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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Managers Met Yesterday And
Decided to Put On
a List.
NEW OFFICERS WERE CHOSEN
Much Needed Repairs Decided
Upon and Will Be Made
Very Soon.

The board of managers of Union
Tabernacle held a meeting yesterday
morning and transacted much i'm
portant business. All members of
the board we're present excepting
F. P. Renshaw.
The resignation of Capt. A. G.
Chapman as general manager was
read and was accepted. Capt. Chap
man removed to Louisville in May.
and his resignation was sent in at
that time.
Tnos. B. Fairleigh was elected
chairman of the board and A. H.
E;kles was elected Secretary and
Treasurer.
The tabernacle stands much in
need of repairs and a committee was
appointed to ascertain the cost and
have the work done at once.
The board will put on a splendid
list of attractions for the coming
winter, the first to be given about
the second week in November.
H. L. Mcpherson, who has had
considerable experience in handling
tabernacle entertainments, wa S
elected manager, but it is not yet
known whether he will accept the
position.
The building has been closed pref
ty much all the time for year and,
liked al unused buildings, has a neg
lected appeara' ce. The people have
done without helpful attractions for
one season and it is believed that
they do not want to do so again, but
to secure the course of attractions it
is necessary that they generously
come to the help of the board, who
are not putting on the entertain
ments as a money, making scheme,
but solely to furnish the people with
high-class and h lpful recreation and
educational lectures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Bathing Beach Etiquette.

A nice question in etiquette is sug-
gested by a thrilling sffair which is
reported from the bathing beach at
Santa Cruz. A schoolteacher, who
was one of the bathers. was about to
sink for the third time. when COM
mercisl gentleman rushed to the res
cue. towed her ashore and presented
her with his card. For his reward
the hero received a note in which
the lady told him that he should not
regard the rescue act as sufficient
reason for an introduction. Record
Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
NO GAS
Caused Trouble and IncOnVen-
fence For Two Days.

For two days bousekeepers had to
use their ranges in place of their
gas stoves on account of trouble at
the gas plant. Of course house,
keepers were Inconvenience. but
they did not forget that accidents
happen in the best regulated fami-
lies" and submitted to the newt
able. The gas men say that the
trouble was due to black pressue
stopping the flow through the hy-
draulic main" All of which is as
clear as mud to everybody. but it
stopped the gas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Death At Infrmary.

Mrs. Cora Butler. wife of Mr.. A.
S. Butler, of Pembroke, died late
Wednesday afternoon at the Hop
kinsville Infirmary. following an
operation which was performed the
night before. She was member of
the Baptist church and was about
fifty years old. Her husband and
two daughters survive. The inter-
ment took place in R9sedsle Gene
terry, Pembroke.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
RAIN BADLY NEEDED
In Some Sections By The Corn
Crop.

The rainfall Thursday was not gen.
eral over the county. and in some
sections it was not needed. The
rain in the city was not sufficient to
do any good for the gardens. which
have about dried up. Unless some
sections of the county have showers
in few days farmers say the corn
crop will be complete failure.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
LacerateS Her Limb.

Margaret Lilly. aged l6. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Lilly. Of
Smiths Mills. was bitten on the leg
by a fox terrier. belonging to a
Ineigebor. The dog afterward ex-
1ibited signs of rabies. was killed
and the head sent to the Pastuer In
stitute at Bowling Green for examl-
nation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Bob TayIOr's DAUGHTER.

Mrs. Emily Taylor St. John. a
of Bob Taylor, will be post
master at Hartman. Tenn. Both
agreed upon her as a COM
prise from nine candidates.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
ELECTION SUPPLIES
Must Be In Officers Hands
Three Days Before Election.

