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Jan 10, 1895
CARTER COUNTY Married: George Elam and the widow Wells; David Hall and the
widow Adkins; Stauton Conley to Miss Laura Eaton; a Mr. Cole to Miss Quails; George Runner to Miss Collingsworth.
Died December 27th at his home in Carter County; J W Wells He was an aged and highly respected citizen His wife is a sister of Elder Harry Little of Morgan county.
His funeral was preached by Elder Howard of Ezel. He leaves a host of sympathizing friends and relatives.
May 16, 1888
Mrs. Clark, of Carter County, was in the court at Grayson with her little boy, aged 8 years to have him examined which was done and he was pronounced in idiot.
Mrs. Clark testified that she was 45 years of age and that the father of the boy was 98 years of age; said she had been married nine years.
This would have made the husband 82 years old when married.
June 2, 1948
GRAYSON, June 2 — J u d g e Charles S. Gilkerson isn't going to forget his old home town again.
He paid his first visit here in 40 years Sunday as guest of Judge and Mrs. G. W. E. Wolford and now says: 'Tm corning back to old Carter co every year until I'm 100 years old."
Tuesday he left to visit a brother in Portsmouth and other relatives in Ohio.
Judge Gilkerson is a native of Carter co, reared near Carter caves. He 'taught school in the county for several years.
In 1896 he moved to Morehead, where he practiced law and served as police judge.
Since 1898 he has been located in Oklahoma, making his home at Elk City, where he has been elected probate judge and been active in practicing law.
June 4, 1908
Worley Greer colored attempted to criminally assault Mrs. Mollie Cohen yesterday but was frightened away Greer was arrested and rushed to avoid an angry crowd.
He will be brought to trial at once. Mrs. Cohen is an estimable lady beloved by all who know her and is prostrated as a result of the attempt.
August 14, 1901
The first all-round shirt waist wedding in Kentucky took place in Olive Hill, in Carter County, on Sunday August 11.
The contracting parties were Ed. G. Hanlon and Miss Nora Garvin. The bride, groom, minister and all the attendants wore shirt wastes, as did also the visitors.
November 14, 1888
At Deer Creek voting precinct, in Carter County, William Low [most likely Lowe] stabbed a man named Shelby Manes through the heart, killing him instantly.
February 5, 1895
Joseph H, St Clair, the fellow "as used to beat" the bass drum for the Salvation Army, came down from Ironton yesterday morning.
In the afternoon he called at the TIMES office and wrote out the following, with the request to publish it:
To the Editor of the times:
Dear Sir, the fight at Kings Chapel Carter Co Ky. which occurred on Wednesday night after thanksgiving in which, Wesley Phillips was killed
and his father Stant Phillips was shot through the head and Abe Lowe who done the Shooting was Stabbed twice it was reported in some of the papers
that I was stabbed also is not true I was standing within fifteen feet of the crowd when the shooting was done but was not injured in any way.
Yours Respty. REV. J H. ST. CLAIR
Dist Evangelist of the Christian Church
September 18, 1929
NEW BOSTON, OHIO Mrs. S.J. Grizzel of Vine street received word Tuesday that her son L.O. Shoemaker, a World War Veteran of Portland, Ore.
Had entered a military hospital in that city to take treatment for injuries received in the battle of the Marne.
He was wounded in the knee by shrapnel and the leg is getting stiff. Mr. Shoemaker is well known here having spent several years here and in Portsmouth
and enlisted in the service from his former home, Iron Hill, Ky.
April 28, 1950
OLIVE HILL A 14-year-old boy and his uncle face murder charges here for the killing of a partner in a moonshine venture.
Sheriff Finley Wolfe said the boy, Robert K. Hall, admitted killing Alfred Lawhun, 59, a farm laborer, in a dispute over stolen whisky.
The boy also said his uncle, Bill Hall, had urged him on several occasions to kill Lawhun for his money.
County Attorney D. V. Kibbey said murder charges had been filed against the boy and his uncle
March 8, 1923
About 13 passengers were injured, some seriously this afternoon, when a coach of the C. & 0. passenger train running between Garrison
and Carter City on what is known as the Kinney branch turned over at Tannery, Ky. The passengers wore caught in the couch and were badly
bruised and cut by glass. One passenger went east on No. 2 passing South Portsmouth at 2:35 and was to obtain relief at Ashland. Two of the passengers were
brought to South Portsmouth on No.16 at 2:35. They wore taken to a local hospital.
March 20, 1936
There is an old, old saying that in numbers there is strength. But this theory doesn't apply to basketball.
There are only 35 students in the high school at Soldier, which is tucked away in Carter county a few miles from Olive Hill.
Of these 14 are boys and a basketball team was recruited from their ranks to defeat the Ashland Tomcats, once national champions.
Who would ever thunk it. My, my, how the mighty hath fallen.
June 17, 1925
GRAHN, Ky Crawling through the window into her sister home so us not to
awaken relatives, Sarah Jane Parsons, 15, met death, when she was mistaken
for a burglar and shot.
The girl was shot by her brother Albert Mowery, the shooting occurring at
the Mowery home at Grahn, Ky.
The girl had been to church, and had told relatives that she would stay all
night with a friend. When her plans had been changed, she returned to her
sister's home, and decided to crawl in through a window, instead of waking
the family.
Mowery, hearing the window raised, called out: "Who's there?" "When his
question brought forth no answer, he fired, and the girl toppled over, dead.
Miss Parsons was the daughter of Eph. Parsons, of Providence, Ky., and was
visiting with her sister.
April 2, 1940
OLIVE HILL, Malcom Jack Rice, 26, truck driver and former athlete, suffered
the loss of both legs when he fell beneath the wheels of a Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway train near here. He was married six months ago and his bride
was the first person to reach him.
Nov 17, 1950
Two young men who broke from the Carter county jail last night after
beating jailer Toop Haney with soft drink bottles continued at large today.
The prisoners, identified as Charles Sharke, 19, and Arthur Decto, 24, made
their getaway while being transferred by Haney from the "bull pen" to
individual cells.
Sheriff Finley Wolfe, said that Sharke and Decto were arrested 10 days ago,
and admitted they were driving a stolen car. Both gave Oklahoma City,
Okla., as their home address, but officers indicated doubt that this was
correct.
September 19, 1933
PERU, INDIANA Francis Brown 20, train-rider, of Olive -Hill, Kentucky,
was fatally injured at 2:10 this morning In front of the C. & O. station at
the Broadway crossing. This is the third train-rider killed here in the
last month.
Both of Brown's legs were nearly severed and he suffered a bad .fracture of
the skull. He was rushed to the Dukes Memorial Hospital, where his death
occurred at 8:45 this morning.
Although his legs were hanging in, shreds and one thigh crushed, Brown sat
on the platform and joked with the crowd that gathered before the
ambulance arrived.
Before Brown became unconscious he stated in relation to the accident.
"There wasn't much to it, I just grabbed for the ladder on the side of the
car, lost my grip and fell between the cars.
According to officials, Brown calmly answered questions on the way to the
hospital and showed no signs oft fearing death or being crippled for life.
