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TAS LANDRUM AgentPhone No 58

Entered at the Mt Vernon Ky Postofliceas second elass mail matt-

erPERSONAL

Miss Carrie Lair i = visiting in

LivingstonMiss

Jones of Middlesborois visiting relatives here

Homer and Oscar Wallen wer

up from Lincoln yesterday

Miss Susie Thompson has been

very sick since last Saturday-

E B and Claud Cox went toLouisvilie Tuesday to buy goods

W H Carmical continues verysick but better than last week

J E Singleton the populargrocery drummer was here yes

terdayMissPatty Green of Versailles

is visiting her sister Mrs Ina D

McCoyMrs

T J Niceley is reportedvery sick It is feared she hastyphoid fever

Mr Preston Pennington is re-

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very sick with somethinglike hay fever

Mrs Alvah Maret visited hedaughter Mrs J Fish and family

during the week

Mr and Mrs George Livesayare on a two weeks visit to Ten ¬

nessee relatives

Miss Ann Baker spent severaldays the guest of her brother U G

Baker and family-

J Fish the clothier andshoeman took a three days businesstrip to Richmond

Sam Cummins is sawing handlesfor the Turner Day WoolsworthHandle Co at Scottsville

Mrs White of Stanford is herebeing treated for a cancer She isstopping with Mrs Shumate

Mr and Mrs S C Franklingspent several days with Dr andMrs M Pennington at Bertha

Supt and Mrs G M Ballardspent several days this weekwithMr Ballards mother on Big Hill

W T Davis the splendid fore ¬

man of this office has been sicksince Friday with billions attack

Mr and MJS Thomas Parsonswere over from the Wildie sectionyesterday having dental work

doneMrsG T Johnson and children

have returned from a pleasant visitto relatives at Beea and othe

pointsMr

and Mrs John Moore wereguests of Mrs Moores parentsMr and Mrs S H Martin firstof the week

Mrs H L Tharp and daughterMargarite spent Friday until Wed ¬

nesday with her aunt Mrs NannieC Albright

R L Collier the pole man spentseveral days here this week load ¬

ing poles Mrs Collier came upWednesday to be with him

Tom OMara who has justfinished the season with the SouthCarolina Leage is here for a fewweeks vacation and to visit relativesTom is a twirler and we expect tosee him traveling in the fastest ofcompany before many seasonshave passed

James Beaty was taken very sud-denly ill yesterday morningSoon after he arose from his nights

I rest he was seized with a peculiarsensation and fainted but soon re ¬

gained consciousness Dr Lovellwas summoned and found itnothing of a serious nature He ismuch better at this time

Mrs James Maret and sisterMrs G B Lawrence arrived Sun ¬

day from an enjoyable two monthsyisjt to Galveston Mrs Maretshealth was much benefited by thseek breeze qf the gulf Whjle inpexas they visited Colutnbus MrMarets one time home 8721876and pther points in the Lone StarState

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Miss Mayme Ferguson returnedto Louisville Tuesday to resumeher duties iu the school for the

blindMr

James Guinon of DetroitMich spent Monday until todryhere the guest of Miss Ristt

WilliamsMrMrs Harry Chasteei

an i wed Saturday from ColoradoHarry says Rockcastle is gooenough for him

LOCAL

lay less and dress better J FISH

Star Bran Shoes are BetterASK FISH WHY

Prayer meeting at Christiarchurch every Wednesday evening

NEW PIIONEU G Bakerresidence Newcomb Ave phoneNo io6S

Get a fit Leave your measurewith FISH he guarantees to fit youin a new FALL SUIT for 1500

Steve PreweU has opened a

butcher shop in the little buildirgresinedence

Just received car load Americanwoven wire fenceSept 54t W E PERKINS

Crab Orchard Ky

The teachers institute will con ¬

veneat Brodhead next Mondavith Prof Eubanks as instructorThe fee charged each teacher willbe 125

The Mt Vernon Skating Rink inbasement of JT Adams store open ¬

ed Tuesday night The rink will beopen every Tuesday Thursday andSaturday nights Willie McBee isManager

