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a community. They sometimes
jump a.: conclusions. OF course
they do not mean to do this, but
it sometimes happens, and you,
as an editor of paper, probably
realize that such is the case.
1t is with great pleasure that
| learn from you that the cloud
that has been hanging over
Louisville for some little time is
beginning TO disappear, and |
sincerely hope that before a
great while, there will be nothing
but clear skies between Louis
vile and Mt. Vernon. | am
sure that the citizens Of Louis
Vile, at least those that ! know
and have associated myself with
IN the Commercial Club and on
the Booster trips. know that
what helps the State Is bound
10 help its metropolis.
/ turned the letter over 10 the
Commercial Club, as suggested
and | believe they are going to
do as you suggested, in fact,
they have already written savcraI
letters to several people at
Washington, us | understand it,
soliciting their aid in the Boone
Way. This, l think, shows you
that they were sincere when they
wrote you some little ,;;,.e ago
N ofder to help the cause q
little bit, | am enclosing, here
with $500 to help the postage
fund, in order to get your move
ment under way.
Trusting YOU will appreciate
the spirit in which this letter IS
written and hoping to see you
sometime in the near future, ]
am, with kindest regards and
best wishes,
Yours very truly,
JAS. CLARK JR.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25
ERESTING SEA--BOARD
LETTER FROM MISS
ROWLEE.

Miss Maude RowIee, who has
taught in the Langdon Memorial
school for TIE past two wears,
and who is travelling abroad this
summer, writes her impression
of New York City ard the ocean
trip.
In part she wrote as follows:
"All the morning We have been
watching the coast of Spain,
but now 1t is almost out of sight.
aud we are in the MediteIran can
Sea and not on the Atlantic Ocean
We were all disappointed be-
cause We passed the Rock of
Gibralter at night and there being
no moon, only the dim outline
was visible. The Straights are
only ten miles wide at that point.
so if it had been daylight we
could have seen the coast of
Africa. AS il was, we saw the
lighthouse. Yesterday morning
We came within sight of Portugal
the first land We had seen since
leaving America. Such excite
ment as there WAS. We stood
in the PROV of the boat until We
were blown nearly to pieces and
| never supposed land would look
so good. | suppose it was due
in large part 10 the fact that the
day before had been the worst
one of our voyage. 1t thinned
out the ranks at our ia BILE consider
ably. altho 1 didn't miss a meal.
1 had never supposed there
would be so much variety in a
voyage. The ocean itself is
different every day. One day
the white caps looked like big
snakes chasing each other across
the water. Another dav thew
were like little fishes leaping up
into the air; again they had the
appearance of patches of fresh
snow that melted as the wave
went down.
The little things that happen
about US cause great excitement
A shout as if some player had
made home run brings everv-
one out on deck to see some
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25


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moVner-ih-h" was lghlted, ana
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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25

My physician advises NE that
/ have 4 slight attack of Typhoid
fever: also that under the most
favorable conditions that | will
ueC- sSdrily he confined 10 my room
for q week yet aud possibly longer
Therefore it will be impossible for
me-. i'm person, to wage the vigOr-
Gus campaign, liz my own behalf
thll ] had Planned, and | must
appeal so my friends 10 take up
ny fight and see to it that my
interest Is not neglected. | am
already under obligations to you,
but COR You to throw Yourself into
the fight and successfully carry
me, . sick man 10 Victory yOu
would have my lasting gratitude
and, demonstrate the peoples
power to rule.
Ny fight Is 40 inst 4 life tenure
of office holding and il nominated
aud elected. | promise that wi
rot tn de.take to hold Office per-
p-tually, aS believe in dividing
tie spells and donors of office
among tho deserving.
The race is between me and
Judge Lewis, the incumbent who
has held office by the grace aud
patience of the republicans of this
county for twenty years. Mr..
Thompson who aspircs TO the
saue position and who. by the wav
is a good lawyer and Republican.
has mo- showing 20 win ard vote
for him increases the CHARGES .or
Tor Judge Lewis, ny COntpnding
opponent, to win this nomination.
/ am moi mistaken ~ this The
Republicans. who think and know
that Judge Lewis has held office
hong enough. in the county, and
grown fat at the public crib; and
who are calling for his defeat,
can not accomplish it by voting
for Mir. Thompson. You who are
against Judge Lewis can defeat
him by voting and working for
me
My opponent, Judge Lewis,
would have you believe that the
county is a corporation and he
suggests to You, that when a cor.
poraticn has once selected its
Attorney tina; it never changes.
Such talk Is nOnSensical. Who
would compare Rock castle County
with It's people of culture and re-
fincmcut, 10 a cold heartleSs cor
poraiion, that arrOga:es TO itself a
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25

