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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07

ceive all this help. Lets figure
just a little, the state pays IS
per cent and the county IS per
cent. now with this taxable prop
erty in the same proportion as it
was when I left your county,
the interpretations doing business
in the county, (the railroads. the
four banks. telegraph and tee
phone companie,) will paw so per
cent of the counties part leaving
only I21l cents to each dollar
spent in the county for the PEG
pie to pay and you get it all, 100
cents to the dollar. There Is al
most enough men In the county
that only pay a poll tax and
would not have any cf this tax
TO Gay, to make this proposition
carry and give them employment
q good part of the year. Now if
some big rich guy was to send
you people word that on March
18TH. Gust say 1t is John d. )tha'
he would be in Mt. Vernon and
that for every $I2 so that each
and every voter would give him
that he would give them bach
Sroo 90 Now a fair question
How many of you would try and
see him.? You have the same
proposition before Won on March
xsth, ia, you don have 70 go al
the way to Mt. Vernon, just 60
to your voting places and vote
yes. and you have it.
Now 1 want to tell you what
we are doing here in Hendricks
Co., Ind. The noted old Nation
al highway passes throug this
county for a distance Of about 20
miles. And to show you that II
is not only good road but a
dandy. I will tell you what took
place on this road between In
dianapolis and Terre Haute
There are t wo railroads running
parallel with the old National
road. On these railroads they
run through fast trains and they
go over the ties some, as fast as
you ever saw an L. q N. train
move. Two men in an automo
bile loaded with sand bags to
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07
LEFT ROCKCASTLE
BECAUSE OF THE ROADS =
p. II. SHUTS SPEAKS
FOR THE 2O-CENT
TAX

Danville, Ind Feb. "a. 1o1o.
Editor Mt. Vernon Signal,
Mt Vernon, KY.
Dear Edgar
lam enclosing a $500 check
Which you will place to my credit.
We all welc ,me and enjoy the
Signal as it is like getting a..letter
from a friend and not put TO
the trouble of answering it. But
il you will allow me a little space
in your valuable paper / will
write letter to my Rockcastle
friends, making one letter do for
all. For the first time in five
years that l have lived in Indiana
have / been moved to write q
public letter to my dear old
friends and neighbors. But it is
of vital importance to you dear
people l could not resist giving
my opinion on the subject Of
Good Roads. aud especially the
voting of the &c tax. knew
you had this u subject W last Noy.
ember 10 vote On but DID not
even dream Of it being voted
down. as they were assured by
the Fiscal Court that your tax
rate would not be raised, and
that the State would pay IS per
cent of it. And that it should
take the place of the present road
levy, but to my great surprise it
was voted down. Now dear PEG.
pie, it was the condition of the
roads in old RockcastIe and the
unwillinguess of the people to
vote bond on themselves to
improve the highways as they
claimed they were able to build
and maintain good roads that l
left the County. Even II their
theory was right at that time,
which I thought you were mis-.
taken in, it is not the case now,
as you cannot ford not to re-
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07

