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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
RANDOLPH

Mrs. l.. S. Brigham returned from
Springfield, Mass, Monday, where sh'
had been for several days with friends
Mrs. Il. T. Sault returned Thursday
from a visit with her sons in Boston
and Derry, N. II.
Mrs. ]. d. Wheeler left Thursday fol
Essex Junction, where she was to meet
Mrs. M. l.. Washburn, and will pass al
indefinite time at the Lincoln inn.
Mrs. Ernest Mcintosh has been in
Waterbury Center since last Tuesday
where she has been the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Nellie Morse.
Mrs. G. w. Panton has been moved
to the home of Mrs. Joseph Menard
where she is to be cared for at the pres
ent, as she does not seem to be improy !
ing.
f. V. Fraser of Bridgewater has been
the guest of his sister, Mrs. George Drew.
| A. j. Bell of Gardner, Me-, has been
in town this week to see his nephew,
Ernest Austin, who enlisted as clerk in
| the quartermasters' reserve corps early
last summer and has just received no.
tice that he would be called in the next
ten days.
1t is supposed that Herman Kilbern
Henry Hatch, Robert Chambers and AL
bert Salisbury have been called from
Fort Strong, but it is not known where
they are at present.
n w. Udall will close his shop here
this week and will start for the South,
where he expects to pass the winter.
Miss Hazel Freer, who has been the
trimmer in the store of Miss Flora Bell
for the last season, has closed her work
and gone to her home in Newbury.
Ninety three persons registered at the
rest room last month, the most of whom
We're out of town people.
Miss Elizabeth Holden has been in
Montpelier this week, the guest of Mrs
Hugh Phillips.
George Thayer has moved from the f.
II. Mason farm to rooms in the house of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Tewksbury.
Mrs. J. L. French was summoned to
Starksboro this week by the serious i'll |
ness of her daughter in law, Mrs. George
Waters, and Thursday she telephoned |
that Mrs. Waters died at / o'clock on
Thursday.
f. f. Bacon is passing several days
in Roxbury and Mortified.
Hugh Seaver. rural carrier of mail on
route No. 2, was taken i'll while at his
home in Wiliamstown and is now i'll
with pneumonia there. w. M. Terry is
the substitute.
Walter Lewis of Bethel has come here
and entered the employ of the Sargent,
Osgood & Roundy company, and coca
pies one of the Wells houses on the Ad-
iition.
The speaker of the evening at the
Christian Brotherhood next Monday even
ing will be Prof. j. II. Norman from
.he University of Vermont, and his top
c will be "Germany's War" He was Z.
s. consul at Munich for several years.
Rev G. G.. Merrill, secretary of the
Vermont Congregational conference, who
poke at Randolph Center at the circu
ar conference this week, was entertained
,ver night by DIR. j. P. Clifford, they hay
ng been classmates at Dartmouth.
Mr. and Mrs w. K. Clark have closed
heir house on the Highlands and gone
o New Haven, Conn, to pass the winter. ,
Harry Kellogg, who with force of
men has been cutting Christmas trees (
n this vicinity, has finished work and
eturned to Holyoke, Mass.
j. c. Sherburne, NJ. NJ. Wilson and
richard Rowell, petit jurors, are attend
ng the Orange county court.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
EAST MONTPELIER.

There will be dance at the new mill
at North Montpelier Tuesday night, Dec.
H. Music, CAROLS orchestra, six pieces.
A buffet luncheon will be served. Dane
ing, 75e couple. Luncheon, l5c plate.
Proceeds to be given for the benefit of
Red Cross. Don't forget the date, Dec
II, at the new mill, North Montpelier.
adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
PLAINFIELD.

There viii be a dance at the new mill
at North Montpelier Tuesday night, Dec
IL. Music, CAROLS orchestra, six pieces.
A buffet luncheon will be served. Dane
ing, Use couple. Luncheon. lie plate.
Proceeds to be given for the benefit of
Red Cross. Don't forget the date, Dec.
II. at. the new mill, North Montpelier.
adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
NORTH CALAIS.

There will be a dance at the new mill
at North Montpelier Tuesday night, Dec.
IL. Music, CAROLS orchestra, six pieces.
A buffet luncheon will be served Dane
ing, 75c couple. Luncheon, l5c plate.
Proceeds to be given for the benefit of
Red Cross. Don't forget the date, Dec.
H., at the new mill, North Montpelier.
adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
Montpelier Band Concert.

