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stabiisfned 1865 57th Year -No. 108
Richmond, Madison County, Ky. Tuesday, May 9, 1922
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FEUD BREAKS OUT
IN L. & A. SMOKER
Whites and a Bailey Engage In
Gun Battle No Casualties
But Passengers' Nerves
Passengers coming this way on
the morning L. & A. train from
Frankfort, passing Richmond
about noon, were treated to a
genuine old-fashioned feud battle
in the smoking car. The gun fight
was between a couple of Whites
and a member of the Bailey clan,
both formerly of Knox county,
where the Baileys killed old man
White some months ago for
which he was sentenced to a long
term in the penitentiary.
Stories differ as to stories of
the facts of the shooting. Sev
eral passengers who got off here
said that soon after the train left
Versailles, the two Whites, John
T. Jr., and Will White, went into
the smokinsr car and saw Tim
Bailey there reading a newspa-
per.
This storv has it that the
Whiles opened fire on him with
their pistols. Bailey is said to
have gotten his gun mightv quick
and to have replied to the fire
One of the White's gun jammed,
this report said. andBailev jump
eff off the train, the Whites being
arrested and taken to Nicholas-
ville by Conductor Sam McGinn,
Anothcr story from Lexington
where the Whites were seen by
newspaper reporters, has it that
they claim that they did not see
Bailey until he opened fire on
them and that they mere! - fired
to protect themselves. The ex
act truth of the affair is expected
to come out at trial of the men.
A number of passengers were in
the smoking car at the time the
shooting occurred, and it is said
that they scampered for shelter
under the seats like rabbits.
Luckily no one was hurt by the
fusillade.
A PACKED HOUSE
SEES MYSTERY ACT
nu'iit at the opera 1
hou:'e I'itroiT presented the much!
t'kod abo:it mystery "Sawin.q a1
Woman hi Half"- before one of.
the larger l crowds that has pack
eel the opera house in some time.
ti
tins act caused much excitement
as the saw was cutting deeper i
and deeper and the sirl was
cd in half. Muncy Bros.' amlm-j 1 :04 2-5. Busy American is re
ance was on the job and was j ported to have come out of the
wailing in front of the opera j Blue Gr.u. stables at Lexington
house unr.'l l'itroff was through j Vl ith "bi;;ked" shins. It is said
with the Prions operation. Af-now the Bradley stable will relv
icr uie performance mucn
mcnt was hearo as to now t lie
act is done, but the mystery
man explained last night that
' J ' i- r- '-'cere gratitude to all wno were
uiat v.a i nio:. says ine oxnerj
way. ..Ltroii said last night to .
a reporter of the Daily Register j
;io matter which way the public;
. 1 v N
it is done, he tells them
inat mcy 3reW say'nff 'ots,
of disputes, the act will be of- 1
lots
fered for the last time this even-j
Another Brokerage Failure
(l!y Associated Press)
. 1 New York, May 9 Failure of j
the brokerage firm of Carpenter i
of the New York Stock Ex
change, was announced today.
An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy gave the estimated liabil
ities at SoOQ.OCO and assets ati
$250,000.
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SfwJwS'OVER' THE HILL
TO DISCUSS SCHOOL
TAX WEDNESDAY EVE
Citizens Committee Named To
Hear School Board Plan
With Council Members
Nothing seems to have stirred
the people of Richmond in trdong
time as the proposal of the City
Board of. Education to increase
the tax rate to $1.35 on the $100
of property to complete and main
tain the new school building on
the hill.
The question will be thorough
ly threshed out at a meeting of
the School Board, the Finance
Committee of the city council and
a special citizens' committee
named by Mayor Wm. O'Neil.
