The Big Sandy News from Louisa, Kentucky • Page 1

ANDY Aut inveniam v'uxm, aut faciam. LOUISA. LAWRENCE COUNTY. KENTUCKY, JANUARY 15, 1 909, M. F.

CONLEY, Publish OLUME XXIV NUMBER 20 NEWS. 7 IM 1 i LAMENTABLE a Acddenf Causes Horrible Death of L. V. Hardick Near Fort Gay. i A most distressing nccldeut occurred on th.

Una of th. N. W. lallway a short dUtanc Wow Fort Cy on Wednesday morulug which re-in the untimely nod Crmd Cone To Oklahoma. The Western fever seem, to bo rereading In this county, many cf our boat peaple having auccuuibed to lvs attack.

The latent of these am Anderson WlUon and fuinlly. Mr. Wilson aold hi place on Lick trtek to John Wlwn and be and Jila wife and little ons bade good by to Kentucky friends last Monday cr.d atarted for Oklahoma, which state xinmiAv Ti in the home Jor 'Jme time at CIRCUIT COURT At Louisa is Grinding Away- na Misdemeanor Cases. Tha January term of the Lawrence 200 MINERS least- Mr. WHaon wa.

a good UU- whose life who know htm. John Wllsou and family, who for death of Mr. Lace llardwlck, of that Eierw lived In Louisa but who fur place. Th. accident vti not wit-j vonia years have resided at Mar-neiwed by anyone, but the will live at the place tanc connected with lis to'ur- eti- by Anderson WH.

n. rencoQ point untulrtakabry to Ha nM position at Borderland, W. cause. Mr. llardwlck waa a member i wilt work at hla trade thore, of the Arm of York Hardwlrk, maintaining hla residence here.

of Fort Cay. and aUw had a tore on Tabor Creek, thr or four lullea below town. He had etarted to walk the railroad track1 to the ature "and bad evidently reach-ad a fill atout two nilUa from Fort av and lust i.bove the residence of Vmr. Saulsberry. At this point mere a large attenuance or lawyers, im- wlll be felt by all ganta, witnesses and Idlers.

Judge B. Hannah opened court and im paneled the grand Jury which Is tut fallows: Jesse Young, Wm. Thompson, W. L. Pfost, Btrother Fttzpatrlck, Rich ard Chlldera, Jamea C'jmpton, Flera Fannin, John Mann, Noah Plgg.

Gus Uluncey. N. D. Waldeck nnd Freelln Moore. Jease Young was made lore- It ha line mi 9 1 III 111.

IIUpi.MI. Tne Judge's charge the Jury like hla previous utterat cea cf Wayne Hunt, of Prestonsburg. 1 wy Btrong and com- who was shot last week by a young Jurfalli medical student and perhap. Dd lnffllct BUBMrou.ly I. IMured.

waa brought to the Ke le. We have had a good school and we would like for the board of trus tees to hire Mis. Ethel Grubb to teach for ua again. Dock Jordan and Carl Moore, tf Cordell, visited our school the last dayj Mr. Jordan deUvered a nice sjech.

and Mrs. Wlntleld Nlckols ave a party last Saturday night. for the young people. It was largely attended-Mrs. Garfield Moore and MM Moure were visiting on Hood Sunday.

H. 8. Burton has returned from a visit to his son, Dr. u. u.

uur- of Morgan county. Mrs. Nannie Grubb, who baa been sick for Borne time is improving. 0. Swetnam and O.

B. Have rassed dawn our creek a few days aco. Lon Cemoger has B-'ld out rnd will move to Oklahoma In a few days. School Boy. Caujht by Explosion at Welch, W.

and Many are Killed. l. hi. dismembered tx ay was found and the cinder heap shewed plainly whert the unfortunate bian lad slid or fallen, down to the tiwk-TU train waa a long double-hevler freight, and th accident must have Happened after the engine Ia8ed Mr. llardwlck, as the trainmen made io report cf any untoward cvnt whatever.

