The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-08-28

better. She was able To get down
to the Sunday school this past Sun
day, and great hopes are entertain
ed that she will get completely well.
DR.. I W. johnson is having
some plumbing done by man from
Lexington and when h. finishes the
doctor Will have fine water works
system installed. lie expects 10
put in a gasoline engine and with
it to be able to pump his water. Do
the churning, washing and to be
Otheru Use useful about the place.
We are entering an age when We
can do the most of our hDusework
and farm work by machinery
House work which has been such a
dread to womankind can be made
very pleasant if she will install the
suction cleaner, the dish washer,
the washing machine, the kitchen
cabinet and labor saving devices in
the home. But the cost Of install
ing all these things is too much for
the most of our pocket books, end
so we do things in the same old way.
A L. George, of Texas, who was
tried for murder and sentenced to
deathand was within three days of
death at one time but after five
years in the penitentiary was found
not to be guilty Of the crime for
which he was accused, will speak
at the depot next Sunday at 3
o'clock and tell of his experiences
of what prison is. We hope THAI
there will be a large crowd out to
hear him, especially our young
men who are inclined to be wild,
and let the speaker impress upon
their minds what it means to be in
prison 1t is easy to commit crime
but not until they are in prison do
they realize the awfulness of their
crime. 1t is far better to live
useful life and to-be credit and
uplift to the world than to be :
criminal and Stunned by society
and shut up behind prison wall.
for years or for life.
The roads are being worked in
many parts of the county now and
mnch of the work being done is ~
waste of time. The writer travelled
over one of these newly worked
roads last SUNDAY and it will illus
trste why the time spent on it wa .
waste. There were deep washours
in the road and it was dished in the
center The washouts or gullies in
the road were filed up with loose
dirt and the road was lift dished
as it was before. The next heavy
rains that come will wash out H..
loose dirt and leave it in worse
shape than it was before This
road ought to have been plowed Oh
both sides and the dirt thrown To
the center till it was rounding alt
over, and then good bitches mace
on both sides Of the road Instead
of the water flowing down the cen
ter of the road and undOing all that
had been done. it would flow off in
to bitches and leave the road dry
in "a short time after the storm.
Most Of the roads in Powell COUNT
are either fiat or scoOped out in the
middle So that the water comet
drain off, and thus We have the aw.
f,,l d. IN . hA hn h,r
son. Every road overseer ought 10
have a King Road Drag and use 70
every time the roads are worked,
This keeps the dirt always to the
center of the road and rounding il
the middle. The writer has seen
them demonstrated and knows Of
their value in making fine roads.
In Kansas the average cost of keep
ing the roads in good condition was
$40 so mile but after the King
Road Drag was introduced the av-
erage cost was reduced to less than
SO mile and the roads were new
er in such fine shape This drag
can be made for tritling and any.
one writing to the Agricultural De
partment, Washington. ID G. or
any of their Congressman for Farm.
ers' Bulletin 32l on the Use of the
Split Log Drag on Earth Roads, will
receive this bulletin and can learn
all about it's usefulness. With THIS
drag and proper use we could have
good roads all over Paved county
with the same amount of work that
is put on the roads these days.