Mountain advocate., 1921-09-02

Somerset Work has been started
on tho stanford pike at Eubank. con.
tracts for g. Ih.!.s Cf which were let
by the state Highway COMMISSION on
July IS The wu.. is To be completed
by Decemher, w..
Hazard.-EnortS are being made
here Ia lncut, Louis pappaime, AN
aged plasturer. who disappeared. lie
was last seen going through a railway
tunnel with negro. He is said to
have son or daughter in Cincin-
nad.
er.-Manufactu"ins plants
here have IcOpyned, following heavy
rains, resulting in Il three-foOt rise OF
water in the local reservoir The
plants were shut nown when the water
supply ran 81 low, due to the JrOuth,
that factories we're cut of.
Campbellsville--Clyd Clyde Logan, p,
farmer was wounded in both arms
when fired upon by Fred Gray, neigh
boz. three miles west Of this city. Gray
was riding a horse and came upon Lo-
gan driving Il buggy. He rose in the
saddle and fired two charges from
shotgun, later escaping.
Ashland.-A housing corporation +.
insure this city enough houses to care
for the present and expected future
population has been formed by the
Chamber Of Commerce. The corr 1ra-
ton is to have a capital stock of $500
600 and will buy land and build homes
to be sold at al ultimate cost Of $500
to $1,000.
Acknowledgements FOR the consoli-
datiOn of Ashland and CatletiSburg
into one municipality have been drop
ped for the time being, it is announced
here. A joint committee Of four mcl
from each city made an investigation
and reported that many citizens Of
Catlettsburg were opposed to the plan
at this time.
helbyville.-Shelbyvill may have
woman squire" if the Democrats win
the magisterial election in this district
next November. Mrs. Elizabeth NJ.
Willis was nominated by plurality of
l25 votes over j. NJ. Donahue and l.
NJ. Beckham, and will have a place
under she Democratic emblem on the
November ballet.
Paducah-"If my wife doesn't love
me- that's all right" Charlie McCutch-
con told County Judge Lang, in ALI
nouncing that Lis bride Of eleven days
had run away with y. L. Rotes, an ac-
quaintance, but he declined to extend
the philosophy to the loss of suit OF
clothes ana So, which Rotes also pur-
loined. He procured a warrant and
seeks service in ST. Louis. McCutch-
con is a prosperous farmer.
Bowling Green.-A fractured skull
received in an automobile accident
caused the death Of Charles Jerome
Fulton, AZ, oil contractor. He was
born in Missouri and leaves u widow,
formerly Miss Mae Alter, and one
daughter, Daisy, age 10. His cousin,
Fred Fulton, was burned TO death on
August IS, 1920, when the oil well on
the Kelley-Whittake lease near Rock
field, this county, caught fire.
Lexington.-The Burley Tobacco
Marketing Association will have com
pleted its organization by NOvemDe"
Is. in the opinion Of Joseph Passoneau,
and will be in shape for business this
year This opinion was expressed
here in q statement on the progress
Of organization work which has been
going on throughout the summer. Ap-
proximately 2U,OO0O0O pounds of the
1927 crop already mas been pledged
IN fifteen cOuEties.
Murray.-Hazel has committed "the
Hawley, pastor Of the BAPTIST church
at Hazel. Ky, few miles from here,
has resigned his charge, and deacon
Is said to have left town as a protest
against a skating rink which was
opened there recently by chautauqua
company. The Rev. Mr. Hawley
preached a vigorous sermon against
the "evil" He denounced the rink as
"Hazers objectionable sin"
Murray.-Impaled by an irOn-pOint- |
ed spear thrown by companion, Har
ry Hughes. II, of Paris, Tenn, was
brought to the Mason Hospital, of This
city, in serious condition. With IA
group OF children the Hughes boy was
taking turns pitching the spear, made
from a rake handle and piece of steel
ut a wooden block The boy ran across
the path Of the missile as another boy
hurled II. the steel point striking the
left temple and penetrating the skull.
Physicians think the child will recover.
notwithstanding through gate
into the path Of nOrthbound Illinois
Central passenger train, big sedan,
xut,,oy, Ia, Alhart Smith nS shanffpbI