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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-16
Laugh Line
Secret Is Out


why does a woman's hat cost so
much more than mans? Surely, the
trimming can't account for more than
a fraction of the difference
Certainly not, but you must remem-
Der that it costs more to sell a hat
ITO woman. A man seldom takes up
more than two minutes of the sales
mans time, while woman will keen
the entire sales staff busy for half a
day
Grew On Him
Did you really call this gentleman
an old fool last night?' asked the
judge.
The prisoner tried hard to collect
his thoughts.
We'll, the more | look at him the
more likely it seems that L did, he
replied-Lawyer and Banker.
Watch Your Step
Latest reduction in price, says a
trade journal, will bring the motor
car well within reach of the man in
the street
Not if he sees it coming.-London
Punch.
The Saving Grace
Clerk-Shall | charge this to Mr..
Jones's account?
Mrs. Jones-Yes, you'd better, John
says | ought to economic.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-16
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WIRELESS FROM MARS

MatcOnis suggestion ihat the people Of Mars
are trying to signal the earth by wireless elegraphy
has aroused good deal Of interest among editorial
writers. NEST Of whom consider The whole thing
either as a joke, or a speculation utterly impossible
to verify. This may be true; yet the subject IS
none the less highly interesting
Our cider sister planet has always been iasci-
mating subject for astronomers. So far, they have
ccnjcctured coed deal more than they have
ccrtained about il yei Then conjccturcs arc not
without value.
he mos, noteworthy contributions to inc sub
jet have been made by Professor Lowell, Of the
Flagstaff. Ariz., observatory, who, un!l the time
of his dcath few years ago, devoted practically
all his time to an enthusiastic study of the rcd
planet He firmly believed ii was inhabited and
he published his theories and researches in num-
Der Of fascinating books.
He had a larger basis Of fact for his theories
than might be supposed He discovered thai Mars
has an atmosphere similar 10 that Of the earth. He
noted around The Marian poles large areas of
white which appeared and disappeared according
to the seasons, just as snow does here. He
found tllat the planet contained no large bodies
CT water, though ii was diversified with hill and
valley and PLAIN. And he studied The curious
system Of lines which mark its surface, mapping
them, watching lhen changes and drawing from
them the amazing but rational inference that they
a mighty system of canals, extending from
pole 10 equator, and afording an irrigation sys-
l. j.
world under present conditions but which would
be entirely feasible # the oceans were dried up
and their bottoms constituted the normal surface
Of the earth.
. These lines, appearing through The telescope like
tiny threads across the face Of the planet disappear
at certain seasons. They re-appear by process
of growth, beginning at the equatorial end and
continuing toward the poles. They run at all
angles, and ntersect each ether al regular nuclei
many Of them conyerging 10 the same spot None
are disconnected from ihe others.
OF course the caral theory IS only speculation,
but it is speculation based upon scientific fact. If
it is true, it implies The presence of rational crsa-
lures, who derive their suslenance from the soil,
sowing and reapirg like jhe inhabitants Of the
earth. 1t implies, also very high degree of IN
telligence, and marvellous advancement in me
hanical skill and power.
p, Do they resemble the people Ct the earih9 This
question, if net answerabIe in positive terms, is
not beyond rational conjecture. The substance Of
Mars is similar to that of this planet It has the
same mineral composition, as shown by The spec
~troscope. It has an atmosphere, and thc.e is no
treason to doubt that i sof substantially lie same
Constituents. Ii mus. have water and that auid
Zoo, would be similar 10 ours.
= Like causes produce like effects. So far as
Professor Lowell could ascertain, life, if it exists
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-16

Thou shalt not play baseball is
Zion City's latest commandment. Viii.
bur Glenn Voliva, supreme ruler in
Zion, has pHt through the city council
an ordinance prohibiting the game.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-16

