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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
LOTUS RIDES BOOTS
TO VICTORY IN CLASSIC
McCombe Colt Wears Down Borrow and With Determined
Drive Wins Handicap BY Two Lengths Borrow Gets
Second Place and The Finn, Favorte In Event,
Comes In Third.

Strombol and the Finn trailing. Fast
the quarter they ran in this order. At
the half Airmau was through Ell
Crump went to the front Coming out
of the back stretch the bunch was
close together Not FIVE lengths sepa :
rated the leaders and tailendeys: -
shooting around the turn Pickens
made his move on the Finn He fairly
shot through the bunch and entering
the final drive was In front The
crowd jumped up. They cried. The.
Finn wins" But they were too sooi T.
As thA Finn Strengthened out. Borrow
came Mroush on the inside and hook ed
up with the Finn. In few jumps
he was ahead Then like cyclone the
Macomber silks were seen coming with
gigantic leaps. Boots came tearing ant
jumping and al the quarter pole wis
in front. LOTUS then sat down and
rode one of his famous finishes Inch
by inch he moved away and a sixteenth
from home had the race won. Pickens
tried his hest 10 catch Borrow, but the
Finn was through.
Sfter The horses came back IL was
noticed that Stromboli was lame He
was bumped badly In the running anS
his chances were killed at the turn of
the stretch A banner crowd watched
the running OF the historic classic. So
eiety WAS out In force ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

Belmont Race Track. \. Y. June g.
Closing with determined drive and
wearing down borrow In the ina,
eighth, Roots Won The suburban nandf-
cap here this afternoon. The McComber
colt was going awaNs at the end and
MON by TWO ienGt hs-'rh+- Finn itt-the
hnal test finished half a length behind
Borrow Boots was coupled with Ed
Crump and was We'll PLAYED The vic
tor travelled the mile and quarter In
2:o5 is, the slowest time made since
the classic was run over this course
The Finn ruled the strongest kind of
a favorite. Opening at TO I he was
steadily backed until at the post time
$ to was the best obtatnable But
the favorite disappointed his hackers
When the final drive came and his crew
OF admirers Were shouting on him TO
-eetne through he failed. Borrow. thu
whitney horse. looked like a winner
turning into the stretch But LOTUS
on Boots urged his mount and he came
through like "A stake horse running
aEalnsiale t-ef- selling piatcrs.-
4 There was none of the usual diiatory
Tactics at the post such as frequently
mars the starting of classic The
field of nine horses was sent away In a
hurry Airman started out in front.
Ed Crump was ct his neck. with Spur.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
RraxeS Win La Ninth

PittsburE June a.--Boston made
RS first appearances here today and
defeated Pittsburs. 6 TO (, in loose
Iy PLAYED game The visitors scored
two runs in the second inning on
singles by Smith Rawlings Twom-
bly,, and Without. and passes TO TYLER
and Evers Three more were scored
in the sixth on singles by Smith. Raw
anss. Tyler and Without. coupled with
base on balls to Tragressor and Pit
ier's error, Their sixth run came in
the ninth on Konetchy's single and
smiths double The locals scored
two runs in the fourth on Rawlings
error. a pass to w Wagner, and hits
by Mccarthy and Ward Three more
came in the fifth on Carey's pass,
Pitier's sacrifice, Hinchman's donble
and singles bN J Wagner and W.
Wagner.
The score.
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q
VlRGINIANS TRIUMPH Egg: ]: ':.ss !
- - -
IN OPENING BATTL,E,.S
SECOND Is DROPPEr
Rchmonders Get Fourteen Hits In First and Win By To-
Score-Eibel Pitches Second Came But Loses When III
Walks Three In Row and Shannon Knocks Home Run
Bobby Clemens Great Hitting Features Both Encounters

Baltimore. June a.-The 1Rcbe1s and
Orioles went fifty fifty on this. 4 Il So
Moons double bill, the visft3rs grab4!
hing the opener. 10 to g.. amp the
locals taking the second game by =
4 to 3 score. The initial combat wAM
a SUGGEST. IN which FIVE hnrlers wer6
used. three by Richmond and two ~
the Baltimores. Eibel. the Richmond
first baseman hurled the sceopd. game
and did remarkably wei nnTn. thu
fifth, when. with two down, hG,,Taik@
ed three men in a row and. Slammed
wouAthc game with homer oyst Ief1
field fence. Clemens great T hfttino
featured s.x-a~ -
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TORONTO AND MONTKE~xIStss sas
SPLIT DOUBflEHEAUE1

