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

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Mount Vernon Signal
March 19, 1909

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PERSONAL NEWS
     Mrs. Della Rowzee is able to be out again. – J. S. Waddle of
Madison County was here this week. -- Dr. R. W. Dyche was in
London a few hours Sunday. – The condition of Dr. Benton remains
about the same as last week. – Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Nield of
Louisville were visitors here this week. – Mrs. Sallie Marett, of
Bryantsville, is visiting relatives in Rockcastle. – W. G. McBee
and Claude Cox made a business trip to Louisville Monday. – Miss
Lida Cook spent Sunday with Judge and Mrs. J. B. Lair near here. –
Mrs. Ina Miller returned from a visit to Lexington and Versailles.
– Hugh was in Livingston Tuesday between trains and says he is a
sure winner. – Cashier and Mrs. Hutcheson were up from Brodhead
for a few hours Sunday. – Mrs. C. D. Sutton, of Withers, is
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. V. McKenzie. -- Miss Bertha
Jones, of London, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Cox. – Grover Johnson is now chief clerk in the commissary for W.
J. Sparks Company at the quarry. – Little Miss Emma Davis is
spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Roberta Wallin, at Gum
Sulphur. – Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hutcheson, of Burnside, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Salin first of the week. – Mrs. Eva
Fish is teaching in the place of Miss Thorton, of Brown Memorial
School, who is very sick. – Mrs. J. Fish and little son, Jack, are
spending a few days with Mrs. Fish’s mother, Mrs. A. Maret, near
Wildie. – A. G. Bartlett, Secretary and Treasurer of W. J. Sparks
Company have arrived here and are in charge of their offices. –
Mrs. Jonas McKensie and brother, Andy Baker, were in Stanford at
the bedside of Mrs. White who died yesterday morning. – Dr. W. A.
Brown and son, Henderson and daughter, of Parksville, were here
for the burial of Mrs. Susan Henderson Tuesday. – Jeremiah Frith,
the Brodhead Log Man, is doing some shipping from Brush Creek,
Pine Hill and other parts along the line. – Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Broyles, of Indianapolis, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Nicely.
Mrs. Broyles who used to be Miss Leona Catron is in very poor
health. – Very favorable reports have been received from our
jailor, O. V. Jarrett, who is at Hot Springs, Ark. He is improving
fast and will be home within next thirty days. – We are glad to
note that Wm. Wood, of Roundstone, whose health has been poor for
several months, is improving on the Conway waters noted for their
health giving qualities. – Dr. Carter, Charles Hurt, Ora Frith and
H. C. Frith came up from Brodhead Tuesday to accompany the remains
of their friend and townsman, Manly Albright, to the home of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Albright. – We are glad to know that Mr. Henry
Branaman, who was operated on a few weeks since is rapidly
improving. Mr. Branaman fell several months and since that time
has been suffering from a trouble in his side and for this he had
the operation performed. (Mr. Branaman 1840 – 1912 is the deceased
great grandfather of my wife Norma Crawford Evans)  -- Master Bill
Johnson is threatened with the croup. – Miss Ethel Baker, of
London, is visiting Mrs. E. S. Albright. – Mrs. Ab Sparks was
visiting in Livingston the first of the week. – Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Hayes, of Conway, are the proud parents of a fine baby boy. – Mr.
Arthur Flannery, of Berea, was here Sunday calling on one of Mt
Vernon’s popular young ladies. – Miss Fannie, the pretty little
daughter of Mr. W. T. French, of the Wildie Section, has been real
sick this week, but is improving. – Dr. G. B. Lawrence and Mrs. G.
B. Rice were in Parksville Sunday to see their aunt, Mrs. Susan
Henderson, who died Monday night.
LOCAL NEWS
     Little Leonard Davis, who got his thigh broken, is improving.
– The bricklayers began laying brick on the Cox Bros. new building
Tuesday. – F. Krueger, the contractor, has begun  excavating for
the new building for J. Fish and W. L. Richards. – Tip Langford
has bought of R. B. Sams, the restaurant near livery stable, and
Mr. Sams with R. B. Shepherd, purchased the livery stable from
Arnold and Henzemann. – Burdette McKenzie and J. Tucker Bowling
were in Livingston yesterday between trains arranging for the play
which the Mt Vernon baseball boys will give tomorrow night. – The
play entitled “Breaking His Bonds” given by the Mt Vernon baseball
team last Friday night was a good one. You get your money’s worth.
See it at Livingston tonight and at Brodhead Saturday night. – Dr.
R. W. Dyche is having some very decided improvements made on his
residence on Main Street. The room which was formerly used for the
post office, he is having arranged for his office, which will be a
most desirable place. – WHITE At Stanford Thursday morning Mrs.
Lydia White, wife of James White, died at 4 o’clock of nervous
prostration, of which she had been a sufferer for many years. She
is a daughter of H. H. Baker, of this place. Nearly everyone in
the county knows him and he is universally respected. The remains
of Mrs. White will arrive here on the noon train and will laid
away in the Baker burying ground one and one-half miles west of
town this afternoon.

