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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
POULTRY EXPERT COMING

Gull the Stacker hen" is the ad-
vice of all successful poultry men.
To this end the State University will
send Mr.. Martin, recognized as an
expert along this line, to this County
July oath, and he will visit the poul-
trymen who desire it and Gull their
fiocks so that they may discard the
hens that are not worth their feed
and in this way raise the standard
of the flock and save money.
About ten focks can be culled in
a day. Hens must be kept up "a
hours before the culling. Let every
one who is interested in this attend
the culling. Please notify either Mrs
G. X. Rawlings, Corbin, KY, or W
NJ. Tye, Barbourville.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
FLOYD PAYNE KILLED

Trouble between the Doolin and
Payne families, who live on adjoin-
ing farms near Girdler, resulted in
the death of Floyd Payne Saturday
the alleged slayer being Eli Doolin.
The lethel weapon was a pistol.
1t appears from statements made
that Floyd Payne and Butler Doolin
had had difficulty a short time be-
fore and Mrs. Doolin and Butler Doc
lin, who Is about 10 years of age.
came in to take out a warrant for
the arrest Of Floyd Payne who was
charged with striking Butler Doolin.
Il was while they were In town that
Floyd Payne and Ell Dooiin met at
the residence Of James K. Payne,
father of the dead man. Several
shots are alleged to have been fred,
but only one took effect. The bullet
entered the left arm and then the
body. The slayer came in Sunday
and surrendered. Following this
tragic affair. a warrant was issued
for the arrest of Frank Payne,
charged with shooting at Jas. Doolin
on Saturday. He also was arrested.
The funeral of Floyd Payne took
place Sunday.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
OIL NEWS

The Kentucky Development Co.
have bought equipment FOR the Val.
entine, Payne and Indian Creek las
ca. They have also contracted FOR
two machines.
Spudding was commenced on the
Perry Jarvis we'll Monday which is
being drilled by Hunter and Deme-
tros. The lease is owned by the
Bourbon Oil and Development Com
pany of Paris.
w. l.. Cotton, of Lexington, who
is interested in the Hampton and
other leases is here this week
The Gavin Oil Company is prepar-
ing to drill well on the Ike Jones
place which adjoins the lease where
the gusher was struck last week.
This drilling will be watched with
much interest. rt
The Wymond Oil Co. has Just
drilled in their No. 1 on the Susan
Jackson farm which is estimated to
be good for 80 barrels.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
OIL Hits AIR
GuSher Comes In
On Little RiChidnd
New Well Makes $50
Barrels A Day. Leases
Being Eagerly Sought.

IL has come as the Advocate has
consistently prophesied 1t would
come. Knox County now has a
Gusher. II cae in Friday morning
of last week, the oil shooting up
100 feet into the air. Then 1t took
fire and the workmen had to scamp
err to safety. However, the traction
engine was in danger of being de-
stroyed when one of the drillers'
with great presence of mind and
pluck, threw something over his
head as a protection, jumped on the
engine, pulled the lever and brought
the machine to safety.
Those who know the oil game
have stated that Knox County is go
ing to be one of big production and
this gusher on the /. N. Jones tract
on Little Richland is but the Begin
ming of great things.
Dan Jackson, the contractor, lost
his machinery thru the oil catching
fire. but the output of the well is
sufficiently great to more than COM
pensate for this loss.
Watch Knox County for oil de-
velopments.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
HAVE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY


The following boys have enlisted
in the U. s. navy thru the enlist
ment bureau in charge of j. P. Jones
Chief Petty officer who has had
headquarters II the Jones Hotel. A
number OF these boys are from Knox
County.
Andrew Jackson Morgan, Hubbard
Springs, Va
Robert Lee Hinkle. Barbourville.
Burton NJ. Whitaker. Lynch Mines,
Kentucky.
Lawrence Southern, Middlesboro.
FARO Lee Faris, Grays.
James L. Jones, Grays.
John Owens, Grays. "a
Paul Samuel Smith, Grays.
John Wesley Primm, Barbourville.
John Nelson Meeks. Artemus.
James McMesser, Dewitt.
Charles Lee Hammons, Girdler.
Charles Gibbons. Girdler.
Harry Rhodes, Artemus.
Andrew Jackson Foley, Artemus.
Mr.. Jones left Thursday for Corbin
and London.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
WOULD PREVENT SALE
OF OIL CERTIFICATES

