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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
NO. q & 5


Farmers Meeting on Feb. 2nd.
at Stanton, Ky.
Mr.. w. II. Reynolds, District
agent, Mr.. A. s. Chaplin, expert
in Poultry, Mr.. j. M. Feltner,
Boys Club Agent, all connected
with the u. S Dept. of Agricul-
ture, will be there to speak.
You can not afford to miss this
and bring your wife and boys
and girls. Meeting begins at ]
O'Clock at the Court House, Sat.
Feb. 2nd.
Begin now selecting your seed
corn as never before was there
such shortage all over the
States. Corn was caught by the
early frost and failed to mature,
thus making it sappy and unfit
for seed. Shuck out your corn
and select what you think is good
seed ears and hang it up or spread
it out to dry. Later test il out to
see if it will sprout. The county
agent will be glad to furnish you
information as to testing seedcorD
or come to your place and help
you test it. Shelling by hand
takes more time but IL pays,
Select twice what you will need,
for your neighbor will want it at
your price. Any old corn cn
hand should be saved for seed,
1t is bad idea to buy seed
corn from another section or
state for il may not be adapted
To vour coil and no one this year
will guarantee the germination.
Stick to the variety that you
know is good for your communi.
ty. The County Agent is ready
10 assist you IN every way possi-
BILE.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Death Of Mrs. G. M. Conlee.

Mrs q. M. Conlee, aged 30,
di ed Thursday, Jan. IL at the
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lex.
ington where she had gone to
have an operation performed on
her throat. Her death was due
to enlarged thymus glands. She
had been in the hospital five days
and would have been operated on
in a few more days had not death
came SD sudden. She choked IN
death from the enlarged gland
and came as surprise To all the
Doctors in the hospital who saw
her. Burial took place Saturday
in the family burIal grounds on
Oar Greek. Besides her husband, F.,
she is survived by three small
children, mother and father, Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Martin, four sis
tiers and five brothers, among
them being DR.. Martin of this
city.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Some Good Measures.

Some Of the good measures in.
troduced IN the Legislature is one
requiring the County Boards of
Education 10 publish financial
repOrtsIu the paper as rs now re.
qulred of Fiscal courts, requiring
a statement of all monies receiv-
ed, from what source and how
disbnrsed.
An other bill enlarges the juri.
sdiction of the county courts in
the trial of misdemeanor cases.
The employment or enticing
away Of any person under con-
tract of employment with an
other Is prohibited in q measure
introduced.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Mt. Sterling Court.

Only about zoo cattle were on
the market here last Monday,
says theMt. Sterling Gazette, one
OF the lightest runs for January
ever seen In the city, and the
quality was very inferior, only
few good ones being seen. The
demand was hes7y, but sales
were slow during the day owing
to the high prices asked, although
the pens were cleaned out during
the day. The best yearlings
brought from 94 to 10 cents per
pound, with few sales at 8 and
81 cents; heifers sold at u to 81
cents; cows at 81 to 81 cents.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
State Tax Commission Reports.

The State Tax Commission has
published its first report to the
Governor and Legislature and, al
though the complete returns
have been delayed in some of the
counties, enough information has
been developed to indicate the
most satisfactory results to both
taxpayers and in the State reve.
nues.
The increase in the listing OF
intangible personal property, such
as bonds, stocks, notes and &C.
counts, is remarkable and it Is
estimated will reach the enorm.
Gus sum of over four hundred
million dollars, compared with
eighty millions last year, or say
five times as much.
Bank deposits increased from
eleven millions to about one hun
dred and eighty millions, or over
sixteen times.
Increase in assessments OF
whisky, oil, beer, race tracks
and other items, some of which
were never taxed before, will
produce additional revenues of
over 81, $4,000, or say one
fourth of the former general
property tax from practically
new sources.
The total assessment of all
property returned by the asses
sors last year was 1929, ,456, 48l
aud, from the figures SO far avail.
able, this amount will be increas-
ed this year tn 81 800, 900, GOO, and
possibly s1,700, 900, 900, when all
the returns are IN.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Flour Getting Scarce.

Indications are that flour is
becoming very scarce and hard "a
get since the Government has
taken over 30 per cent of the
output of the mills and the people
are expected to live on the re.
naming 20 per cent. There is
the cheering thought that while
biscuits may be scarcer, they can
get no higher since the Govern.
ment has limited the price of
flour
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Clay City Boy in Trouble.

