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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08
Personal Paragraphs

F. G. Conlee was a business
visitor IN Beattyville Monday.
Jess Eaton and family came in
yesterday from Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. @. Shimfessel spent the
week. end in Winchester with rel.
atives.
Morgan Mckinney, of Win.
chester, was here a short while
Saturday.
Alf Patton, of Winchester,
spent Sunday with friends in
Clay City.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Whit visit.
ed friends at Lawrenceburg Sat.
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. Buirel Akers, of Win
chester, was in her old home town
OF Clay City Friday.
Chas. Welch visited his wife
in Lexington Saturday. He found
her to be no better.
MIR. Birchfield, from so m e.
where up the line, spent Sunday
night with his sister, Mrs. III. g.
Crabtree.
Mrs. Margaret Harsaw and son,
Clayton, of Winchester, spent
Tuesday of last week with j. b,
Eaton and family.
7. NJ. Mountz went to Lexing-
ton Saturday where he was init.
ated into the United Commercial
Travelling Mems Association.
Mrs. q. w. Anderson and chill
dren, of Mt. Sterling, speut Eas-
ter with her husband, at Beatty
Will, and returned here Monday
to visit her mother, Mrs. X. N.
Wilson.
L. J. Kirk made three trips the
past week to Levee and MI. Sterl.
ing and on one trip brought back
DIR. See to see his son, John
Kirk, who is suffering with ton.
silitis aud rheumatism.
Mrs. a. L. johnson left yester.
day morning tor Jackson to visit
her. daughter, Mrs. w. I. Rye.
Mr.. johnson went up this morn
ing to spend the day and they
will return this afternoon.
Robert Eaton was quite sick
the last of the week and on this
account his father, O. q. Eaton,
was called home from Evelyn to
be with him. Robert is much
better and Cliff returned to his
work Monday.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08
Child Dies at Quicksand

Clifton, the little tbree-year.
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Baker died Friday night at their
home at Quicksand of pneumo.
MA aud was brought here and
taken to Powell's Valley Sunday
for burial.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08
Stanton Lodge No 352 F. & A. M.


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Whereas, An all. wise God has
seen fit to enter our ranks and
remove from our midst our be
loved brother, w. @. Frazier. in
whose death sorrow was never
more keenly felt by all. From
the heads frosted by the bleak of
wintry years to the child just en-.
tering the bright spring.time of
life, none knew the deceased Tut
TO love and respect him. Though
loving hands Of relatives and
friends, aided by the skill Of the
best physicians, did all in their
power TO stay the grim monster,
death, their efforts proved of no
avail. Perhaps there never liv-
ed IN this town, even in this
county, a man more universally
liked and loved by al, classes and
1
conditions of people, than w. q.
Frazier; which is attested by the
fact that he held public office
and labored and worked over the
most particular and tedious work
of public records and Powell
County's Fiscal affairs for a peri
cd of twenty. four consecutive
years, and in that time he has
indelibly written himself into
the public records of the county's
legal affairs; There be establish.
ed a record of efficiency and
neatness that is so near TO the
perfect that it will be the stand.
ard by which his county's Clerks
and Public Recorders of Records
will always be guaged. He was
of happy and jovial disposition,
true to his friends, and it was
his greatest pleasure to extend a
kindly hand to the defenseless
and fallen. He was a useful and
energetic citizen, and leaves
vacancy in our ranks that will be
hard to fill. In the death of our
brother we have representation
of our own mortality. The stream
of life may run through a thou.
sand channels, but run where it
will, through floods of cheerful
sunlight or the moon washed
shadows of night. smoothly or
langnidly, it. is stopped by death.
Brother Frazier was a worshiper
Of liberty, friend of the oppress-
ed. He believed that happiness
was the only good; reason the
only torch justice the only wor
ship; humanity the only religion
and love the only peace. He ad.
ded to the sum of human JOY, and
were every one to\whom he did
some loving service bring bios.
som 10 his grave he would sleep
beneath a wilderness of flowers.
Therefore be it
Resolved: That in the death of
w. q. Frazier, Stanton Lodge
No. 352, bas lost one of its most
efficient officers of the past, a
faithful brother and friend, whose
loss will be mourned through the
coming year. Be it further
Resolved: That a page in the
record book of this lodge be de.
voted to this presm ble and these
resolutions, copy be sent to the
family of our deceased brother,
and that they be published in the
Clay City Times and the Masonic
Home Journal
Marion Atkinson,
Luther Stephens,
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08

