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ny' said he expected II everything went
right to reach the top Of the spire with
In three-quarters OF an hour. II took
him nifty minutes to accomplish the feat
He was without assistants.
After crawling through a small window
near the center Of the spire Hassler's
first act was to seat himself In a small
swinging scanold attached to q pulley
well up tho spdre. After hoisting himself
several feet Hassler secured IL firmly.
then stood UP. Taking . piece Of rope in
his hand the climber swung ii around the
spire To DO this he had to lean back
quite far. BY this means he made Q
series OF steps around the spire.
Showed No Fear.
Hassler moved about on the ropes
which he had tied about the steeple with
as little fear or effort apparently as the
average man walks on the street.
Below on the sidewalk spectators en-
Unused and shuddered.
Hassler. who is Of middle age resides
in Philadelphia. He said today that he
has never had an accident worth men
tioning."
In working he wears q sleeveless 'jsr-
sey" and tennis shoes.
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PENSIONED BY CARNEGIE.
Mother" Kennedy, Coney Island
Character, to Get $25 Month.

NEW YORK, July H.-''Mother' Ken.
nedy, q we'll known character at the
Coney Island beaches. where for fifty
years she has sold pals and shovels to
thousands Of children. has been pensioned
by Andrew Carnegie.
When her lifetime savings were wiped
out in the Dreamland fire a few months
ago she recalled her late husband 6
friendship with Mr.. Carnegie. who had
been an employee Of the Pittsburg division
Of the Pennsylvania railroad when her
husband was a popular conductor. So she
sat down and wrote to Mr.. Carnegie.
This week an answer came from Skibo
Castle notifying her that hereafter she
would receive q pension Of $25 each
month.
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FIVE DEAD IN WRECK
OF EXCURSION TRAIN
Between Fifty and aeventy-Five In.
jured in Seaboard Air Limo Col
lision at Hamlet, N. O.

HAMLET, N. c.. July Clan excursion
train from Durham. N. c.. on the Sea-
board Air Line railroad. hound for Char
lotte. rushed head on into freight train
in the yards Of this place At 1880 an.
today. instantly killing i've persons and
wounding between nifty ana seventy-nve.
Many OF the injured VIII die
The train which ran into The freight
was q negro excursion train. All the
dead and practically all the injured are
negroes.
At the office In Washington Of tho Sea-
board Air Line this afternoon 1t was
stated that no news Of the wreck had
reached there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
PETTY MEDDLING CHARGED.

Hitherto the board of education has bored under the
impression that the Commissioners which school
buildings for white pupils and which for colored
That board acted impression mat
ter of regret The Commissioners might wisely be-
come better acquainted with their buildings.
1.-The Commissioners undertook to do things
estimates; the first unwise, the second illegal.
"You cut down estimates for white schools by
eliminating entirely items amounting I8 per of
our estimate those schools You down estimates
for coored schools by eliminating entirely five items
ing to more than half of estimates for coloed schools
Instead helping the board of education compre
hensve program OF REFORM the Commissioners ham
pered by petty meddng and by criticism acidulous
It is assiduous baseess is petty Intellectual
for any public good as it is illnatured."
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HUMAN fly CLIMBS
HIGH Church STEEPLE
Whistles as He Swings ITO
Feet in Air RegiIding Huge
Cross Topping Spire.

Climbing to the pinnacle Of the steeple
Of st. Mary's Catholic Church. 5th street
between g and H northwest. today. John
F. Hassier. steeplejack. gave q spec
tacular exhibition OF daring and agility.
After reaching the top OF the steeple.
about ITO feet IN the air. Hassler mount
ed the cross, which surmounts the spire.
took his seat and whistied merrily At
his work OF regilding 1t. while The Stars
photographer took his picture
Before leaving the street the human
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Other Queries Put.

