The Mountain Eagle, 1926-12-30

Is it possible for the devil to be beautiful? Yes certainly it is If the devil only appeared to people in an ugly form he would never be successful in getting people to follow him "But he is a 'transformer he often appears in the form of an innoent person he is sometimes called the most beautiful person in atown or community and somtimes in society sometimes he appears as an Angel of Light (2 Cor 11-14) and very often f posqs as a friend brother or sister or minister sometimes he is- on the dance floor with w the various sexes transforming himself as a gentleman or lady Sometimes he takes the form of parent father or mother or both or children sometimes he "sheds blood" and at other times he spreads "scandal and disgrace sometimes he is a real funny devil and can make folks augh themselves hapipy until one would get into the habit 01 liking him He is a fine' joker big liar and good entertainer and can give one a good time There is pleasure in sin and the eTusffhe ictor a dancing master a socie society - ty society belle and dope fiend he may bring a glass pf clear water and leave -a smoldering : bomb and then get in the crowd to " Help condeinnthe act -: He is a hypo ' 1 :rit at anything he goes at he is often seen on the way to the City of Prosperity as a business manager of a sort he is a fine gambler and is often seenJn the gilded parlor playing cards with ' ' church members he gambles in horse races and oil wells lands politics iand stocks There is only LAST DRAWING The' last rawing for the 'gold t 'f1 given away by the organniza organniza-Jtioii - Jtioii organniza-Jtioii of retail merchants of the city" of Whitesburg took place Thursday December 23 when $100 was given away At : this 'drawing the money was divided Into ten prizes of $10 each All the winners were delighted and the public generally was satis satisfied - fied satisfied with the manner in which the drawing was conducted understand the organization is planning to continue " offering prizes to the public and that an announcements - nouncements announcements to this effect may be expected soon HAS IT OR NOT? In view of events qf the pas' ?ew weeks bearing on violation1 and arrests means and methods of enforcing the law and bring bringing - ing bringing violators to justice' ther r rises the : question has the dme come when officers in order to make arrests must resort to Tie use of firearms and has the time come when violators will not peaceably -submit to the 'aw? It is our contention that Innocent men will submit to the law and constituted authority and that sincere officers will usP discretion in making arrests

Next week we will publish the jury lis£ for the January term of Circuit Court Lawrence Day was up Roxana to spend Xmas from Ralph hinnemaii of Biackey was here seeing the city - Miss Oma' Fields came home from Richmond for Christmas Miss Lizzie Russell of Stuarl? Robinson School was a visitor in our city Homer Kelley Arch and Pen Pen-nis - nis Pen-nis Caudillof Biackey were 'vis 'visitors - itors 'visitors in Whitesburg : ' ' '' ' ' W v Goebel Adams employed at Haymond visited relatives here Christmas evening - o - - Mrs S P Moffett of Lexing Lexington - ton Lexington is here with her daughter Mrs J L Hays Miss Eunice Combs in school it Lexington spent Xmas here with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Combs Miss Velda Combs -in school Lewis E Harvie has returned 1 j r 'romhis old home Danville Va '"herd ho spnt Christmas 'r Xr Tlios WilcOx optometrist ''11 perhaps locate in our city oon after first' of the year ''ft'- ' Mr a-vl MrvD W Salyer rr burned from Englewood Ohio vhcre they visited their daugh daughter - ter daughter Mrs G: D McLaughlin - The Junior C E was enter- - tained Monday aftmon at the Presbyterian Manse by Miss L M Toland ' J V1- - ' "' A - Dennis ' Caudill W®n Ewen Watson Caudill and others were juests h? a Christmas party at the home' of Misses Roberta arid 3Jstevah Webb t Mrs Roger Hoffman won "the linner set givn away by the Whitesburg Hardware Co And foung Woodrow Williams won the big stock of candy given by the Eureka Cash Store ' Arthur Dixon long represent represent-mg' - mg' represent-mg' the Metropolitan Life Insur Insurance - ance Insurance Co has resigned his posi- f fcion We do not know his plans tor the future but in whatever lin of endeavor he may cast his lot we bespeak success for him A telegram was received here announcing the death of Mrs Hawkf mother of Attorney French Hawk which occurred at Tingsport Tenn Tuesday Mr Hawk and his wife were at her bedside when death ram The "uneral and burial was-held to- lay at Kingsport The friends f Mr Hawk sympathies- with lim in the loss of his beloved nother but can comfort him vith the glorious Jiope that she ias gone to her home in glory here to dwell f orvermorc

