Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1908 - Rockcastle Co FROM LONG AGO Submitted By: Ray E_v_a_n_s ray.evans@worldnet.att.net Mount Vernon Signal February 14, 1908 (Note: This information has been re-typed from the microfilm. The re-typed material has been subjected to a computerized spelling check. However, an effort has been made to preserve the English usage and spelling of that period.) BRODHEAD NEWS Horace Benton of Lebanon Junction is at home laid up with the grip. - Ben Pike has returned from a ten-day's trip through Central Kentucky. - Walter Miller has returned to Lebanon Junction after spending several days with his family here. - W. A. Carson is putting the finishing touch on John Robins' new drug store and he [?] will be quietly domiciled in it in about ten days. - Aunt Judith Chestnut is visiting her son, Jopp McCall, at Maretburg. - Oban Owens is very sick of pneumonia. - O. A. Frith is numbered among the sick this week. - Rev. A. J. Pike has just returned from a fifteen-day trip through Central Kentucky, touching Lexington, Paris, Winchester and Berry in Harrison County. At the latter place he preached a series of sermons after which he was called as the pastor of the Kelat Baptist church paying him $180 per year for one Sunday in each month. On his return home he preached the funeral of the late Harry Jenkins at Livingston Tuesday morning. - Miss Maude Watson had a very severe attack of bronchitis. - Miley Hawkins is visiting homefolks at Lebanon Junction. - Orvil Shafer, aged about 26 years, son of W. T. Shafer, of near this place, was killed at Dosset, Tennessee by a freight train running over him and severing his body just about the waist. He was peacefully laid to rest amid a large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends at the Baptist church burying ground. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn their loss. - Aunt Jane Woodyard, as she was familiarly called, passed into the great beyond at 3:30 A.M. Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Helton, She was 89 years of age and had been bedfast for two years. She was a good Christian woman having professed religion many years ago, and placed her membership with the Baptist church. All who knew her say she was one of the best and greatest women in this county. Her husband, uncle Dock who is eight years her junior, is still living and is very hale and hearty. All our prayers are to give him strength to overcome this dark hour of trouble. Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, both residents of the town, who are Mrs. Susie B. Cherry and Mrs. Harry Helton. She was laid to rest at 10:30 A.M. Thursday morning amid a large crowd of sorrowful friends and relatives. All the bereaved ones have our heartfelt sympathy in their dark hour of despair. - Mr. J. C. McClary, of Stanford. and Mesdames Albright and Brown of Mt Vernon attended the funeral of Mrs. Jane Woodyard. - J. R. Cass and son were in Stanford Monday. - J. W. Hutcheson has returned from a three day's business trip to Frankfort. - Robert G. Wilmott, of Nepton, spent Sunday with homefolks. - Jopp Albright was mingling with old friends here Sunday. - W. H. Krueger was down from Mt Vernon smiling on one of our girls Sunday. LANGFORD NEWS Uncle Anderson Proctor is improving after three weeks confinement to his bed. - Marvel Coffey has greatly improved and the community is much helped up over his recovery. - The Coffey Brothers has the framing for the Buckeye school house about sawed, and will soon put it on the building ground. - W. T. Sharp has moved to Langford in the house vacated by Elmer Coffey which is the property of W. H. Baker. He will work for the Kentucky Free Stone Co., this season. - Taylor Clarks' family has been very sick for the past week. - Mrs. W. H. Baker has been on the sick list for several days. - Little Clyde Baker is suffering from rheumatism. - D. L. Carter, general foreman for the Kentucky Free Stone Co., is improving his farm by ditching and draining his low land. - W. H. Baker, our Langford merchant, is doing a good business. - S. Fuqua passed through here Monday, and the creek being past fording, he was compelled to walk across the R. R. bridge and have his horse sent across to him. The horse landed all right. - Mrs. James Reynolds is reported better at this writing. - Mrs. W. T. Davis and daughter, Emma, visited her grandfather, Mr. A. G. Proctor Saturday. - Richard Proctor's family has just recovered from a bad siege of measles. - W. C. Johnson, of Cove, was in this place Monday on business. - J. H. Coffey, the saw mill man at this place got a toe mashed by an anvil dropping on it. But you know Jim, he kept on hopping and sawing. - Alfred Leger is going to move on his fathers' place which is known at the Dooley place. - L. H. Leger is having his bottom cleared up. - Mrs. Lucy Kelly is very feeble. - John Proctor, of Burgin, went home Saturday after spending two weeks with his father at this place. BEE LICK NEWS Rev. J. L. Davis filled his regular appointment at Providence last Sunday. - Pleas Brown spent Saturday night with his cousin Melvin Owens. - Mrs. Ramsey is numbered among the sick. - Mrs. Mary E. Brown spent Sunday with her father Mr. Martin Owens who is not expected to live but a short time. - Mrs. Babe Brown has been very sick but is better at this time. - Mrs. Coleman and daughter of Cincinnati are at the bedside of her son, Mr. James who is not expected to live. - Aunt Louisa Reynolds remains about the same. - Josh Brown is on the sick list. - Jas. Reynolds, our hustling merchant, is doing a good business. - Misses Nettie Rogers and Maudie Thompson spent Sunday with their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Brown. PINE HILL NEWS Rev. Barnes of Skaggs Creek held services here Sunday and Sunday night. - Guess the people who donated for the benefit of the Baptist Church will be glad to know that it is being built as fast as the means and material can be gotten, and we hope to see it finished by spring as it is needed