Licking Valley courier., 1917-12-13

Barren county bar have volunteered
heir services to the drafted men in
filing out the questionnaires furnished
by the local boards.
Bardwell.-Lillian Wilmouth, the IT.
year-old girl who is charged with kill
ing her father, James Wilmouth, By
shooting him through the head while |
he slept, has been held without bail by |
County Judge Hutson.
Mt. Sterling.-A freight train of load
ed box cars jumped the track at Prev.
tits Station, near here, and five cars
we're destroyed and smashed. The
track was torn up for over half mile.
No one was hurt. The loss will be
heavy.
Louisville.-The Louisville branch o.
the Federal Reserve Bank has been
opened with $2,000,000 cash in its
vaults and deposits aggregating $1,000
900 on its books. Loans aggregating
50 900 900 were made to member banks
on the first day Of business of the new
institution.
Frankfort.-Charley Collins, a negro
ex.convict, serving years sentence
in Jail, drank pint Of disinfectant, bur
the mixture made him sick and he did
not die. He was a trusty and had
been locked up on suspicion of steal
ing money from an office in the cour,
house where he worked.
Mt Sterling-Spain Sponcil, 2S
years old, son>of John Sponcil. farm
er in the county, was probably fatally
burned at his home here. The man
was stricken suddenly i'll and fell into
an open fireplace. When rescued his
clothing had burned from his body
f.ittie hops -hefd out for his recos
cry.
Lexington.-The body OF William F.
Schooler, SO years old, master o;
Springdale Dairy, IL miles from Lex
ington, who had been murdered and
robbed when in his milk wagon, was
taken home by steady horse, urged
on by the barking Of faithful dog
Two bullets had pierced the milkman' 5
BRAIN.
Bowling Green.-As a result of the
Southern Traction Company not oper
ating its cars, said TO be due to a dis
pute over an electrical bill held by the
Kentucky Public Service Company, G
Joint amended petition by the city ani
| county has been filed against the com
pany asking that receiver be ap
pointed.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF tn,
fire which destroyed the cOnveyor
head house and other buildings at the
plant OF the Southeast Coal Company
near here, has led officials to the con
clusion that the blaze was the work Q
German agents. The damage will
cause delay in operations at the mines
tor several months.
Frankfort.-Wesley D. Embrey, clerl
in the department of education, ant
son OF Joe Embrey, of Stanford, gen
eral bookkeeper in the auditors office
has been accepted as stenographer IL
the field service in France, and Mrs
V. o. Gilbert has been appointed b!
State Superintendent Gilbert to sue
ceed him in the office.
Paris.--Matt Hedges, OF Lexington
former resident OF Paris, has brough
suit in the Fayette circuit cour
against Earl Shropshire, formerly o
Bourbon county, for 100000 for assault
and battery, Hedges in his petition
alleges that Shropshire assaulted hin
in dry goods store in Lexington
knocking him down and beating hin
Lexington.-Mrs. Clarence Egber
LeXington's first and only policewon
an, left for Washington, Philadelphia
New York and other Eastern cities {
study the work of policewomen. Sh
has been extended an invitation b
Miss Julie Jaffery, secretary of the NJ
tional Commission on Prisons. to com
to New York to study the work ther,
on,-Establishmen OF q MI
nicipal bureau of employment to be pr
into operation Immediately was deci,
. ed on at a meeting OF heads OF a nun
Der Of the civic organizations, FL
. the present headquarters will be
the office OF Mayor Rogers. althoug
leaders Of the movement are compile
, ing arrangements for establishment {
offices elsewhere.
Columbla,-Rufus Speed, Of tn
} county, who is q soldier stationed
Camp Shelby, Miss, who is home q
, a furlough, while helping an old,
!. brother cutting grape vines, got tv
) OF his fingers cut of accidentally
o Georgetown good indication tn
o hogs are scarce is that buyers al
searching for small shoats, The farI
ers and stock raisers, however a
= holding them until they get large. I'll
a buyer in each case offers most temp
1 Ing prices, under which some gi'
way,
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