Tha body waa horribly mangled. a.in. hn crushed almost be yond recognition. In fact It la aald ttat those who were Pwt uin apot could tell only by papers ka the clothln who It was that tad been killed. Wlllard Lycan and a companion were the first to see the body.

They were coming up the road about 9 clock when they discovered the scattered remains of What only few momenta before had been a Btron man In the prime of life. Lycan was at first very much frlshten-4, as bis father had gone up the nad only a short time before td the young man waa afraid the b-xly mighty be that ol his parent- -An arm and leg nao oeeu i ome from ir i term evs had had some irjuuie wver vimo uu pl. Jnrv Thomas Neace. Ar- women, and the -tulent Mm ThomM JdS. blowing hi.

head off. Vayne Hunt. Vaughan, IA. V. Ward, ruabrJ to hi.

brother aid. and Jlm wa. through tne ana der. Dr. CnJllhan accompanied bint nfcmv.

Jese tha bospltal.lron Jrontonlan. BULtNACITY Death of Roscoe Ratcllff, S. 8. Bellomy, Jene Bernard, A. M.

Shannon, Joa B. Preston, Henry Compton, Isaac Lera-lna. W. O. Gimblll, J.

8. Ushorn, R. D. Hlnkle, M. E.

8parke. Wn. H. and at V. Bailoy.

The variou'. processes of the caurt r. t. --a In Lava been nnuaually well ju wuses cxaicmeni anu rwu.i. to Berve wnr.

I ant. and summons were because the lartle. were out of the State, as the civil land commonwealth, re large and the papers well oe-cuted the prospect for a long aud A Good Report. D. B.

Waller, representing the Kentucky Chlldren'e Home nt Louisville, waa here thl. week, Visiting the children who had been placed In home. In this county. Mr. Wal ler report, that he found the chil d-en wel and contented and that be wish, to thank the people tha kindness shown to him and the children In their care.

The Home 1. one cf tha noblest charltie In the Bute. 1. well officered and is dolug grand work for destitute children. BOYD VINSON Dies Suddenly From Rupture Bled Vessel.

Great excitement wm caused on I nrk arenua and lu the entire low- iluJ.v 1. aood. er part of town Tuesday alternoon On Wednesday morning the grnnd the action, of a big whit, bull- Jwy reported a Joint Indictment a-cog the pZert, of William Bem- Wln.t Dr. F. D.

Marcum. of Louisa tele, H.i Pmton. Who l.vesjFr.nk Bl.v.n.. of CatletUbu.K. and nexi door to Remmelea had hi.

Jamea Sl.emore, of Prestoa.burg 'charalna: them with the Willful attention iir.mieu uj moan, of Mr. Reminele-. cow which rmrder of John WhlUaker. Whltta-was in her -table. Going over wa.

shot on a Big Bandy what wa. the matter he found, rear Zelda on the 27th of September -An arm aua ie tat the dog had attacked the cow the cheat and hip crushed, and f.ftj Mfins examining trial of the parties feet beyond lay the head where Ioor brute ibave been given in thl. iper. By tad been carried along by the train.) into tta bt. the dog consent of partlea the trial has Th msnaled body was taken tor ibwn set far Monday January TUvervlew hospital where, rs well Urpe croW(1 col- The ball of Dr.

Marcuin wa. Bet at V. MMiid be done under the clrcum-1 i. which he gave v.ith aunus- lectea ana iuu j.uoe. It wa preparea ior.ouri.iij and then taken to the home of the atAMHaAPfl.

SomeUm'a ago Mr. Hardwlck bought' what Is known as the old Hlack a short distance below Fort i arreted. Neither he r-' ine. toiiowea uy a uufco Cay. Her.

ha Uvea nappuy rWer WM hJ' inek and P.unRed the ley TorK. or water gnd BWttm to the opposite aide. chimren- inree Hne for the Eovern- nent blackBmlth shop. Here he "fd Jeff Snyder and another employe 500 which he gave v.ith aunus- i-imhlnir fran-1 ius nyoer, ivuui "wu uu tically about, unable to shake off her O'Neal ball was aasallant- A shot was fired Jnto.meu the d1K wht'-h then released his M. Hughes.

