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The Mt . Vernon Signal PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

At No. 10 Church Street, Mt. Vemon, Ky. Entered at Mt. Vernon, Ky., Post Office as Second Class Matter

Auva F. Hoffman Editor and Publisher

In Rockcastle County $2.00 Outside Rockcastle County $2.50

MT." VERNON SIGNAL. MT. VERN# Thurwlay,. July 5, 1851

EVERYBODY AGAINST PRICE CONTROLS Let us suppose, in an effort to simplify a current public

Issue, that the average consumer buys ten articles in connec-tion with his regular routine of living. »

Every consumer knows that prices have increased sharply «ince the Korean War began and there is present a fear, on th^ part of many Americans, that prices will increase much faster than income. -Consequently, there is a substantial demand for -action by the government to prevent speculation and excessive profits during the emergency.

Accordingly, the Price Administrator of the government takes action to roll back the prices of the various commodities, tn general, he has the backing of consumers, but in particular, he has the enmity of every group of producers that make things eell.--

The result is that when the price of any product is affected by regulations, the producers put up a howl, charging the government and its officials with all manner of designs upon the economic system and the constitutional processes of democracy.

The result will be, if the ten products that the average consumer buys, in this supposition of ours are affected by regu-lations, the roar from the producers will frighten timid con-gressmen out of their wits. Meanwhile, the consumers, as a group, unorganized and without effective expression, will "be forgotten and prompt action will be taken to save the producers from "loss."

ROCKCASTLE FACTS and STORIES By RALPH GRIFFIN

W«-/at home from Peoria, 111., i — with their parents, Mr. and I . . . jMrs. Ben Stevens, over t h e ' , week-end.

Mr. Richard Cherry Owens i Pvt. Noah Miillins left Thurs-

CLIMAX •: By Mrs. Jams* Mullint

Thursday and Friday at Pitts-burg, Ky., visiting her sister.

Mi-, and Mrs. Stanley McGuire spent the week-end visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A r -thur Clark, here.

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Mullins and Mr. and Mrs. James Mullins-and daughter, Jamie Lynn, a t -tended church at Red Hill Sun-day. ' \

Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Anderson, and daughter of Berea spent

Letters to the Editor

preventing such crimes. TKeTTob trains within the county"0**. D. Cheatharrr •.^'Somerset, strategy apparently succeeded ,UP°" o n e occasion two small , and . Miss Ruth Albright of but the officer has this to say .negro boys placed cross-ties\ Louisville, were week-end about his friend; "Johnson, ac- upon the tracks south of Mt. j guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard cording to the best informatin I Vernon and succeeded in rolling! Riddle and daughters, Miss we received, had to his credit a n engine down an embank- Carol Ann Riddle and Mr. and eighteen men whom he had ment. The boys were captured j M™- Johnny Allen. killed at different times. shoot-i'n t h e nearby woods and im- D r - a n d M r s - N- M. Garrett ing many of- them from^mediately confessed, simply; spent the week-end with rel-ambush." (Nowadays we would stating that they thought it atives and friends in Frank-debit the man with eighteen would be ail easy .way to get ">*• . . . . . „ . men. not credit him.) some money. The Mt. Vernon' Misses Minnie Lee Taylor

The detective continues; "On Signal of the day suspected the a n d Loraine Belcher have re-a Sunday morning a short time boys of having older accompUc- .tamed , r o m Richmond, Ind., before I became acquainted with ,3s but that was never proven. Where they visited Mr. and Johnson, he killed an entire I Quoting the Signal a g a i n , ! v e r n o n Cromer and Mrs. family of five that was enroute 'here was another occasion when M«ddie Baker. to church in a two-horse wagon, twenty-five armed men rode'1 " r - D a v e Cottengim. who had He had a grudge against the the'southbound passenger train a u 8 h t stroke Is reported get-father and when the wagon Mt. Vernon* tb London . , ^8 along nicely. passed him he stepped behind u P ° n a Bp that ^ tjold-UD was' a "d Mrs. Ross Martin of tfd-up was . . . . .

Ma A F Hoffman I have made much improvement, |a tree, took deliberate aim and t o . b f attempted between those. Indianapolis, Ind., visited her Mti Vernon,lty. and I hope it will not be very shot the father, mother and P°|nJa- T o their great disaR-1 Points , Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Dear Editor: J long until I can take my usual I three small children. This^was , pointment; nothing happened. [Cotteninm. They were,accom-

I wish to thank you f o rIplace in the office. Best wishes 1 considered one of the most! , A t various times overly^ex-|P^) le^ home Sunday by Misses yoqr article in last week's Sig^-lT"* everyone. nal in which you express a wish . •*.«,. Sincerely, Yours, for' my speedy recovery. I ' • Dr. J. D. Henderson

A N N O U N C I N G I THE RE—OPENING

OfTha * t .

