Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1907 - Rockcastle Co FROM LONG AGO Submitted By: Ray E_v_a_n_s ray.evans@worldnet.att.net Mount Vernon Signal December 20, 1907 (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 Rev. A. J. Pike went to Livingston Wednesday to marry a couple. - The protracted meeting which was to begin at the Methodist church last Friday night has been put off until some later date on account of Rev. Carter's serious illness. - Miss Bettye Hicks was unexpectedly called to Louisville to attend the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Larkin Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks were returning from Kansas City when Mrs. Hicks became very ill in Louisville. We hope she will be able to resume her homeward journey in a few days. - Thomas W. Evans of Lebanon Junction is at home for a few days. - Thos. W. Capps of Lebanon Junction was at home for a few days hunt last week. - School will be out here today. - E. R. Gentry is assisting R. H. Hamm in his store during the holiday festivities. - Don't fail to attend the big Xmas tree at the Christian church on Christmas Eve night on Dec. 24th. All denominations are cordially invited to take part. - Rals Wilmott came up from Lebanon Junction Wednesday to visit relatives here. - Horace Benton of Lebanon Junction was up Wednesday shooting quail. - George Frith and Miss Rosa Pike are in from Berea College until the holidays are over. - Miss Ethel Hilton is at home from Hamilton College. She will remain at home until after New Years. - M. C. Albright has just returned from a very pleasant trip to Troy, Ky. where he has been the guest of A. C. McClary. - N. Giles Carter left this A. M. for Sherbourne where he will play Cashier of the bank at that place during Cashiers Smith's absence. - A. C. Kidwell was up from Lebanon Junction to see one of our belles last Tuesday afternoon and evening. - Movement is on foot to have the branch that runs through the middle of Main Street tiled. This will be one of the greatest improvements ever made in our town. - Wm. Adams has moved from his property on Hill Street to his new residence in Jeffersonville, Ind. - Miss Burdette Owens very royally entertained last Thursday evening in honor of Miss Giles Cater of Owenton. LIVINGSTON NEWS Mrs. Angie Salyers is out from Corbin spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Susie Hicks. - Rev. A. J. Pike came down from Brodhead Wednesday to attend the Foley/McGuire nuptials. - Mrs. Harry Jenkins was in Corbin Monday and Tuesday. - Mrs. J. R. Carter is in Louisville buying Xmas goods. - Miss Nettie Rice was in Mt Vernon first of the week visiting Miss Clyde Lair. - Miss Lida Cook and Mr. James Hall are on the sick list. - Everybody is preparing for Xmas. Too busy to "catch items." - The Presbyterian Church will give an entertainment and Christmas tree to the Sunday school children. - The Baptist Church will present the "Log Cabin" and will also have entertainment. - The Christian Church will have two large Christmas trees, an arch and an entertainment. - Ben Hogan from Pineville was here Wednesday and Tuesday calling on a pretty young lady. - Mrs. Arthur Boreing has returned from Parksville to spend the winter. - A pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McGuire Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, when Mr. Oscar Foley and Miss Lena McGuire said the solemn but sweet words, "Until death do us part." Rev A. J. Pike of Brodhead was the officiating clergyman. The groom is an L& N employee and a handsome man of excellent character. The bride is the beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McGuire, and is very sweet and lovable, of excellent Christian disposition and well worth the love and respect of this noble young man. May their wedded life be a life of bliss and prosperity. The bride and groom left Thursday morning for Middlesboro where they will spend a few days with the groom's parents. They will also spend a few days in Louisville, Paris, Lexington and Lebanon Junction before returning to Livingston where they will make their home for a while at least. Quite a lot of handsome and costly presents were received; all of which were appreciated. - Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Rowlett of Lexington and Mrs. John Shearer, of Paris, attended the wedding of her sister, Mrs. Cleva McGuire Foley. - The remains of the child of Mr. and Mrs. James Parsons of Berea was brought here for burial Friday and interred in the McGuire family burying ground. - Harry Lee was in town Wednesday. - Miss Eva Dugger has returned to her home in Paris, Tenn., after a pleasant visit here. Her brother, Carter Dugger, accompanied her home. - Harry Jenkins happened to a painful accident Monday by getting two toes broken and foot badly mashed. He is in town visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hayes. - Several cases of measles and whooping cough are in town and the latter is going quite hard with some of the small children. ORLANDO NEWS Mud is no scarcity at Brush Creek at present. - The school at Maple Grove closed Friday of last week. - Mrs. Martha Mason, of Pine Hill, was the guest of Mrs. Lizzie Ball Saturday and Sunday. - Mrs. Lydia Bryant is reported very sick. - Mrs. Mary Chasteen, of Wildie, is visiting her father, Rev. Williams. - The Rev. Wilson of Brodhead is holding a series of meetings at Maple Grove. - Mr. E. J. Anderson has gone with a crew of men to do section work beyond Livingston. - The school at Flat Rock taught by Kizzie Ponder will close Saturday with an exhibition and dinner for all. - Mrs. Nancy Hicky who has been very sick is somewhat improved. - Mrs. Hacker Williams visited her mother at Roundstone this week. - Mrs. Flurry Laswell who was reported very sick last week is convalescing. - Rev. Will Williams is clerking in the store of H. L. Smith. - Emmett Treadway remains very seriously ill. - Albert Hickey had one of his fingers very badly mashed a few days ago. - The exercises at the Maple Grove Sabbath school will be held on Xmas eve. - Mrs. Proctor of Wildie was the guest of her daughters, Miss