Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-10-17

Sunday. She was accom- panied l
by Miss Carrie Ponder. Mrs. j. i
F. Watson was the the guest Of t
her daughter, Mrs. F. L. Durham :
in Mt. Vernon a few days last |
week.-Logan Stevenson was up {
from haywood Saturday and Sun
day calling on one of our fair sex.
Mrs. Jeff Pennington and child r
rem, of Livingston, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs o. A
Firth last week.-Mr. and Mrs.
w. O. Yadon, of Danville. spent a
few days with relatives here last /
week.-Frank Ward resi- gned his
position as assistant Agent at this
place to accept like position at
Junction City. Givens Carson is
holding down the assistant agent
place here-Tilden Firth return
. ed home from Bath SIP rings, Tenn
: Monday, bringing with him his
bride of few days.-Uncle
? Fount Tyree, who has been sick
: for a mum Der of Months, died at
= his home near here Monday after
S noon. His remains were laid. to
f.. rest in the Christian Church Gem
etery Tuesday. - Mrs Jesse Wal
D tiers and Mrs. Wallace Walters,
+ motored up from Stanford, and
o were the guests of Mr.. aud MIS-.
o ]. R. Cass at Supper Wednesday.
e Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Hilton OF
II Stanford, left Thursday for an
II extended pleasure trip in Arizona
er and California. They will visit
n Mrs. Ethel Hanna at Nogales,
Arizoua, Mr.. Hilton's sistel
while in Arizona, and also visit
&c many places of interest before
81 their return.-The Agriculture
LII High School Fair held here las
~ Friday was great success. l.
81 was new in this section, never thu
less an interest was manifested
III which will, if pushed, be of grea
81 value to the farmers The priz'
'e winners were as follows: Corn
81 P. E. Shivel, prize given by Fo1
III Chemical Co, of Louisville; whea
ei ]. W. Moore, prize given by |. b
Ill Chestnut; apples, J. w. Moore
al prize given by Prof. Smith o
VI Richmond; tomatoes, w. H. Al
bright, prize given by America
nd Book Company; tobacco, Murphe
he Whitehead, prize given by A. E
,b Albright; pumpkins, Alfred FRITZ
prize given by R. H. Hamm; swee
potatoes, A j. Pike, prize give
by American Agricultural &c
Irish potatoes, wv. Moore, prlz
Y, given by John Robins Drug Stor
S. Onions. Tart Proctor, prize give
he by w. H. Sowder. Agriculture
. products on exhibition were ia
10 ahead of the products en- eXnibi
W. ton at the county fairs, the reaso1
R. being, that the products are bette
ne matured now than when the fair
el were held. Besides the fair wer
ne some great speeches made by az
~ ricultural men. Among then
I'd were Prof. Smith, of Richmond
1. who is doing things along the lin
of of fruit growing right at our doc
F. he has an orchard a few mile
le from Brodhead, that he has refuse,
ne 500, 10000 for. His lecture wa
- "The Possibilities of Fruit Grow
1T in Rockcastle'', and was enjoye;
{. by all Prof. Frank Montgomer.
I of Berea, the Government Farm
re Demonstration, and Corn Gu
o. man, made an Instructive ant
. interesting talk on what the Cor
a Club boys" of Kentucky are doing
10 His talk was practical, and show
ID ed that he was not the so calle'
C. scientific farmer: but man VIII
c. really and truly understands from
re a scientific standpoint. Prof
r. Clayton, of Ohio. who was lectur
T. on soil could not deliver his ad
m dress on account of time. H,
z was present and would have mad
,s some fine tests of our soil had b,
: had time. Next year wew will hav
m two days instead of one. Th
5. Athletics were on as usual TIL,
ar Mt Vernon and Brod ,ead Bas
III Ball Juniors crossed bats, the
s. score resulting in favor of Bred
% head 10 to 0. The feature of tn
s game was the way the Brcdhea'
IN boys played.
bit The Basket Ball game between
tn Brodhead and Mt Vernon resulle,
lie in tie. the score being S and S
E, The score was really 3to s in favo