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PAC2 4 Knott Estate Va'ued at $225, 000, Left to Widow. The will of Rirhotd W. Knol dated Srpirin'xr 1, and probs- ted in the Count Court Monday, bequeaths hit entire eftite, valued at 125.000. to hit wife, Jane Gilmore Knott, who was appointed execu'rix. The nal esfctte la estimated at from $05,000 to $75,000, and the balance la perianal property.

The real estite, according to Richard O. Knott, consists of the family residence in Cheroaee Park and the building occupied br the Evening Post, of which Mr. Knott was the publisher slid editor. The personal property, according to the same aource, is composed entirely of stocks in that paper. A rumor that Mrs.

MtGehee Ftokei, of Gunnison, a daugh ter of Mr. Knott, intended to contest the will, was declared to be unfound ed by her brother, who said that his sister had returned home. Cour ier-Journal. Ulill MARRIAGES PURELY PERSONAL Mrs. John W.

Cowherd, of Cadiz, is visiting Mrs. Will Kimmons. Manning Brown has returned to school. Mr. C.

E. Woodruff has moved into the 1'yle house on Virginia street and Mr. E. S. Melton has moved into the Wilgus house on South Main street, which be recently purchased.

Chis. F. McKee changed his plans bout going to Jonesboro, and will remain with the Dank of Hop-kin iv die. Will Callis, of Lincoln, has returned sftera visit to his mother. Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. Dillman have rented the Belmont dormitory and will conduct the boarding house for country pupils, given up by Mrs. W.

E. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Chan.

Hale, of May-field, have returned home after a vis it to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stevens. Mr. M.

Statelen, superintendent of one of the departments of Fox has been transferred to Nash villi and his family has joined him there. Adams-Dunn. Arch Ad an is and Miss Blanche Duin, young people of near Crofton, were married in CUtksville Tuesday. Liianby-Kern. Mr.

and Mrs. Jacob Kern, of Wood ford county, announce the of their daughter, Lena, to C. R. Llsanby, of Dawson Springs. The wedding will take place this month.

AdamsHayes. Mr. Madden Adorns and Miss Mary Catherine IUes were mirried in Springfield. Dec 2o. The bride is the daughter of Mrs.

Tom Hayes Ov erton, and is a pretty and talented young lady. The groom ia a pros perous farmer of Robertson county, Tenn. They will make their future home in Springfield. Gillis Banks. Bradley Gillis, a Todd county plant er, and Miss Joy Banks, daughter of Mr.

Strother Banks, were united in marriage Tuesday afternoon. The wedding occurred at the home of the bride's parents, near Trenton, and was a brilliant nuptial event. The ceremony was performed Dy Kev, Graves, of Auburn. Mr. Lawrence A.

Murray, of Selma, and Miss Dovie Winiree were married at 5 o'clock Tuesday after noon at the home of the bride's fath er, Mr. Henry O. Winfree at 767 East hirteenth street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.

W. of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and only a few close friends were present. They left immediately for their southern home. The bride is a bright and pretty little brunette who has been the stenographer in the office of County Superintendent L. E.

Foster. Weissenborne-Martin. Mr. G. L.

Weissenborne, of Shel Meld, and Miss Bertha Martin, of this city, were married at Decatur, I1L, Dec 29, by Rev. J. II. McCoy, The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

P. O. Martin, and her marriage came as a surprise to her many friends here. The groom is a travel ing salesman for a Chicago packing company. After a short visit in Chicago the young couple will be at home at Sheffield, Ala.

