The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-11-24
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MRS. Bessie Holt, bnot through u
! window at her home in Barboursville.
! died. The police are holding Charles
Randell. fireman.
| Morphine tablets given him by .
physician who thought he was giving
ealomel. caused the death OF the g.
year-old son OF FrenEo Neese. residing
near Murray.
! While helping his father TO tear
down an old barn. J. d. Blaekety, i6-
year-old son OF william Blackety. OF
near Lebanon, was killed when large
sill foil and struck him on the head.
An indictment charging wilful muir
der was returned BY the grand Jury
In tho Bourbon Circuit Court against
Lee beavers for the killing OF former
State Representative Sidney @. Clay in
October.
Judgment OF tho Jefferson Circuit
court. suspending Attorney W. A.
Heck from practice for twelve months
for failure to pay money he had col.
lected to Or. s. I. |. Battistee. was AZ.
hrmed by the Court OF Appeals.
Seeking to save the fruit; crop. Inter.
state Commerce Commissioner Nc
Chord holding a hearing In Louisville.
issued orders that all refrigerator cars
may be used for no other purpose than
TO move perishable goods.
Tho Nicholas Advocate and the Car.
Isle Mercury. the two weekly news
papers OF Carlisle, will consolidate. Ar.
ticles OF incorporation have been filed
and the consolidated newspaper. 10 be
known as The Mercury. will be issued
by the Carlisle Mercury company.
That n reduction in the liquor tar
IN Louisville OF more than $4,000 will
be caused by the fact that there are
$4,000 barrels OF whisky less this year
than last In that city. will have 10 be
considered by the Board OF EqualiEa.
tion
Because young lady refused TO 20
for automobile ride with him. Bryant
Wilson, is years old. son OF r. r. VII.
son. a merchant OF SeottSyille. made
an attempt 10 take his life when he
shot himself Just below the heart with
pistol lie will recover.
The County Road Engineers Assoc.
citation will be held in Bowling Green
January II. IS and 10, Governor A. o.
Stanley and Prot. II. II. Cherry. OF the
Western Normal School. will address
the association: also q Federal Gov.
eminent road expert
Several farmers near Cuba. In the
south part OF Graves county. expert.
msnted with growing cotton this year
and find that cotton can be raised very
successfully. Ono farmer produced
5000 pounds which brought him in the
seed about $500,
The timely arrival OF Mrs Brady
Hunter at the stable on their farm,
near Henderson. saved the life OF her
husband. who was found dangling 10
a rope tied to 4 rafter Hunter had
attempted suicide and was unconscious
when cut down by Mrs. Hunter.
The Court OF Appeals elected Hill
Cheshire. OF Frankfort, Sergeant.at-
Arms. 10 Ill the vacancy created by
the death OF HIS stepfather. James J..
Smith. The late w. @. Hill. grand.
father OF Cheshire. served in this posi-.
tion for decade
The season for quail and rabbits is
now open. and many nimrods are tax.
ing advantage OF the opportunity
Hunters will find the sport expensive
a.. a.
each. Under the law hunters are linn
tied to IL quails each.
Louisville is to have q new sanato-
rum, TO be erected At cost OF $780,.
900. by members OF the General As.
ISOLATION OF Baptists n entucky. A
site for the sanatorigin v III be chosen
at once. The Lonr Run Association.
OF Louisville. pledey I i,self TO raise
$4,000 OF the 100000.
The final estimate on the yield OF
the corn crop in Kentucky is 2S bush
els per acre, which 10 is bushels less
than the preliminary estimate, but is
the same average as last year. The
final estimate, as whole, shows one
OF the best corn crops the state has
produced in several years.
The Department OF Agriculture esti-
mates Kentucky's tobacco production
this year as 435,600,0OO as against
356. 100000 pounds last year and a
fye-year average OF 343.606,000
pounds. Quality OF Kentucky tobacco
is estimated at "a. exactly 10 per cent
higher than last year
Charles Traub, who created SEN
sation in Louisville recently. when an
alleged attempt by him to extort $40
from Henry Angerfeier. President OF
the German Bank OF Louisville. was
revealed, pleaded guilty Of the charge
against him and was sentenced to q
month in jail.
Waste paper at the State Capitol
heretofore thrown away and some
times converted into pin money by
thrifty porters, is to be sold by the
state in the future. In some OF the
departments an immense amount OF
paper, not required to be preserved In
the Ale, has been thrown away in the
past.
The farmers OF the dark tobacco dis
trict are happy over the prospect Of
hieh prices for tobacco this season.