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Volume XXX No. 120.
MAYSVILLE, KY., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922.
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MYSTERIOUS WAS
THE WOUIIDIIIG OF
BftOOKSVlLLE MAN
Bloodhounds Cued But Are Enable to
Trace Man Who Fired Shot
Through Window of
rower l'lant.
The Brooksvllle Hovlew aayi:
On Tuesday night thuro occurred a
shooting at the plunt ot the Kentucky
Power Co., which, so far, has baffled
the winds ot the offlcers and people of
Broksvllle. About 8: .0 p. m. the llghja
In town suddenly weut out and Krank
McQulnlan, ono of the employees off
duty, thinking something was wrong,
weut to the power house and upon bis
arrival discovered that Garnott Mc
Clanuhau, who was working thut night
had been shot. The bullet pansod
through his shirt and grazed the outer
skin across his breast.
McClauahan's version of the shoot
lng was to the effect thatjjuxt as be
was going toward the switchboard,
someone from without fired: the bul
let coming throuKh a window and
passod through his shirt. Ho Immodl
atoly switched off the lights, ran to
the door and fired three shots In the
direction from which the bullet came.
Others quickly gathered, upon hear
lng the shots, and a hurry call was
sont to Manchester, Ohio, for blood
hounds. They arrived about 1 a. m
and soon took up a trail near the depot
and trr.ced it down tho railroad for
about two miles whe nthe dogs came
to a recently burned flold and were
unable to carry the scent furtbor. '
Deputy Sheriffs Mutcalfo and O Neil
were on the scene during the entire
night and are now trying to discover
some clew which might clear up the
mystery.
Call us for rates on windstorm In
surance, M. F. A D. B. Coughlin
TUone No. .10. 25A3L
THREE ARE KILLED AS
FREIGHT TRAINS COLUDE
Two lIlinolM Ontral Freight Trains
Come Toffriher Near Daulel Boone
And Three Are Killed in Wreck.
Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 24. Three
trainmen wero klllod in a collision be
tweon two freight trains at Daniel
Booue, near Nortouvlfle ,on the 1111
nols Central railroad, at 5: 15 o'clock
this afternoon.
The trainmen killed were :
Conductor Heaver of Kuttawa, Ky.
Brakeman A. Carr, of Paducab; and
Brakeman C. Sherrill of the Tennessee
division or the Illinois Central.
The Injured were:
Engineer Kit Walker, of Princeton,
leg and anklo wrenched.
Engineer Loelle Crane, of Paducah,
Fireman Brandon, log broken.
The freight trains, No. 197, local
train, and No. 76, a manifest freight,
were traveling at high speed when
they met. A misunderstanding of the
orders Is given as the cause of the
wreck.
One ot the engines was overturned
and the other one was knocked from
the rails. A number of coal cars were
wrecked. It required eight hours to
clear tho wreckage sway, i V f PI
MOTCOHERT-ADAMS.
SOUTHERN METHODISTS !
MEET AT HARRODSBURG
One Hsndred and Second Annual Con
ference Will Open ob
Aug out JtOh.
All ministers In the Methodist Epis
copal church, South, as many laymen,
will attend the one hundred and sec
ond annual Kentucky Conference at
Harrodsburg, August 80 to September
4. Bishop U. V. W. Darlington, a na
tive Kentucklan and for some time a
member of the conference, will pro-side.
The Kentucky Conference takes in
all, or part of 69 counties of the state,
lying east ofLoulsvllle, and west of
the Big Sandy region. In this confer
ence there are 132 pastoral charges,
dlvidod Into five districts. P. C. Ever
sole, C. L. Bohon, O. E. Cameron, F.
B. Jones and O. R. Combs are the pre
siding elders, who as an advisory com
mittee assist the bishops In fining the
appointments of the proacbers for the
appointments of the preachers for the
coming year.
Tho annual conference la an occa
sion of great interest to all members
and friends of the Methodist churcb.
The attondanco Is large, usually sev
eral hundred. From present indica
tions a rather large number of preach
ers will be moved to other charges.