Poke Easley says there would be
lots more letters written if it wasn't
so much trouble First person must
get some blank paper and scrimmage
around until he finds an envelope
that hasn't been used. Then he has
to see if there is any ink, and after he
has poured some water in it and shook
it up. he goes out to the children's
play house after the writing pen, and
after clearing off a place on the cor
.ner of the table to write on, he can
not Think of anything to say, after
which he borrows two pennies from
his wife for a stamp and then goes to
the postoffice to learn that it is
another National holiday
Clab Hancock was at the Tickville
depot this week and set his watch by
the time table.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-16

Giving an old farm horse fare
well pat as he was about to start for
his home in Peekskill, N. Y, after
spending his vacation en- a farm. 16-
year-old boy was kicked and killed.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Pop Factory at Argyle

John A. Roberts and l. n
Berry, two leading business men
Of Argyle station have started up
a pop factory. These same gen.
tlemen ran pop factory here
several years ago and then pro.
duced the verv best goods on the
market. The Times ventures the
assertion that their product is
unsurpassed this season, BE
sure aud call for the home prod.
net when you visit the soft drink
stands.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Ice Cream for Clay City

The young ladies of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society will sell
ice cream, candy and cake each
Saturday at the corner Of the
park under the BIG shade tree.
At recent meeting the young
ladies decided 10 raise money for
the purpose of buying a piano
To replace the organ now being
used at the church. The young
ladies are in earnest and intend
70 push the matter until the
work is done. They desire the
hearty co operation of the public
and should be Loyalty supported
in their efforts.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
A FAKIRLESS SHOW
A Tented Show That WillSpring
A Surpries--Something That
The People Have Been
Looking For

Bryant d Johnson's Combined
Shows which are heavily billed
TO exhibit at Clay City for two
performances on Saturday, May
2S, is one of the legitimate out
door amusement enterprises of
this country. 1t has record of
many years of continuous serv.
ice before the people of this
country, and further has the dis.
tlnctlon of being the very clean.
est tented exhibition that has
ever traversed the good old Unit
ed States. 1t has never allowed
any gamblers, fortune tellers. fla.
kris, no match penny devices. no
ticket scalpers, no short change
artists, no people to follow il
from town to town with ques.
tlonable prize schemes no street
corner-ropers in, and in fact
nothing that can in any way re.
liect on first class, well educat-
ed, attractive and real entertain.
menf enterprise. The policy of
the managers is to be entertain.
ers of the public and not part
and parcels of bunch of graft.
ers.
The Show this season is the
finest and best ever devised bv
tins well known and liberal firm
OF managers. All new big top
artists; new band and orchestra
new tents, and In fact, a brand
new splinter show all around
and with no increase in the price
Of admission.
This big tented show will an.
pear afternoon and at night on
Saturday May 2S, at Clay City.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Clay City Loses to Paris

Sunday was the first game Clay
City has lost this season, this
owing to the ground rules at
Paris on a ball batted in the
river which runs along left field.
BY mistake of the umpire a
ball batted in the river on foul
territory gave Paris a home run
and scored two runs ahead of it,
making three runs in the first
inning, which the umpire and the
management of Paris admitted
afterwards was mistake, gave
them the lead. Our boys got
discouraged after this decision
and did not come back in the
whole game. We feel that our
boys were not Outclassed in any
part of the game, except the
pitching. Dud King from the
White SoX pitched the game for
Paris, and was their winning
card. This being only one game
lost out of three for Clay City,
we still feel able to cope with
any of our neighbors on the dia
mond.
knight showed his mettle by
fielding two hard ones going for
the river. The home boys will
90 to Winchester next Saturday
after another victory with the
Hustlers. Freeman will be ON
the mat for Clay City with Dill
Ion or Red in the hole.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Locates at Wilmore

Mr.. Geo. A. Xuern and family
left Monday morning for vii.
more. Jessamine county, where
Mr.. Zuern will enter AsberrN
College to prepare for the minis,
try. Mr.. Zuern has impressed
the people of Clay City during
his visit here this year and last
as very high type of man. He
is to be congratulated for his de-
cision to abandon the business
world and enter the high calling
TO preach the Gospel. Mr.. Iuern
has the prayers and best wishes
Of the christian people of Clay
City for his success in the Chris.
tian work.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Work on Road Begins