mastery over the people.
Justice Harl IN late of the ST:
lireme court of the United States
III his definition of a corporation
says ut is thing without a soul
and which Christ did not die to
save. Now from his definition
do you think RockcaStle is a cor
poration: Do you not think
Judge Lewis unfair in his com
parisOn: Furthermore he as much
rs says that he expects this office
a. long as lie lives: that four
years from nOW he will be can
didate again a. corporations never
change their attorney. The Sc
lection of an attorney for a cor
poratl:n, is made by a board of
directors composed of from three
to nine members, who are usually
intimidatei or influenced by the
attorney, and that accounts for
N tenure of office.
: County Attorney is elected
by the people Of the county and
10 the people | am appealing in
this race. | am not expecting any
thing from greedy, hungry and
oppressive corporations, like the
Standard Oil Co, or its directors,
but | ain expecting at the hands
OF a generous, open handed Re-
publican party, such as we have
IN this county, support and
recognition ana a nomination tor
a responsible office / viii indeed
be disappointed in case the Re
publican party of ,his cpun Y
allows itself to bc browbcaten.
intim:datcd and over Influenced
50 as t" put itself on footing
with q corporation and perpetu-
ally keep him in office.
The issue is: Are You in favor
of one man holding Off e a life
time, or do you believe in giving
chance and divide the
sp0ils aud hGnors of office? If
you are in favor Of the latter. Vote
for me.
Leave the man4 cement of nv
campaign in the hands of my
friends and submit nv cause to
them and the Republicans OF
Rockcastle, confident of the Ca
pacity of the former. to manage.
and direct my campaign and
cheerfully abiding oy the decision
of the latter.
remain, Your friend.
E. R. GENTRY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25
BOOMING
BOONE WAY
And Dumping Out Bumps

When persons, factions or com
munities have thru misunder-
standings or misapprehension or
laborIng under decisions, it
doesn't require a life time to
clear up the differences and
make crooked things straight"
when each side has its attention
called to the subject in the
proper way to make the matter
plain that all parties concerned
are willing to do justice between
communities and man and man.
Thru the efforts of the Secretary
of our Commercial Club and Mr..
James Clark Jr.. a leading bust
ness man and manufacturer of
electrical supplies, Louisville,
has about got the atmosphere
cleared and the mists blown
aside and placed Louisville and
this portion of the State on a
better understanding, with all
Indications that they will hence
forth work hand in hand for
the advancement of the interests
of each and all. 80 mote it
be-.
The following letters were not
written for pq olication but their
Important bearing oil a most
important situation or condition
lustiiles the printing of same for
the general information of those
Interested, and they are many.
Louisville, Ky.
Z, II, Is.
Mr.. James Maret,
Mt. Vernon, KY,
Dear Sir
Your two editions of the
Mt. VERNON, SIGNAL, duly re-
celved and l Was very glad, in.
deed, to receive same, especially
the one that contained a short
history of your career in Mt.
Vernon. Am very sorry however
that at any time your efforts to
help your community were ap-
parently handicapped in any way,
by people living where 1 do.
l am sure it was the result of
a erstanding rather than
any attempt TO do an injustice to
any person or any community
OF this great Common wealth of
ours. You can hardly .ealize
the number of projects and many
things that come up before the
Commercial Club here in Louis.
vile. If you did you would
appreciate that it is right hard
to do as much as they would like
for everything that is up for con-
sldera ton. They try to do the
best they can at all times where
the interest and welfare OF anv
Part of our state is concerned
L have had talk with several
members OF the Commercial Club
and they still want to do what
they can for your project, the
same as they did some time ago
and it really is unfortunate that
the lack of interest taken bv a
newspaper should be laid at the
door of the business men OF our
city. l feel confident You will
agree with me that they do not
always express the sentiment of
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25
Louisville, KY.
18TH. July 1913

