May 14, 1903…
Out of a total of about 200,000 Democratic votes in the state, only about 60,000 were cast in the primary on Saturday.
Woodford's vote in the primary: Governor, Beckham 648; Lt. Gov. Thorne 467, Renick 128; Auditor, hage 465, Chenault 168; Treasurer, Bosworth 571, Griffith 27, Richardson 9; Secretary of State, McChesney 519; Attorney General, Julian 272, Hays 14, Mitchell 302, Carroll 18; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Sugg 20, Watts 83, Fuqua 43, Watkins 29, Arnold 417; Commissioner of Agriculture, Hedger 236, Vreeland 282, Frazee 35; Clerk Court of Appeals, Chinn 359, Greene 250.
D.L. McGann, brother of D.J. McGann of Midway, is the crack first baseman of the New York National League team and has been made the captain.
John W. Buck came up from Louisville last week to remain some time on his farm near town.
Dr. W.E. Sleet and family left this week for Paducah, their new home.
M.D. Offutt caught a white mole in his garden last week, which is quite a curiosity. We do not remember to have ever seen one before.
Lewis A. Berry has resigned his position as circuit clerk and gone to Kansas City to accept a good job with standard Oil Co.
May 15, 1924…
John Wesley Langley of Kentucky’s 10th District is the first Congressman in a decade to be convicted of a felony. The charge involves a whiskey conspiracy. Four years in prison and a fine of $20,000 are possible.
The contract for oiling Midway’s streets has been awarded to the Kentucky Oiling Co. of Frankfort.
The senior class play, “Out of the Stillness,” was presented Monday night at the Midway Picture Show. Seventeen girls and eight boys appeared in the play, including little tots such as Lora Willis, Hudson Redden, Jean Davis, Lillian Bootz, Ruth Gatrell, Harold Langley, Anna Jane McChesney, Raymond Graves and Milton Davis Jr., who had a very large part. The cast included Adele Logan, Louise Gatrell, Grace Yocum, Lottie Featherston, Alfred Portwood, Robert W. Lacefield Jr., Mary Lewis Marvin, Florence Rodgers, S.L. Gatrell Jr., Viola Rodgers, Wade Litrell, Lillian Phillips, Leslie Childers, Dorothy Yocum, Forest Yocum and Henry McKinivan.
The class roll includes Louise and Katherine Gatrell, Dorothy Yocum, Mary Williamson, Anna Cracraft Roberts, Alice Brophy, Viola Maye, Henry McKinivan, O.P. Lancaster and Fred Faust.
The Rev. R.C. Gresham preached the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning at the Christian church. His theme was “White Souls and Soiled Souls.” He is pastor of the Baptist church.
Miss Lucile Cole, Woodford County Demonstration Agent, resigned on account of her mother’s health. Mrs. Herbert Newman, former agent, was appointed to the vacancy on a temporary basis.
Mrs. John H. Edge, Woodford County jailer, gave a dinner Saturday to the member of Fiscal Court and the county officers.
Hiram W. Johnson of California was called by Henry Watterson “one of the seven little governors who thought Theodore Roosevelt should be elected president until he was taken out of the White House, feet first” He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1916 by 296,815 while Hughes was losing the state to Wilson by 3,773. This gave Johnson enormous prestige, which increased after Roosevelt’s death. He was unable to secure the GOP presidential nomination in 1920 and was reelected to the Senate in 1922 by a greatly reduced margin, over Charles C. Moore. Now, Coolidge has side-tracked Johnson and his presidential ambitions and dreams are at an end.
Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Cogar and sons, Jams and Joseph, and Miss Mayme D. Cogar returned home Saturday from a three months’ stay in California.
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