Dewey Frazier, l8 years old, OF
CLAY City, was brought here Sun.
dav and lodged in Jail. The boy
is charged with raising "A check
given him bv Mrs. Saunders, of
this county. from 1915 10 $25.75
and cashing it. After the trans.
action Frazier escaped bur was
captured by Powell county offi
GERS and turned over 10 Police
man Flora. Of this city.-Mt.
Sterling Gazette.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Closes Successful School.

Prof. G.. l.. Smith and Mrs. Myr
tie Burgher Friday closed a most
successful school term with the the
Waltersville consolidated school
Mrs Burgher will at once go to St
Helens where she will attend Mrs.
Sylvia Russell's schools. After the
closing of Mrs. RusselPs school in
May, Mrs. Burgher will take a short
training course in the East Ken
lucky State Normal at Richmond.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Amusement Club Organized.

An aggregation of Young men
have formed an amusement club
and rented the rear portion
of the Kennon building now oc.
cupied by A. Z. Jnhnson's bar.
Der shop aud placed therein two
billiard tables. where they viii
while away their leisure nom.
ents in the game. 1t is for club
members only and no charges for
pldving are made.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Fires on Decrease.

L. 1915 Iher- were 2,379 fires
in Kentucky; in 1916 there were
2,lS8 fires; la 1917 there were
but 1900, u gradual and substan.
tial decrease ~ number of fires,
not notwithstanding there has been
an increase of insurance business
in the State. The property loss
in the State last year was $8,.
27l.2lS
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31

The Powell Fiscal Court met
at Stanton Saturday and took up
some very important matters.
The court will have another
meeting tomorrow at which time
steps will be taken to get a con.
tract going to resume construct.
ion work on the roads of the
county.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Stores Close Up Monday.

All business firms IN Clay City
observed the legal holiday Mon.
day. The grocery stores which
were allowed to sell food, re-
maincd open until II o'clock
when they closed in full conform.
iiy of the ruling which was made
10 save fuel.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Bank Report.

The Clay City National Bank
has another one of their splendid
statements in this issue of the
Times. Their business contin'
ues TO rnn at high water mark.
Read it so You can have the sure
~ of the security of your money
when placed there on deposit.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31

At the residence Of Mrs. Dock
Phillips, Jan. the 29th. Herman
Begley aud Miss Callie Phillips
we're united in marriage In the
presence Of quite a number of
their friends. Ed. Albert East
er was the officiating minister.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Silage Fed Cattle.

r.. c. Hail shipped car load
Of prize two year old steers to DIN.
cinna,i where he realized the nes,
spm Of l0f cents These steers ay'
eraged S37 pounds and were fat.
tened by Mr.. Hall on silage.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
Barber Shop Moved.

Mr.. A. Z. Johnson has moved
his barber shop from the old
Stand to the Kennon building
where he invites hls old custo.
mers to call.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31
STANTON.


this week on business.
Charley Conlee was in Winches-
ter last week on business.
Miss Bette Profit visited home
folks at NADIA over Sunday.
Doc Dehart made business
trip to Clay City last week.
Bert Martin, Of Rosslyn, was in
Stanton this week on business.
Larkin Stamper was in Jackson
Monday of this week on business.
Mrs. Mollie Crawford is wishing
home folks with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Hardwick.
Jesse Kincaid has been, suffering
with lumbago this past week due to
over lifting.
Henry Williams, of Gordonton,
visited his father, J. w. Williams,
this past week.
Miss Minnie Upton has finished
her school and has now entered
Stanton College.
Guy Erazier is looking for his
wife in this week, her school being
out last Friday.
Miss Maud Boone is reported as
being very sick, and has been for
some two weeks.
Tunis Robbins has been having
a time with q pet boil that has
been exceedingly painful to him.
Mrs. Lucy Jackson arrived home
Monday night from Louisville
where she visited her son several
weeks.
Miss Alice Childs visited Miss
Stella Congleton at Slade last
Saturday, and had fine time and
good things to eat.
Green Caudills nephew, from
Travellers Rest in Owsley county,
is visiting him this week. A Mr..
Turner came with him.
Mrs. ID. r. Clark and her daugh-
ter, Anna, arrived last Wednesday
night from Spencer county. They
are now living over the Bank build
ing. O
A. J. Martin is suffering very
much with his former trouble and
was not able to attend the funeral
of his sister, Mrs. Millard Conlee,
last Saturday.
Mrs. John Stephens was called
to see her mother, Mrs. Fannie
Conlee, last week who was reported
very sick. She was accompanied
by Mr.. Stephens. They report her
as being better. She is "a years Of
age.
Mrs. Brownlow Thompson, and
children, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Welch, and left
Saturday for Blackey where they
will make their future home. Mr..
Thompson will act as agent at
Blackey.
Florin Lyle, Marion Atkinson
and Bert Martin have joined the
army and expect to be called some
time this coming week to Charlotte,
s. G. Thus three more OF PowelPs
noble sons are going to help win the
world back to democracy and over
throw Kaiserism.
Mrs. Millard Conlee, Of Rossly n,
died last Thursday at Lexington
before she could be operated on.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-01-31

