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tttt wY Best Advertising Medium IN BREATHITT AND ADJOINING COUNTIES I J Wiite HAOINB Editor and Publisher = A NxwsiArKit DKVOTKD TUg lNTKKKs fg 8F EASTKKK KENTOOKY ONE DOLLAK PER YKAK IN I Volume VI Jackson > Kcntuc13 > FriillrPlll lliT 181907 Number 12 I 4 00000 44r444sa i WE ARE SELLING OUT i 0 wJ OUR ENTIRE STOCK t i- ii i4 4 At Reduced Prices 1 0 G 1 4 J In Order To i J i9for 0 0 i- l 1 J 1 cI t J aif aalltS t J i 0 i 0IN G ° 34 i Wo have reduced tho prices on everything in the ftlhouse including Momma anti Boys Overcoats irons i Heavy Suits and Joys Knee Snits also H largo 0 U i lino of Heavy Ianta and Winter Underwear f 0 0- i4 The Womans Chance i- G 4 r 0To buy Kaincoats Long Jackets heavy Skirts t 4 Underwear Ohildron and Misses Jackets nnd f 0 Clothing for less money than she over paid be ¬ i 0 0 fore Buy liberally now you will probably never 6 buyso cheaply i oj ALL SHOES AT COST 1- 4t Y Including Heavy Shoos for Men Women and 1 Children Also Gum Boots mind Rubbers ra 9CO IJ AND EXAMINE THE GOODS i J J i iU a Ys4 44s OOOOD 4 ° 4t4srsho OGe t 4iti 45s HSHSHSHSHHESHSHSasaSH 5HSaS25HSHS5H5H5HSHSE5H5fc- YI DAY President J SAML HEAD Jit Cashier v n k VFOllDVice Pros W S IOPPKK Asst Cashier y r pTU a i G 1tbhicci r i r JACKSON DEPOSIT BANK m Jackson Kentucky U Paid up Capital and Surplus 2T35oooR- j i U 3Wo solicit the Banking Business nod accounts or1M Lumber Mauufaoturcrs Timber Dealers ID Business Men- Merchants rn i Farmers- n ID IT Throughout Eastern Kentucky and oiTor our Custoinora- K the mostI B BRAtr fll Within tho limits of legitimate business = = = t COLLECTIONS A SEPCIALTY d s 5ur5 2 5Sc S 92 S 4 25 525 5 5 Z i 2 5 2 u cr Z5 Jv1ILLIE8 School of Business I M E MILLIKAN Principal Offers unexcelled courses of instruction i- nSHORTHAND s Taught by Export Stenographers Actual experience in every day work Spelling Punctuation Office Training TYPE W R T IN G Touch System t under n special teacher Single and double koybolrdmnchines Drilling in forms of Typewriting in eludingwriting from dictation Our pupils become export operators BOOKKEERINQUpto- date system applied to various forms of business Full commercial course Rapid calculation Business Arith ¬ metic Correspondence Commercial Law Penmanship and Husineaa Practice OUR PUPILS GET POSITIONS ASK FOR LISTS ELEVATOR 8I1OItC ST ENTRANCE SOIJTULitN nlUTUAL llUILDINO LE xlNA- pr GTO T 1EY ly r t BREATHITT OQJNffY NEWS ADVANI SMITH MAKES A OO FES8iJ ilCOrlObOlntes Hargis and Callahan as Planners iA > the Assassination of Dr Cox Following is the statement made by John Smith to the attorneys for the Commonwealth nnd in the presence of his personal attorney John C Eversolo Just after Hen Ilargis was kille- dI I in the back room of Ed Cal Inhnns store or bedroom of tho store and he told mo that him and tho Hargises was looking to have trouble with some people at Jack- son ¬ and asked me if I would stand in with them I told him I was out of trouble and did not want to get in any and that tho best thing for him to do was to stay out if he could do on any fair terms So that was about nil that was said at that time In March Ifl02 1 was at Frank- fort ¬ as a witness in tho United Suites Court against Dillnrd Hush and his wife chargedwith rob- Bing ¬ time mail I was nt tho depot just lifter dark in company with M Hegley who was nlso a witness in the same case and was waiting for the train to como to Lexington that night Jim lIar ¬ gis and Ed Callahan came to mo and Ed toldme thnt him and Ilar ¬ gis wanted to talk to me before I went away And we stepped out into the middle of tho street and Ilargis asked Ed if 1 was afraid they would get me into trouble nnd Ed said yes I think so and llnrgis said if I was afraid he would go and have Ikcklmm par ¬ don mo before I did anything and he told me ho could have Heckham pardon any man he wanted to in twenty minutes nnd he told me there would be no danger as him I and Edwould have me indicted the first court and tried and ac ¬ quitted He also told me if I would stand in with them and help get rid of some men at Jackson us ninny as three or four that the rest of the men who were against them would leave and that they 4Altt r stjMhlt1reir way thatrho would me to make money and that ho would furnish tho money and we would put up n wholesale whisky house in South Jackson and thnt he would give mo charge of it and would give me half