Montreal June the T4foH
Leafs and the Royals broke eteE Ia
today. the locals winning IN 44
game. to >. and the visitors mn
the second to 3 Good beo4M&@
by one of the pitchers in eAcAF1AN@
with the opponent going poor3xyHT4
the main causes OF the split. ~
man had two home runs In the o11
game. driving in most Of T64&W4E
runs "Lajoie" day wifi 6QHG4&l
brated here tomorrow. Wild
teams VIII stage another d0dn-
First game.
Score by innings: H 1
Toronto -. col col DOES INT
Montreal ... 100 900 b00--- "
- batteries Ripple " tsfhof knf4
longe: Corner and Howtey. NJ
Second game:
Score by Innings.
Toronto ......0lo cot MD
Montreal $50. 900 700 0e4
Bakeries; ThonaJo pn
l,0ufI NJ 1foAl "a
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DETROIT WINS THREE
STRAIGHT FROM S0X
Eimke Outpitchcs Ernest Shore. and
Tigers Win Out Over Bostonians
by TO o Score.
CLEVELAND BLANKS YANKEES
Indians Triumph by Score of 2 to o.
Chicago Defeats Washington t4uh
and Stuffy McInnis Ina blcs Athletics
to Beat Browns

Boston, June 9.-In one of the best
games ever Witnessed on the local
grounds. the Tigers for the third time
in succession defeated the Red Sox
before a large Saturday afternoon
crowd that was estimated at is. 900 by
score Of to o. The game was a
pitchers battle between Shore and
f.hmke. The only run of the game
was scored when Spencer doubled.
Jones ran for him. Young singled.
scoring the winning run. The score:
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M'GRAW IS SUSPENDED
BY PRESIDENT TENER

New York. June 9.--Presid mt
Tener. of the National league, today
suspended John ]. McGraw. manager
of the New York Giants. for an in
definite period as result OF The lat
ter's attack upon. Umpire Byron in
Cincinnati,
McGraw admitted hitting Byron
after the game with Cincinnati yester-
day. but claimed he had provocatton.
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for Scott in second
" ashulgtoya.

Waited for tfaflia~ IN eighth.
Tran for Henry in eighth.
tBatted for Mcbride in ninth.
Score by innings: Il
Chicago ..... f2i 100 600
Washington et0 fUU uuT=I
Summary: Left on bases -Chica go.
s: Washington. IL First base on
shalls-Of Danforth s; off Harper. .
Nj Gallia, .. Hits--off Scott. . in l.:
off Harper, none in Ia; or Gallia
In "a. Home ruu--Risbere, Sacri-
Ace hits--i.ynn. Jackson, ?. Dan
forth Risbers, F. Collins. Sacrifice
fy--Rice, Stolen hases-I Collins
Jackson. Double plays-E. Collins to
R!sherg to Gandil; Weaver to Gandil:
Foster to Mcbride to Judge: Shanks
to Alnsmith Wild pitch--Gailia
limp Moriartv and Evans. Time
-o.1o
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
CHICAGO CUBS OOWNEO
IN FIRST WITH GIANTS
Bruins Are Held to Three Hits BY
Pitcher Schupp, and New York
Wins by to O..
REDS CONTINUE THEIR STREAK
After Landing Three out of -Four
From Giants, NattS's Men Take
opener From Dodger~-Bostou
Braves Defeat Pirates

Chicago. June 9-The Cubs fell he
fore the Giants in their opener here
today. Schupp held the Bruns down
10 three hits. while the Giants stung
Demaree for five timely binges. Nc
Graw drew on indefinite suspension
from President Tener for handing TN
pire Byron a knockout after yester-
DAYS game at Cincinnati The score
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Totals
Baltimore,

ISeNen INNINGS by aEFNeHIeHt.5
Summary: Three base hits-Cien
enss~.2 Home run-Shahnon. Htol01
Bankston. Distelk Rase o.
balls-Off Hill. 2: off Eihel1 ~ StruC&
lout-By Hill. 3; by Eibef, = II Nv "A
bases Baltimore, 8: Richnn0fid,
First base on error-Rfchnfond N
Time~~1:l5 Umpires-Black6 ur1
and Carpenter. -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
HOME, GAMES FOR
RICHMOND CLUB

Balttmore-June 12-t2), Is and
t14-f4).
Rochester-June Is, (18-t6) and
fs.
Buralo--Tune (10-fa), 20, 81
and 22.
MontreaI--,Junc (23-23). IS and
20
TS~onto--June 81, IS, 20 and so.
BaItimore--July (2-2) and 3
Newark--July Ci-t. 8 and I.
Two games will he played on
dates in parSnthesPS.
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Jamc-. CLARK Wins Purse

