The bee., 1916-09-05

button is free TO property owners VINO
will take care Of the trees.
Governor Stanley has designated
Judge W. A, Young, Of Morehead. to
preside at the hearing Of the contest
case Of A. ]. Kirk, Of Paintsville,
against Flem D. Sampson, of Barbour
VILE. Kirk is contesting the election
Of Sampson as the Republican nominee
for Appellate Judge in the Seventh
district.
u. @. Saunders, of Lexington, who
recently sold his Fairland Farm to
Harry ]. Schlessinger, of Milwaukee,
has also completed negotiations with
the James b. Haggin estate for the
1,541 acres Of famous Bluegrass land
on the Russell Cave pike. This is
the beginning of the disintegratlon
of the vast land holdings Of the fam
Gus financier and turfman.
Henry S. Barker, president of the
University of Kentucky, has received
advlces from Washington to the effect
that First Lieutenant John c. Fairfax,
Twenty-frst United States infantry,
has been appointed military instructor
and commandant of cadets in Lexing-
ton. He will come from Sewanee Mil
| itary Academy at Sewanee, Tenn,
/ and assume his duties at once.
Wheelright will be the name OF n
new mining town to be established on
the left fork of Beaver Creek, on the
new branch Of the B. & o., now be.
ing rapidly constructed. The town Is
] named in honor of Jere II. Wheelright,
millionaire capitalist. Within thirty
days, it is believed, Wheelright will
have a population Of from 1000 to
5000.
Department orders have stopped fur
ther Withdrawals of the troops from
the Kentucky National Guard. Stu.
dents who had planned to resume
their studies this utumn under a pro.
vision permitting them to resign must
rejoin the colors, and even withdraw.
ais because Of dependent relatives no
longer win be permitted. The unex-
pected change in attitude of the de-
partment was unexplained.
Uncle Bob Bates, the father Of 22
| children, and one of the wealthiest
and most Cctive old men in the noun.
| tains, has returned to his home near
Whitesburg from a horseback trip to
/ Mt. Sterling, nearly 200 miles, where
he took a large drove of young cattle
He celebrated his 92nd birthday at his
remarkably quaint old home, back on
the headwaters Of Rockhouse creek,
in Letcher county.
Strong measures OF retaliation
against Great Britain on account Of
the embargo shutting American to-
bacco out Of Germany and Austria,
thus causing an estimated loss this
year of S100O0,O00 to tobacco growers
Of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee,
are proposed in an amendment to the
general revenue bill which Senator
James, Of Kentucky, introduced in the
senate.
The print of a bloody hand on a
pool room wall and blood stains on a
pool table at High Bridge have solved
the mystery of the disappearance of
Samuel W. Bedford, prominent Lex
ington insurance man who dropped out
of sight while on a trip to High Bridge
February IS. Mr.. Bedford was muir
dered because he was thought TO be
United States Marshal. His assail-
ants are alleged bootleggers.
The Kentucky State Fair manage.
ment has announced awards number.
ing 6,612, aggregating $4,000 in pre-.
miums, which will be distributed dur.
ing the fourteenth annual fair to be
held in Louisville, September 11-16.
The Legislature appropriated $4,000
Of this amount and the remainder was
added by the State Fair Board and
public-spirited citizens. Each day
during the fair an average of 1,1O2
awards will be made.
Alleging that his reputation as a
business man and his milk business
have been damaged in the sum Of
So 900, because of statements made
concerning the milk he sold to Hen
derson families, Otto ]. Hoffman, milk
dealer, filed suit against DR.. w. w.
Wilson. The plaintiff alleges that the
physician asserted in the homes OF
several families that illness among
members was due to the milk used.
Loss of trade followed.
Charles Estes, alleged moonshiner,
who was arrested in Green county by
federal officers, is happy and content
ed, nevertheless. Il is charged Estes
was at work at his still when placed
under arrest 81 was never so satisfied
in all my life" said Estes after being
locked up at Jail. "The arrest wasn't
so pleasant, and I've had a hard time
with you fellows, but | haven't ever
before had a ride in an automobile or
one in a train, and I've learned a lot
more'n ! ever expected I'd learn"
To look at the residence OF a former
president in Cincinnati, O., is a costly
thing, Bryon Taylor, Of Lagrange, KY.
viii aver. Bryon arrived there and
soon met two amiable fellows, who
suggested a stroll. Bryon, a six-footer,
gazed IN admiration. Seeing the far
mer was I'm a good humor, his friends"
suggested a penny matching game.
The old man was to win. One Of the
friends happened to be odd all OF the
time, and soon Bryon lost his roll of
SIS. He requested the police to re.
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