The Dreadnought Oil and Refining
Company and Peter E. Told. a stock
holder. sued in Circuit Court to re-
strain Ross +. Gordon from Offering
for sale in a local exchange 10000
shares, pending report by commit
tee on Il lease of 1872 acres in Knox
County. 1t is alleged that it was a.
greed Gordon knew he was not to re-
ceive the stock until the committee
should report fayurably; that Gordon
had entered into an agreement with
c. +. Hoffman, trustee for the stock
holders, to transfer the lease to the
company and receive the stock
- Louisville Herald.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27

The Ken-Flo Oil and Gas Co. ex-
pect well in on their l.. G. Morris
farm Monday. This Company has a
nice production and expects to great
ly increase It as they are located
only few feet from the line OF the
Bingham Oil Company.
The Associated Producers who
have taken up several thousand ac-
res of leases on Sinking Creek will
begin to drill a deep well shortly
and have already chosen their loce-
ton.
The Mutual Oil and Refining Co
of Paris, Kentucky. have their ma
chinery on the location of their in
itial we'll on the Mallard Jarvis
place, near Jarvis Store p. o. This
territory has never been drilled and
oil men are giving this well great
attention. 80
The Bingham Oil Company, a cor
poration of Indiana. has drilled a
well estimated to run from 1875 to
$50 barrels day. This we'll came
in on Friday morning of last week
and the oil shot over 100 feet in
the air, caught fire and burned the
rig belonging to Dan Jackson, the
The tract on which the
strike was made. is the I. N. Jones
place on Little Richland and is a.
bout three miles from Barbourville.
Great excitement prevailed in the
when the oil caught
fire. This is the third we'll brought
in for this company on this tract,
No. / and No. making good pro-
ducers.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
ROAD WORK PROGRESSING

County engineer reports that the
survey of the Dixie Highway should
be finished within two weeks, the
weather permitting. When this is
done, contracts will be let for grad
ing, bridging and surfacing the road.
Contracts should be let by August
LIST and the road itself will probably
take over year to build.
There are still three miles of road
on which grading must be entirely
done and other which must be wild
ened to meet government specifica-
tons.
The earth road to Corbn is now
in good shape for autmobiles.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
JUDGE F. d. SAMPSON HOME

Judge F. ID. Sampson is in Bar
bourville greeting and being greeted
by his friends. Court having ad-
journed at Frankfort. Judge Samp-
son has come home where the breez-
es have not forgotten to blow, where
also are the friendly faces of aud
lang syne as well as budding new
streets, Dixie Highways and things.
Truly Old Boy Progress is making
oldthings new and the Judge rejoices
that 1t is so. II,
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
JUDGE ROBSON MAKES STAND
Washington. d. c. June 10.

Washington, ID. c. June 10.
Have received hundreds Of re-
quests as to my position on the
Temperance question, on the Town
or educational bill and the so called
Day Light Saving law. You can say
to your readers that am opposed to-
America taking any backward step
on the Prohibition question and in
favor of making the action of Con-
gress and the States effective. The
House, by a large majority, yester-
day repealed the so called Day Light
Saving law. ! am a member of the
Committee on Education and will
help to work out and report the best
bill possible on education. This will
include all of the good features of
the Towner Bill
J. NJ. Robson.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
LAWRENCE CALEBs PASSES

Lawrence Calebs, "a years Of age
and respected citizen of Knox
County. parted the veil of eternity
and entered into rest, Saturday morn
ing at his home near Girdler, Ky.
The funeral took place Sunday on
the home place in the presence Of
many friends. A. w. Hopper had
charge of the funeral arrangements
Three sons, one of whom is John
Calebs of Barbourville, survive him.
Ills wife died about a year ago.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
ON WAY HOME

It will be good news to the many
friends of Lieut.. Edward w. Scent.
now attached to the 18th Supply
Train, to learn that he is expected
to arrive home from overseas July
LIST. There is rejoicing thereat in
the Scent home.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27
SAWYER a. SMITH HoNoRED

Sawyer A. Smith has been appoint
ed CHAPMAN of the Board of Exam
iners for law applicants for the state
at large. He was already a member
of the Board and It will be a pleas
ure to his many friends to know this
new honor has been thrust upon him.
He will become Chairman of the
Board July 1st. ;,
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27

We Are Authorized To Announce
John H. Catron as a candidate for
Representative for Knox County,
subject to the action of the Republi-
can Primary, August End.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27

J. w. Kelley, of Etowah, Tenn,
is visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
S. F. Kelley and sister, Mrs. Fannie
Sampson.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-27

Joe McVey, of Goose Creek, was
here Tuesday buying supplies.
The Press., 1919-12-11
HOLLAND

