davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
Selecting Breeders

In selecting the hens for the breed
ing pen in the spring, the following
factors have been found by observa-
ton and experiment to be essential
70 heavy egg production, namely; one,
breeding from heavy producers; two,
the use of mature birds. preferably
hens, not pullets; three. line-breeding
or out-crossing; four, breeding from
birds which were early producers as
pullets; five, selecting birds which
show good, vigorous constitution;
six. selecting for eggs type, long
rather deep bodies with abundant
room for the organs of digestion and
reproduction: seven, selecting large
specimens of the breed; eight, select
ing late moulters, since they are us
ually the best winter layers; nine,
breeding from birds which have
shown by records to be persistent lay
ers; ten. selecting birds that eat well,
rise early and retire late, for such
birds are usually heavy layers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
which admit Of general application
for q region"


Growing MuskmelOns
Muskmelons should not be planted
in the open ground until the weather
is warm and the ground in favorable
condition, as the seed is liable to rot
in cold, wet earth. Plant in hills
from six to eight feet apart, accord
ing to variety. Melons do best in a
rather light warm, sand soil which
should be made very rich with well
decayed manure, two or three spades
full worked into each hill being advis-
able.
A dozen or more seeds may be
planted in each hill and all but three
or four of the plants removed when
the bugs have deserted them. AS
soon as the plants have made a foot
or more of growth the ends Of the
shoots should be pinched back to in
luce the formation Of side shoots and
| the early setting of fruit. Vines
pinched back will mature fruit from
one to two weeks earlier than when
| this precaution is neglected.
The ground about the vines shoul6
be kept free from weeds and cultivat
ed constantly until the vines begin to
run freely and in working among
them care must be taken that they are
not trampled upon. One ounce of seed
will plant sixty hills.
Such small varieties of melons as
Rocky Ford and the like, may be
| grown on wire netting and in this
way occupy but a small amount of
ground and are far more easy to
cultivate and gather than melons
| growing on the ground.
The principal enemy of the melon
is the squash bug which attacks the
| plant in its early stage and may be
held in check by spraying the plants
with arsenate of lead. Better still,
would be a cover made from circle
| of wire window screen, slashed near
| ly to the center on opposite sides and
the Sits folded over each other to
produce tent-shaped cover, these be-
ing placed over the hills and little
earth banked about their base to hold
them in position. These may be fiat
tened out and stored away when no
longer needed and be serviceable for
several years.
That il pays to raise good stock is
illustrated by the experience of two
Utah ranchmen who sent their steers
to the same market on the same day
Both ran their stock on National For
est range under grazing permits, both
used the same amount of range per
head Of stock, and both paid the same
| grazing fee. One gave close atten-
ton to the selection of his breeding
cows and used only high-grade bulls
The other made no effort to improve
his herd. Theowner of the high-grade
stock receive $40 per head more fol-
his steers than the owner of the COM
mon stock.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. P.
T. Colgrove. President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

old macadam roads. These can not
be economically maintained as plain
macadam. but would provide excellent
foundations for new asphaltic wear
ing surfaces.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
Cured

They were discussing in the work.
shop the question of corporal punish
ment, explains Tit-Bit
81 believe in the old MAXIM" said
the foreman, Spare the rod and spoil
the chill When I was a boy / know
received many chastisements and
whackings, and it did me good. On
one occasion, remember, I was pun
ished for telling the truth"
at cured YOU" whispered a voice
from the far corner"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
Who's Afraid

Evelyn il very cowardly, and her
father decided to have serious talk
with his little daughter. At the close
Of his lecture, Evelyn took the initia-
tive thus:
Father" she said. "wheen you see
a COW, amt you 'fraid?"
mo. certainly not, Evelyn"
when you see bumblebee, amt
you fraid?"
mol" with scorn.
Amt you fraid when it thun-
ders?"
"No," with laughter. "Oh, you
silly. silly child"
Papa" said Evelyn. solemnly,
"ain't you fraid Of nothing in the
world but mama?"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12

A clergyman was being shaved by
barber who had evidently become un-
nerved by the previous nights dissi-
patton. Finally he cut the clergyman's
chin. The latter looked up at the ar
fist reproachfully and said:
"You see, my man, what comes of
hard drinking"
"Yes sir" replied the barber, con-
solingly, sit makes the skin tender"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
The Soul.Saying Time Limit

