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thcntliaUn l'snIii,.

j" the Editor OF The Time. Dispatch:
sill would like To secure Informa =
! am interested I" trace tho family
tree. as my mother Was !, Chcatham.
ana can trace them bach "a Virginia.
Can amy reader tell where can Iul =
chase Il book ut The C'hcathan family.
or tho names and addrcssoS of some
OF the chcathams in Virginia. whom
could write to: Mrs. +. I;UTIIoFF.
%a"S Michi.au Avenue. chicauo III.
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ell TO Orange after spending several
months IN stanton and Richmond.
Captain 7. T.. Grimslcy. of t,ulncuer
WAS "n orange visitor this week
MISS Lucy Mayo. Of Baltimore. is
INC guest Of her aunt. Mrs Fannie
", Stovin.
w II. Mathews, OF Baltimore sncu,
the Weekend with friends in Grunge
Miss nate Newman. Of Somerset is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. Fannie Stoyin
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SOUTH BOSTON

iSpcc,al TO The Timcs- Dispatch
SOUTH BOSTON. VA. February IT
MIS-. Mary IL. Jcffrcss. of this rlucc.
on Wednesdays celebrated the ninety
second annivcrSar! OF her birth The
JchTcsS home. 1T Forrest OnIls" was
decorated especially for tho occasion
The day was also the birthday anui-
fcrSary of Mrs. JcffrcSs's granddaush-
ter. Miss Mario Norwood
'armcna. tho musical production
given under the auspices Of the Sou,h
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jan" Was my gram;in"ihcr. She MAR
ricd elijah BAKER. whose parents
names ! a." not kaoM. Soon after the
marrin2> "f Jane Session aud Elijah
t'akc" :hc: moved to Tennessee and
later located IN Alabama.
TIC mother in this sexton family.
many years ago. was named Mary
smith. and she married Sexton. and
had - large family OF girls and Il son
named John sexton. An old gentleman
from Aiahama writes: THE ;ak"rs
came FROM North Carolina. Your
Sr"ndfathcr and minc were brothers.
My grandfather ana father were nam ID
loo Baker. your yrandfa,hcr was
Charles Baker"
Would like 10 get in correspondence
with sumo Of those North car"lin;,
takers and SaNtuns. or with parties
familiar with the histories of the fani-
lies Wanted. names OF parents uf
Elijah Baker and something OF his
ancestry. Wartcd. names of parents
"f Jauc Sexton and history OF the SsX-
ton family. ~ anything Of interest
about this branch viii be glad Ia cN-
change data Address EoN @55. Waynes-
bor". Va.
Ann BLACKWELL wifi, "r John I:lsch-
we'll. Was Tie daughter OF csptrin
Samuel BLACKWELL vcstrHucu and Eur
CESS. who married Elizabeth Stcrtoc.
daughter ct .Iuhu S;cptoc aud eliza
beth t.uSiaoC.
Will hc GLAD /" exchange 'iata with
any parties VIII" can give IN. amy IT
tile following: facts:
Wanted ancestry rf William l:ird
richards. OF Dry"daic Iari: Ii. Was he
the cmiSraut ancestor" Origin az tui>
Richards family aud description OF
ARMS. How WAS lc related to- TIL. I:ird
family. VAS his mother a Bird"
Wanted narcats and ancestry. il pos
Sihlo. IF Robert Coleman. father al!
Sus"nnah. wife of William Eird Eich-
ards.
Wanted names "r the narants Of
elizabeth trump vino married Will
liam Blackwell. sister OF samuel. VIII
liam. John aud Joseph Crump. Why
the noted Crupp brother" Would
like - history OF this Crump family.
nave many notes.
Wanted names % parents OF t:liz-
abcth EuStacc. who maj 'icd John
Stcptoo Would like her line back.
ind record Of = William l:ustucc as
major under Colonel William black
we'll ~ l,J?. Mas nc related to her:
Anything oil interest about Elizabeth
o. her lire viii bo appreciated. Hoping
some OF tho descendants OF these falni-
lics who arc Interested will reply.
j. II. GALLAIit:E.
Wa UcSboro. Va
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rS lille.

