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JUmttilufti J VOLUME NO. 31 WHITESBURG, LETCHER COUNTY, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1938 NUMBER 21 O. V. Caudill Appointed (Eapttal Big Sandy Credit Association Chairman For Drive To Whitesbur3 Post Office THIS WEEK Aid Crippled Children (Emnmatte Changes Location Tuesday IK Holds Meeting At Paintsville An appeal to the citizens of Let- cher county to respond to the slogan WASHINGTON 3UI of a statewide campaign and "Help a A. C. Day and Large Delegation Postmaster, W. G. Holbrook Cele- Grant Craft To Run Child to Walk" will be made begin- The battle is on. From Letcher County Attend brates Washington Birthday A Political Year ning Sunday, April 17, O. V. For Representative This is The Meeting. Easter By Moving Into New Office. It would be well to get the weak- Caudill, who will be chairman of Washington, Feb. 20 (Autocaster) lings to shelter. This fight, which this district in the statewide cam- Grant Craft, age 62, prominent The whole outlook is clouded, so has begun, just is going to be the With 174 members and 139 guests paign for $50,000 under the auspices Taking advantage of the holiday Democrat of Letcher County, plans far as legislation by Congress and political scrap in the present at its annual stockholders' of the Kentucky Society for Crippled when the General Delivery window to announce. for the Democratic definition of policies by the Admin- history so fact . of Kentucky. Ana just in meeting in Paintsville on Jeb. 15, Children, said on his return here was closed and work not rushing Nomination for U. S. Representative istration are concerned, by the any event you up on as regular day, W. G. year. Poli- are not well today attending the state con-leren- a Postmaster the near future. Mr. Craft is a that this is a political your the Big Sandy Production Credit from in KentucKy Political Hisiory, Association lead all the 43 similar of campaign leaders in Lex- Holbrok and his assistants moved seasoned politician of the old school, tical reasons must be sought behind many in- there have been naru anu organizations of the Fourth Farm ington Friday Night. into the new Federal Building which having gone through several cam every official act and utterance, in teresting battles in the past 3G0 nas just been finished here. paigns in Kentucky, and view of the approaching Senatorial Credit District with a per cent Mr. Caudill said that he believes Eastern The new Building has all the fac- will things interesting in the contests in 32 states and the Con- oveinor Chandler, at a gather- inciease in total attendance over last Letcher county will respond well to make ilities to handle the mail with the primary. He has a host of gressional elections in all 48 of them. ing oi the good loik of uampoen year. All the 12 counties served by this appeal as it has to previous august County, Wednesday, did as he was the association were represented. least amount of trouble. Providing ielatives and friends in all parts of Much Senatorial action is being campaigns of the Kentucky Society pitnty of space for the needs of the tempered by the desire for Presiden- expected to do. He Magouin - Kentucky. He is qualified to fill this announced that letcner and counties i.oi- vuupleu Children. Tne bociety, city for many years to come. position, and will always be found tial backing in the primaries, except he wouiu seek the nomination lor tied for first place, each with oo v.nose piesidtnt, Harry V. AlcChes- - ihis new builumg is a Dig lmprov-ii.in- t ..orking Interest of com in the case of Democratic Senators the United States Senate seat now mcmoers piesent. This excellent tne needs of tne cam- for the the j toiu oi to the business section ot the man. who have already gone on record as occupied by Alben W. Barkley. It has snowing is creaited larger to uie paign at the .Lexington conierence, iiion a more a v. town and all who helped to obtain opposed to the President. The test been known fact for than work of A. C. Day anu asaisi-e- oy tiie btate Parent-eauie- r month that Chandler would run, nut association repiesina t should have the thanks of all there in their attitude on the Su Association, the American uie citizens of Whitesburg. 