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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.

Receptions for %debuiantcs will he
given this afternoon by Mrs. Arson
Blake Moran. Mrs. William c. Reick.
Mrs. George NJ. Pynchon. Mrs. Emil
Stehli. Mrs. Rufus II. Rabbit and Mrs.
Wendell G.. Phillips. Ethan Allen will
give n at his home. as Park avenue.
to introduce his daughter. Miss Kath-
crime Allen.
Mrs. Robert Reuter- will give a
luncheon to-day at Sherry's for her
daughter. Miss Gertrude Reuter-.
A dance for the benefit OF the Ameri-
can Ambulance Hospital In France will
be given tonight at the Whippany River
Club. Morristown. y. j.
Those to appear at the second OF the
Sunday night concerts at Sherry's to-
morrow night are Miss Helen Stanley.
soprano John Powell. piano, and Saliva
tore de Stefano. harp. These concerts
Fraternelle and Union dcs Arts Of
France.
Mrs. Henry Fletcher Godfrey will give
a luncheon at Sherry's on Tuesday for
her debutante daughter. Miss Theodore
Tiffany.
Mr.. and Mrs. andrew Fletcher have
come from their country place. the Will
lows. In Glen Cove. l.. l.. and are at
the Gotham for the winter.
MT. anu MTS. -. oIlNeT iseiin VIII 40
to Aiken. s. c.. In January for the re-
mainder OF the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould will give
a theatre party on December 90 followed
by a dance at their home.
Mrs. Walter James will give n recep-
ton on Tuesday afternoon to introduce
her daughter. Miss Jeanette Jennings.
The wedding of Miss Margaret Kelly.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard II.
Kelly. to James J. Porter will take place
on December Is in the Central Presby-
terrain Church. West Fifty-seventh
street.
Mr.. m Mrs. John G. King started
yesterday for Palm Beach. accompanied
by Mrs. Kings mother. Mrs. Henry
Dibblee.
Mrs. William X. Draper held a recep-
ton yesterday at her home, 121 East
Thirty-sixth street, for the members of
the committee arranging the hall to be
held at the Colony Club on January .
under the auspices Of the New York
City Visiting Committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T.. Ide have re-
turned from Locust Valley. l.. l., and
are at 521 Park avenue for the winter.
A dansant and fair will be held I'm
the ballroom OF the Plaza this afternoon
for the benefit Of the Warren Goddard
settlement.
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DIED.

BRENNAN.-sarah.
Services THE FUNERAL CHURCH."
Broadway. Sixty-siSth and Sixty-sev-
enth streets Campbell Buiiding). Time
later. Auspices Actors Fund.
CoWLEs-Alfred Abernethy c0wles. OF
pneumonia. after a brief illness. at his
residence. the Apthorp. Broadway and
Seventy-nintn street.
Funeral private. Please omit flowers.
DouGHTY.-At summit. n. j.. December
s. 1915, clifton NJ. Doughty Of Mont
clair. ". j.
Funeral services will be held at the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church. summit. N.
j., on Saturday. December .. on ar
rival OF 2:3o T.. ". train from Ho-
boken. Interment jamestown. ". ID.
FAlRFAX.-on Thursday. December 7.
1916, Hamilton II. Fairfax. In the S6th
year OF his age. at his residence. Mer-
rick, l.. ].
Funeral services will be held at Grace
Church. Broadway and Tenth street.
on Monday. december II. at 10 A. n.
Virginia and Baltimore papers please
copy.
HARKNEss-on Friday. December g..
1915. Mary Warden HARNESS.. widow
OF Charles W. Hardness.
Funeral at her late residence. on Mon
day morning. December II. at 10
o'clock. Interment private.
AERRELI.-At New London. Conn. De-
cember 8. Rear Admiral John Porter
Merrell. u. s. N. retired.
Notice OF funeral later.
hoRToN.-On December 9. 1915. at his
residence. Lansdowne. Pa. Frederick
Nash Morton. formerly Of Hoboken,
y, }, and son Of the late Edmund
Ludlow Morton.
Services and ihterment at Wales Gate.
\. y. saturday,. December .. at
r.. N
sPlTZLEY.-Suddeniy. OF heart failure.
Friday. December 9. 1915, ut her resi-
dsnce. 3is West Ninety seventh street.
Florence HAYES. wife OF DR.. william
A, Spitzley and daughter Of the late
Frederick W. Hayes Of Detroit Mich.
Notice OF funeral later.
"HfTNEY.-At East Orange. n. j.. De-
'ember .. 1915. William ~, whltney.
sgsd 6: years.
Funeral services viii ps held at % Pss-
saic street. Hacksnsach. n. j.. on Sat.
srdsy. Dsessbss .. ~ . Ssisst.
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OBITUARY.
REAR ADMIRAL MERRELL.
Former Commander OF Atlantic
Fleet Dies In New London.

