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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
SewelI Files Report.

Both factions in Kenton county, one
of which is in Office and the other for
merly in, were raped by State In
spector and Examiner Nat B. Sewell
in his report on the county Offices filed
with Governor Stanley. He said the
office records are well kept, but court
records reflect, to a marked degree, re-
suits accruing from political favorit.
ism, though charges by members of
one political faction against members
of the other faction when in office
were found, as is usually the case, to
be made up more or less of thinly veil
ed desires of outs to discredit the
ms so as to affect public sentiment in
future elections" and "insinuations of
misfeasance or malfeasance in Office
were not substantiated when investi.
cation was made"
He cited "suspending fines, failing
to issue processes for the arrest of Of
tenders or collection of bonds and re-
leasing of prisoners before the expi
ration of their sentences" as some oil
the direct results coming from the pc
litical system" and concluded that "in
vestigation shows all these have ex
listed in Kenton county for many years
and apply equally to present and for
mer officers"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Our Own Mountaineers.

In 1.-The Men of the Mountains" Ar
thur W.. Spaulding quotes a touching
little story of one of those isolated
homes among the Appalachian hills
whose occupants seldom hear the voice
of prayer, have not seen a Bible and
could not read it If they had 1T. A
minister, visiting the home for the
first time, told the little family the
story of the cross. They followed him
with rapt faces, and when he had con-
Guided the mother. leaning toward
him. whispered hoarsely: Stranger.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
License TAX Provided.

With Representative Price, of
Covington, presiding, considerable
time of the house of representa-
tives was devoted to the discussion of
the tax bills by w. c. Davis, of Yer
sailles, and Elwood Hamilton, of
Frankfort, members of the 1914 State
Tax Commission, and Senator Hiram
Brock, of Harlan, and Senator Seldom
r. Glenn, of Eddyville, members of the
present State Tax Commission.
Davis declared in favor of a state
tax commission appointed by the gov
ernor. Hamilton approved of dividing
the state into 3S taxing districts.
Glenn and Brock urged the passage Of
the tax bills prepared by the present
State Tax Commission.
The bill of Represe NATIVE Howard,
of Woodford county, provideded an
annual license tax of 2 cents on each
ton of coal mined; an annual license
tax of cents on each barrel of crude
oil pumped or produced, and an annual
tax of 1 cent on each 10000 cubic feet
of natural gas pumped or produced.
Representative Spurrier introduced
bills providing for an annual license
tax of five cents on each barrel Of
crude petroleum produced; a license
tax of five cents on every ton of coal
mined or produced; license tax Of
ten cents on every proof gallon of dis
titled spirits, AMI license tax of ten
cents on every quarter barrel, twenty
cents on every half barrel and thirty
cents on every whole barrel of malt
liquor manufactured in this state.
An enabling act levying a special
tax of 20 cents on the 500 of property,
to be used for road and bridge con-
struction, was introduced by Repre-
sentative Radcliffe.
The joint resolution inviting former
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, and for
mer Governor Johnson, of California,
to address the legislature on the tax
question, passed the house.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Big FEATURE AT
RURAL MEETING
RAIL HEAD AND NOTED AGRIcUL-
ruRAEExPERTs ON PROGRAM
AT BOWLING GREEN.
WAS BEST MEETING, THEY SAY
Good Roads, All Phases Of Farming
and Railroads Part, Are Topics
More Than 90 of kentueky's 100
Counties Send Delegates.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Bowling Green, Ky.-Rodman Wiley,
of the state roads department, and
Fred Mutchler, of the extension serv-
ice of the United States Department
of Agriculture, we're the principal
speakers at the Rural Life and Rural
School Conference here. The latter
confined his talk to farms, and the for
mer to roads. President Peyton, Of
the ~, c. & ST. L. railroad, also dwell
ing on the dependence of the railroad
upon agriculture, and the importance
of transportation and markets to the
modern farm. He paid a tribute to
President H. H. Cherry, originator Of
the conference, asserting that such
gatherings as this go a long way to-
ward enabling every class and profess
sion to understand the honest aims
and purposes of each other.
Frankly admitting mistakes and dis
honesty on the part alike of some rail-
roads and some farmers, President
Peyton urged that the past be over
looked and that all present determine
to aid in solving problems of the south.
Cooperation is the keynote of modern
development, he said
DR.. p. G. Holden, the great Iowa
corn and alfalfa expert, who has been
here throughout the conference, said:
This is by all means the greatest ag-
ricultural meeting / have ever attend
ed. / believe ii is the greatest ever
held in America"
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart received
an enthusiastic greeting when she pre-
scented the moonlight school as a solu
ton to Kentucky's adult illiteracy
problem. Special classes on county
churches, county schools, farms, poul
try, birds and roads are being largely
attended. State Sanitary Engineer
Curry exhibited models and photo
graphs showing what constitutes a
sanitary farm homestead.
Patriotic exercises, commemorating
Washington's birthday, was a feature
on Friday, the best day of the confer.
ence, as it was said. Prof. Cyril Hop
kins, of the University of Illinois, told
about Jail building. More than ninety
of Kentucky's 120 counties were rep.
resented at the conference. The at.
tendance at the sessions was in ex.
cess of 5000.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Throat affections, and In every disease
that can be reached through the blood,
1t never fails to benefit or cure In
tablet or liquid form.
The machinery of the body needs to
be well oiled, kept In good condition
Just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that Of
his horse or his engine? Yet most
people do neglect themselves. Clean
the system at least once q week with
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Investigators Organize.

