The Hazard Herald, 1911-09-21

Manifold Advantages ofElectrie ofElectrie-ity - ity ofElectrie-ity - For 'Street aad flonse V Lighting Purposes i ' -ft ' s PLANT PROBABLE THIS - : -v- y T FALL The enterprise which has been storted? for the -purpose of in in-stalUng - stalUng in-stalUng an'electric light plant in Hazard has been the subject of a great deal of ' very favorable discussion-The need forj and great advantages of dectriclighte are graer&Uy recognized and Appre Appreciated - ciated Appreciated The people herd have been jetting more and more onxious for electric iights and will iu) doubt 'do - everything in jheir PQrer:toinaure the "success of hisyenture which has the fur- nishing Vof the I electric lighting plant for its jjresent object ' r It is the purpose of the Hazard Ldght'Pewer and Water Company o : install the electric lighting dant this fall but the consum consummation - mation consummation of this purpose ynll de de-pendupon - pendupon de-pendupon 'thestockj subscrip subscrip-lons - lons subscrip-lons Slf snffideiHrstbck !is aub aub-soribed - soribed aub-soribed the plant 1 will be Tin operation this winter7 and the town wilL have the great benefit of good lighting and plenty of it at all times during the bad sea season - son season of the year when short' days and nnmerbus rainy days ' make so much greater necessity for lights ''r - - 4- The electric lights 'Will be cheaper than the very unsatisfac unsatisfac-tory - tory unsatisfac-tory oUlamps The service charge for the lights will be about the rate of - 65 cents per month for one light $120 per month for two lights $1:50 per month for three lighte and more in propor proportion - tion proportion 'j When : you - figure - up the cost of oil lamps the - oil costs practically that much and to that must be added the breakage ef chimneys'the costs of new lamps from time to time keeping - the lamps and chimneys clean the trouble of running to the stores for bil and filling - the lamps Then comes in the danger of fire from' matches or overturning lighted lamps The insnrsnee bt safety from fire -is aloneworth the cost of electric lights The oil lamps !fidve''a dim unsatisfac unsatisfac-tory - tory unsatisfac-tory lfht at besVbnt if is only necessary to turn the switch bl an telectrielight andone hasa bright strong light that reaches to every corner v It iurnishes far better ligbt' can be" used' much ready!for nse andabove all" it is never ont of oil just when it is needed moat in a hurry Electriclights will be a great bdon-and- blessing to the- town and the enterprise' will no doubt be strongly supported by the people here to make-certain our securing them atrr the earliest possible moment' - " " nr " t&P HERALD TO INSTALL" :gasoline engine 4-wUL SQ0h:as Sfte mngfs!into ite hew! building add a power plant tolts butflt iThe incre of its' snbscriptionHist and job workmakestbismoveliTaec sitylWeahall keepabreaMwith the progpeasjof thetown and wiUitalltim endeavortQ give toourpatrons the beatthaVsgo beatthaVsgo-inglnourilhie - inglnourilhie beatthaVsgo-inglnourilhie "Weshall Jdjeip Tap Herald 'wltef lf is-cme nf the-sb est'!newspap!tiw mountains giving the news tZ lessly Ijul dr! imptetjaliy holding dnlyin mindjho develmentbt tlte nuhalahA plsicalTesbuoeB

