The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-09-02
STANTON.
by P. o. Derthick.)

(By p. o. Derthick.)
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Blackburn are
spending several days vacation at Tor
rent.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Stewart arrived
home Tuesday from Hazel Green where
they have been visiting Mrs. Stewards
father and many friends.
Next week will contain an announce
ment about Temperance Flag Day in
Powell County on Sept. 23rd.
Mrs Laura Knox of NADIA was here
over Sunday visiting Mrs. Ida Daniels
and Robert Bakers family.
Rev. Ben Battenfeld, of the College
of the Bible, at Lexington is holding
meeting at Bowen this week. lie ac-
companied the remains of Mrs. Alice
Mcdonald Knox to Stanton and spoke
some well chosen words at the grave.
1 IoltSSoI H. H. oHCdTer anu MISS
Nina Knox were married at Bowen
Tuesday, Rev. j. G. Hanley performing
the ceremony The bride is the daugh-
ter of DR.. A. T. Knox, and was former
ly teacher here, while the groom was
also teacher at Stanton College.
The following have subscribed for the
cemetery fence to the writer
Mrs. Bette Hardwick $500
Fred Blackburn 800
Milt Conlee 500
Paul Derthick 500
h. G. c. Smith 100
Mrs. George Derickson LOO
Mrs. johnson 100
Ance Norton %
At the meeting Of the officers of the
Sunday School Association at the home
of the writer last week it was decided
that Donald Bohanon of our town and
Miss Sudie Conlee of Rosslyn should
be the delegates from Powell County
at the STATE Sunday School Convention
at Louisville, Oct. 7-10. More will be
said about the convention later.
Everett Benningfield, of Morris
Greek and son of Henry Benni ngfield,
was taken to the hospital at Lexington
Monday to be operated on for appendi-
citis but died before they could get him
to the operating table. He was brought
home and buried ON Morris Creek lie
leaves wife and one child to mourn
his loss besides his parents and brothers
and sistere. The writer was away when
both of these deaths above occurred and
is sorry that he has not had time to
gather more details of them.
Mrs. Alice Mcdonald Knox who has
been sick for about month died very
suddenly of heart trouble at Bowen ON
Monday of this week and her funeral
was preached 10y Rev. Ben Battenlield
of Lexington. She was buried in the
Stanton Cemetery on Tuesday A large
number Of friends we're present at the
funeral. She was born in Lee County,
Virginia, April %, 1873 being forty-two
years of age. She was the youngest Of
ten children, three of whom have died
within the present year. The others
with daughter, Miss Lille Knox, are
left to mourn her loss. She gave her
heart to her Savior in her girlhood and
recently mad Il restatement of her faith,
joining the fellowship of the Christian
Church at Lexington. Her trust was
in her Savior and just before the call
came she gave expression to her hope
of eternal lif, through her faith.
The ice cream supper given at tie
Court House last Thursday night was
a great success. As far as the writer
could see nearly everybody in Stanton
was present and number from the
sur ounding country. The people Of
Stanton responded nobly. The fence is
an assured project and we are going af-
ter it till we get it, A number have eX-
pressed a wish that we might put up an
iron fence along in front. Ii we do
this many will have TO give literally TO
il. 1t is the desire of the writer to have
an iron fence il we can raise enough
money for il. The writer has been doing
some pricing of some iron fence and it
will take at least 800. for that besides
the rest of the fencing which will be u
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