Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-04-11

are working on the reorganization of
the Assessors tax book and will soon
be ready for the Board of Supervise
Il. N. Matthews, who keeps the
saws nice and sharp at the Hickory
Mill, was in West Virginia this week
on legal business.
w. F. Costlllow and Miss Lillian
Albright are in Louisville and from
there will go to indianapolis to visit
the family of D. c. Talbot.
Floyd Satser, Of Artemus, returned
from Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
where he served with the 14th Caval-
ry U. S. A. for sixteen months.
Charlie Hampton, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. w. Hampton, has returned
from Camp Dix, N. J. following elev-
ne months service in Co. d. 5Oth In
fantry. He was discharged Mar. 20.
A. NJ. Decker, Jr, of the Page
Jellico Coal Co., Elys Ky, has resign
ed his position as bookkeeper there
and will make his home in Barbour
Vile.
Elmer II. Decker, who landed from
the President Grant at Newport News
April LIST. is expected home shortly.
He comes as a strong advocate of
the League of Nations.
The local Red Cross has been noti-
fed by headquarters that it is expect
ed to make from 200 to 800 gar
ments from the material now in
stock.
L. G. Grindstaff, our wholesale
lumberman, who has been on the
sick list for a number of days, was
seen in one corner of our city Sat
urday.
Geo. Baker, asoldier boy from the
Messer neighborhood, o. F. Slusher,
another soldier boy, and Jess Carnes,
from the Navy were here Monday at
tending the banquet.
w. F. Wilson, auditor of the Cum
berland r. r. was here Saturday
and expects to get his work complet-
ed in about one month. The Cum
berland r. r. has been taken over by
the l.. & N. r. r.
Isom Unthank. of Fighting Creek.
who has been confined to his bed for
seven years with rheumatism died
Sunday marning and was buried in
the home cemetery Monday A wife
and several children survive him.
Mrs. Susie Sawyers, of Bellingham,
Wash, has come to take charge of
the home and child of w. w. Sawyers
and will with her brother make her
home in Corbin. She is at present
the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. NJ.
Decker.
The Westside Pressing Shop,
next door to the Mountain Advocate
has installed an up to date Hoffman
clothes pressing machine. They are
prepared to do first class pressing,
cleaning and repairing on an abso-
lutely sanitary machine.
COrpl Chester G. Smith, nephew of
Sawyer A. Smith, is in town from
Camp taylor, Ky, on sick leave due
to mastoid abscess. He will return
Saturday and hopes to enter the Ca
valry service. While at Camp Taylor
Corporal Smith assisted in preparing
300 men for overseas service.
Mrs. Peggie Reynolds, who lives
with her daughter, Mrs, Catherine
Nelson, at the east end of town, is
112 years of age and spends her time
knitting and piecing quilts. Mrs.
Reynolds formerly wore glasses but
her eyesight is now so much better
that she has laid them aside.
Little Marvin Wilson, son of B. T.
Wilson, was taken to Louisville Mar.
SOth forthe removal of his injured
eye, the operation being performed
April End, 1t was feared that the
little fellow was in danger of losing
his left eye also and it was decided to
remove the one eye rather than have
both sacrificed. Marvin is at home
and progressing nicely.
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