18TH. July 1913
Mr.. James Maret,
Secretary Commercial Club,
Mt. Vernon, Ky.
Dear Sir
The attention OF the Board of
Directors OF the Louisville Com
mercial Club has been called by
one of its members to your cir.
cular of July Il outlining the
plans of your organization for
construction of Boone Way; also
mentioning the fact that it would
not be considered out of place
for US to contribute something
to the fund being used to defray
expenses of printing, etc. In
this connection You will find en-
closed check for $1,000 as a small
contribution which l trust you
will find acceptable.
assure you that the Louis
vile Commercial Club is taking
It keen interest in everything
pertaining 10 the development
Of the Eastern section of our
State and particularly in the con-
structlon of the national highway
that you have undertaken.
With all good wishes for the
success of the Mt. Vernon Com
mercial Club in this undertaking
as we'll as in it's various other
lines of endeavOr, l am,
Yours very truly,
w. f. MORROW,
Secretary.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-25
Louisville. XIV.

A<Cbi' ii'>.' '"
7, 10, 10.
Mr.. Jas. Maret,
Mt. Vernon, Ky.
NY dear Mr.. Maret:--
Your very kind letter of recent
date duly to hand, and of course
l cannot but appreciate the fact
that my letter to you was we'll
thought of by your Club. 1 had
no idea you were going to read
it to them, much less that they
were going to publish it in
their paper Such a thing was
never even tho ught of for a
moment. simply had in mind
through all our correspondence,
the interest of our community and
your community, endeavoring to
try to straighten out the feeling
that I have felt all along should
not really exist, although from
outward appearances, it was
justified.
1t is my sincere hope and wish
that everything will come ont
all right before long and that the
Boone way will be q reality be-
fore a great while.
1t isn't often that l have ever
gotten my name in any paper, but
if it will help you in any way,
why it is all right to let it appear
there.
With kindest regards and best
wishes, / am,
Yours very truly
JAS. CLARK JR.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-06
WOULD TIE UP TAXICABS
Chauffeurs Threaten Strike if
Demands Are Rejected.

TaNicab chauffeurs threaten TO strike
within the next two days or so II the de-
mands made on about fifteen companies
are rejected. the principal demand being
for a ten-hour workday, with the present
wages of 81 50 a day for a twelve-hour
workday
The compromise offer was made yester-
day after a stormy conference. The
unions committee decided to offer com
promise OF an eleven-hour workday at
present wages, ana overtime at % cents
an hour or, as an alternative, as many
hours off during the regular hours as
have to be worked overtime.
Among the companies represented al
the conference were the New TaXicab and
Auto Company. Hoyt & Demallie, the
Broadway Taxicab Company. the O'Hart
Transportation Company, the Mutual
Transportation Company. the Riverside
Taxicab Company. Hart Brothers, Lederer
& Keim, Cruice. Kellar & Co, O'Connor,
Loughin x CO.. the Frawley Transporta-
ton Company and the Gordon TaXicao
Company.
Pending the conference the chauffeurs
employed by eight firms went on an un-
authorized strike. All, however, but the
employees Of the Haverty and the Renault
taxicab companies returned to WORK
later These two firms were not repre-
scented at the conference and will have no
dealings with the union while their
chauneurs are still on strike.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-06
Opening of Panama Canal
Expected to Have an lnAu-
ence on Styles for
Women s Clothes.

