The bee., 1916-07-14
KENTUCKY NEWS
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Henderson County has been author.
ized by the Board of Education.
Eighteen children we're made VIC.
lently i'll at picnic in Owensboro as
a result of eating ice cream cones.
In 1914 there we're registered in
KentucKy onIy $3.50 automobiles. TO
day the registration is over $1,000.
There are more registered Jersey
cattle in Shelby County than in any
county in any state in America
There are 469,711 Kentuckians avail.
able for war duty between the ages
Of is and as, and 21,OOO,OO0 in the
whole country.
One hundred years ago in July,
1916, Carlisle was laid out in lots The
centennial celebration planned Will
not be carried out
A delegation from Frankfort went
TO Fort Thomas to present a large
American flag to their home com
pany, L, of the National Guards.
Four thousand and forty members
d VI AnN NthAuNhg NdAluAdl hudIu anu
those who have passed physical exami-
nation have been sworn into the Fed
eral service for period of three years
Two families near Cadiz are re-
ported as having been poisoned from
cistern water. It was discovered that
rats carried paris green into the els
| terms
Forty-one Of the SO officers and men
of Company A, crack unit of the First
Regiment, we're rejected by United
States medical examiners at Fl. Thom-
as
A bill carrying an appropriation for
$500 with which to purchase a site
for the new Government building at
Hickman. was passed by Congress a
few days ago. The amount for the
building proper was fixed at $4,000.
Commissioner of Highways Wiley
has appointed Prof. w. ]. Carroll tenn
porary bridge engineer in his depart.
ment Carrel is the head of the De.
partment of Bridge Building at the
State University.
The fifteenth annual session OF the
Kentucky Bar Association was held
in Louisville. One session was de.
voted to a discussion of the problem
Of reducing the cost of criminal pros
ecution in the state.
Ring-necked pheasants placed in
woods near Camphellsburg are re.
Vnwfnd IAfwn MI
multiplying in numbers, and give
promise of making fine sport for game
sters later on. They are protected by
the state game laws.
Guy Linville, OF Carlisle, under in.
dictment on a charge OF murder, es.
capped from Carlisle during a recent
night. He was charged with having
killed his wife. He attempted suicide
and his serious condition necessitated
leaving him in his room.
Former Governor James B. Nc.
Creary has submitted to the Board |
Of Directors Of the Kentucky Rural
Credit Association his resignation as
president of that organization. but he
did not resign his membership in the
Board of Directors.
Probably the Oldest tobacco now
extant in the United States is in the |
possession of Mr.. WIN Moore, a rail.
way mail clerk OF Princeton. The to.
bacco was grown on a farm in Tennes.
see in 1856 and is therefore 60 years
old.
The plant of the Kentucky Refinery
Company, Louisville, for which r. H.
Ferguson once refused a cash offer
of $3,S0000 was sold by a commit
tee Of the company's creditors for a
consideration of 100000. The pur
chasers were Campbell, Heath & Co.,
New York.
Two men we're wounded during a
fight at a picnic grounds near Harlan
One OF the men wounded was Com
monwealth Attorney ]. G. Forester,
an innocent bystander, who was shot
in the chest when Mack Glen is said
to have fred at William Jackson after
the pair had quarreled.
Estimated operating revenues Of the
Louisville & Nashville Railway from
July /, 1915, TO June 80, 1916, we're
$50 ,260020, which was an increase of
s., ,654004 over the preceding fiscal
year and $353,553 over the same per.
iod in 1894, according to a comp.
trollers statement issued in Louis
vile.
With one per cent of its entire
population, an enormously loss toll OF
its youth, gone to respond to the call
Of their country, business men, state
and other public officials Joined in the
dedication Of a lot in the Frankfort
Cemetery set apart for the burial of
War veterans or un.
graves.
The first State Board Of Account
ancy Of Kentucky met I'm Frankfort
and organized so as to be in position
10 promptly serve prospective appli-
cants for certificates as certified pub.
lie accountants. ]. r. Mayes, Louis.
vile, was elected President; r. e.
Klein, Fl. Thomas. Secretary. and e
c. COnley, Catlettsburg. Treasurer.
MIR. and Mrs. Reuben Davidson.
neighbors OF Berea College,
boast OF family OF nearly 15O, accord.