Mountain advocate (Barbourville, Ky. : 1904 : Weekly ...r1 wf att tre aa rtf CORRESPONDENCE N Holden...
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r1 wf att tre aa rtf CORRESPONDENCE N Holden Ky We ore very sorry indeed to learn that Mrs R Henson who is with her parents at Place has typhoid fever We hope she will soon recover and < be able to return home Our school teacher Mrs Bettie Lock was called home Monday even ¬ ing on account of her husbahds sick- ness I H Walton was in Pmeville Monday on business Mr F A Morris was down from Four Mile Sunday John Hurley of Rogersville Tenn is visiting his sister Mrs Bryant at this place David Spears of Tennessee is spending a few days with friends and relatives at Holden Will Brewer and wife of Rose Hill V Va is visiting her brother S H Castle at this place- R L Henson left for Place Ky Tuesday to attend the bedside of his sick wife W M Mitchell our next jailer was up Tuesday on business Robt Castle is very sick at this writing VERDANT Baileys Switch Putting up hay is all the go here now and the weather is extremely hotThe Death Angel visited our midst last Thursday July 14th and took from us Mrs Jane Higgins widow Hamilton Higgins Mrs Higgins vas 71 years of age and had been a member of the M E church for fifty years She was patient and loving and as a friend was kindand was always the same with all who knew her Funeral services were conducted at the Higgins graveyard by Rev W C Judd and Bro J T Stamper after which her remains were laid to rest Mr Levy Bennett moved from Wallsend to this place last week This was his former home He bought his brothers stock of goods and took charge of the postoffice We wish him good luck in his under ¬ taking J R Bailey was in Middlesboro this week on business Mrs S M Bennett had a severe attack of cholera infantum or sum mer complaint Sunday Dr Lock was telephoned for at once andshe is much better at this writing- A man by the name o- Blankenship while on a spree near Emanuel Saturday night was struck by a train it is thought and his skull was sunk in and otherwise hurt His recovery is doubtful Willie McDonald of Knoxs Fork was here Tuesday in the interest of his candidacy for county Court Clerk Mr McDonald is well thought of by the people here I would advise all to subicribe for the MOUNTAIN ADVOCATE if you want to knowthe county news and who are candidates and where they arc and how they stand at the different places W S TAYLOR Messer t Mr Editor will you permit me to lay a few words in behalf of our place as we are having lots ofrain Vand it is making the farmers live hard in their crops it Percent layins weeds are > grown in his corn field t Our school begun last Monday the 18th with E 11 Gibson jj1 Flat Lickas teacher Look out children get a licking The rules byl rrire as follows For stealing apples or cherries 10 licks j For cursing 15 Jichs corning i For spitting on the floor 5 licks For fighting in school 10 licks jjf For throwing quids of tobacco at the teachers head 50 licks r For telling lies in school 10 licks whipjped 3 One of our preachers killed several squirrel the other Sunday 1 JiBotner Messer has quit working ana gone to killing rats He killed W last Tuesday I t I The prayers ofall the voters of Upper Stinking creek is for the 12th clayof November to come so we can vote for F D Sampson for County Judge THH MBSSBR NEWS Lunsford The people in this section are very busy taking care of their grass anti oats at preseent Quite a number of the boys visited the picniq at Four Mile last Satur- days andreported a grand time Revs Brooks and Golden of Greasy creek held service at this place lust SundayRev Speed Bain of near Barbour ville was in our vicinity Sunday G W Rhodes a prominent teach- er ¬ of this county passed through here a few days ago looking after the school at Jonestown Silver Bill Lawson who has been nt Chcnoa for some time is back again with his smiling face and flattering tongue Levi Bays ot Trosper passed through this place en route to Che non where he is engaged in lumber hauling John H Lawson of this place is said to be one the best cradlers in the mountains Misses Ellen and Amanda Bays of Trosper were visiting the familyof J J Bays of this place last Satur- day ¬ and Sunday