NEW SPRING STOCKiiJOUR SPRING OPEN FOR INSPECTION AND WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO CALL

and see We have more money goods Spring than any former since haveWe have learned that cant sell goods unless them and lias largely increasing for

eral years we have determined to show a record stock this season a stock out of which can please all kinds andconditions from the bestthe cheapest articles

OUR STOCK LADIES DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS r = =is immense and complete and we are showing all the latest weaves and textures both in Woolens and wash facbrics MRS MURRELL has charge of this department has given much study and thoughtto the selection of this stock We have all the new style trimming to match everything In Ladies and Furnishings we have new on the market Our stock of Ladies Fine Kid and Patent Leather Shoes will make a favorable show with any city store These goods we only buy from the best manufacturers in the country thereby saving our customers the middle mans profitand you the best style and service in shoes that can be In mens shoes we have them from Thos Emerson Sons Helmers Bettman Co and other reliable from the bestto the cheapest have a large stock of

CLOTHING MND HMTSMens Youths and Boys Clothing Odd Pants Coats and Vestsnew andYst

lsolidOurstock in this department is too large and we are anxious to quote you prices to reduce it HATSIn our I at De

partment can be found all styles and qualities that will please all from the to the fastidious Cigarette Dude both in fur goods and straws

GENTS FURNISHINGSIn this we know we excel our competitors in this or town near us You never saw a better of Shirts Neckwear Collars and Cuffs Hosiery Underwear etc than we can show you

FURNITURE CARPETS ETChave added this season Parlor suits in 3 and 5 piece sets with fine silk Brocatel and silk Damask couches and folding lounges covered wiah Persian velour French tapestry etc FoldingJapaneseMattingthing sold in a firstclass department store Glad to show you goods at anytimepRussell Murrell

PERSONAL MENTIONI T

Mr E G Atkins is in Louisvillethis weeh

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MrAfRBarbees condition is verycritical

Mr John B Coffey was in Campbellsvine Monday

Mr L C Hurt was in Louisville onday last week

Mr Zack Campbell of Pellyton wasin Columbia Monday

Luther Phelps Jamestown washer-

I the first of the weekMrs J A Parsons has been on the

sick list for several dayssicIk

Mr J P SaUce of Whitewood wasin Columbia last Monday

Dr R Y Hindman returned frothe Medical University Louisvillelast Saturday night

Mr W L Walker and wife Nell

IM were visiting in Columbia several daysof last week

presentisSunday at home

George Montgomery a young son ofif Mr J F Montgomery has bren

sick for several days

Mrs Tim Bradshaw and her daugh-ter

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Miss Effleliave returned from theLouisville market

Mr D J Schooling and wife whhave been in Casey County severalMonday ¬

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day enroute home from Campbellsvilla

Mr Jo Coffey Jr and Miss PaulineCabell Mr G P Smith and Miss Car-r e Hatcher visited Miss Lyda Simp ¬

son Breeding last Sunday

countyinsery Company Mr Martin canvasseda good part of Adair last year

Mr T K Powell who has been i

delicate health for several months Iconfined to his room at the home ohis mother in this place

Miss Estelle Cartwright of JunctionCity and Miss Lyda Simpson ofBreeding were visiting the family ofDr W R Grissom last week

Mrs A A Strange who has beenspending a few months with her hus-band

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in Washington City will returnthis week She stopped over in Louis ¬

vine to purchase the Spring styles in

millineryMrW Murrah and family left

left Monday for Gainsville Ark1Fwhere they will their home for ai short while at least Mr Murrah f

seeking health as well as Tbgood will of The accompanies

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LOCAL JOTTINGSn

Next Monday will be county court

Circuit Court will begin at Libertynext Monday

See the corn drills at W F Jeffries2teBorn to the wife of Bant Conoverthe 22d inst a son

puttingeHogs brought 6 05 in the Louisville

market last Thursday

Charley Collins has been appointed I

postmaster at Crocus Adair county I

Coffey Bros bought a fancy threeTaylormIf you want a good buggy harness

saddle or bridle call on usWM F JEFFRIES SON

Eld Z T Williams and W G Mont-gomery

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commenced a series of meeti-ngs at Egypt church last Mondaynight