"Oh. just see She's wearing one OF
those sweet new Aztec blankets. Who's
Aztec? Why, my dear. you surprise me-
II isn't a new dressmaker. It's nation or
tribe or something that used to live down
in Mexico or somewhere around there
and wore the sweetest clothes and the
most unique headdress. My hairdresser
is going to do it for me for the Won
Riches ball"
Thus on Fifth avenue in the year 1915,
or maybe as soon as 1914.
Why the Aztec? Well. everybody knows
who knows anything at all about fash
ions that every great historical event Is
reflected in women's clothes. You remem-
her now, OF course, that Bulgarian blouse
and all those gay colored collars that
Gwendolyn insisted upon buying last win
ter. And the Russian blouses she wore
at the time of the Russo-Japanese war
New-York tribune., 1913-11-06
AZTEC FASHIONS NEXT?

And the Chinese coats and beads when
China became republic And so on.
The fashion authorities who are keep
ing their ear close TO the ground say now
that the opening of the Panama Canal Is
due to be the next dominant influence In
the style world, unless, Of course there Is
a war with Mexico, which Heaven forbid
They are divided, however, as to the exact
form the influence will take-whether IT
will be modern Spanish or ancient Aztec.
Some say women will be languishinS
about in mantillas and red roses. O.ners
predict a return TO the cruder fashions
and colors of the Indian aborigines.
Specialists in draping blankets, they say,
will be much in demand. And IL feather
head dresses be adopted the laws about
plumage may have to be changed, pro-
videdy Of course. that enough women have
the vote by then. And there will be
strings and strings of beads. and beaten
metal disks and whole armfuls OF brace
let's
Who knows but that the Aztec cos
tune may be the ancestor Of true Amer
lean style, that American style that there
has been so much talk about in the wom-
ems magazines. The Indians have never
been given their innings in the fashion
world. Perhaps the time has comedy
way Of Panama.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-06
NUNS" THE WORD AT
ENGINEERING BUILDING
Showing of ChrySanthemums
Attracts Most Attention
at Flower Show.
"0LIVE mitchell" NEWEST
Pure White Bloom, Very Large
and Very Perfect" Was
Nameless Until Flu
sion Leader Won.

The olive Mitchell" is the newest
chrysanthemum Pure white it is. and
very large and very perfect" II may
be seen at the chrysanthemum show. now
in progress at the Engineering Societies
Building. No. % to 30 West 39th street.
G. H. Totty, of Madison, y. j., is the
grower.
Until last evening this chrysanthemum
was nameless and If the election had
gone otherwise its name would now be
the Mrs Mccall" For this particular
flower, being very fine, was specially
selected to be the Mayors Wife.
one noticeable thing about this show Is
that Samuel Untermyer has dropped out
Of the list Of competitors for bush chrys-
anthemums. His splendid specimens, the
glory Of past shows. were absent. MIS-
John Crosby Brown, Of Orange. y. j.
slipped into his place with two tne
bushes. raised by Peter Duff gardener at
her place. RrighthuTst. one Hrst pil"o
bush had a myriad of pure white blooms
another had blossoms of dull red.
There were other flowers there as wei
as chrysanthemums. Roses were shown
bv f. w. Vanderbilt. grown at his place
At HYDE Park on the Hudson. TWO
groups Of fifteen blooms each, one PINK
one yellow, took first prizes. Mrs. van
derbilt came in before the show opened TO
see them. and said she was sorry they
hadn't sent more.
Mr.. Untermyer entered some roses
also. and took a first prize win one
buncb He also got prizes-frsts-ior
proup of six varieties of cut chrysanthe-
NUNS. and for two groups OF eighteen
blooms Percy Chubb of Glen Cove got
= FIRST" with huge vase OF twenty
four immense white chrysanthemums, Dig
&c cabbages. but much more beautilui'
NJ Cbubb won I'm several other classes
Other prize winners were Howard
Go,,Id John 7. Pratt, Clarence e. Chap-
man. G. X. G. Billings and Richard H.
Scoville. Of Chapinville Conn the haruy
cbtvsanthemums shown attracted lnuC"
attention from growers. The finest lot
,,ventv yarieties-was exhibited by Johh
r Pratt. of Glen Cove, and the next
e,ost nv Charles II. Rice, of Roselie
Park, y. }. 10
The show Will be open to-day ana W
morrow, from 10 a. m to IL p H.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-06
SHORT SKIRTS MUST GO
DR.. Eaton Tells Rainy Daisies
Women Should Danish En-.

