The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-11-24

pated, as II 10 curing up light In
weight, but Of especially good color
and fine texture. The yield Of hurley
Is given at s57 pounds per acre. while
dark tobacco yield Is given at s2T
pounds per acre
r. A. Tyler. well.known stock
raiser OF Hickman, paid $4,000 for =
registered Durham bull calf. This
calf is one OF the finest ever brought
TO the State. having been a winner Of
blue ribbons all over the United
States. This is the highest price ever
paid for a calf In the western end OF
the State
Joseph Bats. Port Royal farmer.
was shot and killed at Newcastle In a
duel with Taylor Dresden. a neighbor.
Both men went to Newcastle on busi-
ness They met on the courthouse
steps. Both backed away. drew their
guns and opened nre- Breeden's hrst
two shots took effect and Bats fell 70
his knees. II is said the men were
involved in a law suit.
After II years divorcement Rev.
George Warden, so years old. Baptist
minister. who lately has been In
charge OF church at Paris. and Mrs.
Emily Green Warden. many years his
junior. were reunited by order OF
Judge Charles Kerr. in Lexington, Mr..
Warden viii 10 10 that city 10 spend
his remaining days with his wife ana
their two children.
/ Harry Garrison. q. negro. convict
ed In the Campbell County Circuit
court OF attacking Mrs. Lueila Crow
der at her nome near Newport. last
year. was electrocuted in the Eddy
vile penitentiAry. This 10 the hrst
elsctrocution in Kentucky for that
crime. Garrison admitted to Warden
John Chiffon that he was guilty He
was given 1900 volts Of electricity
and was in The chair one minute.
Farmers In Kentucky will close the
year Of 1916 10 q prosperous condition.
is the statement by Mat s. Cohen.
Commissioners OF Agriculture, In his
Anal crop report for the year. lie says
their granArlcs and barns are we'll
filled with the products OF the season.
and that their live stock IL In thrifty
condition. Those blessings he attrib-
utes 10 the splendid seasons for hous-
Ing the late crops
Mrs. Mary Lily Flagler. widow OF
Henry VI. Flagler. one OF the organ.
iEers OF the Standard oil Company.
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Judge Robert Worth Bingham. OF
Louisville. The engagement OF tho
couple was announced recently. and
was the result OF a friendship OF more
than 20 years, standing. renewed n q
house party last year. Mrs. Flakler
inherited an estate estimated At a.
high as 7o.ooo. 900 from her flrst hus-
band
At a meeting OF the Executive Com
mittee OF the University OF Kentucky
Il was voted to recommend 20 the
board that the Department Of cirii
Engineering be consolidated with the
Department OF Mechanical and Elec-
trieal Engineering. under Dean r.
Paul Anderson. which may mean that
the services OF Prof W. r. Rowe. who
has been at the head OF the civil en-
cheering branch for 10 years. be dis-
pensed with. Prof Rowe will appeal
to the Governor.
The proclamation issued recently By
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Q.
c. Mcchord calling upon railroads to
return all foreign coal cars in excess
OF actual ownership. was made more
drastic at the car shortage investiga-
ton in Louisville. As originally L.
sued the order affected only coal cars
over and above the actual number OF
cars owned by each line. But as modi-
fed now Il applies to all foreign equip
ment.
Mrs Grace Thayer, superintendent
OF the Fayette County Humane Soci-
ETY.. has inaugurated movement to
suppress the swapping OF bog-spavin-
ed, ringboned. hstula.infected. other
wise diseased and feeble horses on the
public square in Lexington. each
County Court day. Mrs. Thayer had
time OF II and preclpitated some
NHlHh VI INV hHOhb tAt uOibt NJ
ers. which resulted In the arrest OF
one. who is alleged TO have used In
sulting and abusive language to her.
The European war Is Indirectly re-
sponsible for the death OF countless
numbers OF hsh in the Ohio River and
some OF its tributaries, according to
State Game and Fish Warden ]. A.
viquesney. OF Charleston, w. Va The
streams have been polluted to an I'M
usual degree by acids and chemicals
from Industrial plants which are work
ing overtime turning out European
war orders. This pollution has killed
thousands OF Ash during the past sum-
mer Steps Will be considered TO rem
edy the situation.
The Louisville Times. which under
the same ownership with the Courier
Journal has bitterly opposed prohibit
tion and woman suffrage. in frst
page editorial demands that constitu-
tional amendments. which have for
their objects the establishment Of pro
hibition and woman suffrage In the
state, be submitted by the legislature
to the voters OF Kentucky. The Times
says It believes that the agitation Of
theaa iuatfea has raached n mint wharo