society has lost one of its most
faithful and efficient members and Of
ficers.
End. That as a neighbor, citizen
minister and church worker, we deep
ly and keenly feel the loss Of such
a great and good man.
Bird. That the family in his death
sustains an irreparable loss; the wife
an affecticnate painstaking husband
and the children a kind indulgen
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
HERBERT.

Dsc. 19.-Aliss Mabel Miller enter
tanned the following young people a..
dinner Sunday: Misses Lula Jenk-
ms and Clara Brown, of Pellville;
Mabel Brown, Of Wfber, and Sallie
Ford, Of this place, Messrs. Dewitt
Winkler, of Ensor; Van Baker, Flo
raj; Everitt Storms, Weber, and Rob
ert and Christopser Stewart, Of this
place.
Meeting closed here last Thursday
night with II new additions to the
church. The baptizing occurred We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. d. A. Miller went to Whitesville
this morning TO meet his daughter,
Miss Halle Miller, who is teaching
school at Maceo, and who will spend
a few days at her home during the
holidays.
Miss Birdie Barnett, who Sas been
visiting her sister here for the past
week, returned to her home at Deane-
field, yesterday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Bur
dete, a boy.
Tobacco stripping is the order Of
Tire day now.
Mr.. R. M. Miller and wife went to
Walnut Grove yesterday to see Yer
brother, Mr.. J. l.. Phillips, who is
very i'll.
VIII Grove delivered a load OF
tobacco at Whi'esville yesterday
Miss Baxter Miller returned froim
Owensboro to-day, why're she had
been visiting fer tire past few days.
Little Miller Taylor is quite i'll.
A merry Christmas and a happy
New Year to The Herald and its
readers
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
COLLEGE News.

4 following is the summary re-
por f teachers fer the fourth month:
Tai number Ct pupils enrolled
27y; number CT pupils In attendance
during the month, 269; number of
days taught, IS; average number Of
pupils attending each day, 230; aver
age number OF days attended per pu-
pills, 10; cases of hardness, 30; per
cent Of attendance based ON enroll
ment, SO; per cent Of attendance bas-
ed on belonging, 81; cases of tardi-
ness Of teachers, l.
This week closes The second term
and quarterly examinations will be
held Wednesday and Thursday. Pu-
pill, 10; cases If hardness, so; per
Immediately after the opening of the
third term, Jan. 4th.
The Collegiate department will be
els d Thursday at noon, TO allow
boarding students time to reach their
|homes for Christmas day. All other
depar ments will dismiss Thursday at
the usual time.
The Primary, intermediate and
Grammar departments will unite in
rendering an interes ing program in
the college assembly hall, Thursday
afternoon.
A large number Of nonresident
students are expected to enter school
Jan. 4th. -
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
"Papa'S Last Christmas Present"

Chicago, Dec. 2O.-For weeks lit
tie Margaret o'Leary, aged four and
one-half years, had been saving her
pennies to buy her father Christmas
present. Size had denied herself can
dy and even visits to a five-cent the
alter.
she has presented the long-dream-
ed-of Christmas gift, but in a man
ner not dreamed of. 1t is a wreath
of flowers, and is placed on a cas-
ket. The wreath encircles letters
formed out of blossoms, which spell
these words:
"Papas last Christmas present"
Her father met death at a rail-
road crossing.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
JUDGE Jere Morton Dead.

Judge Jere r. Morton, of Lexing-
ton, succumbed to heart disease while
reading his newspaper at home short
ly befogel the supper hour Friday
night. Death came without warning
and Judge Morton had not complained
of feeling i'll. He was a native OF
Fayette county and served under Gen.
Morgan in the Confederate army. His
career at the bar was long and dis
tinguished.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Notice to the Buying Public.

On and after January /, 1909, it
shall be the rule in my store, that
no goods will be sold on credit. l
feel that Ids rule will be the most
satisfactory for both buyer and SELL
er. Cash must accompany each pur-
chase, and I kindly request my Gus
toners not To- ask me to violate this
rule. Yours for low prices,
A. d. WHITE,
Groceries and Hardware,
51t3 Hartford Ky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
HARTFORD. KY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER g. 1908

hewitt, cousin of Wccdfolk. Mrs.
hewitt had just left the room and
Woodfolk renewed Ids suit, having
been refused previously. Again re-
fused, he drew the weapon and, stand
ing by the couch, fired once, the body
falling limp at the feet of TIRE girl.
Seven years ago Woodfolk came
from his home in Brandenburg, KY
where his father, Judge S. p. Wood
folk, resides.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
important Decision Rendered.