o. z. Cunningham was home
with his family over Sunday.
Mrs. Armster Abney, Ashville
Wis, visited Mrs. Durrett Even
Monday.
Mrs. Lula Townsend, Mt. Ster-
ling, visited Mrs. J. s. Garrison
last week.
Miss Katherine Howell spent
the week end with relatives In
Mt. Sterling.
The Powell Fiscal Court con.
vened Tuesday for the regular
April term.
Miss Myrtle Miller, Bowen,
spent the week end with Miss
Sallie Creacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman 'Orm,
Flat Creek, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Smathers last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gother Martin,
Rosslyn, visited Mr.. aud Mrs.
Guy Grove Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Durrett Even visited her
sister, Mrs Henry Skidmore,
near Bowen, Saturday and Sun
day.
Rev. r. A. McCunagha vas IN
Winchester Tuesday to conduct
funeral services of Mrs. Lennie
Grow.
Misses Mabel and Sylvia Fork
ncr left saturday morning for
Richmond to enter Eastern State
Normal, school. s----r
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Shinkle,
Williamstown, Grant county,
have been visiting their uncle,
DR.. J E. Lemming.
Mrs. Mollie Crawford and d
daughter, Martell, visited Mrs.
Ben Sewell, Jackson, last week.
They will return to their home
in the oil fields near Torrent
Wednesday.
Among those who were here to
attend the burial of w. q. Fra.
zier were Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ste
phens, Mr.. and Charley Stephens,
Mt. Sterling, and Strother Snow
den, Lexington.
Mrs. Lennie Grow, 30 years old,
died in Winchester Sunday night
after a lingering illness of tuber-
culosis. She had few weeks ago
gone there that her mother, Mrs.
CLANCY, might be with her.
Funeral services Tuesday at the
home by Rev. r. A. McConagha,
of stanton. Burial in the VIM
chester cemetery.
Besides her husband, she leaves
two children, Cecil, five years old,
and Juanita, ten months old.
Her father, and mother Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson CLANCY, also sur
vive as do several brothers and
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08

Hardwick x Company, at Stan.
ton, have received their W
spring goods, and, therefore, have
. change in their advertisement.
Call on them. II will pay you.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08
Change in Train Time

The east bound morning train
has changed time arriving here
at SO a. m. instead of $3.50 as
formerly. The change has caus.
ed many to miss the train, think.
ing il still goes up at 8 80.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08

John Kirk continues very i'll
with rheumatism, being unable
to turn himself in bed OF move
his limbs. He has been so con.
fined for "a number of days.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08
DR.. Nickel Busy

DIR. Nickel, our dentist is a
busy. IMAM these days. He will re.
main here until the 10Th or 20th
when he will spend a week at
Stanton, and after that date he
will be at Torrent for awhile.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-04-08

All W. & l. trains Saturday ran
over the l.. 4 K. tracks from
Beattyville to Winchester. A
wreck on the line somewh where pre-
vented the trains running by
Irvine.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
CLUB ORGANISED.

The Executive Committee, with 4
number of Republicans Of Lafayette
County met in Oxford, Saturday May
9Th, to receive reports Of the dele
gates who were sent to Jackson to
the State Convention, April 1st.
Speeches were made by II. H. Nc
Even, A. Williams, S. w. Rogers. A
lively interest was manifested, there
being quite large number present,
including several women.
A Republican Club Of Lafayette
County was organized with L. Patter-
son, Abbeville as Chairman and S. w.
Rogers of Oxford Secretary.
We adjourned to meet again in Ok
ford, Saturday May 18th at 1880
o'clock.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13

Hon. A. C. Anderson has decided to
enter the race for Congress in the
Second district, and the announce
ment is very gratifying to his friends
all over the state. He is unquestion-
abl., th best qualified man in the dis
trict for this responsible office and
we sincerely hope he will be elected
Pontotoc Sentinel, Nov. 27, 1919.
Hon. A. C. Anderson, editor OF the
Ripley Sentinel, is an announced can
didate for congress to succeed Hon.
Hubert Stephens, who announces that
he will retire at the expiration of his
present term. Mr.. Anderson was for
several terms a member of the state
senate, where he was recognized
leader. His heart throbs in unison
with the interests of the masses, and
he is admirably equipped by native
ability and experience to make great
congressman. His many friends all
over the state hope for his election.
-Yazoo City Sentinel, Dec. 3, 1919.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
Vol. a..
TWO STILLS
CAPTURED WE'D.
Wh;tehead, Sisk, Mayor Temple Oh
Oxford, and Marshal Doyle OF water
Valley Figured in the Raid.

