Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1907 - Rockcastle Co 

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Mount Vernon Signal
January 11, 1907

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PERSONAL NEWS 	
Judge L. W. Bethurum spent several days last week in Somerset. -- Miss Maude 
Hansel who was reported very ill last issue is improved. -- J. W. Prewitt and 
"Branch" Willis Adams were here yesterday. -- Mr. J. L. Moyers, who has been 
very sick for several days is better. -- Miss Miranda McKenzie is visiting 
relatives and friends here. -- A report received here Wednesday said that Mrs. 
Joe Purcell was very sick. -- Mrs. Zack Hansel who has been suffering from lung 
trouble is no better. -- A young Mr. Brisco of Parksville, is working nights, 
while J. J. Lawrence is off on account of sickness. -- Walter Hunt, who has been 
very low with typhoid, is much better and much hope is entertained for his 
recovery. -- We overlooked in our last issue, the personal of Dr. Meyers' 
brother and wife of Glencoe, who were here spending the holidays. -- Mr. and 
Mrs. John McKenzie and Mrs. James I. White were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas 
McKenzie Saturday and Sunday. - - John Parsons was here Wednesday looking out 
for a location, with a view of coming back to town in order to have the 
advantages of the school. -- S. J. Conn has resigned his position at Stearns and 
has gone to New York where he will spend some time with his friend J. R. 
Campbell. -- Judge J. B. Fish, of Williamsburg who has been suffering from 
rheumatism for some time left Sunday for Hot Springs. Mrs. Fish accompanied him 
this far. -- Mr. W. K. Shugars, wife and bright little son, of Brodhead, have 
been visiting his father, Judge Wm. Shugars. -- Mr. John Magee, who has been a 
citizen of Lancaster for some time, left last week for Jackson, Breathitt 
county, where he has accepted a position as manager of a large coal mine. During 
his residence in our city, he and his estimable wife made many warm friends 
among our people who regret to give them up but wish them unbounded success in 
their new home. They left for Jackson this week. Central Record. 
LOCAL NEWS 	W. M. Smith has his new store room about completed and will soon be 
ready for business. -- The Board of Supervisors, composed of C. H. York, Tip 
Langford, E. Dyer, Wm. Adams and John Hysinger, with Tom French as Clerk, is in 
session this week. From what we have been able to learn, very few have been 
slighted. -- News was received here this week of the death of J. F. Cooper at 
his home in Tennessee on the 3rd instant. Mr. Cooper has been suffering from 
consumption for sometime. The deceased made his home in Livingston for several 
years and is well known to many of our people. -- G. T. Johnson and J Fish 
expect to be in their new buildings by the first of February. -- A move is again 
on foot to have electric lights in Mt Vernon. There are three local men 
interested and if the right kind of price can be secured, it is pretty sure to 
be a go. -- The Brown Memorial school had many new students Monday. When all are 
in who expect to enroll, the attendance will be nearly 150 which is indeed a 
splendid showing. -- Graybiel and Bullock have bought the store house and stock 
of goods of W. G. Nicely at Hansford . Mr. Nicely is one of our most 
enterprising citizens and we regret very much to lose him from our midst. But 
our loss will be Berea's gain. -- Will Cooper, representing the Modern Woodmen 
of America, has secured a sufficient number to install a lodge at this place. It 
is about the cheapest insurance on the market and those looking for cheap 
insurance should not lose this splendid opportunity. -- U. G. Baker and Fritz 
Krueger have begun removing the embankment at the rear of their business houses 
preparatory to adding a thirty foot addition to each building which will be made 
of concrete. It will make their buildings over one hundred feet long. -- We hope 
to hear from our correspondents as regularly as possible during the year of 
1907. Good live correspondents at every postoffice in the county, is what we 
want, and at those places where we have no representative, we trust some 
suitable person will volunteer their services. We intend that every part of the 
county to be represented. -- The stockholders of the Bank of Mt Vernon pursuant 
to the call met Monday and re-elected the same officers and directors as 
follows: C. C. Williams, President, J. T. Adams, Vice-President, and W. L. 
Richards, Cashier, Director's: G. S. Livesay, S. H. Martin, A. T. Fish, Rod 
Perry, C. C. Williams, W. L. Richards and P. Benton. The directors appreciating 
the valuable service of W. L. Richards, demonstrated the same by giving him a 
nice increase in his salary. 

