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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
Death Of Lewis fannin.

The News regrets 10 announce The
death Of Lewis Fannin, one of the
best known and highly respected
citizens of Lawrence county. 1t &C.
CURED at his home on East Fork.
last Saturday morning, aud was as
sudden as it was unexpected Early
in the day Mr.. Fannin declared hit'
intention 10 do Ger ain work. but
his son remonstra ed with his .ather,
telling him ne would attend 10 the
worE himself, and persuaded the old
gentleman 10 go fishing Accomna-
MED by grandson Mr.. Fannin went
To the creek, the two seating them
selves close together, In few min
utes the old mans hal fell off and
the boy waded into the creek and
sot It, He noticed that this Grand
father did not pay any atten ion 10
him or the hat, and Immediately
saw that Some,hlng was The matter
He gave the alarm and his fathes
and a laborer picked up The stricken
man and started with MIN 20 {
schoolhouse close by, but Mr.. Fannir
died before they had gone more thar
a few yards.
Mr.. Fannin was "a years old, ie,
markably Well preserved. He was tal
and muscular aand straight as Gr
arrow. He was man of excellent
habits and of stric: in egrity, popu'
lar and a most excellent rit.zen.
He was foreman Of the grand Jury q
the last August term of court. His
death was most probably due 10 hear
disease.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
M. F. coNLEY, PubIish<

Louisa sick with typhoid, and isou
these Others have been infected, Ans
rs this paper has said, typhoid ~
yer has sources other than water
swarming with germs.
Wells throughout country listri<t.
often become contaminated and eau.n
typhoid. Therefore, we repeat thse
precautions are necessary rverywharu
but not more'so in Louisa than else-
where. We are not forced to drink
raw hydrant water any more than tl.s
farmer who has good well near by.
is compelled to drink bad creek waseE
Reyer'ing for moment 10 the
healthfulness ofLouisa, le- us usx
he pupils Of the loved Kentucky
Normal College as an object lesse.-
This is the third year, is it not.
hat they have thronged our streeis
and have been welcome dwellers risk
Us. Has dea'h visited any Of .heu
while here, or have any died Of dis
ease contracted here? How many haw
heen sick here, beyond few cassa
of measles or a bad cold? And ;he1z
pupils and the water works hars
teen here at one ard ;he same time
The News says again: Observe an
laws Of health. Live ;emperaze.T
Eat moderately. Boil your drinlasx
water, and you may laugh a, he fs-
cillus and mock at millions Of germ
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
FIDDLER'S CONTEST.
Blind Man, ]. E. Haley, Won the
Prize Over Seven Contestants

The Court House was crowded lans
Saturday night, the occasion beinr
the contest by old-time fiddlers for =
prize Of ten dollars in gold. These
we're eight contestants, each a past-
master in the art Of eliciiing n,elsAz
from the intesunes Of a cat by tichis--
ing them with hairs from a horsstA
tail. The musicians were: Keen<n
chaffin, J. q. Haley, blind. Moss
spaulding Of Tug, blind and vtshl
right hand off, Harry Burchett. Mn
Thompson, OF Rich creek, John Esp-
ley, Of Tug, F. F. Freese and John
Daniels, The judges were R. G. ~
Clure, Judge r. F. ViDson and M
Carmack. Each contestant plays1
four tunes, all of the olden lime. an
the room echoed again and agal4
with the shouts and plaudits Of IL
audience. Souvwood Mountain, Tus
key in the Straw, Arkansas TrayeSeE,
The Mocking Bird, and many other -
cient favorites sent the blood n
quickened pulses through the veial
Of the listeners and caused maay
foot, big and little, 10 tap the iaoor
responsive to the rythm Of the ;une
After each had played his selections
1t was evident that the fight had mar
rowed to three players-Copley, Bur
chett and Haley, Each of these trsG
required to play the Arharsas Trav-
eler and the judges awarded lhG
golden prize 10 Mr.. Haley. ard In
crowd seemed to acquiesce in The
verdict.
! 1t was a novel and interesting
! eyen{ The net proceeds, $6O.1b.
will be used in the purchase of desAs
for the teachers in the college
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
FIVE GREEKS
Shot Near CatIettsburg by a Boyd
County Man.

