Mountain Advocate, 1904-07-15

Commissioners Sale I1f KNOX CIRCUIT COURT 0 J R Bailey Admr < vs Notice of Sale y 1f Amanda Hnmmons c Deftf J Under Judgment herein the under signed will on n I MONDAY JULY 25 1901 > f flj Between the hours of 10 oclock a f m and 4 oclock p m sell at the door of the Courthouse In Barbour ville Ky on a credit of six months F the equity of redemption In and to 1 the following tract of land situated In Knox county Kon Hammonn ot Fork of Goose creek and Is describedr as follows i followsBeginning Beginning on top of the rocky point at the head of the Fish TrapTFF a hollow thence down said hollow as J It meanders N 24 12 E 15 poles N 9 12 E 9 poles N 10 12 E 0 poles N Jc 17 E 3 poles N 8 poles N 8 12 W 6 W WN S 85 W 1 pole to the mouth of thef Fish Trap branch thence up said Hnmmons Fork as it meanders N 10 Ji E 12 poles N 23 E 14 poles to the ti mouth of the Jarvis branch thenceii v up said branch as it meanders N 18 W 14 poles N 10 12 W 9 poles to the 1 county road thence with said road S44E 14 poles S 52 E 8 poles S 79 12 E 18 poles to a black walnut on the J north side of said road to James r Hammons corner thence with Jas h Hammons line S 12 W 76 poles to L 1Aspur spur to the beginning and contain containing l - ing containing about sixteen acres The pur 4 chaser will give bond with good se yft curity bearing interest from date until paid conditioned as directed < r in said judgment Y judgmentW W F WESrEREIELDJ WESrEREIELDJCommissioner This July 1 loot Commissioneri v Sheriff Sale for Taxesv STATE OF KENTUCKY6e gg 6eCounty I will on MONDAY JULY 24 loot At the Courthouse door In Barbour j ville Knox county Ky between ii the hours of 10 a m and 4 p m sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand the following property i Beginning at two sourwoods a cor 5 > ner of Chris Turners land thence a southwest direction with the fence to the top of the point on the side aI tno mountain to a small ohostnutt LiUno lino between James W Dozier nnd4J J D Doziers to three small black Jf oaks thence south 80 E 20 poles to a chestnut oak thence N E 8 polesf I to a white oak thence S 85 E 10 poles to two chestnut oaks tlmenceP S 40 E 20 poles to a rock in a small branch near the road thence N 86 E 00 poles to a white oak and hick d ory on said Doziers land thence Gf with said line to a chestnut oak and hickory on the old Win Dizney south line thence with said line 87 12 poles to said DIzneys west cor ner thence north to a black gumrl rlthe the corner of the said Doziers land thence with said line to the beginliI ning containing 80 acres more or j less Levied on as the property of Jerry M Gibson for his State Rev Z t onuo and County levy taxes due ofIl said Jerry M Gibson for the year 1903 Tax and cost 003 1U tfCHARLES CHARLES C BYRLEY D S I This June 11 loot Jy 88t i l NOTICE Jf In the District Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky in Bankruptcy J BankruptcyIn In the matter of 1 til JAMES T PITTS > In Bankruptcy Bankrupt I v To the creditors of James T PittstA of Middlcsboro in the county Off Bell and district aforesaid a bank bankrupt < - rupt bankrupt is Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of July A D 1904 thej said James T Pitts was duly adjudi < I Gated bankrupt and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at Barbourville Kentucky on the5lj 18th dayof July A D 1004 at 1 oclock in the afternoon at wbichy time the said creditors may attend j prove theirclaims appoint atrustce examine the Bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting a W W TINSLEY 4 Referee in Bankruptcy This 8th day of July A D 1904J S s J