Augustus Snyder and -j a.a tim E. E. Shannon SUemore 1M 1U 1111 young man and two young women, art pupil, of the N. r.f this rice. The young lao es -V gUU8, can riton, troo, and other meuia ef-t enrred which lobbed them of Wh defense innr Blevln.

had been pcia over ly the examining court In The Blue Grass. Too. The Winchester Demoorat eays; "Over In an adjoining county ft number 'of girl BtudenU dragged the lndv teacher throuKh the inud cirvtr itrla anil a allot eun tn cay) at yornviiie. Li the leaden rain nad I phrUt. Hardw.cn on the uoC.

Finally tn age. and waa a of John Haidwlck, to set- M. noMarah.v hrnhv 1 IV ICWUCI ed by the rough treatment, i'nd 1ibi elnthina waa and torn. age. and wa.

a on or nn ilow. on oead to set- MlUCreekVand OU-? he wgg cf Lick Cm a. He, nne. i -nnf-r iien viuiuiu waa a succwwiui WRivinK eff when mral. nromlnnt "uv mauer waa tcu ui ,7 i in tt.

'ent, the rmpila Uking sides. -WiY men I Of courae the senseless cry cf ftnd much bttter county. doK Ued. The brute JTu mnn rnu "wm n.u, His charaoter as a a iinntvarnalkl. VI- B'lllUIJ UBU mil wa.

blameieas, ana oy and the wa. the vlctlni- A faUng off the countrof aynejju Jan fa vay woul rt a man wnom hRve been attacked instead. Bpoken and one Whose, loss Wiu greatly felt. A runtured blood vessel caused the death of Boyd Vinson, of Kel logg, at Chester, W. Sunday night 1.

known concerning the cause of his death, -aaide from the fact that he waa selied with a fit of cougnmg anr ro-trln for the night, and during a violent paroxysm, a blood Vessel burst and he died almost immediately. Mr. Vinson was born In Wayne county, W. being a son of the late Cot S. S.

Vinson and at the time of hi. death made hla home vith hla mother at Kellogg. He was man barely In the prime of life i.nd of aplendld physical appearance. He was a most capable business man; his demeanor waa gentlemanly, aud he Dossessed a high sense of lien or in his dealings with his fellow- men. He waa a member of the Masonic fraternity and wag a member of Benl.

Kedem temple, NoDies or the Myotic Shrine, at Huntlngtnn. Mr. Vlnaso has a nurr of rel-ttives In this city anif iroughout the Sandy more rlosehr related to him re Mrs. S. S.

Vinson, and Mrs. Don Clark, moth er and sister respectively, who ve- side at Kellogg; Col. Z. T. Vinson, Dr.

L. T. Vinson and Mrs. James A Hughes, of Huntington Catletts-burg Tribune. Mr.

Vinson was. so the NE3 is informed, born in this county( either on Vinson branch or in Louisa-He wag 38 years of age. A The burial occurred on Wednesday and waa attended by Mrs. A. M.

Hughes, Mrs. A. J. Garred and Jas. Vinson, of thl.

As the result cf another explosion of the Lick Branch mine, at, Switch Back, about 20 miles from Bluefield, between fifty and one hundred miners were killed at 8:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning. The number May be largely increased, as from 2S0 to 300 miners were nt work at the t'me and it has not been ascertain ed how many survived. On December 28 last, an explosion occurred in this mine, which uu that time, had been regarded as a model mine. On that occasion the cause waa not ascertained aud the list reached fifty. The last body in cannectin with that exuloslon was brought to the surface only last Friday, after Which the State Mine Inspectors declared tie mine was safe again, and that world could be resumed.

The wa. rl-ly of the miners who were engaged to resume work were Americana. It was stated that the mine was examined early Tuesday before new shift went to work, and taat it vaa said to be perfectly safe. spite of this, however, soon work was begun, the explosion occurred, with a death list that will probably far exceed that of the December explosion. The mine la the property of tne Pocahontas Consolidated Collerles Company, and situated lu tne iug river district, a-territory that tn-til the December explosion had been ur-usually free from gas.

