The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-03-04

Surrendered.
1T RAINED SoME:-The big rain
storm which came along Just before
The Citizen went to press last week.
was one of the worst that has ever
been seen here. The details, as they
come in, show that the amount of
water that fell was very unusual,
and the damage done was great
During "a hours, according to the
Lexington weather bureau, enough
water fell to make a covering three
and four teDths inches deep all over
the state. This was 81 900 gallons or
1893 tons an acre. Figure how much
water fell on your farm. All the
streams were greatly swollen and
in many places bridges we're washed
out railroads were tied up and
vast damage done. Naturally, there
was a big business in the timber
products along the rivers. One death
is known to have been caused by
the rafting-that of VIII Creech, son
of Joe Creech, of Island City, Ows-
ley County. He was ground to death
between a raft and a tree which lay
across the stream. The other men on
the raft jumped over the tree. South
of here there was more damage, and
in Tennessee thirteen people were
killed. Great damage was done by
the flood along the Ohio river, the
tide being one of the worst in years.
MURDER CHARGE:-Four brother
Sherman, Nathan, Zach, and Pearl
Blanton, of Harlan County have been
taken to the London jail, charged
with numbering Richard Blanton in
Harlan County on Feb. g.
PRESS MUST BE FREE:-Gover-
nor Wilson, in pardoning the Louis
vile Herald on a conviction of libel
found because of some of its remarks
on Judge Thomas b. Cook, declar-
ed last week that the freedom of the
press is of the greatest Importance
and that the circumstances did
not justify limiting it so that it
could not give the people the needed
information about public affairs.
AFTER IMPURE EEDS:-Commis-
sioner of Agriculture Rankin has is
sued a letter to the farmers of the
state asking them to cooperate with
him in stamping out the sale Of
adulterated seed. He asks all TO
send him samples of the seeds they
buy, and he will have them analyz-
ed, so that farmers can be sure and
not plant weed seeds.
SHOOTS WIFE:-There was great
excitement at the Brush Greek sta
ton on the l.. & n. little south of
Berea last Saturday when John Drew
prosperous farmer ran into the
crowd there and shot his wife She
was about to start on a trip TO
her mothers in Wisconsin and he
did not wish her to go.
GETS 80 YEARS:-Mrs. Amelia
Allen was sentenced last week at
Jackson, Breathitt, to ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary for the kill
ing of Mrs. Fannie Tut.
SCHOOLS DO BETTER:-The last
year has been a fine one for the
schools of Kentucky, according to
reports which are being made TO State
Superintendent Crabbe. He says
there was an increase of nearly fiji
teen per cent in attendance.
w. r. DAY CONVICTED:-Walter
r. Day State Treasurer in the Tay-
lor administration was convicted last
week in Jackson, Breathitt of forg-
ing the name of his uncle to a
$4,000 note, and was sentenced TO
one year. He will appeal the case.
BEACH HARGIS AGAIN:-Beach
Hargis, the famous, has been taken
by his bondsmen to Irvine and turn
ed over to the authorities there to
hold till his next trial He was arrest
ed after a four days spree, in which
he is alleged to have tried TO kill
his cousin. He is said to have got
loaded up on bad whiskey prepar-
atory to tearing up the patch con-
siderably.