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HOLT -5 FIF F- OP HENTUCKYPS8AOATMO n ff - - - v J a i. i S3XTISI PAGS l' llhmjj II LbUkk -i V iut inreniam vinni.nut fiirin.m Volume XXXVII. Ngmbw 16. LOUI9A, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, DECEMBER 16, 1821. LOUISA AND HER COOD MERCHANTS Louisa has, made aoDi very com nitmdable and considerable stride In ' the laat few years. Mom notable la the street paving. Laat year at thla time the streets were ufcaightly stretohea of mud. Today there la none and traffic con along without a hitch. A number of nw buildings stand out . on the record of 1921, very few if any of which would have been built If the paving had not been done. It baa been the yar of our greatest progress, -Louisa's atorea have kept pac wrlh tha progress of the years. Look thru i the pagea of thla laaua of the Wg Kan dy New and you will ret an Ida the thorough manner In which the wants of the 'public ran be supplied here; but you ran only g Ui full facia by making a personal nspectkm , of these atorea and their large and well M.-Icted Stock. The day baa arrived 1 when you can get what you want DpM here at home, , - , , 1K not make the usual miataka thla year of delaying your Chrtetroaa buy Ing until tha lost day or two before. Do it now. ' Thar are many advant age in following thla plan. ; . a v J f 7.i r Alleged Slayers of Sid Hatfield to Be Tried Soon Welch, W. Va, Dec I. Tha trial of C. R. Lively" Hunter Pence and Wil liam Salter for the killing of Hid Hat flold and Ed Chambera, waa called De-ct-mfcer II. lllncKH of Salter caused tha case to be continued when they were oajled lata In November.- Barters haa recov ered and la ready for the trial. Ha aleo armed that the atate waa ready to present Ita case to the jury. Testimony of Mra. Hid Hatfield and Mra. Ed Chamber, both of Mavtewan, V. . Va- wldowa of the murdcreA men la expected to be the moat aenaatlonal caae agalnat Live -mf'' N v wift "mm .Kiv iSfe,!r' .... ,. . my; ?i M iVitimfeer 1 LARGE DROP IN OIL PRODUCTION v . ' y part of tha atate'e ca V9 J ly. Pence and Baltora J y -i !. It la expected the d , pleaa of eelf defence. 1 l"-"V' "Sy he "ahot, but In eolf-i 4 defenae will enter Lively haa stated defense." He ad mitted the shooting but claimed It waa started by the men from Matewan.' Hatfield and Chambera were ahot on ' the court yard atepa here shortly be fore noon Auguat 1 laat They were go ing to the court house to be heard on Indictments charging them with Impll- cation in the Mohawk mining oamp ahootlng. 7A li 1J r (! . US IS SENATOR AUXIER ,..; - v . MAY NOT ATTEND According to reports that have come lo Louisville, Senator 'A. E. . Auxler, Plkevll the holdover Republican member from the Thirteenth District, Floyd Knott and Pike counties, may not attend the coming session of the . Legislature. It la understood that Sen ator Auxler Is in poor health and feels unequal to tha rigors of another win tor In Frankfort. Senator Auxler Was popular with hjs eolleaguea and hla ab sence fro mthe aesslon would be miss- . ed by them. Louisville Tlmea. Our Xfnas THE GREATEST OF ALL HOLIDAY SEASONS IS WORTHY : ;:: OP OUR BEST SPHUT. :- ' v' : This sixteen-page edition of the Big Sandy News is issued for a two-fold purpose to give the progressive merchants a chance to present their holiday offerings to the public, and to give our readers the usual amount of news and a special selection of read ing matter appropriate to the Christmas season. : ' The spirit of Christmas should be stimulated and preserved, guided'along proper lines, and be saved from the perversion that has overtaken the holy season in so many hearts. Christmas should be a joyous occasion, but not one of revelry and intemper ance. ' The fact should be kept in mind that it is the day the Christ was given to the world. , v GIVING, therefore, is the proper spirit for Christmas. Re- membering others, doing something for them, giving tokens of, love, friendship, and good wilL y' W:. '.'l:' Washington, " ii. C, Nov.' 2i. Pro duction ., of petroleum in the United States, according to the U. S. Geologi cal Survey, continued to decrease dur ing October. The dally average for tho' month, 1.149,U bbls. waa 70,887 bbls. a day leas than the production for September and was the smallest for I any month since February, 1920. Cali fornia, as a result of the strike In the loll fields, dropped to third rank, and I decreased dally average production is also reported for all the other States with the exception of Wyoming, Illi nois, and Montana, where small gains lace reported. Only Ibt producing oU wells are reported to have been com pleted during October as compared I with 8,086 wells in October a year ago, Ttaia falling off In domestlo produc- , Itlon was. offset by an increase in im-. porta of Mexican petroleum, amount ing to a, dally average of 873,400 bbls. Consumption also increased by 180,-.. 852 bbls a day and was the greatest for any month of the year since Jan uary.. . , -. ' ,. There was a net Increase of stocks I at the end of October, amounting to 884,000 bbls. An Increase of 2,020,000 ubls. of Mexican petroleum held In the United States by Importers Is con- I treated with a decrease of stocks of ' domestic crude oil amounting to 1, 146,000 bbls. which marks the first net I decrease in pipe line and tank-farm stacks east of California since April.'. 1820. Wayne Man and Woman Nearing Century Mark ,''' ' I Francis Watts, age 97. Ja the oldest eltlsen In the violnlty of Fort Oay. She haa eleven children, sixty-eight grandchildren and ninety-six great- grand-children, a total of 176 direct descendants. She sews, knits and helps about tbe house work and is quite ac tive for one of her tjrevi.ff" Another aged resident of Fort Oay, Route X.- is "Uncle" Johnson Robert- . son, who is 96 years old. He was born I September 9, 182$. Was married to ; Peggie Pauley In 1840. In 1862 he mar- , ried Marian Bartram. He is the father Of eleven children, sixty-five grand children and one hundred elx great grandchildren. Wayne Nowa. , TWIN BRANCH Cheater Webb of Overda was a call er here Sunday. Arlie Bradley and Oliver Delong were . at Silas Jobe's Sunday. " C. F. Webb made hla regular trip here on Monday. . The surprise party at Bllas Jobe's Sunday night waa largely attended. Missea Lula'and Bertha Chafflns ani Mr. and Mra. Cecil Adams were callers at Harvey Jobe's Sunday. Mra Herman Webb was ahoppl.ig here Monday. Roacoe Adams has resigned his po sition at .this place. . Mr.-and Mrs. Robt Scarberry loft Monday for Catlettaburg where they I will visit relatives. ; ' SANTA CLAUS. T, M. f. CON LEY and E. K. SPENCER, Publishers V,.. " -v -' mm mi-