In the third query Mr.. Gompers Is asked
II he had not learned December "a, 19...
Of the filing of the injunction bond max
ing operative the temporary injunction
Of the previous day. He Is then asked
to state what steps he took to stop the
circulation of the Federationist number
complained Of in the former question.
The other inquiries addressed to Mr.
Gompers deal with the alleged circulation
of the A. F. Of L. at Norfolk. Va. in De-
cember. 1907. with editorials alleged to
have been written by him rejecting or
the injunction and limiting Its scope. In
quirieS also are made concerning certain
alleged utterances in speeches made by
the president of the labor organization.
The last question calls on Mr.. Gompers
to say whether In the report made by him
to the convention OF the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in November, 1900. he
used the language quoted in paragraph
Is of the charges in contempt
Mr.. Mitchell is asked to tell Of his
official connection with the American
Federation Of Labor and whether he
signed the urgent appeal" or knew OF
it's circulation. He is also 1nterrogated
as to the putting to vote the resolution
filming members OF the United Mine Work
ers OF America for buying stoves Of the
Bucks Stove and Range Company. He is
also asked concerning an address made
by him at the convention of the Mine
Workers in Indianapolis January %, 1909
Secretary Morrison is asked to tell how
many copies of the proceedings Of the
Norfolk convention he received in De
cember, 1907, and how many he caused
to be circulated throughout the Union
If he united with Mr.. Gompers in the
urgent appeal. is also asked Of the Sec
rotary, ard whether he had the same
printed. knowledge of the connection OF
Mr. Morrison with the circulation Of othe
printed matter bearing on the boycott and
the injunction is also sought by the COM
mittee.
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Rev. E q. Cannon, son OF Mrs. ]. p.
Cannon Of Fredericksburg, Va. has
been ordained to the ministry and In
stalled as pastor Of the Central Presby-
|issian Church at GarksburS. w. Va.
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G0MPERS IS QUER|ED
Twenty Questions Asked by
Prosecuting Committee.
MOTION FILED IN COURT
Information Also Is Sought From
Mitchell and Morrison.
HEARING FIXED FOR MONDAY
Election by Labor Men as to Reply
ing to Charges or Interroga-
tories Suggested.
HEARING FIXED FOR MONDAY

Twenty questions arc put to Samuel
Gompers, president OF tho American
Federation Of Labor, by the committee
OF prosecutors seeking his punishment
for alleged contempt Of court, in a mo-
| ton filed today with Justice Wright OF
the District Supreme Court.
John Mitchell. vice president Of the fed
GRAFTON. Is asked to make answer to eight
inquiries. and q like number are pro-
pounded by the committee Of lawyers to
Frank Morrison, secretary Of the labor
union.
The name Of Clarence Wilson for tho
nrst time appears on the papers as a
member of the committee of prosecutors.
Mr.. Wilson Is serving in his individual
capacity. after declining to act In his off,
cial position.
The motion is presented In the names
OF all four members Of tho committee,
and signed by Joseph J. Darlington and
Daniel Davenport. the only members now
in the city.
The motion asks that the election by
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison be re-
CURED as to whether they will answer
under oath the charges of contempt set
forth in the report Of the Investigating
committee or make specific answer un-
der oath to the interrogatories PROFOUND
ed by the committee and attached to the
motion.
BY consent Of counsel Justice Wright
has fixed Monday next for a hearing on
the motion to elect
The first question to which answer
under oath Is requested seeks to know II
Mr.. Gompers was president OF the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor and editor Of
the American Federationist December II,
1907, and If he has since continued to
hold these offices.
The next inquiry relates to the alleged
hurrying of the issue Of the January
Federationist. 1908, and the mailing OF a
large number Of copies in which the
name Of the Bucks Stove and Range
Company appeared on the I'VE don't
patroniZe" list
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Right to Draft Estimates.