Former Commander Of Atlantic
Fleet Dies In New London.
New LONDON. Conn. Dec. s.-I,ear
Admiral John Porter Merrell, Y. s. ~.
retired. died here to-day.
Rear Admiral Merrell was retired
from active service on September Z.
1905. II he had served one month more
lie would have completed his forty
fourth year In the navy. lie was on sea
duty for eighteen years n during the
rest OF his service he did active work In
the Department In Washington. Since
his retirement he has lived at New
London.
lie was born in New York city on
September Z, 1916. and was appointed to
Annapolis from Michigan in 1853.
Admiral Merrell at one time was in
command OF the Atlantic feet and after
ward was In charge for W years of the
naval ordnance proving grounds. He
was An instructor In n number Of sub
jects In Annapolis. lie was n life mem
Der of the United States Naval Institute
and a member Of the Army and Navy
clubs Of Manila and Washington.
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HERBERT ELLIOTT DICKSON.
Prominent n. y. Lawyer, Protege
81 4. y. Grant, Dies.

Herbert Elliott Dickson. a prominent
lawyer, died at his home. 30l West
l0Sth street. after a short illness, II was
nnounced yesterday.
Mr.. Dickson was born in st. Louis in
1859. He was a protege OF Gen. l.. g
Grant and was brought East by him.
After studying at Harvard Mr.. Dickson
practised law in New York city. He
was associated with the old firm OF nil
Ion. Dickson & Swayne and was for
some years counsel for the Gould inter
ests. lie leaves a widow.
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ERMAN RIESC0.
President Of Chile for Term
witch Expired I'm 1909.

SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. Sd ermain
Riesco. President OF Chile for the term
which ended In 1906. died to-day.
Jermain Ricsco was a member Of the
most important OF the six great families
OF Chile to which for years most Of the
big political positions had been in
trusted. He belonged TO the Errazuriz
family. which in thirty years had held
the Presidency twenty years. Ricsco
succeeded Errazuriz Zanartu, a near
relative. h had been elected upon the
death Of President Frederick Erraxuriz.
who was related to both ~ successors.
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seated supper was served in tho main
restaurant.

VINO cciNCu ~
inc hrst for this season Of the Three
Snerry Dances was held last night at
Snerrys and there were In attendance
o~eoutantes of this season and last. Tho
quests were received at the entrance Of
tne main ballroom by Mrs. B.. Ogden
Chisholm. Mrs. J. Herbert Johnston and
Mrs. Edward s. Knapp. The patron
esses for this year include Mines. John
n. Alexandra. Harry X. Knapp. Charles
NJ. Chaplin, Pierre Mall. Henry f. Coe.
j. Pierpont Morgan. Richard c. Colt.
walter q. Oakman, Carl A. de Gersdorr.
~. do Berkeley Parsons, Columbus
O'Donnell 1seiln, Hiram W. Sibicy.
Bradish johnson. Louis Butler McCagg,
Henry @. Trevor and Russell II. Hoad-
ley. Jr. The newt of these dances will
take place on December 20.
Mrs. Thomas Hunt Taimage gave q
dinner last night In tho new Japanese
room Of the Ritz-Carlton for her daugh-
ter. Miss Lillian TAknagc. the guests
later going to some OF the dances Of the
evening. Among them were the Misses
Mary Jay Schlefrelln. Priscilla Bartlett.
Amy Bradish johnson. Helen Byrne.
Justine Townsend. Kathleen Macy.
Louise Butler. Rita Boxer and Violet
King.
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THE RUSSIAN CHOIR.
Concert Of Church Music Given by
Ntheslr0l SinUePa.