Colonial Coffee Shop In The Colonial Hotel, Berea, Ky.

STEAKS—CHOPS—FRIED CHICKEN Special Invitation To Our Rockcastle Friends

Kay Hembree, Manager

dastardly and cowardly acts ] "berant citizens were arrested j N l " a and Glenna Cottengim. that he was ever known to com- a n d , m e d 'or firing' ott their " r - a " d Mrs Robert Moore mit. (Goodness knows we hope1 P^o ' s into passing coaches. a n d «>>'dren Qf Cincinnati, O., so!) 'Brawls and gun-play were f r e - , a r e spending their vacation

"He was always seen travel- q u e n t u P° n the passenger trains] * ' t h h e r mother, Mrs. Susie ine about with a long Winches-1 a n d* c o n s t ant vigilance was re-: . ter rifle, together with the <lu l r ed t 0 protect the contents of! . i*r. and Mrs. W H. Anderson usual brace of .45 Colt six- -box-cars as they stood upon the visited their daughter. Miss shooter strapped to him. sidings. j Rosemary, in Lexington Sun-

Mr. and Mrs. George Hall (Continu one) I a n d s° n ' Stephen, of Indiana-

polis, Ind., were guests of Mr.

It was about this time that Andy had some trouble with Old Cononel Bill Dillion, who was famous throughout the mountains. : Col Dillion was considered a .very courageous and determined man and at one time he had assisted the local authorities in one of their many chases along the trail of Jesse James and his gang. The Colonel had also had a shoot-ing scrape in t(je neighborhood of Crab Orchard with the noted guerrilla chieftain, Quantrell. For.some reason, however, Dil-lon never sought to come in direct contact with Johnson,

Grand Opening Of

Somerset Seed Co. LOCATED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS

801k 27 HIGHWAY TRUCK ROUTE

July 2, 1951 - 8:00 A.M. All Seeds: Cleaned—Bought—Sold

MR.'FARMER: 1. We have the largest and most modern seed cleaning

machinery. 2. Plant is inspected and approved by KY. seed improvement

association. 3. No seed crop too large or too small. Ky. Fescue a specially. 4. Operator of cleaning machines fully trained under Factory *

Supervisors. 5. See us for prices before selling or contracting your fescue. 6. Courtesy and service our motto.

Farmers who want to bring seeds to our plant may pick up bags to be used in seed harvest.

Ard-Burton - Copenhaver * C e c i l B u r t o n , M g r .

ported very m .at1

near her*. home' and family Friday «<-lastvwfcek.

v Mr TVwo n I ? r e "lad to reoort" Mr . M j , ' g I Curtis Bradley much improved, l i s i t i ^ a y i ° r ' a r e M r - a n d M r s - Johnny Luns-ville bid m C o n n e r s " ford have returned from a most

w ' ' I pleasant vacation in the south.: Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Elderi Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stanley!

T l n ^ r g t 0 n . y' !of Mt- Vemon sPenl 'be first of Miss Christine Stevens and the week with her mother. Mrs. brother, Mr. Vohnny Stevens, Tony Saylor, and family.;. |

IMPORTANT REASONS WHY WASHINGS ARE EASIER . . . WHITER

WASHERS TANGLE-PROOf "TOP-SUDS" WASHING

With a Vo« Washer your washing is so easy. You can greet each washday with a feeling of freedom and relax-ation. In a matter of-minutes, linens come out sparkling white; and gentle tangleproof "Top-Suds" washing is safe for even your most delicate fabrics.

J. F. Griffin & Son

was here from Louisville to > day for Camp Cook, Calif. Continuing our railroad ac- even after some differences and | spend the week-end with his after spending a 14-day fur-

