Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 1 ROBERT CUMMINS IS ATTACKED BY HIGHWAYMAN Robert Cummins, well-known young citizen residing three miles west of town on L. L. L. Route, was attacked by a highwayman Sunday night about 7:00 o'clock, and was hit on the head with a blunt instrument and robbed of $10.00 and his watch. Mr. Cummins was in his yard draining the radiator of his machine, when a stranger drove up in a car and stopped. He approached Mr. Cummins and asked him the direction to some place. Cummins was in a stooping position and when he arose the man struck him a hard blow on the head with some kind of blunt instrument. Cummins was rendered unconscious, and when he came to he foud he had been robbed of $10 and his watch. Dr. F. L. Peddicord was called to his home and dressed his wounds, whcih were not serious. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 1 FIVE GENERATIONS M. A. McBride, of this city, received a family picture this week from his brother, Thomas D. McBride, of St. Catherines, Canada, which shows five generations of the McBride Family. The picture shows his mother, Mrs. Eliza McBride, 93 years old; her eldest son, Thomas; his daughter; his granddaughter and great-granddaughter. There are very few people who live to see their great-great-grandchildren, but this has fallen to the good fortune of Mrs. McBride. [Ads ran during this year for M. A. McBride for Flour and Feed. He must have run a mill in Falmouth at the time. See FO 22 Feb 1924 Pg. 6 Col 7 for sample of ad. dh] Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 1 MISSIONARIES WILL SPEAK AT BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. and Mrs. Frank Connelly, returned missionaries from Pingtun, Shantung, China, will deliver an address at Falmouth Baptist Church Thursday night, February 7, at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. Connelly have been stationed in the same city in China as Mrs. Sarah Gayle Parker. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 1 Charles Sneed, age 19, colored, d. at home of Lee Price, near Uma, Saturday of double pneumonia. son Ollie Sneed. bur. Mundy graveyard at Levingood. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 2 Suit for divorce was filed in the Campbell Circuit court by Gertrude Hamilton against B. W. Hamilton, on grounds of cruelty. They were married 2 Jan 1919. Mr. Hamilton was a former resident of this county. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 3 Deaths Mrs. Bernard Hyland, d. 21 Jan 1924 of pneumonia. Formerly Miss Budie Kennedy, of Cincinnati, and was m. Bernard Hyland, 19 Oct 1898. They hd two children who survive (Named). fun. St. John Church in Portland. W. C. Chipman, age 62, d. 30 Jan 1924 at Portland, Pendleton Co. b. 4 Apr 1861 in Grant Co. son Joseph and Nancy Chipman. m. Kate Crouch 30 Aug 1883. Survived by wife and three children (Named.) bur. Williamstown Cem. Mrs. Elmo Smith, d. 30 Jan 1924 in Ludlow, KY. Helen Dwyer Smith b. 14 Feb 1903, near Demossville, dau. of Martin Dwyer. Survived by husband, two children, four brothers and five sisters (named). Buried in Catholic Cem. in Falmouth. Mrs. Charles McCarty, d. 3 Feb 1924 Hamilton, OH. Hallie Lea McCarty b. 31 Jul 1890, dau. Frank Lea m. Chalres McCarty 19 Jan 1908. Survived by husband; two children, Sylvia Irene and Lester Francis; one brother, Cecil Lea; and one sister, Mrs. John Shewalter. bur. Oakland Cem. Pendleton Co. Samuel J. Rogers, age 72, d. 1 Feb 1924 Mt. Sterling of acute Bright's disease. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 4 Howard Thomas Brown, age 8, son Thomas and Elizabeth Brown, d. 31 Jan 1924 near McKinneysburg. Buried Mt. Vernon. W. S. Lawson, d. 3 Feb 1924 in Berry. bur. Pythian Grove Infant Austin, dau. Walter Austin, stillborn on Sunday. bur. Riverside. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 5 Birthday Anniversary (Long article about Ash Run school from 59 years before by a teacher, A. Waggaman. Lots of names mentioned from 1869. dh) Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 1 Col. 7 Augusta Woman Jumps Into Ocean Mrs. George M. Sheeler, dau of R. D. P. Thompson, jumped committed suicide in Hollywood, CA when she jumped off a pier into the ocean. Age 54. Survived by husband, two sons and one daughter (not named). b. in Germantown. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 2 Col. 4 "BABE SAVAGE" One of Bracken County's Most Unique Characters, Dies at His Home Near Parina, Double Pneumonia Causing His Passing [Augusta Chronicle] Last Saturday afternoon "Babe" Savage died at his home near Parina, this county, and thus passed one of the county's most unique characters. He was 85 years old. It is said that about 100 years ago, a colored man by the name of William Savage came to Bracken County from Virginia, and from appearances he had considerable white blood in his veins. He was of a thrifty disposition, accumulating land and other property almost from the time of his arrival. He became enamored with a white woman, whose parents bitterly opposed this union, but the woman seemed to prefer this pioneer Savage, and to make herself more like him, it is said that she refused to wear a bonnet or hat, going with her sleeves rolled up, with neck exposed, and it was not long until she had assumed the tinge of a mulatto, and in the course of time this woman and the Virginia colored man married, raising a family of eight or 9 children, five or six of whom were boys. All the boys prospered and accumulated property. One son, Henry, located in Ohio and is said to have accumulated much wealth. Another son, "Si", is said to have gotten rich also in this county, but he had the reputation of refusing to pay an debts unless forced by the courts to do so; and more than once his cattle has been sold at Brooksville to pay his taxes or other debts. With "Babe" it was different. He was strictly honest and honorable in his dealings, as far as we have been able to learn, and while he was willing to pay all his debts he also wanted the other fellow to pay him. >From the ownership of a small tract of land on Camp Creek, "Babe's" real estate possessions increased until he owned more than 400 acres of good Bracken county land, and when the sale of the W. H. Huffman farm was advertised a few years ago, "Babe" was on hand, and paid "the highest dollar" for it, and it was in this home that he died. There are many queer tales told of him. He seldom bought new clothing, but was very generous with patches in his old ones. He had a long, flowing white bead, which reached below his waist and it was his custom to roll his beard up under his chin and keep it in place with long, black thorns. It is related that "Babe" once visited a Maysville bank, dressed in his usual farm clothes, carrying over his shoulder a sack, with a jug in one end. Upon entering the financial institution, the colored man inquired, "Have you got a hatchet in here?" The banker, not knowing what to expect replied that there used to be one about the building used, to cut kindling. "Bring it out here," "Babe said, "and one of you bank fellows help me county this; I have been dropping money in this jug for ten, twenty of thirty years, just as I had it, and I want to see how much there is in it." and he struck the jug with the hatchet, and the eye of the bank employees bulged out as they saw the golden eagles and other money exposed to their gaze. "Babe's" pin money amounted to more than $6,000 and he left almost as abruptly as he came, saying "I guess it will be safe here." "Babe" Savage never married, and is the last member of his immediate family, but has a number of nephews and nieces. Three of the nephews, Jno., Albert and Tom Savage, live close to him and are all prosperous farmers, well thought of in the community where they live. Besides owning the 400 acres of land in Bracken county, "Babe" is said to own houses in Maysville and Germantown and a farm in Ohio near Rural, as well as having Government bonds and cash in the bank. His total estate is estimated to be worth from $40,000 to $45,000. The Savage family is noted for its thriftiness and hard work in the back end of the county, and the nephews and nieces want better things for their descendants in the way of schooling, etc, than they enjoyed, and only a short time ago offered to furnish a school building if the County Board of Education would hire a teacher for the instruction of the colored children in their community. The body of old "Babe" was laid to rest in the Savage cemetery on his land, surrounded by the scenes where he had spent almost a century. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 3 Col. 4 Harrison County News James L. Perrin, d. Saturday of blood poisioning near Renaker on the Redd farm. Friends here were distressed to hear that Mr. John Ballinger, native of this county, was found dead in his barn at Bethel, Bath County, Wednesday afternooon. It is thought his death was due to heart disease. Mrs. Lula Hutchinson, wife of Clarence Hutchinson dec., Thursday near Breckenridge. dau. James and Susie Slade. b. 19 Sep 1885. Mrs. Martha Thompson, age 70, d. Covington Monday. widow of James Thompson. b. Berry and dau of J. B. Crouch The news of the death of Mrs. Jas. Elmore, of Miami, FL, came as a shock to her many relatives and friends here. Mrs. Jas. Arnold, a sister, and Mrs. Frank Pouge, a daughter reside here and until the past four years the family lived here, moving to Walton. This was the second winter Mrs. Elmore went south. Two sons, Ira, who was in Florida, also, and Wm. Elmore, who lives in Marysville, TN, and three daughters, Misses Florence, Mattie and Mrs. Pogue, and her husband survive her. Two sisters in Cynthiana. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 4 Col. 1 Think About It Ex-president Woodrow Wilson d. in Washington DC Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 6 Col. 3 Bracken County News Mrs. Mary Cook, age 95, widow of Martin Cook, d. an the home of her grandaughter, Mrs. Walter Neaves, at Brooksville, on 26 Jan 1924. Mrs. Maria Dickerson, age about 71, d. Norwood, OH on 28 Jan 1924. Miss Edith McClanahan, age 18, dau. Carr McClanahan d. in Indianapolis Wednesday of TB. Her mother was formerly Miss Anna Argus of Augusta. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 7 Col. 1 Morgansville Items Ben Callen, d. Tuesday in Erlanger. Rev. W. W. Evans, Presbyterian Minister, d. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 7 Col. 6 HOSEA ACQUIRES TWO ADDITIONAL PHONE SERVICES Grammer and Elizabethtown Exchanges Purchase from Citizens Company The following article is taken from the Evening Republican of Columbus, IN. Mr. Hosea is a son-in-law of Falmouth having married Miss Mary Jane Struve: The telephone properties of Elizabethtown and Grammer have been added to the holding of John Hosea, former manager of the Citizens' Telephone Company of this city. The properties were purchased rom the Citizens' company, but will not be turned over to him until the state public service commission has granted approval. Application for its authorization has been requested and is expected at any time. With the acquisition of these two properties, Mr. Hosea becomes the manager of a block including the Clifford exchange, purchased within the past two weeks, the Taylorsvile Telephone Company, and The Grammer and Elizabethtown. The Taylorsville exchange gives service to about 400 subscribers, and the other three have about 300 on their boards. No Service Interruption Under the new management service will be continued as in the past, with perhaps a little improvement. Frank D. Fee, manager of the Citizens' company, who acted in the negotiations, said this morning that the new deal was for the benefit of subscribers both in the exchanges to be transferred and those out of Columbus, as it would enable the Citizens' company to concentrate its energy upon maintaining its lines at the highest point of efficiency and would enable the Grammer and Elizabethtown exchanges to have the service of one man who can be always on the job. At present no equipment changes are contemplated for the new properties. The exchange at Elizabethtown recently installed a new switchboard, thus gaining considerably in the efficiency with which it can handle calls. Thruout the four lines that are not considered Hosea property both lines and exchanges are said to be in first class condition, and the only work will be to keep them so. In Experienced Hands It has been pointed out that such outlying lines are but tributaries to such a company as the Citizens' and are in better hands when one man can give his time to them. In passing into the hands of Mr. Hosea the properties come under the management of a thoroughly experienced telephone man. Mr. Hosea was for sixteen years manager of the local company, leaving last August after installing Mr. Fee in the office. Previous to that time he held positions with the New Telephone Company, of Indianapolis, now a part of the Bell system. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 8 Col. 3 Broad Ridge Items Henry Rohrs, b. 4 Apr 1866 d. 24 Jan 1924, Omaha, NE Brother of Mrs. Anna Massey and Fred Rohrs. Son of Mrs. Anna Rohrs. bur. Broad Ridge m. in Omaha had three children. Age 57 years, 9 months and 20 days. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 8 Col. 5 Marcus Items Willis Lawson, d. bur. Tuesday. bur. Pythian Grove Cem. Falmouth Outlook Fri. 8 Feb 1924 Vol. 17 No. 36 Pg. 8 Col. 7 Mentor Items William Forester, d. 24 Jan 1924, age 78 years, 5 months and 25 days. Just one month ago he celebrated his golden wedding. Leaves a widow and three sons (named). Veteran of Civil War, having enlisted as a drummer boy a the age of 18. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Items of interest to: Doug Harper Biloxi, MS