Ila and Mrs. J. A. Wood last week. - Cupid seems to be a successful worker in this vicinity. We expect an opportunity later to report some of his doings. - We have just received from Chicago a nice up-to-date line of pictures, shaving sets, stand mirrors, hand mirrors, puff jars and etc. Chas. S. Davis OTTAWA NEWS W. T. Proctor has been doing some carpenter work for his father at Quail. - Laswell and son are doing a good business with their mill. - Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rogers of Small, Ky. spent Thursday and Friday with J. W. Brown and Messrs. Eugene Rogers, J. W. Brown and J. B. Sutton all went hunting. - J. S. Cash, the hustling merchant, seems to be doing a good business at this place. - The public school at this place closed Wednesday much to the regret of the scholars. - Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rogers of Small, Ky. visited relatives here Thursday night and Friday. - Farmers here are preparing for winter by getting up a nice lot of wood. - Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brown visited relatives in Lincoln County Saturday and Sunday. Christmas is drawing night again and the boys and girls are expecting a nice time as they usually do in this vicinity. - Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sutton visited Mr. and Mrs. Tart Proctor Saturday night and Sunday. WILDIE NEWS Mrs. Mary Jones was in Berea the latter part of last week. - Mr. Ora Adams returned to his home from an extended visit in Celina, Texas. - Misses. Minnie and Betty Fish were in Berea shopping last Thursday and Friday. - Miss Ila Proctor is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Wood of Orlando. - Miss Stella Adams is visiting in Stanford and Livingston this week. - Mrs. Mary Chasteen visited her parents in Orlando first of the week. - Misses Anna Branaman and Ella Adams were visiting in Richmond Friday and Saturday. - Mr. Harrison Branaman is moving this week to the property where Mr. Will Hayes lived. We are glad that he is getting closer to Wildie. - Miss Etta Moore of Berea was the guest of Mrs. Eliza Wood Saturday and Sunday. SAYERS NEWS Once more the winter cold and snow drives us to the comfortable firesides to spend the long evenings, it is then we take pleasure in "scribbling" a few items for the dear old "SIGNAL." - Xmas again! How fast the years fly, how much often the Xmas festivals seem to drift by as we grow older, with all its sweet memories and beautiful associations Xmas should be the gladdest, happiest time of all the year, no matter how gloomy the day or how sad the thought, both will brighten as the remembrance of Xmas the birthday of our Savior. What matters it to us if great scholars differ as to the exact date. Isn't it enough to know that the most vital points to us are beyond contradiction? Many hundred years ago in Bethlehem a babe was born, he grew to manhood a perfect living representative of the power as well as love and mercy of God and at last died on the cross to redeem the world. That our present keeping of Xmas is out of spirit with the life and teaching of Christ there is no doubt but that is our fault not his. Above it all towers the fact that no other human being has ever been born into the world who has so blessed it, who has done so much plain practical good and lifted humanity to so much higher plain of civilization as this lonely babe of Bethlehem. Then let us be thankful for this and all other Xmas days. - Miss Jalia Reynolds, our school marm, visited homefolks from Friday until Monday. - W. H. Owens closed his school at Quail Tuesday. - Dr. Walker Owens of Pongo was in this section Saturday and Sunday. - Miss Jalia Reynolds and Mr. W. G. McBee closed two very successful schools today at Sayers and Freedom respectively. - Wade H Graves our hustling telephone man was in this section this week. - The writer closed his school at Union Wednesday. - Granville Owens of Brodhead passed enroute to Wabd Sunday to visit relatives. - J. M. Craig still buys anything that has four feet. - Mr. Dillingham from N. C. has moved to his property recently bought from Dock Owens near here. - Mat Brown who has had a serious attach of fever is able to be out again. - Tom French will soon be moved to the "Bluegrass." - Eugene Gentry was with homefolks Sunday. - Mrs. Thomas Capps of Lebanon Junction and Mrs. Robert Albright of Stanford visited their mother here last week. - The Sunday school at Freedom is progressing nicely despite the weather. - It is the custom in the country to let the Sunday school close during the winter months, but this should not be. Let the good work go on. It is a poor Christian that can't face a little wind and weather to attend Sunday school an hour every Sunday. CONWAY NEWS Mr. Ike Dooley of Mullins Station was here this week looking at some farms with a view of buying in this section. - From the amount of jugs being put off here each day it looks like somebody is preparing to celebrate Christmas. - We have mud to let now. - Mr. George Cornelson and family moved to Madison County this week. - Mr. George Ketron has attached a shingle rig to his gristmill and is now ready to cut shingles to a finish. - Mr. C. H. Smith is building a new ell to his dwelling house. - Mr. Chambers Oldham and Henry Wood visited relatives and friends at Mt Vernon this week. - Rankin Alexander who has been in the West for the past year is visiting relatives here. - Mr. H. A. Wood our accommodating Railroad agent at this place has tendered his resignation. We do not know at this writing who will take his place. - Mr. Scott Beldon who has been on the sick list is able to be out again. - Several cases of measles are reported in out little village. - John Quinn is clerking for J. J. Wood since the mill at this place shut down. - All the boys who went to Illinois from here to work during the crop season are returning home to spend Christmas. - H. C. Smith is visiting his daughter at Mt Vernon this week. - B. B. Beldon is handling the saw rig at George Ketron's Shingle mill. ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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