The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-11-13
VOLUME XxxVlI
YIN. C. A. MASS MEETING DRAWS
BIG CROWD.

Like the Liberty Loan mass meet
ing held recently at the court house,
when a big crowd surged to get in
side the Circuit Court room, there
was a large crowd at the mass meet.
ing held at the court house Sunday
afternoon, in furtherance of the
army Y. NJ. c. A work in raising
Bourbon county's proportion of the
s12.5O0 fund allotted to this district.
The interest was so great that there
was hardly standing room to be OBJ
tanned when the hour for opening the
proceeding came around.
The meeting, which had been pre-
yiously planned by Mr.. z. l.. Wilcox,
Secretary of the Bourbon County Y.
NJ c. A. was called to order prompt
1v at three O'Clock by Mr.. James Nc
Clure. County Chairman of the cam
naign work. who, presided during
the meeting. Mr.. Mcclure was fol-
lowed by a program of stirring music
rendered by the following, under
the direction of Mr.. A. L. Boatright,
Mr.. Earl, Swearengen, cornet; Miss
Elizabeth Crutcher, piano; Mr.. Maui
rice Clarke, violin; Mr.. A. l.. Boat.
right. soloist and director. Rev. w.
p, Ellis. pastor of the Presbyterian
church, delivered the invocation.
Chairman Mcclure then stated
the object of the meeting, which was
10 explain the Inauguration of the
nationwide campaign the coming
week for the splendid and much
needed department of the Y. M. c. A,
in army work for the soldiers in
camps and elsewhere. The campaign
Is destined to raise the sum of $685.
600 600. of which amount 100000
has been apportioned to Kentucky,
80 500 of this amount to the dis
+rict of which Paris and Bourbon
county is a part, and S7,5OO peinS
allotted to Bourbon county to raise.
In addition to the working teams ap-
pointed for the city, the following
were assigned to the county:
Clintonville-Thos. H. Clay, -Jr.'
(Captain). S. L. Weathers, Newton
Shropshire, r. S. Darnaby. A L..
Stephenson, A. S. Thompson, Luthet
CentervilIe - Stanhope Wiede-
mann. (Captain), Miller Ward, JOS.
Leach. John Clay, Vol Ferguson,
Robt. Adair, r. H. Biddle, Jr.
Hutchison-Robt. Meter, leap
tain). Jas. H. Thompson, r. M: ia
coby. J. w. Case, Geo. Jacoby, John
Virgins. Jas. Wilmott.
Ruddles Mills-Jas. Fisher, (Cap-
tain). Cunningham Current, George
WYATT. Jr.. Ed. Rails, DIR. Geo. Ran
kin. Albert Snapp.
Little Rock-Sam Clay. (Captain)
Fdsel Clarke, B. M. Roberts, Ray
Rurris. A. Buckner, James Caldwell,
Clarence Kenney. w. A. Wolfe.
Working teams for North Middle
town and Millerburg have not yet
been reported. but will be announced
before the campaign gets old.
Chairman Mcclure introduced
Tieut Colliver Dawes. Capt. VIM
Collins and Private Allen Huddles-
ton of Bourbon. who spoke along
lines of the Y. NJ. c. A. work belne
done at Camp Zacary Taylor. near
louisville. where they are stationed
Tbev were followed in an eloquent
address by former County Attorney
w n Davis, of Versailles. MT
Davis smoke at length on the issues
end the importance of this campaign
and made a distinct impression upon
his hearers.
Announcements for the week, mace
nv Secretary Wilcox, singing d
America by the audience. and tht
henediction pronounced by Rev. Geo
r Combs, pastor of the Paris Meth
odist church, brought the meeting u
a close.
15eut Dawes. Capt. Collins, anf
Privates Huddleston and PAU Bran
non. addressed large audiences
North Middletown in the mornlng
and also at Millersburg at night IL
the interest of the movement. "A
both places they were greeted VIII
Great enthusiasm, and their addressc
were listened to with marked atteh
ton.
Henry A. Power, District CHAIR
man of the War Work Council
NJ G A received a telegram ye'
terday from the State headquarIei
stating that President Wilson an,
his Cabinet had endorsed the wori
and that it was coming strons
Two early subscriptions Monoa
morning were DUPONT Powder Com
many and international Harveste
Company. two hundred ana III.
thousand dollars each. 1t is pre-
dicted and hoped that the thlrt;
five million dollars will be larger
over subscribed.
Mr.. Chas. p. Cook, of the Par
team reports the sum OF si'eu
raised in the pledges or cash at tn
Sunday afternoon meeting In TN
city.
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