The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-04-23

announced twice to be here but on
account of the sickness and death
of his little two years Old son could
not come. came last Saturday and
held the Sunday School Institutr.
He gave two splendid addresses
and held conference on front
rank school in the afternoon. H.,
was accompanied by his wife.
1t gives the writer great pleasur-
to announce the the wedding vi
Miss Helen Welch and Mr.. Les
Jackson. at Cincinnati, on the 10th
of this month. The bride is one Of
Stanton's most beautiful girls and
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mr..
James WEIGH The groom is the
grandson of Mrs. Lucy Jackson and
a splendid young man. They viii
probably make their home in Lou
isville where Mr.. JacksOn's parents
live.
A very beautiful and unique in
vitatiOn has been received form the
grad uating class for this year. W.
notice that all the graduates are
girls, Misses Beatrice Blunt, Stella
COngleton, May Bowen and Mia
Knox. Where are the boys that
they have let the girls get all the
honors for this year Girls do not
smoke cigarettes and this probe bly,
accounts for it. We have some
splendid boys in Stanton who are
running their future prospects in
life by smoking these deadly cigar
cites. The Kentucky Legislature AZ
the last session passed very strin-
gent laws against the use and sell
ing of cigarettes. and we trust that
our officers Of the county will CO.
operate in every way III seeing that
this law is enforced. For the sake
of the boys and for what it means
to them. we, trust that the mer-
chants will not handle these cigar
cites against the law. Our~coun-
try and our county needs splendid
boys and men and We cannot afford
to place before them that which
we know to be deadly injury To-
them. We cOnnOt understand why
a merchant will sell it anyway
when il is so injurious to the boys
of our land. A merchant cannot
afford to make a few dollars at the
expense of the manhood of the
country. The whole country is a
Weakening to the borrow and terri
BILE curse of the cigarettes, ami
states all over the land are passing
stringent laws against the use Of
them. Surely there must he dan
ger in the cigarette when the whole
country is stirred over the sale and
use. The writer knows that he is
considered a crank on whIskey and
cigarettes, hut he is glad to say b."
is not the only one concerned Owe
it. Millions of men and women, IA
theirs and mothers concerned fog
their boy are pleading in behalf ~
the boys of the land that the mer-
chant refuse to sell cigarettes, that
the law against its sale Ne enforced.
We do not want the i'll will of the
BOYS but it is because We are so vi
tally interested in them that We are
pleading on their behalf. Will you
not, Mr.. Merchant, refuse to sell To
our splendid boys Of Stanton cigar
cites, and will YOU not, fathers
and mothers, OF stanton, become
as vitality interested IN your boys
as to see that this new law is en-
forced, and will You not, citizens,
one and all, cooperate in this
great movement to prohibit the
sale and use of cigarettes to the
BOYS of our land? This is the day
when the world needs strong mer
who will fight for the boys of oug
country. Will YOU not line up in
this noble fghti q