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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
new COAL MINES
NEAR TORCHLICHT
TO BE OPENED
Water Transportation Will
be Attempted if Plans
Can be Executed

The Blacksburg Coal company OF
Virginia has leased from Dixon a. Gar
tin the,coal rights on the Andy New
farm at Torchlight. Mr. N, NJ Orr Is
chief stoclsholder. A mine will be OPP
ened as sooE as possible, Equipment
is being shipped from Virginia.
This land lies just below the Torch
light Coal company's operation. OH the
west side Of the river
There is an Interesting feature In
connection with this new enterprise
that we are glad TO hear about because
II is likely TO develop an opportunity
that awaits this valley. The Blacks
burg company contemplates using the
Big Sandy river for shipping at least
n part Of its coal Slackwater is avail
able there and for several miles fur
ther up the rivers II has not been
utilized because no company has yet
made any effort to arrange for 1t. I'm
III the Ohio river dam below Catletts-
burg was completed the plan was not
feasible but since that was accomp-
lished there is no difficulty about get
ting out OF big Sandy into the Ohio
during low water stages. The Ohio
river dam puts water over the sill OF
the Big Sandy dam.
All that is needed is TO supfay the
traffic and the boats will come in to
take care Of the business. Coal from
Big Sandy river can be moved by river
to Cincinnati when the Pittsburg coal
can not be brought down There is
barge water in the Ohio from the
mouth of Big Sandy down, five times
rs many days in the year us there is
from Pittsburg. This Is the average
record over number OF years. As the
Ohio has slackwater only in spots that
record is the one that counts. and ii
will stand until the system OF slack
water Is completed Nothing would do
ls much TO stimulate coal production
along the Big Sandy as far up as
Georges creek and corresponding dis
.anee up Tug river as the development
lf steamboat and barge service, and
such development depends upon the
opening of mines along the way.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
Large Clothing Store
Has Changed Hands

The new firm of Sparks & Sparks
consisting of NJ B. Sparks and Bert
L. Sparks. have. taken charge OF the
clothing and furnishings store bought
from w L. Ferguson. This Is one OF
the largest stores of this kind in the
Big Sandy valley. A complete stock
Is in the house. ready for the public
The proprietors are successful business
men, OF the highest integrity.
w l. Ferguson and family will
move 10 Huntington in few days.
Louisa regrets to lose this good family.
but our best wishes for success go
with them.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
FIRST STEPS in
ROAD MATTERS SOON

County Judge Billie Rife Is IL
Frankfort this week to secure al
blanks forms and information neces-
sary 20 going forward With the good
roads proposition under the State and
Federal aid plans. IN connection with
THE llund issue recently voted so over
whelmingly in Lawrence county
The people on every side are inquir-
ing when the work OF building roads
win start and the offcinls OF course
feel Il their duty to 10 ahead with the
preliminary work as rapidly as pos
slhle There Is much to be done and
no time to lose II we are to be ready TO
build roads when the favorable weather
arrives. II Is important TO get started
ns early In the season as possible.
The members OF the court realize
that this Is the largest enterprise ever
undertaken In the county and that It
will require the best possible efforts
and the greatest amount of energy to
40 the Job successfully and within
reasonable time. Nothing was done at
The fiscal court meeting last week, but
they hope TO get started soon.
The court was very much interested
IN the address made Thursday of last
week BY Hon. r. $. Scanlon of Hunt
inRion and we have heard nearly all
Of the members express themselves as
being deeply grateful to him for the
Information and advice given on that
occaeion'
Judge Rife win cali the court to-
sother again Immediately after his re-
turn from Frankfort to make the nee
1.Dnru ofdnfc and take any stems re-
Quired
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
WRECK
DELAYS WEDDING
OF LOUISA GIRL
Miss Ernestine Stump Mar.
ries Injured Fiance in
st. Louis Hospital.