hold it to the ground, left Indian.
,polis the same time these fast
trains did aud the automobile ar.
rived first in Terre Haute, the
Big 4 train train stopping at
Greencastle one minute and the
Penn, not making any stop at all.
So you see they had to go some.
But the State and Nation offers to
help improve this road and offers
to pay so per cent of the cost,
so our county officials appropri.
ated $4,000 90 to the mile, which
makes $4,000 90 TO our part. We
believe In receiving gifts. If you
had such roads l would not be
writing this letter. If you get
scared at 81 80 tax to the $Ioo. 90
l advise you not to come to Indi-
ana to live for there are two things
we must do, pay taxes and die
And our tax rate was only $3.4S
to the Sloo 90, aud $500 poll tax
| would rather pay that much and
have GU conveuIences as to be
back in Rockcastle and not have
good roads.
AS long as I live I intend to
come back to see my old friends
every or S years and that is all
ever expect to be benefited by
you voting this tax. But if you
can't see your way clear aud vote
it down again 1 will come just
the same even If have to walk
Through the fields from house tt
house.
My dear friends this time las
year you might have had a NOR,
serious question to be settled
that of winning the World War
but this one, to be serious, is al
most an equal. What is a cOun
try without good roads, schools
churches and good stock T? 1
you have good roads the othel
three will soon follow. So vol
that are in favor of this great op
Iportunitv get out and inform
lyour less fortunate brother, anl
make IL unanimous in receiving
this great gift So good people
doh't leave a stone unturned tina
will assist in making this a sue
cess. If my coming back ant
helping in this campaign woul'
change the line in its favor
would gladly pay my way ant
be Johnny on the spot.
Now one more word to thos
in favor of good roads, I'm tn,
words Of d. Ramsey.) "If at frs
you don't succeed. keep a suck
ing till you do succeed" No,
with friendship and good wishe
to all,
] am yours truly,
p. III. SHUTS.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07
REV. A. ]. PIKE
EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS OF
THE MASS CONVENTION
HELD in MT.VERNON,
FEBRUARY 3RD,
Brodhead, KenkAl

Brodhead, KentQ4ky.
To The Mt. Vernon Signal,
Dear Editor:--I see where q Mass
Meeting was called at tHe6ourt
house on the grid dav of Feb. r0Io
in NJ. Vernon, KY. The pur.
pose of this meeting was to per
feet an organization, adopt resO-
lutions and appoint Committees
,, to fight the whisky traffic and
hunt down boot leggers In Rock
castle County. At the meeting
my. own town was represented
by some Dof our best citizens and
preachers, and at this meeting
my fellow townsman aud neigh
Dor offered a long resolution,
which was unanimously adopted,
and among the many things re-
solved were the following "Be
it resolved that we use our in
Auence to build up pup!ic sen
timent and arouse the people to
a sense of their duty. and make
this sentiment so strong that It
will be impossible for any one
to violate this law without being
i'm mediately apprehended and
punished; and that we be dill
gent and co operative to such
an extent that no one can be un.
der the influence of whiskey or
any intoxicating liquor in this
county without being punished
therefor to the full extent of the
law. Be it further resolved that
we denounce gambling; the con.
cealed deadly weapon practice
and do we especially condemn
perjury and false swearing pre-
valent in this community, and
we promise to be active In the
prosecution of these and all
other attractions of the law. t.
the end tina, ROckcastle c0un
ty may become better and more
secure place in which to live.'
They went further and said, tC
represent the Civil League, a par,
of the Council of Defense Of
Rockcastle County after due con-
sideration have appointed the
following men to carry out the
citizens pa-t of Resolution No. |
adopted at this Mass Meeting
: They went further and appointed
five men in each voting precinct
These men were appointed and
asked to meet in Mt. Vernon or
Saturday the 18th of February
1919, at one o'clock p. m. and
when the time came to meet no
a man could be found to repre-
, sent Brodhead precinct. Herr
the thing stopped. Now Mr.. Ed
, itor, l want to say. that all the
readers Of your paper 10 Rock
castle County, who know the
writer, knows that 1 have beer
, an earnest advocate of law anC
, order for forty years. and during
twelve years 10 official life a.
magistrate in livingston district
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07
THE BEST LAXATIVE.

my sedentary habits have
necessitated the use of an occas.
ional iaxitive l bave tried many
but found nothing better than
Chamberlain's Tablets" writes
George +. Daniels, Hardwick,
Vt. Mr.. Daniels is proprietor OF
the Hardwicx Inn, one Of the
model hotels of New England.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07

