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Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
DEMISE

The soul of Mrs Margaret Burn
side Wigginton, wife of DR.. |. ID.
Wigginton, took its flight to eternal
rest on Thursday August 18th.
Death occurred at the home of her
father, DR.. VIM. Burnside. The
funeral service was held at the home
Revs. w. B. Minton. J. b. Hudson,
of Victoria, Texas, G. II. Greer, of
Danville. and r. r. Rose officiating.
Interment was in the City Cemetery.
Those present at the funeral from
out of town were Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Kinnard, Middlesboro, Mrs. T. X.
Watson, Elys, Miss Lillian Kinnard
Lancaster, Miss f. T. WiggintOn,
Louisville. and J. S. Wigginton,
Louisville.
Mrs. Wigginton was born at Lam
caster, Ky, March 18th, 1881 and
was beloved by a large scircle of
friends for her many sterling quail
tiles of heart and mind. She will
be greatly missed not only by the
family but by these friends.
The sympathy of the entire COM
munity will go out to the bereaved
family in this their hour of sorrow
and loss.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
NUISANCE
JUDGE ROSE ON OUR ROADS

Judge Il. S. Rose, who is presid-
ing over the Circuit Court, delivered
clean cut charge to the Grand
Jury on Monday, the most important
part relating to the condition of GU"
reads which are not what they ought
to be.
Judge Rose asked that the oyersecrs
be required to call out the militia
and that IL they do not do so. the
Grand Jury should indict them for
failure of duty. He pointed out that
where one or two bad chug holes
are allowed to remain, the whole
chain of roads is crippled, like the
weak link In a chain. Men should
be warned in at once to work the
roads. He further suggested that
the citizensof Knox County do as was
done in Whitley County where the
County Judge, aided by Commission
er Rodman Wiley, called a meeting
of overseers and arranged for a
weeks road working, all men be-
tween the ages of IS and so being
included in the call. AS a result,
between 1000 and 5000 men ans
wered the call and, as the work had
been intelligently mapped out by the
County Judge and Mr.. Wiley, every
thing done was Of uniform charac-
ter and Whitley County roads are in
good condition as consequence.
Less than a dozen men had to have
warrants served on them for failure
of duty.
Judge Rose suggested that the
first week in September or October
be set for Knox County to do such
work
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
CESSPOOL is DECLARED A NJ

DR.. G. H. Albright, County Health
Officer is in receipt OF an order from
DIR. Arthur T. Mccormick to immed-
lately issue warrants against owners
and tenants of property on Main
street as far as the Methodist church
Black and Sampson streets, the City
jail and buildings on the west side
of the Public Square. II they do not
at once take action to connect their
toilets with the city sewer. At pres
ent, a nuisance is being maintained
by keeping an open cesspool at the
back of the Hignite barn, the odor
of which can be smelled for a block
away. So bad is the odor that ten
ants below the Hignite property are
in danger of contracting disease and
are threatening to move out. This
is only one block from the City Pub
lie Square. This and the Main st.
sewer will have to be connected with
another sewer which must be built
across land below that runs to the
Creek.
Remember that this is now in the
hands of the State Board of Health
and If you own a home in any of
the section mentioned and use tot
let that does not connect with the
ely sewerage, you will be prosecuted
by the State whether you be ten
ant or an owner. Better get togeth-
Grand devise some plan Of meeting
the situation.
While the main sewer is being
built it should be large enough to
take care of the houses on Main St.
which have no sewer connection and
are now using outside toilets.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
DIXIE HIGHWAY ASSURED

The Fiscal Court of Knox County
met Monday and Tuesday to discuss
the question of the routing of the
Dixie Highway, the United States
engineers having decided on two pos
sible routes. 1t appears that the
route most favored by the Court still
lacked right of way at or near Flat
Lick and committee was appointed
to at once get these right of way
spots signed over for the purpose Of
being converted into public road.
The committee left Tuesday evening
for Flat Lick to get the matter put
thru, displaying most commendable
energy in this important affair. AT
ter the signatures are secured. the
Court will decide next Monday which
route shall be taken.
The Advocate has had nothing to
say on the status OF the Dixie High
way for some time as we knew that
nothing could be done until the Fed
comprehensive plan. 1t is matter
of cOngratulation that this has now
been done and the road is assured.
Our people will not know how much
the road will mean to them in dol
lars and cents until it is completed.
but, safe to say, it will mean thOus-
% Ial .
into the Golfers of the merchants
every year.
The next best thing to do will be
to build good roads all over the
County which will encourage truck
ing, fruit growing. etc, which in
turn will swell the bank accounts or
the citizens generally. Let's get
busy!
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
LOSES LEFT ARM

