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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-03-27

The writer of this carries in his
mind a very vivid outline of a
sermon preached by this Father
in Isreal," sixty years ago, the
only time he ever heard him,
from the third verse of chapter
IL. Ecclesiastes, "In the day
when the keepers of the house
shall tremble, and the strong men
shall bow themselves, and the
grinders cease because they are
few; and those that look out the
windows be darkened."
1t was the picture of old age
painted by an old man. His
form was bent by the weight of
three score years and ten, his
locks silvered, his eyes dimmed,
his hands tremulous, and bis
voice as tremulous as his hands.
In the venerable speaker himself
as well as in the vivid word pic
ture which he drew, he saw and
realized the ravages of age, and
boy sat and wondered how
an old man felt when he reached
this point in his earthly pilgrim
age. Did he look at life and
death as the boy views them? "a
young man hopes that he will
live long time. which expecta-
ton an old man can not enter
TAIN" One is wishing to live
long, the other has lived long.
Is there happiness and content
ment in each state?
One of the great philosophers
and writer's who lived before the
Christian era, said: "Of all the
periods of life. there is a definite
limit, but of old age there is no
limit fixed; and life goes on very
we'll in it 80 long as you are able
to follow up and attend to the
duty of your situation, and, at
the same time, to care nothing
about death; whence it happens
that old age is even of higher
spirits and holder than youth"
And further, "The nearer | ap-
proach to death, l seem, as it
were, to be getting sight of land,
and at length, after a long voy-
age, to be just coming into har-
bor."
If a pagan philosopher could
write thus, how was it with this
aged Christian minister, as he
stood in the pulpit on that Sab
bath morning, having the as
surance which the philosopher
did not have, the words of the
Great Teacher?
"In my Fathers house are
many mansions; if it were not
so l would have told you. l GO
to prepare place for YOU"
Doubtless, he felt that age
should bring no regrets to him
who lives right, and that the
death is not to be lamented
(which immortality follows"
He could say, in the language
of another writer of antiquity:
"Let no one pay me honor with tears,
Nor celebrate my funeral with mourn
ing"
The United Brethren church
has done active Christian work
in the county.
One of it's early preachers was
Rev. William Blair. He was
born in Adair county, July 20,
1903. He was in the ministry
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-03-27

tration of its present faithful
pastor, Ed. z T. Williams.
| The church organization has
had a strong following in the
county from it's beginning. II
has church buildings at a mum.
Der of places in the county
perhaps as many or more than
any other denomination, and
with a large membership in the
aggregate.
| We have not been able to fix
the date of the erection of the
first Methodist church in Colum.
bia. 1t must have been soon af.
ter the organization of the coun.
ty. 1t was here in 1852 and
was then an old church. 1t
stood on the street back OIL the
Henry Miller residence lot, and
at the time of the Thos. P.
Akers' school, in addition to its
services as church, it was used
in connection with the school, as
the girls department. The
Methodist were pioneers in the
county. Tucker, whose station
wasnear Casey's first station,
and established about the same
time, we are told in Aliens his
tory, was a Methodist preacher.
His station was attacked by In
dams and he and others were
killed.
The Methodist have had
churches and have maintained
organizations at various points
in the county during all its his
tory.
About the year 1902, George
Breeding settled at what is now
known as Breeding. and opened
up a farm. There his son, Rev.
James Breeding was born in the
year 1903. He was licensed to
preach July 9th, 1884. He was
a local preacher of the church,
but for more than forty years,
he did not fail without good
cause to occupy some pulpit on
Sundays. He was much beloved
by all who knew him, and exer.
cised a wide influence for good
not only in Adair, but also in
the adjoining counties. This in.
fiuence was not confined to his
own church, but extended to al
denominations, and to those
with no church connec tion.
Young couples when they ar
ranged to marry called him in tt
tie the nuptial knot, and wher
death invaded the family, he
conducted the funeral services.
In the earlier days the funera
was not preached at the time Of
burial, but at some later day. A
time was fixed, sometimes
months after the death, and the
funeral sermon was preached al
the church. No minister in this
part of the State conducted more
of these services than did this
good man. Many families in
Adair, Cumberland and Met.
calfe counties, regardless Of
their church connections, de-
sired him to pay the last tribute
to their dead.
He lived and died where he
was born, leaving to his family
church and friends. "A gooc
name, rather to be chosen thar
great riches. ;"
Another Methodist minister oj
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-03-27

