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Log Cabin  Friday  21 Aug 1908  Vol. 13  No. 33

Pg. 3 Col. 1
POMONA GRANGE
Met at Sunrise Last Saturday
...
Of the sixteen Lodges in the district, eight were represented.
...
It were well that each master urge upon his members the absolute necessity of 
a full attendance upon those Pomona meetings - to keep fully in touch with 
those matters which are of vital moment to all who are enlisted in the cause, 
being the prime factor of the meetings.  
...
Mr. B. F. Whiteker, with his usual modesty, while lamenting the eagerness (?) 
of their style of entertainment, gave the following toast to the chigger, from 
which depredations he said they had at least saved us by not having an outdoor 
outing:
"Here's to the chigger
That is no bigger
Than the point of a very small pin
But the bumps he raises
Itch like blazes
And there's where the rub comes in."

Pg. 4 Col. 3
BAR OF IRON
In Hands of Claud Duncan, Killed Ben Lewis At Connersville
At Connersville last Saturday at noon, Claude Duncan, white, struck Ben Lewis, 
colored, over the head with a bar of iron, causing the instant death of Lewis. 
Claude Duncan, about 17 years of age, is the son of Smith Duncan, the well 
known and highly regarded merchant at Connersville.  Ben Lewis, the colored 
boy, was 14 years of age and the son of Jef Lewis, a highly respected colored 
man of the same vicinity. 
Young Duncan disappeared and Deputy Sheriff's have been unable to locate him.
THE DIFFICULTY
The difficulty occurred in Mr. Thomas's blacksmith shop where a short time 
before, several persons had been pitching horseshoes, and Mr. Thomas had put a 
stop to the game. 
At the Coroner's Inquest held by J. M. Smiser, the facts were brought out in 
the testimony of several witnesses, in substance as follows:
The boys first got into a dispute about a white man being better than a 
Negro.  Lewis said the colored man was a good if his actions were as good.  
Words passed and Duncan said something to the effect that he had never yet 
run.  Lewis said: "You ran out of the bushes."  Duncan called Lewis a vile 
name and Lewis called him another.  As Lewis turned to walk away Duncan picked 
up a bar of iron and struck the colored boy a heavy blow on the side of the 
head, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. 
JURY'S VERDICT
The coroner's jury returned the following verdict: "We the jury in the Benny 
Lewis case find that he came to his death at the hands of Claude Duncan by 
striking him across the head with intent to kill, and Benny died instantly."  
Signed.  	J. R. Petty
				Arthur Price
				Tinse Courtney
				Jas. A. Fight
				Jerry Rogers
				Junius J. Coleman

Pg. 5 Col. 3
DEATHS
Uncle Charley Talbott died last Sunday August 16.  Charles Luther Talbott, 
aged nearly 77 was the son of George and Unity Smith Talbott and was born Dec. 
4 1831 on a Bourbon Co. farm.  In 1863 he married Miss Susan A. Potts, of 
Nicholas Co. who survives him.  Their only son, Orville, died a few years 
ago.  He was buried at Battle Grove.  The pall bearers were his nephews, Chas. 
M. Talbott, Stanley Talbott, John C. Talbott, Charles Allen, John Allen and 
Andrew Allen.
Bruce Miller's, Editor of Kentuckian Citizen, wife died in Paris last 
Saturday.  She was formerly Miss Jessie Hughes and the daughter of the late  
James M. Hughes.  Funeral was held in Paris. 
Maggie Alice, the seventeen month old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Mahoney died 
at the home of her parents at Curry on Thursday morning.  
Mrs. Julia Rainey died Saturday.  See Sunrise Items. 
Miss Annie May Fowler, died in Covington last Friday. See Sunrise Items. 
Eugene Hurst, son of Mrs. E. D. Hurst, age 11 years, died at Wilmington, OH as 
was noted in last weeks paper.  He was buried Friday at Battle Grove. 
Wm. Linehan, a brother of Dennis Linehan and an uncle of J. S. Linehan, of 
this city, died Wednesday in Lexington.  Service at St. Edwards Church at this 
place yesterday afternoon. 

Pg. 7 Col. 1
Sunrise
Miss Annie Mae Fowler who went some time ago to Covington to be with her 
sister, Mrs. John Foley, died last Friday of typhoid fever.  The remains were 
brought to her father's. S. B. Fowler's, Saturday. On Sunday at 11 o'clock, 
her funeral was preached at the Christian Church at this place by Rev. Samuel 
Foley of Falmouth.  
On Saturday morning Mrs. Julia Railey died of that dread disease, consumption, 
at her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Bradford's.  Five years ago her husband died of 
the same disease.  On Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Richland Baptist church her 
funeral was conducted by Rev. Sam Burgess, of Berry.  She leaves eight 
children, six boys and two girls.  Her six sons were the pall bearers.  After 
the services she was laid to rest by her husband in the Baptist Cem.  She had 
been a member of the Baptist Church since a girl.  

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