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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
Social Election.
Voters Rockcastle County,
Vs. Petition

Voters Rockcastle County,
Vs-{ Petition
Order TO Gail an Election on Bond
Issue.
1t appearing that a petition
signed by mere than one hundred
and fifty legal voters, who are
free holders of ROckcas'le county,
was filed in the Office of the Clerk
of the ROckcastle County Court,
and with the Judge thereof, on
the goth day of January 1915 ask
ing that au election be held In said
county, March %, lois, for the
purpose of submitting to the legal
voters said cOun ty the question of
whether the Fiscal Court OF said
county, shall issue and sell the
bonds of said county In an
amount not to exceed 100000
Saiu Bonds to be sold and the pro-
ceeds arising therefrOm to be used
i'll building and constructing turn
pixies in Rockcastle County and
through territory hereinafter deS-
ignated by the said Fiscal court
and State Road Department and
the Court being sufficiently advis-
Ell, now Orders that said cleo
ton be held at the time and for
the purpose stated in said petit
ion and that Cam Mullins. Sheriff,
of Rockcastle County, be and he
is hereby directed to cause poll
to be opened and an election to be
held in the County CT Rockcastle.
On the 9th day of March 1915.
And he will cause the polls be
opened in each and all of the vOt
ing precincts in said county; and
be is directed to advertise said cleo
ton and the object thereof at least
20 days next before the day there
of in some newspaper having the
largest circulation in the county
also by printed hardbills posted
up at not less than four public
places in each voting precinct in
the County and at the Court house
door. All legal voters of said
County shall be privileged to vote
at said election.
Copy Attest:
S. F. BOWMAN, Clerk.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
PUBLIC SALE.

On February 8, Ie15, / will offer
for sale to the highest bidder the
following described property:
pair work mules. 6 years old;
I six-yCar old mare, in foal by
Jack; also some hogs and cattle; 1
McCOrmic Binder; l McCoruic
mower; Hoosier wheat drill; 1
disc harrow Con trucks I Avery
corn drill; 1 two-hOrse cultivator;
twO-horse wagon, lot of plows
and harness: l set blacksmith
tools; II hes of bees, also house
hold and kitchen furniture.
TERMS OF SALES. and
under cash in hand AL sums
over IS. on six months time with
notes and approved security, bear
ing interest from date.
JOHN RIDDLE,
Pulaski Co. Walnut Grove, XIV.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
Oklahoma To Have An
lIIiteracy Commission

Superintendent R Fl. Wilson is
preparing to present to the legis-
ture a bill, which has for its pur-
pose the banishing of illiteracy
from the State of Oklahoma. He
is following, more or less the
plan adopted by the State OF Ken
lucky. which was brought about
by the activities of Mrs. Cora
Wilson Stewart. This IS in line
with Superintendent Wilson's pol
icy to devote the larger portion of
his time during the next admins
tration to the betterment of rural
schoo.s.-The Daily Oklahoman.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29

We thereby get our roads and
have the largest part of the bond
issue funds left right here at home
The Stare pays as much of the
bill as our county lin fact more,
because the railroads and cOrpor
atoms pay more than the people of
county of this bond issue).
O-What of the localities which
are not reached by these two
roads?
A-The two roads. when built
will cause so many monied men
to come into our county and in
vest in farms and mineral lands
causing an increase in all valu.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
Stop THE CHILD's COLDS, THEY
OFTE \ RESULT SERIOUSLY

Colds, Cronr and Whooping
Cough are children's ailments
which need immediate attention
The af,er-effects ere often most
serious. Don't take the risk
you don't have to. DR.. King S
New Discovery checks the Cold,
soothes the Cough, allays the In
fam nation, kills the Germs and
allows Nature to do her healing
work. soc. at your Druggist.
BUY a bottle to-day.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
MANY DISORDERS COM !
FROM THE LIVER

