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Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
MarshaPs Sale For Taxes

! will, on Mon, Sept. 3, 1917,
it being the first day of the Knox
Circuit Court, sell at public auc-
tion t he following described
property, or e sufficient part
thereof, to satisfy the School Tax
of T. j. Wyatt, which is describ-
ed as follows:
A certain house and lot, lying
and being in the State of Ken
lucky, county of Knox and city
of Barbourville and bounded on
the mort by the lands of Dan C..
Bingham, on the south by the
lands of Dan C. Bingham, on the
south by the lands of E. E. Saw
yer and on the west by Main
Street. Levied on as the proper
ty of the said T. ]. Wyatt for his
School tax for the year of 1916,
$500, and for the year of 1917,
81. so and the cost of this sale.
Terms of sale are cash in hand.
Sale will be made about Up. m.
at the east door of the Court
House.
Given under my hand this 9th
day of August, 1917.
Bert Catron, Collector
Barbourville High School.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

Petroleum is a ruler whose
realm girdles the globe. 1t en-
ergises nearly all of the indust-
ries of human development; and
altho this deposite came into
it's own" a few years ago, it's
grasping tentacles reach out and
cover new zones of conquest with
every passing day, Until one
stops to think, lis unbelievable
the relentless hold it has griped
upon every phrase of activity.
How Imply dependent the hu-
man race would be without it's
bolstering support once it has
learned to lean upon its powerful
shoulders. The energy that drives
a million motor cars, the life that
throbs in countless pumping and
lighting plants. the steaming
locomotives and water crafts,
eleoquently expresses a fraction
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
Liver Trouble.

Il am bothered with liver trou-
BILE about twice year," writes
Joe Dingman, Webster City, Iowa
Il have pains in my side and
back and an awful soreness in
my stomach. | heard of Cham
berlain's Tablets and tried them.
By the time | had used half a
bottle of them l was feeling fine
and had no signs of pain" OBJ
tainable everywhere.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
Marshal's Sale For Taxes

|, or one of my deputies will.
on Monday, September 3, 1917, il
being the first day of the Knox
Circuit Court, offer for sale the
following described real estate,
or a sufficient part thereof, to
satisfy the city taxes of T. j.
Wyatt, which is described and
bounded as follows:
A certain house and lot, lying
and being in the State of Ken
lucky, County of Knox, and City
of Barbourville, and bounded on
the North by the lands of Dan
c. Bingham, on the East by the
lands of Dan o. Bingham. on the
South by the lands of E. E. Saw
yer and on the West by Main
Street; levied on as the property
of the said T. ]. Wyatt for his
city revenue and city levy for
the year of 1916. 1897, and for
the year of 1917, 1878 and the
costs of this sale. Terms of sale
are cash in hand. Sale will be
made about the hour of one
O'Clock p. m. at the east door of
the Court House and at public
cutlery.
Given under my hand. as Chief
of Police of the city of Barbour
vile, this August 9th. 1917.
Bert Catron. c. p. C. B.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17

Queer. The Company which Mr..
Hunter represents have a we'll on
the Messamore lands that is now
running over, we know this to be
a fact: they have plugged it up,
but this does not stop the flow
as it is now running out around
the crevices in the wooden plug
that they drove into the caseing,
it is right there to be seen. On
Indian Creek, the well that was
drilled by the Elderado Co. is a
real well with a capacity of no
less than sixty barrels a day. On
the Messamore farm the well, it
is stated, will produce more than
seventy five barrels a day. Stew
art and Donald have a well on
the Evans farm that there is not
the least doubt but that it will
produce Go barrels a day.
The mad rush and scramble
into the fields in Pennsylvania,
when oil was first discovered
there, will soon be repeated in
this county. We are sure it is
here, we have positive evidence,
and there is no doubt but that in
the very near future we will have
a boom the like of which has sell
dom been seen in any field in the
whole world.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
WARNING-DANGER

All persons are herebywarned,
that any wire, either telephone
or electric light wire. which may
become broken. and fall into the
streets, walks or anywhere with
in the city of Barbourville, is
dangerous. We caution all per-
sons not to touch or come in con-
tact with any such wires. but if
any are found. notify the Bar
bourville Electric Light Heat &
Power Co. atonce. -Barbourville
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
CONTEST FILED.

