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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Road Work Continues

Work on the Bird Adams hill
continues with promises of COM
pletion within a few days. This
hill is one of the worst in the
county and its cutting down
will be of untold benefit to the
public. Soon as this hill is COM
pleted, another one is to be ta-
ken hold Of, and so on until the
road between Clay City and
Stanton is put in good condi-
ton. This community aid is a
great thing for roads, and beats
state aid by far for all parts of
the county.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Stanton Items With us Again

Our Stanton letter is with us
again this week. This news
matter is a very attractive fea-
ture of the paper. When it fails
to ap pear there is always a
number of inquiries about the
missing items. We are always
glad to print any news of i'm
portance from any portion of
the comfy as well as from our
Stanton correspondent, SO send
them in, but be sure it is news
and not altogether neighborhood
happenings.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Fiscal Court Meets Friday

The Powell Fiscal Court will
meet at Stanton Friday in call
ed session to attend to impor-
tant business and to consider
further road building in the
county. Here's hoping that as
we can get no State nor Fcdeal
aid this year the court will ac-
cept Community aid, and con-
tinue the good work it has so
successfully begun,
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Smile

When the cold north wind is BLOWN
And the snow is on the ground,
Look up and Smile my brother,
For there's business TO be found.
When the world seems dead against
you,
And your tolls all seem in vain,
A happy Smile my brother,
Is like a gentle rain.
1t keeps the flowers blooming
Around you day by day,
And gives you footing in better
homes,
Where your business is sure to stay.
Smile when you feel like cussin',
When things seem on the bum,
Smile and work with all your might
And success is sure 10 come.
Don't worry DER past failures,
But let new hopes abound,
For with the water that has past
No mill has ever ground"
So come and get in the jolly crowd,
Where grump don't show his face,
Just smile till future comes along
And lands you in your place.
J.P. HOPKINS.
Winchester, Ky. May 2l, 1921
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
The Output of Caretaking

Mr.. John M. Kennon, one of
Powell cOunty's largest farmers
has been amply regarded for the
proper care of at least one piece
of farm machinery. He has Just
finished planting his large corn
crop with the corn planter that
he first used seventeen years ago.
This has been made possible by
properly taking care of this ma
chine as he does with all his farm
machinery? Probably not more
than one.third of all the machin-
cry on the farm is ever worn out.
1t really rots or rusts out for
the want of proper care and
shelter, or else is allowed to
run without sufficient oil or taps
allowed to get loose and thus do
damage to the machine. Moth
ing is a greater source of accumu-
lation of money on the farm than
by the proper care and protec-
tion of the machinery and imple-
ments employed on the farm.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Paper Shortage

Owing to the strikes in the paper
mills and labor troubles generally,
there is an impending paper famine
among the small papers. I h e
Times gave an order thirty days
ago for some news print. We then
could get no promise for the paper
before June. We have ordered
from another house and hope to be
out again next week on time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Saturday and Monday are
Circus Days for Powell County

Saturday Is circus day in Clay
City and Monday is circus day in
Stanton and everybody is prepar-
ing to attend The Bryant d John.
son Combined Shows. The chill
dren are in high glee over the
coming opportunity to see the
funny capers of the merry clowns.
The grown.ups are also glad Of
the opportunity to get away from
business for a few hours in order
that they may be child once
more and take in the big show
and have jolly good all.round
time at little cost-to drink cir
Gus lemonade and think of the
good old days past and gone when
they were children and dad
used to take them to the show.
7 wo performances - afternoon
and night, on Saturday, May 2S,
in Clay City and Monday, May
80, in Stanton.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Stanton Scouts Play Mt. Sterling

