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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-23
THE RURAL CREDIT
BOOKS NOW OPEN
Subscription Books Open for
80 Days and Limited
to 100 Farmers

The Rural Credit subscription
books will be thrown open to the
land owners of Henry county
for 30 days and limited to 100
| farmers or land owners. The
system is similar to the success
full land banks of Germany and
France.
Mr.. A. Downs, formerly in
the government service, has
been appointed by Mr.. Daniel to
organize the land owners Of
Henry county. There are three
assistants under Mr.. Downs and
every farmer in Henry county
will be given chance to SUBJ
scribe to one or more shares of
the stock of the Land Bank,
from which he can borrew half
the value of his land for 10 to
so years at 5 per cent annual
interest.
The farmers of Henry county
have read and studied the Rural
Credit system and will undoubt-
edly grasp the opportunity to
organize the Land Bank in Hen
ry county. Read the paper and
see what Mr.. Daniels men are
doing in other counties of Ten
nessee and Kentucky. This is
the greatest opportunity that
was ever brought to Henry
county and means good and big
business not only for the farmer
and land owner, but for all that
live in Henry county. When
The farmer gets a chance, every
body gets a chance. When the
farmer prospers, everybody
prospers.
Mr.. Downs will be in and
around Puryear from July 21st
to July 81; in and around Cot
tage Grove Aug. 1st to 10th; in
Paris Aug. 18th to 21st. Mr..
Downs will serve you. If you
cannot get in touch with him,
try to see Mr.. Daniel of the B.
M. G.
The Rural Credit Association
is strictly a cooperative one,
lending money to members only.
The Tennessee farmer may be-
come a member by purchasing
from one to twenty-five shares
in the association. The stock,
which is sold for $lOO per share,
may be paid in the following
way: rs per cent cash, Is per
cent in three months, Is per cent
in nine months, and the remain
ing Is per cent in fifteen months.
No interest is charged on the
deferred payments. Payment of
first twenty-five per cent gives a
member full membership, having
a vote and drawing dividends.
The loan is secured by mortgage
on the property, it's value being
determined by two brother
members living near the borrow
er. Read the advertisement on
the last page in this issue of The
Partisan.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-23
MRS. DAVIS FORC|BLY
TAKES HER CHILDREN
Enters Home Of Father-In-Law at
MurphysborO. Davis
Returned to Paris.

Burgess Davis, who last week
was charged with kidnapping
his children at the N. C. & st.
L. station here, was released or
the charge of kidnapping. An,
other warrant was sworn out
charging him with assault and
battery and after an exciting
chase he escaped the officers but
was later arrested at Paducah.
The children, who were being
cared for at a hotel there, were
carried to Murphysboro, ILL.,, the
home of Davis, by Davis father,
and Davis returned to Paris to
answer charges against him.
Mrs. Davis, with an iron nerve
bolstered up by her love for her
offspring, has succeeded in taking
her children by force from the
home of Mr.. DAVIS parents near
Murphysboro, ILL.,, in a more
spectacular manner, if possible,
than was the incident of the
Sunday in Paris when Davis
took them from her.
The last incident happened at
almost the same minute when
Davis was being tried here for
assault on his wife, acco riding to
the charges. On Friday night
Davis was captured in Paducah
on a boat with his three children
after four days of freedom with
almost every officer in West
Tennessee and West Kentucky
On his trail. He was held in q
Paducah hotel until a local officer
could go after him. About half
an hour before the local man
reached Paducah to take him in
custody some one succeeded in
spiriting the children away.
Davis was then brought to Paris.
1t was understood that the chill
dren were taken across the river
into Illinois. AS the officer re-
turned to Paris with Davis, Mrs.
Davis went to Illinois to seek her
children. About the time the
case was taken up here Saturday,
Mrs. Davis reached Murphysboro.
According to information re-
ceived here by friends of the
Davis family, she went to the
home of Davis parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Davis, in Murphys-
boro, III. Failing to secure ad-
mission, the report declares she
entered the house through a
screen window and with revol-
yer covered Miss Bette Davis,
daughter of the house, who was
at the time bathing two of the
children. Further, the informa-
ton states, she forced Miss Davis
to dress the children and then,
taking charge of them, rushed
away in an automobile.
Probably about this time Davis
had submitted the case of assault
and battery in Judge W. P.
Erwin's court here and had been
fined $25 and costs. 1t was gen.
orally understood here that in a
few hours, as soon is a witness
who was expected could be pro-
duced. Davis would again be
arrested, the charge this time
being carrying a pistol.
Davis left here hurriedly in an
automobile going in the direction
of the Kentacky line, fastening
to his children. Mrs. Davis was
in another automobile hurrying
from Murphysboro toward Muir
ray, where she has lived since
her separation from her husband.
Advices state that warrant
has been sworn out in Murphys.
boro, ILL.,, for Mrs. Davis on a
charge of housebreaking. The
information here from Murray
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-23
NATHAN D. WHITE OUT
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Favors Repeal Of Present Road
Law and Adjustment Of All
Useless Offices.

