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MT VERNON KY JUNE 1 1906

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25i south 124 p tr21 South 1236 a m

TAS LANDRTTM AgentPhone No 58

Entered It the Ml Vcrnon ICy Iostoftiwas sof4iiil ltss mail matter

PLiiSiAIiE-ditor E C Walton was here

Monday

Charlie Henderson was wit I

hon folks yesterday

David Henderson has been veisick for several days

Mr and Mrs J T Gentry visited here and Level Green this meek

James Peimin ion is at hoiiufrom the Louisvile School of Med

cineMrsSchooler of Garrard is vi

itine tier daughter Mrs Willis Ad

ams

Lloyd Maret is telegraphing atLudlow for the Cincinnati South

roadMissSloan a sisier of Mrs

W B Smith of this place diedaBuruside Tuesday °

Mrs T Eish mother of J Fishwho has been sick for some timeshows but little improvement

P H Allen of Pine Knot Kyrepresenting A Miller LumberCompany of Buffalo N Y wahere this week

The visiting attorneys thicourt are Judge Alcorn JudgeMorrow udge Te of Williamsburg and the Hon Fountain FoxBabbitt

Large crowds of representativecitizens of the county have been inattendance at court each day thisweek Too many to attempt to enu

merateCommissionerB J Bethnnnr

has appointed Miss Fannie Sparkshostess and Miss Annie Thompsonmaid of honor from Rockcastle atthe Home Coming

Miss Alma Boreing ofLNashvilltand Mrs Essie Painter and littledaughter Ruth are spendeing afew days with their uncle JoshuaBoreing Sr of near Cove-

LOCAL

NOTICE TA late act of the Legis-lature

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forbids the shipment of intoxicEting liquors into local optionor prohibition counties or communities after June ink After thatdate I can fill no more shippingorders from my customers in Rockcastle county

etcCURTISCOVER

jun 12t Crab Orchardu

HORSE SHOEING Bring youhorses to HC Gentrv on Richmond street and get them stand allround for So cents I aUo havefirst class wagon re dy fnr sale a

a most reasonable puce quality clwork considered Call and examine for yourselvesH

C GENTRYMt Vernon Ky

The Lexington Leader speakingof the Class Day exercises of thegraduating class of CampbellHagerman College says of Miss Fran ¬

ces Sparks oldest daughter of Mrand Mrs W J Sparks

Miss Frances Sparks a favoritof the class impulsive natural angraceful was the Giftoriau anfrom a large box borne upon tbstage by two ushers decked in thclass colors white and gold gayto each Seniot something to recallto her mind in attertimes the happv day and its fun and beauty Shecompared the box to that of Pan-dora

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in so far as it aroused curiosity but not that it would allow any ¬

thing to escape with injury to herclassmates The gifts were such ascreated a great deal ofmerrimentand made the number a featureof the program

HOME COMING CONTRIBUTIONS

B J Bethurum 5ooRob Cox 50G S Griffin 50O V Jarrett 50LW Bethurum 100S D Lewis 100C C Williams 100M C Miller 2550MJ25JohnC A Davis 25JN Sharp 10050JW G Nicely 50W M Poynter

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j Br dhead Crab Orchard andPreacierfviile Masonic oigs vithave a union celebration of StJohns dy at Crali Orchard on Sat ¬

urday June 23rd

Our attention has heel called toan error in onr 1 st issue concern ¬

ng teachers certificate The sec

Alttend lest grade was mace I v Miss I

inda

TheMeKenzieIwill sell ice cream and strawberriesin the court house yard tomorrowSaturday afternoon and evening

the proceeds to go toward repairingthe church Every body is cordi ¬

ally invited to assist iu this worthycause

Will McClure and James Del uiey colored the barber engaged ini little encounter Monday resultng a slight pistol wound for Mrlure in the arm and a few grishe

tndlJUmpInnts on the head fOIIDelaney Delfiney was airettrml J tole oed on bond

CARD OK 1HANKsWe wish t

hank the good people of Brodh ad-

d others fr their assistance andsympathy to us in our great sorrowvhich is almost too great to bear

