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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16

foreman; Cleveland Dunn, AL G
King, J. R. Hodge, G. H. Robin
son, Jim Yates, R. Kendall, c.
W. Howard, Ed White, A. R
Browning, Sam Webb, Lafayette
Neal, w. ]. Carter. George E.
Jackson, officer.
Following are the regular ju.
rymen: ]. S. Culpepper, J. E.
Erwin, J. N. Hansil, Felix Holli.
day. VIM. Roy, j. W. Miller, J.
B. Rice, J. H. Moore. Thomas
Evans, j. w. Dodson, L. D.
Richie, J. R. Nichols, j. B.
|Sprowls, R. l.. Hartsfeld, j. C.
Dinkins, G. F. Overcast, W. E.
Ethridge, Clint Harrington, W.
E. Owens, w. R. Neese. Claud
Bushart and Len Orr, summoned
as jurors, were excused.
Nothing but civil cases have
been taken up as yet. The mis-
demeanor docket will be called
Friday. Following civil cases
have been disposed of.
Western Union Telegraph Co.. ,
VS.. N. C. & st. l.. and L. & N.
railroad, continued.
Gassoway Bros. VS.. Dunlap
Lumber Co., continued at plain
tiff's cost.
Ben F. Diggs VS.. National
Live Stock Insurance Co., judge
ment for plaintiff for $7l8 rs
and costs.
A. E. Mathis VS.. J. P. Haynes,
judgement by default against
plaintiff for cost.
J. E. Maxw ell VS.. J. M. Moore,
defendant called out, judgement
of Justice of Peace affirmed.
Homer Porter VS.. George Din
kins, judgement for costs, in
Guiding but four witnesses,
against plaintiff.
Claud Bushart VS.. W. P. Wal
ton, order of sale of land.
Ballard Haynes VS.. Roe Haynes
order of sale of land.
H. g. Wynns VS.. j. F. Odum,
continued.
]. H. Blake VS.. National Live
Stock Insurance Co., defendant
allowed 20 days to file answer.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
DIXIE THEATRE
Special Notice

Arrangements have been made
bv the management of the Dixie
Theatre regarding their program
so the General Public of Paris
will know what to expect. Mon.
day night will be feature night
when a Fox Box office feature
will be shown in connection with
a three reel Universal program
making an 8 reel program on ev-
cry Monday night. Thursday
and Friday nights a 5 reel pro-
gram will be offered with the big
the big serial feature, THE Ro-
nance of Elaine" every Friday
night. All other nights a a reel
program will be shown which
will include the best Universal
and United service. One, two
three and four reel features.
On all nights the prices will be
5 and 10 cents, with the single
exception of Monday when the
prices will be 10 and 20 cts. We
are obliged to ask this increase
in price on account of the great
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16

cost of the Fox Box office fea.
lures. These bring the best fea.
ture pictures on the market and
include all the we'll known Stars
in their Casts. They right
ly feel justified in asking little
more money for this service and
the only way we can offer these
pictures to t h e Theatre going
public of Paris is at the advanced
price of 10 and 20 cents. Our
books are open for inspection of
any patron of the Dixie Theatre
and they will prove the fact that
the Box Office features cost three
times as much as the regular SER
vice and under these conditions
we are justified in asking the pub
lie to support US in these prices
for we realize our patrons want
the best pictures and these can
only be given them at ten and 20
cent prices.
Matinees will be given every
Monday, Friday and Saturday un-
til further notice.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
Mrs. Elizabeth Morton.

Mrs. Elizabeth Morton died
Monday at her home in the
Sandy Hill neighborhood at the
age of rs years. Her death
resulted from a fall she received
several days before. She is sur
vived by three sons, W. Frank
and Henry W., of this city, and
Ed F., of Memphis, and two
daughters, Miss Florence Morton
and Mrs. Laura Webb, of this
county.
She was a good christian
woman and will be sadly missed
in her community.
Interment was at Manlyville
Tuesday, after services by Rev.
W. F. Tuten.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
New Lumber Business i.

