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Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
BAPTIST CHURCH

A rare treat is in store for each
member of the Barbourville Baptist
Church beginning Sunday, Oct. 80,
9:45 and continuing thru the week
Rev. w. A. Gardiner, General S. s.
Secretary for Kentucky Baptists
and also Mrs. Gardiner. the Elemen
tary Secretary will be with us. Let
every member of the Church be sure
to hear Bro. GARDENERS great ad-
dress Sunday morning at IL O'Clock,
Bring others with you nd make your
arrangements to be in the services
every evening thruout the week.
Bro. Gardiner will give inspira-
tional addresses and teach the S. s.
Normal Manual, etc. and Mrs. Gar
diner will teach "Plans and Pro
grams for Cradle Roll, Beginners
and Primary Workers"
Let's have every member of the
church, especially every one over fiji
teen years old enrolled in this work
Others invited to join us also.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
SOME HUSTLER

The following letter shows that
out Of eighteen salesmen travelling
for Swann-Abram Hat Co.. of Louis
Vile, KY, Mr.. A. NJ. Decker, Sr.
headed the house OF eighteen sales
men with the biggest record for
sales. AS this is the biggest hat con-
Germ in the Southland. being a 81,
900, 900 corporation, the final anal
ysis shows Mr.. Decker to be the
largest salesman for the largest hat
house in the South, distinction
which he has striven for thirty
eight and one half years to attain.
We congratulate Mr.. Decker on his
hustling qualities as we'll as on his
loyalty to his house. His work in
this section of the country has made
the Swann-Abram hat the most pop
ular in this section.
Mr.. Decker began as a young sim
gle man with this same concern max
ing Barbourvolle his home. He mar
leu Htl anu lldo Il ldlllls
the youngest of whom is now twenty
two years of age. In these days of
fitting from place to place, this re-
cord will be hard to beat. He hest
tatcs to say when he began lest his
friends figure his present age too
closely.
Louisville, Ky. Oct. IL. 1921.
Mr.. A. NJ. Decker,
Barbourville, Ky.
Friend Andy
have been intending writing you
for several days to congratulate you
on heading the list of sales for
Swann-Abram Hat Co. for the past
year. A great many people contend
that the younger man is the one who
gets the business but the records
show that the old horse out ran
them.
Hoping that this will continue
for many years and with regards to
self and family, l remain.
Your friend,
Arthur Board.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
TUESDAY CLUB

Mrs. Edward Faulkner entertain
ed the Tuesday Club at her home on
Main st. Tuesday afternoon, Octo-
ber eighteenth. Items of interest
concerning South America we're used
as response to roll call by twenty
one members. The year books were
distributed by the Program Com
mittee.
After the business session Mrs A.
w. Hopper, leader of the day, took
charge of the following program:
Buenos Aires. by Miss Gertrude
Black.
Indians of Ecuador. by Mrs. Fred
Burman.
(s) Republic of Colombia,
Obj Rio de Janerio, Mrs. Hopper.
The hostess. assisted by Mrs. Cath
crime Swearingen and Mrs. Hugh NJ.
Oldfield served a delightful salad
course consisting of chicken salad,
cranberries, banana croquets and
sandwiches with hot chocolates and
mints. A clever October" contest
and handpainted autumn leaves add
ed spice to the social session.
The next hostess will be Miss Ger
trude Black, Nov. 1st.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
HELp THE SCHOOLS
bic ayes" un the Amendments

Cohstitutional Amendment No. {.
Y Are you in favor of amending the
tato Constitution by striking out oi
's&tons 81, 93 and 95 the words
Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
tlonf' thereby leaving 20 the Genor-
al Assembly the power to provide by
law FOR such officer and the method
of His selection? YES y.
Cobstitutioual Amendment No. =
- you favor amondins Section
1s6lof the State Constitution 80 that
said, section when amended shall
read as follows:
"kll funds accruing to She school
fund shall be used for the mainten-
ancd Of the public schools of the
State, and for no other purpose, and
the General Assembly shall by gen
eral law prescribe the manner of the
distribution and use Of the public
school fund for public school pur-
poses. Provided, however, that not
more than ten per cent of said pub
lie School fund shall be distributed
other than upon the per capita ba-
sis.'i YES X
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
ROCK CRUSHER ARRIVES

