Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-07

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Falmouth.-John O'Aara was SEN
fenced to Jail for nine months and
fined $10O for shooting his brother,
James OHara, with intent to kill
principal of the high school at Moore
field, Nicholas county, has resigned to
take a position with the United States
Agricultural Department.
Versailles.-At a meeting of hemp
growers here to complete an organiza-
ton for a centralized sale Of the hemp
crop of Woodford county, reports
showed over 1900 acres signed up.
Maysville.-James B. Wood, admin
istrator of the estate of Arthur Nor
ton, has filed suit in the Mason Circuit |
Court against the E. F. Hetterick En-
gineering Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn.
for $4,000 damages. Morton, who
was in the employ of the company,
was killed.
Louisville, Ky.-"More than 10000
women of Kentucky have enlisted for
the duration of the war;" Federal Food
Administrator Fred NJ. Sackett said in
an address here. These women have
signed the pledge card, thereby be-
coming members of the United States
Food Administration"
Richmond.-Mrs. George Treadway.
of Paint Lick, was struck by l.. & N.
passenger train No. 81, as she was
crossing bridge to visit a sick friend.
She was seriously injured. She fell
thirty-five feet into snow bank, which
probably saved her life. The train
was running three hours late.
Lexington.-The report Of the City
Board Of Equalization submitted to
the commissioners shows the taxable
property of the city of Lexington, both
realty and personal, for the year 1918,
ON which the next tax levy will be
based, is S2S,S41,729, a falling off of
s9S,357 from the total assessment OF
last year. =..-z... =
Hopkinsville.-A handsome reguls-
ton service flag, commemorative of
the members of the congregation who
are now serving in the United States
army, navy. marines or other branches
was unfurled and dedicated at the
Methodist church. This is the first
service flag to be displayed by con.
gregation or public house in Hopkins
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Owensboro.-James e. Smith, "a
years old, prominent farmer Of Da'
viess county, died at the city hospital
, as a result of injuries sustained when
he was hit by Louisville, Henderson
. and st. Louis passenger train, on the
, West Main street crossing. The buggy
, in which Mr.. Smith was riding was
reduced to kindling wood, and the
horse was killed.
Lexington.-A white boy about
> three years old was deserted at q
boarding house at the corner of Vine
: and Upper streets last night and the
= police are looking for a man who /,
a said to have left the child there. Th'
man said lie was from Cleveland, Ohio
and that he was on his way to Valle!
View to take the child to his mothe
and left the child at the boarding
i, house.
=. Winchester.-Sheriff Clay Hodgkir
= of this county, succeeded in capturin
what the officials believe to be tn
-. ringleader in the hog thefts commit
- =. ted recently when he arrested Georg
-. Curtis, white, on his farm about thre
~ miles from Kiddville. in Montgomer
"a county. In addition to Curtis two otl
4. ers are expected to be arrested shortl
~ in connection with the same robbie
a les.
Observation-Disclosures Dennis, 3
who was apparently permanently Il
jured as the result of fall II veal
n ago, fell ON an icy concrete pvemel
40 here and wrenched back into place Il
= leg bone which for more than decat
o. had caused him to walk on crutch'
%. or cane. Mr.. Dennis believes that
falling he threw out his cripped /,
ID. to catch himself and wrenched it bat
a in place. He now walks without dii
* Guilty.
Observation-Disclosures Louisvil
X. & Nashville Passenger Train No.
as through train from Jacksonville
Cincinnati, was derailed one m
20, south OF Conway, Rockcastle coun
% miles south Of here. Engineer J.
Ds, Price, of Covington, was taken fro
ST. his cab badly injured and Fireman
&c; ]. Hamilton, also of Covington, $
nu lered a broken leg. A number OF p
10 $, ngers were said to be slightly .
iured.
- Paducah,--Not an arrest in Ave dG
mir is a record for paducah, as no me
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