SHOOTING - ' s ' Christmas Eve was the occa occasion - sion occasion of a shooting scrape be- tweed the officers and two men they sought to arrest The ofifi- x - cers were Deputy -Sheriff J D Blair 'Policeman Fred Chancy and Prohibition Officer OS Day The men were Crit Morgan and 'Willard Combs Officers and men met about the bridge near the depot The officers it - is said told Combs and Morgan to halt and consider' themselves m under arrest About this time ' shooting became general Who fired the first jabot we do not kziow but after the fusilade of shots it was 'found that Morgan was badly hurt Combs shot in the arm and Blair grazed by a bullet The others J were not in injured - jured injured Morgan was shot hr the head behind the ear and at first was reported killed He rallied given treatment ms conaition is critical Combs' wound is painful though not serious It - - r - b said Morgan v was unarmed Morgan wastaken to Seeo hos hospital - pital hospital - Monday Reports are he will recover unless complicaticnn arise : : f After ali is said the' surprise " J is that no one was killed The entire 'matter will be sired out " - -V-- in the courts FRESHMEN OFFICERS The officers of the Freshmen Class Whitesburg High School are as follows: ' Williemay Lawrence Pres Howard Combs Vice Pres V - t ' v Fay CoUins Secy: - -y Clara Pdlclietti Treas Joe Rynolds Critic Program 'Committee ' Wilma Adams IHettie Holbrook Willi William - am William Vermillion ' ' v" Teacher Gertrude Lewis " - ' ' ' - :v - ' GIRL DROWNED i - Late Tuesday -evening Milt ' ?:- Meade's daughter returning to her home from Mill Creek school near Deane while" crossing a foot log lost her balance and fell into the raging waters oL thie creek and was drowned Other children with her -informed her parents and a' searching party was' formed to hunt for the ! body At first they were unable were more successful locating: " the body at the John Bentley The drowning ter ap lodgedtin the roots t a viilow tree The drowning o j arou8 the en iren ' 1 The father is almost heartbrok-1 'en over his loss We extend our

Wm Reynolds and family spent Xmas at Whitsburg Born to Rev and 'Mrs I E Enlow Christmas Eve a fine boy Mr and Mrs Bill Banks of Dongola visited their son thur Banks in town Ar- Mr and Mrs Melvin Cornett of Sandlick rejoice over the ar arrival - rival arrival of a fine boy Mrs LM Day is visiting her father who is quite ill at Fire Firebrick - brick Firebrick Greenup county And many a turkey went a a-gobbbling - gobbbling a-gobbbling down the last stretch stretch-es - es stretch-es of life to finally end in the sputter of Xmas cheer Mrs C A Miller one of our best beloved ladies is seriously ill at her home on Highway Drive ' i : 5 1 Lost on streets of Whites Whites-burg - burg Whites-burg pair Ladiek' gloves black trimmed in white Return to Bertha Webb Mayking -v Mr and Mrs W L Bart'ey and Mr and Mrs N E Rierson Jr took Christmas dinner 'with their parents Mr and' Mrs N M Webb - W M Holbrook of South-' down called on the Eagleand in informed - formed informed us that he expects to be a candidate for jailer at the next rgular election Joseph Bushakri of Cinciu nati was here to see his man- i friends Christmas and took din ner with Mr and Mrs Billie Williams While here Joe visited his home lodge of Masons and greeted his brothers Will Adams was over from 'Cowan and says Santa continuer to come to his home even tho hir hair is tinged with gray His sor Fonda in school at Lexington was home for Christmas Christmas was an extremely sober one tho some few forgo and misbehaved and a few got ir jail They just will 'do this il A seems Christmas or no Mr and Mrs J F Smith of Dallas k Texas Mr and Mrs H H Morse Mrs West Miss Tol and and Miss Herndon of our city took Christmas dinner witt Mr and Mrs C H Burton ! In Judge Bentley's court las week Brent Breeding was heir over to the grand jury in the urn of $1000 for the killing of Elijah Worrix He gave bond August Codispoti spent Xmas with his family here We have a full new stock of paper of all kinds for printing Let us have your orders and wf "Will do your work right "