a friend furnishes the NEWS viii
the following account Of an interesting
event that ~ OF special interest here
The bride II the only child OF Mr.. and
Mrs. y. r. stump, now OF Logan w
Va, but formerly OF Louisa She was
educated in Lexington aud Richmond
llSy.. and Is a charming girl;
After a three years courtship, Miss
Ernestine Stump, OF Logan. w. Va
and Mr.. Thomas Lynch Henritzy OF
Marion. Virginia. were married.
On December go 1919, In Oklahoma
city. okla, when the Frisco train pull
ed out OF the depot the eighteen coach
es carried many happy people, but none
happier than Mr. Thomas Lynch Hem
ritzy enrpute 10 Logan, w Va, where
on Wednesday December "a he was TO
wed Miss l;rnestine stump When the
fast going train was nearing ST. James,
Mo. on Sunday morning at 1880 there
was a terrible wreck caused by a brok-
en- axle Three persons were killed and
forty-seven injured. one of whom, was
Mr.. Henritzy. The injured were rush
ed to ST. Louis TO hospital For
tunately the young man had received
only deep gashes about the head ana
face. Before being able to speak he
had written message to be sent to
Miss stump asking her to leave at once
for ST Louis. Accompanied by Mrs II.
q. Ncsbit she went, finding Mr. Hem
riizy not so seriously Injured as they
had feared.
On Friday afternoon, December 90,
in the Frisco hospital the happy
couple was Joined in holy wedlock by
the Rev Pittman, pastor OF the First
Christian church, st. Louis. In a few
days they left for the brides home in
Logan, w. Va. and later win visit-,he
groom's home in Marion. Va.
They viii reside in Logan where Mr.
Henritzy holds a responsible position
with the Kentucky & West Virginia
Power Co, having been In their en-
ploy five years.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
GOOD ROADS AS
AIN INVESTMENT

The two forms of public Investment
that most appeal to American people
are public schools and public roads.
We tax ourselves more heavily for
schools than for anything else, though
dividends from this investment are in
direct. But roads bring dividends di-
rectly back on the return trip.
A hard surface road from farm to
town, road that win bear the max
imum load for twelve months of the
year, is a great time saver. Moreover,
there are times when produce must be
rushed to briefly high market Good
roads are Indispensable then. Many a
farmer can tell of times when, held at
home by mud embargo he has help
lessly watched fall of the market
cost him a hundred dollars or more.
Surprising a farmers land is assessed
at ten thousand dollars, and the addi-
tional tax, due to the issuance of road
bonds is one dollar in the Thousand
This would add ten dollars to his tax
But suppose he saves an hour week
when man and team are worth six
dollars day. His saving for the year
or~thfs small item is 20, which is
interest on his Investment at the rate
of 3l2 per cent.
But any farmer knows that the say
ing due to such road is not confined
to so small an item as one hour week.
The wear and tear saved on team and
vehicles amounts 10 more than that
The profits on a single crop taken to
market in the nick OF time may be
much more than that. In fact. there is
no factor that so vitality Affects the
value Of farm land or the margin of
farm profits as that of the cost of
And the larger part of
the cost of transportation from farm.
to ultimate consumer is that incurred
by the haul over public highways
journal
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
RETURN TO SCHOOL

After spending the holidays ut then,
homes in Louisa the following have re-
turned to school:
Miss Sallie Barns, O G. Gartin, Luz
ther Atkins and Jack and Henry Sam
mons TO University Of Kentucky. Lex
ingtoni Miss Helen Alexander to ssayre
college Lexington; Miss Make Well
man to Hamilton college, Lexington:
Geo. II. Mauger. to Pittsburg, Pa;
Jim Ferguson to Manlius, N VI: Geo.
Wm. Mcclure and Victor Muncey to
Cincinnati; Miss Agnes Abbott 10 Gin
clnnati and Miss Georgia Clreeyer to
rarkersburR w Va
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
Soldier, Home on
Furlough, Ends Life

Ashland, KY. Luke Bayiess. "a years
old, is dead of bullet wound. He was
home from Camp Grant on a furlough.
Sunday he seemed depressed and sew
eral times burst into tears even when
other young people who were having a
good time. He was at the home Of
William Field. neighbor Several
other young men who were there had
stepped out Of the room for a few
moments when they heard report
from pistol, Returning to the room
they found young Bayless dead.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
Nicholas Copley, Aged
Citizen, Passes Away