But your procedure was more than un-
wise. It was illegal Lest your acquain-
lance with the organic school law be no
more perfect than your acquaintance with
the SCHOOL buildings, let me quote from
secti9h . OF the law:
That the control OF the public schools
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Hampered by Commissioners.


when the present board Of education
took charge Of the public schools in
1865 the schools were in need Of many
reforms. Today no citizen need be
ashamed of the schools Of Washington.
They take rank with the best In the
country. But, instead Of helping the
board Of education in its comprehensive
program of reform, the Commissioners
have hampered 1t by petty meddling and
by a criticism rs acidulous as 1t Is as
siduous, as baseless as II ia petty, and
as Intellectual for any public good as 1t
is fllnatured. With patience and loyalty
the members of the board of education
have devoted themselves, at no small
sacrifice Of time and effort, to the steady
Improvement Of the peoples schools. The
board of education wishes to be judged
by its actions rather than by any high
sounding hypocritical words such as
Next to dishonesty, discrimination Is the
greatest evil that can creep into mu-
nicipal administration If the Commits
sioners will for once and all get clearly
fixed in their minds the fact that the
present board Of education has no favors
to grant and none to ask, and no apollo
gies to make for doing its duty: IL the
Commissioners will In future undertake to
obey the letter and the spirit of the or
gantc school law which the wisdom OF
Congress has enacted. the children Of the
schools will have cause TO clap their
hands snd throw up their caps and shout,
and ting whole community will be thank
full"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Tobacco Sales
Made Last Friday.
Shelburne'S
Warehouse
West Side South Broadway, Just
Below Southern Depot.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 9Th, 1911.
They report the market higher and
say they will make it pay the people
to sell with them. Our market with
half dozen big warehouses, and half
dozen big redrylng plants, and big
storage houses, has more competition
than any other for all grades of Bur-
ley tobacco, both new and old. ..
The big manufactures and dealers
prefer to buy where they have located
their big plants and storage houses,
and save the extra expense Of pricing
and reprizing and shipping to Lexing-
ton to be redried and stored, so 1t Is
plain 1t will pay you to save this ex-
penSe, and come on the Shelburne
Warehouse where you get the best
prices and Accommodations.
We give below some sales made last
Friday, which shows that Shelburne's
is still in the lead for high prices.
Huddenston Bros.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Phone For Prices.

The Peoples Tobacco Warehouse of
DanVille now have the Basin phone
! their warehouse and authorizes US
say that any person in Garrard
County can phone them without cost.
This warehouse sold $4,000 pounds
Tuesday and $4,000 pounds Wednesday
which sold at from $500 to $l8.75. The
following Garrard County people
have sold at this house: Ed Cooley,
Lewis Simpson, Lee g. Purcell, Fox &
Wilcox, Fox 8 Son, George YaEtiss,
G. B. Huffman, ]. P. Foley, o. 81.
Foley, F, w. Montgomery, Sexton &
Knight, Bill Hiatt, Cleveland Bourne,
L. D. Lee, j. f. Spratt, E. Leavell,
Oy Foley, Myro Simpson, Earl Farra,
Jack Denny, Rankin & Evans, Jas.
Hiatt, West & Robinson.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
GROWERS OF BURLFY TOBACCO
Meet In Lexington and Effect Temporary
Organization. Unanimous Vote To
Cut Out 1911 Crop.