Brown said his father's name was Willard Brown, of Olive Hill Ky. No word
has been received from, the parents.
February 1, 1936
OLIVE HILL Four brick structures, including he 30-room Stamper hotel, were
gutted by flames and damages estimated at $100,000 were caused here Friday
by a fire that burned for more than two hours before it was brought under
control.
In addition to the hotel the blaze destroyed Scott's barber shop, the
Farmers' hardware store, the Modern Plumbing Heating Co. and the Grizzel
five and-10-cent store.
Sloan's jewelry store and the U. S. post office building were threatened
with destruction for a time and water damage was said to be high in the
jewelry store,
Firemen said the blaze started around an overheated flue in the barber shop
and spread quickly through the hotel.
Several guests at the hotel took their clothing and other possessions as they
rushed to the street to escape the flames.
Frozen water plugs serious hampered the efforts of the local fire
department to bring the rapidly spreading fire under control
The blaze was brought under control late Friday after it had looked for a
time as though the town's entire business section would be destroyed.
Every adult in the town joined with firemen in fighting the blaze and
moving stock and furnishing from buildings which were threatened.
Although the walls of each of buildings were left standing the interiors
were destroyed completely. The flames, made more dangerous by a brisk wind
spread from roof to roof.
The flame-swept section is located on Railroad Street in the center of the
town's business section.
May 9, 1941
OLIVE HILL, Jimmy Lawhorne, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Lawhorne of Olive
Hill was killed yesterday when struck by a falling piece of timber.
An inquest held by Coroner C. W. Henderson, revealed that the Lawhorne
child and two other small boys were playing at the General Refractories Co.
clay tipple when a large piece of timber became dislodged and fell. The
coroner's verdict was "accidental death caused by a crushed skull and broken neck".
Jan 4, 1940
GRAYSON, A fire discovered at 6:30 PM Wednesday destroyed Bayless
Memorial Presbyterian church here with a loss estimated by church members
at $25,000. Cause of the blaze was not determined immediately but was
believed to have resulted from a overheated furnace which had been stoked
heavily in preparation for prayer meeting. Church members said only "a
small part of the loss" was covered by insurance.
The fire had gained considerable headway when discovered and the Grayson
fire department was powerless to bring it under control. All church
furnishings and fixtures were destroyed.
Firemen, hampered by the severe cold and high wind devoted most of their
efforts to saving the home of Mrs. Mary Boggs on an adjoining lot.
Rev. William Winters had been pastor of the church until recently when he
went to Lexington to join the faculty of the University of Kentucky.
The church was founded 65 years ago. The building that burned last night
was constructed 20 years ago.
Destruction of the church marked the third time in 18 years that a church
had burned here.
Eighteen years ago the Christian church burned. Three years later the
Methodist Episcopal Church South was destroyed by fire.
February 23, 1899
ENTERPRISE, Ky., An offcer armed with a warrant for the arrest of Harry and
Gallon Sloan, Limestone, accused of stealing tobacco from Widow Hide and
robbing W.L. Gearheart & Company store arrived at the home of Jake Sloan,
their brother, where the boys were staying.
On entering the house Harry commenced cutting the officer with a knife.
Deputy Tom Rice shot Harry four times, killing him instantly.
He shot Gallon through the breast and he is now thought to be dying
Jake Sloan, their brother, who has served time in the penitentiary at
Frankfort for killing a man at Salt Lick, says he is going to kill three
men before night. All parties are heavily armed.
Clay Tabor is the name of the fearless officer who had the terrible
encounter with the Sloans. The tragedy took place at half past six o'clock
this morning.
September 23, 1901
Two weeks ago last Sunday the seventeen-year-old son of Lark Nelson, near
Carter City, loaded a little shot gun too heavy and when the gun was
discharged the breech-pin flew out and embedded itself entirely in his
forehead. He lived until the following Saturday when he died. The post
mortem examination was made by Dr. Ferguson and other, and it was found
that the breech pin was lodged in the center of his brain, yet for hours
after the accident the boy walked about the house and talked freely
June 3, 1913
A number of witnesses in the suit of Dr. H.C. Ferguson of Carter City, Ky.,
to recover 590 acres of land on which that town is located were here Monday
on route home from Catlettsburg. The case was decided against the physician
in the federal court here Saturday. Ferguson claimed that his father paid
of the mortgage that was on the land.
November 29, 1915
Fire, which at one time threatened to wipe out the village of Grayson, Ky.
broke out at 4:30 Monday morning in Z.T. Hall's general store or Phillips
meat shop on Main street and before the flames were extinguished property
loss estimated at $50,000 was entailed.
The village is without fire protection save eight or ten small chemical
fire extinguishers and these were used on the blaze without effect.
The flames quickly spread from one building to another and spread with such
startling rapidity as to throw the village into a panic. Practically the
entire town turned itself into a bucket brigade and while it did yeoman
service some of the villages most modern buildings along with landmarks
were razed by the fire fiend.
Among the business houses and other buildings destroyed on main street
where the fire was confined were as follows:
Six room high school which was completely destroyed.
Exchange of the Big Sandy Telephone company.
Z.T. Halls general store.
Carter County News, A.P. Haight editor.
Commercial Bank, two story brick structure.
Robert Davis Hardware store.
Knights of Pythias hall with all its furnishings.
Citizens Bank, two story building.
Offices of Dr. Stovall and Stovall.
Jacobs and Jacobs dry goods store.
Palace of Sweets, Sam Hanplin proprietor.
Dr. J.W. Strother's office.
Offices of Morris and Duvali lawyers.
Woods Hardware store.
A poolroom unoccupied and owned by J.M. Hubbard.
Nesbit Melvin's retail shoe store.
Dr. A. Hartson's two story building.
The fire zone extended from the Grayson Drug companys store to the
railroad tracks. Cities located near Grayson were appealed to for help but
before assistance could arrive the fire had spent it's force and wiped out
one of the most important business sections in Grayson.
He was stated that over $15,000 insurance was carried by the losers. When
the fire was discovered this morning
July 31, 1947
Lee Nolan, 29, Three Pines, Ky. Today was held to the August Grand Jury
under $5000 bond in connection with the robbery slaying of his brother,
John Nolan, 35.
State Highway Patrolman Carter Cornett who led a search through the wooded
area surrounding Olive Hill said Nolan was captured with his wife Annie
Hill Nolan, at the home of her brother-in-law, Cecil Hall. The Hall home is
just across the Carter County line from Olive Hill on Triplet creek in
Rowan County.
Nolan told County Judge Bill Buck he was innocent because, "I shot in self
defense when John threatened me with a knife".
County Coroner Leslie Henderson said the elder brother was killed Monday
night by a shotgun blast at the home of Tilden Nolan, father of the two.
The coroner quoted the father as saying the two brothers had been drinking
heavily and were arguing.
MARCH 3, 1949
GRAYSON Fire that broke out at the peak of a heavy thundershower and may
have been caused by lightning destroyed the Bagby Lumber Co. plant early Sunday.