138 Agricultural Work preme Court bill last Summer, over he withheld the official announc-ir.en- t C. J. BRADLEY tives in those respective counties, stolon, notary, mwanis and other New-por- e ac- the whole first floor is taken up Are Made By The which the party's first and widest until his appearance at ietcher County members were luncheon clubs, the Federation of Plans He could have announced two corded special recognition because oy the post office. There are plenty Co. Planning split occurred. Those nine, Adams forecast disaster at its passage, how- Women's Clubs, and similar groups. now for those who Committee weeks ago and was urged to make trie long dist- of boxes want of Colorado, Clark of Missouri, ever, Governor Chandler held the ui are opened a key, Iowa, the announcement then and prob- ances traveled Tne state has been divined into them and all with By Clay A. Colson, County Agent George of Georgia, Gillette of disposal in the palm of his hand. twenty-seve- n I districts. Lieutenant no more bothering with combina- Lonergan of Connecticut, McCarran Si ably would have but for one thing E, unuer heavy han Assistant Attorney General A. uovernor Keen jonnson will act as tions that won't work to open your The County Planning Committee of Nevada, Smith of South Caro- In nvo previous successful political spoke in defense of meas- dicaps of mud Wednesday, February 23rd, with bro-ugi- rtink the PeaK, box. let Van campaigns, the first of which u ay roads and bad oidie cnaiiman with isart Lex lina, Tydings of Maryland, and ure. He wrote it. He declared that ington, former district governor of The Postoffice receipts lacked a Mr. Bruce Poundstone, Specialist in Nuys of Indiana were in effect read him to the seat of lieutenant the measure would not permit voters weather condi Farm Management from the Uni Governor in 1931 and the second tions, some trav notary, as assistant campaign chair few hundred dollars of reaching the out of the Democratic party by Na- to change party affiliations between required a .versity of Kentucky, and the Count ther-lor- e wnicn placed him in the Executive eieu 100 miles to man. me campaign has the endorse- amount for second class tional Chairman Farley, and general elections and take part in a office hoped will Agent, Clay A. Colson and madi Mansion m 1935, Chandler made pub reach the meet ment of Ben Williamson, Ashland, and it is that it the political interest in their primary election of a party not their receipts year. plans for the Agriculture iXiension lie ins intentions to seek these offices ing. Many walk' onairman of the Crippled Children reach the required this fate at the respective primaries is iwn. He said that it was not true that and is necessitated in 'lhe mail room is fully equipped Work in Letcher County for the from the boards of a Newport plat- - "X. eu or rode horse-- intense. a cnallenged voter had no appeal necessary sorting coming year, 1938. The Committee was Newport a-- yart by the infantile paralysis epi with all tables Case of Barkley vs. Chandler loun. it his belief that ruling of the puragation uaCK to points consisted of O. V. Caudill, French to irom the Larry D. Jones uemic of last summer. , and filing cabinets, vaults and all was his lucky town, that led him onicers and cited a section of the iung tne nigh Hawk, N. R. Day, Floyd Ison, J. B Many Senators who have most, official announcement Air. CauJin announced that he the other things required for the witnhold his Kentucky Statutes which has not uy wneie dUtumoOiics were wait jversole, J. I. Sturgill, Lewis Mc consistently stood by. the President Yv you who sur- - to appoint immediately chair-- handling of the niail. auiii euntsday Now ocen repealed and is not included ing to carry groups or members to nans Daniel, Linsey Webb, J. S. Holbrook, will likewise face bitterly contested 1 On the left as you go in the fron, ' vxyethe finish, campaign.bg: -' - of.this UierlhiC-'""-- ineneetingtrc - &tyh&&W&h Herman Hale; Bennett Adams,Dpck primary' fightsrATriongThoseso" re men, whom to call an early conference oi uXr is" the postmaster's' private tvwen these two both ui xji. oioyu u. Aieaue oi fuinisviue and D. Frazier. W. L. Cooper, J. Don garded are Senators McAdoo of UDie leaders to discuss ana outline on'ice. Directly in front are the win ax e puweiiui in politics, will be was a director lor a mice these Collins, Floyd Jesse W. Cau- California, Bukley of Ohio, Diet- race waxes . . ).1 111 i money Banks, While the Senate hot, ... - .1 o.ii.M i, IllC 1114. uiays for stamps, orders and to point back and say that you have ..di term, noiu-ove- r unectuia aici- wi m .uco.. Pepper the Legislature is taking a back - delivery. Then come the dill, Martin Bentley, Lawrence Kin rich of Illinois and Claude witntssecl the best ana most inter uTed P. Cole of Boyd County Jack met. auss iviarian wiuianisun, uir- 0eneral seat, so tar as the news, is