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iVOLUME =V rIT VERNON ROOKOASTLE COUNTY KY FRIDAY FEB 8 1901 NUMBER 20

TELL fiur FRIENDS TO BE BRAVIfA11J FFARLESS AND LOYAL TO THE GREAT COMMON PEOPLE

COUNTY CLAIMS

The following is a list of claimsallowed at the October Term 1900of the Rockcastle County FiscalCourt V

U G Baker allowed for chairsfurnished Courthouse 16229

Dr R H Lewis allowed forwaiting on Sarah Johnson 600

Same for waiting on Sparks fami13 250

Same for waiting on Clouse fami-

ly

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150Same for taking care of smallpox

patients at Wildie 2500Dr John S Cooper allowed for

going to Wildie to see smallpoxpatients 1250

W R Thomas allowed for taking care of Manila Barnes duringher confinement 1200

Dr A G Lovell allowed forservices rendered paupers 2325

W C Mullins A G Novell andW H Jones allowed for their ser¬

vices as Election Commissionersor 1899 Each 600

Dr A G Lovell allowed fort

waiting on Mrsjames Rash 3000Dr W E Grcveley allowed for

pauper service 2550Dr Geo Lawrence allowed for

services rendered paupers 4750Theo Wesley allowed for books

furnished by order School Com-

missioner¬

5065John P Houston James Poteet

and Harrison Reams allowed forviewing out new county roadEach 200v

Hays Wood allowed for burialclothing furnished J T Miller 600

Win Lunceford allowed for wait¬

ing on and keeping J TornHall 2010

Percy Be on allowedforvai t-

ing on James Denny and pauperservices 2000

J F Vatson allowed for medi-

cine

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furnished Clay Fordyce 1255Same for medicine furnished Jas

Denny 1900Frank Jones allowed for burial

clothing furnished Wash Clousec V 575James Miller allowed for board-

ing

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and taking care of SamuelCroucher I 1900

Same for takipgare of Laura-B Johnson V

d gooM S Berry allowed for coffins

furnished for iizzie Clouse Bertw

Cloiise Albert Cl use Nannie Tnr ¬

ner and VI rs Sparlis 1 1 75Frith Dunn allowed for mer¬

chandise furnished paupers 2500Dr D B Southard allowed for

medical services rendered pau ¬

perse 1500

Dr M Penningtou allowed forwaiting on Cinda Scarbraugh 300

Same fOt waiting on JamesHanks wife 750

Same for waiting on NannieAdams child 35O

Dr j C Davis allowed for wait ¬

ing on Jack Kirbys wife 1500j C Riuiel allowad for viewing

new county road TOO

Nl F Craig Tart Proctor and

J J Brown allowed for viewingcouirty roaqEach Ibb

James Prtwh tallowed for mak ¬

ing cotfi us for Emeline BL knellLucy Ro > and j frs JackHurt f r f8 ob

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S Albright allowed 4or print¬ I

ing cotmiy claims Jldroad ord v V i8oo-

I J Price allowed for medicalBrddleysJson s6Oi >

PcrRins Prcwitt allowed for talclug cafe of jJHving OMeil 1500r

WvHv Tones allowed for burialclhingtrnished Emily Beckiicili T

f j300

Sinus tor merchandise furnishedfhl

AgV U ibv 37P-Mr Hetti Crol allowed fo-

reI is Vvfcti 1 nf triii udeiedb fv TV paul-

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j> 1 tla i iiitn allowed for hiSk-

ing Bin wr4Anse Beckul2h00IContinued on fourth page v

ykfr JcBRODHEAD jjj-

j3C3Little Walter Robins who has

been very sick is improvingMrs T S Aftji visited her

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JSulphurMr D Holms and family of

Crab Orchard have moved to theirfarm at this place

Mr Jo S11litioue of our promi ¬

nent farmers was in town Monday 1

Mr A J Haggard and son WS I

made a flying trip to StanfordI

Saturday last i

Dr Gravely says uncle NatWillmott of Gum Sulphur is verysickalso Uncle John Haggard i