The school children of schOOlable age ty the last enumeration were 272.
 The prayer meeting of the Lee M. D.. church will be held Thursday evening at the parsonage
 Earl Benton of Torrington was the weekend guest of his uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. c. H. West
 The Congregational church will give pageant, "The Nativity" in the church, Sunday evening, Dec. 21.
 MT. and Mrs. Clarence Hungerford of Hadlyme were the guests Friday of William A. Agard and Mrs. Marian A. Baker.
 The prayer meeting of the Congre- gational church will be held Thurs day evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Simpson.
 The Y. P. s. c. D. will give a Christ mas sale Saturday evening in the par lOrs. Little Christmas trees will be used to display the goods on. A son was Lorn Sunday to MT. and Mrs. Arthur Morganson and grandson to MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Luhrsen and MT. and Mrs. Peter Morganson. The Ladies' Aid of the M B. church 1 will give a Christmas sale Saturday | evening, Dec. 20th, in the town hall The sale will be held in the afternoon Supper will be served from 530 on | and an entertainment consisting of a short play, music, etc., will be given. On Christmas eve a Christmas tree and entertainment will be given in the l Congregational church by the Sunday school. The following committees have charge: Entertainment, Mrs. B
 F. Case and Miss Bertha M. Place; re- l treatments, Mrs. Lewis B. Price; so- liciting, Thelma B. Price. l The first meeting of the Study clut for the season was held Monday even.
 ing at the home of William A. Agard
 The first paper, "The Romance of Cof.
 fee, was presented in a very pleasing
 manner by Mrs. L. Ernest Hall. "The
 League of Nations" was presented il
 able manner by William B. Ludlow
 Games and social time were enjoyed The hostesses, Mrs. Marian Agar(
 Baker and Miss Helen Luhrsen, served
 refreshments. Twenty-seven were present.
The Press., 1919-12-11
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL. NOTICES.

Waiter under this head ,ent' r line.
 -"Gold Seal" rubbers will outwear two ordinary pair, at s. Katzowitz &s Co.,, exclusive agents.
 At the last regular communication of Ionic Lodge, No. no, F. & A. M., It was ordered that the following be entered upon the records of the lodge, copy be published in The Press, and also forwarded to the relatives of our deceased brother, Asahel l.. Adams. The shadows of affiiction are over our lodge, vacant chair, a broken circle, sad message reminds us that Ionic Lodge has lost a worthy member and the Great Master of all claims one ,, who was loyal, true and faithful brother
 Asahel L. Adams, the mortal man, is no more, but the fraternal spirit, the strong character, the diligent life, the generous heart, the loyal brother, the worthy citizen, influences powerful an( . enduring abide with us, and will ever tighten and strengthen our memory of one who came into our lodge in the years and strength of young manhood
 Time will demonstrate the loss o1 this life to our lodge, to our commun. ity and the world.
 We know his zeal, his devotion, his ever generous response to every inter
 est of our lodge.
 We mourn the loss of a worthy Ma son, a valuable citizen, noble brother finders Jacobsen, J. D. Griffiths, N. w. Heermans, Committee.
The Press., 1919-12-11
Your Home

"There can be no such thing in the highest sense as a home, UNLESS YOU OWN IT. There must be an incentive to plant trees, to beautIfy the grounds, to preserve and improve It elevates a man to own home. It gives certain independence, force of character, that is obtained in no other way. A man without home feels like passenger. There is in such a man little of the va grant. Home makes patriots. He who has set by his own 6reside with wife and children will defend it. When he hears the word country pronounced, he thinks of his home.
 Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense of a boarding house.
 The prosperity an'l glory of our coun- try depend upnu the number of our people who are the owners of homes. Around the tireside cluster the private and public virtues of our race"
 It is not too late, neither is it too early, to plan that new HOME. May we help you?
The Press., 1919-12-11
ASHFORD WarrenyilIe

William Whitehouse, formerly ot this place, was in town last week.
 H. F. Scott was in South Manchester on business early in the week.
 Mrs. F. A. Vose is spending a few days at MT. and Mrs. David Mathew sons.
 There was good skating on the river here last week as the result of the severe cold snap.
 Mrs. Louis Durant and son, Henry of Southbridge spent Thanksgiving with relatives here.
 Rev. B. c. Bugbee has quite fully recovered from a severe attack of blood poisoning which confined him to his home for several weeks. During this period the services of the church were maintained by the deacons and others.
 The annual church sale was held in Bakers hall on Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings of last week. There was an entertainment each night with music by the Babcock band. The un- usually favorable weather brought out large attendance. The net proceeds amounted to $145.
The Press., 1919-12-11
Rock Meadow
Music and Thinking.