Some may be transferred to other con
ferences, and a few may como from
other conferences to this one.
This being the first conference ses
sion since the meeting of the General
Conference, all board and committees
for the next four year must be made
up. The Centenary, the Christian Edu
cation Movement and the Superan
nuate Endowment Fund, will claim at
tention and consideration.
The conference will be In session
from August 30 to September 4, and
will close with the announcement of
he appolnments of preachers by the
bishop.
CYCLONIC STORM
DOES BIG DAMAGE
Houses Unroofed, Barns Torn Down
and Thousands of Dolliirg Damages
Done In City and County By Storm
Tliurxduy JilghU
Place your cyclone insurance In
good companies. M. F. & D. B. Cough
lin, 'Phone No. 410. 26Aug3t
HKS. K. D. HAXLEI DIES
TEBT SUDDENLY.
Mrs. N. D. Manley ,dlod very sud
denly f heart trouble at ber home In
Kastland about 8 o'clock Thursday
evening. She was sitting in a chair
In conversation with friends and mem
bers ot her family when she fell over
dead. She Is survived by two daugh
tcrs and one son. The funeral will be
from the home Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock and burlul will be at the Shan
non cemetery. As the body was being
prepared for . burial, the roof of the
Manley home was torn off by the wind
storm and the body was removed to
the home of a neighbor.
MRS. CLEPHANE CRITICALLY
ILL AT HOSPITAL.
Mrs. George Clephane underwent
serious surgical oporatlon at Hays-
wood Hospital Thursday evening and
although she Is reported as resting
easier Friday, her condition is very
critical.
liedger Service Efficiency.
Mr. John H. Adams, age 22, of Fern
Leaf, and Miss Frankte Montgomery,
age 21, of Kenova, W. Va., were mar
ried at the County Clerk's office here
Friday morning, by County Judge H.
P. Purnell.
TAXI TO FAIR.
Call 'phone 403. I will call at your
home tor you. S. W. Brady. 22-61
Mrs. J. S. Winter, of Little Rock,
Ark,, Is the guest of her sister, City
Treasurer Mary Hellman.
Mrs. Win. Moran, of Newport, la re
turning home Friday after a visit with
relatives and friends hore.
Sam Middleman wants beef hides,
will pay the highest cash price 20Jl-tf
Rev. Fred Riley
Of Aberdeen
Will Preach Next
Sunday Morning at the
Christian
Church
1 All Invited to Hear Him
SpecialsThis Week Only
NAVY BEANS, pound 12o
ZaOS, down 20o
FRESH BUTTEB BEANS, pint 15o
SUGAR OOBN, dozen 25o
7 AN 07 TABLE TOMATOES, 3 poundi lOo
aZNQEB SNAPS, 2 pounds for JJt 25o
OBAPE JUICE, bottle ...10a
DINGER BROS.
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More damuge was done by the storm
which visited this section about 11
o'clock Thursday night than has been
done by any Btorm In a half century.
The city of Maysvlllo and the Kector
vllle, Plumvllle und Bridgeport sec
tions of the county appear to have
been damaged more than any other
sections although tobacco and corn
has been laid low In all sections with
in a limit of fifteen miles of tho Ohio
Valley.
Scores of silos In all parts of the
county were torn down nnd roofs wero
torn from residences .stables and
barns over the path of the twister.
The storm which was attended by vio
lent thunder and lightning was a real
twister and hundreds of trees were
twisted off In the city and county.
Maysvllle's Btreets were rivers and
parts of trees wero deposited In nil
parts of the city. Traffic was blocked
In several sections until the debris was
cleared away. Lawn swings and
norch chairs wero carried Into the
Btreets, broken up and swept away.
Buildings Damngrd.
Serious property damage was done
In the city. The big It. J. Reynolds
Tobacco plant was torn up badly, the
third floor being torn off and the
brick dumped on nnd against the
Planters warehouse. Ono large timber
from the Reynolds building was
thrown through tho roof of the Plant
ers warehouse.