At 1 o'clock a rescue party had not been able to enter the mine nn aiwmnt of the intense heat It la thmieht following the txploskm ml miieht fire, although but iir.i pmnba flndiha Its way to the exterior. The mine officials refuse to Give an estimate of the number thut may have met death, but at the pit mouth it ta believed that over 100 have icrlshed. As the result of a deplorable cldent which occurred near Fort Gay on Wednesday of last Fred Graves, worthy young of that place, Is dead. He was at. work In a coal bank located up the i lYasher Hollow, Just back of Gay, When a mass of slate andC coal fell upon him, crushing the-llfe out of him in a second.

He-r was the son of Anson Graves, a--, well Known citizen of Wayne eonn tv. and was a popular and wortlj young man- He was 23 years af age and unmarried. The funeral services were conducted try the Bu Reynolds and Akers. Married In Wheeling On Wednesday, January 4th, Mer-Leo Munro. machinist In the on struction of the dam at Saltpeterrv was married to Miss Julia of Wheeling, W.

where the weeding occurred- Mr. Munro is the? stepson cf Mr. Wright Buperlntenet- int of construction. Mrs. wrignrr attended the marriage.

The youn couple are now at Saltpeter, Turkey And So Forth. Louisa Chapter held a convocation for degree business last Saturday -nSisht. The attendance, both local 1 and from the neighborhood, waa large. At the close of the nesbiot turkey and the et oeteras were wrr ed. i i DEATH Claimed trie Youn? Wife of Chas- Pxklesimer Last Siturday Broke Jail.

Slim River and Harbor Money. Chairman Burton tf the River, and Harbor. Committee, say. thit the utent of the forthcoming bill from tris coialttee will be approprlali in. for the work heretofore i uthorised and The bill, nccordlng to Rnrtton.

111 be ft smnll ne. Eitertained With Whist IMr, and F. L. Stewart entertained very pleasantly last Tuesday evening, having three table, r.t )r gresslve whist. The games were lively and the refreshments tatlsfy- li'g.

The guest, were Mr. and Mrs. L. Vinson, Mr. and Mrs.

M. F- Conley, T. L. Muncaster, George K. D.

M. Ward's Restored. The friends of D. M. Ward, are glad to know that his sight ha.

been restored. He was stricken MluQ verv auddenly the day before Christ mas and was feared the trouble was permanent. He 1. back at the Arlington Hotel attending to business, and is of course very much dated over the restoration cf hlR right Lace Crabtree, who stole a horse from Elthu Belcher at the the lurks of Hurricane. Wayno county, last waoir ami aniit him to a man In Catlettsburg, was rrreated in Williamson.

He was brought to Louisa end lodged in the lock-up but broke cut some time during the night by knocking out a hole In the wall. When his escape became known bloodhounds were brought here fmm Hmitlneton and put on the trail. He was followed to a point near Fallsburg where the scent waa lost or the dog became too tired to go any further and the chase was abandoned. Crabtree claimed that William Young who waa at Torchlight, hel'Jed him steal the horse, nnd, Crabtree agreed to cross the river here at Louisa, and swear cut a warrant or Young, which was done- Young was promptly arrested and placed In jail and afterwards taken to Catlettsburg for Identification, but was released the horse stealing charge. as Thorps Who inniriir the horse stated that te was not the man.

Crabtree is a son of little Sol Crabtree, of Wayne county. Death claimed as a victim last Saturday. Bessie, the young Wife- of Charles plckleslmer. She l'ad Beea elclc only a short while, and the at tack was severe and ol a very ser ious character. On Friday it vaa- thought that some improvement had occurred, but the hopes aroused wcre short lived and the end took placer at the time mentioned.

