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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Heavy Loss Of Corn.

Thousands of shocks of fodder
and corn were washed down Ken
tucky river during the tide last
week. Owing to the scarcity of
feed this corn and fodder loss will
fall heavily upon those persons who
were so unfortunate as to lose it.
This corn was not gathered last fall
partly because of the loss of labor,
being called to the army, and part
ly because it was too sappy at reg
ular gathering time to put into cribs.
And since December z, there has
not been a day suited to gather
corn, or in fact do any kind of work
out of doors. But particularly
has it not been fit weather TO geath-
er corn.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Fiscal Court Meeting.

The Powell Fiscal Court met at
Stanton Friday morning with Judge
Daniel and all the Justices present.
Matters Of vital Importance were
discussed at length.
The Court made application Tor
state aid on all inter county seat
roads and submitted the amount
levied, collected and spent on the
roads of the county last year which
amounted to close to $1,000. For
ty-fve cents on the hundred dol
lars was. levied in direct tax for
roads in Powell last year. This
within itself made over $4,000.
The Court created a road con-
struction fund with which to pay
for the work contracted for. There
was due Powell county October J.,
according to a certificate of the
Tax Commission at Frankfort, oil
tax amounting to 81 1866. OF course
there was at least this much more
accrued by January |, and will be
each succeeding three months,
making in all no less than $4,000
by July lst. This money has all
been set aside for road building.
Last years tax collected for road
bonds will also go to the fund, as
will this years tax. When this add
ed to the state aid money, there
will be close to $4,000, it is beEev-
ed. This will be enough TO get a
start at road building in the coun-
ty.
V. B. Atkinson and J. E. Burgh-
er were designated a committee
to audit the various books of the
county and make report on the
same. This also includes the Board
of Education. Judge Daniel and
Squire S. G.. Baker will supervise
the work.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
About to Misplace Us.

1t seems from Frankfort reports
that Powell is about to be placed in
a Senatorial district with Mason,
Fleming, Bath, Rowan and Meme
fee counties. Quite large district,
and ii places US with all strangers
excepting Menefee county, but it
will be a Democratic district. We
would rather they would just drop
with Montgomery, Clark and
Bourbon. OF course Powell could
not get representative in either
district, but the chances are that
occasionally either Clark or Mont
gomery would put up man form
erly from Powell who would have
an interested feeling for us. And
by the way, Geo. Hon, the present
Senator from Clark, etc. is a Powell
county man. We do hope he will
think of it and have Powell taken
into his district instead of us hav-
ing to go into district that extends
from here to the Ohio river.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Agricultural and School Fair.

Last year the different Depart
ments had the County Agents call
off the Fairs and suggested that
staple crops be raised to meet the
great demand. This year we are
planning on one of the biggest and
best Agriculture and School Fairs
ever held in this section. The
banks of the county putting up
S35O.00 for Agriculture club work
for the boys and girls shows their
interest and asks the cooperation of
all the business men in the county.
All farm products, livestock, home
demonstration work ect. will be ex-
hibited for prizes. The rural schools
take leading part in exhibits Of
essays, recitations, spelling etc. and
the cooperation of Superintendent
Caudill and teachers, parents and
pupils will help make this a sue
cessful Fair. The best premium
list ever gotten up is one made up
from the people asking that premi-
ums be given on some specific thing
they want to exhibit. Kindly mem
ton these things in the next few
weeks that we may begin on a full
prize list.
The county officials, business
men, farmers, teachers and all will
be back of this movement and by
all working together will make it a
success and better place Powell
county on the map.
Very truly yours,
II. H. Harrison,
County Agriculture Agent.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Must Secure License.

Manufacturers Of and dealers in
commercial feeds for livestock, cat,
tie and hogs must secure licenses
under the Food Administration by
February 15. This covers baled
hay. sdelled and ear corn and many
other commodities intended for use
as feeds or as ingredients in mixed
feeds. The only exceptions are for
millers manufacturing bran and
dealers in coarse grains who have
already been licensed.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Sells Valuable Oil Royaly.

1t was reported at Irvine that
H. G. Baker has disposed of one
half of his one-eighth royalty in the
H. c.. oaker farm, containing lO5
acres, for $4,000. Mr.. Baker will
retain the remaining one-half, or, a
royalty of one-sixteenth of the en-
tire production. The Baker farm
is located in Powell county, just
north of the famous John NJ. Ash
ley tract, which is the center of the
Pilot pool. 1t is valued at approx
imately S650,000, and is being de-
veloped by the Pilot Knob Oil
Company. The latter company has
drilled in ten producing wells on
the farm, since April Of last year.
The name of the purchaser could
not be ascertained.-The Oil World.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Registrant Suicides.