The Russian Cathedral choir gave a
concert of Russian church music In
Acolian Hall last evening. The pro-
gramme contained six numbers by
T~schaikowsky and six by Rachmaninov.
The purpose of the choirmaster, Mr..
Gorokhov. was to show the character
istics OF the styles OF the two masters
in their ccclesiastic composition.
The contrast or similarity. for both
existed. was best brought to notice in
the treatment Of the ~'herubimic Hymn,
the Creed and ~ Mercy of Peacc,' all
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delphia. Her marriage took place in
1895. There were no children.
ALFRED A. CowLEs.
Ansonia Cloak Csmpany's Presi-
dent Dies In HIS Apartments Here.


Alfred A. Cowles. president and treas
urer of the Ansonia Clock Company. one
OF the largest manufacturers OF time
pieces In the United States. died yes
terday at the Apthorp apartments.
Broadway and Ninety-eighth street.
Mr.. Cowles was born In Torrington.
Conn. and received much Of his cdu-
cation In Paris. lie came TO New York
when he was a young man and en-
tered the employ OF the Ansonia Clock
Company. with which his father. George
+. Cowles, was connected. lie also be-
came financially interested In the An.
sonia Brass and Copper Company. which
he later merged with other companies
under tho name Of the American Brass
Company. of which he was vice-prcsl-
dent at the time OF his death.
MIR. Cowies was a member OF the
Union League Club and OF the Golf
and Country Club In Greenwich, Conn.
where he had a summer home. Surviv-
Ing him are two sons. Frederick II. and
Russell A.
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BROADWAY LESS SINFUL.
Chief Magistrate McAdoo says It's
Free From Low Characters.

Broadway is now free from gangstc,s.
gunner. "con" men. pickpockcts AL
d~isreputable women. according to chief
Magistrate McAdoo. who addressed the
broadway Association at their luncheon
yesterday In the Hotel Martinique. Gc
said that Mayors OF other cities had
told him they had "never seen a Thor
~oughfare SO. clean and so free OF the
physical n moral menace Of Illicit per-
sons"
There II no real excuse for subway
gratings in broadway. according TO Mag
istrate McAdoo. you might as well pro-
pose putting gratings over sewers" lie
said.
The Broadway Association added 100
new members to its rolls yesterday. ?iak-
ing a total of 500. The committee on
membership voted to continue its cam
paign until next Friday. when 1t Is be-
lievcd the 1000 mark will have been
reached.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. s.-Anbassador
Da Cana OF Brazil was advised by his
Government to-day that II had no In
tention Of acquiring informed German
ships for use In coastwise trade. Press
dispatches from Rio de Janeiro reported
such a Dlan.
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james c.

James c. Stevenson. IS. former treas
urer of S~tercotypers Cnion No. I. Man
haitian, and one Of the oldest st~ereotypers
In the city, died on Thursday in his
home. SO Putnam venue. Brooklyn.
He was a Civil War veteran. Four
sons survive.
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pNNBR AND DANCE
FOR MISS CARNEGIE
Young People Guests at the
Family Home in East
: Ninety-first Street.
MISS CLARKE
Receptions Given Also for the
Misses ROudebush and
Miss De Lanoy.