Here is story told for professional
platform people by The Lyceum
World:
One day visiting clergyman, who
was TO preach before the students at
Yale University, asked how long he
was expected to talk.
"Of course, we put no time limit
upon YOU" replied President Hadley,
with his usual pump-gesture, "but we
have a feeling here at Yale-that no
souls-are saved-after the first
twenty minutes"
A lady Of Somerset bewailed the
loss of a somewhat ill-bred but ex-
tremely wealthy neighbor who had
been very liberal in his help to her
county charities.
"Mr. Z is dead" said she. HE
was so good and kind, and helpful to
me in all sorts of ways. He was so
vulgar, poor, dear fellow, we could not
know him in London, but we shall
meet him in heaven."-Tit- Bits.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12

I've been reading an article on cleo
tricity, William" said Williams wife,
as she laid down a technical magazine,
land it appears before long we shall
be able to get pretty nearly every
thing we want just by touching a
button"
at will never pay here!" said the
husband. "You would never be able
to get anything in that way"
"Why not, William ?"
Because nothing would ever make
you touch a button! Look at my
shirt"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
Sunday School Questions

A Sunday school teacher, according
to the San Francisco Argonaut, after
egnoucting lesson oO on the story ito OF
ing. aNow is there any little girl or
boy who would like to ask a question
about the lesson?" Little Susie look
raised her hand" A question, Susie !"
asked the teacher. 81 would like to
know" said Susie, eff the angels have
wings, why did they have to climb the
some moments, and then, looking
about the class, asked, as there any
Susie's question ?"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12
Out of Sight

One of the fair passengers on q
yachting party indefinitely located by
the Houston Post, observed that the
captain wore an anxious look after
some mishap to the machinery of the
craft.
whats the matter, captain?" she
inquired, solicitously.
"The fact is" responded the captain
in low voice, "our rudder's broken. y
"Oh, my, don't fret about that" re-
piled the young woman consolingly.
"As it's under water nearly all the
time, no one will notice it."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12

At 80 man is convinced that the
of men are fools; at go he
admits that he is of the majority.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-12

The applicant-There's lots of push
and go in me. I'd like to show you.
The Boss-Very well. That door
opens outward. Try your push on
that and then demonstrate your go on
the outside.-Chicago News.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
Officers Arrest
Negro Robber Of
Paris Hen Roost

Tuesday night Sheriff 7. M.
Hagler and Deputy H. E. Butler
placed George Brown, negro, un-
der arrest on charge of having
stolen six hens from the chicken
house of Ewing McVey. Brown
was captured at Son Henry
Browns negro restaurant and
admitted the theft.
The chickens were taken Tues
day night. They were missed and
Mr.. McVey soon found them at
Clogs & Nants' establishment,
where they had been sold by
Brown.
Brown was held under a bond
of $500 on the charge of having
stolen the fowls and a bond of
$500 on the charge of disposing
of stolen property. Sheriff Hag-
Ter will likely have him as a
boarder until the July term of
circuit court.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
IMMENSE CROWOHEARS
BIG FIGHT DETAILS At
THE PARTISAN OFFICE
Reports From Ringside Fur
nished Free To Fight Fans
OF Paris
WILLARD OUTPOINTSMORAN
In FAST TEN ROUND SCRAP
Large Number Venture Out To
Hear Details Despite
Weather Conditions

If hubby did not get home be.
fore midnight last Saturday
evening he is not to be blamed SC
very much.
Saturday night the big Willard
Moran mill was staged in New
York and The Partisan received
the details of the big fight by
rounds, through a special leased
wire arrangement, and gave
them to the immence crowd that
gathered to hear the reports at
this office and in front of it.
1t was announced in The Pa
wsian's extra edition, issued
earlier in the afternoon, that
details of the bout would be re-
ceived at The Partisan office be-
ginning at $50 o'clock and when
the appointed hour arrived the
office was packed and jammed
with An eager, expectant crowd
of local fight fans.
Reports were slightly delayed,
but started off a few minutes
later and kept coming until the
end Of the tenth round.
A cheer went up from the
crowd when it was announced
Decision given to Willard on
points. Moran badly worsted
but no Knockout"
Not since the Johnson-Je Jeffries
mill has so much interest in a
ring battle been shown in Paris,
and had it not been for the ar
rangements made by The Pari-
sian, fight fans would not have
known even the result of the
bout until Sunday morning. AS
it was, reports were received as
each round of the fight was fin
ished, and the result was an
nounced at $50 o'clock.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
7. H. WHITLOCK
THROWS HAT in
RING; FLOATER

