The bee., 1916-08-22

OF somerset, were accepted at LeNing
ton for armv service. The brother,
came here together and created quite .
stir among the recruiting soldiers
when they announced their determine
tion to Join the army.
Ornamental iron signs to be posted
along the Jackson and Boone High
ways and Midland Trail, which cover
the same route through Franklin coun
~, have been purchased by the Frank
fort Chamber of Commerce. They will
bear the legend, jackson Highway
Midland Trail-Boone Highway. -
miles to Frankfort"
For the purpose Of stimulating in.
terest in road construction, the Louis
VILE Automobile Club members have
outlined plans for presidential
Preparation Run" 70 Lincoln Farm on
Thursday Of this week. The run will
be made to Hodgenville over the
Dixie Highway, and the return trip
by way Of the Jackson Highway
That the tobacco crop this year will
be a large one seems assured by the
official Government report which shows
the condition Of the Kentucky crop at
SO per cent and forecasts that 1856.
606,000 pounds will be produced this
year. The final estimates for 1915
show a total Of S56, 100000 pounds in
the state.
Congressman Scott Ferris, OF Okla
hOma, has accepted an invitation to be
one Of the speakers at the opening Of
the Democratic state campaign at Win
chester, September 3. Vice President
MaFshall and Rep. Thos, Heflin, OF Ala
bama, will be the other speakers
Twenty thousand visitors are expected
in Winchester on that day,
Judge John F. Butler, who convened
the Letcher Circuit Court in Whites
burg has been busy pushing prosecu
tions against the alleged violatOrs OF
local option laws and the first two days
fines totaling from $4,000 to $4,000 and
jail sentences from twenty to forty
days for each offense were sos,a .SHssea
against whisky and beer traficers.
About thirty Of the wealthy sawmiil
owners, extensive land holders and
prominent farmers Of Florida are com.
Ing to Kentucky this week aad their
first stop viii be at Franklh. They
are interested IN Herefuras. Short
horns Red Polls, Angus and Jersey
cattle. and all Of the plie-bred types
Of hogs, One object of The trip is to
study various types Of 'sD.os.
It is said the c. q o. Railroad Com
pany may extend its lines from Lex
ington to EliEabethtown to permit the
people OF Washington, Nelson, Hardin
and other counties to have a shorter
rsute to the Blue Grass region and to
give the people of the Blue Grass
shorter connection with Western Ken.
lucky, which would come by reaching
the Illinois Central at Elizabethtown
Travel now is by way Of Louisville.
An angered hornet caused an acci
dent near Bowling Green in which one
man was injured seriously and an au.
tomobile was demolished. Meyer Vile
Of Shreveport, La, Herbert Loeb and
II. W. Blanchard were on their way &c
New York in an automobile. -Four
miles west of Bowling Green a hornet
stung Loeb, who was driving, in the
eye. He lost control of the car, which
hit telephone pole.
Richard j. Colbert, Lexington, re
ceiver FOR the Kentucky Rural Credit
Association, in a letter calling upon
the stockholders to pay in full theiI
subscriptions, stated that the cor
poratiOh Is In such financial straits
that It cannot be continued as a going
concern and for that reason It's assets
will be reduced to cash and distributed
under the direction of the Court to the
persons entitled thereto"
The order for the movement of the
Kentucky National Guards now mobi
lized at Ft. Thomas to the Mexican
border has been rescinded believed tc
be due to the iminent danger Of a
railroad strike This caused a keen
disappointment to the boys but II is
considered certain that they will be
sent later. Eight hours daily drills
are now provided and they are rapidly
being put into first-class order.
Maj VIM. Alexander obenchain, sr.,
a confederate soldier a member OF
Gen. Robert E. Lees stan, and noted
educator died at his home in Bowling
Green. He married Miss Ida Calvert
in 1885, who has written a number OF
books, one Of the best known being
'Aunt Jane Of Kentucky" He is sur
Tived by her and two children. Fol
% years he was president of Ogden
College In Bowling Green.
In the opinion of Attorney General
Logan, given Road Commissioner Rod
man Wiley, the labor of convicts ir
public work, for which the State and
county pay 81 the da8 is confined L
those actually engaged in road con
struction and does not include cam
cooks and those employed in wash
| ing, barbering and cleaning the camp
These auxiliaries OF the convict cam
must be taken care Of by the prisol
department
For the first time In eighty-two year
or since the Covington and Lexington
turnpike was established traveller
were permitted to pass the inevitabl
/ toll collector in Boone county WithOu