The bee., 1916-08-15

work OF the door and part OF tho
brick wall Of her residence had to BE-
removed to allow the oasket to be
taken from the house. Ten pallbearers
we're required
The "unloaded gun" was the cause
Of fatal shooting in Harrison county
when Tommie Bailey, Z, was playing
with the weapon while his playmate,
Virgie Sowder, was looking on. Turn.
ing the gun on the little girl, Tommie
said: Look out or ] will shoot"
The gun was discharged and the load
Of shot entered the Childs body from
which she died two hours later.
The fall session of the Western
Normal school at Bowling Green opens
September II. Free tuition may be
secured from the county superintend.
ent of the various counties. The at.
tendance during the past scholastic
year reached 1890 different student.
terchers and Il is predicted that the
school viii make a health growth dur
ing the coming year
Dr. NJ. c. Dunn, 50 years old, Presi-
dent of the Henderson School Board
and widely known among physicians
in Kentucky, was shot and killed on
the streets in Henderson by Charles
NJ. Wyne, 81. a carriage worker.
wyne recently filed suit against DR.
Dunn, for $4,000 damages, alleging
that the physician had attacked Mrs.
wyne in his office.
officers of the First Regiment, Ken
lucky National Guards, stationed at
Fort Thomas, offered in their zeal to
swell their ranks to peace strength,
a dollar each for recruits induced
by members OF the command to join
| the First's standards. The money Is
being paid out of a regimental fund,
and the plan, it is said, is proving an
efficacious means of bringing men to
the colors.
Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco
firms have won another point for the
shipment of tobacco to Germany and
/ Austria, members Of congress from
both these states being advised by the
/ state department that the British
government will not disturb shipments
of tobacco through the Netherlands
Oversee trust which are necessary to
/ fill untitled contracts between Ameri
can firms and the Central powers.
David Wiseman, former resident Of
Estin County, but who has been in the
gold mining business in British Colum-
bia for many years, discovered gold
ore in Estin County several days ago,
and a report from the United States
Assayers, received, says it will run
/ $3.50 to the tom. Wiseman says it can
be mined pToftably at $3.50 per ton,
and will organize a company at once
to develop the territory.
Somerset and Pulaski County are
! full of oil men trying to get leases,
| but only a few are successful because
nearly every acre Of what is consid-
cred good territory is leased. Two
contracts for wells have been let and
drilling will begin before September.
The Standard Oil Company and the
New Domain Oil and Gas Company
have had representatives in the field
offering big bonuses for leases.
The following is the official sched-
ule of dates for the racing season on
the Three LIS Circuit in Kentucky:
Kentucky ociation-Lexington KY,
Wednesday, September 6, 10 days.
Douglas Park Jockey Charlottesville
Ky, Monday, September 1910 days.
New Louisville Jockey Club-Louis-
vile, KY, Wednesday, September27--
8 days Latonia Jockey Club-Latonia
Ky, Saturday, October 7-19 days.
When DR.. c. G. Daughters touring
car stalled on the railroad crossing
on the Clintonville pike near Paris on
a recent night, Judge Denis Dundon,
who was in the car with him, set fire
to a new $40 Panama hat to use as a
torch to flag an approaching train.
/ His sacrifice was in vain, as the train
struck and demolished the car. Judge
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running up the track. Both reside in
Paris.
While few Kentucky employers are
refusing to accept the compensation
act, quite a number Of employees have
refused to come in, and riders are be.
ing attached to compensation policies
to cover this feature. If the employee
refuses to accept the act the employer
retains the old common-law defenses.'
The board has adopted the rule of not
publishing names of persons injured,
so as not 10 encourage "ambulanci
chasing"
Enthusiasm prevailed Saturday q
Ft Thomas when the word was re-
ceived that the War Department had
included the Kentucky state guard in
its latest call for $4,000 volunteers for
service on the Mexican border The
men who have been most pessimistic
over the failure of the order TO arrive
led the cheering. But men are needed
before there will be any move border
ward and the gaps in the various com
panies caused by the rigid physical ex