The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-08-25
Around the Ring

James P. Tribble arrived last weel
from Akron, Ohio, for the fair. HI
left Sam Embry doing nicely there
Claiborne Walton had arrived the day
before he left and was in quest of {
job.
Mack Hughes has FIVE good one.
and is getting his share of the blue:
with them. Mack has grown grey
in the work of showing horses, but
he gets better as the years accumu
late.
The Danville Military Band is al
right, making sweetest music and ar
abundance of it. The Knights OF
Pythians on the music committee die
the right thing when they got thei1
friends over at Danville to furnish
the music.
Charley Sandidge looks as young
as when he first began showing
horses back in the eighties He al
ways has a bread winner or so and
invariably gets his share of the ap-
plause from the grand stand, and
the blue ties as well.
Col. John B. Dinwiddie, the "sil-
ver-tongued" aUctioneer, Of More
land, makes an excellent ring master
His stentorian voice can be heard al
over the grounds and he is always
in the right place. The Colonel was
made for the job.
Editor D. NJ. Hutton and G.. M
Ballard, of Mercer county were hero
Tuesday advertising the big sale OF
a splendid Mercer county farm which
the latter will hold on August 10Th
See his big advertisement with full
description of the farm etc in anoth.
er column.
Mrs. T. l.. Carpenter proved her
self an excellent reinswoman by driv-
ing her pretty pony in the roadster
ring for that class. She did not wiz
but she had many friends in the
crowd who thought that she should
have gotten a tie.
Ernest c. Peoples. the sixth divi-
sion officer of the Industrial Schoo
at Greendale is at home for the X
P. Fair. 'Pep" has had charge OF
this division for two years and has
had all the way from 80 to 40 boys
in charge and has never let any es-
cape.
Big and clever H. T. Gartin, Mar
ions superb sheriff, was a popular
visitor at the fair yesterday. Fol-
years Mr.. Garten was an honorary
vice-president of the Hustonville fan
and he has not lost interest in Lin
coin county enterprises, notwith.
standing the fact that Hustonville
no longer has fair.
President w. H. Hoover, of the
Knights of Pythias Fair at Nicholas
vile, which begins next Wednesday
was over the first day of the fair
accompanied by Julius Won Grueni-
gan. They did some tall boosting
for their fair and incidentally put
in good word or so for their home
town.
The McCray Bros, Of North Mid
dletown, are popular horSemen and
they have string that generally
gets the goods. In the combined ring
yesterday afternoon there were those
present who thought that their bay
mare should have won over Edgar
Doty's gray gelding. The McCrays
brought along their auto and spend
the nights at Crab Orchard Springs
1t was worth the price of admis-
sion to see Mr.. Jim Ed Bruce enjoy
the hog show. He went early We'd
nesday and remained until late and
was hardly ten feet away from the
hog tent during the day. 1t might
be added that it was the best show
of hogs that has been seen in this
section for long time.
Gatewood Beasley put one over
on Morgan Baughman in the road
ster ring for ponies Wednesday after
noon. Morgan got Gatewood to
drive one of his ponies while he drove
the other and Gatewood got the blue
and Morgan had to be content with
the red. Gatewood will be known
as Bud Doble, the second, from now
hence.
Mr.. and Mrs. VI. c. Tucker left
Tuesday morning for Marion, Ohio,
where he holds a position with the
Erie railroad. Young Mr.. Tucker
was badly scalded in a railroad acct
dent some weeks ago and has been
here at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ". T. Tucker recuperating
He is about himself again and will
return to work at once.
Clyde Sturgeon, the hustling young
general manager of the Sturgeon
Real Estate Agency, was in Stanford
early in the week having some more
nice printing done for his Office by
the l. ]. job department. Mr.. Stur.
geon is almost as god judge of nice
printing as ne is of farm values, SC
he knows where to come to have hi:
work done in the right way.
Jep Chenault and William Wood
ard, with pack of nine fox hounds
were all mixed up in an automobile
wreck last Thursday night on the
Richmond pike, out of Lexington
The two men were returning from &
fox hunt in Madison county wher
their car left the road and went
over the embankment near the Ken.
lucky river. The car was badly
smashed up, but neither the hunters
nor the dogs were in any way in.
jured.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Owsley, OF
Roachdale, Ind, are at Crab Orchard
Springs and accompanied by J. H
Dodds, of the same city, were in
Stanford Wednesday and expect tc
come back Thursday for the fair. Mr.
Owsley has number of relatives in
Lincoln county. He left here AZ
years ago, but still delights to come
"back home" on visit, and says that
the visits of the /. J. twice a week
are like letters from home to him.
Miss Oma Simpson, the deaf-blind
girl who has been the personal pupil
of Miss Sophia Alcorn, of this city,
at the School for the Deaf at Dan
vile, for several years, paid her in
structress a visit the past week. The
education of this young lady has
been every whit as remarkable as
that of the famous Helen Keller. To
the untiring energy, patience and
skill of her teacher. Miss Alcorn is
due the fact that, although born deaf
and blind, she is able to read, write
and tall Eunruo,na ,,,hn had tho