The bee., 1916-07-14

collections Corporations IN t"c dis.
trict contributed S277,159O6 under the
income tax law, while individuals paid
out Of their incomes S1OS,1 1881.
J. T. McNay. Of near Goforth, near
Falmouth reports that a large swarm
OF bees took up a home recently in one
of the chimneys OF his home. The
busy little fellows cleaned all SCOT
from the chimney and went to work
to fill the place with sweet clover
honey. The bees became too annoy
ing by coming down the chimney and
into the house, and Mr. McNay had TO
smoke the bees out.
Some Of the country school districts
are growing rich through petroleum
strikes on school lots, according to
returning operators. The operators
have extended drilling to numerous
school lots and some good strikes are
being made, the schools receiving a
good royalty on production. Revenue
from this source may grow sufficient
ly to support a proposed county high
school.
William Patterson, 12year-old son
OF Cyrus Patterson, of West Point
lighted his last giant cracker, left
over from the Fourth, decided on a
spectacular "stunt" for the "wind-up"
Of the celebration and placed It in his
mouth. The attending physician says
he win recover unless tetanus devel.
ops. His tonsils and his tongue were
badly torn and he nearly bled to
DEATH
The Board Of Trade Journal for
July calls attention to the significant
fact that Louisville shows a larger
percentage Of increase in bank clear
ings for the first FIVE months OF 1916
as compared with the corresponding
FIVE months Of 1915 than any other
city OF between 100000 and 100000
population in the country. The total
for the period ending May 81, 1916,
was As per cent more than for the
same FIVE months of last year.
Governor A. o. Stanley. Of Ken.
lucky, reviewed the entire Kentucky
Brigade Monday afternoon at Ft.
Thomas. Upon his entrance to the
post the Governors salute OF II guns
was fired. In the afternoon at $500
o'clock the Kentucky Brigade was
formed on the parade grounds and
passed before the band stand. from
which the Governor and officers OF
the National Guard reviewed the
troops.
Four persons were drowned in the
Kentucky River. near Big Eddy, a few
miles from Frankfort when a yacht
carrying eight persons was turned
over by the suction Of a passing boat
The dead are Miss Ann Embry, Paris
KY; Miss Frances Champ, Paris. Ky.
Carol p. Dale, Lexington, Ky, and
Eugene Buchignani Lexington, KY
The rescued we're Miss Ann Molloy
Samuel Reeves Robert Holingsworth
and Cardwell Chinn.
Twelve machine guns and IL motor
trucks have been ordered as equip
ment for the Kentucky Brigade, ac,
cordlng TO information from the De.
partment Of the East received at Fl.
Thomas. The First Regiment is the
only unit OF the brigade which has
organized a machine gun company. |
and news OF the artillery shipment
means two additional gun companies |
will be organized at once, one In |
the Second Regiment and one in the |
Third.
Kentucky contributed generously 10 |
the support of the Federal Government
during the last fiscal year. which |
ended June 80, according to the pre-.
Iiminary statement OF the receipts .
from ordinary internal revenue and /
from corporations and individuals un- |
der the income tax law, made public I
by the Secretary of the Treasury at |
Washington, d. c. Her aggregate col.
Iections were S37,246,657.73. This is
an increase of more than S3.5OO, 900
over the collections Of the fiscal year
Of 1915.
The Harlan Coal Mining Company,
IF Louisville, which proposes wireless
service between the Har,
an County coal fields OF Southeast.
srn Kentucky and Louisville reports
experiments with a newly
Installed apparatus at its Coxton min
ng plant. Messages we're heard as far
away as Pensacola and the govern.
nent station at Arlington. The min
ng company expects, It is stated. to
larry on its routine correspondence
between mines and the Louisville
,fiice by wireless.
Hugh A McCane, of Pittsburg, has
lust married Mrs. Nellie Moore, of
ireenville, KY, as the result OF a
by mail Through a mutual
friend they began writing to each
,ther several months ago, their let.
ers sounded Just right to each other,
md Mrs. Moore invited McCane 10
,ome down to Kentucky, which he did
they liked each other so well that
he wedding followed McCane has
,een twice married, while his bride
confessed that she has laid
our helpmates in the tomb. He is So
md she so.