The Sunday School of the Chriastian Church will furnish free trans ¬

portation to all members of thatattendrthe services at Rose Hill SundayThe party will leave the churchpromptly at 9 o clock

FARM FOR SALEI desire tosell sixty acres of my farm locatednear the Double Springs MaretburgKy with good house and out ¬

buildings Will sell worth themoney For further informationaddress NELSE GRIFFIN

Sept 1141 Maretburg

I will call on each teacherthroughout the the county to en ¬

force the section ofCommon schoollaw which says that each patronmust send his child or children toschool not less than sixty days Iwill also ask each chairman of hisEducational Division to call themembers ofhis Subdistrict togetherat once and find out indebtednessof each subdistrict ifany andfile a copy with me at the nextmeeting of the Board Iwish toto state to the public at large thatthe mcmbers of the EducationalDivision met in my office Sept 5thaccording to law and that the quest ¬

ion of County High School wasdiscussed at length and that wefurther want to have the same consumated within the time given usand ask the co operation of anysugr ¬

gestions to offerRespectfully yours

G M BALLARD Co Supt

CAPiTALizEDThe Peoples Bankof Mt Vernon whichhas thus farbeen operating as a branch of thwillrhenceforth operate as an Independ ¬

ent institution The capital stockof the bank is 15000 all of whichhas been subscribed At a meetingof the stock holders held last Mon ¬

day In the law office of Judge LW Bethurum the articles of in ¬

corporation were signed by lawsadopted and officers elected Theofficers are U G Baker PresidentR A Whitehead and Dr W JChildress Vice Presidents M B

Salin Cashier and Judge L WBethurum Attorney All stock ¬

holders holding as much as 500stock were made directors who areM J Miller A H Hamlin DrD B Southard Judge S D LewisF L Thompson W R DickersonP H Shutts J F Griffin J WMoore J W Baker T H Dick ¬

erson L W Bethurum J WIRider G D Cook J P E Drummond and A E Woodall It is thepurpose of the new bank to erect a

suitable banking house on the samesite where the old building nowstands as soon as same can bedone however no positive stepsapepointment of a building committeeconsisting Jucjge Bethurum y GBaker J F Griffin F L Thompson and M B Salin Then me ofthe bank will remain the same

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Miss Ida May Adams began heprivate school last Monday

Paint Lick suffered a 70000 orloss by fire last night The storesof W F Champ Co G A

Ballard Peoples Bank hotelMillenery store Anderson butchershop and bridge all burnedFire originated in barn nearChamp COs store The timelyarrival of the Richmond fire de ¬

partment is all that saved the totaldestruction of that thriving littletown Losses partially covered byinsurance

ENTERTAINMENT

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING

SEPTEMBER 16TH i9o8In hall over Citizens Bank the

members of Brodhead Baptist Sun ¬

day School will present the TemSparklingeCupThe

play has a splendid moralshowing the effects of the winecup and is also interspersed withfun and laughter Doors open at7 p m Proceeds go to church

Come one come all and help aworthy cause

BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOOLI

Brown Memorial School Building and Langdon Dormitory areundergoing some slight repairs andchanges but will be ready forschool Sept 16th and the teachersare looking forward wi h pleasureto their workA number of applications havebeen received at Langdon Dormitory this week A fewpnore scholarships have been received and areready for those who first apply

Langdon Industrial Home wasestablished by the Home Boardthro the generosity of Mrs Lang ¬

don to provide for deservingyoung people an opportunity for aChristian educationThe price of board and tuition forthe year is one hundred dollartwenty five dollars to be paid bythe pupil in money or labor the

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al Church and other friends whocount it a privilege to invest monej

W wont admit being daffy overthe YoungFellows claim the young im

mens1 trade of Mt Vernon and Rockcastle county i g

have done so for a number of years and are betterprepared to serve them now than ever before imWeve the reputation for giving the Young Fel ¬ o

lows the best service of any house in the IQeI

county I2

This season is no exception we have lots imot new and nervy styles in Young Mens

Imftremeare not high priced I

r Suits X10 to SIS i mI

All the new colors and styles in Hats Shirt s INeckwearSox and EVERYTHING TO WEAR s-

