Hopkinsville Kentuckian from Hopkinsville, Kentucky • Page 1

itfS 5tiC TMT Him Hi I II I 1 I I llll II 1 1 I I yoLxvn IS fev STACY ADAMS COS SAMPLE LINE OF Mens Fine Hand made SHOES COMPRISING tX Eyery 3STEW and STYLISH SHAPE In Every Kind of Material mi sw Ladies- Shoes Onr idies Shoes worth pro value until sold at Unly a tew romemborl at 175 Patent Leather Englisii Enamel Cordovan French Calf Box Calf Kangaroo ViciKid English Grain Sizes 6 2 7 7J I S250 175 They go fast I a Only -Vv 4 7 ftwjw WRftV sfttg 1 TT jr A2aLderson 4 00 dllki 7rr HOPKINVILLK KY BBIDAY QQTOBEB 11 t89 ftrt 6 irJl tii 1 f4Mimti hats fi caps I Gents Shoes We are offering some bargains in Congress also in Lace Opera Toes These Bhoes are worth 250 at present values old price 200 but until the lot is sold will sell at 175 ssOnly a few remeniomber OUR LINE IS IMMENSE for the fall in all grades Emphatically no advance in price Early buying placed us in position to save Bhoe buyers of Christian county and others much money and we do it Come and see- For a Few Days IMMENSE GUTS On HATS and CAPS MIL LEO and DUNLAPS NEW SHAPES are included in this cut but no Stet sons Sec Our Line FURNISHING GOOJOS A OREAM OF NEWS IF IT isfjEW AND TRUE THIS COLUMN HAS IT 4K The Jones Meeting Without Jones Mahono lead Charlie Wheeler Wln The 7 Falp Next Weeb A Quiet Woddlntr A Quiet Wedding Mrs Amelia Lindsay widow of the late Lindsay of Cadiz was married Tuesdav ovenincr in this city to Mr John Whittinghill a prominent dry goods merchant of Madisonville The wedding was a very quiet affair and occurred at the residence of Mr Chas MeachmV Mrs Lindsay arrived in the city the day before it was supposed on a visit toner sister Mrs Meacham Mr Whittinghill arrived from Madison ville Tuesday accompanied by his daughter Miss Nina and later in the day his brother Bev Dexter Whit- tingfield of New Orleans and his nephew Mr Hopewell reached the city Armed with a marriage license Mr Whittinghill repaired to Mr Meachams residence about 9 oclock and in the presence of only a few relatives of the contracting parties the ceremony that united them was said by Rev Whittinghill The wedding party consisting of the relatives of the erroom and the son and daughter of the bride Charlie Lindsay and Miss Myrtie Lindsay took the 10 oclock train for Madi sonville The wedding was a complete rise to the friends of the parties ere and in their respective towns as they had taken pains to keep their intentions a profound secret Tho 1nlr Next Weoki All that is needed to insure the complete success of the fair next week is a continuation of the present fine fall weather The farming Season has practically closed except the seeding of wheat and tho country people will have the opportunity to patronize the fair as it deserves There will be nothing left undone to make it attractive and the Secretary has assurances that all of the rings will be well filled The exhibits in every branch are expected to be better than over before and the various displays will be very attractive here will be quite a fine display of thoroughbred poultry and some lively competition tor the premiums in this department The fair will becrin on next Thurs day and last three days Make your ureoaralions to attend and help out the fair Uon aiahone Dead Gen Wm Mahone ex United States Senator from Virginia died in Washington October 8 aged 69 years Ho waB a distinguished Confederate General and after the war became the leader of the readjustor movement in Virginia He was elected to the Senate in 1881 as a readjuster but became a Republican and his vote gave the Republicans control of the Senate He was once quite wealthy but died poor He was in Washington on a visit when he was paralyzed September 30 Two Totty Fines Business has been quiet in County Court circles this wt ek only two cases having shown up Tom Simpson got distinctly drunk and mistaking another mans horse for his own rode him off Complaint was soon made and defendant had to pay 1 and costs for his little mistake Tom Mumford col ate apples belonging to another without the necessary leave consent etc and had to pay the penalty 55 and costs He was fined for trespass Charlie Wheeler Wins Frankfort Ky Oct 9 The court of appeals rendered a decision in the case of Wheeler V3 Commonwealth from Paducah which was a contest over the office of city attorney The court decidos that the city council ruled properly in adopting the Keed method for counting a quorum