Free band concert, city hall, Montpe.
lier, Sunday, Dec. 9, at $3.50 o'clock;
'Star Spangled Banner
March-"C Colonel Strachan" 49,. Perkins
0verture-'Le Domino Noir' Amber
Duet for eornet and baritone Williams
Messrs. Forsell and Dumas
Waltz-"Sourire TAyril" .... Depret
Ballet from Coppelia" ..... Deliebes
Selection-"The Heart of Paddy
Whack" ............... Olcott
March-"Cymbeline" ......... Fulton
america"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
TOPSHAM
Letter Received by Mrs. E. E. Powers
from Son.

The following is an extract from a
letter received by Mrs. f. E. Powers from
her son, Roy, who is now stationed at
Charlotte, N. c.;
Dear Mother; just line to let you
know we arrived safe. We started last
Thursday morning at o'clock reaching
here Saturday morning at Z. We had to
work all Wednesday night loading up.
| We came through Hartford, Conn, New
York, and stopped off at Washington, ID.
| c.; marched through the State House
and the city, and saw some sights. We
came through some pretty places. Char
lotte is also good sized, has population
of about $4,000 This is large camp, a
regular city, with electric lights through
, the Main street, which is about two
miles long. Autos going all the time.
Can not think of much to write. Saw
the big monument in Washington which
is 500 feet high. Think we were lucky
to come. so far without any trouble, The
Red Cross ladies at Washington were
very kind to us. giving us our breakfast
and dinner. Think / will close for this
time. Roy Powers
Up. S. Don't worry mother, dear, as
/ am all right and we'll Write as soon
as possible. Tell me all the news"
Gerald Powers is on the sick list.
School has been closed this week for
the Thanksgiving recess.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Currier and son.
Alton, of Bradford spent Thanksgiving
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs |
A. ID. Hood.
Rev. j. d. Wright has been indisposed .
for several days and confined to the /
house.
Roswell Page and d. g. Mckay were at
Bradford on Friday.
Mrs. Betsey Currier has gone to East /
Corinth to work for Mrs. Bagley Abbott /
1t is reported that the new free bridge
between Wells River and Woodsville (
cost nearly $4,000, of which Vermont is
expected to pay 5000. and New Hamp-
shire $4,000, the remainder to be paid
by Newbury and Haverhill in proportion
to their respective grand lists.
DIR. Nathan Caldwell of Groton was in
Iown on Saturday. /;
ID. q. Mckay, with his youngest daugh-
Ter, Miss Marie, left on Saturday for
quincy, Mass, where he has employment !,
n the shipyard for the present.
Miss lrma WEIGH is spending a few
lays at the home of her brother, Ira
D. Welch.
The hard snowstorm on Saturday, ac-
by the terrible wind Saturday
light rendered some of the roads nearly
mpassable, which necessitated using the
now roller on Monday for the first time
his season.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
GEN. PERSHING SAYS AMERICA
MUST WIN WAR.

Major General Pershing, the Amer
lean commander, told the Associated
Press that the war can be won only
by hard and forceful blows delivered
by a well-trained American army
working in conjunction with the al
lied armies.
Deploring the lukewarmness of the
American people in regard to the war
General Pershing added:
Every man, woman and child
should support the administration In
it's determination to arm and equip
the American army and to keep up
its morale and that of the allied
armies. This war will not be won by
talk or by subscribing to the Red
Cross. The American people must
come to a full realization of what
the war means. 1t can be won only
by striking hard and forceful blows
not otherwise"
The General was very emphatic IN
the interview, which lasted but a
few minutes.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
PRESIDENT ALONE CAN MODIFY
EXEMPTION RULE.

If these is to be any modification
of the present rigid rulings of the
Provost Marshal General regarding
exemptions of married men from
draft, it is known only to President
Wilson, who alone has authority to
alter or modify those regulations.
The War Department so far, bas-
ing it's rulings on what it interprets
as the intention Of Congress in pass
ing the draft law, has gone on the
theory that a mans exemption was
based on a condition Of dependency,
rather than on the mere condition of
marriage. The department still holds
to that view and will urge it upon
the President.
Recently President Wilson in a
letter to Senator Weeks, of Massa-
chusetts, referred briefly to the claims
of married men to exemption in what
was interpreted by many as a SYM
pathetic tone, but there was no in
timation from any official source that
he intends to modify the rulings of
the War Office in that regard.
AS the President alone has the
power to do so, there can be no
change unless he directs it.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
LAWSON FAMILY HOLD REUNION
AT MILLERSBURG. z