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FISH BUILDINGPhone77 MT VERNON KYecoseie eeaeetlee9eeieeeieeee0e0eeeiiee0ei0eaaeessse110111in Christian character enablinghe young people thus helped to

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lecome a blessing not only to theommunity in which they live but

to the uation as a whole for the na-

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safeguardis in its Christiancitizens and may we not claimeven more in its educated Christian housekeepers

Let us all encourage our youngpeople to taKe advantage of these

opportunitiesTheexamination

Sept 3rd was very well attendedbut neatly all of the twenty threecontestants were from Mt Vernon

While we were glad to see somany taking an interest we weresorry so few of the precincts of thecounty were represented

Excellent work was done bymost of those who entered the gen ¬

eral average being 82 J per centEight out of the twenty three

had no mispelled word in any ofthe papers handed in

Such creditable showing is de ¬

serving of special mentionWe were sony to be able to give

a scholarship to eachcontestantAll were successful in that they

made the effort and did there bestAll honest effort carries with it

its own rewardThose receiving scholarships areIna DavisMcCoy Jennie MorrowHenI ¬

derson Bernice Landrum with afew still under consideration

SW LUrEMrs Henry Wood who has been

very sick the past week is slowlyi reproving Mr Harry Chasteenand family who have been inColorado for some time have re¬

turned to this place where theywill probably resideMr MtnnieBranaman is on the sick listMiss Etta Moore of Berea was theguest of Mrs H Hi Wood Sunday

Mr Marion Chasteen and familyaccompanied by E J Williams andfamily of Brush Creek left Wednes-day

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for Oklahoma where they willmake their future homeDr Laswell has moved into the propertyrecently vacated by M A Chasteen

Mrs Mollie Stewart and daugh ¬

ter Mary ot Madison county arevisiting relatives at this placeRev V rfl Williams passed throughhere Tuesday on his way to the

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association which is being heldwith the Fair View church nearandIduring the summerreturned to their home at Havelock Neb last week She was ac¬

companied home by her brother

DudleyDr ¬

day on businessMrs Jce Northern is very low

with typhoidMr and Mrs JamesHayes were in Berea Tuesdayhaving dental work doneDrand Mrs Laswell were visiting atBrush Creek Saturday and Sunday

Mr F Quisinberry has takenthe agents place here during theabsence of M A Chasteen

Labor day was observed Mondaythroughout the United StatesSome of those who addressedcelebrations were Vice PresidentFairbanks at Indianapolis SamuelGompees at Danville Ill W RHearst at Davenport Ia GovHoke Smith at Atlanta John WKern at Muncie Ind Adlai ESteuenson at Bloomington Ill TV Powderly at Pittsburg and AO Stanley at Evansville Ind

William J Bryan was the guestI

of labor leaders in Chicago Monday and was the recipient of anallday ovation During the morn-ing

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he reviewed the great Labor dayparade aud was greeted with al ¬

most continuousapplause from themarching thousands In theafternoon he made two extendedaddresses one at Forest Parkandthe other at Brandts Park

IJ T Hiett 72 years of age shotwife to death at Benton Mon ¬

I day and then committed suicideHiett a d his wife separated abouta year ago and she was preparingto file a suit tor divcrce

Miss Rinpa Hoitan ot SandyKy rode 1000 mileg to meet ancIand marry the Rev ThomasHoughton of Warner Okla Thacouple carried on a courtship oftwo years by mail The bride hadnever seen her husband until a fewhours before the marriage

ticpartyII county unit temperance measure atthe special session of the IndianaLegislature

FOR SAWS Having decided toleave the farm I desire to sell my

QuarterMainor I will trade them to goodworkmules

W T CRAWFORDSept II2t Brodhead Ky

When you thinkof clothingshoes hats or neck wear THINKOF ME J FISH

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FOR SALEI have for sale somethorough bred IOC pigs Iwilllicense my thorough bred IOCboar at 200

J H JARRETrAug 2841 Broadhead Ky

William Jennings Bryan deliver ¬

IllWednesday rheappearedant

I the Democratic State Convention

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