The Clay City Times, 1922-12-28

Austin Johnson is here from Harboui ville to spend Christmas week. Miss Gladys Payne, of near Mt Sterling, is gnest of her sister, Mrs. Franklin Smith. Robt. Nelson, of Newport, is visiting his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Nelson. Jade Yarber, of Middletown, ()., is spending the holidays with his brother in-law, Wm.NBashaw. Mrs. Carrie R. Groves, and son, Russell, of Oneida Institute, are spending Christmas with friends in Clay City. Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Rose, of Winchester, spent-Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rose near the city. Miss Virginia Poe, of near Par Paris, - is, Paris, arrived here Sunday for sev eral days visit with her friend, Miss (irace Martin. Miss Elsie Burns accompanied Miss (Jeorgia Howell home from Oneida Institute Friday to spend the Christmas holidays. Mrs. A. M. Holmes and chil dren left last week for their nw home in Somerset, where Mr Holmes is now stationed. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wells, Carl Martin and Herman Begley, all of 'Middletown, ()., are spending Christmas with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yarber, of Middletown, Ohio, were guest of their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bashaw, through Christmas. Miss .Vera Eubank, formerly of this city, was a leading figure in a Christmas eve entertain entertainment - ment entertainment at the Lafayette IIotl Lex Lexington. - ington. Lexington. Mrs. Sylvia W. Russell, Presi President - dent President of Oneida Baptist Institute, reached here Saturday evening to spend a week with her son, Cash Cashier - ier Cashier Harry L. Russell. Mr. the Mrs. 1). C. Blackburn and little son, D. C. Jr., of Lex Lexington, - ington, Lexington, are here visiting the par parents - ents parents of Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. C. Shimfessel. Hubert Carr is spending the holidays here with bis mother, Mrs. Ida Carr. He has been at Oneida, Ky., attending school since September. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Walters, of Winchester, and Mr. and Mrs. Renz pMtton, of Waltersville, spent Sunday with Mr. Wlters' and Mrs. Pat ton's sister, Mrs. Thus. Edge, and Mr. Edge. Bert Eaton came in from Day Dayton - ton Dayton Saturday to speud. the week with home folks. Bert is looking fine and is holding down a good job in that city where so many Powell couuty boys ha?e gone. J. W. F. Williams,' of Beatty. ville, is spending afewdaya with friends in Cto'y City. Mr. Will iams reports prosperity still with Beattvville and Lee ceuntv. but of course not like it was in '20. Mrs. Myrtle J. Burgher, of Ra venna, spent Sunday and Mon day with home folks. Miss Lillie. Burgher, her daughter, returned to Ravenna with her Tuesday

Important Announcement Coming In this issue of "The Times ap appears - pears appears a statement from the Willys-Overland Company to the ef effect - fect effect that a very important an an-nouncement - nouncement an-nouncement will appear Jan. 0, 1923. Prospective purchasers of machines will wisely wait to see this annopneement before plac placing - ing placing an order for an automobile. Sustains Broken Leg William II. Pieratt, the popu popular - lar popular traveling salesman in this territory for the Monarch Mill Company, Mt. Sterline, sustain ed a broken leg at Bethel, Hath couuty, last week. Mr. Pieratt has many friends in Clay City who will regret to learn of his painful accident which will keep him off the road for several weeks. Shale Plant in Ravenna We note that some new ma machinery - chinery machinery is being installed at the Shale Plant here in Ravenna nod it 19 being worked into position at a rate that will soon put it in running order. Ravenna section Estill Tribune. Judge Mann to Preach Judge L. F. Mann will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday, December Hist, at night only. A full house should be present as the Judge is ever prepared to deliver an interesting sermon. Failures Increase Fourfold There were 1,758 failures in this country in November. Those failures involved liabilities of $27,07,205. Three years ago there were but 429 and the lia liabilities - bilities liabilities but $.V207,r00. War Savings Certificates Series of 1918 are due January 1st, 19211. Should you hold any of thesa Stamps, we will be glad to present them for redemption for you. CLAY CITY NATIONAL RANK Bible Institute The Greenville Association of Raptists are holding a Rible In Institute - stitute Institute with their church at Mor Morris - ris Morris creek, this county, These services will continue until Sun day night of this week. Goes to Ashland John Davy Sewill has gone to Ashland to take a position as telegraph operator with C. it O. at a salary of (ICO per month. Christmas was very quietly tpent in Clay City and Powell county. No serious disturbances. Several drunks tut cothin; like it used to be.