Mr.. A. H. Jacobs, who has for
the past twenty years been To-
Gated in Nashville where he has
been engaged in the hardwood
lumber business, has disposed
of his business there and located
in Paris where he will be engag.
ed in the same business.
The lumber yard and office OF
Mr.. Jacobs will be located at the
Mineral Wells Switch where all
deliveries will be received for
shipment.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
MURDER CASE MAY
| Be RECALLED MONDAY
as. c. White Charged With Murder
Of Dorsey Sprague.--.Misde-
meanor Docket.

1t is probable that the case Of
James G. White, charged with
he murder of Dorsey Sprague,
will be reached by the, Circuit
Court Monday. The criminal
docket is set for that day, and if
the White case is not reached
then it will come up within a few
days. This is the most import
amt case on the docket at this
Term of court. 1t will be re-
membered that White killed
Sprague with a knife. at their
home on Porter street last fall.
The trouble is supposed to have
been caused over attentions
White is alleged to have paid
Sprague's wife, but it is under
stood that White, who is out on
bond, will plead self defense and
undertake 70 prove that Sprague
nas the aggressor. Much inter
eBt has been shown in this case
nd large crowd is expected in
eeurt when it is finally reached.
Z Another case of considerable
Dterest is that of the State
against Chas. B. Martin, Ever
Ute II. Morris and Nc,
Williams, charged with felonious
asault and battery. Martin and
Norris were marshal and deputy
lnarshal respectively Of Puryear|
u the time, and are charged with
having shot Robt. Hendrick.
McWiiIiarnsg was aSbusiness asso.
cate and li@eas hear Hendricks.
he case has been continued a
time ss;.!2l Or two X and resulted in a
mistrial once when it was heard
This case may also be taken up
on Monday.
II Court has been in session all
this week, having met Monday
with Judge 1Thos. EHarwood
presiding and H, Hillsman Tay-'
br representing the State. -.
The grand jury is composed of
the following: j. G. Rainey,
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
DESTROYED By Fire.

The new home of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. N. Eldridge near Fairview
was destroyed by fire Saturday
night. No one was, at home and
nearly everything burned. The
loss was practically covered by
insurance, The origin of the
fire is unknown.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
KIDNAPPED CHILDREN;
burgess DAVIS CAUGHT
Mrs. Davis Brought Three Children
From Murray, Ky.,i Response
to a Telephone Call.

Charged with kidnapping his
own children from the custody
of his wife, from whom he had
been separated but a few months,
Burgess Davis was arrested at
Milan, Tenn, Sunday and at
midnight brought from that
place to be given a preliminary
hearing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis formerly
lived here, where he was a fire.
man on the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad, but lately have re-
sided in Murphysboro, H., Some
months ago the couple separated,
she returning to Murray, KY,
taking in custody her three chill
dren, one son and two daugh-
ters. Sunday Mr.. Davis came
to Paris and called Mrs. Davis at
Murray, stating he was here and
wanted to see the children, but
suggested that she come at her
own risk.
According to the police, when
the train from Murray arrived
and Mrs Davis and her children
alighted, for a few moments she
was busy speaking to her friends.
When she looked up her children
were entering an auto with their
father. She attempted to enter,
but was refused a seat. The auto
was rushed to the L. & NJ, depot,
where a train was ready to start
south. Mrs. Davis pursued in
another car and reached the
train as it was in the act start
ing She attempted to secure
her children, but failed, claiming
she was treated roughly. She
continued on the train to McKen-
zie and, finding her efforts fu-
tile, returned to Paris at once,
arriving here at 5 o'clock.
The warrant was sworn out
and Davis captured at Milan and
placed in custody.
The second chapter in the con-
test for the custody of their chill
dren was enacted in this city
Monday and was dramatic. Mr..
Davis was brought back to Paris
by Deputy Sheriff L W. Mitchell.
He emplyed as his counsel Gen.
]. w. Lewis and Mrs. Davis en-
ployed S. P. Fitzhugh to repre-
sent her interests. At an infor-
NAL meeting it was discussed
and the conclusion arrived at un-
der the existing premises the
husband had not committed an
illegal offense in gaining posses
sion of his children, so the case
was dismissed. Immediately af-
ter this it is understood that
Davis, in custody of the children,
hired an automobile and left
Paris. In a few minutes anoth-
er warrant was sworn out and
signed by Mrs. Davis charging
Davis with assault on the person
of Mrs. Davis at the l.. & N. sta
ton. This warrant was sworn
out before Squire W. T. Snow
and placed in the hands of Depu-
ty Sheriff George Jackson, who,
securing an automobile, started
in pursuit of the one containing
Davis and the children. While
here Davis is quoted as stating
to Mr.. Fitzhugh that he took the
children into his custody for the
reason that they were not being
adequately provided for.
Davis was not apprehended
after the second warrant was
sworn out.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank all who so
kindly administered to our dear
husband and father during his
illness and death. May God
bless you all.
MRS. N. M. MORRIS, AND Chill
DREN.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
Pay=Just=l0 Cents, Two Jitneys
and Let Us Slip One Of these Beau
tifuf Gold Watches in Your Pocket