paclty in the county. AS late as
1927 he was engaged in the
same good work, and during the
intermediate time. he seems to
have been very actively, if not
lucratively, tying the nuptial
knot in all parts of the county.
In 1912, Rev. Samuel B. Rob-
inson settled in Columbia, and
took the charge of the congre-
cation there and at Old Shiloh.
In 1868, Rev. Daniel Page,
a Presbyterian minister, con-
Quoted a very fiourishing school
in Columbia. which is referred to
in another place, and we pre-
sumo he preached for the church
during the time.
In 1856 the Presbyterian
church building was erected in
Columbia, the ground donated
by Mrs. Kitty A. Frazer. The
sermon of dedication was preach
ed by Rev. DR.. E. P. Humphrey.
then of Danville, Ky. DR.. John
Lapsley Mckee was then pastor
of the church, having been call
ed to its charge the preceding
year. He was at the same time
principal of the Columbia M. &
F. High school. He was man
of superior ability, and of great
force of character, and was
largely instrumental in the build
ing of the church. He was sue
ceeded as pastor by Rev. H. G..
Read, who died in 1868.
In 1864, Rev. George ]. Reed
was called to the pastorate of
the church, and remained its
pastor until his death, which &C.
Cured in January, 1898. He
was a man who was greatly low
ed, not only by his own congre-
cation, but by the community at
large, his long and faithful SER
vices endearing him to all. old
and young.
Among others, Rev. j. R.
Crawford more recently sup.
piled the two churches, Colum-
bia and Union, for several years.
A man of decided ability and en-
ergy. They were very much
strengthened under his ministra-
tons. At this writing Rev. B.
IT. Watson is serving them in Co.
lumbia and at Union.
At an early day the Presby-
terians had other church organ
izations in the county. but since
the civil war, and until recently,
its membership has been con-
fined to the one church in town.
The Cumberland Presbyterians
however, have maintained a
number of churches in the coun-
ty, and have been doing aggres
sive christian work at all times.
Notably can this be said of the
church at Union. Since the un-
ion of the Presbyterians and
Cumberland Presbyterians-in
addition to the church at Column
bia, there is the church at I'm
ion, and a small membership at
Carmel. The brethren of the
Carmel church who disapproged
of the union, have recently erect.
ed a church building at Coburg,
and continue with the Cumber.
land organization,
The present Columbia Chris.
tian church was organized about
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

Keen close watch ON your stom-
aeh this summer. We need all our
lighting strength. War work~-chanee
Of dlet--wiu make us all easter prey
to stomach and bowel trouble than
ever before 1t is so easy TO become
oyerheated on a blazing hot day es-
pecially after eating hearty meal.
And then the excessive heat makes us
fiood our stomachs with all kinds OF
cold drinks. That's bad at any time
much worse--even dangerous-w when
there is the slightest feeling Of stom-
ach trouble;
Keep the stomach sweet and cool
and free from too much acid-that's
about all that is necessary. It's not
SO much the diet as to keep the poison
from starting trouble. You can easily
do this II YOU will just take tablet or
two of EATONlC after your meals.
EATONIC is the wonderful new
compound that ahsorhs the harmful
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Hot Weather Hits Us
Hardest In Stomach

gases and juices and almost instantly
drives away stomach misery.
Instead of sudden and painful at
tacks of Indigestion, after you begin
using EATONIC youH forget you have
a stomach And there will be no
more heartburn, food repeating, sour
stomach, gas pains or that lumpy.
hleated feeling you have so often ex-
perienced after eating. Then your
appetite~~you know how hard it Is to
satisfy in hot weather-~eat one or two
EATONIC Tablets half hour before
meals-and you viii enjoy the results
and feel better in every way.
These are a few reasons why you
should start using EATONIC today
and fortify your stomach against the
chance trouble this summer. 1t costs
only soc for Il big package. Your
druggist whom you know and can
trust will promptly refund your
money If you are not more than sat.
isfied
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

sixteenth, OF an inch OF .nc arch, so as
to fortify without displacing the mass
To prevent the new masonry from spoil
ing the beautiful old "patine" OF the
marble. oil paper was placed in the space
between, Such work could not have
been better done The stairway of the
Giants is a wonderful work by LON
bardo created in the XIV century 1t
gets its name from Two statues: Mars
aud Neptune by Sansovino, placed at
the head OF the stairway
There is poor painting. the prints of
which arc very common. which repre-
sen,s the Dogc Marine Fa!ier in the act
of being Icheadcd for hio notorious
crime Of treason agains, the Republic.
The fact is that the Doge Marino Fslier
lived and died one century and half
before the stairway was built There
was another stairway Of wood, but it
was on different part OF the courtyard
II the painting is bad. in execution his
torically il is worse
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