SPIRO NEWS 	
The revival meeting closed at Freedom Sunday with seven additions. -- Mr. Mart 
Owens and wife of Pine Hill are visiting at Spiro this week. -- Mrs. Fred Hamm, 
who has been very ill for the past few days is improving. -- Mr. G. R. Ping and 
family of Ottawa visited the family of W. H. Owens Sunday and Monday. -- Mrs. 
Minnie Cook, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., was called to the bedside of mother Mrs. Fred 
Hahn. -- Little Miss Dorothy Owens is visiting her grandma, Mrs Lucinda Goffe at 
Pulaski this week. -- Misses Lizzie Goff and Addie Evans visited Mrs. Sophia 
Owens at Spiro last week. -- Mrs. Dave Owens is very ill at this writing. -- G. 
W. Brown and Bert Owens are still on the matrimonial list. - - Mr. Dock Owens 
says he is going to hunt for a cook very soon. -- Albert Owens, of near 
Maretburg, says he is going to try his luck in the gold fields of California. 
"Ab" as he is better known, is one of Rockcastle's best boys. 
BRODHEAD NEWS 	H. B. McClary has gone to Kirksville to assist Cashier H. H. 
Hutcheson in the bank there for a while. -- Wm. Martin, of Virginia, is visiting 
his uncle V. S. Martin, for a few days. -- Miss Hilton has returned to Morehead 
where she is attending school. -- We are glad to say that W. H. Benton is able 
to be out again after being laid up for several days with appendicitis. -- J. G. 
Frith is in Louisville on business this week. -- Dr. W. F. Carter has returned 
to school in Louisville. Dr. Carter will locate here and practice his profession 
after he graduates which will be in July. -- S. B. McAfee was here first of the 
week the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Hutcheson. -- A. C. Kidwell, of 
Lebanon, came up Tuesday and remained until Thursday. -- The show which has been 
here all week, will close their engagements tomorrow night. They have had fairly 
good crowds, and is a pretty good show. -- Miss Mae Magee will arrive next week 
to visit Miss Jewel Francisco. -- The Citizens Bank declared a 10% dividend and 
elected the following officers: J. Thos. Cherry, President; R. H. Hamm, 1st 
Vice-President; Dr. W. E. Gravely, 2nd Vice- President, J. W. Hutcheson, 
Cashier; The director's: R. L. Collier, J. Thos. Cherry, T. S. Frith, S. H. 
Martin, J. W. Hutcherson, J. F. Davis, John Robins, B. J. Bethurum, W. G. 
Proctor, J. G. Frith, W. E. Gravely and C. H. Frith. -- A C. McClary was in 
Troy, Ky., Monday on business. 

GRIFFINS MILL NEWS 	
(Delayed letter) -- News scare as hens teeth.-- Farmers have been shut in for 
the past two weeks on account of the cold weather and rain. Who remembers seeing 
as much rain since the drought was broken in Nov. 1904, in the same length of 
time? -- Uncle John Hurst, who has been seriously ill for some time, is slowly 
improving. -- MARRIED: Mr. Geo. Long and Miss Caroline Cummins were married on 
the 20th. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Sally Long and the bride is the 
daughter of Mrs. Mary Cummins.  May their lives be long and happy. -- Owing to 
the inclemency of the weather on the 23rd, the dedication of the new Baptist 
church was postponed until Sunday after the second Saturday in May, 1907. -- W. 
H. Brown and family have been visiting friends and relatives in Pulaski county 
the past week. -- Walter Stephens and family, of Walnut Grove, were the guests 
of H. N. Denny and family during the holidays. -- The public school at this 
place will close Friday Jan 11th. -- J. M. Craig and family, of Quail and John 
Brown and family, of Bromo were visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown during 
Christmas. -- The family of Samuel Purcell, of Otawa, and Mrs. Nelse Griffin, of 
Pine Hill, visited the family of W. G. Cummins Saturday. -- If we had our barns 
filled with fine timothy and clover hay, we would not have to wade the mud knee 
deep to the field to drag out stock fodder in such weather as this and how much 
better would be the products of our live stock. -- Say, brother farmer, we can 
have the day. So, why not? and thereby greatly improve our land as well as to do 
our feeding in the shelter these rainy winter evenings. -- In conclusion, , I 
wish to say that I was greatly surprised to notice the improvements in old Mt 
Vernon even since my last visit there which was about October 1906. Among which 
we might note the turnpike that reaches from the depot up the town hill, the 
pump-house and water work that extend from the beloved old spout spring to the 
jail and court house, the screening walks that are to be seen in various parts 
of the town, and last, but not least, the beautiful concrete buildings that are 
being erected by Messrs. Fish and Johnson. It would seem to one that Mt Vernon 
will come to the front yet; every kind of business seems to be moving on 
successfully. The professor, merchant, banker, lawyer, druggist, physician, 
liverymen, carpenter, officemen, butcher, barber, photographers and newspaper 
men were all at their post of duty and seemed to be pushing their work to 
perfection. 

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