Pay the balance in weekly nstaments. So small that
you won't miss the money. The payments will come SO
easy that you'll have the Watch paid for and you'll
feel IKE some one has made you present of it.
q The JITNEY WATCH CLUB is opportunity that you
simply conno afford to pass up, unless you already have
one Of the new, thin model, Gold Case Watches.
q Now there for just fifty the Jtney. Not fifty
oneior fifty two just fifty, and it is filled the
doors viii be closed We have already sold nearly $4,000
worth of Watches the Jtney Plan if you expect
get in on the proposition you d better come today
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
The Fire-Brat.

The common silverfish Uepisma
saccharina) is a well-known and trou-
blesome household insect, but it's near
relative Thermobia domestica, known
in England as the ''firebrat," is less
familiar. In a recent department OF
agriculture bulletin on silverfish Mr..
G. l.. Marlatt calls attention to the
curious habit which the fire-brat has
developed Of frequenting ovens and
fireplaces, where it seemingly revels
in an amount of heat that would be
fatal to most other insects. The writer
says: 1T disports itself in numbers
about the openings of ranges and over
the hot bricks and metal, manifesting
a most surprising immunity from the
effects Of high temperature" 1t was
first described in this country in 1873.
and began to be noted commonly
aDout 1895 in Europe. 1t is Of about
the same size and general appearance
as the silverfish, except for some
dusky markings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
SOME HINTS FOR BUILDERS
Great Care Should Be Taken in Selec-
ton of the Most Substantial
Roofing Material.

If you were without preparation or
plan, rudely placed in a wilderness,
your first thought would be Of food
supply and your next of shelter, for
these are the two most vital necessi'
ties OF mankind. 1t Is therefore
natural that the best thought, and
study are put upon these two essen
tials.
More forward steps have been
taken in the building industry in the
past fifteen years. as regards comfort,
service and architectural beauty than
in the fifty years previous.
Only in recent years has the hand
ling OF cement IN bl!iiing work been
understood properly, and progress is
still constantly being made with it.
Modern hotels and office buildings
are being equipped with sheet metal
moudings and steel veenered doors.
Nearly every important change in
building construction is away from
the fire hazard OF wood
One of the most significant develop.
ments OF recent years Ia the crushed
slate surfaced asphalt shingle which
Is, on new construction and old, rapid
ly supplanting the wooden article.
There arc many reasons for this The
slate surfaced shingles add beauty to
any building-in fact, there Is really
no comparison from an architectural
standpoint. Crushed slate OF pleasing
tints Of red or green, is employed as a
surfacing. The shingles are uniform
ly eight inches wide and are exposed
four inches to the weather. No paint.
ing is necessary as the red or green
crushed slate Is natural and therefore
cannot fade.
The purchaser, however should
guard himself against buying a slate
surfaced single that is not guaran-
teed by a reliable and responsible
manufacturer. There are so many
kinds of roofing and shingles on the
market today each claiming to b" he
best that it becomes necessary for the
buyer to get some satisfactory assur.
ance that the roofing or shingles are
represented honestly
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
GARDEN HINTS