Forker Ledford, aged twenty-one
yesrs, committed suicide Friday at
the home of his uncle, Johnny Bran
ham, on upper Hardwick's Creek.
He had been summoned to appear
before the draft board at Stanton
for examination. Reports are that
he had been talking for some time
of killing himself, but had told his
father recently that he had given
out the idea. The suicide rs the
youngest son of B. f. Lcdford,
former citizen of the county, who
now resides in Lincoln county. The
young man recently returned from
visit to his father who prevailed
upon him staying at home. He is
quoted as telling some that he was
not going back to his fathers in
Lincoln because he did not want to
be buried there.
The many friends of the Ledford
family extend their sincerest SYM
pathy to them in their sudden hour
of trouble.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
House Catches on Fire.

The residence of Mrs. Temple
iodd came near burning Monday
morning when the ceiling took fire
from a defective flue. The fire was
discovered in time for Mrs. Todd
to throw water on it and put the
blaze out. Most all the fires origi-
nate from defective flues. They
should be guarded against and kept
in perfect repair.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
A Bad Bill.

While at first we were inclined to
like Representative Music's bill al
lowing pay to road hands, we must
now register a protest against the
measure, since we learn that this
bill enacted into law would pay
each road hand 50 per day. Not
that we object to the men getting
this much money for their services,
but we just do not sec where the
money to pay them is coming from
in Powell. We have about 1000
road hands in the county who are
now required to work some road
six days each. This means six
thousand days work on our roads,
and which ifpaid for at 50 per day,
would cost the county $4,000 per
year. AS the total revenue is but
little more than ten thousand dol
lars year, it can easily be seen
that if this bill should ever become
a law it would either stop
what work we now do get on the
roads, or it would consume all our
taxes and run us further in debt.
No, deliver us from this bill, if we
have it correct.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
BUYS Fine Cow.

Charley Seal, of Bonneville, Coun-
ty Attorney of Owsley, came by
here last week with a nice, what
was reputed to be, Holstein cow
which he had purchased below
some where for 500. He put up
with his old friend, Curtis Bowman,
and decided to leave his COW and
return later for her. When he came
after her this week she had nice
little calf. He Grated her up and
forwarded her home by express.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Coed Oil Well in Stanton.

The glad news reached this city
Friday that 30 barrel oil well had
been struck that morning, on Robt.
Ewen's place, Stanton, by the /. N.
Phipps Oil Company. The weH is
thought. to.be.gaod 80 barrels and
is of the fine green quality. This
will give impetus TO additional drill
ing which we hope will develop the
final finding of that pool of oil said
by all oil men to be some where
near these small wells drilled in
this section two years ago.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Ground Hog Day.

Mr.. Ground Hog in his schedule
visit to us Saturday could have
seen his shadow if he chanched to
be out at high noon at which time
the sun shone for a very short
while. That we have since had con-
tinuance of the genuine winter we
have been having since December
7, we must conclude he knows his
business.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Provision for The Farmer.

A farmer who takes a turn OF
corn to the mill to have il ground
into meal may on that day buy as
much flour as he has meal ground
up to 48 pounds and no more.
Mayn merchants have been stalled
on this proposition, and for awhile
it looked like the flour was forced
torbiy meal which he alreaedy had
corn to make in order TO get rat
ION of flour.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
Moves to Powell.

Aunt Betty Brown, who for so
long has been proprietress of the
Brown House, has sold it out to
James Drake and will make her
home in the future with her brother,
Fielden Brown, in Powell county.
Uncle John Drake and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stella Fulks, will occupy
the building and care for the hun
cry and weary people in the future
as Aunt Betty has in the past
Wolfe County Tribune.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07

About ten inches of Stanton items
were pied after they were set up.
We regret this, but we are power
less to correct it.
There will he preaching at the
Christian Church this coming Sun
day by some new preacher. All are
cordially invited to be at the servi-
ces.
Jesse Derickson had the misfor-
tune to have his house and all con-
tents burn down last Thursday
night. We have not learned the
circumstances yet.
Miss Minnie Conlee, accompani-
ed by Mrs. Piersall of Winchester,
is here on a short visit after which
she will return to Winchester where
she is making her home now.
Robert Blackburn has sold his
house and land to Butler Barnes
who will move his family there in
the near future. A farm belonging
to Mr.. Barnes was included in the
deal.
Daddy Clark expects to move
his family back to the old home
some day this week. Butler Barnes
is moving his things to the house
recently purchased Of Robert Black
burn.
VIM. Hardwick was in Lexington
to see his daughter, Mrs. +. G.
Cowgirl, and that baby. Mr.. Hard
wick says that it is one Of the finest
ever seen and nothing on the mar
ket can beat it.
A letter from Jim Atkinson says
he is seeing things worth telling, at
the front in France. jim is not al
lowed to tell what he is doing but
FROM &b letter heis giving 4 Ene
account Of himself,
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
New Waiting Shed at Virden.

