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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-05-25

extensively on Memorial day-not only In the
ornamentation OF dwellings and places OF bust
ness but in marking the graves Of fallen heroes
whom II is desired to honor this occasion.
After all. however. 1t is flowers which are most
extensively relied upon to express the sentiment
OF the occasion And In the broad term flowers"
are included the Towering plants. the ivy and
other ~ natures products that are employed to
form the wreaths which are SO popular on Memoir
ial day.
All told there infinitely more flowers used
Memorial day than are employed at Easter
and yet the general public does not hear so much
of the Memorial day flower trade" nor have
fits magnitude so conspicuously brought home
The explanation is found of course. in the cir
cumstance that the Easter flower trade is almost
wholly in the hands of the professional florists
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survivor, there never having been
born any children to the union.
From the very beginning of her i'll
ness she declared that she would
never recover, though she was not
depressed at all over the prospect
of death. She talked freely to her
husband and friends, and discussed
many things which she wished done,
at all times being free from excite
ment or worry, aad delivering many
exhortations that were inspiring.
Her body was laid to rest yesterday
afternoon in Evergreen cemetery,
here, following a service at the grave
side conducted by Rev. Henry,
many relatives and friends being in
attendance. Her companion, IL
bis SORROW, has the coincidence OF
bis many friends,
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During this silver excitement there
was an old man who lived in the
neighborhood of the Silver Hills who
had a fine farm laying on Jarrel's
creek. Near his house the land was
somewhat broken and hilly, and had u
yellow appearance. lie felt that his
land was not beSprinkled with silver
but underlaid with gold and so eN'
pressed himself
There was an old gentleman hy the
name of Spurlin who resided IN Chris
tian county and who frequently passed
this farm on his way TO Greenville. On
one occasion the old man talked to
Spurlin about his prospects for gold.
Spurlin told him he could trace gold
veins as easily as he could water veins.
so the old man requested Spurin to
try his metal rod. Spurlin located"
several rich veins Of gold and urged
the old man to go to digging. lie dug
pit, about twenty-five feet deep at
I Sdth gl llc oSNtitA / IiNN~' '~f'''--'- t"h
pointed ont t0 him on his barren up
land. In one pit he found something
that resembled gold, but proved to nc
kind of sulphur.
Sprrlin came back occasionally and
encouraged the old man with his p gold
finder" After the old man had open
ed about dozen wells he became dis
couragcd and tired. lie began Ia ask
the advice Of others as 20 where to
dig. An told him to operate in the
yellow hills.
The old man met mp with friend
who lived on Pond river and asked
him where he thought he had bettei
dig for gold His freud advised bir
10 'lig ia the bottom field toward th'
greek rWhy.H said toe old maa, "fo'
are the Grs. % srsec@; digging there
There Is no prospect OF gold II tha
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bottom field" His friend told him he
believed he would strike gold in the
low lands sooner than any other place
on his farm. for the gold was nearer
the surface there than on his wornout
upland. and if he would go down in
the bottom field and keep on digging,
he would insure his reaching gold.
The old man did not take the hint
until he was telling some otherparties
about the conversation, when they ca
planned To him what his friend meant
by digging in the bottom field. The
old man took his friends advice and
went TO work in the bottom field and
soon harvested an abundance of golden
grain.
The secret of all this excitement,
which lasted for about two years. was
well planned and manipulated by
Mark Duvall. For what purpose, no
one can tell. unless it was to sell his
fathers land at "A high price.
In the early history of the county,
pewter utensils were used for dOmes-
tic purposes. Pewter bowls, plates,
pans, etc, of the early days had gone
out of use at this period. The best
quality of pewter, also called white
metal. was made of tin and hardened
with copper. The cheap grade was
made of lead. allowed with antimOny
and bismuth.
Duvall had secured some of these old
pewter vessels and cut them up and
hid them away for his use in working
the silver trick. Duvall was aware OF
the fact that his neighbors knew moth
ing about ores of any kind. lie made
his "silver runs" in his iron ladle ON Il
