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VOL XVIII HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY KY FRIDAY APRIL 20 1906 No 40

DAVID MOBELUD ELECT-

EState Union American Soclet

of Equity at Greenville

Pays High Compliment to Worth y

Ohio County CitizenEnt-husiastic

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Meeting

Delegates from seventeen coun-

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met at Greenville lust Fridayand launched the Kentucky StateUnion A S of E under the mostauspicious conditions In a mostmethodicaland business like man¬

ner those having the initial detailsin charge went about their dutiesIt was the earnest desire that nohitch should occur that would indi ¬

cate that there was any truth in thecharge which has been freely madeby enemies to the effect that the

ij farmer didnt have sense enoughto organize

Thursday night a committee work ¬

ed on a program until a late houand when the delegate assembled

housejerthinthat the work of the conventionmoved with perfect smoothnessIf anyone representing the nosense element was there expectingto see the farmers display ignorancehe must have gone away sadly dis ¬

appointed Not only did the workof the convention and speeches o f

delegates display marked abilitybut4in earnestness of purpose and un ¬

bounded enthusiasmIn accordance with the arrange ¬

ment of programme committee themeeting was called to order by E

l L Davenport President of the Na¬

1tional Tobacco Growers AssociationAfter an earnest prayer by Rav A

L Mellof the Methodist churchan eloquent address of welcome was

Jt delivered by Judge T J Sparks e fGreenville A fitting response wasmade in behalf of the delegates byDr 1 W McGinnis of Henry coun-t

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Mr Davenport and C Hayes Tay ¬

lor were elected temporary Chair¬

man and Secretary A committe-on credential was appointed anwhile it was passing upon the rosterfrom the various counties ablespeeches were made by a number ofdelegates The committee on cre-dentials reported seventeen countiesrepresented by duly accredited dele¬

gates The report was adopted Theconvention then adjourned until 230p m on account of the paradewhichtook place at 1 oclock and whichwas a pleasing feature of the meet ¬

ing Those who took part assem-bled

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at the depot and headed by thDaviess county A S of E ban

I marched through the principalstreets in a mighty throng being

4f reviewed at the opera houseUpon assembling in the afternoon

Hon Henry Overstroet of Davie-seountywas elected permanent Chair ¬

man and T T Barrett of Hender ¬

son permanent Secretary Bothmade earnest and well timed speech ¬

es Upon motion committees wereappointed on Constitution and By-Laws rules and order and resolu ¬

tions The convention then adjourn ¬

ed to meet at 730 p mUpon reassembling the commit ¬

tees on Rules and Order and Resolu ¬

tions reported The resolutions af¬

ter endorsing the call for themeeting to organize the State Unioncongratulated the convention upon

+ the bright prospects which hadI come to the farming class through

the Society of Equity lecommendcompletetdistrict It also advised that the

Iiacreage be curtailed and that thedivided into districts cor¬

responding to the various types oftobacco and that each district be

Iempowered to fix the price for itstype The present plan of prizing

II slid handling was endorsed Thef lorUt of both committees were

I Mdd6pted unanimouslyThe committee on Constitution

and ByLaws after several hourscontinuous labor brought in are J

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adopted without debate It pro¬JovYfor number of officers and definedtheir duties The State officers pro ¬

vided for are President Vice Prosident Secretary ami TreasurerStateOrganizer and five Directors oneof whom shall be the State Presi ¬

dentNominations being in order for

State officers Hon A B Tichenorin a model nominating speech placed before the convention the nameof David Moreland of Ohio countyfor President There being no othnominations Mr Moreland waselected by acclamation with greatenthusiasm He made a briefspeech of acceptance which was wellreceived The rest of the officerswere chosen as follows withoutcontest Vice President Trett of Hemjerson county SecretaIry S B Robertson of McLeancounty State Organizer S N Robertson of Daviess county Directors-

r J H McConnell Caldwell countyh W McGinnis Henry county SB Lee Davies county and BenWatson Webster count

This completed the business of thefirst meeting of Kentucky UnionAmerican Society of Equity It wasa success in every feature Everystep taken to launch the State organization was made with care andmature judgement While there wassome disappointment among the Daviess county delegation because oftheir failure to land their man forPresident yet they had nothing butgood words for Mr Moreland andthe meeting came to an end withgood feeling and hope of success pictured on every face The officersare all good men and true Undertheir guidance the entire State vi-

beU

organized as rapidly as possible

NOTES

Our county reported 39 out of 40delegates present

Ohidcounty is the best organizedEquity county in the world

The Daviess county Equity bandcomposed of farmer boys mode ex-

cellent music during the sessionsfrd 0m

plenty of good things to cat to afree opera house in which to hold

meetingsHenryhad the distinction

of furnishing the largest and smallest delegate although our own andonly John P Foster was a closesecond for the latter honor

