The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-11-03

son, mother of F. NJ. Thomasson, ed
itor of the Georgetown News, died,
aged rs.
Somerset.-DT. w. +. Scott, one Of
the Oldest and bestknown physicians
in Eastern Kentucky. died here after
a brief illness of heart trouble.
Georgetovn.-The country home OF
James Briscoe was burned. There was
no insurance on either the house or
furniture The loss is estimated at
5000.
At the recent meeting of the state
board of pharmacy, at Winchester,
only one registered pharmacist quail
fed by examination and that was Cliff
ford ]. Dill. of Ashland.
Lexington.-The fourth annual con-
vention of the Kentucky Library asso-
citation began its sessions, with Pres
ident William F. Yust, of Louisville.
presiding.
Louisville.-John NJ. Letterle. So.
president OF the Louisville live stock
exchange and oldest member of the
Kentucky Legislature. is dying Of
paralysis.
Danville.-A special from Burnside
says that the dying request of Rev.
j.. o. Hanks. prominent minister of
Pulaski county, was that he be buried
standing up.
GlasgOw.-News has reached here
Of shooting in Allen county of Allen
Asher by Isley Graves. The message
stated that Asher is fatally wounded
and can not recover
Maysville-After many delays this
city has finally installed a paid fire
department by receiving a Knox com
bination automobile hook and ladder
and chemical engine.
Frankfort.-Judge r. c. O'Rear an
nounced the engagement of his daugh-
ter Helen TO Ensign Caswell Saufiey,
of the battleship Kansas. The mar
riage will take place i'm April.
Georgetown.-The Scott county fis-
cal court ordered the issue of $4,000
worth Of bonds to fund Scott countys
Indebtedness in building. repairing and
maintaining roads and bridges.
Glasgow.-SOme one shot into the
home of Al Underwood, near here,
Gene Baker and Will Read, negroes,
were arrested. They say Frank Duff,
another negro. did the shooting. The
cheriff is looking for Dun.
Misunderstanding Routt died
under peculiar circumstances. He &C
cidentally fell from barn loft few
days ago and sustained severe injuries.
and a few days afterward contracted
appendicitis, which FASTENED his death.
lle.--Eiight hundred medical
students win turn out on election day
70 work for passing the $l,OO0.O0) bond
! issue for the erection OF a new city
hospital. Physicians held a meeting
to plan to aid in the work of putting
through the issue.
Sergeant.-In the Knott circuit court
at Pikeville Miss Ida Sweeney, aged
barely II, was tried on a charge of
perjury and given two years in the
kentucky penitentiary. She took the
sentence cody. Miss Sweeney is a
member of good family.
Williamstown.-The first meeting OF
the Grant County Farmers institute
and fair was held here and was highly
successful. Fully 5000 people were
IN attendance. and the exhibits ranged
from a turnip to fine horses. Premiums
aggregating over $500 were given by
business men and citizens.
notwithstanding into a moving
van while his motorcycle was racing
along at 80 miles an hour, Falls Hess.
ms, picked himself out of the wreck
age and smilingly faced two police
men who a few seconds before com
manded him to stop speeding. The
boy was unscathed. He was arrested.
Frankfort.-Distillers of whisky arc
not liable to holders of storage re-
eeipts for a greater shrinkage in the
bonded warehouses than is allowed by
the United States government. The
court OF appeals construed this point
in the case of ]. b. Wathen ct al.
against the kentucky Distillers and
Warehouse Co., affirming the judgment
of the Jefferson circuit court.
Glasgow.-Mr. Luther T. Davidson,
a capitalist, one of the most widely
known Iumbermen in this state, died
of typhoid fever, aged 55 years. When
quite a young man Mr.. Davidson fail
ed in business, but later he made o
fortune and paid every cent of his in
debtedness, with interest, waich made
him quite noted. He is survived by
one child, Miss Lulu May Davidson.
East st. Louis, In.-Frank M. Cecil.
special agent for railroad, was shot