The bee., 1916-07-25
KENTUCKY NEWS
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uItu t1Onub OOClely.
The State Historical Society has
moved into the old State House at
Frankfort as permanent quarters.
Near Gates, in Rowan County, Hen
Ty Eden, IS. shot and killed his father.
The boy claims that it was accidental
Col. ]. Embry Allen, of the Second
Regiment was dismissed from the Ma
tional Guards as physically unfit
In Louisville S3OS,00O has been sub
scribed toward $1,OOO,O0O fund to en-
courage factories.
Armour & Co., of Chicago, has estab-
lished a distributing plant in Louis
vile. It is planned to manufacture
one million pounds Of butter monthly.
Brig. Gen. Roger d. Williams, in
command of the Kentucky National
Guard, was elected a member of the
National Defense League in Washing
ton.
Mrs. E. r. Thomas, formerly Miss
Linda Lee, of Louisville, was robbed
of an $4,000 necklace and $500 in
: money on the streets of Montreal, Can
ada.
G. B. Likens, of Hartford, has been
appointed as special attorney under
the Attorney General of the United
States with headquarters in New
York City.
The Christian-co. Medical Society
adopted resolutions advocating uni
versal military training and urging
legislation to this end, mot for pre-
paredness, but for public health"
The executive committee Of the
Board of Trustees of the University Of
Kentucky appropriated $1,000 for the
expenses of the golden jubilee of the
University to- be held at Lexington in
| October on the occasion of the Ken.
tucky-Vanderbilt football game.
In the Paris police court, Taylor
Smith, a 17-year1old colored boy, was
| fined $50 and given a sentence of ten
days in jail for having in his posses
sion twenty quarts of whiskey which
he could not prove was for personal
use.
Although the Kentucky Rural Credits
Association has received over S300,0
during the year it has been in exist
ence and S15O,OOO of this is admitted to
have gone into its treasury, it had only
$500 in cash when it was placed in the
hands of a receiver at Lexington.
Fort Thomas was under quarantine
for several days owing to a mild case
of small poX which developed in one of
the membe.s of the Second Regiment
from Jackson. He and his company
were isolated and every precaution
used to prevent any spread, which was
readily prevented.
With only forty-fve minutes to spare
in time to file his campaign expenses,
Judge o. ]. Kirk, candidate for Judge
of the Court of Appeals from the
Seventh district, reached Frankfort
He used an automobile and chartered
a special train at an expense Of $500
rather than violate the law.
Two boys named Jackson were ar.
rested at Blue Pond, near Hickman, by
Jailor C. A. Murchison on the charge
of bootlegging, fined $50 and sentenced
to twenty days in Jail. While Sunday
school was going on they would come
to the window, call men out and sell
them whisky, the evidence showed.
Fish in large quantities are reported
to be dying in the Brushy Fork creek
south Of Carlisle. The dead fish are
reported to have been found as far
as the forks near Miller Station. Some
farmers report the water in such a
condition as a result of the fish dying
that cattle will not drink it.
Mrs. Eliza Hart-"Granny" all the
neighbors affectionately call her-cele
barted her one hundredth anniversary
at her home in Hopkinsville. She
carries lightly the burden Of her ripe
old age, and save for her dimming
vision, many a woman quarter of a
century younger would envy her
faculties.
Moonlight schools will be establish
ed in Knox county with the beginning
of the next scholastic year next month
in an effort to stamp out the last yes
tage of illiteracy in the county A
gold medal is offered by Lieut. Gov
James d. Black to the county teacher
instructing the largest number Of
adults during the year.
A good strike of petroleum in the
Artemus neighborhood, near Barbour
Vile, is creating much excitement and
many operators are fiocking into the
field. The new well is several miles
from any pool heretofore developed
Many thousands Of acres have been
leased and a number Of new wells will
be drilled during the next few months
State Fire Marshal T. B. Pannell
has called a statewide meeting al
Frankfort for July 27 to discuss means
for the prevention of fire. Delegates
have been invited from all municipali
ties. Fire Marshal Pannell has an
nounced an aggressive policy upon
taking office, and has made a number
of stringent rulings which will make
for cutting down the fire waste.
Hog cholera in three different herds
has been discovered in the north
western part or Bourbon county by
DR.. ID. @. Eanawalt, a representative
Of the United States Bureau Of Animal