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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
A Few of the Comments on
Our Special Edition.

The special edition of the Advo-
cate was issued this week and is
very creditable indeed, containing
as it does good write-ups of many
of the business enterprises of this
city and the politicians. 1t is "a
pages in size and required a great
deal of work to get it OUT Senti-
nel-DemOcrat.
The Mt. Sterling Advocate is
out this week with a "a page spec
ial edition. porttaying yividly with
pen and picture the many resour-
ces of our wonderful little city.
The edition is a fine example of
the splendid enterprise OF its
management and is a compliment
to the city.--Gazette.
The Mt. Sterling Advocate has
issued a special edition containing
a large fund of information regard
inc Nj. Sterling, her people and
her progress. The edition is
credit to the owners Of the paper
and shows that there is plenty of
push in the Montgomery county
capital. -Louisvjlle Post.
The Mt. Sterling Advocates
special edition composes twenty
four pages of good write-up and
pictures of men and things in that
thriving little city and is credit
to Editors Hedden & SEMI. of
Hon. II. X. Prewitt the edition
has ibis: AN able member.of the
Montgomery bar. distinguished
for his loyal acumcn and successful
practice in the higher courts of the
state, and chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central and Executive
Committees and president of the
Exchange Bank. Lexington Her
aid.
That excellent paper, the Mt.
Sterling Advocate, comes to our
exchange table this morning in the
form of an extra edition-three
sections of eight pages each-hand-
somely illustrated with half-tones
and is living exposition Of the
enterprise and push Of It's editors,
Messrs. Hedden and SenH. The
paper is intended to set forth the
commercial advantages of Mt.
Sterling and the section of country
contiguous, and this it has accom-
plished in this special addition in
an admirable manner.-Kcntucky
Advocate.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
@. b. PATTERSON, Cashier
Fields Leads in Ninth.

In the various mass conventions
held last Saturday in the Ninth
Congressional District, Hon. VIM.
j. Fields, of Carter county, car
ried the counties of Bracken, Bath
Carter, Fleming, Greenup and
Lawrence with total of 80 votes;
Hon. Edgar B. Hager, of Ashland
carried Boyd, Harrison and Rob-
ertson with 81 votes; Hon. &. w.
Mathers carried his home county
of Nicholas with 8 votes and Lewis
Mason and Rowan with % votes
went uninstructed. Hon. Nor
decai Williams, Of Boyd county,
another aspirant, received no first
instructions, but several counties
gave him second instructions.
1t takes 56 votes to nominate.
The District Convention meets at
Carlisle today and lively fight is
anticipated.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Government Buys Picture.

Miss Elizabeth Nourse, the
American artist who lives in Paris
has Just had one of her paintings
purchased by the French govern
ment. 1t is called THE Closed
Shutters" and has been bought for
the Luxembourg gallery. Miss
Nourse began her art career in
Cincinnati as pupil of her
brother-in-law, Benn Pitman, a
brother of Isaac Pitman, the in
ventor of shorthand. She has
long been a member of the Wo-
mans Art Club of Cincinnati.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Red Mcdonald

won the big saddle stake and the
harness sweepstake premium at
Richmond, Ky, fair last week.
There were s entries in the saddle
stake, and II entries in harness
stake. They were hotl.y contested.
Rings composed of such show
horses as Red Mcdonald; the
1000 show stallion, Kentucky's
Choice, Lord Bourbon; Imperial
Squirrel and other famous show
horses. Red Mcdonald won the
gated championship of 1908 at
Kentucky State Fair and the COM
bined saddle and harness cham
pionship of 1909 at same fair. He
is owned by John Il. Hughes, of
Fayette county, and was sired by
Mcdonald Chief, owned by John
). Wyatt, of this county.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
POStOffiCe Robbed.

The postofiice at Olive Hill was
entered by robbers Saturday night,
who blew the safe with nitro
glycerine and secured about $500
in money and stamps. They over
looked about this much more in
stamps and registered letters.
They broke into a blacksmith
shop nearby and secured the nee
essary tools, which were left on
the scene. Bloodhounds were
rushed from Lexington.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Roosevelt In Demand.

