The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-03-01

Carter Osborne, Is, Paducah, con
fessed to his mother that he and four
other boys OF about the same age
placed the bundle OF switches and the
note Of warning at former Mayor
Thomas N. Hazelip's home few days
ago lust for fun"
According to the annual report Of
Surgeon General of the Public Health
Service, the best solution Of the ira
Of small trachoma hospitals in local.
ties where this contagious disease Of
the eyes Is prevalent.
One thousand Kentucky veterans
are deprived of pensions because Of
inadequate legislation according to the
statement of Congressman r. Y. Tho.
mas, Jr., on the floors of Congress in
supporting two measures which passed
beneftting former soldiers.
Miss Sallie Eldora Brown, leap.
year bride, proposed to Jas. Herbert
Tweddell, Crofton, following an an.
nouncement OF Hopkinsville mer-
chants that several hundred dollars in
prizes would be given the first leap.
year bride, including a mule.
Mr.. Walter Gayle, Columbus, owns
clock that Is six hundred years old
Inscribed in two places upon highly
polished brass plates in the works are
this name and date: John Owen.
August, 1924" which is 1853 years be-
fore the discovery Of America.
Charley ]. Sanderson, Mayfeld, filed
suit In the Graves circuit court against
the Illinois Central Railroad Company
for $4,000 for injuries inflicted October
z, 1915, when he fell down a flight OF
concrete steps leading from the gen.
eral waiting room to the basement
The sheet mill at Ashland was sold
at the Commissioners sale for S67, 900.
1t was appraised ct s1oe,e0o. Fer
eighteen months 1t has been closed
but 1t is expected that arrangements
will be made to reopen it, thus pro.
viding employment for a number OF
people.
The first moonlight school organized
in Warren County has an enrolment
OF 81 women, girls, men and boys from
10 to 60 years. Spelling, reading,
writing, arithmetic, horticulture and
agriculture are taught. The supplies
were furnished by Mrs. Cora Wilson
Stewart.
The failure Of fifty-three pupils in
Daviess county to pass examinations
for diplomas admitting them to either
county or city high school, was due,
County Superintendent Mcfarland
said, to the fact that the examination
was much harder than 1t had been In
recent years.
Immediately following the first fire
prevention convention in Henderson,
that city was visited by fire, which
for time threatened the entire bust
ness section. The Princess theatre
building was entirely destroyed with
a loss OF s7s A'-n aud several adjacent
buildings damaged.
Geo, M. I'm, special game warden,
representing the Kentucky Game and
Fish Commission, liberated 1000 rain.
bow trout in Hickman creek, near
Camp Nelson. They grow very fast
and weigh from five to six lbs. 1t is
expected that the river and creek near
that point will soon be fine place to
fish.
Mrs. Helen c. Walcott, who is con.
nected with the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington, d. c., visited
Nicholasville and met with the school
board. They will organize six canning
clubs in that county. The school
board will give $3.50, the fiscal court
$3.50 and the government $500 for
work.
A unique scheme for advertising
Lexington, by which personal letters
emphasizing the beauties and merits
of the city, will be sent to 5000 pupils
in nearly as many different schools
of the United States by the children
of the Lexington public schools, set
ting forth the advantages, location and
history of the city.
The ]. T. Hatfield Coal Co., Of Gov
ington, lost $4,000 coal digger,
which sank at Craig's bar. The digger
had been unloading coal at the Oar,
ling Distilling Company at Preston
vile, and was being taken to Warsaw
by the steamer Reba Reeves when the
accident occurred. No insurance.
The Watts steel plant. relic of
early boom days in Mlddlesboro, was
sold to the Boston Iron Works, Of Bal.
timore, Nd. The material viii be
manufactured into war munitions. It
was constructed at cost Of $4,000 900
but ran only a few days when the Bar.
rem failure in England came and
closed all public improvements In
Middlesboro
The church bell stolen from the
Highland Chapel at HopSinsville, ha
been returned as mysteriously as il
was taken away. People living in the
neighborhood of the church were
awakened at an early hour in the
morning by the tolling of the bell
which had been missing for more than
a week. An investigation showed thai
the thieves, presumably conscience.