One residence, the home of Vice President, Richard Cox of the company, also
was razed, and the damage was unofficially but reliably estimated at $160,000.
Volunteer firemen aided by the volunteer department at Olive Hill, 16 miles
away, wetted down other nearby homes and buildings and prevented the blaze
from spreading, but were powerless to combat the flames in the plant itself.
The block-long, 400-foot deep, one-story frame building was situated one
block from the main corner of the city, along the old Eastern Kentucky
Railroad tracks, opposite the county jail.
The jail and other structures were threatened by the shower of sparks sent
up by the fire, but streams of water from the hoses and the soaking from
the rain helped restrict the loss.
The lumber company was owned by former State Senator M. Bagby, capitalist of
Lexngton and Grayson, who has extensive real estate holdings in several
eastern Kentucky cities and Huntington.
Mr. Bagby is vice president of the Huntington Federal Savings & Loan Association.
Bagby and his wife are now vacationing at Vera Beach, Fla.
Arthur Gee, treasurer of the company said the loss was covered partially by
insurance.
He said the loss included all records, one heavy truck and thousands of
board feet of lumber and milling equipment, besides the building.
Fire Chief Elwood Hall said that no one was hurt, although the fire was the
largest in Grayson History.
Some 25 years ago Bagby lost heavily in another fire which destroyed a
jewelry store on Main Street which he and his brother the late J.A. Bagby owned.
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The Bagby Lumber come had previously housed the Grayson Loose Leaf tobacco
warehouse built in 1918. It was a huge tender box. There was probably still
enough tobacco present in the bellowing smoke to satisfy all nicotine
cravings in the town for several days.
Contrary to what the article says, the lumber yard was located across from
the city jail - not the county jail.
G. Haney
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May 6, 1935
GRAYSON, KY. Two men died in gunfire that flared last night over a land
dispute in a farm home near Olive Hill.
The victims, Sheriff R. J. Blankenship said, are Stanton Cole, 24, and
Walter Snipe, 27, brothers-in-law. Snipe, the sheriff said, had been living
with his wife and two children on land belonging to Cole. The latter, the
officers said, rode to the Snipe home last night and ordered the family
off the premises. The shooting resulted.
June 24, 1937
The Kingsport Tennessee Times
BIG LAUREL, Va., More than a thousand Stallards and Stallard kin are
expected to attend the annual reunion of the family which is to be held
this year at Olive Hill, Ky., on Sunday, June 27th.
Hundreds from Scott, and Wise county will attend the meeting. The
Stallards, descendants of Samuel Stallard, a first settler on Clinch River,
near Dungannon are connected with many of the other pioneer families of
Southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky, among these are
the Dingus, Green, Porter, Addington, Hillman, Hall and Franklin families.
According to the program of this reunion, Dr. L. R. Dingus of Transylvania
College Lexington, Ky., will deliver the address of welcome. Others on the
program include Dr. James M. Hillman of Emery and Henry College, and Rev.
A.J. Wolfe of Bristol. Hr. Hillman and Rev. Wolfe have been gathering
material for a history of the Stallard and kindred families for several years.
December 23, 1924
The age of romance has not passed even in this day and generation of
automobiles and flying machines. At least it would seem not from the
following picked up story told in The East Kentucky Journal of recent date.
It seems that Alene Hannah who resides at Pactolus, Ky., had been visiting
in Portsmouth or near there at the time of the Great World war. Alene was
at that romantic turn of mind and felt the thrill of the common things
believed in fate to some extent, and mayhap her disposition bordered on
daring. However that may be, as she was crossing the Ohio at Portsmouth she
was seen to shy a bottle into the turbid waters. Of course, no one could
guess the motive, perhaps they did not pry, but, anyway the small vial with
what ever it may contained floated peacefully away on the bosom of the
beautiful Ohio, its destiny unknown, as well as what fate held in store for
the one who at cast it in.
Far away on the wide Atlantic, a sailor in Uncle Sam's navy, one Charles
Love of Pittsburgh Kas., was dreaming dreams of home, and of the things
that might never happen. One day he espied a bottle bobbing here and there
on the waves, and more out of curiosity than anything else, he fished the
little glass vial out and opened it, many days, perhaps months, after it
had been started on it's journey. He found that it contained a note with
the address of Alena Hannahs, Pactolus, Ky., and a request to the finder to
write. The lonely sailor lad, glad of the opportunity to break the monotony
of watching for subs and enemy ships, wrote, and pretty soon an answer
came, then the exchange of photos.
The war over, the young blue-jacket made his way to Pactolus and sought out
his correspondent, whom he found to be to his liking. A short courtship
followed, the proper preliminaries, and the seeking out of a clerk and
minister.
They're honeymooning now.
July 13, 1901
PORTSMOUTH Joe and Tip Kaiser, two men long looked for, were captured in
Carter County, Ky. the other day. The two were wanted for cruelly beating
up an old man near Grayson and then robbing him of all the money he had,
some ninety dollars.
They had relatives in this city and it was thought they were staying with
them. Marshall Schmidt tried hard to locate them at the time for the
Kentucky authorities.
March 23, 1932
BEAVER OHIO S. E. Stamper of Grayson, Carter Co. Kentucky had six head of
cattle stolen. Assisted by the sheriff, he began to search for the cattle.
When they reached the bridge at Ashland, Ky. they were informed by the toll
collector that a truck load of cattle had crossed the bridge about 2 a.m.
Monday in great haste. Continuing their search to Jackson, Ohio, Sheriff
M.T. Griffith accompanied them to Beaver, going to the home of Cam and Rod
Biggs in Scioto Township whom they suspected from the start. Arriving at
the house they discovered the suspects had just departed in a truck, as was
the case when they went, to the Cambrian Packing Co., in Jackson and to a
stock dealer in Beaver.
Feeling that any further search would be futile at the time, the officers
went into a Beaver restaurant to eat.
While they were eating, Sheriff Griffith noticed a truck go by with some
cattle and he immediately gave chase catching the Biggs boys two miles
outside of Beaver. At the time of arrest the boys had one of the steers
alleged to have been stolen and two other cattle they were taking to
Cincinnati for sale.
Both were placed in the Jackson county jail then taken to Kentucky to face charges.
It will be remembered that two years ago, Cam Biggs was convicted in the
common pleas court for attempting to shoot a man at a garage on the Beaver
Pike and was sentenced for that crime.
It is believed by officers that the men had been stealing in this county
and disposing of the goods in Kentucky at visa versus
Feb, 18, 1928
Two of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Toney Gillum, Hayward, Ky., near Olive
Hill, were burned to death while their parents were at Soldier, Ky.,
attending church.
The dead are Minnie Gillum, 6 years old, and her sister 4, whose name could
not be learned.
August 27, 1928
LOGAN CO WV Harvey Boyd, after living at Ethel the last two months, left
Wednesday for his native state, Kentucky, where he is charged with several
crimes, including the murder of a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
Wednesday morning he was arrested by the Deputy Sheriff Alvia Brumfield,
admitted he was the man sought, bade goodbye his family, waived extradition
and left in the custody of R.W. Meadows, a deputy sheriff of Carter County,
Kentucky. Boyd is about 30 years old.
