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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-04-05

On the north by the land OF Elijah
Baker and Jno. Kinser,
on the east by the land Of Jno. Ash
ley and Brnck Baker,
On the south by the land Of Jno.
Ashley,
On the west 10y the land OF Tom Hall,
Containing 100 acres, more or less.
The lease shall be for period OF five
years from the date of the purchase
thereof. The minimum royalty one
eighth "a of all the oil produced and
marketed, same to be placed IN tanks
and pipe lines at the expense of said
purchaser for the benefit and to the
credit of the lessons. II gas be discov-
cred in paying quantities the purchas-
.er shall pay the lessons not less than
$4,000 each year for the product of
each gas well while the same is sold OF
of the premises. The purchaser shall
complete one well within a period of
six months or thereafter pay -
rental, payable quarterly in advance,
or forfeit the lease, and his failure W
pay said rental shall operate as for
fixture of the same.
The purchaser shall have the privi-
lege of bringing upon and removing all
necessary machinery, piping and all
fixtures and every privilege, whatever
necessary for the development of the
said oil and gas. For more definite
description OF the terms of the lease,
the purchaser may inspect the judg-
ment of the Court herein.
If bonus be paid in any amount for
the said lease, the purchaser may pay
cash in hand for the same or he may
execute bond payable to me rs Master
Commissioner, for the amount thereof,
upon a credit of three months with
good and approved personal security.
with interest at the rate of per cent
per annum, to have the force and effect
of a replevin bond. Bidders will be
prepared to comply promptly with
these terms.
LUTHER STEPHENS,
Master Commissioner.
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Commissioners Sale.
POUeU Circuit Court

Belle Campbell, Guardian OF
Courtney Campbell, etc, Plaintiff,
vs..
Courtney Campbell, BERTHE
Campbell, Myrtle Camp
bell, Leonard Campbell
and Hazel Campbell, Defendants.
BY virtue of judgment and order Of
sale of the Powell Circuit Court rem
dered mt the March Term, 1917, in the
above cause, l shall proceed to offer
for sale at the Court House Door in
Stanton, Powell county, Kentucky. to
the highest and best bidder, at public
outcry on Saturday. April l4th, 1917,
between the hours OF ten a. m. and two
p. m, the following described property.
to-wit: An oil and gas lease of all the
oil and gas in and under certain tract
or parcel OF land, situated In Powell
county, Kentucky, on the waters Of
Red River, and bounded and described
as follows. to-wit;
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Notice of
Commissioners Sale.
POUeU Circuit Court

IOUBiI CIFcWtt COttft
John Lincoln, and etc, Plaintiffs,
vs.
Nora Amburgey and Eliza
Amburgey, Defendants
BY virtue of judgment and order OF
sale of the Powell Circuit Court. rem
dered at the March Term, 1917, in the
above cause, I shall proceed to offer FOR
sale at the Court House Door in Stan
ton. Powell county, Kentucky, to the
highest bidder and the best bidder at
public cutlery, on Saturday, April i4th,
1917. between the hours OF lO:OO a. m.
and 2 100 p. m. the following described
property: An oil and gas lease OF all
the oil and gas in and under certain
tract or parcel of land, situated in Pow
ell county. Kentucky, on the waters oil
Red River, bounded and described as
| follows, to-wit:
On the north by the lands Of Thomas
Hall,
On the east by the lands of Francis
Gilbert and Miller and Golf heirs,
On the south By the lands of Grant
Schumaker and Miller and Golf heirs,
On the west by the lands of Weed
Townsend and Grant Schumacher,
And.contains 100 acres, more or less
The lease shall call for 2 undivided
lilo interests in the above described
land.
The lease shall be for period Of five
years from the date Of the purchase
thereof. The minimum royalty, one
eighth I'd of all the oil produced and
marketed. same TO- he placed in tank:
and pipe lines at the expense of the
purchaser thereof for the benefit of and
to the credit of the lessons. II gas be
discovered in paying quantities. the
| purchaser shall pay to the lessons not
less than $l0O0o each year for the
product Of each gas well while the
same is sold of the premises. The
purchaser shall complete one wei
within the period of six months oil
thereafter pay - rental, payable
quarterly in advance. or forfeit the
lease, and his failure to pay said rent.
al shall operate as a forfeiture of the
same.
The purchaser shall have the privi'
lege of bringing upon or removing al
necessary machinery. piping, all fixt'
ures and every privilege whatever nee
essary for the development of said oil
and gas. For a more definite de.
scription of the lease the purchaser
may inspect the Judgment of the
Court herein.
If bonus be paid in any amount fol
the same lease, tn" purchaser may pay
cash in hand for the same or he may
execute "A bond, payable Ia me AS Mas
ter Commissioner for the amount
thereof, upon n credit of three months
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with good and approved personal Sc
curity, with interest at the rate OF six
per cent per annum. to have the force
and effect of a repIevin bond.
Bidders will be prepared tn comply
promptly with these terms
LUTHER STEPHENS,
Master Com, Powell Circuit Court
Jno ID. Atkinson q Son,
Atty's for PHI.
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forfeiture OF the same lease.
The purchaser shall have the
privilege Of bringing upon and re-
mo wing all necessary machinery
piping and materials and every
privilege. whatever necessary, ioI
the proper development OF said
lease, including the free use Of SUI
ficIent water, oil and gas to run all
machinery for drilling and operat.
ing the wells. :,
If bonus is paid the same shall
he IN cash at the time Of executing
the lease.
LUTHER STEPHENS,
Master Com missioner
Powell Circuit Court.
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NOTICE OF
Commissioners Sale.
PoUeU Circuit court.

