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i fi GA Stn dqE i sn jai 1y9 dq 1a Jlattf tb Mtpublicu Fine Job Work a Specialty IP IT IS NEW YOU WILL FIND IT IN TIlE REPUBLICAN Subscription 1 a Year i VOL ZV1LHARTFORD KY FRIDAY JANUARY 13 1905CiI No 26 I MUST PAY THE PENALTYt Preacher Armer is Found Guilty of Manslaughter And Is Given Twentyone Years 4 in the Penitentiary Killed his Son Armer the preacher who killed his son at Sacramento McLean county last May and who was tried at Calhoun the latter rant of last week goes to the penitentiary for twentyone year Only three of the twelve jurors stood hetween him and a life sentence and the remaining nine came to the terms of the three rather than report a mistrial giving the preacher another trial and Wcblnce of coming clear on some tech A nlcallty There was a strong lentl ment in favor of giving him the extreme penalty and very little would be required even now to fan the ole flame of iury agilt st him Into a I blajfArmer Armer rake down for the first Unit when the verdict of the jury was read Ever since the commission oi this revolting crime he bar appeared morir ol less Ind fluent and has never be fore shown any amount ol emotion In any direction except when he warI first token Into the cojitt room on his return from the Owensboro jail Ar gmars wife and small child were In the court room His wife rushed toI him and fell fainting Into his armsI I Up to this point be bas appeared In I different but he broke completely I down and wept as he supported his I rwife In his arena Four children stood around their parents and wailed The scene lasted for half an hoar before the preacher was led away to the jail jw The trial wts stubbornly JoughU Common wealths Attprpey Rlngo be r1 the prosecution with the hope of life sentence He made no attempt get a verdict for capital punished and the vote of the jury on the case shows that his presentation ol the I case was an effective one Nine men I went Into jury room convinced that 7Armer should go to the penitentiary lor life They were discharged from the panel with this conviction unlm paired but they voted for a verdict for a term oi twentyone years rather than allow the case to drag through id another term when circumstances tJtlfanolher i might conspire lor the preachers reo Ye lease leaseArmers Armers crime was commited last MayatSacramento He went to where his soiAtas at work on a farm and Yttried to Induce the boy to give up his job and return home the boy refused A and Armer became angered He snatched brake bam from a wagon and struck hlason on the head felling him to the ground He then lifted the I limp body into the buggy and took It 4 home The boy died that night Armer fled but was overtaken and arrested Public sentiment was strong against him and there appeared to le imminent danger of lynching The preacher was hurried away and taken to Owensboro where hi remained In jail until September Armer Is now well advanced in years and If he lives to serve out his term ol twentyone years he will be It a decrepit old man when he Is agahi set at liberty 1 Iii SMALLHOUS 1V iJan IIZach Reid and wife visit ed Mr and Mrs SJ Hawkins Hart ied cy ford recently Miss ieulah Reid spent Saturday tIl and Sy pday the guest of Mr and Mrs Tiny Hocker Centertown i Sam Withrow and wile were th lguests ot McClelland Wlthrow Nel i 0on Station recently 7 Mrs OUen Williams and Miss Mabtl Maddox Rockport were In i ToriVraldst Wednesday Miss Sophia Balls has returned tfrom a few days stay with her little niece near Fairest 5 Mrs Alfred Matthews near Hart i ford was the guest of Mrs Jennie Balls KVeduesday She was accompan iedhomc by her little granddfeugli ter Lillian Balls Bill Addington and sister Miss Ula May were in Haitlrrd Saturday Charlie Klrubley Owensboro bas returned home after a lew days visit to his brother Mr Marion Klmbey who Is at the point of death Mrs Mary Stone anti Miss Fannie I Ovrrton near Puadlpe were the guests ol Mr and Mrs Overfed reo really cenllrWorth Worth Pulkkeraon has returned from Louisville REV THOMAS DEAD One of the Oldest Ministers of the Church South Southi Marion KyJnn 9 The Rev Thoaias died here Jot 3 oclock this morning of erysipelas In MR lhty first year He WIII native I War ten county this State ttna apt bar December 16 1824 mar Bowline