HANDICAPPED. “Didn't young Grabeoin go away to collegas last year?” “Yes. He went to Harvard.” “ae institution.” “So i# is, but young Grabcoln car ried along a Japanese valet. a motor- tar and a bulldog. He may have picked ~p gp erumbs of knowl bur i doubt it." News Item. “Peart have gone up.” “What's that?’ inquired his wife. few s(ieran edge, four more, “Thery, You mis<ed then.” Sears ago now costs $5,000 or ” You buying what! one John, not now, by see ne Considerate. “1 hope the movie stars you employ try to make your hn for vou “Oh, feally. that the mand the easier it is fc out my Iscome tax.” 1siness as pleasant ns possible?” the fucer, iron- to salarie yes,” replied “They larger prog have idea de- Seem an the ries they ww me to figure Strangers. popular novel “Is that a you are reading ®” “Not “vith by. “I pic me,” replied Mr, Glithers sed it up beeause I liked the picture »f the the but after reading a few chapters I dis covered that the author and the had ~ever met.” heroine cover on artist Artful Candidate. “But you can't run for two the time.” “Yon dont understand politics” sald the veteran *“T'm going to balivhoe for while hs pussyfooting for In th way I can't lose.” offices at same campaigner, one office the other. why to my qear, had ey- other have the she Busy Life. k eight hours a man? Cactus Joe, at leaves him only sixteen hours to play poker and get a little sleep.” for any finsw ered Greai Execution, violinist's execution was sim- though? ging on every note” Educational. geational itm? you might call it so. y interesting studies In femi- natomy.” fn ed 0m aine The Varieties, “What are the fruits of practical polities?” ‘ far, 1 come across only varieties—lemons and plums.” The Difference. “Last year old Slick was paying court to Miss Smarty.” “And this year he Is paying her all mony." “ly two have § Why Not? “What are you working on?" “You remember those old remedies advertised as good for man or peast?” Yes" “I'm working on an antlfreezing mixture, good for man or motor.” His Argument. “Why have you turned footpad?” “Your honor, I used to be a panhan. fllor." : now that” ody would listen to a hard. In these times. i | | FRECKLES Now Is the Time te Get Rid of Thess Ugly Spots. 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Lakeside Supply Co | FRECKLES Emery Dr des Ea | ARI ag AE : Facts Fiction OHN SHELL is without doubt the most remark- . en a jack-knife able centenarian I have to shary seen, and he is about the eighth I have met,” says our investigator. “His memory is won- derful. The nearest that he and his family can come to his age is 112 years. His family has never claimed him to be over that age. The tax records that were burned in the court house at Harlan gave the date of his birth, as near as they could make it out, as September, 1808, He also counts from the age of his first wife, who died at the age of 107. “John Shell cannot read or write, but for many years he was an expert maker of flint-lock rifles. John Shell rifles, marked with his private mark just behind the lock, are prized by collectors. “In order to get a consensus of opinion as to his probable age, I thought it best to secure statements and affidavits from members of the family and neighbors, who have known him for many years. I therefore secured such statements from Judge A. B. Cornett, T. H. Howard, attor- ney-at-law, and W. B. Kelly, ex-United States marshal, and others. These are among the most substantial and reliable men of Kentucky.” Extracts from their statements are given below: OVER 100. SAYS W, B. KELLY 1 have known “Uncle ny for years, in fact, him a good deal, about on rs ago From the age Mr. Shell i to be, when I stayed with him, and the has elapsed since, 1 woul d Judge him to be a good deal over years old WwW. B. KELLY Ex-United States Marshal Subscribed and sworn to before me this April 24th, 1550 EF. BOOGGEN, Notary Public, Harlan Cou, SHELL FAMILY RECORD SAYS 112 My Aunt, Mrs Martha Garrison, says that the date In her Bible, pontaining grandpa’s age, was Beptember 15, 1808 i Bave every reason to belleve that she speaks the truth. My father, W, C. Shell, says this is the truth sc far as be has ever known; also my uncle, A. HB, Sheil A. BH SHELL. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of April, 1826, Og. W. HOWARD, County Court Clerk. AT LEAST 110, SAYS T. 8. WARD I will be 81 years oid the 10th of July, 1930. 1 was born and raised in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1582 I met Johnny Shell, who was called “Umele Johnny then 1 was dodging the Confederate army and met "“"Unels Johnny He was too old then for service In the Civil war. 1 am satisfied He is at least 110 years old, as he is a much older man than I am. Most every one In Harlan County knows me and will take my word for anything I say. I would not make a state ment uniess I believed it to be true, T. 8 WARD. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 23rd day of April, 1930, M. OG. SMITH, Notary Public, Harlan, Cy, Ky. ATTORNEY HOWARD BAYS OVER 100 In different conversations with John Shell, he «isn told about coming to Kentucky with his fathep ih the summer of 1518, and th they camped where the town of Marian, Ky., is now joouted. and th at that time he was 12 years old In abstracting old land papers 3 found one where an entry was made by 8 Sheil (John's father) in the year 1816, In the neighborhood where he now lives. 1 have every reason to belleve John Bhell Is a good deal over 100 years old T. H, HOWARD, Attorney at Law. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 33rd day of April, 1020 M. G. SMITH, Notary Public, Harlan Co. Ky. OVER 100 AND AN HONEST MAN I have known Johnny Shell for about 60 years. I goods for 40 years. W. BB. Kelly told of a man Smith, He and Shell grew up together, about the same age, If Smith hed MHved & would be a little over a hundred now. Richard Wise who was ralsed a few miles from Shell, saya Shell has turne Je, i tatheq to Shell Jax Foard Re Knew me and talked o me as intelligently as ever hear im, w found John Shell an honest man. } 2 nave always 8. C. HOWARD, JUDGE CORNETT BAYS ALL OF 108 I have know “Uncle Johnny Shell for 38 or more I have known of him as an old, old man. all from the few ¥ho lived hers when he said he came Bore at the age of 13, he ls now at least 108 years old, and 1 believe older. 1 have talked with him in the last year and he seamed to be intelligent and ust as 3tjohal an 1 ever saw him (Judge) . CORNETT, Harlan, Ky. fnhell slaved w ith clalmes a (hat 66 Ky. have sold him “OLDER n MY I have known “Uncle Johnny” Shell aimost 64, I w ala place his age at 106, Johnny Shell w older than my mother, and bee she lived till now, 487 whe would have a. TRWia In justice to John Shell family, shoul I Tet othe ih na _ Re Sr nd lp, 2 e reports pu n the y press, A of the kind all h be in rors in Sh ing and the d fiction ( doubt the cause for the tke on fact) that that t has been published about old “Un facts as we have b been Yored ie CHATTANOOGA MEDICINE CO. a the fall, per pris sent Cha ile 'y Ti ————Sr——— co. JOHN SHELL AND FA MILY John Shell, bis second wife and fire rear-oidsnn Amo A 11 Bhell grandson of Jobs Shell Ms wife and their two dasghiern ? Ise The Ann," is now put into the shade by the question lately agitated in the public press as to “How old is John?” Old “Unele” Joh nny Shel ky mor intaineer, who paid ntucky State Fair Louis hus become famous over nigl the “New Digest,” and circulation, with comments on papers as the “Literary of national his pi icture, on at issue. ir teres 4 1&t peci ial Greasy ¢ ok ooga Medicine ine—Thedford’s Bla d been used ma ah atter, tl to has bee en shown in investigator was a by The Company {whose ck- Draugh it Liver in the Shell fam- re y wh wnti Pe the subject. vesiizator's reports given on an column of this page. The result of investigation seems to show, on tes. y of friends and neighbors, that John al out 112 years old, that his health ood for a man of his age, and that ad is clearer than that of the e ir A statement from his (A. H. Shell) «grandson regarding the re of Thedford’s Black-Draught, by John Shell himself, jie given at the foot of this page. re shows Lacie i'e Ru 1 Greasy Ureek Kentucky, white he haa { lived 1 ri > 7; Hi Ts % <. hd ia Til i ’
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