concerned, ooxes which extend down and John W. Collins. of Florida. esang political campaign that Ken deliards of Floyd County, L. K. ector of the Commission, said that the rest Representatives and Senators the front' and down hall tc The projects to be included in the Most spectacular and closer to the tucKj has onered to date. In Holly me Pnvu county and George a member of the campaign Advisory oi the .u e doing a daily stint, mostly rout- .uiiijon, the right. The lobby is equipped -- igriculture Work include: pure bred political vision of Washington is the uooa tnis battle would be billed as tcuii of Magoffin Coumy. committee, or someone connected ine, listening to bills and trying to iuci ith desks tor the convenience of the seed corn and use of Hybrid seed threat to the seat of Senator Alben a super-colossa- l, stupendous and ai Reports of the year's activities of vith the state Society or Commission them before they adjourn patrons. orn; use of rye as a cover crop on Barkley of Kentucky by Governor attraction of first magnitude. et out .ne association were presented by viii attend the district meeting to con-tro- ll Hill land; increased use of Crimson Albert B. (Happy) Chandler. sine die on March 1. The liquor explain the work of the two organ-i- x The County Agent's offices are President Meade, Vice President contin- is no question as to where. bill is still a mystery and its set-up- . located on the" ground floor and Clover on land to be used There announcement Governor i:red P. Cole and Secretary-Treasure-r iton3 and the campaign In his eventual end is in The origin- there you will find county agent uously in crops; the handling of Senator Barkley stands in Presiden- he was not doubt Edward D. Holbrook. Repres- Chandler declared that al bill, drafted by Legislative Clay A. Colson and his assistants, grass seeds by wholesale companies tial favor. He was Roosevelt's' President Roosevelt, as the enting the Production Credit Corp- oat to beat weeks before the opening of who have moved over from the and local merchants; the increased personal choice for Majority Leader many were inclined to believe, but council oration of Louisville, C. J. Bradley, Miss Maude Webb In Legislature and time Court House. ,Mr. Colson has three use of certified- - seed potatoes and when Senator Robinson died, and he were being concen tne at that special Field Representative, spoke that his efforts as a "Whizbang of a master- Hospital At Lexington offices and is busy at the present more use of seed treatment and is the Administration's chiet reliance-i- on Barkley, Senator, nailed jii "Distinctive Features of Your urn! the 'lhe piece," was junked for another bill, getting straightened out. spray materials; the encouragement the Senate. Not long ago Presi- pointed to his record in Production Credit Association." Webb, who is attend sec- Governor bill was drafted and all of the Miss Maude The boiler room is also located on of the use of tile drainage in wet dent Roosevelt sent his trusted balancing and debt paying inis Larry D. Jones, Vice President of the College Lexing Ken- budget amendments proposed for the orig ing Transylvania at this floor in the back part of the poorly drained soils; the encourage- retary! Marvin Mclntyre, to was his belief . intermediate Credit Bank of operated on appendi-citus- , and declared that it inal, were included and many new eaeiai ton, was for building. The building is strictly ment of better poultry production; tucky to see what he could do to would be of more assistance Louisville, explained the source of Tuesday night, the that he features added. The measure was last at fireproof in every respect and a real better bee culture and the use of help the Senator in the primaries of Federal Government as a funds, loaned to members by produc- Good Hospital. Latest re- to the more than 100 pages in length and Samaritan asset to the city. standard equipment; more pure bred August 6. United States Senator than as Gov- tion credit associations, stating that ports are that she is getting along appeared to be just the thing. It was sires for all types of livestock, How Chandler Went to Washington Kentucky because the s this money does not come from the operation. ernor of shot to pieces before it came to the line after the especially cattle, hogs and sheep, state are now so arrang- .overnment but is obtained by the Miss is daughter of Mr, Rev. CaudilL Attends At the same time Gov. Chandler of the floor and it was passed into the lim- Webb the improved orcharding practices, in- some great catas-tropr- e of intermediate