The Mountain Eagle, 1925-09-24

i good business The Blackey State Bank safe and sane' is doihg 'nicely Mrs Lida Jenkins feeds the public and the Brown Hotel ' is holding its own M J Kassem Land Store has with the fine road running into sioxial men were out of town We certeinly wish to thank all who had such beautiful things to say of the Eagle and who backed up their words with orders for sub scriptions and job printing Ten new ones joined the happy list' of subscribers i w Urges Blackey- Vicco Road Dicar Editor - I noticed' that you had given the proposed State Highway between Blackey and Vicco a nice boost ! am strongly in favor of good roads and r es especially - pecially especially the above mentioned road It is the nearest and best connection that can be made be between - tween between Letcher and Perry ' coun counties - ties counties and I believe it is' the most important road: that Letcher county could build The distance between Blackey and Vicco is ilpo than ton miloa nmhflWv not I Lpr j ' e line The right' of way Is practi practically - cally practically free The Owners of-the land are glad to give the right-of-way unless it should take a house or orchard - chard orchard or garden theq they are willing to take less than the val value - ue value of the property' Lhave talked with several Perry county citi citizens - zens citizens and they are as anxious for the road as we are They say the Perry county Judge has pteimis- ed to fextend the road from Vicco up Montgomery Creek to the Letcher une I live on the pro proposed - posed proposed : Blackey-Vicco road about midway between the two towns I am personally: acquainted with the lay of the land and realize the ' importance "of the road being built' I believe this road can1 very nearly be graded this way for what the right of way would: cost any other way ' DEWEY FIELEfe AUGUST HONOR ROLL SUGAR GROVE SCHOOL Grades 1 to 4 j : Ethel-Paynp" Teacher Neither absent nor tardy: i Hiram Ingram ' : Lovel Holcomb - :cr J ' Quentin Schoonover " jTr Tardy but not iabsent : -' v Gothel Holcomb i ' '"Lona Cornett ' Evan Cornett J- Bruce Elbert HoJcOmb Ctarile Polly :"Jf Ftess Folly ' For highest grades: A: 1 Mattie Ingram Quentin Schoonover ' Susie Holcombl Lona Cornett Mazell Holcomb ' r- ' Grades 4 to 8 Betty Lee Ellicksbn Principal Neither absent nor tardy Mah(ia Ingram J Dalna Whitaker " 'EartNolen V"" Hettie Cornett rf ' Lawrence Cornett' ' Clarence Huff :v ' Tardy but not absent: " Susie Huff Lonnie Hogg Verna Hogg f For highest grades: Earl Nolen o John D" Foutch -' Loiiiiie Hogg Dalna Whitaker' Susie Huff ' ' HettieComett

is so beautiful thegrade so grad-! Louisville made a report-of his ' aared large f amilei$ - and be ual it is like a bird floating on trip and in a feW well chosen re-1 came a contented people- Their htorhVEollaA th?n presented to Eagle Coim-?hif1ren "W of thenv aUU Bve wrestling tatrtbig all beMrtifid and -eastljr this beautiful stretch of begins Now and then you strike silk Hag and staff awarded them a nice little run and by-the time: by -the State Council for the x? JP yQu chug largest percentage of reinstated again: From Eoiia to Poor Fork -J v i ' w thru the finest farming sectiopT of "eI"rs 5J'epast year Cown Cown-the - the Cown-the Cumberland you can't turn cllor Wl B' Davis graciously ac ac-Dear - Dear ac-Dear Editor - I was again a oyer - the road is narrow and cepted the flag assisted by Bill visitor in your city a few days "fib- banks : are generally ion 'Williams JCeUy Fields and John ago While there I had the first ' Cars are thick on Pendleton Robt lair Jr and J time in my long lifs of visiting a 'Sje hhway even tiU- far into p Johnson ind while all the Courtroom while court was in jJ11 811(1 tourists (Woodford brothers samr " session We heard the Judge read caled thf m seeists) are to be itni n Am wayed a - - seen at almost every turn Sud- Glory overthe heads of denly you come upon the great those present finally depositing 01?k' beautifully the beautiful emblem in its ac-' fishing or hanging about stores Uf"nTtat wbaght°5 yZ :S-?SSd-lSS££ Ple ver thu blble onLate in the evening hundred of wotd tosay Hew avrtulrfor - bIodos t' beautiful resIdeneS 'ww : !°st ! iin- grimy faced mencomaout of the youhg man to kill his father! No everywhere You gee the faces of prwaive scene and will long be mines at each of these places wonder: blessings don't come to w3° bave lately located remembered by those who wit- ' and hustle to their little homes us as they did in the days Past from Letcher county nessed it Altogether this was -to greet the wife and babies Ev- and gone! Well we bad a &ood They are all nrimd ®ne most enjoyable meet- erybody are trying to "catch up" theK :££3Sm hatte S? i Councfl fore old time ring to It We believe A ew years back "" those who fail to - bel pres- once they do there will be money the Lord is se: blessings even and far-between It is no txcu- Jbcre under his thumb ' Looney ble for old people as well as the Creek was almost a wilderness- n r D - youhg to go to church now Good from -mouth to head The great 5b®?burgi for Blackey on this particular roads have put us almost in sight "lack Mountain owered a