Nathan D. White. of Paris,
one of the best known young
Democrats in Henry county,
announces in this issue of The
Partisan as a candidate for Rep.
resentative, subject to the Dem.
ocratic primary of October %,
1915. He is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry G. White, and has
had considerable experience in
newspaper work both on Henry
county papers and on daily pa.
pers at Nashville and Jackson.
He is Secretary of the Henry
County Democratic Executive
Committee, and has taken an
active part in the interest of all
Democratic nominees for several
years. Mr.. White is we'll ac.
quainted over Henry county and
will have the support of many
influential Democrats in every
precinct. In making his formal
announcement he issued the
following statement in regard to
his position on public questions,
which deserves the careful con-
sideration of our readers:
To the Democrats of Henry
County:
For several years have had
an ambition to represent Henry
county in the Legislature, and
having decided to be a candidate
in the Democratic primary elec-
ton to be held October %, it is
but right thatI state my views
on various public questions in
which the people of the county
are interested.
favor the abolishment of all
useless offices and the creation
of no new ones.
favor the repeal of the pres
ent Henry County road law and
will introduce bill to repeal said
law on the first day of the Leg
islative session if | am elected,
By a vote of 2,478 to 446 the peo-
pie expressed themselves in a re-
cent election against the present
law, and l feel that their wishes
should be respected.
| favor the enactment of pro.
gressive labor legislation, and
will vote for the passage of any
bill that promise to be of benefit
to the laboring people of the
county and state.
| favor a liberal increase ir
J Confederate pensions. In my
estimation nothing could be toc
good for the men who followed
Lee, Johnston, Forrest, Cheat
ham and the other gallant lead
ers of the Lost Cause.
1t is not necessary for me tt
state that am and have always
been a Democrat. If elected
will support all nominees of the
Democratic party for state
offices, and will carry out, to tht
very best of my ability, al
democratic platform pledges.
If elected | shall at all times
endeavor to do what will be tt
the best interest of the people
of Henry county. l hope to SEE
every Democrat in the count,
before the primary, and will
appreciate very much the vot'
and influence of all.
NATHAN D. WHITE.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-23
JIM WHITE ACQUITTED
Of MURDER CHARGE
Jury Returns Verdict in Favor Of
Defendant Thursday
Afternoon.

