Hopkinsville, Ky., July 22. The oil fever is spreading in Christian county. The Dawson Oil Company was recently incorporated, with $15,000 capital stock, and having leases on 15,000 acres of land in Christian and Caldwell counties. Another company, composed of Judge James Breathitt, Judge Joseph McCaroll, Master Commissioner W. T. Folwer, City Attorney Albert P. Crockett, City Clerk Walter S. Elgin, Walter D. Shaw and L. G. Williams, has been formed to develop the oil resources in the northern portions of Todd and Christian counties. Leases have been secured on 25,000 acres of land, the belt extending from Pilot Rock to Scales’ Mill, on Tradewater river.
Buy and Try a Box Tonight.
While you think of it, go buy and try a box of Cascarets Candy Cathartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You’ll never regret it. Genuine tablets stamped C.C.C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, 10c.
Competition in electric tramways is alluded to in many of the half-yearly reports of English railways as affecting short-distance passenger movement.
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Saves nine. Hughes’ Tonic (taste pleasant), taken in early Spring and Fall prevents Chills, Dengue and Malarial Fevers. Acts on the liver, tones up the system. Better than Calomel and Quinine. Contains no Arsenic. Guaranteed, try it. At Druggists. 50c. and $1.00 bottles.