the profit and ho made also lots of other prom- ises ¬ That was about all wo talked about at that time as it was about train time and I had to leave for Lexington 1 never hindfumy more talks with them until in April ANOTHER TALK WITH CALLAHAN I was at St lichens on timber I was at Wilsons store and Ed Callahan was in the store and told mo ho wanted to see mea went upstairs in the store and ho said to me that there had to be sonic shooting done at Jackson and wanted mo to help to do it Ho said he was going up to Jackson that night to see Jim Hargis and have him to send for John Abner and Asbcrry Spicer mind have them at Jackson by tho time we got back from down the river lie told mo to go on and if he did not see mo any more for me to go back to Jackson and stay there until ho como and that Jim Ilargis would tell ma what to do and I dont remember that I seen him any- more while I was on tho river u- ntill ¬ got to Valley View and then I went back to Jackson us ho told no to do I went to Jackson on the 1130 train and went to tho lIar is store Jim Ilargis was talking to some one when 1 walked in lie winked at me nnd as soon as ho was through talking to the party ic walked by me and said to fol- low him upstairs into tho ollico or bedroom Ho told me he had sent Hob Deaton after Asbcrry spicer and John Abner and that they would get in that night and for mo to stay around town the rest of tho day and to go to Ester Haddixs and stay all night No ono know mo there and there wits only four or live men in Jackson it that time who knew mo So I done as ho told mo and ho gave me two dollars to pay my bill mind a 45 Colts pistol As soon as we went down stairs I saw Mose Felt ncr just at dark at Bill Backs but I dont know that Feltner remem ¬ bers it not but I guess ho docs I was at Joe Herds place that night mind playedcards with Jim Cockrill Joe Hard Benton Hlan ton and others II AltO IS GAVE HIM WHISKY I stayedall night at Ester Had ¬ dixs and tho next morning as soon as Jim Hargis como to tho storo ho told mo that Spicor and Abner had como and that they was down on the river on time second I branch below town and fotfmc to HargisI Aaa ale mi ui uii on i F ntiu iwi a half gallon of whisky at told me to bring him one martand take the other to Spicer l ner 1 went and got thefjvhisky and went back to mo and Jim Ilargis went upstairs nnd took a drink and 1 to where he told me I would find Spicer and Abnor As II went down stairs I met Klbcrt Harris but I did not know him at that time I went on and found Spi cur and Abner as lIar isftold me I would and we stayed there all day and Elbert Harris and Bill Britton brought dinner and that evening just about dark we crossed the river and went to El bert Harris and got supper and after supper Elbert Hritt n Spi cer Abner and myself jvent to town nnd met Jim Hargis Ed Callahan in tho back yara at Jim Harris home and they all tnlked- about the killing of Dr tox and Callahan said he was town for be came up on the tram as ho did I think Ed had coma up that day from Valley View where lip had been on timber Jim Har wanted mo and Abner and Spiccr to go on tho street that night and meet Dr Cox and shoot him with pistols as IIQ said no- body ¬ know us and that nvould be a safe W8 to kill himIHut that plan way dropped as Abner and mo did not know Dr Cox and Spiccr was afraid sonic ono would know him IJI1tUI8 FUUNISUKD iOXS So Ed Callahan surd to watch his house till he cause hume Unit nit ht from his office and hill him as he went in the gate So Jim furnished us i + ll Spicor witlrwxlloflunsloaded tt gtecjos vtfePK tJouic Dr Cox s A te and sent Klbert Ilargis uptown to see if he could findout where Dr Cox was And Jim Ilargis and Callahan stayed- with us until Elbert Ilurgis came backas Jim Hargis said ho could tell Dr Cox from any man in Jackson the darkest night that over come Klbcrt came back and said ho was up to tho Cnrdwoll corner and thought ho would bo homo soon He didcome and walked in the gate and I could have killed him if I had tried for I know Dr Cox but 1 told them I did not and Spiccr and Abner told Ed nnd Jim that they was afraid it was not him was the rea ¬ son they did not shoot Ilargis cursed everyone of us in a joking way and told Kd his men was no good and said ho would shoot Dr Cox himself if he could get no one to do it TJIK MUHUUIi Jim and Kd told us to go back with Elbert andcome back the next night and wo lone so and went home