Whenever possible procure peren-
class of plants, and especially adapted
to the farmers garden. During this
month. If possible, procure seeds that
have just ripened, from your friends,
and plant them at once. Or maybe
you can find self-grown seedlings
about the base of the early blooming
sort.
Keep on hand good supply of in
secticides. Bordeaux mixture as used
in the orchard is good to destroy mil
dew and rust in the flower garden To
bacco water will kill aphides which
infest chrysanthemums and golden
glow.
Cut the rhubarb blooms as soon as
they appear. They weaken the plant.
Treasure the weekly wash water
and apply to the roots of the flowers;
it will enhance the beauty Of the re Sc.
If slugs bother the roses sift ashes
on the bushes when they are wet with
dew or rain. See that the ashes reach
the under side of the leaves
Sow the seeds of annuals-phloX.
candy-tuft, poppy and the like-for a
fine fall showing.
When the lilacs have finished bloom
ing, all the seed clusters should be
cut away.
Seed sown in the open air during
July and August should be carefully
planted in fine soil, watered, and then
well covered with paper or cloth.
When the seedlings appear remove
the covering but shade the ground
Furnish the porch, the shady side of
the house, the arbor, with hammocks,
easy chairs, benches so that the family
will enjoy living out doors to the bene-
fit of health and the saving the house
wife work
Just as soon as the summer crop is
gathered, remove the fruiting canes
from the raspberry and blackberry
plantations. If the plants send up too
many roots remove the surplus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Somethina New in Knives.

Every device which helps to make
Homework easier should be wei
coined and one OF the best things
that have been invented in this con
necton is the new stainless steel
Knives made of it have not TO be
cleaned in the old way; they merely
have to be wiped and ought soon to
be in universal use. Here is para
graph from trade paper:
sheffield appears to have mate up
its mind that stainless cutlery has
come to stay, in spite OF the fact
that it is appreciably dearer than or
binary cutlery"
This stainless cutlery is said to last
three times as long as common steel.
but as yet it has not been placed gen
orally on the market.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
New Grecian Harhor.

One of the largest works now re-
ceiving the attention of the Hellenic
government is the construction of a
new navy yard and arsenal at Seara-
manga, on the bay of Eleusis, to SUI
opposite the island of Salamis. This
construction is being carried out I'M
der the supervision and after the plans
of corps of British engineers. The
estimated cost is in the neighborhood
of $l5,00O,000, 1t will be several years
before it can be completed 1t will
give to Greece landlocked harbor for
its feet, with ample facilities for re-
pair work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
"Spinster."

The word spinster is a form or va
Ration of spinner, one who spins,
meaning an unmarried woman who
was supposed to occupy herself with
spinning In its primitive form and
meaning the word is Of early Anglo
Saxon origin when no young woman
was thought fit to be a wife till she
had spun for herself an OUTFIT OF per
sonal. table and bed linen, hence spin.
ner or spinster. The fine and sacred
word wife (Saxon WIFI has a somewhat
similar origin in the Saxon verb wy.
fan or wefan. TO weave, the weaver
being the natural successor of the
spinner There was nothing derisiye
in the term spnster and 1t is still used
In legal documents to designate an
unmarried woman
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
WHAT BRITISH CONSOLS ARE
Not Bonds, as We Use Term. but
Perpetual Obligations OF the
British Nation.

The British government debt really
dates back to 1872, when 1t bore 6 per
cent Interest. Since then the major
wars of the world have been recorded
with more or less exactness in the
fluctuations of interest return to in.
vestors in British bonds. Incidentally,
a very ancient and honorable British
institution is now apparently in the
way of being extinguished. In the
middle of the eighteenth century
about the time young George Wash
ington was surveying in the wilds OF
Notwithstanding government debt
was consolidated into a uniform is
sue bearing per cent interest; hence
arose the venerated name ''consols,"
long boasted as the worlds premier
security.
War with the American colonies and
with Napoleon sent consols down to
AZ cents on the dollar, but by 1924
they were up to 90, and England set
tied back into a conviction that her
government bonds, bearing not more
than per cent interest, were among
the permanent phenomena of nature.
says the Saturday Evening Post.
Nearly a generation ago Mr.. Goschen
reduced the interest on consols to "a
per cent, then to 215 per cent, and at
the latter rate they presently sold
above par.
Consols are not really bonds, as we
use the term, because the principal Is
not payable at all. They are the per-
petual obligation of the British gov
eminent, and the purchaser, instead
of getting a sheet OF engraved paper,
with coupons attached. gets merely an
entry on the Bank of England's books
signifying that interest is payable to
him.
Recently parliament authorized
loan of s5,000000,000 payable in so
years and bearing Az per cent inter-
est. Consols are convertible into the
new loan at the rate of &C 2-3 cents
on the dollar, by which process they
may disappear. What other ancient
and honorable institutions the war
may swallow up is problematical.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Color of Boards.

