Levi Shakeford seems to have been about the only one who was arrested Christmas for being drunk. Earl Jones, a deputy, arrested him and he tried to resist.
Jones walloped him across the head with his gun, which persuaded the dizzy man to go to jail with him. Upon being arraigned before the County Judge, Shakeford was given a fine of $10 and 5 days in jail. The jail sentence was lightened on account of the injury sustained by the deputy's pistol.

Dies at Church

Kills Neighbor over Wife

Lee Andrew Foley was shot and killed by his neighbor, Everett Howell, Sunday afternoon at Kitts. The trouble was the climax of the grievance that the two men had for several months. They were neighbors and lived next door to one another in the Kitts mining Camp, both working the same mine.
The trouble is alleged to have started from jealousy over Howells wife. Howell says that he was at the barber shop when Foley cam in and that he started to draw his gun, but he "beat him to it". It was also alleged that Foley had been drinking. It was said that Foley had made slighting remarks and allusions to Howells wife.
Howell stated that he would not have killed Foley, only he had to save his own life. Howell, it was learned, had not been drinking at the time of the killing. He stated that Foley came up and looked at him for some few minutes and said, " a life for a life" Both men were shooting .38 specials.
Howell comes from Swanee, TN and Foley is from Williamsburge. Both men were young. Foley is alleged to have a bad record in the Hazard Coal Fields and was on a bond in the Harlan Courts on some charge.
Foley is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son, father, mother and two brothers

New Son

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hensley are the proud parents of a baby boy born Sunday morning. The youngster weighed 10 lbs. Mrs Hensley and babe are doing nicely and Oscar is all smiles.

Mrs. Eversole Dies Monday

Mrs. G. A. Eversole, 48 yrs old, succumbed at her home on Main Street Monday evening at 7:30 after being stuck with paralysis on Thursday, Feb 5. Mrs. Eversole was a very prominent woman in Harlan Co and she leaves many friends to mourn her death. She is the wife of Virgil Eversole, both being prominent in the business circles of Harlan Co. She was a sister of Dr. J.P. Bailey, deceased, and Mrs. Louise bailey, also deceased. She had three brothers who had preceded her to the great beyond many years ago.

Woman Violates New Slander Law

The new laws which makes it an offense to repeat any slanderous remark against a neighbor or say anything that would injure his or her character, has for the first time in Harlan Co. been applied. 

Victoria Pace, of leJune, was the offender of the recent law and upon being tried before Judge Howard, she was fined $25.00 and costs. No doubt the law was violated because she knew a law existed like that but it is written, "Ignorance of the Law excuses Nobody".

According to witnesses, Miss Pace had told a woman that Tilda Dove had given birth to an unlawful baby and when she was asked to prove that Miss Pace was not certain about the thing she told which was a violation of the States newest Law. <cut>

According to Judge Howard, it will be used more and more as it becomes known to the people and he also advised that it was a dangerous thing to talk about your neighbor as the fine connected to this offense was very high if given the extreme penalty.

"Playing in the Street Breaks Legs"

Clay Howard, 9 yrs old was rushed to the Harlan Hospital Tuesday at 1 o'clock after having broken his leg near the school house. Young Howard is the son of John Howard and the nephew of George Howard, County Clerk, of this place. <cut>

Chronic Hobo's Foot Cut Off

Roy Wilson, age 14, son of Mr and Mrs Wm. Wilson of Wallins, had his foot cut off Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock while trying to catch a freight train at Tremont, a station below Wallins. Several who saw the attempt to catch the moving train say that the lad missed the step of the car he was trying to catch and that he was thrown underneath the car. The wheels of the gondola crushed his left foot off. <cut>

People who knew the boy say that he is a chronic hobo and that he had ridden a northbound train to Tremont and had started back to Wallins on a southbound train when the accident occurred. This method of free rides back and forth between different stations near there, they say, is practiced by several youths of Wallins.

The latest report from the hospital is that the boys condition is not serious and that a fast improvement is expected unless complications alter the course of nature.

Feb 13, 1925

Mrs. Lee Saylor, 19 yrs old, of Kitts, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:05 at a local hospital from an abscess of the lungs. Mrs. Saylor was ill for more than a month and was low at the time her illness attacked her. She is survived by her husband and a one month old baby.
 

Announcement Week of Feb 13, 1925

To the people of Harlan County, Ky.

Greetings:

This is to certify that I hereby make my announcement for Jailer of Harlan Co. to be voted for at the Aug. Primary, Aug 1, 1925.

Ladies and Gentleman:

I was born and reared in Harlan County by humble parents. Jack Forrester was my father, present Circuit Court Judge and J.S. Forester, ex-county Attorney. I come before the people with this platform. I believe in Law and Order, Peace and Goodwill, to all men.  B. Forester

"Floyd Collins Rests where found"

Skepticism was set aside at 2:45 Monday afternoon , when the dead boy of Floyd Collins was found held in the clutches of the boulder that had entrapped him 18 days before and in the opinion of physicians, he had been dead for 3-5 days.

Two weeks ago, when the roof of the main tunnel leading to Collins caved in, cutting him off from all outside communications with the outside world, a survey was made of the premises and a shaft was started to interest with the main tunnel. Day and night the work was driven by tireless laborers while thousands of spectators stood at a respectful distance and even up to Sunday last, it was the opinion of the rescue party that he was alive.

The shaft broke through into the main tunnel at 2:45 Monday and H. T. Carmichael, who has been active in charge of digging the shaft, discovered Collins dead body a few feet beyond the intersection. An examiner of physicians revealed that he had been dead for several days.

A number of his acquaintances and immediate friends were then permitted to enter the tunnel for the purpose of identifying him, as did the Coroners Jury that conducted the inquest.

After it was discovered that he was still firmly held by the boulder upon his leg, and owing to the dangerous condition of the tunnel about him, with consent of his father, his body was permitted to remain in the cave he was discovered in and in whose exploration he lost his life. Funeral services were conducted at the mouth of the shaft Tuesday afternoon, after which Mr. Carmichael and his crew of laborers started to seal up the crevices containing his body, after which the giant shaft will also be refilled.

The plight of Floyd Collins is without parallel in the state of Ky or perhaps elsewhere. On Friday, June 30, he was on an exploration trip in Sand Cave and crawling though a narrow crevice, his leg was caught by a tumbling boulder and held him fast. His plight was discovered the next day by friends searching for him and immediately the sympathy of the entire county ventured about the open grave where the unfortunate man was held prisoner. Different persons talked with him and made dozens of efforts to extricate him until Thursday, 5 Feb when the main tunnel leading from Collins to the outside underwent an upheaval, cutting him off from all communications and leaving the public to guess whether he was dead or alive.

When the main tunnel was blocked the sinking of the shaft was next resorted to with the pitiful result of finding him dead.

Lee Collins-father.

Homer Collins- brother