The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-23
LETCHER COUNTY

wHITEsBuRG. KY. Nov. H.
,spec enlarged with the murder OF
John Watson at Jenkins. this county.
week ago. John Grimm. formerly OF
West Virginia. was given preliminary
hearing before County Judge Henry 7.
Day Monday and was bound over %
the grand Jury. His bond was fixed a.
$1,000 which he was unpble 70 execute
and was remanded TO jail.
Gr.fnn claims Watson came Into hls
home and raised a disturbance. aud
when told TO ket out pulled revolver
and began shooting. II was tnen that
Grimm shot him.
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James II. Frazier. Leading merchant
and business man OF whitesburg. was
held here last week for the assassination
Of william Banks on the streets OF the
town November .. being allowed no
bond. owing TO the intense feeling
prevalent Frazier has asked that he b
Transferred TO the Winehes ter jail. He
win be trl,d at the regular January
term OF Tho circuit court.
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A negro charged with the murder Of
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fields OF the county several months age
has been arrested In Alabsme and ~
turned here.
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Tho construction OF tho Rockhou1e
Creek Branch railroad from Blnckey.
In this county, up Rocihouse 70 eau
dill's Branch 20 ap rich undeveiopet
coal fieijs IL 20 be started nj once. ar
cording TO an announcement from there
In the meantime development conpan-
les are On the grourd mafting work -
as 20 be In readiness 20 begin shipping
coal AZ soon ns the road Il opened for
trafiie.
The report Of State Kline inspector
C. ]. Norwood last week showing that
Letcher led in coal production IN 1915
Is quite gratifying 10 coal operators.
II IL believed the output OF the present
year WIN show a large increase. and
attn the coal fields OF the county dre
only partially developed. Within thg
next six months several important new
felds will be opened up In the county
With viii greatly augment thu out
put At this time there 10 unusual ac
tiyity throughout tho mining ccntcrn OF
Letcher couny. Around Whitcnburg
there 10 much development work ur-
der way. ppening mines. btilding
towrs. etc. The Eureka Cnai company
IL one OF the latest TO be organized
here with 100000 capital. l.. +. Jack
son. Henry jackson. 3. y. Baker and
w. w. Sergent being the leading In.
corpcfators. Some three hundred arres
~ill be developed on sandlIck creek.
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Nearby The Kingdom Come Coal Co.
composed mostly " West Virginia peo
pie are starting development work.
They viii rxpend se5eral hundred
thousand dollars in the work. Al mouth
OF Sandlicl The caudill opal company
composed OF williamsburg people are
starting shipments They viii have
first class plant.
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Building work IL stiil progressing at
whitco. n new town jns' fellow Whites
burg where The white..Surg Coal com.
pany has first class plant.
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Al Sergent The whitley Elkhorn
Goa. company Is making shipments.
three cars dali, with increases for the
very near future. They will construc.
20 more miners houses as soon rs The
work can be done. Az Mayking Thu
Mnyking Coal corporation nearn COM
pletion OF first class plant. several
mines opened unc mile spur limo Of
railrond out from the L. a NJ maia
line.
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Leon p. Webb. son OF John s. webb
ex-Representative OF Thornton. this
county. has announced himself n can
didate for Sergeant-at-Arms OF tho
next houea ard viii start n spirited
campaign. He was a Page az tie Last
regular and extraordinary sessions OF
the Legislature and 10 unusually poe
ular. already having many pledges of