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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04

noon in making collections for To-
cal business house and went home
shortly before noon. He was pos
sessed of a very bright mind, and
was a student of the University of
the South, at Sewanee, Tenn, where
he made an excellent student last
year. He graduated from the City
High School in the class Of 1908.
He was member of Co. D., the
local military company, and proved
himself brave soldier during the
active campaign of last year. After
his school was out he was sent with
his company to Cobb in the summer
and served until the soldiers were
relieved from duty. He was q boy
of fine character and was the pride
of his parents, who are heart broken
by the sorrow that has come upon
them. In their trouble they have
the heartfelt sympathy Of all the
people of the city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04

The funeral services will be held
at the Episcopal church this after
noon at o'clock and the body will
be inferred in Riverside Cemetery.
Co. D. will attend in a body and
there will be the usual military hon
ors at the grave, except that there
will be no volley fired. The funeral
will be at four o'clock this afternoon.
Relatives from Virginia are expect
ed to arrive to day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04
Found Dead in His Room
Thursday, Shot Through
the Head.
BRAVE YOUNG SOLDIER.
Funeral Services This After
noon and Interment in
Riverside.

Geo. C. Abbitt, Jr., aged 10, old
est son of Rev. Geo. C. Abbitt, Rec
tor of Grace Episcopal church, was
found dead at one p. m. Thursday,
in his room in the upper story of
the family home on Liberty street.
He was found by a servant, lying
with a hole through his head made
with Winchester rifle, which was
ying on the floor, containing an
empty shell. All of the other men,
bers of the family were attending
church picnic at Edwards Mill Din
ner was served to Miss Fannie Ows-
ley, who takes her meals at DR.. Alb
bits, but George did not appear
for dinner. A little later a servant
went to his room and found him ly-
ing dead on the floor. An inquest
was held about three o'clock and
the following verdict was returned:
I'VE. the jury, find from the evil
denca that George Abbitt, Jr., came
to his death by a gunshot wound in
his right temple; that the gun used
was a Springfield rifle and the man
ner Of its infliction is unknown to US.
"E. M. MOSS. Foreman.
''L. w. MEANS,
"T. S. WINFREE,
4 sc. H. BULL,
> &c. U. WEST,
IS. H. HAMLET.
"JAS. L. ALLENSWORTH, Cor"
The young man spent the fore
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04

See j. H. Dagg for contracting,
building and general repair work of
all kinds. Phone 476
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04
NEARING END
OF CONTEST.
No Changes In Standing of
Candidates as Yet
Shown.
SINCE LAST REPORT.
One More Week Until The
Winners Will Be
Known.

The popularity contest this issue
shows but few changes from the last
report. All of the candidates are
holding back their votes and the
rush will come next week.
The present standing is:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04

Kentucky. 1t is expected there will
be over 1900 Independent tele.
phone companies represented at this
meeting, operating over 5000, 00e
Independent telephones.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04
KENTUCKIAN
Killed in Club Room at Mem
phis, Tennessee.

Memphis. Tenn, Sept. Fol
lowing previous dispute, Charles
Anderson shot and killed jefferson
D. Ray, formerly of Bardwell, KY,
in club room. Anderson escaped.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04
BIG MEETING
OF Independent Telephone
Men Niagara Falls, N. Y.

F. G. Hoge, president of the Ken
lucky Independent Telephone Asso-
citation left HOpkinsville last night to
represent the $4,000 Independent
telephone stations being operated in
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-04
Residence Sold.

j. F. Ellis has sold to Il. D, Glow
or. of Trenton. a nice residence on
Wallace avenue.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
The ColOred Woodmen of
Mississippi.

The order of Co'ored WO0dmen Of
Mississippi met in Grenada Tuesday
with aLoul 500 delegates in attend.
ancc. w. e. MOlls0n. an attorney of
Vicksburg, is Supreme Governor and
J. e. Walker Of GunniSOn is Grand
Governor The order was begun in
1905 but the charter was not perfect
ed un Ill January 4 1909. 1t now
claims a membership Of over 5000 1t
has alseady paid $40, ,S35 in insurance
to members.
The delegates have been orderly in
Grenada and they show that they
came from the most intelligent Ofih he
race. Rev. J. S. Butler. Of Elliott in
this county is one of the prominent
members and has performed no unim-
pOrtant part in looking after the de-
tails Of the meeting.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
THE Blind man
breaches
Rev. Joe Ramsey, The Layman
Preacher, Continues to In.
terest Large Longre=
cations. He Is a
Remarkable
Man.

