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The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • 1

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THE LEADING COUNTRY DAILY THE BLUE GRASS Established May 6 1910 Danville Boyle County Kentucky Monday March 5 1928 VOL 17 No 258 TODAYS MARKETS CENTRE COLLEGE TO BE HOST TO around $1550 to $1575 100 held HIGH SCHOOL NOTES HOW MANY CAN YOU ANSWER? NEVADA fot the Mrs Kate Prather Sevier remains on the Grey and son Henry CARD THANKS Moreland tag adorned his Iuupv itiiti piuv uni his old self' again jterior Journal other articles were takeiw MAN' PURSUING WOMAN ATER THREATENING HER IS KILLED NEVADA March 5 Miss Evelyn Deanc and Mr Rupert Roney were united in marriage ebruary 25 The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Deane The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Roney Rev Best Was the officiating minister They will make their home on the farm in Boyle county near Perryville absence of Settles of the membership conimit the her Mrs Edgar Terhune spent Sundaywith her parents Mr and Mrs Moss Mrs Ernest Cannon was the guest of Mrs Sam Moss Monday afternoon Mrs G'L Brewer is on the sicR list at this writing Mrs Collier Jand children of Danville spent Sunday with Mrs Mary Collier SELLERS GIVES SEL UP TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES she her in BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY The Missionary Society of the' irst Baptist church will observe Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday of this week as a season of prayer for I Home Missions On Tuesday the Cir cles will meet at 2:30 as follows: I nope with Airs naoun ijove with Mrs Creekmore aith with Mrs Woody On Wednes NEW STRUCTURE TAKES PEACE SPAN CONSTRUCTED IN 1838 Mr and Mrs John Prather had as lheir guest Wednesday Mr and Mrs Briscoe Harmon Mrs Kate Prather and Mrs Mary Lee Arnold of Perry ville Little Miss Geneva Culton has been a real sick child for several days suf fering from flu or a deep cold Her father Mr Eugene Culton was a shut in Sunday suffering from the same trouble REWARD OERED OR STOREBREAKERS riday and Saturday With 16 Teams Participating Large Crowds Expected THE PRESIDENTS QUESTION GAMES Mrs sick list' COL MACK HUGES AT HOME Mr and Mrs II Arnold Mrs Mack Hughes and Mr'' and Mrs Joe Goode motored to Lexington yester day afternoon to bring home Col Mack Hughes who has been quite sick tor a week His legion of friends will hope and pray that he will soon' be Governor Sampson and Members Of State Highway Commission Will be on Hand or ormal Dedi cation of finished Span Brennen almost instantly Brennen was shot through the neck and chest Mrs Dick said that she had known Brennen for some time but knew no reason' for his actions The jury found in its ver dict that Brennen died of a pistol wound by McKinley Sellers The body of Brennen was taken to an undertaking establishment here and was later sent to Somerset his former home for burial Brennen is survived by three sis ters' Mrs Ernest Tandy of Somer set' Mrs Roy Hill of Detroit andAirs Walter Pritchett of Bender son and one brother Robert Brennen of Louisville Thirty million or more people will vote for President this year Do you know who have been our Presidents how they were elected what they did why they are best remembered These games are good fun and good icanism Young and old will enjoy and profit by them Prepared by the National American ism Commission of The American Legion of the arm Bureau was Saturday afternoon March Representative Curtis Alcock and Senator Vernon Richardson have bills in the State which will provide for the btZV Thread to the famous old battle J' has already passed the Seriar gsw Is Charged With Murder in Connec tion With atal Shooting Of Lester Brennen Here Sat urday Night MONTHLY MEETING ARM BUREAU DIRECTORS HELD The many friends of Mr Car ter will regret to knowhe is a victim of a deep cold is carrying a tem perature and was not able to be up in his room Suhdav CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET (W Lyons Co) Chicago March 5 ollowing is the can ap self is propably about years old The basket in which the deed was found may be seen in the Messenger win dow the House when it comes up thus giv ing Boyle county the Perryville bat tlefield with a good road to it a 'ed eral monument on it and assurance of its upkeep 4 Miss Savannah Greene and Master Semonis are unable to attend school on account of having measles CLARA BOW GIVES LESSON ON HOW TO GET YOUR MAN How to free a man one loves from a loveless betrothal of seventeen