The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-06-06

70 be divided, new county TO be
created out of the eastern section
of this county, which is now the
largest in the State. Another ru-
NOR says that four counties will re-
place Pike. -Pikeville Kentuckian.
Whitesburg, KY, May 30.-Tele-
phone reports from Wise-co., Va,
say United States Marshal Abingdon
and possemen have just made raid
along Guests and Pond rivers, near
the Kentucky border, where they
destroyed three alleged moonshine
stills. No arrests we're made.
The 100 barrel water tank used to
supply the academy buildings with
water collapsed Tuesday night with
about 80 gallons of water in it and
some of the slaves were carried a
distance of 100 feet or more. Aside
from the wreck of the tank no 9TH
err damage was done except that two
or three naples on the campus were
badly crippled. Hazel Green Herald
George Salyer, aged 80 years, and
married, an A. C. & /. switchman,
met horrible death Monda morn
ing, shortly before noon at the
lower furnace, when he fell beneath
a switch engine and was decapitated
and his body terribly mangled.
George Salyer was son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Salyer and was born
in Elliott-co., thirty eyars ago.
Revs. P. R. Hobbs, X. X. Spencer
and VIM. H. Chambers held re-
ligious meeting at the home of Lit
tie Bill Hurst, on the head of Still
water Sunday. He was in a chair
throughout the service, at the
end of which he embraced religion
and requested to be baptized b,
immersion. Being too weak to wall
he was carried to Saltwater creel
and there received the rite of bap
tism as prescribed in the ritual o
the Baptist church. H. G.. Herald
J Whitesburg. 1T is announced her
that the Elkhorn Fuel Company hai
just acquired $4,000 acres of ricl
coal lands near here from the Min
eral Development Company of Phila
delphia. The consideration is no
stated. The Cathron Creek Coal Go
has just been organized at Cathron
Creek, Harlan-co., on the new lin
of the Wasioto & Black Mountain
railroad and early development is t
be started on a 500-acre tract.
Whitesburg. KY, May 30.-Sever
al hundred men have been put +
work ON the construction of the up
per Pound River extension of tn
Indian Greek and Pound River rail
road, from Pound along and contin
uous to the Kentucky border, line i
Wise county, a distance of sevel
miles, to tap the rich timber field
OF the Tidewater Lumber Company
which will establish number o
miles during the next few months.
Dennis Gallihue, aged 10 years
son of John Gallihue, while his fan
lily was preparing to go to churcl
last Sunday near their home at Der
ton, KY, just back of Ashland, sho
and instantly killed his cousin, Alv'
Gallihue, aged IL years, son of J
r. Gallihue The bullet from gul
supposed to be unloaded penetrate
the victims head and his death wa
instantaneous. The tragedy has cas-
a gloom over the entire neighbor
hood for both families are highl,
esteemed.
Pike county Is another that vii
witness triangular fight for tn
county offices this year, candidate
already being announced for nomi
nations at the August primary. TIL
county committees of the Republi
can, Progressive and Democrat
PARTIES have taken Determined
stand to prevent bribery in election
In Pike-co., and each candidate VIII
offers for nomination on eithe
party will be required 10 subscrib
to an oath that he will not ues an,
illegal methods to influence votes
Pike-co., Is almost as large as SOM
States and n Is said. a movement