There has been quite a little
whispered talk on the corners
and in secluded spots. in dark
shady places about the public
square and even! behind closed
doors with the blinds pulled down
of the conests that are to be filed.
The fellows who were before the
people of the county asking for
the nomination for the various
county offices, have waited too
long now to bring any action.
None has been filed and of course
there will be none. In the race
for the nomination for Judge of
the circuit court, there is time
yet; but there will not be any
filed. We have not as yet talked
the matter over with Judge Lay,
but we know him, he would have
to know that he had been grossly
mistreated before he would offer
to bring suit, he is fair minded
man, a man that is considerate,
in fact he is that kind of a man
who wants to know that he is
right before he moves. We do
not believe that any suit will be
filed by him. We believe that
four years hence that Mr.. Lay,
will be the choice Of the people.
He ran fine race this time, and
from all accounts a clean race,
one that was fought without the
use Of whiskey and money, ran
upon his own merits and not the
dement's of another, he did not
get down to use of ''mud-sling-
ing" and it is on this account
that we say he will be an easy
winner four years hence.
Mr.. Lay, we believe, is too good
a man to bring an action that
would bring disruption among a
united party, one that not long
since was torn asunder, and on
which account there is today an
other man than the one h a t
would have been at the head of
this nation, had it not been for
this mistake.
Let's not have another thing
like the one in 1912. We want to
win the next state race, we want
a Republican Governor of Ken
lucky, and the only way to have
that is, united party, it might
start in a contest in this Judicial
district, and in the defeat of the
whole Republican ticket two
years hence. Let's not have any |
contests, let us submit to the re-
turns even if they do look a little
tainted, and have a peculiar smell, !
it will all come around ri g h t |
some dav.
Mr.. Rose won by less than thir-
ty votes, well that is just as good
as thirty thousand if the returns
are correct, and let's not for the
sake of party union, question the
returns.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17
A PAUL PRY p. O.

Two Massachusetts Congress-
men, one a Democrat and the
other a Republican, aver that the
Postoffice Department tried to
get something on them" in or
der to defeat them for reelection,
and also allege that their mail
had been tempered with while in
the custody of the Department.
AS sincere believers in the sound
ness and superiority of Republi-
can principles and policies, we
are firmly convinced that it would
be well for the country if the
Democratic Congressman were
defeated. it would be better if
men who stand for Republican
policies were in control of the
law-making branch of the govern
ment.
But not even for the accom-
plisment of that good purpose,
would we for a moment counte-
nance either tampering with
mail or executive interference
in elections of Congressman or
Senators. If the time ever comes
when any Department or Bureau
of the Executive branch of the
government can with impunity
utilize the time of government
employees in campaigns for or a.
gainst the election of members of
the legislative branch. then rep
resentative government will be
practically at an end. With Fed
eral appropriations at their COM
mand, and with the aid of the
civil employees, and with control
of the machinery of the govern
ment, the officers of the admins
tration have a power which can
not be measured or defined.
Whether the administration be
of one party or the other, the
people of the country must not,
even passively, countenance any
official interference with that
supreme act of sovereignty per-
formed by American citizens at
the ballot box. There are two
departments of the administra-
ton where interference is most
easily undertaken and where the
temptation is greatest-the Post
Office Department and the De-
partment of Justice. 1t is easy
for either of these departments,
under pretense of guarding a.
gainst violation of law, to exer-
else a vicious and dangerous sort
of espionage.
In the present case it is not the
Massachusetts, Congressman, nor
in any other case will it be the
individual. who is chiefly inter-
ested. Elections belong to the
people-not to the candidates. |
The people are chiefly interested
in seeing that there shall be a |
fair campaign, a free ballot and
an honest count. There should
be not only a full investigation
of the charges of Departmental
espionage but there should be
constant vigilance to prevent or
punish any such acts committed
in the future.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-17