Five Greek laborers on the Co
lumbla Gas and Electric rompsny'a
pipe line were shot by joha Johnson,
also an employe, on Thursday last
hear camp on Chadwick'S ,rcek,
about three miles from "a letisbarg.
A dispute arose over some .ools.
and the foreigners Set upon Johnson
beating him with shovels, picks aad
other implements. Johnson ,scap-
ed and ran to a dwelling near by,
the Greeks in hot pursuit. Here he
secured a repeating shotgun and tpen.
ed fire upon the crowd, telling four
of them and driving all the others,
so or more, from the works. The
foreigners went 10 their camp, where
the wounded ones were later remov-
ed.
Natives fearing the Greeks would
return TO attack Johnson, armed then
FviNOo WIN buuSi AaoNily OohSd uSt-
ed dynamite bombs and other lead
ly weapons and acted as bodyguard
for him during the afternoon. .Depu-
ity sheriffs were summoned %
watch the Greeks at the camp as
an outbreak was expected. johnson
has not been arrested.
One OF the Greeks is perhaps NOR
tally wounded. while another will
lose an eye. The other two are dan
gerously wounded, the only thing tha
saved them being the fact that th'
gun happened to be loaded viii
rothing larger than No z birdshot.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
A -Four Flasher.

Believers in the ground hog iabla
doubtless have had great shock b
the performnce of the weather dur
ing the six weeks following :SebrHaEy
2 and ending last Thursday. The
six weeks of wintry weather forecast
by that animal have not materialls-
cd, except in spots. On the contra
ry there have been days when \
was hot enough to make the winter
coat Of the ground hog uncomfOEs-
ably warm. Despite the oft ~
peated failure of the animal o.
II AXE good, the public watches with
absorbing interest to see II IN
old four flushing old beast will 81
his shadow.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26

retary OF State Thursday, and was
authorized 70 engage in business in
the State.
The company viii build the con-
Meeting link between the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line
Road al spartansburg, N. c., md give
the first named road direct con-
rectton from Kentucky 20 the South.
The line 10 be built in Kentucky is
only six miles long. 1t saris Vt
the terminus OF the Big Sandy Divis-
ion of the c. aand o. at Elkhorn
City, Pike county. and runs through
that county to the Virginia line
where It connects with line Of
road running TO that point from Spar
tansburg. N. c. and belonging 10 the
c. and o. Company.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26

and not SO good He went home
from lodge recently, and as he
fumbled good while with the door
knob her suspicious we're aroused
and she exclaimed, Say It, BilP'
Bill tried this:
If Hottentot taught a Hoten4
tot to tot ere the tot could to.ter,
ought the Hotten OF tot be iaugh9
to say "aughty or "naught" or
what ought to be taught her? Or if
10 hoot and loot Hottentot tot be
taught by Hotten.ot tooter, lhould
the tooter get hot If the Holentoe
tot hoot and toot at the Hottentor
tutor?
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
Add lie Failed MiserabIy.

One of our good women has d
husband who is art to crook his e.
bow with a glass n his hand when
opportunity offers and she has "a,
prescribed form Of speech which lie
compels him to say over wheS she
has grounds for suspicion. II he
repeats n without a balk, well and
good but n otherwise, not so well
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26

The examination OF the prewit,s.
father aad son, for the murder Of
frank Blevins, was held n ratlstts-
burg last week. The boy was first
tiled and the fa'her waived examin-
rtion. The young man gave bail
In the sum Of $4,000 and the father
IN $500 for their appearance at lhe
rex. term OF the Boyd Circuit Court.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
LOST FATHER
Found Here by West Virgin ans
After a Separation of
u Years.