The l.. Il N. has built a new
waiting shed at Virden for the
accommodation of passengers get
ting on and off the train there.
This will be a matter of great con-
venience since the trains of late are
alroos' invariably behind regular
schedule time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07
STANTON.
(By p. O. Derthick.)

JuuBe 1uTuNlCk WIS htTc lTOlh w III
chester last week
Robert Blackburn was home with his
family this past week
Larkiu Stamper made business trip
to Jackson the past week.
Otis Allen, of Rosslyn, was a visitor
TO our town one day last week.
Daddy Clark made business trip TO
Wilsonville to look after his tobacco
this past week.
Mrs. James Patrick has been very
sick for several days and is under the
care of DR.. Barnett.
Mr.. Crafts, of Clay City, will preach
at the United Presby terian Church this
coming Sunday night.
Fred Blackburn with his wife and
daughter visited her people in VIM
hester this past week.
The boys are coming in from all
parts of the county to have their quest
| i)nairies filled out
Misses Louis Brehmer, Alberta Nc
Bride and Jane Philips shopped in
Winchester last Saturday.
Ernest Lyle is now some ewhere on the
Great Deep near France, according to
last letter re .eived from him.
Larkin Stamper will put up livery
stable on the lot back OF his store and
will soon be ready To solicit trade.
Mrf Mollie Crawford and baby of
Jackson are with the home folks and
Molie is assisting in the Post-Oflice.
Clarence Arnett has returned to his
home in Magoffin County. He expects
to return to school this coming year
Troy Profit returned to his home at
NADIA sick, and is now quarantined in
with his parents sick with smallpox.
H. H. Harrison, County Agent, at
tended the Farmers Week at Lexing-
ton this past week and reports a fine
meeting.
There will be Washington Birthday
entertainment given by Stanton Col
lege on the night of February 22nd to
which all are invited.
Mrs. Labe Grove and baby were
down to visit with her mother Mrs.
Henry Upton this past week, Mrs.
Upton visited atBowen few days ago
There will be an open debate at
the College Friday night of this
week on very important question.
All are invited to hear these young
people discuss this great question.
Mr.. Evans, who has been conducting
a livery stable for several months had
a sale last Saturday and everything
was sold at fairly good prices. He ex-
poets to move his family to Michigan
in the near future
Marion Atkinson, Florin Lyle, Bert
Martin and Arthur Miller left this past
week for Atlanta, Georgia where they
have Joined various services in Uncle
Sans army. letter from Marion
tells OF position in the Officers Train
ing Camp where he is busily making
out questionaires.
Frank Kennon has certainly had a
\ hard time this winter carrying the
mail from Stanton To beyond the Fur
nace. Bad and bitter cold as the wealth
er has been. he has been right there
faithfully on the job. He has also car
ried passengers back and forth To the
oil fields, meeting all trains on time.
Robert Blackburn will move his
family to Louisville where they will
make their future home. Colson
is already there working.
Tody Anderson. we have just
learned, spent the Christmas holi-
days, with his daughter, Mrs. Mat
tie Moore, at Newport, Ky.
Howard Harrison and w. r. Rey-
nolds left Saturday night for Camp
ton where they will work in the in
terest Of the farmers of that coun.
~.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07

Jno W. Mize was pleasant call =
er at The Times Office Thursday.
Mr. Mize has been slightly ailing
all Winter and this was his first
visit TO town.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07

Hal Pickett has moved back
from Ohio He and his .fai,iifyy. al
present are living with Green Hall.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07

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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-07

County Agriculture Agent,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26
Served 3 Years.

For the first time in the history
of Alabama a man. now known and
prov to have been wholly inno-
cent of any connection with a mur
der, served over three years in the
Penitentiary for the supposed crime
and the State has no way to right
the wrong done, or compensate the
victim for his humiliation and suf.
fering A pardon was issued by
Gov Henderson as soon as the ter
rible mistake of the court was es.
tablished. but the man is broken in
health and spirit and on the verge
of collapse.
Early in 1915 William Wilson, a
well. known citizen of Blount County
was arrested on the charge of MUIR
derine his wife and their child who
had disappeared, Wilson and his
wife were divorced shortly before
Several days after the disappear.
ance of the woman and child bones
discovered in a cave near the Will
son home led to open talk of foul
play. Wilson was charged with the
double murder. convicted and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment. He
protested his innocence. and during
his incarceration many efforts were
made to prove it. Several scien-
lists of wide reputation, including
experts of the Smithsonian Iastitu-
ton at Washington. examined the
bones. Some reported they could
give no satisfactory explanation as
to whether they were remains of
woman this age, while others de,
clared the bones were old and not
of this generation. One expert de-
clared the bones of the child were
those of person az least 6 years
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26
As To Credit

