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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
4
Mrs Laura Scruggs and her young daughter spent Wednesday with the family of Mr John Armstrong. Mr J M Shielda is reported sick this week.
Weekend visits and gatherings abound as residents from Willisburg Sycamore Valley Thorn Hill and nearby towns share time with relatives and friends. Notables include Misses Flossy Pearl Armstrong Hallie Lillie Keeling and families visiting Mrs Mollie Shields Mrs Sade Coulter and Mrs Nan Scott ill with rheumatism.
The readable fragments list names on a Democratic ticket: Senator J C W Beckham Governor S W Hager Lieutenant Governor Trimble Auditor H M Bosworth Treasurer Ruby Laffoon Secretary of State Hubert Vree Attorney General John K Mail Clerk of Court of Appeals J B ?. The text is incomplete and garbled with several misspellings and placeholders.
In Mooresville a son was born April 27 to John Williams' wife, weighing ten pounds. Hubert Virgin plans a grist mill this week, ready to grind by Saturday. Settles and Fisagher run a daily Maud mill. Four farmers push corn planting to finish. Mr Charles Hendren of Jeffersonville Indiana visits relatives here. Wm Nally failed to organize an association at Humphreys School last Saturday evening but will do so soon. Tobacco grower notes indicate irregular payments.
The Courier Journal printed four columns of Watterson's editorial last Monday, praised as vivid rhetoric and a sharp partisan jab. Glasgow Times editor J M Richardson complains Glasgow sulphur water smells awful and asks what aroma a cure for selfishness should emit, urging a remedy for a hard world.
News arrives of the death of Henry Seleeman of Bloomfield. He was a brother of Judge W. E. Selee man of this place and had suffered illness for several days. A full account will be published next week.
James Greer, a prominent Nelson county resident, died at his Bloomfield home at age sixty five from injuries incurred April fourteen when a frightened horse caused him to fall while climbing into his buggy. He leaves four daughters Mrs Wisner of Chicago Mrs Edward Whitehouse of Texas and Misses Bessie and Grace Greer of Bloomfield.
Mr Johnie Walls and family spent time away from the usual duties and visited relatives. The note records the absence in the local column and confirms their return plans.
The Fiscal Court faces broad opposition to a $7,000 bond for a new courthouse. Taxpayers urge hiring an architect to draft plans and costs, and call for a mass meeting to fairly express will. They insist the current measure is doomed unless the court revises its approach and timing.
Mrs J H Settles improves at thin writing and many locals visit relatives across St Rose Willisburg Mackville Polin and Fairview. Farmers discuss scarce tobacco plants amid rain aiding corn planting as community updates blend visits with planting plans.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate the liver prevent appendicitis and establish regular habits of the bowel. Sold at Hingdon and Robertson’s drug store for 2 shillings and 6 pence.
The notes describe after school practice for an upcoming tournament with Pleas ureville pledging forty nine events and plans for large town delegations from Stanford Lebanon and Bardstown. The second baseball game of the season saw our team beat Bardstown 7 to 6 with pitcher Jocko Colvin delivering key saves and a ninth inning surge including a Colvin home run. John Claybrooke left for Scottsboro Alabama Sunday to join his brother in business.
Albert Salsman and his wife were arrested after a four year old stepson died from severe injuries. The couple traveled from Pitts Point Bullitt County to Hoddenville and onward toward Green County, with Salsman alleged to have beaten the child. The grand jury in Munfordville indicted Salsman for murder but did not indict the wife.
Mesdames Julia Leachman Lizzie Reed and Mattie Dragoo spent Wednesday with Mr Emma Baker. Mrs A L Litney returns from visit to her sister Mrs Nannie Boblitt Lebanon. Mrs Bessie Birch reported sick. Various local residents, including Will Merritt, Katie Hopper, Lillian Leachman and Virgil Bobbitt, appear visiting and traveling between Lebanon Springfield Louisville and nearby households.
In Glasgow Times, George Treg an elderly man avoided taxes by moving windows to Préwitt's Knob. The dogs there became wild and raid dens at night, retreating to the Knob by day, causing local anxiety over possible depredations.
Miss Annie Lee White died at her parents home in Tatham Springs Kentucky on Thursday morning April 25 1907 of typhoid fever aged seventeen The funeral was held at Rockbridge church with Rev Hatchett officiating and interment in Rockbridge cemetery The bereaved parents and community extend deep sympathy for the loss and hope for eventual reunion in a brighter clime Eprrit Sims
Mrs Martha Neal from Chaplin Fork returns home after caring for a ill brother. Miss Kate Dawson of Bloomfield stayed with sister Mrs C Williams. Mrs Baily Pinkston and daughter Ora attended Mrs Pope Prather funeral at Rockbridge. Several locals visited relatives in Bloomfield and Perryville. Jessie Williams improves while Ella Taylor remains ill. Mary Williams visited uncle Clarence Williams.
Recovered from measles Ward Vanflut returns home after visit at VanAredale. Payton Briggs and wife visited Mr. Baily Pinks. Hubert Hardin is dangerously ill with pneumonia. Will Crumes visited his daughter Mrs. Afie Cull. Patsy Brigge and M. Bagge visited Payton Briggs. Irene Williams was in Chaplin. Lydan and daughter Mar egret of Midway attended services.
Sapton Ford and Chaplin residents visited Tatham and Fairfield last Sun day and Monday. Families including Shields, Ruby, and Trent were seen with neighbors in Greens, Fairview, and Sutherland during the week. Multiple horse and mare trades occur with Cheatham and Trent households. prices range from 175 to 200 dollars, plus corn barrel sales at 2.50 per barrel.
Gertie Perkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Perkins died Thursday after a short illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were held the next day by Rev J A Simma and burial followed in the local cemetery. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family with references to remaining relatives and local visits noted among neighbors.
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