The Growers of hurley tobacco met
in Lexington on last Friday and effect
ed temporary organization under
the name of 1.-THE Burley Tooacco
Union" The meeting was largely at
tended and delegates were present
from nearly all sections where hurley
tobacco is grown, so large was the
crowd that the court house would not
hold them and they were compelled to
adjourn to the opera house.
The first step taken was to vote on
whether or not they would cut the
1911 crop, the result showed the meet
ing to be almost unanimously in favor
of raising no crop this year. The
meeting then adopted articles Of incor
poration under the name of the Bur
ley Tobacco Union" and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
June W. Gayle, of Owen county; Vice
President, James F. Middleton, Of
Shelby county; Secretary and Treasur-
er, c. F. Chenault, Of Madison county.
The articles of Incorporation create
only temporary organization, until
the growers may have time to pass
upon who shall be their leaders, The
hurley growers are asked to meet at
their respective voting precincts on
Saturday preceding the first Monday
in February and elect precinct mem
Der of county Board of Control; the
members so elected will meet at their
county seat on the following Monday
and elect county chairman. The
county chairman so elected will be a
member of the Board Of Directors of
the new organization.
The new board thus elected is called
to meet In Lexington on March sixth,
at which time the term of Office of the
above named officers will expire, and
the new officers will be elected by rep
resentatives chosen directly by the
growers. Lexington was chosen as
the headquarters Of the new organiza-
tion,
The terms of the articles of incorpo-
ration and the by laws to be adopted
leaves the control of the tobacco with
the counties and the county officers,
and the only authority vested in the
officers or the executive committee, or
that shall be so vested when the by
laws are adopted, In so far as the SCI
ling of the tobacco Is concerned. will
be to act as the agents Of the Board of
Directors and to sell the tobacco at
the price fixed by that board.
President Gayle appointed the fol-
lowing gentlemen as members of the
executive committee: James Fl Mid
dleton, of Shelby; G. E. Tate, Of Lin
coin; A. G.. Turnipseed. Of Adams cOun
ty, Ohio; J. Lee Briwdell, of Nelson;
]. M. Grain, of Fleming; Judge Scott
Mays, of Washingto ;and A. W. Ham.
ilton, of Montgomery.
OYertures have been made by va
rious other tobacco organizations, look
ing both to an amalgamation, and
with view to working to each Others
mutual interest, but nothing definite
has as yet been done along this line.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Garrard Bank & Trust Co.

At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders Of the Garrard Bank & Trust
Co on Tuesday afternoon the old corps
Of officers were reelected, with the
exception Of Mr.. Alex Walker being
made director In place Of Mr.. Banks
Hudson, who resigned because of bis
leaving the city. Mr.. w. II. Brown
was added to the list Of directors.
The men in charge of this popular in.
stitution are all good business people
and the Bank is sure to get better all
the time.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Our sales were fully one dollar high
er on common stuff and two dollars
higher on all good working stock. All
the good bright tobacco is selling high.
Our customers were all well pleased
for they could all see that we pushed
the prices up to the limit on every pile
by hard work ON the sales and by our
own bidding; they will come again.
come with them, and we will do the
same for yon.
We want you to come and see our
new addition Just completed, making
Shelburne's Warehouse the best light
ed and the most complete sales floor In
the State; 40 feet long, by 100 to 1853
feet In width, about the largest in the
State.
Our house unlike any other In the
State is built right to show your to-
bacco, being shielded almost entirely
to the. Sonth,' with big sky lights
which give a soft south light on our
sales floor.
Railroads are offering US special rates
on loose tobacco shipped in cars. II
you ship in packages you can put In as
many grades as you wish, separating
them by paper. Also see that your
name and address are on each package
II you wish to hear from the mar.
ket at any time, phone or drop Us q
line. and we will give you best advice
Come to see US, and hear the best
Auctioneer Of them all, j. B. Stal
lings.
Yours truly,
SHELBURNE TOBACCO WARE
41Ssg HOUSE.
Both Phones l704.
SILAS SHELBURNE,
49, x: L. KNIGHT, .s
k - W. D. M'INTYRE.,
I'D. MARSHALL.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Elkin--Qellan.

Sherley Bush Elkin was married on
Dec. 29th. 1910 at Buckhannon W Va,
to Miss Erma Clellan of that place.
The wedding was very quiet affair,
only a few friends of the groom and
the immediate relatives of the bride
being present. They will reside in
Elkins w. Va.
Sherley has good position as trav'
cling salesman for Roberts, Johnson &
Rand, shoe manufacturers Of st Louis
Mo. "Pug's host Of friends In Lancas
ter whish him untold happiness.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
$4,000 Reward.

Upon request Of Circuit Judge Wal.
ker Governor Wilson has offered re
ward of one hundred dollars for the
apprehension of the unknown white
man who on the night of December "a,
1910. shot and killed George Will
BosleY an old colored man near Hack
lev
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Married In Lancaster.

Miss Pattie Noel, age 10, the win
some daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w, T..
Noel Of Buckeye and Mr.. Ollie Boyle.
son of Mr.. Nathan Bogie of the same
locality were married at the residence
of Rev. Bush, who officiated, on We'd
nesday afternoon. They will reside
with Mr.. Boyle for the present.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Good Selection.

