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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-30
LOCAL..
Telephone. Jasper 59.M

Gilbert Coppinger attended
the singing convention at Richard
City Sunday.
Auto parties desiring car for
fair next week should call 59-M,
Sequatchie.
Cattle have descended to &c,
but the price of steak is still SO
high it is out of reach.
Misses Nell Leland and Rebec-
ca Martin drove to Jasper Mon
day afternoon.
Walter Randle was at Richard
City Sunday where he attended
the singing convention.
Mrs. Sherman Barnett and lit
tie children were in Jasper a
short while Monday afternoon.
W. D. Curtis, of the mountain
renews subscription. Must nave
the News for Sunday reading.
John R. Rogers, CT lnman,
was here Thursday, and has his
subscription advanced another
six months.
A package containing knives
and forks has been found. Own
er may have same by calling and
proving property.
Georee Mccullough, of the
mountain, was here Saturday.
He is contemplating going to
Tatesville to get out timber.
The bridge over Little Sequat-
chic river has been retloored, a
much needed improvement, as 1t
was getting dangerous for travel.
Dan Pitman, of Caroline Chap
el, was among the visitors here
Thursday and remembered the
News with six months contrl-
button on subscription.
Era H. Condra, who is on the
u. S. S. pennsylvania" must
have the News to keep up with
the happenings of his home town.
and so orders it sent to him.
J.H. Vinzant, of Halls Bot
toms, was here Saturday. He
was all right, except for a slight
scratch, received we presume, IN
bayonet practice, getting ready
for the War.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM, Lee, OF
Lancing, Tenn, have been here
this week, visiting friends.
They report continued rains as
interfering with work on the
roads of Morgan county where
Mr.. Lee has big contract.
Mrs. Jesse Coppinger and
daughter, Miss Viola, went to
Jasper Friday to see their daugh-
ter and sister, Mrs. Everett Will
n
lis, who has been i'll with typhoid
fever.
J. A. WimberIy. L. B. TIT, Mt.
Olive, ILL.,, orders the News sent
to him and also sends order for
stationery. He is engaged in
the bicycle and bicycle repair
business in that city.
Charles and Laurence Fults
spent several days last week at
Foster Falls, where the Fair
mount girls were encamped.
They came back reporting a
grand and glorious time.
L. C. Smith, of Carbon Hill,
Ala, has been visiting relatives
in the valley, coming thru in his
Dodge machine, He is accom-
panied by his wife and three
children. They are greatly en-
Toying the trip. Mr.. Smith took
occasion Tuesday to call on the
News and renew his subscription.
The Seq uatchie Public School
opened for the fall session Mon
day morning with an enrolment
of 1O1. The teachers are Mrs.
A. R. Rankin, of Jasper, princi-
pal, Miss Irene Turner, of Jas
per, and Jennie Harris, of this
place, assistants, who are all ex-
cellent teachers, and good
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-30

Use lime about your premises and
keep off disease.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-30

Jas. Russell is erecting a small
house on his lot purchased from
Edgar Barrett, on the pike near
schoolhouse.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