Y~ebutantes again almost entirely mo-
aopolixed the attention Of socially prom
,ncnt persons yesterday with recep-
lions, dinners and dances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie gave n
Adnner and dance at their home. 2 East
Ninety first street. for their daughter.
Miss Margaret Carnegie. The house was
handsomely decorated with palms AID
flowers. and in advance OF the dance
there was a dinner for twcnty-six per.
sons. among them the Misses Margaret
whiting. Helen Russell. Helen CLARK
son. Katherine Biggs. Polly Da:nrosch.
Jean Luke. Mary Jennings. Adelaide
WiImerding and Dorothy Dunn. The
Young men at the dinner were Earl
Gould, Lyttieton Gould. Francis r. APP
pleton. Jr.. Montgomery Langdon. VIII
lam and Thomas Miliiken. Floyd Clara
con, Frank Gould. sydney Brewster and
Eugene Hodenpuyl.
The young women at the dinner re-
celved with Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Car
neeie for the dance which followed.
Of whom had been receiving at the re-
cep,ions Of the afternoon.
Mrs. Harold G. Henderson gave q re-
cep,ion yesterday afternoon at her home.
a. irving place. TO introduce her nieces.
,hs Misses Agnes and Rosanne Roude.
bush, who are daughters OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Haywood Roudebush. In the
rHeiving party were the Misses Polly
pamrosch. Margaret Mason, Mary Colt.
Frances Field. Martha Keep. Eleanor
ina G. Blodgett, Frances Ballard. Kath-
crime Allen and Katherine Urquhart.
Miss Janet Robb. Miss Elizabeth Irving
and Miss Katherine Weed were at tl,e
tea table.
-
Another reception Of yesterday after
noon was given by Mrs. william c. De
Lanoy at Sherry's to introduce her
daughter. Miss Constance DE Lanoy. Re-
ceiviny with them were the Misses jean
cite Jennings, Alice Huntington. Ruth
Peabody and Katherine Biggs. After the
reception there was a small dinner at
the home of Mrs. De Lanoy. 375 Park
avenue, the guests afterward going to
some of the dances OF the evening.
-
Mrs. L. r. Clarke Snow OF Chicago
ave n reception yesterday afternoon at
Miss Elizabeth Minot Clarke. aughte
OF Mr. ana Mrs. charles r.. r. Ciarke'
In the receiving party were the Misses
Georg!ne Smithers OF montreal. RAN
EssnsuI'i 'on,", uha.a,.n NJ
.a,n Su,snnr. -, pa,or wa,harino
~ 80. Thor.ns
$500 o"' N
u wv"
v,.. ,. C,.,so,,,r ~,,
,,,rnhs,, ", sh.rr,,, $500 ,or h
..m,ns .h,s s,cn snS i,s, Hsr
-. 49, -. go ,ah,.s ana
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MARRIED.

SIEiSERT-KRCG.-On Thursday. De-
cember Z. at tho Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
BY the Rev. MT. Maxwell. Louise +.
krug. daughter OF Mrs. A. Mertens. to
Russell Lee steinert Of Boston. Mass.
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Mrs. Edward NJ. B~urghard OF 1 East
Nincty-third street gave a dance last
night at the Ritz-Carlton to introduce
her daughter. Miss Anna II. Burghard.
The hostess and her daughter received
az the entrance to the main ballroom
and receiving with them were the Misses
Vivian kranich. Marie Osterholt and
Margaret Philips. After midnight "a
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Another reception OF the afternoon was
given by Mrs. Henry Pennington Taller
at the Colony Club to introduce her
daughter. Miss Mary Wright Taller.
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Grand Central Palace
Lex, Ave. 4 46th ~,
Doc. = to q. All Day
and tvening. Poultry.
Birds. Two Man.
Admission to both SOC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-10

Burns the Smoke and Consumes the Gas
~ threw q q oaf 81 bread each 5-v v,vv
bread a for the would be doubled same way
WIN coal Every other hu thIF allows
escape chimney ur HH.
enEaa construction 81 hls consumes everything h. ESQ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-10
.r,DraftHeater
.eaIth and Saves
You Money
Let Your Children Play ON the Floor

F1H bus Detroit o~oru-att enacrafv
- .aa3 performance unique
inverted come shaped base pictured
-a- down. every part nl thH door receiving
. s even better than base burner which
on t.e floor directly under stove
lree5 - tais stoves abutf ~ radlafe
experienced during DO s.f
ter Do boa fr aI
THIS accidental hpt rnuFfnsHe
EHtea 2 81 o aIfursara nf
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
A Captain of Comic Industry.