I almost alone made an untiring |
effort to hunt down boot-leggers |
and moonshiners, for which the
whiskey element attempted to as.
sasinate me. and one John Null
Inns, q whiskey man from Vir-
giuia, who was selling liquor in
a bling tiger shot me twice be-
cause l issued papers against
him, for which he served a term
in the state penitentiary. I refer
to these things to show how the
writer has stood and what 1 have
done in Rockcastle county for
this righteous cause, when boot
Logging and blind-tigering was In
full blast, and it was impossible
to get such crowds as met at Mt.
Vernon on the grid day of this
month and put their names on
record to fight this damnable evil.
Now with this past experience, ]
want to say to all these good peo-
pie that met at the Court
House and did so much talking,
and resolved so many good things
that you will find it all to be
bosh, unless you can inject into
it something that we have not
had In the past. I want to now
suggest two very Important char.
acteristics that we must have in
order to make your resolves a
success, In the first place you
must get your Court to appoint
a jury commission that will abso-
lutely refuse to select any man
on either the grand or trial jury,
who is in sympathy with the
whiskey traffic. No man ought
to be selected as a juror because
of something he had done to help
some other one in Office, or be-
cause of anything outside of good
citizenship. If you can get a
Jury that is not contaminated
with liquor, you will have a good
foundation to build upon.
The ne1t thing | suggest is to
get all the attorneys in our coun.
ty to join this league and abso-
lutely refuse to defend any
whiskey man. II you can do
this. you have the battle won. 1t
Is not enough for our attorneys
to say they are against this boot
Logging business and then turn
around and defend them in this
hellish practice. l can take the
trial Jurors as they have been Sc
lected heretofore with a few
wbiskey sympathizers among
them to select from, and turn
over to &C. Williams, Judge l..
w. Bethurum. j. W. Brown. and
othere that i might name, and
with their knowledge of the peo-
pie of this county and with this
mixed jury to select from, they
Can acquit, or have a hund jury
in nine out of every ten cases.
To illustrate, I will refer to a
case in my own town. Ayoung
man who had been in the habit
of getting drunk and acting in a
disorderly way got drunk and
The Washington times., 1919-01-30
MAY HAVE WE'D
MAJ. FAHNESTOCK
CONTINUED from First Page.)

CONTINUED from f1rSl Ea5G.l
gagged to the army officer or not. Mrs.
CazeauN is not able to say. Miss Pack
wood, however, confided to her her
devotion for the major.
A Major FentOn Named.
Another friend of Miss Packwood re-
ported that the dead nurse had told
her she had secretly married, about
year ago, a Major Fenton, who had
gone to France. Shortly before her
death Miss Packwood said her hus-
band had been killed in action in
France in October. Military authori-
ties have been unable to find the
name Of a Major Fenton on their rec
ords, which lends weight to the belief
that the nurse referred to Major
FahnestoCk
Mrs. Cszeaux says she personally
knew Major Fahnestock long before
he entered the army, and that she had
met him in the vestibule OF the apart
nient house wheR- he was visiting MSS
Psckwood.
-"As soon as the Palisades suicide
was identified as Miss PaclIwood aud
the newspapers quoted her as saying
TO her friends that the death OF her
husband, who was a major overseas,
had caused her to want to kill her
self, the great friendship between the
two at once flashed into my mind"
Mrs. CazeauX said.
Dates Coincide.
''I remembered at once that Mr..
Fahnestock was a physician and that
/ had read in the newspapers that he
had died in the army while in France.
The newspapers relating the story of
Miss Packwood's death also said she
had received the telegram telling heC
Of the major, her husbands death,
in the first part OF October, which
coincided exactly with the date of
Major Fahnestocll's death from pneu-
monia in Paris.
Miss Packwood lived in the apart
men below me for almost eeyears.
She left here some time in 1918. 1
got to know her quite well. She told
me she was born in the South and
sber parents lived at Tampa, Fla She
said that she was not married, and
the reason she did not live home was
because she did not get along very
well with some of her people.
''The way learned of her romance
with Major Fahenstock was quite ac-
cidentaL I had also met him through
friends. One evening as 1 was leay-I
ing the apartment house he drove up
ished, because thought he was call
ing on me, and I did not know him
very we'll
Looked Embarrassed.
He looked a trif1le embarrassed, as
asked why he was visiting me. He
answered that he just wanted to know
II I still lived there. Then he left in his
machine. ! happened to look up and
saw Miss Packwood standing at the
front window watching him.
The next time ] talked with her 1
asked her If she knew Major Fahne-
stock, and she replied that she did.
f! Then I learned that they were firm
I friends and were, candidly, very fond
+, Of one another. ] saw Major Fahne-
stock call, oh, a great many times.
Whether they have been married since
do not know, but il would not surprise
me At the time he visited Miss Pack
wood here he lived at the Union Club,
for she told me so.
II remember that at the time he was
visiting her. although he was a physician,
he was not practicing medicine There
Is no doubt in my mind that the major
mentioned is Major Fahnestock." --
The Washington times., 1919-01-30
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The Washington times., 1919-01-30
La GUARDIA SCOFFS
ATASYLUM CRUELTY