wood fire, which was absurd. He made
these "silver runs" by dissolving a
piece of pewter in acid. He would
pour this solution on the hot crushed
rock i'm the ladle The acid would soon
be consumed and the metal would re-
main in the ladlc with the crushed
rock. and when cooled off the metal
would be formed into small shot and
could be picked out. This would oc.
cur. no matter what kind of rock
might he used. This trick was like
many other tricks, that were played
among the early settlers of the county.
Mark Duvall moved To Ohio county
where he studied medicine, worked up
an extensive practice and lived to a
good old age. but, n far as is known,
he never discovered any silver in
that county. RONDO.
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DUVALL'S DISCOVERY or SILVER IN
SAND STONE.
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However. Duvall kept running out
the metal with his crucibles and iron
ladle. On one occasion Duvall made Il
bic run" in an iron kettle over wood
fire. lie extracted about ive pounds of
rsilver7 Nevertheless. doubt and dis
trust increased about Duvall's sincere
". lie was accused of being a fakir
and a fraud. After Duvall had made
his five pound run" Nickers, of Sac
ramcnto. who frequently prospected
in the Silver Hills, took Duvall's five
pound run" and blue sand rock silver
ore, saying he would carry it to New
| York and have it assayed there. Nick-
ers left. hut returned in about a month.
I lie reported that the New York chem
ist declared il To be a mixture of metals
and never came out of the sand rock.
1 He explained that they rolled the
metal into sheets for him. lie eXhib-
/ tied il and gave TO all who were deeply
/ interested in the silver question, "A
small sheet of what looked very much
like tin foil. which it undoubtedly was.
/ Nickers left the Silver Hills and was
never seen in that ncighborhood again.
| II was afterwards claimed that he ncv-
er took the metal and ore any farther
than his home i'm Mclean county.
Duvall proposed that if the people
would construct furnace he would
show them that he was no fakir. Su
the neighbors joined in and built a
small furnace near his tan yard. II
was only nine feet high, and therefore
great deal smaller than Buckner's
/ iron furnace on Pond creek. When the
silver furnace was finished and ready
for action, the neighbors gathered to
see the silver run" Duvall was
watched very closely. After the furn-
acc had been in operation two days
very little metal had been obtained
/ DuVall then declared the furnace had
not been properly constructed. Mer
who had no confidence in his work
did not hesitate To tell him 80 to hi,
face. This resulted in tight at tn,
furnace aud the place was abandoned
IL stood for several years, but was al
WAYS called Duvall's Silver Stack.
About the time the furnace was
abandoned. Duvall claimed he had re
ccived letters telling him that unless
he left the county he would be killed
Dnvall declared it would not be saf,
for him to remain in the county ano
therefore decided to leave. However
he still insisted that the hills were full
of silver and would be opened up som,
day. Just before be moved to Obi,
county. he requested three men of the
lneighborhood to meet him at a certain
place in the Silver Hills, and he lead
them To the head of deep hollow ant
there dug up several pieces OF meta
which he carried out with him. n,
questions were asked by any one o
these men: but their eyes were opened
Z 49,. ie-,ras- told an
mcut was soon over
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The captains of the various teams
were: Jas. Middleton, Owls; Gilbert
Reynolds, Eagles, J. G.. Taylor,
Buzzdrds.
Next Friday will close the first
years work in the new building. 1t
has certainly been one of which the
people of Greenville can rightly be
proud.
In next weeks paper complete
detailed report of the years work
will be published for the benefit of
the contributors and friends of the
association who have been so loyal
during the year.
All members who are interested
in tumbling or acrobatic work will
confer with Irwin b. Middleton, or
Secretary Anderson and arrange to
get into the class which meets Sat
urday night at 50.
On last Saturday afternoon about
dozen Boy Scouts in uniform pro-
ceeded to two designated hills south
of town, and did some very good
signal work with flags, using the
Myer or Wig Wag code. The Scout
photographer secured some very
fine pictures of the signal practice
work.
The board of directors of the as
sociation will meet on next Tuesday
evening at 5 O'Clock. Every mem
ber should plan to be present as the
annual reports will be given and the
plan and policy for the ensuing year
maped out.
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Loses Leg in Fall From Train.