The ballot boxes, books and other
Gupplies, will be ready for delivery
by Tuesday or Wednesday. The law
says that the supplies must be in
hand three days before the election.
The primary is to be held one week
from today, August 2, and Wednes.
day is the last day for County Clerk
Stowe to deliver them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Memphis People Drowned

The bodies of l.. w. Dutro, late
postmaster of Memphis. and Mrs,
frankie Gwynne were found in the.
Mississippi river off Owens Bar
Dutro had on pair Of khaki trOUEss
ers and Mrs. Gwynne wore a mans
bathing suit. Two other parties
who went out with them. whose
identity is concealed, are missing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Boys Curiosity.

Ben Avery. l4-year-old boy, put
a spike on a rail near Central City.
to see what would happen. and de-
rallied Ln /. c. passenger train. but
fortunately no lives were lost. The
boy is in jail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
End Seat Hogs.

The end seat hog seems Of a pro-
life stock. He is at least very
abundant. He is to be found in
churches as we'll as in street cars
and movies. If you would know
him, listen how he grunts when told
to close up or when some one has to
crawl over him to get to the seat he
wouldn't take first. having entered
first. The end seat hog is an a5omi-
nation ever. -Paducah News-Demo-
crat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Pension Examiner Here.

H. B..Swearinger. pension exam
liner. was here a few days ago. but
as his work is all secret. no one could
tell what he was doing. 1t is alto
gether probable that his business is
to find out if anybody is drawing a
pension who is not entitled to it..
Mr.. Swearingen lived here about
fourteen years ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Killed By His Chum.

Emmett 0'Neal, young newspa-
per man at Huntsville. Ala, was
accidently shot and killed by his
chum Fulgham Hall. while with a
camping party.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Mrs. Mahala Averitt died at her
home near Roaring Spring Wednes-
day Of consumption. Her husband
and one child survive. The inter-
ment took place at the Lafayette
Cemetery. THURSDAY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

A report comes from Benton Har-
Dor. Mich. that hen there is laying
eggs eight inches long with Biblical
names and Inscriptions on them.
This is the first real evidence that
Mulhall has gone to Michigan to act
as press correspondent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Pembroke Farmer Dead.

William Burrus died near Penn
broke Wednesday afternoon. eyed
"A years. He was son of the late
W. E. Burrus. Mr.. Burrus had
been in declining health for severed
weeks. His mother and seven
brothers and two sisters survive.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Four members of the Cabinet have
already been under fire for doing
things. Bryan and Burleson are the
last busy Be. to decline to be mere
figureheads.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Origin Of Fire.

The fire at Binghamton, N. Y. IL,
which forty-one persons are known
to have persisted. started on ledge
in stairway where some cloth and
books were stored. clerk testifisA
at the inquest.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

A young criminal named Novak,
arrested in Chicago after shooting a
policeman. boosted that he had taken
part in 500 robberies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Arch Selwyn, theatrical director
in New York. has offered Secretary
Bryan $4,000 to act as publicity
promoter" for his company.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

LETTERS. the Greenville poet. was
arrested at Paducah Wednesday and
agreed to go to Cairo if turned
loose. AS Paducah always has it in
for Cairo. he was put on a train
and headed that way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

A woman riding behind man on
a motorcycle in St. Louis. caught
her skirt on fire from the engine of
the machine. AS there was not
much for the flames to feed on. she
escaped with a prodigal son roast.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Saved His Girl

David S. X. Byrne. an evangelist.
has been left large legacy b. y
Baltimore m an. whose daughAsr
Byrne saved in Chicago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Closing Rallies.

The missionary rallies being held
in the Baptist churches Of the county,
will continue as follows:
Casky-To day.
Pembroke-Sunday.
Monday-Fairyiew.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

After these pearls of wisdom are
cast before, the press boys once, we
are donc with them. Help your
selves, boys, poems and all. They're
not copyrighted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Eight women of Waukegan rode
Mrs. John Richardson on a rail up
and down the main street of the
town. They accused her of being
too friendly with her brother-in law.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

The dry" petition in Pulaski.
asking for an election in September,
has been held defective for the lack
of rs per cent of the names in one
precinct.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Democrats in solid plslsnx are
voting down all amendments offered
to the tariff bill oy the Republicans.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

afaFor the first time, women now
evmoke cigarettes in the mems smok-
ing cars on transcontinentsl trains
westbound out Of Chicago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Cut in Rates.

