"Stock Sales.  Captain C.A. Mercer, auctioneer,
has held a sale every day during the past week.  
He reports the following sales:  W.H. Haynes, 
Alcalda; J.C. Hail, Camp Ground; B.F. Hamilton, 
Alcalda; Lawrence Camden, Luretha; H.W. Bowman,
Somerset; and John Ware, Science Hill.  Mr. Mercer 
says all stock and crops brought big prices.  
Corn around $1.75, hay $1.70, fodder $4.00, oats 
$4.25."
Reference Data:
The Somerset Journal The Oldest Democratic Newspaper in the Mountains of Kentucky Feese & Williams  Somerset, Ky., Friday, April 9, 1920, by Ron Holt    Date: 19 Oct 2002