Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22
NEWS
CULLINGS
From Kentucky

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aysyille.-During a heavy wind
and electrical storm near here the
roof Of the Levanna sawmill was
blown off.
Mt. Sterling cranking an
automobile, Vivian Faulkner had his
right arm badly broken just below the
elbow and the injury is causing much
pain.
Madisonville.-T new bone dry"
liquor law was given test in Hopkins
county in the court of Magistrate 5.
H. Moseley at Nortonville and was de-
clared constitutional
LeXington.-Edna Hoffman, A years
old, was drowned in the Ohio river at
Russell, Ky. She was wading near the
bank, holding her mothers hand, when
hrl ankle turned and she fell into
deep water.
Danville.-George P. Merrick, a
Bluegrass farmer, has broken all rec
ords in the wheat production in Boyle
county this year so far reported. His
,ffty-six acres average thirty'nine
bushels and ten pounds an acre. d
Maysville.-The city council will not
permit Captain Gordon Green, owner
Of the Green Line of boats, to place
wharf boat here unless he places a
boat in the Maysville. Cincinnati trade
and fixes freight and passenger rates.
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Versailles.-The Cogar-Rumley Com.
pany, of Midway, filed in circuit court
a petition praying for temporary in
junction restraining the Kentucky
Utilities Company from cutting OFF
electric current and power at its ele'
yator in Midway.
Maysville. - Lawrence Trackston
aged twenty years, of the county, re-
fused to volunteer in the army and
also refused to work. Judge Purnell
placed him under 500 bond to appear
in his court, when he was taken to
Dayton, Ohio, and placed in muni'
ton plant.
Maysville.-Professo w. S. Gull
was elected to teach commercial
courses in the high school here in
place of Professor w. II. Jones, re-
signed. A manual training course will
be added to the curriculum of this
school this year provided a teacher
A can be secured.
Ashland.-Miss Lucy Howerton, IS
years old, who came here recently ac.
companied by her sister. Miss Nora
Howerton, from her home in Elliott
county. to visit the family Of r. ].
Kendall, of this city, died as the re.
suit of injuries she received when she
leaped from taXicab.
Glasgow.-Four hundred and eighty
thousand AK handles, 100000 pick
handles, 300 600 sledge handles and
many thousand smaller handles of va.
rious kinds have been ordered BY the
United States Government from fac.
tory at Glasgow. This is the largest
government order received by Glas
Cow manufacturer.
Mt. Sterling.-Deputy Collectors
Guilfoile, Of this city, and Hannen, OF
Frankfort, and Deputy Sheriff Lewis
of Menifee county, made moonshine
raid on Spruce Creek, Montgomery
county. They destroyed forty gallon
copper still just after run had been
made of 400 gallons Of beer. A small
quantity of whiskey was found.
Frankfort, Ky.-The following coun
ties will furnish five men each of draft
age to go to Syracuse, n. Y, for spe
Cial mechanical training: Allen
Breathitt, Franklin, Fulton, Harrison
Hart, Letcher, Lewis, Livingston and
Pike. Mai. Henry F. Rhodes, chief OF
the selective service department, has
notified the local boards of the allot
ment.
Hartford.-Discovery in the nick OF
time probably saved the lives of many
soldiers when a troop train going
north barely escaped running into the
crossties placed on the Illinois Centrai
tracks near Rosine, this county. The
spikes were also removed from tive
Of the rails, and the obstruction was
placed on the track near a steep em
bankment. Had the train struck 1t the
loss of life would probably have been
great. officials are investigating.
Frankfort-Party campaign com
mittees in Kentucky will have new
and important work to perform an(
one that will require real system an,
activity; which, in fact, may be a de
termining factor in the November
election-rounding up the soldier vote
For the first time Kentucky soldier,
in the field, and all other absentees
, whose regular occupations call then
away from home, will have an oppor
tunity to vote for Senator Congress
men and Judges this fall.