Congressman La Guardia, OF New
York, came to the defense today Of
st. Elizabetb's Hospital, which has
been under criticism recently for its
alleged methods in the treatment of
soldiers who have been confined there.
A discussion OF the subject came up
IN the House yesterday in connection
with the deficiency bill and Congress
man La Guardia referred to the mat
ter again today in Connection with the
same bill.
La Guardfa said he had visited St.
Elizabeth's and did not believe the
criticism which appeared in the New
York Sun warranted.
Fourteen hundred and forty soldiers
have been sent TO the hospital, ac-
cordfng TO La Guardia. but they are
not sheIl-shocked patients. They are
held, as a rule, for observation, ae-
cording to La Guardia-
Congressman Mann said he was ad-
vised that some Of the orderlies at
St. EIizabeth's were soldiers who were
entirely inexperienced in the handling
Of patients with mental disorders. He
did not believe this was the proper
policy. and said that only experienced
attendants should be utilized.
The Washington times., 1919-01-30

gagged to the army officer or not Mrs.
Cazeaux is not able to say. Miss Pack
wood. however, confided TO her her
devotion for the major
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-07-22
LA ULTIMA MODA EN- TGAJES
PARA CABALLEROS

La acreditaba n.na Kaufman ana
Flonacher &c New Orleans. manufac-
turera de trajes para caballeIo-. ha lc
cho un embarque grandioso de tra.e
Palm Beach, Crool Crash, Alpaca.
2 la acrceditada casa dc los senores ..
Mcjia Co, de santurce, dondo puele
rsted comprar a precios mas baioe que
"a san juan. AlVt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

toned, and it is explained most care
fully that money invested cannot be
lost IL only clients will V the sense
TO deal with reputable firms; for there
have always been rascally and rapaciouS
dealers to take advantage OF the ig-
norant by charging eNorbitant prices or
selling inferior bonds, The market
ability OF the bonds is alluded to they
are readily saleable and the fortune OF
thousands who have risen to otherwise
unattainable afflueuCe is dilated upon
so attractively that it is no wonder
an immense sale of bonds was achieved
by the agency. 1t is a singular circum-
stance that prizes of large amounts Oft
en- lay unclaimed for years, although
the numbers of drawn bonds are wide
~ published and list Of unclaimed prizes
freely circulated, .
In the case of issues by France and
England agents will be appointed in
America and Canada for the receipt
and forwarding of subscriptions and no
risk need be incurred by transmission
direct. 1t Is likely enough that both
governments will guarantee the return
OF the exact number of dollar invested,
If such a guarantee is largely desired,
They will both be anxious to have out
standing obligations converted, but must
consider the trend of your public opin-
ion. 1t is an easy prophecy that when
triumphs have been registered on both
sides OF the channe; the issue of prem
ium bonds by the colonies will begin,
and this must sooner or later affect
America; but your colossal financial
strength removes the question of a
government issue'from the field of proX-
innate probability,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28
FOOD HAS RISEN IN
FIFTY AMERICAN CITIES