The M S F High School has an en ¬

rollment of one hundred pupils eigh¬ty in regular attendance

Mr E W Hopewell bought from CS Harris a colt by Kentucky Squirrel50lBuy the Homestead Fertilizer if yonwant the best Only 150 per 100 Ibs

Wai F JEFFRIES SON

The citizens of Columbia are puttingin their garden truck this week Allother classes of work suspended

The Gadberry postoffice AdairCounty was reestablished a few weeksago Harmon White is the postmas-ter

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See our Corn Drills and Cultivatorsbefore you buy We are as low as theSoxnkindt s i

cards posters or folders at the lowestprices

W J Jones of Pellyton has a farm j

leThere j

necessary outbuildings

Before ordering examine my sam ¬

pIes for tailor made suits cheapest in

strvleSuitsHT Bu I uThe whereabouts of Geo Mtht mesettpe e

nthatihideep

Uncle Solomon Turpen will preachat 3 oclock in the afternoon the firstSunday in April at the residence ofMrs Chas Caliisona

NOTICE All persons having booksbelonging to the circulating Librarywill please return them by Friday ofthis week Soar F WHITE

Several farmers have informed usrecently that the wheat has come outwonderfully in the last month andthat there will bea fair crop

The candy making at the home ofMrs Sarah Flowers last Friday even ¬

ing was largely attended and every ¬

body had a pulling time

Fertilizers in good barrels at 100per 100 lbs We will make it to thefarmers interest to see us before buying their fertilizers

WM F JEFFRIES S SON

Mr W E Bradshaw is having alarge barn built on his fathers premises He calculates to handle a nnmber of fancy horses during the Springand Summer

Coakley Sirams are the tombstonemen at Campbellsville Ky If youneed any thing in their line call andsee them They do splendid work andguarantee satKfactlon 4t

The business house of Mr L Ysquareishis store and tin shop to it in a fewdays

The Bank of Columbia has put in an-ther

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o improved timelock sate It isthe latest patent and cost one thous ¬

and dollars It can neither be destroy-ed

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by fire nor opened by burglars

As we go to press the Taylor countyprimary to nominate Democratic can-didates for county offices is in progressThere seems to be more Interest in theraces for County Judge and Jailer thana ny others

Next Monday will be horse day InColumbia A large crowd is expectedin town and its the custom of stockmen to exhibit their stallions on thatday Some good ones will be seen thisyear

Mr John A Rexroat who was a veryold citizen died at his late home nearIrvins Store Russell county on the20th of this month The wife of MrL Popplewell whose home was nearthe same postoffice died on the 17th

Adair county people had better stickto theirhome merchants rather thanbite at all the fakier bargains that areoffered When you trade with jourhomo merchants if merchandisednot show up right you can cajl on themto make things right but when ytmtrade with a fakier he goes and jouare gone control yonr desire to behumbugged and atlck tw home en18FifprMe9

For Embezelment

Last Wednesday a man and womanthe Marcum Hotel this city

nd registered as J WJonesand wifeThey engaged a room and gave theproprietor to understand that theywould be here several days The nextmorning the gentlemans talk indicat-ed that ho was a postoffice inspectorIn fact he informed Mr Marcum thathe wanted to go to Burdick in TaylorCounty stating that there were irreg ¬

ularities in the mails between Colum ¬

bia and Campbellsville He was tohave taken the noon hack Friday forBurdick but a storm came up and hedeterred the trip About 5 oclockthat afternoon Mr Marcum was calledto the telephone and asked if therewas such a man giving Jones descrip ¬

tion stoppingat his hotel He answer ¬

ed in the affirmative and was told byMr Heizer the town Marshal ofCampbellsville to keep mum that hwould be over at once for him

