The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-10-04

Frank Kennon was the success.
full bidder on the mail route be-
tween Stanton and Fitchburg.
Frank has given faithful service
and does splendid business in
the passenger travel out to the
oil fields. He is accommodating
and obliging, and performs his
work with care.
Misses Maude and Mabel
Boone, Nancy Atkinson, Anna
WEIGH, Elsie Perkins, Katie Jack
son, Lennie Smith, and Messrs
Marion and VIM. Atkinson at
tended church services at Bowen
last Sunday where Richard Grove
and Rev. j. Thurman Pugh
closed their revival meeting.
Misses Anna and Gladys WEIGH
invited the trachers up to their
home last Saturday where they
partook of a splendid dinner.
When the teachers commenced to
name over all the good things
they had to eat we wished we
wereone of the teachers of Stan.
ton College.
There is a fine field of alfalfa
on the farm of r. q. Hall, that
looks mighty good to the writer.
SO far as we knows, this is the
first alfalfa field in Powell coun.
ty. We have heard it said that
any farm that will grow alfalfa
is worth $50 an acre, no matter
where it is, or how situated.
The boys are being summoned
to Stanton this week for exam min
alton for the army. Elijah Boyd
of the South Fork, has already
given two sons to the army, and
Tuesday he bought down the last
one of draft age. Others, also,
are giving their only sons; and
this is indeed an act of patriotism
to our country in It's hour of
need.
Those were two very fine ser.
mons that Bro. Giffen preached
in the Presbyterian church Sum-
day. This church is indeed for
tunate in having such a fine pas.
tor and preacher, and his SER
mons are a real treat to listen to.
A woman from another state said
to the writer that she had heard
many fine men preach, but Mr.
Citizens sermons were the most
practical she had ever heard.
They get right close to you and
did you good, she said.
Mrs. J. w. Williams has receiv-
ed letter from her son, Harvey
Wells, who is in France. He tells
of his meeting James Atkinson
in France who was stationed at a
sentry on post of duty. Harvey
was marching down the road with
the Marines when Jim espied
HIM and whistled to him. They
exchanged greetings and as soon
,as Jim was released from duty
| he ran down the road and had a
brief visit with Harvey. James
is IN the Infantry and so is in a
different camp from Harvey.
The following young men left
here the other day for Camp Tay.
Tor at Louisville, there to wal,
further examination for army
service ALBERT Powell, Elhu
Baker, Nose Martin, Sam Perry,
Seldom CLANCY, Samuel Baker,
Ancil Spencer, Roscoe Huff, Ru,
dell nsend, Gilbert Patton,
Charles Walters, Millard Pelfrey,
Johnnie Wright, Arthur Combs,
Sebastian Centers, VIM. Mccoy,
and Everett Randall. 1t was,
indeed, a touching sight TO see
these young men board the train
and part from home and loved
ones. Many of them perhaps
will never return to native land
again.
The writer wrote down to the
State Superintendent of Educa-
ton asking him for the law per,
tanning to the compulsory attend.
ance of school children to ouI
public schools. We hope every
teacher will cooperate with the
Superintendent Il County Board
of Education in seeing that this