The $4,000 pound rock crushor
Of the Cumberland and Manchester
Railroad arrived Saturday and is be-
ing placed at the rock quarry the
other side of Fount The crusher
will be used to make rock ballast for
the c. & NJ. road bed and will also
furnish rock for any of the surround
ing counties which may wish to pur-
chase same for road work. AS Knox
Clay, Whitley and other near by
counties expect to do lots of road
work in the near future this enter
prise on the part of the c. & NJ,
should mean a big saving in the
cost of crushed rock.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
R. AND MRS. JOHN A. BLACK
LEAVE BARBOURvILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Black ex-
pect to leave for Florida shortly for
the benefit of Mrs. Blacks health.
Mr.. John A. Black said the recent
trip of Mrs. Black to another climate
had demonstrated how beneficial a
change may be to her. She will also
spend much time with her sons.
Henry Black, OF johnson City, Tenn.
and Read P. Black Knoxville, Tenn.
? yAltho 76 years of age Mr.. Black will
~ "a considerable time in Barbour
vile looking after his large inter-
ests here, the handling OF which he
is best qualified to do.
The lovely character Of Mrs.
Black has made for her a host Of
friends who will miss her greatly,
and who hope the change Of climate
will prove all she desires.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
JAMES BRITAIN SLAIN

Following the usual trivial dis
pute which too often prccedcs so
many murders, james Britain was
shot at Harlan Tuesday and later
died Of the wound. He aud man
named jess Blauton had an altcrca-
tion over The fact that young Brit
taiu's car had apparently backed in
TO the ctr belonging TO q brother Of
Dllntoa. Drittain, vino was I'm his
cav remarked thot he had to 70 TO
Kits.
on see you when you sc, back, 8"
Blanton is reported to have said.
"You cen sec me now" Britain
is reported to have said and rot out
Of his car. The two further quar-
relied in an ordinary tone Of voice
when shot was heard. Britain
did not fall and apparently did not
know he was wounded until friend
pulled back his vest and showed him
where blood was beginning to trickle
thru his clothing. He was rushed to
the Harlan Hospital where it was be-
lieved the wound was not serious,
but it was later found the intestines
had been perforated and he sank
rapidly.
Blanton was then charged with
murder. 1t is alleged he shot thru
his coat and. as usual, the dead man
did not have a chance for his life
The body was brought to Bar
bourville and inferred in the Brit
tain family graveyard.
Deceased was the son of John
Britain and the nephew of p. d.
Britain of this city. He was only
10 years OF age.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
A NIGHT ATTACK SUCCEEDS

Guy L. Dickinson, chief of ord
nance, Ben c. Herndon. adjutant
general, Ben Kaufman, veterinarian
Russell Kaufman, deathe shamming
specialist, and NJ. L. Snavely. chief
signalling officer. went possum hunt
ing on Paint Hill last Friday night.
The possum put up the usual fierce
resistance. but four fell before the
intrepid attack of the armed party.
which would not be denied. rushing
the animals one by one. The four
possum were taken to the City Cafe
and were served with the usual con-
comitants.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
UNION COLLEGE NOTES

James Blair. teacher at High
spliut visited on the campus last
Saturday
Ancil, Henry and Ethel Paynes
father visited them saturday.
Mr.. o. C.. G1rvey, of Wilmore,
visited his daughter Orlie last week.
Dr. Joplin of Louisville, gave q
breezy little message in Chapel last
Tuesday morning
Eunlse Lgmpliins ana Clyda Mel
son spent the week end at Grays the
guests of home folks.
Mrs c. S Ricketts, spent the week
end gt her homo I'm Manchester.
Dr. Klepfcr, one of our most ex-
pcrienccd ministers. filed the pulpit
at London Saturday and Sunday. his
regular appointment.
Annie Mae Smith. who had a very
severe case of scarlet fever, is well
again and enrolled this week as
Sophomore. We welcome her back.
The usual rythmic games were
played in the gym Saturday evening
Anybody who wants a rousing good
time and wants to see folks that are
having a good time should visit our
gym on a Saturday night.
A basketball game was played be-
tween the faculty and college men
Saturday night with a score of 43 to
in favor of the College boys. But
watch out, boys, for our faculty is
climbing-they won't think of stop
ping until they get to the top.
The swimming meet Saturday
night given by Miss Sewers swim
ming class, was one of the most in
teresting features given since school
opened. The display showed the re-
suits of some down right hard work
for both the students and those who
teach | guess it won't be safe to
say which did the best, the boys or
the girls Some very pretty dives
were made by both. The girls and
boys are preparing to take the life
saving examination in a few weeks.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
LADIES AID OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

