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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
SUNDAY School CONVENTION
For Lawrence County viii be Held at
Louisa July 1st and End.

Efforts are being made TO have the
next County Sunday School Conven-
ton the biggest ever held in this
end Of the State. With this end in
view that indefatigable Sunday School
worker, w. ]. Vaughan, has canvass
ell the county thoroughly, putting
before the people everywhere the
importance and utility Of such a
convention and urging them TO send
delegates from every section. 1t will
lot be sectarian, but interdenomina-
tional, and the Sunday Schools of all
the churches are earnestly requested
to begin now the selection of dele
gates.
The Convention will be held in
Louisa on Thursday and Friday, July
l and 2. The following ladies' con-
stitute the Entertainment Committee.
Misses Leila SNYDER Lizzie bromley
Margaret Lackey, and Mrs. c. B.
Wellman and Mrs. f. F. Shannon.
It is requested that all the county
Sunday Schools send the names OF
their delegates to Miss Leila Snyder
and to do this MS soon as the dele
gates are selected All who come vii
receive a hearty welcome.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Rev. Hicks Get $500 Damages.

The Court of Appeals has affirmed
the decision of the Lawrence Circuit
Court in the case of the United States
Natural Gas Company against Rev
J. NJ. Hicks. In the lower court Mr.
Hicks was given a verdict for $500
damages against the company for
injury to his little son. The boy and
his brother were playing marbles
near the box that contains one of
the gates of the gas line near Buch-
anan. A marble went into the box
through a crack. While one boy was
reering into the place trying to To-
cate his marble, the other dropped
lighted match into the box and the
escaping gas was instantly ignited
His brothers face was horribly
burned.
Rev. Hicks is a Methodist min
lister.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
c. c. { 0. RAILROAD
Has Let Contract for Connection With
c. { 0, in Head Of Sandy River.

The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
Railroad will build westward at once
from its terminus at Dante, in Rus
sell county, Va, to Elkhorn City,
KY, having in view a point on the
Ohio river as its ultimate object.
A. J. Blair, of New York, who is
connected with the financial end Of
the project headed by George /. Car
ter, is in this section and has given
out the information that the con-
struction of the road to Elkhorn City,
on the Chesapeake and Ohio, has been
awarded.
The cost of the extension is esu-
mated at $6,OOO,OOO and several thous-
and men will be given work on 1t at
once.
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
is TO connect the Virginia-Kentucky
coal fields and the South Atlantic
Seaboard, and will form link in q
trunk line for the Great Lakes.
/ Construction work on the Holstor
River Railroad from Moccasin Gap
IN Scott county, to Persia, a point
near Rogersville, Tenn, has been re
sumed and the road viii be pushed
through to completion.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Appellate Court Decides Pike Co. Case

Campbell VS., Preece. appeal from
Pike Circuit Court Opinion of the
court by Judge O'Rear, affirming.
Lands-Parol Contract to Sell-Sta-
tute of Fraud,-This action was
brought by appellant in ejectment,
electing to treat as void his parol
agreement to convey appellee the
land of which the latter had taken
possession. Appellee defended, set
ting up his parol purchase of the
land and the subsequent ratification
of the sale in writing, and rendered
the balance of the purchase money
Held, That it is not necessary to
the validity of the contract that it
shall be in writing 1t is taken out
of the statute if there is written
memorandum OF it signed by the
party to be charged, nor is it nee
essary that the memorandum be con-
temporaneous with the contract. If il
be executed subsequently and ratifies
the contract, it is sufficient. The
statute pertains to evidence of the
contract, not TO is validity. The parol
contract is not disputed, nor is the
identity of the property or the bal
ance owing upon it in dispute. The
question is: Is the subject of the
contract sufficiently identified by
the writings? The writing estab-
fishes the location of the land, its
boundary alone remains to be as
certained; the description in the
memoranda, therefore, satisfies the
statute.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Operation for Hernia.

Sam Srawser, aged Go, of Della
ware, O., who has been here for some
time in the employ of Earl Mcclure
as a farmer, was successfully Operat-
ed upon at Riyerview hospital on
Wednesday morning last for stran-
gulated hernia. He had been rup-
tured for years, and on Tuesday the
rupture became strangulated, resist
ing all efforts to reduce it, On the
day mentioned he was carried to the
hospital and DR.. York, assisted by
Drs. A. w. Bromley and Ira Wellman,
performed the necessary operation for
the mans relief.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Counts ReCaptuTed.