Caught in His OwnTrap Br R23Un MARKLEY Much ArJo About McAdoo. Riilroad Director General McAdoo dissolved the Railroads War Board at its own suggestion, and appointed Halo Holdena member of the bonrd to direct the nation-wide organiza tion which it baa built up. The direr tar snnl ilm snrtnintivJ a lumnnra. lGarr1l, Mil, WwMra N.waaaaar tUM. I iry suvisory cauinei, consisting ui nr.

i wis passing wrougn me mum ifMH Thn cunn. fW railroad atarlon la large city to ct I. i board a train when I nw man of Currency; Harry Wal- some distance ahead of mo cnrrrins Iters, chairman of the board of the a number of packages strapped to-1 Atlantic Coast Line; Edward Cham- One Of the packages fell toIhr. mf1i. man.rr.r fnr th Fnnd the platform unnoticed by the man I it, carrying Hem.

lie was two or three ear lengths ahead of me when he dia- now stsiant to the director. The appeared from my sight, and I ran to director general suspended all priori-the package be bad dropped hoping ty orders in territorv east of the Mia- to be la time to take It to him. I.i.ui u- -i i am iiv vi iv HIU Bi IIU a York Mother Finds ideal Cold ftcalmcnt For Her Liiilc Bo; i mm ITothlng' to Swallow Toa Sub It On. A It. but there was man clow behind.

eximoroinary When I took op the package the mao to move all freighL Fifteen looked disappointed and Irritated that I hundred carloads of coaL destined to he hnd not m-cured It himself, hot 2t New England and stalled on the Penn- did not attempt to get It away fruial.viu.nia 1 ears Its owner bad entered. I looked Into one for someone carrying pack-1 Gen. Williams Sick. ago strapped together, but It wael neceanary to pnna through It to Had I uen. Roger Williams, command aim.

I wns not snccen-ful and went I ng the Indiana brigade, has been imo me oiner car. iiere io i niiwa lj i and has gone to Hot Springs. He ia Mothers erarrwbera will bo Intor Mted In th eiparUnee of Mrs. Chaa. I.

8mtth, (23 Wait Oaa Alley. Tork, ra. Mm. Smith trki the Southern remedy VapoRab Balr when it vaa nni introduced la Tork, and writes "Our little fonr year old boy bad a eoueh for about a waek. We gave him everything wa knew, end Both- aeemeo to co any rrxxl.

So hn wa got Vlck'a VapoKub I rubbed It on fcta cheat well for two nlRhta and I bare not heard him coiiph elnce, I think It la the beat medicine I have ever had In tha houaa. Tick's VapoRub comet In salra form, and when applied to the body beat, tha Ingredients are releasee In vapor form. The vapors ara haled with- each Miss Mary uouise landy will re turn to school at Georgetown to day. Douglas Metcalfe has returned from a vu; of ttveral days to Mr. and Mrs.

P. P. Huffman, near Henderson. Howe Wallace has returned from Texas. Mrs.

Wallace arrived several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Shank-lin aad little daughter, of Gallup, New Mexico, are here on the first home visit for four years.

They will leave for home today. Herbert Lee McPherson, left Tuesday for Philadelphia, where he I as secured a position with an army truck factory. Walt. G. Trice has been appointed county farm agent for Allen county and left Tuesday morning to assume vilIe formerly of this city, his duties.

His headquarters will be at Scottville, the county seat. Mr. Trice is well equipped by training and experience for the place. Allen county farmers will be fortunate in having one of Christian county's progressive young agriculturalists to show them how. Mrs.

Belle Nuckolls, son, Allen and daughter, Miss Maude, returned to Hopkinsville Monday, after a visit to the fzmilies of Hon. Ruby Laffoon and J. W. Rash. Madisonville Messenger.

Miss Susan Morris has accepted a position ss stenographer in the office of Prof. L. E. Foster, Superintendent cf County Schools. Hew About tha Mushroom? That the excellently cultivated nosh-room Is a most palatable relish, a most tempting association for luscious tteaka, chops and other nvatR, and for "stuGlcg" under the manipulation of so admirable chef, can't be denied; bat as an article of distinctive diet, a 4Ish for goda and men, for discriminating democrats or autocrats, to make for bralna and brawn, further proof must be forthcoming.