Louisville Ky. June 9-Defeatiny
nine other horses james T. Clark won
the spring trial stake Of s2.500 Tex
Foreman was second. and Eseoba
third,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

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pt'eui ca nei",e t'e "l'eh'hs ~ nv
season from feofla' OF the mrs
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
Games Tomorrow

Cleveland in Washington
Detroit IN Phila delphia
Chicago in New York.
81 LOUIS in Boston,
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PITCHER HOFFMAN TO
GO BACK TO PEORIA:
CLUB HOME TUESDAY

Manager Otto Knabe Decides Guy Will Not Do For This Glass
of Baseban-Stin Trying to Land Arragon, While Good
Pitchers Are Being Sought BY Team irginians Come
Back With Baltimore and Capacity Audiences Are
Anticipated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
Southern League

Memphis. 3: Chattanooga, s.
Atlanta, .: New Orleans, g.
Mobile, 8 Birmingham. g.
Little Rock. 3; Nashville, s (calle
end ninth).
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Standing of Teams
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

Detroit, !; Boston, 0.
Chicago, g. Washington,
Philadelphia, 2, ST Louis !
Cleveland. 2: New York. o.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
Rad nax Eox- I.a,.a,4..As-.

Deyonshire Race Track Jung -
1t was bad day for favorites at the
opening days meet or the Devonshire
races Only one first choice came
home. He was Black Frost. winner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

Totals 81 ~ II Id
.Batted for Elliott in fourtH.s
xRan for Lamar in fourth.S
tBatted for sherman IN nfntH
Score by innings:
Richmond :. 49,. 400 22p. 2P0-1l
Baltimore :. -, zoo $40 .od0-
Summary. Two-base hitsaBent
ley. Kuabe conroy, Acosta Sehau
fele. Three-base hit--Triib8dA3e
Sacrifice williams. Hofeman
Knahe, Nagalis. SacrificA Dies
koeh1er. Schaufele. stolen has4e--
Williams Clemens. Conroy. MrE0n
nell. Acosta. Double play ontoy y
Knabe to F,ibel Base on ba1lS1l
Elliott. 4; off Sherman, g.. nfE 43aA
man. 8; off Chapelie. .; of MaxAlll
4 Hit by pitcher-Byc,M AGAH
SHERMAN, Williams). Struckr butt
BY Elliott 4: by Sherman, N
HOFFMAN. 3 by Magalis- s. Laaft q
bs s.s- Baltimore. u Richncnd. u
First on errors--Baliimoress Ia Rich
mend Tinae--2 80. EnaRsrea
Carpenter and Blackburn. '1sv.rr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

FIRGTNfANS in Baltimore
buffalo IN Rochester
Montreal in Toronto.
Newark in Providence.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Ytssferyia V

E-aste,fts pttsst,+t-e- ,--
Cincinnati, :: BROOKLYN J
New York I. Chicago. .
Philadelphia ST. Louis rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
Standing of Clubs.
Games Today

Brooklyn in Cincinnati
New York in Chicago
Philadelphia in St Louis
other games not scheduled
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'Batted for Walters 10 ghth
XBaued for Shocker in eighth
Score by innings 'R
cleveland ..o fo 600 1902
New York. ,.....,... GOO 600 GOO
summary: Two-hase hits Wambs-
ganss, Harris. Tnrer-t-TE- hits
Cove!eskie, Chapman stolen bases
Speaker, MaiseI. Chapman Sacrifice
t'l+-tterrt4- i4ee4rit- r. :, trt,cf1e-- n
Feckinpaugh To Pipp Bases on balls
on Shocker, OFF CoveleSkie. 3
Hi,s--0ff Smoker, in innings
struck out-Rv Shocker. by Cove
Irskie 3. Left on bases New York
= Cleveland 8 -NaIlin.
Connolly ana Mccormick Time
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American Association
Columbus at Kansas city, rain.

ST. at.f a Indianapolis, rain,
At Toledo-First game: r H f.
Minnea polls. 00l 600 002--3 /
Toledo 49,. 900 COS o01--~4 3
Batteries: Thomas and owens;
Heating. Wells and Sweeney. UNI
pire~-chill,
At Toledo-Second game-P ost-
poned. rain.
At Louisville: r Fl. f.
Milwaukee -. 900 100 o21--4 0
louisville -. 600 600 600 6 2
Batteries: Harding and Deberry:
Shackeiford and Kocher Umpire
Knapp.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

Y o0i 600 o.