Let there be no more short skirts. This
edict has gone forth. Now look for dress
reform.
Yesterday the Rainy Day Club recon-
s,dered its decree Of fifteen years ago by
which the long. trailing. germ gathering
gowns Of the period were abolished. The
era Of short skirts then ushered in gave
the Rainy Daisies" profound satisfaction
until recently Then il became apparent
that the thing was being overdone. Snort
skirts? Yes. but not too short.
The Rainy Daisies" were glowing with
happy thoughts of the changes they would
effect in these too. too hobby skirts as
soon as they finished their luncheon nut
they got a cold shock when the Rev Dr
Charles A. Eaton started TO speak.
You blame the men for the present
ridiculous fashions" he said. you're like
Aaron when he disclaimed responsibility
for the golden calf. 4 just put In the
gold he said, and 1t came out call
You women blame ii on US Get out
with YOU. 1t is you who 90 into the
stores and you get what YOU want. III
YOU want decent clothes, you'll get thein'
Three hundred determined women in one
winter could cure any store Of the Paris
ian habit"
Mrs. Brice Collard, recording secretary
Of the Rainy Daisies was presented
with a lorgnette by the club. The speak
ers were Mrs. Tod Helmuth, Miss FLOR
epce Guernsey. Mrs Belle de Rivera, MISS
MARY Garrett Hay. Mrs. William Grant
Brown. Mrs William r. Chapman Mrs
Elmer Black, Professor Maria L. Sanford
Of the University Of Minnesota, and Cen
eral Uoratio c. King.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-06
FINDS NEW INDIANS
Brazil Explorer Says Savages
Worshipped Him as God.

Albert Lang, who Is exploring the
sources OF the Amazon for the Brazilian
government, has informed +. y. Dellen-
baugh. secretary Of the Explorers Club,
of the discovery Of a new tribe of Ind
ians. thousand miles from civilization,
between the headWaters Of the Calrary
and Moju rivers. Mr. Lang gives "A pict-
uresdue description Of the savages, who
ne SAYS. took him for god, embracing
his feet TO show their devotion. Their
tools. he writes, are stone and their Ideas
so unusual as to suggest their belonging
to another age The Jewish cast OF their
features might lead one to infer that they
were OF the lost tribes did not their igno-
rance OF iron and writing argue against IL.
Il am sitting in maloca thut), Writes
Mr. Lang, "of a curious tribe OF genuine
sayages. arriving here after taking my
oix-n,an canoe above the headwaters OF
the Cairary and Moju rivers. fighting our
way through five dangerous rapids 10 get
mere After fifteen days search | got III
Touch with a virgin tribe. which can he so
described because they are wholly un-
,o,,cbed and unspoiled by civilization.
They use stone axes and by their aid nave
cleared away some thirty acres OF jungle
and so blunt are these tools that the
,rees look as If they had been chewed OF.
."rhev grow cotton and yet go wholly
,,do or,v the women wearing waist
,,d, was received Hospitality and
caref,IIIv watched. They embrace me ire
auently and give me bad drinks. ! am
here 10 look up the indigenous tribes Tor
tho government OF Brazil and ascertain
their possibilities and the best means OF
entering into relations with them. They
are like big, savage children, kind, but
sn,spicious. Some Of the men have iie-
bralc features. They show great SIKH
,,,i,h tho bnw and arrow. some of the for
mer measuring eight feet