The revival services begun at the
Methodist Church in Grenada Sep. 5,
conducted by Rev. Joe M. Ramsey,
The layman preacher, continues with
undated interest In fact interest
seems to increase from day to day. For
a number of days nearly every usinesS
house in town has closed it's doors and
gone to the morning services. The
capacity OF the church has been taxed
at almost every service and at night
many have not even been able to Sc
cure standing room. Upon every lip
there is praise and cOmmendation Of
the preacher. His sermons are spoken
of as remarkable" and fine" Best,
of all his discourses are simple, yet.
powerful and evlncee fervor and a.
perSuasivneSS that can only come from
one in close touch with his divine
Lord. Mr.. Ramsey has most remark
able memory and always gives some.
scripture quotations to emphasize "
cry point, almost, that he makes in hrs
discourse He is unique character
and ceI tainly lives in an atmosphere.
where the spirit o: Christ is ever evil
dent. His singer, Mr.. Smoot, is fine
indeed and has had the assistance Of
an excellent choir made up from the
several churches in the city,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17

bids fair TO be one of the most interest
ing that has engaged the attention OF
the voters Of this district for long
while. Hon. S \. Morrison of this
coun'v stated only day or two ago
that he would undoubtaby he in the
race to or pose Mr.. Sisson. Mr.. Nor
r:Sun is not only an able man tut he
is one Of bull dog tenacity and never
fails to give agODd account of him.
self in whatver he undertakes. He has
made fine record as member or the
legislature and knows how to present
his cause to the masses. Then Col 0.
+. BledSoe of this county, who was IN
the race last year. is alSu an avowed
candidate. C)l BledSoe is scholarly
man, Confederate soldier and may
be expected 10 have StrOr g following.
Besides MeSSrS Morrison and BledSOe,
it seems to be understood that Hon.
g. E. Franklin, state senator from
Pontotoc county, will also shy his cas-
Tor into the ring. While Mr.. SiSsOn
has made himself Industrious in Con-
gress and is a good campaigner and an
abe man. yet the gentlemen named
will give him some nard work. Again
from surface indications there are
many warm friends of Hon. Shed
Hill over the districv that will keep
their knives up their sleeves along
while for Mr.. SisSon. Thus it would
appear that the next political battle
in Mississippi will be the Congression
al contests next year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
The Tax Levy and Assessment.

The board of supervisors adjourned
Monday evening after a weeks work
on the tax rolls of the county. The to-
tai personally assessment is Sl.179,-
13O. Owing to the fact that many
changes were made by the board in
raisiug some and lowering others.
chancery clerk King has not yet finish
ed the revised realty roll. IL will, how
ever, total approximately $685. 900.
The entire assessment for the county
will be about SO, 664, 900. The tax levy
is mills, for he state and 10 mills for
the county one mill and a half of
which was voted for an extension OF
the school term.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
$50. 900 Worth of Amuse'
ments.

. The amuSementS at the Tri.State
Fair at Memphis, Tennessee, will be
the most complete and expensive ever
seen IN the United States. The reg.
ular organization of the Spellman
shows which play only the big Fairs
of Indian, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois,
etc., represent an investment of over
$50. 900. 1t is an aggregation OF all
that is clean and good in both the old
and new worlds There are many nov
elties-things you have never seen be-
| fore. The Fair will have several at
fractions free to all the yublic, such as
High Diving and the like. The cata
log give an idea of the rare treat ir
store
/
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17