It is said by police that Boyd was driving a buggy through Flemingsburg,
Ky., some few weeks ago, and that there was a cargo of liquor in the
vehicle. When officers attempted to arrest him Boyd hit the closest one on
the head with a bottle and then fled, they claim.
He came to Logan County and has been employed by the Wood coal company at
Ethel for the last two weeks.
July 14, 1877
Augustus Hall, of Carter County, Ky., was tried at Cincinnati for altering
a forged note on the Howe Machine Company for seventy-five dollars.
He pled guilty, and asked the leniency of the court on account of his
family, a child having been born since his incarnation in jail. He was
sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
October 10, 1916
PORTSMOUTH Orville Wilburn, aged 20 years, an employee of the S. Monroe
and Son Company, received a slight bullet wound while at work on the new
flood wall near Wheeling and Osborne streets, late Friday afternoon.
Wilburn mounted high upon one of the wall buttresses prying loose the
wooden concrete rims when a bullet coming from the direction of the foot of
Thompson street struck him just over the left eye inflecting a small but
painful wound. After he succeeded in stopping the flow of blood Wilburn
pluckily continued his work later going to his boarding house on Mill
Street. He was again back to work as usual Saturday morning and had not
even visited a physician to have the wound dressed. His home is near Carter
City, Ky.
9/1/1898
George Sellards, a member of Co. C, first Kentucky Regiment, who has been
the guest of his uncle, A.G. Sellards, left today to spend a few days in
the vicinity of Oligo-Nunk and Carter County caves. He expects to be sent
to his regiment in Puerto Rico at the expiration of his furlough.
August 10, 1901
Country distances are peculiar said Editor Littlejohn of the Carter County
Advocate. The road directions which a traveler receives up in the mountains
are sometimes lacking in the quality of explicitness but frequently amusing
to the inquirer with plenty of leisure. "How far is it to Argillite?" asked
a Portsmouth drummer of an old fellow who was hoeing weeds out of some
sickly corn. "Is it far ?" "Wall, it hain't so very fer and it hain't so
very nigh. If you go around by the big road it's ferler nor is it nigh, but
if you keep right straight ahead it's kinder betwixt nigh anfer, and it's
a considerable of a jaunt from hyar no matter how you git thar."
August 15, 1916
E. M. Bagby of Grayson, Ky., in company with his wife and daughter and a
Mrs. Schiller, were crossing on the ferry from Coal Grove to Ashland. When
the boat neared the Ashland float, Mr. Bagby's machine was evidently in
gear and it started over the side. Some of the under-gearing of the car
caught on the edge of the boat and it did not go into the river.
The accident has resulted in the making of a rule by the management of the
boat, absolutely prohibiting any auto owner cranking his machine or
starting his engine until the boat has docked.
August 27, 1938
PORTSMOUTH Bums Adkins, 36,.a resident of Tenth Street Is in serious
condition In the Grayson Hospital, in Grayson, Ky., the result of being
shot through the right breast Saturday night by William Caskey, 33, who
lives two miles east of Grayson. According to word from Adkins' bedside
Monday he has only a slight chance to recover. The bullet from a 38
caliber revolver pierced his right lung and lodged in his back.
Sheriff Arthur James at Grayson said Monday that no charge had been placed
against Caskey pending the outcome of Adkins' wound. Caskey surrendered
after the shooting. He stated that Caskey accused Adkins of writing letters
to his wife and this caused the shooting.
Adkins was in a machine with several friends and as he passed Caskey on the
road he stopped and the two men became involved in an argument. It ended
when Caskey it is alleged, drew his gun and shot Adkins who was unarmed,
his friends told Sheriff James. It was stated at Grayson that Adkins had
been writing letters to Mrs. Caskey for some time and had been warned by
officials to quit sending them.
Adkins formerly resided near Wheelersburg and is well known in Scioto
County. He had been living with relatives In the Grayson community for
sometime.
Mrs. Adkins resides on Tenth Street and she spent Sunday at her husband's
bedside. The couple has one child. Caskey, who is accused of shooting
Atkins, is related to the latter.
It was stated here Monday. Caskey was in Portsmouth Saturday and upon his
return to Grayson he is charged with shooting Bums Adkins.
Feb 4, 1947
Most anything can happen in a basketball game. The other night at Olive
Hill, Jack Jaynes star guard of the team, was called to the telephone
during a time out. When he returned smiling all over he yelled, "it's a boy
and weighs 8 pounds". Jayne is a senior on the Comet quintet. His wife is
the former Miss Betty Bocook and she attended school with her husband.
Jan 26, 1931
The Ashland Tomcats dedicated the new gymnasium at Olive Hill by beating
the Olive Hill basketball team 33 to 9.
Ashland led all the way. The game attracted the largest crowd of the season.
9/17/1913
The little town of Grayson, Ky., is mourning the loss of its only picture
machine.
An act not drown on the bills was pulled off at Tabors theater some time
Monday night or Tuesday when some party or parties made away with "Boots",
Tabors moving picture machine. It is not known how the miscreant was able
to get the machine without being detected. No trace of it has been found
and as a result the little play house has been dark since Tuesday says the
Grayson Progressive.
August 27,1928
LOGAN CO WV Harvey Boyd, after living at Ethel the last two months, left
Wednesday for his native state, Kentucky, where he is charged with several
crimes, including the murder of a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
Wednesday morning he was arrested by the Deputy Sheriff Alvia Brumfield,
admitted he was the man sought, bade goodbye his family, waived extradition
and left in the custody of R.W. Meadows, a deputy sheriff of Carter County,
Kentucky. Boyd is about 30 years old.
It is said by police that Boyd was driving a buggy through Flemingsburg,
Ky., some few weeks ago, and that there was a cargo of liquor in the
vehicle. When officers attempted to arrest him Boyd hit the closest one on
the head with a bottle and then fled, they claim.
He came to Logan County and has been employed by the Wood coal company at
Ethel for the last two weeks.
June 23, 1923
Three men were killed and one was injured when Chesapeake & Ohio passenger
train No. 22 crashed into a car containing four occupants at Clark's Ford
crossing, one mile west of Olive Hill, at:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The dead are: Andy McDowell, 29, survived by his wife and child; Avery
Click, 23, survived by a wife and two children and Dee Hensley, 30, single.
The other occupants of the car was Sum Tomlin, 38, who sustained a broken
leg, and who is thought will recover unless internal injuries are found.
The men all lived In Olive Hill, and were employed at the plant, of the
General Refectories Company, of that place.
Of the three dead, McDowell was the only one to lie killed outright.
His body was sent to Olive Hill. The other men were put on the train and
brought to Ashland where they were taken to the King's Daughters hospital.
Hensley died within five minutes after reaching the hospital, while.
Click passed away on the train which brought him to the city. His wife was on
the train with him when he died. Coroner J. L. Richardson will hold an inquest
at Mock's Undertaking establishment after which the bodies will be sent to
Olive Hill.
August 10, 1949
GRAYSON, A flip of a coin or a drawn-card may decide the Republican
nomination for county clerk in Carter County.