Coughlin Sisters building was un
roofed and a part of tho roof on the
Omar Dodson wholesale grocery wob
torn off. A part of the slate roof on
the Masonlo Temple was torn off and
carried some distance. Pieces of this
slate were dumped on the Redmond
building at Third and Limestone
streets tearing a large hole In the
roof of this building.
The residence of Dr. Edwin Mnt-
thews In Third street was very badly
damaged, the east wall being torn out
from the gable to several feet down,
the brtok being dumped against the
Christian church. It Is thought that
lightning caused this damage, which
Is considerable. The tip of the cupola
on the Thomas M. Russell residence
was torn off.
Probably the most remarkable
wreck in the city was that of the old
Hunter mill property which is being
used as a stable and garage. There
were two horses and a pony In the
stable. The bricks were crumbled in
the building and one horse was killed.
The othor horso wab dug out, although
covered with brick, and will complete
ly recover. A small pony escaped all
Injury although brick and timber was
piled all about him. The pony was
between two large Umbers and unhurt.
An automobile belonging to Mr.
Martin Drennan in another part of this
building waa crushed.
Bricks from chimneys on the
Clerks' office building were thrown
through the windows in 'Squire Fred
W. Bauer's court room, tearing oven
the sash out ot two windows and
scattering debris all over the court
room.
The west wall of the James H. Hall
plow factory was torn out and much
damage done.
At the residence ot Mr. Charles Diet-
erlch, Just east of the city, the beaut!
ful new trees planted threre a few
years ago, were torn down and yet
only two panes of glass were broken.
out ot the hot bouses which are prac
tlcally all glass.
One ot the windows ot the Church
of the Nativity waa torn completely
out crushing the sash.
Scores of chimneys were torn down
in all parts of the city.
. Beecbwood Badly Torn Up.
lieechwod Park was very badly dam
aged by the wind. Many of the beautt
ful trees in this park were torn up.
The moving picture screen was upset
and torn up. None ot the buildings
were damaged, however, and workmen
began early Friday morning cleaning
up and removing the debris and put
ting things back iff order so as not to
Interfore with the operation ot the
park.
Homage In Fast End ot County.
Although reports ore reaching the
offices of the Mason County Mutual
Insurance Company ot damages In all
parti of the oouuty, the greatest loss
appears to have been In the eastern
section.
Tinners on Thuilday aftornon coin
plated roofing the new Orangeburg
High School building but the storm
Thursday night makes it necessary
that this work be dons agalu ss the
mire building was unroofed.
An old residence fonnorly occupied
by Mr. Ell Frame, near riumvllls, but
vacant for several months, was torn
completely down and is a complete
wreck. The residence of Mr. George
Cobb In Plumvllle neighborhood was
completely unroofed and Mr. Cobb
was compelled to pile his household
effects In one room and cover them
with tarpaulins.
Mr. George Hord, of the Rectorville
neighborhood, lost a large barn which
was completely wrecke dand the porch
of his residonce was lifted clear of the
house and carried a distance of 100
yards or more across a field into a
hollow.
Mrs. Kate Frame, of Rectorville lost
a large barn and Wilson Hughes of
Bridgeport, also had a very large
barn to collapse.
Judge W. H. Rice's very large barn,
located in a hollow, was wrecked and
I'bt Laughlln also lost a barn. This
Is practically all of the damage donel
In the Lewisburg section.
Claims filed with the Mason County
Mutual Insurance Company Friday for
fosses In tho county follow: Delia
Walker, barn; Charles Simms, barn
and house damaged; W H. Rice, barn;
Pat Laughlin, barn; Byron Brothers,
house roof; Thos. Comer, windows
out; Mrs. Jacob Ring, stable roof: Bud
Chlnn, houso roof; Scott Fletcher,
house and barn roof; Bayard McCann,
barn roof; C. C. Lester, barn roof; H.
P. Walker, barn doors; W. H. Grimes,
barn roof; George Seddon, barn roof;
Cooper & Turnlpseed, barn roof.
ARREST IS MADE
IN GERMAHTOWN
SHGOTING SCRAPE
Man Accnned Br John Colly as Having
Shot Ilim Is Held For an Exam
ination Before County
Judge.