We greatly regret to have to re-
port that Alex Baker, of Flat Lick
who runs saw mill near that place,
lost his left hand and part of his
arm when he fell against a circular
saw on Tuesday. DR.. +. X. Burton
was called to attend to the wounded
man and found that he and his
friends had displayed great presence
OF mind in applying a tourniquet to
the arm, the pressure of which
checked the flow of blood, so that
not over pint was lost He is do
ing as we'll as can be expected.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON

On Friday, August Is, at D. m.
the womans Study Club entertained
at the Jones Hotel with a luncheon
in honor Of Mrs. Nat Sewell, of Lon
don. The ladies assembled in the
upper lobby of the hotel at the noon
hour where, after intrOductions and
pleasant chat. Mrs. Sewell made a
talk on Pooling our Interests for
reconstruction" Mrs. Sewell is a
woman of commanding appearance
and personality with a charming
face that to see is to remember and
her lectures always are a delight,
not only on account of the logical
treatment of her. topic but also for
the wording and arrangement which
which is often epigramatic.
The public missed n great treat
in not being able to hear Mrs. Sc
well on Thursday night as was plan
ned by the Club, but railroad con-
nections prevented her from getting
in that evening.
Mrs. John Harmon. from Chicago.
made a delightful talk on Com
munity of Interests developed thru
war work, especially the Red Cross
as she knows it in Chicago.
The ladies were then invited to the
dining room where, under the per-
sonal supervision of Mr.. Claude
Beale the following menu was serv-
ed and greatly enjoyed:
. Iced Canteloupe
Fried Chicken, Cream Gravy
Dreamed Corn, Mashed Potatoes,
Stuffed Tomato Salad
French Dressing
Hot Buttered Rolls
Lemon Ice Iced Tea.
Before leaving the table the low
ing cup was passed and Mrs. Sewell
was beautifully toasted by Mrs. G.
F. Tinsley and others of the Club.
The following Club members and
guests were present:
Mrs. Nat B. Sewell, London, KY,
Mrs. G. F. Tinsley. Mrs. z. T. Rails
ton, Mrs. James Golden, Mrs. r. H.
hewitt, Mrs. w. w. Sneed. Harlan,
Ky, Mrs. B. B. Golden, Miss Billins-
ly, Mrs. T. d. Tinsley, Mrs. l.. L.
Richardson, Mrs. Norval H. Cobb,
Warren, - o.. Mrs Leroy Brown, Va
rilla, KY, Mrs. John Harmon, Chi
cago, ILL.,, Mrs. c. p. Kennedy, Mrs.
Charles F. Rathfon, Mrs. Fred Bur-
man, Mrs. Raleigh Jarvis, Miss Nola
Mrs. Jesse d. Tuggle and
Mrs. Maude Tinsley Marcum.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
CIRCUIT COURT OPENS

Circuit Court opened Monday with
Judge r. S. Rose as presiding Judge.
Besides a number of misdemeanor
cases several murder ca SEES are to
come up for trial. The Grand Jury
is composed of the following citizens
Levi Bennett, John McVey, Milt
Scalf, Jack Logan, M. p. Adams,
Nance Hammons, Ely Bowlin, JEFF
Hammons, c. b. Wilson. II. S. Smith
William Johnson, and John c. Jones
Foreman Of the Jury.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
OUR SACRED DEAD

We lay our dear ones to rest in
the quiet bosom of Gods Acre, the
most sacred plot OF ground in our
ken. We plant grass and flowers
over their final resting place and find
this a labor OF love, since II is a
tribute to their memory and the
only one we can render which gives
us real sense OF nearness.
Our cemetery is beautiful and the
majority of the graves show every
evidence Of loving care, but there
are some few graves which need at
tention. Do not let these continue
to show neglect. but put in little
work on than. for old sake's sake.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
THE OIL FIELD

