Fine showing on turnpikes
The Montgomery Fiscal Court adopts a scarifying device from Buffalo Springfield Roller Co and tests it on the Maysville pike to meet a government order limiting labor and quarry use. The court reports extensive road work including bridges rebuilt, dirt roads graded and drained, with plans on Grassy Lick and other pikes pending government approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company
Maysville Pike
Grassy Lick
van Thompson
Camargo
Spencer
Kiddville
Aaron’s Run
Oldham
Walker’s Crossing
Town Branch
Paris Pikes
Automobilists To Be Stopped Sunday Mt Sterling Notice
Police order Mt Sterling motorists to be stopped on Sundays while gasoline law is in effect. Officers will collect names and car numbers and publish violators next week with county and city aid. Drivers urged to follow the request. J. C. Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sterling
J. C. Tipton
Johnson named new local draft board chairman
The Advocate reports A Sid ney Johnson named chairman of the local draft board to fill the vacancy from Colonel A W Hamilton's death. Johnson, then chairman of the Local Council of National Defense, is praised as patriotic and fearless. The notice also mentions Mrs K C Clarke offering new hat patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sidney Johnson
A. W. Hamilton
Johnson
Council of National Defense
Miss M Kee Dies After Stroke at 74 in Mt Sterling
Miss Asena McKee aged 74, longtime Mt Sterling resident and Christian church member, died last Friday at her Bank Street apartment from paralysis stroke. Sister of Judge H Clay McKee she devoted life to neighbors and charity. funeral held at the Christian church with Rev Clyde Darsie conducting and Machpelah cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asena McKee
Bank Street
Miss McKee
H. Clay McKee
Mt. Sterling
Christian Church
Montgomery County
The
Clyde Darsie
Machpelah
Violin virtuoso Vigneti stars in Lexington recital
Monsieur Georges Vigneti, famed violinist, performed a Friday recital at the Presbyterian Church with pianist Emilee Hibler Reid and contralto Elizabeth Sherley Goff from Nashville. His $6000 violin drew praise, and he will teach in Lexington with Canadian pupils joining from the conservatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Georges Vigneti
Lexington College of Music
Emilee Hibler Reid
Elizabeth Sherley Goff
Nashville
Tenn
Presbyterian Church
Mt. Sterling
Conservatory
Canada
Lexington
Monsieur Vigneti
Margaret Bogie
West Main St. W
Local agent named for Adams Express Co.
Riggs Sullivan has been named local agent for Adams Express Co and has begun duties. He is son of G D Sullivan of this city and formerly ran a poultry house at Owingsville. Sullivan replaces Claude Paxton who resigned to take a higher paying job with Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co at Ashland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggs Sullivan
Adams Express Co
Sullivan
G. D. Sullivan
Owingsville
Claude Paxton
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Ashland
Paxton
Sterling
Advocate
Registration Notice For Military Service Montgomery County KY
WE SHALL REGISTER Every male person who shall have attained his eighteenth birthday and shall not have attained his forty sixth birthday on or before September 12 1918 must register on that day The only persons excepted are persons in the military or naval service of the United States and those who have heretofore registered Between 7 a m and 9 p m on Thursday September 12 1918 The place of registration is the customary voting place in the precinct in which each such person has his domicile Your domicile is the place at which you permanently reside at the time of registration NO EXCUSES TO BE ACCEPTED No person required to register is to be excused for any cause Persons who fail to register on that day as required by the President s proclamation subject themselves to the penalties prescribed by the Act of Congress LOCAL BOARD MONTGOMERY COUNTY KY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Service
United States
Strother Motors Company
Clay Will Probated At Probate Court
Judge E W Senff admitted the last will of Miss Margaret Clay to probate. The handwritten will leaves all property to her mother Mrs Amanda Fr Clay for life with remainder to sisters Miss Anne Clay and Miss Sallie Clay. The notice also lists classified ads including a dry goods saleslady position and various specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Senff
Margaret Clay
Amanda Fr. Clay
Anne
Sallie Clay
Marriage at Knoxville Joins Thompson Covington in Secret Elopement
Relatives learn that Miss Cynthia Ann Thompson daughter of Dr and Mrs W R Thompson of this city and Mr Robert Covington son of Mr and Mrs R C Covington of Madison county eloped to Knoxville Tennessee and wed in the Hotel Atkin parlors on a Saturday morning The couple's families and friends in Central Kentucky share interest in the wedding The Advocate congratulates the couple plus notes new fall millinery stock at Roberts Mastin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Ann Thompson
W. R. Thompson
Robert Covington
R. C. Covington
Madison County
Knoxville
Tenn
Atkin
Thompson
Kentucky
Covington
Death Claims Albert Eubank in Winchester
Albert C. Eubank aged four died at his brother in law Clayton Strode’s home in Winchester after a visit to Mayo Brothers Hospital Rochester Minnesota seeking an operation to ease his suffering. He had been ill since a year ago and was moved from Lexington to Mayo Hospital. surgeons offered little hope. Survived by wife Florence Cobb and four sisters Emma Beall Clayton Strode Hattie Hull and Effie Eubank and two brothers W. W. and P. C. Eubank. Funeral Saturday in Winchester conducted by Rev J. T. McGarvey with burial at Richmond cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Eubank
Ats
Clayton Strode
Winchester
Kiddville
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Eubank
Lexington
Mayo Brothers
Florence Cobb
Richmond
Emma Beall
City
Hattie Hull
Oil Springs
Effie Eubank
Clark County
Messrs. W. W
P. C. Eubank
J. T. McGarvey
Mrs Hattie Moberly Die s After Illness and Burial
Mrs Hattie Moberly widow of Lin C Moberly died at Lexington hospital from a complication of diseases and was buried in Machpelah Cemetery. She was 38, a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Wm H Garrison, survived by two small children and several brothers and sisters, all non residents of the county except Albert Garrison of the city. Friends mourn her passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Moberly
Lin C. Moberly
Lexington
Machpelah
Wm. H. Garrison
Albert Garrison
Ministers Southgate West Return To Local Churches
The Methodist conference in session at Cynthiana last week returned Rev. E. L. Southgate to the local congregation. Rev. J. L. West was assigned back to Grassy Lick and Camargo churches, both popular ministers, to serve this county again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Southgate
Cynthiana
J. L. West
Grassy Lick
Camargo
Lieutenant Coleman Ordered Overseas From Camp Funston
Enroute over there Lieutenant C. T. Coleman recently stationed at Camp Funston Kansas has been ordered overseas and is believed to be sailing. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Geo E Coleman of this city with many friends here. His wife Miss Mattie Clay Triplett has arrived in Mt Sterling and will stay during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T., Coleman
Camp Funston
Kan
Lieut. Coleman
Geo. E. Coleman
Mattie
Clay Triplett
Mt. Sterling
Ralph D. Greene Joins Local Draft Board as Assistant
Ralph D. Greene has been inducted into limited military service and assigned to the local draft board as an assistant. He will perform clerical work and is described as a bright young man who will be a valuable helper to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph D. Greene
Greene
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Johnson New Draft Board
K. C. Clarke
Miss M’kee
Mt. Sterling, Ky
S.S. Pinney
W. Ss. S
Roberts & Mastin
Albert Eubank
Clark
Cincinnati
W. T. Hunt & CO
Draft Board
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