PoUeU Circuit court.
r. G. Meadows, Guardian for
w. II. Meadows,
Roscoe Meadows,
Mandy Meadows and
Homer G.. Meadows, plaintiffs,
W. II. Meadows e Etc, Defendants.
BY virtue Of n judgment and order
OF sale of the Powell Circuit Court,
rendered at the March term, 1917, in
the above cause, / shall proceed to Of
fer for sale ut the court house door in
Stanton, Powell county, Kentucky, to
the highest and best bidder at public
cutlery, on Saturday, April 18th 1917,
beginning at go A. NJ. the following
described property, oil and gas lease OF
all the oil and gas in and under GER
tain tract or parcel of land, situated in
Powell county, Kentucky, on the wa
tiers Of Red river, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to wit:
On the north by the lands OF Arthur
Pickett.
On the east 10y the lands of Hilbert
Powell.
On the south by the lands of James
Rogers.
On the west by the lands IT j. b.
Rogers, and containing 100 acres, more
or less
he lease shall be for four undivid-
ed l-5 interests i'm the above described
lands.
The lease shall be for period OF five
years from the date oil the purchase
thereof The minimum royalty. one
eighth. Cd of all the oil produced and
marketed, the same to be placed in
tanks and pipe lines at the expense of
the purchaser for the benefit of and to
the credit of the lessons. fgas be dis
covered in paying quantities, the pur-
chaser shall pay to the lessons not less
than 500. 90 each year for the product
of each gas well while the same is sold
off of the premises. The purchaser
shall complete one well within period
of six months or thereafter pay -
rental, payable quarterly in advance,
or forfeit the lease, and his failure to
pay said rental shall operate as for
fixture of the same.
The purchaser shall have the privi-
lege OF bringing upon and removing all
necessary machinery, piping. all fixt-
ures and every privilege whatever nee
essory for the development of the said
oil and gas. For more definite de-
scription Of the lease the purchaser
may inspect the Judgment of the Court
herein.
III bonus be paid in any amount for
the said lease, the purchaser may pay
cash in hand for the same. or he may
execute bond payable to me as master
commissioner, for the amount thereof
upon "a credit of three months with
good and approved personal security
with interest at the rate OF six per cent
per annum, to have the force aud Ell
feet OF replevin BOND
Bidders will be prepared to comply
with these terms
LUTHER STEPHENS.
Master Com'r Powell Circuit Court.
Jno. ID. Atkinson & Son,
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James MulltnS, uudTuluH VI
Bradley Mullens, Plaintiff,
VS..
Bradley Mullens, Defendant.
By virtue OF judgment and order OF
sale of the Powell Circuit Court rem
dered ut the March Term, 1917, in the
above cause. shall proceed to offer for
sale at the Court House Door in STAN
ton, Powell county, Kentucky. tn the
highest and best bidder, at public out
cry on Saturday, April l4th, 1917. be-
tween the hours of ten a. m. and two
p. IN the following described property,
to-wit: An oil and gas lease of all the
oil and gas in and under certain tact
or parcel Of land, situated ia Powell
county, Kentucky, on the waters of Red
River. and bounded and described as
follows, to-wit:
On the north 10y lands of Mitchell
Neal,
On the east by lands of James Mays,
On the south 10y lands Of Belvin
Starns,
On the west by lands ofJamesMullens,
Containing 10 acres.
The lease shall be for period of five
years from the date of the purchase
thereof. The minimum royalty one
eighth 90 of all the oil produced and
marketed. same to be placed in tanks
and pipe lines at the expense OF said
purchaser for the benefit and to the
credit of the lessons. II gas be discov-
cred in paying quantities the purchas-
er shall pay to the lessons not less than
$4,000 each year for the product OF
each gas well while the same is sold of
I of the premises. The purchaser shall
complete one well within period OF
six months or thereafter pay -
rental, payable quarterly in advance or
forfeit the lease, and his failure to pay
said rental shall operate as a forfeiture
of the same.
The purchaser shall have the. privi-
lege Of bringing upon and removing all
necessary machinery, piping and all fix
lures and every privilege, whatever
necessary for the development OF the
said oil and gas. For more definite
description OF the lease. the purchaser
may inspect the judgment Of the Court
herein.
II bonus be paid in any amount for
the said lease. the purchaser may pay
cash in hand for the same or he may
execute bond payable to me as master
commissioner. for the amount thereof,
upon credit OF three months with
good and approved personal security,
with interest mt the rate Of six per cent
per annum, to have the force and effect
of a replevin bond. Bidders will be-
prepared to comply promptly with
these terms.
LUTHER STEPHENS.
Master Commissioner.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-04-05
Notice of
Commissioners Sale.

