The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-03-27
NO. -

sermon and Commencement address
will De given by Rev. r. A. Neon
agha on Sunday, May 4th, at the
Chapel. Mr.. McConagha used to
be the former Principal of the Col
lege. He has been located in Colo
RADIO but is going to Tennessee to
take up work. The Gold Medal
COZ test will be given on Friday
night, May 2nd at the Chapel. The
Grade classes will close the 1st of
May, but the High School and Nor
NAL will continue till after the coun-
ty examinations are held. Tmmedi-
ate'y after the graduating exercises
Rev. J. G Hanley will leave for
Atlanta, Georgia to attend meet
ing of the General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church.
The case of the Commonwealth
versus John Clair was set for Tues
day Of this week This l. the ease
that was transferred from Breathitt
county aboit the time the Watkins
case and who rec, ived h-av, SEN
ences, one for life and the tier
80 twenty one ears Rev w G.
Clair is here from Breathirr IN the
interest of his son. H. is a fine
man and splendid preacher, one
of the best in the mountains. 70
all who know him he has the SYM
patty that his boy is accused of the
killing of hummer Spicer. Bum
mer Spicer was said to b. a bad
character John Clair is in he
Winchester Jail in connection With
the killing of Ed Callahan but in
the confession If the Smith broth
ers Clair was freed from any part
in the killing.
We are TO he congratulated on
having new depot agenr at STAN
ton. Mr. James shea who was for
quite while at NADIA. has replaced
Mr. .IarhOe. There has been no re-
grets expressed on I'll" change un-
less it he from some of the fair
maids of the town with whom he
seemed to be quite popular. We
hoI e that Mr. Shea all make rs
good an agent as did Mr. Gardner
who was always at the station on
time with a good warm fire on col |
winter days Several times rh'
winter, mothers with babes d
little children came for the ~ :
morning train and because here
was no fire had !" stand out j. the
cold till train time. 1t vas not
railroads fault, a. thew had the
stove and the rOal, hut far :"
reason the agent was never N
till few moments before train rim
The people of a town like good
hearted, pleasant, genial and ar-
communicating depot agent and when
thew get one like that they e" t
him to stay. We welcome our ew
agent and he seems so far to be
that kind.
Henry SkidmOre was acquitted of
the killing of Billie Bowen. The iu-
nv was out only few minutes. The
case was argued bv Flovd Byrd ~
Commonwealth ATTORNEY Crutchpr
for the State and Mr. Atkinson and
Will Young for the defense. The
regrettable fact of This case was that
all parties concerned were drui k or
drinking heavily Judge Benton in
his charge to the Grand Jury brought
out the fact that ont Of seven muir
der cases that would come up in the
Powell County Court. all of them
were the result of whiskey Willie
living in Breathitt County out of
twenty-five murders committed the
County Judge said that nineteen of
them were the result of whisky.
LAWYERS and Judges are unPnim"us
in saving that the vast majority of
crime and murder in our county is
the result of whiskev. But now
that Powell county is dry and with
the Webb bill in force and with Of
ficers and the law ON our side we
ought to do awav with crime re-
sulting from wbiskey drinking,
But the Courts, lawyers and judy
rs cannot put a stop to this without
go. operation on the part of the
citizens of a county.