The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-04-02

send has commenced a tour of the
State to confer with the Assessors a
certain given points, to explain the
various phases of the tax laws, and
to make an effort to have all propert,
placed on the books at fits true va
ue as the law directs.
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The following are the grand jurors
from the Butler township for the
Nay term of the Wayne Circuit Court
II. NJ. Lycans, Columbus Davis, Since
Booten, ana ]. H. Rigg.
The petit jurors are C. R. BOYS,
i. NJ, Bellomy, F. B. Wilson. Rufus
Lester w A. Mccoy, B. X. Dawson,
NJ. d. Rigg, Minville Thompson, Jas.
Wellman, and d. D. Copley.
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The rentals for oil leases in Wayne
county is making quite an addition
TO the per capita circulation, Whe;
the leases were given by the land
owners a clause in the leases provid-
ed that if the operations were not
commenced within one year that =
certain amount arranging from ten
cents to one dollar per acre was to
be paid by the lessee each quarter son
period of ten years. Quite a tonsid-
cradle lot of this acreage rental has
now become due and is being paid.
Several large coal deals in West
Virginia will be closed soon, proyid-
cd favorable decision Is given on
the commodity clause of the Hep1
burn bill, says dispatch FROM
Wheeling. 1t has developed during
the past week that several options
have been secured and it is known
that persons holding these options
IRE friendly with some of the larger
railroad companies. 1t was stated
here this morning that at least 3
81 these large deals affecting the
rSilroad in this section, depend en-
I rely upon the outcome of the cbom-
Eiodity case. Railroad officials rtate
the bill does not prevent railroad
companies from operating coal mines
10 produce for their own use, aid for
this reason it is believed that these
deals will be closed within the next
four dyas, as the railroads are rr-
7 nging for future supply of coal. 4
Wayne News.
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Charles Hale of Huntington Ie-
ceived a telegram yesterday after
noon to bring his bloodhounds to
L st Lynn, Wayne county, at once.
TIE message failed to give any expla-
Ia lon as TO what had happened that
the use of the manhunters,
and the superstition was that muir
Ger, robbery or some other aggravat-
ed crime had been committed
An investigation of the matter Ie-
vealed the fact that some unknown
man, who was supposed to be insane,
was prowling about through the i'm
nelse forests of that section, and the
ia ives had become so ;errorized that
a general demand was being made
tina he should be captured at ;nIi
hazards. The report stated that the
man had been in the woods :or so l.
long that he had torn his clothing
Until he had almost denuded himself,
AID that it was impossible 10 distin-
euish whether he was negro or
white man.
LATER-The man has been caught
and put in the Wayne Jail,
At Barboursyille, w. Va, a pistol
duel took place between Henry i'm [
son and Sampson Rayburn. Trouble
grew between the two families of the
two men for the past month or TWO
over the alleged fact of Pinson'.N
b other being the father of Rayburn's
daughters illegi'imate child. Young
Pnson, whom It is claimed IS the
p rent of the baby fled the aeighbor-
hood sometime ago, and ever since
then members of the two families
have been on the outs. Last evening
about o'clock Rayburn met Pinson
in front of grocery store and tfter