One of the most pleaSurable events
of the week was the reunion of the
members of the Layson family of this
section, held at the hospitable home
of Col. VIM. Layson, near Millers-
burg, on Tuesday. The event was
an all-day affair, at which hospital
ity and good cheer reigned supreme
The members of the family gathered
around a feast that has never been
surpassed in the State, and after
this had been disposed of they held
an old-fashioned family gathering on
the lawn in the shade of the big trees,
where all INDUCED in "reminiscences
and the Interchange of social gossip.
All of the fifty-one present were de-
scendents of Isaac and Polly Layson,
pioneer settlers and residents of the
State The reunion was attended by
Rankin, Mrs. Robert Tarr, Mrs. En-
ma Mann, Mrs. H. B. Bryson, Mrs.
Carrie Mann, all of Carlisle; Mrs. G..
D. Weathers, Mr.. Scott Weathers,
Miss Margaret Weather, Miss Ruth
Weathers, all of Avon, KY; Mr.. E,
V. Layson, of Mexico, Mo-; Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Layson Tarr, Miss
Esther Tarr, Miss Katherine Tarr,
Miss Nee Marston, Miss Mary Mars
ton, Mrs. Edgar Hurst, Jesse Layson
Hurst, Edgar Rankin Hurst, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. E. Clarke, Laura V. Clarke,
James Clarke, Mrs Laura Layson,
Mr. and Mrs. j. P. Redmon, Charlotte
Redmon, Margaret l.. Redmon, Mr..
and Mrs. j. M. Caldwell, Kenneth
Caldwell, Mrs. John Grimes, Miss
Alice Grimes, Oscar Grimes, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Brown, w. M. Brown, Jr.,
Margaret Brown, Mr.. Eugene Lair
Mrs. Chas. Mathers, Miss Stella Ora
ven, Miss Lavina Layson, Miss Mar
guerite Layson, Mr.. Vimont Layson
w. M. Layson, Jr., Zed Layson, Jr.
Chentrelle Layson, Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. B. Layson, Mr.. w. M. Lay
son, Sr.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
TOBACCO MEN ADVISE AGAINST
TOPPING.

Interest among farmers as to the
proper steps to be taken now with
regard to the tobacco crop is intense,
with speculations as to prospective
prices on the looseleaf brakes this
year agreeing in almost every In
stance at q new high figure, probably
Is or even 80 cents pound. and the
drought making inroads daily into
the quality and growth of growing
weed.
Many growers have begun cutting
because tobacco is burning up in the
fields. Others are waiting and anx-
iously, hoping for rain, which the
weather man promises in small doses
again. III - -. Il 80
Because of the high average that
prevailed on the markets of this sec
ton last season and the extreme likli--
hood that this years crop will be
even better and viii therefore COM
mend better prices, farmers are de-
terhined to do all in their power to
save their crops.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
DOING HER BIT" FOR THE PUB
Lie GOOD.

The Lancaster Record has the fol-
lowing complimentary reference to
Miss Sara Daniel, of Paris, who is
helping to solve the food production
problem in this county:
"Miss Sara Daniels, of Paris, KY,
well remembered here, where she
taught music in the public schools
for several sessions, was in the city
Sunday, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
R. Mount. Miss Daniels has develop
ed into one of the most progressive
farmers in the State, managing a
farm of several hundred acres sue
cessfully. She informs us that she
has sold this year 1900 bushels OF
wheat for which she received $3.50
a bushel. She now has in 80 acres
of hemp, rs acres of tobacco, Is acres
in navy beans, three acres in onions,
70 acres in buckwheat and 125 acres
in corn and about 10 acres in Irish
potatoes. If\Miss Daniels is not do
ing her bit for Uncle Sam, we would
like to know some one that is"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24

Open Season on Doves-September
1, to October Is, both dates inclusive.
Unlawful to Kill More That Fiji
teen Doves in Any One Day.-Some
shooters have the impression If they
20 shooting one day and do not kill
the bag limit they can make up this
deficiency on the next day. and 9TH
ers think that they can after secur-
ing their bag limit assist their friends
in securing their bag limit, both OF
which are violations.
Squirrels.-It is lawful to Kill
SQUIRRELS from July to December Is,
both dates inclusive. Heretofore the
squirrel law closed on the Is of Sep
TENDER and opened again on Novenl-
Der Is, and ran to February 1, of
the following year, but this was
changed by the last act of the Lsgis-
lature
Unlawful to hunt except on their
own land without license.
License good only during the year
in which issued.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
JAMES EN- ROUTE TO
FRANCE.