Misses Mary E Cassady and Flora Lewis of Trosper attendedchurch at this place Sunday Quite a number of the young peo ¬ ple of this place attended the social at the home of J J Bays last Satur ¬ day night All report a good time except our friend Mat Woolum who said it went off Democratic Success to the ADVOCATE BLUE BUCK Georgetown Ky SE Thompson has gone to house ¬ keeping on Chambers avenue near the K M depot The larger portion of wheat in this part of the country has been threshed the yield being greater than for years some fields making forty bushels to the acre This we think should be a year of thanksgiving with our tanners for the abundant Harvest of all their cropsWheat is selling at ninety cents a bushelDuring the rain and thunder storm that visited this section lately the lightningstruck the telegraphwires on the Georgetown and Lexington trollev poles near Louden Snells home breaking and splitting them breaking off some of the cross arms It then crossed the pike to the tele- phone ¬ wires It entered the homes of some of those near by who had phones in them giving quite a fright to the families Those who chanced to be sitting on the beds fell back among the pillows and others ran and jumped into the beds other families left the rooms that the phone was in and went to other rooms Happily no one was hurt What has become ofI Hayseedof Lone Elm and Bluegrass Johnny of Oxford Write again we like to ready news from your ready pens Wattie Showalter is now in New Yorkwhere he has some of his fine horsesGround has been broken for the new M E church South on Hamil ¬ ton street G H Nuhnelley has the contract with Bud Wolf as his fore ¬ man Mrs Robert Colcman and daugh ¬ ter Miss Maud and Misses Mollie Muir and Lena Haynes of Donerail are attending the Worlds Fair dur ing the week The supper giving on the eveniug of the 12th by the ladies of Berea Christian church at Donerail proved to be a success and pleasant to flJrs Amelia widow of Napoleon Adair died at her home in this coun ¬ ty on the 14th and buried the 15th She was 70 years of age She leaves one daughter Mrs Campbell and other relatives and many friends to mourn her death She was the doc toress in her neighborhood during her life TilE SMILING ONE Cannon Crops are looking spendid al ¬ though a rain would do good at presentMr 0 Sydnor member of the Richlands Oil Co vas in the oil fields this week and selected a loca ¬ tion for two new wells on this lease J C Barnes pf near this place made a business trip to Pineville and returned Monday < Th Joe Smith of Barboumlloj Ls c1 throughour town Months cvbnin en route home- Candidates and weeds are plcnti ful one is just about as brill a pCRt as the other we think we woul rather be bothered with weeds M F Hibbard who went to Wayne county to work in the oil fields returned anti reports things going well Oat harvest is here they are none too heavy I J T Willis went to church at Lo- cust Grove Sunday- J T Gibson and wife of Barbour ville were pleasant callers at Dat Philpots Sunday- Sundayschool at Sinking Vallcj every afternoon at 2 oclock Every- body cordially invited to attend M G Hignite was giving the boy a general shake up with hands and head here this week We all know you Garrett When one gets burned he never forgets fire The Morris boys from Fighting creek moved some machinery to Clay county for the Cumberlam Pipe Line Co this week GRIT Grays The themomitcr stands 90 in the shadeEverybody is busyand news is scarceThe mines are working a littli better since the 4th of July has pass- ed and the Democratic National Convention has nominated gold stnndard ticket but whats the use Teddy was nominated by acclama tion and will be elected in nearly the same way Emanucls baseball team came down last Saturday for a game 01 ball with our boys they were done up in short order by our Captaii Tom Robinson and his clever team North Jellico is opening up their Blue Gem vein of coal which is n spendid quality of coal they are lay- ing pipe and trolly lines to it the will operate it the same as their large vein with compressed air and electric haulage Mr Byrd Taulbee commenced his school at Walnut Grove near here Mondaymorning Byrd is a clew teacher so they say also somewha ol a pugilist Berry picking and canning