Colonel Roosevelt is more in de-
mand than any living orator. He
has received 2,034 invitations to
deliver addresses since his return
to this country, and they are COM
ing in daily by the score. His
fondness for hearing the sound of
his own voice would cause him to,
accept them all were it not ply
ic al impossibility. Lexington
Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Kemper Resigns Position.

Mr.. Clark Kemper has resigned
his position as individual book
keeper at the MONTGOMERY Nation
al Bank to take effect August /,
Mr.. Kemper is a most excellent
and competent young man and we
wish for him much success in
whatever line of business he may
engaOe ID.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Fresh watermelons, cantaloupes,
peaches. Vanarsdell & Co.
Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned, who was convicted at
the January term, 1910, of the
Montgomery Circuit Court for ma
licious shooting and wounding an
other with intent to kill and SEN
fenced for one year in the peniten-
tiary, will, on or about August |,
1910, apply to the Governor of
Kentucky for a pardon.
% PLEASANT WHLOUGHBY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Tobacco Crop Sick.

President Clarence LeBus, of
the Burley Tobacco Society, says
the 1910 Burley tobacco crop is
sick as a result of the heavy rains
and cannot get well. He claims
that not more than half of the
crop can possibly mature.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
THE FAIR.

Large attendance ideal weather and hgha attractions made
Fair last week pronounced and the officers of the Aso
citation already begun work their plans for bigger and
Fair year. They promise rings, additional novelty
and other improvements including addition the
Grand Stand which shown be entirely small for the
people. One the remarkable things about the
excellent order maintained We heard of disorder
any kind and never little insobriety
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
No Sdio.

Some weeks ago the Fiscal
Court ordered Sheriff w. +.
Crooks to offer for sale a franchise
to operate and maintain a tele-
phone system in Montgomery
County. AS per advertisement,
he did SO at 10 o'clock a. M, last
Monday, at the Court House door
and after crying the same for
some minutes received no bids.
Just what steps the Fiscal Court
will now take are unknown.
We kill the best meat money
can buy. Vanarsdell & Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Bank Stock For Sale.

| have II shares of the capital
stock of the Exchange Bank of
Kentucky, of Mt. Sterling, KY,
in my hands for sale.
2-3t John A. Judy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
Feed and Hitch Stable.

Horses hitched, sc; feed hay, 20c.
New buggies for hire reasonable.
Corn, hay and straw for sale
CHAs. Long,
52tf Bank ST., near new depot.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27

We desire publicly acknowledge appreciation of the
coueses shown US by Postmaster H. w Lockrdg and his obigng
Assistants including the Rural Route Carriers prompt hand
Ing of our Special Edition astweek
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27

COL H. Watson Lindsey, Chief of Police Of Louisville, has
ordered all policemen while duty keep their buttoned
whstandng the hot weather. The Colonel certainly
is known in common; parance a cold proposition"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27

Our line of staple groceries can
not be surpassed. We carry the
best. Vanarsdell & Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We are authorized to announce
KELLAR GREENE

County Clerk Montgomery county su6ect the act
of Democratic party.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

was a member of the law firm of TillOtsOn
& Kent, of No. 80 West street, New York
Louis Anthehne Gregori, the military writ
er who shot Major Dreyfus in the wrist
on the occasion Of the transfer Of the body
Of Emile Zola TO the Pantheon on June 4,
1908. died in Paris Neil Wilson, right
balfback Of the football team Of Wabash
College, Charlottesville, Ind. was killed
and two 81. Louis players were seriously
injured as the first toll 10 reformed foot
ball All OF the accidents occurred in
mass plays which the new rules were
supposed TO have obviated. J.. r. Paine. OF
Duluth, Minn, acting captain of the Cor
nell freshman football team, died at the
Cornell infirmary from supposed internal
injuries received while playing football.
The body OF Henry p. Butler, a lawyer
and member of the Union League Club,
whose home was at No 116 West SSth
street, found in the North River at
West 9Gth street He had been a sufferer
from heart disease and asthma for years.
Victor Massena the fourth Prince d'Ess-
ling and Due de Rivoli, died in Paris. He
WAS a grandson or Marshal Andre Mas
sena. who served with distinction under Ma
poleon ."
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