Green He la servlved by his widow to whom he hid been mauled ever fifty yenta and lour childrei Mrs James wile of Congres man Jamrc ol the Frt Kentucky din trlct Mr Rochester ot thit city Thomas Jr of Centra City Kr Mr Thomas wrs the oldest mini ter save one in the church South in this State of which he an for many yeirs faithful servant The funrel will we held In this city on Tuesday morning at lo oclock and interment wll be in Evergreec cemetery at Greet vllle Ky on Tues day alttruoon afttruoonJ JW IIALBBIactrlclan Huprrlntvailentof the Hartford Klectrlo Light Plant John Hale was born on a jar near Halesburg in Hanccck County asd I that of the ordinary country youth then district school and the remainder In performing the variety of labors which fall to the lot of the farmer boy In 1893 he went to Fordsvllle and commenced life as a jeweler and pho tographer He drifted Into politicsand was always to be reckoned with In any political contest which affected his community While never seeking of fice he has always shown himself to be a vary and adroit politician of the sl lent type which bodes no good to an opponent During his spare time he was employed by different companies in performing the mechanical work on dif lerent telephone IInesand while engaged in this work he has gradually drifted Into the fascinating field oi electricity From boyhood his mind has inclined along the lines of scien tlfic research Observation research and meditation have taken the place of polytechnic training with him Hit capabilities became so well known that he was saught after and became Indentlfied witl the company which was formed to light Hartford by dec trlcity He will 80011 be a bonatlde citizen of Hartford In 1891 he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Gains ot Fordsvllle He has a happy family of three children Leafy John and Walter Hale Hart ford extends a welcome to Mr Hale and his family and takes sincere pride Jn numbering him as one of her ctrl Zeus CONSPIRACY PNOVENI if Jury Assesses 8000Against Hargis and Callahan Criminal Proceedings May beTaken Against Them for the Murder of Marcum Winchester Ky Jan 9The jury in the Mai cam damage suits returned a verdict this afternoon lor JSoor against James Hargis and SherlO Ed Callahan and found for the defendants in the case against Alex Har gts and French The verdict means that Mrs Amelia Marcnm th widow oi lames Marcum who war assassinated by Curt Jett and Tom White at Jacl son Breathltt county will receive 8000 from James Hargl and Ed Cullahau county Judge ant Shirfl of Brethitt county respectIvely The plulntifli will appeal especially from that portion ol the verdict exonerating Senator Hargis anc French and the defendants will also probaby appeal from that portion 01c the verdict giving damages against James Hargln and Callahan The verdict against Calahan nndt Hargis bas much greater significance than the mere money involved because I It connects them directly will the murder and if allowed to stand crlmlral proceedings may grow out ot It This snit wil go down in the histo ry bi Kentucky as one of the mOt important civil actions ever tried For weeks the action has ben dragging through a trial Mrs Marcus filed the suit last summer shortly a ter felt and White had been convlcte for killing her husband It was durIng their trial that evidence developed whicholed the widow to belie that a conpplracy had ben formed kill htr husband and that she soul prove It Through her attorneys suit for 100000 was filed agalns agalnaJames French and Alex Hargis The case was given to the jury or Friday afternoon and It considered li two hours and a half and then court adjourned until Saturday morning The case was considered all day Saturday and all day Monday before i verdict was finally agreed upoq Programme First Sunday Meeting of the Ohio County Baptist Association January 1905 Slaty Creek Church SATURDAY 28 10 oclock Devotional and organl zatin Object of these meetings ad the importance of attending themChair man of the meeting Enrolling names from the churches I What Kind of Missionary Works Needed in our Association Miller and Belmain 2 Our Mission Journals What we Get From ThemH Bird and Ccakley 3 Relation of the Collection to Joc ActouSermonH SermonH Brown 4 The Extent of my Obligation to the Last of the WorldJ Jarna gin and Gordon 5 Missionary Days and Honor to Conduct ThemE Coakley and Chapman Sermon Burnett 6 The Greatest Need at Present in our Sunday School Work Shullz and A Taylor 7 What Effort Should our Church PeoA pie For Greater Usefulness Burnett and Mitchell 8 Who Should Attend Sunday School and WhyG Lawrencf I Taylore 9 Benefits of Family PrayerR Carter and Matty Shultz 10 How Some Baptists get to be Omlsslonary Give the Remedy Beck and Miller Sanctification Jno Mild dox 12 What Is the Door to Member ship Into a Baptist Church and Who 1Yo May Rightly Open ItJnl Case bier and Danlcn SermonL Tichenor 13 Helps to Er joy Giving toWs sloosP Herndon and A Cisebler 14 How Does Cheerful Liberal Giving to Missions Effect Ones Fl nance anal Liberality Brown Silas Stevens To assign special snljects to all our spetiklng brothers would make pro gramme to long but ell will please come with a speech on some dubject Assigned COAKLRY BURNBTT Com MlLIHR TO BE A REALITY The Much Talked of Electric Lights Will Soon Illuminate Hartford The work of construction has al fodybegun on the electric light plant td be Installed here by the Kentucky Kentuckyright right and Power Company Mr Hale FordsviIe and Mr Kern of Owersboro are superintending the wi rk and within thirty or sixty days they hope to have the plant ready for operation Hartford has long needed an elec tlc plant and her people have always encouraged every move to procure the plant It bat olten been proposed that resident cltlzrr lake up the scheme iud erect the plait but all who have the means hive dignified by years of traction their consent for some otter person or company to tyke up the I wetter The town authorities several weeks ago signified their good will and approval of the undertaking when they contracted for fifty thirty two candle power incandescent lights for the street Not only are the City au ho lUes Interested and lendlngald and encouragement the promoters but every one is looking forward to the time when dim kerosene lights can be replaced by brilliant electric onesThe The following rates for electric cur rent have been approved by the com pany Fcr all lights to be used within the corporate limits of the City ot Hartford Kentucky Residence lights three lights i oo per month lour to stven 25 cts each additional eight to twelve 20 cts each addltiocal for allover twelve lights or a meter will be furnished at the rental of 50 cts per month and the meter rate tobe iSctr 5per 1000 watt Store and buislnss bouses lines lights 63 eta each tour lights 55 cts each five lights at 50 eta each six to nine at 45 cts each ten lights and over at 40 eta eacbora meter will be provided at the rental of 50 ctSf per month and current will charged for at the rate of hcts per 1000 watts It will be further a rule of the company to give all customers a discount of 5 per cent if said monthly bills are paid at their office on or before the 5th of each month Any other information desired will be gladly furnished by the represen tatlves Mr Ktrn or Mr John Hale HaleGENERAL GENERAL NEWS Gathered From Various Sources Over the Country Brief tItems Dispatches from Port Arthur and Toklo say that Soper cent of the Rus alas officers wlllshare the fate of their men and go to Japan as prisoners Among those who have declined parole are Admiral Wiren and Gens FockSmirnoff and Gorbatowsky The transfer of prisoners at Port Arthur was completed Saturday The total number of officers transfered was 878 and the number of men was 23491 I The apneas are preparing to establish I a naval base at Port Arthur There is some talk ot peace in St Petersburg but solar as known it does not per wade ofilclal circles Five hundred Japanese held amass 4 rt1 MEDICAL EXAMINER 5 Of tile United States Treasury Recommends Peruna Other Prominent Physicians UseR and EndorsePerunaI LLEWELLYN Jordan bred DR cal Examiner of tho STreainry Department graduato of Columbia College and who served threoyears at West Point has the following tosayof Pernnn Allow me to express my graft tude to you for the benefit derived from your wonderful remedy One short month has brought forth a vast change and I now consider myself a well man after months ot suffering Fellow sufferers Peruna will cure you A constantly increasing number of physicians prescribe 1oruna In their practice