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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13
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Mt. HEBRON

SIR Chas. Duncan bought Of Mr.
Eli Grow "a COW and calf for $50
Mr. and Mr. Jake Hughes are en-
'5rtaininr a baby girl born June 2nd.
Flour in sacks. Corn Meal in sacks.
Hudson Hughes and Farnau.
Mrs Marion Montgomery and
Mis- Elva Jennings were in Danyille
Saturday.
SIR w b. Montgomery Of Lam
caster. IS vth his brother, Mr.. Elgin
Mo. gomery at Lock 5.
Miss Mile Crawford came Satur
day TO live with her brother, Mr. J,
]. Crawford, @; this place
Mr. and Mrs. Joe PIERCE and son,
Of Bryantsville, were the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Montgomery at
Lock :, Saturday.
At the business meeting at Mt,
Hebron Saturday afternoon, n pas
tor will be called for the ensuing
year. Let every member be present,
Messrs X. l.. Grow and r. l.. Bar
ker were at Dix River fishing Satur-
day. They were accompanied home
by Mr.. Thomps Arnold, where they
enjoyed a big fish supper
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Grow, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Onstott, Mrs. Elizabeth
Onstott and Miss Sallie Barker were
at Lancaster last Wednesday guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Parker jenkins.
Mr.. Henry Ruble bought Thursday
Of Mrs. L. +. Scott. heifer at loo
per pound, one of Charles Duncan,
at o lie, one Of II. r. Montgomery
at 8 LIE and COW Of +. c. Mont
gomery at 0 cents.
Elizabeth, the little daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Huffman, was
seriously burned Saturday evening
at o'clock and died at ~ o'clock
Saturday night How she caught is
a mystery to the family as there was
no fire at the house, and no one sa"
her. Interment in the Lancaster
cemetery Monday morning 40 10
o'clock. The friends here extend
sympathy to the Borrowing family n
their bereavement.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13
SCHOOL BUILDING
HIGHLY CONPLIMENTED BY
dan N. BOMAR.
SAYS 1T THE BEST HE HAS SEEN.

That splendid gentlemen and
friend Of. all his acquaintance, made
q flying trip to Lancaster a few DAYS
ago and remained for only one d,y,
when his friends would gladly have
entertained him a month We nave
reference to our good friend, Dan y.
Bomar, Of Versailles. who cane par
ticularly TO see our graded school
building and renew some Of his old
acquaintance We wish 10 thank
him now for what he said in TIE fol
lowing article. which we quote from
the Woodford Sun;
~ few days ago visited the
graded and high school in Lancaster,
the beautiful county-seat Of Carrard
county.
Almost year ago had passed
through Lancaster-the first time !
had ever been there-with a party
Of friends, en- route to Grab Orchard
Springs. A large and very handsome
public school bull ling, Of bud press
ed brick and stone, situated in the
centre of attractive grounds. con-
Iris NO over three acres, on the main
thorcughfare, Lexington street, ,
rad arrested the attention Of the en-
tire party and brought forth eXclam-
atiCns of astonishment and admira-
ten MY, what a magnificent
5cncolr' This is evidently a live
town. IF we're looking for a place
to live I'd try Lancaster" Are Ian
caster and Garrard county much
/ Weather than Versailles and Wood
, ford that Lancaster so far surpasses
/ Yer allies in its SCHOOL," These
were some Of the comments of my
/ friends
Answering the question, which
was asked by Versailles lady in the
party Lancaster is a town Of the
fifth class; population less than
/ 700; 1917 assessment Sl,l00,000.
/ Versailles is a town Of the fourth
class; population nearly 5000; 1917
assessment approximately sl,75O,-
coo. Garrard county's assessment
in 1917 was S6,Ss2 1888; Woodford's
/ Sl1.966,l65.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13
RICH LANCASTER BACHELOR
WANTS wife.

MANY people have blamed me for
net getting married. Since child
Hood | have suffered from stomach
and liver trouble, never being able
to get any medicine or doctor to
help me. Now that Mayr's Wonder
ful Remedy has entirely cured me,
am anxious TO get a wife" Ii is a
simple, harmless preparation, that re-
moves the catarrhal mueus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inaam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach. liver and intestinal all
ments, including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money refund
ed. r. L. MeR0BERTS,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

Some six or seven years ago the
tax payers of Lancaster and vicinity
awakened to their moral obligation
to the youth of the community and
% the fact that frst-class public
school in a first-class building is a
necessity in the development and
progress Of any community They
created graded school district en-
bracing the town Of Lancaster and
nearly two miles on either side of
town. They voted $4,000 of school
bonds and in 1918 completed and
equipped the present building at a
cost Of $4,000. Il was a remark
able value for even that period, To
duplicate it today would require over
$4,000 J. W. Elmore, cashier Of
the Garrard Bank and Trust Co., was
chairman Of the board that built the
school Though no longer on the
board he takes very great interest in
the school.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13
HANBACK,

Mrs. Ar,hor. Ball and Mrs. Cal
Wardlow. visited Mrs. Dink Hester,
last week.
Mrs a. j. Hammack and daughter
Estello, is visiting relatives in Crab
Orchard, this week
Sarah T. Hanmuck is visiting her
cousin. Jessie Mae Hammack. at
Paint Lick. this week
Mr.. Jennie Nosicr, Of Michigan,
is visiting her mother. Mrs. Ballard,
and aunt, Mr. Boian
Mr Ncucfce McQucrry ami wife
visited Mr. and Mrs. Byman Davis,
on White Lick Sunday
Creme Dairy Feed will make your
COW give more milk.
Hudson Hughes and Fsrnau.
Mis-. Hattie McQucrry and sisters
tsn, tae evening with Sarah and
Far.a Hammack. Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs q l. Hammack and
children. ~ Paint Lick, called on Mr..
and .. T. g. Hammack, Sunday.
Mrs, Mamie McQucrry. who has
been attending school at Berea for
The pass term. IS visiting her parents.
Misses E.tella and Jennie Ham
mack. visited Mr. and Mrs +. G..
Hammac.. Saturday night and Sun
day,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

The building is very substantial
and embraces the best ideas in mod
orn school architecture. There are
twelve bright, clean, comfortable,
well-lighted and well-vontilated class
rooms, each having cloak rooms at
tached; physics laboratory, superin-
tendent's office, excellent lavatories
and the best school auditorium ]
have seen. The auditorium has
large stage. with dressing rooms and
a fair equipment of scenery, a good
drop curtain; comfortable stationary
seats for an audience of 476 people
There is space for chairs for 100
more. The auditorium contains flags
of all the Alliel nations. On the wall
Of every classroom is a large Ameri-
can flag, about 5xS feet The base
ment has rooms for manual training
and domestic science-though Meth
err was taught this year-and large
play-rooms.
A $3.50 equipment was placed IN
the physics laboratory this year. An
X-ray machine was presented to the
school laboratory by DIR. W. NJ. Ell
lott, a member Of the school board.
The building is heated by the hot
water system of the American Rad
iator Co. An all-time janitor is EN-
ployed at $40 week for ten months
and 81 week during July and
The school has electric lights and
sanitary drinking fountains. All
the high school rooms are connected
with the principals room by electric
bells.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

The site occupied by the Lancaster
school is historic ground From Col
Inns History | learn that Judge John
Boyle began housekeeping on this
spot in 1909 in a two-room log house
and while living there was elected
to Congress; that Samuel Mckee
kept house there and succeeded
Boyle in Congress; that Ex-Chief
Justice George Robertson commen-
ced housekeeping in the same house
and succeeded Mckee in Congress
and Robt r. Letcher while house
keeping there, after a two years in
terval succeeded Robertson in Con-
gress. Thus four young men in
succession went from the same plain
log house in the same little town to
represent their district in Congress!
Boyle and Robertson both became
Chief Justices of Kentucky and
Letcher became Governor. Hon.
George W. Dunlap, Congressman and
leltgatc to the Border State conven-
tion az Frankfort in 1861, lived on
this site fer years. In 1884 the
Iarrarl Female College was estab-
iished there. II became public
school property in 1885. The school
grounds are directly opposite the
home of the late Hon. William o.
Bradley, Governor and L. s. Senator.
The school board recently aequir-
cd tract Of - acres back Of the
chool yard for $4,000 1t is their
plan to later use il for an agricultur-
al plot, the school taking advantage
Of the Smith-Hughes act.
At Lancaster the Board of Educa-
ton publishes an annual financial re
port, as the law requires. d. NIB.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