is all the go here now Grays continues to grow > steadih but surely We think when tin Hon Dr Hunter gives Barbourvilli the Government building as the Echo says he has promised to do that we will have one of the most business counties in the state Miss Minnie Moore one ofCorbins charming young ladies was visiting her sister Mrs Annie Donaldson las weekWe have been informed that W H Campbell better known as W H Sheriff is about to retire from tin livery business here so he can devote his whole attention to his shcrii businessSuccess to the MOUNTAIN ADVO GATE and its many readers Hurrah I for Dr Hunter to suc- ceed Dr Hunter in the Eleventh Con gressional District YANKEE Ola Ky John Webb visited Lich Collin Saturdayand Sunday Steve and Wash Jenkins have gone to Millstone on business Elder Wm Craft of North Caro lina has been visiting his daughter at this place for the past week and Saturday and Sunday preached twc interesting sermons at the Fairview Seminary Sillar Adams and Eliza Stallarc paid Evan Adams a visit Saturday and Sunday George Jenkins has returned iron a flying visit to Knott county where he has been on business Hiram Holcomb and daugter vis ited friends and relatives here last week William J Bates had a corn hoe- ing Thursday and had twentyfive or thirty hands Oscar Jones and Johnny Sergent paid Miss Ritter Webb a very pleas- ant visit Sunday WHITE ROSH Hammond Rev G W Smith was up here last week but we dont think he saw any black bear Mrs John Mills has been quite ill for the past week but is slowly im- proving Continued on first pngo I y t F f erg r COMINGTiBarbourville ONE DAY ONLY i MONDA Y AUG lBt r WHHARRIS r OLATENIC1Jows THE LARGEST POPULAR PRICE SHOW IN THE WORLD 1 NEW BIGGER BETTER and GRANDER thanWr ever with all NEW and NOVEL ACTSI and Features for this Seasongr 4 Mil ette Family of Acrobats and Riders The Jennier Family of Acrobats and Tumblers Mr Henry LaSage on the Bounding Rope J Mr D Armour the Mexican KnifeThrowerI Mr Claud Oriton the Worlds Champion FourHorse Riderr A Hundred Horses and Ponies A Host of Funny Clownsy Grand Free Street Parade at 10 oclock a m A Two performances at 2 p m dud at 8 oclock Doors open one hour earlier n
Transcript of Mountain advocate (Barbourville, Ky. : 1904 : Weekly ...r1 wf att tre aa rtf CORRESPONDENCE N Holden...
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Holden Ky
We ore very sorry indeed to learnthat Mrs R Henson who is with her
parents at Place has typhoid feverWe hope she will soon recover and
< be able to return home
Our school teacher Mrs BettieLock was called home Monday even ¬
ing on account of her husbahds sick-
ness
I H Walton was in PmevilleMonday on business
Mr F A Morris was down fromFour Mile Sunday
John Hurley of Rogersville Tennis visiting his sister Mrs Bryant atthis place
David Spears of Tennessee isspending a few days with friendsand relatives at Holden
Will Brewer and wife of Rose HillV Va is visiting her brother S H
Castle at this place-
R L Henson left for Place KyTuesday to attend the bedside of hissick wife
W M Mitchell our next jailerwas up Tuesday on business
Robt Castle is very sick at thiswriting VERDANT
Baileys Switch
Putting up hay is all the go herenow and the weather is extremely
hotTheDeath Angel visited our midst
last Thursday July 14th and tookfrom us Mrs Jane Higgins widow
Hamilton Higgins Mrs Higginsvas 71 years of age and had been a
member of the M E church for fiftyyears She was patient and lovingand as a friend was kindand wasalways the same with all who knewher Funeral services were conductedat the Higgins graveyard by RevW C Judd and Bro J T Stamperafter which her remains were laid torest
Mr Levy Bennett moved fromWallsend to this place last weekThis was his former home Hebought his brothers stock of goodsand took charge of the postofficeWe wish him good luck in his under ¬
taking
J R Bailey was in Middlesborothis week on business
Mrs S M Bennett had a severeattack of cholera infantum or summer complaint Sunday Dr Lockwas telephoned for at once andsheis much better at this writing-
A man by the name o-
Blankenship while on a spree nearEmanuel Saturday night was struckby a train it is thought and hisskull was sunk in and otherwisehurt His recovery is doubtful
