Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-10-26
LIVINGSTON

duNSlI duu tue SOOu Ol(
summer days gone and every hir S
as high as cats back, what i
the blazes Is fellow going to do
Gut right here We will make ;
motion If we can get a second ant
that is, that we go back and take
up the old plan of living like oul
fathers and mothers were raised
to wear our brogan shoes, home
made pants, ard cut out lot Of
style. Eat hog and hOminy, use
home grown tobacco and raise il
ourselves. Even should we &c
back to the days when we ate
milk and mush for supper. II
this is what it takes to whip the
Kaiser, We are r9ady.-NrS T. J.
Nicelsy, of Mt. Mernon, was here
between trains Thursday. &C s.
Griffin is in Louisville his weet
buying goods.-iames Maret, the
Boone Way man, has come out
from behind his breast works and
fired another volIey at the writer.
He claims that he has Us dead to
right and has the goods on US.
He seems to think we have some
thing on him ard by telling us
ghost stories will get US to hold
our peace. But one Of these days
we will arise in bad humor and
he will wish we belonged to a
deaf and dumb school, and BY
theway, We will drop a little word
Of warning and that is, beware -
Judge l.. w. Bethurum, of Mt
Vernon, was here between trains
Tdesday.-A.J. Owens, candidate
for county attorney, spoke here
Monday night in the interest of
his candidacy w. Cox, of NJ t
Vernon, candidate for county
Judge. was here Tuesday, shall-
ing hands with the boys and tell
ing them what good showing he
Dad to be elected county Judge of
Rockcastle county, and at present
all indications point that way
We would be glad to see him
elected as no one can say aught
against him and we ask the vot.
ers to rally to his support and
let's elect him to that position
= H Firth, of BrOdhead, was here
last Friday to see the boys q; q
tell them that he is candidate
for sheriff, and here is where the
writer and our BrOdhead friend
di agree, for he comes out and
cLlls him the defeated candidate,
but it does not look so in this neck
of the woods Of course, Mr.
Rs feelings run in a different
path to ours but after the cleo
ton he will say, who would have
thought it, and | will say, 1 told
you. So almost everybody in the
county knows Mr.. Firth and can't
say one aught against him. Mr..
Voter, roll up your sleeves and
let's elect Mr.. Firth to the Office
he aspires. - Mrs. D. B. Rambo
and two sons were in Louisville
shopping Monday. - After an
eight day visit with relatives here
Hobert Griffin has returned to
Uncle Sans navy. He claims he
likes it fine. Mrs Geo. Pope has
moved to Stanford and will make
that city her future home J. B.
Hayse has moved into the proper
ty vacated by Mrs Geo. Pope
J. M. Foule has purchased a house
and lot on Walnut street, from
Mrs. Geo. Pope, price not learned
We'll, Mt Vernon has electric
lights and we have too. DIR. R
6. Webb has installed a plant and
now has electric lights. Mt Yer.
non. where you lead we follow,
and in the near future, as the
darkey said, we will be in the
forefront - Mr.. and Mrs. Claud
Griffin were in our town latter
part of last week. - Mrs. GeOrgi;
Mcclure has been quite sick for &
few days but is some better a
present.-J.L. Hughes has moved
his family to Corbin and will
make it his future home.
OIL NEWS.