Misses Earle Robinson Hazel Back Mrs Nellie Day Edison Lewis and Simeon Hale went to the High Rock Sunday Judge J P Lewis of George Georgetown - town Georgetown and Gordon Lewis of Poor Fork visited here Eld Petrey of Hazard looking after the Eden Coal Company's business at Elsiecoal was also in ur city Willie Boatright of Benharh visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Boatright at McRoberts IP Misses Sillar Reynolds and Ha Hazel - zel Hazel Hall left for Richmond to en enter - ter enter Eastern State Normal Five miles from Pikeville a few days ago a nice flow of oil was struck by parties drilling for gas Until the crevice from which the oil flowed was plugged 1 ho oil ran into a creek nearby John S Webb returned from an auto trip to the East coast of Florida where he bought a small farm He calculates on locating there coon Wiley Gibson mill man and excellent carpenter and mer merchant - chant merchant sends the Eagle to Stuart Pigman at Ivis i t2u0T-u0a -onoivino roir anha u subscription due or notice of ex- Cashier J M Day Leonard Lewis and Mr and Mrs Ercel Day visited at Poor Fork Sunday Kelsie Adams son of Will Ad Adams - ams Adams residing on Cowan is very ill of typhoid Eben Cook and Prof H H Harris motored to Jenkins Satur- day night to attend the banquet of the Kiwanis Club Prof - ns made a speech on The Lon- stitution" Miss Estevah Webb eaves for Lexington Sunday where she will inish a course in stenography net and at the proper time will enter the race for Circuit Court - ° - hereby announce Willie Quillen of Neon a candidate for Member of the County Board of Education in District No 2 sub- ject to all voters both men and women at the November election

Work on the handsome resi residence - dence residence of Mrs Lida Jenkins at Blackey is progressing nicely It is to be the best residence in that little city Joe Lusk lower river citizen known by most of the older peo people - ple people of the county was in town Mr and Mrs Steve Frazier and others attended the Regular Baptist Association ats Wise Kelly young son of Mr and Mrs A B Ewen was quite sick this week " r- Dr Ben Wright of Seco was reported quite sick first of the Week y 'R N Swisher was reported ill at his home here this week ' The Kentucky State Fair held at Louisville last week was -the heaviest attended of any fair ev ever - er ever held in the State Another rousing meeting of the Juniors is scheduled for Sat Saturday - urday Saturday night and all brothera are urged to attexid Mrs Rachel Boggs of Farris Farris-ton - ton Farris-ton and two little daughters vis vis-itd - itd vis-itd hr eparnts Mr and Mrs Wiley Webb on Eoiia Highway villa a few days - ago Clarence Fish°r employed by the'Wliite Star Transportation Co wrecked nroa ouWaiioIv hurt TTo wna 1 Jn dnvmg a car Mrs Walters returned from Conference to take up their du- ties in the M E Church herg for

TO in we oeiieve mding showers : of of churched anywhere It is°no wonder that some people are so ignorant and kill and destroy cnch other like varmints when" even apparently smart people uav wo roma fmm mnnirovu onH tie tad dogs shad kis tail and be- cyipp a frog- I aqi glad I do ngt belong to tqe racg of people bvlieve such rot Keep cljat old Eagle sergaming It gertajnly m comfort to ypur people It ig g inspiration ip ldghor SAYS A WORD edskefaTthlrtf flv 2' ed whiskey In thlrtyfiva years Have been a farmer and laborer all my life I love our own people 1 'itiI iti font all nAA1 - nonnla f and in fact all good people Want to be your Jailer and you will just I if If elected bd assured that ! will

Eagle Council No 12 JROU M met in regular session Friday night at Turner Hall with a large number present - -Degrees sream - y°u fifet in the boat and in the Holy were conf erred on two members y°u are there True you pass ov-1 goods for everyone and is d fixed while two were re-instaled T Ai v61 some verY iine sections of the part of the progressive life of -lYilliainsonfand Frank 'Blankeii- wunily tta:'Simeat-thefiM -Jeff Ison' & still: ere Sunday morning as a burning eliip were the new membero and settled sections Long widerich with plenty of vim for an old old-wonny - wonny old-wonny matron mrs i - tt t - MVDay '-bottoms rolling hillsides and the timer Everybody are pleased

&d:- tradtas f j right along" and has a good stock Henry Dixon doesn't care much He has a good ' store enough trade and plenty of fine laughs this friends Bob Bush now has a big store and is said to be doing ' r icely Morgan Bros are hand- jDff a big trmie and hope for het- : ter times The Walters grocery t IS " -- " withpeps- tomers awaiting to be' helped Rogers was out wjien we' MrvB called but the toUm beWd4thf imter were smilmg art busy 7he ice plant ten's evefy day and hU pro cuct thteyear is better than eV- tomers awaitinsr to Chari1e Cau pu®b?S& ' n

ve Co- at Whitco says that he j Tf : -fVl he valleys and formed a massive e but nobody hhd "money to spate" Earner on the Virginia 'i- and J?1? his place and y y Kentucky borders That If and-ajmos dye feet inland the cries of the auctioneer 5® J0n8 lonesome spurs leadlngJ? - 8 and4?s 25 a very fell on willing but helpless ears °ff from it were groaning with Partmg Jhe Elkhorn The Eastern Realty of whic?h great- beds of coal was well " gTftd© eoal in our qq - Hogg and John D Blair