About 1000 A. D. monk in an Italian monastery had been thinking about the long, laboriOus task of train ing singers for the church service. Ten years were required for a singer to memOrize words and music of the va rious chants and hymns used! There was no system for learning a new tune independent of the words.
 And while he was thinking he heard his choirboys practicing one of their lessons, hymn that rose in pitch with the first syllable of each successive line, just as the scale series was formed.
 Thought flashed!
 And the result of his thinking was the use of the syllables ut (changed to do later), re, mi, ia, sol, Ia, si to facilitate scale learning. The imme diate result was that Guido's choirboys learned all their tunes-and could take new ones-in six months as against ten years in the old way.
 And the indirect result is that boys and girls in the schools of this country learn the scales by process similar to that thought out by monk in Italy nearly 1000 years ago.
The Press., 1919-12-11

G. V. Smith started on Monday for Maine where he will address many agricultural conventions on dairy and poultry topics as we'll as on farming in general. MT. Smith is farmer at heart with the spirit and enthusiasm necessary to make of farming a suc- cess. He loves to make and see things grow.
 South Wilmington
 Special communication of Uriel lodge Saturday evening at 730 sharp. Work, B. A. degree.
 Col. and Mrs. w. H. Hall announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Doris Elizabeth, to William Rhodes LeRoy Melee of Providence R. I.
 At the annual communication of | Uriel lodge, held last Saturday even ing, the following officers were elected w. F. Kirkpatrick, w. M.; E. w. Lati- mer, s. w.; D. c. Flaherty, J. w.; w H. Hall, treasurer; B. c. Hallock, sec. retary; J. R. Edwards, s. D.; F. P Miller, J. D.; H. J. Baker, s. s.; w. s Haven, J. S.. c. H. Copeland, chap lain; E w. Slater, tyler; Leonard Smith, marshall; trustees, Wm. F Kirkpatrick, w. H. Hall, B. C. Hallock finance committee, Wm. H. Bracket J. R. Edwards, A. l.. Spicer.
The Press., 1919-12-11
WELLINGTON

Christmas as always will be ob- served in the Sunday schools and de- tails will te given later.
 Miss Jessie Converse is passing the month with her sister, Mrs. Charles l.. Cobb, in Portsmouth, N. H.
 The ailing people are all more com fortatle and save for colds and chronic trout les health conditions are normal.
 Howard Bligh has just completed the filling of the silo he has been put ting in the barn at Hillside farm.
 B. G. Robbins has sold his fine team horses to William Brown and has also disposed of Sylvia, Mrs. Robbins s familiar driving horse.
 The evening school is increasing in interest and helpfulness, and many are saying "It is surprising that these classes were not organized years ago."
 On Sunday morning the congrega- tion were edified by what the pastor had brought from the Inter-Church Movement convention he had attended in New Haven during the week.
The Press., 1919-12-11
Aeuean Islands.

The Aegean islands are ThasOs, in the extreme north, off the Macedonian coast; Samothrace, Imbros, and Lem nos, near the Dardanelles; Eubaea the largest of all, lying close along the east coast of the Greek peninsula the northern Sporades including SlSia. those, Skopelos, and Skyros, near Flu boea; Lesbos, Ohios, Samos, and the large group of other Sporades, such as Rhodes, Cos, and Patmos, adjacent to the coast of Asia Minor; and, finally, the large group, the Cyclades, extend. ing southward from Euboea toward Crete and including Andros, Delos Naxos, Paros and Melos.-Literary Di. gest.
The Press., 1919-12-11
WHY does Every one prefer to give JeweIry as
 a CHRISTMAS GIFT?

and most ses' lble mi IS
 weIy combines utility with the ssflc ton and pleasure of possession
 andrefnement of taste of the
  Jewelry or Silver
 Christmas Gift $l2OO and in shown (which fully and though the may low the quality is absolutely dependable articles invited and rours oka a often and
The Press., 1919-12-11
Condition to Avoid.

comes when men begin to over-value the past at the expense of the pres ent. It is the moment of religious controversies, for ancestor worship, for narrowing in, for exaltlng one set of people and excluding another. When we reach it, it means that we are growing old. But we need never reach it.-EXchange.
The Press., 1919-12-11
MT. and Mrs. Frank Aldrich of Nj.

