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MT VKUKON Kv JcIv15 1904

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TIME TABLE24 north 1206 p m

1 26 north 308 a m

23 south 129 p n1

25 South 105 a mr

1 lAs LANDRUM AgentPhone No 58

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aotlass mall matter

PERSONAL>

Victor Tate is again able lobel outi < pWilliam

fields W Va

Mr J L Joplin is here with relavtives and old friends

Mrs Jerome Adams visited rel-

atives here this week

rr Petty Miss Reca Baker is visitI iugJrSends in Stanford

t Mjsses Fannie and Bessie Sparksare visiting in Knoxville

Mrs W T Davis is visiting her

f sister at Hamilton Ohio

Mrs Gus Staverson has beenseriously ill for several days

Oscar Bryant was telegraphingextra at Ryleys this week

Miss Margarite Fish is istingher brother John at Nashville

Attorney John W Brown is in

Louisville rut other points

Mrs John M Williams spentseveral days with relatives here

Long Jim Baker is 65 says hehas never taken a dose of medicine

i r F L Thompson is whistling

1IGet there Ely Parker Davis

Walter Mullins has returnedfrom a two months trip throughVirginia

Mrs C R Hunt gave the youngpeople a pleasant day out pirniotj

>f > ing one day this weekT Meshnc Gentry is putting thethelWestern part of town

Miss Annie Forbes of While1 Hall Madison county is the guest

of 11 rsG 11 Ballard

Mrs Helen Brown visited her old

school chum Mrs Susie Cherryat Brodhead last week

Mrs Fannie Thompson andchildren of Lancaster are visitinher mother Mrs Wm Poynter

Fritz Krueger and son Will arepushW ¬

ing along the bank building

Mesdames M J Miller Jr andC C Davis spent Sunday withtheir grandmother Mrs Snodgrass

a in the countryDavid Butner stopped for a few

days on his return home from thWorlds Fair Dave is wellwith his new home in Florida j

Miss Ellen Butner is ore of themost successful life insuranceworkers in our county workingfor a good company Weare glad

1of her success7LOCAL

> The New LivinvstpB Coal CoV 1wilSooi1

J IT Harp our new Barber is anumber one He can give youaseasa shave and smoothe a haircutas any barber in the State

After an illues of seeralweeksS Mrs Wade Livesav died last Mon

day and was buried Tuesday afv feruoon in the cemetry here

rUncle Dick Johnson had anewboiler and engine to arrive Wednes

Iday to be used in sawing up alarge boundry of timber near LenGreen Mr Johnson is doing the

N work for some Chicago parties

The writer has observed that formany years past when local showefs of small or large calibre struckRockcastle they invariably split

1 up leaving Ml Vernon and Mar tburg ridge in the dry the larger

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portion of the rain taking theSkeggs creek valley route and the

t lighter part il any taking Roundstone creek valley direction Dur=

past two years it has been reversedand the Skaggsroute batches onlya third of what Roundstone getsPeculiar isnt it When Mt Ver-

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ogets rain you may say it is a

general downpour <over a widespace

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Wednesday night Several earswere smashed to pieces and a largenumber of sheep kited

On Monday Wednesday andThursday nights interesting programs consisting of music decla-mations and essays were carriedout at the Courthouse for the en ¬

joyment of the teachers

Some years ago three teachersmade applicatin for a certain schoolin Rockeaslle Each one had atrustee favoring his appointmentThey compromised by running afootrace A preacher x won though

IIhisL L Jarrett announces in thisissue of the SIGNAL his candidacy-

for jailer of this ounty Lutheras he is familiarly known throughout the county is atrue blue Re¬

publicanandone upon whom hishas made a call to

wlohichsponded He and his friends areconfident that he will be a winner

The Crab Orchard Fair and Rac-

ing Association will hold its annualmeeting July 27 28 and 29th 1904Show Ring in the forenoon andMRunning frottingand Pacing racesin the afternoon Many outsideattractions Reduced railroadrates

R H BKANAUGIT PresWD WAIUJN Secty

u183tViereliably informed that

tIle machinery for putting down anoil well near this place is now onthe road and work is expected tobegin at an early date Machinery-

was unloaded at Brodhead last weekand taken to J T Tate farmwhere work of putting down a wellwill probably begin next week Itbegins to look like old Rockcastleis going to get in the oil boom afer all

rrtlcphoneioUtu call depot except on strictlyhusiriess aflairs telephone ex-

Change wi IJ give you itiformati-oI to correct time of of day andwhen trains are due etc Depotpeople are too busy to answer trival questions Put itouto tele-

phone¬

exchange Its their callingand will accommodate you Dan tworry the depot more than youcan help

