Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-03

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Paddcah. Louise Mcclure and i
Fels hecht we're the winners in the r
High School debating contest, which Z
is 7'l' annually: ;
fF5opkinsville. town Of Penn. r
fbroke, in this county, voted wet by +
majority of 16 in the local option eec.
tion. The town has been dry for six
years, and this was the third election i
held. n
Ashland George w. Barney, Is =,
years old, switch tender at the Ash n
land Steel Plant, was decapitated r
when a switch engine ran over his i
body. He was the father OF ten chill
dren. A9
Island.-Fred Yeiser, Joe Yeiser
and Ronald Drake killed large rattle. g
snake on Daniels hill. The rater was
about five feet in length and had eight
rattles, The snake put up a pretty
stiff fight, but the men finally succeed.
ed in killing 1t. The skin was stuffed I
by Buck Washington, an old snake
I trainer.
Paducah.-Chaprnan Reynolds, OF
Paducah, student of medicine in the
University of Chicago, has enlisted
in the hospital corps of the American
Red Cross, and Will sail for France
in June. He will beiin party of young
doctors and Red Cross workers who
will do service for the Allied armies
in France.
! Frankfort.-Col. D. H. Taylor, Jr., Of
, this city, has already closed his dis
tillery for the season so that the grain
used in making the whisky may be
used for food. The distillery closed
Notwithstanding the company has or
ders on hand sufficient to run the
plant two months mnger than the reg.
ular season.
Middlesboro. Of the largos'
coal deals in some time was closed
here when DR.. Samuel Bennett, Of this
city, and Congressman Caleb Powers.
OF Barborryi,.s, Sna others, bought
through Senator John w. Chalkley. OF
Big Stone Gap, Tenn, several thou
sand acres of rich ccal land in Harlan |
county, on Glover Fork.
Elkton.-The principals of Wander
bilt Training School of the Louisville
! Conference of the Methodist Episcopal |
Church, South, here announced that
because of the many calls by parent,
of students who are needed at homo |
for farm work, that the commencement |
exercises, which was to be held May |
2O-24, will be held next week.
Lexington.-Fuli camp routine has
been established at the mobilization
camp. Weekly inspection of soldiers
quarters will be held each Sunday
morning at O'Clock. Visitors are vel
come to the camp and large number
of them are expected. Guard de.ach'
monts and companies on duty over the
state are not to be ordered here fol-
muster in.
Louisville-The National Retail
jewelers. Association held its annual
session here with A. w. Anderson. o.
Neenah, Wis, secretary of the organ.
ization, as the chief speaker Mir. An.
derson urged the adoption of an Ordi.
nance now before the General Council
of Louisville requiring auctioneers t.
furnish bonds to the city to guarantee
the quality Of wares auctioned.
Louisville. - The "Go-to-Sunday-
school Day" movement, which is to be
observed throughout the country next
Sunday, was given an added impetus
when the judges of the Court OF Ap.
peals addressed a letter to the people
of the state in which they commended
the action of the Kentucky Sunday
school Association in urging the sun
day-schools of the state to participate,
Lebanon.-The Marion circuit court
convenedip this city, and Judge Thur
man called the grand jury before him
and told them that. as he considered
n the peace and dignity wi the Com
monwealth in this county In better
condition than he crops, he would dis
charge the members of the grand jury
n until the fourth Monday Of the term,
n and advised them to 80 home and at
y tend to their crops.
:. ouisvile.-Teacher from all parts
n of the state were in Louisville during
10 the past week attending the annual
: : meeting of the Kentucky Educational
- Association. DR.. w. A. Jessup, presi'
!, dent of the State University of Iowa,
=, who held prominent place on the pro-
- - gram, challenged the teachers to intro:
: duce scientific methods, particularly
scientific methods of observation
testing and experimentation into their
-, work.
LeXington.- Stanley has
G. appointed James A. Scott member oi
the State Tax Commission, and T.
Matt Karr, Of Lexington, Assistant
Secretary of State, TO succeed Scott
IN Karr has been a clerk in the Secretary
h. of States office.