Huntington, w. Va, May 22.-Dep-
uty United States Marshal Dan w.
Cunningham returned yesterday from
the Big Sandy mountain country at
the head Of the Levisa river and in
the Clinch river country, bringing
with him William, alias Floyd Counts,
wanted by the United States authori-
ties for defacing United States cur
rency notes, after living unmolested
among the primitive mountaineers OF
the far removed Clinch river coun-
try for months.
One year ago Counts was arrested
by United States Deputy Marshal
Summers, c, E. Wright of the United
States Treasury department, aud the
police force at Thurmond on the
charge of raising 81 and 81 currency
notes to $40 and $40 notes and cir
culating the same in and around
Montgomery. He was held for the
Federal grand jury here under $1,000
bond which he skipped.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Vaughan.

The marriage of two very nice peO-
pie occurred at Farmers, a town en-
the Lexington division of the c. &
O., last Sunday. The high contract
ing parties We're Miss Nolda Davis,
OF Ezel, Morgan county, and Mr.. A. J.
(AlvisJ Vaughan. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Vaughan, of near Louisa. The
bride is a most deserving young
woman, educated and accomplished.
Mr.. Vaughan is an estimable young
man, of excellent habits and reputa-
ton. For a long time he has been
fireman on the c. & o, and is a
highly esteemed employe. The groom
owns a house in Russell, and there
the young copule win begin their
married life.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Another Country Telephone Line.

The Tug River Telephone Company
has recently completed the construc-
ton of another telephone line con-
Meeting with the Louisa exchange of
the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany. The line extends from Louisa
via Mill Creek to Salt Peter and
furnishes service to the following
well known people:
James Wheeler, l.. d. Bartram, U.
S. Pauley, George Montgomery, Wayne
Bartram, w. S. Vinson, Frank Wheel
er, Jay Blodgett, d. w. Vinson, Mont
Robinson, D. D. Copley, d, II. Well
man. Warren Robinson and VIM. r.
Vinson.
The subscribers on this line, as are
all subscribers on farmers lines, are
In constant telephone communication
with each other through the exchange
at Louisa and with all their Eubscrib-
ers, and in addition they are now
IN position to use the long distance
lines of the entire Bell system. The
construction Of this line necessarily
will benefit not only the subscribers,
! but also the business interests OF
Louisa. II is another step in the
progress Of telephone development
bolng made by residents In the local
rural sections.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Federal Court.

The regular term Of Federal Court
was begun in Catlettsburg Monday
afternoon, Judge A. NJ. J. Cochran
present and other attaches of the
court on hand.
Judge Cochran and Clerk Finnell
did not arrive until noon Monday and
It was late in the afternOo before the
court got down to work. The main
business began Tuesday.
The following are the juries i'm
paneled for the Fedora Court now
ia session in CattlettsbuTg;
NJ w. Thomas, foreman; Cox Ad-
kins, Harvey Virgin, Henry Harris
Corwin Sang, Wallace Bevirs, John.
son, John Ward, Geo. +. Neal n. c.
Ward, J. p. HolJrcok, !. NJ. Barkley
J. T. Dunn, +. r Coleman, +, G.
Clark, l. Wood.
Petit Jury No. l,--Gen. Calvin. Mil
ford Patrick, John KisCr, w. F. Scott
S. Collingsworth, RCn Henry, h. r
Sweltsay, Tom Williamson, J. S. Rat,
cliff, Rowell J, Williams, p. G. Rice
T. r. May.
Petit Jury No. Alex Truitt, E
S Robimett, u. G. Johnson, Lee Rob.
ingou, John Mauck, John B. Johnson
VIM. Stumbo, J. y. Kirk B. San.
ford Tom Kirk, G. =. Gallup, T, /
Ford, Sr.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
UNWILLING Deferred.
Illness Of Brother Causes Postpone
mentO Of Exercises al GOOb0l
Monument.