One of the largest and most de-
structive raids to the illicit WHISKY
manufacturing interests of Yalobusha
county, a number of which raids have
been published heretofore, was pulled
off Wednesday evening, when Che1
Deputy Marshal C. E. Sisk, Mayor
r. f. Temple, and Prohibition agent
C. w. Whitehead under the instruc-
tions of C. II. Doyle, Marshal of Wa
fer Valley went out few miles from
that little city and captured big
stills, destroyed more than 15Oo gal
Ions of mash, poured out lots of whls-
XIV. and brought two prisoners to Ox-
ford. One still was captured IL miles
east of Water Valley; the other one
IA miles southeast. Andy Miller,
white, and Simon Mcdonald, eolored,
were brougt to Oxford with the'two
big eighty gallon stills, and after
being arraigned before Commissioner
Smith. their bends were fixed at 81,
900 each.
The stills were chopped up and
piled M in front of the Federal build
ing and photographs made of same
u. S. Marshal Sisk is being congratu-
lated on his faithful work in dong
away with the illicit manufacturing
-, thie, III ctrict
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
BOND issue
IS DEFEATED
The Election Tuesday Was Short OF
Amy Enthusiasm. Very Small Vote
POlled in County.

The election Tuesday to decide
whether or not Lafayette couny would
issue $3.50, 900, an equal amount which
would be given by the Federal Gov
ernmentIto build hardsurfaced roads
one east and west, and one north and
south through the county was defeat
ed by very small margin.
The results of the effort to improve
the highways of our county, which is
absolutely necessary to progress was
evidently not understood by the best
citizens of our county. However the
movement will not by any means be
dropped, but all the good citizens in
the county are going to get busy with
a special new road district, and the
chances are that we will get sufficient
Federal aid to make very great and
substantial improvements for the
roads in Lafayette county.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13

This company is composed of Rita
Rich and Laura Werno who achieved
success as members of The Killar-
ney Girls company and have been ac
quiring additional laurels in other
organizations. They. feature imper-
sonations of children and grown-ups,
songs, readings and pianologs.
On the last might Noah Beilharz
pronounced Bileharts) will appear in
a big Joy. Night program. Beilharz
makes up in full view of the audience
using wigs and bits of costuming.
Character after character, all differ
ent, appear in such rapid succession
that it is hard to believe that there
is only one man on the stage. For
nineteen years Beilharz has entertain
ed audiences in every state in the
United States and in most of the
provinces of Canada, until almost
everywhere he has become known as
one of Americas greatest Chautau-
qua artists. Joy night is a fitting
finale to great Chautauqua.
June 8 to 8 will be Chautauqua
week in Oxford.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
Oxford Lafayette County, Miss, Thursday, May l3 1920
CHURCH TO
CHURCH DRIVE

The Baptist State Convention
Board of this State is to foster 3
Church-to-C Church Canpaiga in -,
fayette County during the llo: tn o.
June, in which all of the 23 Eaatis
Churches of the COUNTY will be vi il
ed. The purpose of this i to bin
directly to the attention OF the
churches the plans of t'-c~s {. .-4loii.i- g
ton, and to enable ali t'}1se eur ,cs
to work out these plans in the fullest
cooperation and alon -, un form hnee
The work is not for finances and col
lections, but to talk ahNrt th2 orC1n'
zation of the local Church f'r it
work among the people Of it, i'm
mediate vicinity. Plans ior takin.
care of the pastors salary, will be
discussed. The Bapti;i Il cord vii!
be presented to the Church, ''uadaS
School and young people work wit
be discussed, and students fer the La
fayette County Sunday S"hcol Nor
NAL will be enrolled.
Mr. Roland @. Leavell and Rev. w
l. Hargis of this County have be
asked to have charge of the Cam
paign, and with them ihale will be
associated Rev. j. p. Horton G. II Il
Springs, DR.. r. A. kiinb.oug'a Of Blu
Mountain, and other out of the coun
ty speakers.
The dates set for the visiting o.
the Churches are as follows:
Monday, June dallas.
Tuesday,, June s-New Elizabeth,
Wednesday, June 9-Tula.
Thursday, June 10-London Hill.
Friday, June 11-paris.
Saturday, June 12-Live Oak.
Sunday, June 13-Abbeville.
Monday, June 14-Concord.
Tuesday, June 15-Clear Creek.
Wednesday, June 16-Dillard's
Chapel.
Thursday, June 17-New Hope.
Friday, June 1S--Harmony.
Sunday, June 20--Taylor.
Monday, June 21-Bay Springs.
Tuesday, June 22--Philadelphia
Wednesday, June 23-Bluff Springs
Thursday, June 24-Shiloh.
Friday, June 25-New Prospect.
| Monday, June 2S-Bethel
Tuesday, June 29-Yellow Leaf
| Each Church will have dinner or
The ground for the day, and the serv'
ices will last from 10 A. M. until g.:
80 p. M.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
BOND COMMISSION
CONFERS WITH LINK
Thorough Survey Will Be Made
of the Building Needs
of the State.