with Elbert and stayed in his house till after dark tho next night and went back to town and met Edand Jim at tho same place as the night before but I dont remember about Bill Britton but think ho was already in town So wo told them we was afraid to shoot unless we was certain it was tho right man So Jim put us three Spicer Abner and myself under tho barn shed andsent Elbert lIar to stand on the cor ¬ ner opposite tho Cardwell corner nnd when Dr Cox left his ollice and started homo and got about opposite where wo was in hiding Elbert Ilargis was to call to him so we would know it was Dr Cox Wo stayed under tho shed about ono hour nnd while we was there Ed Callahan came to us and stayed with us until just about twenty minutes before Dr Cox was killed and told us to bo sure not to miss him And when Dr Cox did start from his office andcame down just across tho street from us Elbert Ilargis called to him and said Is Unit you Dockll and ho said Yes nnd stopped and all three of us fired nt tho same time or so near tho same that it was nil one report As soon as wo fired I ran to the other end of time shedand Spicer and Abner fired two moro shots which made five shots thnt were fired but only three re- ports ¬ While I was at tho far end of the shed waiting for Spicer and Abner I saw two men crossing from tho llnrgis store and I did not know who they were so I rnn on down to time back of Jim liar gU house and waited till Abaer Spiccr and Klbert llnrgis came to where I was nnd in a short time Jim Ilmu giaid Hy God your beller justboforo in town that night but they rush ¬ ed us off just us soon as they could timebottoms llargishouse turned the boat loose Spicer Abner and myself went whereCurtis Abner stopped and Spicer went on home Wo stayed there all night and tho next day Abner stayed hid at my brothers mind I went to tho homo of my brother Govnn Smith nnd my mother Kachael Smith and Alfred Hol ¬ lands they all lived on nne creek near enchother Tho sec ¬ ond night after Dr Cox was killed Curtis Smith took John Abner to Sam Callahans on Canoe Fork and there he got a mule andwent on home to Longs creek So the next day I left Cane creek long about 7 oclock in the morning and started for home I stopped ut Sam Callahans and bought twentyfive cents worth of cartridges I saw Lewis Evans that day nt the mouth of Sebastins branchwith n freight boat but dont know who was with him I lived in Perry county at that time andwent on home I saw lots of people as I traveled tho roads and on my way homo I stopped nt Kd Callahan SAYS IIAUOIS SENT 100 In a few days I came over to Ed Callahan and he called me in the back room of his store and told mo ho had one hundred 100 dollars in money for me He said the Hargiscs sent it to mo This was the first time any money had over been mentioned to mo except that they made me all kinds of promises to stand by mo and give me a good job So this is about all I know about this except that Jim lIar is has never done any- thing ¬ he promised to TliU Charming Woman Is not necessarily one of perfect farm and features tyaiy a plitl VTOI n UWcoutl nqver serve Cai arm fi7Sl21 ualLiithat s clar eyes clean smooth skin and thu epriRhlllneps of step and action that accompany good health A physically weak women IB never attractive nut even to herself Electric Bitters re ¬ store weak women give strong nerves bright exec nnjoth velvety akin beautiful complexion Guaranteed at Jackson Drug Coa 5Cc Slack Water to Beattyvllle Mondays developments in time Rivers and Harbors Committee seem to indicate that a sum large complction ¬ the Kentucky river will remain in the bill Iteprcscntativeelcct Langley hinda conference with Chairman Burton Monday and is elated over the fact that tho chair ¬ project ¬ substantial appropriation The completion of time two locks will carry slack water to Hcnttyvillo and result in the practical opening of time coal fields Food dont digtnl liecutiso the stomach lacks 101119 one of the essen ¬ tial digestiima or the digestive Juices are not properly balanced Then tuo it is this undigested food that onuses sourness and painful indigestion Kodol fur Indigestion should bo used for relief Kodol Is n solution of vege ¬ table acids It digests what you eat grid corrects the deficiencies of the dl ¬ gestion KoJol conforms to the Nation- al ¬ Pure Food and Drug Law Sold here by Jackson Drug Oo Clear up the mjiiiplexiun cleanse the liver and tuna the system