The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-14

made a speech from the depot plat
form, pleading with the crowd TO
| let the law take its course Fife
will be tried Tuesday Miss Tate
is reported to be completely pros
trated.
June W. Gayle broke all the local
high prices for mules, He sold a
pair of two year olds for $500. This
is the highest price paid for pair
of young mules in Owen county In
recent years. Mr.. Gayle has a pair
yearlings for which has refused a
| like sum. He says that they are.
in his opinion the best pair of year :
ling mules in Kentucky. Mr.. Gayl
has become in the past year, one
of lne largest mule dealers in the
State He now has on hand over
300 head OF all ages worth an ay-
erage price of $125 per head or $751;
00O Considerable money to be IL
ed up in mules He will shortly put
on the market one hundred head Of
mules, broke, which will bring In
the neighborhood of $3.50 per head.
Marion, KY, Dec. 6.-lntense ex-
element was caused here to-day by
the receipt of letter addressed 10
r. l.. Moore, an independent tobac-
co buyer, from some unknown per-
son, warning him to discontinue
the purchase of tobacco at this
place. The letter was signed ID.
T. p. A. or Night Raiders and said
in substance:
I'VE are now ready to wait on you
or any other tobacco buyer in Mar
ion. You are warned not to buy any
more tobacco. II you do, remember
you have been warned"
Mr. Moore Immediately announced
hat he would withdraw from the
market and sent his agents in every
direction to notify the farmers with
whom he has contracts.
A B.. Jarvis, of Henderson, is the
other dealer having buyers here.
He is also an Independent dealer. He
came down from Henderson to-day
and looked the situation over and
also announced his withdrawal from
. the market
A great many wagons loaded with
tobacco we're returned home, as they
could not be sold All day little
squads OF excited citizens have been
seen on the streets discussing the sit
uation and extra night police have
been put on duty. The general feel
: ing here is that it will be great
). hardship on the farmers and that
they will be the real sufferers. Sons
think the letter may have been SEN
: to the tobacco men here as joke
: both being independent, but the buy
: rs themselves are willing to with
Idraw from the market and have don,
so. Business is considerably handi
J, capped on account of the various ru
: mors.
4 Frankfort, KY, Dec. 6. Judg,
: Malcolm Yeaman, of Henderson, anC
Edwin Hodge, representative II
Western Kentucky for the American
: Tobacco Company, We're here to-da!
l, for the purpose of seeing Gov
\ Beckham and asking his aid for pro
! lection of buildings and plants ii
that section. They did not get t,
meet the Governor owing to his en-
gagement at Louisville. They desir
= to invoke the aid OF the anti-tol
n gate raiders law of several year
ago, under which the Governor ha
n authority 10 offer rewards for pei
= sons guilty Of destroying propert
; and TO employ detectives. Judg
&c Yeaman and Mr.. Hodge left this al
40 ternoon for Louisville. They wi
70 return here again in the matter
The Safe Board OF Control f.
Charitable Institutions visited Leg
ington TO make an inspection OF III
books and accounts at the Easter
!. Kentucky Asylum for the Insane, pre-
. paratory TO the election of the 81
perintendent and assistants for tn
next four years, The election &
officers for all charitable institu
: lions will be held in Frankfort thi
week 1t is rumored here that rad
ical changes will be made in the asy
lum located here, and it is report
ed that a committee of women vii
present q petition TO the board ask
inn fhot nhangaa ha nada IN No