of itB members and that the election of Charles Wheeler as city attorney was valid The Assessors At Work Following are the deputy assessors who are assessing the property of tho county for this year the assessment linrinc bfifln bemiii Sent 15th District No 1 1 Boyd and Pace District No 2 flight and Fouut Alder District No i Win Henderson and Finis Hamby District No 4 Breathitt and Ryan District No 5 Assessor Juo Everett The Dover lalr The Dover Tenn fair is on this week and the meetiner promises to bo tfJ jit of moro than usual interest to farmors cud stock breeders The exhibition of firle stock is said to be good and racing is an important feature The fair closes to morrow Several from this city are in attendance and Lafayette is largely represented is ll Tho JtfS fi WAITING FOR SAM lleetlng Under Headway Hut Sam Joties Hadnt Coiuo Vcitvrdnr Evangelists Stewart and Culpepper have boen conducting the Tabernacle meeting three times a day Bince last himg Jf pUUUUjr JVOV ttlUU UUUCd WttB lUUtiCU forWcdnesday night sure but up to yesterday he had not arrived It ivalearued thrit he went from Bowling Green Monday to Cartersville Ga but it was not known what called him home bo uddeuly His assistants here are looking for him back on every train ana lie -may have come last nights If not he is expected at any time Mr Stewart is suffering from a sore throat and will have to leave aB soon as his chiof arrives The meeting1 js largely attended but nothing much has been accomplished in the way of actual results Everything though is in readiness fot stirring timed as soon as Sam Jones arrives This delay is likely to prove troublesome to the fair next neek if tho meeting is continued longer than Thursday and the chances aro that it will hardly be over by that time Uad III Leg Taken Off Mr Juo Younsr a prominent farmer at Olrastead Ky has had his left leg amputated below the knee as the result of an old injury received in a runaway accident sixteen years ago Tho bone became diseased and threatened his life Whipped Ills Wile Dr Joel Parker of Sebree Kv has been put in jail at Dixon on a cnarge oi crueuy i and threatening to crazed with drink beating his wife kill her while Richards St Cos Opening Tb mil opening of Messrs Rich ardsiS which began Wednesday and continued throughout Thursday was a most gratifying success Wed nesday was tho best day they have ever had since they have been in business Crowds of people thronged the Btoroand all of them seemed to have plenty of money The store never looked prettier The handsome fall goods were most artistically displayed and the entire interior was a marvelof attractiveness The show windows atao were the admiration of all passers by Their Btock this season is the largest they have ever bought In cloaks fur caps plush jackets and capes and wraps of all kindB the ladies cannot fail to be pleased WAVE OP PROSPERITY IT IS SWEEPING OVER HOPKINSVIL1E WITH RESISTLESS FORCE Old Landmarks Disappearing and Now Dulldlngi Uolng Up Tho Old Montgomery Mansion Several New Warehouses A Whole salo Urocery NE by one tho old landmarks tho early Hopkinsville aro disappearing and soon there will remain nothing to remind tho old inhabitant of the town in which ho was born The workmen are now en gaged in tearing down the old Montgomery house which was in its day the finest house in Hopkinsville It is situated on Main street between 10th and 11th and for many years has been used for offices for tobacco men The house was built by Dr Montgomery in 1817 at a cost of 10 000 It is including a basement story three stories high Wide stoae steps lead tip to the main hallway in the second story This hall is very wide and roomy and in the rear end steps lead above and below to the other floors On either side there were two largo rooms connected by partition doors This arrangement was the same in the upper story making eight large rooms besides the rooms in the basement and the twoimmeuse balls In front the portico was supported by Ionic columns as big around as a large barrel and corrugated from top to bottom Of late years the white paint has worn off these silent sentinels of a paBt ago of architecture and they have appeared as wooden eyesores used for whittling posts by those lounging about them It is said the building of this mansion which originally occupied the whole square broke Dr Montgomery At any rate the property passed into other hands and after beiuc put to various uses was pur