Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1909 - Rockcastle Co

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Submitted By: Ray E_v_a_n_s
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Mount Vernon Signal
June 4, 1909

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PERSONAL NEWS
     John Meadows is at home for a few days. ? Judge L. W.
Bethurum is in Louisville. ? Dr. D. B. Southard spent several days
in Louisville. ? Miss Minnie Hiatt is visiting relatives and
friends here. ? Mrs. Charles Reynolds is with homefolks for a few
days. ? Mrs. Oscar Wallin is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. S.
C. Davis. ? Mrs. J. A, Mercer, of Burnside, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. E. B. Brown. ? Miss Kieth Sperry, of Louisville, is
the attractive guest of Miss Francis Sparks. ? Miss Jennie Davis
will attend commencement exercises at Berea College next week. ?
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hansel, of Lebanon Junction, are spending a few
days with relatives here. ? Miss Monte Martin will leave tomorrow
for Berea to visit her sister, Mrs. John Moore. ? Miss Elizabeth
Adams has returned from Campbell Hagerman College for summer
vacation. ? Mrs. W. E. Begley, of London, spent a portion of last
week with her brother, Dr. R. W. Dyche. ? Mr. and Mrs. P. Q.
Griffin, of Quail, spent Tuesday until Wednesday with Mrs.
Margaret Griffin. ? Mrs. G. M. Ballard is rapidly recovering from
the operation, which she underwent in Richmond last week. ? Mr.
and Mrs. Geizel, of Crab Orchard, were visiting Mrs. Geizel?s
parents, Prof. and Mrs. W. R. Dickerson. ? Miss Allie Lee Houk is
here from Jamestown, Ind. visiting her sisters, Mrs. Robert Cox
and Miss Mary Houk. ? Mr. and Mrs. John Moore, of Berea, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Moore?s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Martin. ? H. Burdette Houk, who has a splendid position with the
Belknap Hardware Co. in Louisville, is spending this week with
relatives and friends. ? Judge Sambrook, H. L. Delph, J. A.
Oliver, Mart Hix, J. W. Baker and John R. Carter all prominent
citizens of Livingston were here this week. ? Cashier W. L.
Richards broke dirt Wednesday for his new residence on the lot
purchased from Willis Adams and which joins Mr. Adams. ? Mr. and
Mrs. Will Newcomb, of Galveston, Texas, are here on a visit to
relatives. Will, who looks to be enjoying the best of health, is
just the same ?Will? as he used to be. ? Sam Cox and wife, who
have been residents of our town for the past six years, have moved
to Oakley in laurel County. Mr. Cox was a quiet, good citizen and
we regret to lose him from our number. ? Atty. and Mrs. John W.
Brown, Miss Ida Mae Adams, J. C. Adams, A. B. Furnish, J. A.
Landrum, George Owens, Chas. C. Davis, Atty. C. C. Williams and
John Robins, of Brodhead, were those who accompanied the remains
of Dr. P. Benton to Mt Sterling for burial.

LOCAL NEWS
          The engagement of Miss Tevis Carpenter, of Stanford, to
Rev. Homer W. Carpenter, of Lima, Ohio, is announced. ? Our
enterprising merchants, Asher & Noe, have made some improvements
around their store in the way of an addition and front, with a
coat of paint overall. ? The flourishing I. O. O. F. Lodge
observed Decoration day by marching to the Maret graveyard and
paying tribute to the memory of friends and relatives, with
appropriate ceremonies after which they enjoyed a delightful
luncheon at their lodge rooms, served by their wives, sisters and
sweethearts. The writer, who was a guest, is under many
obligations. ? The Wildie and Hiatt baseball team had a very
interesting game at Hiatt Saturday. Score was 5 to 2 in favor of
Wildie. These two teams are the strongest in the county. Both had
lots of practice this season. Let us suggest that Wildie, Hiatt
and Buckeye managers pick three men from each team and play the Mt
Vernon here about Saturday the 19th and call it the Rockcastle
game. ? The dedication service at the Christian Church Sunday
conducted by the Rev. F. M. Gaines, of Cincinnati, was a notable
event and the result was that $2750 was pledged to the church.
Rev. W. J. Loos, of Owenton, formerly pastor of this church was
present and participated in the service. G. D. White the pastor,
and Revs. V. T. Willis, J. D. Redd and W. L. Brock were present.
Prof. Copeland was the organist and the music was fine. The ushers
were: Messrs. R. M. Jackson, R. L. Slade, T. G. Moren and W. J.
Pearl. This report would not be complete without mentioning that
lunch was served in the basement. A fellowship meeting was held in
the afternoon at 3:30 and at night Rev. Gaines preached a fine
sermon. His subject being ?Christian Growth? London Democrat. ?
Death: Dr. Percy Benton, aged 45 years, died at his home in our
town last Friday afternoon. Dr. Benton was born and reared in Mt
Sterling, graduated from the University of Louisville Medical
college, followed by a post graduate course at the Medical College
of Philadelphia. He located at Brodhead in this county to practice
his profession. Dr. Benton was a natural physician and as we have
often heard other physicians say, he could easily diagnose the
disease of his patients. He was buried in the Macpelah cemetery in
Mt Sterling Sunday afternoon. ? The new Masonic hall will be ready
in about two weeks. ? The citizens have contributed most liberally
toward helping the band boys get started. The order for the
instruments has been made and by this time next week the music,
the kind that a band always makes will commence. ? For Sale: Two
small farms, mostly in grass. Will sell separate or as a whole.
Plenty of fruit. ?Mode? Crawford.