If we save and thereby better
our financial position and at the
same time help our Government win
the war. are we deserving of credit?
When Uncle Sam asks US to save
to help win the war he asks us to
do ourselves great favor; and yet,
simply because the need is great
and the appeal urgent. and because
the nation pleads with US to do this
simple thing, we are prone to look
upon il as a great favor to the
country. and to stick feathers IN our
hats and 60 strutting around be-
cause we granted it. It's patriotic,
all right. 1t helps the country
not only now. but later; not only for
the var. but for the trial ofnational
fiber that comes after the war-out
it helps US even more.
And il is so easy. so much more
helpful to ourselves than to the
country, so small a thing to do
compared with what our boys in
arms are doing that it really is a
joke to pin roses on ourselves for
doing it.
We ought to do il. We must do
it But instead of expecting Uncle
Sam to decorate us for herolsm we
ought to get on our knees and thank
him for the opportunity of getting
a little sound sense pounded into
US at last, And that goes as 10 the
average individual. and as to the
nation and people as a whole.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26
Two More CAMPS

Two more convict camps are
TO be established shortly, according
to an announcement of the State
Highway Commission.
Final arrangements have been
completed, according to the depart
ment, for camps to be opened in
Carter and Reynolds counties for
work on the roads Each camp will
contain thirty couvicts. Camps al
ready are established in Montgomery
Henry, Dunkiin, and Franklin
counties.
The convicts will not be under
guard and only honor men will be
permitted in the camps. The
counties pay ST so per day for each
convict.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Official estimates place the popu
latiOn of Germany at the end OF
next year as 7025000 below wha,
it was in 1914, and if we keep on
we shall have the place whitfield
down TO a point where it will not
worry even Belgium
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

A. G Dooley of Stoutsville, re-
ports the loss of seven cows last
week in one day. caused by eating
green cane, They broke into the
field and helped themselves.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26
No Change in Rules.

The report has been circulated
that all Limitation on sales of -four
viii be lifted in a short time and
that the fifty fifty rule will be abol-
iShed in view of the large wheat
crop this year
There has been no change what
ever in the fifty.fifty rule or in the
quantity Limitation rules governing
the sales of -four, the Missouri Dr.
vision of the Food Administration
has announced. The present wheat
conservation rules aud Limitation
on -four sales and -four consump-
ton will be continued until Septem-
Der l at least.
The Food Administration has an.
nounced that after the new crop
has been harvested and the new
flour is available, the restrictions
on the use of wheat -four will be
modified to some extent. just what
notifications will be made and
what percentage Of substitutes
must be bought with wheat -four
has not been announced.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Swift & Co is one of the big cor
porations which looks largely to the
Chillicothe Business College for its
office help So far this month, il
has secured from the college six
students, TWO for its Chillicothe
plant, two for Clarinda, Iowa and
one each for Trenton and Pattons-
burg.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

The vulgar practice of referring to
a decent person as guy" should
be discouraged among people who
make any pretentions to respecta.
bility The word is of German orr
Gin and several of its definitions are
by 90 means complimentary to
those to whom applied The indis.
criminate use of the word as applied
TO human beings seems 10 have
originated among what is generally
known as the hoodIum element of
the race. Don't refer 70 gentlemen
as guy"
The new fuel order placing a
limit on fuel users will will not at-
feet Missouri according To State
Fuel Administrator Wallace Cross
ley. The allowance is made in
states where no fuel is mined and
where transportation will be con-
gested the coming winter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26
old, while Wilson's child was only 2

old, while Wilson's child was only 2
years of age
While serving his term Wilson
became pale aud thin and suffered
intensely from what he persisted
was a friehtful injustice Efforts
we're started by his friends who be.
lieved him innocent to get pardon
and unremitting search was kept
up for the wife and child. Recent.
ly she was located in Indiana and
brought to Alabama. where she was
identified by the Sheriff of Blount
County and more than hundred
people who had known her during
her residence there
Gov. Henderson issued full par
don, with restoration of Wilson's
citizenship, as soon as the facts
we're established, and Wilson left
the prison at once, going to his
brothers home. The child VIII O
was taken away by the mother in
her flight, died some time ago.
1t developed that Mrs. Wilson
eloped from Blount County with
another man, who is her present
husband He came back to Ala.
bama from Bickwell, Ind, and help
ed to disclose the indemnity of his
wife
Owing to the acutesuear shortage,
manufacturers of soda water, candy,
soft drinks, syrups. CONNECTIONS,
chewing gum, and other less essen
tial products, will be restricted to
the use of Louisiana seconds and
thirds sugar, the Missouri Division
of the Food Administration has
announced The better grades will
be distributed TO retailers, hotels,
bakers and manufacturers of essen
tials