GcH"""l Joseph Neville. 90 Ecvnlu-
u"nar% War. i'mrEcss. ct" from Fan.
4ricI or iu"'luun county. Va. mar
ricn Ann burroughs. q relative oT Lord
t"irtaN. THEW daughter. Nancy Nc
NIll', married t-aptuiu William bI:an-
non. son Of trian bBanuon. az nc
land and Virginia. Their son. Captain
I"hn o'Bannon. married Sarah Vim.
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GENERALS noun
tO\Et:RENt'E ~ uut ~.

ih"t "Ncn'nc There Was = rendezvous
a, "ur housc--,;Cucral .N,rlcrS,.p Gen
era! PoScy and General Stuart. with
.'SoInc "f their aids. My sisters who
did everything uhemc,clros now that
the servants had gone. pared . good
Supp".' and tool great mid" ip Waiting
or lie table and haN.uc every thing
nice While we were all At The table en-
10! my The good itmGS. suuGCul,' .,
courier ,airc with dispatches. say ing
thai the Ell, my was .r"'sin., at UuitcG
states Ford. Immediately ali VAS cor
iu@i"li." Hastily the generals bade IS
good ny. hrt General Stuar,-alway
:" charming took ,ilno - sav To my
sister. Fannie: 'Thamll you. Miss Fan
~" -! I"ur Sood surp"r aud q" i j.
always MY custom to fsc the waitress
take this irom me ~ littlc rculein-
hranoe," and he gay. ls Tiny gold
collar. have il Nct-uuc 81 m. mos.
IN erishcu possessions
rherc were in h" house my mother
hes six daughters ard halt-"rowm son,
Miss Kate +. .\uu, Naucv. and :,
littlc colored girl. wroS, uu;ncr had
Loft her when Sh~ raw aFav 30 In"
Yankees. Miss Kate put on ~ che
clothes She could and 50 did "" all
md my S'-tcrs TOOK IA" po"l> and
forks alid ;nc pieces of ;u. SILVER ten
service. Whirh tie cuSjuc,', h."d rlvcu
my r.oti,cr and fastened rl,u -,curcl,
in their h""r skirts. Thus the were
preserved and nav" them ,til. riuvr
iuablcS were StCrctcd - best they
could be. Presently the Nn!kces hc.
gan 10 como. and they said that Chan
ccil"r~villc Vas TO L." General Iiookcr's
hcmdpuari"rS and Nc must al 20 :uto
one room j' the back OF the house n.l
"i"y and sleep nu pallets ON tho il or
They t"ck all of oar com furt:, bic rooms
to- themselves. often think of ali
thar old mHhoSnny furnitur. AMI how
-lHd would b. "a have sor,c O. Il nov.
,ichcral li"ok"r did not como until
I'll" next day. lie paid L." attention 10
my mother. hut walked ia AMI gave MS
orders. w" never sat down t. another
~ al ia that house. but they brought
FOOD :" rs where We were II VIC at
attempted /" 20 out. we were ordered
back. We heard cauuoua,iinc. hut did
not know where it ras We were
t"incH hS one aud another al .ul.
'rt-hhors "hn He'd ~ wcro broU"h, TO
'ho 'h;n' cii"r,villo house Tor refuge.
in'll thei" W,rc sjNiccu women .!n,,
children ,n ;h;tr room. From, tn" vim
l."S W. could 50. c"uri"r- coming and
going and i.ncw that The troops were.
cutting down trees aud throwing w
nrcaStw"rhS know now ihat they
were very well satisfied with their no.
Siti"n and were confident of victory.
In thr meantime. old MIR. and Mrs.
= hal ran right into what is called
the second hattl" Of FrcdcriCl,Shurr
Miss Kate Was miserable about them
and they, with anNict, for her. ,.,u-h.
~ the lines Of th' enemy. without help
or projections Their younger SON. Mr.
James - was killed Just at this
time. ana thoj" Gun OF sorrow was
! nllcd TO overlooking
iro sc Continued NcNt sunday,
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I" the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Can any ono give me iuforma-
ton concerning John TAYLOR aud ais
wifc. Martha -. who lived near BAL
tiniorc. $4,000" There We're several
children. one named Winfield. and one
named Thomas Bell Taylor. born 1876
! T. Men.
licrmision. Orc
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Want"L ~ correspond with Snmv
member Of lIernd"n family. OF pramg
County. Va. To which Captain Zachary
llcrniou. OF volutionary. belonged
can any OF the family connect with
ih" CniIrant :ncc stor" have 4 his
tory Il tho family bat cannot 'ou.
nc,t Iiis line. J. II. I;aliahcr. Wayn"s-
bUro, Va
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Mrs. ~ g. G.. Round lIill. Wave
have no data OF English Cupelands.
T., /. H.. Calvcrtvuc. Md. is
the percentage " Joseph Clarke az Nir-
.inja'
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Genealogical Notes,
Queries and Answers
Address NIL communications to
Genealogical Editor. The Times
Dispatch.