The color of boards arouses many
points of interest All the ancient tap
estries show Cain and Judas Iscariot
with yellow or red boards, and Pom
thus PLATE in ancient art always was
given a beard. A reddish beard, how
ever, does not carry the significance
that goes with red hair, for a large
number of eminent men with dark
brown hair have had reddish boards.
Sometimes the eyelashes have been
ruddy, Savonarola, who had almost
black hair, having startlingly red eye
brows and eyelashes. But, as a gen
eral rule here also, a silky brown
beard, when accompanied by fine curl.
ing dark-brown hair, is the most usual
characteristic shown in the biograph-
les of men whose names have been
handed down to fame.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Hig Third Set

From the state of Indiana comes a
story about a Ciyil war veteran who
is getting his third set Of teeth lie
is sevcnty-nve years old, and declares
that he never had a dentist remove
any of his teeth, but Just naturally
allowed them to wear out" When his
gums began TO hurt a few months ago
he supposed he had case of neu
ralgia due to dccaying dcntals. but
slowly the roots Of the ancient teeth
began to be forced to the surface and
now Jacob Hays has four brand new
teeth and others are on the way.
Dentists do not know whether anv
one but veteran OF the war could
grow three sets OF molars or not
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
MOST BEAUTIFUL WORD
CHOICES MADE BY STUDENTS OF
DIFFERENT AGES.
Some of Them Are Interesting, Pa
thetic, and Some Amusing - Col
Iege Professor Gives Result Of
His Investigations.

What is the most beautiful word in
the English language? A college pro
fessor, who has been teaching for
number of years, has collected some
interesting facts concerning the pref
erences that schoolgirls and school
boys entertain for certain words. He
has made the experiment with some
20 classes, all the way from an I'M
graded class in a country school to
the senior class in college.
At the conclusion of a recitation the
teacher has had little slips of blank
paper distributed. He has then re-
quested each pupil to write down
without consulting his neighbor-
he thought the most beautiful word in
the English language, giving consid-
Grafton both to sound and to sense.
or the 600 pupils that he has had,
405 wrote the name mother" 50
wrote home" %, father" is, dad
dy;" 16. vacation" II, baseball;
9, football" 7, love" 3, sister" 2,
"aunties," and 2, grandmother" The
following words received one vote
each: Grandpa "vesper," moon
light hope" rose" hyacinth." AN
gel" music" and "swimmin' hole"
OF the remaining 1t, one, a response
from a very bright boy, puzzled the
professor. That boy wrote cellar
door When asked about it, he pro-
nounced it "cellah doah," and ex-
planned, "Oh, it just sounds pretty"
The other 10 ballots, all for the
same word, amused and perplexed the
professor. They were all handed 1t at
the same time from n class of %
healthy, growing. Woodworking coun-
try boys. There was, the teacher in
sists no opportunity for collision. The
ballot was taken silently. Each bal
lot was then folded and dropped into
hat that the teacher asked one OF
the boys to pass around
Those IS citizensto-be deliberately
wrote down the ugly-sounding, greasy
looking, thoroughly unattraCtive word
"victuals.' What could have been
more suggestive OF that teachers OPP
portunity than the fact that nearly
half of class of 20 immortal souls
thought "victuals" the most beautiful
word in the English language?
And what higher compliment could
be paid to motherhood and the Ameri-
can homo than the fact that SCI of
these coo boys and girls, young men
and young women, independently, and
at various times and places, selected
words that suggested family relation
ship as the sweetest words in their
language Youth Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Not Very Comfortina.

Mark Twain at a dinner at the Au-
thors' club said: Speaking of fresh
eggs, | am reminded Of the town of
Squash. In my early lecturing days
! went to Squash to lecture in Tenn
perance hall, arriving In the after
noon. The town seemed very poorly
billed ! thought I'd find out if the
people knew anything at all about
what was in store for them. So
turned in at the general store. Good
afternoon, friend said to the general
storekeeper. Any entertainment here
tonight to help a stranger while away
his evening" The general storekeep-
er, who was sorting mackcrels,
Strengthened up. wiped his briny
hands on his apron and said: i expect
there's goin' to be a lecture. been
sellin' eggs all day"