Il
mighty shoulders. The ancient
Hebrew considered oil so import
ant a necessary of life that it was
included among the first fruit Of
fering; thithes of oil were exact
ed also. This is supposed to have
been principally of olive oil. The
olives were bruised in a morton
or box, crushed in a crude mill.
or troden out with the feet. This
beaten oil, besides numerous uses,
was burned for lights.
Among the old time inhabi-
tants of tropical lands the COCO
nut oil met the needs of the lamp,
one half of the hull formed the
vessel for containg the oil and
ourside parts furnished the wicks,
this primative lamp is still used
by the Polynesians.
Torches of large pine-knots
were used by the native tribes
for lighting purposes, and some
of the older ones who live in this
country can well remember when
they were used here in Knox
county. Torches, which were
extensively burned in Europe,
were followed by candles, which
is oil in solid form. The sacred
"oil fires" in Russia, were known
centuries ago
Six hundred years before the
discovery of America, oil was
lamp fuel in Southern Europe. If
natures vast forest should be de-
pleted if her coal was all dug out,
her stupendius fountain of petro,
leumif properly developed, would
supply the whole world with fuel
and heat without a jar or any kind
of inconvenience. She has pour
ed out with an extravagant hand
this the most valuable product
over almost every country.
In southern India and nearby
Islands are the largest fields in
the world, Canada's opportion-
ment has so far been small. In
the United States the greatest
producing oil fields at present are
in western Pennsylvania, New
York, Ohio. West Virginia, Tex
as, California, Colorado and Ken
lucky. The enormous outpouring
annually runs into hundreds of
millions of dollars. equaling one
half of the worlds output.
Petroleum is a natural rock oil,
composed of hydrocarbons and
this county is full of it. In the
Richland country it is safe to say
that the deposits of hydrogen and
carbon is immense and that the
deposits will finally be developed
every indication points to h e
discovry of the first and greatest
oil field in the whole country.
The numerous natural OF
springs indicate that the earth is
full of oil, and this same indica-
ton brought about the first real
oil production. Col. E. L. Drake |
was the first man to udertake to
sink well in this country, in Oil
Greek in the state of Pennsylvania,
in the year of 1859; Handicapped
as he was by primitive tools of
his own make, and with unskill-
ed assistance, the task was
hard undertaking and one which
called into play the fine perserv-
erence and the resourcefulness
of the man to accomplish it, oil
was struct, and the first thrill of
the pulse beat of the twentieth
century.
The people made a mad rush
to the quite little valley which
soon presented an army of frantic
frenzied fortune seekers from all
over the United States. The
whole adjacent country was rent
and riddled and pierced by their
wild ambition, it was the widest !.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
Weather Forecast for AUGUST, 1917.

From 3 to 9, fair, clear, rain
southwest, pending dry east.
From , to II fair with slight
changeable and mild threatnings,
rain north west. Still dry some
east.
From II to IS, warm thunder
rains with slight storms along.
From Is 10 September lst.,
rains slight storms, but heavy
storms northwest. Some cool
and hot.
August shows some wet from
18th to September 1st., and hot
all along by scales of moon
changes. AS you note l give
boundaries to expect rains in the
above sections. August shows
some dry.
Crops may suffer for IS or q
days, for rain, young corn espec-
tally. Rain is not shown to me
until after the l7th. when fresh
cts are expected.
HENRY REID, R 3. Box l67,
Salisbury, N c
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that caunot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has
been taken by catarrh sufferers
for the past thirty five years and
has become know mas the most
reliable remedy for Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Medicine acts
thr'lsthe Blood and healing the
disease portions.
After you have taken Halls
Catarrh Medicine for a short
time you will see a great i'm
provemenc in your general health
Start taking Halls Catarrh Med
cine at once and get rid O.
catarrh. Send for testimonial:
free.
FJCHENEY & co, Toledo
Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
Are you one Of Them?

