The bee., 1906-12-06
STURCIS NEWS
Industry Putting Its Best Foot Fore
most in Union County.
NEwsY PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS
FROM. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


Hon. II. ID. Allen, OF Morganfield
was in Sturgrs on legal business last
week.
Sheriff Mart Quincy, of Morgan.
field, was here visiting his old home
Saturday.
Supt. G. j. Bucher and Chas
Strickland, Of West Kentucky Co.
went to Madisonville Monday.
Post Master @. HI. Wilson expects
TO make business trip to Gulfport
Miss, the fret of the new year.
Prof. j. ]. Watkins of the graded
school, attended the Teachers Dis.
trict Association at Henderson last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Long are proud.
ly entertaining a young relative
whose birth dates from Nov. 30th
He 10 q bright young fellow.
Mre. Richard Lovejoy of vincen.
nes, Ind, is here this week visiting
her husband, who has charge Of all
buildings OF the West Kentucky
Coal Co.
The graded school, under the man
agement of ex-senator J. J Wad.
klps, is progressing nicely, with a
much larger attendance than ex.
peeted.
Mrs. Il. II. Thislecke of st. Louis,
NO., 10 visiting her sister. Mrs. Peter
Marquardt, this week. Mr.. Thislecke
accompanied her, but only remain
ed . few days.
Barty Sisk has been given charge
OF the large railroad engine at col
liery &c" and Buck" Wallace, q
deserving young farmer is pro-
NOTED to Mr.. Sisk's place as holster.
Mr. c. B. Shutes, the manager OF
the magnificent new West Kentucky
hotel here, is proving popular and
efficient landlord, and the new hos
telry is already reaping rich har-
harvest.
Colliery "Cr has two new Dem
ming electric mine pumps installed
now with a capacity each OF twelve
hundred gallons per minute. They
are IN charge of Henry Delaney, the
expert pump man.
Jovial Chas. Strickland, who lie
engineer In charge of the West Ken
tncky Coal company's various plants
here and at wheatcroft, with his
assistant. Henro Sizemore, is now
kept busy all the time.
Sturgis surely has a good electric
light system. but water works are
needed above everything else here
just now, without which a great
portion OF abe business part OF the
town will some day be reduced to
ashes.
James Palmer and John Martin
are the two inside mine foreinen OF
colliery "C". Mr.. Palmer is In
aKlondike," while Mr.. Martin has
the dip" Both are expert anime
matters and are popular with the
men.
Over seven hundred tons OF coal is
very frequently hoIsted day now
at Colliery &c" aud the cars loaded
under the management of mine Su-
perin3endent Ferest Davis display a
taste in training unequaled any
where.
Among the new and tasty resi-
dences just completed in Sturgis is
that of Peter Marguardt, our popu-
lar meat market man, Shelly Ben
nett, member of Bennett, Winston
and Hatfield dry goods firm, and
Carve Daues, retired merchant
DIR. Ben Humphrey. DR.. J ID.
Winston, Attorneys J. Mack Thonp-
son, Phillip III. Winston and Geo.
S. Wilson, III. III. Smith and others
have each been trying to out vie the
other1n bird hunt. So far DIR.
Winston is reported ahead, killing
twenty-four quail in one evening, :.
One need not wonder at the coal
famine IL coal cars are as scarce on
every road as this branch of the
J.. @. The West Kentucky had
but two allotments in the two
weeks, and but for her road to the
river and feet of tow-boats and bar
ges, would have been thrown idle.
Mr.. G. T. Wallace, who lately
bought the elegant Frankie home
on Main street, last week moved to
1t and he and his estimable wife are
keeping house, the first time since
their marriage Mr.. Wallace is at
the head OF the SturgIs Dry Goods