In a letter written from Boston,
Mass, to his mother, Mrs. Mollie
James, of this city, under date of
August Is, Cornelius ("Buddie")
James, of this city, who enlisted in
the United States Navy some months
ago, tells of his departure for France,
where he will be the first of the Bour-
bon county representatives to see ser
vice.
Young James after being in the
service at the training station in Nor
folk, Virginia, for some time, was as
signed to the Florida, one of Uncle
Sans biggest ships, where he re-
manned until a few days ago. In the
letter he says:
This is just a short letter to let
you know that I am no longer on the
Florida. 1 have been transferred to
the receiving ship in Boston, from
there to the U. S. S. Covington, where
I am a member of the gun crew en-
route to France. I certainly feel very
proud as / am told that they are send
ing only the best gunners to France.
II am having the time of my life.
This is what 1 have always looked
forward to, crossing the big pond.
/ think I will get there and back,
perhaps, before Lawrence gets start.
There is only one thing that worries
me, and that is the difficulty in get
ting mail from home. have written
several times, but have not heard
from you regularly.
This ought to be a big 'kick-up'
for the Bourbon splash having a
young Partisan representing the city
of Paris, KY, in the city of Paris,
France, (perhaps, or somewhere else
in France) But I guess won't have
time to write anything more, so will
close. With love,
"BUDDIE."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
SHADE TREES BEING RUINED BY
"HITCHERS."

t'Hitchers" is not a term known to
nature-lovers or to students of ento-
mology as applying to a particular
form of bug or worm, but has been
coined here in Paris.
Thoughtless and careless persons
who use shade trees as convenient
hitching posts have given rise to the
name of "hitchers" True they are a
species of bug" but not listed by the
Forestry service, nor known in gov
eminent records as such.
Numerous complaints have reached
the Paris police of fine shade trees be-
ing ruined or badly damaged by
horses hitched there. The animals
bite the bark of the trees, leaving
ugly scars and in many instances do
ing a permanent injury. In many
cases we have heard of horses being
hitched for hours to shade trees by a
chain which chafed the bark of the
tree until it was entirely ruined. The
owners of the horses are saving if
teen cents that ought to go to some
livery stable, but are running costly
and ornamental shade trees.
Aside from the detrimental effect
the "hitchers" have on the trees,
there is another side of the matter.
The poor horses stand for hours ex-
posed to the terrific heat, without
water-or proper care, while the mis-
erly or careless owner is saving If
teen cents.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
HAD NEWSUM UP TREE.

Sergt. Newsum Keller, soldier and
all-round good fellow, was in a de-
cided quandary here few night ago.
Sergt. Keller was one of the first
men to answer the Presidents call
to arms and was a member of the
Signal Corps in two days from the
date of the call. He was in camp at
Fl. Thomas and was in Texas with
the Kentucky troops.
Sergt. Keller, although in active
service of the U. S., in compliance
with the provisions of the law, reg
istered in Paris under the draft law
and returned to his command, which
was afterward sent to help guard
coal mining property during the re-
cent labor troubles In Webster
county. Quite recently Sergt. Keller
came home on furlough and In
casually scanning the list Of drafted
men for Bourbon county was aston
ished to find his name and number
there. He had been Informed by an
attorney that he would not be re-
quired to appear before the Board.
Others told him he would. Newsum
was between two fires, but his trouble
was finally solved by the Board,
which absolved him on account of
his already being in the Federal
service.
Sergt. Keller, on furlough, spent
several days in Paris, Louisville,
and Providence, as guests of friends
and relatives, has rejoined his COM
mand. iii
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
E "a E .
RED CROSS SEWING.

A visit to the Red Cross sewing
rooms on the days when the faith
full workers are gathered there, is in
the nature of a social event. The
busy fingers are flying, but converse
ton flows freely, and those who have
made it their custom to attend these
gatherings find their mornings and af-
ternoons have been pleasantly as well
as profitably spent
; There are very few homes in Paris
where there isn't at least one ardent
knitter for the navy and army men,
and where there is accommodating
warm wooden garments for protection
of the men against the rigors of the
cold seas and the trenches. Each
woman is searching for the little
bit" which she can do, and nearly all
of them have found it.
Even in the Bluegrass, where the
sting of war has not yet been felt,
the society women have given UP
entertaining in the formal fashions OF
q year ago, and are devoting them
selves to patriotic gatherings where
feminine art is put to use along the
lines of knitting sweaters, wristlets
and socks, hemming sheets, making
hospital supplies. The women of this
land are beginning to realize that
theirs is the greater part in the wal
and that with their efforts the vic.
tory will be helped to a conclusion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
TT PAYS TO ADVERTISE"