ii. G. Crabtree, who purchased
one-half interest in a garage at
Winchester a few weeks ago, has
sold out that business end returned
home.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
GREAT WAR CLAIMS
TWO LOCAL BOYS
ONE DIES OF SCARLET FEVER IN
FRANCE-OTHER LOST ON
TRANSPORT. 81

The great world war reached out
and claimed two Thurston county
boys during the past week, one, Har-
old Tibbetts, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A,
A. Tibbetts of Little Rock, who died
in France from scarlet fever. and the
other Benjamin ]. Olmstead, son OF
E. M. Olmstead of Tenino, who is
still unaccounted for among those
who were passengers on the trans
port Tuscania, sunk by a German
submarine off the coast of Ireland
last week.
Young Tibbetts, who was well
known throughout the Little Rock
district, enlisted in the old Second
Washington regiment last summer
and went to France with it last fall
Olmstead's name has not appeared
among the lists of those saved from
the transport, nor among the names
of the 131 who have been buried on
the Scottish coast. The war depart
ment is still unable to account for
1876 soldiers and 1t may be that he
will yet be reported among the sur
vivOrs.
Lester Twohy, one of the well
known young men of the Mud Bay
neighborhood, son of Matt Twohy,
was a passenger on the Tuscania but
was rescued.
The latest advices to the war de-
partment show a greater loss of life
among the American soldiers than
first thought, with 164 known to be
dead and buried on the Scottish coast
and 1876 others still unaccounted for,
making a possible total loss of 2S7
soldiers. exclusive of passengers and
members of the crew.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
"COLD PACK" METHOD WINS.
SpOilage Only 1.10 Per Cent, Official
Reports of Investigation Says.

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
PULLMAN, Feb. 15.-Information
just received by Mrs. Elizabeth
Jones, leader in the boys and girls
club work in Washington, from the
national club Office at Washington,
d. c., relative to the recent nation
wide Investigations of spoilage in
club canning by the 'cold pack
method, cites the fact that in 1885,
900 cans taken from different parts
of the country, there was an average
Of one and nineteen-hundredths per
cent Of spoilage.
The heaviest loss reported any
where in the country was 80 per cent
of 439 cans which were put up by
the intermittent" method instead
of the cold-pack.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
INDUSTRIAL FUTURE
DEPENDS ON SHIPS
NECESSITY OF CONSTRUCTION
TOLD BY CHAIRMAN HURLEY
OF SHIPPING BOARD.