years standing is shown in Your latest starring vehicle for Clara Bow which will be shownat the Kentucky Theatre Thursday and riday March 8th and 9th In the picture Clara is a young American girl who has fallen in love with a rench youth Charles Rogers who was engaged to another girl when five years of age under the rench custom in which parents choose the mates of their children The efforts of Miss Bow to cause the breaking of this engagement sup ply many of the clever situations with which the picture aftids The plot carries one into a wax works museum where the boy and girl fail to exit at the closing hour and arc forced to spend the night together in a room surrounded by mechanical figures which walk wave their amis roll their eyes brandish swords and even execute murders Miss Bow is surrounded by a cap able cast including besidesftogers Joseph Swickard Josephine Dunn and Harvey Clarke The picture was directed by Dorothy Arzner one of the few women direc tors in the motion picture industry IZAAK WALTON 'LEAGUE MEETING TOMORROW All Waltoniarfs are urgently re quested to be present at a very im portant meeting''to be held at the' courthouse 'tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock' Matters of importance are to be discussed and it is most urgent that all members of the League be nresent Mr and Mrs Raymond Shumaker of Danville came out Sunday and were the guests of Mrs par ents Mr and Mrs William White Col I Dunn yesterday found a land deed in an abandoned cabin on the Kentucky River in Garrard coun ty which was signed by Martin Van Buren as President of the United States Dunn said the deed was in nn old basket hanirinir on the wall Rats or mice had eaten the date off ber the deed and its age could not be de It was registered at the Miss Josephine Prather spent the week end in Perryville with grandmother Mrs spent the Week end in Lebanon Mr and Mrs Charles Durham of near Danville were the Sunday guests of Mrs parents Mr and Mrs Ben Helm DIRECTORS President A King of the Dan ville Chamber of Commerce urges every director to be on hand for'thq regular weekly meeting tonight at the Elks Club as matters of impow fence are to be discussed CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET (W Lyons Co) Chicago March 5 Hog receints GAME NUMBER 20 1 What President was eloctcd from Indiana? Who was President when Arkansas and Michigan became States? 3 Who was the oldest man ever elect ed President? 4 What President was the youngest to die a natural death? 5 What ex President once represent ed the United States at a confer ence at the Hague 6 Which President fought in the most wars 7 Who was the thiyd' party candidate in 1024? 8 Who was the last President educate ed at Harvard 9 Which President Was once Gover nor of New 10 Wfiat President three times Governor of Ohio Answers to the questions in Game Number thirty will be 'found on an other page These and hundreds of other ques tions about our Presidents are ans wered in a 40 page booklet derits of the United which The American Legion has arrange 1 to have delivered to any for SIX CENTS to cover postage and handling cost It contains the official portrait of every President with his tory of his life election and public services Address The ITaskin Infor mation Bureau Washington enclosing six cents in stamps KNOW YOUR HIS TORY AND ITS PRESIDENTS untireing efforts met with the un animous approval of everyone both old and young who have the pleasure of knowing him rancis Ewing as he is known by his host of friends is real he detests pretense or show is open and above board in act of his life It was certainly a fitting tri bute to the fine young fellow after playing the last game of basketball while a student in the Parksville high school he should receive such a sub stantia award We believe there is a great future for rancis Ewing The foundation he is laying for his educa tion is of the solid kind it is not of the shifting sand Keep up the good work I rancis We congratulate you in unison with your legion of friends and expect you to go onward and upward as the days come and go on Thursday at 2:110 The Wednesday and hursday meetings will be in the Sunday School room THE WEATHER 1 air and continued cold tonight Tuesday fair wit slowly rising tem perature SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN TURKEY RAISING Those iwho have been successful in raising turkeys are advise! by Prof Mdrtin to continue with their present methods Those who have ha (trouble may find helpful suggestions In his circular which can be secured from county and homo agents