Are You Just at Odds with Your
sell? Do You Regulate Living:
Are you sometimes atodds with
yourself and with the world? Do
you wonder what ails YOU? True
you may be eating regularly and
sleeping well. Yet something is
thematter! Constipation. Head
ache, Nervousness and Bilious
Spells indicate Sluggish Liver.
The tried remedy is DR. King
New Life Pills. Only 25- at your
Druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Skin
Eruption.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We Are Authorized to Announce

JVDJII ID i III- Z II y INO-'H
AS a candidate for reelection as Judge
of the 2Sth Judicial District, subject to
the action of the Republican party, Au-
gust primary 1915
We Are Authorized to Ammo unce
b. c. LEWIS
AS a candidate for State Senator for the
18th Senatorial District, subject to the
Republican party, August primary 1915.
DR.. w. c. BLACK
AS candidate for State Senator for the
18th Senatorial District, subject to the
Republican party, August primary 1915
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
RATE INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products of PIow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
By Peter Radford.

Lecturer NdllOLdl l. dIILleIS CHlOiL
The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification of territory; the appllca-
ion of the roads to state and inter
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates. 1t is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare of the farmers squarely and
we will do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to eff
iectively meet the demands of COM
nerce and particularly in the South
s needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. If in the wis
iom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an improvement in OuI
transportation service, and an exten
sion of ou1 mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer i:
willing to share such proportion OF
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Resist
anCe.
The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re-
sistance. The merchant, the manu-
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power of organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
| life out of the rates and with unre-
! strained greed they have eaten the
| vitals out of our transportation system
and since We have had railroad com
missions, these interests, with skill
! and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
| involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
| at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to EN-
ploy counsel to develop his side OF
the case and, as a result, the products
of the pillow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance al
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
! this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product of the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate OF
any necessary commodity in com
| merce, and the rate on agricultural
| products as a whole is out of pro
| portion with that of the products OF
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
| give the railroad such an increase in
| rates as is necessary without levying
a further toll upon the products OF
the pillow. The instance seems to pre-
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
| Commissions to equaliZe the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29

Oui county duI Tie %lSOO. VI
more state road tax which our
county is obliged to pay every
year into state road fund 10 assis
in building roads in counties
which take advantage of state aid
law.
Q-How. can we get this $500
back and a great deal more than
we pay into the state road fluid?
A-Bv voting the bo ID issue
and building the two roads.
OFF man owns a farm which
is assessed at $500. what will be
his part of tax on this bond issue?
A Eighty cents, twenty ceuts
on each 500. assessed valuation.
OFF voter owns no land but
has other property valued at much
as $3.50 or less. what will be his
road tax to pay on bond issue?
A-Not a cent.
OFF voter has live stock and
and household goods valued at
$3.50 or less what will be his part
to pay?
Nothing.
Q-Any other advantages?
A-Rural districts will be able
to get DIR. or medicine in from J
to I the tine and at "a to 1 the cost
A DR., will ga u miles to see a
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29