NOTICE Of Primary Election Aug 9 = At a meeting of the Republican Committee of the Eleventh Con Congressional - gressional Congressional District of Kentucky held in London Ky on March 2 1004 was ordered that a pri primary - mary primary election be held on Tues Tuesday - day Tuesday August 9th 1904 for the purpose of nominating a Repub Republican - lican Republican candidate to be voted for at the regular November elec election - tion election 1904 to represent said dis district - trict district in the 69th Congress of the United States In pursuance thereof notice is hereby given that a primary election will be held at the regu regular - lar regular voting places in each of the voting precincts in the counties of Adair Bell Casey Clay Olin ton Cumberland Harland Jack Jackson - son Jackson Knox Laurel Leslie Letch er Monroe Owsley Perry Pu laski Russell Wayne and Whit ley on Tuesday August 9th 1904 between the hours of 0 a m and 4 p m for the purpose of nominating a Republican can candidate - didate candidate to be voted for at the regular November election 1904 to represent said Eleventh Dis District - trict District of Kentucky in the 69th Congress of the United States W W BYRLEY Chairman of the Eleventh Congressional District Re Republican - publican Republican Committee of Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky L K Rice Secretary SmallBlaze Small Blaze The first fire to report in this city since we located here last February occurred last Saturday morning about 10 oclock in the restaurant on the north side of the public square occupied by SVm Lockhard A small blaze was discovered on the roof adjoining the flue and was soon extinguished without any loss whatever to the building This is only a reminder that our city should be equipped with a regu regular - lar regular fire department The first thing however necessrry is the erection of a waterworks sys tem and then the fire department will follow as a natural consequence Lets take up this matter and have a waterworks without any further i delay OUR CLUBBING OFFER As this is Presidentiai year and everybody is interested in the Na National - tional National Election and want to get the news we have made special arrange arrangements - ments arrangements with the Louisville Herald to give the following offer MOUNTAIN ADVOCATE weekly one year and the Louisville Herald daily both one year for S 250 ADVOCATE and daily and Sun Sunday - day Sunday Herald S 400 Advocate and Weekly Herald both one year S 130 This is remarkably cheap and will apply to all new subscribers to this paper Cash in all instances must accompany the order and be sent to this If you are a subscriber to the AD ADVOCATE - VOCATE ADVOCATE nnd want to take advan advantage - tage advantage of this offer send us your money and we will extend the time of your subscription one year more and send you both papers Take advantage of this remark remarkably - ably remarkably low rate while it lasts Make all orders payable to D W CLARK and send all orders to the MOUNTAIN ADvoCATE Barbourville Kentucky LOST I Tuesday between my residence and that of Rev Terhune a gold hunting case watch The initials J D M are cut on the inside case Finder will please return to First National Bank and re receive - ceive receive reward War LOCK

JACKSON JACKSONCOUNTY T COUNTY Heard Prom With a Strong Protest Against Methods v of Editor Linney ° ° Tells What Citizens There Think of The London Echo > < > McKee Ky July U 1904 > Editor MOUNTAIN ADVOCATE Barbourville Ky DEAR SIR I notice in the is sue of the ADVOCATE of July 1 y = S 1904 an article giving Mr Lin ney editor of the Mountain Echo S a hit for the vile slanders he is h trying through the columns of G a the Echo to heap upon Dr Hun Hunter - ter Hunter who is an honorable gentle gentleman - y man gentleman and a true Republican The Echo has for many years had a wide circulation in Jack Jackson - 7 ° son Jackson county The Hon A R Dyche its former editor is a hightoned + gentleman and was too true a S Republican to use his paper for the purpose of trying to heap vile vituperations and slander f upon a Republican of his district or elsewhere in order to try to injure him and as a result made many friends for himself and the Echo in Jackson county Mr Linney is now circulating the Echo over this county amid filling its columns with vile and slanderous attacks upon the Hon W Godfrey Hunter with the hope of injuring him in his race for Congress But it is doing him no hurt in this neck o errtime woods for the people here I are too familiar with the facts and q circumstances connected with that unholy affair in the Ken ° tucky Legislature when Dr Hun Hunter - ter Hunter received the Republican nomination before that body for fort - t fort the high oflice of United States Senator and remember too well i that Mr Linney the present ed I itor of the Echo was then a Senator from Louisville in that I I I 4 Legislature and was one of the i sbolters there who not only de k I feated Dr Hunter but the Re I publican party in Kentucky as I well wellThe The Republicans of Jackson county are too well acquainted with that disgraceful affair to be dictated to in their voting by I r Mr Linney and the rest of the gang who bolted with him and refused to support the nominee of the party for the high office iiof United States Senator over 1k the protests and petitions of their constituents rJackson county is for Dr Hun Hunter - ter Hunter and is going to roll up a large majority for him on the 9th day of August next He is entitled to the united support of the Re publican party in Jackson county 1 x because he is an honorable gen gentleman - tleman gentleman a true Republican and an able statesman and further r because of the very fact when for the first time in the history of the party in Kentucky the t State under his skill and gen generalship - eralship generalship in the year 1895 gave nearly 10000 Republican major J ti1 ° ity elected a Republican Gov Governor - ernor Governor and the entire State ticket < and a majority of Republicans in the Legislature and thereby s5made it possible for the first j1 time in the history of the Stateto elect Republican to the United States Senate and as a reward ft for the great services he had i r rendered his party he received j the Republican nomination for h that high office and because of t the further fact Jackson county on that important occasion fur t I shed two members in that body the Kentucky Legislature JlWllJ together with Mr Lin J i1 r J f J r n Il 1 L a v