POUeU Circuit Court
Jesse Bake,, Guardian, Plaintiff /,
vs.. In Equity.
Leona Baker, &c, Defendants.
BY virtue Of judgment and or
der of sale in the Pc ,ell Circuit
Court, rendered at the March Term,
1917, in the above styled cause, |
shall proceed to offer for sac at the
Court House Door IN Stanton.
Powell county, Kentucky, to the
highest ard best bidder, AZ pubic
, outcry on 18th, April, 1917, be.
tween the hours OF ten a. m. and
two y. M the following described
properly, All oil and gas lease of all
the oil and gas in and under a Ger.
tain tract or parcel of land situat.
ed the greater part thereof in Pow.
ell county, and part IN Estill coun
ty, Kentucky, on the waters OF Red
River and bounded and described
as follows:
Bounded on the north by the
lands 1T &. ID Rogers. j ID Huff
Whit Ledford ana I'm. L-.foru.
On the east by the lands of Cole.
man Hall, and .
On the south by the lands of 10
MuiIens, Geo. Mullens, Troy Oaks
and WIN Rice,
On the wet oy the lands of
Jesse Willis and C. ID. Rogers,
And containing 270 acres, more
or less.
And the interesk therein offered
for leasing are the one fourth in.
ter.sr, una vided, of Lcona Baker
and the undivided one fourth inter
est Of Elijah Baker; beng not less
tn IN one sixth undivided interest
each.
The lease shall be for a period of
five years from The date thereof,
and so long thereafter as oil or gas
Is produced in paying quantities.
II
There shall be minimum royalty
of one. eighth, for the whole inter
est in said land, of all produced
and saved from the premises, same
to ~ placed in tanks or pipe lines
fire. ct charge TO the credit of the
land owners, lessons.
Ii gas he discovered in paying
Quantities the pu chaser shall pay
to the iessori. at the rate for the
VIII ple interest in said land, not less
than $1,000 each year for the
product of each gas well while the
same is sold off the premises.
The purchaser shall complete a
we'll within six months from the
date of said lease or th-reaftr pay
1870 % annual rental. payable
quarterly in advance or forfeit the
leas., and failure Ia pay said ren
tai vhrn due shalt operate ~ n
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Commissioners Sale.
Powell Circuit Court