James G. White, on trial for
the murder of Dorsey Sprague
early last January, was acquitted
by the jury Thursday afternoon.
At 2::30 o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon the State closed it's re-
buttal proof in the case against
James G. White, charged with
the murder of Dorsey Sprague,
and after few minutes recess,
the attorneys in the case began
the argument.
The White case was the only
matter before the Circuit Court
Wednesday. 1t was called at $3.50
o'clock that morning, and was
continued without interruption
until the evidence was closed at
the time mentioned in the open
ing paragraph. Although Attor-
ney Speight, for the State, fired
question after question at him
during the cross examination,
the defendant stuck to his story
of the killing and the matters
leading up to it, and when the
case was closed h is testi-
mony had been broken down
only in one or two minor details,
if at all.
The first witness was DR.. J. H.
McSwain who testified as to the
nature of the wound in Sprague's
neck, from which death resulted.
DR.. McSwain stated that Sprague
had told him while he was exam
lining the wound that White had
stabbed him for nothing and that
he (Sprague) was going to die.
In reply to a question from one of
the attorneys for the defense the
witness stated that he had told
Sprague that if he wanted to live
not to think of dying, although
he said he thought at the time
that there was practically no
chance fol his recovery. The
statement of Sprague to DR.. Nc
Swain and others, as was brought
out later, that White had killed
him for nothing, was relied upon
by the State as a death-bed state
ment.
Mrs. Sprague, wife of the de-
ceased, was called and stated that
Sprague had stated after he was
stabbed that he was going to die
and had been stabbed for moth
ing, as had been testified to by
DR.. McSwain. She said that her
husband was not a drinking man,
and when recalled to the stand
declared that he did not have a
knife in his hand when he came,
or was brought, into the house
after the difficulty, as had been
stated by the defendant,
Gus Orr told of having reached
the scene of the trouble soon af-
ter it occurred and of Sprague
having said that White killed
him for nothing.
Mr.. Clark, who resided next
door to the Whites and Spragues,
who lived in the same house at
the time OF the dlflculCy, Cestl-
fed that he saw the beginning
of the fight, which took place in
the back yard. He said that
White came down the back steps,
that Sprague came out from un-
der the house and that they had
some words, that White said
we'll, you can get it now if you
want it, that Sprague struck, or
attempted to strike White with
his open hand, and that he
Clark then closed the door and
saw no more of the difficulty.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-23
OCTOBER e IS DATE
FOR COUNTY PRIMARY
County Democratic Committee Met
Saturday. Want Early Pri-
mary for Senator.

Saturday October % is thu
date set for the Henry count,
Democratic primary by tn
County Democratic Executiv
Committee, which met in tn,
county court room Saturda,
afternoon. The date for th'
run-off is November 6. twt
weeks after the first primary
The meeting was called to order
by the Chairman D. E. Bomar
who stated the object of thu
meeting. Roll call showed
twenty-sIx of the 38 members o.
the committee present in person
or by proxy, and a little later
s-severaf others came in making ir
all 80 or 81 present. The sever.
al candidates present were called
upon and all expressed them
! eslyeS in favor of an early
primary. After this Hon. G. L.
fryer, holding the proxy of DR..
A. F. Paschal, offered a resolu'
tion setting the date for the
primary for October % with the
second, or run-off, for November
6. Upon motion of Chas. D.
Trevathan this resolution was
adopted.
Nathan D. White then intro
duced the following resolution
in regard to an early primary
for United States Senator, which
was adopted, the motion to adopt
being seconded by Chas. D.
Trevathan, without a dissenting
vote.
WHEREAS, Tennessee will
next year elect a United States
Senator by direct vote of the
people for the first time, and we
feel that the interests of the
Democratic party, state and
national can be best served
by keeping state and
national campaigns separate and
apart, and
WHEREAS, the Democrats
of Henry county have tested the
majority, or "run-off" primary
plan for the nomination candi-
dates and have found it more
than satisfactory in every in
stance, and we feel that a nomi-
nation for any office that is made
other that by a majority vote OF
all the Democrats is worthless,
now, therefore be it
"RESOLVED, by the Henry
County Executive Committee, in
meeting assembled at Paris,
Tenn, July II, 1915, that we
most earnestly and respectfully
urge that a meeting of the Dem
ocratic State Executive Commit
tee be held at an early date, and
that said committee order a
Democratic primary for United
States Senator to be held in
November of the present year,
that said primary be for the pur.
pose of nominating a candidate
for United States Senator only,
and that a second, or "run-of'
primary be provided for in the
event no candidate receives q
majority of all the votes cast in
the first primary. Be it
"RESOLVED further that the
Secretary of this committee is
hereby instructed to transmit
copy of this resolution to Judge
l. D. Hill, Chairman of thu
Democratic State Executive
Committee" "
No resolution to endorse the
administration of Gov. Rye o.
any candidate for United States
Senator was offered, and afte
passing the resolution asking th'
State Democratic Committee tt
Continued on page 81
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-12
ActlxIfiea Of mnmen