On account of the illness of Arthur
Goebel, WHO "a in the West with his
brother, u.r unveiling of the monu-
uent to William G0ebel will not be
held until some time in June, 1t was
expected that the statue would be
unveiled in May. but it is desired TO
have Mr.. Goebel present, and his
health will not permit him to come
to Frankfort this month. He hopes
TO he able TO be here in June nt the
late to be fixed by the Goebel monu-
ment commission,
The monument, which was erected
by the people of the State, has not
been veiled for some months, and
Is one of the interesting objects in
the Frankfort cemetery.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
THE Century mark.
MethOdism viii This Year Celebrate
Anniversary Of Entrance into
Big Sandy.

1t is proposed to celebrate on the
tenth of next October a very i'm
portant event. that date being the one
hundredth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the Methodist Church in
the Sandy Valley. 1t was organized
by the creation of the Sandy River
Gig uit, with Benjamin Edge as
pr ,cher in charge.
Tie Circuit rider" of today prob
ably thinks he has pretty hard
time to make his appointments, some
by horse and some by rail, but Bro.
Edge had a job beside which the
most difficult journey made by
present day itinerant is trip in q
Pullman.
The Sandy River Circuit, as then
laid off, extended from the head
waters of the Kentucky river to the
mouths of the two Sandys, distance
of five hundred miles, with two ad-
Gitional appointments in the State
of Ohio, in what was called the
French Grant" ...
Almost the entire valley was then
wilderness, very sparsely settled,
and only paths in which to travel.
These paths, many of them, were SO
difficult to follow without guide
that Mr.. Edge procured from black
smith an iron road with a sharp
point, with which he marked the
trees where the paths parted, that
he might, when alone, not get lost
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Putting Up The Dams.

The work OF putting in the needles
OF the dam has not yet been COM
pleted, but the job is being pushed
a. rapidly as possible. AS soon as
finished the river will be open for
navigation on both forks as far as
Chapman and Saltpeter. 1t is said
that the steamer Thealka will enter
the trade between Catlettsburg and
Louisa and make regular trips be-
tween the two ports.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
IMMENSE PUMPING station
Being Built on Banks Of Big Sandy
River by Gas Company.

Monday morning a large force of
men went to work on the great
pumping station which is tC be erect
ed by the Columbia Gas & Electric
Company, three miles south of Ken
ova, near the banks of the Big Sandy.
This will be made the chief pump
ing station for the big pipe line which
il now carrying West Virginia gas
into Cincinnati. The station will hav
cost, when completed, sum approx
mating a quarter Of a million dol
lars.
The construction of the station
will occupy at least six months
time.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
County School Board.

Below we publish the names of the
men who, with the County Superin-
tendent, compose the board that will
appoint all the public school teachers
for Lawrence county this year:
. ]. S. Peters, Walbridge postoffice.
E G. McKinster, Matte.
NJ. J. Baker, Wilbur.
A. j. Evans, Lunda.
w. J. Roberts, Louisa, R f. D.
A. ]. Cooksey Olioville.
M. F, Waddell, Ratcliff.
J. w. Elkins, Fallsburg.
This Board will meet on the last
Saturday in June to select the
teachers.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
A HOtbed For Germs.

No other one cause so disseminates
this dread disease as tie generally
used, but uncleaned, public tele-
phone. The transmitter secretes IN
layers the moist breath of every pat
ron, forming crystalliztd or dried
layers from every person using the
same, and which we Zone and all
come in contact with when we use
the instrument. which may not have
been cleaned in months of service.
These deposited germs can only be
eradicated by frequent scruhbing
In carbolic acid or any similar de-
stroyer of germs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Work for Local Contractors.

The Watson Contract Company
will put in some heavy concrete work
foI C. & o. railroad bridge at
Montgomery, w. Va, this season.
]. Mac Turner, of this place, and
Or. Saulsberry, of Ashland, have the
contract for the construction of an
underground crossing at Ashland.
They have sub-let the work and it
will be completed by next September.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
For The State Prison.

On Monday morning last Sheriff
Scott and four guards, of Pike coun-
ty, passed down on the train from
Pikeville with five men and three
girls. The girls, Nora Compton Gnd
two sisters named Francis, had been
sent to the Reform School at Lex
iIgton, and the men, Tilt Hall, Will
lam Johnson, Patton Taylor, and two
brothers named West, go to the pen
itentiary at Frankfort. The offenses
for which the men are punished tre
named elsewhere in this paper
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Will Be Married June IS.

