The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-10-11

Former State Treasurer Walter Day
charged with forging the name OF
FLOYD Day to a note for $1,000, was
acquitted at Coyington. the jury hold
Ding there was no proof to show that
the note was executed in Wolfe
county.
Maysville, KY. oct.S-The Lexing-
ton Asylum authorities sent here last
night a body supposed to be that OF
Miss Anna Thomas, who was sent
to the asylum from here few weeks
ago. The body was taken TO the fam
Sly home in the country and a min
lister engaged. The family surrounded
the coffin to take last look at the
body. when the discovery was made
that the body was that of stranger
Miss Thomas being alive at the a
sylum.
In the Nicholas Circuit Court t
Carlisle. the case of Jesse Merchant
and Edmonia Twyman, both col
pred. charged with the murder (
ED. W. P. Richards. late pastor OF
the colored Christian church at Car
isle. was brought to a sudden close
and was continued until the Febru-
airy term Of court Seven jurors had
been accepted when one of the ven
iremen under examination for jury
service misunderstood a question OF
The prosecuting attorney, and repli-
cd that he thought that the defen-
dants should be hanged The attor-
neys for the defense promptly made
a motion that the Jurors accepted be
discharged. This was done and the
case was continued.
Sheriffs in some counties of The
State are not making as rapid collect
of taxes as they did last year. II
seems that the people, on account Of
the slow movement of crops, have no
as much ready money on nand
they had this time last year.
The following interview by Mr.
Sol Jordan. an aged and promineni
citizen of Barren county. will be rea'
with interest by voters:
" OF course, | am going TO the Nov
ember election and exercise my right
as a voter. was broken of not goini
by my experience with my first vote
Something over forty years ago, jus
SIS was old enough to vote the frs
time. the fall election came around
It was an awful day, storming an
raining the whole day long. wen
out. saddled my horse, but final
CONCLUDED not to go to tue poll;
and stayed at home. l had dea
friend who was running for offic'
He was beaten by one vote. My vot
would have saved him. When the mel
election came around ! took Nv
other voters with me to the poll
and another friend of mine won b
two votes. have never missed a
election since, and for many veal
/ generally took along some one vii
me. The election-going habit is nj
a bad one to contract, and ever
voter ought to do that much for
party. >, Z,
Mr.. ]. T. Hedges wore as a butte
hole bouquet Monday sprig OF loeu
bloom plucked that day, Sep. 80 FRO
a tree on his farm, says the Par
Kentuckian- Citizen The writer h
never known of a locust to bloom
late in the year in this section
Hearts Of turkey lovers will be 81
dened by the prospect of large u
key season, while cranberries viii a
be cheap, as large quantities VIII
received in the local market, says
Kentucky Register, Of Richmond
Turkeys are quoted on Change
1s cents a pound on foot, and CONN
sion men expect to see them e'
cheaper. owing to the large yield
Texas, Oklahoma and the West. o
and Kentucky turkeys are better u
they have been for some years p'
and will be ready for the RehmC
market about the middle Of octol
A negro woman named Sallie H'
ard was shot in the leg Sunday nj
in an unusual way, according TO
own story. says the Bowling CIR
Times Journal. She and anothc-
man named Alice Winstead had
SCRAP Saturday night. and sum
nighs, she claims she saw a wol
hiding in the yard near her he
ard she got her pistol and emp
s. at her. Then. she says she "
down in town and got more c
ridges and reloaded pistol and s.
ed home. She put the pistol in
stocking. nuzle downward, and W
walking thus it was accidentally
charged. the bail entering the
OF hsr leg.