Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1915-03-09
Chitchat.

lady came out of an attorneys of.
fee near the Court House and start
ed up the street wearing a conspic-
uous hat of many colOrs. A small
pony belonging to business man
was hitched at the curbstone and as
the lady passed close to him the pony
made vicious grab at the hat,
seized it in his teeth and tossed it in
to the street. Not only did he get
the hat, but large "rat" used by
the lady in dressing her hair was de-
tached and fell near the hat. The
near-tragedy was witnessed by
darkey, who stuck his head in the
attorneys door and yelled, Boss,
dat boss done bit off dat lady's hat
and tore out a mouf.full of her
hair" The attorney hastened to his
client and found her excited, but un-
injured. The hat was picked up
somewhat the worse for its sudden
removal, the rat" was pinned in
place and the lady went on her way,
leaving the attorney to demonstrate
with the owner on the viciousness Of
his pony The hat was just like
those that make men as mad as the
pony was, when they are displayed in
front of them in churches and thea
tres.
| GAINES Col. Loving w. Gaines,
the Todd county editor who is run
ming for lieutenant governor, is hav-
ing many nice things said about him
by the state papers. He has two op-
ponents, Judge Jas. d. Black, who
was a candidate for Governor in 1903,
and former Senator Newton w. Ut
ley, wlo was at one time acting Gov
ernor while he was President Of the
Senate. Col. Gaines finds himself
with rather hot competition, but he
has the advantage of paper of his
own and friend in every news
paper office in the state
II WHAT TWO CAN Do-The en.
terprising citizens of the CaIedonis
neighborhood are entitled to great
credit for redeeming the reputation
of Trigg county as a wide. awake
county. After the Fiscal Court had
voted down aproposition to ask state
aid dollar for dollar for road i'm
provements, the Caledonia people
took the matter into their own hands
and suscribed 1863 and petitioned
the state TO give them an equal
amount to construct a road in which
they are interested. Col. Bill How
ell and Mr.. Ike Sallee own farms in
that neighborhood and have no doubt
imbued the citizens with spirit of
enterprise la Hopkinsville.
jim AND GABE-Jim Russell and
Gabe Long, two Hopkinsville bows.
are out in Oklahoma running a hotel
in the oil town of Cushing. Jim is
the landlord and Gabe is the chief
clerk and they make pair of hust-
lers who are rejecting credit on their
native state. Word comes that they
are not only making good but max
ing money.
HENRY-Gov. McCreary has al.
pointed 3S delegates to attend the
tenth annual convention of the Ma
Wy League of the United States, in
San Francisco. March 25 to q. Col
Jouett Henry, of this city, is one of
the delegates, who are among the
the most prominent men from
all parts of the state.
JlTNEY-The Chicago News saws
the word "Jitney" originated from
the name of man named "Jedney',
who was a trusty in a reformatory
and smuggled tobacco to the inmates
a nickel's worth for a dime. A negro
who fell heir to Jedney's trade after
his term expired, called dime plug
a 'Jitney' WORTH" until the word
was finally in common use as the
slang for nickel" Now the term
has spread all over the country and
will be in the next dictionary as a
newly coined word.
KlTTY-The X. /. T. Baseball
League is in a bad way since Frank
Bassett left. Only the DOCS" win
nino and pnaonat;o ,,,....-,..