The Stanton Boy Scout ball
team with Prof. L. o. Knox went
over Saturday to Mt. Sterling
and played a game of base ball
with the Mt. Sterling Scouts, re-
sulting in defeat for Stanton
scouts by a score IL to s. The
Mt. Sterling scouts will visit
Stanton and play them Saturday,
June 4. Here's wishing them
better success than they had at
Mt. Sterling last Saturday.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
STANTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. jim Profit were
in Winchester Tuesday.
Miss Mary Douglas is visiting
in Mt. Sterling this week
|. 5. Boone spent Sunday with
Lloyd Faulkner of Winchester.
Guy NJ. Grove, of Furnace,
was here Saturday on business.
Omar Marsh, who has been
sick, is well again and able to be
out.
Banford White was here last
week visiting his mother, Mrs. +.
White.
Miss Margaret ID. Mansfield
was in Winchester Saturday and
Sunday.
Aunt Peggie Brink, who has
been very sick, is better at this
writing.
Mrs. Sarah Blackburn, of Lex.
ington, was a visitor in our town
last week.
Miss Nina Triton visited Miss
Alta Faulkner at Filson Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. John Mardls, of CovIng.
ton, is visiting her brother, DR..
G. ID. Mansfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Rose and
little son, of Ravenna, visited
Mrs. Henry Upton last week.
Little Miss Vivian Rose Thack.
er is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. |. S. Boone for a few days.
Miss Mabel Boone has return
ed home after a two weeks visit
with her sister, Mrs. w. b.
Thacker.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. I. Adams re-
turned to their home here Tues
day after a visit with relatives
in Clark county.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NewkIrk,
of Furnace, were the guests of
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther Stephens Monday.
There was a splendid crowd
out to Sunday school at t h e
Christian church last Sunday and
we hope to have larger crowd
this coming Sunday. All that
hasn't been coming, hitch up the
old horse, bring all the children
and come to oSunday school. Don't
fail 70 come.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
CLAY CITY. KY. THURSDAY. MAY.
Sensible Thought

The Sun reporter interviewed
Mr.. II &. Garrett, of this city,
who has just returned from a ten
days stay at Washington, ID. g.,
where he was looking after inter.
ests of Federal Aid for roads in
Kentucky and other matters. Mr..
Garrett is rather pessimistic on
the outlook for general business
throughout the country, his IN
vestigation from many sources,
he states that the outluok for
the agricultural interests is gloo-
my as there is an over. .produc.
tion, a big surplus of old wheat
and a big crop on hand to har.
vest, three years tobacco crop on
hand, and he states the produc-
ers and manufacturers are back
on the pre-. war prices. 1t is now
up to the broker and retailer TO
adjust their prices according to
the prices Of producers. The Cen
tral Kentucky retail prices are
10 per cent higher on all mer-
chandIse, including groceries and
meat products, than they are
north Of us. The farmers and
wage earners are going to have
to use the power of organization
to adjust these matters.
Mr.. Garrett says that itIs dis.
couraglng to tax payers to be in
Washington and see the thou.
sands of unnecessary Office hold
ers on the payroll of the Govern.
ment and thousands of others
trying to get on. 1t just about
takes all the time Of the RepuE-
licau Congressman and L. S.
Senators to listen to this class Of
their constituents.
The great unorganized public
in every instance, regardless of
politics should vote against
every member of the Congress
and Senate that voted for a large
army and navy, the tax paying
public are groaning under the
burden of Federal taxes. | t
makes no difference which party
is in power they are soon won
over by these army and navy
officers lobbying for the army
and navy for large appropria-
tions. They are a naughty class
and have the magnificent strut
of peacock. Something must
be done to stop this propaganda.
Every time they want a big ap-
preparation for the army and
navy we are on the verge of war
there is nothing in their claims.-
Winchester Sun.
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NO. -
Personal Paragraphs