IWhen the Ohio County delegationtwas asked to report to the creden

tials committee it looked asthe entire audience was from ourtdo

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gates from your county not the en ¬

tire membershipAfter everybody conceded thatcoung ¬

ty on earth to keep their dele-gation

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in good humor they claimedto have the only colored delegateand put him up to make a speechIt has since been learned that helives in Ohio county near the line

Wants to Bring SuitIlfirdlnibnrir l emocrnt

Wm Marshall of Fordsville w-

here last week consulting MurrayMurray about bringing suit againstparties at Irvington who aided hisdaughter to escape from tho custodyof Marshal Adkisson who hadarresther upon Mr Marshalls telegraph-ing

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him to arrest and hold herMiss Marshall and Mr Martin

with whom she eloped reached Wis-consin

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his home and telegraphed forher fathers consent to their marri ¬

age He gave his permisson and

afIterwards after romnatic elope-

ment¬

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NoticeAll parties interested in the Milton

Taylor graveyard are requested tomeet there on the 27th and 28thof this month for the purpose ofccleaning said

graveyardJo

STATE PRESIDENT FOR KENTUCKY AMERICANI

SOCIETY OF EQUITY

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DAVID MORELAND-Was born in Owen county September 20 185S He was a citizen of Da ¬

viess county from 1884 to 1900 and has resided near Hartford in thicounty since He has always been a farmer and a successful one

HARTFORD BANK ROBBER ef

George Gray Again in Custody

Charges With Robbery otSturgis Bank

George G Gray was brought fro t

the Eddyville penitentiary Saturdayj

and placed in jail charged withbeing one of the men whothe Sturgis bank in 1901 robbedIMorgaiifield Sun

The Bank of Hartford was robbedIJanuary 22 1902 by four menwhom were afterwards arrested andIsent to the penitentiary Gray wasgiven five years When his time expired he was immediately placed under arrest for the Sturgisbank robbery

The Sturgis bank was robbed December 12 1901 and the robbers sue J

ceeded in securing nearly 4000 I

It was a neat piece of work inmuch as the safe was blown anescape made without arousing thecitizens

Companyhthe Sturgis bank was insured claimsto leave a strong case against Grayin fact will introduce evidence toshow where the Sturgis bank robberswent immediately after this burglaryfollowing them up to the Hartfordrobbery There were four men connetted with the Sturgis robberythough only two of the men whodid the work at Sturgis were on thejob at HartfordIIt is claimed also that Gray served a term in the Tennessee peniten-tiary under the name of FrankHussey jupJof this month

State Committee RulesThe State Central Committee has

had printed for distribution theRules of the Republican Organiza

tion of Kentucky Members ofthe party who desire a copy of thisbook should wend a two cent stampto cover postage and address

THOS L WALKER SecRoom 207 Illinois Life Bldg

Louisville Ky

IJoined the U S Armyson of Mr Luther

Neel of Narrows Ky enlisted onApril 13th as a private in the U SArmy at the recruiting office at221JW Main St Owensboro Ky YoungNeel enlisted for the Field Artill ¬

and was sent to Jefferson Bar-racks

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at St Louis b1ofor his pre¬

liminary education in the duties of aI

soldier prior to joining his propercompany He passed an excellentphysical examination and is enthusi ¬

astic on his bright prospects for anhomi °g

ofilee s now at Vincennes and EvansOwnensbdro Ky-

CONTRACTORS ON HAND

Many Bids Will be Filed for Con ¬

struction of M H E

Railroad

Contractors fifteen or twenty innumber are looking over the routeof the Madisonville HartfordEastern Railroad with a view of filingbids for the construction of the roadThis coterie of contractors repre ¬thedas good for all practical purposes asa bond executed for its construction

Governmenthmore berepresented within the next fewdays Bids will close on the nighttheiabout the 1st day of next monthBids are being received on the roadin three sections and as a wholeWhoever is awarded the contractwill sublet to smaller firms

It is quite sure now that the workof construction will begin not laterthan the tenth of next month

A CorrectionEditors REPUBLICAN Dear Sirs

In last weeks issue of TilE REPUB-LICAN in giving the proceedings ofthe County Union you make me saythat the dues to the County Unionis 72cts per member quarterly whichis a mistake and is causing considerable confusion You will please cor¬

rect the same The dues from theLocal to the County Union in quarter-ly

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payments are 7 J cents per memberwhich should be sent to the CountyUnion by delegates or forward directtome as secretary and upon receipt ofsame I will July receipt for same andenter credit upon Secretary book

Yours and oblige aM F SHARP Secy

Narrows Ky April 17 1901

We relied on the minutes as pub-

lished in the Hartford Herald forour information and simply repeatedthe error which was made thereinWe cheerfully and gladly makethe correction

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DROWNED II ROUGH CREEL

Tom Leisure Attempted toSwim Across Strea-

mI Meet Wife From Whom be Had

Separated and Sank Be

the Waves

IJ1eatbyoungest son of

John Leisure was drowned in RoughCreek about five miles above Hart-ford last Sunday under circumstan-ces