The investigating committee Of the
State University met in the Office OF
Governor Stanley and elected r. G
Gordon, of Louisville, chairman. The
committee comprises ]. D. Lyle, OF
New York; DR.. ]. A. Ammon, of Lam.
caster; H. M. Froman, Of Lexington
and ]. W. Turner, of Paintsville. No
definite program was outlined, but
each member of the committee was as.
signed certain work to look after and
report at meeting to be held at the
call of the president.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS TRIED
Are Charged With Violation of Rules
of Their Union.

Louisville, Ky.-Charged with hav-
ing violated rules of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, by instituting a law
suit to prevent endorsements. of gen.
eral strike order last September, with.
out first having exhausted all re-
sources within the organization, IA
passenger conductors of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad were placed on
trial before their lodge in executive
session here.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Three Seek Bankruptcy.

Petitions in bankruptcy were filed
in the federal court here by three resi-
dents of Lexington. George G. Swain,
switchman, listed his assets at $2,250
and his liabilities at s2,996. George s.
STRAIN, merchant, gave his assets al
$3,284.49 and his liabilities at $3,127.24
c. H. McCuddy scheduled his assets at
S8,154.49 and his liabilities at $12,
456.37. STRAIN and McCuddy conduct
ed the Lexington Mantel Company.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
New Steel Plant

Ashland, Ky.-The new open hearth
steel plant of the Ashland Iron and
Mining Co. is now in operation.
Owing to the non-arrival of material,
the rolling of steel will not be started
for several weeks. The plant viii en-
ploy more than a thousand men when
it is operating full.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Woman's VIII Upheld.

The will of Mary Anna Francis
Jones, who died in 1914, leaving a
home on Pennsylvania avenue. Louis
vile, to her son, Edgar Carr Jones,
and only SIS to her daughter, Mrs. Jen-
ME Jones Beckley, was upheld by the
court of appeals in an opinion by Com
missioner Clay, reversing the Jeffer-
son circuit court in the suit of Mrs.
Beckley to break the will. The YER
dict had been given on the ground of
undue influence, but the court of ap-
peals said the evidence did not sus-
tain the verdict and directed that per-
emptory instructions be given in favor
of the will if the evidence is the same
on a retrial.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
LIVED SO YEARS, AND
HAD ABS DESCENDANTS

Manchester. Ky. II Mrs. Susan
Marcum, one of the oldest resi-
dents of this county, died at her
home on Big creek lately. She was
SO years old, and had 356 living de-
scendants and seventy-nine de-
scendants dead. Her husband, Hi
ram Marcum, at one time owned
10000 acres of land on Redbird
river in one bouI Nary.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

you say all this happened long time
ago?" YES" he said, almost 1000
years ago." "And they nailed him to
that thar tree when he hadn't done
nothing to hurt 'em, only jest loved
'em? Eyes," She leaned farther
and placed her hand impressively upon
his knee. "Wall, stranger" she said,
the tears standing in her eyes, Tets
hope hit amt sol"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Resume River Traffic.