Election officials announced yesterday that a recount of the ballots showed
Mrs. Evelyn Jarvis and Harold Coleman with an identical number of votes - 1,695.
Today the two candidates were to meet in the courthouse at Grayson, where
election officials indicated, either a coin flip or drawn card would decide
the winner.
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October 24, 1897
Joseph and Martha Stamper of Carter County have been tried in the United
States Court here on the charge of conspiracy, and the testimony in the
case reveals a widespread plot to rob the Government of mileage and witness
fees by the preferring of bogus charges of violations of the revenue laws.
Stamper and his wife lived in a shanty boat anchored on the Kentucky side
of the Ohio River, below Cincinnati. They were in league with a band of
"Moonshiners" in Carter County, and, securing whiskey in large quantities
floated it down the river to Cincinnati.
There they hired Bertie Walker and Lulu Nore to sell the liquor. When their
wages were do the girls were told to wait. Then Stamper and his wife
reported them to Deputy United States Marshal Pritchard for retailing
liquor without a license. They were arrested and taken before United States
Commissioner Gregory at Grayson, Ky. Judge Gregory, after hearing the
evidence released the two girls and ordered Stamper and his wife arrested.
Stamper was convicted and will spend the winter in jail, while his wife
must also remain there until February unless she can give bond. The couple
has, it is said, drawn hundreds of dollars in witness fees for themselves
and relatives.
This case is only one of many which have come before judge Barr. Frequently
four or five witnesses appear against one girl. She is convicted and the
mountaineers collect the mileage and witness fees allowed by Uncle Sam.
Feb 2, 1901
COLUMBUS OHIO George Fulton, a [Willard] Kentucky lad of 11, whose
parents recently moved here, stabbed Frank Hume, 13, a fellow pupil at the
Ninth Avenue School today. Hume led in harassing the newcomer. Fulton
informed the teacher, but she took no action. Then he warned Hume to
desist, but he heeded not.
"Reckon you will leave me alone now,"coolly remarked Fulton, as he withdrew
the knife from Hume's breast and continued on to school. Hume will recover.
January 2, 1938
ASHLAND The first day of the new year was also the first day of an
Ashland couple's seventy-first year of wedded life.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houch, known to friends as "Uncle Sam and Aunt
Nellie,"were married at Willard, Ky. on the first day of 1868.
They came to Kentucky from their native Ash County, N.C. in childhood.
He is 89 years old and she 88.
Uncle Sam says of his wrinkled, gray-haired mate, "you might be surprised
but 70 years ago she was counted the prettist girl in the county."
June 29, 1930
HANFORD CA
The sun shone here nineteen years ago last Christmas. That is why Mrs. Effie Warnock is secretary of the local board of trade.
If it had been cold that Christmas or foggy or rainy, Mrs. Warnock and her husband W.D. Warnock, might have returned to Kentucky as they had
intended. But it was neither cold or rainy; the sun was shining and as a result the Warnocks’ two weeks stay in Hanford lengthened into one of
a least nineteen years.
Mrs. Warnock was christened Effie Rupert 41 years ago at Grayson, Ky. She graduated from the Grayson Grammar School and later from a business
college at Lexington, Ky. Thereafter she changed her name to Warnock. Nineteen years ago she came to Hanford with her husband to visit his
brother, R. H. Warnock. The sun shone and they stayed.
Having made Hanford her home it was inevitable that Mrs. Warnock should become secretary of something or other. She began by being assistant
secretary of the Kings County Fair Association. It was while she was thus employed that Frank C. Russell, secretary to the Hanford Board of Trade
became impressed with her work and prevailed upon her to become his assistant in which position she served from 1920 to 1923. For two years then
Mrs. Warnock devoted herself to housekeeping, but in December 1925, she was chosen secretary of the board. Now she is not only secretary of the
board of trade, but secretary of the merchants’ bureau and of the airport commission.
The reason Hanford’s annual homecoming day came into existence is that when city officials were trying to think of a way of celebrating
Hanford’s fiftieth anniversary in 1927, Mrs. Warnock remembered the homecoming days in Kentucky.
Being a secretary and a housewife at the same time is impossible, Mrs. Warnock says. If you are going to be secretary, you must hire some one
to do your housework, for being a secretary takes up evening as well as days.
August 14, 1929
ASHLAND
J. B. Branham, 46 year old. Carter County (Ky.) farmer, died In the Stephenson hospital here yesterday afternoon at 4:50 o'clock of
a bullet wound in the abdomen, which he received in a fight at Square Lick, near Olive Hill Kentucky. .
James W. Walker. 43-year-old neighbor was arrested by Carter county officers later and charged with the shooting. He was given a preliminary
hearing on a charge of murder before County Judge J.R. McGill, of Carter County, at Grayson last night. He was released under $2,000 bond to
await the action of the next grand jury.
Feb 19, 1875
At a religious meeting at Willard, Ky., a shooting affray occurred between three noted characters named Roark, Montgomery and Rose. About fifteen
shots were fired. Roark was seriously wounded, Rose slightly hurt, and a Miss Hanley, who was walking with Roark, was shot between the shoulders,
and the wound will probably prove fatal. The affair grew out of an old feud, the same parties exchanging shots about three months ago. which,
resulted in wounding Roark slightly. No arrests.
November 13, 1938
Alfred Watson, 26, of Catlettsburg, an Ashland Armco employee, was suffocated in the Carter county jail here early today when bedding
on his jail bunk caught fire.
Smoke pouring from the jail attracted attention but he was dead when found. No damage was done to the jail.
Coroner Clarence Henderson conducted an inquest and a jury returned the suffocation verdict
Watson, who leaves his wife and a 7-year-old daughter, was put in jail on a drunk charge last night.
October 2, 1952
OLIVE HILL Earl Stevens Jr., an Olive Hill taxi operator, was reported in
fair condition at Huntington Veterans Hospital today.
He was moved there Monday from Stovall Hospital, Grayson with a bullet
wound in the jaw and neck.
Stevens and a companion, Glen Arnold Brown, 25, were struck by the same
bullet early Saturday in a shooting affray on the edge of town.
Darwin Adams, night police "force" in Olive Hill has been released from
Carter County jail on $5000 bond.
He faces a charge of malicious shooting and wounding with intent to kill.
All three men had been drinking, according to Police Chief John Dickerson.
Stevens and Brown had picked up Adams in the taxi and wound up at the home
of Raymond Wagner where Adams handcuffed Stevens and Brown together and the
two were shot in a scuffle it was reported.
Deputy Corner C.W. Henderson used a bobby pin to pick the lock and remove
Stevens' handcuff at Stovall hospital. A chisel borrowed at the Little
Sandy garage near Grayson was used to remove Brown's shackles.
Stevens is able to be up and walk some.
August 17, 1932
DENTON, KY Riding a prancing steed up and down the aisles and knocking
over the pulpit as well as the preacher, Bobby Thompson, 20, broke up a
church meeting here last night and got himself locked up in jail on a
charge of drinking too freely.