the United States Circuit Court to serve
three years IN the federal prison at Atlanta
They were convicted of using the mails Tor
purposes OF fraud.
Just year after he was convicted OF
obstructing justice by causing the removal
to Canada OF a witness wanted by the fed
eral grand jury Arthur p Heinze, broth
er OF Fritz Augustus Heinze, the Montana
copper rnagnate, began serving ten days
term in the Tombs. He was locked in
cell No 72O. on the seventh tier, which was
occupied by Charles W. Morse. the banker
" hen he spent some months at the Tomos
after his conviction.
THE directors OF the Consolidated Gas
COMPANY declared a regular quarterly
dividend Of IL per cent ON the Stock
placing it upon i per cent basis. The
annual dividend rate. which had been
per cent in 1901. 1902 and 1908 and S4s
per cent in the two following years, was
reduced TO 5 per cent in 1906. when the
SO-cent gas bill became a law and for the
last four years, beginning with 1907, divl-
dends at the rate of per cent yearly nave
been paid"
Those gloomy predictions that 80 cent
gas would ruin the company now look very
funny" said Busy Man. ANY persons Oh
importance die?"
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

u wo1verton died at his home in SunDury'
penn from stroke of paralysis lie
was chief counsel If the Philaoelphla q
Reading Railway Company Brlgauier
General David Porter Heap, q. ,. a tre-
tir.d) formerly chief engineer OF the De-
nartment of the Pacific, died at his meme
I'm Pasadena. Cal Brigadier General lien
~ 7. Chipman. u: s. A. tretired), Fet-
eran of the Civil War. died in Detroit
Patrick J. Dolan, ex-president OF the Pitts
burg district organization Of United Mine
Workers Of America, and one OF the best
known labor leaders in the country, was
killed while trying to board train. Major
Alexander Henry Davis. formerly or Syra-
cusa n Y, died in London. Recently lie
had made his home at the Villa Florldlaha
I'm Naples Captain John Carter, VINO COM
nanded King Edwards Britannia, died IN
London. AS skipper OF the Genesta ne
carried three cups back to England IN
1855. but failed to lift the Americas tro-
pE,y. though he made the attempt in thae
same wear Willie Anderson, winner OF
four national open championship golf tour
naneuts died at his home i'll Philadelphia
from hardening Of the arteries, although
only thirty-one years Of age William
Kent, a we'll known club member ana law
yer Of New York. died at Tuxedo Park lie
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
BREAKING RECORDS AND BONES

What else have the airmen been doing
besides what you told me about the bal
loonists?' asked Busy Man
u. Armstrong Drexel American aviator.
broke the American record for height in
an aeroplane on Monday by reaching 7,105
feet, at the international aviation tourna-
ment at Belmont Park. The record for
this country was neld by Walter Brookins
who achieved 6.I75 feet. at Atlantic City
on July last Mr. DreXel by his feat ex-
Cceded the worlds record that he himself
made at Lanark, Scotland. on August IL
OF this year, when he TO $3.50 feet
On Tuesday. however. Ralph Johnstone es-
tablished newer American record for
height In Wright bipIane he climbed
1903 feet. thus surprising the record made
on the previous day by Drexel. and top
notching the work OF Count Jacques de
Lesseps, French aviator, who an hour be-
Tore disappeared In the clouds and went up
t,3sl feet. The worlds record. 9.1SG feet
was made 10y WynmaIcn. in Europe Pre-
dictions are freely made that It won't stand
long.
Ralph JohnstOne. che OF the Wright
aviators. al Belmont Park sought to es-
tabiish a new record for altitude. He
landed sixty miles away, at Middle Island.
but accomplished his purpose. and on Fri
day IL was officially announced that he had
tclimtncd. 8. .AZixStsah =
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
FXTTRF * INTENDED ESPECIALLY@S BUSY MAN