a. II. Dunning, miner living at
Hillside, los. his right leg below the
knee and received other minor in
juries By falling from through
freight train as it neared Hillside
station about 5. 80 o'clock last Fri
day afternoon. Dunning got on the
train when it left Central City, and
intended to jump off as it passed
Hillside. He was on top of the
train, and the car on which he was
riding had no ladder on the side.
In attempting to pass to the next
car, on which there was a ladder,
which he wanted to reach so that ne
might descend for a short jump to
the ground, he was thrown by the
lurch of the train, falling between
the cars. His right leg was mashed
off just below the knee, and he sus-
tanned some cuts about the head and
body. The leg was amputated, and
he is reported as getting along nice
ly II is reported that Duunins had
t-- r-.- - - - .Lsf-.-
caused him to fall. as he vas ex-
perienced in getting on and of
trains while in motion.
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Residence Slightly Damaged By Fire,

AtIo IS o'clock Monday morn
ing an alarm of fire notified our
people that the residence OF Mrs.
lean Hamilton, on west Maln-cross
street, was ablaze. The fire depart
ment made a quick run, but before
water was turned on from the hre
hose the flames had been subdued
by a stream from a garden hose on
the premises, supplemented by a
bucket brigade which had formed.
Luckily the blaze was discovered
before it had gained any Roadway,
and the damage, only to the roof,
was light. A defective hue caused
the fire. At least 500 people re-
sponded to the alarm, the court
crowd joining TIE citizens of tbs
town.
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Ihe hing Rdau Drag.

Down In the second congressional
district the people are working up
lot of enthusiasm over the King road
drag. Some of the farmers in the
rural districts of Daviess county
have tried it and they agree in say
ing that it is capable of dong
wonderful things in the way of taking
the bumps out of dirt road. One
of the banks at Owensboro thinks
we'll of the drag that it has issued a
booklet telling how to build 1t and
how to use it to the best advantage.
The bank is giving away the pamph-
let to its farmer friends and patrons,
and the demand has been so strong
that two editions have been issued.
Over in Hancock county, which
adjoins DavIess, an enterprislng
citizen built king drag and gave
it a test The result was so satis-
factory that the County Judge has
ordered twelve of the machines"
constructed for use throughout the
county. 1t is freely claimed by
those who have tried 1t that one man
working with a team and drag can
do more than six men working in
the ordinary way-and that the re-
suits are incomparablY better and
more permanent.
These reports are nothing more
than repetition of those which come
from every section Of the country
where the King drag has been used.
There is nothing complex or costly
about the implement. Its inventor
described it in a newspaper article
sometime ago as "simple, cheap, un-
cout, but efficient" Its specially is
the improvement of dirt roads, and
il Is the uniform testimony of those
who have it that 1t improves. \
number of the agricultural expert
ment stations have been so impressed
with its work that they have issued
pamphlets descriptive of the drsa,
Counties which have a dirt road
, problem to deal with-and most
, countries have-Should try the King
drag. la the absence Of metaled
roads Il seems 10 be the next best
thing and 1t involves no gEcat OUT
lay as is the case with more cam.
bersome and complicated 4oSd
machinery.-CourierJ Joarnal
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New Watch Repair Shop.

The attention of our readers Is
directed TO the announcement OF
Mr.. Elmer McCracken in this issue,
in which he asks the patronage of the
public in the way of watch, clock
and jewelry repairs. MIR. McCrack-
en- has new equipment throughout,
fixtures and tools of the latest de
sign, and has a comprehensive as
sortment of materials Of all sorts.
He accepts all orders on positive
guarantee of satisfaction, and will
be glad to have the visits of his
friends and the public generally.
His shop will be in the Roark store
building.
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PrOtracted Services at the PreSbyter-
ian Church.

The FIST service of a series was
held at the Presbyterian church
Tuesday evening, and will be con-
tinued for some week or more. Dr..
VIM. r. Henderson, the pastor, is
conducting the service, preaching
at =. 30 each evening, while at a.3o
each afternoon there will be held a
service of song and prayer, with a
short address by the pastor, these
services continuing for thirty tc
forty five minutes. Notwithstand
ing the inclement weather, the at
tendance has been very good, anC
it is hoped the interest will increase
All persons are invited to attend
and join in the work. The after
noon services will not be held Sat
urdays or Sundays.
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Our customers have been get
ting Is lbs. of Standard Granu-
lated Sugar for a dollar for the
last SIX months. How much
have you been getting?
Why not buy your goods from
a firm that will give you the
worth Of your money all the
time. We do not have fits; we
do legitimate business all the
time. c. M. Howard.
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House aud Land for Rent.

