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The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Pea Ridge Fair, Next Saturday.

The neutrality-suspicious. were offered
too late to be printed in the catalog:
5 1-2. Special by Mrs. Junius Han
cock, best sixItea cakes made by girl
under IL years, Scots
As IL Special by DR.. Garlin Girls
som, for the dog that can eat the most
at one time, 25cts.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
40-3t

Have a Tailor make your clothes,
suits $500 and up, Trousers SIS. and up,
Fancy vests $3.50 and up. l will be at
Columbia Hotel latter part of August,
Iserman the Tailor.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Free Tuition.

All eligible persons are entitled to
free tuition in the Western Kentucky
State Normal School. The Fall Ses-
sion begins September Z, 1909. Write
President H. H. Cherry, Bowling
Green, KY, for information 1921
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

During the Fair which begins next
Tuesday, the News office will be kept
almost constantly open for the purpose
of transacting business. All persons
who are indebted for the paper or for
job-work are requested to call and
make payment.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Prof. A. H. Ballard will handle the
Dudgeon stove andswill have place of
business in Columbia. An advertise
ment will appear later.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

1t is reported here that a difficulty
occurred between two men at Ono,
Russell county. the day James Shelby's
show exhibited at this place, and that
one of them was seriously shot. We
failed to get any particulars
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The BurksvillesFair is now on. The
Monticello Brass Band is making the
music and the attendance throughout
the week promiseslto be large.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

An infant childi of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hardin, whoilive in the Knifiey
country, died few.days ago, victim
of whooping cough.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Mr.. Green Bell Smith purchased of
Mr.. c. R. Payne, last week, the lot up
on which the Payne Planning Mill is 10
Gated, also the engine. boiler and some
other fixtures, the consider alton being
81, $50.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The Russell County Teachers lnsti-
tute will convene at jamestown Mon
day, the Both of August. Prof. r. r.
Moss, of the Lindsey Wilson, will con-
duct it.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Bakery For Sale.

We desire to sell our bakery. 1t is a
paying enterprise, but we have decided
to engage in other business and have
not the time to devote to it.
Hudson & Jones,
40-3t Columbia, KY.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Mr.. Horace Bybee, of Breeding. kill
ed a rattle snake, last week that car
ried twelve rattles and button and
was full four and half feet n
length. The, snake was discovered
while crossing the public road.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The James Shelbyssshow will give two
free exhibitions everyday of the Fair.
This above will be worth all it will cost
you at the gate.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
FOrlSaIe.

One rubber tired phaeton, not used
but little, one two-horse wagon in good
repair; two good workIhorses.
39-2t. w. L. Walker.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Eds. j. @. Montgomery and z. 7.
Williams closed an interesting meeting
at Green River Church, Casey county,
last week. There were 10 additions.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

There will be Sunday-School rally
at the Methodist church the 5th Sum-
day in this month. An interesting pro-
gram will be rendered and every body
is invited.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Charley, little sonloflMr. and Mrs.
Bob English, who lives near Midtown,
fell off fence recently, breaking one
of his arms in two places.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The Pea Ridge Fair, admission 20
cents for adults, 10 cents for boys and
girls. All day program finishing with
a ball game between Gradyville and
Columbia.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Good Farm for Sale.

My farm containing $50 acres, lying
on Casey Creek, Adair county, is for
sale. SO acres in bottom. There is a
reasonably good residence.
39-2t. Jake Chelf,
Casey Greek, XIV,
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Pea Ridge Fair, Saturday Aug. ID.

The following premium arrived too
late to be printed in the catalog, but
same will be placed in the proper class:
613-Special by Boston & Hughes,
Quanah, Texas. Half-mile race, for
boys 16 years and under, $1.0O.
39-2t
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

There is much more money hung up
by the Columbia Fair for cattle and
hogs than the average county Fair, and
breakes its own record on this line.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The JameslShelby show will be on
the Fair grounds during the four days
of the fair. Severallnew features will
be added.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Don't forget the Pea Ridge Fair, held
on the L. w. T. S. grounds, beginning
next Saturday atE9 o'clock. Several
attractive premiums have been added.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Mr.. John Combest sold his farm near
Columbia TO Robt. Hatcher and VIM.
Smith for $l,315. Mr.. Combest will
look up another place inIthis section.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

A threshing machine blew.up at An
tioch Monday, breakingla negro's leg
and injuring several otherIpersons.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Attention.