Demetros and Hunter have con-
tracted for FIVE wells in Edmondson
County, near Rocky Hill.
The Pineville Oil Company will
Immediately put down deep we'll
on Sinking Creek.
The hole drilled by the Sherman
and Gavin interests proved to be a
duster.
Bernheim and Co. are cleaning
out the old Epperson we'll near Grid
Ter, preparatory to testing it out.
Wagner and Kane, OF Omaha,
Neb., are here to look after their
oil interests.
S. A. ID. Jones, Of Richmond, Ky,
is here this week looking after his
oil interests.
Louisville parties who are operat-
ing on the w. N. Epperson farm
will soon have No. 1 OH the pump
which is showing for nice we'll.
Lee Jackson, representing the
Pineyille Oil Co. in this county, was
in Barbourville this week looking
after the company's interest.
Robert Jackson is still drilling on
the Weaver Oil Company lease near
Baileys Switch and the we'll is ex-
pected in the last of this week.
j. A. McDermott, r. w. Edgett
and z. T. Ralston are back from
New York where they went on oil
business.
The Associated Producers have
hauled a rig to No. on MOore's
Branch of Hector's Creek in Clay
County.
N. c. Hunter, the oil man, went
to Paris, Louisville and White Plains
on business the beginning of the
week
w. w. Strain, of Sistersville, w.
Va, with the Wiser Oil Company,
was here during the first of the week
looking over the territory.
- IA. McDermott has made loca-
ton on a second tract belonging to
/. N. Jones of Little Richland. His
clients will begin drilling the first
of the week.
The well drilled by Bernheim &
Co.. on the Miller Jarvis place, show
ed only a trace of oil in the Jones
sand and they are going down to
the Epperson sand.
Mr.. Bingham, OF the Bingham Oil
Company is here this week prepar-
ing to get his pipe line connected
1t looks as though Knox County
is coming to the front in the oil
world as there is renewed activity
in leasing by both local and outside
parties who are getting every lease
obtainable.
The we'll near Jarvis Store is
drilling at 400 feet with good indi-
cations. This operation was started
by the Burbon Oil Co. but has been
sold to Louisville parties who expect
to drill to what is known as the Ep-
person sand il a pay is not found in
the Jones sand.
There is a growing desire to have
some big interests make deep tests
in this county. All indications
point to the existence OF big oil be-
low where present operators have
gone. State biologists report pros
poets for this county most favorable
and it only awaits the operations of
some firm with the moneysto do big
work to show what is here and pro-
badly reap a greatcofi harvest.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

A Civil Service examination for
clerkship in the Barbourville post
Office will be held here on Septem-
Der 5th. Anyone desiring necessary
blanks can obtain them from Fred
C. Miller, Temporary Local Secre-
tary at the local post office.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish most sincerely to express
our heartfelt thanks to the friends
who were so Kina III gAslp and SYM
patty during the illness and death
of our loved one, Mrs. ]. d. wiggin-
ton. Il ="
.. DR.. |. ID. WiggintOn
DR.. Wms Burnside and Family,
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Services both morning and even
ing next Sabbath. The text alone,
of the morning sermon, will make it
worth while for all of the members
to come. Sabbath School $3.50 a. m.
Mountain advocate., 1919-08-22

Walker & Bryant, of Bryant Store
have sold their registered bull to J.
X. Jones.
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my friends were all whom met
visited the great school of Prof
Wilson and old Mississippian. He
knows his b-i-z. Here met Dick
Warren, his interesting family, DR..
Ellis and number of enterprising
men,, among them Deacon Book, G..
w. Hale, the drug store man, Joe
Brown, l.. l.. Burse, Chas Charles,
Wilson and Snowden, Walter Will
liams. did not speak. The ele-
ments worked against melt rained
from 4 p. M, till ~ o'clock that
night. | viii return April 81, rain
or shine
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FuRTagR OUT nIGnrA uP.


III tho white folks would give us
chance. We w0yld show the word
what We could dcs IS the inconsc-
Quential expression ol The mexperi-
enced wealillns The white man has
not ROW, neyf did have. and never
VIII have the Colorod MANS chance.
No man can have the chs Of
another man. any moro than no cnn
have the lungs. the legs o. tie eye
balls Of nEqlher Chances belong
10 one They are III cnly things
which are Gree, atsd siiey arc free
FOR all alike Nhpeser wants one
or aB for tknt p1ateoa a tcilliOn can
take fhoni They are not 4 s1picfiklng
Tor sFhs1h one must ask The man
who vents erathiAg, must SO 70 II
and take K Ct forever rea1in With
out It. Opl2 those things which con-
nfitufe commodities can any man
oNr II excess OF another man. Those
,hInss are not maie rial Tho things
which count which are eternal,
which can not pass way arc dc
things which every man can have
IN abundance
Ainoag these cseentis rs arc truth.
Ia nor. steadfasiness. pendaOleness.
He who has these can secure all
other thing6 worth while, though
against his efforts the world were
banded together
Quit asking the white man for a
chance The chance he has, ne
must keep. II Is necessary to bis
individual and racial preservation.
Go further out a. higher up and
IL Sc what you want
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Texarkana, Texas.

