Owingsville outlook., 1922-10-26
Kentucky
News Cuttings
An spifonIs Of the most I'm
poFtSnf events transPirinE
throughout che state

Irvine The residence of AnSun No
land was destroyed 10y fire here. The
fire started from defective Hue in
the Kitchen. All of the household eff
fectS were destroyed. There is $1,000
Insurance.
Frankfort Members of the Ken
tucky Disabled IN N-SprVicc Mems board
requested Governor Morrow to issue
a proclamation calling upon the people
of the state Ia observe ArmiStiCr day,
November IL.
Smithland Road work on the high
way between Smlthland and Padurah
is nearing completion. Grading and
drainage work on the Iuka road Is also
nearly finished. People of Livingston
County are already realizing the val
ue of the good roads.
Murray Mrs Anna Heath, Of Mar
tin. Tenn, died in the hospital here as
result of injuries sustained in f?ll.
She WAS suffering from a fracture of
the hip. The body was shipped 20
Martin, where funeral services and
burial will take place.
La Center Eighty-fivP per cent of
the tobacco grown in Ballard County
has been pledged to the Dark Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association, ac-
cording to Robert Hill, county chair
man. Several precincts Of the c0un-
ty have pledged nearly 100 per cent.
Benton-The question Of watCrwnrkS
for Benton Is being revived 10y Benton
another year will see Il complete SyS-
TEN Of waterworks in Benton. The
system must be built by private enter
prise or it must he constructed as a
community cooperative enterprise
Frankfort-Virgil Chapman, state
SupcrNiSor of rural schools. is making
"A study Of conditions in Washington
County with view of making such
recommendations there as can also be
applied in other counties in Kentucky.
The survey will include educational,
social, economic and sanitary condi-
tions.
Fulton-Fulton leads cities Of West
ern Kentucky in the matter of Sanita-
tion in slaughtering, according To
state sanitary Inspector. RuSSellville
won second place, IL was stated. Cred
II in Fulton is due TO the public health
service department. Many improve
mentS in sanitary conditions have been
made by the department in the last
few years.
Frankfort-The state Indebtedness,
as represented In outstanding war
rants AT the close of business Septem-
ber 30, WAS S6,146,71S.11, according to
report made by State Auditor John
J. Craig. This represents an increase
Of S599,372 over the August 81 report.
This increase, according to the auditor,
is due To payments made to the
schools of the state.
y
who has served for three years as
pastor of the MechanicSburg MethO-
dist Church in Paducah, has been ap-
pointed district superintendent of the
Louisville district. The appointment
was made at the conference held in
BarbOurville. The Rev. ]. s. Burton
has been named as successor of Mr..
Sims as pastor here.
Murray-David Gamhol Story, %,
veteran of the World War, died at the
home of his mother, Mrs. John Story,
after a two weeks illness of typhoid
fever. Mr.. Story became Ill while at
school in Bowling Green, taking a vo-
cational training course. He was
member of the American Legion. Bur
Ial took place in the Story Chapel
cemetery.
Monticello At Mill Springs
Robert Decker, 40 years of age,
killed his brother, Jake, 80, 1t Is al
legged, by shooting him four times
with a shotgun loaded with buckshOt.
Jake had been living on BOb's place,
and had recently moved away, and
Bob now claimed that he took some
property which belonged to him. Jake
was standing in his yard and Bob was
in the road about twenty-five feet
away when the shooting began. Jake
was unarmed.
Whitesburg-It is said here that the
booster good roads trip TO Hindman,
county seat of Knott County, resulted
in the early calling of a bond election
for the purpose of voting the neces-
sary bonds for the construction of the
cOunty's part Of the Whitesburg-tO-
Hindman thOrofare, which was start
ed by this county last year, resulting
in six miles of the highway-frOm
Whitesburg to Sandlick Gap-being
completed. Letcher County will COM
plete the remainder of its part of the
road in 1923.
LeXington-Mrs. Millard Farthlng,
of Sheafer Station, near Richmond,
Ky, was drowned at BOOnSbOrO Beach
when an automobile which she was
attempting to learn TO drive got bey-
Ond her control and plunged into the
Kentucky river.
Bardwell-An apple weighing one
pound and two ounces, and measuring
1917 inches in circumference was