The Court of Appeals has upheld
the constitutionality Of the biggest APP
preparation for educational purposes
ever made in Kentucky. The case was
brought by State Auditor James to
test the legality Of an act Of the last
Legislature, setting aside half a mill
lion dollars for tire benefit of the
State University and the two State
Normal Schools. Franklin Circuit
Court sustained the appropriation and
the case was taken to the Appellate
Court by the Audior.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Kentucky Boy Kills Himself.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 20,-In the pres
ence OF the young woman who had
just refused to marry him, Rex w.
woodfolk aged % years, at o'clock
Tonight shot himself through the
heart and fell dead across the couch
from which the terrified young wo-
man had leaped
Woodfolk had called and the young
lady being slightly lndisposed, was
reclining upon couch in the recep-
ton room of the home of c. M
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
For Sale.

Several hundred acres of good farm
ing lands, known as the ]. f. Collins
farm, distance about two miles from
Hartford, on the Hartford and Beaver
Dam pike.
Also residences property in ; Hart
ford, two-story dwelling, &C., and a
half-acre lot, fronting the new NJ, Fl.
& E. depot site. For prices and terms
apply to W. II. CT B. B. Collins, Hart
ford, Ky. 5ltf
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
NO. SO.

father. We kindly commend them to
our Heavenly Father who will be
their husband and father in this
their sad hour OF bereavement.
4th. That a copy Of these resolu-
tions be recorded as a part of our
minutes, a copy he presented to our
county papers for publication and a
copy be presented to the family Of
the deceased.
D. f. WARD,
JNO. p. FOSTER,
Committee
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
An ENGLISH View-WhO is Jim Palmer?

Mr.. James S. Palmer, Vice Presi-
dent elect of the United States, may
possibly lock forward to filling one
day the position of President. 1t will
be remembered that on the death of
President Mckinley, Mr.. Roosevelt.
who was then Vice President, succeed
ed automatically to the Presidency with
out opposition. Should anything hap
pen to Mr.. Taft (Which We sincerely
trustt, for his sake, may not be the
case) Mr.. Palmer would probably, If
precedent were followed, take his
place.-[London News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Nieht Riders Notice.

Frankfort, Ky, Dec. 19.--Couniy
Judge II. PolsgrcNe to-day found in
hds mail TIE first warning notice that
has been reported in Franklin coun-
ty since the stirring times CT the
night riders last spring. This notice
is not in regard to tobacco but Judge
Polsgrove is warned that he must fix
up a certain bridge on the Glenn's
creek pike or suffer the consequences.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
NARROWS.

Dec. 21.--The protracted meeting
closed Sunday with six additions ito
the church.
Miss IONA Robertson's school was
out last Saturday. She had an en-
tertainment and a large crowd pres
ent. All seemed to enjoy them
selves.
Mr.. Clarence Pulliam went to Pates-
Vile last Sunday to see his father.
Miss Eva Gentry's school was out
Friday.
Miss Sallie Truman was the guest
Of Miss IONA Robinson last Saturday
night.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
ANOTHER WEEK
AND ALL IS OVER
In the Hartford HeraId's
Voting Contest.
THE PRESENTS WILL Be GIVEN
To the Candidates as An
nOEnced-LaSt Stand
ing Candidates.

The Hartford Herald's voting Com
Test will close Thursday, Deem
Der 81, at o'clock, p. m, as an
nOunced. The last official count of
the judges will be made as soon there
after as practicable and the final re-
suit announced in dhe first issue of
The Herald in January-the 9Th. The
presents will be available just as soon
as the final count is published, and
will be awarded TO tire lucky winners,
under the plan as published in each
Issue of The Herald since the contest
began. The lady receiving the larg-
est number OF votes in the final count
will be awarded the fine $350.00
Haines Bros. Piano; the lady receiv-
ing the next largest number will get
The beautiful diamond-studded $500
ladies gold watch, and the gentleman
receiving the largest number of votes
will be awarded the elegant $500
Runabout, or buggy. Each present
will be given exactly ON the terms
and at the time announced, without
reservation.
We will be frank and say that this
contest has not resulted as success
fully to us as We expected.
The presents are certainly hand
some and costly and are we'll worth
working for They are the very best
Of their kind put on the market.
They are not being sold to anybody
for a stipulated price, but are given
away absolutely free under the con-
ditions named. They cost nothing
only little work on the part OF the
winners. Under these conditions we
are surprised that more people nave
not entered the contest. We do not
understand why they have been 50
backward or apparently uninterested
in the matter.
But there is a chance even yet
for some unannounced candidates TO
win or for a change to come over
the phase Of the situation. We have
not a particle Of choice as 10 who
shall be the winners, only we would
like TO see a wider interest prevail.
We hope the public and the diff
ferent candidates will put addition
al interest and impetus into the af-
fair and make full use Of the remain
ing short time. Much can yet be ac-
comphshed and it remains to be
seen how the affair will finally re-
suit. The standing Of the different
candidates as. rated by the judges
yesterday afternoon, December ~
x.,av fnIlOUC.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
EASTVIEW.

Dec. 21.-.Revs. LashbroOk and
Richards are conducting a series OF
meetings at Bells Run church.
Mrs. Sallie Martin, Of Sutherland,
spent a few days last week in this
vicinity.
Mr.. A. j. Williams, of Hartford,
was in our midst Wednesday and
Thursday
Mr.. b.. French was in Whitesville
Monday.
Mr.. Eli Martin went to greensboro
Friday with a load of tobacco.
Mrs. Warren Taylor is on the sick
list.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23

mans family that his daughter re-
Gently ate whisk broom when hum
cry. The mean man to-day offered
Goldman a check for $40 to buy food,
requesting 81 in RETURN This Cold
man gave hdm, then learned The check
was woruhleeaa
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Ihe Meanest Mani.

Philadelphia, Penn, Dec. 2O.-The
meanest man in the world is believ-
ed to be in this city. AltbOugbI his
name is unknown the, police are
searching for him on the description
given by George Goldman, his latest
victim. 50 poverty-stricken is Cold
frv~z
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Q Stolen,

From my residence, about three weeks
ago, two gold rings, one a plain gold
ring with the initials Of "B. G." from
y. w. E. with the word "Ml2pah" on
the inside. The other set ring with
a Colorado moss agate set. I
will give a liberal reward for their re-
covery.
49t4 z. Wayne Ellis.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-12-23
Insure Your Property

With RILEY & LlKENs, They write
for old and tried companies only. The
best is the cheapest TIT
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51t3
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-02-05
WHAT lF?"

A republican politician, speak
ing at an Omaha banquet board,
demanded: "What would have
happened if the democratic party
had been in power during the re-
cent financial crisis?"
The Omaha World. Herald an
swered the question in this vigor.
Gus fashion:
"If the democratic party had
been in power the government
might have taxed the people to pay
interest on money donated for the
free and unrestricted use Of the
Wall Street gamblers!
eff the democratic party had
been in power the United States
treasury might have been stripped
of all its cash, and the cash have
been given, interest free, to these
same Wall Street gamblers, that
they might lend it out, at exorbit-
ant interest, to the people who had
paid it into the treasury and to
whom 1t belonged!
eff the democratic party had
been in power the United States
might have tottered into the yawn
ing chasm of utter and irretrievable
ruin unless John D. Rockefeller
and !. Pierpont Morgan had gen.
erously stepped to the front to save
it just as it was topping over the
brink!
eff the democratic party had
been in power, men might have
been thrown out of work, mills
might have closed, wages might
have been reduced, guardians of
the national honor might have
committed suicide, and a hundred
thousand homeless and hungry
men might be tramping the streets
of New York!
Worse than that Cows would
refuse to give milk, hens to lay
eggs, the sun to shine, the rain to
fall, the crops to grow, the trains
to run, the country would have
been devastated by fire and food
and earthquake; in the Stygian
darkness of the MONDAY streets
men would have crouched in de-
spair before the closed portals OF
their establishments, fearing to
raise their heads and dreading to
look into one another's eyes!
at would have been fierce and
no mistake, if the democratic party
had been in power!"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-02-05
SHARP PRACTICE AND PENALTY

One thing is certain: The peo-
pie of Kansas will not stand for
false pretenses in the legislation
they demand.
Whoever is responsible. for the
trickery that is intended to nullify
the chief purp.se of the general
primary elections law-the direct
nomination of United States sena-
tors-will discover that the PEG,
pies wrath will hunt him out and
nullify his ambitions, whatever
they may be.
Instructing by legislative dis.
tricts as to choice is far from the
general majority instruction from
the whole state, which was the
thing required and still is the
,, thing required.
Sharp practice in distorting the
majority will is form of playing
with fire that has invariably beer
disastrous to its perpetrators, il
this country of majority rule.
Somebody is going to get singed
in Kansas.-Kansas City Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-02-05
Soapstone Fibers.

