The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-01-16
Here. There, Everywhere

Secretary of War Baker, favors a
forced military service to help the
army.
The Turks have released the 200
missionaries and other American cit
liens held in Palestine.
Samuel Tucker, well known Q. &
c. engineer and Miss Ida Gooch. were
married at Somerset last week.
p. NJ Rash, assessor Of Rockcastle
county, died at his home at East
Fork, of consumption.
Miss Mae Stultz, young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Stultz, died at
her home in Columbia Monday night
of tuberculosis.
David G. Hourigan, as, brother
of DR.. X. r. Hourigan, who married
Miss Maud Ripley, of this city, died
in Marion county last week.
DR.. J. Dowden Bruner, who has
been president of Daughters College
at Harrodsburg, has been elected to
a professorship at Eastern State Nor
NAL at Richmond.
Attorney j. Parker Harrison, Il
leading member OF the Monticello
bar, and Miss Sophia Parker, of So7G.
erset, we're united in we9loch's holy
bonds last week.
w, j. Gooch, secretary of the state
f,;, l;od OF o,,;ey;llo Er;J,xy (, ftor
a short illness. Mr.. Gooch was repre-
sentative from Simpson county and
speaker of the house during the mem
orable Bradley. Beckham deadlock in
1908
James Harrison Nally, rs, one of
the most widely known citizens of
Washington county, died there last
week, as the result of injuries receiv-
ed in an accident at his home. He was
in the loft of his barn when he lost
his balance and fell to the first floor,
fracturing his skull.
The farmers of Montgomery coun-
ty are so strongly opposed to a spec
ial session of the legislature and the
enactment of a new tax law that they
held mass meeting at Mt. Setrling
last week, and adopted strong resolu-
tons of protest and forwarded them
to the governor.
State Auditor Green has received
"A check for SIGH from the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company
of the company for last year. This
amount covers Il franchise assess
ment of $4,000, 900. 1t is presumed
that the company will file suit in
the federal court to enjoin the collec-
ton of taxes on a greater amount as
the franchise assessment this year was
$34,000,00O.
The commissary building of the
Log Mountain Coal Company at Har-
rison, near ChenOa, in Bell county
burned last week together with the
large stock of merchandise and the
office supplies of the company. The
postoffice and postal supplies were
burned. The loss is estimated at $10,,
900, partly covered by insurance
The Presbyterian Sunday School also
sustained a loss of their organ, sing.
ing books, etc.
Richard Pearson Hobson, former
congressman from Alabama and fol-
a number of years one of the leading
figures of that state and also of the
nation, has moved to Evanston, H.
to reside in the future. Hobson has
been one of the prohibition leaders
of the country and goes to Illinois in
order to take more active part in
the fight for prohibition in that
state. Hobson's change of residence
comes as great surprise and has
proven quite shock in political cir
cles in Alabama.
The absorption of the Bowling
Green Daily Messenger by the Bowl
ing Green Daily Times is another il,
lustration of what the paper mill
trust is doing to the newspapers of
this country. The Bowling Green
papers two or three months ago in
creased their subscription rates, but
this could not save the Messenger.
Paying $500 or more carload foi
paper that formerly cost $3.50 to
$500 is more than many little dailies
and weeklies can stand. In fact, il
would not be surprising to note in a
few months the suspension of several
city dailes that already are none