Wnk cr-ScntUn.
! am. interested in the rakcr aud
sexton families 81 North Carolina Tn"
girls were "roilN. ''EctsN." katie"
and "Jauc SEXTON. Of North Carolina
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Writes OF BATTLE
OF CHARLOTTESVILLE
80 Home Was in Thick az
Fighting.
EEDEnALs RESCUE FAMILY
Taken From House by General Dick
= tnsOn and Some Of His Soldiers
u Woods FILLED With the Dead and
Dying.

"a Chancellor Of Chauccll"rsvili,
\ Child oC Fourteen Years.
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: inS;ca side az tho Eapiahpun" ok. .,nd
our men ON the Richmond slIc. tftur
the emancipation proc antt.un our SER
wants ran away Ia the Yankees who
were think. not vc'y Ear away in
stafford County. Gcncr,u puSc- and
General Mah"nc had thci, troops near
us, guarding some of IL" river rords,
ana they were at our home Il ,,ood
deal remember thaw both well.
General Malone was 81 li'tlc mau-bnt
ne was "a big little m;tn. ond just az
brave and gallant as 49, "oui Ice. 1t
was such II pity he turned Republican
after the war. \nd General puSny w;;;
Il nice man. with long heard | can
sec him now. General MrIaw. aid
General Anderson used To come t.o--
and General Stuart. We all loved hi,n.
he was so mice. and always h1d u
pleasant, word tnr everybody.
We had refugees from Ercdcrvks-
hurc in tn" house. too--oli MIR. and
Mrs. - their nnrricG daughter.
Mrs. pr T. "f Fal uill; their
yorns lady daughter Miss Kate. aud
her 'mamny." old .\,iut Nancy. aud
their driver. carriage :,hd horses
tn" main body OF our meu were down
below Frcdrrick sburr. Az The Sprin.
opened an ther" We're q great many
ruln""s 1t was said that The Yankees
Nero in NOTWITHSTANDING: then. that
the! had crossed below rrcdcric!;s-
bur-; that ;h"y had crossed above us
and were g"in: around by G"rdous-
'2--all sorts of tnil%S For several
DAYS old Mr - la, bccn ,nIchty
anxious :" 90 IN tow: I" attend 90 some
business. and Mrs - ani Mr.
T. who both had sons N the army
wanted - 90. go. aud hc:G from them.
50 on til" mornin2 "f WcdncSd;%. tho
29ih of April. Mr.. f'-'S desires got
the better &c lis approximations. aud
nc had tho carriage htchcd ~ read,
Tor the trip. The. told us ali good -hN .
la" Miss Kate. with Aunt Nancy INTO
my mothers care. and left with Miss
Kate - covered basket Of valuahi, pa
D"rS. securities. etc 1t was two ycurs
hctOrc thcN ERN ile., grain
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Tho Direct Action Gas Range
l. made with the Thcrnosiai
even heat rcyulato, that enable
y on 10 keen sour oven at tn"
came heat wi the time without
constant attention. You will
also be pleased with tho gas saw
inS that il eft cctcd 10y tho direct
action Of the heat on the oven
iin waiting for the oven to get
heated and Il resultant waste Of
gas.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
SOLDIERS IN SCHOOL

Miss Ora Smith, teacher at Need
more, has IS pupils at her moonlight
school. Eleven Of them are under
the conseript law and are learning
how to read and write before they
become soldiers in khaki. If any
body doubts the good Of the cam
paign waged to Danish illiteracy
from the ranks of the soldiers, let
them follow the reports in The
Times from the various schools
from time TO time. Some may not
realize it, but a great work is be-
ing done by the Barren county
teachers TO Danish illiteracy from
our midst and from the ranks Of the
soldiers-to-b e.-GlasgOw Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
TOBACCO SALES

