The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-22

rate decreased 2O00
verdicts Of SOL $500 in favor Of the
Travellers Insurance Machine Com
pany and $4,000 in favor of the estate
Of Bernard Heitkemper against the
city Of Louisville we're sustained III
the Court Of Appeals.
Reinsurance Of the policies Of the
Central Life Insurance Company Of
Louisville was authorized by Judge
Stout. New policies will be issued
In lieu Of the old proflt-sharing con-
tracts.
The Ministerial Association Of JEFF
Jacksonville, in an open letter to the
Mayor of Louisville, called attention
to reports that there is gambling, H.
legal sale of liquor and a generally
lax morality that is attracting unde-
sirables.
Governor Stanley has appointed Rep
resentative Robert Cook, Of Christian
county, and w. J. Figg. of Shelby
county, as the two Republican men,
bers of the Board Of Control to sue
coed DR.. Gardiner, of jacksonville, and
Thomas Hall, of Frankfort
S. C. Elliott, assistant state fire mar
shall, reported at Frankfort that on
March 10th 10 fires occurred in Louis
vile and suspected several of them to
be of incendiary origin. He is pre-
pairing to take evidence before the
grand jury.
The Good Roads bill which is a sub
stitute for the Shackleford House
measure has passed Congress. Ken
lucky will get under this bill $1,5O7 900
In five years, starting with 100000
the first year and increasing proper
tionately annually.
! With the conviction of Fons Sapp,
Rowan Sapp and Tom Tharpe, in the
Circuit Court at Springfield, practi-
Ically whole family has been SEN
ltenced to terms in the penitentiary.
All of them were charged with stealing
poultry.
j. Robert Bird, who has been farm
demonstrat0r for Crittenden county for
the past year, has been retained for
another IL months, the Fiscal Courts
appropriation of 1915, with the private
Subscription and state aid having pro-
vided $1,000, the amount necessary to
continue the work.
A test suit to determine the amount
the state road department may ex-
pend for engineering help may be filed,
as Treasurer Goodpaster has refused
to pay out more than $4,000 unless
the court first advises him that the
payment of more than this amount Is
authorized by law.
: A large gray eagle, weighing rs
| pounds and measuring six feet from
tip to tip Of wing, was captured by
ID. p. Chance in the Cumberland Noun
tains few days ago, and was brought
to Middlesboro. The bird attacked an
f1S-months-old child and its claws be.
, came entangled in the child's clothes
and the bird was captured.
Efforts are being made to obtain one
thousand members to health club In
Mt. Sterling by the various women
societies to carry on the fight against
the white plague. Being refused aid
by the city and county officials, the
! club women determined to raise the
money by getting members at a mini
mum of 81 a year.
: The following Kentuckians obtained
: patents at Washington. Edmond ]
Crowley, Sebree, weed-burning ma
chine; Fred Myers, Columbia, brake
mechanism; Erdix Rounds, Owensboro
explosive engine and igniter mechan
ism for explosive engines, and John
T. Wells, Newport. film magazine fol
moving-picture machines and length
indicator for films.
Model road work is starting in
Nicholas county and before the end
of the summer 1t is planned that
over $4,000 worth of additional good
roads work will be finished in this
county. Some of the contractors or
the various roads have begun the work
of reopening their quarries. Six Of
the main roads of the county are now
under contract for reconstruction.
A period of from two to three years
will be necessary. 1t Is said, to com
, plete the work of cutting the cedar:
from the old battle grounds. at Blue
Lick Springs, near Carlisle, and haul
ing the timber to the railroads. 1t will
be shipped from Carlisle to Memphi,
to be used in making lead pencils. Cut
ting away the trees is changing tn,
] old Blue Lick backgrounds appear
!. ance and former summer resort.
After a few weeks of quiet, due Z,
the scarcity of steel for construction
purposes. the Pearsite Company starts
up again at Clay City with a full
= force of employees 1t Is said that tn
company will employ many more mel
{ than was at first intended and assur
d ances were given that the manufactur,
G of dye-stuffs will go ahead full blast II
! an effort to keep up with the orders
that have been pouring in.
8 Christian county voted $400,00'
J bond issue for good roads by a ma
} jority of 1927. the vote being 4,607 TO
the proposition and 1880 against. Will