Witnesses said Thompson rode his horse right through the door of the
improvised church, made from a barn, trotted through the aisles and dashed
away. The church service was adjourned immediately and a posse caught
Thompson a short distance away.
July 6, 1899
Louis E. Davis, 22 years old, a farmer residing near Charlotte Furnace,
Ky., son of Elias and Cynthia Burchett Davis, was granted a license to
marry Dora Anderson, 21 years old, a daughter of Jesse and Sarah Daily
Anderson of Carter county, Ky.
January 18, 1901
SAN FRANCISCO Gon Dyer, a soldier who was arrested at the Presido by
United States Marshall Shine on a warrant from Wolf, Ky., has been remanded
by United States commissioner Heacock and ordered taken to Kentucky for
trial on indictment charging him with raising $1 bills into $10.
May 17, 1913
PORTSMOUTH The injuries sustained by Joseph Burchett, when he was run
down by an N&W passenger train Tuesday, resulted in his death at 5:o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The body will be shipped tonight to Wolf, Ky., where the funeral services
and internment will take place. His father John Burchett, wire local
authorities to have the body prepared for burial and shipped to Wolf. This
was done under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Menix of Robinson Avenue,
they being cousins of the dead man.
Feb 22, 1891
A fatal fight is reported from her near Hogtown, just over the Rowan County
line, in Carter County. John Middleton was living on a place owned by Dial
Wells. Wells wanted possession, and went with James Pelfey to throw
Middleton out. Middleton accused Wells of violating his contract, when
Wells drew his knife and stabbed Middleton several times. At this point
Middleton's wife ran out of the house to her husbands assistance, and
seizing Wells round the body held him until Middleton went into the house
and got his gun and shot Wells dead. On the spot. Both Wells and Pelfrey
had figured rather conspicuously in the Rowan County war a few years ago.
The knife wounds received by Middleton are serious but not fatal.
Nov 11, 1908
Melvin Wells, aged 15, son of Moses Wells, foreman of the Harbison-Walker
companys brick plant at Olive Hill, Ky., was cut in two by a C & O train
on which he was stealing a ride. The boy had been riding back and forth
between Olive Hill and Limestone when he fell off, the wheels of the train
severing his left leg and cutting him in two at the waist.
Feb 2, 1936
TACOMA, Wash., George Rector Tiefel, 23, had a new name today and it cost
the Christian Church of Grayson, Ky., upwards of $20.000.
Tiefel, a student at Washington State College, appeared in court and
changed his name to Nethercutt. By so doing he qualified to inherit the
estate of the late George Nethercutt. an attorney who had said he had the
same regard for the youth he would have had for a son.
The lawyer's will named Tiefel a principal heir if he would take the name
of Nethercutt. Had Tiefel declined, the bulk of the estate would have gone
to the church.
May 16, 1881
The Regulators of Carter County have effected a thorough organization for
the summer campaign, and will ride in full force during the entire season,
punishing with merciless justice all evil doors.
Last Thursday night on the Smoky fork of the Buffalo Fork of Tygart, a
party of Vigilants visited the house of Townsend Bellamy. He was accused
of incest. He and his three sons and son-in-law were whipped three or four
weeks ago for gross immorality. This time the Regulators intended to hang
the unnatural father. They surrounded the house and attempted to force an
entrance. Bellamy made his escape from the house by a rear door and made a
bold break for liberty. The Regulators fired upon him, and he fell
with five balls in his body. He is not expected to live. The Regulators in
the vicinity complain of the administration of the civil .officers,
charging them with partiality and injustice. They threaten to straighten
matters and they probably will.
June 14, 1898
Miss Sallie Stone, a resident of South Portsmouth, lies at the point of
death. The wounds were inflicted by Mrs. James Dawson, also a South
Portsmouth resident, who claims Miss Stone has won the affections of her
husband. The Dawsons moved to South Portsmouth from Carter County, Ky.,
about one year ago. The family consisted of husband, wife and two children.
Soon after locating in their new home, so Mrs. Dawson alleges, Miss Stone,
by her smiles and charms, won the affections of her hubby; that he
practically deserted her and their children for the Stone woman, Mrs.
Dawson warned Miss Stone, but it seems she heeded not. A few days ago Mrs.
Dawson, who lives in one of Anthony Thompson's, houses, was served with
notice by Squire Brown to vacate. She owes two or three months' rent. This
was more than she could stand and she made up her mind to whip Miss Stone.
The two women met yesterday on the road leading over the hill. Mrs. Dawson,
though small in build, sailed into her mighty opponent. She used rocks to
help her out and pelted her .victim good and strong. She knocked her down
and beat her unmercifully The pike was covered with blood and a murder
almost resulted.
No arrest has been made and there will probably be nothing done. It was
given out that Mrs. Dawson was coming to Ohio to avoid arrest but this is
not likely.
August 13, 1923
PORTSMOUTH Jack Clevenger charges cruelty and infidelity in his suit for
divorce, with custody of their infant child, filed in Common Pleas court
Monday, against Beda Lee Clevenger, now said to be living, at Honeywell,
Ky., whom he married at Grayson In January 1922.
In his petition the plaintiff says that almost continuously since their
marriage the wife has quarreled and abused him, called him vile and
indecent names, besides, he complains; threatened to kill him on several
occasions, until he was forced to leave her in July 1922. Through Attorney
W. L. Dickey the plaintiff accuses the wife of associating with other men
for improper purposes.
December 14, 1912
PORTSMOUTH Falling off extra freight train No. 806, eastbound on the C. & 0.
shortly before 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Irwin Pitts, 19, had his
right foot cut off just above the ankle and had his left heel mashed. The
accident happened a mile below the C. & 0. passenger depot. Pitts was
hoboing his way from Carter, Ky. to Portsmouth.
His home is at Buffalo, Ky. Pitts attempted to alight from the train when
he fell under the wheels.
Dec 10, 1924
CHARLESTON GAZETTE Calab Sanford was returned to Grayson. Ky. yesterday by
Sheriff D.S. Burchett, where he was wanted for embezzling about S200 of
church money. He wan arrested here last week on complaint of the Carey Sign
company, where he tried to pass a worthless check, according to police
information. It was through the markings on the check that the man was
finally identified as the fake Kentucky minister.
Sanford came to Charleston about two weeks ago with a youngster 15 years of
age and connected himself with a number of churches in West Charleston,
where he posed as a buyer and seller of church organs and equipment. The
boy acted as his secretary and came here with Sanford from Grayson on the
promise of a salary of $200 per month.
Before Sanford wan able to make any financial connections with churches
here. He was arrested by the local police for his alleged attempt to pass a
worthless check and has been held In the county Jail since that time. Chief
of Police John Britton got in touch with the Kentucky authorities and
Sandfords identification followed.
The youngster who came here with the alleged minister was sent back to his
parents in Grayson several days ago and Sanford left yesterday in the
custody of Sheriff Burchett.
Sept 3, 1936
HAMILTON OHIO DAILY NEWS JOURNAL Oval Bishop, age 28, William Jackson,
age 24, and George Craft, age 30, all of Olive Hill, Ky., were arrested at
the Hosier Avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad by Detective S. H.