Ed. W. Kirk, the local manager for
the gas company, is to be married
on the 18th of next month to Miss
Jane SybiI Anderson, teacher in
the Wilson Memorial School at Inez
The wedding will occur at the home
of the brides parents at Franklin,
Pa. She is a lady of worth, good
looks and accomplishments Mr.. Kirk
has made great many friends in
Louisa since he has been in business
here. He is popular with the public
and his employers, and is to be
congratulated on capturing his mat
rimonial prize.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Next Monday a Legal Holiday.

Two national holidays, Decoration
Day and the Fourth of July, falling
on Sunday this year, President Taft
has issued an executive order grant
ing leave to all Government employees
on the Monday following. Several
Governors are declaring those days
legal holidays.
The banks of Louisa, as well as all
other towns, will observe next Mon
day by closing. No business can be
legally done by them.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Has Gone To Louisville.

Mr.. A. NJ. Kennedy has gone to
Louisville by direction of Col. War
rem, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.,
to act as Inspector during the build
ing of hull for a tow boat for the
Kentucky tiver. The work will prob
ably last about six months.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
Death Of Peter RammGS.

Peter Hammes, ST., who, with his
family, lived here several years ago,
died recently in Jackson, Ohio, aged
81 years. The old man was tailor
and quite eccentric. His son Peter
and several grandchildren live at
Wayne. His wife died here many
years ago.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28
The Examination.

The examination for teachers GER
tificates was held in this city on
Friday and Saturday last. The Su-
perintendent and the examiners have
rot up to the hour we go to press
concluded the grading of the papers.
The number of applicants was very
large, nearly eighty seeking the
coveted certificates.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-28

In mentioning the trial and hung
jury in the case against Carter and
Payne for stealing ballot box the
News said that the result was ten
for acquittal and two for conviction.
We should have said two for ac-
quittal and ten for conviction.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
George Miller II Nurse.

The sheriff says that George Mil
Ter is the best fellow, and mani
tests the best disposition Of any man
in the county Jail. Since George b Us
been incarcerated he has taken upon
himself the care of Weatherford VIII
is an epileptic. Last night Wealth
erford had bad spell and Miller
took care of him during the entire
night never closing an eye. Before
Miller started the booze and jamaica
ginger route he was first class
citizen and as this embalming nuln
is leaving his system the man OF
character is becoming manifest. In
Nebraska when a man is three times
convicted for drunkenness he is sent
to take the jag cure and the state
has an institution for that purpose.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
North Side Country Club.

The North Side Country club met
Wednesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. J. A. Brown. There was a good
attendance considering the cold
weather. Six visitors we're guests at
the meeting and an unusually good
program was rendered.
Mrs Sol Hopkins read an article on
THE Grimes of Socialism Mrs. B.
r. Williams read an excellent paper
on Turning Over New Leaf" Mrs.
Will Wilson gave a review OF the
book. His Little Brother"
The ladies enjoyed visit after
the program. and nice refreshments
were served. The next meeting will
be held January 10 with Mrs. Horace
Hopkins.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Modern Horse Growing.

THE only danger to the horse in
dustry is their scarcity" says Prof.
w. l.. Carlyle. Whenever the time
comes that the price of good horse
is as great or nearly as great as a
motor van or automobile, then the
people will buy the cheaper article.
But that time is distant IL the horse
breeders keep busy. Plenty OF well
bred stations and good brood mares
are valuable asset to any commun-
ity. There is big money to be made
in breeding draft horses for many
years to come.''
At the coming Stock show In Den
yer, during the week OF January IS
23, there will be some excellent op-
portunities to secure choice imported
stations at fair prices. Some Of the
very best Percherons can be pur-
chased at from $1,000 to $4,000.
The exhibition of fine horses at the
Denver show will be a revelation to
the horse breeders of the west. There
will be many fine ones on sale.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Laborer Gets No Pay.