Bud Fisher, creator of Mutt
and jeff" is the highest paid
cartoonist on earth. He gets
$3.50, 900 year for making the
American people chuckle-which
is twice what the President gets
for shaping their national desti-
ny. Furthermore, Fisher is
troubled neither by international
complications nor by loffice- seek
ers. His office is in his hat.
For drawing six comic strips a
week for forty eight weeks a
year this genial humorist receiv-
ed $87, ZOO. The rest of income
is made up from vaudeville en-:
gagements which bring in 81, 0OC
a weeG;lthe proceeds from five
"Mutt and Jeff" shows and an
irated cartoons; the sale of an
annual Mutt and Jeff" book,
postcards, plaster figures. but
tons and other novelties.
On the average it takes Fisher
two hours to draw his comic strip
for which he is paid at the rate
of $270 an hour, or nearly five
dollars a minute Ex.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28

around you and you will see
the world-old fairy stories re-
peated on every street corner.
What is a reformer but Jack of
the Beanstaik hiding behind a
soft collar and a flowing tie !?
What is six. dolIar-a week shop
girl but Little Red Riding Hood.
not with one wolf to combat but
a whole hungry pack? And as
for Bluebread. his scandalous
tale is headlined every other
night or SO in those papers which
clamor forth their news in six
inch type and yermilion ink. -
Oscar Grasve in The American
Magazine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
Just in Time.

A German shoemaker left the
gas turned on in his shop one
night, and upon his arrival next
morning, struck a match to
light it. There was terrific ex-
plosion and the shoemaker was
blown out through the door, al
most to the middle of the street.
A policeman ruseed to his as
sistance, and after helping him
to raise, inquired if he was in
jured. The Teuton gazed into
his place of business, which was
now burning quite briskly. and
said:
mo. amt hurt, but / got
out shush in time. eh?'-The
American Boy.
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He Took Marriage Calmly.

Edward L. Kuhn, aged As,
owner of a general merchandise
store near Lawrenceburg, Ind,
doesn't let a little thing like mar
riage deprive him of his sleep.
The other day he married Mrs.
Anne Moore Davis, a dressmak-
er of the same neighborhood-
but not at the time planned.
Mr.. Kuhn went to Lawrence
burg in an automobile and the
bride-to-be arrived on e late
train. While waiting for Mrs.
Davis, the bridegroom obtained
a marriage license at the Office
of the county clerk, then sat
down and went to sleep.
When the days work was
done, the clerk and his0deputies,
not noticing Mr.. Kuhn, locked
the office and went home. Sew
eral hours later the merchant
o,oI,a 81 I-I1
in the Office in the dark. He
shouted for help several times
and finally attracted the atten-
ton of the sheriff, who released
him. Then he hurriedly found
his bride, who was beginning to
get worried, and the two made a
late visit to the parson.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28

The receipts of live stock or
the Chicago market last week,
were, in round numbers, 40, 800
cattle, 124, 200 hogs, and 77,4O0
sheep. The total receipts of live
stock on the Chicago market last.
week compared with the previous
week decreased 81, 900 hogs and,
decreased 200 cattle, and in
creased 22,8OO sheep. Compar-.
ed with the corresponding per-
iod a year ago the cattle increas~
ed 900, hogs decreased 21, 500
and sheep increased 25,900.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
Kentucky Fair Dates.

The following are the dates
fixed for holding the Kentucky
Fairs for 1916 as far as reported
to this office. Officers of fairs
are requested to report to US any
omissions or corrections.
Mt. Sterling, July 1874 days.
Winchester, July 26-4 days.
Harrodsburg, July 25-4 days.
Taylorsville. August IA days.
Henderson, August Is days.
: Danville, August 2-3 days.
Berea, August % days.
Blue Grass Fair. Lexington,
August 10 days.
Uniontown, August 3-5 days.
Fern Creek Fair, Buechel, Au.
gust 81 days.
Mt. Vernon, August 9-3 days.
Burkesville, August "a days.
Perryville, August 9-3 days.
Lawrenceburg, August l5-4
days.
Shepherdsville, August 15-4
days.
Broadhesd, August 16-4 days.
Owensboro, August 15-5 days.
Tri-C County Fair, Sanders, Au-
gust 16-4 days.
Ewing, August 17-3 days.
Knights of Pythias Fair, STAN
ford, August 23-3 days.
Columbia. August 22-4 days.
Frankfort, August 29-4 days.
Bardstown, August pa days.
Nicholasville, August 29-3
days.
Pennyroyai Fair, Hopkinsvilie
August 29-5 days
Elizabethlown. August 29-3
days.
Barboursyi!le, August 30 3
days.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
Bad to Have a Cold Hang On.

