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LATE NEWS NOTES Marvin Bailey, 19. of Fleming county, was killed when he was thrown from his horse. Two small children of Alexander Baunches, of Windsor, Conn., were rescued from the burning home by an insurance solicitor. They had been locked in when the mother and father went to work. Prof. C. W. Davis will not resign from the faculty of Union University, Jackson, Tenn. The Nashville Baptist Pastors' Conference requires that he resign or publicly renounce his belief in the theory of evolution. The Rev. George O'Bryan, of Winchester, will deliver the sermon at the commencement exercises of St. Joseph's College. Sixteen young men will receive diplomas. Officials of the State Department denied that any foundation exists for the rumor circulated in Wall Street that the United States government is on the eve of extending formal recognition to the government of Mexico. The Lexington Retail Merchants' Credit Association was organized at the Board of Commerce with more than fifty merchants present. The board of trustees of Centre College unanimously voted to extend the presidency of the college to Dr. R. Ames Montgomery, now president of Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa. Organization of West Virginia tobacco growers to assist in the campaign of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association was begun at Huntington this week. Senator William L. Wallace, of Richmond, has been appointed a member of the executive body of the National Committee on Mental Hygiene by Gov. Morrow Approximately 4,000 teachers of elementary schools will attend the summer training schools, in the opinion of Prof. C. D. Lewis, of the Department of Education, who is in charge of the work. Human bones were uncovered forty-five feet below level of the old Galt House in Louisville by workmen who were excavating on the site for a new office building. A national memorial to Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner." was dedicated by President Harding on the site of Fort McHenry, where in 1814 hung the flag to which the anthem was written during an attack by a British fleet. Bank Inspector Angus Francis was named by Deputy Banking to Commissioner Peaveyhouse take charge of the First State Bank at Junction City, which was voluntarily turned over to the department by its officers. Mr. Peaveyhouse said that he expected that the bank would be able to pay off all depositors in full. Its troubles were due to impairment of capital and insufficient reserve.