That ct pays to advertise" is be-
ing demonstrated nearly every day in
Paris. That it pays to advertise in
THE BOURBON NEWS is becoming
another established fact. For in
stance, in the last issue of THE
NEWS, Mr.. Wallace Clark, of the
Electric Dry Cleaning Company, adj
vertised for a collector, male or fe-
male. By nine o'clock on the morn
ing of publication Mr.. Clark had Sc
cured a competent collector, who, of
course, had seen the advertisement
in THE NEWS.
If you want to reach the people
and get what you want, use the ad-
vertising columns Of THE NEWS,
for the paper is a>result-getter.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24

Paris. KY. like every other town of
its size in Kentucky Cor any other
State for that matter) has knockers;
tightwads; gossips- and fe-
male; leading citizens; men who give
generously; men who take the lead in
boosting; BARRIERS equal to any in the
large cities; beautiful girls; old
maids who would have made the
right kind of men good wives; tough
boys: more widows than widoWers;
several boys who are known as "good
sports" girls who do such good
job of canning that they are most of
the time without beau; and finally,
it is the home of three good country
papers, the most popular, according
to the universal verdict, being THE
BOURBON NEWS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
LEXINGTON TROOPS ARRIVE AT
HATTIESBURG.

Company A., Third Kentucky, and
Company C, of the Second Kentucky,
arrived at Camp Shelby. the huge
cantonment near Hattiesburg, Miss.
where thousands Of Kentucky, Indi-
ana and West Virginia troops are to
train for services In France. at $50
O'Clock yesterday morning.
The trip was made by the boys on
the special train of eight day coaches
and two baggage cars was a record
breaker for tifhe. They left Lexing-
ton 1t ii q. m. Tuesday. twenty min
train, and beat 1t into Hattiesburg by
train. And beat f. into Hattiesburg by
nfteen minutes. They we're -immedf-
sicily SWITCHED to the Mississippi Cen
trai, and detrained about $50
O'Clock.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
) RELIGIOUS. :
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st. Peters Episcopal church,
Rev. Geo. H. Harris, rector. Sunday
school $50 a. M; sermon and ser
vices at 1000 a. m.
Rev. John j. Rice, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, will preach at
the union services Sunday night,
as has been announced. Rev. Rice will
not return to Paris until some time
next week, in time to fill his pulpit
on Sunday, September 2.
We are Informed that DR.. Frank
w. Eberhardt, former pastor of the
Paris Baptist church, has not def
nitely accepted the call to the pastor
ate of the church at Georgetown,
though he has it under consideration.
He is being urged by the congrega-
ton of the Danville church to re-
main with them.
The Woman's Bible Glass of the
Paris Methodist church will give an
all-day picnic at the country home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Galloway, on
the Ford's Mill pike, near Paris, on
Thursday, August 80. Every member
of the Sunday school is invited and
urged to attend.
The City Union of Young Peo-
pies Societies will be held at the
Christian church Sunday night at
6:45 o'clock The program for this
service will be in charge of the Ep-
worth League of the Methodist
church. The subject to be discussed
is ga Definite Purpose and the Sue
cess It Wins"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24

FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. %, 1917.
ED. BOURBON NEWS, Dear Sir:
"Due to the fact that the, dove sea-
son opens on Saturday, September 1,
and continues through to October Is,
would be very grateful if you would
insert in your news columns a notice
along these lines. Synopsis of the
law is given below.
Thanking you in advance for your
notice and expressing the apprecia-
ton of the Commission for the sup
port which the press of the State has
so generously given, I am
Every respectfully yours,
-. QUINCY WARD.
Executive Agent"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24

TO TAX PAYERS
Tax receipts of the
city for 1917 are now
in the hands OF City
Collector Clarence
Thomas, at the Poo
pies Deposit Bank.
Call and pay them
J. T:HlNTON,
(aug1O-tf) Mayor.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
CHURCH UNDER ROOF.

The contractors on the new Presby-
terrain church have made fine pro-
gress with their work, and have the
handsome edifice far toward compile
ton The building is now under roof
and the interior work is being given
attention. The building even in its
partially completed state, gives indi-
cation of being one of the handsom-
est church homes in the State.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-24
3d. fire
Insure with
W.O. HINTON & SON,Agts
Ia - "a
LIGHTNING STRIKES BARN.

A large cattle barn on the farm of
John hewitt, near Irvine, was struck
by lightning and burned Wednes-
day morning.
Elmer King was in the barn at the
time of the shock. A sheep stand
ing only a few feet from King was
instantly killed. Mr.. King escaped.
The loss, which is between $4,000
and $1,000 in partially insured.