Fload Westlake, of Bowling
Green, was here Saturday.
Mrs. T. G.. White and Mrs. l..
p. Keith spent Friday in Lex
ington.
J. A. Sewell made brief bus
mess trip to Cincinnati the first
of the week.
Mrs. +. p. Tracy visited her
brother, S. G. Ringo, at Winches-
ter last week.
Mrs. Fields, late of Cincinnati,
is spending a few days with Mrs.
II. q. Crabtree.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. g. Rash, of
NADIA, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Whit.
Mrs. Marion Strange returned
Monday from visit to her folks
at Ashland and Catletsburg.
Miss Ethel ID. johnson spent
the week end with her sister, Mrs.
q. Hackworth, at Ravenna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle Fox and
little son. Marcus Lisle, of Win
chester, spent Tuesday with rela-
tives in the city.
Miss Olga Tracy is visiting her
brother, French Ringo, at Day
ton, Ohio, and will visit other
cities while there.
DR.. A. T. Knox and Henry
Skldmore, two prosperous ex
Powell county citizens living in
Montgomery county, were here
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Smith
left Saturday for a weeks visit
with Mrs. Smyth's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Payne, near Mt.
Sterling.
Everett Mofeld, of Middle.
town, Ohio, was here Tuesday
and Wednesday looking after his
farming interests and transact.
ing other business.
Mrs. T, G.. White and little
sons, Beverly and Bobby, left
yesterday for a ten days visit to
her father, j. G.. Potter, and 9th.
er relatives in Clay county.
Miss Hazel Saunders, who has
been making her home with her
brother, I. u. Saunders, the past
several months, has returned to
her home at Frankfort to remain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam T. Carr, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Even motored
Sunday to Frankfort where they
visited the family of Price Con-
gleton. Mrs. Even is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. Congleton.
DR.. and Mrs. Albert Easter re-
Gently visited some of Mrs. Eas-
ter's relatives in Clark county.
Isaac Watts, little grandson of
of Mrs. Easter returned home
with them for a visit.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Ford Sales

Joe Mountz, the Ford agent,
delivered the following machines;
w. q. Gravett, Joe Clark, Chas.
Bush, VIM. Garrett each a tour
ing car; Geo. Billings roadster.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
The Hottest May Weather

Tne weather bureau reports
the prevailing warm weather as
the hottest ever recorded in the
month Of May.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-26
Prominent Banker Dies Suddenly

n. Holly Witherspoon, presi-
dent of the Winchester Bank died
very suddenly Tuesnay evening
after a full days work at his
bank. The cause Of his death
was heart failure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-18
THE FARMER HAS net STRUCK

Do you remember the talk of a
farmers strike. last fall? The
farmers were going to stop producing
food because they We're. not paid
enough for it to cover the cost and
give them a decent profit. They said
SO themselves, and the pnhlic feared
serious shortage this year.
Well, consider the latest reports Of
the wheat CROP Wheat is the coun-
try's biggest and. ,asosIs s..importan,
food crop. The agricultural: depart
1nent forecasts a, conSaned spring and
winter pypesd;acti9a of Sso."oo.oo"
bushels whseh is almost exactly the
average of .the>last ave~years and %
600. .oeo bushels more thar last years
output. Sstu,r has not been un-
usually libe:aA either. The farmers
haves done it themselves, planting
over::s 100000 acres more than hey
did i year ago.
There may be industria! strikes
and consumers strikes. but there are
no farmers strikes. The farmer may
grumble but he STAYS on the JOB.
making full use OF his capital AND
labor1as.1
If this fine example Of continued
effort under ditfctIl,y and discourage
ment. were only followed by the cap
italists and workers in other lines oi
production.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-18

this country by forest fires so the U.
S. Forest Service statist;cian informs
us, is sufficient to build five-room
frame houses every 100 feet on each
side of a road extending from New
York TO Chicago. This would mean
about 100, 600 houses. Putting in each
house an average family Of four per-
sons. these buildings would house the
inhabitants of a city the size of Gin
cinnati, New Orleans, Minneapolis.
Kansas City, Mo, or Seattle.
The extent of forest fires which
have occurred in the United States in
the past five years is equally amaZ-
ing when reckoncd in area. Burned
over regions total 56.4&S.o00 acres
an area greater than that included
within Ohio and Pcnns, lra!lia. Eighty
per cent OF these fires were caused
by human agencies and consequently
were prcventable.
Americans like to think of them
selves as. good losers. taking rcverses
gamely. 1t is a sign OF intelligence
not to bewail past losses, but it is a
sign Of folly to permit identical losses
to occur year after Year when the!
are preventable What might have
been done with the forests already
destroyed by needless confiasrations
is of less importance than what we
are doing today and VIII do in tho
future Ia prevent further less.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-18