Respect nilMis Susie TharpH L TharpR H TharpMrs Ewell Frith

Fontaine Fox Bobbitt willpeak at Lirodheid Monday night

June 4th 19c6 Platform W JBryan for President JB McCrearxtor United Sntes Senator Fouuaine Fox Bobbitt for Congress

and as a unit of value the samesandard that was the palladium ofour progress for Si years underwhich we whipped Great BritainMexico and beat ourselves to piecesin IS6r65 Everybody invited I

especially the ladies t

Nine killed and twentyone injured is the record ofa smashupbetween the Knoxville Express of

the Louisville and Nashville railroad and a cut ol empty freight emson a siding at Seventh and Hillstreets Louisville at 755 oclockMonday morning A broken flangeon a wheel of a passenger coschcaused the passanger train to

sideswipethe freight cars Eightof the victims vere killed almostinstantly The ninth died Mondaynight The L N officials willinvestigate the cause of the accident but are disposed to favor thebroken flange explanation

On the 24th of last month outI SOP Thomas W Evans brakeman

m the Louisville division of the LcoupIvere injuries from which he is fasrecovering We wish to extendour sincere thanks to the L NR R officiils tor their kitidnesand help Also Dr Givens oHast Bernstadt and Dr Childres

f Livingston for their kind jervices We feel vet x grateful to tinthenrkindness especially to Mr andMrs Rice mud their boys also to

Mageei W T FVANS

The Adams ixpress Jouipnhas notified its agents all ovtr Kentucky of its intention to abide bthe law enacted by the last Legilatnre forbidding the shipment ofwhisky into local option territoryand has sent explicit instructions tevery agent in the state coveringthe law The agent is directed uexamine every suspiciouslookingpackage and if he suspects it con ¬

tains whisky he must ask the sendanswereagentGreendsaysX2500e 0localeIndications are now good for thedevelopment 6f Ro > kcastles claysand and cement stone There arevarious individuals and companiesbuying and leasing all the landsthey can secure that have theseminerals on them lying on or nearto the railroad These lands beginat Mt Vernon and run to a pointnear Livingston in which are foundbeds ofalmost inexhaustiblequanities of fire and pottery claysAtSinks are found moutains ofnearly pure sand and lying within afew hundred yards is found vastquantities of cement stone of splendid quality At Pine Hill the con ¬

ditions are about the same in re ¬

gard to cement material in addition to clay Something over ahundred car loads of this clay havebeen shipped to Louisville and theproduct is pronounced firstclassIt is claimed by land owners andother parties in the county thatthere is a combination among theholdIcure most or all of the territory bx

purchase or lease if such Js the-ca e it may be some time befor emuch is done toward establishingworks or operating the field One

capitalized atI

i CIRCUIT COURTi

j Monday witnessed rather largeofIstrong charge to the grand juryIn the absence of CornnmmverilthsAttorney J N Sharp Atty B JBethurum was appointed to act inhis stead The fo lowing jurorswere seleted

GRAND JURY

G M Hamm Wllis Bustle AP Gadd P E Shivell JamesDoan J W Moore Albert AllenZeke Goodwin James ChasteenS L Durham J J Berry and tVM Hayes Ion man

PKTIT JURYG E Painter Gerome Ad tm <

Pur Rigsby Milt Deaton J JStones Frank An Irewkin JsialMcece S N DivN G H SuttoHarrison Punrm W R BarnesA B Brannaman W M KinlexI hop Fracisco J A Reppert j C

riullin T J Nichols Arthur CoWv P Y Hunt Neal Parrett

John French Mason Angliu JackJones and R K Porell

The following cases have beered Bill McCoy 25 andcost

for concealed xveapons JamesPhilpol 60 and cost for sellingliquor Ae Chasteen 60 and coste Pit in three cases for selling liquorG L Wren E R Thomas TimTodd and Cam Pig 20 and coseach for gaming Mace Dowell 10mud cost for breach of the peasjoe Taylor and Logan Burdette

10 and cost each for breach of tlvpeace Ja v Hays 25 and cost fatconcealed weapons Billy Ballenger