know till saw here commission is
sued TO CHRISTOPHER Car on. But
alb put the rife. In the stock there e
- brass tacks. Each Of these repre-
>,nts an ibdan Killed by CalSOn. On
tie SUCK in another place may
lie Seen seven OtEer CkS each
.epresenting an Ind an kill, d by o. Z.
NIg.inS who evidently owned the
life after Carson. Surely 1t was a
rusty weapon That killed SO SavageS
d ubt if tnere is another gun in all
he earth that sent that many hungry
souls INTO eternity. Let rs pc that
not single one Uf these 80 Was ruth
leSsly Slain but each killed in defense
of self or country.
The have here or saw, much to
my surprise, the original flag that
floated over Fort Sumpter. L would
have thought it would have been kept
in the national museum at Washing
ton City. But that which interested
me most Of all in the museum, aud
that is of deepest interest, to the stu
dent of EJhnOlOgy, Anthropology and
/ theology is the department in which
is kept the remains Of The Cliff
Dwellers. " Ages and ages before the
Spanish explorers and seekers OF gold
ever set foot on the North American
continent there dwelt in the canon
businesses of Colorado and Arizona
what must have been at one time a
mighty race of men "verSed in the
service Of warfare, irrigation and
scientific cultivation of The soil,
skilled in the manufacture Of weapons
of offence, textile fabrics, pottery and
ornamental jen elry-they lived and
fiourished in their for: flied dwellings
in the sheltered ledgeS along the
places of the cliffs, tending their fields
well provided with the neceSsarieS o:
life and waging common warfare
against their unfriendly neighbors.' >
When did the vanished race flourish
a thousand years ago or ten thousand:
Who, or what were the causes that
led to their utter and complete ex
tinctiOn? Was it the Indian whom
the Spaniards found here, who iI
turn is himself destined to be exter
minated in just little while? What
drove them to the beetling cliff for ,
home? Was it the prehistoric mon
sters that roamed the plains stretch
ing out from the base Of the frOwnin(
heights where they made thel
, homes? Was it the devastating flood
that suddenly swept down the steam
, and overflowed the pasture lands? Wa
it the fierce winds that then perhap
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
MORE NEWS
FROM COLORADO
Rev. Bacon Visits Museum In
Denver, Lincoln's Pillow,
The Remains Of Cliff
Jewellers and Their
HandiCraft.

Dear Sentinel: L left yOur readers,
/ believe, in the museum. promised
to tell them of some OF the things OF
curious interest that may oe seen
there I saw d section, TWO Ur three
inches square, from the pill }" on
which Abe Lincoln died upon which
his blood is plainly seen. may state,
parenthetically. that | do not men
tiun this because am Snch an admrer
of Abe. | often use him TO illuStrat'
what NAV be accomplished by any
moor and obscure lad VINO has the de-
Termination and the good sense and
the gall" TO seize an opportunity
and take advantage Of an occasion.
And right here exactly my admiration
for this greatly exaggerated character
ends. Had the result OF the Civil
War been different, Lincoln would
have been relegated to an ObscuriJy
quite as profound as Hays and the
Younger Harrison and as Soundly hated
by the North as Andy Johnson. Il
\ dom know whether l ever spell his
name correctly or not or that of HAYS.
So little impression did the latter
make upon me that | don't remember
whether his name was spelled Hays.
Haze or Hayes.) But it was not Lin.
coin that l saw in the museum but
only a little Of his blood SO pass on.
saw a piece of wood from the old
frigate Constitution. (Now children
don,t ask your daddies what the Con
stitution was or they will tell you t.
sseowan" and don't bother them they
are pusy.) They have here a piece o.
the old Quaker meeting house (churcf
we we cali it) built at Flushing Lane Is
land in 1895. The wood is in per
feet state Of preservation although i
has been 214 years since it was built
Now this to the boys. l saw her
the fayorite rife Of Kit. Carson.
wonder how many KLo" ciiac ~
name was Christopher! l oio no
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
Go With the Rush.

The demand for that wonderful
stomach, liver and kidney cure, DR..
Kings New Life PillS-is astounding
the people OF Grenada say they never
saw the like. IT'S becaase they never
fail to cure sour stomach, constipa-
tion, indigestion, biliousness. jaun-
dice, sick headache, chil,s and malaria,
Only soc. Sold by End Glass Drug
Stoores
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17
HOT CONGRESS
SIONAL FIGHT.
Hon. T. u. Sisson Will Be
Opposed by fions. S. A.
Morrison, O. F. Bledsoe
and c. E. Franklin,
Other Contests.

