The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-10-22

income tax, the tariff problem, thu
causes of panic in the past, the new
money law passed by Congress anC
other important issues. Mr.. Beck.
ham IL the first candidate that is
asking for an election by the direct
vote of the people. Mr.. Beckham Is
not a whiskey man and therefore will
lose many votes for that reason. II
we could run him as a whiskey can
didhte he would probably receive
the majority of votes of Powell
county Judging from the nomination
of Mr.. Cantrill but Mr.. Beckham has
the endorsement of all the temper
ance people of Kentucky and the
Democratic party.
The l.. & N. Railroad is going to
build two new houses on their prop
erty for their section hands. One of
them will be built to the east of Mr..
Whitehead's and the other to the
west.
The council directed the marshall
TO levy on property of those who
refuse to pay their taxes and offer
for sale unless paid. He will proceed
to do so and is already at work.
The Teachers institute held by
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart was pro-
nounced as one of the best ever held
in the county. The writer talked
with a number of the teachers and
they were all singing her praises as
Instructor. On account of the rainy
weather many from town could not
get out there till the last day but
all those who attended enjoyed her
splendid lectures each day. She
gave a history of the Moonlight
school movement and of what it had
lone for Rowan county. II has prac-
ically eliminated the illiteracy of
that county. The first moonlight
school was opened September 5, 1911
and 1900 attended the first year. The
lext year there were 1000 that at
ended. Men and women, fathers
and mothers, young people of all
classes came to these moonlight
schools determined to learn to read
and write. Every. teacher in the
county volunteered their services and
did this work of love for their
county. The oldest person VINO at
tended these schools was man "a
years of age. There were others
from 90, 81, 81, and so years down
to the young man who had neglected
his education in his youth. Today
in Rowan county all but twenty
three in the county can read and
write. According to the United
States census there are 20S,0S4 that
cannot read or write in Kentucky
and 500 of these are in Powell
county. Many of the people of Pow
ell county did not have the Opportuni-
ty to read or write when they were
young but now everybody in the
county will have an opportunity to
learn. All the teachers at the In
stitute pledged themselves to teach
schools where they teach
and we trust that everybody in the
county will attend. Let us help CO.
operate in this movement. Other
counties are starting these schools
all over the State and We do not want
Powell county to be the only county
in the State where all the people
hive who cannot read or write. Let
us make Kentucky great state in
education instead of a State famous
for fast horses, whiskey and pretty
women alone. We are proud of our
fast horses and pretty women but We
are not proud of illiteracy and whis-
key. There will be no excuse now
for any one to be an illiterate. II
has been no disgrace in the past not
to be able to read or write but il will
be a disgrace from now on if you do
not make the effort to learn while
you have the opportunity.