credit bank sec- of Whites-bur- g. was in Washington trying to "sell" ed that unless bo and wanted" along with safe and Mrs. John A. Webb K. S. C. C. Conference cluding spraying, fertilizing and stor commonwealth, all "not urities to the investing public. That the President the idea of naming besets the several other measures and now the Mrs. Webb, Pansy Webb and age; soil improvement with the use of me things that he has planned to uank then discounts or purchases Frank Webb were called to be with Rev. O. V. crops; pas- Senator Logan to the Federal original bill is being talked-o- f by the Caudill attended the of lime, phosphate, cover uo, accomplished or will be the notes of farmers who obtain Mrs. is at Lexington, 4ench, so that Chandler could get will be General Assembly. Action is due this her. Webb still Kentucky Society for Crippled Child turage improvement by seeding of verge accomplishment by loans from the association. Miss Pansy Webb having into the Senate without having to on the of week. Frank and ren conference held at the Lafayette mixtures instead of a single grass the time he is ready to resign to take Other program features were talks returned. Hotel Lexington, Friday. by using phosphate; a fight Senator Barkley. The Presi- at last and have any the senate seat if elected. by Phillip Preece on "Why I Am a Representatives from all over the canning demonstration for the im dent refused to" take part in such RANDOM SHOTS stat-me- nt Production Credit Association Stock state 'were present to make plans provement of canning in the homes; deal, though the only official subject was This race, which has caused more Circuit Judge King Swopc of the nolder": William H. Caudill, Secre New Whiskey License for the drive $50,000, which is timber by preventing on the Chairman for care of our - political talk than any one other tary-Treasur- er of the Boyd County Farley's declaration that the Demo- Lexington District, the last Repub- Law Enacted At Neon to start Easter Sunday, April 17th. ... , .. , ... , r. :.. old Music Loan Association on "U-U1- u political thing since the lican nominee for Governor offered National Farm Rev. Caudill will be district chair nd setting out of small trees; and muK " in Legislation Attecting As- not stand in the way of any man Hall Convention in Louisville to air the impeachment proceedings Recent At last regular meeting, the man for Letcher county and states a bigger and better Fair in 1938. Members"; M. F. Goff, Dis- their who aspired to office and had no which William Goebel received the when Sheriff Plummer of Scott coun sociation Neon council by unanimous vote that there have been 147 crippled This is mostly a .continuation of Cap- Farm Secur- concern in primary contests. nomination for Governor over ty asked that he be unseated. A trict Supervisor of the adopted on placing children from Letcher county treat the work which was started by the on "How to Help ordinance the Washington was greatly im tain Stone and John Young Brown, House committee dismissed the sev- ity Adminisration on retail liquor stores at ed during the last few years with former Agent, Mr. Wheeler. If we all not Qualify for Production license tax pressed except in its sense of hu has brought most of the factions out en charges against Swope. H. B. Farmers five hundred dollars per year. This the aid of this society, the Rotary work together with the spirit of Credit." mor, by Gov. Chandler's descent on in the open. Louisville's Mickey Kinselving, Shelbyville, Common- Credit Association is the same rate we have in Whites Club and other organizations. cooperation we can make' Letcher early in 1934 when 7 Washington. Nothing like it, one Brennan organization, which receiv wealth's Attorney in the twelfth dis- Organized burg. The ordinance is now in full Each year clirics are held in County a better place-t- live. purchased 35 observer remarked, been seen ed favors from the State Administra- trict was hailed on impeachment temporary directors foi'ce and effect in Neon. Whitesburg to aid the crippled child has Big Sandy Pro- here since Huey Long. Mr. Chand tion, went with Barkley. Whether proceedings but this likewise was of capital stock, the The council voted to have ren and to see what ones can be Association now has further A Sure Sign That Spring was accompanied by an armed this will be a severe blow to Chand dropped. Approximately 2,000 young duction Credit the city clerk draw an ordinance to helped through treatment and many ler GOO who own body guard, a member of the. state ler lemains to be seen. This