The Federal Court at Montgomery
upheld the order Of the Alabama
Railroad Commission reducing pas
senger rates on the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad to "a cents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Josie L. Keebler. by an order of
the McCracken County Court. had
her name changed to Josie L. Smith.
She said she had no kin folks now
and wanted to belong to a large fam
ilv
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Geo. W. Hays. Democrat. was
elected Governor of Arkansas by
$4,000 majority and will go into
office August l. He takes the place
of Gov. Robinson. elected Senator.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Gov. McCreary has returned to
Frankfort and resumed his official
duties.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

One hundred and ten divorces
have been granted in Nashville since
July /.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

De La Barra is in France and Diaz
in Japan. both in safer places than
Huerta is likely to find himself down
in Mexico pretty soon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

The Hopkins county fair begins
next week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

The heaviest rain since April fell
in Henderson Thursday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Has anybody heard of Huerta.
Down where the Cactus am?
He's blowing In muzzle that's
loaded.
When he fools with your Uncle
Sam.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Arkansas has had FIVE governors
in seven months
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

! Ambassador Wilson's summons to
Washington amounts to a recall.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26

Lieut.. Gabriel. French aviator,
was killed at Chalons, Tuesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-26
Watch Ths Dase

Aft0 your name. reur1
promptly. and not Misses
Der. The Postal ieguini1rns
require Subscriptions ~ -
paid In advance.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12

output being the enormous total
of 4,196, All 900 feet, and Missis
sipi contributed 2,721, 1893, 900
feet. In nearly every southern
state the cut was largely increas-
ed during the year named, while
the states Of the northwest. with
the exception of Washington, al
most all show a decrease in the
amount taken from the forests.
The cursory reader is apt to
feel glow of pride over these
figures as showing how the south
ern states are advancing, but
how long will our woodlands be
able to stand this enormous
drain? -Four billion feet taken
from them in a single year, and
no concerted move made toward
reforestation certainly spells an
exhaustion Of the supply. 1t is
not so many years since cedar
was SO plentiful in this part Of
the nation that fence rails were
made Of it. Can anybody now
locate any appreciable quantity
of this most valuable wood?
Pencil factories have been driv-
en- to substituting something
else for it in their building.
We pretend to have no know
ledge whatever of foresty, but it
requires no possession Of pro-
whetic powers to show how seri.
Gus will be the situation if tim
Der is constantly taken from the
land and no attempt made to
provide for future growths. This
would appear to be one of the
most pressing of the conserva-
tion projects, and yet how small
a figure it cuts in the delibera-
tions Of the professional agita-
tors on that subject. Action by
the nation and the states would
seem to be imperatively neces-
sary. .-Tennessean and Ameri-
can.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
Slightly
Improved.
Favorable Report on the
Condition of President
John w. Thomas of the
N. c. & st. l.. Railway.

We clip from the Tennessean
and American of last Monday
the first noted improvement in
the very serious condition of
President John w. Thomas, of
Nashville, Chattanooga q ST..
Louis Railway. Friends of that
excellent gentleman, who has
folled in the successful footsteps
of his illustrious father in the
management of great railroad
system will hear the news with
much pleasure:
Slightly better tonight" was
the report the physicians early
this morning in regard to John
w. Thomas, Jr., president of the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
Thief Turned Honest.