In this issue appears the announceraent of G W Decker Jras a candidate for the nominationfor jailer of Rockcastleeount subSgparty Decker made the racefour years ago and was defeated byonly a small majority He is oneof the good substantial citizens ofthe county and if selected to theplace to which he aspires willmake the county a faithful officer

sSteve Ramsey the butcher hasbeen with us for some years Heis a worker and is right on thgread t

has stuck hyhis work and hasdone the best he could for his pat ¬

rons He charges a good pricebecause he has to make a livingOther good people bring in theirmeats and sell them right songomeltnes cheaper than Ramsey

hut Steve is a fixture here and ourpeople will give him enough patnonage to make a li ing

COUNTY TEACHERS INSTI ¬

TUTE

The Rock astJe County Teachers Institute convened in Mt Ver-

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Monday July I1H04withMrssDinsmore as assistant of BereaKy as Instructors

The Institute was called to orderby Supt G M Ballard at 930 am After song by choir Rev J C

Carmical conducted the Devotionalexerciseselp H Shutts was elected secretary and J G Pennington assist-

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secretary Miss Maggie Haneel was elected organist

The enrollment of the followingAIRMiss Mantic JonesOMWaUen1P H ShuttsW T Mullins

BUIdette Chestnut Sties EttaS F Bowman Miss Byrda MeIHargue Mrs R C Wade SEChandler Miss Lillie Butner MissMay Brown T L Jones W H =

Owens Miss lilja Wild Mrs Martha Pennington Miss Vira DeBord

RihI< rt f p

I JMary Kehser Lee Chestnut MiSSIWilliams T F Abney

Georgia McCMiirc E R GentryLcioy Saute Miss l antic McClureMiss hula Dyne Miss Sarah Stew-

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H B McClary J LaswellMiss Nannie Thomas Miss BessieReynolds Miss Bettie PPenningtonMiss Emma P nnin ton E BThompson F A Bnrdette MissDais Smith Miss Ella Lake SIW Davis F F Rihhins J cJ

11HJattAWIStronglie Abney Mrs E Fishback MissGeorgia McFerron Miss CarrieFrith Miss Attic Owens Miss Mat-tie Dyre Miss Fannie Cultor MssSallie Dickerson Miss DenkseyLake Miss Annie Owens MessersD B Chandler W B Sigman Tgrown Mrs Hettie Jones JacobElder John McFerron J M CraigG W Childress Miss Hattie Sin-gleton Miss Rose McFenbn MissSusie Thompson

Supt Ballard appointed the folwing committeesResolutions SoEChandler

G R Sutton W H OWens MrsMarthaButner

Pennington and Miss Lillie I

Entertainment Miss MaggieHansel Miss Emma Pennington

iss Bettie Pennington Miss AnnaThompson Miss Mamie JonesMiss Fannie M cClure J B Chest-

nut and J G PenningtonPiqgratn Prof Dinsmore John

Meadows F A Burdetjfce S NDavis and Mrs Georgia McClure

Then Supt Ballard introduced-to the Institute Prof Dinsmorewho gave an interesting talk onthe syllabus which is an outline forthe weeks work-

Adjournment for 15 minutes at11 a m-

After roll call Prof Dinsmoretalked at length on Phychology andedagogy and asked questions ofmany of the Teachers which led toshort talks in form of answers

Program for the afternoon wasead Then noon recess was given

g iven at 1145 a mHouse vas called to order attabulets pencils readers blackboard

alphabet and word methods an-

therd

o topics as laid down in i yllabus was discussed by O M Wailen Lee Chestnut Jacob ElderMrs Penningtou Mrs Wade andotbersC

Prof Dinsmore made a comparison on three different series offi rst readers

After 15 minutes recess at 245p m Prof JDiusmdre gave A atwenty minutes talkonobject leseons

Committees on Entertainmentand Program made reports thenInstitute adjourned till 830 a m