break democrats from 120 Kentucky coun- more than members extend the boundary line to include are sent on to Louisville. The slogan Will Soon Be Here may $9,000 capital stock. In 1937 police and by a was noted with interest and it ties, called in a body Saturday, on almost in what is known as Acme Hill and of the drive will be "Help a Child to retinue of three $142,000, an advisors. The governor now try be a deciding factor in this primary governor Chandler and asked him to the organization loaned the Neon Junction and bring this Walk." As I went down Main Street this is 75 the prev- to convince race. The Louisville group received make the race for Senator. Senator increase of per cent'over additional territory into the corp morning, I noticed two sure signs of ing Kentuckians that 47 per cent increase Barkley favors Anti-Lynchin- g a jolt when the Legislature took Barkley was in Louisville last week ious year. Its oration. spring; Our friend Mack Norman the during Edgar Hall Dies From Bill haagiven Louisville's model registration Law conferring with his campaign man- in the number of members In a statement to the Eagle this had returned from Cleveland, Miss- of which the Senator largest of any of the win- no indication and his support and offset it with a new registration ager, 'Schack Miller, and Airs. Len the year is the week, City Clerk, Maurice E. White, Stab Wounds, Thurs. issippi, where he has spent the that 43 district. ad of Wages-and-Hou- r bill con and purigation bill. The politicans me McLaughlin, the main spring in associations of the In youthful and versatile student of ter and sure enough there was one the is ownership reserves to Kentucky sentiment. , from ihe metropolis screamed bloody tne Brennan organization. Barklej dition to stock political issues, remarked, "The maj Edgar Hall of Ermine, died in the of his auction signs up in a very trary amounting to more $6,000 have 5:00 "Sonny Boy" and $ld,C0O Stake murder at the action, declaring that was in the Kentucky Hotel at the than ority of our citizens are opposed Jenkins Hospital at o'clock prominent window. accumulated as an additional 24 is generally understood here the model law was one thing that same time Governor Chandler was been to the movement and I feel confid Thursday morning, Feb. from These signs are a whole lot more It Con-uactor- 's protection stockholders, Mr, is almost nothing the was fine in that community and speaking there at a Highway to ent that our city, limits will not be stab wounds received in a fight at reliable than the groundhog. that there Secretary-Treasure-r reported President not do for his that the junking of that law would convention. The extended." Tunnel Hill, about one mile south Norman is known all over this part would ruin the city. It was declared by an excellent record of repayment of Whitesburg, Saturday night. of Kentucky and also Central Ken friend Senator Barkley, that "Hap by members and that capital stock Hatton, age 45 of Marlowe, tucky his auction land py" is regarded as a very brash Mayor Scholtz that the law was 7 Elbert for sales of made after much study and at a Washington county's dairy im remained unimpaired, Judge F. L. Duffy, Harrison coun- has been charged with willful mur and house sales, having been en- young man. The attention which to cost of $70,000. It was declared an provement program continues ty, is starting a purebred Guernsey der in connection with the affair. gaged in this business with his part-n- r his clash with Senator Barkley has exceptionally good model law. bring better stock, higher butterfat Among those who attended the herd with a yearling bull and a Mr; Sam Collins for many years. attracted to him Is leading to many - Mayor Scholtz spoke against the records and larger milk poundage, Eastern Star meeting at- Wayland heifer. The heifer is a daughter of Mrs. John M. Webb returned Wed Anybody in need of a good land inquiries as to how he -- got elected bill over radio. Joe Lawton, Louis- and consequent greater profits. . E. from Whitesburg were: Mrs. Cash Friendship V. C. Ondine and a grand- nesday from Lexington, where she auction company need to look far Governor over the opposition of the ville Republican spoke against the Smothers of Springfield community Bowen, Mrs. W. G. Holbrook, Mrs. daughter of Valois Climax, highest' was called by the illness of her ther as we don't believe theyjjould regular Kentucky Democratic purgation mcacura ever radio. Each had the high herd last nooiith. Wilson Field indue bull of thi bmd. daughter, Maude Webb. nna any oeuer anywaert. Page)