A MOVE Of THB RIGHT DIRECTION ' ' ' " yi - ' An open and unqualified agree agreement - ment agreement was made last week be- V v- f" reen the authorities and : the keepers of the o-called"malt meadV stands in town that! no more of that beverage is to be brought to town ort sold after Friday September - Public sentiment has become so strong strong-lyaroused - lyaroused strong-lyaroused along! this : line that more serious' consequences were contemplated but the imen en en-sagedin - sagedin en-sagedin this business were ready uidwilling to voluntarily quit it in response to the wishes of the good people of the town 'This disposition was and 'is entirely praiseworthy and they will have the! staunch support and !gbod will of the people here so long as they keep their agreement and certidnly no one would evmi think for a moment that they would break faith for they would not deserve the name of men if they should do ao after the liberal treatment that has been ! extend extended - ed extended to themr-and they are all among the- best fellows we' have in town ' It i8currentreport and under understanding - standing understanding on the streets now that the ''malt mead' does intoxicate! and it is intoxicating those who drink enongh of it Moreover the business looks' bsd and is a great drawback to ' tije - town Some have argued that personal liberty gives the right to deal in this stuff One of the : rules em emphasized' - phasized' emphasized' by - Dr Stucky in his his lecture Monday night force forcefully - fully forcefully refutes that proposition ! "Your liberties end where the rights of the people begin" Our people have a right to keep the town in such a way that it will be attractive to outside in investors - vestors investors of capitaL!- Everyman in town wants to make money and to - make - mote money These things tvhich are a great bind bind-zsnQeto - zsnQeto bind-zsnQeto tis gVea rightand in interest - terest interest of our people are not lib lib-erty - erty lib-erty - FSir from it - they-throttle true libertyw and rightc -All of our people-have the-jight: to : se secure - cure secure tothe children of the com community - munity community proper conditibiis jand surroundings for their - rigfiit training wid-' noti-have- them hardened or mined by repulsive envfronment! 7 ' ' The interest! is very practical and vital to ns alL ! Almost every man in town has' beenn hi the vi vi-cinity - cinity vi-cinity of the jail these jsst ew days mid knows what is going on We do not heedany : further ob- ! ' - BUILDING : -The brick work of the Baptist church will be 'completed within afew days - ThewaUs oftherryCoimty State JSank- are- ud to the second uto'it is tq'be'resdjyEor occu occupancy - pancy occupancy by Decmnber The Jones building Js nearing rompletion' Already being hdjoh the flint fioori cThe second and third floors are to be Ike Richie's!big bottom" resf dehcerwitt: bacompleted in -pne ! 'tnilmft " W v fn ffifriiisAlis i tidw Judge Everwfde's new pa lorwerrHighTstreet hi In course oi ereetkm' Tt will be att ornament tothatpart of the cty DrG Al:Everaip£B is preparing

The special meetings of the Hazard Commercial Club and the Law and Order League were held at the New Jones - Building last Thursday nighty according to call of both organizations There was an exceedingly large attend attendance - ance attendance and many- of our citizens who: could hotbe present are equally deeply interested in the important problems before the meeting with those! who were present----' -In the Commercial Club meet meeting - ing meeting a committee appointed at the previous meeting to effect an agreement to finally dose out the wvcalled soft-drink bnsiness in Hazard reported that the desired arrangement had been made and no more of the so-called soft drinks shall be sold in ! Hazard after Friday September 22: The interested parties agreed to that arrangement without ' reserva reservation - tion reservation Later the Law and Order League' voted to endorse the' acr tion whereby the 'arrangement was dfected - - The matter of holding a County Fair was- decided adversely by the Commercial Club it being the opinion of the members present that conditions now are not such as to warrant that -undertaking The session of the Law and Order-League -was an important one By-laws were adopted whereby the citizens of the com community - munity community are pledged to a relent relentless - less relentless war on bootlegging and on the fellow who shoots in town at night ' It is the purpose of the League to face the future and strive with all their might to se secure - cure secure the punishment of these law-breakers hereafter In this way every - offender in the past has full opportunity to quit now and observe the law hereafter but those who bootleg hereafter or offend otherwise -ore' to be caught and punished if possible This is almost too fair and cer certainly - tainly certainly none -can com plain The citizens of- this community! are aroused - and propose to check these evils - J K F Turner B P Wootton and S A D: Jones were made a committee to invesigate and ar range to be represented at the general Law and Order League which is to be : held at Jackson October 9 : The next meeting of the Leagne called - for next -Thu rads) night September 21 at the same place and everyone Is urged tc attend" Z '!-! ! - - FIVE SCHOOLS IN OSE ' y " 1 f Berea College is really five great schools' under 'oho management There is the College for those who can' give time for long courses of study the Academy for those who wish the next'Best thing' the Nor mal School for those preparing to teach the - Vocational Schoofs 'for those who wish training for bnsi nessV farming' household-management nursing carpentry' printing etc ''and ' the - Foundation School for those lea'st advanced :There are more than - siatjr teachers The town is noted for its "good health r and -'good -morals' Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky is'proudto have such an in stitution FaHTerjn opens Sept