Jackson, Miss, May 11.-With
all members present the bond COM
mission appointed to supervise the
issuance of bonds for new buildings
and repairs at state institutions held
another meeting yesterday which Thee
&c. Link, an architect Of St Louis was
present and gave members some valu-
able suggestions.
Governor Russell presided over the
meeting with Frank Robinson Attor-
ney- General as secretary. Members
present in addition to these were L.
M. Henry, insurance commissioner, ii.
II. Casteel, lieut.. .-Governor, Senators
Kyle, and McCallum, M. S. Connor.
Speaker of the house, and Represen-
tatives Stone and Bailey.
The commission yesterday decided
to ask Mr.. Link to Immediately make
a survey of state institutions and their
needs and to prepare estimates. Nc
definite plans for new buildings and
repairs were formulated but members
of the commission stated that thc
commission would thoroughly investi-
gate conditions and in any event
where not satisfied the state would
find it profitable to build or repair
would reject the project.
The commission adjourned late yes
terday afternoon to hold another
meeting June 8, when other an
nouncements will be made.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
MERCHANTS, TAKE NOTICE.
Department of Justice.
Fair Price Commissioner Office
Columbus, Miss.
Nav 7th 1920


Columbus, Miss.
May 7th, 1920.
To All Fair Price Committees, Job
bers, Brokers, Retailers and All
Distributors of Sugar:
And The Public Generally:
The Fair Price Commissioner has
Just received authority from the De
partment of Justice to change Su-
gar Rulings heretofore issued; this
authority being based on the fact
that the unusual and chaotic condition
of the sugar market necessitates the
tying up of abnormal capital on the
part of legitimate Dealers in order t.
supply the public demand.
Therefore, all rulings and Orders
fixing margins of profit on Sugar
heretofore promulgated in Mississippi
are hereby annulled.
The consuming public and all per
sons interested will take notice that
from and after this date margins Of
profit allowed to Distributors of su
gar will be as follows:
To The Wholesaler-a margin of
ten per cent above cost.
To The Retailer,-a margin of
Twenty Per Cent above cost.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
new HOSPITAL
FOR OXFORD

The ground was broken this week
for the big new $4,000 hospital for
Oxford.
DR.. ]. c. Culley, one OF our most
public-spilited and leading citizens.
a capitalist, has at last decided to
erect an up-to-date and modern hos
pital.
The building will be erected of con-
crete and hollow tile and will be fire.
proof throughout. 1t will be one
story and a basement and contain 80
rooms. The site selected was On De-
pot street near the old King Daugh-
ter's Hospital.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
SAYS II KEPT HIM
UN THE PAY ROLL
G. c. James Was Remarkably Built
Up After Taking
Tanlac.

Nothing kept me on the payroll
of the Illinois Meter Co. but Tanlac,
for | had already made arrangements
to give up my position when | began
taking it," said G. c. James, who lives
ut 1419 Franklin Ave-, Springfield
Ill.
II had suffered from rheumatism
and stomach trouble for fifteen years" !"
he continued, "and got in such bad
shape / could hardly get about. The
rheumatism was especially bad in my
legs and sometimes my left leg would
swell to twice its normal size. My
kidneys were also in such a condition
could seldom get good nights
rest, and so far as eating was con-
cerned--well, before | began taking
Tanlac | had not enjoyed meal in
years. | suffered so from indigestion,
and | had such dizzy spells | would
have to lie down. | became so weak
| often gave out completely while at
work and they would have to take me
home in a car, so it is wonder I
held up at all.
zone day one OF the men | work
with suggested that try Tanlac and
as long as live I will praise the day
] bought it, for | haven't a trace of
rheumatism now and | eat every
thing set before me without any bad
after effects. The dizzy spells are
things of the past and my kidneys
never bother me any more; every
night l sleep like log and l weigh
just thirty-eight pounds more than |
did when I began taking Tanlac. |
feel twenty years younger and am in
perfect health, and there is nothing
in the world I would take for the
good Tanlac has done me-"
Tanlac is sold in Oxford by Row.
land Drug Co., and in Abbeville by
j. S. Good. Adv.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
COMMENCEMENT FOR
ABBEVILLE SCHOOL

