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 May 29, 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.) PERSONAL NEWS J. W. Rider is at home this week. - Frank Meyers was with homefolks Sunday. - Mrs. Henry Catron is visiting relatives in the country. - Miss Mattie Joplin has returned from school at Lexington. - Mrs. G. B. Lawrence is with her sisters, Mesdames Lawrence and Maret. - Elmer Lechleiter took the third degree in Masonry Monday night. - Mrs. M. J. Miller, Jr., spent several days in Louisville last week. - Mrs. E. S. Albright and children are with relatives at London this week. - Edgar Mullins has a position as traveling salesman for a Cincinnati shoe house. - Mrs. McMullin, mother of Jack McMullin, is very low and not expected to live. - Mrs. A. W. Soward, of Barbourville, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Carmical. - Mr. J. L. Joplin is here this week mixing and mingling with his many friends. - Miss Lula McCoy has returned from Midway where she attended school last year. - Chester Landrum has returned from Winchester where he attended school last year. - Mrs. J. W. Riddle, of Walnut Grove, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Hale at this place. - Mat Cummins was over from Cartersville for a few days this week visiting relatives and friends. - Dr. E. J. Brown, of Stanford, is spending three weeks in Chicago attending a special course of lectures. - T. M. Noe and F. W. Hensley are in Harlan County this week looking after some business matters. - Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Oliver were guests of the families of A. H. Hamlin and James Meadows from Sunday until Tuesday. - Misses Rilla Hiatt and Jennie Davis are spending the week in the country, the guests of Miss Minnie Hiatt, of Hiatt, Ky. - Little Miss Sallie Stewart, a Brown Memorial student, spent Saturday and Sunday with her father, L. T. Stewart at Wildie. - Dock Chandler and Wix Dillion completed their work in the postal service Tuesday. Mr. Chandler will teach at Corbin this fall. - Miss Elizabeth Adams returned from Campbell-Hagerman College yesterday. She has as her guest her school chum, Miss Theodocia Peak. - Mr. J. M. Hensley, of Texas, is visiting the families of his brother-in-law, I. A. Bowman, of Conway, and nephew, Felix Bowman of this place. - Mrs. C. B. Henderson and children have returned to their home at Somerset after spending three weeks with her father, W. A. B. Davis of this place. - Dock Langford was in London Sunday to see his brother, Eliza, who is getting well fast, being sufficiently improved to go about most any place he desires. - Hon. W. H. Shanks, of Stanford candidate for Democratic Executive Committeeman for the Eighth District, was here between trains Wednesday. All Democrats whom we have heard express themselves are for Lincoln County's candidate, a splendid man and good candidate. LOCAL NEWS A party of about twenty-five from the Hiatt neighborhood, spent a most delightful day Wednesday on the banks of Roundstone Creek, fishing and picnicking. - Mr. Jim Baker is able to be out again after an illness of two weeks. - Mr. Beaty is progressing nicely with his mill house. - A council of Red Men is being organized here. Dr. R. W. Dyche is the promoter. - See the entertainment at the Court House this evening for benefit of the Christian Church. - Whooping cough is still raging, there being several new cases developed in the last few days. - Little Lilly Ada, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milt Mize is dead. - Rev. A. J. Pike will preach at the Baptist Church Saturday evening and Sunday morning and evening. - Next week will be the closing exercises of the Brown Memorial School and everybody is cordially invited to attend. - CHEAP RATES The L & N will sell tickets to Louisville June 8, to 10, limit 15, for $4.12 round trip, on account of General Association of Kentucky Baptists. - Jarvis Noe, age 17 years, son of Mr. T. M. Noe, was poisoned Sunday by eating strawberries. Dr. S. C. Davis was called at once and in a short time had him out of danger. He is now able to be at his work. - We call attention of our marshal to the shooting on the streets with 22 rifles at birds, which if not stopped will certainly result in something serious. So long as it is done only by the grown up people, there is but little danger, but the boys will soon be the principle ones and then the danger comes, not from any intentional act but from carelessness. - The jury in the trial of Charley Cooper failed to agree. The jury stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal. The report was circulated here Saturday afternoon that the jury stood ten for life sentence and two for hanging, but it was entirely wrong and we do not see how such a serious mistake could have been made. - A game of ball between Mt Vernon and Walnut Grove is scheduled for this afternoon to be played on the formers grounds. - The private school of Miss Ida May Adams closes today. Ice cream and cake will be served to the entire school this afternoon at her father's residence. - We would suggest to our town board and the marshal that there are several hog pens within the corporate limits, which should be removed. - ENTERTAINMENT: "The Merry Widow" Given under the auspices of the Willing Workers for benefit of the Christian Church at the Court House Friday Evening May 29th. CAST OF CHARACTERS. Mrs. Milford, Miss Anna Tate; Rose Milford, Miss McKensie; Polly Dowler, Miss Lizzie Adams; Sooky Button, Miss Daisy Fish; Kile Brantford, A. B. Furnish; Frank Colewood, C. D. Sutton; Ike Hopper, W. H. Krueger; Zeke, W. H. Fish; Sheriff, Dr. Dyche; Night Riders, Chas. Mckensie, F.L. Thompson, Jr. and Shirley Tate. BRODHEAD NEWS Mr. A. W. Hiatt has returned home from a three week's stay at Dunmore, where he was the acting cashier of the Dunmore bank, while Cashier McClary was attending the bedside of his wife, who is much improved in health we are glad to say. - Fred Pike, of Livingston, was visiting relatives and friends here Wednesday. - Quite a crowd