James Mull-ns. Guardian OF
Bradley Mullens, Plaintiff,
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Belle Campbell, Guardian OF
Courtney Campbell, ETC., Plaintiff,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-24

public has enabled the railroads to handle not only
the troop movements but increase of more than
% per in freight traffic, with practically the
same facilities that they had in normal times
Cooperation from the employees themselves has
been particularly inspiring Track walking may not
appeal to many people patriotic sort of job but
the track walkers in the railroad army have made it
one. By increased vigilance in watching out for
and repairing damages in rails or tes-condi-
to destruction ruin thousands of dollars worth Of
war supplies-they have done theirebit. They have
also helped to conserve the supply OF live stock need
ed for food by this country and the Allies by keeping
all right of fences in good repair as to reduce
the amount of live stock that killed by trains
Little things, but they count.
Staying the job and saving coal are the two
contributions that the locomotive engineers max
ing to their country in its present crisis. Railroad
draft has taken many men and the railroad regi-
ments which were created to help France were re-
cruited from the employees of the railroads Of this
country.
Knowing these things, Of engineers old
enough to retire staying their jobs now. run
ming their engines economically in order to coal
and keeping their heavy locomotives in condition
that they be kept out of the repair shop and
duty as long possible
The firemen doing their bit too. and in
similar way.
In the freight branch of the service, the freight
traffic have set themselves to the task of edu-
eating the shipper up to war time appreciation OF
the value of cooperation In all parts of the country
they at work helping him devise schemes for
double loads and for making the most economical use
of cars. They are also at work night and day to
detect delays to shippers order notify consgn-
ments consequent upon the non-arrival of bills OF
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lading, securing bonds under which cars can be
promptly released and urging the handling Of
bills Of lading through the fewest number of banks
clear understanding of the value OF this kind OF
cooperation may be cleaned from this fact Until
the board began its campaign for the intensive
loading of freight the average load OF car was
than so per cent of the car space ordered was not
utilized Today in response to the plea of the rail-
roads, a great majority of the shippers are using
anywhere from 20 to 100 cent of the capacity OF
the cars Some are even loading from 5 TO 10 per
cent beyond the marked capacity.
One phase of work which the railroads have
undertaken and which has caused criticism on the
part of the unthinking citizen has been the curtai
ment of unnecessary passenger service 1t was not
without some misgivings that the Railroads War
Board suggested this step to the roads but it was
necessary at the moment to insure the safety Of the
the railroads be able handle the utmost possible
amount Of freight
Every passenger train eliminated releases loco
motives train and track space that sorely
needed for freight service. It means too an i'm
tons year These are facts not theories The rail
roads reduced their passenger service solely to in
the facilities for handling freight and to
coal-and for no other reason. The public must I'M
ton Of coal, locomotive. every mile of track
space, every man whose duties absorbed by
fort to the enemies of the United States by weaken
ing the most important branch of entire trans
portation systematic moving of food, fuel and sup
LES Government and tn. railroad. need more than
patience from the travelling public in solving
the transportation problem that the war has occa
stoned. They need the active cooperation of every
person who uses railroad car either directly or IN
directly; they need team work between the shipper,
the consignee and the railroad employee and also
the banks through which clearances made; for
ing Ide anywhere is as valuable putting a brand
new car into service for twenty-four hours. It is
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z he Freight Cars Appeal
Load Ne Quickly
Load tie to Capacity
Unload Me Promptly
Help Win the War!
HES

fullest possible of the existing rolling stock.
Make do the work of two the
slogan which the Railroads War Board early
adopted and not only the freight handlers and rail-
road men themselves, but the shippers well have
rallied royalty to it.
The Railroads Slogan.
As result, the so-called car shortage, which
amounted to ,627 May LIST of this year,
reduced to 81 ,59l September LIST. An
arithmetical extension of such decrease would
begin to show actual surplus within the next
month, but unfortunately, wars do not progress
along arithmetical lines, and in all probability
the shortage will soon begin to increase again.
For the fall and winter always the seasons of
the heaviest traffic upon railroads, and to them
this year is to be added the traffic necessities
of our ever growing military movements More
over, in September a feature annually shows
itself consequential in the railroad traffic situa
ton. The food crops begin to move. These crop
movements cannot be delayed They must have
both cars and the most expeditions movement So,
too, must the material and the finished prod
ucts of ammunition factories. Fuel also must
move And SO must the troops
-, Up to the present time. cooperation of a type
that was thought possible the part of both
railway employees and the shipping and travelling
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"THEN the United States entered the war,
M the first question that every red -blooded
w man asked himself
T hoe beIp
Evening star., 1917-09-09
WILL REPORT FOR DUTY.
Officers, Field Clerks and Enlisted
Men Ordered to Camp.