Abbeville, Miss, May 12.-With
only few days intervening before
the close of school here, preparations
for the annual commencement exer-
cises are being made with marked en-
thusiasm both with pupils and pa
irons. Although no graduating class
is announced this session, an unusual
ly Interesting program is promised.
The commencement sermon will be
preached in one of the LOCAL churches
by Rev. Mr.. Berryhill, of Holly
Springs, Sunday, May 23rd. Exam-
nations will take up the days inter-
vening before Thursday night fol-
lowing, May 9th, when the school
operetta will be given. This feature
Of the weeks program is being di
rected by Mrs. C. S. Wilkins and
promises to be exceptionally inter-
esting.
A play by the intermediate de-
partment is promised for Friday night
while on Saturday night the high
school class play "Out in the Street"
rounds out the weeks program.
Prof. C. A. McLarty, superintend-
ent, announces that owing to a read
justment in the schools curriculum
graduating class will not be announc-
ed until next year. Prof. McLarty
has been ably assisted through the
past session by Miss Georgia Frier-
son in the intermediate department
and Miss Audrey Bedenbaugh in the
primary department. 1t is announc-
ed that the Longstreet school, west
of here, recently voted a S mill tax
for the purpose of consolidating with
the Abbeville school.
Trustees who have been reelected
are the following: w. r. Wimbish,
d. G. Livingston, John Cook, with
two others to be selected from the
nearby schools to be consolidated.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
WATTS, MURDERER
ALVERSON, ESCAPES

Vicksburg, Miss, May 12.-Jes
j. Watts, the man whose sentence to
be hanged Friday of this week, for
the murder of DR.. ID. S. Alverson, il
January and stayed execution by ap-
pealing to the Supreme Court, escaped
from the Warren county Jail about 7
o'clock. His escape was effected
through the medium of Dave Petty,
who was sailor of the United States
revenue cutter. Wycona, in Jail on a
charge of forgery and Edgar Shay, a
16-year-old Vicksburg by held for
burglary, both of whom ASSAULTED
Jailor Aubrey M. Russell as he was
locking the prisoners in their cells 1T
GAO o'clock. Two other white pris-
oners and three negroes escaped ut
the same time.
Russell suffered scalp wound and
one of his right ribs was br ken.
After knocking him down, Petty and
Shay bound and gagged him, took his
keys, went up a "tower" and relea3-
ed Watts.
Posses in automobiles and on foot
secured the county reads and at o.
40 o'clock Petty and Shay were caught
about five miles from Vicksburg on
the road to Cedars, the scene of the
murder of Mrs. G. II. C. Johnstono
who was killed by her husband. y,
1T was thought Johnstone had cj
capped, but after some time, he wis
found on the cot in his cell, bourd
and gagged. He said the plot to ea-
cape was framed this evening and he
was bound and gagged because he l.a-
fused to go with the others ard
threatened to warn the jailor.
Can't and his bloodhounds from
Crystal Springs arrived at 11:4O to-
night and at AS they had the scent
from Watts cot and the bedding, and
struck a trail which leads in the di-
rection of Watts home at Walers-
vile, north of the city. The trail
went east for few blocks, retracing
the way two blocks and then headed
north. Watts is armed, having taken
a pistol from drawer in the Jail of
fee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
TO THE CITIZENS OF OXFORD
AND SURROUNDING COUNTY

We are going to have as our guest,
on the 10th, 18th and 18th Of June
Mississippi's Confederate Veterans.
We must not fail to give these grand
old heroes a hearty welcome and a
comfortable stay while with us, to do
so, it will require every home in Ok
ford to open its doors and take their
full quota. Let everyone feel that
the reputation OF Oxford for its hos
pitality is at stake, and let us go to
work and make it grand success, we
can do so if we will go at it in earnest
we must not fail.
A committee will wait on you soon.
J. L. SHINAULT, Com.