1T should be brought home to
employers and to the employees of the
industries of the nation, that their
own future depends upon the con-
struction of these ships" Edwin D.
Hurley, chairman of the United
States Shipping Board. says in a let
ter to Chairman George Draham of
the County Council of Defense, in
which he emphasizes the prime ne
cessity of the building of ships and
urges cooperation by everybody in
making the present Public Service
Reserve drive success.
"The shipping board has the mon
ey," Mr.. Hurley says. 1T has the
yards. 1t has the material. The
housing question is being rapidly
cleared up. All that is needed is to
obtain the necessary efficient labor.
"The people of your district must
realize once and for all. that on labor
depends the construction of the need
ed ships, and on these ships depends
not only the war itself, but the pres
ent industrial life of the nation" the
letter continues.
"The fact is that the recent order
issued by Fuel Administrator Gar
field, closing the factories of the
whole country, and the more recent
freight embargo issued by Secretary
McAdoo. tying up all the freight with
the exception of food and fuel, came
not because of falling down on the
part of the carriers themselves, but
because of the lack of ships.
"The reason for this is plain. The
speeding up of the American facto-
ries piled in the Eastern seaports,
and packed into every railway sidins
outside of the seaboard cities. thou
sands of'loaded cars of materials for
the war zone. The result was that
even the coal required for the ships
in harbor could not get through. and
even the few ships which we now
possess were held in harbor by empty
bunkers and could not sail.
Until we have ships to clear the
Atlantic ports of manufactured
goods. for which our army in France
and our allies are in need, these en-
forced holidays and embargoes must
recur, with the result that no factory
In A m orion nou no ooourod ~ rVn NJ In .
fuii' time and no workman can count
on continuous employment
"It is not mere numbers that count
1T is the efficiency of the men en-
rolled.
''It Is as much to the interest of
the manufacturer to send his best
men to the shipyards as 1t is to the
interest of the man himself to CO."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
OLYMPIA HOST TO
OFFICERS OF ALLIES
f N r f II AIMS BRITISH A n ID
FRENCH VETERANS AT BAN.
QUIET THURSDAY EVENING.

81 want to emphasize to you over
and over and over again until you
realize it as l realize it. that we are
fighting the Germans over there in
Europe to prevent the CHASTITY and
damnable atrocities that have black
encd Belgium and France from ever
happening in America.
II was with the Germans when
they entered Ascot saw the mas
sacre there. was with them at
Louvain. l saw them go through
Belgium. and want to tell you that
nothing you have ever read, nothing
you have ever heard, about the
damnable brutalities they perpe-
trated has been in the least whit
exaggerated. They cannot be exag-
gerated, for no sane human mind.
no person like any of US, can con-
ceive what the Germans did"
These were striking paragraphs in
the address of Major E. Alexander
Powell. noted author and traveller
now at Camp Lewis who during the
first three and half years of the
great war was with the French. Brit
ish and Italian armies and behind
the German lines. They were
spoken at the banquet given by the
Pioneer Society and the Woman's
club at the Woman's clubhouse
Thursday evening. in honor of Cen
eral Henry D. Styer and the British
and French officers at Camp Lewis.
what would the Germans do II
they took your city," Major Powell
asked. II will tell you, for I saw
them do 1t many times over there.
After they had billeted their soldiers
and posted their sentries. they would
take hundred, maybe 200 Of your
leading citizens-the governor, the
supreme court judges. doctors, law
yers and merchants-and hold them
Continue on Page Eight.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
BIDS ON STATE DEAF SCHOOL
BUILDING TOO HIGH.
Total Cost Exceeds Appropriation
$4,474-Plans Being Revised.

Because the total bids of the low
est for the construction, lighting,
heating and plumbing for the new
classroom building for the state
school for the deaf at Vancouver
were some $4.474 more than the ap-
preparation, the state board Of, con-
troll and Architect Julius Zittel are
comforting with contractors as to
ways in which the cost of the build
ing can be reduced.
The bids were opened by the board
Monday. The lowest on the build
ing was $35,843. submitted by M. J.
Westervelt of Tacoma, and when the
lighting, heating and plumbing costs
were added, the total is $4,474. The
appropriation is only 100000
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
j. !. !: /. 1. !. !. !. + !. !. !. !. !. I.
! GOVERNOR LISTER SCORES
:. SHIPYARD STRIKERS. =

: Commenting on the strike
: now In progress at the Sloan
!. Shipyard, Governor Ernest Lis
:. ter. in his closing remarks as
!. tOastmaster at the banquet at
!. the WOman's clubhouse last
! night, scored the strikers in the
+ following language:
!. I'VE have here in Olympia
!. an institution that Is so neces-
+ sary to the winning Of the war
!. "a shipyard. The building Of
= ships is the biggest thing we
!. here At home can dO-there's
= nothing bigger. Yet we see no
i smoke coming from the smoke
> stacks at that shipyard, all be.
+ cause of . difference of opinion
+ over some small matter. and we
!. are not going to win this war
= until conditions of that kind
= are absolutely and entirely
!. eliminated.
!. "There seems to be q differ.
: ence Of opinion as to how 1t can
!. be settled. l will tell you how
!. we can stop such things: BY
+ moulding u public opinion so
+ strong that NO man with \
:: spark Of that element we call
!. manhood will refuse to do his
!. part in this crisis.
!. I'VE, all OF US, can do our
:. part In building up that senti-
!. ment."
!: These comments followed
+ several emphatic references by
!. the governor during the even.
i ing as to the necessity of every
!. one ut home doing his part to
+ help win the war.
+ l. /. + + + + + + + + I. /. i. !.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
Goodyear Manager Here.