ter, Miss Jeanette Burn, were In Lou.
isvile for the week end the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Plank.
Robert Wilson and son. Raymond
Lee Wilson, of Louisville, were here
Tuesday to visit Mr.. Wilson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Wilson.
Miss Mary Joe Mattingly, Miss Ag-
nita Mattingly and Miss Katherine Nc.
Cracker spent Sunday in Louisville
with Miss Mabel McCracken.
A. b. Skilman, Miss Elizabeth Skill
man, Mrs. w. II. Bowmer and Mrs.
Hugh Donaldson attended the funeral
of Mrs. Eliza Webb in Hawesville Fri
day.
See Fordsville Planning Mill Co.'s ad
in this issue for prices on the big 4"
Barn Door Hangers, the hanger with a
reputation. Send them your order to-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Pauley are
occupying the residence of the late Mrs.
Lucy Gregory in the East End. 1t was
formerly occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. L.
b. Sifford.
Mrs. c. d. Hambleton. correspondent
for the Breckenridge News from Mat
tingly, has been in Cloverport attending
her daughter, Mrs. Forest Pate, who
has been i'll. :
r. N. Hudson, president and general
manager, and James r. Skillman, chief
attorney of the Louisville, Henderson &
St. Louis Railway Co., Louisville, were
here Thursday.
Miss Iva Wine was called to St. Louis
last Thursday to be at the bedside of
her brother, Thos. :. Wine, whom she
found to be seriously i'll His physicians
see but little chance for his recovery.
George Weatherholt presented the
editor with bunch Of winter radishes
which were nearly as large as a medium
size turnip. They we're we're brickle
and tasted just like the spring radishes
Bernard Morrison. of Co. F, Engin.
man Corps Camp Zachary Taylor, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
10 Morrison. Mr.. Morrison thinks he
will have to leave for France in short
while.
D. S. Worden, of Indianapolis, was
here Monday visiting his brother, w. J.
Worden. Mr.. Worden was looking over
the grounds here for an automobile re-
pair shop and supplies. He was pleased
with the outlook and will probably To-
cate here.
Joe Simmons, who has had employ.
ment at Dam 43, has resigned. He and
Mrs. Simmons after spending week at
the Satterfield home, have gone to the
country for visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Simmons.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
LOCAL ITEMS.
OF a Personal and Business
Nature Gathered for Our Busy
Readers. :

Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton Scott's baby is
on the sick list.
G. o. Bailey, of Irvington, was in
Hardinsburg Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Satterfield were
in Louisville Saturday.
Mrs. Hugh Wood is entertaining the
Wednesday Club this week.
John Mattingly, of Payneville, is in
Owensboro visiting relatives,
Mrs. Wallace L. Skillman is recov-
ering from an attack of lagrippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Parks, of Web
ster, were in Louisville Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Abbott, of Hardins-
burg, spent Saturday in Louisville.
Miss Ella Smith and Miss Frances
Smith we're in Louisville Thursday.
Squire C. E. Robbins left Monday
for Alexander, ILL.,, to visit his children.
David Owen Hall is in Russellville
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Arthur Carfman.
John Graham and William Meyers. of
Lewisport. were visiting relatives here
Sunday.
Miss Martha Willis will be hostess to
the Friday Club this week on Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Pansy Doffett, Of Greensboro,
was here last Tuesday visiting Mrs.
Steve Wilson.
The Ladies' Reading Club will be en-
tertained Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. John c. Jartoe.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Moore, of Parkers-
burg, w. Va, we're the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Bovine last week.
Mrs. W. /. Wellington has returned
from Hardinsburg where she was the
guest of her son, Paul Wellington.
Last Wednesday Mr.. A. B. Skillman
renewed his subscription for the Brock
enridge News for the forty.second year.
Mrs. James Seaton and son, M. d.
Seaton, went last Friday to see her,
mother, Mrs. Addison, near Hardins-
burg.
Mrs. Raymond Marshall and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruby Hall Marshall, of West
Point, are in Harmed visiting Mrs. Mar
shall's uncle, Sam Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Burn and daugh-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
Accepts Position With American
Red Cross in France.

Big Spring, Nov. I2.(SpeciaD-At-
tourney C. II. Norman Of Louisville
formerly Of Big Spring has received
official notice from Washington that
he has been appointed to a position
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
Real Estate Transactions.

Mr.. John Pate who is employed at the
l. II & St l.. r r. shops has purchas-
ed the property Of John Newbauer in
breckenridge Edition.
Mr. and Mrs. Newbaurer are making
their home in Louisville.
Mr. Jones. another employe of the
railway shops who has recently come
here and W In his family will reside in
Mar Fletcher Pauley's residence which
he bought last week.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
K e n t u c ky
News Cuttings
An epitornS Of most i'm
portant events transpir.
ing In state 8 . {:

