The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-08-31


light schools, as the trip will certainly
be worth while.
A letter received in Lexington by
c. y. Manning. president of the Lex
ington Oneida Club, containing a draf,
for $4,000, the gift of the late Col
Robert A. Torrey, millionaire cattle
ranChman, of Fruitville, Mo, as a do.
nation TO the fund now being raised
for the institute in Clay County,
which several months ago suffered the
loss Of its main dormitory by fire.
An urgent plea for the prevention
of tuberculosis was voiced by Gov.
Stanley in an address TO delegates for
the seventh tuberculosis sanitarium
district in Coyington THE Tuberculo-
sis Commission" said the governor.
lis neither Democratic nor Repub.
lican. | want ii to do its best to
stamp out this disease which is claim
ing the lives of one-seventh of the
people of the country"
Senator John K Shields. of Tennes.
see; Senator +. ID. Smith. of South
Carolina; Representative Cordell Hull.
of Carthage Tenn, and Representative
Charles p. Coady, of Maryland. as we'll
as the governors of eight states in the
Appalachian mountain range are ex
| pected in Lexington on the opening
| day Of the Southern Appalachian Good
Roads association. whose sessions will
be held September 5 to s.
Harry c. Taylor, Mayor Of Yer.
sailles. is touring in Northern Mich.
| igan. When he crossed the Ohio River
at Coyington II was the first time in
his life that Versailles Mayor has ever
been outside the limits of the state
of Kentucky. lie has never ridden in
a sleeping car and until two years ago
he held the unique record of never
having spent a night outside of his
own home
With a bumper crop of tobacco
nearly ready for the knife a splendid
crop of corn in prospect and farm
work in general promising to be most
active during the fall, the farmers in
many sections are confronted with
what appears to be a serious shortage
in the labor supply. For several years
past the labor problem has been in.
creasing in gravity. but this year a
combination of circumstances makes
II take on fresh import
Proof that Kentucky National Guard
will tarry but very short time longer
at FIT. Thomas was furnished it is
said, Sunday when F. l.. Poindexter,
in charge of the railroad arrange
ments for moving the brigade to the
border, received letter from George
Hodges, Secretary of a War Depart
ment bureau in charge of troop trans
portation, asking what arrangements
had been made for moving the guard
ION the shortest possible notice"
Archbishop John Lancaster Spald.
ing. who had been in failing health
for the last two weeks. died in Peoria.
Ill. He had been i'll for a number OF
years. having suffered a paralytic
stroke in 1906. Archbishop Spalding
was a native of Lebanon, Ky, and aft.
turned to Kentucky and was in charge
of the cathedral in Louisville from
1865 to 1863
5. V, Robinson, a prominent FARMER
OF Cobb, near Princeton, is owner OF
a dog that has the unique distinc- |
tion of making a regular hand at
worms on Mr. RobinsOns to- |
bacco. The dog goes TO the tobacco |
field regularly with the laborers and |
takes a row of tobacco and searches |
for the worms. When one |
Is found he catches it between the |
nose and foot and rolling it from the
tobacco leaf, kills it.
Preparations for President Wilson's
trip from Louisville to Hodgenville |
September 4, when he publicly will |
accept the Lincoln Memorial Farm. in
clude several special trains for the
use of the public and the Presidents
Dodyguard. The first of these will |
larry forty mounted police. as well as
several patrOlmen, who will act as q
special bolyguard to the President
Special trains viii leave Louisville
very 10 minutes between Z and
o'clock.
Memoranda received at brigade
headquarters of the Kentucky National
Guard at Fl Thomas provide for the
discharge of enlisted men who de.
'lare their intention of returning 10
chool. According to declarations |
,nly fifty men, remarkably small
officers say vii be lost 10
he Kentucky brigade through this
lew foe to peace strength. The bri.
,ade has been weakened considerably
~ the provision permitting men with
dependent families TO withdraw.
Governor Stanley, OF Kentucky, who ,
eviewed the National Guard at Fl
Thomas, Ky. said that the improve
nent which has taken place in the
men since his visit six weeks ago Is
lmost unbelievable Addressing the
roops, the Governor said Il await
he call to the border or TO arms al {
ny time with confidence. | thank
iod am the Chief Executive Of a
tate that boasts Of such men as face !
ne now. For the future the valor
Z our army Is the sole buttress
gainst the wrath OF our preparing
oes."
The Insurance Committee OF the
Board of Trade is consider {
ng Offering it's services as informed. {
iry between the State Fire Insurance ;
'oard and the Kentucky Actuarial !
bureau, In an attempt to put an end !,
D the present deadlock The board
as taken the position that no in. .
reases in rates can be made. except d
here there is an increase in hazard, e
ne bureau maintains that ,nasmuch y