Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-20
B R O D II E A D

The planning and saw mill of
j. w. Tate was destroyed by fire
early Tues lay evening. This
lumber plant was run all day
Tuesday and soon after every
body had gone home it was in a
mass of flames Several hun
dred dollars worth of lumber
was burned and most of the ma
chinery rendered useless. The
loss falls pretty heavy on Mr..
Tate and no part of it was
covered by insurance - Mrs.
Roy Sowder, of Corbin, is visiting
relatives here this week. Her
husband is now in France help
ing to make the Huns live hard
w. 7. Watson, of Garraad, was
with his brother, ]. F. Watson,
here Wednesday, ED. j. w.
Masters came home the first of
the week from Eastern Kentucky,
where The had been conducting a
revival, very sick man. and it is
feared by his physician that he
has typhoid.-Wm Whitaker and
Donaldson Jones, of near Lancas-
ter, were here "Wednesday on their
way to Pire Hill to buy car of
coal--Eld. aud Mrs. Shelburn
Masters. of Kings Mountain,
are with his father, J.W.iMasters
this Week.-Mrs. Halle Barnes
is clerking in John Robins Cash
Store at present. We wish to
say to those who have made no
arrangements for their coal that
such steps should be taken at
once. We are informed that the
mines in the Sand Springs sec.
ton, or rather the coal haulers
there. will not deliver any coal
here this fall or ,winter at the
price named by the Fuel Com
mittee, therefore it will he nee
essary to secure special permit
to have coal shipped here from
some of the Eastern Kentucky
mines, and those interested should
make up Car loads and have them
ordered out as soon as practical,
otherwise it will be difficult to
get your coal. If you care to
send teams to the mines you can
buy your coal there at $2.25 per
ton. The haulers say that unless
they are allowed to charge So. IS
per ton for the coal they deliver
that none will be hauled. You
will see that at this price the
hauling alone costs 10 cents per
bushel.-The Rev. A. j. Pike
closed a very successful meeting
at Poplar Grove church the 18th
which he begun on the 9th. He
was rewarded with nineteen ad-
ditiops. Rev. Don. Q. Smith
State Evangelist, of Louisville,
assisted at the beginning CT the
meeting, but was called away on
account of a sick child. Great
interest was manifested thru out
the meeting and the largest at;
tendance ever known at this
place was at every service. w
A. Robbins, of Corbin, was with
home folks here during the week
BIC. Anderson, of Garrard has
been here several days during
the week winding up the business
of his son, Henry Anderson
who is now in training at Camp
Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bish
op, of Somerset, have moved Il
our town and are occupying the
j. E. Wa,lln residence on Mapl,
street. These are good peopl
and we are proud to have then
to make Brodhead their hor e.
Mrs. Chas. r. Pike, of Corbin
who is with Rev. and Mrs A. j
Pike, of this place. underwent a.
operation here Thursday of las
week. DR.. w. E. Gravely, as
ssisted By DR.. E J. Brown, Of
stanford, performed the opera
ton. Mrs. Pike is getting alon;
nicely and will soon be ont again
Miss Reca Brooks recently re
signed her position in the pos
slice and accepted a place will
the ,Brodhead Pharmacy.-A. E
Albright and Joe Bishop were il
Somerset several days last week