Louisville, Ky.-After a prolonged
tie-up because of an unusually heavy
run of ice, river traffic out of Louis
vile to Cincinnati has been resumed.
The enforced lay-off of the various
river craft has extended over period
Of from 10 to 16 days.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Two Prisoners Pardoned.

Governor Stanley pardoned Joseph
Jackson and Elijah Jackson, of Knox
county, who are serving terms in the
penitentiary for grand larceny. The
men were alleged to have stolen COW.
Lieutenant Governor Black, Senators
Hiram Brock and B. c. Lewis, the cir
cult Judge, Commonwealth's attorney
and the jurors who tried the case rec
commended the executive clemency.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Tax Bills Endorsed.

Frankfort, Ky.-The Kentucky State
Chamber of Commerce adopted res
olution urging the legislature to pass
the tax bills as they were prepared by
che State Tax Commission
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Greensboro, Ky.-A jury declared
Mrs: Ellen Riley, one of the wealthiest
women of .Owensboro, competent to
manage her own estate. An effort had
been made to have a committee ap-
pointed for her, it being claimed that
she was mentally incapable of looking
after her own affairs.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
KENTUCKY BREvITIES

Princeton, Ky.-Judge M. p. Smith
of the Caldwell county court, dismiss
ed a petition for a road bond issue
election, giving as a reason for so do.
ing the lack of required number of
freeholders.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A we'll known actress gives the follow
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add OF. Bay Rum. a small box Of
Barbo Compound, and u OF. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix It at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make 1t soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp, In not sticky OF
greasy, and does not rub OF. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Jawcrackers.

"Why do they call him the unspeak-
able Turk?"
"Wait until the fighting gets to the
Turkish towns and you'll soon find
out"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
w. N. u, CINCINNATI, NO. s--ts17.
TnR ONWARD MARCH of Bronchitis.

and deep seated Coughs Is
arrested by Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
In those scrofulous condi-
lions Of the blood which in
yite Consumption /; in severe,
lingering Coughs, and Weak
Lungs, which threaten you
with this fatal disease, and
= when other help has failed
this medicine Is . proved
remedy.
As q blood cleanser.
strength-restorer, and tonic
It Is sure to benefit. In all
lingering Bronchial and
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Whitesburg, Ky.-Rain for two days
has swollen mountain streams almost
to flood tide, especially the North
Fork, South Fork and Middle Fork of
the Kentucky river, along the valleys
of which considerable damage has
been done, houses in the lowlands hav-
ing been flooded in many instances.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Leather waste is an important In
gredient of much of the best wall
paper.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Goo sick
60 Work
Many Women in this Condition Re-
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof of This Fact.

Ridgway, Penn. - II suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for over
seven months so i could not do any of my work 1
was treated by three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told me
how Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound had
helped her. decided to try it, and it restored my
health, so I now do all of my homework which is
not light as I have little boy three years old"
Mrs. o. M. RHNEs, Ridgway, Penn
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

An umbrella does lot of good, but
1t has to be put up to 1t.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

As there is no success without eff
reSS.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Only One "BROMO OUININE"
To get the genuine, call for full maine LAXATIYB
BROMO QCININH Look for signature of 4. W.
GROVE. Cures Cold in One Day. 26e.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Mrs. Lindsey Now Keeps House