It has proven its merits so thoroughly that oven tho doctor havo overcome thclrprejudlco against socall Itt patent medicines and recommend It to their patients Pcruna occupies a unique position In medical science It Is tho only Internal systemic catarrh remedy known to tho medical profession today Catarrh as everyone will admit is tho cause of one half the disease which afflicts mankind Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afflict ono halt of the people of United States Robert II Roberts Wash I WashIngton I Through my own experience as well as that ot many of my trends and acquaintancQs who bo been cured or relieved of cam i tarrh by the use of fortmans i Pcrunn I can confidently recommend 1 It to those ttitlerlng from suchI disorders and have no hesitation In I prescribing It to my patients 1 Robert Roberts Dr Bobbins Muskogee qjf writes Peruna is tire best medicine I know of for coughs and to strengthen a weak stomach and to gVo appetite Besides Describing it for catarrh I havo ordered JUor weak and debilitated people and have not had patient but said it helped him It is an excellent medicine and it yale so mjnjcaseji lr Lave a Jargo practice and havoc chance to prescribe your Peruna I hope you may live long to do good to tho sick and tho suffering Dr Gee writes from 513 Jones St SanIranclsco Cais Pcruita has performed so many wonderful cures in Ban Francisco that I am convinced that it is a valuable remedy I have frequently advised its use for Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1905 HARTFORD COLLEGE Kentucky Old nd WellEstablished School Has Educated More Successful Men and Women than Any Other School in this Part of the State During tho Third and Fourth Terms Special tClas eS will obe organized and conducted for Teachers and for those prey paring to teach Third Term opens January 30 1905 Fourth Tern opens April 10 1905 EXPENSES Tuition ten weeks in advance SOOi Tuition for twenty weeks inadvancoh 1500i Board in private families per week 250 Catalogues and circulars furnished free GRAY Presidentr OM SHULTZ Vice President meeting in New York to celebrate the fail of Port Arthur ArthurNOCREEK NOCREEKI JLjr Jan to Sleighing seems to be the order ol the day dayI Mrs Mamie Ward and little daughter Hattie Taylor Mines have ben visiting here Commonwealth Attorney Ringo parsed through here Saturday Rev Cantrlil and family have moved to the new parionage properly recently purchasedof Mrs Fannie Taylor Mr Hoyden Webb and wife have moved to the property vacated by Rtv Cantrllt Rev A Bennett filled Rev Moormans appointment at Mt Hel wan Sunday Rev Moorman Is hold lag a meeting at Beech Valley Commodore Lake and family are visiting relatives here They go from ry ya 1 Dr Llewellyn Jordan Medical Examiner Untied States Treasury I I women as I find it insures regular and painless menstruation cures loacorrhoo and ovarian troubles and builds up that entire system 1 also consider it one of the finest catarrh rom Ues kRow of Gee Catarrh la a systemic disease curable only by systemic treatment A remedy that cures catarrh must aim directly at tho depressed rferve center This Is doess What Peruna does 1 run immediately Invigorates tho nervecenters which give vitality to the mucous membranes Then catarrh dl ajjpears TkeiLBta4rihJspr an AUy cured It you do not derive prompt and sails promptandsaUafactory factory results from the use of Peruna wrUo at once to Dr Hartman giving a full statement of your case and he Trill be pleased to glvo you his valnabf advice gratis Address Dr IIartman President of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio here to Indiana where they will maket their future home Quite a number from here attended the County oganlzatlon oi the AS oi Eat Hartford today Mr David i Moreland of this place was elected President Whl1etbe lety nere ia Its Infancy every member seems to hea fully determined to win No tobacco bas been sold here although there have been two or three buyerslri the community Three weeks ago most all oi the tobacco around here could I have been bought for 7 7 and 2 and now I believe there could not be a pound bought for lea than three eights in the entire community I Remember the Archer i Lecture at Opera HouseA I next Monday night Jan I I 16th Admission to alll 25cts 4 i 7l 1 a i 1 i.