The Ladies Aid of the Christian
Church met in regular session on
Friday, October 21st with Mrs. J. f.
Archer. Thirteen members were
present and two visitors, Mrs. Wal
ter Bauer and Miss Ella Smith. We
are always glad to have visitors, so
come again. Our next meeting will
be on Friday, Nov. 4th. at the home
of Mrs. A. Y. Anderson. We have
some special business to discuss
among the members, so all who can
possibly do so. be present.
Mrs. c. A. Steele, Sec.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
FiSHERNIAN's LUCk

Miss Eme Jump has caught two
fish. Nothing remarkable except
that they were the first she had ever
caught. Mrs. W. II. Harris. Miss Sy-
bill Harris and Miss Jump went out
near King chestuutting and fishing
and the first two fish that were
caught foil to- the hook, line and rod
of Miss Jump. There was some exc
citement ia that immediate ueiqhbor
hood which was quite justified con-
sdCrinE the circumstance.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Fayette Bond and Melissa Wright
Barbourville, Oct. "a.
Lester Hensley, Ludlow, an d
Clara Dugger. Siler, Oct. 22.
Vlrgel Hutton and Birdie Fletch-
er, Grays. Oct. 20.
Rufus A. johnson. Pineyille, and
Attic Gray. Flat Lick, Oct. IS.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
COME WITH ~

4 Fred BuTuGu ana Ben II. Gregory
Ct the Advocate put down their pen
Gil and makeup rule and quietly slid
out OF town Thursday night oi last
week boarding the midnight train
for Corbir
Two gentlemen in frs. seat One
explaining Co 'ha other The anly way
90 be saved Further back q woman
and several ucn discuss the Roy
-sasser murder and other historical
killings, wi.h an Che deadly details.
Corbin: Absorb pie ard coffee
and kin time.
On train to EnoSyillc;---Lady and
two interesting children meet friend
Of family. Lady talks with graphic
phone effect from Corbn to Enox-
VILE Gets on Ben Ms nerves. Con
ductors should be supplied with hy-
podermic syringe.
Knoxville:-Tired but lose the
female lady. Hot cakes and coffee.
Better.
Pretty country, lots of marble to
use as evidence that one once lived.
Makes even young fellows like our
selves thoughtful. Hiawasa River
flowing at base of high hill is beau
tiful. Foliage gorgeous, reds, pur-
pies, browns and greens. River mar
rows and train climbs. Track above
and below. Irrepressible traveller,
taking notes and giving tidbits of
personal history. Reminds him very
much of a moonshine district in the
mountains where the whiskey devil
is commoner than water.
Arrive Turtle Town:-No turtles
but several lumber piles.
Arrive Duck Town:-No ducks.
Nomenclature baffling.
Hit top OF mountain; strike an
other river which, from its name,
must have been there in Indian days
and still flowing. Queer how the
water supply stays with us. Must be
useful for something.
Copper Hill:-Tip Gregory used
to hang out here. Doubly interest
ing to Ben. Eat tremendously and
are well filled. Plant at work.
Blue Ridge:-One horse train of
two coaches.
Murphy:--Up in hills among pine
trees Fine air. Square so wide Ben
feels himself in the country. Big
hotel with immense open fire place.
Fooled on train service, can't get
back until am. Ben appoints edi-
tor to awaken him. Latter rotten
awakener but accidentally hears 4
am. call. No grub but hot coffee.
Blue Ridge:-Ben on to Atlanta.
Editor hOmeward bound and glad of
it. Meet S. w. Kelly, of Ettawah,
Tenn, on train. Take $3.50 from
him. Business and pleasure cOmbin-
ed. Mist over Hiawasa. Trees sail
ing by like ships at sea. Here and
there mist rising from water, hazy
like passing memories.
Maryville by jitney:-Willamara
acting as lookout. Emily deserts
tennis for Uncle Fred's society. Yel-
low kitten pretends to remember ed
itor. Very fiattering.
Maryville College celebrating foot
ball victory with bonfire. Boys and
girls yell heads off and Join hands
in mad career around bonfire.
Sunday.-Presbyterian Church. A
fine workaday sermon. Lunch attun-
ed to life's necessities. Trip thru
several buildings of college. Beauti-
full campus and woods. A college
with a real influence.
Monday home. And be it ever so
humble there's no place like it.
Ben H. wandered in Thursday in
time to quench the Unsuitable thirst
of our ?, 100000 subscribers for
real news.
Why worry when one has all the
space the country possesses in which
to wander and forget the difficulty
of earning the crust we eat, the rag
We wear and the hay we flop on?.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28