A German family BY the name of
Schlegal came here from Lincoln,
Neb., last spring and took large
contract to care for beets. There
were children besides the man and
wife. Although they earned over
$1,000 last season in the beet fields
they had not sufficient to take them
back to their old home last week
and were given assistance by SYM
pathetic friends.
1t was Schlegal's misfortune to
take a contract from a renter of a
farm near Greeley. 1t seems the
renter mortgaged his beets as fast
as they came above the ground and
when they reached the sugar factor,
the returns would scarcely cover the
mortgages and the renter having nc
property the German and all his little
ones who had labored in the no
sun for almost year received moth
ing for their wages and were no
able to pay their grocery bill. At
torney Ewing tried to collect som
$3.50 which was coming to Schlega
but the mortgages superseded tn
labor claim and the poor Germa
went back to Nebraska with q hars
vision Of Colorado laws.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Along the Line

A little lad who il probably 1G
years old but looks like 12, was beg
ging on the street last night and
ran into an "anger" He accosted
rheo. Lucas who was on his way to
the Elks club with a number Of
sheep? men. The boy. whose name
Is Gleason and halls from Cincinnati,
wanted enough to get his supper.
HE was taken to the club and proved
10 be the best entertainer that has
appeared before the club this year.
The lad has several vaudeville stunts
and voice that one would travel
far to hear. This morning he was
sent on his way rejoicing after a
good bath. new clothes and a couple
OF big feeds at the Camfeld.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Ed. House Offers Lot.

f. P. House has offered the gift
of one of his lots in west Greeley for
the site of Tisdel home for depend
ent children. if such should be
deemed feasible:
Mr.. Houses letter follows:
Greeley, Jan. 6, 1909.
To the Tribune:
l like your suggestion for me-
mortal to Father Tisdel--an old and
personal friend of mine-and if it
takes the shape of a building for
charitable purposes, will give a
5000 lot to build it on. Any one of
the twenty-six 5Ox150-foot lots in
Houses addition, between Nineteenth
and Twenty-irst avenues and Fifth
and Seventh streets, now used by me
as an experimental garden, that the
committee or yourself may select,
will be gladly decided for'the purpose.
Yours truly.
ED P. HOUSE.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
The Daily Divorce Case.

Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Bicknell has
appIjed for divorce from her hus-
band, Henry She says that Henry
has failed to support her for some
time. Henry can show very good
reason for this, as he has had an inn
portant engagement elsewhere. Last
August he stole harness from Lou
Beetham and has been holding down
n lob at Canon City ever since. AS
there Is not much danger OF Henry's
,pnearapce, the decree will probably
be granted by default. They were
married at Grand Junction six years
ago and have a child three years old.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
SPANISH WAR MEN INSTALL.
May Have Regular Quarters in Flu
ture with VI. A. r.

The local organization of Span
ish war veterans met at the court
house last evening and installed their
new officers as follows:
Camp commander, Robert l.. Dye;
senior vice. George c. Robinson; !;
junior vice. Frank S. Reed: sergeant,
James Kendel: officer of the day,
Harry Sommerville: officer of the
guard, II. E. Mattox; trustees, John
Cremer, Albert Luther and James l..
Jones.
Hereafter the boys will meet ev-
cry two months, and it is possible
that the local post G. A. R. will al
low them to share the quarters at tn
city hall If the aldermen have no oh
lection.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Party ut Bracewell.

The evening OF January Z Messrs
Roy and Lloyd Lolflen of near Brace.
we'll entertained small company
consisting of Misses Edith Draper
of Boulder. and Aline Thompson
Messrs. ]. L. Carpenter and w. B.
Lewis of Greeley. For supper they
were served with oysters and many
other things too good to mention, af'
ter which they were entertained with
music furnished by the Lolflen or
chestra. consisting of the entire fam
lily. They report a NEST excellent
time and are glad to have made sucn
pleasant acQuaintances.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Sore Toe Worth $50.

A week or ten days ago Mr.. J. 3
Hall Of the Camfield dropped bill
lard cue on his toe. Tee injury be
came quite painful and swollen anc
for several days the hotel man was
compelled to hobble about without
any shoe on.
Mr.. Hall carries an accident policy
and yesterday received a check from
the Pacific Mutual Insurance COM
pany for $50.
Colonel White says It is good
thing for the company that 1t was
Mr.. Halls little toe, for IL 1t had
been the big toe he would nave
charged them enough to pay for the
new addition to the hotel.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-08
Here Buying Sheep.

A half dozen sheep men from
Snohomish, Wash, are registered al
the Camfield and are here for the
purpose OF making extensive pur-
chases. Their names are c. A. Lowe
e. w. Thompson, Paul Lester, MAC
Moore, A. II. Younge and Henry
Doren. They are endeavorins 70
make purchases of Deegen and Dur
kee the local feeders who have sew
eral thousand head near the sugar
factory