MT. and Mrs. Frank Aldrich of Ni-
 antic are visiting friends in town.
 The Knights of Columbus will hold
 meeting in their rooms next Sunday morning after the last mass.
 A dance will be given at Red Mems
 hall Friday night by the order. Sous
 sells orchestra will furnish music.
 It has been decided to hold the com
 bined Golf club and Business Mems
 club New Years eve assembly in the
 rooms of the Business Mems club. The various class collectors of the S. H. s. Alumni Scholarship Fund are requested to turn over their collec- soon as possible.
 Charles Velk of Wilmington was brought before the borough court Monday charged with trapping with out permission on land of c. s. Ami
 don. He was fined $2 and costs, which | amounted to $23.75. Deputy Judge B. | K. Taft presided.
 At the Current Events club next
 Monday evening the program will be | an exchange with the committee of
 March l. Roll-call: Quotations from I National and International affairs. Committee: Mrs. H. A. Pownall, Miss Mary l. Newton and Miss Eleanor Val entine.
 At the last meeting of the w. R. c.
 the following officers were elected: l President, Mrs. Eva A. Greaves; s. ", Mrs. Martha Brigham; J.V., Mrs. Flora
 Frazier; Treas, Mrs. Jessie F. Quin- l ley; Chap, Mrs. Mary A. Symonds conductor, Mrs. Mary Shepard; guard, Mrs. Bolilda Schmidt; delegate to con- vention, Mrs. Brigham; alternate, Mrs. Schmidt.
 A musical comedy, entitled "The l Girl of My Dreams," is to be given
 during the latter part of January by l the members of St. Edwards choir. This will le the first attempt made by
 and the performance is looked forward
 to with much interest. The play, which
 is Witmark production, contains an l abundance of clever lines, ,~and the mu- | sic, written by the we'll known com poser, Karl Hoschna, is consistently
 "catchy" from beginning to end. A ] definite date for the performance will l re announced shortly.
 The high school five spent Friday
 evening in East Hartford where they were defeated by that towns high school team in basketball game by a score of 21 to 6. The local five were sadly in lack of accurate pass work Coupling this with the fact that owing
 to the repairing being done in the Boys club, they had not been able to have any practice for more than a week, it is easy to see why they were defeated. Nevertheless they showed much better endurance than their op- ponents and made the game lively. Cunningham worked hard throughout the fray, Tut his team mates were not al le to give the proper assistance. The score:
 B. H. H. s. s. H. S.. Smith If Cummings Sexton If Cunningham Harrison Schrier Ig Segee If Pagan
 Miner lg Whitaker, If, Baldwin Score, B. H. H. S., 21, s. H. S., 6; goals from floor, Harrison 6, Smith, Sexton, Miner, Cunningham 2; goals from fouls, Harrison 3, Cummings 2;
 referee, Manion; scorer, Fletcher; ; l time of halves, 20 min
The Press., 1919-12-11
Military Correspondence.

"Why did you reject Col. Puffersby" "Too much military efficiency"
 "How was thatY'
 His last letter to me started off something like this: From Col. Puff fersby, To Miss Gloria Piffle. Sub ject, Love- .'"-Birmingham Age-Her- aid.
The Press., 1919-12-11
UNION

Mrs. A. Olin Griggs is at Everett Barlow's in Westford for few days
 Charles Scranton spent the week end with his brother, George, in Hart ford.
 Miss Mary Scranton of Hartford spent the weekend with her parents MT. and Mrs. Charles Scranton.
 Herbert Newell of Springfield and Harry Newell of Terrey Haute, Ind. called on relatives and old neighbors last week.
 Rock Meadow
 Clarence Bradway, who has been working in Worcester, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Ella Bass.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Robertson and daughter, Helen, of Monson came to Matt Heck's on Saturday. MT. Rob- ertson has returned home, but Mrs. Robertson and daughter will stay a few days. MT. and Mrs. Robertson have the sympathy of friends here in their recent loss of their infant daugh- ter, Rachel Elizabeth.
The Press., 1919-12-11

Miner lg Whitaker, If, Baldwin
 Score, B. H. H. S., 21, s. H. S., 6; goals from floor, Harrison 6, Smith, Sexton, Miner, Cunningham 2; goals from fouls, Harrison 3, Cummings 2; referee, Manion; scorer, Fletcher; time of halves 20 min
The Press., 1919-12-11
Elatterer

FIatterer. She (relating experience)-Reall for
 time was quite beside myself. He-You had a charming companion. | Boston Evening Transcript.