of the youngersters spent Sunday afternoon with Bogue Smith in the country. They reported a very enjoyable time eating strawberries and cake. - Miss Rosa Pike is spending the week on Copper Creek with her sister, Mrs. Robert Hicks. - Miss Cora Wesley, of Liberty, is spending a week here with her grand mother, Mrs. Mollie S. Durham. - G. L. Waterbury, Asst. Cashier of the Pine Knot Banking Co. at Pine Knot, Ky. was here Tuesday to see Cashier J. W. Hutcheson. - W. J. Featherstone and W. H. Krueger, of Mt Vernon, were down Sunday calling on two of our good looking girls. - Chas. S. Pike is improving very fast and we hope to be able to see him out in a very short time. - Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Leece have moved to Williamsburg where Mr. Leece holds a very lucrative position with the L & N. - Mrs. A. M. Mermon and children, of Cynthinia, are guests of her sister, Mrs. Percy Benton. - H. F. Brooks and John Robins were in Mt Vernon on business last Monday. - Mrs. W. A. Hunt returned Wednesday from a visit to her father-in-law, Mr. Pack Hunt at Maretburg. - Dr. W. F. Carter and Miss Etta Cable visited friends in Casey County last week. - Miss Mattie Wilmott left last Saturday for Williamsburg to spend two months as the guest of her sister, Mrs. G. W. Brooks. - The announcement in the Signal last week with reference to Ed Smith going to get married proved to be untrue much to the regret of some of Ed's friends, as they were expecting to get a big treat. - Mrs. J. W. Hutcheson left Tuesday for a month's stay in Mercer and Owen counties. LIVINGSTON NEWS Louis Elmore, of Ettawa, Tenn., who has been spending a week with his friend, Casper Adams, has returned to his home. - Mrs. W. H. Haver and children, of Ohio, who have been spending some weeks with her mother, Mrs. J. R. Orndorff, returned to their home Sunday. - William McCleland Johnson of Lancaster was in town Monday but only remained between trains. - J. J. Branpus, the dry goods salesman from Cincinnati was with us Sunday and Monday. - F. B. Endicott, the piano salesman , of Winchester, is with us again this week. - Dr. Dean, the dentist who has been with us for ten days left Monday for Danville. There are two more dentists yet at the Eight Gables. - The ice cream and strawberry supper was a great success in every respect, except the strawberries which was not altogether a failure. The committee placed the order with H. C. Lee for the berries but Harry did not get the order in time and had it not been for the kindness of J. P. E. Drummond we would have been completely disappointed but Pete, as usual was equal to the emergency and let us have ten gallons which he had just received for his own tooth, so that it could be said that we had strawberries. The Endeavor Society wish to thank the good people who took such an active part in this affair and wish to doubly thank the entire public for their liberal patronage. The net profits were about $35.00, and everyone present seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest extent. - The "Red Men" failed to organize last night (Wednesday) on account of a sufficient number not being present. They will try again later. - We are sorry to say that "Dad" Pope does not improve to the satisfaction of his many friends. We certainly hate to see as good a man as "Dad" confined to his bed when we know how greatly he desires to be out and moving about in such fine weather. - W. F. Sherridan, Inspector of Transportation for the L & N, spent Friday and Saturday among his many friends here. He was stopping with his old friend L. M. Westerfield. - Mr. Smith, from Louisville, and clerk of the Superintendent's office at that place, was in our city Tuesday. We suppose he was discharging the duties of straightening out our Chief Dispatcher, R. J. Lemons. - Mrs. Annie Barber and daughter, of Boston, Ky., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Preston. Mrs. Preston has been very sick but is some better at present. Wm. Daughterty, Mrs. Preston's uncle, of Boston is also visiting them this week. - Mr. and Mrs. Bonner, of Falmouth, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bowers first of the week. - W. H. Anderson, General Roadmaster Manny and Roadmaster Thos. Walker spent Wednesday and part of Thursday in our city. - Gene Orndorff is at home for a few weeks vacation and much needed rest. - We call attention of our town board again regarding the cleaning of our streets and premises. The citizens will talk among each other about such things and will give our board the very d___l because they don't look after and clean up such places when it is their duty as citizens to go before the Board and make complaint and ask for such nuisances to be removed. There are some very offensive places in our little town and we are satisfied that our Board will have them looked after, but lets give them a fair deal and then if they don't do it we will be justified in giving them hail Columbia. - The following crowd of young folks spent Sunday afternoon at the noted pleasure spot, the "lettered rock" Messrs Jackson, Tipkin, Kettig and Jackson, of the Bell Telephone corps of engineers, and W. C. Digger, the snake charmer, and Misses Georgia McFerron, Anna Fishback, Cora Wright, Florence and Flora Pennington and Frank Alcorn. The crowd was chaperoned by Mrs. W. H. Magee and Mrs. W. W. Wright. As they have especially requested me to say nothing about their getting lost, I will of course respect their wishes. All report a delightful time, especially the ride behind the splendid team of the engineers corps. - There was services at the Baptist Church Sunday last, conducted by the regular pastor, Bro. Bush. - Thos. Dees and S. E. Pennington are beautifying their store houses by new coats of paint. Let the good work go on it certainly adds to the credit of our town to see newly painted buildings. ******************************************************************************* 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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