PUBLISHING A !' NEWSPAPER Takes Mosey and More of It : A Fact Little Appreciated Ost- side of the Profession - A SHORT TALK TO OUR READERS' With this issue of The it is jnst fourteen weeks since the present management assum- ? ed charge of the business and be began - gan began the publication of The Haz v asd Heradd When! we took' over The Mountaineer subnerip- : tion list it was very small indeed and the greatest number were from one to -three years in ar-v rears: In the short-while that we have been publishing the The Herald the old list has doubled and every one paid up in advance About six weeks ago we sent out out-statements - statements out-statements to' those in arrears showing the amount of indebted indebtedness - ness indebtedness according to the Bubscrip Bubscrip-tion - tion Bubscrip-tion book and we are glad to say that a great number responded ' promptly paying up to date and : a year in advance jThere are -yet a few who have made no response and while we shall regret ex exceedingly - ceedingly exceedingly to do so their names shall be striken f rom our- books books-if - if books-if we do not hear from - them at' an early "date ' ' There are several reasons why why-newspaper - newspaper why-newspaper subscriptions should be paid in'advance The publish er has to invest large sums of money in type-presses and other machinery and materials before he can begin the publication of a ' newspaper He has to pay cash for 'this He has -to carry ' in stocks large ! amount of paper job stock etc for the ' accommo accommodation - dation accommodation of his customers and 'for this he has to pay cash He has -to employ skilled labor for which : ! he pays cash Then last but by no means the least-the publisher himself has to pay house rent - buy groceries dry' goods' etc and for all these necessities of life he has to pay spot cash ! We ask our readers to come forward and ( help us - bear ! the- burden by paying up ' their - sub- " acription to date and' for aryea'r' in advance for that is the-only '- basis upon- which' a newspaper- ' - can be - auccessf ully run and i3 ' j the only basis upon which we will' accept subscriptions- We again extend a cordial in- - vitation to -the old' subscribers ' of The Mountaineer to come' in -ind pay-up and get right with-: The Herald but it they- don't-!' are shall be : compelled to mark V hem off the list as the postal laws forbid us to mail papers to subscribera that are aS much as :-r: one year in arrears - "

mmuED several onxiTton Dr' J A Stocky the eye ear nose and throat specialist of axington Ky -! whose 'fame is State-wide spent Monday in Hazard performing several oper operations - ations operations during the day and- deliv delivered - ered delivered a very ! interesting and in s tractive lecture at the -'-Methodist Church that evening - ! ' 'A veiy ' large -audience heard Dr Stucky and it is only' to be regretted that every man and woman in town ' could 'not avail themselves - of the valuable op op-portuiiity' - portuiiity' op-portuiiity' "Dr! C C Durham in introduced - troduced introduced Dr Stucky to the and and-ience - ience and-ience with a brief but pointed talk -: - The address - of : Dr Stucky dealt strictly with the essentials of health and was so plai n and direct that none could fail to un understand - derstand understand Every - sentence-and every gesture was rich in sug suggestion - gestion suggestion and information! Here are some of the principal rules that he laid down whereby health may be maintained and which he elaborated and illustrated in the course of his lecture: ' 'Above all things eat slowly and chew the foodwelL -Eat only- plain substantial foods and let pies' puddings and sweets absolutely akme Donot drinkcoffeeor tea that coffee is one of the greatest evils of our entire country atfd the most harmful of all because it is used by' almost every member of almost every family Drink plenty of : water- all the time a gallon or more every day ty each person ' : Breathe plenty of fresh air es especially - pecially especially at night sleep with your windows-wide open and r if you get cold put on more cover These are some of the leading essentials of health: Dr Stucky has with him as as sistants in his work ! in this section- Mrs- M U: Hayden- Misses Braden: El Hanna : and- Mae Hicks all trained nurses from Lexington-! V!-:- J - BUTCHER: ' S HOP ' A new building Is being put uy Grigsby Branson near their new livery stable which is fast nearing - completion It is the purpose of these progressive business Vmen to ztart a flrst flrst-clasa - clasa flrst-clasa butcher shop in the addi additional - tional additional buildi-tef supply fresh meats at all jimes to' the- people of HasardThis ventnro-will be warmly welcomed by the people here and will no doubt prove a splendid a cuxsess from the be be-ginning - ginning be-ginning J ? ' ! " x-Z