Don't let your cold hang on, rack
your system and become chronic when
DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey will help
you. 1t heals the inflammation,
soothes the cough and loosens the
phlegm. You breathe easier at once.
DR.. Bells Pine ar-Honer is a laxa-
tive Tar Syrup, the pine tar balsam
heals the raw spots, looSen's the mu-
cous and prevents irritation of the
bronchial tubes. Just get bottle of
DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey to-day, its
guaranteed to help you. At T. E.
PAIL Drug Co. AID
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
EIOpers Had Gay Wedding.

Robert Baker and Miss Efie
Powers, who eloped from Haileys
Mill, KY, to GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
encountered an unusual expert
encountered an unusual expert
ence. They arrived in the night
while the local Knights Templar
commandery was in the midst of
a ball in the Courthouse. The
court clerk, a member of the
commandery. was sought from
the dancing throng to issue a Ii
cense, and was accompanied by
another member of the fraterni-
ty TO act as a witness.
- Tothe latter it occurred that
it would be a feature worth
while, both to the Templars and
their guests and to the couple,
to have the ceremony performed
in the ball room. The proposal
was accepted, the couple led to
the center of the floor and a
clergyman from the ranks of the
Templars united the young peo-
pie.
After the ceremony, an officer
of the commandery took the
chapeau of a knight, suggested
that the couple be given a wed.
ding present and q collection re-
allied them nice sum.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
PellytOn.

Mr.. C. A. Coffey of Elida New
Mexico, is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Coffey of this
place.
Mrs. Susan Brockman who
has been very sick for some
time, is no better at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Lennon
will leave the 18th, for Stafford
Kansas.
Miss Mabel Sinclair has been
visiting her uncle and aunt, of
Casey Creek, for the past two
weeks.
Misses Iva Pelley and Mary
Campbell, visited relatives and
friends at Dunnville, the latter
part of last week.
Rev. w. H. Lennon and wife,
went to Gains Chapel, Saturday
and Sunday. Rev. Lennon was
filling an appointment.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Blackford
and children, visited Mrs. Mag
Rubarts of DunnviIle. last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W.. Rubarts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe T. Thomas and
children, visited Mr.. Rubart's
brother and family, of this
place.
Mr.. W. S. Sinclair and family,
visited relatives of Casey Creek,
Saturday and Sunday.
George Grace of color, died
the 18th, of this month of Tu-
berculosis.
Misses Etwol Lennon and
Adell Coffey, Messrs. D. E. San
ders and DR.. w. E. Sanders, at
tended the closing exercises of
the school at CIementsville, last
Tuesday.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
Such Ignorance.

Ex-War Secretary Garrison
said in preparedness argument
in Camden:
"The defenders of a militia
army reminded me in their ignor-
ance of the mother at the ball.
This mother was chaperoning an
exceedingly beautiful daughter.
She lowered round the girl all
the time-hovered proudly on
the edge of a deep circle of men
for her daughter was undoubt-
edly the belle of the evening.
During the war talk the girl
cried gaily::" The casue belli!
What was the casus beIli?
Her mother stood on tiptoe,
shook her finger at her beautiful
daughter across dozen men, and
called reproachfully: Grace,
dear, how often have l told you
to say Stomach, ?"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28
Does Sloan's Liniment Help
Rheumatism?
Does

Ask the man who uses it, he knows.
''To think 1 suffered all these years
when one 25 cent bottle of Sloan's Lin
iment cured me, writes one grateful
user. If you have Rheumatism or
suffer from Neuralgia, Backache, Sore
ness add Stiffness, don't put off get
ting a bottle of Sloan's. 1t viii give
you such welcome relief. 1t warns
and soothes the sore, stiff painful
places and you feel so much better.
Buy it at PAUL Drug Store, only %
cents. Ad
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-28


Naval construction authorized
during the first two years of
Woodrow Wilson is just two and
a half times that authorized dur
ing the same period of the Roose-
welt administration, and the to-
tai authorization under four
years of Wilson equals that I'M
der the 16 years of Mckinley.
Roosevelt and Taft combined.
And still the colonel thunders
that the Democratic party is do
ing for naval preparedness.