5 and cost for disturbing religiousworship James Miller pleadedguilty to the charge of detaining a

female and was given two years inthe pen

Cynthia Frye was fined6o andcost for selling whisky The caseigainst the Nortons Roberts Cooprr and Hamlin charged with thekilling of Jim and Harlan Arnoldwas called Tuesday All of Tues-day afternoon Wednesday andesterday morning was spent selectng a jury Immediately after the

jury had been selected and wereearly to begin taking evidence aniffidavit was filed by the Commonvvealth that on account of sicknessof one of the witnesses whowould not be during progressof trial able to appear and testifyasked for a continuance which wasgranted The defense was veryAnxious that the trial should gothrough and the asking for a con ¬

tinuance on the part of the Commonwealth came as a great surpriseo them

riROWN MEMORIAL SCHOOL

The Brown Memorial Schoolwilllose Tuesday June 12 Instead of

Tune 13 since Home Coming Vetkifgins in Louisville June 13 TheheltSSonghorns

Rhys HerbertDumb Bell Drill PizzHcatiChoms

Eight GirlsVocal Duet Seecled

Misses Jordan and DemorestPiano Duet LInvitatiou a 1 a-

ValeVonI

WeberMisses Guthrie and Newland

Scence from CinderellaTwentyfive Boys and Girls

The concert from eight to ninewill be followed by a reception atthe Dormitory to which everyoneis cordially invited

Admission to the conceit 15 and25 cents

Mrs Thos P Langdon of Balti ¬

more and Mrs A B LincolnTreasurer of Womans HomeBoard of Presbyterian Church US A were guests at the LangdonHome this week Miss Lincolngave an excellent talk in chapelMonday morning

Thursday Miss Taylor told thepupils the amount of money out ¬

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siders are spending on the workhere and asked them how many ofthem were proving themselvesworthy of the opportunities offeredthem Certainly a large majorityare making an effort when oneconsiders under what difficulties

workingThenof the vear is unusual ThoughDecoration Day is a legal holidaythe number present Wednesdaywas seventy two for the whole dayand seventyseven for the morn ¬

ingTheeighteen people at the dor ¬

mitory will soon be scatteredMiss Smith goes to WestministerMd Miss Jordan to New York tocontinue her music Miss Sisson

Miss Adams to St Louis Misslandto Belding Mich and

Miss Henderson to Clevlaud MaudGuthrie goes to New haven An-

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Newland to East BernstadtNell McFerron Laura and IdaJohnson to Pine Hill Vera Owensto Livingston and Givens McNeilin Pittsburg Lucy and AnnieBaker will remain at the dormitory during the summer MissTaylor expects to make a short vis-it home if she decides to takecharge of the xvor here per nan ntly and to begin repairs uponthe scho 1 building as soon as sl e-

re urns

L1Y1NUSTOAMr and Mrs W F Tutibs and

tunily have returned from an exte idcd visit to LaFollette Knox-ville

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and Baiieys Switch Mrsaura Justis is spending a month

volt her parents Mr and MrsHenry Reynolds Mr John Johnsn spent Sunday with honefolksit Lancaster Mr Harry Lee was

calling in Corbin Sunday MissUaranda McKenzie of Stanfordwas the sliest of Miss Cora AdamsSaturday and Sunday Mr Charey Anderson of Orlando was in

town Sunday calling on one of ourpretty visitorsMiss Sadie Evans01 Berea college has been here-with her brother who has been se-riously illat the Eight GablesMiss Evans returned to schoolLangrordMrs James Anderson this weekDr W J Childress met with theIrailway surgeons at RichmondWednesday Mrs Jennie Cockrellwas in Richmond several days thistrtekMrs George Reynolds and

n Ceicil of Corbin spent severaldays in town this week the guestsif Mesdames David Griffin and GD Cook and James McGuirelr R A Whitehead spent Sunday 1

id Monday in Lancaster Mr UG Baker of Mt Vernon visitedhis parents Mr and Mrs J WBaker the first of the weekMissHelen Singleton is a pleasant guestat the home of her uncle J E SinletonMiss Bertina Mullins re

turned home Sunday aftar severalweeks stay in Stttnford Mr Tompainfulattempting to couple his train he twas caught between the cars and freceived several severe bruises butfortunately no serious ontsMissLizie Adams of Mt Vernon was <

the guest of Miss Lida Cook Saturday and Sunday on herxvay to B-ereaMiss Lillie Hilton of Mid >

dlesboro is visiting Miss Myrtle I

Chewning this weekMrs Chas J

Rice and son Chas are spendingthe week in Cincinnati with relafives and friendsMrs Beets andfamily of Lebanon Junction spentseveral days last week with her sis-ter