Nicholas Copley died Jan. 7th at the
home of his daughter Mrs. Claude Holt
near Fort Gay He had been i'll only a
few days. His age was 81 years Four
SONS and five daughters survive and
all We're at his bedside when death
came except a son in South America
and another In the army, at Brown
VILE, Texas. Mr.. Copley was a veteran
Of the Ciyil war. He was good. hon
est citizen and had many friends The
body was laid to rest by the side Of his
wife, who died some years age.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
mo ABATEMENT in
oil DEVELOPMENT
OF EASTERN KY.
Lawrence, Johnson and Ma
coffin Taking Front
Seats in the Pro-
cession.

Slagie brothers are starting well
on Thoa. Thompson's farm on Rich
creek. This win test some new terri
tory.
Three locations have been made on
Il N. Hutchlson's farm near Falls
burg to be drilled by the Richmond
Drilling company. The machine Is al
ready on the ground and as soon as the
boiler now on the road arrives the
work viii be started. The same com
pany has another outfit about ready
for work on the conley a Burgess
farm on Two Mile.
Creel brothers Will start the well on
J. H. Woods fnrm on the Point OPP
poaite Louisa very soon.
Watkins 4 Preston have completed
well No. 2 on John u. Thompson, near
Huaseyville and II looks 70 be consld-
erably better than No, l. This is a
New Domain lease.
The cold weather OF the past week
stopped the drilling at several places
BY freezing up the water supply
n. q. SammonH and James Hale have
leased their land inside the corporate
limits OF Louisa We have good rea-
son 10 hoPe that every resident OF Lou
lisa Will eventually have an oil or gas
wen u HIS back yard.
Al Upper Blaine.
The Norris well wns shot last week
and win be put 10 pumping as soon as
possible
stevens A Garrison. contractors, have
smother fishing job ON the Knob
Branch well which they are drilling
for j. IsralslSy The well is over 900
Meet deep and II near the Big Injun
Ikand
IL The Union compnnys wells are pro-
ncing steadily This company Isl
drilling right along and will have 9th
er contractors on the Job soon
Dr. v. v Adkins wen on the Rice
farm holdssap TO the former good re-
ports lie viii extend development as
rapidly Rs possible,
rrrudenburFer * drilling n wen on
Branch well.
johnson and Masoftin.
The big wen drilled III Magoffin near
The Johnson county line has greatly in
creased the interest there
The paintaviIle Herald says
llt VAt uih BttS pIVpo1ittol III JtliHr L
aon and Magoffin counties has now be-
come matter OF business. having
passed the wild cat stage Il is no
longer question OF the possibilities OF
Oh and gas in these counties but
matter now OF defining the fields.
Outside interests have finally awaken
to the fact that Johnson aud Magofilnl
counties have even more than has
btcn claimed Tor them and now they
arr planting their money IN business
like way which will hurry the develop
lnent long since begun.
The sale of seventy acre lease last
week for $1,000 which had been offered
thirty days before for $1,000 is fair
sample OF the confidence placed IN this
field BY outside capital.
II h estimated that March the first
viii Ind pipe lines into this field and
being marketed
a meeting Of 40 oil men was held at
l,aintsyille Wednesday night TO dis
rusH plans Tor development and for
the oil already found in
Johnson and Magoffin.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
KENTUCKY DEBT SMALLER
THAN IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS

Frankfort, XIV The debt OF the state
OF Kentucky win be less than So 2.a0O,-
900 when the Republicans take over
the state government. At the begin
ming of business the first OF the year
the debt totaled $23ss,591.3s
included in this maount are war
rants which have been called In for
payment which, when Cancelled, will
leave an outstanding indebtedness or
approximately $500. 900.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
MARRIAeE LIcENsEs.