or by writing to the Experiment Station The circular lists the following es sentials for successful turkey rais ing only strong mature breeding stock eed a balanced ration to breed ers Do not feed poults until 48 hours old Do not overfeed young poults Keep the poults and mother hen free from lice Do not let the poults get chilled Do not raise turkeys in the same yard or pasture with chickens A brood coop or brooder house to con fine hen and poults should be provid ed for each brood Do not let turkeys eat green corn Do not try to cure blackhead avoid it Mrs Susan Briscoe whose illness was reported in a former issue does not improve and has not been able to be up in her room for a few days All who know the good woman will hope for her early improvement NEW BRIDGE AT CAMP NELSON TO OPEN SATURDAY NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW AT PARKSVILLE LY TOX Safest insurance against! household insects Guaranteed Advertisement ST PETERSBURG 'LA March The Southeastern States Prohibi tion Convention today considered means of uniting solid against the presidential candi dacies of Senator James A' Reed of Missouri Governor Ritchie of Mary land and Governor Smith of New York The convention was told that the South might go Republican lather' than elect The speakers al! pleaded for a ci presi dent 1 INTERESTING OLD DOCUMENT OUND Miss Daisy Bower an efficient stenographer with the Inter Southern Insurance Company at Louisville came to the home of her paints Mr and Mrs Walter BoweJfHast Sat urday on the train suffering from what is Relieved flu i KILLS MAD DOG While feeding his sheep Sunday afternoon Jonathan Ranking who Jives near the Iron bridge on the Danville Pike was attacked by a vicious mad dog hut fortunately did no harm He did not realize at first that the dog wits mad until it began snapping at invisible objects along its route Mr Rankin secured a gun and followed the dog to within the city limits of Dan ville and' killed it It is not bWied that it bit anyone or any stock Pp4s a dark brown shepherd with white rings but no license Ihl'Oal' i GOVERNMENT WILL if TAKE OVER UPKEEP BATTLEIELD 4 (Special to Daily Messenger) WASHINGTON March The Ralph Gilbert authorizing a Perryville Battlefield' Marker and tak ing cver(the upkcep by the National Government was signed by President Coolidge today 4 asked Brennen what he wanted Bren called for 10 acres of land in Jessa ncn refused to be halted in his pur lnlipe county Kentucky Vari Buren suit and Sellers fired twice killing (vfls ectcd in 1830 and the old deed Miss Josephine Prather spent Wed nesday night with Miss Christine Ter hune Mrs Ben Boling who has given much attention7 to growing poultry for several years raising the White Wyandottes exclusively is making a wonderful reputation She has sue ceeded in having extra early broilers a number of seasons has in her brood er now a number that are growing nicely Mrs Boling does not claim that the White Wyandottes grow rapidly reaching a broiling age quickly but they are fine layers The following record was made by 30 Hens during December January and eb ruary: 240 431 and 401 eggs total 1072 eggs for 3 months and all win ter months unusually disagreeable this season These eggs were fertile 100 out of 123 which explodes the theory of sornc that large layers eggs are infertile McKinley Sellers railroad brake man 28 years old thig morning sur rendered himself to local police and was charged with murder in connec tion with the lnritli of Lester Bren nen 30 years old who was killed at Saturday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Lon Soulevrette bond was fixed by County I day the meeting will be at :30 and Judge Logan Wood at $2500 and his 1 Tlumezlnir hx ml 11 I iv Honor Worthily Bestowed PARKSVILLE March 5 In the list of awards at the tournament held at Harrodsburg Thursday evening to Saturday evening inclusive we' will not say any were not deserved we will say however that the award of a gold watch to one of our home boys Mr ra Ewir of and Mrs iv' I Ewir for being one of the most sportsmanlike players in Honor Roll or ebruary The ranking of the following high school students in scholarship deserve to have their names in ai roll of merit: Staudents Making All Grade 12 William Poore Louise Bcling Gladys Haggard Eloise Hatchett Bertha Meeco Charlotte Smith Elva Woford Grade 11 Rowena Doolan Har riett Smith Grade 10 Alouise Cress Grade 9 Martha Bell Jackson Edna Marcum Grade 7 Leslie Reid Ruth Rogers Peggy Sullivan Grade 6 Harold Kahn Adney Reed Virginia Caldwell Students Making all and Grade 1'2 Jack Cassaday