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of an extraordinary characterLeisure was about twentyfive

years of age and was married Hisdomestic relations were notagreeable and he separeted from h i

wife He had about brought abouta settlement with his wife as to thedivision of the property and hadtoIintervened however and after muchpersuasion Leisure agreed to have atalk with his wife in hope of bring ¬

ing about a reconciliationAccompanied by a few of his

friends Leisure started for his wifeshome on Sunday She resided aboutfive miles above Hartford on Rougcreek When the party reached thlanding opposite the home of Leisurethere was no boat on the side of thcreek on which they were but one ohadsabout given up the idea of return ¬

ing to his wifes home but his friend-w r still trying to devise sommeans to get him across the creek

Leisure seeming to become desperate suddenly exclaimed that hwould swim across the creek Hestarted into the water wjthout re ¬

moving any of his clothes Some ¬

one asked him if he did not intendto remove his clothes and he thenpulled off his coat and threw it onthe bank He plunged into thewater and started swimming acrossthe creek Before leavi ng howeverhe told his friends that it did notmake much difference if ho did notreach the opposite bank

When within ten feet of the bankand in sight of his home Leisurecalled out that he was drowningHe disappeared under the surface ofthe water and did not reappearHisfriends on the bank could donothing to assist him

His wife seemed almost heart¬

broken when her husbands tragicdeath was announced to her Shehad been willing for the reconcilia¬

tion and was waiting a short dis¬

tance from the river for his home ¬

comingTheof Leisure was recover-

ed¬

about six hours afterward

Home MarketIs the title of the first document othe Congressional campaign of 190G

issued by the American ProtectiveTariff League The pamphlet is a re¬

production of the great speech ofCongressman John F Lacey Iowarecently delivered in Congress Sendpostal card with request for freecopy Ask for Document No 84Address W F Wakeman Secreta ¬

ry 339 Broadway New York N YIHORTONI

April 17Rev Baker filled hisregular appointment at Bethel Sun¬

dayJesse Johnson Sulphur Springs

attended church here SundayMiss Lela Daniel is very sickMiss Girtie Austin McHenry vis-

ited¬

relatives at this place SundayJohnie Couch is in Horse Branch

for a few daysThe A S of E at this place is pro ¬

gressing nicely The acreage limitwill very be observed strictly

The Sunday school has been organ-ized

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with very bright prospects forgood schoolWilliam Preston Ashford was kill-

ed¬

by a freight train one and onehalf miles above this place Sundayafternoon He attempted to catchthe train at almost full speed hishold failed and he was thrown un-

der¬

the trucks His body was verybadly mangled-

C H Patterson MadisonvilleKy

is in this locality taking options oncoal and mineral land If sufficientamount can be optioned drilling willbegin at once The probability is

operationingreat thing for this community as amining town will give us a sale forthe product of our farms which hasbeen almost worthless for want of amarket thereby increasing the valueof our land greatly The farmersshould take this into considerationand not let this opportunity pass

PROSPECTS FLATTERING

For Gigantic Coal Mines NearRochester this

CountysAs previously announced in TilE

REPUBLICAN representatives of theGreen River Coal and Mining com ¬

pany a West Virginia rorporationone day last week inspectid the 30000 acres of mineral lands whichthat Company holds under optionnear Rochester in the Southern partof the county They were thirty inTayfor

up Green RiverhIt is reported that they expressedthemselvesas highly pleased with thethaneaccest ¬

of the It is also report ¬

ed that a deal has been consumatedClayslateters at a consideration of 25

stockeas a site for the town thiscompany will build for the operationof its vast coal mine

NO 5702Report of the Condition of

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK

Of Hartford at Hartford in theState of Kentucky at theclose

of Business April 6 1906

RESOURCES

7978386OverdraftsNoneUculation i 2500000

96575Bankingand fixtures 168700

Due from National Banksnot reserve agents 1478788

Due from State Banks andBankers 60900

Due from approved re¬

1347694Checks32113Notes

Banks 30500Fractional paper currency1400fIN BANK vizSpecie 533885Legal tender 577385

notes 43500Redemption fund with U

S Treasurer 5 percent of circulation 125000

Total 14397441LIABILITIES

Capital stock paid in 2500000Surplus fund 1000000Undivided profits less ex ¬

penses and taxes paid 287936National Bank notes out¬

standing 2500000Dues to State Bankes and

Bankers 28416Individual deposits subject-

to check 3270633Time certificates of deposit 4810456

Total 14397441

ssCountyI J C Riley Cashier of the above

named bank do solemnly swear thatthe above statement is true to thebest of my knowledge and belief

J C RILEY CashierSubscribed and aworn to before

1996JonNMy commmission as Notary Public

expires January 18 190SCorrect Attest-G B LIKENSALVIN ROWE > Directors-J P STEVENS

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