The Captain RoarS property, ;
room house, stable, line water, sever
al acres of land, ready for cultivation
located just outside of town, on two
streets, will be rented reasonably.
Fine location, desirable home. Ap-
ply to Orien L. Roark, Greenyille,
Ny,
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Death Of Mrs. J. ". RhOadeS.

Sollie A., wife of Mr.. ]. w.
Rhoades, died at her home at s
o'clock Monday afternoon. after an
illness of about ten days from meas
les, which was rather severe, but the
contributing cause of death was
pneumonia, which developed Sun
day. Mrs. Rhoades was a native
of this county, and was widely
known as a woman of many ad-
N: raoie c-n....i..s. t-aiis,. she rwas : IS
sband is the only
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Mr.. G. S. Curd, our efficient cir
cult court clerk, this week announc-
es his candidacy Tor the Republican
nomination tor The Office Of clerk OF
the court OF appeals. There Ov'''4
be no more capable man chosen as
the party standard bearer, and he
will be a strong factor in the race,
no matter who may offer.
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i closed my millinery business on
January +. have always had good
trade here. \ lady wanted TO run a
millinery business in my store, but
on account of i'll health she will not
be able to conduct it. The goods
have been shipped in part, and bal
ance will be soon, and | will open
up the Stock and have it ready for
inspection on Saturday, April /.
The greatest bargains ever given
will be found here, as wish to close
out entire stock as soon as possible,
as haven't the time to run it. Al
are cordially invited to call.
mSo Mrs. NJ. T.. MARTIN.
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The annual meeting of the Ken
lucky Funeral Directors Association
will be held in Louisville on May "a.
p and 20, and il is anticipated that
this will be the most largely attended
in the history of the association.
The Executive Committee has re-
quested Oricn l.. Roark, of this
city, to make an address, and he
has chosen as the title of his remarks
vFun and Funds"
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Considerable work has been done
the past ten days on the alleys and
the less travelled streets of the city.
Cutters have been cleaned out, dirt
placed on the road surface, and
considerable Improvement made in
condition and appearance of the
highways receiving attention. There
is plenty more of such work needed.
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Y. NJ. c. A. NOTES.

"IHE BETRAYAL AND ARREST"
subject for the meeting on next Sun
day afternoon at ) o'clock. All men
and boys should be present to hear
this address, which will be given by
a good and live speaker.
The reports which were given las;
Sunday by the delegates to the state
convention, were full ofinterest and
the appeal was found to be for a
closer life with Christ to obtain
more inspiration that each might so
out inspired to do more service for
his fellow men and for the Master.
The Junior Basket Ball league
closed their season last week, each
having played - games. The stand
ing was as follows;
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Messrs. VIM. Reed, Fount Bridg-
es and BeFge Williams, with their
families; left here Monday for Der
fyviiie, Ark, where they expect to
locate, or somewhere near there.
There are some other folks in the
Depoy section who have the fever,
and may go later. We regret to
lose these people from the county,
but hope they will find the greatest
benefits in their new location.
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THE END OF TUBERCULOSIS
IS A Winning Fight.
BY DIR. WILLIAM osLER.

BY DIR. WILLIAM OSLER
This is not battle of year
or generation. The probabili-
ties are that il will take two or
three generations at least before
we have the mortality from tu-
berculOsis reduced to the rate,
say, of that of typhoid fever in
well regulated countries. This
will probably be matter or two
or three generations. Whether
tuberculosis will be finally Grad
icated is IN open question. Ii
is a foe that is very deeply in
trenched in tue human race, but
when we think of what has been
done in one generation. how the
mortality has been reduced in
some localities 80 and even 100
per cent, we at least feel that
we can continue the battle with
hope. ana so long as we are
fighting With hope the victory is
In sight.
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Mr.. w. G.. Duncan, who submit
ted to an operation in Louisville last
Friday morning is reported as doing
nicely, andit is promised that he
will secure complete relief from the
abdominal from which he has suffer
ed. 1t will be some weeks before
he will be able TO return home.
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Mr.. Walter DWELL was last Mon
day appointed administrator of NJ. +.
Watkins, deceased; he qualified at
once, and has begun the work of
settling up the business affairs.
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Mr.. I. b. Pdnnell has been con
fined to his home for week, suffer
ing from a severe cold that for a
short while threatened to develop a
case of pneumonia, and congestive
chill last Thursday made his condi-
ton serious. He has been improving
for some days, and will soon be out,
it is hoped.
The record., 1911-03-30