When it was first determined to
have an up-to-date school a number
Of prominent citizens favored adding
q new front to the old building,
which was in fair condition. Those
who favored tearing down the old
and having a new building from the
ground up won out. Everybody now
agrees It would have been q great
mistake to have done anything else
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

The Lancaster school is peculiarly
favored in having an endowment Of
about $4,000 Hon. Lewis Y.
Leavell, Of Lancaster, abachelor and
member Of the school board-blessed
be his name and memory-at his
death left this sum in trust for the
benefit of the school, thus establish
ing an imperishable monument. An
oil portrait of Mr.. Leavell hangs in
the school
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

Prof. p, II. Hopkins, A. b., super
intendent of the school, graduated
from Georgetown College and was |
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13

student in the University Of Chicago.
lie is closing his second year at Ian
caster and has been reelected for
another year, at 81 ,620 Prof Hop
i.ins is a young man Of attractive
personality, full Of energy The
school patrons speak highly Of his
ability and his interest in his work.
Che high school principal, Miss Bet
tie Robinson, receives 81 900 a year.
Two other high school teachers will
be paid S95 month the coming
year, raise Of SIS.
All are college graduates. There
are eight teachers in the grades,
whose salaries have been raised from
$50 and $50 month the past year
to $50 and $40 the coming year In
the high school college graduation
and in the grades college graduation
cr normal school training are requir-
ed qualifications for teachers.
There is great harmony in the fac
ulty and good team work and the
community backs up the suuerin-
tenden. and teachers. The school
spirit in Lancaster is very fine
Seventy pupils are in high school
There are l3 seniors this year and "A
Juniors The school gra iuated
class Of lt est year Total una, Der
Ct pupils enrolled 397.
The high school boys have a live
debating society and also a y " c.
A. club. and the high school girls
have a literary society. There are
two societies in the 7th an! 9Th grad
cs All societies meet during school
hours and are supervised by
teachers.
Latin, Spanish and German are
taught in the school. but next year
German will be eliminated and
French substituted
The six upper grades of the school
are making a systematic study of
the leading events in the present war
using a regular text book. Each
room has an excellent war map.
The Lancaster board of education
consists of five members, DR.. J. A.
Anon, president; DR.. W. NJ. Elliott,
j. A. Beazley, ]. E. Dickerson and
II. V. Basin. All have children in
the school. DR.. Elliott is one Of its
best patrons. Six Of his children at
tend.
The taxable property in the Lar
caster graded school district amounts
to $1,750,0O and the school tax is
As cents. 1t cost last year to main
tain the school something over
10000
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Following a violent quarrel with the
kaiser, says an Amsterdam cablegram,
Won Hindenburg laid down and died.
It is not improbable that the imperial
murderer assassinated the old man by
driving his sword into his heart, as he
is reported to have done to many
others who did not suit his fancy. But
if so it was merely a case of one
blood-soaked scoundrel dispatching to
the Internal realms another Of like ilk.
Hindenburg was not very old man,
10 last September but for some
time his mentality is said to have
been deteriorating faster than that Of
the kaiser himself, so his loss is no
great calamity to the Hun nation.
The Damned One will find no difficulty
in filling Hindenburg's place as field
marshal, for he has trained a number
of titled lickspittles to point of
greater ferocity and brutality than
even that Of the officer who has gone
below.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