The Finance Committee of the
city council is composed of May
or O'Neil, Councilmen Crutcher,
T. W. Hamilton and T. R. Mc-
fcinnev. The special citizens
1 committee is composed of Messrs
waller uennett, i. iv. Hamilton,
J- -aie ana Jonn rooive.
he meeting will be held at tne
city hall at 7:15 o'clock Wednes-
t1ay night. Quite a number of
citizens are expected to be prcs-
ent. Several prominent local
women, who are large taxpayers,
say they are going to organize
the women of the city against the
imposition of the heavy tax pro-
posed by the school board. It is
hardly expected that anything
V?U oe done, however, until after
the joint meeting scheduled for
Wednesday night.
MISSOURI CONVICT AN
OIL MiLLIOK
(By Associated Press)
Jefferson City, Mo.. May 9
D. P. Sayres, a convict, of mixed
neero and Indian blood, serving
three vears for forErerv, has re-
j ceived an offer of $2,000,000 for
! his oil interests. He is sa:d to
! b the owner of 167 acres of Mex
ican land, classified as oil land.
It is reported he has been advis
ed not to sell for less than
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Busy American May
Net Run In Deiby
(By Assoeiae7 Press)
Louisvilk, Ky., May 9 Mor-
Bcniamm Block s Derny
hone. wa.s iriven a workout
at
He
Churchill Downs, today.
snw-ibrcczed five-eicrhths of a mile
in
com-!Upon ret Mosie in the Derby.
Card cf Thanks -
W'e desire to express our sin-
gQ kind fo ug in Qur recent t
sorrow.yrs. Nick WhiteMrs.
Gcf White Mrs Ben Ben.
tt in
EIders Orchestra at. the cpzra
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1 11111 h i iiri v r.vr'.iioi'.
j We have the sacks for you and
i want your WOOL. Phone ? 43.
'Kennedy Produca Co. Et
HEARD ABOUT TOWN
Mat Walton, prominent young
attorney of Lexington, was here
Tuesday with a case in court.
Centre Colleere graduates vot-
j ed as favoring Dr. John C. Ache-
son, now president of Pennsyl-;
vania Co'Iege for Women, fori
! new president. No selection will
be made until June 13th, howev
er. Danville had 2460 pupils in her
Sunday schools Sunday, beating j
Richmond a trifle.
County Judge R. M. Collier, 78.
of Harrison county, is dead.
Grand Master Samuel E. Burke
of California Masons, has barred
members of the Ku Klux Klan
from membership in Masonic
! lodges.
Court day sales have .been re
sumed on Cheapside in Lexing
ton after five months cessation.
Henry Carter, Pulaski county
farmer, was arrested on charge
of attacking his 13-year-old
daughter. He' was taken to Dan
ville for safekeeping.
Later water pressure was re
stored and the flames did not
spread. The Trinity river is as
high as it was two weeks-, ago
when many lives were lost.
, . t V J t I IS Wirt 3 wX-J' 1
Mii, umrK :S& rS
Above, the Stillman. house at Grand Anse, Quebec, that has figured
prominently in the testimony In the divorce case of James A. BtTilmnn,
New York banker, and Mrs. Anne Stillman. Below, Fred Beams!
Indian guide named by Stillman, talking to a grOuj? of witness fa
;xcent!y rounded up for Mr 9. Stillman. -;. ' .'
TEACHERS ELECTED BY
BOARD OF EBUGATI
At the last meeting - of the
Board of Education the following?
teachers were elected for the cn-
8th Grade Mrs. Mary Conglc-
ton.
7th Grade Miss llorteuse
Wilioughby.
Cth Grade Miss Mabel Kunkel
5th Grade Miss Kathryu Park
5th Grade Miss Leigh White.
4th Grade Miss Bessie Dudley
4th Grade Miss Lelia Price.
3rd Grade Miss osephine Tel
ford. 2nd Grade Miss Curtis Mc
Kinney. 2nd Grade Miss Geneva Mc
Carthy. 1st Grade Miss Will L. Tra
nor. Music Miss Ellcne Reed.
Manual Training J. A. Kun
kel. The election of those teachers
whose certificates expire June E0,
was postponed until they have
become properly re-certificated.
