The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-10-19


frage among the coming generation Of
citizens the Kentucky Equal Rights
Association will offer 500 In prizes
for the four best essays In favor Of
the cnfranchiscment Of women. This
contest will be open 20 al, pupils IN
the private and public schools Of the
state
Kentucky crude oil has taken an.
other upward turn, the better graie
being advanced to S1.Sj and the In.
fcrior grad, 60 So cents per barrel
The advances were 30 and : cents "r
the respective gradcs Operators Pee.
dict that the former high record prices
Of 81 and 80 cents on the two grades
will again be quoted before the vinta.
season IS far advanced
DR.. c. e. Owens. 80 years old. noted
alienist ard one Of the most promiu.u
physicians in Kentucky died at his
home, Coyington, Of injuries sustain Q
/ In an accident al Latonia race course
3 In a rush for car following the l1sf
race, Br. Owens was thrown TO Z, e.
/ ground Several pCraou3 fell on him
He suffered a fracture OF his hip
which was followed by complications.
Charles Evans Hughes. the Eepub.
licln presidential romircn. inyatod
Z the mountain section of Eastern Ken.
lucky last week II was the tasr Of
the candidate to throw SO much en-.
thusilsm iaJo 10000 raruI.s non
. ct H.. 81
90 TO the polls on election a4E. a
biz barbecue was held in Pit-avii,r.
{ There were six speeches Taic, tae last
at Louisville.
( What railroad officials le''e7e wae
an attempt to derail he Hu-L.F Srg.
| ciII wa discovered jnst before the
snocial left Plir;ryii,c. TIE inside
faEEc on one o. the rails had been
smashed in such a way that the track
men said II cOul only have bee. G.Ic
by slcd-c hammer The break va.
discovered several minutes before the
Hughes special vas scheduled to leave
and a new rail was put in place in a
few minutes.
Tho Court OF Appeals construed Sec
I ton 1872 = OF the Kentucky Statutes
which provides for the registration
with the County Clerk the names Of
the person, comprising firm, If the
business Is conducted under an as.
sumed or fictitious name. The court
holds that the statute is unconstitu-
tional, being violative of Section 81 Of
the constitution in any case except
where the name of the business is a
fictitious or assumed name.
At a meeting Of the Fifth District
members OF the Southern Wholesale
Dry Goods Association, comprising
Kentucky and West Virginia, held in
Lexington, Ky, a resolution opposing
the proposed Stephens-Ashurst regu.
lation price bill was unanimously
adopted. The bill was characterized
as detrimental to jobbing and retail
interests and the dry goods men pro.
pose to wage an active campaign
against the measure.
That practically all of the tobacco
in Kentucky is housed is the statement
of Commissioner Of Agriculture Cohen
in his crop report for October. II is
curing well and Is good in color, tex
ture and quality II Is estimated that
hurley tobacco will yield 9l9 pounds
per acre. and dark tobacco will yield
S5l pounds per acre as n state aver.
/ age This is a high estimate and runs
/ about IS and II pounds per acre, re.
, specify ely, higher than last years re.
( port.
( Attorney VIII d, Oldham, of LeXing.
ton, was fined so and costs and given
four hours in which to appeal to the
Circuit Court for an injunction against
the enforcement Of jail sentence
given him in Police Court for refusal
10 hold up his hand and swear or az.
firm the correctness of property re-
turn in the Assessment Department Of
the city. Mr.. Oldham pleaded con.
scientious scruples against taking an
oath, holding that constitutional right
Is involved
BudgCting Of current expenses I'm
Keeping with the states income and
the issuance Of bonds for sufficient
period Of years TO wipe out the pres.
ent dehO.te OF $i-UOo00. as wei as
the enactment OF a tax law that viii
justly distribute the burden, are
among the remedies proposed to meet
the states financial problem by Max
ID. Nahm, OF Bowling Green, President
Of the Kentucky Bankers Association
in his annual address in Louisville be.
fore the annual convention of the state
bankers.
Losses from hog cholera in Ken.
lucky amounting TO 100000 annually
were reduced ouehalf last year, ac.
cording to statement OF DR.. Robert
Graham, head OF the Department OF
Diseases OF 1.-Two stock at the expert
ment station az Lexington. The rcduc.
tion has been accomplished by work
at the hog cholera serum laboratory
and by tho campaign conducted by
that department in the experiment sta.
tion during the last six years. Rec.
ords show during these years 10000
hogs were vaccinated with a saving OF
90.i per cent of them.
One of the most unusual divorce
suits ever filed I'm the jefferson Circuit
Court was disposed of when Judge
A. NJ. Wallace informed the wife her
petition had no standing The plain.
tif was married in 1898, to L. b. Cross
field. Three years later Crossfeld dis
appeared. Six years later Mrs. Gross.
nnln lnllnNInn hnr first husband hnnn