There are great many people
who would be very much hene-
fitted by taking Chamberlain S
Tablets for a weak disord red
stomach. Are you one of them?
Mrs M R Searl, Baldwinsville,
N Y, relates her experience in
the use of these tablets: | had
a bad spell with my stomach
about six months ago, and was
troubled for TWO or three weeks
with gas and severe pains III the
pi> of my stomach. Our drug gist
advised me to take Chamberl; N S
Tablets. l took a bottle h 2me
and the first dose relieved me
wonderfully, and l KEEP. on
taking them until was cuT>d:'
These tablets do not relieve pain
but after the pain has been re-
leived may preyent its recurrence
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
Dishessiag Accident In AIbemahe Monday

Stanley Enterprise,
Blanton the lO~year ol6
son of Elijah Cooper, of Porte
or, was killed, Mr. Cooper
himself, painfully injured
and Grady Cooper, an older
son, badly bruised, as the 1e'
suit of a rum away &C, :;ten1
on Main street, here Oh Mon
day.
Various reports have been
given Of the runaway but
the essential facts seem to
be as follows:
Mr. Cooper and the two
boys were in buggy and driv
ing down thu street from Nor
row Bros. & Heath Com.
pany's store toward Souther,
depot, when one Of the hold
ing. back straps to the har-
ness came loose. The horst
somewhat frightene l by this
was entirely unnerved when
the auto truck of Raymond
Shankla, greer, was backed
toward the center of the
street. The horse then b. .
gan to run at headlong pace
down the street, turning in
toward the depot, The bug
gy wheels struck the station
with tremendous impact,
throwing Mr. Cooper aud the
boys violently against the
station.
I he bruised and bleeding
trio were quickly picked up
and carried to Halls f har>
macy, where Doctors Hall
and Anderson looked after
their wounds as best they
could.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01

From the above, whe, taken
in connection with that sD eeping
pledge made by Rome's ,jriests,
ETC., of the loyalty of tn Ro-
man Catholic church in I'll j.. pre-
sent crisis it seems al parent
that Rome's agents in this coun.
try want the government to under
stand that Roman Catholics are
so many puppets, ready aud will
ing and eager to jump in any di-
rection their overlords desire
More over to emphasize the fact
each question must carry its in
dividual pledge of loyalty. On
the other hand they have been
trying to convince the public
ever since The Menace began its
campaign against the aggres-
sions of the Roman Catholic hier
archy and its minions, that no
Catholic owes obedience to the
pope or any of his representa-
tives except in spiritual matters.
If nothing more The Menace
ana its millions of friends are in.
debted to the cardinal and his
associates for having 80 eloquent.
ly stamped the lie on their as
sertions that the laity owes them
no obedience in matters temporal
and for having come OUT in the
open and admitted that on them
or through them, or in them is
found the key to the actions oil
Catholicism in America.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
A Good RiddanC6.

President Wilson did the right t
thing in getting rid of both Gen.
Goethals and Chairman Denman
whose chickering's about the man
agement Of the shipbulldlng pro-
gramme had become a public MI
isance. Evidently both were to
blame in sotne measure for the
quarrel and the de'ay in the most
important work, and it was ap
parent. as the President decided,
that the trouble could not be eli
minated so long as either Of them
remained on the job
Gen Goeth ais has bulked large
in the puclic eye as the builder
of the Panama Canal. He may
not deserve all the credit that is
given him for that job, but some
men who make a success in one
instance fail IN another. Soon
after Gen. Gcethals' appointment
as manager of the shipbuilding
programme he was wined and
dlned by members of the steel.
corporation, and this was follow
ed by his announcement that no
wooden ships would be built, but
all would be constructed of steel
Then followed the disclosure by
Chairman Denman that Goethals
had agreed to pay a price for
steel nearly double that paid by
the navy, This revelation
caused a good nanny people to
question Goetha ais capacity as a
business man and his disregard
of the proprieties was evident.
Then, too, he appeared to think
he should have a free hand and
60 ahead without consulting the
shipping board Chairman Den
man naturally resented this and
it was impossible for the work to
90 on with both men on the job
Statesville Landmark
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
The BILL IN CONFERENCE.
PRINCIPAL Differences About the Food Measure
May Pass this Week,