",rbe afrship Morning Post arrived AZ
AIdershot. England. after a flight acrOss
the channei from Moisson. France, IN
pours and Is minutes She was construct
oa In France. and wac presented 10 the
British army by The London Morning
Post 60
"Iacob M. Dickinson. American Secre-
tarv OF War. made a short aeropiane night
at the military aerodrome in Mournleion'
France. az a passenger with Frenen onl-
Ger Ensign Iafon. The Secretary on
reaching the earth expressed hiiiseih @'
delighted with his trip
srNarrice Tabuteau broke tho World
aviation records for time and distance Oy
ayfng $50 miles I'm six hours In continuous
trim at Etampes. France. The previous rec
ord for time and distance Was held by one
Slayer. the Belgian aviator, who covered
"a miles In 5 hours minutes and . sec
onds. on July 10 last
August Euler established a German
record for duration by flying 3 hours, b
minutes and IL seconds at Darmstadt'
HesSe
"Fernand Blanchard, aeronaut. fell from
n height OF one hundred feet and was In
stantly killed near Paris He was at
,Arnptine to descend after a successful
flight from Bourges- His wife Che had
beeu married only a few weeks) had been
waving her handkerchief in delight az
what seemed to be a successful termination
OF long aerial voyage.
Lieutenant Saglietti fell with a Mill
tary biplane in which he was msueuvring
AT Rome. and was instantly killed
Lieutenant Monte fell with a Wright
s.roplane and was killed at Magdeburg.
Prussia He was planning TO earth |hen
he started his motor. and the strain caused
his machine to turn turtle. IL crashed 10
the ground, burying the lieutenant beneath
il Both man and machine were smashed
to bits.
Captain Aadiot. military aeronaut'
was instantly killed at Douai, France, while
ma king his first practice flight When at
r. height of one hundred feet he tried to
stop his motor and plane TO the ground
The motor continued to run and the ma
chine plunged to the earth, the aeronauts
skull being crushed 70 pulp"
IT'S a hard world" mused Busy Man
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

,ntssaa The Kings civil list OF sSOo'ooo
wouId be replaced by modest Presidehtiai
salary Taxes on necessaries wouid De re-
duced and those on 1uxuries increased 1no
ricbar classes who hitherto had been eVao-
ing taxes. would be closely watched
..Tbe separation OF the Church ana the
state was announced in a decree issueu DS
the provisional government Another oeci &C
unfinished declares for the freedom Oh IHe
press. Among the measures being prepaieu
bv the Minister OF Justice is ne" olVorce
law based. Il is said. upon the prlhcipIe vi
saparatlon by mutual consent.
'Dr. HawIey Harvey Crippen, American
practitioner and medical agent, was iouiiu
guilty in London of the murder Oh HIS
wife. the American actress, Belle Eimore'
and sentenced to be hanged on NoVenioei
His counsel decided to appeal the case
to the Home Secretary.
After a trial lasting only few hours
in the New Bailey Criminal Court LONDON
a fury found Ethel Clare Leneve not gullty
as an accessory after the fact TO the muir
der of Cora Belle Crippen. Miss LeheVo
sccompanied Crippen in his n1ght 10 Can
ada and with him was arrested anu ihuiCe-
ed. From the first she rnaintainec Anho
cance of any knowledge Of the crime. but
the crown alleged that her behavior after
the disappearance Of Mrs Crippen was sueh
az to betray guilty knowledge OF the muir
der.
.~rhe TIaytian gunboat Liberte was LOST
a+ sea off Port de Paix. following an ex-
n,osion on board. 1t was estimated that
seventy persons were either Killed or
drowned. Among them were ten Haytan
generals. who were on their way to take
command of the troops in the Department
ha
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
NEW SUBWAYS ASSURED.

'.Se.enty-seyen bids were received by The
Public Service Commission for the building
with municipal funds Of the most impor-
fsut sections Of the proposed tri-boroueh
route: that H. the Broadway Lexington
avenue subway 10 I4Sth street and River
avenue. on The jerome avenue branch.
ard 10 . point Just beyond Third avenue.
on the Westchester avenue branch. the
canal street crOsstOwn subway and the
Bro8dway-Iafayetts avenue loop la Brook
lyn. TWeuty-three different firms Of con
tractors were competitors. II VIII proba-
Lly be eseral days before the commission
viii De able 10 announce the lowest bidder
for each section.
The population OF the State OF Con
necticut. as enumerated in the Thirteenth
Census. is l.ll4.756. This is an increase
Of 206.336. OF 22.7 per cent. over S.420
in 1900. From 1890 TO 1900 Connecticuts
population increased I62.IG2, or 2l7 per
cent
Charles r. Ellis. president. and Erwin
n. Graves. vice-president of the kornjt
Manufacturing (omuanV- vuere 4anserceA I'm
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
ENORMOUS PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