principal AND interest when need
ed to pay off bonds as they fall
due.
Q-What about. the poll tax:
Will the bond Issue charge it?
A-No. Road bonds AMI the
poll tax can have. no connection
whatever. The law specifies tina,
very explicitly. The county can
not make levy of a poll tax to
pay off bonds.
Q-WhO will survey the roads?
A-State Engineers. They
will also supervise the cOAstruc
ton and see that the work comes
up to specifications.
O. What does the law dire ct as
to routing these inter county sea-
highways?
A-That they shall be rOutet
and located via the most direct arc
practicable line between county
,eats.
O-Who does the routing?
A Sac and Fiscal court.
Q-Who will do the grading anC
construction:
A-Contractors, who will be re
quired to give bonds tor fulfill
ment of construction speci6ca
tons winch are furnished by ;
State Engineer.
. Who will have charge of ap
proving and receiving the fiuish
roads!
O. State Road COMMISSIONS
and Fiscal court; and no paymen
is made until construction come
up to specifications.
Q-Who pays the State En-
gineer?
A-The State of Kentucky
Costs US no mora while here thar
when surveying in other counties
Q-What amount will be in Stat,
Road fund lat Frankfort) eac!
year:
A 100000 or more first year
Q-How many counties have
applied for State aid:
About twenty five, which
will not take out more Than $500,
900 leaving big surplus to be add
ed to the following yea~s.
Q-What about more counties
applying this year:
A Our understanding, is tina
the time limit for applications ha
expired, or soon will, for thi.
year.
Q-Suppose ali the counties il
the State applied?
Alt has been calculated tina
not more than so counties will
make application in first few
years. Even should IS cOuntie:
apply, there would still Iemair
enough for the state to meet it.
obligation to Rockcastle. Gu
petition for state aid has been sen
in some two months acted upor
approved and accepted by state
authorities.
- O-What Of the incorporated
towns? Livingston, Mt. Vernon
aud Brodhead?
A-They get none Of the state
aid money or any of the money
raised by the issue of bonds bu
will have to build the roads thru
their own limits at their own eX
pense, yet the citizens of these
towns will paw the lad or bon;
tax just as other county citizens
and corporations do TO help built
these roads across the. county
thereby paying a double road tax
DIN the final dish ibution o.
this 100000 where will it go auc
who will be benefited by ii?
A-EveryOne in the county will
he benefited in addition to getting
the use of the roads. IL. A
Sparks, a man who has had con
siderable experience in RAILROAD
construction contract work. ant
other lines of development, ha:
carefully estimated the probable
distribution of this fund:
For ToD!s So. coo
Explosives $1,000
TENS 5000
Labor $1,000
Freight 1000
Crushed stone 10000
800 600
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
What is a Fair Rate?

We do not know what constitutes a
basis for rate making and have never
heard of anyone who did claim to
know much about it, but if the pros
perity of the farm is a factor to be
considered and the railroad commits
sion concludes that an increase in
rates is necessary, We would prefer
that it come to us through articles of
consumption on their journey from
the factory to the farm. We would,
for example, prefer that the rate on
hogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and a farm
er who will not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penalized. We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and -four. We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the same, and machinery,
pianos and such articles as the poor
er farmer cannot hope to possess bear
the burden of increase.
The increase in rates should be 50
arranged that the farmer who lives
at home will bear no part of the bur.
den, but let the farmer who boards
in other states and countries and
who feeds his stock in foreign lands
pay the price of his folly.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-29
THE ROAD
BOND ISSUE

Q-What is the assessed valu-
alton of Rockcastle county?
A-$3,O41,723
Q-What is the railroad assess
meut!
A-$1.241.9O2.
Q-Other corporations?
A-S67,155
Q-The Towns of the county?
A-$502. 253
Q-What is the farmers assess
ment?
A-$1.2sO,592.
Q-At 20 cents on the 500.
what amount of taxes would the
railroad corporations and towns
payf
! A-<s3,622, 90 or 60 per cent.
Q-What would the farmers
tax be?
A-p2,4ot or 40 per cent.
Q-How much on each poll:
A-Nothing
Q-What is proposed amount of
the proposed bond issue:
A-S100,COO.
Q-What is the money to be
used for?
Ain building two lines of
road across the county.
Q-Be, ween what points will
these roads run?
A--To connect with roads at
county borders leading to and
from Stanford. Richmond, Somer-
Set aud London.
Q-At what price will these
bonds be sold?
AIT not less than par, loo
cents On every dollars worth OF
bonds issued. The law forbids
the sale of such bonds at less than
par.
Q-How long will these bonds
probably run?
A-Not less than 5 nor more
than 80 years at the discretion of
the county.
Q-Wbo will pay these bonds
off?
A-One-half by the county and
one-half by the State.
Q-What is the legal limit of
taxation that can be levied for
paying OF the county's portion OF
this Indebtedness?
A-Thirty cents.
OWN the levy be placed to
the tull limit?
Alt has has been calculated
that levy of 30 cents on the'SIOO
with State aid coming in each
year will rsise sufficient funds to
pay interest and create a sinkieg
fund money set aside to meet
and pay off our half of the bonds
$4,000 as they fall due
Q-What will be the interest ou
these bondsf
A--Not to exceed 5 per cent as
provided by law At the rate of
$4,000 per year if the whole issue
was delivered at one and same
time. The interest will be re-
duced year by year as taxes are
collected and State aid comes in.
Q-Who will handle the funds?
A-County Treasurer under
proper bonds
Q-Will the bonds be delivered
as a whole in one bunch and in
terest start thereon? Or will they
be delivered In various lets from
time to time as needed to pay off
contractors as sections of road
are completed, inspected, approx
ed and received by State inspector?
Alt is thought best to save
interest by issuing them in lots
from time to time as mentioned
i'm above question.
Q-Whsn money accumulates
in sinking fund for paying off
bonds will this money be allowed
10 remain there idle while the
county is paving S per cent
interest on DO, : MT duey
A No. Tie money will be
loaned out on ample security at a
fair rate Of interest of not less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
SUFFRAGISTS IN KINGS
DINE AND RAISE $500
Celebrate Moral Victory and
Prepare for New Fight.