very bad. - Rev. Jones was elected as pastor of the Baptist church for another year. He is now attending school in Louisville. - Mrs. W. A. Falin of Cove was visiting her son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Falin last week. - Wheeler Meadows was down from Corbin Sunday to see his brother J. T. Meadows. - W. M. Doan is visiting homefolks this week. - Mrs. G. W. Doan has been very sick but is better at this writing. - Val Freeman Jr. was at home Sunday to see his parents and sister, Mrs. James Meadows. He has a position as chief call boy at Corbin. - Miss Ida Johnson was visiting homefolks first of the week. - The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Grubb died last week of measles. The rest of the family had them, but are on the road to recovery. - Miss Addie Owens is visiting Mrs. E. J. McHargue. - V. P. Freeman is running a store here and having a good trade. - A sad accident occurred here Sunday morning at about 11 o'clock. Flagman Harry Jenkins while stepping from one car to another fell between them. One car and the caboose passed over him cutting off both his legs. It was an awful sight to see him suffering. He was taken to Mt Vernon and died shortly thereafter. - J. R. Gibson is on the sick list. - Mrs. Wilse Carpenter is some better at this writing. HIATT NEWS Sheridan Bowman is on the sick list. - Elias Carpenter has returned to his home in Jackson County. - Robert Bowman was over from Mt Vernon Sunday. - Albert Hiatt was with homefolks Sunday. - D. N. Welch, the traveling salesman for Bryan, Goodwin and Hunt, was with A. C. Hiatt Thursday. -- Brother Smith filled his regular appointment at Oak Hill Saturday and Sunday. - George Huff and brother from Illinois are visiting relatives and friends in this county. - Annie Smith and little brother Cecil were visiting their cousin Fannie Hiatt Friday. PERSONAL NEWS Dallas Rule spent Sunday with homefolks at Liberty. - J. T. Chewing was up from Livingston Tuesday. - Attorney C. C. Williams attended court at London. - Charlie McKensie was in Crab Orchard a few hours Monday. - R. L. Collier, the pole and spoke man, was here first of the week. - Mrs. Alva Maret, of Wildie, was visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. Fish. - Miss Lettie Caldwell of London is the guest of Mrs. G. M. Ballard. - Big Jim Hayes was over from Round Stone country Monday. - Dr. R. W. Dyche and W. H. Fish were in Stanford first of the week. - Edgar Mullins has resigned his position with the Falls City Hat Co. - Miss Uta Hutcheson of Owenton is the guest of her sister, Mrs. M. B. Salin. - Mr. J. W. VanWinkle, of Richmond, has been in Mt Vernon for several days. - Larry Welch writes from Scottsville that he is having a most delightful visit. - Miss Mary Houk will go to Indiana to make her home with her brother Elmer. - Earnest Smith who got his leg broke Xmas eve day is able to be out on crutches. - The two sons of W. A. Carson, of Maretburg, were reported very sick first of the week. - Mrs. Nannie C. Albright went to Brodhead Wednesday to visit relatives and attend the funeral of Mrs. Woodyard. - John Jones has made a model of his invention a timber measuring apparatus for finding the number of feet in a standing tree. - Mrs. R. E. Thompson, daughter, Miss Lillie and son, Bragg, came up from Crab Orchard Friday to visit Mrs. W. M. Poynter. - Mr. and Mrs. Lee Webb and Ray Bentley, of Louisville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sparks several days this week. - Mrs. J. W. Brown and mother, Mrs. Conn, attended the burial of Mrs. Woodyard at Brodhead and are the guest of Mrs. J. Thos. Cherry. - Dr G. H. Albright who underwent an operation at Lexington last week is doing very nicely and it is believed he will now recover. - Mrs. Betsy Wallen, who has heart dropsy, is in a very serious condition and has not been able to lie down for several weeks. She is close to 80 years old. - Mrs. R. B. Mullins has returned from Fountain Head, Tennessee. Her mother, Mrs. House, who is suffering from what she believes to be a cancer was slightly improved. - Esmer Towery, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Towery of Berea left for Texas the ninth, and if she likes the country will lookout a location for his father. - Mrs. Nannie Harp left Tuesday for California where she will join her husband, J. H. Harp. She was accompanied as far as Louisville by her sister, Mrs. Kitty Smith. - Elmer Houk received a telegram Wednesday from Jamestown, Ind. that his farm is ready for him to take possession and to come at once. He will leave by the first of next month. - George Fredericks who shot himself through the wrist several weeks ago, fracturing the bones in such a way, that it was necessary to remove part of one of the bones is experiencing considerable difficulty in getting the wound to heal properly. - D. C. Pullins was over from Conway Saturday. He has decided to locate at Berea for the present. - Mrs. Della Rowze will leave first of next week for Joyce in Casey County to accept a position in the store of V. J. Wesley. - Mrs. Cleo W. Brown has gone to Louisville and Cincinnati to be gone two weeks getting the latest in spring millinery. - Jack McCall spent a short while here with relatives last week. Jack looks the picture of health and we are glad to know he is prospering in his Tennessee home. LOCAL NEWS The people on the Eastern side of the county are certainly entitled to a bridge across Roundstone at Orlando, and while the county may not be in a position to build such a bridge as has been spoken of several times, yet we do believe, it can well afford to build one similar to the one across Roundstone at Livingston. Many of the fords along this creek are so deep that with the least rise in the creek are past fording on horse, and to the unacquainted are very dangerous. We hope to see some favorable step taken by the Fiscal Court to supply this almost absolute necessity. ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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