You cnn best do this by a dote or two of Je Witts Little Earlv lasers Safe re uncle little pills with a reputation The pills that everyone knows Re- commended by Jackson Drug GJ Wealthy Widow Found Dead Mrs Sullie Amburgy a wealthy widow residing hi the edge of Knott county was found dead in a woodland back of her home Monday Her death is a mystery since tho body shows no sign of violence She was known to have considerable money about tho house but it was not disturbed saysMy bon Poultry Cure when they were dying with cholera and it soon guaranteedby Judge and Mrs Robert Itiddcll of Irvine will celebrate tho fif ¬ tieth anniversary of their mar ¬ riage in February Campton The Largest Circuln1iI OF ANY PAPER IN TO 5 so Jl or us is I4e sfou Prom 9lllssoUrt 1 Sometimes its hard to con ¬ vince some people If you are reasonable and apprecia = tire well be able to show you the excellence of o- urMonuments Wed like to talk over the monuncnt question with you telling you how much it will cost and the cheapness IMONUMENTS 1 m 11 MIXED >= ir PAINTS 1 111 111 1 Just received a full line 1 WI r u tvg V Will cover more space last longer and look better than t < t any other paint made Call 111 and see color cards and get 11 t zU 1 t latkson Drug Co y f f > tf W rr iito = Io 19 1EEfS J It91aie We Are IHere Celebrated I Best on SHOET- he Ear- thPRICE BOO phRl i For Sale By DAY BROSOOJael- sog M Ke9tu ° ky I rmr Want a Farm OR A TOWN LOT aJ Our list of farm lands and town lots in ¬ cludes the best in Brcnthitt county and Jackson It doesnt cost you getb what you want haventb got what you want wo itb HAGINSBLANTONREAL S
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BREATHITT OQJNffY NEWSADVANI
SMITH MAKES A OO FES8iJ
ilCOrlObOlntesHargis and Callahan as Planners iA
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theAssassination of Dr Cox
Following is the statement madeby John Smith to the attorneysfor the Commonwealth nnd in thepresence of his personal attorneyJohn C Eversolo
Just after Hen Ilargis was kille-dII in the back room of Ed Cal
Inhnns store or bedroom of thostore and he told mo that him andtho Hargises was looking to havetrouble with some people at Jack-son
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and asked me if I would standin with them I told him I wasout of trouble and did not want toget in any and that tho best thingfor him to do was to stay out if hecould do on any fair terms Sothat was about nil that was said atthat time
In March Ifl02 1 was at Frank-fort
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as a witness in tho UnitedSuites Court against Dillnrd Hushand his wife chargedwith rob-Bing
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time mail I was nt tho depotjust lifter dark in company with
M Hegley who was nlso awitness in the same case and waswaiting for the train to como toLexington that night Jim lIar ¬
gis and Ed Callahan came to moand Ed toldme thnt him and Ilar ¬
gis wanted to talk to me before Iwent away And we stepped outinto the middle of tho street andIlargis asked Ed if 1 was afraidthey would get me into troublennd Ed said yes I think so andllnrgis said if I was afraid hewould go and have Ikcklmm par¬
don mo before I did anything andhe told me ho could have Heckhampardon any man he wanted to intwenty minutes nnd he told methere would be no danger as him
I
and Edwould have me indictedthe first court and tried and ac ¬
quitted He also told me if Iwould stand in with them and helpget rid of some men at Jacksonus ninny as three or four that therest of the men who were againstthem would leave and that they
4Altt r stjMhlt1reirway thatrho would me tomake money and that ho wouldfurnish tho money and we wouldput up n wholesale whisky housein South Jackson and thnt hewould give mo charge of it andwould give me half the profit andho made also lots of other prom-ises
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That was about all wo talkedabout at that time as it was abouttrain time and I had to leave forLexington 1 never hindfumy moretalks with them until in April
ANOTHER TALK WITH CALLAHAN
I was at St lichens on timberI was at Wilsons store and EdCallahan was in the store and toldmo ho wanted to see mea wentupstairs in the store and ho said tome that there had to be sonicshooting done at Jackson andwanted mo to help to do it Hosaid he was going up to Jacksonthat night to see Jim Hargis andhave him to send for John Abnerand Asbcrry Spicer mind have themat Jackson by tho time we gotback from down the river lietold mo to go on and if he did notsee mo any more for me to go backto Jackson and stay there until hocomo and that Jim Ilargis wouldtell ma what to do and I dontremember that I seen him any-
