The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
KENTUCKY WOMAN
DEVISED A WAY
70 Protect Her Rights In
Land Matters.
She APPEALED TO PRESIDENT
And Ii Wasn't Long Before
She Got the Relief
Prayed For.
= MuHLENBERG COUNTY CASE


That President Woodrow Wilson
il man with heart is vouched for
oy Mrs Robert F. Stone, resident
Of the vicinity of Nelson, small
mining town in Muhlenberg county.
kentucky. Mrs. Stones experience
with the President is unique and in
teresting
One hundred and fifty years ago
Christopher Greenup. Kentucky's
thirteenth Governor, granted to Da-
yid Imbley 800 acres of land, the
tract embracing the present site of
the town of Nelson. Upon this
grant Mr. Tmbley erected house
which still stands. monument to
he abundance of early day material
f1d the honesty of early day labor.
The FIRST story is constructed of
black walnut logs. and the second
story is yellow poplar. the weather.
boarding being whipsawed and aver
aging an inch in thickness. The in
red gum, some of the planks being
twenty-eight inches wide Near at
hand is barn built of black walnut,
the logs hewed to twelve by twenty
four inches and thirty-fve feet i'm
length All about are walnut and
mulberry rails. originally forming a
stockade to prevent stock being
stampeded by the Indians
For time Mr. Imbley occupied
this home contentedly. enjoying
abundant fresh air and freedom
Then other pioneers came along and
muddied the waters When per- /
baps dozen families had settled /,
within radius of twenty miles, Mr. I
Imbley announced that he felt
crowded and sought an open coun-
try He hitched twelve milch COWS /.
20 a covered wagon and made his
way to Oregon. disposing of his land 4
Grant to neighbor for very small
sum. The tract passed from one I
owner to another being divided and
subdivided. until that portion on
which the old home was located be-
came the property Of Mrs Robert F. (
stone
Mrs. stone and her husband farm
ed the property making a comfort
able living, for number of years.
Two children arrived to make their
treside happier Then one day for
tune frowned An overcharged pop
bottle burst in the hands of Mr.
stone, destroying one of his eyes and
rendering the other practically use
hess The support of the family de-
VOWED upon Mrs stone, and she
arose to the task heroically BY
selling milk, eggs, butter and garden
truck she was able to keep the wolf
from the door. bu' the stork was
more elusive and in time another
baby arrived to be provided for.
In the subdivision of the Imbley
land. a half-mile tract lying between
the house and public road had been
sold to other parties. and one day
Mrs. Stone found her egress TO mar
kot fenced up. She protested to the
noighbor who owned the strip, and
was informed that new road had
been provided over another route.
As Mrs. Stone expressed IL:
IL would have taken mighty
good goat to climb out OF the gullies
in the new lane laid out" SO she
was not satisfied.
She SCI her very Original thinking
cap 10 work
Facing such dilemma. most wo-
men would have no more thought of /
appealing to the President of the
United States than they would think
of asking the Emperor OF all the
Germans why the old brindle COW !
didn't come up. but, as has been said.
Mrs. Stone was original I
II didn't know what to do. said I
Mrs. Stone, we depended on our
for a living. But reason
I'd that We had good men in power
and that they would help me. and
they did thank them for their aid
and sympathy"
Mrs. stone took her pen IN hand D
and placed the entire matter before b
President Wilson--absorbe in the y
European war and the Mexican mix .
ip and the President found time to