Willie McDonald of Knoxs Forkwas here Tuesday in the interest ofhis candidacy for county CourtClerk Mr McDonald is well thoughtof by the people here
I would advise all to subicribe forthe MOUNTAIN ADVOCATE if you wantto knowthe county news and whoare candidates and where they arcand how they stand at the differentplaces W S TAYLOR
Messer
t Mr Editor will you permit me tolay a few words in behalf of ourplace as we are having lots ofrain
Vand it is making the farmers livehard in their crops
it Percentlayinsweeds are> grown in his corn field
t Our school begun last Mondaythe 18th with E 11 Gibson
jj1 Flat Lickas teacher Look outchildren get a licking The rulesbylrrire as follows
For stealing apples or cherries 10licks
j For cursing 15 Jichscorningi For spitting on the floor 5 licksFor fighting in school 10 licks
jjf For throwing quids of tobacco atthe teachers head 50 licks
r For telling lies in school 10 licks
whipjped3 One of our preachers killed several
squirrel the other Sunday1
JiBotner Messer has quit workingana gone to killing rats He killed
W last Tuesday
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The prayers ofall the voters ofUpper Stinking creek is for the 12thclayof November to come so we canvote for F D Sampson for CountyJudge THH MBSSBR NEWS
Lunsford
The people in this section are verybusy taking care of their grass antioats at preseent
Quite a number of the boys visitedthe picniq at Four Mile last Satur-days andreported a grand time
Revs Brooks and Golden of Greasycreek held service at this place lust
SundayRev
Speed Bain of near Barbourville was in our vicinity Sunday
G W Rhodes a prominent teach-
er¬
of this county passed throughhere a few days ago looking afterthe school at Jonestown
Silver Bill Lawson who hasbeen nt Chcnoa for some time isback again with his smiling face andflattering tongue
Levi Bays ot Trosper passedthrough this place en route to Che
non where he is engaged in lumberhauling
John H Lawson of this place is
said to be one the best cradlers in
the mountains
Misses Ellen and Amanda Bays ofTrosper were visiting the familyofJ J Bays of this place last Satur-day
¬
and Sunday
Misses Mary E Cassady and FloraLewis of Trosper attendedchurchat this place Sunday
Quite a number of the young peo¬
ple of this place attended the socialat the home of J J Bays last Satur ¬
day night All report a good timeexcept our friend Mat Woolum whosaid it went off Democratic
Success to the ADVOCATE
BLUE BUCK
Georgetown Ky
S E Thompson has gone to house ¬
keeping on Chambers avenue nearthe K M depot
The larger portion of wheat in
this part of the country has been
threshed the yield being greaterthan for years some fields makingforty bushels to the acre
This we think should be a year ofthanksgiving with our tanners forthe abundant Harvest of all their
cropsWheatis selling at ninety cents a
bushelDuring
the rain and thunder stormthat visited this section lately thelightningstruck the telegraphwireson the Georgetown and Lexingtontrollev poles near Louden Snellshome breaking and splitting thembreaking off some of the cross armsIt then crossed the pike to the tele-
phone¬
wires It entered the homes ofsome of those near by who hadphones in them giving quite a frightto the families Those who chancedto be sitting on the beds fell backamong the pillows and others ranand jumped into the beds otherfamilies left the rooms that the phonewas in and went to other roomsHappily no one was hurt
What has become ofIHayseedofLone Elm and Bluegrass Johnnyof Oxford Write again we like toready news from your ready pens
Wattie Showalter is now in NewYorkwhere he has some of his fine
horsesGround
has been broken for thenew M E church South on Hamil ¬
ton street G H Nuhnelley has thecontract with Bud Wolf as his fore¬
man
Mrs Robert Colcman and daugh ¬
ter Miss Maud and Misses MollieMuir and Lena Haynes of Donerailare attending the Worlds Fair during the week
The supper giving on the eveniugof the 12th by the ladies of BereaChristian church at Donerail provedto be a success and pleasant to
flJrs Amelia widow of NapoleonAdair died at her home in this coun ¬
ty on the 14th and buried the 15thShe was 70 years of age She leavesone daughter Mrs Campbell andother relatives and many friends tomourn her death She was the doctoress in her neighborhood duringher life TilE SMILING ONE