Ernest Hampton John Stone Meier James Winn James Clay anny Baker Evelyn Elliott Emma Lee leming Vola Marcum Jane Price Lucy Pur year Sue White Josephine Wingate Edna Woford Emily Yowell Grade 11 Arthur Robinson Eliza beth Baker Madge Baker ElizabethCheek Mary Coleman Nancy Dun can Rebecca Shelby Grade 10 John Kennedy Charles Lovell Robert Maxwell Alfred Shel ton rances lowers Roberta Mc Millian Lidcll Murphy Malvena Strunk Grade fl Richard Jackson Norman Jennings frank Smitn Gladys iku d''cii Elizabeth MrWs'rs Ellen Van Winkle Grade Ralph Ellis Ilarry itz patrick Sara Boling Nancy Julia McWaters Naomi Shinkle rances Stith Evangeline Hall Grade Betty Adler Mary Eliza beth Burka McMullen Clarice Nichols Josephine Snow Lucille Wright Gradc Tommy Dunagan Mar garet Moore Ruth Pope Opal Lee Roberts Louise Van Winkle Ruth Woford Leslie Scott Lillian Bosley rances Coconaugher Mary Elizabeth Creech Martha Sup Durham Mary erguson Dorothy Lancaster xxvg leixipLb BIHHI IAYTnil A BIT1WIV 85000 mostly 10 to 15c lower than' NkT Till A ML I Saturday bulk sales on better 170 toj 1 1 200 pound weights $815 to $830 top $830 ifth Regional Will Be Held Hero CattlS receipts 15000 early sales' good and choice heavies steady early top $1650 some held higher Small killers up to $1450 steady few feed ers here DANVILLE TEAMS BEAT at lambs slow few better grades JUNCTION IN INALS strong to 15c higher top $1650 sev 3 1 oral deck1 $1625 90 to 95 pounds' Centre College will be host next riday and Saturday to the winners in the 17th 18th 13th and 20th dis trict basketball tournaments and 16 teams will participate in the meet naro This hp fifth rniir close of the ain market here today: jnament and the following class Wheat Mar $137 May $137 boys team will participate: Kava July $136 naugh of Ixington Corn M'ar 94 May 98 July Danville and Somerset class boys teams are Lawrenceburg Wil more Junction City and erguson class girls teams participating are Lexington Danville and Science Hill class girls teams are Lawrenceburg Wilmore Junction City and Burnside efore the 'teams arrive they will be re classified and drawings will be held Lawrenceburg is sending mpre teams than any other town with three entries class in the district and one class Details of the tournament have not yet been worked out but will be forthcoming within a day or two It is estimated that 5000 people will see the games during the two play Danville boys and girls class champicns won the titles in the nine teenth district basketball tournament at Harrodsburg Saturday The was 28 to 15 and the scorer 17" of 'Salma was for being the most while Miss Skidmore of Mountain was given the' cup for ithe same lllCIlt ijA A A WIT Harrodsburg made a game rally to ward the end of the game to catch Danville but their try was short and the Admirals won their class tilt 23 to 21 The Admirals led from the start and desperate rally made the game very interesting The Danville boys defeated the Junction City boys the finals Sat urday night by a score of 23 to 15 The game was interesting and close all the way The local girls had ai real fight to' eliminate the Junction girls in the finals 20 to 17 leming led the Danville scorers with 9 points and Ewing led the Junction with 5 points our Junction players got three points each ARM RELIE THROUGH WOOD Washington arm relief has been one of the important problems before the national Congress for several ses sions Very little (headway has been made however toward providing the necessary financial assistance rural communities A phase of the farm problem be solved it is believed through plication of the ancient adage of help as illustrated by the following jingle received by the National Lum ber Manufacturers Association from a slogan contestant pen for the pigs A corral for the cow ft' 1 A crib for the com crop A the plow I A rack for the hay wagon A board for the floor A crate ffer the chickens A panel for thedoor A shed for the yearlings A rack for their feed 1 How many more I Of the things that I need? Where are they coming from What have I This is the answer rom the farm wood The regular monthly meeting of the directors held last 3rd In the chairman tee Jrc'sident Smith reported the of the membership can vas Robinson Cook urged more ac tivity in securing memberships andexpressed the opinion that practical ly al 11)27 members would renew their affiliation Senator Harlan made a short talk on the importance and value of the success of the Mammoth' Cave National Park project to all and vlasses of people of the state County Agricultural Agent Chas Miller reported that