On account of hickory coming in slow,
the Bassett Hardwood Lumber Compa-
ny has decided to cease operating here
the first of October. In the meantime
they want all the timber they can get.
They are now paying the same price
for hickory logs and lumber delivered
at Columbia that is being paid at the
railroad.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11
Bargains.

Now is the timeSto get bargains In
second hand buggies, s1rries, stand
hops, and poultry wagons at S. F. Eu-
banks shop. 39-2t
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The sermon of Rev. w. A, Grant,
published in the News of last week,
should have been credited to the
Hawesville paper.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

A bracelet, plain gold band, between
Columbia and Russell Springs Finder,
please leave at this Office.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Remember that the James Shelby
show will give twojfree acts in front of
the grand stand each day of..the Fair.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The thoroughbreds, $mules and plug
horses will do their partstrying to break
the record at The Columbia Fair.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

The Flying Ginnie, with all its musi-
cal attractions will be on the Columbia
Fair ground, during!lts four days.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Mr.. H. K. Walkup will please accept
the thanks of The Adair County News
force for some very excellent apples.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Iserman the Tailor will be in Column
bia soon. Don't order your Fall clothes
until you have seen his line.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

If you want Season Ticket for the
Fair call at The PAUL Drug Company
or at M. Cravens' Drugstore.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

We have few hats that we will
close out at greatly reduced price.
1t Hurt &lEubank.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

A very large number of Columbians
witnessed the games at Lebanon. We
did not undertake to get all the names.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Fix up your colts and mules. Ii you
have good ones. The Columbia Fair offers
the premiums.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Season Tickets for the Columbia Fair
are on sale at NJ. Cravens' Drug Store
and The Paul Drug Co.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Born, to the wife of Garlin Leach,
August 2, daughter.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

You can't afford to miss the Pea
Ridge Fair next Saturday.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Cord wood wanted at the Columbia
brick kiln. 38-2t
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Pea Ridge Fair next Saturday. Ball
game at 3.p. m. No extra charge.
The Adair County news., 1909-08-11

Casey Creek, KY,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
Time, No, Space.

Mrs. Frink was a trusting soul. and
rarely questioned the opinions % 9th
ers about matters concerning which
they were supposed to b. informed
One day she came home with a new
pair Of shoes under her arm. Got
them ut Brides she explained. and
They're the best ever bought you
What is so very good about them =
inquired her son. for whom the shoes
we're intended.
Why. the salesman said that you
could walk farther In them than "a
any others without getting tired. and
] said that you couldn't walk very fai
Just now on account Of your knee
you know. and he said that he meant
farther for the same distance. SO
bought them and here they are Save
the string. please"
She did not H0ti-e the smile on her
sons face As he undid the packags
and he Wss spared The trouble Of en-.
planning Youths Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
Ancients Loved Oysters.

That the oyster was in common use
by primeval man has been conclusive
ly shown by the discovery in the
kitchen middens" OF Denmark OF
many thousands of oyster shells, show.
ing every evidence Of having been ar
titically opened. In ancient Greece.
also, the oyster apears to have been a
recognized delicacy, for DR.. Henry
Schliemann, the eminent German
archaeologist-who, it will be remem.
bered, became an American citizen
during the great California gold rush
in his historic search for the ancient
and somewhat mythical city of Troy.
found many oyster shells in the ruins
OF the five prehistoric settlements OF
Hissarlik.
But it was Rome in the height of
her power and Opulence that. by sing.
ling out the oyster as the piece de
resistance of the Roman banqueting
halls, conferred upon the oyster it's
just title as one OF the most delicious
and appetizing foods within the grasp
of man.-National Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
IN JAIL FOR DEBT
AT ONE TIME THERE WERE MANY
SUCH IN AMERICA.
seventy-FiVe Thousand Unfortunates
Annually Deprived Of Liberty as
Late as the Year 192e-Most.
ly Owed Small Sums.

In 1929 il was estimated that 10000
persons were annually imprisoned for
debt in the United States. and at that
date the practice had been abolished
In at least two states, namely. Ohio
and Kentucky. In 1880 the estimated
number of individuals imprisoned on
account OF debt was: In Massachu.
sets. $1,000 In New York, 10000; in
Pennsylvania, 1000 in Maryland
5000, or total OF $4,000 in four
states.
The average OF the debts for which
persons were deprived OF their liberty
was small-under $50. In the jail al
Dedham. Norfolk county. Mass. out Of
a total OF 50 debtors confined within
its walls only nine owed more than $50
and Is owed ten dollars or less.
A local society for the relief OF
debtors confined for small debts pro
cured the release of is persons whose
debts added together amounted TO only
1872, an average OF less than nine
dollars.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
ALL DISTRESS FaOM INDIGESTION
OR AN UPSET STOMACH VANISHES