Flushed with their moral victory
achieved on Election Day, the Kings
County Woman Suffrage organization
held a dinner last night in the I'M
peral Restaurant, Fulton Street, Brook
Ign, and celebrated enthusiastically.
Fully $50 men and women-there were
about a dozen men-attended and
quaffed bumpers of optimism for the
suffrage campaign.
"Victory or deathl' exclaimed Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
New York State body, in explaining
that the fight will be carried on along
the lines pursued this fall until either
success is won or the fighters die of
exhaustion.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay. chairman Of
the New York City organization, an
nounced that 1000 was necessary to
continue the activities of the Kings
County delegation for three months, at
the end of which period meeting will
be held for the purpose of gathering
funds for the 1916 campaign.
With the close Of her appeal a wom-
an sprang up and contributed SO.
From then on the contributions
as high as s200-fopped into the bas-
kets and in a few minutes $1,000 in
cash and promises had been raised.
Herbert Warbsssee. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Of Kings, and Mrs. H.
Z. Dreier, chairman of the Kings
County committee, were other speakers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20

Coroner Feinberg and Superintendent
Fleming of Bellevue. The body was
afterward sent 20 the home Of the girls
parents, at PIG Seventh Avenue.
Her parents last night maintained
that il could not have been her new
fur coat which carried the deadly
germs of anthrax, as the physicians OF
Bellevue believe.
st was her seventeenth birthday
Saturday." said her father. "She had
all new clothes for presents, and the
new coat she was very proud or IL
was the first fur she ever had. and
she looked so sweet in il. | took her
10 the theatre Friday night for her
birthday. and now tomorrow is FIJI
day again. and she is dead"
Classmates of Sophie's at the even
ing school at Pier II, and girls from
the factory where she was employed
attended the funeral in the afternoon
at her home Buria! was in Washing
ton Cemetery. Brooklyn.
While the parents of the dead girl
were insisting that everybody on the
East Side wore cheap fur this winter.
and their Sophie was the only one who
had died, officials of the Board Of
Health were scouting the anthrax-fur
theory. DR.. S. S. Hubbard. chief OF
the bureau Of Infectious Diseases, said
it would be impossible for any germ
to survive the processes that all fur.
even the cheapest kinds, goes through
in its preparation for market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
MARGARET WILSON
IN SUFFRAGE RANKS
Accepts Invitation to Assist at
Congressional Union
ReceptiOn.