more while I was on tho river u-ntill
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got to Valley View and thenI went back to Jackson us ho toldno to do I went to Jackson onthe 1130 train and went to tholIar is store Jim Ilargis wastalking to some one when 1 walkedin lie winked at me nnd as soon asho was throughtalking to the partyic walked by me and said to fol-
low him upstairs into tho ollico orbedroom Ho told me he hadsent Hob Deaton after Asbcrryspicer and John Abner and thatthey would get in that night andfor mo to stay around town therest of tho day and to go to EsterHaddixs and stay all night Noono know mo there and there witsonly four or live men in Jacksonit that time who knew mo So Idone as ho told mo and ho gaveme two dollars to pay my bill mind
a 45 Colts pistol As soon as wewent down stairs I saw Mose Feltncr just at dark at Bill Backs butI dont know that Feltner remem ¬
bers it not but I guess ho docsI was at Joe Herds place thatnight mind playedcards with JimCockrill Joe Hard Benton Hlanton and others
IIAltO IS GAVE HIM WHISKY
I stayedall night at Ester Had ¬
dixs and tho next morning assoon as Jim Hargis como to thostoro ho told mo that Spicor andAbner had como and that they wasdown on the river on time second
I branch below town and fotfmc toHargisIAaa ale mi ui uii on i F ntiu iwia half gallon of whisky at toldme to bring him one martandtake the other to Spicer l
ner 1 went and got thefjvhiskyand went back tomo and Jim Ilargis went upstairsnnd took a drink and 1 towhere he told me I would findSpicer and Abnor As II wentdown stairs I met Klbcrt Harrisbut I did not know him at thattime I went on and found Spicur and Abner as lIar isftold meI would and we stayed there allday and Elbert Harris and BillBritton brought dinner andthat evening just about dark wecrossed the river and went to Elbert Harris and got supper andafter supper Elbert Hritt n Spicer Abner and myself jvent totown nnd met Jim Hargis EdCallahan in tho back yara at JimHarris home and they all tnlked-about the killing of Dr tox andCallahan said he was townfor be came up on the tram as hodid I think Ed had coma upthat day from Valley View wherelip had been on timber Jim Har
wanted mo and Abner andSpiccr to go on tho street thatnight and meet Dr Cox and shoothim with pistols as IIQ said no-
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know us and that nvould bea safe W8 to kill himIHut thatplan way dropped as Abner andmo did not know Dr Cox andSpiccr was afraid sonic ono wouldknow him
IJI1tUI8 FUUNISUKD iOXS
So Ed Callahan surd to watchhis house till he cause hume Unitnit ht from his office and hill himas he went in the gate So Jim
furnished us i+ ll Spicor
witlrwxlloflunsloadedtt gtecjos vtfePK tJouicDr Cox s A te and sent Klbert
Ilargis uptown to see if he couldfindout where Dr Cox was AndJim Ilargis and Callahan stayed-with us until Elbert Ilurgis camebackas Jim Hargis said ho couldtell Dr Cox from any man inJackson the darkest night thatover come Klbcrt came back andsaid ho was up to tho Cnrdwollcorner and thought ho would bohomo soon He didcome andwalked in the gate and I couldhave killed him if I had tried forI know Dr Cox but 1 told themI did not and Spiccr and Abnertold Ed nnd Jim that they wasafraid it was not him was the rea ¬
son they did not shoot Ilargiscursed everyone of us in a jokingway and told Kd his men was nogood and said ho would shoot DrCox himself if he could get no oneto do it
TJIK MUHUUIi
Jim and Kd told us to go backwith Elbert andcome back thenext night and wo lone so andwent home with Elbert and stayedin his house till after dark thonext night and went back to townand met Edand Jim at tho sameplace as the night before but Idont remember about Bill Brittonbut think ho was already in townSo wo told them we was afraid toshoot unless we was certain it wastho right man So Jim put usthree Spicer Abner and myselfunder tho barn shed andsentElbert lIar to stand on the cor¬