counts frem last week, we were estrangement had arisen be- j mother, Mrs. Gertrude Owens, lough with his par (its, Mr. following L. & N. Detective tween them. | Mr. W. R. Allen and daugh- and Mrs. Shellie Mullins. J. B. Harlan in his early ex-1 UTo illustrate Johnson's dar-1 ter of Covington were here Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gilb perience in Rockcastle, only a |ing disposition, he went down last week, guests of.^lrs. Lou and Mrs. John Marsh of Day-few years after the coming of to" Dillon's sawmill which was'.Payne and Mr. Eari Phillips. I ton, O., spent Saturday night the railroad. A train had been located on Rockcastle River Mrs. Oma Kegley"is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. George Mul-wrecked in Laurel County,'near Hazel Patch. There he relatives in Harlan. Ilins. " iThursdav with her parents. mobs were forming and Harlan drove all the hands away from Marvin Cox of Hamilton, O., | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mullins Mrs Nathan Mullins. was assigned to stand guard I the mill by flourishing his big'is visiting his grandfather, Mr. and children of Dayton, O., , m • vircil- MWlins and over the prisioners for several Winchester rifle, then saturat- Othar Cox. are spending this week with '6

hours prior to their transfer ed the lumber and mill with Mr. Deatvin Wright was at,his parents, Mr. and Mrs. daughter returned no u j to Latonia for safe-keeping. As coal-oil before setting fire to homo from Dayton, O., over the iGeorge Mullins. .day, after a two weeKS ^ an able assistant upon this oc-|it. He then calmly walked ar' week-end. 1 Mrs. Fred . Mullins spent iDayton, O. ' casion the detective chose a man way fof a short" distance and home Monday from Corbin. i by the name of Andy Johnson. jtook a seat on a mountain ledge, I Mrs. Lillie Osborne returned [

This seems to have begun an | where with more gun-play he| Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Lash-: acquaintanceship which was to defied any of the mill force to; brook of Owensboro spent last, continue for some time. This go near. After watching the'week with her - father, Mr. Johnson seems to have been'mill burn to ashes Tie-quietly. Willis Bussell. quite a character, even in the [walked away. | Bro. and Mrs. Arnold Wil-days when characters were the I "This, like all the rest of the liams and daughter, Linda, rule rather than the exception.'crimes Johnson commited, went have returned from a very His rifle was notched, his out-, unpunished and no action was I pleasant vacation in San Fran-look was blotched, and he seems taken against him. He appear-j cis-o. Cnlff. > to have committed almost every led to be a 'law unto himself Mrs. J. D. Cottengim, Jr., and . crime except one against the and from some cause or other son and Mrs. Omer Overbay railroad. Since Harlan only 'there was no one willing to un-|and son have returned from a wanted to protect the rail- jdertake to prosecute him for; visit in Indiana. road's interests, he frankly ad- bis bloodthirsty acts." Misses Nell and Clara Mae mits that he cultivated John-1 Even after the year 1900 at- Varney and Josephine Stanley, son's friendship in the hrg - a t tempts were.to»^tQ w r e c h t ^ g f Stone, Ky., Mc .and Mrs.

trains within thp m n n t v R . D. Cheatharrr •*JJ»Somerset.'

In order to sEow our appreciation to our many cutlomen, we are repeating our

ANNIVERSARY SALE

10 Per Cent Off ON ALL MERCHANDISE

Fri„ 6 - Sat., July 6 - 7 ^ Brodhead 51 to $1.00 Store

Brodhead. KV. "• F. Earl Mulliiu. Prop.

AUTOMOBILE SERVICE

The number of post war can on the road lias been increasing rapidly, and In January of year cons&luled aboui 48 percenl of the number. In keeping with this we ha*e in-creased our shop from a two man shop to a five man shop. • : T '

We have employed Mr. L. V. Manning, a high class mechanic with thirty years o| Chev-. rolet service, as our Service Manager.

We have employed Mr. William Tealer a first class Body and Paint man.

Mr. "Bud" . Willis Hunt is now in charge ofour Baiiaiar, Shop-

Yea "Russ" and ^Ivan" are still here. Mr. E. M. Hunt is in charge o the best stock of Genuine Chevrolet parts in Eastern Kentucky.

All work guaranteed and prices reason-able, come in and see us for

Boby Work. Painting. Glass, Wheel Balancing, Badialor repairs,, in fact anything found in a first class Garage.

Baker Motor Co. Growing With ML Vernon

Ky. 31 Fescue * —SEED CLEANING—

WE HAVE INSTALLED THE VERY LATEST AND MODERN CLEANING EQUIPMENT FOR CLEANING AND CERTIFYING K. 31 FESCUE, ORCHARD GRASS. AND SMALL GRAIN.

"OUR PLANT HAS BEEN APPROVED" BY THE KY. SEED IMPROVEMENT

"ASSOCIATION FOR CERTIFYING SEED"

"QUICK SERVICE" "COURTEOUS ATTENTION"

"STORAGE FACULTIES" "REASONABLE RATES"

Farmers Supply'Co. Inc-DANVILLE, KY.

West Main Phone 134