Mldy FdSS llllS M66h,
The food control bill was sent
to conference of the House We'd
nesday with blanket amendments
The conferees held their meeting
yesterday but it probably will be
at least week before it is ready
Blocked in sending the measure
to conference Tuesday by the ef-
fort of Republican Leader Mann
for a separate vote on the amend
ment creating a congressional
war expenditures committee, the
Democrats brought in a specia]
rule to force action. Thirty-one
Republicans Joined in supporting
motion shutting off debate and
Mr. ''ann's opposition collapsed.
The principal conference doubt
less will center around the Senate
amendments for the war expen-
ditures congressional committee,
for food control board of three
members, for a So minimum price
for wheat and to permit continu
ance of the use of foodstuffs ir
the manufacture of light wines
and beer.
In view of President Wilson's
announced opposition to the wal
expenditures committee, whic h
he maintains would embarrass
him in the conduct of the war
administration leaders are certain
that they can eliminate it. The
proposal to have three food COM
missioners instead of one proba-
bly, will lead to a very stubborn
fight, since the Presidents desire
that it be stricken out to give
Herbert Hoover a free hand has
many opponents in both houses.
Indications are that the Senate
prohibition provisions may be
greatly strengthened. At 1eas,
five of seven Senate conferees are
said to favor personally bone
dry country and Chairman Lever
has promised the prohibition re
presentatives that he will ndeav
or to retain the bone dry Ian fol
which the House voted.
Whether the $2-a-bushel al min
imum price for wheat will remait
in the bill is entirely problem att
cal. The House conferees will
make a hard fight against it.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
Women Give Out.

Housework is hard enough
when healthy. Every Salisbury
Aoman who is having backache,
blue and nervous spells, dizzy
headaches and kidney or bladder
troubles, be glad to heed this
Salisbury woman's experience,
Mrs M A WinecoT, 331 E Kerr
St, says: "My back ached so
much l could hardly drag myself
around and mornings l could
hardly get out of bed. My kid
neys were in bad shape. My
nerves were all unstrung and l
suffered from headaches" and Of
ten telt as though l would lose
my reason. l tried many medi-
cines but nothing seemed to do
me any good until I got Doan's
Kidney Pills at the Peoples
Drng Co. and took them, They
relieved me from the first and
| continued taking them until
my back didn't ache and my kid
neys caused me no trouble"
Price 6Oc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask fer kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that yrs WinecoH had
Foster Milbrrn Co Mfgrs.
Buffato, n Y.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
Lenty aud Lingle Reunion.

The Lentz and Liugle reunion
will be held Tuesday, Aug 18th,
at Fulton Heights, Salisbury, N
G. A grand time is expected.
Programmes will be out in a few
days. This July 2sth, 1917.
J c L1NGLE, vice president,
KARL A LENTz, secretary.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-01
Military News.


There was a meeting of the
Salisbury Chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross last. week and
among the Important work trans.
acted was motion to see that
an entertainment be provided for
the members of the 4th Co. C A C
before they leave, and another
motion was to the effect that a
religious service be held for their
benefit on the Sunday afternoon
previous to their departure.
A phonograph has been pur
chased for the company and was
paid for by contributions from pa.
triotic citizens.
Douglass Collins, son of Geo r
Collins, has successfully stood
the examination for service in
the aviation corps, has been &C
, ,cepted and will soon he in train
ing for his duties.