MAYBE BUILT tJP TO FOUR STORIES Ithte become' a matter of gen- : oral knowledge during the past few days that another handsome 1 new brick building for Hazard is In contemplation ' 7 It is to - be - situated upon the lotr between r - - - -s V ' the new Perry" County : State Bank building and CaptAC Rhinehart's office The building now oocupied by the FerryCounty Z State Bank is tbbe removed 'to ' make place for thenew structure 'The proposed building 'will be - a 'large and commodious' one with 48 feet: front and 80 feet depth It will - be built on attractive v architectural lines' and willprove a splendid addition' to the new : and greater Hazard which is how being wrought out with so much vim energy- and -determination by our people ' It may be built - up to four' stories though - that - point has not yet' been decided Tifeusto -which the 'building ' will be applied ha ye not yet been determined but it is! probable that the floorand basement will - beoccupied by one br-: two large stores and the upper stories pos possibly - sibly possibly heed as offices Thiswould " splendidly - equip Hazard with office brooms and enable timber and coal concerns that 'will start : operations in this section within ' the next year! or so ' tdj csnven- - Jently maintain their central offi ces inHazard -i : v It is understood that Eli Bra Bra-shear - shear Bra-shear jwHL furnish the brick for ' thefcew building and that he has started making the brick for that purpose Possibly the erec erec-' - ' erec-' tion ' Of the new ' building Will begin immediately upon the cam cam-' - ' cam-' pletion of the Perry County State ' Bank building r ?-- - "A T : Siler of Williamsburg Kyriow railroad commissioner for the Eastern - Kentucky dis trict and J E Johnson of -this : place are said to be backing the enterprise but a corporation is to be formed and a number ol " local people will be interested in it ! The orgsmization ef the cor cor-poration - poration cor-poration will beeff ected later The! venture is an excellent one 'and: will' eertainly prove profit profit-1 - 1 profit-1 abte to those interested as: well as a-splendid improvement: for " the Town of Hazard ' f ! ! -

"BLOODY HELTa While we are Rotating political reforms we should do something Z fjo prevent the enbrmous strides Jiat murderous persona are mak- ng in' this : county'-7 There ire mly seventy - dead- persons vie vims of the knife -and pistol - in this county in the past year As John' Isaacs would ! say "they ! nave! not bothered any of onr r r-folks - folks r-folks yet'1 but there is no telling jX-: now -soon-they: -wilL-lPinevilla Sun' ' ' " - Bell is in some respecJtsone of the most progressive- counties in Eastern Kentucky Its natur il resources are vast 'and tpi-' ?! " talists are 7 investing millions Lo develop them The coni tV-don b- lditspulationin the la8t d- cade and! the : great majority of its peopleware gooL-law-abidlngi XXp 3itizensv YrtvdespititsvanUV-:!! jgesjt-Jiasdoublyearned thv SrerftoJVnT awnyBro IL where lifc'and" prHHjr ty fs t f v