The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-11-28
IN OUR OWN STATE
B. r. French Trial On At BeattyviIle-
Tobbaco War Crisis Near-Louis.
willie Strike Drags on.

has been the beginning of the j.
Fult French trial at Beattyville, for
the alleged shooting of DR.. Cox. A
special venire was summoned from
Madison County, and tho the Com
monwealth at first objected 10 it. on
the ground that too many Democrats
had been summoned, the attorney la
ter withdrew the objection, and the
venire was accepted. The jury was
then selected and the taking Of test
imony was begun.
A crisis seems near In the tobacco
war. II is a question of whether
the trust or the association can hold
out the longest, and probably neither
can hold out long. There is little
cash to be had, and conditions in
the tobacco market are unsettled, so
that either side may be forced TO give
In at any time now. Meanwhile the
fight has gone on about as usual.
The peaceful" army has invaded
Grayson County, barn near Hardins-
burg has been burned. and other sim
liar things have been done. The
movement against planting any crop
next year is growing. The Green Riv-
er District Association has voted not
to do so, and at a meeting of indepen-
dents at Mt. Sterling similar action
was taken.
The Louisville strike has dragged
along. with the strikers apparently
losing. but making a great deal Of
trouble for all the people living in
that city. Cars have been run pretty
regularly during parts of the day on
some lines, but the service has been
very poor. The end OF the strike Is
not In sight.
The opening Of the hunting season
has resulted in the usual number OF
people being killed The most i'm
portant man killed was w. +. Booker
well known Louisville merchant,
who was shot by his own gun. Sew
eral other men have been shot, some
by close friends.
1t was officially announced in Lex
ington Sunday by the directors OF
the Union Bank and Trust Company,
that the cash OF the bank had been
found short s19.277.s0. e. r. Baker.
assistant cashier Of the bank. ac-
knowledged to the directors that he
had taken the money and had lost il
In gambling In the bucketshops. The
directors have made up the defalca-
ton and the bank opened Monday as
usual.
DR.. Humphrey Bennett, aged seven
ty. and Mrs. Mamie Chenault, aged
forty-three we're married in Rich
mond last week. Both parties are
highly connected and well known
throughout the state.
John C. Morgan. a former U. S.
Marshall, who was serving out fine
of s425 in Richmond for illegal liquor
selling, gave his guards the slip last
week and escaped.
One of the most sensational shoot
ing affrays in the history OF Laurel
County occurred in London last week
when Jas. Sparks, former county com
monwealt'h attorney and one Of the
best known lawyers in the state,
was shot and instantly killed. The
shooting was done I'm the Circuit
Clerks office by Robert Boyd, Jr..
Master Commissioner of the Laurel
Circuit Court, and one of the rising
young lawyers Of the state. Court
was in session and hundreds of people
swarmed around the dead man and
created panic. The shooting IS
said by eyewitness to have been on
slight provocation, due to a petty
quarrel over a settlement Boyd was
making in a suit in which Sparks
represented one side. Boyd surrend-
cred to the sheriff and was taken
to Jail.
Prof. S. L. Chandler. teacher in
the New Castle High School, was TAX
en- seriously i'll with smallpox while
h was In the school room. and it is
feared that many cases among the
children he was teaching will follow.
The Court of Appeals decided that
national banks in this state will have
TO pay taxes on the government bonds |
that they hold. The case has been
a hard fought one and win mean
pretty heavy loss to the banks.
Miss Annie Leoble, a German girl. |
reached Frankfort early Hast week TO
marry William Loehle, sweetheart
that she had not seen for years. She
could not speak a word of English,
and the bridegroom had to interpret
to her everything that the preacher
said in marrying them.
Henry e. Youtsey has petitioned
l. he N,.I