The next morning, the 18th, l ar
rived in Texarkana, at 40 minutes
past 900 o'clock. That night, !
was to have spoken at the Canteen
on Broad street, under the auspices
Of the Texarkana Negro Business
League, but the cold wave hit the
town at sun down and the Colored
people have too much sense Texar-
kama to 90 out to hear me when
the wind blows cold. The meeting
was a failure.
took my baggage out to the pa
latiar Common home, 1903 Pine
tarried until midnight, the night
Of the 18th, except an hour spent
with Old Big Chief Goree, Mrs G.
W. Hampton and Little Monroe
Plant. The latter two represent tho
Dallas Express in the Gate City.
will speak at the church Of Rev G
W. Hampton on (Sunset Iexarkana
Monday night, February "a.
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had and two pair of rubber over
shoes and caught the influenza once
more, but thanks to the Lord, at the
tirle Of the second influenza attack
| was in Kentucky and the influenza
up there, did not last Inc as long
as John staid in the army. l am
having my trials, but as / peep
through the gloom, can see that
work out for me an eternal and eX-
ceeding weight of glory which shall
not fade away.
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STAFF Correspondence.
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 10. 1919.
Leaving Hone.


STAFF Correspondence.
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 10. 1913.
Leaving Hope.
left Hope, Arkansas. on the even
ing Of Monday, Feb. 3. 1919, and
made my first stop in Little Rock,
arriving there over the Mountain"
at 1880 p. m.
Storing my grips in the Union de-
pot hold over, | started out to find
place kept by race people where
/ could eat at front table. This
language may seem strange but it
hides no mystery from persons who
have travelled In, the Old South, for
there are still left in that region,
the Colored man who still operates
an eating place FOR whites and
that other Colored man who runs
barbershop for whites" In their
places IL a Colored person wants
service he must 20 70 the Kitchen Of
the restaurant and at the barberahop
well there is absolutely nothing
doing. Indeed there are Colored men
who run transportation vehicles,
which, II they get Q white passenger
will either have you wait until he
has delivered his white load, OK
refuse the person Of his own race
altogether.
l asked q Colored man at GER
tain tom why he consented to haul
under tho circumstances. and after
| locking about TO see that no white
person heard him, said. well, bud
you oughter kno how de viii folks
Is"
/ took the time to Investigate the
jim Grower. and | found that in
variably the person guilty justified
his conduct On The ground that hey
could make mere money By SO doing
But back TO my story. ! found 8
/ splendid place on Second street near
tho Rock Island depot The placS
Is domiciled IN substantial two
story brick ahont 40 by 50, the whole
OF the first floor being given Over
to feeding, while the proprietor anc
his vie (only O son In Trance VIII
the colors) oeciTied the upper flooi
as residence. What Is more upon
investigation. Il turned oHt that they
owned the building and the busincsa
beside other valuable property.
told the proprietor that / wanted Il
cat on the best table right up in
front They agreed. J ate. Just af
/ was about To leave, ] scraped III
and acquaintance With the husband
ana he turned out 70 be my cousin
He left me down on the farm some
thirty years ago. Hi wife is hrs
b. n. Guy an estinable lady. nhe
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I am no more disposed to squan-
der than TO stint.
Economy makes happy homes and
sound nations. Instlll Il deep.
IT Is not tho lowest priced goods
that are always tho cheapest,
/ can not enjuin too strongly
upon you due observance ..
oconony and frugallty
Keep an account book and onteI
therein every farthlng Of your
receipts and expenditures.
Promote lrugality and industry
By example, encourage manu-
factufcs. and avoid dissipation
Robson. too late perhaps. may
conYince you Of the folly Of
misspanding time,
There Is no proverb hi the whole
catalogue 81 them porc TRUE
than q penny saved is d penny
got.
Nethifis but harmony. honesty,
Industry. and slalsality are nee
cssarg d make us q great and
happy nation.
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fessional and business men for the
most part with heavy sprinkling OF
the plain people. Rev. IL. A. Boyd
presided. The great audience sang,
America" / spoke for 81 minutes
and quit. The audience expressed
themselves as well pleased.
agreed, because IL the audience could
stand it certainly could.
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|O[D REGULAR

