Witnesses Testify No Gun Found on White at Heidrick Station
Bev erley D. White was shot at Heidrick Station Knox county in a trial for John Bailey a feudist and family enemy of the Whites. Witnesses Luther Hutton and Joe Carty testified White held a suitcase and overcoat and no gun was seen on him. The defense claims White drew a pistol three times and acted in self defense.
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Mt. Vernon
Beverley D. White
Heidrick Station
Knox County
John Bailey
Bailey
Luther Hutton
Joe Carty
Joseph R. Murphy
Bb. B. Golden
White
Baileys
Golden
H. H. Owens
Murphy
Slutton
Middlesboro
Hutton
Cassie White
Burglars Loot Red House During Legion Picnic
Burglars entered the Davis residence and store in Red House while residents attended an American Legion picnic in Boonesboro. They broke kitchen windows, stole about $8, a pistol, a knife, clothing, a quart of liquor, a necklace, and a child’s bank containing about $10. No clues yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Red House
Boonesboro
E. E. Davis
Mr. Davis
FE. E. Davis
Jay Lanter
H. P. Dykes
Sam Biggerstaff
Mrs Willis to Operate Virginia Summer Resort
Mrs J B Willis formerly of Crab Orchard Springs has purchased a Virginia farm to be used as a summer resort. The Verdon location includes a 22 room hotel building and 139 acres in the tract accompanying the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Register
J. B. Willis
Virginia
Stanford Journal
Crab Orchard Springs
Verdon
Clark County High School building ready for Sept opening
Winchester Ky Aug 27 the new Clark County High School building is expected to be ready for the opening of school on Sept 12.
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Associated J*ress
Winchester
Clark County High School
Social News from East Bernstadt and Surrounding Areas
Miss Lula Moores visits relatives in East Bernstadt. Mr and Mrs Eugene Spur lock of Kirksville host Miss Hazel Moores and others for a Sunday dinner. Mrs G H Thorpe returns from a visit at Irvine. T J Holiday weekends with his mother in Clark county. N C Benny buys a new car. Kathryne Grinstead and Hazel Moores visit Red House. Clay Duncan visits Union City. James Elmore family of Lancaster spend Sunday with the Cobbs. Albert Browning Mills of Harrodsburg guests of the Cobbs. Julie Thomas family baptizing at Union City. Picnic at Boonesboro draws many locals. Lara Oldham, home teacher, teaches in Estill county.
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Lula Moores
East Bernstadt
Eugene Spurlock
Kirksville
Hazel Moores
Carrie Thomas
G. H. Thorpe
Irvine
T. J. Holiday
Clark County
N. C. Benny
Kathryne Grinstead
H. M. Thorpe
Red House
Clay Duncan
Mary Earl Griggs
Union City
James Elmore
Lancaster
Jesse Cobb
Albert Browning Mills
Harrodsburg
Cobb
Julie Thomas
Carrie
Boonesboro
Lara Oldham
Estill County
Louisville Police Auto Theft Scandal Intensifies
Police seized two more automobiles in the inquiry into stolen vehicles. One car bore a license issued to Joseph Coleman and is said to have been stolen in Chicago last May. The other car was registered to Bert Baker, Coleman's soft drink partner, with the chassis number altered.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Joseph Coleman
Chicago
Cunningham
Coleman
Bert Baker
Whitaker Faces New Trial Over Bribery Charge
Whitesburg Kentucky August 27 Fess Whitaker Letcher County judge charged with accepting a $500 bribe to release a prisoner. The jury failed to agree this week and was discharged, trial to be rescheduled for the next court term.
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Isy Associated Press
Whitesburg
L’ess Whitaker
Letcher
Mrs Margaret Alcorn Dies At 82 Near Ravenna
Mrs. Margaret Alcorn widow of Wm Alcorn died at her Ravenna home after weeks of illness. She leaves daughter Mrs C Griggs, son Chas Alcorn, ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, and brothers Sam James and T J Congleton. Burial was in Congleton burying ground near Ravenna.
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Margaret Alcorn
Wm. Alcorn
Ravenna
Frankfort
Congleton
Busy Days in Richmond Police Court Shine on Offenders
Police Judge G Murray Smith and Chief Claude Devore preside as crowds fill Richmond Police Court sessions. A man admitted buying liquor that allegedly led to his crime. a white east end resident denied the charge and was held to grand jury. Beazley fined 50 and 10 days for assault. bond forfeited when he failed to appear. Beech Jett plans an appeal after a 50 fine and five days for breach of peace. One man fined 10 and costs for speeding on first offense. H C Rucker fined 25 and 10 days for furnishing liquor to a minor. he claimed he did not know the recipient’s age.
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Richmond
G. Murray Smith
Claude Devore
Jim Beazley
Bob Smith
Beazley
Tom Roberts
Will White
Beech Jett
H. C. Rucker
Rucker
Roofing factory direct through P. M. Pope agent
Thieves stole goods valued at $2,000 from the A. B. Oldham and Son store in Mt. Sterling. The items relate to roofing materials offered direct from a factory with P. M. Pope as the local agent.
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P. M. Pope
A. B. Oldham and Son
Mt. Sterling
Federal officers raid moonshine operation near Hunter's store
Federal Officers Cornett Kavanaugh Kinnaird with deputies Bush Johnson raided a still run by Sam Pigg on a dirt road left of the Big Hill pike near Hunter's store. They destroyed the still and dumped beer including a 300 gallon vat. Pigg fled, lost his hat, and is to appear at the October circuit and federal court on moonshining charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Cornett
J. M. Kavanaugh
W. H H. Kinnaird
S. P. Bush
W. A. Johnson
Sam Pigg
Big Hill Pike
Hunter’s Store
Pigg
Caneer Returns to School Work at Columbia High School
Prof. M. L. Caneer, formerly superintendent at Stanford and principal at Caldwell High School, resigns to farm near Lynnville Tennessee but accepts a war work position at Columbia High School in Tennessee. He is well known locally and has many friends hoping for success in the new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Caneer
Stanford
Lynnville
Tenn
Columbia High School
Tennessee
Cancer
Caldwell High School
Prohibition Raid Seizes Large Kentucky Still
Prohibition agents destroyed a 75 gallon still and 300 gallons of still beer along the Rouckcastle county border eight miles from Berea. The operation, reported to Director Sam Collins in Lexington, found the equipment near a spring 300 yards from a vacant residence. Warrants for resident occupants’ arrest will be issued. three officers led the raid.
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Prohibition
Rouckcastle County
Berea
Sam Collins
Lexington
Testimony Against Bailey Resumes in Kentucky Gun Case
Witnesses recount that John Bailey opened fire on Beverley White without provocation as part of a Bailey family plot. Squire Bate of Pineville testified he saw Bailey shoot White and that White did not threaten Bailey.
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Associated Press
Mt. Vernon
John Bailey
Beverley White
Bailey
Squire Bate
Pineville
White
Colored Minstrel Tonight at Creekmore Ball Park
The F C Huntington Colored Minstrels arrive by special train in Richmond and perform tonight after a well received concert on Main and Second. Premier comic Sweet Papa Snowball fans crowd with let the Rest of the World Go By, and a singer impressed with a capable rendition. Huntington brought this group here last year to capacity crowds. Doors open at 7 15 in the east end tent setup at Creekmore ball park for a single performance.
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F. C. Huntington
S. Minstrels
Richmond
Main
Second Streets
Papa Snowball
Col Huntington
Creekmore Ball Park
Miss Anne Enright Returns From Danville Visit
Miss Anne Enright has returned from a visit to Danville where she spent several days visiting friends and relatives and is reported in good health.
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Anne Enright
Danville
Harding's Pardon Suggestion for Debs Revealed
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty completed a pardon recommendation for Eugene V. Debs held in Atlanta. No decision by President Harding on Debs or general war time amnesty will be made before the German peace treaty is ratified.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Daugherty
Deb
Harding
Germany
Girl Charged With Murder Of Father In Bardstown
Bardstown Kentucky August 27 a warrant was issued for arrest of 14 year old Alice Nolan Vance in the investigation of the assassination of her father Charles Vance shot in his bed August 18 The coroner's jury blamed the widow and daughter and warrants were expected to be taken out today The daughter was punished by her father the morning before the shooting Vance a wealthy farmer left a will of about 35000 to his wife with a clause favoring the seven children if the widow remarries
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Associated Press
Bardstown, Ky
Alice Nolan Vance
Charles Vance
Here
Bardstown
W. E. Crume
Nelson County
Allie Nolan Vance
Vance
Cox Creek
Valley View Social Notes and Local Travel Mart
Valley View reports Mrs Thomas Dunn and child ren head Monday to join her husband in Memphis Tenn. Mrs Edna Wheeler and Dixie Joy Wheeler depart Monday for Portsmouth Ohio to visit her parents. Nearby guests include Miss Christine and Georgia Burton of Nicholasville and Miss Bessie Kidwell of Ravenna with Miss Opal Broughton of Brassfield. revival services at the Baptist church draw large crowds. Joe Kelley is ill with typhoid fever. Mrs Roscoe Sanders underwent a mastoid operation in Berea. Northcutt guests visit A B Howard and wife. Martha Dale Rourk of Appalachia Va visits her aunt Mrs Harry Flynn. Goosey and Fannie Martin of Middletown Ohio return from visit with Frank Ashcraft. C W White and Earl White are in London on business. Herbert Johnson returns to Bloomington Illinois after extended visit with aunt Mrs Tom Matpin. Mrs Hannon Reese is recovering after a protracted illness.
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Thomas Dunn
Memphis
Tenn
Edna Wheeler
Little Dixie Joy Wheeler
Baptist Church
Joe Kelley
Roscoe Sanders
B. F. Robinson
Berea
Earnest Northcutt
Nannie Northcutt
Ravenna
A. B. Howard
Martha Dale Rourk
Appalachia
Hannon Reese
Livestock Markets Mixed as Hogs Rise in Louisville
The Aug 27 reports show Hogs 25 cents lower in cinemati market with Chicago steady. Cattle 300 head in Louisville weak with tops $7.75. Hogs 1,500 head up 25 cents tops $9.75. Sheep around 1,000 head steady.
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Cinemati
Chicago
Louisville
Kentucky Weather Outlook Sees Unsettled Skies
Unsettled weather dominates Kentucky with tonight and Sunday forecast for showers and thunderstorms. Temperature is expected to remain stable with little change across the period.
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Kentucky
90 Acres of Weed Signed Up at Newby
An enthusiastic meeting of tobacco growers at Newby Friday night drew about 50 additional acres into signing. John Buckley of Lexington highlighted advantages of the cooperative selling plan. Signers included Sam Million Newland Agee Attilla Long Sam Burgess Norman Harvey A. D. Sanders and Clayton Collins.
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Newby
John Buckley
Lexington
Sam Million
Newland Agee
Attilla Long
Sam Burgess
Norman Harvey
A. D. Sanders
Clayton Collins
Lloyd George Reiterates No Separation With Ireland
London August 27 David Lloyd George the British Prime Minister sent a prompt reply to Eamon De Valera president of the Irish Republic reaffirming that Ireland cannot withdraw from the empire. He stressed the government will discuss no settlement that rejects a free equal and loyal partnership in the British commonwealth under one sovereign.
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London
David Lloyd- George
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
Ireland
Irland
Ile
British Commonwealth
Confessed Woman Is Knoxville Murder Suspect
Mrs Helen Stubbs, held in Tacoma jail, admitted she is Maude Moore wanted in Knoxville Tennessee for the murder of Jeroy Hart, an automobile dealer, last September. She said she will return to Knoxville.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Helen Stubbs
Maude Moore
Knoxville
Tenn
Jeroy Hart
State files suits to confiscate two Mt Sterling liquor houses
The state sues in Mt Sterling to seize two houses where intoxicating liquors were sold. In sports the New York Giants beat the Pittsburg Pirates for the fourth straight game, closing in on first place. A Louisville and Nashville train collision near Shelbyville killed Benjamin Bush and Harris. Pineville club defeated Lexington Mammoth Garage at Pineville. Prof E A Strange from Columbia will lead Crab Orchard school this year.
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Mt. Sterling
New York Giants
Pittsburg Pirates
Douglas
Benjamin Bush
Harris
Louisville and Nashville
Finchville Pike
Shelbyville
Pineville Club
Lexington Mammoth
Bargain Display At B. E. Belue Company Saturday
Go to B. E. Belue Company's display this Saturday August 27 featuring suits coats dresses and hats. The ad also seeks second hand pianos in exchange for house furnishings or new pianos with liberal payments for old instruments offered by Muncy Bros at 202 tf.
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B. E. Belue Company
Muncy Bros
Moonshiners Ambush Paintsville Officers in Johnson County
John Dye and H S Stambaugh blamed in a dying statement for the killing of Paintsville Chief James Melvin and Prohibition Agent J H Reynolds during a raid on an illicit still near the McKenzie farm. Deputy Manuel Fitzpatrick wounded. five men jailed including Hugh and Ray McKenzie, Otto Young, Tollie King, Dennis Blevins. The ambush occurred four miles from Paintsville along Mud Lick Creek. Reynolds and Melvin killed. McKenzie fatally wounded. Reynolds, a veteran raider, hailed from Pikeville and was 42. Five others held, posse scours the mountains for more suspects.
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Associated Press
Paintsville
John Dye
H. S. Stambaugh
James Melvin
J. H. Reynolds
Patt McKenzie
Manuel Fitzpatrick
McKenzie Farm
Hugh McKenzie
Ray McKenzie
Tollie King
Otto Young
Dennis Blevins
Mud Lick Creek
Johnson County
John H. Reynolds
Pintsville
McKenzie
Reynolds
Melvin
Mitzpatrick
Jesse McKenzie
Ray Mclkenzie
Denny Blevins
Tolle King
Lexington
Prohibition
Sam Collins
Fitzpatrick
Agent Reynolds
Kentucky
Louisville
Pikeville
Che Oh Gown
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Bes
L. Adams
Hiatt
Cal McClure
Williall
Richard Early
Bethurum
Legion
Mrs. Willis
New Clark
Waco
Fess Whitaker
C. . Griggs
Caneer
Rockcastle
Collins
John D. W. Collins
John F. Marcum
Jerome Tartar
Debs
Valley View
Lloyd-George
Erin
Renaker Poultry Company
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