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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
4
A Bourbon county editor condemns handbill intimidation in a negro settlement and urges enforcement of the new vagrancy law after June 20. The piece stresses lawful redress over vigilantism, notes sheriff and police duty, and ends with a caution about dangerous safety errors by a Winchester plumber testing a gas main.
Ernest Conner fourteen year old son of Robert Conner was killed Friday at noon on Rex Hall farm near Olive Hill. He rode to Sam Jones's farm to plow and forgot to remove his spur. The spur caught in the harness as the mule trotted and dragged him to death. Burial followed at Olive Hill cemetery.
A Ku Klux Klan group rode in automobiles and on horseback through Paris Bourbon County on a Saturday night distributing red printed notices demanding universal work six days a week. The effort reportedly secured labor with less trouble and hints the gang will return with noncompliant workers next week.
A plea urges readers to save pennies to aid Belgian relief and war orphans, urging generosity for the fund supported by the wartime appeal and emphasizing the call to assist young ladies collecting donations.
Melvin Collins, who killed three men at Olive Hill nine days earlier, faced trial at a Grayson special term court and was sentenced to die in the electric chair.
Rev R M Reynolds to lead a revival starting Friday night at Camargo Methodist Church. Public invitation extended. Classified item also advertises a four year old mare with rubber tired trap and harness, and asks applicants to contact Paul Weckeser.
The Mt. Sterling Redrying and Storage Co. was incorporated last week by A. B. Ratliff A. S Hart J. W. Clay and others with 30000 capital stock. Plans call for a plant on the C. and O. R R. lot with use this fall. J P Taylor & Co will install their own machinery in the leased plant and a nearby East High street building will be converted to a redrying plant this summer. The venture promises benefit to local growers.
In Crowley City court Judge Canaan fines a black man named Rastus ten dollars for vagrancy. The defendant boasts of having the money in a left hand vest pocket while the judge demands thirty days in jail. The exchange highlights postwar labor shortages and racial attitudes in the rice belt.
State aid road work on the Paris pike and all county projects may be suspended for at least a month or longer. Insufficient crews and widespread conditions prevent any reliable labor, with many counties already pausing road work indefinitely.
The Red Cross Drive in Montgomery County finished after a few subscriptions remained. A total of $14,313.47 was raised, exceeding the set quota of $10,000.00 as the county consistently exceeds expectations.
Mr. At. Judy sold and shipped five short horn bulls last week. Four went to Knott County and one to Hopkinsville Kentucky. The Knott shipment formed a notable portion of the consignment.
The Mt Sterling Public Graded School prepares for a busy graduation week with a Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. M V P Yeaman and a Grammar School commencement on Wednesday at 8 pm. The program features music, poems, readings, recitations, a flag presentation, and diplomas. The high school commencement Thursday at 8 pm features Rev Homer Carpenter as principal speaker and prize awards, with a full class roster and class day exercises led by Loretta Kearns and Chiles Van Antwerp. Dr P K McKenna and Mrs McKenna buy a new Clov erleaf Oldsmobile from Day and Gay, local agents.
Announcement for the 1918 season at Woodford Stock Farm one mile south of Mt. Sterling Kentucky details a horse named Sterling Chief 2079 involved in the event or sale.
The Lincoln Division known as the 84th, trained at Camp Taylor, has been ordered to Camp Sheridan Ohio, with belief the move is temporary before sailing for France. Many Mt. Sterling residents serve in the unit including Lt. Thomas D. Grubbs. Also indicates a local horse for sale and a name contact at 608 W-3.
Private Jerre Coleman son of Mrs. Mattie Coleman of this city has been transferred from Camp Meade Maryland to Camp Greenleaf Georgia. The Advocate for printing.
Prof Henry L Jones of this city accepts principal post at Pineville School and will start September 1. Alma Stephens also takes a teaching position at Pineville starting September 1.
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