The Board expressed itself as
much gratified over the splendid
results achieved during the year
by all the teachers in view of the
unfavorable conditions under
which the work has gone on.
The Board passed a resolution
fixing the standard of qualifiac
tion of all new teachesr at nor
mal school graduation. All in
coming teachers in the future
must be normal school graduates.
J. S. Hathaway was unanimous
ly re-elected principal of the col
ored school.
Harm Crooke Quite 111
Attorney Harris Crooke, wdio
has, since he resigned his posi
tion at the Richmond bar, been
making his home with his sister,
Mrs. Join L. Green, at Crooks
ville, is a patient in the Robinson
hospital a; Berea where he will
submit to i:n one-ration for' cair-
ccr of th s'.omach. Mr. Crboke's i
friends , are exceedingly anxious
as; to. the outcome of the opera
come as his physicians consider
his condition very critical.
a&r $h tejTi km
OQQUE CLUB WINS
AT NICHOIASVILLI
Richmond's champion .; rdque
team is still undefeated; and, its
friend sare claiming the'. ochahi
pionschip of thei-- state: .The
crack croiiuet players went to
A'icholasv'.lle Thursday and won
thsee straight games.- Those
who went along wre A. IL Doug
las, T. C. Dearinger, C. M. Dear
inger, and T. W. Dearinger, R.
H. MjcKinney and H. Noland.
The plavers for Nicholasville
were A. C. McClary, T. S. Price
and J. B. Chambers. The next
game will be at Georgetown
May 30th.
ENOA COINCIDES
WITH U. S. PLAN
(By Associated Press)
Washington, , May 9 Discus
sion of Russia's problem as at
fectcd by the negotiations at
Genoa occupied most of today's
session of the Cabinet. It de
veloped t!iat the attitude of the
allied governments toward the
Soviet regime had shaped at Ge
noa into y. Virtual agreement
with the policies of the United
States. 'I he same administration
spokesman added that should the
Genoa conference fail in a solu
tion of its problems the United
States would go ahead inderipen
dently in adjusting its -relations
with Rusi.a.
Fanav Going To Fight
A number of local fans wdio
will see the Derby Saturday arc
planning tc go down Friday and
witness the boxing match at
Louisville the eve before the der
by. Tommy'-Ryan, the McKees
port bantamweight, in "in Louis
ville and-will complete his train
ing operations for the Derby eve
bput: with Joe" Burman at the
Jefferson Theatres gymnasium.
Burman and Ryan put ion .a cle v
er J 12-round draw at the Armory
last" winter f and the: Derby . eve
meeting bet ween' the two, will be
a rattling good go.
ROAD TO M'KEE
FINALLY APPROVED
All Now Necessary Is For Madi
' son County To Raise Her
Portion of Expense
The McKee highway has been
approved for construction by the
State Highway Department. All
that is necessary now is for Mad-
I ion county to "come across
i with her share of the expense of
' building the short stretch of road
iin this county.
Approval was given to the un
ited requests lor this ... highway
from Madison and Jackson coun
ties at a meeting of the-" State
Highway Commission at Frank
fort Monday. The state . and
federal governments will pay
their half of the cost; Jackson
county will put up her, $125,000
bond issue, and Madison will
have to pay something like "$30,
000 to $50,000 at a very rough es
timate. Surveys will; be 'made of the
two proposed routes this fall by
the state highway engineers. One
route is over the historic and
scenic Big "Hill; the other ;the
Scaffold Cane road, i Which ever
route is found the most feasible
will be selected. Plans and spe
cifications and expense estimates
will be made after complete sur
veys have been made.
Richmond's delegation to the
conference at Frankfort was
composed of R. E. Turley, M. C.
Kellogg, Judge John D. Goodloe,
Allen H. Zaring, County Road
Engineer J. G. Baxter; from Be
rea went John Dean, John Gay,
John W. Stephens, and F. 6.
Clark. Jackson county was rep
resented solely by County Agent
W. R. Reynolds who is one of the
livest good roads boosters in his
county and has done yeoman
work in the cause.
