The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-11-06

kind yet there were some things
done that he wisher now that he
had not done. He did not realize
then what serious inconvenience
they caused and thus it is with
young people today. The boys Of
Stanton did splendidly and there
was hardly any complaint made.
Floyd Clay was in Jackson over
Sunday. While there he Witnessed
the awful FIRE that destroyed $780,,
600 worth of property. There were
about SO buildings destroyed. most
Of them being business houses. The
two fine churches of the Baptists
and the Presbyterians were Nurned.
The section that burned had been q
dangerous place for a fire for ma
ny years and it was almost impossi.
BILE to get any insurance on it. Two
fire proof buildings checked the
fire from doing far more destrue
ton than it did. Jackson has no
waterworks and therefore the peo-
pie were helpless in checking the
fire Though heroic work was done
in saving many buildings that 9TH
erwise would have burned. The
town has let the contract for q wa
terworks and soon they viii be able
to give better protection to buildinsg.
The house of VIM. Byrns where
Charley Rice was living took fire at
three O'Clock Monday morning and
burned to the ground. Mr.. Rice,
had huilt fire in the kitchen stove
and then gone to the barn. When
he returned he went to the living
room ard was sitting there when,
the smoke began coming into tho
room. By that time the fire was.
beyond control and he had all he.
could do tc get his children ont in
time and to save Ardema Holmes
who has been dangerously sick for.
several weeks. But few thing ver,sl
saved from the burning building
when help arrived By hard work !,
on the part of the men the barn
was saved but the smoke house was
also burned A purse was made
up for the faulty and the writer is
sure that additional help will be.
gladly received as Mr.. Rice is mott
able to work and all the winter
of the children was lost.
There was 5000 insurance on the
Mr. Byrns arrived m
town from Ashland the same day. !
1t was regrettable fact that
there was some drunkenness IN,
our TOW n on election day. There
was plenty of evidence that some of
the candidates used whiskev to de-
grade and influence voters. The
writer was down to the Court
H. use on Monday and il was a self
evident fact that three of the CAN
If not four, were using
whiskev freely. AS the writer stood
in the hall wav everv once and a.
while a candidate would take a man
off into a side room for a few mo.
ments and then come out. One
man was taken in a side room three
times and the last time he came out
he was so drunk that he could
hardly walk. Finallv the writer
nvt stigated these side rooms and
the smell of whiskev was so strong.
that il was sickening. There were
from six TO a dozen empty whiskev
bottles in each side room and they
were freshly emptied. He found
Dne bottle hidden that was about a
quarter full and he turned the con.
.ents out on the floor A candidate
mad Just come out of that room with
,wo men. On election dav when the
men were voting the writer saw twp
take some men in a side
Dom and give them a drink from a
bottle. lie was standing on the out
tide of the Court House looking in
he window. He was going TO vote
or two of these four men but when
Ne saw the evidence of whiskev be
ng used he changed his mind. We
lope that when the Grand jury
meets that it will investigate this :
natter and sift 10 the bottom as To
What extent whiskev and money
vas used and bv whom. Judga
benton has done such a splendid
work in other places where he holds
curt that we trust he will do the
anne here and feel that he will do SO.