Mrs. Belle Aplin of Hamilton, Mo-.
breeds and sells pigeons for a living.
Mrs. L. B. Stoddard OF st. louis is
an expert moving picture machine
operator.
The French government has award
ed gold medal to Mrs. w. K. Wander
>bilt, who is president of the Ameri
can committee for clothing for the
wounded.
Women in Kansas can hold any Of
nee In the state and run for con-
gress; also, in fact, they are allowed
more liberties than those of any
other commonwealth.
The $4,000 girls employed in the
tailoring and dressmaking shops In
New York city want a special detail
of 200 women police appointed to
protect strikers from gunner.
Women in Canada no longer have
the right to veto the enlisting of their
husbands or sons under eighteen. The
right to forbid the men folk to go
to war was given to the women of
Canada by Gen. Sam Hughes, who is
now in England, and those who sue
ceeded him have changed the ruling.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-12
spIendId chIneae EIowar

Some time ago Frank H. Shearer.
our genial park superintendent.
showed the writer an immense flower
of lncarvillea Delavayi, a hardy plant
but little known, yet bearing very
large trumpet-shaped flowers OF fine
pink with yellow throat. says the Los
Angeles Times. Both in this country
and In Europe it is considered one of
the best hardy perennials, an unusu-
ally attractive plant while in flower
and, in spite of It's hardness, present
ing semitropical appearance It has
long, parsnip-shaped root, which
may be left in the soil over winter If
the soil is light or drainage good; or
the root may be dug and stored until
time for replanting in early spring. 1t
may easily be grown from seed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-12
Teachers Examination

Examinations for life, state and
county certificates will be held in. the
court house at Paris on Nov. Is, 10 and
20. 1916.
A. A. HART,
County Supt.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-12
Short Horn Cattle for Sale

Pure-bred Short Horn bulls and cows
Of all age for sale.
WESLEY X. WALTON,
Woodruff. Utah.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-12

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Regular 25e value New England Soap $. !. 2 for 26C
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regular SOC value lather brush-the two for SI26
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-12

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Regular 25c size Rexall Cleaning Fluid 2 for 26c
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Regular 25c size Rexall Eye Wash $3.50. 2 for 26c
Regular 25c size Rexal Headache Tablets . for 26C
Regular SOC size Kidney Tablets 2 for Sic
Regular 25c size Rexall rubbing oil. 2 for Csc
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Regular SOC value Correspondence Cards 9 for Sic
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
EXTENSION SCHOOL OF
 AGRICULTURE ORGANIZED
At Preston City-N. H. Hall Chosen
 Temporary Chairman

