The Mountain Eagle, 1925-11-12

tion Commissioners ' J H Brown of Louisville) representing the United Motors Co was here for the purpose of establishing an agency for Hup Hup-mobile - mobile Hup-mobile cars in our city We have printed this week two school papers the Black Kat and the Mountain Owl' We were very- careful that the: Owl didn't catch and devour theKat " - Gov Fields and members ' of the State Highway Commission will be at Hindman next Monday They go in the interest of the road bond election in that good county this month The Eagie stated last week that Ira Cantrell had been elect elected - ed elected Police Judge "of Jenkins -The report of the Election Commis Commissioners - sioners Commissioners shows that A C Daniel won by eight votes and ' he was given the certificate of election An interesting session of the Fiscal Qourt began Tuesday de devoted - voted devoted mostly to the winding up of routine business for the year Only one member of the present Court W H Adams of Colson' is to be a member of the new Court K 'Arch Sergent of Esserville) Va one of the best business meii Letcher county ever had the dis- ried and with a wife and several children was killed almost stnatly by falling slate' in :the mines at Kona He 'was a native of this county and related to- a of this county and related to- a number of our best people o - Mr rid Mrs XJ Polly in Collins-Harvie Adition and Mr and Mrs J Henry Brown on Riv Riv-erview - erview Riv-erview are rejoicing at the ar arrival - rival arrival of hew babies Mrs Millie Todd and Nancy Caudill attended the bedside of a sister Martha King who un underwent - derwent underwent an operation at Hazard Their brother is also in the hos hospital - pital hospital there for the removal of a bullet from his leg! Dad Woolly bets George Ad Adams - ams Adams that Will Shanks will be the pext Governor of Kentucky If not Dad agrees to walk from Whitsburg to Hazard if he is George is to walk from Hazard to Whitesburg : J C McKee of London Ky will be in Whitesburg Tuesday November 17 to confer the de degrees - grees degrees on members of Holland Council Masons at this place' The work will be put on old as well as new members A general good time is expected and all Council Masons are requested to be in at attendance - tendance attendance A movement will soon start to who once belonged to this noble order wilibe invited to to file for membership Information can be had by applyingrto the editor of - the ' Eagle : - 1 r'v-' p ' 1 : Mrs Maly Bates life compan companion - ion companion of T G Bates after years of sickness passed away some days

X A remarkable series of meet meetings - ings meetings conducted by ' Rev Dan Graham' of Abingdbn - has just closed in Blackey Rev Graham wfcs bom in the mountains and ' spent his youth in lumber camps in Virginia He says of himself : "I was a common lumber jack knowing nothing - but v driving ntiles androlling logs" 'After his conveiTBion at the age of 21 he spent seven" years in1 study to fit himself for the work God had called him to do -' No one could be better fitted naturally to carry the jgospel to thepeople of the hills He -is one of them He is a natural orator and tho hie did not have advantages in his youth one would not suspect it from his ' wonderful command of English HAs a graphic way of telling a story and knows how( to - drive the gospel home by 'anecdote The first' bight of the meeting the house was filled for many of our people know and love Mr Graham "But the last night" the little housed on the railroad track with the river on one side and the mountain on the other was packed some standing some on the platform sitting at the feet of the speaker while many un unable - able unable to crowd in were : turned away It was a sight to touch the heart: to see these strong moun mountain - tain mountain faces bent forward in their eagmess to catch every word of the preacher and to note the struggl depicted jn their counte counte-nanesas - nanesas counte-nanesas heurgsd themtoaccept Jesus Christ' and Him crucified At the conclusion of the service a number of men women and youngpeqpIe camef orward Mr Frierson the local pastor ad administered - ministered administered the sacramentof bap baptism - tism baptism twenty-two uniting : with the" church - Rev' Graham r is

r---j Dear' Editor - Now thht the ejection isloWrJtJs the dutyof all to stand solidly behind : each newly electedofficer -regardless of whether they got their choices or'notThenexfcfouryearaTO bring a wonderful change in our county more especially around Whitesburg Now wh I am try ing to say is this: We have county boy to repre sent' us in: the next Legislature te watch out that ' no ' law is parsed that will be inj uriousi to the - mountain - people - The most dangerous hillv that will be offer offered - ed offered at the next session is what is known as the coal tax bill Have a Jaw liketbat-passediet ' the output of c6al stop - and Letcher county would be bankrupted and hundreds of people would suffer for : food- and : clothing ' Now) an another - other another law we all should fight for is - a law that "will stop so much expense for those :who riinVf or officeIt" is a shame 'when" Any county will stand and letiebple of all classes come within her borders today and bn temoiTow walk-up to the polls and say who Shall or shall not be" our 'public seryants Now why not let us set a date and have the people) th newhfficers and old and Rept resen tative-lect Henry M : Hoi brook- meet to discuss among burr selves what we Want and f what we don't : want to become : a law?- A-'V Resp-:- v J D PENDLETON : 4-V - 7 ' j V W Vv vlciS s rrrvx Miss Margaret Gault enter- 1 - k'" i-'-v' i tamed her Sundayschool Class Friday-night from 6 to9Also