HIIlII IIIalN. FseIt on bashs- PhfIadeI
phia Z. st. Louis. 2. Two base hits
jacobson. Strunk, Sehang. Three
base hits-R, Johnson. Mclnnis. nou-
bile play-~Witt to Bradshaw. Struck
out--Bv r. Johnson. /; BY Groom. 4.
Bases on balls--Of r. Johnson. 3;
off Groom. 3 Time IA. Tmpires
-Dineen and Owens
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
Games Tomorrow

Boston in Pittsburg.
BROOKLYN in Cincinnati
Nep York In Chicago.
PHI j Iphia IN ST. Louis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
Standing of clubs.
Games To-day.

Toronto In No@Jreal le
Providence in Newark
No other games scheduled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
PROVIDENCE GRAYS TAKE
Roth GAMES EROAI 8EAl

Newark. n. j.. June. g.-ewAl
lost both games to Providence ~
this afternoon, dropping the an
to / and the second, 7 to s. Prov
Jteurp- played good baseball ~
games The hitting of Brain9f1 u
Powell was a feature OF the 1etcz
game. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

LOCUS ..-..-.-, 81 T II
'Batted for Severeid in ninth.
XBatted for Marsans In ninth,
HBatted for Rnmler in ninth
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Second Game

Score by innings: R.sH.
Providence Too oto ooS-7s1
Newark .. zoo 900 a10s-a-i
Batteries; Eayrs and kifelrss En-
man. and Egan. NJ.
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sBatted Tor Flack In seventh
xBatted for Demaree In seventh.
zRan for Wilson in eighth.
Waited for Williams in ninth. e
Score by innings: r.
New York ...........o0 900 200 020-4
Chicago -..... 900 GOO 600
Summary Two-base hit-Rohert-
son Three base hits-Merkle Rob
ertson. Home run-Kauff Stolen
bases-kauff, Merkle (2l Bases on
halls-0G Demaree. 4: of Schupp. 3
Struck out-By Demaree . nv Prem
dergast /; by Schupp. :. Double play
Fletcher TO Herzog to Holke I'm
pires- Klein and Bransfeld. Time
. 90
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First Game,

Score by innings: r. III, q
Providence zoo 100 do1-r3 = 81 N
Newark .... 900 0i0 000--1
Batteries: Shultz and Mayer. R0N
and Egan, 81
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Games Today.
No games scheduled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

CONTINUED on Seconf Fage)
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New York
Chicago.

Totals ....31 4 3 u
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-01
BLOOD POISON
CAUSES DEATH
Wife Of DR.. W. c. Hayden,
Of Wallonia, Passes Away
at Hospital.

Mrs. Lillian Hayden, wife Of DR..
w. c. Hayden, of Wallonia, died
Wednesday afternoon at the Jennie
Stuart Hospital of blood poisoning.
She had been i'll for about a month
and ten days ago she was brought
here. An operation was performed,
but she continued to grow worse I'M
til the end came. Mrs. Hayden was
80 years old, and before her marriage
nine years ago, was Miss Lillian Col
Inns, of Fulton. Her husband and
two children, son aged five years,
and daughter, aged two, survive.
The deceased was a member of the
Christian church and leaves a host OF
friends who loved her for her noble
christian cfacacter. Her remains
were taken to Wallonia Thursday,
whtre funeral services were held,
and linen they were carried to Fulton
Friday and the interment will take
place to-day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-01
SURPRISE
FOR ERNEST
Forced To Invite Friends To
Dinner, Found a Great
Feast Had Been Spread.

Mrs. Mollie B. Steger on Wednes-
day evening gave her stepson, Ernest
w. Steger, a surprise dinner in cele-
bration Of his 47th birthday at his
home at Masonville. 1t was a care
fully laid plan to have a number Of
his good friends to drop in at his
store and hang around" until his
dinner,'or rather Supper, hour and
force him to invite them to supper.
The scheme worked without hitch
and after period of nervousness, Mr.:
Steger gamely shouldered the re-
sponsibility thrust upon his hospital.
ty and invited his numerous friends
to 90 with him and all promptly &C.
cepted. Arriving at his house neal
by he was greatly relieved to find the
table "groaning under" a spread Of
the most bountiful description, en-
bracing everything that goes to make
a feast complete success. Before
they sat dewn to the dinner, a few
other friends dropped in" Covers
were laid for the following: P. B.
Eubank, M. A. Mason, R. H. Rives,
w. C. Summers, Ed Steger, Jas.
Steger, Thos. E. Roberts, A. H. Eek
les, j. M. Neblett, w. S. Harmed and
Ernest w. Steger. Mrs. Steger was
assisted in doing the honors by her
daughter, Miss Louise Steger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-01
Town Of Cambria Now Un-
der the Direct Fire Of
British Guns.
HUNS FIGHT EACH OTHER
One Was Force Of Czechs, One
Of Galician Poles, Speak
ing Different Tongues

