Originally Published in the Estill Herald
Republished in the ECHGS newsletter - Used with their permission
No dates other than the year on these first ones -
Brashear Bros. Motor Company is the newest automobile concern to open in Estill County. The first is composed of Robert and Eli Brashear. Their garage is located on the corner of Broadway and Grand Ave., a location of Ray's Garage previously. They have taken the agency for Willys-Knight and Overland cars.
Estill County has more automobiles than dogs according to the county court clerks records. To Feb 1, there have been issued 1,594 car licenses and only 135 licenses for dogs.
The E.P. Campbell estate is remodeling the building former occupied by the Swan Laundry to accommodate the Irvine Motor Company, composed of Ed Wells and Morris Elliott. This concern handles Chrysler cars.
Postmaster A.G. Powell is working to secure free mail delivery to the citizens of Irvine and Ravenna. Service is contingent upon all streets being marked at intersections and all houses numbered in consecutive order with a certain size number.
The last unlamented legislature passed the free school book law but failed to provide any revenue for their purchase except to take funds from the school fund used to pay teacher's salaries. The consequence amounts to a $20.00 per year reduction of each rural teacher's already pitifully small salary.
Dr. O.M. Lynch came to Irvine nine years ago from Shelbyville in the county of Shelby, and opened his Irvine Drug Company Rexall Store. Dr. Lynch is active in public affairs and is a consistent booster of his adopted home town.
The State Highway Commission ordered a survey of the road leading to McKee in Jackson County from Irvine. The Commission informed the Herald of its intention to surface the highway leading to Beattyville and Booneville this year.
Mr. Granville Hackworth, owner of a general merchandise store in Ravenna, was born in Fayette County, reared in Powell County and was for a number of years, manager of the Swan Day Lumber Company, and the Day Lumber and Coal Company of Clay City before coming to Ravenna. He married Miss Millie Johnson of Clay City and they have two children.
Mr. Guy Hatfield came to Ravenna from Corbin in 1927 to work for the L&N Railroad. Mr. Hatfield owns the billboards of the twin cities in addition to an exclusive men's and boy's mercantile business. He is married to Miss Garnett Scott and has one child, Guy.
Mrs. Mamie West Scott, County School Superintendent, was elected President of the State Association of County Superintendents at the Kentucky Education Association in Louisville. Mrs. Scott is a native of Estill County and was elected superintendent in 1923, reelected four years later.
Joseph Gallagher, proprietor of a dry goods business on Broadway in Irvine, comes from the extreme north of Ireland. He came to the U.S. in 1883, and worked for E.J. Denning Company, wholesale dry good business in New York, for 5 years. He worked in Asheville, N.C. and Chattanooga, Tenn. before coming to Irvine in 1921.
Sheriff A.J. Brookshire was shot and killed instantly killed Sunday by David Estes at Ravenna. Brookshire and Chief of Police Durbin of Irvine were attempting to investigate a charge that Estes was bringing liquor into the county. Chief Durbin had left the scene to obtain a warrent to search Estes, when he heard shots and returned hastily to the Estes yard to find Sheriff Brookshire dead, his revolver still holstered. Estes was arrested and indicted by a grand jury and sent to Lexington for safe keeping as sentiment was running high against him here.
Judge Same Hurst of the Estill Circuit Court denied a motion for a change of venue in the case of the Commonwealth v. David Estes, accused in the shooting of Sheriff A.J. Brookshire. Judge Hurst however ordered that a jury be impaneled from Breathitt county produced 100 Vanier men by Monday noon.
The jury from Breathitt County inflicted the death penalty on David Estes, slayer of Sheriff A.J. Brookshire. It was the first death verdict in Estill County in 35 years.
The plant of the Beattyville Enterprise, the Jones Hotel, the Pryse Apartment House, and the Rose Grocery store and the residence of R.C. Hill were destroyed by a $50,000 fire in Beattyville at 2:00 a.m. Sunday.
Judge J.B. White and daughters, Mrs. Lena Wallace, of Irvine and Mrs. Kelly Kash of Sebring, Florida, left yesterday to attend the reunion of General John Hunt Morgan Confederate Soldiers. Judge White is one of the few left of this famous cavalry regiment.
Livery stables are passing everywhere before the advance of the automobile. J.B. Eaton has torn down the Eaton Livery, Clay City which was 35 years old. It is one of the last to disappear.
D.B. Williams, of Witt Springs brought to the Herald a hen egg that measured eight inches in circumference the long way and six and one eighth inches the short way. A pretty good meal!
09/04/1928
"My Blue Heaven" is the name of one of the handsomest restaurants in Eastern Kentucky located near the Irvine-Ravenna line and conducted by Mr. H.H. Marlette.
09/21/1928
The busses of the Estes Bus Line have been repainted and upholstered as Mr. Estes strives to give the people of the twin cities first class service.
10/02/1928
Estill High School's gym is nearing completion and will be large enough for a basketball court and many other athletic activities
10/19/1928
The Ravenna Hotel is nearing completion and will soon be ready for occupancy.
10/26/1928
The sale of lots in the Estill Heights, a new subdivision, a part of the old Estill Springs, property, was a success in that every lot was sold at a fairly good price.
11/02/1928
The Atlantic Pacific Tea Company (A&P) moved into the Wolfinbarger building Wednesday. This new place of business has the appearance of really thrift and no doubt will enjoy a thriving business.
11/23/1928
Mrs. B. Dixon Hall of Atlanta, Georgia is here to organize a business school for the Twin Cities. The institution has been named the Twin City Business College.
11//30/1928
North Star, a famous stallion from the farm of E.R. Bradley, has been placed at the disposal of Estill County farmers to encourage better horse breeding. The stallion is on the farm of William Noland north of Sweet Springs. The object is to encourage the rearing of saddle horses to remount the U.S. Cavalry.
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