Cundiff Wednesday afternoon and placed in jail on charges of train riding.
The railroad officer told police the men were riding in a box car.
They were fined $5 and costs by Judge Elmer N. Davidson in municipal court
Thursday. The fines were suspended on condition they leave the city.
Sept 23, 1924
EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW CASTLE (PA.) NEWS
From Kenova I went to Hitchins, Ky. and went thru the wonderful brick
plant that furnishes the greater part of the brick for the United States
Steel Company. This plant is in Carter county, Ky. which many years ago
furnished fire brick clay at the World's Fair. On going to Willard, Ky.,
my old home town, which is on a short line of railroad
known as the E. K., I found a very unique conveyance as the road only runs
one train each day. They took a Ford motor and built a house on it to hold
twenty people, and coupled a small trailer without a roof to haul the baggage.
They painted this vehicle blue and call it "The Blue Goose" and the trailer the
"Gosling." Now this vehicle is not to be made fun of, for Henry Ford has
the picture of it in his office at Detroit. It is like the old woman's
husband, "not the biggest nor the best, but it is a long way better than
none." The people at Willard have plenty to eat but are not doing much
however. It is music to my ear to be awakened in the early morning by the
fox and rabbit hounds all with different voices, out having their morning
chase. I am prepared to furnish, a few extra good rabbit hounds to our New
Castle hunters, via of the B. and 0. R. R. from Kenova to Pittsburgh.
July 3 1951
GRAYSON, Artificial respiration, was credited with saving the life of
Kenneth McGuire, 19, of Iron Hill who narrowly escaped drowning while
swimming at Callihan Bend between Grayson and Carter.
After a dive into a swimming hole he disappeared. Paul Huffman found him
several feet under the surface and with the aid of Robert L. Burnett, 20,
and Clyde Burnett, 18, brought him to the creek bank.
Robert Burnett, an employee of the Grayson rural electrification
administration, gave artificial respiration 20 minutes to revive the youth.
The three rescuers later took him to Stovall Hospital in Grayson. He was
treated and later released.
Aug 28. 1901
NEW CASTLE, PA Josiah Greer of East Long avenue, received a letter from
his son, W. S. Greer, who is at Willard, Carter County, Ky., stating that
he was suffering from the bite of a copperhead snake on his right hand. A
few days ago he was reaching under a porch to pull out a chicken that had
taken refuge there, when the poisonous reptile struck its fangs deep into
his hand. Luckily for him there was a quart of old bourbon in the house,
and by swallowing that and applying some local remedies he has somewhat
recovered from the most painful effects of the bite. His hand and arm are
still badly swollen.
This circumstance calls to mind an incident that occurred in 1895, when one
of the New Castle papers published an account of the death of Mrs. Josiah
Greer from the effects of being bitten by a copperhead. The story proving
to be untrue and to this day neither Mr. nor Mrs. Greer know how it was
started. Mr. Greer at that time received word that his wife was taken
suddenly ill and he went on to Kentucky on the next train, but nothing was
said about a snake bite.
June 19, 1897
PORTSMOUTH Deputy. United States Marshal J, B. Prichard, of Grayson, Ky.,
is in the city. He is also in a pickle. He was a passenger on the steamer
Stanley Wednesday, enroute to Covington, Ky., with Larkin Jackson, a
moonshiner, Jackson was arrested at Grayson and was to have a trial at
Covington. He made himself particularly congenial to the marshal on the
trip down and finally convinced his keeper that the iron bands around his
(Larkin's) wrists were entirely unnecessary. The marshal thought so, too,
and the iron bracelets were removed.
When the Stanley landed here Prichard met an old friend. While he was
busily engaged in talking with the friend, Jackson quietly walked off the
boat and started to take in the town. The local authorities were notified
and learned that a man answering Jackson's description had calmly walked
over the Scioto Bridge. He is probably still walking, so far as the
authorities know. Prichard remained in the city today, hoping to get some
trace of his erstwhile friend and prisoner, but his chances of recovering
the lost moonshiner are very thin. Jackson prefers walking to riding on
steamboats anyhow.
Oct 8, 1909
Cincinnati Confessing that he had made and passed counterfeit money
William B. Pettus, a formor school teacher of Carter County, Ky., was
sentenced by Judge Sater In the federal court to thirty months in
Leavenworth (Kan) prison, Pettus told the court that he entered the
counterfeiting business because he wanted to get into jail, "to keep from
starving".
During the trial it was disclosed that Pettus had served a term in the
Colorado state reformatory and that he had been incarcerated in a Virginia
insane asylum "after having tried to clean up a whole family with a half
dozen razors" as he expressed it on the witness stand.
March 1, 1936
OLIVE HILL Walter Bledsoe, 38, PWA worker, met instant death here when
struck by a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway shifter which was pushing empty cars
from the yard to the brick plant.
Three companions of Bledsoe at the time of the accident, said they saw the
train approaching, and that the engineer whistled, but apparently Bledsoe
neither heard nor saw it, and stepped on the tracks just as the nearest car reached him.
August 15, 1933
Allie Lee Fultz 49, father of 18 children suffered a broken neck and died
instantly when he crashed into a fence on his farm while running cattle out
of a cornfield near here.
His son, Delbert, was the only eyewitness to the tragedy.
Jan 28, 1933
Upon his plea of guilty to a robbery charge, Vernon Mead, 22, of Olive
Hill, Ky., was sentenced to serve 10 to 25 years in Ohio penitentiary in
common pleas court at Cincinnati, Saturday.
Mead admitted holding up a store manager Nov. 4. He shot a policeman and a
bystander while resisting arrest, police said.
Mead claimed it was customary for persons to carry guns in Kentucky and
pleaded for leniency. The court said there will be no leniency where a
police officer is shot
March 30, 1935
Boss Stegall, age 50, who lives near Olive Hill, was arrested after he
allegedly threatened men working on a highway where his 12-year-old
daughter found a dynamite cap with which she blew off several fingers.
Feb 24, 1926
Constable James Johnson, 35 years old, of Hogtown was shot through the back
and killed almost instantly by one of two men he was arguing with on the
main road three miles from town. The men escaped, but later Dewey Fultz,
20, was arrested at his home and charged with murder. The police are
seeking his brother.
Johnson was riding a mule to his home when he met the two men, a woman who
saw the slaying from her home reported. The trio engaged in an altercation
and one of the men, standing behind Johnson shot him off his mule, the
woman said. Fultz, in jail here, denied he was one of the men.
10/24/1937
"Article below is excerpted from the Beckley W.V. Post." G. Haney
Mrs.Quincie Stovall Hampton who at the time resided in Ashland, Ky. is paying a visit to
Beckley, the town where she was born and lived her childhood."
Mrs. Hampton is the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Quincy Stovell,
who settled in Beckley in 1875, and lived here until May 1891. Her father,
for whom she was named, was known throughout the area of Raleigh County by
the patients upon who he called.
