Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-04-14

was q business NlSlJOr ll AIteihus
this week.
l.. NJ. Ross, McClung's genial
hardware "peddler" sold his
trade at Artemus Tuesday.
T. II. Hayden spent Friday in
Louisville in the interest Of his
Company
c. f. Mcdonald, our popular
Restauranteur spent Friday in
Barbourville.
Messrs. S. 7. Carmack Of War
ren and T. II. Hayden, Jr., of
this place, spent Sunday in Bar
bourville.
Josh PARROT spent Saturday
night in Middlesbory, taking one
of the Cumberland engines TO
that point.
Several OF our citizens attend
ed the opening of Circuit Court
at Barbourville Monday.
T. II. Hayden and little son,
Paul, were in Pineville Monday.
w. B. Starke spent Sunday
night and Monday in Pineville.
Miss Gete Mcneil spent Mon
day in Pineville with Miss Rober-
ia Ellwood.
Mrs. I. A. Cox returned home
Tuesday, after a several day S
visit in Middlesboro the guest OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. B.
Rash.
| Mrs. W. B. Starke and Miss
Carrie ?. Davis were in Barbour
vile shopping Tuesday evening.
| c. w. Jones, the popular Secty
and Treas. Of the Artemus Base
pail Club. spent Tuesday after
moon in BarbOurville.
| J. d. Cain. Assistant Mine In
lspector with headquarters at
lMiddlesboro, made Artemus his
Headquarters several days this
week while inspecting mines in
this section.
| We urge the citizens of oul
town to subscribe for the Advo-
cate. 1t is the purpose of its Ar
temus correspondents to supply
| the paper with all the happen,
| ings of our little burg in the most
| interesting way that we can.
| Quite a number of the young
men Of Artemus, after having
enjoyed numerous surreptitiolS
rides to our neighboring cities OF
| Middlesboro and Pineville, all al
the expense of the railroad were
made sadder and wiser men Mon.
| day when called upon upon to pay
the penalty for their violations,
1t is to be hoped that they vii
desist from the practice, which
is exceedingly dangerous to say
the least. The sudden death OF
the negro boy a few Sunday.
oack while trying to hop ;
train, in which accident his heaC
was completely severed from hi.
body, should be a sufficient eX
ample to discourage the cOptin
uance Of such a dangerous prac
| tice.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Raney
and children passed through Ar
temus Sunday, enroute to MIR
Raney's home in Ohio. Mr.. Ra
ney will take an extended vaca
ton bafore considering any O.
the propositions before him fol
| his return to mining interests.
| In behalf of the Advocate, W,
| desire to say that the cOrreSpon
ldent of the paper from this sec
| tion will from time 10 time pre-
lsent such facts in the road con
troversy as we see it from the
Artemus side of the question
These articles will be writer
from time to time by he Arte,
mus correspondent, without the
| knowledge or approval Of the
Advocates Editor and we take il
| that Mr.. Mcdonald, having the
best interest of the entire county
as a whole, will be glad to submit
to the taxpayers of the county
through the columns of his paper
the arguments of those who wish
the road built via the Fighting
Creek route, 1t is Our belief that
the route via Artemus is the
cheapest and best route. will
better serve the county than any
other route and if we can be cit.
ed otherwise we will as gladly