i"e ioO""s ''o'' "H w 2u's0
a revelation to most OF those In
this section who have known The
rlncipal figure in the sory FOR ihe
nos, ,or,v :, ,or,v.nvo ,aa-. Iohn
" " A" !" -
reputation 10 nearly everybody IN
this part OF Lawrence county, but
n any OF his friends or relatives
knew that he was married or had a
living wife before he came 10 this
Stare they kent such knowledge 10
themselves. His Kentucky wife was
a Miss Branham. a sister OF Thomas
Branham. OF Louisa, and BY her he
has children and grandchildren. His
home is near the head OF ponithan
creek ON the ridge which divides
the waters OF Tug from those Of
lLeyisa.
He is a quiet, hardworking iian,
A citizen who has always borne an
excellent reputation. Mr.. Wallace
ia the father OF Mrs. Bascom Hale,
cf this city. The following Is from
the Ashland independent:
w. II. Houchins. A prominent res
ident OF Hinton. w. Va. was in Ash.
land over night while en- route To
his home from Louisa, where he
net his father-in-law, John wailac,
who was supposed TO have been Cead
| for the past Al years.
Mrs. Honchins had received an in.
timation that her father was still
:. living. and her husband. while on
business trip up Big Sandy, follow.
ed up the clue. He found r.Wallac,
who is 20 years old. alive. well ant
HEARTY and possessed OF large land
ed estate.
Mr.. Wallace left West Virginia !,
liS65 after forming a mutual agree
men. with his wife to separate.
They lived ON Gales mountain, nea
Hinton AZ the time. The story i,
that Mrs. Wallace was welded e
her own people to a degree thai
d,spleased her husband, and they de
c;ded 10 live apart. Mr.. Wallace |!
said TO have given his wife all hi
Ilaoperty. and the custody Of thel
Il only child. Elizabeth, the present
Mrs Houchins. Three months late
another child w. e. Wallace. wa
born. now living at CLAYTON. Sum
mers county.
Mr. wallace left the Gales noun
tain home In 1865. kissing his wifi
end 2-years old baby goodbye an,
departing for parts unknown. Som
time after he left II was reporte,
that he had been killed In a Goa
,no a., ohio ora h,s rr,ands N N,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
Killed in a Mine.

On Friday last Irvine Spencer, &
son Of T. j. Spencer, Of Meek, wzr
killed in the Muddy Branch mins.
near Paintsville. by falling rock h
was SO badly crushed that he lweG
only few minutes after he rae
struck. Mr.. Spencer was a trcthes
of R. B. Spencer, Of this county, cis-
didate for County Court Clerk
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
Mechanical Band.

G. A. Nash has installed q big me-
cLanical band at the skating rink
and fine music will cnllven his pa
t. ons while they enjoy the delights
of skatorial exercise The band plays
delightfully."- and is run by a small
hot air engine. Go and hear 1t.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26

On account Of the serious Illness
Of his wife Conductor Billie Myers
has been off duty for several days
Charley Richardson has. Myers run.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26

The Carolina. clInchfield md ohio
Railroad Company, Of Kentucky iIl-
"a articles Of incorporation with the
sIate Railroad Commission and Sec
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26

Friends of Alex Lackey will be sssA-
~ TO hear that he was hurt in =
street car accident in Los Angeles
cal.,. a short time ago No bcns
we're broken. but he sustained inJs-
ries Of the back for which the raH-
road Is endeayorine TO settle
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-06-18

TINS bank offers you its Sfccs and ca
lWg FEB 18th Since said time u has az
pad IN dividends 90 lbs stockholders 81, 4
Sumryls.on of the National Government
huwIary and fire. Has the largest reset
lbs books the names OF on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24

those who are wiser and hold their
crop until the price is right, reap the
benefit of the early sellers, shortsight-
edness.
Among the hundreds of big money
making farmers in this county there
are none among them who will unload
bushel Of grain until the price is as
high as their judgment tells them 1t
will be during the year. They may
need the money. II they do, they will
make a temporary Joan to tide them
over until they can reap the benefit Of
high market.
Renters who have contracted to pay
their rent after harvest should get an
extension Of time from their landlords
this. year. Any reasonable landowner
should give this extension gladly. He
should have an interest In his tenant
If he" expects his tenant to take care OF
his farm properly. If the rent is due
and the landlord is unreasonable 1t
would be a better policy to sell any
marketable live stock or borrow the
money rather than sell a crop of grain
now that will bring at least one-third
more q few months later.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
HE WAS READY.
TOelWein Register.1

