Licking Valley courier., 1922-10-26

fects were destroyed. There is $1,000
insurance.
Frankfort-Members Of the Ken
lucky Disabled Ex-service Mems board
requested Governor Morrow to issue
q proclamation calling upon the people
of the state to observe Armlstlce day,
November IL.
Smithland-ROad work on the high
way between Smithland and Paducah |
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
a result of injuries sustained in fall.
She was suffering from fracture Of
the hip. The body was shipped 20
Martin, where funeral services and !
burial will take place.
La Center-Eighty-hve per cent OF
the tobacco grown in Ballard County |
has been pledged to the Dark Tobacco I
Growers Cooperative Association, ac-
cordlng to Robert Hill, county chair
man. Several precincts of the coun-
ty have pledged nearly 100 per cent
Benton-The question of waterworks
for Benton is being revived by Benton
business men. 1t Is asserted that
another year will see complete sys-
TEN of waterworks in Benton. The
system must be built by private enter
prise or 1t must be constructed as
community cooperative enterprise.
Frankfort-Virgil Chapman, state
supervisor of rural schools, Is making
a study of conditions in Washington
County with a 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-
tlOns.
Fulton-Fulton leads cities of West
ern Kentucky in the matter of SANTA
tlon in slaughtering according to a
state sanitary inspector. Russellville
won second place, 1t was stated. Cred
1t 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-
Der 30, was $6,146,71S.11, according to
a report made by State Auditor John
J. Craig. This represents an Increase
of $599,372 over the August 81 report.
This increase, according to the auditor,
is due to payments made to the
schools of the state
Paducah-The Rev. Harry G. Sims,
who has served for three years as
pastor of the Mechanlcsburg 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 Gambol Story, 81,
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 III while at
school in Bowling Green, taking a vo-
catlonal training course. He was
member of the American Legion. Bur
lal took place in the Story Chapel
cemetery.
Monticello - At Mill Springs
Robert Decker, 46 years Of age,
killed his brother, Jake, so, It 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.
Whltesburg-It Is said here that the
booster good roads trip to Hlndman,
county seat of Knott County, resulted
in the early calling Of bond election
for the purpose Of voting the neces-
sary bonds for the construction of the
county's part Of the Whltesburg-to-
Hlndman thorofare, which was start
ed by this county last year. resulting
in six miles of the hlghway-from
Whltesburg to Sandpck Gap-belng
completed. Letcher County will COM
plete the remainder of Its part of the
road in 1923.
Lexlngton-Mrs. Mlllard 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. a.
Bardwell-An apple weighing one
pound and two ounces and measuring
1914 inches in circumference was
grown by w. N. Bard, who is display
Ing some apples of a new variety Of
winesaps Mr.. Bard Is developing a
splendid orchard In Wester9 Kentucky.
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