McCreary Dominates Kentucky Legislature In Early 1900s Style
In Kentucky's Frankfort session Gov. James B. McCreary holds tight control as Democrats back his program, including county unit reform and prison commission changes. Debates loom over a bi partisan prison board, primary law shifts, railroad regulation, and liability reform for employers amid a busy, high stakes field.
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Frankfort
Beckham
James B. McCreary
General Assembly
Democratic Party
Senate
Eli H. Brown
Graham
Friends of
Prison Commission
Capitol Hotel
Robert L. Stout
Kentucky
House
Local items note tobacco sales and community changes
Mr. D. T. Wilson shows improvement after two weeks of illness. Henry and Dale sold 4,000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. Boothe, while J E Henry moved about 6,800 pounds at Lexington loose leaf house. Lexington streets held 1,500 wagons of tobacco last Thursday. Henry Caywood plans a new two story house on the Little Rock pike, with J. L. Henry as contractor starting March 1. Wheat looks poor after a freeze. Ed Henry rents from J. W. Mee for this year. Grover Sears purchased a 40 acre farm at Tarflats Fleming county and takes possession March 1. Silas Setters’s horse collapsed on his way home last Saturday. Mrs. Rosie Flanders rents her 240 acre farm for $2,000. Stanley Henry shipped his 1910 tobacco crop to Louisville last fall, bringing 8 cents a pound. W. O. Barker and family leave for Salisbury Tennessee next Saturday. D P May of Judy neighborhood moves to Morehead. Miss Lillie May of Judy visits High Top.
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Cal
United States
Railroad Commission
Lawrence Finn
Finn
Henry L. Stone
L. & N. Railroad
Commission
Hias
House
Senate
Frankfort
Wesley V. Perry
McCreary
Kentucky
Robertson
Louisville
Moonshine Raid Seizes Still In Elliott County
Deputy Marshal Rose and deputies Cassell Williams raided a moonshine still in Elliott county and captured shiner John Conn at work. The officers destroyed the still and a quantity of singlings. Conn was taken to Olive Hill before Commissioner Woods and held for Federal Court. Seeded raisins and currants, 1911 stock, 124 cents at Greenwade's.
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Marshall Rose
Cassell and Williams
Elliott County
John Conn
Conn
Olive Hill
Woods
Correspondence from Camargo Items and Local Moves
Miss Stella Stafford reports moves and events around Camargo including J E Roberts visiting, Hamilton planning a March 1 move, Don Richardson relocating to a Myers farm, Asa Edton recovering from pneumonia, and plans for Fort Woods Church. Local school and church news share miscellaneous notes on tobacco sales, store consolidation by Shirley and Will Mason, medals won by Bessie Bennett and Jam eson Jones, and a candy pulling for Church Improvement League members.
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Governor McCreary
Elizabeth Carr
Miss Pearl Powers
Yale
Millard MccGuire
Bessie Blount
I. D. Yocum
Mr. McCray
North Middletown
Mason
At &Te
Stanly Henry
D. T. Wilson
J. H. Henry
Robert Dale
Mr. Boothe
J. E. Henry
Lexington Loose Leaf House
Lexington
Mr. Henry Caywood
W. F. Henry
Little Rock Pike
J. L. Henry
Mr. Ed. Henry
J. W. Mee
Grover Sears
Fleming County
Silas Setters
Rosie Flanders
Stanley Henry
W. O. Barker
Salsbury
Tenn
D. P. May
Judy Neighborhood
Morehead
Miss Lillie May
Judy
High Top
Greenwade’s
Camargo
Miss Stella Stafford
J. E. Roberts
Staffordsville
Bowling Green College
B. F. Stafford
Hamilton
Don Richardson
Mr. Myers
Asa Edton
Richmond
James Cooke
Kate Salyer
Fort Woods Church
Rev
Eversole
The
Christian Church
Gano Caywood
Charlie Hall
John Mason
Greencastle
Ind
Nellie Ramsey
Paris
Shirley
Will Mason
Same
Greene & Mason
Bernice Walker
Bessie Bennett
Jameson Jones
Ladies of the Church Improvement League
Hirsh-Wickwire & Co
Michaels Stern & Co
Xtragood
Stacy Adams & Co
Mt. Sterting’s Leading
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