Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-10
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was held at Lexington.
Getty Barnett, 22, of WOODBURY., was
badly injured when he was caught In
shaft at a sawmill.
Forty alleged night riders will be
tried in the Hopkins Circuit Court al
the February term.
With the burning of $4,000 bonds
the Indebtedness of Warren County
was reduced to s1O9,5OO
Danville will have new large and
commodious hotel. The contract will
be let this week.
One million feet OF walnut lumber
is burned at Ivel, near Pikeville. The
origin is believed to be of incendiary
The State Farmers Institute will
meet at Lexington, February is, 16
and H.
John Colgan, the first man who
manufactured chicle chewing gum,
died of Brights disease in Louisville
Will Austin, aged 81 years, formerly
Of Charlottesville, shot and killed him.
self in Chicago.
David Pickett, aged 10 OF Munfords.
vile, was accidentally shot and killed
by his brother, Leonard, aged Is.
Flood pours over levee at Hickman
and 1000 are homeless, and many suf.
fering from hunger and exposure.
Richard Pryor, Oldest native citizen
of Graves county, died at his home
near Mayfeld.
John B. Graves, rs, considered the
wealthiest man in Central Kentucky,
died at his home in Georgetown of
cancer.
The Montgomery County High
School has added a domestic science
and agricultural department to its
curriculum. =
Scott 1nsko, OF Central Ridge, was
paid s25.26 per hundred for his 1915
crop OF tobacco. the highest price paid
for last years crop.
The Government has appropriated
$500 for building lookout stations in
the mountains Of eastern Kentucky
to guard against forest nres.
II. +. Mustain. Of Horse Cave, who
is spending the winter In Florida. was
robbed OF large diamond, valued At
$500.
Warren county fiscal court haze de.
cided to ask for state aid on the
building OF roads and will request an
appropriation OF $4,000.
The Court OF Appeals sustained the
right OF Kentucky to tar and restric,
foreign insurance companies as the
state from which those companies
come restrict Kentucky companies.
Baseball fans at Bowling Green are
getting busy In order to take advan.
tage Of the opportunity Of joining the
Kitty League. which Is proposed to b
revived this year.
Gov. Stanley pardoned Geo. W.
Rhodes, convicted In Knox County In
1914 for forgery and sentenced to the
penitentiary for from two to ten
years.
Miss Roberta Tyler. deceased,
makes Christ Church Cathedral. Of
Louisville, OF which she was q life
long member. the beneficiary Of about
$4,000 now and $4,000 later.
DR.. W. D. Powell. who has been sec.
Rotary Of the Baptist Mission Board
Of Kentucky for nine years, yielded
to opportunities Of the executive board
and withdrew his resignation.
Business conditions In the Eixhth
Federal Reserve district continue sat.
isfactory and In the Fourth unusually
good. according to the Federal Reserve
Board. Kentucky Is . part OF both.
The military departments Of ne
State University At Lexington and
Kentucky Military Institute at Lyndon
will be inspected BY Captain John J.
Kingman, U. s. A. General star.
Mayor Hickman. OF 0wensboro.
offers two pennies for every rat tail
delivered to police headquarters; con.
sequently. there has been Q big de-
crease In the rat family
The Bowling Green Y. NJ. C A. has
added q class In calesthenics and ap-
paratus work for the ladies'. No other
Y. NJ. c. A. In the state has this
feature.
The Third district Of the Kentucky
Federation OF woman's Clubs held Its
second annual meeting at Harrods.
burg. In the Methodist Church. Mrs.
Cora Wilson Stewart presiding.
Road Builders week, . short courss
OF instruction Intended to extend
modern methods Of highway construc.
ton In Kentucky, was held under the