Yearly Statements The Times will next week mail statements to all subscribers oue year or more iu arrears. This is done that all may send in the correct amount to square them up to the beginning of the New New-Year. - Year. New-Year. The postal regulation re requires - quires requires that we carry no subscrib subscribers - ers subscribers longer thau one year in ar arrears. - rears. arrears. The publisher siucerely hopes all such subscribers will return these statements with the amount. If not convenient to pay now, kindly send us postal sayiug you want the paper on, and will remit soon as possible. Contract Let for More Road Contract was let last week for the construction of 5.02 miles of road from Stanton to Clay City, at a contract price reported by the Lexington Herald to be $59, $59,-809.00 - 809.00 $59,-809.00 and the Courier-Journal 5120, COO. SI. We are all for the road and should lend every en en-couragement - couragement en-couragement to the work in this county. Ellis & Smithers, of Owensboro, are the contractors. Work will begin- in a very short time. More Minutes to Print The Times has received this week by mail another job of min minute - ute minute printing. We delivered a job of this kind last Friday which was highly satisfactory. During the past year this olfice has exe cuted several jobs of pamphlets, all of which have been very sat satisfactory - isfactory satisfactory to our customers. While the work is good, the most pleas pleasing - ing pleasing part of it is the price. Maintenance Temporarily Discontinued The maintenance work on that section of road near Frankfort where T. P. Mountz has ben en engaged - gaged engaged for the past several mouths has closed down on account of the unfavorable weather for repair work and Mr. Mountz is at home with his family for the winter. A week's fine weather was brokeu up by rairv yesterday which has put the roads in a very slippery condition.

Send in Reports The annual election of officers vof the various lodges in the coun county - ty county will take place in the next few days. The Times wants a report of each election for publication. If the secretary of each order will see that this oflice gets a li3t of officers chosen, the publisher will gladly print same. Please do not forget this and send in report for next week's paper. To Improve L & E. Upon good authorith it has been stated that some of the steep grades are to be cut down on the L. it E. road so that heav heavier - ier heavier trains can be hauled over its lines. This means greatly in increased - creased increased traffic over the L. it E. and through Clay City. We learn that additional help of two men will be necessary in the office here. Buys More Property Joe Mountz has purchased of A. M. Holmes his bouse and four lots in the eastern portiou of the city for 1,000. Immediate pos possession. - session. possession. Mr. Mountz purchased 'this property for an investment. Real estate in Clay City is sure to advance, from the preseut out: look for business here. Death of John Fraley John M. Fraley, aped bo years, Jied Wednesday, December 20th, at Valley View of paralysis six, hours after he was stricken. He was buried at Valley View. Ev Ev-erett - erett Ev-erett FraTey, of this city, is a son of the deceased. Master Commissioner Here Mester Commissioner, Luther Stephens was here Tuesday and appraised the property loeated in t hia end of the county to be sold Ht Commissioner's 6ale at Slanton next Monday. New Machinery at B-G Mill New machinery has been pur purchased - chased purchased for a hardwood flooring plant at the Brodhead-Garrett Company's mill. New dry kilns also will be put in to handle wet or green lumber.