The all-importsht inter-allied con-
ference has been in session in Paris.
Fifteen nations were represented al
the first meeting and much is expected
from the discussions and decisions OF
this conference in the way of co-ope-
ration on carrying on the war against
the central powers and the pooling OF
the great resources OF the allies.
Important meetings of the supreme
war council, composed of representa-
tives Of the United States, Great Brit
ain, France and Italy, will be held
shortly, at which the military opera
tons on the entire western front will
come under consideration.
There has been little change on the
various war fronts, according to the
meager information coming out of
the capitals Of the belligerent coun
tries in the last twenty-four hours,
but the British are pounding hard
along their front in the Cambria Sec
tor. The town of Cambria is now
directly under the fire. of the British
cannon.
Along the entire Italian front the
batteries Of the contending armies are
maintaining a violent bombardment
but no infantry actions of importance
are reported from this theater of the
would war. The German war Office
reports that the Italian attack against
the Austro- German mountain posi-
tons on the west bank of the Brenta
and on Monte Tomba failed.
News from Petrograd is meager
and no exact details of conditions in
Russia are available.
Count Won Hertling, the imperial
chancellor, has informed the reich
stag that Germany is ready to enter
into peace negotiations with Russia as
soon as representatives fully accred-
tied by the government Of that coun-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-01
HUNG JURY
FOR MINERS
Stood Nine to Three For Con-
viction Of 4 is The Re-
port---Rest Turned Loose.

Upon the arraignment of Is men in
Federal court Wednesday, charged
with firing upon soldiers who we're
guarding coal mines in Webster coun-
ty, Judge Evans dismissed the cases
against j. X. Tosh, Del Duval, j.
Tom Morgan, Guy Brown, Grover
Brown, John Christopher, Enoch
Heron, AL Messimere, Isaac Watson,
Emmett Newcomb and Hughey New
man. Four of them, John C. Bra
den, j. H. Cuttinger, j. NJ Collins
and Rayburn Dunbar were put on
trial and on Thursday the jury failed
to agree and was discharged. II
stood 9 to 8 for conviction.
The most important evidence was
that of Lieut.. Col. E. B. Bassett, who
was sent to Webster county on Au.
gust 5, three days after the shooting,
to make thorough investigation. He
revealed conversations had with Bra
den, Dunbar and Collins, and read q
statement secured from Dunbar in q
hospital at Nashville. Dunbar had his
leg broken and had been shot twice
on the night of the alleged raid. All
effort was made to show by Lieut..
Col. Bassett's testimony that the raid
had been planned, by whom it had
been planned and the number of shots
fired. Lieut.. Col. Bassett also denied
that any of the miners had been cru.
ely assaulted by the soldiers.
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FOLLOWING THE FLAG.

Mack Hopson, ir., who went to
Austin, Texas, several weeks ago to
begin the study to become an aviator,
failed to meet some of the technical
requirements of that branch Of the
service, and at once enlisted in the
Navy. He is now training at Pensa-
cola, Fla.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Lawson Flack re-
turned Wednesday from Hattiesburg,
Miss, and are the guests Of Mrs.
Flack's mother, Mrs. H. B. Lyon.
Lieut.. Flack, who has been lieuten-
ant in the National army, has receiv-
ed an honorable discharge. Eddy
vile Herald.
John Breathitt has recently passed
his final examination for the aviation
corps and is awaiting call to the train
ing School where he will be prepared
for &C service.
Stonewall j. Smith and VIM. H.
Kendrick, two Of the Hopkinsville men
whose rmes did not appear in the
first published list of officers appoint
ed at Fort Harrison Tuesday received
commissions. Mr.. Kendrick was re-
cruting sergeant here last spring was
made captain and Mr.. Smith was
commissioned a second lieutenant.
Another Christian county boy,
Frank Barker Of Elmo, who was at
Camp Shermon from Missouri, was
appointed first lieutenant, He is the
only son of Chas. E. Barker.
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TO TALK ON
TOMATOES
Representative Of Canning
Factory to Be Here
Monday.

Mr.. G. A. Nagle, of Nagle, Coble &,
Dahnke, of Greensboro, has written
to say that he will visit Hopkinsville
next Monday to confer with farmers
about raising tomatoes. His company
proposes to establish a canning facto-
ry here if he can get the raw mate
rails produced by the people.
A meeting is hereby called for two
o'clock, Monday Dec. 3, at the court
house, to let Mr.. Nagle lay his propo-
sition before the people.
Hopkinsville Business Mems Assn.
Christian Co. Board of Ayr.