T. H. Whitlock, of the old
Third district, formerly for three
terms Trustee of Henry county,
has announced his candidacy for
Democratic nomination for Float
er from this district, composed
of the counties of Henry, Car
roll and Weakley.
Under the rotation agreement
this is Henry county's time to
name the Democratic nominee.
In announcing, Mr.. Whitlock
ates that he stands for and en-
es the administrations of
esident Woodrow Wilson and
". T. G. Rye. He is strictly
favor of law enforcement and
esary forward step on temper
ance legislation, as we'll as the
betterment of public schools and
good roads. He has always
voted the Democratic ticket from
top to bottom.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
TOM BARR DRAWSL|FE
SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Of PRYOR WOMAN HERE
Mistrial Results In Case OF
Jim and Sam Love, Held
AS Accessories
MURDER in FIRST DEGREE
JURY VERDICT AS TO BARR
Lone Juror Reported To Have
Held Out Until Eleven
O'clock Saturday

After a lone juror had held out
for a verdict of second degree
murder, according to report, for
many hours, the twelve men who
sat upon the case of Tom Barr,
murderer Of Josie Pryor, report
ed a verdict of murder in the
first degree at 1:35 O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon, and Judge Har-
wood at once sentenced Barr to
the penitentiary for life.
The same jury heard the evil
dence against Jim and Sam Love,
also negroes, indicted as acces-
sories after the fact, but could
not agree as to these defendants.
One report is that the jury stood
seven for conviction and five for
acquittal as to Jim Love and five
for conviction and seven for
acquittal as to Sam Love. 1t is
generally understood that the
jury stood seven to five as to Jim
Love, but there is a rumor that
only two members of the jury
held out for conviction as to the
other negro.
The trial of the Barr-Love case
took up all of Thursday afternoon
and Friday in circuit court. The
case went to the jury at a late
hour Friday afternoon. When
the jury was called Saturday
morning, the foreman reported
that they could not agree as to
any of the defendants.
Judge Harwood sent them
back for further deliberation and
at 1::35 o'clock that afternoon
the jury returned the verdict of
murder in the first degree in the
Barr case, but reported that they
were hopelessly hung as to the
Love negroes. The case has
caused a great deal of excite
ment in Paris, owing to the long
search for the Pryor negress'
body, which was finally discover
ed buried on the place of Sam
Love and with a dead hog buried
upon it. The Love negroes de-
MED any connection with the
murder or burying of the body.
Barr claimed, on the stand, that
he killed the woman with a plank
and in in self defense, although
he had previously confessed that
he had deliberately planned the
murder. He claimed that he
had no recollection of having
written the confession.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
TIDAL WAVE FOR ROAD BONDS
SWEEPS IN; PEOPLE INSIST THAT
COURT LET THEM SETTLE ISSUE
EXTRA!

Probably the first extra edition issued by weekly
newspaper gotten out by The Partisan Saturday
afternoon following the report of jury in the Barr Love
murder case
At 135 o'clock Saturday afternoon the jury reported,
finding Barr guilty of murder in the first degree and bring
ing in mstrial verdict to the Love negroes Judge
Harwood at sentenced Barr to life in the pen
tenary Fifteen minutes later at 1:50 O'clock The Paris
ians extra edition. with full particulars of the trial. Barrs
confession the urys verdict and the punishment imposed
was the streets.
By this extra edition The Partisan furnished the of
Barrs conviction and the mstra verdict the Love
negroes to its readers SIX DAYS BEFORE 1T COULD BE
READ IN ANY OTHER HENRY COUNTY NEWSPAPER.
In addition to carrying the of the murder trial. the
extra contained late in regard the Mexican situation
report Of the conviction of the three defendants in the
Memphis ballot fraud and the latest news from the
Nashville fire.
THE PARISIAN LEADS!
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
Question Likely To Be Submit
ted To People In Special
Election Soon
REPORTS SHOW THAT ALL
SECTIONS FAVOR PLAN
Mud Roads Bring Citizens To
Realization Of Need For
Bond Issue