Sheriff C. M. Devore and Deputy
Sheriff Elmer Applegate made a care
ful investigation at Germantown
Thursday of the shooting Wednesday
midnight of John Cotty, and arrested
Henry Smith, colored, who they
broufght to the local Jail to await an
examination on a charge of shooting
and wounding with Intent to kill.
Smith was arrested by the sheriffs
following a statement made by Cotty
in which he accused Smith of having
fired the shots which wounded him. It
is understood that the officers could
obtain no other evidence that might
fix thd blame on the arrested man ex
cept the statement of Cotty.
Cotty's condition Friday Is said to
bo very serious and it Is now feajred
that he will not recover from the
wounds, two of which aro of a very
serious nature.
Smith will probably be held several
days pending Cotty's condition. His
examination may be held Monday be
fore Judge H. P. Purnell.
You can't stop a cyclone, be insured
asalnst it. M. F. & D. B. Coughlin
'Phone No. 410. 25Aug3t
See R. B. Wllocks for tornado and
windstorm insurance. O'Kecfe build
ing, Market street. Rates low.
ASKS WIFE BE DECLAREO
DEAD IN SUIT FOR INSURANCE
MuynTllle Man Sues Metropolitan In
surance Company to Collect Pol.
Icy on Wife Who Disappeared.
An unusual sort of suit was filed In
tho Mason Circuit Court Friday after
noon by RoIIa E. Mitchell against the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
The plaintiff states that he was mar
ried to Ora E. Mitchell In 1898, that
they lived together as man and wife
until 1915 when the wife left her hus
band and four children. Since that
time, he says, she has not been heard
from by the plaintiff or any member
of her own family. He says she left
his home without any known destina
tion and that he has inquired diligent
ly as to her whereabouts from all of
her immediate relatives but has been
unable to find any trace of her since
1915. She has not communicated with
any of her children he says.
He carried a policy in the defendant
company for the sum of $140 which he
says the company has refused to pay.
His prayer is that the court decree
the said Ora R. Mitchell legally deads!
and that the defendant company be
compelled to pay Into court the
amount of the policy.
MR. HIRE'S FUNERAL
HELD FRIDAY M0RM'G
CARDINALS TO PLAY AT
LOUISAHOME COMING
MnysvlUe Band Employed to Furnish
Music for Big Celebration at the
Lawrence County Fair.
The Kentucky Cardinal band will
furnish music at the big home coming
celebration to be held Monday, August
28th as a part of the Lawrence County
Fair meeting. The following letter has
just been received:
"Mr. J. B. Russell, Maysville, Ky.,
"Dear Mr. Russell: I have been un
able to get a steamboat; so we will
have to make the movement to Louisa
by train unless I make other arrange
ments and so advise you, please come
on No. 2 on Monday, August 28th
transferring at Ashland and arriving
at Louisa at 6:20 p. m.
I may be able to get a Special, and
If so, will want you to come to Ash
land on the Accommodation which
leaves Maysville at 9:30 but I hardly
think this can be arranged.
"Will send you the copies of our
newspaper tomorrow.
Yours very truly,
"CLYDE MILLER, Mgr.
"Louisa and Lawrence County Centen
nlal County Fair and Home Coming
Week, August 28th to September 3.'
ARRESTED FOB HATtSO
LIQUOR IN HIS POSSESSION
Lafe Washburn was arrested about
noon Friday by the local police on a
charge of having intoxicating liquors
in his possession. He will be, given
a hearing Saturday afternoon before
Judge Harry C. Curran In city court.
The funeral of Mr. Henry Burk was
hold Friday morning at 10 o'clock at
the First Presbyterian church with
services by Rev. Rayl. pastor of the
"Little Brick". Burial was made in
the Maysville cemetery.
Windstorm insurance is the cheap
est on the market. M. F. & D. B.