The cause ct death was puerpural convulsions. The body was embalmed and takeea -to Abingdon, for Interment Mrs. Plckleslmer waa only 21 yarM of age and had been married nott. quite a year. When the critical na ture of her illness became knowav her mother, Mrs.

W. M. of Abingdon, and a sister and broth e-inlaw, Mr. and Taylor, cr Bluefield, were sent for. Her tooth er and the Bluefield relatives eame? and were present at the last sact.

scene. The deceased had been a resident of Louisa only a short time, but during that brief period she had won many friends by her amiability tnd sterling worth- All who knewr her speak of her in the highest. terms and deplore the loss cf a Iovefy character. Charles Pickle- sluier Is a son of James Plckleslmer, who with his wife and Mr. and Mrs.

-John Worley, accompanied the body t-j Abingdon, leaving Saturday night on the N. W. Mrs. Plckleslmer was a member cl Ibe M. E.

Church South, cf place. only projects a. have been heretofore Burgess, Miss Ellen Skene, Mrs-othorlzed being cared for 1 nd Crubb. of Chicago, Dr. M.

G. Watson, thorlxatlon granted 3tlmates 0f Huntington, and Dr. G. W. Wroten.

ew work desired by members in 'rm of surveys, air. buiwu ibsuu a reas-m tv this Blaine achool, Blaine, Lawrence few weeks ego. nnd the manager 1 in 1-ncllrth ana County. nas laxen up iiiiuiuiciio. nu Hop.4 Defer reJ.

Uaac Cunningham, principal The development of the mines In iviuntv remains about the cf as stated in these columns While making repairs on a Ches- aneakte and Ohio Work train at Salt Rock, W. 8. Chaffin, cf thl. city, received painful hrnlHAft. Mr.

Chaffin is a blacksmith at Salt Rock, and wa. repairing a car. which waa on the track, and the en- backed up against the car while he was at work. The ruaaen and heavy Jar knocked him off the car, and he fell against a snog in the descent. 1 Mr.

Chaffin was able to come hnme last n.srht and now With bis family and getting along nicely-Catlettsburg yDosltlon of the committee "the avanty revenues cf the Government noiioiililtv of a lurw te- licit in-lhe Treasury at the the flfal year. work In the Christian Church. He French capitallsU and engineer a worthy young man and will turn who will take full charge of the end in a good report of his In the early gle-Hef aid, Grayson, Ky. burg Tribune. Works Resume.

The Coca Cola Bottling Company at Louisa Is again ready for busl and will give prompt atten tlon to all orders. The plant' Is now In new hands and will be conducted on strict business principles. The oualltv of ell products Is guaran teed to' be strictly pure. Those hav ing empty cases and bottles are iv ouested to send them Immediately. Besides Coco-Cola, this company makes all kinds of pure soft drlnKU T.

P. Crumpler, who purchased the Coco Cola plant and family are at the Brunswick hotel and expect td go to housekeeping thl. week-They will occupy the house belonging to in. E. Shannon, near Bert Shannon's.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vaughan cx pect to move to Louisa very soon. Mr. Vaughan having been appohited by Mr.

Campbell to run the government boat from that town all points along the Sandy river. Mr. Vaughan has been a tender Of Lck No. 1, at this place for time past Catlettsburg Tribune, Dates For The dates set for teachers exam inations this year by State Superintendent Crabbe are a. follows: Common school diploma, white mi colored, January 20-30; common school diploma, white and colored.

May 14-15; county certificate, May 21-22; county certificate, colored, May 28-29; county certificate, white, June 18-19; State certificate, white, June 18-19; county certificates. colored, June 25-26; State certificate. colored, June 25-26; State diplomas, white and colored, June 30 eaunt'y ctrtlflcate, white, July 16-17; eoun-ty certificate, colored, July 23-24; County Superintendent i.uallftcatlon. July 30-31; tounty tertlficute, White, August 20-21; State certificate, White, August IM-21; 6tate diploma, white and colored, August 25; County Superintendent qualification, August 27; county certificate, white, August 27-28; State certificate, colored, August 27-28. No special examinations will authorized-.