A meeting the signers and endors- CTS of the extension school of agri- culture was held Saturday evening in Preston City. County Agent F. c. Warner called the meeting to order at S:15 and gave Extension Director Irving G. Davis the floor. The latter explained the method of organization for the successful running of the school. MT. Davis presented an out line for temporary organization which the meeting voted to adopt.
 The call for nominations for temp orary chairman whose duties it shall be to preside at all meetings and at the opening and closing of school, etc. resulted in the selection of N. H. Hall. The secretary is asked to keep a record of all meeting and the ac- tivities of the organization and to make eports to theN extension service officer on same and to send announce Inent Of the school to surrounding towns and grangss, etc This office is to be filled by W. D. Copp.
 Committee on accommodations and entertainment, E. P. Barnes, chair man; l.. M. Keneston, Helen B. Miller. eommittee on arrangement for halls. etc, A, E. Shedd, chairman; E. L.. Barnes, A. P. Bennett; committee on advertising and membership, A. B. Burdick. chairman, W. D. Copp, c. Warren Davis, Mrs. E. P. Barnes, Mrs. A. R Reynolds, Mrs. B. c. Pen dleton.
 The ladies are to select a commit tee of arrangements for the home economies course later.
 that this would be the first exten- sion school in the state, and compL- mented Preston on it's prompt work and enthusiastic cooperation in secur- ing the school, which in large meas ure was due to the efforts of E. L.. Barness. He recited the great value to the community in bringing unity in thought and influence on the voca- tion of farming. Tn one instance .' MT. Davis stated, '.the school result ed in the establishment of an agri- cultural course in the sehools.'e
 The school will begin, Tuesday, Jan 4. 1916 at g o'clock. Each lecture lasts one hour. 40 minutes given to lecturer, Is minutes for discussion and 5 minutes intermission.
 Everyone can prfft by attending regularly and especially so by freely taking part in the discussioas.s
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
SCHOOL suPERlNTENDENTs
Will Hold 18th Annual Meeting
 . Hartford Next Week.

The Connecticut Association of Pub lie School Superintendents will hold it's ninteenth meeting Friday and Satur day, December third and fourth at Hartford.
 The first session will be held on Fri day evening at the University club, 30 Lewis street, with the following order of exercises:
 6.30, informal meeting of members; :; dinner in the dining room: 8 educa- ton in the Rural Schools, address by Thomas E. Finegan, of Albany, N. Y., assistant commissioner for elementary education.
 The second session will be held Sat- urday morning in the library of the Hartford High school and will include, at s9.20 business meeting. minutes of iastmeeting, election of officers. 10 The Gary Plan, speakers, Superintendent F. H. Beede Of New Haven, Superintend- ent aArvie Eldred of Troy, N. Y. 12 lunch.
 The executive committee includes: Stanley H. Holmes, New Britain, pres ident; : F. c. Andrews, Greenwich, vice president; A. N. Potter, Willinantic, secretary treasurer.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
PROTEST OVER CHANGE OF. TRAIN
Board of Trade Send Delegation New Haven Officials
 Citizens Don't Like to See Route of State of Maine Express Changed.

the Board of Trade would nave some thing to work on. His suggestion was accepted.
 Calls Curhing Dangerous.
 Frederic ". Cary spoke of the dan gerous condition of the curbing at the corner of Marks and Water streets and said something should be done. in regard to the matter. Referred to the public Improvements committee.
 Prospects for New Industries.
 President King said that he had re- ceived applications from concerns de- string locations in Norwich, one. of which was a machine shop which de- sired to start in small way There are few available buildings here now and he thought it would be a profit able investment to build an indus trial building on the built land at the West Side.
 comnaittee of Protest.
 James c. Macpherson reopened the State of Maine discussion by saying that it occurred to him that in the case of the removal of such an ex- press train a protest would meet the same fate that hundreds of like pro- tests meet and he moved that the chairman of the committee on trans portation together with the president of the organization and such members as thought advisable, be delegated a committee to go to New Haven and appear before the proper authorities and make their protest as effective as possible. This motion was carried. Flags for Preparedness. President King spoke of the con- vening of congress next Monday and said that flags would be hung out all over the country by those who be- lieve in preparedness and he request ed that all in Norwich who favor pre- paredness hang out their flags. The Board of Trade was requested to look after the flag flying in Norwich in re- gard to this matter.
 The meeting adjourned about S.4o o'clock t-7'