Ing of Arna..'''tH passports for Wa:
PURPOSES .t:id Interference With ;fi3
country's foreign trade. llc engaged
IN tn" manufacture of ipomips with
which to blow UP allied ships t"
American ports. les most not"rions
ofIense o! a concrete nature Wis t:ie
placing Of bombs Oh til" +. is!
steamship Kirl"swa,d in May. IL
He was indicted. tried ana sentcnc-
cd 10 hvc years imprisonment in ihe
Atlanta rcnitcniiary. and was rrl"5s-
Cd after serving about thrc yr;trs.
Tue judge who sentcnc.d hin eX
pressed regret thai he rollId not maxi
it a !ii2 term. Ills wloa att tut" be,
fore. during and after h.s iltlpris"a
ment was one Of COCK and cpt,-
ienptuous indifference TO iirc RIGHTS
ana dignity of the United States.
I'm iron cr3Ss more or less is noiil
ing much in Uncle SANS lie. though
most Americans would rather So"
this Plussan wearing an irGn coiiar.
But it is hard to understand WIZ Ger
many at this time should naant Bint-
ellen thus in Americas face. 1t is not
by such procedure that Germany caH
regain the good viii Of the American
DcnOIe
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output.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP INCEE..S

In s:,ite Of all It's fTi"o!ities aas
il. wars. tic word i.ceps right on
getting better: a"d in Siite Of I"si%i-
rlistic complaints i!.at ther" Is. less;
interest in religious matters today
than ever before. still. close to -
oGo .ooo of the 10000 500 pe"pie in
the Inited states are church ner-
bers Of one denomination or another.
Moreover, in the last - years the
population has increased only two
thirds the increase in CHURCH mem
bership has almost dounrcci
it is more than likely that IA" mex;
few Years will see an even greater in
crease in the number OF those wh@
align themselves openly With religious
organizations. Mankind has seen
man: things fa:l in these few black
years. and the belief is growing i!
mems hearts whether they are con
sciou> of It OF not, that the foundation
principles OF ;hc great religions ar.
the only cur" for tl,c evils now af!iict-
in~ the earth Lit:i" hy liitl" mel
will turn to a.ii!:a'ion with the bodic:
which represent concrete cNprcssin:
OF those principles.
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University q: South Carolina.
scholarship and Entrance ExUn;na
tons

T'he cxamiEa ion fer the ;lward OF
vacant scholarships in the t;nivcrSi.y Y
If South Carolina and Tor admission
If new students viii he held at the
County Courthouse, J;!ly 8. 1921. al .
/. m. Applicants must not j." less
han sixteen ears OF age. N'!."n
scholarships ar" vacant after .fnl} :.
hey VIII be awarded 20 tnoS" maxim:
hr highest average at cXam!'tttion,
provided they meet Gle conditions
governing he award.
Applicants for scholarships should
Writ. 20 President Currr!l for scholar
hip application hIarkS. Thee blanks
nrnperi. filled out by tn" apHiica}'
;hot!A y" filed with Or. ruri"ii +,
lrIlg J. Scholarships ar" wor ~"
rec tuition ;:ld fees, total $i3S. .>eX'
:cs:ion VII open sept. II. l%2i. f9i
5ulthcr information write
Prcsidc1t W. s. Cnrrci.
University Of south CaroIin'.
Columbia. s 6.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-18
SrAYINScH0oL.

