The Hazard Herald, 1911-10-26

theerection of the new county Court House and that is the pre pre-servation - servation pre-servation of the public records! This is the one : thing above all Rev C F Oney preriding eld-1 others that should - appeal to er of the4aok80n-District"M E I favery land-owner -and property Churci' ? Bouth V left Monday I holder wheUier he be rich or morning after a visit of severid I poor as it means that if the rec rec-days - days rec-days to the Methodist Church at I orda were destroyed by fire ' this place V - I there is no money that could re- Mr Qney preached a series of I place them or thrir value to - the hripful and interting- sermons I tax-payer vr v to good aifod congregations and I There sire thousand of dollars' by his ' pleasing maimer aim I worth of real es tate in this county Irienoly disposition won! the es-1 that are not known by a deed or teem ol aiiwho had the pleasure title but by decrees in Courts in - of meeting him -n I the settlement of wills uid yari- V He will continue tp 'm&ke oc- j ous other Court records where ca8ionaljisitsto this' pointy and I deeds do not enter into the reo reo-will - will reo-will no" doubt become more deeiv jords but are spread on the books ly interested in the general wel-1 of the ' Court' through decrees fare of thia community J " I etc! If the county should be un- lfortunate to'lose theaie records :?'r - OUR NEW-HOME - I wotlxd be a source -of endless - This is the firs t issue of THtj lidgatfohi find in foot the Owners ' - Hkbald from - our new home I of lands would -never be abie in ' - port the post-office Our build-1 nil their lifetime fa 'untangle the ingii light commodious and at-1 difficulties that would - surround 'tractive and-We areih position jth&n'in this event co feel ourselves comfortably 1 1 The foe for the$ubetitution of &£ possibiy lor a kmg time I tide llit was ever attempted by ' to ooiue - ' - I toe Jana-Qwners wbula cost them idremosc" mo-id ot-'iitL noe as muchasrimtaxes would : z - ' rimArcii n h'-attv- i ttift progress j Deha payment for the new county ana improvement of tnis section I Cjourt House and Vthen this title : and our town : JWe advocate : U I would not be leshmly a substi substi-' - ' substi-' week after week canstantlyahd j lutkm so far as Taring Jable to ' we have demonstrated our earn-1 trade owherridp j x estnesi and sincerity by making I The srchitect in designing this r extensive improvements oxur oewrCcrurt Hoxise 7 has paid par par-lr' - lr' par-lr' selves of which our new heone tel tdcula atttknx to the fire-proof !Vone We are ior Hamrdaiid we jreewi room-imj!whichi these are for everytiS that improves I valuable reooids wiU be kept Hasard heart: and - soul and we and the hisfory of the areMtects' ' are rnappy to 4 have contributed 1 successih this " respect" is notec - our mite to that in thcreoeht' dastrnction ofthie - Wojwili be fitted np fsbortly ?itt Oaunty Court House by fire! ! kdu iuQriivbefglad' to" have our I ritimted at V GreehviihferlA ! XL - i k - ' m m - Sr - -

v : - - i - : !!' Lewis POtrcy and L: B Taylor I Vof Jellico Tenn were in' town! ' for three orfonr days last week I looking' over pxospects here and left for their home Friday Mr I Petrey and his associates have v already procured a building they I say and-have ordered an $8000 1 : or pl(DpOO stock of ladies and " '''gents'- furnishing goods dry 7 RdodsT shoes - and notions ' Tlie :- stock ai$ii arrive within eight or I ten day S an d these gentlemen ' ! will be ready fbrbnsiness - Mr Taylor lias ' made airange-1 ' ments tor a place in which to dol business and he aqd his father i 1: who is an experienced hardware J - man will ko linte that' business ! Both are strong firms andwill I - add mnch : to the development of V- our town in the way of new peo- ''jde' and new capital ' - 'V 4 r - 1 HAZABDttJMBER 'T ' ! -i dOMAiTSr STARTS - - Thefirstblast from Uie whistle V - V of the Hazard Lumber Company's excellent plant was heard early - this week and that manufacture ing establishment -will now' run regularly It has already upon "its yard some 40000 or 60000 feet of lumber upon sticks sea seasoning - soning seasoning This will shortly - be ' turned-into finishing luxnber for - ' building and other purposes and : more timber' will be sawed" The - plant has 'a capacity' of 20000 feet per day of rough or dressed ' lumber This concern will heal We desire to call the attention great benefit to the town as the I Qf the tax-payers and property " the demand fdr lumber even be- moat important if °°V fore the building boom struck j important' feature called for In Hazard