TuesdayTUESDAYMORNING

Tuesday 830 a m Supt Ballrd called Institute to order

Devotional exercises conductedby Institute

teacalleMinutes on Mondays work lea-

byd

Secretary and approved by In ¬

stituteMeit an address by Prof Dins

more attentionSubject of seeing and noticing

by Miss Anna ThompsonAutomatic or involuntary at-

tention by D B ChLndlerInfluence of external authority

by Miss Mattie McFerronJudge S D Lewis r W Bethu

rum andJ W Parsons were madeHonorary members of this Institute

Prof Todd representative oftIle Southern School Journal w

introduced to Institute Then hegave some benefits that may be de-

rived¬

from his paperAdjournment for recess at 10

a m vHouse called order by SiiptRoJl canHow much is best and in what

way by having pupils begin workin No too early by S E Chan ¬

dlerWhat attention should Be given

to definitions and rules by MrBurdette

What subjects if any may bepmitted from the ordinary arithme¬

tic by Miss Sallie Dickerson LeeI

Chestnut and othersArabic Notations discussed d

by MrBowmanReading NosbrMi sjMay

BrownExtSupt J jPv Brown of Sit

Vernon andJRrof Todd of Madi-

SOn county were made honorarymembers by the Institute

Report of committee on programAdjournment 12 m

I A 1tRNoONt

Song by choir at 1 op m

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rr + rrrrrrrrirrExplanationof problems by W

T MuJlinsX r

Solution of ptublchis bYMr Afc

ClaryA discussion of per ceutage and

discount by Fl F RobinsRatio Popor i01 and partnership

by Mrs M PenningtonSquare and cube root by Prof

DinsmoreAfternoon recess fit 2 30Song by choirA general discussion on mem

orv by InstituteVocabulary ol a sixyear old child

by Miss Lime Butner Iud othersB > motion of P 11 Shutts the

following ex teachets J F Grif-fin Mss Ellen Hutner Mrs C CDavis Mrs S C Franklin andMrs G M Ballard were madehonorary members of the Institute

Program from Wednesday wasread

Adjournment till 830 amWednesday < v

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Institute convened as per ad ¬

journmentAgain exercise con ¬

ducted by InstituteRoll callSecretary reports N work of pre ¬

ceding day which was adopted bv

InstituteProfDiusmore lectured on con-

cept aud preceptsMr Hunt representative of the

Citizen occupied the floor for ashort time in the interest of that

paperMorningrecess of 15 minutes

Song by choirRollcallIStories told children by Mrs

DinsmoreEducational valueof grammar

by Miss Georgia McFerronMethods of teachitig grammar

hy Mrs Fishback and D B Chan-dler

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Letter writing by Mrs Dinsmore

Analysis of sentences by MissRose McFerron and others v

Program for afternoon was readAdjournment 123 m

AFTERNOONSong 130 PIU

Reading selection of poetry byProf Dinsmore

A general talkSpelling in many divisions Jyr

J B Chestnut McClarr BurdetteMrs McClure and otherS

Program read for ThursdayAdjournment 4 p mwereIunable to give minutes of Institute

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up to Thursday njght Thursdax>

and Friday s proceed ings will ap ¬

pear in next issue

LIY1NGSTOA

JdeMageelof Crab Orchard is

SMcKinneyTenn Wednesday morning MrMcKinney has gone into businessthere and will move his family ina short timeGeorge Childress ofOrlando was the guest of Dr WJ Childress and family SundayA N Bentley as in Louisville thiseekMr and Mrs Roy Mullins

moved Tuesday into the Chewuingproperty Lagan Lalyers andfatally have taken rooms at theMullins HotelMr and MrsThos Burton will board with MrsHenry Brummitt Mrs MaryWilliams of Pine Hill visited MrsEd Woodall thisweekMrMrs Emerson Rice and son andIreturned home fromMiss Eizabetli Spmpson of Pineanda5Mrs Carl Moore Sunday Mrs JW Baker MrsAgnes Parkeranddaughter Cinda visited Mrs Ba-

ker¬

s old home in Madison countylast week

Little Misse Ethel and EmmaMasden of Woodbine are tht

BrackGravesMrsson of Cleveland 0 are visitingMrs Weddels daughter MrsEdward Shay Mrs Mary Ritterand little son Virgie of NashvilleTeun arrived here Wednesdaymorning and will spend a month ormore with her nephew John RCarter and family While on theirway to the Presbyterian churchSunday evening with Air und MrsBrack Graves LittleMisses EmmaMasdenand Lela Pettit were tripped hy V wire stretched in front ofthe Pope store by pur home talentof hcodlums and law breakers Thelittle girls were considerably bruis-ed Mr Graves will certainly haveoffenders punished when he learnstheir names Mrs Jas E Davisand AnnaFjs b are afew days In °LoulsvilleDavi d