Work on cutting down the
Bird Adams hill between Clay
City and Stanton began Monday
morning under the jurisdiction
Of Judge Daniel. A large crew
is at work and it promises to be
pushed through to completion
soon as possible, and then for an.
other hill and another one until
we have some good roads in Pow.
ell. The road work of the State
and Federal Government with
their millions is too slow for coun.
~ wanting roads all over at once
as bad as Powell.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Trial Put Off

John Scott together with I. q.
White went to Mt. Vernon last
week to attend the trial of the
Baileys for killing Bev. White a
few weeks ago. They returned
home early in the week, the tri-
al having been continued on ac.
count of the senior Bailey, faith.
er of the accused, also indicted
for murder being wounded by ac.
cldental discharge Of pistol 4
one Of his legs.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Clay City Lodge No.
III |. o. o. F.

Clay City, KY. May II, 1921.
Whereas, our Heavenly Father.
having called from our earthly
Lodge to Celestial Lodge on High
our brother, w. Ii. Smltson. of
Clay City, KY, on April Goth,
1921, at the age of "A years, be it
Resolved lst: That the family
has lost true and faithful hus.
band and kind and loving faith.
er; the community a good citizen
and his lodge true and faithful
brother.
Resolved 2nd: That we extend
to his family and lodge our sym.
pathy and commend them in this
hour of trouble and sorrow to Him
who doeth all things well.
Resolved Bird: That a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the
bereaved family; A copy be sent
to the Upton Lodge No. 22O, Tip.
ton, Ind, and copy be spread
on our records in token of his
memory.
j. W. Hendricks,
w. F. McCollum,
o. l.. knight.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Off For Alaska

John G. Eaton left this morn
ing for Alaska hoping that the
cold weather there and the high
altitude may improve his hearing
which gets much worse in warm
weather than it is in cold wealth
er. The many friends here wish
for John much improvement, g.,
pleasure and profit on his trip.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Personal Paragraphs

A. T. Whit was in Bowling
Green a few days the first of the
week.
7. G. Bowman and wife, prom.
Inent people of Clark, are visit
ing Elder A. Easter and wife
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Smith,
Prof. G. l.. Smith n d Hoke
Smith spent Saturday with friends
in Mt. Sterling.
j. NJ. Kennon visited his sis
ter, Mrs. Jennie Russell, at the
Gibson Infirmary, Richmond, the
last of the week.
Mrs. T. b. Ballard and Mrs
John Quinn and little daughter,
Mary Louise, of Lexington, is
visiting Mrs. ID. Adams, of Wal.
tersville.
A K. Sans, of near Winches-
ter, was here a short while We'd
nesday. Mr.. Sans has been in
very bad health but is looking
much better.
O X. Williamson and son, of
| the Clark Gate Company, Lex,
/ ing on, were here Monday and
bought a car load of five inch To-
Gust posts.
Elder A. Easter, was called
and left this Wednesday morning
for the oil fields on account of
the serious illness of 5. A. Eas-
ter's youngest child.
Everett King is home on a Wis.
it to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe King. Everett is serving I'm
Gle Sam as infantry man and is
now stationed at Washington,
ID. c.
w. S. Feltner, of London, Ky,
was here with County Agent,
ii. Ii. Harrison, today. Mr.. Felt
ner represents the State Univer.
sity in its agriculture extension
work.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Twenty-seven Years Ago Today

May 10, 1894, just - years ago
today, was a very cold, rainy day
which followed well up into the
night. The next morning was
Sunday morning, and when the
dav dawned and people looked
out they saw the earth covered
with snow six inches or more
deep. To say the least, it look
ed very distressing. Apple trees
loaded with fruit were bent to
the ground. Gardens were ruin.
ed, wheat, which was jolntlng,
was weighted down TO t h q
ground. Many corn crops were
up and looking we'll up 10 the ad
vent of the snow. OF course
there was no fruit that year eX.
cepting a few blackberries, but
field crops were good. On May
16. 1888 severe killing frost
visiting us laid worse destruc-
tion in its path than did the snow
of 1894, but it is not remember.
ed so well. Walnuts were in
bloom in 'SS and all of them
we're killed as were all kinds of
nuts. Thus by turning our mem
orv backwards we see this year
is no exception to the seasons
many years past.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
"Perhaps Ii MAY BE You"

