The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-09-15
General News


Attorney General James Garnett is
tipped as certain entry into the Con-
gresslonal race in the Eighth District
next year.
The Bull Moose party declared for
Statewide prohibition at their conven-
zion held in Louisville. August 80. They
also declared for woman suffrage and
non-partisan judiciary.
The franklin County Fair was called
Off last week owing TO an epidemic of
dipiherla raging in the county. The
schools IN Frankfort and nearly all pub
lie places were closed i'll order to stamp
out the disease.
That is some melon that the Du Fonts
are cutting. Tue distribution of S5S,-
Ssh 200 TO the tockholders throws
spot light upon the munitions business
IL certainly pays TO sell powder TO the
Allies-that is il pays the Du Points
Does it pay the country in the long run:
The worlds largest mail handling
plant has been opened by Uncle Sam. in
three story building that straddles the
New York Central tracks. A days
business consists in handling SO0 600
pounds of mail matter that is carried on
227 trains.
From August, 1914 TO June. 1915. a
total of IL months, the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry inspected 260, 79l horses
and 81, All mules for export to Europe;
Al, 260 horses and "a. 30 mules for ex-
port 10 Canada, making grand total of
3S7, 612.
Owing to the great number of burg
laries and safe blowings in and around
Paris during the past month and no ar
rests having been made, the merchants
OF that city have started movement
| for self-protection. AS no arrests have
been made and nobody apprehended by
the officials, the merchants propose to
employ competent private detectives
and ferret out the thieves.
A young horse kicked to death Rev.
A. j. Story, Baptist minister, at Glen
vile, Adair county, August 90. The old
gentleman in trying to extricate himself
from the buggy which the horse had
kicked the dashboard from, was kick ed
twice in the head. having his skull
crushed. He served in the Federal army
throughput the Civil War and when hos
Utilities ceased he began to preach.
While New York State is readily con-
coded to lead all the other States in
wealth, manufactures, foreign commerce
and domestic trade. it is not generally
realized that there are % States
that are larger in area than New York,
but that New York leads all the rest in
ten lines of agricultural production,
namely, in hay, dairy products, dairy
cows, small vegetables, potatoes, apples,
} flowers and plants, buckwheat, small
fruits and maple sugar. The aggregate
value of these products in year ex,
ceeds 1925. 100000.
Canada imported nearly 90 per cent o.
the brick and tile and more than &C PEI
cent OF the pottery exported from -tht
United States in 1914. according to tn,
United States Geological Survey; Cen
trail America and the West Indies rank
ed second, more than % per cent of tn,
, brick and tile exports. nearly I2 per cen
OF the pottery exports. and more than 2
per cent of the total exports from clay
working industries going to those coun
tries.
y In suit decided at Georgetown las
e week, in the case OF B. A. Lair agains
i the Southern Express Company. an vi
e usual point was brought out Las
5 Christmas Mr. Lair sent package I
his niece in South Dakota In the pack
aga was a five-dollar FURNISHED gol
piece and other articles valued at So 2.
j The Company offered to pay Lair IN
b s525. but. refused TO make good III
is s.. 90 gold piece, claiming it was in vii
Ie lation of It's receipt. which expressI
% stated it was not responsible for none
.. sent in packages The court upheld Oh
r Company in lis contenIioc. and thus tt
in Com pany is out IS 25, the niece a ei
:. worth sl025. Mr.. Lair 50 90. and II
+ court costs must be paid.
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