That old, popular and substantial
institution, The National Bank, dis.
played good judgement in selecting
DIR. w. N. Elliott as a director. He
is intelligent, progressive, enterpris-
ing and will discharge his duty faith.
fully In any position.
The financial condition of the Bank
is published 10 the issue Of the papers
The Bank has made a fine showing
and increased It's surplus fund $4,000, 90.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Small Blaze.

A negro cabin belonging to the Hop
per estate was destroyed by fire Mon
day afternoon. 1t was occupied by
Mary Nevius and two of her small
children who were In the house were
seriously burned. The contents were
total loss. Prompt work of the de-
partment saved the Garrard FIGURING
Mill which was just across the alley
from the burned building.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Editor Shelton Saufley of the Inte-
rior Journal seems to be trying to make
that paper second to none in the state
in so far as equipment is concerned,
recently he installed a type setting
machine and now he has just placed q
new late improved Meihle press in his
office. after first having moved to more
commodious quarters on Main street.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Editor Cecil Williams of the Somer-
set Times was among the number Of
persons injured when an Observation
car attached to fast train Number two
on the @. & c., left the track within a
few hundred yards of High Bridge on
las: Thursday.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Mr.. c. E. Rankin. of Harrodsburg,
law partner of the late Judge w. G.
Bell, and who is well known here, hav.
ing acted as court stenOgrapher here
on several occasions, was married last
week to Miss Bette Bolton of Burgin
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

That perennial pest, the sheep kill
ing dog. has commenced his rayages
on the sheep of the county. On Tues
day night they Invaded the flock Of
Mr.. Robert Henry and killed and Grip
pied twenty three out Of thirty Of his
sheep.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
ATTENTION TOBACCO GROWERS.

Every tobacco grower in the county
is urgently requested to be present at
meeting to be held at the court
house in Lancaster at O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon January Ia, 1911. Mat
tiers of importance are to be discussed.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Mr.. George Boner the clever and af-
fable editor of the Kentucky Tribune
of Nicholasville was in town Monday
and dropped into the Record Office for
a short visit. George is hot on the
trail of the Nicholasville post-ofice,
and here is hoping he gets 1t.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

The county Board of Supervisors IS
In session this week. They have a
number of people summoned before
them to show cause why the assessed
value Of their property should not be
increased.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Mr.. Eugene Bright whose home is
in Danville but who travels for Full
ton-Conway Co., Of Louisville, was
married in Danville to Miss Virginia
Crutcher of Lexington. Mr.. Bright
has many friends In Lancaster who
wish him and his young bride much
happiness,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Today is Friday the 18th. Maj. J A.
Burnside suggests that everyone exer-
else unusual care and avoid the evil in
fluences of the day.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

The first and only Postal Savings
Bank in the state was opened at Mid
dlesboro on the second inst, under
the supervision of Postmaster w. Fl
Turner.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Rev. ]. G. Livingston, the aged min
lister who for many years has been in
charge of the church at Goshen, is
critically i'll at his home on Cedar
Greek in Lincoln county.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Mr.. John M. Sanders Of Upper Gar
rard who recently bought the John
Woods farm near Bryantsville has pur
chased the store at Marksbury.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Mr.. Walter Norman and Miss Eta
Calico of the Paint Lick section were
married at the Manse by Rev. Brown
on Wednesday.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Bragg Thompson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs, r. E. Thompson of this county
and Miss Kittie Burnside Huffman Of
Stanford, were married in Jefferson.
Vile, Ind, on January 3rd.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13

Note the Financial report of the
City. published in this issue of the
paper which shows that our town has
money in the Bank and is in good con-
difinn
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Read This.

Notice the label on your paper and
please call by the the Office and pay
yonr subscription or mail check. We
are in need Of money so please attend
to this at once.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-01-13
Tell The News.

Mr.. Geo. Smith Jr. is now reporter
for this paper. II YOU know any news
tell him just the same as you would
the editor.