March 3, 1903… Joseph M. Garrett, well-known Woodford horticulturist, says that all the peaches, except a few in favored localities, were killed by the recent severe cold weather. He also thinks that some varieties of plums and pears have been killed or badly injured. Mrs. Carrie Nation spent Sunday night in jail at San Francisco, charged with malicious mischief. She broke a bottle of whiskey in the Russ Hotel bar and later had a row with her press agent. Samuel Martin has purchased the Bateman farm near Payne’s Depot, 240 acres, for $98.50 per acre. He will erect a new dwelling. A herd of Hereford cattle on the stock farm of William L. Graddy, near Versailles, has been attracting considerable interest by their peculiar habit of sitting upright on their haunches like dogs, a thing that is almost unheard of among bovines. When Mr. Graddy wrote of this trait of his herd to some prominent cattle breeders in other states, they ridiculed the assertion, and so he had a photograph taken verifying his statement. Mrs. Stella Davis reports that Sarah Hopkins made the honor roll for February with an average of 95 and a record of prompt attendance. John C. Hay, R.Q. Cogar, Thomas Shipp and the Rev. J.T. McGlothlin will go to Versailles Wednesday night to be initiated into the mysteries of the Knights Templar degrees. Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Offutt, A.W. Offutt, I.S. Shipman and family left this week for their new home at Normandy, Ky. A restaurant will be opened soon in Midway in the Lane Building on Railroad Street. It will be owned and operated by ladies. The property was formerly a barbershop. The farm of Matt Turney, near Woodlake, sold publicly last Friday to Kenney Brothers of Frankfort for $85 an acre, 293 acres, well improved. Abraham Pyne, one of Midway’s most celebrated citizens of color, was tried before Judge Cogar last Friday for running a crap game. He was fined $25. Pyne had set up a game in a house on North Winter Street and was doing a land office business. Seven others were with him at the time of the raid but made their escape before they could be arrested. Pyne seems to have a failing for crap shooting and is frequently found operating a game. His plan is to watch for the green country negroes, get them in the fame and then fleece them. Prof. J.R. Sams and family on Monday moved to the Lehman cottage on Bruin Street. Dr. G.O. Lee and family will occupy the house vacated by Prof. Sams. Original poem of Cogar Branham, 12, of Mortonsville is found in this issue. Gov. Beckham honored our Millville with a visit one day last week. The post offices at Glenn and Quires have been discontinued. The office at Millville will be continued awhile. A broken truck on a freight car caused a wreck on the V&M Wednesday morning just back of C.B. Hawkins’ residence. Five freight cars were derailed, two of them being turned upside down. The train was mixed, having two passenger cars besides a number of freight cars. Several passengers were on board but were not injured in the least. Little damage was done to the track. March 6, 1924… Clara Gray Kinney and Chester Horace McLemore were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Ware Parrish on Feb. 27. The bride is the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Parrish, and the groom is from Mt. Vernon, Georgia. He is superintendent at Woodburn. Oscar Moss and the Elkhorn Construction Co. received $1,500 and $350 respectively from the Traction Company for injuries and damages. Mrs. Mary M. Davis sold to Henry L. Martin Sr. 85 acrs on the L&N Railroad for $13,000. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Edwards Jr. sold to Miss Mattie Smith 188 acres on the Lexington Pike for $55,400. Mr. and Mrs. Belmont Brown sold to James M. Gregory a house and lot on Macey Avenue in Versailles for $2,000. Mr. and Mrs. Luke Chapman sold to Henry Lewis 19 acres on the Munday’s Ferry Pike for $4,500. James Drennon sold to Mrs. Ella Atkins 4-1/2 acres on Kentucky Avenue, Woodland Place in Versailles, for $3,000. The Clipper editorially speaks of Attorney General Daugherty’s being in the Coolidge Cabinet as a great embarrassment to all concerned. Daugherty has not enjoyed public confidence since early in the Harding administration, even before the shocking Teapot Dome scandal. Edgar Cheatham and George Cox have taken rooms at the Southerland Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. George Noel will move this week from the McKinney flats to the Brown property on Park Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Columbia are moving from the Crosby farm to their home in Cogartown. Miss Ida Courtney and Mrs. Everett Riddle have accepted positions with the Fayette Telephone Exchange here. Miss Courtney will be the day operator and Mrs. Riddle is the night operator. Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Driscoll will move to the Holland property on South Winter Street vacated by Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Breeden moved Saturday to the home they recently purchased from D.M. Adams on the Georgetown Pike.