The following editorial from re
cent issue of the Claron-Ledger indi-
Gates that several Of MisSiSsipp'S pres
ent Congressman will have oppoSil ion
for a re- election to a second term. The
editorial also gives a little history of
past congressional contests:
"a special from Magnolia announces
that Congressman Dickson i likely to
have opposition in his second race, the
nomination is to take place nezt sum-
mer. The gentlemen who are under
stuod to be canGidal es are eX-CongreSs-
man Frank A. Mclean. J. W. Cassidy,
Thomas Shelton and E. j. Simmons,
the two letter having heen candidates
for the Congressional domination last
summer.
It seems to be undertood that some
or all the gentlemen named will con
test the honorS with Mr.. Dickson
thougd he has had only- one term.
J. II. Beeman, of Scott county.
made a good Congressman in the Old
Fifth district, but was only allowed to
serve one term. The same could be
said of Walter Denny, OF Jackson
tcountyl in the Gid Sixth district; also
of J. G.. Spencer, of Clairborne coun'
ty, In the old Seventh district, and
Others that could be named.
Many Congressman have been de-
i. feated in this state after serving tNC
years, the list being too long to pub
lish
No man owns seat in Congress. i
belongs to the people, who have tn
sight to make the change wheneve
and as often as they please"
i To those who will have opposition
next year for a second term the Clar
. ion- Ledger might have added Hon. I
lU. Sisson of this district. The fgh
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17

''Can be depended upon" is an ex-
preston we all like to hear, and when
it is used in connection with Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy it means that it never fails
to cure diarrhoea, disentery or bowel
complaints. 1t is pleasant to take
and equally valuable for children and
adults. Sold by all dealers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17

Not a minute should be lost when
child shows symtons OF Group. Cham
berlain's Group Remedy given as soon
as the child becomes hoarSe, or even
after the croupy cough appears, will
prevent the attack. Sold by all
dealers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-17

Continued on last page
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
Horse in Fable and Fiction

Apropos Of Napoleon's horse yizir
now in the Musee de rArmee in PARIS
some. by the way. questioning the
claim to be what was once vizfr-af-
fords the subject OF an interesting ar
ticle In Paris contemporary on THE
Horse IN Fable and in History" To
begin with, the writer points out that
the best known disaster in charioteer-
ing was with the horses of Phaeton.
Another charioteering adventure little
less exciting was with the horses of
Hippolytus and resulted in the seasbore
tragedy. Then, again. we have the
winged horse of Pegasus, which has
been used with such deadly effect to
some poets, notably Burns.
Among other horses are the famous
wooden simulacrum of Troy, the horses
of Aymon and those of the revelation
of st. John the divine Another IA
nous horse that has for years delighted
and will amuse the people of all coun-
tries for centuries to come is Rosi-
nante. the steel of Don Quixote. to say
nothing Of that of old Mortality. Bu-
cephalus. the horse of Alexander the
Great. will be remembered when yizir
Is forgotten. for II we remember Alright
he heard the scornful command OF Di-
ogenes. Not less famous was the horse
of Attila. but it is doubtful II the horse
was as terrible as the "Scourge of God
represented him. Then again is Chiron
the centaur. half man and half horse
The horse of Caligula deservedly
holds high rank, for his cynical master
raised him to the consulship. Coming
TO later times, we have the white horse
of the maid of Domremy. In everv
country the horse is, inter ALA. the
subject of historical painting and sulp-
ture indorsing Buttons panegyric-
The friend of man. his faithful com
panion, his useful helper in the great
est actions and the humblest works.
the devoted auxiliary of the gods of
Olympus. of great conquerors of the
world and of the lowly laborer attached
to the soil."-London Globe
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
Facts That Really Are as
Sensational as They Sound
From Golfers UeekIp