A courier for Stonewall Jackson, the doctor served with the 8th Virginia
Calvary, Company H. He just missed being captured at Glen Jean during the
war. Wounded on a battlefield, he submitted to capture to keep from dying
there and was a prisoner in Richmond at the time of Lee's surrender.
The J.Q. Stovall hospital at Grayson Ky. was named for the Doctor who died
there in 1917.
Mrs. Hampton visited with many Beckley citizens while here, and talked with
the Rev. J.B.F. Yoak Jr., pastor of The Methodist Temple, who was one of
her pupils when she taught school in Grayson, Ky.
Mrs. Hampton is the wife of the late Judge W. J. Hampton, who was known as an
abstractor. At the time that was the title given a person who did
historical research. The couple married in 1919. Having taught school until
the time of her marriage, Mrs. Hampton then went to work in the office of
her husband, and after that made a hobby of history and its records.
Mrs. Hampton was accompanied to Beckley by Miss Mary Botts of Grayson, who
spoke on her trip to the Holy Land at a local meeting.
Feb 22, 1927
Twelve cases will come before the regular Carter County quarterly court
which convened here Tuesday. County Judge John H. McGill will preside.
Cases scheduled for trial include the following:
* Clarence Hall, possession of liquor.
* Bernice Smith, shooting and wounding A. Duncan.
* John Canterbury, who is now charged with the fatal shooting of his
son several months ago and has his case before the board of appeals, is
charged with the possession of liquor.
* Mrs. John Canterbury, selling liquor.
* Bernice Smith, carrying concealed weapons.
* George McMillan, having liquor in possession
* Chris Gose, passing bad check.
* Ersel Clay, operating a still.
* Luther Williams, forgery.
* Ed Lawson, adultery.
* Rosecoe McMillen, having liquor in possession.
11/13/1923
PORTSMOUTH Losing his balance on the dinky engine on which he was working
as a fireman, Herbert Lowe, 29, a resident of Olive Hill, Ky. fell between
the engine and the tender and was crushed to death.
Lowe served in the World War and took part in several real battles in France.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Tenta Bailey Lowe, he leaves three children:
Elmer, Rebecca and Walter, the latter being only seven months old. He also
leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Lowe, three brothers, Roy, John and
William and four sisters: Mrs. W.A. Mauk of Mabert Road, Miss Katrina Lowe
of Mabert Road, and Mrs. Viola Safford, of Gallipolis, Mrs. C.H. Lowe of
1801 Seventh Street, was a sister in law.
Funeral services for Mr. Lowe were held Sunday at Olive Hill and the last
rites of this popular young man were largely attended. Mr. Lowe had for
several years operated an engine in the clay banks at Olive Hill for the
Illinois Steel Company.
The whereabouts of Ray Lowe are unknown and any one knowing where he may
be, is kindly asked to supply this information to local relatives.
June 9, 1952
GRAYSON A Carter County man who escaped from a state prison five years
ago was captured yesterday in a cemetery at Corey, Carter County, four
miles from Olive Hill.
The escapee was Ernest Gilbert, 40, of Corey, who was convicted for
manslaughter in connection with the death of Henry Branham in Carter
Circuit Court in April 1947, and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Gilbert escaped from Danville, State Prison in August, 1947 and had been at
liberty since then.
Sept 1, 1931
Following discovery last night of the almost decapitated body of Mrs. Annie
Evans, 33, in a cornfield about one mile from her home near here, James
Evans, the woman's husband was placed in jail here today for questioning.
He denied any knowledge of the crime.
At first Coroner C.W. Henderson said he believed the slayer had cut off
Mrs. Evans head with a hatchet or axe, but later examination revealed
several small shots in her head and the coroner said she had been killed
with a shotgun.
Mrs. Evans was the mother of five children.
2/23/1912
Word from Olive Hill is that Charles Rayburn who killed Noah Dickerson in a
feudist battle last week, and was shot himself, is still living.
Rayburn was a cousin of Frank and Jack Dyer, who were shot and killed by
Dickerson at a basket picnic near Grassey, Ky., about seven years ago. The
Olive Hill tragedy is regarded as a sequel to that double killing.
November 24, 1893
C. L. McCloud, a shoe drummer of Portsmouth, O., returned from Kentucky the
other evening and related a thrilling story of adventure. For two days he
was the guest of Harry Biggs, son of the proprietor of the Biggs House, at
his Kentucky home, near Tygart creek. He took with him his gun and fine
thoroughbred Irish setter Frank. It is a fortunate suggestion which caused
him to take the dog, for to that animal he owes his life.
One afternoon McCloud and Biggs strolled over to the woods near Tygart
creek for a shot at a squirrel. The dog was tied up at the house. They had
been in the woods some time when young Briggs had occasion to return to the
house for something. McCloud went up a ravine to a shady nook, where he lay
down to sleep. How long he slept he can't say, but the terror of his
awakening was beyond description. He awakened with the consciousness of
some weight upon his breast, and before he saw what it was his nostrils
were assailed by a peculiar odor. Glancing down (he was lying on his back)
the sight which met his eyes well nigh petrified him. There, coiled on his
breast, was a full grown rattlesnake. It was sleeping peacefully, and for
some time, which seemed ages to the horrified man, he was almost afraid to
breath lest he should awaken it.
Presently Biggs returned and his footsteps awakened the reptile, which was
instantly head and tail erect, awaiting the attack. Biggs at once saw the
horror of the situation, but was at a loss what to do. He feared to fire
lest he might shoot his companion, and he also feared that if he didn't
kill the snake instantly it would dash it's fangs into the prostrate man.
While both men were thus stupefied with fear the bushes again parted, and
another actor was on the scene. It was the dog. He at once saw his master's
peril, and, crouching with his belly almost to the ground, he slowly crept
toward the snake. The latter watched every move of the dog, as if he knew
the duel was to the death. On came the dog, creeping slowly as a snail,
then, when within five feet, with one hop of almost lightning like
rapidity, he was on the snake.
The bound was so sudden that the snake had no time to strike, and before
the two men could realize what had happened the reptile was torn to shreds.
The two men took the dog to the creek and thoroughly washed his mouth and
to their joy found no scratches. After the excitement had passed, McCloud
sank in a faint and was just able to get home. The dog, in his eagerness to
follow his master, had broken his fastenings.
August 12, 1936
ZANESVILLE OHIO Harvey T. Evans, 40 years old, of Olive Hill. Kentucky,
was found dead in a cell in police headquarters at 12:15 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Death was attributed to acute alcoholism. Evens had been ill during the
last two days, and had been held at police headquarters for safe keeping.
His condition had not appeared serious.
The Zanesville police radio station is attempting to locate relatives of
the deceased. He is survived by a daughter of Kentucky, and is thought that
his wife is living, The body was taken to the Keck funeral home.
June 11, 1943
Steubenville, Ohio William II. Rice, 17, of Olive Hill, Ky, was burned
to death today when the chicken truck he was driving overturned on a
Pennsylvania railroad crossing at Brilliant and caught fire.
His helper, Wayne Messer, 17, Olive Hill, escaped with slight burns The
truck contained 1,200 chickens, most of which were roasted.