May 18, 1899… There are now, in the U.S., 16 firms manufacturing motor carriages of various kinds. Some of these vehicles are in active use in the great cities. Others are being built for country traffic and still other companies have begun the construction of trucks for the movement of freight. Attorney General Taylor has yielded to pressure and has announced himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. Richard P. Stoll, of Lexington, said that business interests would not allow him to enter the race against Gen. Taylor. The pupils and teachers of the Orphan School enjoyed a picnic in Alexander’s woods last Saturday. B.W. Dickson & Son will open a meat store in the rear of Offutt & Dedman’s store, formerly occupied by W.H. Donovan. Drs. W.E. Sleet and B.F. Parrish are in Louisville this week attending the meeting of the State Medical Association. Henry Owsley, the two-year-old son of M/M H.O. Stanhope, drowned about 11 a.m. on the morning of May 17. The little fellow had gone to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. A.W. Stan­hope, just next door and was out on the back porch playing. Close to the steps is a large water tank, which had in it about two feet of water. Somehow the child fell into the tank and had drowned before he was discovered. Two or three youngsters persisted in playing ‘’hooky’’ from school and thought themselves immune from detection until the town marshal was put on their trail. They have now been arrested for breach of the peace of the public school. The editor says he will not publish their names this time, but if the offense occurs again, the public will most assuredly know because the Clipper will tell them. The ladies of Midway are warned against a swindler who promises to teach them, for $2.50, how to earn several dollars per week by making artificial flowers and dress patterns. He collects a dollar in advance and never comes back. The merchants in the country and at crossroads are making vigorous kicks against the invasion of their territory by peddlers and itinerants. In some localities, it is claimed that these traveling supply men are getting the cream of the country trade by taking groceries, dry goods, notions and merchandise and selling to the farmers at their doors. The merchants say that as they buy the farmers produce and do all they can to aid the farmer and home institutions, they ought to have the home trade – and they are right. The fond hope of J. Malcolm Forbes was realized last week when Nancy Hanks, 2:04, dropped a beautiful filly by the valuable imported thoroughbred stallion, Meddler. Mr. Forbes bred the ex-champion to this thoroughbred hoping to get a filly to use expressly for a broodmare. May 19, 1921… There was no information for this week in the files.