TRY TO SATISFY
FRANCE AT GENOA
(By Associated Press)
Genoa, May 9 English and
; Italian delegates to the economic
conference today wi.th members
. of the Russian delegation, began
working cut a formula concern
ing restoration of foreingn prop-
erty in Russia, an announcement
today sa:d. Th e announcement
j said it is hoped to devise a new
; clause in the Russian memoran
dum which would . satisfy 'Bel
gium and France.
FARMER AND WIFE
FIGHT TO DEATH
(By Associated Press)
Port Huron, Mich., May 9
Joseph Lobert, Huron' county
farmer, and his wife fought to
death at their farm yesterday.
A butcher knife and an axe fig-
j ured in the tragedy, each inflict
ing wounds which caused the
j death of the; other. Their bodies
were fourd by their children
when the returned from school.
Tuesday's Livestock Markets
Cincinnati May 9 Cattle stea
dy; hogs steady; Chicago strong
lambs 50 cents lower.
Louisville, May 9 Cattle 300,
active an ! unchanged ; hogs 1300
strong and unchanged; sheep I,
400, $6 and $7;. lambs ' 50' cents
higher, $16.75. --
The Weather :
Cloudy tonight and . Wednes
day ; probbaly becoming unset
tled; little change in - temperature.
ODD FELLOWS PROGRAM
FOR ENCAMPMENT
i Local Odd -Fellows have re
ceived with interest the program
tor the annual meeting of the"
grand encampment Kentucky
Odd Fellows, which will be held
in Lexington Wednesday, May
17.-
'- The address of welcome will
be delivered by "A. J.' Reed, gen
eral chairman, and responses
will be made by Grand Patriarch
Roy Farmon, of . Lexington, and
Grand Representative J. Whitt
Potter, of Bowling GreerO The
sessions of the encampment will
be held at the Odd Fellows'
Home on West Sixth street.
On the night preceding the en
campment a conference of Royal
Purple degree members will be
held under the auspices of Beth
esda degree staff. Following is
the program as announced:
May 16, 8 p. m. Conference of
Royal Purple Degree by Bethes
da Encampment Degree Staff.
May 17, 8 to 9 a. m. Recep
tion of visitors at Lafavette -Hotel.
Music I. O. O. F. Home
band. 9:00 a. m. March to the
I. O. O. F. Home led by Canton
Asteroid Nc. 9 of Newport, and
John C Underwood No. 8, Lex
ington. 9:30 Address of welcome by
A
J. Reed, chairman. Response
Grand Patriarch
Roy Forman:
Grand Representative J
Whitt
Potter, of Bowling Green.
10 Report of commettee
credentials. ' Distribution
on
of
badges to representatives.
10:30 Reports of Grand En
campment officers for past year.
11 Election of officers for en
suing year; reports of commit
tees. 11:30 Selection of next place
of meeting.
12 Dinner served at the I. O.i
O. F. Home. !
1:30 Reassemble for . business'
Resolutions,: reports of com-.'
aiuiccb, installation or omcers
and adjournment.
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UGAR TRUST LOSES
AND MUST DISSOLVE
(By Associated Press)
New)Yrk, May 9 A dissolu
tion order was filed in federal
court here today against the
American Sugar Refining Com
pany and other corporate and in
dividual ' defendants v in 'the gov
ernment's Sherman ' law ; suit
brought
years ago.
Don't sell your Wool until you
have seen us. Kennedy Produce
Co., phone 45.
5t
Helped The Golf Club
D wight Pendleton, prominent! Hause May 20 to discuss rate ad
attorney and golf enthusiast of ' justments, it is announced today.
Winchester, came over Tuesday
to help thet Richmond golf club
get started off well.
Combs Gets A Hit
Earl Combs, of Richmond,
broke into the Louisville lineup
Monday when he batted for
Pitcher Cullop in the sixth in
ning, lie got a hit and scored a
run. Th-. Colonels won the game
from Kansas City.' Combs is be
ing kept c n the bench by the Col
onels and is absorbing the inside
of big league baseball rapidly.
