The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-07-24
NO. 20

issue that you refuse to sign it. As
there is but one more issue of the
Clay City Times before the Pri-
mary is held, we will give you an
other opportunity to sign. and then
if YOU still refuse, we will publish
your name. You will find the
pledge at the office OF this paper or
the writer has one. Our county, is
not alone in this movement for
cleaner elections. but it is sweeping
all over the state, and we are but
falling in line with this movement.
With the instruction that Judge
Benton is giving to the Grand
Juries in his district, we are assur.
ed of his support in the prosecution
Of anv one using monev or whiskev
either in the primary or the final
election. And if the good citizens
of the county will hack him up in
this endeavor to rid our good coun-
ty of vote BUYERS, it shall be q ser.
vice rendered to the county.
The writer spent over Sunday
at Spout Spring, in Estill county.
1t is always a pleasure to go there
for there is always a good crowd
out to the meet. lgs like they did in
the olden days, hat the people do
not turn out to the services in such
crowds as they used to. They tell
us when a meeting was announced
that the people came for many
miles to attend, and they brought.
their dinner with them and all the
people stayed to hear the preach
ing. The house could noH bold
half the people and: essaas-'
days they would adjourn to the
grove or under the shade. And
such meetings as they would have
for the people come for worship in
those days and they did not get
tired if the preacher talked for two
hours and then one or two more
followed. On one of the big days
they would commence the services
at about ten o'clock and preach till
dinner time and then after dinner
they would continue the preaching
till way along in the Afternoon. 1t
went on this way till the people got
less religion. Then they thought
the services were too long and the
preachers talked too long and that
feeling has grown from that day to
this till we have our present day
services. And at some of them
there is but a mere handful of
people where in those same build
ing they could not hold the people.
Then we have more Sunday head.
achers and Sunday ills and pain
now than they use to have. And
some get their feelings hurt worse
now than they use to and use it as
an excuse to stay away. The hot
weather affects people worse now
than it did when the people were
more Jealous in their worship, and
there are a hundred excuses for
staying away from the services to-
day where in the days of old they
had only one or two We are told
continually today that our preach
srs preach too long and that it makes
hem late for their dinner. do not
know what those same persons are
going to do if they should get to
heaven where they will praise God
md sing heavenly songs through.
nut eternity. they will get awful.
y tired of it and complain to Ga
oriel that there is too much of this
vorsbiping going on. II you can
rot stand to worship God a little
while on Sunday and spend time
,oing to services then you will not
De able to stand II in heaven. Oh,
hat We could have such meetings
AS they used to have and We could
n the naonla wonld