Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-07-28
VOLUME xxx
L IVINGS TO N

very sick for some time Is
slowly improving. - Our old
friend, James Maret, was here a
few days ago on his way to Win.
chester. The old Boone Way
booster looks fine since he has got
ten over his spell OF sickness
which kept him confined to his
room so long. Now he has a
position in the good road depart
ment, as be SO richly deserves. for
he has been a good road advocate
from start to finish, and we are
certainly glad to see him come to
the front, so when the pike is fin
ished through Rockcastle county,
three cheers should be given
James Maret.-Mr and Mrs, T. G
WEIGH and children, and DR.. W.
T. Amyx, will leave for Cincln-
natl, Ohio, to spend a few days.
Mrs. n. B. Long. of Los Angeles
Cal, is visiting Mrs. G. H. Rice
and Mrs. c. E. Rice, of this place
- Mr.. and Mrs HObert Griffin,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Pennington,
in London, KY. and Sunday they
motored over to Corbin and spent
the day in that splendid town and
report a fine time. - Mrs. j. L
Pickett aud children, Misses Lo
retta and Margaret, are visiting
relatives in Paris this week: Miss
Ethel Hayse is visiting relatives
in Kansas, this week. Mrs. CIV.
Galloway and daughter are visiting
her parents in Berea this week -
Miss Jalett Griffin lett Sunday for
d two weeks visit with her sister,
Miss Cora Griffin, at Big Stone
Gap, Va, where she has posi-
tlnn. - Mrs. @. w. Thacker, OF
Berea, has been visiting her son,
w. Z. Tbacker, at this place :
Roscoe Gregory has position as
fireman in Coving ton. and We are
pleased to know that he is making
good. Will Odell has moved into
the property of Mrs Sue Mullins
over her store room. Dan Ponder
has sold team of mules and wag
on, and a tract of coal land to
Peter Mink, price paid 5000. We
understand Mr.. Ponder will 60 to
Mt Vernon.-Miss Edith Mahaf
fey is visiting her aunt in Lexing
tou.-Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Pen
nington and children are visiting
relatives in Indiana Mrs. Henry
Bowman, of Mt Vernon, was here
between trains, en- route home
from Berea, where she had been
visiting relatives. - Mrs. J. w.
Mullins, and son, John Thomas,
are visiting relatives in Mt Yer
non. C. S. Griffin, and little son,
Burgess, spent Sunday in the
Buckeye section. - @. ]. Rice has
returned from a short visit in Gin
cinnati. - Misses Ella Mae and
Marie Blanford are visiting rela-
tives at Parksville.-John Fields,
the hustling Stanford salesman,
was with our merchants Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Browning,
after pleasant visit with relatives
in the west, has returned. Miss
Marie Rambo. after a months
visit with relatives at Sta ntord and
MaywoOd, has returned home
A Mr. Garrett has installed a
butcher shop in our town and is
ready to serve the public, but
we hardly think steak has been SO
high since the COW jumped over
the moon We understand that
the grade for the pike is being
pushed with all speed and they
are doing splendid. We told you
all that business would pick up.
Don't we wish the pike was COM
pleted, so we could take a near
shot to the Big Mt Vernon Fair.
Mrs. T. c. WEIGH, who has been
quite sick for some time, is slowly
improving.-Mr. and Mrs. Egbert
Hayse, ard son, Arney, who nave
been in our town for few days,
returned home to CINCINNATI.
T. Stewart, of Cincinnati, is
spending a few days with relatives
here this week.-Mrs. Lena Clark
after a few days visit with rela
tiyes in Winchester, has returned
home. Born to the wife of L. M.
Oliver, a fine boy on the 25th.-
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hellard were
called to Mt. Vernon a few days
ago on account lof the illness OF