lows our footsteps as we tread along life's new paths'The old year lies dead and buried at oui yery feet but its ghost -rises be- - fore us to- direct our ways along the hew year: Shall we-harken p thundering in our eajrs pleading with us to make ?traighte:r pur pathways If we monitions and live nearer to our - jv 12' " duty tho we mayinot amass riches or worldy goods out sat isf action of mind will betas 'a pies of gold growing serenply ian' Ahe highest1 possible estimate tbat can Ubef i cx-i-v put upon life ls itC ripening tor ' !-' the "final consummation? oflv things ' Time is aisd&imaster: Whoever docs not growl in beau- j ty grandeur and goodness indeed a poor scholar a! Nineteen hundred and tejnty - six is therefore now a back - number '1927 i3 ours Shall: we grasp its opportunities v heed its - admonitions andwamings and have fewer regretsi as we ap- proach its'end ? It is ours to ' make the most of Determination to do the right thing tho the very heavens fall will clo much ' toward anchoring us along tow- j arthe happy sunfeet ' ( The Eagle wishe its readers a happy new year and a jnoblei prosperous one 5 -: Letcher Collins JW - J M'Day Treas Joe Peiidleton ? Tyler Sim Banks Senior Deacon N R Day Secy Toe Pprirllotnn f TVipr Tom Hensley Junior Deacon A Codispoti Walter Banks Sts w- ards N R Day Custodian

prayer metings 4 These things he hates all of Satan's beauty is artificial he is still among thS people with -his pockets full of 1 cigarettes lipstick chalk and ' r paint bobbed hair' and mustache fools and fakes - He is ugly when he acts ugly ' 0 May the Lord help us to so live that the devil cannot harm t us Amen - Thos D Walters Hindman Ky Announcements REPUBLICAN PRIMARY H August 1927 For Circuit Court Clerk NED ISON'-' -1 ' - For Circuit Judge ADAM F CHILDERS ' i f SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSS w The recent high tides in the Northfork wrought havoc with the operations of the Champion Coal Co operations on Kings Creek destroying this property to the extent of some $10000 The greatest loss was in railroad trackage It is said this com company - pany company would have been ready to ship its product: the famous Cannel coal within a few days but" the high waters demolished the tracks bridges trestlesf etc The company is not discouraged however and 'will at once begin reconstruction It will b esome several weeks before they can begin shipments This company is in charge of FW Whitlow L W Fields and others Remember people penalty 1 interest goes on all unpaid ta: after December 31 Save t extra cost

Before another issue of 1 the Mountain Eagle wings ite way to its readers the Scythe of Time Will have wrought the old year 1926 a deadly blow and a new in infant - fant infant full of fresh life and vigor will be - screaming at the height of its gloiy It is always probably b6st pocketbooks etc in considering life to look for-J ward instead of backward but1 rle thieves first took a large few of us f are philosophers wrecking bar from the Whites Whites-enough - enough Whites-enough to do this: The year urg Plumbing Co shop and 1926 with its wonderful record wth it forced the doors and good or bad as it may be hangs widows' of the stores robbed about us: as a swetet reverie or a: officers are keeping their eyes foreboding dream Our success--1 0pen and arrests are expected at es our failures our J jpys and any time laughters our tears bnd groans j - ' - - - - lie within a stone's throw fxom: our hands and the drippings : nk: rvny AM: from the altars of our tears: still' ' lllli ilrl rTLl i

J- ROBBERY ' 1 Sunday night thieves ran wild iii Whitesburg and broke into and robbed three- stores on Main street the Fitzpatrick f)rug Co Fairchild & Parman grocery and J A Webb's store From this drug stdre they secured about $75 cash and $40 in merchandise from Fairchild & Parman $3 in cash and $50 Worth of goods from Webb's about $100 worth of merchandise ' The goods in included - cluded included a pistol patches rings jewelry shoes ' clothing hats ®t hide-bound' for he has gained ten pounds since coming to Hindman Mr3 Walters ilso fs well- and happy: J y - ' j)eath canie and ' took- awaj ' " ptone church building r j - The Settlement School here ir progressing nicely as usual!: I - t ' Ye writer opines r that 'the -4- r world haa nothing on Hindman If v Hindman doesmot know1 all the worldis' doing nither docs fha world know all Hindman is j ' ' doing v) -'I NEW JUNIOR "OFFICERS ) r t- f ±