Wandering one day through the empty
halls with their barren bricks and the
bare beams of the roof, in the company
OF an old Venetian historian. | Was SIR
prised to hear him describe to me the
paintings and the history they depicted
of naval battles, sieges OF cities, or the
Apotheose of Venice by Veronese, just
as ii the canvasses were still there |!
The pictures were 50 part of his life
that he had not noted their absence
When all the canvasses had been
taken from the walls. the stairway Of
the Giants, the statues and bronze walls
Of the courtyard and the celebrated
"Porta della Carta' coveted with sacks
OF sand, the marble groups Of the ia
cadc protected. the authorities tried to
study out how to strengthen the Palace
in view OF the danger that the shock OF
an explosion might crumhie those old
arches and columns supporting as they
do such an enormous mass
The arches. therefore. were filled with
sllIsg. Of masonry reaching 10 within .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
PROFESSIONALS ALL
!. PULL OFF BEAR RAID

\ New York, Sept. 9.--After four hours
OF virtually stagnaut trading today the
professional element In the last hour
/ conducted an eminentiy successful
1 Dear raid. For the benefit of these
\ a'deFs, however II can be stated that
the stock exchanges police- Commit
Tee is stil very much en- the alert and
L mat unpatriotic attempts to protit
from what some consider is a weak
ehed position will he dealt with vigor~
lousy
me raid, for such ~ was. was due
10 the restrictions on loans imposed
On brokers d the request of the money
committee and which in turn induced
the professional traders to reason in
eject that as they couldn't buy stocks
tney might as Wen sell But long
headed market students fert that with
conditions dntrinsicaliy sound the
fortunate people were those VINO pHr-
chased the stocks sold short
Among the active issues professional
bear tactics were most effective against
y ). Steel Baldwin ans Tobacco pro-
ducts each declining more than two
points from Saturday and more than
three points from the day : highs. The
Whole list all things considered. held
up well In face of the raid which WAS
assisted IN a news way by a pessimis-
Tie government condition crop report
ION corn, and cables telling OF stand
/ being made by the German near Laen.
stocks that acted we'll were Marine
| prem fred, NirEtnian-C Carolina Ghemi-
Zeal, Dist Hers and Gulf States steel.
l ia these the httytug- Is believed n te
igood.
| A possible explanation for the con
tsistent strength and activity IN Ne"
Haven cropped up in the director
rama. ...I i, D. a.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
BIG CRIME DECREASE
UNDER PROHIBITION
OrcGon's Pcnitcntiary Suffering from
Lack of Murder Commit
mCnts.
CORoNERS FEEL PINCH
Criminal Lawyers Who Defend MUIR
derers Also Feel Depression In
Fees of This Character.

Oregons penitentiaryi is suffering
for lack of murder commitments &C
cording to reports sent from that
community Oregon as state invited
death to ali business enterprises, de-
struction to all lines of legitimate es-
adjustments and disaster of the great
est kind, according to the claims OF
the liquor interests, when in 1919 the
state entered the prohibition column.
The prophecy OF the pro-llquor peo-
pIa that Oregon would suffer in its
major institutions If the saloon should
be outlawed seems to have a posi-
bihtv of becoming realized as far as
the state penitentiary is concerned.
The following item from the Portland,
Ore. Telegram, dated August II, Is
interesting, as 1t is the expression OF
Oregon penitentiary officials
'4Conapared with the corresponding
period ending June, 1914, commit :
ments to the Oregon penitentlary de-
crea sed from forty to twenty-four dur
ing the three and half years ending
June of this year. according TO figures
com piled by state prison officials, ana
tits believed that prohibition was the
chief contributing cause. The hgures
do not include commitments for man
slaughter
Law Works Well.
zone OF the murders in the first
named period was the result Of tong
war as were six during the last
named period The histories OF these
murders of the period ending III June
of this wear Indicate that they We're
premeditated
The state entered the prohibition
column in 1915. the Legislature of that
year providing legal machinery for the
enforcement of the constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufac-
ture of liquor and beer in the state.
although il did not -inhihIt Zimporta-
tons gn limited quantities 10 individ-
uals. The hone dry amendment Was
enacted in 1916. and the last legisla-
ture enacted legislation putting It into
operation.
Oregon coroners In the state have.
therefore, had reduced amount of
business. Criminal lawyers who de
fend murderers have. OF course. felt a
depression in fees of this character,
Ii would be possible to go down the
line and pick out large number of
connections which have been affected
II rroba bly, is a safe presumption that
the sixteen who were not murdered
under the prohibition regime that
would have been murdered had sa
looms continued. will be moderately
well pleased with the way the prohibit
tom law has worked In Oregon,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