OES sound sensational to declare that American law
to very large extent makes for injustice The facts
are as sensational the sound. The American bar
ASSOCIATION has admitted it leading judges have admitted it
and President Taft framed pointed
Judgment civil criminal should be aside unless
appeared atrnatvely that the of the complaint had
resulted in miscarriage of justice Americans often
about lynch law Not always they take into account the
played by the laws delay encouraging rough attempts
at Justice In England procedure swift punishment fol-
lows with certainty For seveny-hve years in England Ire
land Scotland and the British colonies all the world
there has not been of yncing We recently
pointed out that the lawyers succeeded beating smphca
ton Montana In admirable article in the City
Bar Monthly Tor March Prof John D. Lawson of the Unver
sity OF Missouri recalls the fact that when Missouri egis
atue passed law simplifying procedure the supreme
OF that state upset Judge Lawson believes that civil
procedure mmeaurably behind the age, criminal
procedure have not advanced since the days of Queen
Elizabeth Judge Adon OF the federal bench stated that
if has the keep up the fight he in
majority of escape punishment for crime AS rules
now the main search for truth Lawyers
struggle get into the record witnesses buled
and judges afraid Those complicated echnicalites which
the English judges invented long ago protect the individual
from cruelty and oppression, have been retained and xag
gerated by The English threw them away when the days
of cruelty and oppression end An Indictment in
England states in perhaps forty words OF utmost sim
picity that certain committed by certain person
We fill pages of fooscap with most ridiculous language and
be strained into failure to observe rule The
of for murder upset because the foreman
the Jury spelled first st Another conviction for murder
is upset because the indictment charged that the victim died
instantly instead of then and there another because breast
spelled without the another because the record failed
the fact that the prisoner at his trial.
although the could readily have determined that he
These things truly incredible We need Jeremy Ben
than goad into making legal justice reality Weneed
novelist what Dickens did in BLEAK House what
Goldsmith did in "A Citizen of the World We need John
Wesley point that attempts justice would have
brought dscredt any of centuries ago Greece
Rome
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

method OF nomination prevails in this
club. each member writing a ballot for
her choice for each office. These votes
are then counted and the two having
the highest number are announced as
candidates for the office 70 be voted
upon at the first meeting IN May.
The Corona club viii meet Thursday
afternoon. and business will I'll the
entire afternoon. No guests VIII be ad-
mltred and the nominations will be
made The nominating committee has
submitted its report. but II there be
other minds as 10 the ticket they will
be given opportunity for expression on
this occasion
President David starr Jordan Of
Stanford University will lecture. under
the auspices Of the Claiming auxiliary.
on -Tusitala in samoa" Saturday even
Ing IN the First Unitarian church par
"reminiscences Of Robert Louis Steven
son.
The woman's auxiliary OF the societv
Of California Pioneers will hold its last
monthly meeting until the fall Satur-
day afternoon. when the new officers
VIII be installed. The president will
deliver an address. and there will ba
an informal program OF addresses
and music. Guests may be invited. and
an Informal reception will close the
afternoon
The Association OF Collegiate Alum
nae viii hold it's regular monthly meet
ing saturday next in Berkeley
Luncheon will be served in College nall
tnew dormitory). and at o'clock there
VIII be business meeting. The nori-
natlng committee. consisting OF Mrs
Charles Slack. Miss helen Peckharn and
Mrs c. H Williams. win report. The
program Of the afternoon deals with
The Question Of Housing the Women
students or the University" Miss Lucy
Sprague. chairman THE Boarding
House." Miss Jane Hawk The
Fraternity" Miss Lille NJ Sherman.
S-''The House Club" Mrs. A F. Nor
rison. Mrs Kate Bulkeley. 4-'.Ths
Dormitory." Miss Lucy Sprague. This
VIII be followed by pilgrimage. as it
is termed. the Kappa Kappa Theta fra
ternity. the Cnok Tara. Enewah and
Fedtvia clubs having invited the asso-
citation 10 visit them IN their homes.
The regular meeting OF the San Fran
cisco musical club was held Thursday
and the following program was rem
dered:
Schumann. Op IL
l. Andante expressive .. Allegro presto.
g. Adagio. l. Presto ...
Lyric string quartet
Hartmann. chorus (Summerdsyl-
Mrs. Cecil Marx soprano solo.
Lawrence Strauss, tenor solo
Mozart quartet. A major
l. Allegro 2 Lsrghetto. g. Mennetto. 4
Allegret0 con variaxions
MISS Florence Hyde. piano. william Hoffman
fa1
pando. violonceIlo.
At this meeting OF the club the cleo
tion OF new officers for the ensuing
year was held, Mrs. John d. Sibley
oelng chosen president Mrs. James
Alva Watt vice president.