LIVINGSTON NEWS
     The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Bullock is very low. ?
Dr. R. G. Webb left Saturday for Burning Springs in Clay County to
visit his parents. He will be gone about one week. -- H. L. Delph
sold his house and lot to C. M. Griffin and will continue to do
business at the same place. Delph rented the property from Griffin
and will continue to do business at the same place. ? The
Democratic Chairman has called a special meeting in all the
precincts of the county to elect precinct committeemen, Saturday.
Let?s all turn out. ? Alvin Argenbright has just returned from
Ettawah, Tenn. About six months ago his best girl went to Ettawah
and about a week ago, Alvin went down and the two were made one.
So there is one less widower. ? Mrs. J. E. Woodall, a teacher in
the Baptist Sunday School, took her class Saturday to the famous
natural tunnel, where refreshments were served and a nice time was
reported. ? The drugstore was moved Monday into the Pennington
property. ? Mr. and Mrs. U. R. Foley have taken rooms with A.
Pennington. ? Mr. A. Pennington is mentioned as district chairman,
a good man for that place. ? Miss Lula Mericks and Miss Mayme
Benson, of Mt Vernon are visiting homefolks this week. ?
Carpenters have the new tank just about done. -- Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Omary are in Louisville on a week?s visit. ? Thomas Jones left
last night for Louisville. This is Tom?s second trip and yet his
eyes are very bad. ? Jim Neal, who works with the L & N bridge
gang, is at home for a few days. ? Frank Orndorff and James Burton
are at home this week from Ford. ? Farmers are getting bad in the
weeds because of so much rain. ? The Christian Endeavor will give
an ice-cream supper Thursday night. ? Bob Pike has returned from
Corbin where he has been for a few days. ? Joshua Boreing sold his
possessions on Gauley Branch for $550. Boreing will move to Brush
Creek and Delph will take possession at once, -- S. E. Pennington
will be at home one day this week. ? F. L. Thompson was in town
Tuesday.

QUAIL NEWS
               Haven?t seen any Quail items in the Signal for
sometime, thought I would crawl out of the briar patch and come
forth again. ? Services were held at Providence Sunday conducted
by Rev. Hubbard, of Stanford. ? Dr. D. E. Proctor and family, of
Louisville, are the guests of relatives in this section. ? Walker
Scott says wedding bells are soon to ring. ? Look out Walker. ?
Elder Foley will preach at Bethel Saturday night and Sunday. ?
Grant Thompson is numbered among the sick. ? Quail boy will soon
reorganize a baseball team. ? Mrs. Jacob Elder was the guest of
relatives this past week. ? P. Q. Griffin and wife are visiting in
Mt Vernon. ? J. D. Smith and wife were visiting his parents at
Crab Orchard the past week. ? Ernie and Opie Herrin and Melvin
Owens (the writer) are doing some plastering for the Cox Brothers
in Mt Vernon. ? The trial of John Woodson, colored, charged with
breaking into the house of John Elder and taking some articles,
which was postponed until today on account of the absence of
witnesses. The trial will be in the Magistrates court. ? Elder and
Owens, the singers of ?Zion,? will probably teach a class at
Livingston in the near future. ? Old Aunt Louiza still remains
very feeble. ? Miss Docia Reynolds, who has been an invalid for
sixteen or more years, is still in a very critical condition.

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