When the snow and rain is falling,
Or the sun is shining down,
Don't stand gossipping with failures
Crowded on the bottom round.
Climb on higher up the ladder,
Where dwell both success and fame
Remember that if your failure.
You, yourself are most to blame.
Wade right in and keep on plugging
There is no such word as luck
Soon you'll be among the winners,
Who have changed that word tC
PLUCK.
"Do it now" must be your motto,
Don't on someone else depend.
Leave il to the other fellow,
And you'll lose out in the end.
All it takes is grit and courage,
And little common sense.
What you are, be right out with il,
Never sit upon the fence.
All the world respects person,
With the grit TO dare and do.
Someone's looking for a leader,
And perhaps it may be YOU.
Respectfully dedicated TO my friends
Who are boosting Clay City.
j. Z. HOPKINS.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Gets Contract for Building
Twenty-One Houses

Charlie Wright left Monday for
Hazard where he will do some
contract work for one of the coal
companies. He has contract to
build twenty.one cottages for the
Kentwood Coal Company at Ham
ilton, a mining town five miles
above Hazard. Soon as the lum,
ber arrives Mr.. Wright will TAX 2
4 crew of carpenters up there
and get busy.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Why Not Build Roads Now!

Powell county probably h a :
S25, 900 of unsold road bonds !;
Powell county probably has or
will have July 1st 1850 idle la.
borers on account of the panic ::
Powell county has 100 miles of
road needing repairing; Powell
county has 1000 people W h o
need good roads. Why would it
not be a good scheme to sell this
S25, 900 in bonds, put the 1,250
idle laborers at work building
the roads we so badly need in
the various parts Of the county.
The net result would be: men
who badly need work given EN-.
ployment; business in the coun-
~ greatly improved: the roads
improved; money put into circu-
lation where it will benefit every
body; roads built where they
will benefit every body; such &C
tion will cause no increase in
taxes; will take nothing from
anybody, but add to every body's
bett tnrmen both empor r ~ and
permanently. We ask the ques.
ton then "Why no5 build the
roads now? Now while we not
only need the roads but the job
of building them too. The best
time to do any job on hand is
when we have nething else to do.
Then let's all get busy building
roads. and building a living too,
and at a time when living build
ing is a very hard thing to do.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Services at Christian Church

Elder H. 5. Early will occupy
his pulpi at the Christian Church
Saturday night and Sunday. a
very important subject will be
discussed Saturday night; Sunday
morning he will address the peo.
pie on Mothers Influence" 4;
, 80 Lecture to men only. Other
announcements will be M d e
from the pulpit.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Called to His Home

The Rev. w. j. Vaughn, of
Louisa, who came here Monday
to take part in the Sunday School
Convention exercises, was called
home that day on account of his
oldest son, who is member of
the State Guard, being called to
service in the coal district. Bro.
Vaughn left for his home on first
train. 20
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
w. c. Rose Attends Meeting
OF Tax Commissioners

Tax commissioner w. G Rose
attended the meeting of the State
Tax Commissioners at Frankfort
last week. The meeting proved
very instructive and profitable.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
NO. 20
Stanton Town Lot Sale

Mr.. James Profit, who had a
very Important town lot sale at
Stanton Saturday says he is very
grateful to those attending the
sale and for their liberal bidding.
j. ID. Spencer and Clayton Cable
Of Rogers, KY, were in attend
ance at this sale.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Otis Billings Gets
Shoulder Dislocated

Otis Billings, of Furnace, sus
tained a dislocated shoulder bone
while working in the oil fields
there Monday morning and was
rushed through to the hospital
at Lexington Immediately by
Ray Bigler in his Stuaebaker car.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Thirty Pullets Bring SIS

A j. Martin shipped thirty
Rhode Island Red pullets a few
days ago to Camp Knox and re.
ceived S75 90 for the bunch, and
letter from the camp stating
that these pullets were the incest
bunch ever received there.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19