The Ton Marshall reached herabout twelve oclock that night andthe arrest was made

Further developements proved thatthe mans real name Is W I Foglcthat his home is in Ocepla Clark Coun ¬

ty Iowa and that he had left thacountry for selling mortgage propertyHe was arrested in Campbellsville tendays ago upon the same charge but wasreleased upon a writ of habeas corpusMr Fogle claims that he will be re-

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upon reaching Iowa but hiswife is nOL so sanguine FurthermoreMr Fogles actions at the hotel hereindicated that he was not feeling freeand ealy Upon his aralval he askedMt Marcum if a great many travel ¬

ing men did not stop with him andupon receiving an affirmative answerhe stated that himself and wife desir ¬

ed to be quiet and asked to not bcalled to their meals until the companyhad retired from the table

Money Found

A man named White claiming to befrom Russell County was at NellAdair County last Sunday one weekfrom yesterday He Informed Mr SR Walker that he had lost a sum ofmoney close to his store But littleattention was paid to his story buy onThursday following Mr Walker wasout in his field canvassing plantbedhaving several handswith him Theyfound near where they were at work aconsiderable sum of money scatteredloose upon thu ground It is nowlocked in Mr Walkers sate and theowner can have it by describing thesame and paying for this nqtice MrWhite was afoot and a perfect strangerin the neighborhood

Mr W W Follis and Mrs J E Me j

Farland were married in Paducab i

Ky last Wednesday The contracting parties are well knaWn here andare first cousins Mrs McFarland wasvisiting relatives in Illinois when theunion was agreed upon They came toKentucky for the ceremony the lawsvt Illinois notlHDCtttrIIlt the Carriagetfarmlets

Columbia Ky IWL Gradys fine stock will be ad ¬

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vertised next week

We are requested to state thatbilliard and pool table was theIfor the use of Its owners Whenclub wants company invitations willbe extended

When you take into considerationthe competiion the merchants of Co

lumbia have the large business they dois astonishing There are seventythree stores in Adair County sixty ofthem outside of Columbia

The remains of Mr Geo 11 Youngsson who died at Anchorage lat Fallwill be brought to Adair County forre interment A brother of the de-

ceased

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and Mr Porter Barger left forthe remains yesterday

We are informed that Frances Jackofethis town has over 100 young chickenandeall this accomplished without an incu ¬

bator

Miss Estelle Cartright of JunctionCity and Miss Lyda Simpson ofGjiumbitlast week On Thursday evening MissCarrie Hatcher entertained a numberof young people in honor of the fairyoung ladles

Quite a number of young ladies andgentlemen assembled at the residenceof Mr Solomon McKinley last Sundayand were entertained by Mr J WHu tellings and his phonograph Asumptuous dinner was spread and theday very enjoyably spent

Miss Sallie Patterson of Jamestownthe °parlors of Patterson Hotel thisevening Quite a number of the littleMisses of this place received Invita-tions

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and Katie Murrell and NinaMarcum will be in attendance

The store of Lafe Sanders TaylorCounty was entered by theives lastSaturday night and aquantity of goodstaken Mr Sanders was here Sundaylooking for blood hounds He thinksthe robbers the In the neighborhoodof the store

Miss Bel tie Barbee entertained sev ¬

eral of her young friends a few nightsago There were music and games sand the evening very much enjoyedMiss Bettie is a popular young ladyand every effort was made to make herfrIends pass a pleasant and enjoyableevening

The Columbia Stave Company havesold all staves they have on theirvarious yards to the firm representedby Mr J W Ilutchings who has been

wetkS1Thwill nave more staves for the marketas scOn as the timber can be eat andbtrcJrc

