Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-10
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GRASSY CREEK.

has checked the growth of grass Il
and all other vegetation, and as
result everything is looking dull. :
Mrs. j. B. Carter is seriously
i'll at this time with complication r
of disease. c
Died on the 1st inst, near his J
home on Grassy, Anderson
Ayers, of a Complication of dis
ease. Mr.. Ayers was mechanic
and owned and operated a saw
mill all his life. His former and
dying testimony gave assurance
to his friends that he was fully
prepared for the emergency.
His remains were laid to rest in
the Grassy Lick Cemetery. His
bereaved family have the
sympathy of the people,
We notice a sketch in last
weeks Courier concerning the
death of brother John A. Wells,
of Stacy Fork. 1t was the privi-
lege of the writer to attend the
funeral service of brother Wells.
The crowd of people that attend
ed the funeral and the solemnity
manifested on that occasion
clearly demonstrated that the
country had sustained a very
great loss, both morally and
religiously. He possessed a
moral and religious character
that was spotless, and to know
him was to love him. Our loss
is his eternal gain.
Candidates are coming thick
and fast and it is feared by many
that they will be greater pest
this season than the potato bugs,
unless their speeches to the work
ing men are limited. John H.
Williams, j. H. Sebastian, (Big
JIM and Cousin John w. Coffee
all passed through this locality
last week talking election to the
voters of lower and upper Grassy
precincts. They all seem to think
that their election is sure, and if
half that they tell is true they
are all right. | don't know just
how much gas Mr.. Williams can
control but if biz Jim and Cousin
John Coffee can get their gas
machines to opepate so as to uti-
lie half the power Of their gas
in stock, and can get the people
to believe even half the state
ment that they make are true
their opponents had just as well
step down and out, And there
are just lots of people in this
country who are inclined to be-
lieve it. And by the way they
are going to get a good vote.
In fact they are pretty good fel-
lows of the kind. If they will
comply with half the promises
they make they will do better
than any have done recently.
Well the conscript bill is going
to drive every able bodied man
to the farm, machine shop or to
the army. Those who don't en-
list as a soldier will have to en-
list in some vocation that will
help produce food to feed the
army.
There are quite a number of
stalwart men in the country
who are doing neither one.
There are thousands of travelling
statesmen in America whose
vocation is really detrimental tC
the country. They receive
$225, 90 per month on an average
and their expenses, and those
who buy the goods have it t,
pay.
The very thing that drove tn,
people to the mail order houses
Put the drummers on the farm
or in the army and let the mer
chants send in their orders. Tn,
travelling salesman has a legiti'
mate business, but they are n,
more benefit to the support o
the country or the army than |
pair of gum shoes would be to ;
duck in midsummer. This il
written with due respect to al
travelling statesmen, Let's al
hope and pray for peace that
none of our young men may hav,
to 90 to the trenches.
FAIRPLAY
DlNGUS.
Rev. Henry Rosebeny, of FyHe, file