chased by Buckner Wooldridge and converted into a warehouse The entire square 82 feet back from Main was covered with the warehouse leaving tho old house in front flanked by the wooden gables of the brick warehouse behind In the old i dence Ragsdale Cooper Co who succeeded Jiuckner Wooldridge in its ownership have had their offices and several commission men have UBed the rooms above from time to time For four or five years tho house has been the polling place for district No 4 and it was last used for this purpose on October 1st when Dress goods are especially hand- the reeristration was held The work some crepons mohairs boucles 1 0f tearing away the walls is now well storm serges silks brocade satins under mTt fVUi brick are being1 hsrured taffetas etc while the spangled and leweled trimminers jewel buttons and the like fill the ladies with admiration All kinds of notions and fancy goods are found in great variety The millinery department of course attracts all of the ladies This room and Mrs Rawlins and Beveral assistants who use every endeavor to please in their line The carpet room up stairs is chock full of the newest things in moquettes axminsters body and tapestry brus sels ingrains linoleums mattings Turkish and Smyrna rugs wiltons furs etc Their shoo department is leading feature and they huve fine line of shoes for men women and children Tue fall trade is now on and their ton salesmen are kopt in a rush Faying Fosltions Offered A Kentookian representative called on Prof Drauprhon of ons Practical Business College Nashville Tenn one day last week and was shown a large number of letters from business men all over tho country just received desiring to secure the services of graduates of that institution There is now Eopular ardly a day in the year that Prof Draugonis not called upon to furnish some business house with such information The college has received 67 students during the past month and now has a tremendous patronage nearly every state in the union being represented and this county has sent a number of young men and several ladies recentty all of whom have progressed rapidly Young gentlemen and ladies contemplating a course at this celebrated business college would do well to write for catalogue at once Common Grades Go This Week Tho tobacco Bales this week were made up almost exclusively of common leaf and lugs Tho market on these grades was firm with good demand Sales amouutod to loss than 100 hogsheads recoipts also being light The 94 crop has nearly all been sold and the various warehouses aro nowt ready for the new crop which will begin to move in a few weeks Loose buyers aro also getting ready for business Paducahs full registration is 2 938 1828 Democrats 1295 Republicans and 815 scattering way cleaned off and will be used in the new business block to take its place The stone liutela and window Bills will also be used on the Bides but when the new building is completed there will be nothing else to remind the passer by of the stately old mansion that was a palace in its day nearly half a century ago In the yard just north of the doorway there wero several trees planted about the time the house was built Ouo of these was an elm which was nearly four foot in diameter and towered far above the tallest buildings It has been taken down and the work of digging up the stump is one of tho most serious problems that will confront the contractor Mr Dunnavant Tho great trunk of the tree was sawed into meat blocks and several parties were supplied with these enormous souvenirs The contract calls for the new block to bo completed by Dec 25 and the work is being pushed with all dispatch The old familiar building will soon exist only in the memories of the decendants of those who stood by and watched it rise in tions 0 A NEW GROCERY STORE About the first of next month Mr WT Cooper will open up a largo wholesale and retail grocery store in the Mercer building opposite the Court square Mr Cooper will go into business on a large scale and his extensive acquaintance both in tho city and country and hiB high stand ing aB a reliable and successful business man will insuro him a good share of business from the start Ho is one of the younger set of business men who have done so much to pull Hopkinsville out of tho ruts in which the mossbacks kopt it for so long and bring about the era of prosperity and good lime1 ust ahead of us WohavU town in Kentucky nnd the joung men now at tho holm