The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-05-14
Heard About Town


Stanford looks lige banquet hall
deserted today Everybody who could
get Oft wet. 10 Crab Orchard 20 be
with the Boone Way Boosters.
George l.. Picket. will very prob
ably be n candidate for Representa-
tive Of Shelby. lie is a brother Of
Mrs. Will Severance, Of this city.
The l.. e. N. will run an excursion
to Cincinnati Sunday at Si.75 for the
round trip. The train leaves the de-
pot here at 4:i5 o'clock in the morn
ing.
J. T. Wilkinson is at home for a
few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. ID. Wilkinson. He is doing
some special work for the Census
department at WASHINGTON.
DR.. Lansing Burrows, of Amreicus,
Ga, was reelected president Of the
Southern Baptist Convention. The
election, which came directly after
the opening services, was unanimous.
Elliott Jones, son of J. p, formerly
of Stanford. was here this week, with
his friend, ]. T. Wilkinson. Mr.. Jones
is travelling for ladies' ready-to-
wear house Of Cincinnati.
ID. u. Carrico. telephone manager
went to Louisville Wednesday to at.
tend the conference of the Cumber.
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
h. k.lI o. h.. \ WYt
terson Hotel this week.
Thomas NJ. Phillips, Of Phillips and
Phillips, has been confined TO his room
by stomach trouble. Ii he gets well
enough he will leave IN few days for
North Carol.na resort with the hope
Of getting rid Of the trouble.
Robert Nixon, a prominent farmer
and horseman of the Wilde section
Of Rockcastle, was in town Wednes-
day on his way to Mckinney to see
K. S. Scudder about some of his fine
horses.
DR.. G. G. Perry's fine Buick car
broke a spring Thursday when it hit
the Hanging Fork covered bridge
too hard while a party was en- route
to the Craig sale in Boyle county. 1t
had to be returned for repairs.
W. NJ. Mahan. of Lancaster, saws
that Mr.. Harris, the agent from the
Children's Home at Louisville, took
dinner with him Tuesday. He
said the three Kidd children whom he
and Mrs. Mahan took to the home
have all been adopted into good fam
lies and are well satisfied.
Speaker Champ Clark of the Ma
tional House of Representatives said
it was his opinion that no extra ses-
sion of Congress would be called be-
cause of the sinking of the Lusitania.
He said further: "The less'people talk
about this disaster the better off the
country will be-"
Miss Ida Holtzcalw purchased last
week of U. S. Traylor his property on
Portman avenue. Mr.. Traylor and
family have moved to their farm in
the country. Miss Holtzclaw has rent
ed this property to j. II. Hill and
ldiilllls VI LOUISVILLE, VINO VIII move
here soon. The price of the property
is private.
James T. Menefee. of Knoxville,
Tenn, who is with the Forest City
Paint Company, has established a dis
tributing point at Lexington for this
paint, with Smith. Watkins, Darnaby
Company, a well-known firm of Lex
ington. Mr.. Menefee has ordered six
car loads of paint to be sent to Lex
ington. On account of the increase
of business, it was necessary to have
another salesman, so George G. Men
efee, who has been with this COM
pany with headquarters at Syracuse,
n. Y, for some time. will be given
the place. Mr.. Menefee will have
his headquarters at Stanford, where
he has a host of friends, who are
glad to learn that George will be so
located as to spend part of his time
in this city.