Health notice: Don't be in hur-
~ to discard the scarlet, half-and-
half, brown, heavy silk or whatever
kind you have been wearing during
the winter.
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Monday was blustery day for
fair, and the man who got through
it without at least one eye being out
of commission was extremely lucky.
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That was the largest court crowd
here Monday that has gathered for
some months, and much trading was
done in the line of hardware, We
hicles, harness, etc.
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Farmers have been doing great
things the past two weeks, and there
is being planned along all lines a
heavy years work. 1t Is hoped the
returns may be heavy.
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Farm Land Wanted.

y section of farm land, 20 TO 90
acres, located convenient TO cityi
ready for cultivation; improved OF
nnimprovedi will PAY reasonable
cash price. Address n. O. FL, care
THE RECON-, Greenville, Ky. fl6
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Joe Morgan soliclts that grocery
order, and will show his appreciation
by supplying the best goods at the
very lowest prices. Quick delivery
and courteous treatment,
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Mr.. Jesse Wallace is still very
low at his home in the east cad,
but his condition was reported yes
terday as slightly improved, as he
was resting somewhat easier.
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Eggs for sale-R. {. h. |. Reds,
two pens, DeGraf and Tompkins
strains, 7sc. and 81 per setting. s.
J. Lands, Greenville, Ky.
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A Bissell carpet sweeper will
last longer than 40 corn brooms,
costing from SI2 to SIS; the sweep
ers cost S. to S5.7s. See them at
Roark'g, and have other advantages
than the money-saylng features e.
planned.
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IL you want more and better
eggs, fat and healthy chickens,
buy 100 lbs. mixed chicken feed.
Price 81. c. M. Howard.
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Burr GriSt Mill.

My new burr gnst mill is In oper-
alton; call on your merchants for
White Flint meal. Also ready to
furnish the public with chicken feed
and chopped corn.
Has ; =. SEAFEE.
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Measels is getting pretty we'll scat
tered over the county, and many
isolated cases are being reported
every day.
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Good morning! Did you see the
snow, sleet, etc. yesterday morning.
Neither did we-slept late.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. ID. Bradley are
hosts to fine girl, born to them
last Sunday.
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BE careful what kind of errands you
run Saturday-it's all FOOLS day, re
member
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vUneedit," a new drink, at Tay-
lor & Poole's drug store.
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Fresh, smoked and salted meats
Of all kinds at ]. Z. CoOmbs Y Co.'S
market. p30
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Cali on 7 eslie Hale, nest to First
National sluk, for candies, books,
sundTies, cigars, tobacco, etc. IS
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best work, prompt service; give
your Laundry to Joe Morgan who
will ap2seoiat- your patronage.
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Have Barley Bros. repair your
flues, and prevent a fire loss.
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Telephone that grocery want to
Joe Morgan and get the best goods
at lowest prices.
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Caladium bulbs for sale by Mrs.
Jennie 4. Roark at 10 cents each.
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Telephone No S and your laundry
will be called for and delivered.
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Give Joe Morgan your !aaadry.
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Yellow Danver Onion Sets
five cents per quart. This is the
best onion yet. c. M. Howard.
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Needles for all sewing machines at
Roark's.
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The largest line of the best baby
carriages in town are on display at
RoaIk's.
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See Coombs & Co. before you
sell your beef hides. o27
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TsE RECORD soc. per yeaE-
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SocA MeMtlOM.
Saturday is prank day.

Give us your job work.
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For pure drugs, ETC., call on
Taylor * Poole, druggists.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DOES
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

ELLN XIV LtOIli DOES
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
When it comes to brilliance,
softuess, eye ease and regular
ity of illumination electric light
is far and away the best of all
dark dispellers. If you fear the
initial cost of installation, see
US about wiring and fixtures.
We think you'll change your
mind upon the question of econ
Omy. At any rate. twill cost
you nothing to find out.
GreenViIle Iight 4 Water ca.
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GreenViIle Light & Water Co.
INCORPORATED

Office Hours: 80 To a. m.
II TO H. "A. IN.
1 to 1.3O p. IN.
Phone No. PSI. 4 to pm.