Those responsible for the murder
of Roy Sasser, a young miner who
was killed for his money after being
taken into the woods near Middles-
boro. received life sentences in the
penitentiary last week.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28

For Rents room apartment in
the Lawson Building. Apply at the
Ladies Shop. 52-1t
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28

FOR SALE table 54x2S inches
for library or Office. Solid oak. Also
hardy white narcissus bulbs a csc
and 1 sc per dozen. White and purple
iris. See Mrs. r. W. Cole. SILT
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28

England & Co. have just received
nice line of mems and boys pants
and overalls. Also mems riding
pants. A big line OF mems and boys
sweater coats.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given TO all per-
SONS having claims against the Es-
tate of Levi Lee to file same with me
at Girdler, kentucky, and all per-
sons indebted TO the estate OF the
above named decedent please call
and settle said debts on or before
November goth, 1921.
Signed:
G. w. HAMMONS,
Administrators of Estate
52-3tp of Levi Lee.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28
LIFE SENTENCE

John Wilson, who some time ago
shot and killed an L. & N. patrol
man at Pineville. received life SEN
tence Saturday at Middlesboro.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28

Hats of all kinds at Englands.
Come quick before they are all sold.
Mountain advocate., 1921-10-28

52-3tp
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

him. That man Cas- a look over his
shoulder and Immediately threw his pro-
relling machinery into high. He might have
outrun the bear had he not tripped and
fallen. Thus prone in the path Of the bear,
things looked pretty bad for him. Bruin.
showtVer, was only interested in getting away
from there and lesped over the fallen man
and sped on
THIS chief forester Of the United States,
L this successor to that controversial posi-
tioH held by Clifford Pinchot the man who
6rst aroused the Nation to an appreciation
Of the fact that there was such a thing as
conservation, was evidently an enthusiast
shout this job on which he was working A
nan engaged in big tasks which are with
him q consuming enthusiasm Is always q
thing SO satisfactory as to arouse interest in
how 1t all came about. So l asked Colonel
Greeley how he evolved from the hundred
million into this post.
He told Lie that he was born on a farm
somewhere up State in New York, which
didn't seem a very favorable start. Then his
father got the idea of migrating to Cali
fornis and, in the early boyhood Of the
forester, they went all the way around South
America by boat and up the Pacific side and
into the gate that is golden. H@ing thus
arrived BY the long route, his farmer father
went down in the Santa Clare Valley and
acquired himself ''prune ranch" Any
sort Of farm is called a ranch in California
All Of his boyhood was spent in growing this
popular delicacy, Of the boarding house
table,
He went to the University of California
and after that to the Yale Forest School,
which was just then coming into being. He
vent to that school because forestry was the
thing Of all others that appealed to him. The
class which he entered was the third that
had ever been. The profession was then
very young.
When he finished his seurse in 1904 be
got job under Pinchot as forest assistant
ct $1,000 year and considered himself
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
ByWnliam Atherton Du Puy

back in 1910 when was in charge Of that
most isolated district in the Northwest. The
spring was dry and the whole region became
tinde. box. We had ss fany - siEp
fires raging at once. We lssf ths lives q
sixty fire fighters that year. men who were
cut of and burned or sufocated. 1t was
that year that John Pulaski performed yhst
is probably the most heroic feat In the an
mails Of the Forest Service
Pulaski was a forest ranger in charge
of party Of men back in the mountains.
They found themselves trapped, hemn,ed in
on all sides by the fire. But Pulaski kept
his head. He knew whore there was tie
shaft of an ancient and deserted mine. Be
hurried bis men to Il, crowded them into It's
depths. Here. obviously, the FIRE could not
reach, but the smoke might. BE bune
blankets across the opening Of the tunssl
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