No better advice could be given tc
1 the army of boys. and girls who are
now finishing their school year than
the short. simple plea, Stay in
School. That ought to be the mot
to OF. the entire school population OF
the United States from: the skindergar-
ter, up to the senior year in college
It is the way. Of material success.
Statistics show that. -tae=-. grammar
school gssissatess gsssat 8. :nultiplies his
chances by about five if he goes on
throughsthssaigp school and that the
high school graduate doubles his
chances If Ha GOES on through college
or technical school.
It is the way 81 Spiritual success.
Edueatien. gpsas.s he 3ssnd 70 the ac-
QUESTION 81 T raaahesstat cannet be TAX
en-, away. 81 Misrepresentation of
the nesttbfngg of f lffs: iii Itss discipline,
if it is fiss rsh{ ra!ss isQ gQ..!4.7 sf yduca'ion,
makes thes mSll!ar kesnz.3ssdged sword
that can ewk ghEeugh ss,ror.and make
its own way way q eaSse -raaanp ee thought.
1t provides e3a!.fpsnls1h35 Dip lss13, 4aor ihaking the
best and ases5s seryyicsap;e J citizens.
Many .tcuegs-ReoRlea! perhaps most.
leave school because that seems the
easiest way: sfhey find school WORK
hard or moa act6nous. Mental woc&
rs hard.
1t is harder than physical work 10
the averages person; though the
hand-worKa seldom recognizes that
fact. Asy any high. school, student or
college student who stands we'll in his
studies Ask any man who has fore
ed his wax to scholastic or literary or
scientific success, He Knows the
strain Of the long; hours. day and
night. year after year. But he also
knows that ift' pays, and that when
real values are considered, it is the
easiest way after all, because it gives
more for the effort than other work.
Stay in school. Finish the gram
mar school. at whatever cost. Go on
80 the high school. however hard the
effort, and get the best it has to Of
fer. Go to college If possible: and
once in. finish the course however
hard the studies and however difficult
the financial problem.
Work for education, with brain
and soul and hands. You will need
it more than they did. for the stand
ard has risen. and there is going to
he keener competition than ever be
fore
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financial help and other advantages
offered them, and ho- 'nly been able
10 get 500 families n car.
In All China. there are only 27.
81 Japanese.
The Japanese arc certainly a prob
lem in California. but in all North
America. inclndinG Canada and Mex
leo. there are only 135.6ls Of tbc!n.
Mexico. which Japan has been sup
posedly colonizinS. is said to have
! only l.2o9.
In all South America there a*c
only ABOUT 3l.oo0 Japanese.
The truth seems to be that the
japanese people lack The colonizpn@
instinct which has animated certain
other races. especially the tritish. u
SO great a, degree. The Jars want 20
stay in Japan. and the utmost efforts
them out.
The government, Mr.. Russell suS-
s2sts. IS not trying to get them out
except in certain cases whore colonies
could further its main purpose, which
is to provide an adequate supply of
raw materials for the mother c"un-
t:y. For Japan. he explains. is turn
ing from an agricultural into an in
dustlitl naticn, and needs materials
accordingly.
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SOUL OF THE WORLD.

The ancients had a good deal 20
say about the .anima munhi, rough
" translated into soul of the world. :
though they never understood by
ANNA" what our ordinary theology
means by its word soul" y rever-
sion to irdividuaiism has made US
think Of each person as entirely sep
arate from all the rest. in body. soul
and spirit. But psychologists are now
coming around to the idea that al
inoush we are separate and individ-
ual in many respects. still tncrc is "a
substance common 10 all lie, OF
which We all partake.
This common stuff would corrc-
spond roughly to the atmosphere
which we ali breathe IN common.
some OF the thinkers regard the
ether Of space as 4 sort of spiritual
atmosphere, without which the ether
cal parts OF the human being could
not function. Others beIieve that
somehow we all have a kind OF soul
stuff in common. They explain telc-
pathy and many pfantasnas, 10th o..
the living and the dead, by this hypo-
thesis.
In the .ast Pictorial Review II. Ad-
dinason Bruce suggests that some
,,a,antasms, and visions can be
explained in no other way. lie
quotes William James:
II doubt whether we shall ever
understand some of these abnormal
or superno.,nal facts without using
the very letter Of Fechne:,s conccp-
ton of /. great reservoir in which
the memories OF earth'S inhabitants
are. pooled and preserved; and from
which, when the threshold lowels of
the valve opens Information ordi-
aarilv shut out leaks into tn" minds
OF exceptional individuals among lis.
Also:
- find the notion of some sort Of
ANNA mundi' thinking in ali Of us
10 be a more promising hypoths SIS. III
spite of all its difficulties. than tia:
of a lot Of absolutely individual
selves
The occl.ists-,neanin not me-
1iirls or trifers put sober students
of the mysteries Of lifc--ca!lniy az
ccpt this hypothesis as Il truth They
call the reservoir '.Akasa. By II
they explain simply and na'1ra!'S
,nanv of the puzzles which OF late
have been bothcring many minds
Scoffing gets nowhere IN the soi9-
ton OF these mysteries. Neither docs
blind credulity. Clear-hcaded re-
search. which adds The ancient lore
to its materials of study. and takes
out OF it what it can use for wh;tt II
is worth. may in time give e:e!'N one
as easy access 10 che powers lying IN
the Lasa'' a.; we now have to those
OF electricity.
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