The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-08-01

We are Democrats and zealously
advocate xpansion-the expansion
of the subscription list and job work
from the ADVOCATE PUBLISHING Co.'S
office.
OLIVE HILL.
Thursday morning July 20 Trimble
started east and the first stop was
made at Olive Hill fifty miles away.
The merchantile business of the town
is carried on by eight firms: L. G.
Wilson, G. V. Zimmerman, S. White,
j. p. Zimmerman, U. S. G. Tabo",
N. d. Tabor, DR.. Hudingin and Mr..
Strsus, all of whom handle gener,
merchandise except DR.. Hudgin who
keeps drug store. There are tour
doctors; Hudgin, McCleese, Robbins
and Armstrong who relieve the ply
sicsl distresSes OF the people. There
are four churches: Two Methodist,
Christian and Presbyterian. A resi-
dent in commenting on the people
said there were in the town: the
Lords Poor, the Devils Poor and
Poor Devils. A school building cost
ing 81, ITO is now being constructed
We failed to visit the fire clay works
which is quite an industry. EIwood
Heflin formerly of this county was
not at home when we went to see him.
The health OF the community is good.
DR.. Jno. L. Robbins does not let many
people pass by at meal times. He
makes home folks of his guest and
with him we had dinner. He was
reared at Little Rock in Bourbon
county, his daughter Mrs. James
Martin lives near Carlisle. Noticing
a grand-fsther's clock we were in.
formed that its machinery was of
wood and that it was 1875 years old.
A family relic was a spinning wheel
made in 1872. G. M. Erwin and r.
Ii. Paynter are the lawyers of the
town. There are three preachers, two
OF whom are the Zimmerman mer-
chauts.
Carter county has two newspapers
Carter County Bugle and Carter
County Tribune, printed at Grayson !;
we met Frank Prster of Grayson who
also subscribed for the ADVOCATE.
The Lumber interest is quite an in.
dustry in Eastern Kentucky.
HUNTINGTON.
Enroute to Huntington We met w.
M. Steele, of Lockhart, Texas who
with his wife and daughter was en-
route 20 Virginia resort. He is a
cotton planter and said that cotton
raising is the chief industry in his
section, that the planters raise but
little corn or pork etc. He was in
terested in hearing report of Ken
tucky's crops and he had heard of the
Louisville Convention. We called at
the Herald Office and found the doors
closed at $40. Later, by accident
we gained entrance to the Advertiser
Office. These with some stores close
at o'clock, other stores at 6 o'clock.
The town is one of magnificent dis
tances and is quite attractive.
ASHLAND.
A 6: l5 we boarded the shuttle
train" for Ashland. At night we
visited the steel plant and rod mills,
the blowing process by
which the dross is taken from A. tons
Of molten iron, converting it into
steel. There were showers of fire,
4 concentration of several Fourth of
July displsys. We followed the opera
ion until the product was in wire
'eady for shipment. We can not 60
INTO details but will advise our readers
t they want to learn few things and
get q foretaste of what hell will be, to
20 and see steel plant in operation.
The cheapest laborers get 81 per day
md the scale varies 20 SO. The
company pays all doctor bills aud al
ows half wages for time ioat by sc-
,idents. The workmen pay an insur-