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fMIDSUMMER being right here we

AUGUSTIAnnClothing

SummerDress

Goods

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prices throughout

Thisis SeasonWe are overstocked in this line of goods and will give you splendidBargains packs of these goods must be disposed of the hotmonths are over in order to make room for fall and winter arrivals alsc

a nice line of Fe Ginghams at 10cts per yard Ladies we inviteyou to come and inspect these goods you make your purchonase

WE handle the celebrated Walk Over Shoes every pair irr Ianteed be or money refunded s

Laces and Embroideries M

departmentBargain

Bargains return

Nothing ShoddyOmmotto is To handle best goods money cafe 4at reasonable prices

All goods that doesnt give satisfaction Excl ngetMoney Refunded

for the trade

HO UK ADAMS-MTPnone No VERNON K Y

Preston formerly of Rockcastle 4

but now living at Iverydale 0has been sick with heart troubleThe new Baptist church is nowabout completed and will be dedi ¬

cated in the near future Miss JaelReynolds of Maretburg visitedMrs Geo Reynolds last weekDick Hampton of Lebanon Junc ¬

tion visited the post office oneday this week Miss Katie Lee Elmore returned home from BrodheadSundayMrs Henry Browninghas been very sick thisweekGive Is of East Bernstadtcalled in consultation with Dr WJ Childress Mrs Browning issome better Captain A N Bentley and his force of carpenters havefinished the new home of Dee Dryant Mr and Mrs Bryant haveone of the handsomest residencesin town with every convenience at

Dema Clark of ValleyView and Miss Daisy McGuire ofStanford and Mrs Nancy McGuireof Big Hill were the guests last

of Mr and Mrs James Me

GuireMiss Ferguson returned home Sunday after a visitwith her sister Mrs Harrisot Pit¬

man on SkeggscreehMissBertaBurton is visiting her uncle FrankLawson at Pine HillLittle MissMyrtle Blown of Parksville isvisiting Cora WrightMiss SallieDickerson returned to her home atBrodhead after an extended visit

willattendiwith Mrs Joe Dickersonand Miss I

r hasbeen the guest of Mrs Thos LasleyMisses Nannie and CleavieMcGuire are visiting Mrs JamesParsons at Wildie Mesdames EFishback R C Wade and MissesGeorgia MeFerron and BertinaMullins are at Mt Vernon atten-dinginstituteMrs

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Jeromeant son Leonard Hilton are visit ¬

ing R B Mullins and family at MtVernon Fin Davis hasafter an interesting trip to theWorlds Fair How about it kinDrs T A Wilkins of Louisvilleand M R Denny of Lancasterhave opened a dental parlor at theMullins Hotel They comerecommended and expect to locate

permanently Mrs ClarenceFeriguson is visitingMullins Station Mrs JS Cooperentertained a few last Saturday evening the guests presentsonEwalt Mrs Sue Mullins and RufeSims < Miss Nancy Ewalt returnedto Paris Sunday qfler an extendedvisit with Mrs Lawrence Di-ckisonBallard Mullins andlittle daughter visitingrelativesin Brodhead Mrs John R Carterhadaseyereattitclt of chdh5ramorbit9 lastweekj t-

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Ladies we can show jott the linethis of our big stock somcthrninInice and cheap

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CHAS O DAVIS Pharmacist t or

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WILLIS GRIFFINPractical Undertker

and FUNERAL DIRECTORMt Vernon Kv

Stock Complete FINE HEARSE Attached Canfurnish JVletalic Caskets and hiye

embalming done on short noticeCome and see me anything I have not got can get for you on firs

train that leave the city

OR DERS by wire Promptly FilledPhone No 63

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RnilwaytWorlds Fair LineIf you have a trip in view to Evansville St Louisor to allY point in the West or Southwest

ASK US FOR RATES Us Ftet

If tnere are reduced rates in effect on account ofspecial occasions Home Seekers or Colonists Exvcursions we have them

EMWOMACK G L GARRETTCity Passenger Agent Traveling l asbgr

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