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and Mrs. J. NJ. James in Pleasant Val
ley last week.
Mrs. Lewis McCrackin was called to
Chesterville last week by the serious
Illness of her mother, Mrs. w. p. Fin
mel.
The annual commencement of the
Sparta high school will be held We'd
nesday evening, May Sth Following
are the members OF the class to gradu-
ate at this time: Callie NJ. Lewis,
Fred C. Pearl. Ralph w. White, New
ell H. jenkins, Hazel NJ. Davis, Elsie
ID. Bishop. Carrie NJ. Lewis and Leila
Grace Bishop.
Mr.. A. o. Overholt and family, OF
Coshocton, were guests at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Reed the past week.
Mr.. Charles Preston of Lima, Ohio,
visited with his mother, Mrs. Bruce
Dill, the past week.
Mrs. John Walters of Waterford,
visited her sister, Mrs. Ella Croft in
this place last week.
Mr.. Elmer Tobin of Mansfield Wis
tied friends in this vicinity the past
week
Mr.. Fred Addlesperger and family
of Waterford, visited with MIR. and
Mrs. George Hart one day the past
week.
Mrs Bertha Walker of Detroit,
Mich, visited Mrs Albert Fish the
past week.
Mr.. f. l.. Barnes, agent for the b.
e. o. Ry., has purchased the Hambly
residence on high street.
Mrs. Cross, who has been visiting at
Cambridge, Ohio, returned home the
past week.
Mr.. Cleveland b. Toms and Miss
Lille Wells were married at the home
OF Rev. S. f.. Sears, on Saturday aft
ernoon, April 9th. Mr. and Mrs.
Toms will make their home at An
kenytown.
Mrs. Nellie Kinney and daughter,
Eva, and Mr.. and Mrs. Kingston owen
Weul W lcHitIDuI6 Oh SdluiudS iaSI
to visit the latter's mother few days.
Mr.. George b. Lewis was home from
West Virginia over Sunday
Mr.. George Perry, OF Mt. Vernon,
was Fredericktown visitor last sun
day.
Mrs. f. f. Hosack and daughter,
Marion, will 20 to Oberlin on Saturday
of this week and remain until the fol
lowing Tuesday. They will be guests
of Miss Militia Hosack and will also
attend the May festival which is the
great annual attraction of Oberlin col
lege.
Miss Wilda Rinehart has been com
pelled to drop her school work on ac
count of nervous trouble.
Mr.. Robert Milton Is reported on the
sick list, last Saturday having been
taken quite ILL.,
Rev. Frederick $. Weaver, the evan
gelist, was a Fredericktown visitor on
Monday of this week.
Mr. James l.. Leonard of Mt. Yer
non, was i'm Fredericktown on Monday
of this week inducing his friends tC
help nominate him for probate Judge
The Bank Hotel has made a change
in It's force. MIR. George Studer who
has been clerkng there the past siN
taken position at Harry Browns
shoe store, and MIR. J. W. Vail takes
the position AT the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. Foote are rejoiC
ing over the news that they are grand
parents, "A son having been born TO MI
aud Mrs. Earl Foote, at Hastings, In
diana, on Saturday, May 4th.
The farmers OF Knox county cal
take some pointers from the recon
mendations that they save thei
calves and let them come TO maturit
before selling to butchers.
The problem of the high price q
meat was explained by VIM Il, Skin
ner, president of the lnternationa
i.iya Stock Exposition Association
who addressed the live stock club hel
al Denver, Col, May 3. lie said tina
the live stock conditions are deplol
able, and that the range has almos
entirely disappeared, most OF the Ian
formerly given over to grazing ha
been settled by farmers, who have no
adjusted themselves to live stoc
growing; that Texas which tormerl
produced large herds OF calves ever
year TO be shipped north for winte
grazing. have been almost totally elm
mated from the breeding business an
has been taken up by farming; at III
same time our population has increa
ed. The two things together explai
the high price Of meat and the ASS,
citation is advocating the broad prop
gands OF stock on farms and by pr
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