Miss Margaret Wilson is the last
member of the White House family to
come out for votes for women. The
/ Presidents daughter wrote to Mrs. o..
II. p. Belmont yesterday that she would
be happy to assist in receiving at a re-
ception at the Little White House" on
December 7. This is the first time that
any one Of President Wilson's dsugh-
ters has come out for suffrage pub
licly, though suffragists have always
claimed the White House girls as their
own.
Miss Doris Stevens, of the Congress
sional Union, said yesterday that at
one time President Wilson and his
daughters disagreed so violently on the
subject that he forbade ell conversation
about it. His conversion" for which
the Congressional. Union takes the
credit, has let down the bars, however,
and so Miss Wilson will be on hand to
help celebrate the arrival in Washing
ton of the Western ENJOYS of the
union.
A week of festivities has been
planned, beginning with the White
House reception on Monday. at which
President Wilson himself will receive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
500 RAILROAD MEN
OFFER AID TO u. S. ARMY
Club Members Volunteer Ser
vices as Experts in Defence.

Five hundred members of the New
York Railroad Club last night volun-
teered their services 10 Secretary Gar
rison 10 serve as transportation ex-
perts in the United States Army. This
action was taken after the members OF
the club had listened 10 enthusiastic
addresses by Major General Leonard
Wood, 5. Stanwood Menken. of the Ma
tional Security League, and George :.
Snyder. deputy chief engineer of the
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad.
The topic for the evenings discus
sion, "The Railroads and National De-
fence" attracted to the rooms OF the
Engineering Society, 20 West Thirty
ninth Street, large crowd OF men,
bers and their guests. The resolution
to aid the army, which was read by
Colonel w. B. Dunn, retired, was
adopted unanimously.
Resolved" II read, "that the New
York Railroad Club direct its secretary
to communicate 10 the Secretary OF
War of the United States and to the
President Of the American Railroad
Association our earnest recommends
ton that joint committee Of army Of
ficers and railroad officials be formed
20 meet as soon as practicable and as
often as necessary 10 work out the de-
tails of a plan TO secure, in the event
of war, an efficient cooperation of our
military and railroad services
Colonel c. b. Baker, of the quarter
masters department, urged that the
railroad men be so organized that In
case of hostilities the officials under
government orders would appear at
their desks in uniform, ready to run
their lines at the nations command.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
DEBS WON'T RUN IN 1915
Leader Passes Up Fifth Socialist Nom
inatiOn for President.

Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 19.-Eugene
v. Debs, Socialist candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States in 1900, 1904,
1908 and 1912, in a formal statement
to-day announced tina. he had declined
the fifth nomination for the Presidency
at the hands Of his party.
at is the first time that l ever have
had the opportunity to decline the nom
nation" said Mr.. Debs. Heretofore |
have always been nominated ct con-
ventions when | was not in attendance
This time the nomination was made
by referendum and recently received
notice that I had been nominated. |
have mailed letter to-day to the ma
tional officers of the Socialist party
announcing that will decline the nom
nation"
Mr.. Debs said he would make no
statement as to his reasons for not
accepting the nomination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20

course of an experimental food In on
effort to locate the exact nature Of the
intestinal disorders. The child could
not have lived without an operation,
he said, adding that he thought il
would be dangerous to operate.
Dr.. Haiselden testified that reasons
for refusing to operate were, first, the
deformity of the child, and, second,
the seriousness of the operation to the
child. 1t was immaterial to him, he
said, whether the parents brought in
another physician or not.
The child was not blind, but there
was a sluggish reaction to the light
on the part Of the pupils, the doctor
asserted. at was deaf in one ear.
do not know about the other ear, but
it probably was deaf there, too" he
went on. He had seen only one baby
just like this one, but had observed
many similar children at Dunning In
sane Asylum.
"The baby was too stupid TO cry" he
said. "The mother didn't nurse it, be-
cause she didn't want to see IT, II
might have lived a few months, OF
maybe number of years. There was
little chance that it ever would be-
come normal, either mentally or physi-
cally. The paralysis would always be
there and the ear always would be
missing. II always would be defec-
tive"
"What is your conception Of doc
tors duty?" DR.. Ludwig Hektoen, the
foreman asked.
"To give the patient the best of treat
ment as dictated by a doctors knowl-
edge of his profession" DR.. Haiselden
replied
The rest of the examination was con-
fined principally to technical questions
DR.. Haiselden persistng in his posi-
tion that to operate would have been
useless.