THE Ducal Palace, better known pos
sbly as the Palace of the Doges, is
q marvellous work begun in the Middle
Ages and finished in the XIV century.
Il was not only the residence Of the
DogeS, but was also the meeting place
of the Great Council of the Republic of
Venice, 1t gives the impression Of i'm
posing immense weight on slight sup
port The pertiees, aad the laggias
above, are surnounted by high, bare
wallis occupying space equal to the
supports and cut by very few windows.
Inside. the wall. were covered with
oil paintings by the great Venetian mas
tiers. The hall Of tho Great Council is
marvellous; it measures 2l0 feet in
length. IS in width. and 30 in height
an the paintings of the walls and CELL
ing have been taken away, along with
the paintings on the walls of the othen
halls. Decorating the hall of the great
council was the marvellous "Judgmcnt"
by Tisessstto. the largest canvas IN the
world
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
THE NEW CALOMEL
is MlESS
AND DELIGHTFUL
All Sickening and Dangerous Qualities
Observation-Disclosures Virtues VAST
Iy Improvcti-New Variety Called
.'CatotabS."

Science has given us smokeless
powder, colorless iodine and tasteless
quinine--now comes nausealess Gallo
mel, a new variety known as Caiotabs,
that Is wholly delightful in effect, yet
more effective than the old style Gallo
mel as a system purifier and liver
cleanser.
Your doctor prefers calomel above
all other medicines, as II Is the best
and only sure remedy for hiiiousne ss
indigestion and constipation. Now
that cslomel il delightful to take.
everybody is asking for the new va
riety. Calotabs. One tablet at bed
time. a swallow of water---thats all
No nausea. no gripping. no danger.
Next morning you wake UP feeling
fine. your liver cleansed, your system
purified. Eat what you please-no
restriction of habit or diet
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-five cents
Your druggist recommends and guar
Antees Calotabs.-Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

other customers. Banks and distillers
have set their houses in order. For
them it is a question of more or less
profit"
The further statement Of the Penn
sylvania Liquor league. as supported
by Information from the distilers. is
sues warning that the extremely valu-
able liquor isn't worth anything for
the making of alcohol Old whiskey
aged IN oak packages cannot be used
for making alcohol for use in manu-
featuring explosives except at an ex-
crbitant cost to the government and
cannot he used at all owing to the
tannlc acid derived from the oak bar
rcls
Unload People.
The situation is. then. that the spec
ulators in whiskeX securities expect
to hold up their values through the sale
Of liquor to the people. II the whis-
Key is no good for making alcohol for
explosives because OF the tannfc acid
in il. then let the people drink II. the
walls of the human stomach being
considered less impervious to the raw
ages of the fannie acid in connection
with oak package stored alcohol than
The metals Of guns and ammunitions.
This campaign of the distillers put
on at this time is being conducted by
the wholesa lers and retailers as actual
liquor holders until they can unload
by sale to the peopfe-tannfc acid and
al(
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Chicago Grain Market

Chicago, Sept, a-~-Thare were furto-
kr gains in the corn market to-day On
krraller offerings and npl owed buying
Hs shorts Net advances were = q y &,
Bsnd htiS the h&sts. price, saf ta@. daN
|%vsre net we'll held. tbs nadercarFeat
BIAS sefo8a
n There WAS a disposition on the part
hi traders 10 even up during the day
because Of the Appearance of govern
snent September report which was
made public Immediately after the close
IF the session. The buying was led
|hr shorts and selling WAS mainly hs
|these having profits. one of the hull
|tish factors of the corn market VAS the
promise Of frost for tonight in ONE
Nj the northwestern states
h The government repc ON oats as
Snaae public today Indicated crop Of
Az 600 600 bushels, compared WITH l.
ReS, oo0 coo month ago and l.as5.o0e.-
|boo bushels a year ago.
|, The crop Of wheat was estimated by
HE government at s99. ee0 600 bushels.
|hompared with s7T.oGe 900 bushels "a
Month and s5I goo eco bushels
Fern
\ Corn. september, la7. october, All y
n Oats September, 7o.e October 721a
November. 7ss.
Lard October. 2s,s5. -~-----
Ribs, October, a4eo, Move nQer.
bSa5.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
DIST|LLERS READY FOR
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
As Nuoress of Dry Causc Loomed They
Prepared in Advance.
LIQUOR HOLDERS IN HOLE.
Campaign Now IL To Boost Consump-
ton OF Alcohol Not Fit for Other
Uses.