A card from the Rev. Paul
Derthick, a former valued Sun.
day School worker of this coun.
ty, conveys the information that
he has moved TO Ravenna, Ohio.
Bro. Derthick moved from here
10 Berea, Ky.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-05-19
Teachers Examination

Friday and Saturday, May 20
and II will be teachers exami-
nation days at Stanton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

people, it is true, are not III the
majority at prizetights, but they
are greatly in evidence. At the
prizefghAthe other day complete
list wouldshave made very fair
roll of honor.
Perhaps the real reason is the
pull Of one of our most important
illusions, namely. the universal de-
sire for perfection. 1t is the same
thing that makes us long for per-
manent peace, for the complete con-
summation of anything, for the
eternal verities, for the absolute.
An ordinary fight, or struggle, does
not interest U.s. The contestants must
each be representative. or symbolic
OF perfection. The promoters of
the recent contest displayed skill in
creating about the affair a super
man atmosphere.
Nothing charms man more than
the illusion of perfection. When it
is punctured only a part Of man is
left
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06
Fistic Idealis,n

Why do decent people attend
prizefghts? Many reasons have
been given. 1t is declared, for
example, that the prizefght salts
,ties primitive fighting instinct,
that the basis of all art is a struggle
and that the prizefght visualizes the
struggle best. Or it is declared
that people go to satisfy a morbid,
degenerative curiosity, to stir up
something within them that can be
stirred up only by the sight Of
blood.
Yet none of these reasons ex
plains. After they have all been
heard, one goes back and still won
ders why decent people attend prize
ENTHUSIASTICALLY those people who
represent some of our noblest
achievements in art, in industry, in
letters and in manners. These
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

GREETED that the bells rang in phila-
delphia lao years ago, but this inter-
probation may be put on his remarks
in sorne quarters.
Americans, Of course, we'll know
that in England at the time of the
separation there was a strong party
friendly to the American cause. We
still have Chatham Square and a
Burke Street in New York, and a
Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania pre-
serves the names of Wilkes and
Barre. Moreover, in the present we
are duly appreciative Of the compli-
ment that America has become a
cult, as it were, in Great Britain.
But it is scarcely necessary to seem
to throw doubt on whether we are
glad or sorry July 4 became ma
tional anniversary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06
A Pacific Concert

Baron Shidehara's interview is a
we'll meant effort to allay American
and Canadian opposition to a re-
newal of the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance. The japanese Ambassador
points out that neither Japan nor
Great Britain contemplated coali-
ton directed against the United
States. When the treaty was re-
newed for the second time, in 1911,
Article ~ was inserted, with the
purpose of relieving either party
from the obligation to go to war in
aid of the other with power with
which it had concluded treaty of
general arbitration. A treaty of
general arbitration between the
United States and Great Britain was
pending at that time. The United
States, however, didn't complete the
process of ratification. Japan thus
has a right to say that it is not her
fault if Article Nv doesn't take this
country out Of the group against
which cosus fede1as might develop.
We have peace commission "a
one years check on declaration of
war; treaty with Great Britain.
That this is equivalent to a general
arbitration treaty may be disputed.
Baron Shidehara says it isn't neces-
sary to argue the point, since it was
we'll understood in 1911 by both
Japan and Great Britain that "the
alliance should in no case be d.
rected against the United States"
The good faith of such an under
standing need not be questioned. But
what Canada wants, and what the
United States would prefer, in case
the treaty is renewed is an explicit
and not merely an inferential limita-
ton on the application of the treaty.
Better still than that, Canada and
the United States would like to see
the maintenance of peace and the
open door in the Far East made a
matter of joint concern to all the
Pacific powers, including China. The
dual alliance may have served de-
sirable purpose in the past, but the
World War has put new face on
the situation. The Far Eastern
problem has broadened out into a
Pacific problem, and the wishes and
interests of the United States, Can
ada, Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa and China have now to be
taken into account as we'll as the
interests Of Japan and Great Britain.
From this point of view the dual
alliance is too narrow. 1t should
give way to a broader and more
stable concert.