Coughlin, 'Phone No. 410. 25Aug3t
Ralph Elnemann former Card hurler
and for a long while leading pitcher of
the league has been let out by the
Winchester club who purchased him
from Maysville. Eine has several of
fers from other clubs in the circuit but
has not made his decision. He arrived
in this city Thursday night
Miss Amelia Bendel Childs has re
turned from a viBit to relatives in the
county.
JEW EFFORT
MADE TO BRING
PEACEJN STRIKE
Brotherhoods Make Last Effort te
Bring a Settlement In Shopmen's
Strife 9 at New York
Meeting.
New York, Aug. 25. Negotiations
for a settlement of the rail shopmen's
strike reached f. orljis today.
By night it l:i sxpected the road to
peace will be cleared, or the effort of
the "big four" brotherhoods to end the
strike will have failed.
Another effort at settlement wns to
be made by the brotherhood mediators.
They are making frequent trips back
and forth between headquarters of the
rail executives at the Yale Club and
the strikers' headquarters at the
Woodstock Hotel.
The brotherhoods wero ready yes
terday to wash their hands ot the task,
believing they had tailed, but they
Btepped out only for a short time.
B. M. Jewell, shopmen's leader,
made another peace proposition and
the brotherhoods, eager for settlement,
carried it to the executives late In the .
afternoon.
Twenty railroads are represented
in the present peace effort. If they
reach an agreement, it is expected the
other roads will follow suit
GLEASOJC DENIES CONFESSION.
The Flemingsburg Times-Democrat
says:
Sheriff Clark Overton and Jailer
McRobert went to Covington, return
ing Tuesday afternoon with Gleason,
wbo was lodged In jail to await the or
ders of the state prison officials. He
says it is all a mistake about his hav
ing confessed anything, but that the
man who tipped him off to the prohibi
tion officers had his record right up to
the minute, the informant thinking
there was a big reward offered, which
there wasn't
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Will Be August
It's the LAST DAY OF THE BIG SALE
It's Odds and Ends Day. Many lots of goods are too small to advertise, but we have put a "clean up" price on them.
SUMMER DRESSES s
Aboslutcly, their farewell appearance. Just about 35
Dresses assorted wash materials and sizes. Regardless of
former prices we say Go at $1.98. No indeed we will not fit
tbein, but niay wrap them up for you.
ORGANDY DRESSES
Just Vs dozen in white and colors. Go! at $3.98.
CHILDREN'S WHITE DRESSES
Just about twenty of them, in all sizes. Match them. Go
Q a flying at VaPrice. Buy next year's supply now.
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A rack of Skirts that should create a racket. Choice $3.98.
HATS
Good buy to all Summer Hats and the price is 75 cents.
SHIRT WAISTS AND BLOUSES
Choice of one cuse of Silk and Georgette Waists at Va
Price. Balance of Wash Waists at 33's Disoount.
HERE IS A HOT ONE
50 Pair of Double Plaid Cotton Blankets, size 64x80 Sat-
O urday's price is $2.69 pair. After Saturday they will go back
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Q Tlior atu still some good ones left at $1.39,
q KNIT TIES
q . Slightly imperfect, worth up to $1 each. Our prieo 3 for $1
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The best value in America for 98 cents.
Children's Rubber Pants, a good one, 19 cents.
Blue Work Shirts, made of good cheviots 69 cents.
Children's School Handkerciefs, 6 for 25 cents.
SMOCK CLOTH, a splendid value, 19 cents yard.
CHECK LAWNS
Red, Brown, Black, Blue, 8 cents yard.
' ORGANDIES
Saturday One lot of Colored Organdies, elegant values,
29 cents yard,
CHILDREN'S ROMPERS
Values up to $1.00. Grand clean up, 49 cents.
SHOES
Buy Shoes on Saturday for the whole family and sav 20
Men's, Boys', Women's, Children's.. After Saturday the reg
ular prices will prevail.
SHOE HOSPITAL
You can still get lots of wear out of old shoes if they are
repaired right. We know how and DO IT.
NEW ARRIVALS
Como in and take a peep at some NEW FALL DRESSES
ia Canton Crepes and Poiret Twills.
Some NEW FALL HATS So.no NEW FALL SHOES
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