WASHINGTON, Now eS.-Tho aver
< family expenditure for food in the
30 cttes from which the bureau Of labor
statistics Of the United States dcpart
ment Of labor receives monthly reports
was approximately the same IN October
as Il WAS IN September. In RridEepOrt
Manchester, Minneapolis, PHILADELPHIA,
Portland, ore Richmond, st. Louis,
Seattle and Washington there was an
increase " less than one-halt of I per
cent, ~ Columbus. New Orleans, Port
land, Me, and st. Paul, a decrease OF
less than one~half OF l~percent, In Jack
SonVtlle the retail Cost was the same
as in September.
Kansas city and Pittsburgh increased
per cent each; Baltimore, buffalo. In
dtanapolis, Louisville Mobile, New Ha-
ven, Rochester and Salt Lake City. de-
creased . per cent each.
birmingham, Boston. Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Denver, Little Rock, Los An
geleS, Newark, New Work, Omaha. Pc
erta, Providence and san Francisco in
creased l per cent each, Atlanta, Butte
Fail River, Houston, Memphis, NH
waukce, Norfolk and Scranton decreased
l per cent each. The greatest increase
or J per cent. was shown in Springfield
vi. This city. however, decreased s pei
cent in September,
Comparing October, 1919, with Octo
Der, lSlS, Baltimore decreased . pei
cent, Butte. | per cent, and Norfolk
less than one half Of / per cent, Al
the other so cities Increased during thu
| year from less than oue-half OF | PEI
eent in New Haven to . per cent ii
Cleveland, Milwaukee and Minneapolis
During the six wears from October
| 1919, to October, 1919, all the cities in
: creased from 81 per cent In Los An.
geleS 10 100 per cent In Washington.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

ton to have II representative In the de-
paTtment In charge of the country's H.
ntnlces, In order to safeguard their eco
monte rights In the country.
The British, French and Arabian ar
mics OF occupation to be withdrawn ms
soon as the national government ~ es-
tAhllshed,
As soon as the new government Is
formally recognized, the question OF the
need OF assistance from some power
holding a mandate from the league Of
nations to be examined and determined,
The chamber and senate TO determine
by vote whether the government should
be monarchial or republican,
1--WE ask only tho protest states
that tho allies adhere to their prom,
ises to us and permit ~ to decide fol
ourselves the future of our country, W,
ask for complete independence, without
a mandate, protection or supervision o.
any kind,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

two per cent, plus only whatever is
assigned to the prize fund, since re-
demption by means Of a sinking fund
Is a necessity in both cases. Conse-
quently the saving to the ex%chequer
may be as high as two per cent on the
amount converted. that Is to say $780,
The French plan of an undiluted lot
terry loan Is worlds removed fromethe
old -time lotteries which drew down con-
domination from most thinking people
as being pernicous gambling, leading to
excuses in all directions n alleged
to be responsible at one time for over
100 suicides In Paris for year. This
was because there was no provision for
the return of capital. This outstanding
feature OF modern lottery issues has
converted them into ran investment
which the most prudent may consider,
The French loan caters for those to
whom interest is a matter of indiffer-
| ence compared with the possibility of
winning one Of the large n numer-
| Gus prizes. The suggested English
scheme reflects the essential national
spirit Of compromise and has the ad-
| vantage of yielding at least some an
nual interest to investors, 1t will be
interesting to see how the respective
loans appeal to the Inhabitants of
Spain, Holland. Switzerland, Scandina-
via and. other countries, not forgetting
America, which is expected to subscribe
very heavily. Incidentally this will heir
the restoration of the foreign exchange
rates. n thus assist trade throughout
| tho world