Henderson.-W. H. Sites, president
of the city board of education, resign
ed and w. w. Blackwell was elected
to fill out the unexpired term of two
years.
Lexington.-Hal Henderson and Rob-
ert Jones, members of the One Hun
dred and Forty-ninth Infantry, Camp
Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss, were ar
rested here and charged with deser-
ton.
Vanceburg.-Bruce Richmond, 25
years old, and Pierce Hall, 81, both
married, killed each other in pistol
duel at Smoky Valley, small village
near here. Witnesses of the shooting
state that Richmond fred the first
shot.
Louisville to the Tenth
International Purity Congress conven-
ed here and were welcomed to Louis
Vile by Mayor John H. Buschmeyer
and Chairman Fred Gernert Of the To-
cal committee. Response was made
by Rev. T. Albert Moore, of Toronto.
Lexington.-Three hundred oil men
from all parts Of the state. held big
meeting here to boost the oil opera
tons throughout Kentucky. Local
business firms united in giving a din
ner to the oil men, and Edwin p. Nor
row, of Somerset. was the principal
speaker.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES United States
District Attorney Charles Finnell. OF
this city, says the Federal authorities
will not make an investigation into
the kidnapping and whipping Of Her.
bert 8. Bigelow at Newport recently,
claiming Kentucky officers should han.
die the case.
Glasgow.-The well recently drilled
in on the Rousseau farm. i've miles
south of town, has been given pump
ing test and will do ten barrels. An
other well has been located on this
lease and will be drilled at once. Op'
Grafton all over the county has taken
ON new life.
Lexington.-Dr. B. L. Wyatt. former
director of the Fayette County Tuber'
culosis Sanatorium. who resigned his
ONCE to 60 to France to install hospi
tails for tubercular soldiers. has wired
local officers Of the State Tuberculo
sis Society that he is now In Paris
directing that work.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Observation-Disclosures Wednesday"
went into effect in every hotel, res.
taurant and boarding house in the city
last week, following the observance of
"meatless Tuesday" by a majority of
the restaurants. Bakers of the city
in most cases are cutting their supply
in half to consumers through the OBJ.
servance Of the day.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
Goiru Too Far.

Mrs. Roilin | read In the paper that
woman in booking after another wo-
man to see What she had ON fell out
Of window Mr.. Botiin We'll. that
only goes 10 show that some women
In trying to follow the fashions can go
too far illustrated Bits.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

the expert chemists in the state, has
begun an examination Of samples Of
grease and other products used at a
Louisville bakery, bread from which is
alleged to have poisoned so persons in
the Falls City.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Camp Zachary Taylor-Orders quar-.
antining the entire Three Hundred
and Thirty-sixth Regiment at Camp
Zachary Taylor were issued at division
headquarters following the outbreak
Of measles in four more companies of
the organization. The measles cpl.
demic has been growing in the camp
and now several hundred men are at
fected.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
Announcement.
For Appellate Judge.

We are authorized to announce the
name of w. Henson as candidate
for the Democratic nomination for APP
pella,e Judge from the Second District,
in the primary, August, 1918
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

with the American Red Cross In
France. 1t is not known what kind of
work he will be engaged In there but
10 all probability he will be connected
with some railroad. Mr.. Norman ex.
poets to sail In a short while.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Louisville.-A cure for Potts dis.
ease, commonly called "hunchback,'
consisting of surgical operation in
the early stages of the afTliction, was
detailed for the benefit of 300 physi.
clan attending a meeting of the Ken.
lucky State Medical Association. DR.
Russell II. Hibbs, of New York, was
the speaker.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
DR.. j. e. OVERLY
DENTIST

Located permanently in Hardins burg,
occupying Office recently vacated by
DR.. Walker.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Owensboro.-The Green River Leaf
Tobacco Company was organized in
greensboro with a capital stock of
100000. The new concern owns two
large warehouses in greensboro and
is now installing a drying plant. Buck
ner and Tuck are among the best
known tobacco people in Kentucky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Wood G. Dunlap, Repub-
lican, announced that he will go before
the County Board of Election Commits
sioners with request that the returns
from Deweese No. Precinct not be
counted on the ground that fraudulent
votes we're cast there against him in
numbers sufficient to elect him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Louisville.-A ringing patriotic ad.
dress was delivered by Governor STAN
ley at the session of the Kentucky
State Medical Association here. Gov
ernor Stanley aroused a high pitch Of
patriotic fervor by his words. De-
scribing at length the condition of
America in comparison with the ma
lions allied with her in war.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Louisville.-The first review of the
troops of the Eighty-fourth Division,
at Camp Zachary Taylor, was held in
the big maneuver field here last Sat.
urday. The troops, $4,000 of them,
regiment by regiment and battalion
by battalion, passed in front of the
reviewing stand occupied by General
Harry c. Hale, division commander,
and staff.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