It is proposed by the Ways and
Means committee, which is now franz
ing the war revenue bill, to place a
tax Of ten cents a gallon on gasoline.
Were the government to fix price on
gasoline, compelling the oil trust to.
sell at fair profit, no kick would be
registered by the consumer even with
a ten-cent war tax additional Men
familiar with the mineral oil situation
contend that gasoline can be retailed
at 10 cents per gallon and that at that
price both the oil trust and the re-
tailers would make fair profit. With
a tax of 10 cents per gallon tackled
onto this the price would be doubled,
which would mean seven or eight cents
less than is now extorted from con-
sumers by the oil combine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Davis, the American dentist who for
many years repaired the kaiser's teeth,
is writing a book. Before he is per-
mitted to publish the work it should
be carefully reviewed by government
authorities. While it may be a true
story of his personal acquaintance
with the would-be world conqueror, an
opportunity is presented for the au-
thor to work in stuff beneath veil
which would be advantageous to his
former lord and master. Why Davis
returned to this country after so many
luxurious years spent in the kaiser's
household on a princely salary we
know not. It may be that he came
back purposely to write that book.
We do not, however, seek to infer that
Davis is an agent Of the kaiser. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Chappies who sport around with
fancy shoes and sickly compilations
mostly loafing dudes who should be
in the military service will be great
ly cast down when they learn that
deliberately decorated footwear has
been tabooed and that they will have
to be content with commonsense
brogans or go barefooted. This spe-
cies of human sapheads, with intensive
training, could probably be fitted to
perform the duties of powder monkeys
or garbage can cleaners, but we ques--
ton whether they could ever be taught
to fire rifle. And their parents are
responsible. Instead of kicking the
lubbers out into the world to make
their own living they have permitted
them to live in pampered idleness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18
France Welcomes Babies.

Babies are welcome in certain apart
ment houses in Paris. Reversing the
policy prevalent in apartment houses,
the owner of one Of the newest houses
in the French capital will not take in
family which has no children, and
the size of the suite obtainable de-
ponds entirely on the number Of chill
dren rather than the number Of dol
lars a family has. A list of quali-
fications has been prepared by the
owners of these houses and tenants
must meet them. A family with one
child will not be permitted to have
the largest apartments in the house.
It will have to take one of the small
est suites. "A family with two chill
dren will be rented the next largest
apartment, three children the next
largest, and four children any of the
larger suites in the house. A family
must contain at least four children to
lease the largest suite. There Is rea-
son to believe that the government is
interested or will be interested IN
these houses, as France has encour-
aged in every POSSIBLE manner higher
birth rate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Secret service men who are fighting
Teutonic propaganda have discovered
that over 20, 900 people have purchased
German war bonds in the United
States during the past two years, and
that these bonds were foated in APP
proximately six issues. The bonds
were printed in the United States in
order to evade the British blockade and
were handled by various banking
houses and trust companies. It is safe
to say that many who bought this
worthless German paper refused to
subscribe to the Liberty bonds issued
by the United States. Everyone con-
nected with this German scheme,
whether printer, agent or purchaser,
should be arrested as traitor and
punished accordingly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

There was a time when people
rushed from all points Of the COM
pass to hear Bill Bryan harangue the
multitude But times have changed.
Now when William comes to town he
doesn't create any more enthusiasm
than dago with a hand organ and a
monkey. Whether the reason for this
fall from popularity is due to the
fact that he is spouting stuff that peo-
pie have no patience with in these war
times or that he has dwindled down to
the ranks Of a mere paid spellbinder
we do not know.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Some of the Minnesota editors evil
IDENTIFY believe it's time for the prize
fighters to get off the main line onto
sidetracks till after the war is over
St. Paul Dispatch.
This particular member of the
"press gang" desires to go on record
in demanding that worthless, grating
prize fighters (they are all tarred with
the same sticky be sent to the battle
front where their fighting propensities
may be exercised to the benefit of their
country. If there are any two classes
of men in this country whom we
despise more than others they are
prize fighters and wrestlers they are
bloodsucking parasites on the face OF
civilization.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18
Six Hours Are Six Too MANY.