It Is more than robable the dominating stomach will whisper that many of the wild weeds which ere Intimate In the fielda and where fungi love to aprlng forth a- a are more Ufe-produclng and Ife-ierservlng than the flaeat mush-mom, which appear every market day 'n avautlful snowy pyramid at the Hal-'pa cvntralea In Parte, the paradise of he cultivated mushroom. Exchange. A former Boston newspaperman arriving Saturday said he saw a German U-boat whose crew had mutind for lack of suppIUs and killed the commander, come Into a French port and surrender, and later 12 Ameri-c in destroyers came In bringing four U-boat they had hh mam the fug. Bob Torian, another boy who used to be a "devil" in the Kentuckian office, has joined the aviation corps at San Antonio, Texas. Wilkinson, oldest son of Mr.

and Mrs. F. L. Wilkinson, of Nash- has gone to France with a corps of engineers. He has two brothers in the service.

Jack is in the army and Ford an ensign in the navy. Musician Mack Bearden, of the Third Regiment Band, returned to Camp Shelby Jan. 1, after a ten days' furbugh. Sergt. Ben S.

Campbell returned to Camp Shelby Saturday, after a five days' furlough at home. Private Harry Tappan, of the First Division mounted police, Camp Shelby, Is here on a ten-days' furlough, visiting his mother. Private Charlie McGee arrived from Camp Shelby this week on ten-days' furlough, which he ia spending with his parents near the city. Lieut R. Cuthbert, Canadian flier, was killed at Fort Worth Friday by a fall.

my nian. The man who hod seen rue pick np the pneknge approached me and asked If I had found tUo owner and I admitted thut I bad not lie aupgpsted opening It to see If Its con tents would give clue. I did ho and there In a puntehoard box was a pearl necklace which I knew to be of enor mous value. I thought an," said my companion. TbouRbt what?" I aked.

-ii a wnai i nave wen urier for a week. That necklace waa stolen ten days ago from a very wealthy woman nd the detective agency with which i am connectea was employed to recover It. Give It to me with your name and addreae and I'll see that yon are rewarded for the find." Nut uuletw you show your author ity as a detective," I sold. He opened his eont and showed some sort of a metallic badge, "ery well. 111 ro with you to yonr TMs did not seem to pleas him.

but he aaacnted. We left the train together. I In posMemlon of the necklace. Outside the stutlon he called a taxi, and we both got lot be giving the driver an addreas. were driv en to a house In street which hnd once been nued for dwellings, but now waa filled with shops of a low grade.

Alighting at bouse, the ground door of which waa used for a shop, my companion. b-d me up to the aeeood story. We entered a room and he locked the door behind us. It did not require much time for me to see thut I hud been trapped. "Now," be suid to got yon where you can't get awax, Pete Kearney.

I know the gang to which yon belong. That package was dropped purposely to fall Into your bands. Had I attempted to take It from you at the station there would have bven a struggle and your puis would have got the plunder and run away with It Surrender It and all will be well." I did not know the man's exact gem but I must piny a game well as he. II RALPH t. fcMIIH 14 YFAR OlD breath, opening the air pasaogea and loosening the phlegm.

It'a a real Bodyguard In tha home" against all forms, of cold troubles. J5c SOc or 1.00.' Al all drastrlsta. lYvp a litflw Boov-Cuaq in VQUR how7 Indiana brigade on his return. An "official" suit for men "most ly wool" is to be sold In England for $12. Gen.

Joffre is to be admitted to the French "Academy of Immortals." Burbank's Latest. Young Naval Officer. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured ImbI pllwtlofi tm thr uaaot nuk Ik iimil poruaa nr. Thar is IT mtf ta catarrhal (mAmi, 4 taat is oaatltalloaal ramadr. Catarrhal tMafaaM la aauaaa aa la.