During a high tide in Cumberland IlogsiNashville For several days the rafts ¬

men have been reaching Columbia entoIProf Ballard informed us that he hadenrolled 100 students and that thaaver3 daily attend mci is over 80The old school Is going a lively gift

managementjPBusiness has not been particularly

brisk in Columbia for several weeksfor the reason that farmers are making preparations for putting in theirspring crops Our merchants are making no complaint knowing that the j

farmer is the bone and sinew of theland

Remember that the ConnecticutMutual is an annual dividend compa ¬

ny hence it you want life insuranceyou should take out a risk in the com-pany

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that gives you the best returnsfor your money For information con ¬otheracompanies call at The Adair CountyNews officeIMr Frank Judd who lived in thesuburbs of Columbia notified life wifeand motherinlaw Mrs Vaughanthat he had found a nice location inIllinois and they left for the point hedesignated last week Frank is a goodworker and has a nice family and wehope that he will do well at his newhome

Cane Valley and Gradyville are runWing neck and neck for the secondplace in point of size in Adair countySubstantial buildings have recentlybeen erected in both of these townsand the spirit of improvement is notabating Both plaCes are populatedwith excellent people who are deter-mined to push their respective villa ¬

gee to the front

A tewnlgbts ago Mr John B Wat ¬

son who is selling goods at Plum Pointheard some one near his store Hewent out and observed a man actingvejy suspiciously Mr Watson startedtoward him and the man ran He wascalled to stop and failing Mr Watsonshot at him The man hurriedlyhis wav to the rher jumped in answam to the opposite bank

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Miss Maggie Robertson gave a candypulling last Friday night to a number j

of her young friends and a gayer set i

of little Misses are seldom seen togeth-er

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The following were present Misses Alice Walker LlnaRosenfield CaryHughes Bettie Hancock Carrie antNasty Flowers Maggie Todd KatieMurrell Nina Marcum FannieMinnie Hudson Vjrgle Hunn JonesIne Robertson Misses Fannienefct Mvrt Staples and Mrs Robt

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It is reported here that young Webbof Russell county who was afflictedwith smallpox has about recoveredand that there are no other cases inthe county A report gained circula ¬

tion that Webb lived atKimble whichwas a mistake His home is six milesfrom tbatjlace and there has beenno smallpox at Kimble at any timeThe people at that place are generallyhealthy and the businessmen are not

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complaining

A few days ago we were asked howmanyexMexican soldiers were yet livingin Adair county We could mt namebut three W C Turk John Eubankand William Cabbell There maybeothers but we hardly think that thereare The old veterans of 18467 arefast passing away and in a few moreyears the question will be how manyare yet living in the State They will

revolutionaryIoneanother one in McCracken etc andwhen you are through counting therewill be only six or right

The following is the paid list sinceour last issue W P Agee James NMurrell Geo Campbell N W Kinnaird Geo R Holt A B Smith SA McMahan B F Thompson Coakley Simes M Blakeman G AJohnston W J Bales R L MorrisE B Lenchman P D Cantrell S JHeizcr W H Williams T L Vaugh-an 1 H Bloyd R T Dowdy ETBlakeman P B Curry J J RussellJT Ray Robert Squires W R MyersE N Wilson W A Bibb W AHumpbress S H Montgomery A Jtank J T Gooch B S Wilson J-

IB Jimson D L Smith L F Wooldredge W D Rucker G W MankAlbert Edwards S G Banks TitusMercer R B Wilson R A EppersonWailer Caldwell R A Corbin G RRedman J H Judd J P SaUce MrsMaggie Mourning Pelley CampbellG W Murrah

Mr Mont White of this place whowas a soldier in the Philippines hasbeen lying dangerously ill in a bospialat San Francisco Cal for severalweeks He was taken sick on theIslands and transported to the hospitalin San Francisco for better treatmentHis parents and sister have been anx ¬

iously hoping that he would bo wellclouddlast Thursday A dispatch from thesurgeon stated that Mont wasleavingground The word leaving was evi-dently mistake in transmitting themessage and was certainly written

losing In the afternoon Mr J VWhite who is the father of the youngsoldier left for San Francisco Twohpurs later another message caratstating that there was but little hopethatfreach his home 1hiy >1meaotmr the anxious and Uistreseti cfamily have tub the sympathy tit tills =

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