FOR sALE-A lot OF good MIX Cows
Reard Bros, Hardinsf urg, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One two horse wagon with
brake. Good condition r.. b. Midlothian,
lexington, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Camp Zachary Taylor.-The hearts
Of 5000 Illinois soldiers were touched
when Governor Frank o. Lowden, of
Illinois, looking down into their faces
told them 1t would be infinitely bet
ter to sleep in a soldiers grave on q
foreign battlefield, if that soldier has
died in holy cause, than it will be
for any of us to survive this war If
that war goes against u.s."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Lexington.-Prof y. q. Labach. chief
Of the food depart rnent OF tho Ken
lucky Experiment Station, and one of
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Paducah.-For the period of the war
G. B. Nance, graduate of the College
of Agriculture, University of Kentucky,
has been employed by the fiscal court
as county. farm agent Of Livingston
county. He is a resident of Ballard
county. After a conference with Dis.
trict Farm Agent G. D. Wyatt, of Hop.
kinsville, KY, in Paducah, he left for
Smithland to assume his duties.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Louisville p. Grigsby, Jr.,
who is reported by the war depart
ment as one of missing in France, as
result of an encounter with German
troops, is q son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Grigsby, Of Willow avenue. He Is Is
years old
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

guards with pair of heavy iron pad
locks.
Maysville.-The. Pittsburg towboat
Jim Wood, upbound with tow of emp
ty barges, in attempting to 90 through
the locks at the dam here, struck a
guide post. A hole was knocked in the
hull and she will have to be wrecked.
She was on her way to Pittsburg to re.
ceive a new hull.
ouisville.-Trench warfare tactics
have been begun at Camp Taylor when
nine French officers reported at the
infantry school of arms for instruc.
ton duty. The officers reported to
Major General Harry G. Hale. camp
commander, presented their creden.
tials and were assigned barracks.
Murray.-The Memphis annual con.
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, held its seventy-ninth
meeting here. Bishop w. p. Murrah,
Of Memphis. Tenn. presided. More
than 400 ministers and laymen. repre-
senting churches In Western Ken.
lucky and Tennessee. were In attend.
ance.
Lexington.-Prof y. o. Labach, chief
OF the food depari neut OF tho Ken
lucky Experiment Station, and one of
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Paris.-Thomas A. Mcdonald, who
mas been assistant train dispatcher Of
the Louisville & Nashville in Paris,
has been promoted to night chief op
orator. He succeeds Joseph Grosche,
who has been promoted to rule exam
liner.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Lousiville-Charles M. Modderwell,
of the Illinois Coal Traffic Bureau, ties.
titled at the Interstate Commission
here that Southern Illinois operators
favor leaving present freight rates on
coal. complained of by Kentucky op.
orators, stand. He said If the changes
sought are allowed and free move.
ment Of coal results retail prices will
be broken down in Southern Illinois
and heavy losses will fall on business
men.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Lexington.-Mrs. Theodosia G. Ly'
ons, of Louisville, made donation OF
$4,000 to Pennsylvania College, to be
expended in and upon the women's
house of that institution, and in fu'
ture that house will be known as Theo.
dosia Lyons Hall.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

