The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-18

Dukes family have had a reunion
this week
Mr.. Fred Cooper will leave for
Louisville to-day to purchase fixtures
for the new City Restaurant He
will also buy a new automobile to be
used in the transfer business of
Cooper & Co.
Hon. j. p. Sanderfur has been APP
pointed commissioner from Ohio
county to attend the Southern Appa-
lachian Good Roads Convention TO
he held at Lexington, September 9Th,
9Th. 18th and Sth.
Mr.. Carl NJ. Taylor, of Prentis,
was in Hartford Monday morning be-
fore leaving that afternoon for
business trip to Cottage Grove, Ore
gon. Mr.. Taylor will be absent for
about thirty days.
The Ohio County Baptist Associa-
ton was in session at Woodward's
Valley Wednesday and Thursday. A
number from Hartford attended. Re
ports are to the effect that an inter-
esting and well attended session was
held.
Mrs. Lucy Hubbard left yesterday
for Chicago where her son, Walter,
is confined in a hospital with partial
paralysis. If Mr.. Hubbard improves
! sufficiently he will accompany his
J mother home within the next few
days.
President Wilson signed the COM
missions of Ernest Birkhead as post
master of Hartford and Ohio Dexter
, as postmaster of Beaver Dam Tues
. day. 1t is expected that the new
officials will go into Office the first of
, September.
, Miss Amy NJ. Longest, Superintend-
ent of Common Schools of Mullen
burg County and r. NJ. Stroud. Su-
perintendent of Mclean County
Schools, have been in attendance at
/. the Tri-County Colored Teachers In
) stitute here this week.
Hail Insurance-See me and in
sure that fine crop of tobacco against
a hail storm. You cannot afford to
, take the risk when such rates as
am in position to offer are obtain
able. Information gladly furnished.
r. r. RILEY, Hartford, Ky.
] Mr.. Delmar Stewart has sold his
interest in the firm of Cooper & Com
! many and moved with his family to
Cromwell yesterday. In the deal
with the transfer company he became
I owner of one of the new Hupmobiles
and drove to Cromwell in the ma
chine.
;, The Board of the Western Ken
lucky Seminary at Beaver Dam has
elected Messrs. Claude Shultz and
Aaron T. Ross as president and vice
president, respectively, Messrs. Still
we'll and Tanner, who were at the
r head of the school last year, having
J. resigned.
Rev. b. w. Napier will preach al
l. the local NJ. E. Church Sunday morn
= ing and evening at the usual hours.
/. The subject in the forenoon will be
= 1.-THE Compelling Forces in the Life
I of Christ" .and for the evening SER
vices 1.-The Satisfying Power of a
e Great Aspiration" will be the sub
: ject.
S Imagine receiving your morning
mail and finding among letters, pa
: pers, ETC., a real live pig. That is
!. what happened to Mr.. Rowan Hol-
i brook Wednesday when the little
porker sent him by Mr.. T. F. Tay-
lor, Route 8, reached it's destina-
q ton. The pig only weighed about
> eleven pounds and required nine
cent stamp. Carrier Jesse Felix
transported the unique package.
Corporal Rowan II. Raley, II COM
FIT. Thomas on five days leave of
absence. Corporal Raley brings the
news that Captain James H. De-
Weese has again been rejected by
4 the Federal medical examiners and
has gone to Washington in his own
: behalf. Several of the II company
boys came in Sunday night, some on
leave and some by reason of honora-
o BILE discharge. Two recruits were
b sent from here to jacksonville Sat
t urday, where they reported to Lieut..
t Sorry, recruiting officer for Western
Kentucky.
SEEDS.