Enormous increases in passenger Tatlc
on the subway and L lines operated by
the Interborough Rapid Transit Company
were proved numerically in = report given
out by the Public Service Commission
showing the total number OF tickets sold
on those lines in the year ended June 80
last For rides in the subway 2GS,s62, 10
tickets were purchased in the year, and
for rides on the four elel ated lines 1885,
S2G,2S0; that is, &O,03L96S more in the
subway and 1z,576,0S4 more on the ele-
lated system than in the previous year.
Total earnings of the United States Steel
CORPORATION for the three months ended on
September 80 were announced as $31.S65,-
1S7. The untitled orders at the close OF
the quarter were 3,15S,106 tons. The di-
rectors declared the usual dividends. After
these were deducted from the earnings as
well as $7,5o1, 600 for new plants and con-
struction, and S1.4S7.SI6 for sinking fund.
a final surplus Of sS,57S.06S for the quar-
ter was left, against final surplus OF
s541oo9 on June 80.
The board OF trustees Of the postal say
ings bank system formally approved list
OF forty-eight postOfiices at which the new
system Of postal savings is 10 have its first
trial The offices chosen include one for
each state and territory. as follows:
"Bessemer. Ala; Globe. Ariz.; Stuttgart
Ark: OrovilIe, Cal; Leadville, Col; An
sonia, Conn: Dover. Del; Key West Fla;
Brunswick, Ga; Ceur d'Aiene, Idaho; Pc
kin. III; Princeton Ind; Decorah, Iowa
Pittsburg. kan: Middlesboro, Ky: New
Iberia. La: Rumford, Ne; Frostburs,
Nd; Norwood, Mass; Houghton, Mich;
Bernidji, Mimi; Gulfport. Miss; Carthage.
No: Anaconda, Mont; Nebraska City,
Neb.; Carson City, Nev.; Berlin. N H;
Rutherford, n. J.; Ration, N NJ; Cohoes,
n. y: Salisbury. n. C; Wahpeton. n. D.;
Ashtabula. Ohio: Guyman. Okla klamath
Falls. Ore; Dubois, Penn; Bristol, r. l.;
Newberry, S. C; Deadwood, S. D.; john
son City. Tenn: Port Arthur, Tex; Provo,
Utah: Montpelier, Vt; Clifton Forge, Va;
OLYMPIA, Wash; Grafton, ". Va; Mani
toToc Wis and Laramie, Wyo.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
THE DEATH ROLL.

King Chulalongkon of Siam died from
uramic poisoning at Bangkok. The Crown
Prince Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh was I'M
mediateIy proclaimed King. lie was born
on January l, 1880. Prince Francis Jo-
seph Leopold Frederick of Teck died in
London He was a brother Of Queen Mary
Louis l.. LoriIIard well known New York
sachtsman and club member. died from Il
complication of diseases at the Hotel MeT-
cedes. Paris David Pearce Penhallow,
professor Of botany at McGill University,
Montreal since 1888. died on board the
steamer Lake Manitoba. On which he was
a passenger from Montreal 10 England.
Allen Daniel Gambler, former Governor of
Georgia. Cied at his home in Atlanta. Nj
canOr Hallberg, professor of pharmacy Of
the University Of Illinois, and who served
on the commission for revision of the ma
tional forInulary. 1856, 1895 and 1906 died
ia Chicago. Thomas 5. Brown, one Of the
pioneer designers Of agricultural machin-
cry in this country. died in Poughlleepsie
in his eighty seventh year. Rear Admiral
John J. Reid died at his home in Mount
Holly, \. j. from heart disease. lie re-
tired on account OF age on June L, 1904.
Robert White MacFarland, aged eighty
FIVE years former president OF Miami Uni
N-rsity and teacher in several other insti-
tutlons. died At his country home near on
ford. OhiJ from the inlirmities of age. The
Marquis de Massa. who was secretary to
Napoleon III died IN Paris. Elizabeth
Homer Paine Price, widow of Com
luodore- Cicero Price, &. $. y. died in
Troy. y. Y. She was one OF the most beau
tiful women of her day. Her daughter
was Lily Price, later Duchess Of Marlbor-
ough. The president OF the Society OF
American Women IN London Mrs. Camilla
Y Fairbanks, died in that city. Captain
Hugh r. Garden. former president of the
Southern Society of New York, died at