ner opposite tho Cardwell cornernnd when Dr Cox left his olliceand started homo and got aboutopposite where wo was in hidingElbert Ilargis was to call to himso we would know it was Dr CoxWo stayed under tho shed aboutono hour nnd while we was thereEd Callahan came to us and stayedwith us until just about twentyminutes before Dr Cox was killedand told us to bo sure not to misshim And when Dr Cox didstart from his office andcamedown just across tho street fromus Elbert Ilargis called to him andsaid Is Unit you Dockll andho said Yes nnd stopped andall three of us fired nt tho sametime or so near tho same that itwas nil one report
As soon as wo fired I ran to theother end of time shedandSpicer and Abner fired twomoro shots which made five shotsthnt were fired but only three re-
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While I was at tho far endof the shed waiting for Spicer andAbner I saw two men crossingfrom tho llnrgis store and I didnot know who they were so I rnnon down to time back of Jim liargU house and waited till Abaer
Spiccr and Klbert llnrgis came towhere I was nnd in a short timeJim Ilmu giaid Hy God yourbellerjustboforoin town that night but they rush ¬
ed us off just us soon as they could
timebottomsllargishouseturned the boat loose
Spicer Abner and myself went
whereCurtisAbner stopped and Spicer wenton home Wo stayed there allnight and tho next day Abnerstayed hid at my brothers mind Iwent to tho homo of my brotherGovnn Smith nnd my motherKachael Smith and Alfred Hol ¬
lands they all lived on nne creeknear enchother Tho sec ¬
ond night after Dr Cox waskilled Curtis Smith took JohnAbner to Sam Callahanson Canoe Fork and there he got amule andwent on home to Longscreek So the next day I leftCane creek long about 7 oclock inthe morning and started for homeI stopped ut Sam Callahans andbought twentyfive cents worth ofcartridges I saw Lewis Evansthat day nt the mouth of Sebastinsbranchwith n freight boat butdont know who was with him Ilived in Perry county at that timeandwent on home I saw lots ofpeople as I traveled tho roadsand on my way homo I stopped ntKd Callahan
SAYS IIAUOIS SENT 100
In a few days I came over toEd Callahan and he called me inthe back room of his store andtold mo ho had one hundred 100dollars in money for me He saidthe Hargiscs sent it to mo Thiswas the first time any money hadover been mentioned to mo exceptthat they made me all kinds ofpromises to stand by mo and giveme a good job So this is aboutall I know about this except thatJim lIar is has never done any-thing
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he promised to
TliU Charming WomanIs not necessarily one of perfect farmand features tyaiy a plitl VTOI nUWcoutl nqver serve Cai arm fi7Sl21
ualLiithats
clar eyes clean smooth skin and thuepriRhlllneps of step and action thataccompany good health A physicallyweak women IB never attractive nuteven to herself Electric Bitters re ¬
store weak women give strong nervesbright exec nnjoth velvety akinbeautiful complexion Guaranteed atJackson Drug Coa 5Cc
Slack Water to BeattyvllleMondays developments in time
Rivers and Harbors Committeeseem to indicate that a sum large
complction ¬
the Kentucky river will remainin the bill IteprcscntativeelcctLangley hinda conference withChairman Burton Monday and iselated over the fact that tho chair ¬project ¬
substantial appropriation Thecompletion of time two locks willcarry slack water to Hcnttyvilloand result in the practical openingof time coal fieldsFood dont digtnl liecutiso thestomach lacks 101119 one of the essen ¬tial digestiima or the digestive Juicesare not properly balanced Then tuoit is this undigested food that onusessourness and painful indigestionKodol fur Indigestion should bo usedfor relief Kodol Is n solution of vege ¬
table acids It digests what you eatgrid corrects the deficiencies of the dl ¬
gestion KoJol conforms to the Nation-al
¬
Pure Food and Drug Law Soldhere by Jackson Drug Oo
Clear up the mjiiiplexiun cleansethe liver and tuna the system Youcnn best do this by a dote or two of JeWitts Little Earlv lasers Safe reuncle little pills with a reputationThe pills that everyone knows Re-
commended by Jackson Drug GJ
Wealthy Widow Found DeadMrs Sullie Amburgy a wealthy
widow residing hi the edge ofKnott county was found dead ina woodland back of her homeMonday Her death is a mysterysince tho body shows no sign ofviolence She was known to haveconsiderable money about thohouse but it was not disturbed
saysMybon Poultry Cure when they weredying with cholera and it soon
guaranteedbyJudge and Mrs Robert Itiddcll
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