Orders have been issued at the War
Department for a number of officers,
field clerks and enlisted men to proceed
at once to Camp Albert L. Mills. Gar
den City, Long Island. n. Y. for duty
with the division preparing for service
in France:
The list is as follows:
Mai. Gen. William A. Mann, National
Army.
Brig. Gems Robert A. Brown and
Charles p Summerall. National Army.
Lieut. Coils. Blanton Winship. Judge
advocate: jay w. Grissinger. Medical
Corps, and William Kelly. Corps of En-
gineers.
Majs. Francis w. Ralston. adjutant
general: Marion S. Battle. Coast Artil-
lery Corps: George F. Baltzell. 5th In
fantry; John l.. De Witt, goth Infantry:
James w Frew. Medical Corps. Nation
al Guard of Wisconsin,; Hanson b.
Black Signal Corps: Robert E. Wood.
United States Army, retired: Harold s.
Hetrick Corps of Engineers. and Doug
las Macarthur. general staff.
Capts. John B. Coulter. cavalry, A. D.
c.: Samuel r. Gleaves. general staff:
william n. Hughes. jr.. general stan:
James K. Grain, Coast Artillery Corps;
tached officers list: Elihu c. Church.
Engineer officers Reserve Corps; w. d.
Hendricks. Engineer Officers Reserve
Corps. and Albert Pike, Engineer Off,
GERS Reserve Corps.
Field Clerks Lester S. Prayer. NJ.
Manning Marcus and Patrick ]. Robin
son.
Regimental Sergts. Maj Walter &.
Davis. infantry. and Maj. Benjamin J.
Summerhays. infantry.
battalion Sergt. Maj. Friedrich G.
Hammer. infantry.
Master Hospital Sergt. Julius Strauss,
medical department.
Ordnance Sergt. William H. Edmis-
ton. United States Army. and Private
]. A. Matheson, field artillery.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
TOTAL OF COTTON GINNED.
Census Bureau Reports 605,513
Bales Up to September /.

Cotton ginned prior to September 1
amounted to 605.513 bales. counting
round as half bales. the census bureau
yesterday announced in its first ginning
cluded numbered 22.724. Sea Island in
cluded were $3.50 bales.
This years ginning compares with
S50.66S bales ginned to September 1
last year and 463. 1888 bales in 1915.
Round bales last year numbered 3l.33S
and in 1915 they were S.S47. Sea Island
included last year was 1881 bales and
in 1915 there were l.0o1
Evening star., 1917-09-09
MERCHANT SHIP FORCE
MAY COME FROM NAVY
Prospect That Trained Officers and
Men Will Take Charge of
Commerce.

Naval officers believe that before the
war is ended the United States mer-
chant marine will be manned eXclu-
sively by trained naval seamen and
commanded by naval officers. This fact
has come to light in the published
hearings of the committee on appro-
priations of the House in the testimony
of Commander E. L. Bennett. assistant
chief of the bureau of navigation of
the Navy Department. Members of the
committee, in order to ascertain how
long the Navy intends to maintain the
present naval training stations, were
informed that the camps would be
maintained indefinitely.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
AT DIPLOMATIC POSTS.
of Secretaries Announc-
ed bv the State Denartment.

The Department of State announces
the following assignments of secre-
taries in the diplomatic service: T. Hart
to Toxic; John w. Belt, to Teguci-
galpa; Philander L. Cable, to the de-
partment: Henry r. Carey. to Lima:
Frederick c. Chabot, to Paris: Charles
3. Fennell. to Stockholm; Matthew E.
Hanna. to Mexico City; Arthur Bliss
Lane, to Rome: Carper Y Offutt, to
Santiago: ]. Donald c. Rodgers, to
Pekipg; Charles H. Russell. jr., to The
Hague.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

were assisting soloists. He will leave
Tor the south again about the middle
OF the month to give a recital in
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. Frederick J. Rice. soprano, who
has just returned from a months visit
at Braddock Heights, Nd. was invited
to participate in the Braddock Heights
song service program last Sunday
evening. when she was heard in Mac
Dermids setting of the 'Ninety-frst
Psalm.' Mrs. Rice also sang at other
functions at Braddock Heights and
vicinity.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
To Train 10000 Men.

Commander Bennett told the COM
mittee the Navy contemplates having
$4,000 men under training this win
ter. of which $4,000 will be in training
on shore. He explained that these
men might be in training for six
months. but that if an emergency
arose the training period would be
shortened.
In answer to question from Repre-
sentative FITZGERALD of New YORK
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee. Commander Bennett said he
believed the Navy would want to
maintain the new training stations in
definitely.
Eventually we will have to take
over the entire merchant fleet" he said
in explanation.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

It matters little what It is that you
want-whether situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will I'LL your need.