Mountain advocate., 1919-04-11

Tenn, when the engine of .1e train on
which he was brakeman was derailed
by broken rail. He was standing on
coal car which was being backed by
the derailed engine, and vas thrown
from the car and crushed under the
wheels
Nc Frankfort-In counties in this state
o. where the assessment is more than
al S20,OO0,00O, but does not reach ST..
100000, the County Tax Commissioner
Is allowed in excess of S20,000,000 II
ct he employs a deputy. This opinion
IN was given to Judge lee Evans, Of
co Clark cou'1y, by Assistant Attorney
a General Myatt.
Henderson.-The first case of sleep
ID ing sickness to appear in this city is
rs that Of Lucille Vickers, 3-year-old
a daughter of Walter vickers. The child
r. had recovered from an illness of influ-
OF enza and has been in a deep slumber
for eleven days. All efforts of physi.
clans TO arouse the young patient have
ID been unavalling. No hope is held out
n, of its recovery.
e. Frankfort-Robert Collins, a young
e. man of Versailles, who was convicted
in the WOodford Circuit Court and
fined $40, sentenced to 10 days in Jail
l. and DISTINGUISHED, was pardoned by
Il Governor Stanley and relieved of the
u Jail sentence and ban of disfranchise.
r ment. The fine, however, was not in
IL terfered with by the governors pardon
and was paid.
= Louisville Conscience or fear has
:, caused the thief who stole $1,000 worth
" of Liberty bonds, the property of John
y T. Lupton, manager Of the stationery
:. department of the John Z. Horton
Company, to return $1,000 of the
bonds. They were received by Mr..
- Lupton at his office in the mail. The
!, bonds had been placed in an envelope
upon which the firm name and address
. were typewritten.
q observation-disclosures Of the coun-
~ jail have organized a court, and
when prisoners are incarcerated they
!. are tried and fined. So far none have
v been acquitted. AS soon as a new pris-
d oner is placed in Jail the court con-
: venes and a penalty of % cents or
n twenty-five blows with a razor strap
T is given the prisoner. The money is
= put into the prisoners treasury to pur-
chase towels soap, stamps and writing
material.
$ Lancaster.-Suit for $4,000 camages
f has been filed by w. ii. Conn, of Will
$ more, KY, against the estate of the
: late Thomas Il. DshOn, who Wa a SON
: in-law Of Mr.. Conn. DishOn, b COM
Y pany with his wife, Miss Lillia1 Conn,
last July mOtored to the Conn home
at WilmOre, and on returning to Lam
< caster where they reside on a subur
T ban farm, shot and instantly killed
. Mrs. Dishon and then shot himself. |
4 He died a few days later.
FrankfOrt-W. II. Swift, Of New |
York, agent for the National Child La
r Dor Commission, is here studying the |
( Kentucky statutes on the subject in |
connection with a survey of the state
being made by nine agents at the re-
quest of the Kentucky association. |
; They are now working in Western |
t Kentucky and by June 10 expect to
have completed the survey of sixteen |
| typical counties as to education, labor, |
public health and care of delinquent, |
, dependent and neglected children.
| Paris.-An order was entered in the |
, Bourbon circuit court scratching from
the docket the case Of the Peoples
Deposit Bank & Trust Co. as admin
istratOrs of the estate of Mrs. Henry
Curtis and as guardians of her infant
son against the Paris Gas & Electric
Co. and the Bourbon Home Telephone
Co, the matter have been cOmprO-
missed. 1t was alleged that Mrs. Curtis
was electrOcuted last December by
coming into contact with a wire of the
telephone company which had become
crossed with a high voltage wire of
the lighting company. Her young son
sustained severe burns The two com
panies were Jointly sued for $4,000
for the death of Mrs. Curtis and ST.
600 for the injuries sustained by her
son. The compromise awards $4,000
to Mr.. Curtis and $1,000 to his son.
Stanford.-The body of Julian NJ.
FOwle, who was killed at Knoxville,
was brought here and taken to the
home of his father n. w. Fowls, on
Logan avenue, where funeral services
were held. The body was then taken
TO Lancaster and laid to rest. Mr..
! FOwle, who was a detective for the
l., x y. railroad, was killed by one Of
his very best friends, Charles Strong,
also in the employ of the company.