at Aunt Liew Faulkuer's. There hava been several wed dings here this wek, namely: Mr. Guy Taylow and Miss Dexter Stephens; Mr. Leonard Fryar and Miss Jewell Swango; Ih- mael Neal and Violet Fryar; Virgil Rogers and Lillie Fryar, and probably others that we have not heard of. Mr. and Mrs. Tay- lor left for Mr. Taylor's home in Pulaski county. Mr. and Mrr. Fryar motored to Mr. Frvar's home on Morris Creek. morning to spend the remainder of t li i s week. Mrs. L. F. Mann entertained her Sunday School class with an oyster supper Friday night. A delightful time was had. F. P. Tracy and family, J. P. Ringo and family, Misses Mae: belle aud Hattie Leach, of Clay City, and Roscoe Ringo and wife, and Miss Beatrice Ringo, of Day.: ton, Ohio, were the guests of S. C. Rinco and family at Winches Winchester - ter Winchester Christmas day. Miss Delia C. Portwo;d, of Har. rodsburg, is spending the Christ Christmas - mas Christmas holidays with her pareut6, Mr. and Mrs. Co'eman Portwood, at Ea6t Riverside. "Miss port port-wood - wood port-wood will retsrn Friday to assume her duties as Principal of Brax Braxton - ton Braxton school, where she is making a brilliaut success. Her many friends wish her still further suc success - cess success in her work. Mrs. M. E. Adams is again on the sick' list but is slightly im im-proviog. - proviog. im-proviog. Many local papers have takeu the usual Christmas .week taBt. The Times force managed to get time to take Christmas day.

STANTON. Jamts Atkinson and Floran Ewen were home for Christmas. Mr. aud Mrs. Duic Ewen are visiting relatives on North Fork Every body has had a joyfid Xmas here, Santa making his us usual - ual usual visits. Mrs. Rose Thacker, of Clay City, spent Xmas with her bud, Walter Thacker. Marion Atkinson, Jr., is visit visiting - ing visiting his grand-parents,' Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ewen. Mrs. A. Estes, of Vaughn's Mill, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Carl Garrett, this week. Mr. Ernest Faulkner, of Slade, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wal Walter - ter Walter Thacker and family Sunday.. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Crowe and little grand-daughter and others visited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Crowe Xmas day. Mr. Profitt was demonstrating the new Star for a Christmas trick and it seemed to take the eye of all who saw it. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Estes and family, of Vaughn'6 Mill, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Brandenburg, of this city. Mrs. I. S. Boone, Mrs. Edna Ware, Mr.Ernest Faulkner.Missea Mable and Maud Boone, alsoMiw Shelton Vur snpnf Vmc .law

Brought Here for Burial John McCutcheon died Sunday mornine at his home in Middle Middle-town, - town, Middle-town, Ohio of spinal meningitis, age 50 years. The remains were brought to Clay City and buried Tuesday afternoon in the Clay City cemetery by the fide of his daughter, Miss Emma McCutch McCutcheon, - eon, McCutcheon, who dhd most twenty years ago. Funeral services were con conducted - ducted conducted by Elder VV. II. Thom Thomson, - son, Thomson, o f Middletown Christian church at the Clay City Christian church before burial. The wid-ow-who survives was formerly a Miss Roberts, a daughter of the late Jack Roberts. Three sons also survive. Jesse McCutcheon, a married son, lives in Tennes Tennessee, - see, Tennessee, and he and his wife attend attended - ed attended the funeral here Tuesday. Mr. McCutcheon moved from Clay City to Beattyville some "22 or 23 years ago and moved from there seven years ago to Middletown, Ohio.

None from Kentucky In glancing over the December loth issue of the Weather, Crop and Markets issued by the De Department - partment Department of Agricuttue which gives car load shipments of fruits and vegetables of all the states, we see an apples were shipped from Kentucky either this year or last season. New York" with 17,832 car loads leads all other ftates three fold. Michigan ex exported - ported exported 5,080 car loads while Maine was third of the. states with 4,300 car loads. In all of the vegetables listed Kentucky is shipping none of them. This is probably one reason why the Kentucky farmer is less prosper prosperous - ous prosperous than his Northern neighbors, There is more money in raising apples thau tobacco, and more in producing a good crop of onions and potatoes than corn. Straw Straw-berries - berries Straw-berries do line and sell well, yield yielding - ing yielding a return of $500 per acre from the soil.