Walter Barnett, 20, to Lizzie Carter
10, of Louisa.
Daniel b. Ferguson, 81. OF Louis
vile, to Erie M. Morris. "a. OF Ft. Gay
James u, Smith, %, OF webbville to
Ruth y. Shepherd, IS, of Hubbaris-
town. w. Va.
Anthony Ward, "a. to Dovy b. Price,
IS, of Henrietta, Ky.
Thos. Arcutt q. to Emily Bartram.
n, OF Louisa
James Leslie jackson. 26, to Nellie
lambert. %. OF Huntington and Falls
burg
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
Grand Master of Kentucky
Mas0ns to be in Louisa

Grand Master Henry S. McElroy Of
the Grand Lodge Of Kentucky Masons
viii be in Louisa next Wednesday. jan
uary H. II il desired that all mem
bers attend the meeting of Apperson
Lodge No. 1876 on this. occasion
a banquet viii be held after the close
Of the session. the ladies OF the East
si.n star doing t.se scrv.ns
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
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Mother of B. j. Chaffin
Dies at Advanced Age

Mrs. g. w. chaffin died at her home
near Yatesvllle Wednesday night, after
long period of i'll health. She was
q years old The husband and num-
Der OF grown sons and daughters sur
yive. Among these is r. J. Chaffin, OF
Louisa. Mrs. Chaffin was a good wo-
man and a consistent church member.
She was daughter of VIM. Short. who
died many years ago. The burial Will
take place today near the home.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
NATURAL GAS
FOR PREsToNseURc

The town Of Prestonsburg Is having
natural gas piped into 100 houses. A
well lust across the river win serve
this number
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
JAMES WHEELER'S CHILD
DIES NEAR FORT GAY

The infant son Of James Wheeler
age eight months, died at his home
near Fort Gay yesterday after brief
Illness.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09

Advertising Is an Absolute
Nocessity 20 Every Business.
Try ap Ad. in the Big Sandy
Nows and you will be pleased
with the resuIts' .;
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
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Many Wraps Are White.

:. For southern wear many Of the
wraps being prepared by the specially
shops follow the mode of the old time
French cape known as the "visite."
This was a quaint, long, narrow affair
gathered up about the neck. This model
was followed out at one place in white
velvet gathered to a band Of ermine
and lined with pomegranate red crepe
de chine. White wraps are, by the
way, being exploited much for the
Florida resorts. So are the black ones
Both depend for their beauty largely
on vivid Innings of orange and citron
and rose and hennu. x
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26

MO one has been able to figure out
~ Just why lis that women take to-
millinery that anticipates spring-and
no one can doubt that they do wear It.
With charming audacity q few straw
hats courageously make their appear
ance along with January thaws in the
coolest sections Of the country and in
the South they enter, to remain. 1t is
the tourists millinery-the resort hats
probably-that entice even. the stay-at-
homes into discarding their midwinter
headwear and DOMINIC something that
has a promise of spring in it.
Spring millinery is a survival Of the
fttest among the many and diverse
styles that appear at the winter re-
sorts, with the addition Of models in
which variations in the use Of mate
rails appear. Already the seal of ap-
proval is set on the hats that appear
in the group pictured ,above-hats OF
the simpler sort, having, with one ex-
ception, soft outlines. All Of them, but
the wide-brimmed model, may be
placed in the class of street hats and
this one is to be included in the list OF
"pastime hats"-those glorifed sport
hats of gay and beautiful colors and
fine materials. This particular example
is made of alternating rows Of narrow
faille ribbon and a braid, In light green,
with a. pin-wheel rosette of the ribbon,
for adornment. 1t is faced with. white
tagal and may be worn with sport
clothes or other summer apparel, y. y.
In the dark hat, with feather orna-
,nent at the side. there is a splendid,
example Of hair-cloth millinery. The
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
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ISLAND SAVED BY WOMEN
How the Female Population Of HeIoo-
~ land Upset Calculations Of ,,
r,-# %t&s Danish Admiral. -, "a