From every nook and corner
of Henry county come the report
that the people are insisting that
the county court give them an
opportunity to vote upon q
$500,0O0 bond issue for the
construction of public roads.
The muddy roads that have
lasted throughout the winter
caused many to come to reali-
zation of the possibilities of the
bond issue, and the friends of
the proposition have been active
for several weeks.
Even the opponents of the
plan do not object to the court
submitting the question to the
people for determination, and it
is believed that when the issue
of calling or not calling an elec-
tion is put squarely up to the
county court Monday that there
will be little opposition.
So far no voice has been raised
against submitting the question.
The general opinion seems to be
that it would be best for the
people to decide for themselves
as to whether they want good
roads or bad roads, and both
friends and opponents of the
bond issue plan will be glad to
have the issue brought to a vote.
1t is being freely predicted that
the court will order an early
election, under an act recently
declared constitutional by the
Supreme Court, in order that the
matter may be fought out before
the voters of the county.
Other important matters that
will come before the court Mon
day will be the question Of test
ing the road law to determine
whether or not it was repealed
by an act intended for Robertson
and Haywood counties, and the
question of appropriating funds
for the relief of Grove High
School. A full attendance of the
members of the court is expect
ed.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
DICKSON-MARTIN

At the home of the bride at
India, this county, Miss Connie
Dickson and George L. Martin
were united in marriage Wednes-
day night. The bride is the
beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. F. E.
Dickson, and the groom a popu-
lar young railroad man. The
brides father performed the
ceremony. They will reside in
West Paris.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
THREE Gull TY
fraud CASES

Thursday afternoon the jury in
the noted Memphis primary elec-
tion fraud case found the defend
ants. J. j. Griffin, r. L. Reed and
M. G. Schaedle guilty and recon-
mended that they be fined $100
each. 1t rests with the court to
impose a workhouse or Jail SEN
tence, which may be from 6 to
IL months.
This is the first occasion in
many years that a conviction has
been obtained in an election fraud
case, and in this instance the
verdict is the direct result of
vigorous prosecution upon the
part of Attorney-Genera 2.
Newton Estes, of Shelby county.
Gen. Estes had been engaged in
prosecuting the cases for about
a week, and in doing so even
neglected the preparation of his
own defense in the impeachment
proceedings about to be brought
against him at Nashville.
All of the defendants were
accused of frauds in connection
with the first Senatorial primary
last November. Griffin is a
member of the county court of
Shelby county.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
PARENT-TEACHERS MEET

At the Lee school building
Tuesday afternoon the Parent
Teachers Association held an in
teresting meeting. Prof. M. M.
Phillips read an able paper on
THE Pupil" The paper ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue of
The Partisan. Music by Mrs.
] John N. Currier was a feature OF
the meeting.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
Mass Meeting Tonight Will
Plan Big Paris School Day

Plans for the contest with
Huntingdon will be discussed
and arranged at a mass meeting
of gentlemen to be held at the
court house tonight (Friday) at
7 O'Clock.
For several years students. of
Grove High School and the In
dustrial Training School, of Hun
tingdon. have held an annual
field day and contest in debate
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
ARRESTED ON
UGLY CHARGE


Following his indictment by
the grand jury here, officers at
Murray, KY, arrested Charlie
Eldridge on a charge of arson.
Sheriff T. M. Hagler went to
Murray and brought Eldridge to
Paris, where he was lodged in
Jail. Wednesday morning Ed
ridge made bond and returned
to Murray. He is charged with
having burned a house near the
Paris Mineral Wells about a year
ago.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
CRIME IS INDICATED
BY POOL OF BLOOD

cutting affray and how the pool
of blood came to be on the side
walk is a mystery, but it was
there-a pool of something red,
very much like blood if it was
not, as big as three large hand
berchiefs. When seen Saturday
night the blood seemed to be
fresh.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
Paris Sends Delegates To
Christian Boys Conference