plans had been completed to run another Better Sires Train over the Railway in May and that the co operation of the arm Bureau was again being asked in making arrangements for the stop in Boyle county It was referred to the Community Development commit tee of which Robinson Cook is chair man Mr Miller also introduced Prof Nicholls of the arm Economics Department of the College of Agri culture who presented plans for start ing work on farm accounts in this county in order for this work to be undertaken it will be necessary for 30 or more nu to agree keep ae II AWird arm Accounting Specialist will spend ten days from Mar el: 26 to 30 in the coun ty on that work A special legislative committee committee composed of Logan Erskine Griffin and IL Rogers was appointed The matter of the Canadian South down sheep importation was left in the hands of the committee Minor store keeper at Juni! tion City has posted a reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of the person orpersons whfi' forced tho lock on his Store door' Saturday night and escaped with valued at about $15000 Jllr Minor said the in traders gained entrance to his store icauers or inc viscipies "irhv noino mother Chnst in Stanford In 1 He that canned 1 HTior journal meat and Oswald White nf Perryville PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS i SPEAKERS ASK OR PRESIDENT A BOON TO THE YOUNG GIRL you too like a face pow der that will keep shine stay I on spread smoothly not clog the and always be so pure and Mrs Hill Jennings of Shelby City fine 'is nladc a new rench is now with her mother Mrs Susan Prdcesa and is called MELLO GLO Briscoe i It' surely a wonderful ace Pow Just try MELLO GLO or sale f' 1 'by English Crooks Ware and Little Miss Boone 'tucker older Spoonaniore's Drug Store' adv daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Tucker who is suffering from sciatic DR HART AT STANORD poison resulting from the effects of CHRISTIAN CHURCH a rat biting the small finger on her Dr A Hart minister of tlie Dan left hand is doing nicely this (Mon ville Christian church will preach morning and the hope is general at the Christian church Sunday moyn that all danger has passed I jng Mf Hart and Mr Milled will cx (change pulpits and Mr Miller will Miss annie Spears a member of preach af the Danville church the Parksville high school faculty 'morning service starts promptly at spent tho week end at her honie near! 10:50 A The local church and its friends aro urged to give Mr Hart a large hearimr Mr Hart is one nf the Mrs 'A Rpnd has tn Mnunt recognized leaders nf the Disrinlew nf Eden Ky tor a visit to her Mrs A Pavne LANCASTER Ky March Tho span across the Kentucky river at "Camp Nelson recently completed at a cost of approximately $110000 will the tournament and merited for his be formally dedicated and thrown open to the public Saturday morning thn dedication to take place at 10:30 in the morning Gov lem Sampson and the jnembers of the state highway commission are expected to he on hand for the ceremonies Lon oust president of the Cin cinnati Lookout Mountain Highway Association on which route the hew bridge is located Js expected from his home in Chattanooga Tenn for' the services The new bridge which is construct ed of concrete and steel was erected to take the place of the old wooden span which built in 1838 but(which was condemned about two years ago and closed to touristy A ferry served motorists and travelers at this point during the construction of the new structure We wish t0 express our' sincere thanks to our friends and relatives for all the kindness and sympathy shown us in the burial of our darling baby Especially do we want to men tion Mr Edgar Catron Mrs Lay and Rev McWhorter Mr and Mrs Henry McCrystal and Mr and Mrs Raymond Brewer children spent Sunday with Mr' and Mrs examining trial will be held Saturday morning at 10 At the inquest held soon after the shooting Mrs Elmer pick a next door neighbor of the Soule yrette family testified that Brennen crazed 01' had broken out a window of her home and then entered the house She was alone since her husband a railroad employe was making a Mrs Dick said that Brennen threatened her and that she ran from the house to the Souleyrette home where begged Mrs Souleyrette to protect from Brennen Brennen followed to the Souleyrette home Mrs Souleyrette called to brother Sellers who was unstairs 4 zivt tx 1 11 rwl Sellers came down with a pistol and 'inc'enncs land office in Indiana and counts this year a atitolle itoim iikss 4 wWt 1 4 4.

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