Tenn Cal want to tell how much Ihave been benefited
by Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compound About eight agol
got health unable house for three in
family had dull tired dizzy feelings cold feet and hands nearly
all the scarcely all The doctor said had
severe liberation and without operation would always
be invalid but told him wanted to wait awhile Our druggist
advised my Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compound
entirely cured Now keep house for and work
in the garden some thankful this medicine feel
as though life and have recommended to others and
they benefed"Mrs w LINDSEY R. R. g. Tenne Ca
cine letter will be opened
and held in strict confidence
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Honesty is the best pOlicy-fOr all
your neighbors.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Hopkinsville, Ky.-At the annua.
meeting of the Hopkinsville Associat.
ed Charities officers were elected as
follows: President, DR.. Calvin M.
Thompson; vice president, Henry M
Frankel; secretary, Joe McCarroll, Jr.;
treasurer, Bailey Russell. Mrs. Lillian
Gillock was reelected agent.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Optimistic Thought
All excess is bad-abstinence as well
as intemperance.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Pennsylvania is asked to spend this
year S4,000,000 for new militia ar
mOries.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Success In any enterprise consists
largely In knowing when to quit
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are not
a "coaltar product" nor "confection,"
but q good, old-fsshioned dose of medicine
for regulating the stomach, the liver and
the bowels. Get box and try them. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Defined.
Aren't the fashions this season less
extreme?"
"Oh, extremely less"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Winchester, Ky-The marriage OF
Miss Mabel Carlyle Lanter, daughter
of Prof. ]. e. Lanter and Mrs. Lanter,
was solemnized at the home of her
father, this city, to Thomas Preston
Owings, of Ashland, KY. The Rev. C.
C. Carroll performed the ceremony.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Very Suitable.

1.-THE engagement of the young sur
geon to the telephone girl is unusually
appropriate"
"Why sol"
Because she makes a practice OK
cutting folks off and he is cutting
them up"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02

Lexington, Ky.-An ordinance au.
thorizing the Commissioner of Fl,
nance to purchase for the city's sink,
ing fund sewer bonds amounting to
$4,000 and appropriating $17,O9S.SS
for the purpose, was passed by the
City Commissioners.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
Faithful Canine Routs The
Intended Captor Of
It's Master
LOTTERY SCHEME rs
NIPPED BY POLICE
Fish, Already Preserved, Is
Caught -Doings Of The
Neighborhood

Mt. Gilead, Jan. 20-Search is being
made In this vicinity for man who
made an attempt to kidnap Raymond
NcKibben, the 10-year-old son of
Samuel McKibben, residing two miles
west of Climax.
Young McKibben had returned
from school Thursday evening and,
finding his parents away from home,
began to do some work about the
barn. The lad went to the haymow
TO throw down some hay and just as
he left the NOW, he was grabbed from
behind by man, according to the
story which he later told his parents.
Too frightened to make any resist
ance or shout for help, the McKibben
boy was carried out of the barn by
the stranger who started to run out
of the yard with the boy in his arms.
Spying his big shepherd dog near the
house, the youngster whistled to him.
"Shep" started on run for the man,
who dropped the boy and ran out of
the yard and down the road.
The boy was not able to give de-
scription of the man.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
SCHOOL
For Sanatorium Children Is
Launched
Harry c. Phillips Sees Necessity For
Educating Younger Patients and
Arranges For Instructor

A school to educate the children Of
the Ohio State Sanatorium has been
organized by Harry G. Phillips of the
Ohio State Sanatorium at that insti-
tuition.
There are 13 children who are pa
tients at the Sanatorium and all have
enrolled in the school which will be
under the direction of an experienced
teacher, who is now patient at the
institution.
Such a school has been needed at
the sanatorium that the children who
may leave there when grown will
have an eduaction. Seeing this urgent
necessity, Mr.. Phillips has made ar.
rangements to have the necessary
books sent to the sanatorium. The
curriculum will be the same as in
the Mt. Vernon public schools.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
BALTIC,
Runaways Are Located In
st. Joseph, Mo.
Lads Who Left Homes Several Weeks
Ago Forced To Appeal For
Financial Aid

