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 January 31, 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 Born to the wife of Walter Miller a daughter. Mother and babe doing well. - Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hutcheson and Mr. and Mrs. J. Thos. Cherry attended the "Holy City" presented by Walton's Opera House at Stanford last Monday. - Chas. R. Pike, of Knoxville, Tenn., spent Monday and Tuesday with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Pike here. - Conn Evans, of Rowland, spent Sunday with homefolks. - Mrs. L. B. Hilton, of Stanford, spent Saturday and Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. J. R. Cass. - Mrs. A. J. Pike and son, Goebel, are visiting in Corbin and Jellico this week. - Dr. O. O. Stone has returned from Tazewell, Tenn., where he went to pay the last sad visit to his father whom he had been notified was dead but which proved to be untrue, we are glad to say. - Mrs. John Nevius came up from Lebanon Junction Tuesday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hilton. - Miss Lem Fay Jones has returned to her home in Oliac, Ind., after spending a few days here as the guest of Miss Burdette Owens. - Miss Beulah Wallen, of Cedar Creek, and Miss Roberta Davis, of Mt Vernon, are the charming visitors of Mrs. J. E. Wallen. - Aunt Judy Chesnut is very sick at her daughter's, Mrs. F. Francisco. - Woodyard Owens is seeking pleasures in Louisville this week. - Dr. Percy Benton and pretty daughter Miss Willie have returned from a weeks stay in Mt Sterling. - Sherley Tate spent Saturday and Sunday with his uncle, J. W. Tate. - Rev. A. J. Pike preached a very interesting sermon at Freedom last Sunday. - Miss Frances Forbes, of Level green, was in town Tuesday shopping. - W. H. Krueger, of Mt Vernon, was down Sunday to see one of our girls. - Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Leece have returned from a two week's visit to Mrs. Leece's parents at Rockhold, Ky. - W. B. Bowling is spending a few days with his parents on Big Racoon in Laurel County. - Mrs. M. B. Salin was the guest of Mrs. H. H. Hutcheson Monday night. OTTAWA NEWS Mr. J. H. Barnett returned home from Shelby County Wednesday and has been very sick since arriving but is much improved at this issue. - Ransom Brown and family visited relatives in Lincoln County Wednesday night. - P. F. Peace, of Lincoln County, has been attending the bedside of his sister, Mrs. George White who is also very low with consumption. - Will Adams, of near Albright, Ky., was through this section Wednesday. - John Brown, of Quail, visited his brother, J. W. Brown, Friday and Saturday. - Mr. John Denny has been on the sick list, but is reported convalescent at present. - J. B. Sutton was in Brodhead Saturday on business. - I wish to correct an error which I made in the last issue. It is Rev. James Cummins who is conducting the singing school at Union Church instead of Mr. Gillis Colston. - J. W. Brown went to Crab Orchard Saturday on business. - Tart Proctor has been suffering very much from rheumatism but is much better at present. - Mr. and Mrs. James Farris visited Mr. John Wallen and family Sunday. - A severe hailstorm visited this section Sunday night. CONWAY NEWS Jim Linvel of Berea was here this week looking after his farm recently bought from John Berry.- Charley Oldham of Boone has moved into the house recently vacated by George Cornelison. Mr. Oldham will superintend the farm work for The Round Stone Lane Company this year. - Frank Lambert of Flannigan visited relatives here first of the week. - B. A. Riddle has moved his new saw mill on his farm. Mr. Riddle says he is now prepared to furnish the trade with any goods of rough lumber at a reasonable price. - John Wood and Gertrude Pullins who are in school at Berea visited homefolks Saturday and Sunday. - L. P. Kidwell of Gum Sulphur was here on business this week. -- Drummers are going to be thick here as they were before the panic. We are glad to see business so fast picking up again. - Robert Jones of Memphis, Tenn., is visiting his sisters, Mrs. J. J. Wood and Mrs. Mamie Oldham. ORLANDO NEWS Born on the 18th to Mrs. Houston a boy. - The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Proctor has the measles. - Miss Ida Mullins, of Withers was the guest of the Misses Abney Saturday and Sunday. - Mr. Granvile Cox and wife are spending a few days visiting relatives here. -- Mr. Wallace Laswell who has been very sick is reported some better. - G. R. Reams and D. B. Langford attended the chapter meeting at Mt Vernon Monday evening. - The two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Evans and Lemma and Virgil Hunley, children of Mrs. Lillie Smith are very sick with measles. - Miss Pearlie Baker has returned to home near Conway. - Mr. Dolph Mullins, son of B. G. Mullins, and Miss Hester Morris, both of Pine hill, were married last Thursday. - Elbert Robinson, who has been living in Georgia for some time, is visiting his parents at this place. HIATT NEWS Mrs. Charles Bowman and baby are on the sick list. - Mrs. Ret Hiatt has returned from a two months stay in Indiana. - Mr. and Mrs. Harve Bowman were visiting Mr. A. C. Hiatt's family Sunday. - Mrs. Cash Hiatt was visiting in Danville from Friday until Sunday. - Mrs. Allen Hiatt has been very sick but we are glad to say is some better. - Albert Hiatt was with homefolks Sunday. - Miss Lillie Smith has been on the sick list but we are glad to say is better. - Miss Lillie Fugett is visiting her sister in Berea. - Miss Clyde Sigmon, of Wildie, visited Miss Mary Lear Sunday. - Miss Myrtle Riddle visited Miss Bettie Jones Saturday and Sunday. - The storm Sunday evening done a little damage