President T. H. Minary, of the
Louisville Street Railway com
pany recently received the sub
Joined letter and says he haf nc
idea from whom it came:
'Dear Sir 1t greatly worried
NE; was constantly on my con
science. Gould not live happy
until it's paid, Took it all
nickel at q time, while conduc
tor. Pay you good interest on
principal. Enclosed find seven
" dollars. All ask is to forgive
me. Wish had job now-be
honest as the days are long.
VERY respectfully yours,
IAN Honest Thief. /"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
The Lumber Situation.

Figures published by the fed
eral government, showing the
amount of lumber cut in the var
ious states during 1912 are very
flattering to the south, but they
must give thoughtful persons
cause for uneasiness.
This section is rapidly taking
the lead in the marketing Of
lumber, and our yellow pine
stands far in the lead. As to
production Of all sorts Of lumber,
the south has advanced from 1871
per cent of the total in 1900 to
6l.5 per cent last year. That is
to say, more than half Of all the
lumber cut in 1912 came from
the forests Of this section. Lou
isiana furnished most of this, her
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
Texas Floods.
PrOtracted Rains Cause
Great Loss of Life and
Property in the Lone
Star State.

Newspaper readers all over the
! United States, during the latter
half Of last week., hoped from
day to day that there would be
cessation of the rains aud that
much Of the loss of the life and
property reported in the papers
of last Sunday would be avoided.
An idea of the conditions exist
ing last Saturday may be had
from the condensed statement
!sent from Galveston on that date
to the Nashville Tennessean and
American and other papers us.
ing the International News Ser
Vice. The international report
for that date stated that the bod
les of seventy-two food victims
had been recovered and that
many other bodies had been seen
floating in the raging waters st
various points. To add to the
horrors Of the situation, while
Tennessee was enjoying almost
Summer temperature, rain, sleet,
hail and snow were falling and
the temperature standing at the
freezing point over most Of the
territory affected. In the one
day Of Saturday alone, life-sav.
ers rescued 700 persons from
trees, housetops and other plac-
es where they had sought safety
and that still hundreds of others
were known to be marooned, and
most difficult and dangerous to
reach because Of the strong cur
rents of the swollen rivers. In
that one day nine additional
towns were flooded on the Bra
zos, the Trinity, and other riv.
ers. This experience has been
the worst in the history Of Texas
foods and it seems impossible to
estimate the loss Of life and
property.
Later, the loss Of life is known
to be over 100.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12


Lodema l.. Hite, aged s, of Al
bion, Ohio, has written to Post
master General Burleson a let
ter in which she asks the head
of the post-otlice department to
please appoint younger Santa
Claus" and adds Grandpa says
he use to come to his house when
he was a little boy, so he must
be pretty old by this time and
I'm afraid he's too old to come
to my house" The big-hearted
Texan wrote Miss Lodema that a
personal representative of Santa
CLAUS would attend to her wants
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
NUMBER %
WHY NOT PAY?

II this catches your eye and you are indebted to
THE PROGRESS why not pay up before Christmas
and thus help enable the newspaper man to meet
his own Indebtedness?
1t is our custom to mail statements to delinquent
subscribers at this time of year Some always re-
spond while others pocket the statement or cast it
aside as waste paper.
If you have read THE PROGRESS, it is your du-
ty to pay for it and are this time going to risk
our chances on this manner of attempting to collect
In the thirty years THE PROGRESS has run it
has been beaten out of fortune. Many men have
died with the debt their souls unpaid We are not
prepared to say what became of them following the
last interview with Him who said the last farthing
must be paid
If you of the great men who do mot
condescend to read a country paper and this is seen
by your wife we trust that she will jog your memory
about the debt the honest debt that you owe THE
PROGRESS.
Get yourself out of the class whose favorite tune
is Jesus Paid 1t ALL Pay your debts for debt-pay-
ing is the most essential standard of mandood meas
urement in this country. You can be pretty rotton
every other way and die accounted good man" If
you will just toe the mark in the matter of dollars
and cents.
WILL YOU KINDLY, MANFULLY, ACCOMdO-
DATINGLY PAY THE PROGRESS WHAT EVER
YOU OWE IN AND THAT BEFORE CHRISTMAS?
We wish all who owe and will pay very. very
happy Christmas.
w. V. BARRY, Editor.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
Billie Bryan.
The Secretary of State In
trOduced at a Philadel-
phia Dinner as "The
Next President of the
United States"