Call your disease what you will
Indigestion. Gastritis Nervousness.
Dyspepsia. Catarrh Of Stomach. etc
you know the real name. the real dis
ease Is fermentation Of the food you
eat-a sour stomach. which belches
gas AM erupts undigested food or
causes a feeling Of nausea and miser-
ablfuess.
All these miseries vanish promptly
when you stop this food fermentation.
Taxi fifty cents 20 your pharmacist
for q case o. Pape's Diapepsin. Eat
triaeule. and I've minutes later
your Stomach viii DO what q healthy
Stomach sh0uii-thst Is. turn every
bite you eat into bodily noUrishment
ana without sou realizing that yon
hRve = stomach One Triangle WI
1igest al the food you eat without
To- aid q the stomach. 1ecsuse h
cnntairs Just the elements found IN a
eood. strong. healthy stomach.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
Mark Twain's Wisdom.

Mark Twain once said: There is
nothing in the world like a boy unless
1t is another boy Ii is the exact ap.
plication of the above trite saying
that enables one to solve the ques.
tion as to the limitless popularity Of
X. f. Outcault's famous boy charac.
ter Buster Brown" II IS because
Buster is the living, breathing proto-
type of many another boy, Buster
Brown will be seen at the Cairo opera
house on Friday Jan 22d, matinee and
night. Prices night 25c to $3.50
Matinee 25c. soc, 75c. Seats reserved
Tor both performances and on sale
Thursday
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20

Does II ever occur to you how busy
that little stomach % yours is2 Il
actrafly only holds three pints though
in one year you force it to TAX in
z.50O pounds Of material digest II and
urepare IL for assimilation to the
blood DO you wonder AZ the number
OF cases Of Indigestion and Stomach
trOUble7 You crowd IL with - axis
and pastry. irritste is juices sfth
spiees AMI acids and expect this little
four ounce mill 90 DO its work
Is there any wonder that your food
passes undigested or LAYS lie a lump
a lead in the stomach That every
thing you eat turns % add. Stomach
gas and Stomach poison. putrefying
the fntcsfines and digestive canals
causing BIi0usnfss. Hesdaehes Dizzi-
ness ard Indigestion. Heartburn MAJ
EeoIs breath. constipation and Otte-
ncre aa1ge0Quz EIUEf0us
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
MOUNDS, I'LL.

Jan. 10, 1909.


r. l.. Spaulding, of villa Ridge,
clerk of Road District No. |, was In
town Tuesday.
Walter l., Hudson, Y. NJ. C. A. man
lager of Centralia, was shakig hands
with friends here the first of the
week.
Judge II. G. Castor of Mound City,
was over on business Tuesday.
The city council met in regular
session Monday night. The new
Hight system will be inaugurated as
soon as practicable.
Sheriff A. C. Bankston was in town
Tuesday looking after bootleggers.
Tim c. Mahoney of Valley Recluse
was a business caller Tuesday.
The local option sentiment is grow
ing stronger all the time in this com.
munity.
Sam Blum has returned from Hot
Springs, Ark, where he spent several
weeks for the benefit of his health,
Miss Grace Armstrong after spend
ing a month with her parents here
has returned to st. Louis.
The Farmers union held big
meeting at Valley Recuse last Satur-
day. A good dinner was served.
Music and lectures by able speakers
in the afternoon and evening There
were about 200 farmers present.
The good roads question is gaining
ground all over the county. Let it
spread.
No matter how much blood there
Is in the system, or how rich the
Icorpusles OF which it is composed, If
it does not circulate" it does but
very little towards building up and
adding new yigor to the body.
Constable Geo. W. Green of villa
Ridge, was in on official business
Monday.
Mrs. Wiley Corzine visited in Anna
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Devault of Anna
are visiting relatives and friends at
Villa Ridge this week.
Miss Ida Johnson and Mrs, H. NJ.
Palmer OF Mound City are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Johnson of this
lefty.
Call up phone number 10 If you
want the headlight" turned your
way. News items are always wei
come,
Mr. Ralph Eddeman, night fore
man in the |. C. yards here left Mon
day for DuQuoin where he is to lie
married to Miss Gussle Hall of that
city on Wednesday. Jan. goth, 1909.
Immediately after the nuptials the
happy couple will take trip through
the sunny south where they will wit.
ness the Mardi Gras carnival at New
Orleans next month, after which they
will return to this city where they
Will make their home on Delaware
avenue and be welcomed by their
many friends.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
The seaauII and the Fisherman.

In the fishing village of Auchmithie
Scotland, you may frequently witness
seagulls flying into the houses of the
fishermen and paItaking OF food from
their hands. One of these sea birds
was in the habit of staying in a fisher
mans house all the year round ex-
cept at the breeding season, when ii
left Once while the gull was away
the fisherman removed his home some
three and half miles from the form
er place. The fisherman never ex-
pected to see his old friend. the gull,
again. II was therefore. much to his
establishment that he beheld one Sun
day the sea bird come walking into
his new residence with stately steps
to resume his old familiariiies and
household ways.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20

MOUND CITY, I'LL.
January 19.

Roy Moore made business trip to
Cairo Sunday.
| Loren Boyd, who Is occupying the
position of cashier at the First Nation
al Bank in the absence of John f.
Welson, went to Anna Sunday.
Mrs. Chris Keller and Mrs. Ira
Finley and children We're Cairo visit
ors Monday.
DR.. j. F. Hargan was Cairo bust
ness caller Monday.
A north bound freight train on the
Big Four was wrecked Sunday even4
ing near the w. s. Walker Lumber
and Veneer company's plant, two cars
being ditched. The wreck delayed the
train all night but no one was hurt.
Miss Blanche Boyd was a Cairo Wis
itor Monday.
Mrs. w. S. Walker and little daugh-
ter arrived Monday from Portsmouth,
Ohio, to spend a couple of weeks at
the ST Charles hotel with her hus-
band Mr.. Walkers brother of An,
rora, H., left Tuesday after spending
few days in this city
Messrs. Eugene and Ernest Coulter
of this city returned to their mill az
Ogden's Landing, Ky. after a weeks
shut down on account of the bad
weather.
w. r. Kennedy and little Aon, Ken
meth, spent Monday in Grand Chain.
Judge l.. G. Castor visited his
mother at Olmsted Monday.
Mrs. w. F. Martin, Jr, and her sis.
ter. Mrs. Minnie Lewis spent Monday
in America.
j. w, Dorsey of Holloway, KY
was in this city on business Monday.
Little Miss Rudee Hoffman is Sc
riously i'll from vaccination.
H. V. Handley spent Monday in Cal
70 on business.
w. j. Price returned Saturday from
few days business trip to Stuart's
Landing, Mo.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Mary Finn,
who resides with her daughter, Mrs.
Adrian Schneider, on Fourth street,
fell on the ice while going to visit a
neighbor. Her left arm was fractur'
ed and she is now confined to her
home.
Ray Overstreet has just finished a
new addition on the north side of the
cottage which he occupies on Pearl
street. The cottage is owned by Mrs.
d. Hogan.
The Ladies' Aid OF the NJ. e. church
will meet Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. Chas. Wehrenberg, Sr.
Mr.. Thos Smith, Jr., is here from
St. Louis as the guest of his sister,
Mrs. VIII Mertz and cousin, Mrs.
VIII Reed.
Mrs. Elmer Boyd and Mrs. Hugh
Mason and little daughter Hazel, Of
this city, and Mrs. ID. Brelsford, of
America, left Monday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Boyds niece at Mt.
Vernon, ILL.,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
AT OPERA HOUSE
BIG COMPANY WITH COSTLY
EQUIPMENT WILL PRESENT
PLAY AT OPERA HOUSE TO.
NIGHT OTHER GOOD PLAYS.

Manager William Kibble with Stet.
sons Uncle Toms Cabin" company
will be at the Cairo opera house ON
Wednesday, Jan goth when the pat.
rons of that popular house will see
this time honored play in all its sG
perior attractiveness. Uncle Tom
the hero of this purposely story, Is
probably the best known impersona
tor of this celebrated character in the
world The street parade of this com
pany will be worth going to see,
Prices: Csc, soc, zoe Seats on sale
Tuesday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
MAXIMS THAT LIVE
THOSE OF FRANKLIN HAVE BE
COME UNIVERSAL.
"poor Richards" Sayings Are Current
and Enduring Proverbs, PRICED
for Their Sage Advice and
Wisdom.