BRODHEAD NEWS
     On Tuesday morning at 10:15 our little town was shocked by
one of the saddest messages that could have been born to our
midst. It was that Manly Albright, the eldest son of Mrs. Mary
Albright, of this town, had suddenly met his death by an accident
while out at his work traveling. I am sure I speak the sentiment
of all when I say there was not a young man in our town that was
better liked by all, than Manly. He was noble, ambitious and
attentive both to his work, mother and home. He was well known in
this and adjoining counties and all who knew him loved him for his
polite genial disposition and cordiality which he possessed and
manifested to all. Words would serve as poor means to express the
grief that his many heart broken friends have to bear. But to his
mother, brother and relatives especially do we extend our heart
felt symypathy in their hour of bereavement. A host of sorrowing
friends accompanied his remains to the McKinney cemetery where
they were laid to rest. – The meeting conducted at the Baptist
church by Bro. Barnes, of Danville, closed Friday last with 60
additions to the church. It was certainly a power for good and we
would gladly welcome Bro. Barnes to our town again. – Mr. and Mrs.
Salin, of Mt Vernon, were the guests of J. W. Hutcheson and family
first of the week. – Henry Anderson who has held a position with
the L & N for sometime is at home again. – Frank Brooks and
daughter, Mrs. Hunt who has resided on Silver Street for some
eight months will occupy the property belonging to and recently
vacated by Dr. Benton. He expects to devote his time to raising
chickens principally. – C. H. Frith is in Lancaster, Berea and
Richmond this week in the interest of the Consolidated Gas and
Electric Company. – Mr. and Mrs. Grant Sigman and little daughter,
Belle, are the guest of John Sigman and granddaughter this week. –
Mrs. Wilmot , of this place, Mrs. Sallie Roberts, of Gum Sulphur,
and Mrs. Granville Leece, of copper Creek, are visiting Mrs. G. W.
Brooks in Williamsburg. – Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hutcheson, of
Burnside, Ky., are visiting here as the guests of Dr. Gravely and
family. – M. B. Bowling was in London Sunday. – J. M. Cress, of
Preacherville, is purchasing a good number of hogs in this
vicinity. – The play to have been given at the opera hall here
Wednesday night March 17th will be produced at a later date. This
troop was from Mt Vernon and we understand is well worth going to
see.

QUAIL NEWS
     E. A. Todd is still a candidate for matrimony. Here is hoping
him success. – W. H. Brown, of Preachersville, was in this section
this week on business. – Elbert Elder and Morris Taylor left for
Crawfordsville, Ind. Sunday last. – W. T. Taylor is on the sick
list. – On Monday morning March 15 at 7:40 A.M. the death angel
visited the house of Flora Thompson and claimed for its victim her
husband James Thompson, who was shot more than two years ago or
more, by Jeff Dowell. He leaves a wife and two small children to
mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. D. R. Gentry. The remains were interred
Tuesday in the Providence cemetery to await the resurrection morn.

LIVINGSTON NEWS
     There is a lot of sickness in this area. – S. E. Pennington
left Sunday for Arkansas. – J. G. Frith, of Brodhead, was here
Monday buying hogs. – Miss Nettie Rice is on the sick list this
week. --  Thomas Jones has returned from Louisville and his eyes
are much better. – S. J. Kinley who went to Logmount to dig coal
is at home sick with the fever. – Rev. Jameson filled his regular
appointment at the Baptist Church Sunday. – The Christian Endeavor
meets every Sunday night and much good is accomplished. – James
Poynter was taken seriously ill Monday supposed to be fever. –
Judge L. W. Bethurum and C. C. Williams were here taking
dispositions in the Dees & Mullins case. – Miss Bettie Pennington
who is attending college at Berea spent Saturday and Sunday with
homefolks. She was accompanied home by Miss Hazel Hilton, of
Berea. – There was a wreck here last Sunday caused by a car being
derailed. No one was hurt. – Bill Graves moved into the
Argenbright property Monday and H. D. McGee moved into the house
vacated by bill. – Mrs. Perry Dees who was very sick is some
better at this writing. – John Farmer, of McKee, was here last
Saturday shaking hands with his many friends. John is jailer in
Jackson County and is now a candidate for Sheriff. John I hope you
win. I am a Democrat. – The Eight Gables Hotel with J. T. Chewning
proprietor is crowded. No matter how hard the times people will
travel. – J. W. Baker went to Berea Sunday to visit his son, John,
who is running a store in that town. – R. B. Smith who bought and
sawed the logs for the Ford Lumber Company, here last summer, is
here loading his lumber. H. L. Delph has added another room to
store and is filling it with goods. – T. J. Nicely, candidate of
Sheriff, was here Monday talking with the boys. – Prof. W. R.
Dickerson, candidate for School Superintendent, has entered the
race for certain. We believe the Prof. will be a good man in that
place, if he can beat the other boys. – Dr. W. J. Childress was
called to see the little child of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Whitis Tuesday.
– J. D. McFerron was here Tuesday presenting his side of the
question to the boys and telling them that he would be the next
Superintendent of Schools. – W. H. Burton made a flying trip to
London. Look out there is something in the wind. – Mrs. J. D.
Martin, of Paris, is visiting the families of W. H. Burton and Sam
Ward. – Livingston although a small town with nine stores can
boast of the trade it gets. The crossties, logs, wool and lumber
make it a hustling town. – Bill Stanley, of Gravel Switch has
purchased the farm owned by a Mr. Hanks. Price paid $200.00. Hanks
moved to Virginia. Stanley will move to his farm this fall. –
Urban Chewning still makes his Sunday visits up Gauley Branch. Say
Urban, what is he attraction? We believe there will be a wedding
soon, anyone doubting this can ask Alvin Argenbright. – Bowman &
Cockrell have started their mill and we are informed that the Coal
Company will begin work the first of May. – C. M. Griffin who is
running an extra gang and who is located at London is here doing
some special work for the L & N. – The Railroad Company is having
a lot of trouble with the track between here and Perth. The track
is put up on sand and it goes down after such rains as we have had
of late.

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