a o. g..
Helgoland, the naval wall flower
during the World war, had its fate
decided, upon one memorable occasion,
by the women of the island, according
to a bulletin of. the National Geograph-
ic society About the time William
Penn was settling PENNSYLVANIA a
Danish admiral captured the islands
fishermen one night while they were
placing their nets He threatened
to%$hold them rs hostages until the
island surrendered to Denmark.
Wives, mothers and sisters arose and
forced the Danish garrison to re-
linquish any claim upon Helgoland.' :,
i In the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries Helgoland was a center OF
the North sea herring. fisheries. Then
herring s.jveered back. to. Z Scotland's
coast and the islanders handed down
a tale Of the impiety by which they
forfeited the boon. Until "a few years
ago horses were unknown to the is
land. One story has it that when an
old woman saw an Englishman; ride
up the hills she dropped =, dead from
the shock of what she believed was
a supernatural creature.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
D 43,,t1 'T
Humidity.

Humidity is the moisture or aqueous
vapor in the atmosphere. The vapor
is really an invisible gas. When this
vapor becomes visible tits called dew,
fog, mist, haze, clouds. rain, snow, hail,
etc. according to the size Of the drops
of water or the method by which the
vapor condenses. A given space at a
given temperature can contain only a
definite amount of moisture. When a
given, space contains all of the mois-
ture it is capable of holding tits said
to be saturated. Z The percentage OF
moisture in the air to what it would
hold II saturated Is called the relative
humidity. When the air is saturated
with moisture the humidity would be
100 per cent, and if half saturated 30
per cent, three.quarter saturated Is
per cent. The increased humidity has
much to do with the effect of the temt
perature on the individual, which IS
the reason .the5subiect IS 50, commonly
discussed during hot periods.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
|. GARDENS A | ! 5 AGAIN Z.
!. ]. ARE !. / !. I'M IN P I ! Ri
lust as Essential This Year as
]. During War Period, Say Fed
eraI Specialists. ~
MUST PRODUCE MORE FOOD
Several Hardy Crops Will Withstand
Considerable Frost and Should Be
Planted Early-Make Plant
H.. tngs at Short Intervals.

prepared by the United states Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Gardens are going to be just as i'm
portant the coming year as during the
war period. United States department
Of agriculture specialists declare.
High food costs, they say, are likely
to remain until more to eat is grown
and distributed. Farm gardens, vii
lage gardens, and city back yard gar
dens all will help. Food produced in
the garden not only helps balance the
family budget but releases that grown
ON farms for the use Of people who
are entirely dependent upon others.
With the lengthening Of the, days 1t
will not be long until land can be
worked, and such hardy crops as peas,
onions, lettuce, radishes and beets
planted, especially throughout the low
er Gulf Coast region. The average
date of the last killing frost of the
winter in this section is not later than
March Is. This zone includes the
southern portion Of South Carolina,
the southern half Of Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi, almost the whole of
Louisiana and all southeastern Texas.
Several of the more hardy garden
crops. including those mentioned
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
Small Girls Criticism.

Little fve-year-old Lois had been
told not to be in slch hurry when
she put away her playthings, to take
Il little more care and pack them
straight. One evening her grandma
was taking her home latter dark. As
they were walking along tho street
lights were turned on. She looked up
and asked: "Grandma, who turned all
Of those lights on at once" On being
told man at the electric light plant
turned them on. she said: well, then,
who turns on all the lights in the
slzy?" Grandma told her God did that.
Noticing that the new moon was tilted
at n different angle from what she had
noticed before, she said rather disgust
eddy: "Well, I wish God would take
just a little more time when he turns
ON the lights and turn that moon on
straight while he is about it."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
The Artistic Temperament.

The landlady announced that we'll
known hunlorist and cartoonist was tc
join us at our; boarding house and we
ali had expectations Of meeting jolly
good fellow Who would drive dull care
away. When he arrived he insisted
on having d small table by himself.
and instead OF drawing his chair up
to the fable always drew the table to
him. eating fScing the wall, with his
back to the guests. and declined to
meet anyone. All in all he was sad
character. to gaze upon and a great
disappointment to the guests.-Ex-
change. T.. - ;. ... e..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-26
Belts Little, Used.

Belts Little Used. ". -:
The vogue for belts is decidedly on
the wane. A belted effect is given,
however, by clever cut, and much In.
genuity is exercised in this direction.
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