Mrs Maurice Frith was quitesick last week j

Little Mary Smith of Williamsburg who was totally blindandis here havingher eyes treated byDr Burdette is gaining her eye-

sightj

rapidly Dr Burdette iscertainly a blessing to the blind I

Miss Nola Keasling gave theyoung people a social Monday eveA11 report a nice time j

The debating society is flourishing The subject for Frideay nightlast was Who was the greatestman A Lincoln or George Wash ¬

ington It was decided in Lincolnsfavor Come on boys we willmake orators some day

Mrs W H Colyer is very sickHamilton Collyer is some better

Mrs W G Tharp who has beensick for some time is now better

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Mrs Henry Brooks near GumSulphur died Sunday rnorningcdqwas buried at same place

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Messr J H Dun R H Hanand E J Wallin attended the bury ¬

ing of Mrs Brooksi

Mr E J Ham the hustling pieture agent was in town Tuesday

Dr JM Clark one of our bestphysicians left Sunday night forAshville N C

Mr H C Sorrell of Crawfordsyule Ind is visiting relatives here

Bro Hendrickson filled hisregular appointment at > the Baptistschurch Sunday

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Dr Evans of Lebauon visitingMr W G Thaip this week

Aunt Jane Woodall died Tuesdaymorningat 10 oclock

Mr JV Tate was in Mt Ver-

non Saturday on businessMs C H Frith will resume

work on his fine residence Marchthe first I

Mrs J W Tate and Mrs A E I

Albright were visiting friends inMt Vernon Saturday and Sunday j

fohn Fowler the barber I

who has been sick is some betterJRobt Wilinott is improving

Uncle Josh Dunn sold his farminGarrard county to a Mr Beckof Wa3ue county 1

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Mr LH Dunn was in vLancasteron business Friday

Rev A J Pike filled his appoint ¬

ment at Baptists church in MarionI last Sunday t I

The Rockcastle County Fair SIsociation met Saturdsy night Ow ¬

ing to the inclement weather therewas not a quorum and didno busiliess Will meet again March 2ndy Anybnewishing white diamonddye will please call on our clevermerchant J G Frith

Jerry Respus the Civil Engi¬

neer of Lancaster was the guest ofTH Dunn Monday We dontknow his business here unless itvas to locate the canning factoryor iron foundry or new R ROontknovv which hope it will be

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i Old Newspapers atithis office fortjI>

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i POSSOM HOLLERLevel Green

Well Im still here ie tithehouse tho somewhat improved inhealth

Betsy spins irie offa piece of hermind occasionally and I find her-

to ye pretty well posted on thecurrent topics of the house

farm eLarge of stock farm products

farm mplemel1tsc c at theresidence of Robt J McAIister2nd inst He having sold his farnip0 Isaac Weaver sometime sinceLivestock and in fact every spe-cies

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of property brought goodprices Mr McAlister will go tothe Blue Grass legion for the present

Why is it that in so many instances our people pull up atidleave us as soon as they accumu ¬

late money enough to help buildup our county and develop its re-sources

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There may be more thanone reason but the greatest ofthese is BAD ROADS Now MrAfraidofthepike this is trueand just so long as our roads re¬

main in their present condition thiswill be the ease Give us pikesand capital will seek investment inRock stle insteadof going elsewhere and you will soon see Our

tichhillsitesconvttec1jntotobacCo ¬

andin place of our farmers im ¬

porting bread and meat they willsoon be exporting a large surplusand the laboriug man the hirelingwill no longer be driven abroad toIseek employment but thy villfind it at home in paying quanti-ties

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and at good pricesBut alas too many men aresatis

fled with just any old wa ifitI>9 i Hgt liWwdon lem anyl

Now come my friends let usreason together Did you know tolive for self alone is just a littleworse than not living at all Butthen when we invest a few dolarsto have good roads we are notspending the money simply for oth ¬

er people but for ourselves andethers too and the advance in theprice 7of our lands labor c willsoon refund 4 fould all that wedever have to pay for the roads

Yes citizen the time will comewhen people are edncated to thinkthat these roads will be b 111tI

Our people are going wild at thisgood moment over the prospect ofanother railroad through the county j

Now my dear friends did youknow thatturnpike roads leadingfrom Pulaski to Madison and Lin ¬

coln to Laurel would be worthmore to the citizens of this countythan two mote railroads runningthrough it wonld be

