The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-10
LETCHER COUNTY
AND WHITESBURG.
What is Happening in this
Rich Coal Territory
of Kentucky.


Whitesburg. KY. July S.-Indepen-
dence Day, or drunken revealing due to
it's celebration. brought about four
murders in Letcher county. In Black
ey, new town below here, late Sat-
urday evening, former Deputy Sheriff
John ID. Blair, one of the best known
young men in the county, killed Henry
H. Corbn, aged 81, brick layer OF
Bristol, Tenn. by hitting him with a
rock. Corbin was somewhat intoxi-
Gated, 1t is said, and had thrown a rock
at Blair. Blair responded with a rock
and killed Corbin almost instantly.
About the same time In Jenkins Jas.
Turner, colored man, shot and killed
Annie May Warser in cold blood, II Is
said. A little later when an officers
posse went to arrest the negro he shot
and killed William Carter, formerly OF
Olive Hill, who was summoned as Of
ficer's posse.
Late Sunday evening in McRoberts,
Willie Sturgill, aged 20, shot "A man
named Ingle FIVE times through the
vitals, infiicting fatal wounds. Ingle
was rushed to the Jenkins hospital
where he was lingering all day Monday
between life and DEATH Nothing has
been heard from him since. Sturgill
escaped to the mountains. followed by
officers, but UP until Monday night he
had not been arrested. Sturgill is said
to have had little trouble with lngle
on Saturday.
Roscoe Hay, of Bonneville, Ind, rep
resenting The International Steel q
Iron Construction Co.. Evansville, Ind,
has been here for several days making
estimates on the construction of the
Ave steel bridges soon to be construct
ed in this county, three across the
Kentucky river, one across Cumberland
and one across Rockhouse creek. sThe
work is to start within a short time,
j. II. O'Rear, of Clay City, KY, rep
resenting the Day Lumber & Coal CO.,
of that place, has been here looking
over the company's property with a
view OF starting a mammoth timber
operation somewhere in the Boones
Fork section. along the line of the Lex
ington & Eastern railroad. The com
pany went into the hands OF receivers
recently. but developments will con-
tinue 10 go on just the same.
C. E. Herbert, lumberman OF Chi
cago. has been here looking over some
timber properties with view OF pur-
chasing and making extensive devel-
opments. All along the new extension
OF the L. & f. timber operations are
getting very active. deals being made
almost every day. The McGlone Lum-
Der Company formerly of Morehead
are installing two mills at point near
Roxana, below here. instead OF one as
first reported They will develop sew
eral thousand acres.
The Kentucky Coal a. Improvement
Company was organized in Lexington
last week. In the organization are: l.
w. Fields and r. s. Shanklin. :. Jr., OF
this city, and Jesse Morgan, the Haz-
ard attorney. II is the purpose OF the
company to deal in coal and timber
lands and perhaps make Developments
The Sandlick Telephone Company
here has received their switchboard
and 1t is said they will install first
class system in Whitesburg. as well as
giving a first class connection through
the Rockhouse and Carr's Fork Sec
tons. Work is billed to start within
the next few days.
Attorney David Hays, DIR. and Mrs
]. Monroe Bentley. r. B. Franklin. w
B. Webb returned from a social and
business visit to Lexington and other
Lao -. al. TN
a pleasant trip.
Emos Hammons and wife, OF Wash
ington. d. c.. have been registered al
the Whitesburg hotel.
Mr.. Wyatt, who represents The Blue
Grass Commission CO.. and one OF the
oldest travelling men on the road in
Eastern Kentucky, came up to visit
his family.
w. w. Oliver. wide-awake insurance
man Of Hazard, has been here for few
days on business.
J. v. Shehan, OF Chicago, interested
in the great strides of development
work throughout the coal and timber
fields OF this county. has been In this
section for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. o. Segman, OF
Knoxville, have been guests of friends
in Whitesburg for few days.
George II. Wall. of Louisville was q
Whitesburg business visitor this week
o. l.. Evans, Huntington business
man, was in Whitesburg the first OF
the week.
w. W. Jenkins returned here from
Campton, Wolf county, where he went
to take some prisoners to the jailer at
Campton.
j. Il. Garnett, the Hazard machinery
man, has been calling on his trade In
the county during the week.
Bryce Caudill, Jackson travelling
man representing Armour & Co., is
calling on Whitesburg merchants.
p. d. Davis. Prestonsburg business
man, was here Monday and left i'm
mediately for the Big Sandy valley.
Attorney Clement F. Kelley. of Haz-
ard, has been here seeing after his ex-
tensive law practice.
Dudley @. Baker. Of London. Eng,
who is temporarily in Fleming, was
registered at the Whitesburg hotel
Sunday and was a guest OF Miss Pearl
Boggs at the telephone exchange.
Adam @. Ramey, the hustling tele-
phone man, was up the l.. g. e. last
Tuesday.