Cannon
Crops are looking spendid al ¬
though a rain would do good at
presentMr0 Sydnor member of the
Richlands Oil Co vas in the oilfields this week and selected a loca ¬
tion for two new wells on this lease
J C Barnes pf near this placemade a business trip to Pinevilleand returned Monday
< Th
Joe Smith of Barboumlloj Ls c1
throughour town Months cvbninen route home-
Candidates and weeds are plcntiful one is just about as brill a pCRt
as the other we think we woulrather be bothered with weeds
M F Hibbard who went toWayne county to work in the oil
fields returned anti reports things
going well
Oat harvest is here they are nonetoo heavy I
J T Willis went to church at Lo-
cust Grove Sunday-
J T Gibson and wife of Barbourville were pleasant callers at DatPhilpots Sunday-
Sundayschool at Sinking Vallcjevery afternoon at 2 oclock Every-
body cordially invited to attend
M G Hignite was giving the boya general shake up with hands andhead here this week We all knowyou Garrett When one gets burnedhe never forgets fire
The Morris boys from Fightingcreek moved some machinery toClay county for the CumberlamPipe Line Co this week GRIT
Grays
The themomitcr stands 90 in the
shadeEverybodyis busyand news is
scarceThemines are working a littli
better since the 4th of July has pass-ed and the Democratic NationalConvention has nominated goldstnndard ticket but whats the useTeddy was nominated by acclamation and will be elected in nearly thesame way
Emanucls baseball team camedown last Saturday for a game 01
ball with our boys they were doneup in short order by our CaptaiiTom Robinson and his clever team
North Jellico is opening up theirBlue Gem vein of coal which is nspendid quality of coal they are lay-
ing pipe and trolly lines to it thewill operate it the same as theirlarge vein with compressed air andelectric haulage
Mr Byrd Taulbee commenced hisschool at Walnut Grove near hereMondaymorning Byrd is a clewteacher so they say also somewhaol a pugilist
Berry picking and canning is allthe go here now
Grays continues to grow > steadihbut surely We think when tinHon Dr Hunter gives Barbourvillithe Government building as theEcho says he has promised to dothat we will have one of the mostbusiness counties in the state
Miss Minnie Moore one ofCorbinscharming young ladies was visitingher sister Mrs Annie Donaldson lasweekWe
have been informed that W HCampbell better known as W H
Sheriff is about to retire from tinlivery business here so he can devotehis whole attention to his shcrii
businessSuccess
to the MOUNTAIN ADVO
GATE and its many readers
Hurrah I for Dr Hunter to suc-
ceed Dr Hunter in the Eleventh Congressional District YANKEE
Ola Ky
John Webb visited Lich CollinSaturdayand Sunday
Steve and Wash Jenkins have goneto Millstone on business
Elder Wm Craft of North Carolina has been visiting his daughterat this place for the past week andSaturday and Sunday preached twcinteresting sermons at the FairviewSeminary
Sillar Adams and Eliza Stallarcpaid Evan Adams a visit Saturdayand Sunday
George Jenkins has returned irona flying visit to Knott county wherehe has been on business
Hiram Holcomb and daugter visited friends and relatives here lastweek
William J Bates had a corn hoe-
ing Thursday and had twentyfiveor thirty hands
Oscar Jones and Johnny Sergentpaid Miss Ritter Webb a very pleas-ant visit Sunday WHITE ROSH
Hammond
Rev G W Smith was up here lastweek but we dont think he saw anyblack bear
Mrs John Mills has been quite ill
for the past week but is slowly im-
provingContinued on first pngo
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MONDAY AUG lBt r
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THE LARGEST POPULAR PRICE SHOW IN THE WORLD 1NEW BIGGER BETTER and GRANDER thanWr
ever with all NEW and NOVEL ACTSIand Features for this Seasongr
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Mil ette Family of Acrobats and Riders
The Jennier Family of Acrobats and Tumblers
Mr Henry LaSage on the Bounding Rope J
Mr D Armour the Mexican KnifeThrowerIMr Claud Oriton the Worlds Champion FourHorse RiderrA Hundred Horses and Ponies
A Host of Funny ClownsyGrand Free Street Parade at 10 oclock a m A
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