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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
4
Announcement lists J W Hedden Sr and Jr and Mrs Mary C Ayres with subscription rate two dollars per year cash required and no insertion until payment received for Mt S area publication.
A mass meeting at the courthouse last Saturday mobilized residents to pursue a lawless gang after an attempt to poison Judge H. R. Prewitt’s fifty or more market ready steers. Judge Prewitt urged sheriff deputies to guard roads and enforce laws to the letter as prohibition defiance grows. The crowd pledged funds and effort to uphold order, even at tax cost, signaling resolve to protect law and property.
Former Congressman J N Kehoe of Maysville will speak this coming Saturday to tobacco raisers about Co operative Tobacco Sales. The speaker aims to mobilize a solid front of growers and crop workers to join the movement and realize the crops’ value with broad county interest and a large audience expected.
Local correspondence reports teaching assignments in Winchester and Dry Ridge, visits among Monroe, Bowen, and Carlisle families, and updates on health and travel. Notable items include typhoid death and burial at Hardwick's Creek, and Garland Monroe joining Kentucky Utilities Company in Greenville. Social notes mention Ashville trip by Mrs. Mary Catron and Mrs. Pete Green.
County agents across 50 counties join the College of Agriculture in a cooperative cover crop campaign. Kentucky farmers expect much fall planting to guard idle winter fields. Crimson clover, vetch, rye, wheat, and winter oats are used, with rye favored for reliability and late or early seeding.
A selection of fall suits for children ages two through eight features versatile styles in durable fabrics. Sizes cover toddler to early school years, with comfortable fits and easy care options suitable for school and family events.
Farmers in Jefferson County test soil sulfur treatment to reduce potato scab. Seed treatment costs about five cents per bushel and acts as insurance against pest that lowered Kentucky potato crop value. Soil treatment with 360 to 600 pounds per acre costs about eight dollars and shows promise for farmers statewide.
Henderson County Fruit Growers Association and Kentucky State Horticultural Society announce a field meeting in Henderson County on September 5 and 6. J R Niswonger, extension specialist in orcharding from the College of Agriculture, says automobile trips will visit several county orchards for study.
Representatives from the agriculture department at Lexington along with colleagues from other states will participate in the upcoming orchard management meeting. The event aims to share best practices across regions.
Kentucky farmers will seed about 500000 acres of wheat as experts urge early seed bed preparation and acid phosphate use. Current average yield is around 12 bushels per acre, with some reaching 30 to 40. Recommend applying 200 pounds of 16 percent acid phosphate per acre, drilled broadcast at seeding.
A compact reflection on time effort and virtue listing values such as perseverance work dignity simplicity character kindness example duty economy patience talent and kindness. it notes every rose has its thorns and every summer brings both dirt and bright shoes.
The August schedule at Tabb Theatre lists D. W. Griffiths The Love Flower in Seven Reels and Avenging Arrow serials with Pathé News. Friday features La Homa with Phantom Foe and a nine reel program. Saturday offers William Farnum in The Scuttlers a seven reel Fox feature plus Christie and Phantom Fox serials across an 11 reel program.
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