Don't fail to see "Under Cov
er" and hoar Elder's Orchestra
Friday evenng, May 12, at the
opera house, benefit - Pattie
A.
Clay.
"Uncle Joe Cannon wept at
testimonials to him on his 86th
birthday celebration Monday.
Dr. J. N. McCormack's body
i was cremated at Cincinnati and
the ashes taken to his old home
al Bowling Green for burial,'
KILLED MAN WHO
OWED HIM $5
Tie Baker In Jail Charged With
Murder of M. J. Abney
Near Bearwallow
M. J. Abney, well known in the
Bearwallow section, was shot
and almost instantly killed by Tie
Baker, on the road near F. M.
Jones' store, late Sunday after
noon. Baker was arrested and
is in jail here. He admits the
shooting but has said nothing
about the cause of it except that
it was over some money.
Abney lived long enough to
make a dying declaration, in
which he accused B' of hav
ing shot him without cuuoe. The
statement will be used in the trial
of Baker. Commonwealth At
torneys hope to have an indict
ment returned by the grand jury
at once and to have the trial next
week. County Attorney Joe P.
Chenault said that the case look
ed to him like a sure shot for the
electric chair.
. According to the dying state
ment jf Abney, Baker had asked
him for $5 he claimed Abney ow
ed him. Abney said that he told
Baker that he (Baker) owed him
$13. Abney said he then turned
,away and Baker shot him. He
said m the statement that he did
not see Baker pull his pistol.
He said that after Baker shot
him he came to Abney and took
the $5 out of his pocket and then
jumped over a fence and went off.
Abney said that the men had beeit
good friends up to that time.
Baker fired only one shot from
his pistol, the bullet entering his
groin and causing his death in a
short time.
There was at least one eye wit
ness, officials say, and he says
that Baker shot Abney without
cause. He said that after he was
shot Abney went and sat down
under a tree and Baker went to
him and ; took the $5
from his
pocket; that Abney remarked to
him "Don't shoot me a:ain; you
have already killed me." Several
other witnesses have been sum
moned in the case. Qficiaij.s.ay.
that their information is that the
$5 Baker claimed Abney owed
him was for some moonshine
whisky, while the $13 that Abney
claimed Baker owed him was a
gambling debt.
Both Baker and Abney are well
known in that section.
Alleged Moonshiners
Make Beer In Pike Jail
pikeville, Ky., . May : 9 Even
-
the bars of Pikeville's jail proved
inadequate to keep a dozen alleg
ed moonshiners from having
their drink. When prisoners be
came unusually noisy, Jailer
Rowe after repeated efforts to
quiet them, instituted a search.
In the shower bath room was
found a lard can of beer. The
prisoners had obtained the tin
can under pretense of using it as
a water cooler, but thru some
trusty or otherwise, had obtain
ed a supply of sugar and corn
bread, from which they manufac
tured beer.
Railroad Heads TV "
Rate Raise With Harding
(By Associated Press)
Washington, May 9 Fifteen
leading railroad executives of
the country have been invited to
a dinner conference at the White
W. U. Wins Damage Suit
(By Associated Press)
Frankfort, Ky., May 9 The
Court of Appeals today affirmed
a directed verdict of the Hender
son circuit court denying Mrs.
Mary Halfery a verdict against
the Western Union for damages
for failure to deliver a telegram
to her brother notifying him o
the death of her daughter.
Small Fire On Back Porch
A barrel full of hot ashes on
the back porch of the home of W.
E. Blanton, on Brerk avenue, set
fire to the porch about. 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. The fire de
partment responded quickly to
the call, and the. chief damage
.was the loss to the barrel.
You might even have the ash
barrel protected by fire insurance
policy jn the Burnam Agency, so
careful is it to every small detail
for its customers' protection. It
REDS BEATS BRAVES
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