Coshocton, Jan. 20-Ralph Wilson
and Willie Syler, Baltic youths who
ran away from their homes Sunday
night, jan. 7, have been located in St.
Joseph, Mo. The two lads reached
that place after receiving financial aid
from the Wilson boys mother, whose
home is at st. Joseph.
The youths disappeared from their
homes at Baltic without informing
anyone of their intentions and moth
ing was heard of them until they reach
ed Lewiston, ILL.,, where they became
stranded without money.
1t was at this stage of the flight that
young Wilson appealed to his mother
at st. Joseph Mrs. Wilson immedi-
ately notified William Domer of Bal
tic, with whom the Wilson boy made
his home.
The report that the Wilson lad had
taken 5000 belonging to the firm Of
Domer e Son in Baltic was denied
Friday by Mr.. Domer. who declared
that If such had been the case the
youths would not have been stranded
upon reaching Lewiston.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
Substitutes For Meat That
Have Same Food Value

Meat is always high priced and es-
pecially so now, says Miss Leonora
Richards, assistant in domestic science
in the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege. There are many foods which
have the same nutritive value as meat
and these may be used as meat substi-
tutes.
Baked beans, cheese fondu, macaroni
and cheese, baked rice and cheese,
cheese soufile, corn and cheese soufle.
and rice with lentils may be served
as substitutes for meat and are much
cheaper in preparation. Eggs are an
excellent meat substitute and may be
prepared in a variety Of ways, but
their present high price is prohibitive.
Persons who cannot eat without meat
should buy the cheaper cuts, such as
flank steak. rump and chuck roasts,
heart, liver and chuck steak. These
cuts contain the same amount OF nu-
triment as the more expensive cuts.
but are not so tender. In order to
make the cheaper cuts Of meat palata-
BILE they should be cooked slowly at q
low temperature. Stewing is prefer
able. Seasoning with highly favored
vegetables and spices improves the
navor.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
Scheme Nipped In Bud

Delaware, Jan. 20-An effort by a
Cleveland firm to circulate forbid
den lottery card through Delaware
was nipped in the bud by Fritz Pfiff-
ner, who directed the agent to visit
Mayor White with the clever little
premium ruse of getting much for
nothing.
Mayor White and Chief Spaulding
took the matter up and made an at
tempt to locate the offender in order
that they might send him from the
city in short order, but were unable
to find him.
The cards which we're given young
women to circulate through the stores
of the city contained 80 chances to be
paid for according to the number
drawn, the total sum to be collected
on card being $3.50. Two prizes
were to be given to the two winning
lucky numbers, and a premium to the
agent filling the card with the names
of victims.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
Goth Feet Are Frozen

GAINESVILLE. Jan. 20-Frank Spur
geon, SIS, who has been living alone in
a log cabin two miles outside Of Dres-
den, was found in pitiable state of
destitution by the trustees of Cass
township. At first It was thought
that he was merely suffering from in
sufficient food and clothing, but at
the county infrmary, to which insti-
tuition he was at once removed, 1t was
at once discovered that both his feet
had been so badly frozen that gan
creme had developed.
The patient was removed to the
Bethesda hospital and 1t was an.
nounced that 1t would be necessary
to amputate both feet in order to save
the mans life.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
PEACE MEETING ON
In SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 20-Ar-
rangements have been concluded for
a notable peace meeting to be held in
this city tomorrow under the, auspices
of the Neutral Conference Peace COM
mittee. Among those scheduled to
address the gathering are Frank p.
Walsh, former chairman Of the FEEDER
al Commission on Industrial Rela-
tions; Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson of
Denver, former member of the Colora-
do legislature, and Francis P. Nelson,
a former member Of the British parlia-
ment.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-23
Slowly LOSING sank.RoIl

Mansfield, Jan. 20-Ole Olson of
Toledo Junction. the man who had $57
in his pockets when arraigned in po-
lice court on charge of being drunk
and who begged the mayor to sus-
pend the fine, saying that he was in
great need of the money in his pos
session, was back in court the next
day on the same charge. When ar
rested the second time he had only
1882 of his roll left.