The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-02-19


center of the commercial interests
which are developing the resources
Of Eastern Kentucky.
The Turkey Foot Lumber Com
pany, which now has Offices in Mar
ictta, o., and branch Offices in Hunt
ington, w. Va, will shortly estab-
lish its chief executive Offices in
Lexington.
Whiskey Men Howl.
The whiskey interests Of Louis
vile, Covington. Newport and
Frankfort are flooding the Offices of
Kentucky senator's and representa-
lives by thousands of protests
against the Federal prohibition
amendment to the United States
Constitution. 10000 protests have
been mailed from one post office in
Louisville.
There is no doubt but what this
amendment would rob a compare
lively few men of the millions
which they have taken from the
pockets of thousands of poor peo-
pie, but their loss would be more
than equalled by the peace and hap
piness which the prohibition of Ii
quor would promote.
Let the better element of Ken
lucky show as much interest as the
worser interests and redeem our
state from the false light in which
the liquor interests would place her.
1000 Sticks of Dynamite Explode.
Great alarm was felt in Winches-
ter last Friday when a thousand
sticks of dynamite exploded at the
works of a railroad construction
company about two miles from the
city. The dynamite was being
thawed out and exploded when the
flames accidentally reached il. A
hole about twelve feet deep and for
ty feet in diameter was made and
stones were scattered for distances
of two miles.
All Winchester was Jared by the
explosion and many windows were
broken. No lives were lost.
l, Five Children at One Birth.
Thursday night there were born
five babies to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Drewley, of Waterford, Ky. Two of
the children died shortly after birth
but three sons remain.
| M race suicida fhapat
State Cannot Pay Confederate Pen
/, sions
The burden of pensiOning the
Confederate soldiers is keenly felt
at Frankfort and at present there
is no money in the treasury TO pay
them.
However Mr.. John C. C. Mayo, the
capitalist of Paintsville, has con-
: scented to take the next issue of
Confederate pension warrants which
amount to 100000, without
discount at their face value.
The banks refused to take the
warrants and, but for Mr.. Mays
courtesy, considerable inconveni-
: ence would have followed.
For Eugenic Marriages.
/ The Rev. Robt. N. Massie, of Lex
2 ington, has announced that after
Easter he will perform no marriage
ceremonies unless the bridegroom
3 presents certificate from the
brides family physician or some
other reputable physician, stating
: that he is free from all cOmmunica-
BILE diseases.
r Hazing Affair Almost Fatal.
2 The brutal custom of hazing, still
, existing at the State University, has
almost cost the life of one of the
: students.
: The boy was probably taken from
, his room at night and compelled TO
stand for several hours on the cam
pus clad only in night shirt and
slippers. The exposure caused a
|. serious case of pneumonia and for
. nearly a week he has been at the
: point of death.
The boys father, Prof. J. V. Chap
= man, of Franklin, is justly aroused
? over the affair and declares that he
will do all in his power to wipe out
hazing in all state institutions.
A Hero Missing
: kash Strong, who is entitled to
a Carnegie Hero medal and 81 900 for
bravery in rescuing two children
from a burning farm house in Fay
ette county has disappeared and all
efforts to locate him have been I'M
successful.
A Lexington attorney holds both
: the medal and the money for the
man and it is hoped that word will
reach the hero and that he can re-
ceive his rewards.
Hog Cholera and the Tobacco Worm
The House Of Representative has
passed a bill appropriating 100000
: to aid in the extinction Of hog chOl-
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