Among the planks in the new social
list platform is one demanding that no
body be required or allowed to work
more than six hours day. The as
piration therein expressed will strike
a sympathetic chord in many breast
outside of socialistic circles as well as
in them. Indeed, to probably ma
jority of the worlds inhabitants, six
hours of toll seems too much for any
single day, or any single week, month
of year, for that. matter.
If the socialists are wise, therefore,
they would proclaim, as the ideal to-
ward which they strive, the total alb
clifton Of labor. It's attainment would
be as practicable as that Of other
ideals they do proclaim, and on dreams
there is no need to put limit. To
accept the thought Of working six
hours day is but a weak compromise
with necessity.
The work Of the world, with the
world present facilities, could not be
done in time 50 short, but what Of
that? In Russia nobody does anything
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

In refusing to render the Russians
armed assistance at this time Presi-
dent Wilson decided rightly. Of what
faction of insurrectos does the Rus
sian government consist? Who
knows? Then why should this coun-
try render assistance other than NOR
ally-which the president is willing to
give-to such aggregations Of rebels !?
To the United States and her allies
Russia has not only proven an migrate
but a traitor and thief. Give her
military aid and she is very apt to
apply such assistance to helping Ger
many.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

To prayer for victory" the Italians
attribute their defeat of the Huns on
the Piave river-the Lord, they say,
caused the waters to rise and thus cut
off the invaders retreat. May be so,
fair Italia; but we would not advise a
relaxation of vigilance or military
pressure in consequence thereof, for
the Lord helps only those who help
themselves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Were Hank Ford to be elected to the
United States senate it would be
necessary for him to give up all his
government contracts the law is
specific in such cases. Hank is en-
couraging the senatorial bee all right,
and it is high time someone put flea
in his ear before he goes nutty. It
would be a great disaster to the coun-
try to lose his valuable services as a
mechanical expert-to place him in the
senate would be virtual observation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Is the New York Mail the only
kaiser-owned paper in the United
States? We are inclined to the opin-
ion it is not and that the investig ation
now being made will disclose the ex-
istence Of others. Day by day sneak
ing, Shiny agents Of the German gov
Eernment are being discovered working
in the big centers of industry.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18
DamphO0ls in Congress.

! The greatest menace in congress is
the prohibition faddist who persists
in hanging up important legislation
by lacking impossible prohibition
amendments to every bill Of conse-
quence which must be passed. His
hope lies in the urgency of the meas
ure, expecting. it's very urgency to
drag his amendment with it. To thus
clog the government machinery with
side-issues that have always been be-
fore the public and probably always
will be is reprehensible to degree
which should bring the blush of shame
to those responsible. Red Wing
Eagle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

An exchange says that when cap
tured the Butcher Of Berlin should be
confined in a padded cell. Were we
to get our clutches on him we'd man
ufacture a spike barrel similar to
those used by the ancients, confine the
kaiser therein and roll him down a
mountainside. If we mistake not the
spikes would do the rest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

James Ruane has sold his Slayton
Gazette and it has been consolidated
with the Herald Of that place. One
newspaper is all that is needed in a
town Of Slayton's dimensions. Never
theless we will miss the Gazette
which has been weekly visitor at
the Union office for more than quar-
ter of century. May good fortune
attend loyal old Jim Ruane wherever
he goes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

When the July, draft contingent
leaves for camp the United States will
have in the army and navy over
100000 men, 100000 Of which are
in France, We are fast demonstrate
ing to William the Hun that when he
said America could not raise an
army he was laboring under great mis-
apprehension.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Spanish grip has got hold of the
kaiser, say the daily papers. When
the American grip comes in contact
with the scoundrel he will realize that
the Spanish variety is of a very mild
form.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18
A Mistrustful Clodhopper.

Thomas w. Lawson said in Boston
lecture:
"The green speculator is apt to be
more suspicious and mistrustful than
the seasoned one. Green spectators
by their actions often remind me Of
the farmer who went down to the Bos-
ton & Maine station, put down $40
bill and said to the ticket agent:
" Round trip, to Washington, young
feller.'
".Here you are said the agent.
'Change at New York
"sNo We don't, young feller,' snarled
the farmer. I'll take my change right
here Dallas News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

Wait until the thinkers, tailors, soft
drink merchants, he-milliners, bank
clerks, counter jumpers and others go
out upon the farms to assist in har-
vesting the crops. They'll show the
farmers thing or two, b'gosh.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-18

The editor of the Alexandria Chron-
icle advertised that he would take po-
tatoes on subscription. Had the
Union advanced such a proposition it
would have been necessary to build a
warehouse.