in this neighborhood. - George Owens has moved his saw mill from this place to the Riddle neighborhood. - Chint Lear has gone to Mr. Green's sale in Garrard County. PERSONAL NEWS Mrs. Betsy Payne is reported very sick. -- F. P. Hutcheson is visiting his sister, Mrs. M. B. Salin. - John D. Miller was at home Sunday from his train run. - Cashier J. W. Hutcheson was here a few hours yesterday. - Willie McBee will take Claude Cox's place at J. T. Adams' store. - Miss Mary Jones was over from Wildie yesterday to have dental work done. - Miss Bessie Miller attended the Fish/Branaman wedding at Wildie Wednesday. - H. G. Lutes, a Stanford stock trader was with I. A. Bowman one day last week. - Master John Jarrett is rapidly recovering from his burn received two weeks ago. - Miss Bessie Sparks, of Louisville, who has been quite sick during the past week is better. - Mrs. W. F. Monk and children spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn near Maretburg. - Hazel and Will, the bright little children of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Johnson have both been very sick this week. - Mrs. Sallie Leavell, of Garrard County stopped over one day on her return home from a visit to London relatives. - Elbert Hansel is suffering from a mashed foot received at wreck at Gum Sulphur last week caused by dropping a jack on his foot. - Claude Cox has resigned his position with J. T. Adams and will engage in the furniture business, occupying that portion of the old brick now occupied by Mrs. Cleo Brown. - Mrs. W. R. Dillion, who left last week for Crab Orchard to visit her son, Lewis, became ill upon reaching there and is confined to her room. - Miss Jennie Davis was in Lebanon Wednesday to see her brother, Charley, who was reported seriously hurt. We are glad to say that the injuries are not considered at all dangerous. - Charles E. Chandler well known in this county, who has extensive independent telephone interest in Middlesboro, Pineville, and South Central Kentucky was at Brodhead Monday and Tuesday buying poles. The new Middlesboro exchange will be ready for business within next twenty days. It boosts a $3900 switchboard and enough subscribers to keep half a dozen operators employed. They will have long distance service to Knoxville, Tenn., Louisville and intermediate points. LOCAL NEWS Work on the Brodhead telephone exchange is progressing nicely. - A marriage license has been issued to William Prewit and Miss Martha Denny. - Mr. William S. Branaman and Samatha Elizabeth 'Bessie' Fish, of Wildie were married Wednesday. (Mr. Branaman was a brother to my wife's grandmother, Fannie Branaman Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Branaman raised four children: James E., John, Ruth and William Henry Branaman) -- Mr. Henry Calhoun and Miss Lula Swiney, of Pulaski County, were married Sunday at the home of Mrs. Ina. D. Miller. Rev. Bush officiated. - The Flinch Club, of two winters ago, has re-organized, having the first meeting with Mrs. C. C. Williams on last Friday. The club meets with Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Salin this evening. - The supper given Monday night by the newly elected officers of the Masonic Lodge was a grand success and if the start is any indication of what the end will be, this will be a banner year for the Ashland Lodge. - William Wood, a white-headed colored man of Lebanon, was here last week to visit friends and acquaintances. He found mighty few of those that were here forty years ago when he left Rockcastle County. Among those whom he knew long ago were: General Josephus Hazelwood, Judge J. M. Fish, M. J. Cook, Capt Jack Adams, B. K. Bethurum, Col. R. G. Williams, Jesse Fish, G. W. Proctor, Egbert Fish, Mitchell Maret, Uriah Albright and Harrison Carpenter and a host of others who have long passed over to the great beyond. The old man is remarkably well preserved and is an interesting talker on the past history of our county. He says he has prospered in his adopted location. So many of his Rockcastle acquaintances have passed away that his intended two weeks stay here was cut to three days. - DEATH: Mr. John Calhoun Childress, aged 69, died last Sunday morning at his home near Orlando of apoplexy. Mr. Childress was born June 25, 1838, in North Carolina, but while a very small boy his family moved to Scott County, Va., where he grew to manhood and resided there until after the close of the rebellion, when he came to Rockcastle, where he has since lived and been an honored citizen. On February 5th, 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Sara Lovell, one of the true Virginia type of pure and noble women. To this union thirteen children were born, nine of whom are still living, Charley, the oldest in Oklahoma, Mrs. W. J. Langford, of Wildie, Dr. W. J. Childress and Mrs. James Anderson, of Livingston, Mrs. Joe Wood, of Conway, George, Joe, Robert and Miss Margerie, who are at home. The burial took place Monday at Old Flat Rock cemetery, with Masonic honors, of which he had been an honored member for more than 42 years, having been made a Master Mason at Stickleyville, Va. in 1865, demitting to Mt Vernon in 1890. Short services were conducted at the home of Rev. William Williams. Peace to his ashes, glory to his immortal soul. - C. C. Williams has sold his one-half interest in the Joplin, old brick, to Mr. W. H. Cox, Price paid $1800. - W. R. McClure has put up a livery stable, in the Miller stables. This gives Mt Vernon two good stables. The other is owned by S. Fuqua. ******************************************************************************* 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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