That Perry county is' destined to become one of the richest and greatest in the State in the very near future is evident to any cas- ' ual observer -'When wesstop to : fignre for a moment upon the ira- ' mense resources of our 'county we are staggered by the'stupend- -qusness-of the proposition: Our -r minds are unable to concave the amounts ' ' ' : Experts figure that we have in ' the coynty over-a billkm and a half tons of the finest' bitumin bitumin-ous - ous bitumin-ous coal in the world in one vein -alone This vein is near the base ! of the mountain and has an aver aver-age - age aver-age thickness of nearly four feet -" Its coking qualities have been -repeatedly tested and prpnounc- - ed a : splendid coking coal! Be Besides - sides Besides it is excellent for steam : domestic purposes ' ' ' It is' said by many who are ex- v perienced and who have analyzed -it that it beats the ' famousCbn- - r nelsville coal - for coking being ! higher incar bon and lower -in sulphur and phosphorus " WhenVe conrider that thisis V but one of two or" three other workable veins one of which runs from 5 to llfeet in thickness -' i vastness of this black diamond- v empire cannot be comprehended And this is bat one of many' sources of Perry county's im immense - mense immense wealth Oil and: gas are f here in paying quantities It on only - ly only lacks development Some of ' the citizens of the town have ready constructed rude pipesVV and fixtures and are ' lighting their homes by gas- conducted from where it ' oozes ' from ground:: : Building stone- in in exhausts-

CUTTING AFFRAY: ' Thursday inorningjSam Combs r--on lick Branch while acting as peacemaker in attempting to pre-vent-serious 'trouble 'among-a pie and no one thing will bring I nninbcrof cn who word -drunk to our county incased popuk 80? who were threatening! : tion more than to iet the people Kh®T WM turned upon-by '6no know that wo are aUve and awake I " f1® crowd and was seriously j to our intere8ts and are lookingcat °yer the left ear above the -forward to the preservation of I mpl0- a ' point near onr 'recordS having a suitable I cheek It is-said that Court House for the transaction I m®° nan!? obn Hall did the - j: iff business of the county' for all I wound is a serious time to come with offices forthef"e' Eversole was immed- transaction of business with the I assisted by T)rum- county officers all underone roerf I ®erw"® did all they cpuld to re re-No - No re-No sane business man would I the-SufferCr' Mmiday Mr keep his bookiMd papers in to'to W- woodmi desk -where they are 1 8"dbaves wounds dressed liable to be destroyed by fire or Mr Combs is noted as-rni up- eaten up by mice an why should I ftybtxitfeen who imver indulges f the county of Fertylet its YeC : drink andhassyni-f

story- A special train was' promptly dispatched from Lexington by the L & E B R Co to bring blood: 'hounds to the! scene- The" dogs trailed the men to the river and it was found that the rohbers had taken the money from the saddle pockets' a short 'distance from the r scene of the robbery and dropped them - They had apparently gotten into a boat and a bloodhound was brought down on either - side of tiie 4 river toward Jackson but the trail "was never picked up again " One rumor has it that the trail-was picked npjater by the bloodhoundfli afidi 'that ritled- to Lane Bros'Xfeiinp'4r The affair is a mysterious one and the many coxxflicting stories make ti t -' more than - ujiuaUy strange: The!ifousuricircum The!ifousuricircum-stance - stance The!ifousuricircum-stance of the paymaster's mule turning and running' down v the road while all the other horses in the puty " ran np theroad with other y peculiar features cause : nearly ali 'the j)ple in JacksOn to opraly hint at xjlus xjlus-ion - ion xjlus-ion with the rpbbere No uriests

ty D F Drewry paymaster for Lane Bros- contractors build building - ing building the first sixteen miles of the LJ& E Extension above Jackson" ws on his way to Lane Bros Camp4i wlth $6000ih cash to apply : on tho v monthly! payroll From the best accounts that can be gathered Mrr Drewry: was accompanied by a dieputy sheriff a constable and two negroes " Tt'story is 'that just as the paymaster's party had ridden along Opposite the - mouth ' of a short dark hollow three masked men opened flre'npon them from the hollow J-It is reported but not confirmed that bullets pau pau-ed' - ed' pau-ed' -'through' the ''paymaster's clothe but no one was hurt Al Also - so Also that the mule yvhich'thie pfey pfey-master - master pfey-master wasridingwheeledattlm first volley and nm back towards Jackson The animals ridden by Mr Drewry's escort ran away up theroad as they were headed As the paymaster's mule 1 wheel wheeled - ed wheeled around at the first crash of pistol "shots his - saddle - bags in

kept 'for all time to come safe and ' secure from ' presible de destruction - struction destruction V--'- -V'' In the State of WestVirginia in Hamlin Lincoln county there was a fire and the records of the county were entirely destroyed and this has indeed placed the t0 another item county in a very embarrassing I "f1® for ifce Pressed condition !as the owners of land I !?7C?r' gunning from 2 to 20 feet bould not "and cannot borrow I clay for cominon money on their lands and other- p"Bedb5ieki bilhons of feetof ? wise where their records havepopTr' aab' ccnrnber iynnoak beech and other timber in abun abundance! - dance! abundance! We have fifty miles of' trunk line railroad running through the county and nearing completion affording a-ready market East West! North and South Leases can be easilyf obtained y on satisfactory terms! Now is