The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-17
aged LADY DIES
At AIRDRIA HILL
Had Lived at That Place
for Over Fifty Years.
0. E. Allen Moves to Central City
The Police Of Central
, City.
Especial Staff Correspondence


Rockport, KY, March 14--After 1iv-
Ding amid silence that was almost per-
|Ipetual for over half century Mrs.
Elizabeth Wheeler, who lived among
the ruins at Aidria, died last week
at the advanced age of, ~ years
Mrs. Wheeler saw Airdria rise up
out of the Kentucky forest and lived
to see 1T become dessrted and nnci-
ent city. The aged woman's home,
although located among the ruins in
the vanished city, was FAIRLY we'll
preserved despite it's great age and
was. the only house left to tell the
sad story of the downfall OF Airdnia--
Airdcia once destined to be the most
thriving tnxn i'm Western Kentucky.
Mrs. ,Wheeler, had occupied the old
building for over so years and the
silence was. seldom disturbed except
by an occasional Visitor who hap
pmed in the direction of this al
most forgotten village.
The remains of the aged lady were
buried in little cemetery noar the
high hill upon which Airdnla Is
zlocat ed, and the silence remains undis'
'turbed as 1T was in years long past,
and only the wind as it dances and
plays around the corners of the old
hillside with CHASTITY means distur-
bes the death like stiffness Of this
deserted and ruined city.
A POPULAR TELEPHONE MAN.
We regret to say that Mr.. o. q.
Allen the genial telephons manager
for the Cumberland Company in this
city, has left us and gone to Cen
trial City, in other words he was
promoted to a better position which
demonstrates his ablhlty as II good
telephone man. Mr.. Allen, though
his stay among our people was OF
shortt duration made many friends
among thle subscribers of the COM
pany and the people of Rockport and
they were all sorry to see him tdave.
MIR. Allen was made manager OF the
Central City office and took charge
at once. While We regrst very much
TO lose such good Telephone man
there is rejoicing compensation IN
the knowledgs that he has battered
himself.
CENTRAL CITY'S METROPOLITION
POLICE FORCE.
Last wesk bhe Police of Central City
made am importau6 capture when chief
of police Langley assisted by police
men Bryant Wilcox and w. E. Mil
her, arrested Boy Blanks the erst-
while saloon keeper who defiad the
police Officials of Nortonvllle TO ar
rest him after he had compelled the
city marshal OF that town TO release
a prisoner and go home. Several 9th
er police officials had attempted 70
place him under arrest but it remain
ed for the Central City policemen to
arrest and put him behind the bars
of the Central City Jail. When a
desperate on would-be desperate reach
as Central City he ceases TO be one
and unless he is mighty careful how
he nawigabes he will land in the Got
tage ON the hill" where he will awake
to the realization that the hustaing
Metropolis of Western Kentucky Is
one of the best pobiccd towns IN
the State of Kentucky.
MIR. wilcox is one OF Ohio coun-
TVS boys and Is too w'ala known 70
our people to need amy recommenda-
ton except TO say he is making good
ON the Central City police force and
is establishing record for himself
that amy policeman would be proud
of. DON CARLOS.