aro determined to keep Hopkinsville in tho front ranks of progress and advancement Mr Cooper has faith in tho town and will show his faith by his workB He will be assisted in the business to be started by his brother Mr Cooper We predict for tho house a successful career and a full measure of popularity PASSING OF THE COVERED BRIDGE The covered bridge is one of tho objects that is fast passing away and will soon be a thing of the past One NO 72 by one the old wooden structures are being torn away and replaced by improved iron bridges The wooden bridge had its good features Covered as it was it afforded a convenient shelter when travelers wero caught in sudden showersandmany a driver has whipped his team into a quick trot to reach the bridge before tne rising cloud emptied its contents on the highway along which ho traveled The walls were great places for posting bills signs and notices of all kinds Protected from sun and rain these papers would remain indefinitely Passers by would stop to read them and the bridge became the most important point on the road Scribblers who are always seeking public places in which to write their names iouna ine onuge wen suueu to their purposes The birds made their nests under tho roof and the fish in the water below sought the shady places underneath But all these things have changed The new iron bridges span the streams like great spider webs and the low railings offer no inducements to the bill poster or even to the candidate to tack his card to the solid iron In a few more years the last wooden bridge in Christian county will have gone the way of tho Indian and the buffalo and up-to-date substitutes will have taken the places of these cherished old friends of the traveler ANOTHER SIGN OF PROSPERITY Gaither West are preparing to erect a large tobacco house and nave already purchased a lot for tho purpose They have for several years occupied the Latham warehouse but will move into one of their own as soon as it can be built The lot is on the east side of the railroad between 18th and 14th and is a very eligible and desirable one Tho plans are now being prepared and the contract will be let at once The building will be of brick and will be 125 165 feet and three stories high It will be arranged especially for the tobacco business and will be one of the best and most commodious houses in the city ABEBNATHV WILL ALSO ENLARGE Mr Abernathy is going to enlarge his warehouse by another season and is having drawings made of an addition to his house on Ninth street It will be 65 170 feet and two stories high and will cover the garden between the warehouse and the residence on the corner of Ninth and Liberty streets This demand for more room is one of the surest indications of the solid growth of the Hopkinsville tobacco market The boom has com to stay MATRIMONIAL MARRIAGE LICENSES Whittinghill to Mrs Amelia Lindsay Allie Bowling to Carrie Ren shaw Jas McCord to Lena Hamby Jas Duncan to Mildred Hight COLORED Frank Gray to Alice Ratcliffe Henry Gladish to Mary Greenwade Monroe Chappell to Mary Winn Frank Tandy to Lula Henry Jas Hopson to Lilly Johnson DEATnS Hamby Mr Finis Hamby deputy county assessor died at his home a few miles north of the city Wednesday of typhoid fever aged 28 years Mr Hamby had been sick for several weeks Ho leaves a wife and four children COLORED Hutohins A 5-year-old son of Cy Hutchins died in the city Monday of flux Circuit Court Matters All of the commonwealth cases set for this week weie continued until next week and civil matters have been claiming the attention of the court for the past few days Tho celebrated case of Jesup vs Brame consumed three days of court tho jury bringing in a verdict for plaintiff Wednesday The suit of Lucy Summers vs Forbes Bro resulted in a verdict for defendant Jas A Boyd vs Boyd verdict for plaintiff Sam Redd vs Austin Johnson verdict for defendant Miles vs Geo Lewis verdict for plaintiff A number of cases wero continued until the uext term for various reasons Convict Captured Buford MeKnight col sent to tho penitentiary from this county in October 1891 for two and a half years for grand larceny escaped from tho Eddyville pen a few weeks ago and was captured in Henderson by Chief Walker of that city Tuesday Ho was returned to the prison Wednesday to finish out his term Ovey of Kuttawa made a general assignment Ho was engaged in a general merchandise business Assets about 12000 liabilities 8000 tv i i -a I i.