The maxlms of Poor Richard ara
often merely current proverbs, but the
wording In which Benjamin Franklin
clothed them has endured and they
are therefore usually credited to. him
The line: Think /, that man has an
AK to grind" Is one of the many we'll
known sayings contained in the Penn
sylvania Almanac of 1853. The ex
pression: THAT man has an ak to
grind" also occurs in Essays from
the Desk Of Poor Robert, the Scribe,
written by Charles Miner and first
printed in the WilkesbarFe Cleaner in
1871.
When ! sec merchant" wrote
Miner, "oyerpolite to his customers
begging them to taste little brandy
and throwing half his goods on the
counter-thinks |, that man has an ak
ITO grind.
Benjamin Franklin entered the
printing business soon after his ar
rival in Philadelphia, and on October
2, 1929, issued his first number of the
PENNSYLVANIA Gazette AS every print
err In the colonies published an alma.
nae. Franklin issued his first number
in 1892. under the name of Richard
Saunders Poor Richard" as the PEG.
pie called the almanac, contained, be
sides the usual information found In
such publications. a collection of max.
inns in quaint and simple language.
An extract from one of the pages OF
this almanac runs as follows:
Richard says: 'Tis foolish TO lay
out Money in a Purchase of Repent
ance; and yet this Folly is practiced
every Day at Vendues; for want OF
Winding the Almanac. Wife, Men, as
Poor Dick says. learn by others,
Harms, Fools scarcely by their own;
but. Felix quem faciunt aliena Peri
cula cautum. Silks and Satins, Scar.
let's and Velyets, as Poor Richard
says, put out the Kitchen Fire.
II was in this style. and in this way
on the pages of his almanac. Poor
Richard gave to the world the hun
dreds Of maxims which are now al
most universally quoted
In order TO devote mbre time to
study. Franklin, in l74S, sold his news
paper. almanac and printing house TO
David Hall. one of his employees, in
consideration Of clS.OOO. payable in
Is years. during which time. Frank
lin was to contribute occasionally to
the Pennsylvania Gazette and assist
In editing Poor Richard
Franklins first Philadelphia print
ing office was established in the rear
of So Market street, and to-day he lies
buried only a few blocks away, at
Fifth and Arch streets, in. a grave IN
pretentiously marked. In early life
he had written fancifui epitaph for
himself. which was published in the
New England Courant. and has be
come famous. The body OF Benjamin
Franklin, printer. like the cover Of an
old book. its contents torn out. and
stripped Of its lettering and gliding.
lies here. food for worms. But the
work shall not be lost. fer 1t will. az
he believed. appear once more IN q
new and more elegant edition. re-
vised ara corrected by the Author"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
San Antonio.

A triumph of play building is whai
san Antonio. the musical roundup
which comes to the Cairo opera house
Saturday, Jan. 23d, really Is. Bull
along new and original lines. with
material carefully selected from q
store of knowledge, as to the wants
and desires of the public. II breathes
an atmosphere all its own. as original
and fresh which sweep the broad
prairie on which the scenes are laid
This wonderful play stands solid M
on the rock of everlasting success, a
play of merit. cast of unusual eX
.cellence, a wealth or beautiful seen
cry. Prices. night. 25c. soc. 75c
matinee loo and 2jc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
The White Hat.

No prettier musical comedy is tour
ing the country today than tin,
Wayne Musical Comedy Co.'S new
show The white Hat" which Mana
ger Williamson has booked at tn,
opera house for the evening of Mon
day January 25th for three nights
The play has a wealth of scenery ans
costumes that is seldom seen outside
OF New York City, and requires an
able corps OF carpenters, property
men, electricians and machinists 70
properly handle and care for il
Prices: 15c. 25c. 35c. SOC. Ladies
free Monday night Special matinee
Wednesday. Seats on sale Monda,
az $50 a. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20

John d. Rockefeller. testifying IN
the governments suit against the
oil trust In New York. during tbs
intermissions in his evidence talked 10
the reporters.
Adveriins TO an old friend. Mr ROCK
eieller smiled and took clipping. gel
low with age. from his pocket
Ny old friend didn't believe in the
Texas Gil fe'ds. said Mf Rockefeller
listen 10 what Galveston neWsps-
Ter said about hlm a. the time:
The oil fields discovered in our
state are excellent ia quality and abun-
dant in quantity. Great anxiety Is felt
Tor James r. Dash who sad be would
drink al The oh found in Texas. for
Er. Dash Is Ea1 a. houcr.'~
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-20
Propitiatinq the Weather.

In Macedonia the Greeks organize
great demonstrations in dry Summers
A procession of children visits all the
local wells and springs, accompanied
by maiden covered with garlands
and masses of flowers.
This sounds as romantic as our
Queen of the May. and it could sur
prise no one if, like Tennyson's hero
Inc, she came to a sad end. for al
each of the stopping places the poo,
dear is drenched with water while
the children sing rhyming prayer for
rain.-Wide World Magazine.