Bankers and distilIers have set
their houses in order. For them ii is
a question of more or less profits Is
n statement given out in Phiiadelphia,
where the Wholesale Liquor Dealers
League of Pennsylvania has set forth
some very interesting facts regarding
the present whiskey situation In this
country Banks and distillers are not
going TO suffer even though the dis
filters were back of the campaign of
propaganda pronouncing prohibition
as confiscation Whiskey spectators
who saw visions of government gold
are holding the bag for the distillers,
who are now ready TO stand out from
under, with profits ranging from 100
to ,00o per cent.
The information set forth by the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
RICHMOND Luyy7 STOCK MARKET

tSalea at Union Stock Yards.1
Report for the week-ending Septem
Der ., 1918:
Eroice steers. II to ] medium TO
good, 2 to Il; common 70 fair, to q;
choice heifers. IL to 121a medium 10
good 10 to II. common to fair. Z TO
St3: choice cows. to II medium to
good to Si2 common to fair, ~ TO
6la best oxen. IA to t0h medium to
Reaar-S ia l. common Ia fair, to q;
best heavy bulls. . to 10; light, to s,
best calves, Is: common to fair. 10 to
10; best hogs. ~ to ~ pigs. f6 TO II.
sows and stays, i3 to l6; best sheep,
10; common to fair. to 7; spring
lambs, IA TO 1Iia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

New York. sept s--peehnes Ola the
'tig board caused THROWN over II
Eurh stocks today. Aetna Explosives.
" rig hit Martin Aircraft. United Motors
Submarine Eust and other Issues work
ed to lower levels as a result Most
{pf the war stocks showed losseS of
fmall fractions. While the motors at
|}er opening higher recorded substantia a.
Hoses
OH stocks were quiet and slightly
Hover.
Mining stnrks were dutt ara without
Feature,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

Wholesale Liquor Dealers League Of
Pennsylvania. based upon statistics
published and. endorsed by the Ma
tional Association Of Wholesale Liquor
Dealers shows that when the manu-
facture Of hard liquor was stopped
by the government to conserve food
nearly year ago, there was on hand
in all bonded warehouses throughout
the country about $40 ,000- 600 gallons
Of Hhiskey This does not include
what IS known as the floor stock,
held by wholesalers ana other dealers
III their Warehouses and the stock in
free warehouses. An official OF the
Pennsylvania Liquor leagu estimates
that this stock amounts to about one
third of the stock IN bond. or an ad-
ditioaal 40 coo, o0o gallons
W Loss To Distiilcr-.
l1stillers estimate the cost OF manu-
featuring ,his whiskey roughly at 80
cents "A gallon. AT the time of stop
ping whiskey manufacture it was AT
from 40 TO go cents gallon, lmme-
diateiy speculation III certificates OF
whiskey IN bonded warehouses start
ed Prices jun ped TO the high point
OF S3a1 gallon, al which point the
distlilers, who were out from under
at profits sufficiently large to pay them
the entire cost Of investment In dis
tilleries tons OF printed. matter, LOBBY
ing and other expenses peculiar to the
traffic, together with big money be-
sides. started To laugh. he dtstifter~
have been undergoing the laughing
process ever since. some OF them
however. after having cleaned up and
still seeing vision OF greater prices
rebought warehouse certificates on the
speculation Of making another
cleanup,
Men in touch with the liquor situa-
ton have known for some time that
distillers with large stocks on hand
have sold out with huge protts ana
would not lose Vent through the dec
laration of national prohibition, The
first announcement however, of this
was made through the Am erican Ma
tioifai Exchange Bank of New York
during the recent attempt to BRING
financial influence to bear upon con
gress
Set Their Houses in order.