Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-06-02
OUR BOONE WAY MAN
In Winchester
By JAMES MARET.

Winchester has four news
papers. The daily Sun, in its
XIV volume: c. {. Robbins, own
er and publisher; George NJ. Kiser
is the hustling city editor and is
ably assisted by Frank Thompson
There are fourteen employees on
the Sun force with eight carriers
a $1,000 press, linotype. and
other modern fixtures are found
III the establishment. The paper
was formerly the Winchester
News and was a bright star, Gas
well as today in journalism I'M
der the able manage of Col. r. r
Perry, a noted writer who closed
out his interests to the present
owner some few years since
The Winchester Democrat,
nearly fifty eight wears old, is a
Semi-weekly under the manage
ment of Charles B. Nelson, owner
and publisher. Miss Goldie Perry
is one of its force. She is a ready
and efficient writer on this Jour
nal and is the valued reporter for
the Lexington Herald. The
Herald arrives in Winchester
every morning at O'Clock by
automobile The outfit of the
Democrat press room is complete.
The Clark county Republican is
only fourteen weeks old but is
making a noise, that is attracting
pH.i.a over the city and county.
Luclen Beckner is its editor.
The Republicans outfit is very
good, but not so extensive as the
SUI or Democrat.
The Winchester Courier is an
. other youngster in this journalist
ic field and is under the charge of
II. Sanders Orr, formerly of Har-
rOdsburg Leader, which paper he
sold some months since to Ed
Walton. The Courier'S outfit
while not as large as some of the
Others, puts out neatly printed
sheet. Thirteen weeks is the aye
OF Mr.. Orr's new paper. Our
ROckcastle friends will remember
Mr.. Orr as being one of HarrOds-
burg's warm delegates to the con-
ventiol held at Mt Vernon on
April 70 1878, when that, to be
historic highway was routed to
his city, the oldest town in Ken
tucKv, i'm which Daniel Boone
built in Iva.
The two first named newspapers
are Democratic and the latter two
are of the Republican faith. The
force connected with the four
publications have treated the
writer very courteousIy and in
vited him to call "SoOn and often"
Winchester papers say the
people of Clark county don't want
inter.urban or traction lines for
the reason that they act as feeders
to the larger cities and towns, and
attribute this as a reason for the
fiscal court not granting a fran
chise for line from this point to
Lexington.
Asa Barrow a citizen of Clark
county has invented an attachment
to be applied to automobiles,
which it is claimed, will enable
the owner or chauffeur to use coal
oil instead of gasoline. 1t is said
tests of the apparatus has proved
satisfactory. Joe Oliver doubts
the benefits of the invention. He
says so many would change to
coal oil thct the price would go up
just as gasoline has done.
(, The half mile of asphalt road
on Lexing Avenue cost S33. 600
or at the rate of 500, 600 per mile
Some cost, that.
Woodpeckers aud field larks
are numerous in this country.
Haven't seen dove, crow or buzz
ard since arriving here nearly
three weeks since.
Blue grass seed harvest will fall
short of last year on account of
shortage in rainfall aud many
fields are full of white clover.
Winchester has an upto-date
opera house.
Fairfax street crosses Main at