Owing to the extreme hot and dry
weather tobacco Is ripening fast and
few fields were cut last week, and
It i expected quite a good deal will
be cut this week. The following
sales have been reported:
VI. o. CockreI and tenants, IS
acres at 15c per pound; Colonel
GatewoOd, about 20 acres at 15c;
D. c. Fox, about 20 acres at 15c;
Frank Horton and Overly, acres at
I5c; W. B. Robinson and Jesse
Flora. 5 acre, at 15c: Wheeler Bros,
about Is acres at 15c; Anderson
Bogie sold his crop for 1212c on a
trade made last year. A number of
small crops have been purchased at
prices ranging from 121Ec to Ice
and it i understood that a grower
in the SideYiew section was offered
and refused zoe; Grover Anderson
sold % acres and Ray Moss about
Z acres at 5000 an acre, the land to
be surveyed and the crop paid for
at the surveyors figures. Every in
dication points to a short yield this
year everywhere and some growers
are counting on twenty cents straight
for the crop, one grower, just over
the line in Bath county, is selling his
crop this week-sixteen acres-for
20 cents straight, buyer to pay the
hail and barn insurance.
The Farmers Tobacco Warehouse
Company has issued a circular
advising farmers not to sell
their crops to spectators as it is
thought the weed viii be much high
er than at present.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
VANSANT BOYS UPHOLD
STERlINe'S RECORD

Mr.. James Vansant and Mr.. Thos.
II. Vansant, sons of DIR. and Mrs. j.
A. Vansant, of this city, were both
successful in their trials for com
mission, the former winning a Sec
ond LieutenacY in the Officers Re-
serve and the latter being detailed
as a provisional lieutenant in the
Regular Army. These young gen
tleman did not attend the training
camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison
but the former attended the camp at
Fort Riley, Kan, and the latter one
of the Northwestern camps.
The Vansant boys, both of whom
are exceedingly popular here, arriv-
ed in this city last week for a few
days visit to their parents, and are
being warmly congratulated upon
their success.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
TUESDAY MAY BE
MEATLESS DAY IN u. S.

Plans for a great nationwide
publicity campaign of the food add
are near completion.
If meatless days are ordered in
America, it will likely be on Tues
day. Hotels, restaurants, and dining
cars will serve no meats on Tues
days after the voluntary appeal is
made. 1t is hoped that this method
will prove effective without drastic
orders forbidding the sale of meat
on this day. Further plans will be
worked out later, and the appeal will
be issued from the office of National
Food Administrator Hoover, within
the next two weeks, it is said.
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RPD1Ln1 SIoEd

and IL has a concrete floor to keep the
tools and machinery up from the
ground and 10 keep them dry to pre-
vent rusting.
The sides and ends are built In the
usual way by using a light sill and
2-by-4 studding covered with drop sid
ing or clapbOards. The roof is con
structed by 2-by-4 rafters with matched
roofing boards covered with roll roof
ing. The advantage in using matched
roofing boards is TO prevent the wind
from Tapping the roll roofing. Good
roofing boards will sometimes double
the lasting qualities Of the roof.
Some farmers build a regular repair
shop in one end or in the center. The
shop is provided with a blacksmith kit
and all the necessary woodworking
tools TO make small repairs on any
farm machine or implement; such
work as replacing lost bolts or broken
braces, or replacing worn parts with
new ones is done in the winter time.
between eh0re periods.
But a farmer is helpless without
tools. II Is not necessary 10 collect
an expensive outfit OF blacksmith's,
mGehinist's or carpenters tools. but a
forge, anvil, wise, drillpress. with q
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
SPACE vi
FOR IMPLEMENTS
Farmers win Find Combined
Horse Barn and Shed a
Great Convenience.
STRUCTURE SHOWN IN DETAIL
In This Building. Designed by Experts.
Arrangements for Every Sort Of
Tooi Needed on the Farm May
Be Made With Perfect
Precision.

Mr.. wniiarn A Radford win answer
Questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject Of building work on the farm fc-
the readers Of this paper. on account OF
his vide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacture. he Is. without doubt. the
highest authority on AL these suhlscts-
Address all inquiries 20 William A Rad
ford. No. Isy7 Prairie avenue. Chicago.
III. and only inciose two-cent stamp fo<
reply.
Most farmers do not care to allow
the money they spend in farm ma
chinery to be wasted by the rapid dete-
rioratiOn of this machinery from ex-
pOSI1re 70 the elements. Quite often
it is possible to give up g PoEtioa %
one Of the barns to the implement
storage space The combined horse
barn and implement shed is a common
and useful structure. There are adj
yantages In building an entirely sep
arate structure for housing the farm
implements. As a rule there are
enough duties to be performed in con-
nectiOn with the maintenance Of farm
machinery to warrant the construc-
ton of a separate building. A farm
workshop is necessary thing and the
implement shed furnishes an excellent
location for It.
The type Of structure will depend
to a certain extent upon the farm up
on which il Is located. but there are a
few things which should be included
in such structure. no matter what It's.
surroundings. The floor construction
and the arrangement and size of doors
should be given considerable attention.
The design illustrated here suggests a
structure which is well adapted to the
purpose, and the cost Of its erection
Is not excessive.
1t is "A feet in width by so feet in
length. There is 16-foOt door in each
end for the easy entrance OF the larger
farm implements, and there is a small
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
KENTUCKY BOYS TO
SEE GROWING COTTON

