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Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] Excerpts from the Mt. Echo 1901 (14)
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:35:28 EDT
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Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society
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January 25, 1901
White was found in a rear room of his brother's restaurant, after the
explosion and after the whole front of it had been torn away by the
explosion, without having received any injuries, either from the explosion or
the many shots that were fired into the building before the explosion. The
origin of the trouble seems to have been the refusal of James Shotwell to
longer permit Rolla White to wait upon his daughter, which he has been doing
for some time. After all the parties had been placed in jail, Judge Marrow
gave the grand jury then in session, special instructions to investigate the
whole matter.
Judge Stanberry holds that the man who ships liquor C.O.D. to a person who
lives in another county and the money paid to the agent of the express
company, that the sale was made where the liquor is received, and as one, J.
W. James, who lives at Crab Orchard, is sending it daily to London, the Judge
issued eighteen writs against him, and sent them to the Sheriff of Lincoln
county. That is not all that the Judge is doing for the liquor men. He
issued a writ against the J. W. Goff boot heel or blind tiger, and sent two
officers, Brit Pig and Mr. Prothrose, with orders to go to the building and
demand entrance, and, if they refused to open the door, to burst it open and
bring all who were found in the house, and it resulted in finding John Goff
who they captured and is now paying for his folly in the jail of Laurel
county. The tigers are ferocious, but they have very short life in the
county where Judge Stanberry stays.
DIED-At the residence of his father at McWhorter, Kentucky, George Faris, son
of Thomas and Mary Faris. George Faris was born in Clay county, near
Manchester, April 10, 1873. and died January 18, 1901; age, 27 years, 9
months, and 8 days. He was taken sick January 11, 1900, and for 12 months
and 7 days he lingered with that dreadful disease consumption, which would
not yield to medical skill and death was the inevitable result, and his
spirit took its flight to the God who gave it at 8:30 o'clock last Friday
evening.
He was married to Miss Honor Black, October 5, 1891, and to them three
children were born; two of whoM are now living. He joined the Christian
church in 1895, and was baptized and remained a true and faithful member of
the same church for five years-until his death. George talked before he died
and said he was willing and ready to go, as he wanted to meet his Jesus and
lock arms with his Saviour. He said all he hated to die for was leaving his
wife and two children. He leaves a father, mother, four brothers, wife and
two children and a host of friends to mourn his death. He was buried in the
family grave yard by the side of his little son, Emmons, in the presence of
many sorrowing friends.
MILTON HUF
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