When former Congressman l..
Irwin Handy, Of Delaware, intro
duced Secretary Of State Will
liam j. Bryan to the guests at
the annual dinner of the Sons Of
Deleware, in Philadelphia last
Friday night, as the next Pres
ident OF the United States,' Mr..
Bryan told the diners that he
hoped they would not treasure
up against Mr.. Handy the ''po-
litical indiscretionv he had Just
committed. He means we'll, /"
Mr.. Bryan said, 'and it only
indicates how a habit he learned
seventeen years ago becomes
fixed"
II believe the toastmaster IS
of the the opinion Of many 9TH
ers, Mr.. Bryan continued,
that my hishest ambition has
been to become the President Of
the United States. That is not
so. From my earliest manhood
Ihave held a worthier and high
er ambition. Ihave considered
that Office as only means to an,
end. | consider no one worthy
to occupy that high Office who is
not more interested in things
that can be accomplished than IN
the fame that it brings"
II am happy and | want you
all to believe me whenl BAY so,
to see those things so near my
heart being done by another
happier, than If | were in that
place.
II am happy to see a nation Of
people change it's point Of view
and adopt those things which
have always been close to my
hart"
When Secretary of State Will
liam Jennings Bryan makes his
dinner speeches, he need not,
under any circumstances say to
the people, as represented by
the guests, u want you to be-
lieye." Millions Of people who
have votedSor him and who if
given the chance would again
vote for him for the Presidency,
need no request from Mr.. Bryan
to believe him, for they regard
him as not only the ablest but
the cleanest man this western
republic has ever produced.
Fact is, the political enemies Of
Bryan never made serious at
tempt to accuse him of being q
liar-while some other great
(?) men have so convicted them.
selves. Those who know Bryan
best have never weakened on
him-but my, my, how the
crooks, big and little, do hate
him. Three cheers and all the
tigers Except Tammany) for
Billie Bryan.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12

N. @. & st. l.. Railroad, whose
life has been threatened with an
attack of pleural pneumonia for
about two weeks. Lately, hy-
perstatic congestion of the lungs
has set in, and the friends of
Mr.. Thomas have been much
alarmed over his condition. A
coterie Of the best physicians in
Nashville have been in almost
constant attendance at his bed
side for several days, but state
that they are now more hopeful
unless unforeseen complications
set IN.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
Good Christmas Scripture

"But whose hath this worlds
good, and seeth his brother have
need and shutteth up his bowels
Of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in
him?"--First John, 3.H.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
Hunters Take Notice.

No hunting will be allowed
on. my farm, S miles West of
Lexington. We will prosecute
any one found hunting thereon.
r. A. NICHOLS.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-12
LEXINGTON TENNESSEE FRIDAY, DECEMBER u, 1913
Now Come On.
With Your Contribution
to the Henderson Coun-
ty Fair Subscription
which has Rested One
Week.

After rest of a week, we
again take up the matter of ask
ing subscriptions to a Henderson
County Fair to be held in Lex
iGgton, preferably in the first
half of October, 1914, and with
the promise that every dollar
subscribed shall be given in pre-
miums and the payment of the
least possible expenses. I h e
furthur promise is made aud will
be kept that not a gam
bling outfit or dirty show shall
be allowed in the town during
the five days of the Fair. We
are fully authorized to make
this statement and promise and
it will be sacredly adhered to.
Now come across with your
subscription. Be a $40 man if
possible--less if you cam o t
reach the ten-dollar mark. Sub
scribers will be notified to meet
and organize ize in January.
Read the names heretofore
published and note the new ones
added: