McChord Backed as Labor Ally for Kentucky Governor
The Sun editorial cited by the New Era praises C C McChord as a friend of organized labor and a faithful Kentucky Railroad Commission chairman. It notes his record in lowering freight rates and suggests strong support from West Kentucky Democrats if he runs. Lyon County Times calls the item truthful and flattering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era
Organized Labor For
Kentucky
The
Sun
C. C. McChord
Kentucky Railroad Commission
C. C
McChord
Lyon County Times
Springfield Sun
Mt Zion Protracted Meeting Opens October 10
Protracted meeting starts Tuesday October 10 led by Rev Maxwell with Rev O Rear assisting. Quarterly conference set for the second Sunday and Monday in October. Local notes include neuralgia, family visits, Bardstown and Lexington travels, and farm wheat sowing updates. Subscribe to The Sun for 9.00 per year.
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Maxwell
O’rear
Wesley Parish
Charles Williams
Thomas Dawson
Mrs. Dawson
Bloomfield
Lydia Williams
Bardstown
Katherine Wilkinson
Kate Williams
We Need an Accurate Washington County Map
A letter urges citizens to fund and produce a current Washington county map for better rural delivery planning and public use. The piece notes the 1877 map is outdated, suggests selling 1,000 copies at $1 each, and calls for a local initiative to print and place the map in stores as a staple for years.
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Washington County
Post Office Department
Washington
Registration Day Announcement and Voting Reminder
Registration Day highlighted for next Tuesday prompts residents to register and vote in November. Officials stress timely registration and participation in upcoming elections.
Cardwell social notes and farm market roundup
Mr Robert Noel and Miss Hester Newby spent weekend at Kirkwood as guests of Miss Nancy Royalty. Lee Kenny and family visit from Indiana. Mrs W G Simms at M A Perkins Battle. Joe Carey left for Arthur NL. Mary A Perkins visited S F Gardner. E T Perkins and family with his mother at Battle. Robert Masters and family Armington Ill and Mrs Edgar Freeman visiting. Steve Grant and party from Pear son Ill for two weeks. J T Brown here on business. Local folks at Springfield with mules. Bee story at N B Royalty farm reports a 100 pound honey load across five rails. Charley Pinkston’s horse broken leg, sold for 125 dollars. Turner Corwin, work erkins Brown black horse 35 dollars. N B Royalty sold eight steers to E G Holliday at four cents, resold to Clel Coleman at four cents. R L Kyler sold six hogs to Elster Graham at 43 cents. E G Holliday sold one heifer to Walter Hays at three cents. Claude Britton lost a weanling mule last week sold to W J Graham for 80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Noel
Hester Newby
Kirkwood
Nancy Royalty
Lee Kenny
Indiana
W. G. Simms
M. A. Perkins
Battle
Joe Carey
Arthur
Mary A. “Perkins
S. F. Gardner
E. T. Perkins
Robert Masters
Armington
Ill
Edgar Freeman
Steve Grant
Pearson
J. T. Brown
Springfield
N. B
Charley Pinkston
W. J. Graham
Local Tobacco Crop Nearing Finish Amid Social Notes
The article lists residents and visitors in the area as tobacco growers finish cutting. Ernest Goatley and the Gray sisters are noted along with Virgin, Will Shirley, Joel Anderson, W. S. Goodlitt, S. P. Chesser and family visits to Valley Hill, Dr. and Mrs. Williams of Arshbrook, Albert Washburn, Ollie Parish, Texie Bartow, Eva and Gracie, and Roy D. Sutherland visiting J. H. Gray’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Goatley
Della
Gray
Virgin
Will Shirley
Joel Anderson
W. S. Goodlitt
Anderson County
S. P. Chesser
F. B. Seay
Valley Hill
Williams
Arshbrook
Albert
Mangled Body of Thomas Mat tingly Found on Railroad Track
The mangled body of Thomas Mattingly was found on a railroad track Tuesday morning, prompting an investigation by local authorities into the circumstances of the death and whether foul play was involved.
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Thomas Mattingly
Tragic Train Death of Mattingly Near Springfield
Mattingly, a young man from the Booker neighborhood, was killed by an evening train eight miles from Springfield last Monday. He was last seen with Geo Goatly after leaving Springfield, and the body was found next morning with severe injuries. Funeral services were held at New Hope Church conducted by Rev. Williams.
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Mattingly
Booker
Springfield
Geo. Goatly
Goatly
Coe Mattingly
New Hope
Williams
Baptist Church
Beech Grove church closes with 26 additions
Protracted Beech Grove church meeting conducted by Rev. E. E. Summers ends with twenty six additions. Local notes report visits and illnesses including Pattie Campbell and Mrs. Hughes Butler, a fall accident to Mrs. John Milburn, and various social short items from Jenson ton.
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Beech Grove Church
E. E. Summers
W. T. Phillips
Pattie Campbell
Springfield
J. C. Campbell
Hughes Butler
Josie Coyle
Obe Pope
John Milburn
Ada Arnold
Hooker Key
C. W. Green
Willian Lay
Pleasant Hill Community News and Local Notes
Farmers finish tobacco cutting and move to corn as threshing begins later than usual this season. Revs Young and Sima lead meetings at Antioch with best wishes. G W Shirley sells cattle to H H Graham for 208 dollars. Miss Clara Shepherd and Miss Dora Crouch visit Shirley home. Large Friday night party honors Miss Shepherd. Mr and Mrs Silas Burkhead return from Indiana trip. Mrs G W Shirley visits William Keeling home. Success to The Sun. Subscribe for The Sun, 1 dollar per year.
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Revs
Young
Sima
Antioch
G. W. Shirley
H. H. Graham
Clara Shepherd
Dora Crouch
Springfield Lecture Course Planned by Colvin and Campbell
Professors George Colvin and Theo Campbell have nearly finalized plans for a Springfield lecture series this fall and winter. They promise top quality talent with entertaining and instructive talks, urging wide attendance to enrich the town.
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George Colvin
Theo. Campbell
Springfield
Eld
To Men Only Lecture By Joe Munday Tonight
Joe Munday the former actor and playwright will give a men only lecture at the Court House tonight. Admission is free and no one under sixteen will be admitted.
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Joe Munday
Court House
Marriage and shooting incident in Harrodsburg and church meeting
Last Thursday in Harrodsburg Miss Flor ence Lillard VanArsdale and Mr James Burnside Anderson wed at the Baptist church. Doc Davis and Henry Coleman engaged in a shooting match. Coleman was hit twice but not fatally. Dr James Harrison Moore, a prominent Harrodsburg figure, died at his home. The Nelson County Baptists, 21 churches and over 3300 members, met Cox's Creek Baptist on September 13 at 10 30 am.
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Florence Lillard VanArsdale
James Burnside Anderson
Baptist Church
Harrodsburg
Doc Davis
Henry Coleman
Coleman
James Harrison Moore
Nelson County
Willisburg Social News Notes and Family Moves
In Willisburg farmers prepare to sow wheat and store tobacco. Local residents attend a Pleasant Hill party at George Shirley home and report a fine time. Families visit, travel plans to Cincinnati are set, and church events are announced with a mistaken dedication postponement corrected for next Sunday. An incident mentions a poison dog attack on Miss Blanche Shirley’s pet.
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George Shirley
Pleasant Hill
Will, Sims
M. A. Shirley
Viola Vice
Katie Scott
Merritt Hungate
Robert Sims
George Prather
W. S. Brawley
Elizabeth Shirley
Litsey
Myrtle Sutherland
Dudley Sutherland
Wanted Hides Paying Top Market Prices
Advertisement from M. H. Jones seeking to buy hides of all kinds. States highest market prices offered and urges sellers to contact.
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M. H. Jones
Meeting of Dark Tobacco Growers in Kentucky
A large gathering at the courthouse heard Hon. W. C. McChord outline plans for organizing the Burley Growers Company. Farmers were asked to subscribe for stock and pay ten percent in cash, with directors from Washington county to select acreage reporters for ten day submission. The Dark Tobacco Protective Association’s first annual meeting at Guthrie drew about 20,000 planters and families, with 210 carcasses and 3,000 loaves distributed and brass bands playing as old and young alike supported the anti trust effort.
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Burley Tobacco Growers
Court House
W. C. McChord
McChord
Lexington
Burley Growers’ Company
Burley Company
Kentucky
Washington County
Dark Tobacco Protective Association
Tennessee
Guthrie
Fair
Long Run Social News Notes from Perryville Area
Mr G H Christerson and family spent Sunday with Mr James West and family. Mr and Mrs Sie Harmon visited sick Typhoid patient Marcus Cocanougher. Singing at Mrs Lucinda Blacketus' Sunday evening pleased all. Mrs Mattie Wallace of Springfield and Miss Susie Cooley of Stanford visited Mrs Paralee Cocanougher Thursday. Mr John Harmon and father were in Cincinnati Sunday. Miss Mattie Begley stayed with Mr Richard Best’s family. Mr and Mrs Hugh Robinson, Joe Robinson and Miss Ora Goode visited Billy Goode’s Sunday. Mr and Mrs J H Goode visited daughter Fannie Whayne near Perryville Saturday and Sunday. Farmers expect tobacco cutting to finish this week with a better crop than years. Tarrie Gibson and Lena Martin married at Perryville Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Christerson
James West
Sie Harmon
Marcus Cocanougher
Lucinda . Blacketus
Mattie Wallace
Springfield
Susie Cooley
Stanford
Paralee Coca Nougher
John Harmon
Cincinnati
Tarrie Gibson
Lena Martin
Perryville
Old Turkeys Wanted Buyback Offer This Week
M. H. Jooga advertises to buy old turkeys this week paying ten cents per pound. Prompt response requested from local households seeking to dispose of birds.
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M. H. Jooga
Will Quit Business At Walton Hotel
Mr and Mrs Thompson announce they will give up the Walton Hotel on January 1 and likely move to another town. They have run an excellent, popular hotel and will be missed by patrons travelers and Springfield citizens for their hospitality and consideration.
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Mr. & B. Thompson
Walton Hotel
The
San
Thompen
Springfield
Notice to creditors and claimants in Sidney Green estate
All parties owing debts to Sidney Green deceased are urged to call and settle promptly. Those having claims against Sidney Green must present them with proof to the administrators C. A. Green and J. C. McEteer on or before November 1, 1985.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Green
C. A. Green
Ups
J. C. McEteer
Adm
Crime and faith and farming in Sycamore Valley
Mesdames Emma Coulter and Nan Scott attend church in Mackville. Myrtle Sutherland from Willisburg visits J. D. Sutherland as five calves sell to John Perkins at twelve dollars each and three hogs sell at six cents per pound. Rev Young delivers sermon. meetings planned with Rev C. Allen in Hillsboro. Ezra Sutherland returns from Porkville after a successful meeting. funds raised to repair the house and pay debts. Farmers report corn cutting sorghum making and seeding rye and wheat. social events include at least one party at Oscar Shirley’s.
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Mesdames
Emma Coulter
Nan Scott
Mackville
Myrtle Sutherland
Willisburg
J. D. Sutherland
James Shields
John Perkins
Perkins
Young
J. D
Mises Armstrong
Hsay
Ormsby Shewmaker
Oscar Shirley
F. M. Shewmaker
C. C. Allen
Hillsboro
Allen
J. C. Sutherland
J. W. Sutherland
Thompsonville
Hattie Sutherland
Ezra Sutherland
Porkville
Warren County
Green County
Gillead Church
Thurlow
Same
Local News Briefs From Shelbyville Area
Dr. Crosby and wife return home after visiting son Dr. Crosby. Teachers' association meeting at Pleasant Run enjoyed by attendees. Mr and Mrs John Peterson return from trip to Louisville. P C W Peterson travelled to Hrumfield. Mr Moss of Springfield and Jacob Peterson attend Bradfordsville business. Mrs Minor Ranedale of Harrodsburg visits Rev J W Campbell’s father. Miss Nellie Peterson dies leaving husband and child. funeral at Bethlehem Monday at one o'clock with Rev officiating.
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Crosby
Shelbyville
Dr. Crosby
Teachers’ Association
Pleasant Run
John Peterson
Louieville
P. C. W. Peterson
Hrumfield
Moss
Springfield
Art Jacob Peterson
Bradfordsville
Minor Ranedale
Harrodsburg
J. W. Campbell
Nellie Peterson
Bethlehem
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Labor Paper
Organized Labor
MT. Zion
Cardwell
Hardesty
Jensonton
H. H. Tatum
J. K. Wells
Birchwood
Enda Gibson
Martha Grider
E. E. Brown
Relaiives
Tatham Springs
Misa Lela Goodlett
Richard Pinkston
Jona Grider
Ethel Rodgers
T. J. Miller
Brawley
Ben
Mellvoy
Stringfield
Buckner
Blanche Shirley
Will
Sycamore Valley
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