ever before A TKACHKH RESOLUTIONS 1 We the teachers of Knox and Bell counties in Joint Insti Institute - tute Institute assembled express our ap appreciation - preciation appreciation of the efficient man ner in which our institute has been conducted under the able leadership of Prof Roark His earnest and able instruction has inspired us with zeal in the great cause of education and we feel that we shall return to our work better equipped to meet the ar arduous - duous arduous duties and demands of the schoolroom 2 We heartily endorse the administrations of our superin superintendents - tendents superintendents Fuson and Higniteand their earnest efforts to promote the cause of education and to raise the standard of scholarship and teaching ability in the teach teachers - ers teachers in their respective counties 8 We extend our thanks to the citizens of Pineville for the hospitality and courtesy shown us during our stay in their midst 4 We commend the action of the last General Assembly of Kentucky in extending the school term and we pledge our efforts in every legitimate way to have it still further extended and to secure better compensation for the teachers 5 Believing that the hope of i our country depends upon an educated citizenship and that nI compulsory education is the log logical - ical logical outgrowth of the system of school taxation we favor a more effective compulsory law for the State 0 We favor the extension of the school term by county tax taxation - ation taxation and we pledge ourselves to begin at once an active cam campaign - paign campaign among our people to that end endJOHN JOHN W HUG1rESKnox BYRD TAULBEE J Knox Co JAMES E KIRBY J T 0 NOEe 11 Co ED PARKER Quits Race for Congress and Promises to Support Edwards Last Tuesday at London dur during - ing during the session of the Teachers Institute Mr Ed Parker candi candidate - date candidate for the Republican nomina nomination - tion nomination proposed to the Edwards faction that he was willing to leave it toa vote of the teach teachers - ers teachers of Laurel county which of the two should contest against Dr Hunter for the Congressional honors The banter was accept accepted - ed accepted and a secret ballot taken which resulted as follows Edwards 58 Parkerr25 Parker then made a speech be before - fore before the teachers withdrawing from the race and promised to give his support to Hon D C EdwardsIt It is very evident that the Lon London - don London candidates realized that should they both remain on the track that it would be an easy matter for Dr Hunter to defeat both of them and it then be became - came became necessary to devise some means of removing one of the candidates from the race in or order - der order to strengthen the other Mr Parker proposed the plan and succeeded in putting himself out of the race This was no surprise to the Hun Hunter - ter Hunter following as it had been freely predicted all along that Edwards would be the only one who would register and have his name placed on the legal bal ballots - lots ballots This brings the case down to whore it was last year and will willIe - I Ie willIe a test of strength between Dr Hunter and Mr Edwards