Well if you dont know it Illtell you and its a gospil fact too

Let us think let us think honest-ly

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and then rest and thiiik againand keep thinking until We thinkaright We all of us are certainlyfor the upbuilding of our countyif we could see what would do thisand here I am telling you buc youwohxt believe I know it is notIMPOSSIBLE for ine to exaggeratebut this is NO LIE Enough forthis time but more again soon Iam strictly for the pikes and JNBrown for Supt of Schools andthe Blue Back Speller restoedHurrah for all three of us Ourhealth is somewhat improvedthc not abl to resume wok in

the school room yet

tThe debate between Elder Davis

and the1L E preacher MeN aniaree isset for Monday the nth inst

l Mr editor you will please iuform Esq Henry Brariuaman thatif he dont bring or send me thepair of game chickens promised

i that I will not besient1n his casei much longer Now see nere Henry spring of the year will soon be

j here and you cant afford to notI

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r Drs Corneilus and Robinson ofB rea perfQrmed an operation onGrover McGuire last Sunday but-Grove st l1lin ers in a very dangerouscoudition

ncie Wm McGuire is gettingabout alright again

The Rev Santerford filled hisregular appointment at Sycamorechurch last Saturday and Sundaybutit seems he was all alone andhis discourse was short Peacebrothers is not wanted in the pulpit-in this community

Mr Bennet Ballard was at Berea j

last Saturday and Sunday flirtingthis best girl

SMisses Myrtle and Ellen Lakes

was atjiome from Berea where theyare attending school last Saturdayand Sunday

G V Jones was over from Con-

way last week Aisiting his son atthis place

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Miss Aha McGuire was calledhome from Cove Springs where shevain school during her fathersillness and has not returned yet

rUncle Henry Becknel was froth

Cove Springs last week visitingUncle Win McGutreand family

Mr Cirtus Becknel was the guest I

of Mr and Mrs A IJVlcGuire lastweek I

Messrs Walter and John Martinwas in Vildie last Saturday onbusiness t

Ohwere has our big straygone he has been gone so long wewish he would conic back again

L J5s JfH What y otild youg2If takenwith colie or cholera morbus whenyour ph sician is way from home-

land the drug stores are closedj After OIIQ such emergency you willalways keep Chamberlains ColicCholera and Diarrhoea Remedy inyour home but why wait until thehorse is stolen before you lock thestable For sale by Theo WesleyDruggist

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I1THE BANK OF MTi VERNON

MTVeRNON KYOPENED IgpO i

CAPITAL STOCK 15000>

3H MARTIN PRES A E EWERS VICEPRESW L RICAARDS CASHIER A B FURNISH ASST CASTgerGeoItteiitionI Our friends and patrons are invited to call when in town

First NationalBankOF STANFORD KY

Capital Stock 100000 Surplus 1804076DIRECTORS

J W Hayden W P Walton J H Collier M D Elmorea RTed T P Hill S H Baughman W A TribbleM r Miller and S T Harris

adjoiniugcountiesness intrusted to us Personal application and correspond

4ence with a view to business relations invited

JS HOCKER Pres JNO J McROBERTS CashierA A McKINNEY Asst Cashier

1- DANNIE OWENS r

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Caskets Coffins Robes Ett ejKept in Stock Orders by Mail Telegraph or Telephone

I Promptly filledBRODHEAD bNTU 1T

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JONAS MCKENZIE< MT VERNON KY

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BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PCKS

WILLIS I GRIFFINPractical TJndertker

and FUNERAL DIRECTORP Mt Vernon Kv A i

Keeps Coffins Gaskets Robes1 Linen Bosoms Cuffs and C6iiarsi sV

furnish JMtetalllo Gasket and have Embalming done on short nd

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Orders by telegraph or telephone pfqraptly attended to day and night5

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WILL continue usnessall1e old stand v and sell goodSatWHOLESALE Prices Goods will be bought in large quantirties and sold for spot cash only

riiinatters noj how far away you dwell you can Save Moneyon CARPETS MATrINGSF WALL PAPER FURNITURE jtyrC xv v WITHERSSThNIORD KyV

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