The discovery few years ago by
Prof. Boys that fused quartz can be
drawn into exceedingly fine fibers, which
are superior to all others for many
laboratory purposes, has been followed
by Prof. Shenstone with similar expert.
ments with soapstone. When highly
heated, soapstone melts into a clear
glass, which can be drawn into fine
fibers, possessing all the qualities OF
elasticity and resistance to chemical re-
agents that characterize quartz fbera
Seribbler-Now, dear. eaar eons
and take the baby. Don't ycu see
I'm very busy on this poem? Cain tAs
servant
Mira Scribblsr-I'Il % nothing q che
hind, Henry. You Ruse come. Jass
remember that the servant girls time
& Wogth four dollnFs . week.-Mrs..
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-02-05
NOT OF THE IDLE RICH.
Eotable Sons Of Wealthy Americans
Who Do Not Fritter Away
Their Time.

Not all scionS of wealthy families give
themselves over to the frivolities pre-.
sumed to be the trademark of the
AGO." says the Atlanta Constitution.
John Jacob Astor, for instance, spends
most of his spare time in studying and
experimenting in electrical science.
With fortune approximating $780,
100000 he finds no time for idleness.
He has developed system of marine
turbines which old engineers say are
destined to be of great practical value;
and while he has taken out patents on
these inventions, he has declared that
all the benefits of his discovery are to be
freely given to the world.
Cornelius Vanderbilt insisted upon
learning the trade of locomotive build
ing by working in the shops of the Van.
derbilt railroads. He has invented a
fire box which is said to have practically
revolutioniZed the freight locomotive,
and now this is being used on number
of the principal railroads of the coun-
try.
]. Pierpont Morgan's only son, who ia
named after him, worked for several
years as clerk in the different depart.
ments of the great Morgan banking
house before he was taken into his
fathers Office to learn the elements of
higher finance. He is a serious and
hard-working business man, and is now
the practical head of the London house,
George Gould is looked upon as one Of
the best business men in America. He
cJir oh ~
fortune upon his fathers death, and has
doubled it, He is in every sense a man
of affairs, and he takes no more time for
loaing than his father did. Howard
Gould is, like his elder brother, a serious
business man not given to frivolity.
Peter Cooper Hewitt inherited for,
tune from his father, Abram S. Hewitt,
but he has devoted himself to the study
| of electrical science with magnificent re-
suits. His Cooper Hewitt mercury
lamp is not only practical but COM
mercial success. He is devoting himself
now to the problems of electrical power
transmission and to wireless telegraphy.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr, Harry Payne
| Whitney, John D. Spreckles, Clarence
Mackay, George Croker, John R. Drex-
ell and James H. Hyde are cited as other
illustrations of the way the sons of very
rich Americans are fully meeting this
responsibilities lacedupon them. Eacn
in his particular sphere has demon
strated that he is fully capable of hold
ing his own place in the lists of captains
| of industry.
Such men are good citizens Their ca
reers put to shame the many feather
Drained and pinheaded sons of noveau
richie fathers who seem to think that
idleness and frivolity are Synonymous
with gentility.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-02-05

Summed up, the legislature en-
acted a direct primary law affect
ing every elective Office except u.
S. senator, which, regardless of the
verbiage in reference to this high
office, remains in the same condl-
ton as before. Under the old sys-
TEN a man could become senator
if he could secure the election of a
majority of the members of the
legislature favorable to him; under
the new system he can obtain the
same result by carrying plurality
of the representative districts,
which does not mean that he must
have a plurality of the popular
vote or any way near it. If there
is any difference, the new arrange
ment will make it easier for a
shrewd politician to become sena-
tor in defiance of the popular will.
1t is difficult to understand why one
rule should apply to state and dis.
trict offices and another to United
States senator. The way of the
politician surpasseth all under
standing,