A. E. Patterson, manager Of the
Tacoma branch of the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber company, was a business
visitor in Olympia Wednesday and
Thursday, calling on the Rose-Nepple
Auto Co. He reports the business Of
his company in this territory increas-
ing every month.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15

Continue on Page Eight.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15

shipment from the county this WIN
ter, Agent Bergstrom says, other
shipments being made by local
freight. ''4ApAsEsa 81
The Association is in the. market
for all the vegetables II ran Gst and
expects to buy them whstsvSf avail
able. This year It will encosrass
local farmers to plant as leree crops
as they can of the different svaf4etl0s
1t will have to supply.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
LOCAL ASSOCIATION
EXAMPLE FOR NATION
FARMERS ORGANIZATION BEING
WATCHED BY AGRICULTURAL
DEPARTMENT.

The Thurston County Dairy &
Farm Products Association is the
only organization of its kind i'd the
United States and for that reason the
federal department of agriculture
expects the cooperation of the mill
tary authorities at Camp Lewis and
the war department in making II q
success, Colonel Clarence Ousley, as
sistant secretary of the department.
told the military authorities at Camp
Lewis in the presence of County
Agent c. H. Bergstrom, on the occa-
sion of his recent visit to the North
west. 80
Z The Thurston county association,
Secretary Ousley said, 10 beins
watched closely by his department
and aided as much as possible. for
II 1t is successful 1t will be used as
an example and an argument f6r the
establishment of similar orgxniza-
tions in every one of the a16'other
cantonments and the military camps
in the United States, so that al Of
Uncle Sans soldiers in training in
the United States will be supplied
with, milk, eggs. butter and Svege-
tables by cooperative organizations
OF farmers in the districts surround
ing the camps.
Business 800. 900 Monthly.
The association expects general
orders to be issued at Camp Lewis
any day now. instructing the# mess
sergeants to make all of their pur.
chases Of foodstuffs covered by the
concession. through the Association.
When that is done. the amounts OF
all the different items supplied by
the Association will increase rapidly
County Agent Bergstrom says, and
the Association will be doing bust
ness Of at least 100000 a month OF
$1.2OO,000 annually.
The Association. by placing Direct
or George Kelley in charge of the
vegetable, butter and eggs depart
ment. has obtained the financial
credit which will enable 1t to assume
the entire obligation of its conces-
sion. For acting as manager Sf this
department and financing that por-
tion of the business Kelley receives q
commission of the net profits.
The general management Of the
Associations plant at Camp Lewis
and its business is in the hands Of
AL Helander, formerly of the state
bureau of inspection. whom the As
sociation employed the first Of this
month. j. D. Love remains in
charge Of the creamery.
Handle Much Milk Now.
The Association is now supplying
1900 gallons of milk
a day at the camp, and the directors
expect the demand to increase to
$500 or 5000 gallons a day as soon
as the Association takes over the en-
tire concession and as long as the
camp remains at its present size.
Some missionary work" will have
to be done among the mess SER
geants, Agent Bergstrom says, TO
educate those now using canned
milk to stop 1t and to purchase whole
milk and also to encourage all to use
milk in larger quantities.
The Association will ship another
carload of vegetables from Plumb
Station Friday. the shipments having
been gotten together by Assistant
County Agent A. ]. Seltzer. This
probably will be the last carload
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-15
Not to Re-Examino Registrants

Men already examined under the
new selective classification will not
be called for denomination under
the new and more lehient physical
regulations, the local draft board has
been advised by Provost Marshal
General Crowder. This means that
only about so young men Of this
county, all that remain to be exam
ined in Glass I here, will take the
new physical tests. They have been
summoned to appear Saturday morn
ing.