REPORT Of the Joint Institute Held Lost Week at Pineville Pineville July 9 1004 The Jointlnstitute of Knox and Bell counties met in the Court house at Pineville Ky at 10 a aIn - in aIn July 6th Supt Fuson called the house to order and presided over the temporary organization The morning program was es especially - pecially especially good lrof J T 0 Noe delivered an earnest and eloquent address which was re replied - plied replied to by A R Evans in a splendid speech Then Supt Fuson for a few minutes after which lie introduced Supt Hig nite who spoke in high terms of our State and country and the possibilities of the future before our teachers Prof Roark was then introduced and his charac characteristic - teristic characteristic way caught the atten tion of his hearers and held them from the first The Institute was then organized and entered upon a busy and most profitable sessionSupt Supt Fuson labored not in vain Everv part of the work showed that it had been thought out and well planned before hand The Knox county teachers were met at the depot by the Pineville brass band and given a cheerful greeting A committee of fif fifteen - teen fifteen Bell county teachers direct directed - ed directed them to good boarding houses already prepared for them The general work was far supe superior - rior superior to that of the ordinary insti institute - tute institute The series of lectures given by Prof Roark during the week were unequalled for soundness and practicality The teachers entered into their part of the work voluntarily and with a will Some splendid discussions were had and many hard and difficult problems of the teachers solved To say the music was excellent is only half way expressing it Rev E L Andrews pastor of the Pineville Baptist church hatl charge of it A number of good solos were given by him and Miss Laura Conant Miss Conant caught the crowd with her sweet musical voice and made some lasting impressions on some teachers The evening programs could not have been easily surpassed On Tuesday night all the teach teachers - ers teachers met at the Courthouse for a hearty handshake after which according to invitation they met at the house of Miss Hassie Cox where a big reception was given by the Bell county teachers in honor of the Knox county teach teachers - ers teachers Ice cream and cake was there in abundance The brass band gave some of their very best music All had a splendid timeOn On Wednesday night Prof Roark lectured on the subject Twentieth Century Perils calling attention to the fact that foreign immigration is the great peril of perils to this country On Thursday night the climax was reached when W Powell Hale of Jefferson Oity Tenn gave one of his entertainments The Courthouse was crowded many stood up in the aisles For an hour and a quarter he held the crowd almost breathless He is a splendid entertainer to say the least On Friday night the teachers carried out an interesting pro gram The Institute ended on Satur Saturday - day Saturday and the teachers went away to their work feeling proud pf the result and enthused with tm idea of doing better work than f

LOG CABIN Erected at Grays as a Voting Place ror Future Elections We accepted the invitation of Mr J H Donaldson to be pres present - ent present at Grays last Saturday and had the pleasure of participat ing in the erection of a real log cabin in which the elections will be held in the future The room is 14 feet square in inside - side inside and built of round logs there being 12 different kinds of logs used in the in the erection of the cabin as follows Black oak white oak spotted oak pin oak sweet gum black gum chestnut pine sour wood pop poplar - lar poplar beech and hickory The roof is made of 4 ft boards put on with weight poles and the floor is the old fashioned punch puncheon - eon puncheon kind The door is hung with wooden hinges and put on with wooden pins There is not a nail in the entire building The building is erected 50 fqet from the branch on one side and 50 feet from the street on the other two sides and is an ideal place for holding the election This is the first cabin of the kind erected in Knox county for this purpose and should be fol followed - lowed followed by other precints until a suitable place is provided in all the precincts for taking the voteVote Vote in the log cabin and under the log cabin and you are sure to be right Red Men to Organize There is to be an Improved Or Order - der Order of Red Men organized at this place within a few weeks W H McDonald F D Samp son and Judge J S Miller are the only members living in the city They have already twelve of the best men in Barbourville on the list of charter members If you want to get in as a char charter - ter charter member you had better see W H McDonald he has the list Mr Ben D Joyner of Tonn ville Ga who had spent a week visiting the family of Mrs S D Tuggle in this city returned t this - his this hoino last Saturday morning R

ney instead of doing their duty as honorable men and true Re Republicans - publicans Republicans and electing Dr Hun Hunter - ter Hunter to the high office to which he had been nominated and to which he was so justly entitled bolted and not only defeated him for this honorable position but the Republican party in Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky as well disgraced them themselves - selves themselves and brought shame upon their constituents and are now trying to dictate to the Repub Republicans - licans Republicans of the Eleventh Congres Congressional - sional Congressional district of Kentucky how to cast their votes But the Re Republicans - publicans Republicans of the district know too well how to cast their votes and how to dictate their own qc tioiis to be dictated to by the unholy gang who are not satis satisfied - fied satisfied with defeating the party in Kentucky but by vile and slan slanderous - derous slanderous attacks are trying to de destroy - stroy destroy Dr Hunter and to domi dominate - nate dominate the affairs of the very party they have defeated defeatedJ J F ENGLE Y x n xxxxx xxx x rxx xxxflc n n n i