River Highway in the Oregon National
Forest, 132, 900 tourists registered last year.
Some of the campers however, do not
seem to appreciate the pleasures and priv
ilcges afforded the touring public. They
disfgure the scenery with rubbish and filth,
they disregard game laws and pollute
streams. Their worst and most frequently
recurring ofense, however, according TO
forest officers, is the starting of destructive
forest fires by careessness either with camp
fires or matches. A camp fire not fully eH-
tinguished may be the means of destroying
valuable timber which has taken hundreds OF
years to reach maturity. One of the side
lines of the forest ranger is sleuthing and
bringing before o Judge these crimi'
nally careless persons, after following
the very slight clues obtainable in de-
serted camp site. Sometimes an old bottle
or a pocket handkerchief will reveal the
original possessor who did not put out his
fire. Sometimes a particular make of au-
tomobile tire >can be traced for miles and
the careless camper brought to justice. No
fines, however, on the part of the local
magistrate will restore the burned area.
While forest rangers are vigilant and alert
in making carelessness costly to the indi-
viduat indulging in it, the real need, they
say, is for the development of more con-
science on the part of the public which uses
the national forests. 1t is greatly desired
by the Forest Service that all the 141 ma
tional forests from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and from gulf to border be used and
enjoyed to the fulleso extent by as many
people as possible. This involves universal
adoption of the sloeanr "Bp sure your hre
is out -
There are two types of forest fires
those started by man and those started by
lightning. Theselatter are likely to be more
difficult from the fighters standpoint be-
cause they are up at the mountain tops.
There may not be even wagon roads within
a days journey Of them. The country is
wild and precipitous and there are few or
nofsettlers. Everything must be brought In
on pack horses. 1t is an unequal contest
The most trying season we ever had,
Colonel Greeley told me. was way
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

rich. He became an inspector and presently
supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest,
where the big trees grow out in his own
State, and was the big boss of an area the
size of Connecticut. 1t was a great life
for youngster who loved the open and
who loved trees. He was perfectly happy.
Then, finally, he became district forester
up in that part Of the world where the
nation is widest and most precpitous,
where Idaho. Montana and Washington come
together. The job of district supervisor, he
says, is the finest in all the world. He. was
sorry when they called him in for admins
trative work in Washington.
THEN when the great war came and We
1 went in there was regiment ,of lumber
men to be recruited to go overseas and cut
timber from the French forests to supply
the demands at the front. Henry S. Graves,
the chief forester, was made colonel of this
regiment, and William B. Greeley its major.
Colonel Graves handled the general staff
work and Major Greeley, later promoted to
colonel, got out the timber. 1t was spec
tacular and interesting thing for forester
to do and the opportunity it gave for study
ing the French forests was fascinating.
And the colonel came back home and was
made chief of this great Government bureau,
all of which makes up a very attractive
span Of activity for this lanky farmer boy
to have built for himself at the age oil
forty two.
Colonel Greeley tries 70 make clear this
problem of the Nations loss from forest fires.
He states that hecause NJ the war Germany
lest about 81 ,54T,52 acres of land, sx-
elusive of plebiscites. This was undoubt-
edly a serious national misfortune to Ger
many. The United States, during the period
1916-1920, inclusive, burned up '56, ASS, ,30l
acres of forested area-over two and one
half times as much as Germany's entire loss
-an area greater than New York and Penn
sylvania combined, or Of Minnesota, Kansas
Idaho and Utah. Such burned land usually
becomes unproductivs waste space.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

ant, il you have one, will abuse your conn
dence.
Then there Is a set Of interpreters who
assert that to see maH foxes in . dream Is
q sign that the dreamer is being ridiculed BY
ILL., -natured people, and that if you dream Of
catching a fox you have q false friend. Ae-
cording to this set of mystics, it is not tame
fox seen in dream which is signihesnt Of an
unfsithful servsnt, but a dream Of .
wounded or crippled fox.
But they agree that q tame fcI In o dream
means disappointment in love Affairs. To
sum up, the sist Of the mystic interprets-
tons would appear to be that dream Of foIss
is a warning against false friends, thieves
and unfsithful servants, but has no siEnif-
canoe of any serious evil or Of any disagree.
able happening that cannot be avoided ~
caution. And it is hso agreed BY the nys-
tics that one who dreams Of foxes had bettsf
lead a moral life or be will get into trouble.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

While it is impossible to trace the origin
of all forest fires, the records OF 'ne
Forest Service of the United States depart
ment of Agriculture show that, eseipsits
Of those started In high attitudes os hsh''
ming, the largest number originate tnroesn
carelessness Of the happy -go-lucky tourists
The Forest Service is ANXIOUS 10 eheoplas'
the use Of the, national forests as recreation
grounds 1t Jco-operates with plans ioi
building fine roads through the forests ana
establishes numerous free camping grounds
where shelter, water and frewood may De
obtained. Many of these camps are located
on main automobile highways and are eashy
reached. Some States provide tourist guide
maps TO the forests and camp sites. About
5000, 900 people, 1t is estimated, use the
forests each year during the vacation season.
At Eagle Camp Ground on the Coiumbia