The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
PAGE SEVEN
MINNIE.

III there ever was time that the peo-
pie on left Beaver were busy its now.
as they are trying to help build rail-
road and starting coal mines, and last
but not least, trying 70 make a bumper
crop with which the wet weather has
Iinterfered a great deal, as the farmers
have not been able to work their crops
as they should. AS a result the corn
is not looking so well, but the potatoes.
beans, cabbage and other vegetables
are looking fine and more OF them
planted than ever was known before,
| Hattie Porter. widow of Tom Porter.
was married TO Pat BalIinges on Thurs
day evening, Elder Tom AIoseIy, of the
Baptist church, officiating. So this
makes about or ; Of the Left Beaver
lgirls that have been captured by tht
employees Of Bates K Rodgers. Girls.
I You had better look out or the strang-
ers viii get you.
1 Mrs. Willie Turner was the Sunday
guest OF Mrs ID. Il. Gibson and her
daughter, Coda.
There were no services at the Bap-
tist church Sunday owing to the aD-
sence of the pastor, Rev. Tom Mosley.
II Is strange but true that q country
ike this doesn't have church once a.
month and no Sunday school at all, but
instead of that we see the road filled
with drunken young men yelling, shoot.
ling and screaming like wild men. Why
Is all this being done? Because the
citizens are not taking proper interest
in the welfare of the country, and they
are giving the rising generation then.
own way. 1t is often dangerous for
women and children to be out on the
highway on Sunday, much less to go to
church or Sunday school If We had any
| Wake up, moral citizen, and put your
foot on this lawlessness and get in
touch with the officers and stand by
them and put stop to this kind of
conduct
The construction work on the Long
Fork Branch Of the b. & o. railroad up
Left Beaver is progressing slowly bur
steady, it being very difficult to get
men as the farming class is laying off
to make their crops and 1t looks now
like it will be near cold weather by the
time the road is completed However,
there is considerable activity all along
the line, new enterprises preparing to
start up all along through this neigh
borhoop. A half dozen new mining
operations will be ready to ship coal
by the time the road is completed,
within scope of s or 6 miles and the
most important one will be that of the
Elkhorn Coal Corporation on the Size
more branch, as its called here at Min
ME, which branch is on the public
road that leads from Left Beaver to
the mining town Of Wayland: and it's
expected that the EllShorn Coal Cor
poration will put in very extensive op-
erations here as they own several thou
sand acres of fine coal on Sizemore
branch and are buying up the surface
on this branch They recently bought
out John G. Turner and are negotiat-
ing with D. B. Gibson and Willie Tur-
nar. who own farms on this branch. 1t
is said the coal in this section is far
superior to that of Way1and and Gar
rett on Right Beaver.
Day Hail. of Mcdowell. passed here
few days ago with drove of cattle
enroute for the Bluegrass region.
Misses Clara and emma Martin have
returned from Louisa, where they have
been for the last seven months at
tending the K. N. C.
The work of rebuilding the home of
A. L. Martin is progressing nicely I'M
der the workmanship of Mr.. Geo. w.
14leS ol f1dTOlu, WHO is one OF the pest
carpenters in this end of the state. The
building promises to be one of the best
and handsomest on Beaver.
The work of driving the entries of the
Drift Coal company is progressing
steady but slowly on account of the
scarcity of laborers which will be more
plentiful after the farmers get through
their crops
There is some talk of the primary
election but none Of the candidates
have struck this neighborhood yet and
we really don't know who the candi-
dates are. However. there is a strong
sentiment throughout this end of the
county for George p. Archer for Coun-
ty Judge as it's generally said by the
masses of the people regardless of pol
itirs that he is the most suitable man
we have in the county for the place.
He is well qualified and a successful.
business man aud good rlnanIier.
We don't know that he is a candidate
but have heard 1t said that he would
make the race If the people wanted him.
He has often been invited heretofore
but declined and gave as his reason
that he did not want to be in the way
of his friends who were then candi-
dates 1t is we'll understood that he
would be hard to beat and hard man
to duplicate for the place. so hurrah
for Archer BEAVER BOY.