The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-11-16

nual revenue to the state OF approx.
pately $3.50, 300.
The Workmen's Compensation
Board passed on l67 claims, including
three permanent disability claims. The
full amounts allowed by law we're Civ.
en- 10 the estates of Gabe Johnson. Kill.
ed In the Straight Creek company
mine; James Henry Muttcrs. killed in
the Winslow company mines, and Rob
ert y. Smith, killed in the Bond Jcl.
lico company mine
The Court of Appeals refused 10 dis.
turb the $500 verdict ATTAINED bv
Amos Leslie against Harry Walters,
Chief Of the Fire Department At Van
Lear. 1t was held that the Consoli-
dated Coal Company was in nowise
liable for the shower bath" riyon 10
Leslie by Walters in Van Lear IN Sc, t.
1913. Leslie. while walking down the
street, was sprinhled BY walters.
Police Judge Riley Of Lexington does
not believe that a woman and her hus.
band should be separated lie cyi.
denced this in police court. when Mrs
Fannie Kelly faced him on charge
Of vagrancy. She said her only means
Of support was her husband. who was
in the workh0uso. Il d.nt believe a
man and his wife should be sclarat.
ed, he said, so you may join him
there for thirty days
Guaranteed rilk for Lexington is
probability within rc.rh Of efforts
now being put forward rs the Dc#art-
mcnt Of Health, accord w 10 he be.
lief Of Dr John u. Marnirc. it, head.
Tn goal long coveted Is To- be o lipy.
ed through a system conceived bv him
vhici. will give the department actual
control Of tn purity Of the supply. A
central inspection station. through
which all milk sold must pa is his
solution
Mrs Rosa llorht and hnr dau-hter.
Miss Ida Ilecht, were arrested in outs.
vile. charged with the murder - Her.
mEH lIecht, an eXprcssman. who was
shot to death recently. Stolie, told
by members Of the family were to the
effect that IIecht was shot to death
by negro burglar Police determined
TO arrest the women after the finding
Of a revolver. said to have ben owned
by llcrht. in an abandoned well on
the premises Of the Hecht home
Special inquiry into the coal hold
ings on tho Perc Marquette AMI Mich
igan Central was ordered in the car
shortage inquiry being conducted in
Louisville. A-secret paper. purported
to have been circulated among ship.
pcrs by coal brokers. set out the fact
that at iuction points along these lines
cars Of coal were held up Examiner
Dow charged this was done to extort
high prices and these railroads were
ordered to report by telegraph
Buford Hughes, 80. OF near Rich.
mond, who was supposed to have been
buried there few weeks ago. walked
in to his home few days ago. hearty
and we'll Hughes had left for Ohio
several weeks ago Shortly afterwards
the body of a man was found on the
railroad near his home. The resemb
lance caused the family to believe IL
their son The question now is wis
was the man they buried?" Hughes
knew nothing of the affair until he
returned home
John T. Madden, noted turfman, and
Louis des Cognets. leading business
man and Clubman, we're in adjoining
chairs in Lexington barber shop last
Thursday morning They were dis
cussing the election why it's 500
to % cents that Hughes will get the
decision" exclaimed Madden I'll
take that bet" said DIES Cognets, ex-
tending twenty.fve.cent piece TO
Madden, who quickly accepted the wa
ger. II was agreed that the two bar
bers who were shaving them should
have an equal division of the SEQ
Mrs Susan Kennedy A. years old,
was found dead in her bed with her
skull crushed, at her home in Louis
vile. Neighbors responded to frantic
calls of Robert Kennedy, A., her hus.
band There is only one bed at tho
Kennedy home, and this had been oc.
cupied by Kennedy his wife and their
siNyoar-old son. John Kennedy Is
in Jail. charged with the murder. He
claims he is innocent Kennedy told
the police he and his son both slept
sOundly and they heard no noises dur.
ing the night When Kennedy awOke
he tried to arouse his wife and found
her dead The boys story corrobO.
rates his fathers
The misuse of the word and" in the +
Instructions given by the Whitley Cir /
cult Court in the trial OF J. H. Taylor.
convicted of the murder of Frank /
sumner may save Taylor from serving .
a life sentence in the penitentiary .
The night, which resulted in Summers
death, took place at a political meeting
in Pulaski County in 1918 The Court .
instructed the jury that unless il be-
leved the killing to be necessary and
believed that Taylor thought that il was
necessary 10 kill sumner 20 save his
life then he should be found guilty.
The Court says that the word and
should not have been used in this con
nection, and therefore ordered a new
trial for TAYLOR
II is estimated that thousands OF
women, including many in
Louisville and vicinity, fell" for the
endless chain scheme of the faker at
MINI, who offered to
send a guaranteed S4.50 petticoat for
/ dime The dead,letter office al
ID. C., has received over
100000 letters containg a dime each ,
hat were forwarded from Mime
lpolis. Many OF these were sent by
Kentucky women who no doubt are J