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WANTED-You to make extra money b,
renting that spare room or your vrcan
house by running Want Ad. in THE BRE
CKENRIDGE NEWS.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Lagrange.-The Woman's Council o.
National Defense, of which Mrs. c. j
Elbrick is chairman, held a meeting al
the city hall. The purpose Of the
meeting was for the women to have
the registration feature of the work
explained.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Paris.-The mill dam across Stoner
Creek at the Paris Milling plant is be-
ing repaired by force Of workmen
furnished jointly by the Paris Water
Company and the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad Company. A section Of
the dam was washed out some months
ago and the entire structure seemed
likely to be destroyed with the first
heavy rain, endangering the Paris wa
ter supply.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Eddyville.-Calvin Yancy, negr
murderer, serving a term Of 20 to
years from Christian county, was she
and killed in the cell house at Edd.
vile penitentiary when he attacke
Warden John B. Chiffon and tw
guards with pair Of heavy iron pa
locks.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-11-14

Guthrie-Fire from unknown origin
destroyed the handsome home of H. ].
McMurray, together with the greater
part of it's contents. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000, only half covered by
insurance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-31
RIMER HEARING Is
POSTPONED FOR WEEK
(speciaI to The Ca,edonlan.,

~ AG.S81eUOnz4n,D
Haftland, VT, Oct 25.-The State
won the first skirnish in the prelim-
inaries to the trial for murder of ]
F. Rimer, a White River farmer, to-
DAY, when States Attorney William F
Plngree secured the decision of the
court for postponment of the prelim-
mary hearing until one week from to-
day.. Raymond Trainor, attorney for
the accused man. objected strongly to
the courts decision, but his objections
We're overruled by Judge H. H. Blan-
chard who is conducting the case. The
hearing will be held one week from
today in the town hall.
The case IS the outgrowth of the
mysterious death of Mrs Rimer re-
Gently when the automobile in which
she, the accused man, and her sister
We're passengers went over an en-
bankment- Mrs. Rimer died alnross
instantly while the other occupants OF
the car escaped with slight injuries
States Attorney Pingree has termed
the circumstances of the wonaan's
death as mysterious. -,
According to the story told by Mrs
Rimer's sister, the dead woman and
her husband had quarreled shortl,
before the car went off the bank.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-31
Bids For Dornlitory Wanted


Sealed proposals will be received at
Education, Montpelier, Vermont, until
10 A. NJ. on Saturday, November 10,
1917, for the erection of a dormitory
building at the State Agricultural
School, Randolph Center, VT, accord
ing to plans and specifications by
Frank L. Austin, Architect.
Separate proposals will be received
for the general contract; Tor plumbing
heating and yentilating: and for the
electric wiring. Each proposal is to
be submitted on a given form and
must be accompanied by certified
check made payable to M. B. Hillegas,
Commissioner of Education, for the
amount stated: all as provided for by
the secifications. The check of any
bidder shall be forfeit to the State
Board of Education in case the bidder
fails to furnish bond within fifteer
lays and enter into contract if tht
same is awarded to him.
AT the above place and time thu
bids will be publicly opened and read
Drawings and specifications can b
obtained upon application to the Com
missioner of Education, Montpelier
Vt, The Board reserves the right t,
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the State Board o
| Education,
L. B. Johnson. Chairman
F. II. Brooks
/ NJ. B. Hillegas
Building Committee.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-31
E. c. WOODWARD, WELL
KNOWN SALESM1AND DIES
Especial to The Caledonian.)

Danville, Vt, Oct. Ellsworth G.
Woodward, for many years a travel
ing salesman in Vermont, died sud-
denly, aged 81 years. at his home in
this town Friday night. Mr.. Wood
ward was very well known through
out the state, his friends numbering
many in the territory in which he
pursued his labors
Ellsworth Woodward was born in
Danville and spent the greater part
Of his life here. At one time he was
proprietor of a drug store in Norris
Vile, returning to his home here az
ter but years absence. He was for
20 years in the employ of the Essex
Fertilizer Company of Boston, as
travelling salesman. He is survived
by his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Jennie
SOLOMON of Lynn, Mass, and Mrs.
Emma Wells of Passumpsic; two
daughters, Mrs. Thomas clothery Of
st. Johnsbury and Mrs. Edward
shastany Of Springfield, Mass, and
two grandchildren of ST bloomsbury,
The funeral will be, held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will
be IN the family lot in the cemetery.