known and loved by all dehomina- ions When the Baptist minister near his ' home was holding ' a meeting his : voice failed Bro Grajbam stepped ini and without anybreak in the meetings fin finished - ished finished the siervices with splendid success Another time he held a a revival in the Methodist church attended by ahundred conver conversions'4"! - sions'4"! conversions'4"! am hot here to get you to join ihe Presbyterian church"' he often says "but l am here to get you to give your hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ" It v was a blessing to have Bro Graham as ourguest in the school for two weeks At : almost any1 time he might be seen on the clonus with groups of boys and girls around him Every morning he conduct conducted - ed conducted the chapel - selvices in the school and -brought the gospel message to the hearts of ' the boys and girls with wtonderful power Fifty-two including the younger children accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour Early Monday morning he left for his home atAbingdoh' The boys and girls streamed out of the dormi dormitories - tories dormitories to say good-bye And as he drove off across the mountain tbe strains bf "God Be With You Til We -Meet Again'! ' followed him thru the dear crisp morn ing air NOTICE Archie V Sergent ! X : -t i: County Court Clerk -v'- : J ustice-elect - Hobart Tucker of Jonkins was in tho city : '

test judgea- AddrPss - TTTVTmMi?i?VTv at Johnson Eagle Picture Contest the ereat flow of people into that j '7-Manar -WWtbur country Florida is catching a j Thelre will be an old fashioned ?' great portion of the world's pop- union' revival at the Main street ulation and money but some of Mthodist Church from November these days the bottom will drop 15 to 29 conducted by Rev J A 1 out and the rich will hold tbeir jiicChntock Evangelist: ' Good lo- tire population of the city has own while the poor lose - cah singing and music The fa- been watching waiting and pray pray-7 - 7 pray-7 : mbus Junior Quaitte has' been- the recoyer of Remus N In Pike the entire Democratic engaged to singat these services Swisher the town undertaker ticket for county offices' won with and 'you should not fail to V hear accommodating furniture an d majorities ranging from 348 to them 'Everyone invited to take hardware man who was 7 taken 1698 Nothing like this has hap- a part in Ihe meeting : seriously'' ill ' w5th ' pneumonia pened in twenty years Floyd - " - 'For tall this time' it has been a county heretofore - a few hun- 't dred Democratic went Republi-

- - DRAWNGUOEOT5 never breathed-am inspiration ters Rosemarie apd Henrietta' fet the impulses of -humanity ! We will give as 'A prize to the left bjr auto for Baltimore Mdt up lpok around seewho is : school boyv or girl sending us th e t°j°in: Mrs- Zimmerman who reSponsible forthe town the" best hand drawn Colored -pidture has been in the East for foilr pr strets'the cnveniences of life one nice printed box of station five weeks The entire family re? living then unbutton' that erywith your name and address turned this week to their home tightwad shirt roll up that dir- thereon Drawing must he here - - ' -t ' 5 v tycollar and march forward original and on 'paper abotit 9x12' ® "-v -"''i V witli those who maintain the in- Picture of your own selection John S' Webb and son Robert gtitutions andare strurrvlimr to-All drawinirs must be in bur nos nos-returnea - returnea nos-returnea business say ' thatl worjds cannot describe tHe current of business as well as '

enjoyable panion of the-late Abraham Pot Potter - ter Potter who was called to : the great beyond : about twelve years' ago She was the mother" of Several childrenamongthem JrM Potter A B) Potter and Mrs J H Adington She was a daughter of the lte Joel WrighVher mother being a sister to the late Capt Robert Bates Mrs Potter leaves three brothers John rW Wright known by everylKjdy Jesse ' Wrighof Pike county and Rev Joel M Wright of Ne Ne-on - on Ne-on The body was interred on the little knoll near the1 old Potter home on dipf Nprork hitb await the gTeat dissdlution of all things Aunt Sally rwas our great friend was that to all was loved by all and has no doubt been'Wel been'Wel-comed - comed been'Wel-comed around that ' great White Throne Over -Yonder