The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-08-07

parts are heard from. There are
several sections yet where there
ought to be correspondent.
Among the marriages taking
place in the county during the week
are: Bill Mcintosh and the widow
of .. II. Yarmouth; WIN Barnes,
of Estill county, and Mrs. MOllie
Hall Of Powell; Roy Lawson and
Mary Lewes, of this county; w J..
Allen, of Estill county, and Miss
Liva Curtis, of Powell; John Pei
fry, of Mt. Caanan neighborhoo],
and Miss Birdie Hatton from near
same place.
A young man from our county,
and of whom we have not learned
his name, was stealing ride en- the
train and at Rosslyn he was caught
by the mail crane and terribly hurt.
His arm had to be amputated AMI
he was otherwise hurt all over his
body. 1t was narrow escape. 1t
ought to be lesson to our boys
who jump on and off from the
trains here at Stanton. Of course
they think that they never will get
hurt out their time will come if
they do not quit the practice.
The official count in the recent
Primary is as follows: Represen.
tative, Easter, 266, Tuttle, 1872;
County Judge, Even, 146, Potts,
1873, Daniel. 1876. Allen, 147; Coun-
ty Attorney, Phillips, $50, Ance
Norton, 1929; Clerk, rabtree, l52,
Woodland, 1872, Boone, 239; Sheriff,
Derickson, 800; Jailer, Martin, 1856;
Assessor, Frazier, 2O4, Rogers 1916,
Lewis, ~. Easter. Isl; Supt. OF
Schools, Rohannan, All, Tracy, 2Ss;
Coroner, S. V. Larson, 25S; Sur.
veyor, Faulkner, ISL; Justices of
the Peace, WEIGH, 80; Stephens, IS;
Bowen, 81; Means, 1l3; and Bal
lard 5. This count does not include
the Republican Primary as there
were no oppositions to the candi-
dates 1t Is to BE- said to the credit
of Stanton precinct that there was
no trace of any whiskey being used
not man was drunk and every
thing was very quiet. More com
ment will be made later.
Stanton witnessed for the first
time in its history something that
it never saw before, that of women
coming to the polls and voting for
Superintendent of Schools. Mrs.
Saliie French Martin has the honor
of being the first woman to vote
in this precinct. There were fifty
six women that voted and every
one cast their ballot for Mrs. Be-
hannah, thus showing to the men
that they knew which way to cast
clean vote. There was much talk
pro and con on the day of the PR.
mary as to whether women should
be allowed to vote. Some were Bit
ter in denouncing their rig hts to say
as to who should be superintendent
over their children. AS it is the
mother who looks after the train
ing of the children and gives her
life of sacrifice and devotion and
love to their right bringing up,
working and toiling froW early
morn till dusky twilight to make
the home pleasant for them and
wearing her life out mending, and
cooking and housekeeping and a
thousand other things for her chill
dren, with no thought of self or
personal glory hut always thought
full and willing to lay down her
life if necessary fer her children,
shielding and protecting them.
through life's stormy battles and
forming their characters and shap.
ing their lives that they might
make splendid men and women,
then why should she not be allowed
TO vote for that Office which mostly
concerns their early training in the
schoolroom. Hardly a great man or
woman but points to his or her
mother and says that all they are
and hope to be they eve to that
mother. 1t has been clearly dem.
onstrated that We men at times
cannot pick out the best person to
be at the head Of our school sys.
tenn and 40 the women of the coup-
try are demanding, and that right
ly, that they be allowed to have
say as to whom shall be over her
child while it is going to school.