The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-09-04


Neal OF this place attended the fur
neral.
The contest in the Christian En-.
deavor Society between the Grove
and Campbell side came to a close
Sunday night. A rousing meeting
closed the contest in which nearly
every member was present and took
part. The Campbell side won the
contest and that means that the
Grove side must give banquet to
the winners. We trust that those
who entered this contest will con.
tinue to keep up their attendance
and to take part in the regular
meetings. The contest will be a
failure if you allow yourself to fall
back in the old rut. Do your part
to keep up the interest and to make
the society a live wire in the town
and to enlist the young eople in
active service for God.
A. L. George spoke to a very
large crowd in the railroad COM
pany's lot where Mr.. Bnrgher
lives. His lecture was intensely
interesting to those who heard him
and he gave some excellent advice
to young men about the carrying
of pistols and drinking of whiskey
and showed how they will get them
into trouble. Two thirds of the
convicts in all the penitentaries of
our country are there because of
whiskey and pistols. Most of the
crime committed in Powell county
comes from the same source. AS a
ruiz the ones who drink whiskey
can least afford it and they are the
ones who have the least il this
worlds goods. A man will spend
dollar for a quart of whiskey when
his family is suffering for the very
necessities of life. There isn't IA
man in Stanton that buys whiskey
but what that money is needed in
the home. The reason why We
have so many buns, lOafers and
shiftless men in our county is be.
cause they spend nearly every thing
they make for whiskey. To every
one who uses whIskey it degrades
their character and manhood, they
Lore the respect of the people wheE
they 90 staggering up or down our
streets using such vile language. and
acting so nnbecOming a gentleman.
We desire to call attention to the
trustees of the several school dis
tricts that many of the scholars are
not attending school As we have
"A compulsory school law in which
each scholar is required to attend
between the ages of seven and four
teen we hope that the trustees will
see that this law is enforced in
their district, We believe in this
law because it means better Ken
lucky when ilhteracv will be done
away with in the coming genera.
tions and Kentucky will take her
place in the front rank of states in
education. We hope that the teach
ers will urge their trustees to have
all the scholars in the district to at
tend. Let there be cooperation on
the part of everyone To wipe out
the stain OF illiteracy that rests on
Kentucky. A law is no account
unless it is enforced and this law
deserves to be enforced to the limit
Many of the scholars are kept out
for no excuse whatever. Il IA boy
or girl does not want tn 60 to school
the parents make no effort Ia have
them go in many cases hut allow
them TO do AS they please IT, v
try boy and girl in Kentucky werr
To go to school Till they
were fourteen years of aga then"
would soon he less vote buyers auu
sellers, less crime aud fewer crimi.
nails in our penitentiari,s aud
higher standard of mora ;.