REVIEWS A JOURNEY COVERING
PARTS OF TENNESSEE, KEN
lucky AND ARKANSAS, AND is
SUES NOTICE or THE TOWNS
AND CITIES IN TEXAS WHICH
HE WILL VISIT IN THE DAYS
no C0AIE-TELLS HIS OWN
STORY OF LITTLE ROCK, MEN,
PHIS, NASHVILLE, LEWISYILLE,
(kY.l, JACKSON, STAMPS, TEX
ARKANA AND ATLANTA, TEX
AS-N0T ALI. LUGK--D0N'T
LAUGH.
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Atlanta, roxas,


| arrived in Atlanta at 2:25 a. m,
Sunday, February 16, but as late
as 1t was Mr.. Jacob Washington, Il
young theolog, was there TO meet
me and guide me to the home OF, Mr.
and Mrs. Hayward Washington, where
every comfort was provided After
attending Sunday school at the First
Baptist church OF which Rev. A. w.
Pryor is pastor, heard him preach
an able sermea on the subject Oh
The Christian Soldier. lie was con-
yincing. He is doing good.
At 500 p. m, | spoke to standing
room in the same church from the
subject: The Peace Aims of the
American Negro The following pro-
gram was executed in connection.
Address in behalf OF Enon First
Baptist Church, Prof. j. r. Baptist;
Address in behalf of G. NJ. u. Church,
Mrs. G. F. Moore; Response in be-
half Of First Baptist Church, W. L..
Hale; Music by First Baptist Choir.
People were there from ali over
Cass county and some from TexaI-
kama, l. am told that the crowd
broke all former records in. size.
Pastor Pryor, was the master OF
ceremonies and Prof. j. w, Prmtt
was secretary. / spoke an hour and
twenty minutes and not person
left his seat Twas great meet
ing and hope it did good. Atlanta,
is quite an enterprising town. Many
people read the Express and other
race papers. Mrs. Lee Washington,
a fine woman is our agent She will
soon have 500 readers The people
are with her and they believe in the
Dallas Express. They pray for the
coming to pass Of the things which
it predicts.
slere you find q cooperative mer-
chantile store. q Colored man in the
livery stable business and other en-
tcrpfises. In the county are three
gins, two saw mills and Single
mid. Vhree-f0rths of 1900 Colored
Inhabitants own their own homes
IN town, while a third OF the COl0red
people engaged in Farming own the
land The Odd Fellows and U. B.
three churches. The First Baptist,
Enon First Baptist and ST. Papl G.
NJ. r. with pastors, Reys. A. w.
Pryor j. j Deloney, g. +. Moore,
respectively Prof. j. Z. Baptiai is
at the head OF The City Schools (Col-
credl with an enrolment OF ZIG
students, assisted by Profs. j. ".
piNitt and Miss A. o. Alien. Among
the business men not already men
toned arc. WIN Henderson ,Vcqf
End Grocery a., VIII Murray, W.
S. Hale, wv G. Griffin, L. J. Johns.
y j Johns, e. D. Henderson, Hay
ward Washington, and Androw DAVIS.
~. II. watson MANAGES garage,
manages g garage, owned b. white
an Ir. Hale mas been foreman OF
a section OF tho 7. L. & A. Ry., for
oyer Is years, " G. Griffith has sue
cessfuIiy operated a merchant taller
ing establishment for thirty Gears
and employs fops people Atlanta
il marching on
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Some Happenings Not on the Lucky
Tfef

have noI said anything about
the things which happened on this
trip, which | did not like. | met
them. They mel me. Don't think
because, | am not saying anything
about the towns which did not turn
not to suit me. that / found none.
because l did. Don't think there
were no ignorant and pejuliced
conductors ana ticker agents nor
that there We're not cheap police Off
GERS to- search my grips for liquor
and such. nor that / did not see the
Niger" who disgraces the Colored
race. for ] met all these.
/ lost one OF The only two shirts
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The say President Wilson is CONF
ing home. Fine resolutions. What
ever else he has not learned, one
thing he has learned, and that is
that he should have never left home.