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Convict Goes Unguarded Recently a convict of the state penitentiary who is serving a sentence of from two to twenty-one years was allowed to go to Jackson unguarded to attend a trial as a witness in the case of the Commonwealth against Isaac Miller. The convict was the first to have gone from the city of Frankfort unguarded. Coal Fields Near Hazard The East Tennessee Coal Company is now developing a 7,800 acre field a short distance from Hazard, and has built a spur from the L. & N. to their mine. The Ashless Coal Co. is opening a field, the capacity of which is estimated at 1,500 tons per day. The Wolf Valley Coal Company is renewing their work under a new management. They expect soon to have an output of a thousand tons daily. Y. M. C. A. Meets at Winchester The State Student Conference of the Y. M. C. A. will be held at Winchester November 6, 7 and 8. About one hundred and fifty delegates will attend. The schools represented will be Berea, Cumberland, Bethel, Eastern Kentucky Normal, Georgetown, Kentucky Military Institute, William Lindsay Training School, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Baptist Theological Seminary, Sue Bennett Memorial School, Union College, Transylvania University, University of Louisville, State University, Vanderbilt Training School and Kentucky Wesleyan. Large Horse Shipment Lexington, Ky., Oct. 26.-One thousand horses were bought in the surrounding country for use in the allies army. They are to be shipped to Baltimore, from there to France. It is said that there are warships just outside the neutral zone which will convey them to their destination. Citizen's Bank of Murray Goes Bad On the morning of the 26th the Citizen's Bank of Murray, Ky., suspended business because it was unable to realize on its assests to meet immediate obligations. It was organized with a capital of $39,550.00 in 1902. It was placed in the hands of the State Banking Commissioner T. J. Smith.