cone consolation is, that he was
ready to go" was the comment of q
neighbor of the young man who re-
Gently lost his life while bathing
at the park This opinion is coincided
with by all those who were acquainted
with the lad.
In this connection it occurs that
there is a moral in connection with
the affair that it might be well ior
young men in general to heed. And
the moral is: 1t pays to do about
right. ;SIt does not matter whether q
young man is to meet life or death he
will be happier as the days go by If
he plays the game straight,
One Of the fallacies of the age Is
that a young man gets more out Of
life by going fast gait, with all that
implies. 1t Is one Of the devils black
est lies. The young man who lives a
clean, upright life is on the right
road, living or dying.
BY this is not meant "n1ollycod-
die" or a SISSY boy" but real, live
youth who enjoys Life, engages in
athletics, gets a good education, at
tends church and the Sunday school
and grows up to represent the best
there is in American life. Such a
young man was ne that was suddenly
called.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
PRIMITIVE FORM OF SIGNAL.
In Early Days.the Light Of 4 Candle
:. or Lowering Of 4 Flag Guided
w.. the Engineer.

Train travelers delayed upon their
journey. anxiouaiy tdfust their heads
out Of the.carriage window and!twatch
for the fall Of the familiar signal.
When passenger railroads were first
opened, however, what they had to
watch for was the withdrawal Of
candle from a window. or the lowering
of flag from po!e-the early danger
signals Of our railways. AS an addt-
tional precaution, 15-minute sand
glasses used to be employed at single
line tunnels. When one train entered
the tunnel the glass was turned. and IL
q second arrived within the Is min.
utes, it was stopped by the nag or can.
die signal.
Later there was introduced times
mailing by semaphpre insthree posi-
tions-horizontal to the post for dan
GER" diagonally for caution" and
disappearing within the post for Zine
clear" These positions being distinc.
lively Illuminated at night gave rise to
the rhyme:
white is right, red II wrong.
Green is gently 90 along"
After the train had passed, the
semaphore remained. for three min
utes at danger" seven minutes at
caution" and then relapsed into the
Zine clear" position. /.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
THE RIVERS TOLL:
(Tama News.)

The rivers of Iowa claim an enor-
nous toll in the drownings reported
over the state. No less than five
cases were reported last SATURDAY..
One was at Adel and is the fourth
death from drowning at this place this
summer. in nearly every case re-
ported the death is due to some one not
knowing how to swim. They get into
a hole or beyond their depth and either
drown or some one is drowned in try
ing to rescue them or both the one in
danger and the one who goes to the
rescue are drowned.
The matter of teaching the boys and
girls how to swim should have more
in the water or on the water. 1T does
not take much swimming to get out Of
deep water in the Iowa river. The
deep places are not wide. Unless the
swimmer is injured or is llampered by
a load such as drowning person, he
can reach safe ground in a few yards
swimming at the deepest places in the
river.
Every boy and girl should learn to
swim. 1t is not only very sensible
and useful accomplishment but de-
cidedly healthful one. One can't learn
to swim on dry land. One must get
enough to. swim.
IT the boys or girls can't swim they
should be accompanied by some one
| who can and should not enter the water
until swimmer has explored Aile
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
FORCED WAY .THRoy on FHEs.
Peculiar Troubles Train Grow Met
:; with on q. Recent Trip 30.
j 4 tween casadlonE Towns. !

! A few days ago the Grand Trunk
flyer going east was in hard. luck. Al
Napanesythe steam bqx' on the big en-
CINE got overworked;y or something,
and refused to continue the journey.
The timely arriyar3of q freight train
helped. The cars were shuntsd to
siding and the freight engine brought
into commission o1 the express. tax,
ing it as far as BroEkviHe, when an,
other large engineswas secured.
Now comes the peculiar part Of the
troubles Of that train: When about 20
miles out Of CoIpwalI'1t ran into q
sea of peculiar hfes. There were mil.
lions. of them-perhaps billions. but
the train was gofng'so fast It was i'm.
possible to count them. The cars be.
came quite dark ~ the train plowed
through the mass Of insects, and then
the train came to another sudden
Phe engine was full Of dies. The lit.
tie things were ground into mass
in the driving rod. They were In
everything on the engine.
The train had been blowing through
the flies at a mile minute for several
miles. The track was covered with
crushed insects and the engine wheels
baked at going round on 1t. AFTER a
little persuasion and lot of cleaning
up the train went1upon its way again.
On arrival at Montreal the engine
presented. truly curious spectacle.
The bars Of the cowcatcher were filled
right up with flies. On the front Of
the engine they were several inches
thick.-Toronto correspondence otta.
wa Citizen,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
WHY NOT AN AeRoNomls12