Aaaaa aulas at to maaaos lluaf at tha mcachlan Tuba, Whin thl tuba la laflanaa ya aara raakua aaona ar Im-sartaat haarlaa, aaa vhaa It la aauralr cleavo. la tha Malt Unlaas tha InRaatmatlaa aaa ha radaaaa aad tht tuba ratara la Ita ormal eaadltloa. baarma will ha 4aatrra4 faraar. htaay mt etnmm ara aaua4 aatarrb, wkloh I laOamaa eanaiuoa of tha maooua aur-raoas. Hall's Catarrh bfadlclaa acta thru tha hlaatf tha maoeaa aarfaaaa mt th Wa will slva On ataaarwS TaUar fur Catarrhal Mnw that a.attol awn4 hy lialia Catarrh Maaiaiaa, All rrvi(iata, Tta.

r. i. caxsNsr oo mu a Indiana Silo I It- I The Silo that gives you one "Touvo not going to get the swhjt" hundred per cent food valun. I kiM, "you might as well give up tlili ftiaae oi California long pine and red wood, also Oregon fur. SOLD BY Robertson Co Adams.

Tenn. If you will open the door nml lut me out I'll nut peuch on you; If you (loot III iund you In state's 'lirlwm." He drew a revolver from bis hip pocket and cocked it. I believed thut he wns bluffing. We did a lot of talking at the end of which I turned my glance to the only window In the room chunglng my expression at the same time to surprint and exultation. lie looked In thf; direction I looked.

I seized the wrist of the band that held the pistol and with my other hand gave him blow that dropped bis weapon on the floor. Then I gave him a shove that blm agaln.it the wall, and picked the pistol. The rest was easily done. I marched him to a police station, and left him there with a charge of assault Hawing learned the name of the owner of the necklace I delivered It to her the seme evening. She wrote a check for ten thousand dollars and banded tt to me, but 1 declined to take my reward fur what I bad done.

The necklace was worth fifty thousand dollars. CHICAGO MARKETS. (Furnished by WhitfieW.Iiros., Odd Fellows Oldg.) Jan. 2. 19 18.

Corn-Jan. 12C 12G 126 12G May 124) 125 124) 124) Oats-Jan. 78) 79) 78 78) May 752 76) 751 751 Pork-Jan 45.10 45.10 44.60 44.75 Lard Jan a 23.80 2a 45 23.45 Kibe 23-85 23.80 23.45 23.50 Langham-fiayera Battle. On October 19, 1853, Nut Langham defeated Tom Buyers In 01 rounds at Lakenhcath, England. Hnyers was then at the commencement of bis ring cureer, and, although much smaller than bis opponent, he showed remarkable grit and endurance.

Langham soon disappeared from ring annals, but within four years Hirers fought his way to the championship, defeating Perry the Tipton Riasher" for the big title. Buyers held the belt for three years, retiring from the ring Immediately after his bout with John llesslan, the American heavyweight. In which bo waa saved from defeat only by official Interference. Bayers was small for a heavyweight, but waa speedy and sclentlnc, and able to land a powerful punch. "Parle ef Asia." Saigon Is koown la the east as the Tarts of Asia." The title la well deserved and It was not earned without effort.

Balgovi Is the capital of an important province la Stench Indo-Chlna and la order to admtulater tha colony successfully tt Is nseaaaary that able Frenchmen ahould be Induced to live there. This la one of the great problems of empire, (or thi outposts of empire are rarely plwaaaal place. Luther Burbank, the wizard florirt, Glasgow, Jan. 2. Ilalyden Trifg horticulturalist and agriculturalist, Dickinson, of this cily, who is hunt-has produced a new wheat, which, it ing Hun submarines o(T the coast of is said, will yield from fifty to seven- Ireland, was recently promoted to ty-flve bushels to the acre.

The heads i Lieutenant, senior grade, a rank cor- are long and the grains large, the bread from which is excellenL The that of captain in the wizard is doing his bit for prepared- "rmy. At the outbreak of the mr nes- Dickinson, who is in his earlj twen- iea, was an Ensign. Recently, he Jas. H. Cammins, sged 33, an in- was promoted to Lieutenant, junior surance man, was killed when an ele- grade, and the other promotion very vator dropped on him.

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