Hattiesburg, Miss, Aug. 81, 1917.
Soldiers Of Kentucky, Indiana and
West Virginia, who will come to
Camp Shelby, will be in this section
during the harvesting of the great
est corn crop in the history Of Mis-
sissippi, as careful estimates by ex-
perts place the yield at about 1O0,-
100000 bushels, or 3O,0O0,OO0 more
than the previous best yearly pro-
duction record. The cotton crop in
Mississippi will be 80 per cent.
greater than for several years, it
being estimated that 100000 bales
viii be raised. The crop will be
worth approximately, with the seed,
$240, 100000 as the seed will bring
from $75 to $85 ton and the cot
ton viii average $4,000 bale, the
largest prices commanded since the
Civil War. With corn selling for
more than $500 a bushel, one gains
an idea Of the value of these two
crops in this state for 1917.
Many of the National Guardsmen
who are coming here from the north
and west will see cotton fields for
the first time. They have heard the
song "Picture, tonight, a field of
snowy white" perhaps, and when
they get here they will view the
fields, some late cotton in bloom, and
the early cotton with the bolls burst
ing open, and the white cotton
ready to he picked. They will see
cotton picking scenes, and hear the
Southern darkies singing folk lore
songs, as they proceed with their
work.
Preparations to give the soldiers
a cordial welcome continue unabat-
ed, and different committees of citi-
zens are completing all their plans,
which have for their object making
the boys in khaki feel at home in
this Southern community.
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door in the side to be used when ISss-
ing in and out and for the carrying
In of hand tools and other small farm
implements.
Farm machinery and implements
depreciate about 10 per cent a year
when they are properly housed and
kept painted. The loss from leaving
tools out in the weather is enormous.
An implement shed constructed In this
manner is a great convenience in doing
repair work.
All farm machines require overhaul
ing in the winter time 10 put them IN
a thorough working condition during
the busy time in spring. A house OF
this kind makes IL easy to take the
machines apart and examine every
wheel and every casting. so that the
worn parts may be replaced and tho
whole machine gone over with paint or
linseed oil.
This implement house has a concrete
wall extending all around the outside
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
POTATOES WILL BE CHEAPER

The Office Of Information, of the
Department of Agriculture, author
ICES the following:
The huge potato crop, which the
forecast made by the Department of
Agriculture indicates will be pro-
duced in the United States this year,
means that this important food sta
pie will be cheaper and makes it
possible for American families that
had to cut down on potato consump-
tion because of high prices to re-
store the tuber to a prominent place
on their bill of fare.
The department forecast, based
on reliable estimates from all parts
of the country, places the total po-
tato yield at more than 467, 900, 900
bushels, as compared with 2S5,00O,-
900 in 1916 and 36O,OOO,OOO in 1915.
Potatoes Of the current season are
already in the market in large guam
titles, and, since the early harvest
ed tubers can not be kept easily,
should be eaten more abundantly
now if spoilage is to be avoided.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
MISS MARY RICKETTS, WEEDS

Friends and relatives here of Miss
Mary Ricketts, were taken by sur
prise when they were notified last
week of her marriage at Harrods-
burg to Mr.. Fred o. Mayes, of
Mercer county. The wedding &C.
CURED last Monday at the home of
the groom's sister and the ceremony
was performed by Elder Robert
Simpson, of the Christian church.
The bride is an attractive and popu-
lar young lady, being the daughter
of DIR. and Mrs. J. 7. Ricketts,, of
this county. The couple knew each
other while both were attending the
University of Kentucky and 1t was
there the romance began. The
groom is a member of the Q. S.
Marine Corps, and it was while he
was at home on furlongh that the
marriage took place. The many
friends 0f this talented and
deserving young girl join US in ten
dering best wishes and heartiest
congratulations.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
RAILROADS FACE BIG PROBLEM

The railroads of the United States
are facing the greatest transporta-
ton problem in the history of the
nation, due to the fact that $4,000
drafted men, nearly 100000 Nation
al Guardsmen and the fan crops of
the nation must be moved during the
next two months, according to a
statement issued by the American
Railway Association. The Railroads
War Board has announced that the
first 100000 drafted men would be
hauled to the environments between
September 5 and 8.