The University of Wisconsin is be-
Ding leased by calls for young men
trained in the science of agriculture
which it Is unable to supply by reason
of the scarcity of young men thus
trained and ntted. The Iowa-schecl at
Anes is Obliged to deny such requests
day after day because it's output of
trained agronomists falls far below the
demand. This is doubtless true Of
every good agricultural college in the
country. These men are wanted for
superintendent of large farming oper-
atoms. They simply can not be had.
They are not in existence. Hundreds
of the graduates of these schools come
from large farming and stock interests
to go back to take charge OF their own
or their fathers farms. The supply of
trained men who are fit to superintend
and conduct scientifically the big farm
owned and operated by capitalists is
woefully short. Farming has grown in
70 a business It needs managers. And
1t can't get them until they are made.
The average youth leans toward a
professional life. 1t looks and sounds
good to him. He wants to be doc
tor. a lawyer, a civil engineer AS q
consequence these professions are over
crowded. There are thousands of the
products TO tech" schools waiting al
home for chance, other thousands
starving thru the period Ut probation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24

There are physicians and lawyers
hanging on the ragged edges OF despair
wondering whether in time their prac-
uce will pay the cost of living. But
agronomist. 1t needs him. There isn't
half enough Of him. And 1t is learn
ed and scientific profession with great
opportunities for the youth who elects
to follow 1t
1t does not take a great deal
of brains or training to work on q farm
under another mans direction. But it
takes skill, knowledge and brains to
run a farm and direct dts labor to the
best advantage. The man who knows
the soil, who knows what crops are
adaptable to it, knows seeds and when
to SOW and how to cultivate, who knows
livestock and knows how to feed and
to do all this scientifically and with
wiseness of plan and purpose is quite
as learned as the physician or the law
yer and his profession quite as honor
able. Often it is immensely more luc-
Eative. These are the kind of men the
agricultural colleges are being leased
to supply. Why not turn to agronomy?
Here is the chance for the young
man who is anxious to be something
and somebody. Scientific agriculture is
just beginning. 1t is illimitable in its
world needs it, has simply got to have
bit in order to raise enough to feed it's
increasing population. The day is COM
ling when the agronomist will stand at
the head of professional classes be-
cause as a science it is elemental and
because as a practical and money get
ting business it is the foundation Of all
commerce. Whoever makes two bushels
Of wheat grow where one grew before
has doubled the feeding possibilities of
the world and trebled the value of mil
lions of acres of land. He is a yalua-
BILE man. His profession is one of the
most necessary and most honorable.
The young man who is looking for a
profession should give his attention to
agronomy. 1t is worth looking up as a
means of livelihood and offers the
prospect of creative work What more
should any one want?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
DON'T LAUGH At HIM,

Curiss, the American aviator flew
a mile a minute. six miles in eight
minutes and broke speed records for
flying machines at Rheims, France yes
terday. He appears to have had his ma
chine under perfect control for he started
to alight under the mistaken impress
sion that he had finished the course
and perceiving his mistake when ne
was within a. few feet of the ground
swoopea upward like an eagle and went
on to the end. In the endurance test
q Frenchman circled into the air and
swung at his ease at a great height like
a questing hawk. Under them the
crowd gazed UP with curious eyes at
the beginning of mans conquest of the
air
Think of it. Few birds Of all the
birds could have kept side by side
with Curtiss as he shot on extended
wings thru the ether a mile a. minute.
Perhaps a teal. wind driven above the
pigeon STOPPING to FITS home cote or an
gle falling from the blue upon its
quarry might have kept pace with
Curtiss. Aviation! A good word. The
bird has little the best of the human
Perhaps, soon. we shall be teaching the
eagle tricks at his own trade.
! Long ago man conquered the waters.
Now he adds the last element to earth
and sea. Curtiss. Bleriot and their COM
peers are the argonauts of the air. The
beginning has been made and a begin
ming nowadays is not far from practi-
cal perfection. A few years ago who
ever had said that farmers would be
speeding to town in automobiles would
have been laughed at. But it is not to
laugh at prediction based on inventive
genius and the thirst for discovery II
some one says that aeroplanes shall be
common vehicles within the next quar-
ter century don't laugh