The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-05-06
MIDDLEBURG WOMAN
WHIPPED HUSBAND
And When Arrested Played Pos
sum" On Officer---Interesting
Letter From Casey.
MIDDLEBuRG, KY. May 5, 1910.

charged with whipping her husband,
John Will Black, and will be tried this
week. The parties live in the Halter
creek section. Constable Marion Black
executed the papers on Mrs. Black and
started to Squire Staton's to deliver the
goods, when his prisoner went dead"
on him, and, tumbling over on the
ground, refused to bulge He sent enc
of his posse to a neighbor for wagon.
but before he returned she got able and
willing to "mosey" onup to the Squire's
office.
The splendid fruit pros poets went
glimmering on the night of the 23d ult.
The frost got everything in sight and
made quite dive for that beneath the
surface. Corn that had been planted
is thought to be killed, or so damaged
as to require re-planting.
Some % teausters who were hauling
cross-ties for Jason Coffey at Yosemite
went on a strike last week, demanding
an advance of cents on the tie. The
strikers held pretty stiff upper lip for
few days. but seem to be weakening,
as some of them have returned to
work.
A young divinity student of George
town College will preach at the Baptist
church here Sunday morning and even
ing. Willie Watkins, Of Barbourville
College. will be here and make a talk
to the church on Saturday night before.
Mr. Watkins has decided to make the
ministry and teaching his life work,
and he says that he wants to begin at
home.
Several ladies of this vicinity will
boycott the broom makers next year.
Some so or more pounds of broom corn
seed have been ordered and a pretty
general crop will be raised. Cephas
Basin has promised to put in machin-
cry at his mill and will tie them on the
shares. This seems to be the proper
thing to do, and il the farmers will put
in good crop they will likely find it a
profitable business.
The Sunday-school convention at the
Christian church at Yosemite was well
attended and seemingly well enjoyed.
Liberty seems to have been better rep
resented than any other portion of the
globe. They came from there by every
conceivable means Of conveyance i'm
aginable, and there were among them
several as jolly lads and lasses as one
is likely to meet in lifetime.
In the magistrates court at Yosem
its. Ben Patterson was given a fine of
$40 and five days in the county Jail for
cursing old man John Vest. Dick Lit
trell got one cent and cost for shooting
Mrs. Eliza Carmsn's dog. The case of
a breach of the peace against Mrs, BIZ
vey Sims was continued to May 26th.
Warrants we're sworn out for J. w.
Badget, charging him with selling beer
and other drinks that intoxicate. at his
soft drink stand at Hartwell, and for
keeping open his stand and selling on
Sunday.
J. s. Murphy came down from Nc
Kinney Friday afternoon. accompanied
by his son. and remained over till Sun
day with his daughter, Mrs. Med. Fo-
gle. A. R. Spears. Of Moreland, was
here Sunday. Mrs. Laura Lee and
daughter, Miss Bessie. and Miss Esther
Murphy spent Sunday with homefolks
at Kingsville Mesdames Thos. Gooch
and J. S. Murphy attended the Sunday
school convention at Green river church
Sunday. Med. Fogle. II. C. Estes, S.
Lyons and Jordan S. McWhorter went
to Liberty last week as witnesses
against ]. W. and Tom Bsdget, charg-
ed with violating the local option law.
The election of trustees for the grad
ed school will take place here Saturday.
There is a pretty good-sized fight on
between the graded school and anti
graded people, and it is hard to tell at
this writing what the result will be.
The ants have ticket in the field in
the persons of Charles McWhorter and
Reuben Station. and the friends of the
school are running G. c. Compton and
W. J. Colby, and both parties are get
ting busy. The graded school people
say they have the race won and 1t looks
somewhat that way to man up tree,
but we will know more later on and
will tell you about it in our next.