Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Sebre.-The ninety-eighth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows will be fit
tingly celebrated by the members of
that order of Webster county at Clay,
Saturday, April %.
Maysville.-A hundred or more peo-
pie were turned away from the Wash
ington Opera House, whence they had
come amid a binding snowstorm to
attend a monster patriotic meeting
Mayor ]. w. Lee presided over the
meeting. Circuit Judge C. D. Newell
delivered the opening address.
Observation-Disclosures Brothers, of For
est Home Farm, this county, sold for
$1,000 cash to a western buyer De-
fender Major, a Defender-bre6 Duroc
Jersey boar. The McKees are sons of
the late DR.. Mckee, VINO was a breed
er of thorOughbreds. The boys decided
to breed hogs instead of horses.
LfesSfeld.-Paul Carter. on trial in
the Grayson Circuit Court for the
shooting of Till Huff, was found guilty
of voluntary manslaughter and sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for eight
years. The shooting occurred at Can
eyviile, twelve miles from here, on the
nigh: of February /, at 10 o'clock.
ri Lat I'd
calling on Mayor B. T. Hinton to issue
proclamation calling patriotic meet
ing of the citizens of Paris and Bour-
bon county, received the signature of
practically every business and profess
sional man in the city. Mayor Hinton
Immediately issued proclamation.
LeXington.-The James z. Pepper
Distilling Co. announced it would not
manufacture whisky during the period
of the war and shortage of grain, in
order to do it's part in conserving the
grain supply for foodstuffs anE stock
feeding. The plant has been offered
to the Government for use in making
Alcohol.
Maysville.-The citizens of Mays
vile and Mason county held patriotic
demonstration here at the court house.
which was filled to overlooking. In
speeches the people were urged to
stand by President Wilson. Among
those who spoke were Mayor ]. Yves
ley Lee, who presided as chairman,
and Circuit Judge C. D. Newell
LOuisville-A call of the Navy
League of the United States has come
from Washington to the women of
Kentucky for knitted articles for the
battleship Kentucky. The Government
does not supply these articles of COM
fort for Uncle Sans sailors that will,
however, be essential to keep them
warm in exposed work in small boats.
Covington.-COl. James NJ. Arnold,
rs years old, formerly local freight
agent for the Southern railroad, died
| of apoplexy. He was found lying on
the floor of his bathroom. He was a
brother of Brent Arnold, railroad off
cial Col. Arnold served in the Con-
federate army during the Civil War
and won the command of a regiment
and the rank Of colonel
Lexington.-Inspection of the two
| proposed mobilization sites here to de-
termine which shall be used for the
mobilization Of the Kentucky Guards
men has been made by Col. Hunter,
Inspector General of the Central De
partment, and Maj Hampton, Quarter
master. According to Washington dis
patches Gen. Wood, commanding the
Department of the East, and Gen.
Barry, commanding the Central De-
partment, differ regarding sites.
Henderson. - Henderson county
wheat fields are looking much better
since the few days of sunshine. Many
fields that were believed totally dam
aged by the recent blizzard have
shown surprising comeback" and
will produce from ten to twenty bush
els to the acre, it is believed. Wheat
growers who planned to plow up fields
that seemed damaged will not do so
because of the bulletin issued by the
Department of Agriculture advising
to allow all wheat fields to stand
Paducah.-A large addition is being
made to the Paducah Hosiery Mills
Co.'S plant, owing to increased bust
ness, and when it is completed the
company will have a force of lis wom-
en- employed, with weekly payroll Of
about $1,000.
| Whitesburg.-The Louisville & Nash
vile railroad, according to an an
nouncement, will soon build a branch
line on Lofts Creek, near Hazard.
Perry county, which will open an extern.
sively rich but as yet undeveloped coal
field. The line will be ten miles long