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Mrs J A Farley on her wayto Knoxqiile Mrs Essie Painterand cousin are visiting in Mt Ver j

non and Brodhead this weekMrs Howard Bowers and sisterMiss Overstreet are spending two i

weeks with friends and relatives inParksville Mr anti Mrs J WCasxxell are in Louisville this weekMr Caswell has been called thereto work it is hoped not to be prmaneiit Mr and Mrs RobertLemons returned from LouisvilleSundayRev Cambell filled hisregular appointment at the Christ ¬

ian church SundayDrs Givensand Penningon xvre in townVednesJiv on professional busi

CatnpbellsvitleisVesterfeldHorace Benton was

EugeneWhitntyaccident Wednesday night in attempting to jump from a movingtrain his foot was caught in someway and several cars passed over itmashing it to a pulp making am-putation

inecessaryDEAD Mrs t

Charles Griffin died about twelve ioclock Wednesday of blood poison therdeath being very sudden and f1two

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Mrs Lou Purcell went to Brod ¬

head Monday Mr J J McCallspent Sunday last with homefolks

Mrs M Owens returned homefrom Pineville Tuesday She wasaccompanied bv her little grand-daughter Laura Anna Taylor

Messrs C C Metcalf and R G1ingpointsMiss Lizzie Chandler ofijlasthis meeting here last SundayMiss Maud Cash of Ottawa is vis-

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Miss Janie OwensThere I

will be preaching at our church 1

conIdnctedbin

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IJohn Butcher was killed in aI

quarry near Bloomington IndIA blast drove two sections ofalarge rock apart Butcher put hishead in the crevice and the rocksclosed together crushing his skulllike au egg shell

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Are you one of this number IfS not why not try a pair of Menss PATRIOTIma

350I SHOES I

They are made in all good >

leathers in a way that is right f

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j Just received the largestshipment of Star Brand Shoes

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that ever came to Mt Vernonri

i Shoes to fit all feet Prices tofit all pocket books

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BirdseTF WagonsAND

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We Are Fighting OldTimet Business Methods

And Credit Prices b-ySELLING EVERYTHINGryAtFOR CASH

Make our store your headquarters while in townyoure always welcome

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CASH STOREChurch St Ml Vernon Ky W

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FRtIRjp11 you want a licetrip to Mammotb Cave now is thetine to enter the SIGNAL contesttripalltwentyGve 25 new cash subscrib

VERNONSIGNALupIup your mind that you intend tomake the trip and it is half made

FOLIYS ONEY TARfor ch1lcrelt safe tare Jfo opiate

RENT PAYS FOR THELAND

FERTILE SECTIONS OF TILESOUTHWEST WHERE LANDSELLS FOR 15 AND RENTS

FOR 5 PER ACRE

One of the remarkable thingsabout Eastern Arkansas and North-ern

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Louisiana is the fad that clear ¬

ed land rents for 5 per acre cashind can be bought for 7 50 to55 per acre It costs 6 to 10 anmere to clear it Other improvenecessary are slight and inexpen ¬

sveThesoil is rich alluvial or made

It produces a bale of cotton peracre worth 45 to 60 This ac ¬

counts for its high rental vagueO her crops such as corn smallgrains grasses vegtables and fruitsThrive as well

Alfalfa yields 4 to 6 cuttings aton a cutting and brings 10 to316 per ton

In other sections of these statesmd in Texas as well the rolling orlillland is especially adapted to

growingLandroved farms 10 13 to 25 per

acre

countryfIershers High rolling fine water

it is naturally adapted to stockandruit raising Can bebought asow as B1 per acre

See this great country for your¬

elf and pick out a tocation Decriptive literature withmapsree on request

The Missouri PacificIron Mounain System Lines salreduced

rate roundtrip tickets on first andhird Tuesdays of each month tojoints in the Vest and Southwestgood returning 21 days with slopwers For desciotive literaturerime tables etc write to

R T G MATTHEWS TravelingPassenger Agent Louisville Kyor HC TOWNSEND General Pass ¬

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