Ten delegates, representing
Paris and the Grove High School
Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, attended the conference of
Older Christian Boys of West
Tennessee. which was held at
Jackson Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. This is the first annual
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
LARGE ORDERS FILLED
BY PERFUME COMPANY

During the past few days
several large orders have been
filled by the American French
Perfume Company of Paris.
On Wednesday a dray load
of the company's products was
shipped to Memphis. and this
was only a part of a single
large order. Large shipments
are being made daily by this
company.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31

Was a foul murder committed
in Paris Saturday night?
This question was suggested
by the discovery about 11:3O
O'Clock that night of what SEEM
ed to be a pool of blood on the
sidewelk at the Southeast corner
of the public square.
Officers heard nothing of any
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31

and defamation either at Paris
or Huntingdon annually. This
year the contest will be held at
Paris and on April 28. Prof. W.
T. Robinson, principal of Grove
High School, and Prof. M. M.
Phillips. principal of the Atkins
Porter and Lee schools, have
called the meeting to be held to-
night, and large crowd will
probably attend.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31
Plans For Securing Northern
Immigrants Discussed at Meet

Plans for getting Northern i'm
migrants to come to Tennessee
discussed at the immigration
of the Nashville Chat
tanooga and st. Louis railway,
held at Nashville this week and
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31

conference of its kind and much
good is expected to result from
it.
Among those attending from
Paris were Harold Porter, James
Frank Porter, Frank Blake,
Fuqua Routon, William Lasater,
Tate Smith, Charles Veltman and
Robert Tharpe.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-03-31

attended by w. G. Adams and
]. J. B. Johnsonius, of Paris.
The meeting was a very i'm
portant one, plans were gone
over in detail and a general dis
cussion had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-20
Burton Holmes Lecture.

"Canada-Coast to Coast Burton
Holmes opening travelogue in his
latest series. was presented before a
large audience at the New National
Theater last night In "a little voyage
to a nearby foreign land" glimpses
were given of life in rural Nova
Scotia. with it's contrast between the
tribal remnants of early Indian days
and its latest interests, as shown in
realistic motion views of Canadian
Hfghlanders training recruits for the
war. trip through Acadia in apple
blossom time. with it's panorama of
orchards in bloom, and a later jaunt
to old Quebec. with it's memories of
Wolfe and Montcalm. finished the first
lap of the journey. which was resumed
With a pilgrimage to the Shrine of
st. Anne and voyage up the Saguenay
to its somber capes of stone. Visits
were made to Montreal, Ottawa and
Toronto. with a new route to Niagara
falls, and a whizz across the Canadian
continent to winnipeg the Wonder
full made the first stopping place In
the far west. Busy scenes in the
great metropolis" and another motion
view Of the famous mounted police OF
the northwest gave way. in turn, to
a scenic panorama along the line of
the New Kettle Valley railway leading
to Victoria, with it's final visit to the
most beautiful private estate in the
Dominion" which closed the end of
great journey from sea to sea
Mr. Holmes will present The Canadian
Rockies" next Sunday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-20
WANTS POPULAR VOTE
ELECT PRESIDENT
Senator Chamberlain Says He Will
Introduce Such an Amendment
to the Constitution.

PORTLAND. Ore. November 10
Senator Georgia Chamberlain. who has
left for wash5h gton, announced that
at the conlrng session of Congress he
will introduce a proposed censtitu-
tional amendment providing for the
election Of the President by direct vote
Of the people. His intention, he said,
is to get the amendment under way
promptly. 80 that is may be acted on
by Congress and if adopted there. by
the legislature of the various states in
time to become effective for the next
presidential election.
THE recent election demonstrated
more strongly than ever the desirable
fty of electing the President by direct
vote" said Senator Chamberlain. IF
5000 votes in California had been
changed that state would have gone for
Hughes and he would have been elect
ed. notwithstanding 100000 more votes
were cast in the nation for Wilson than
for Hughes. Another time the present
system might work to the disadvantage
Of the other party.
Senator Chamberlain. who is chair
man Of the Senate committee on mill
tary affairs said he would also at the
coming session put forward measure
providing for universal military serv-
ice,