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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-10
PUTTING IT OVER"
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tA1hh NHNtphhioh
4 am sorry about George" said
Mr. Allen tie VAS too clever boy
TO turn out as he did "
Yes. It's too bad. but as to his
cIoyerness. / don't agree with YOU )"
said MIR Smith lie had a certain
ability IA get the best end Of a bargain,
and yet make il appear TO be aH honest
transaction. lie vas expert AZ putting
il over. as the boys say
You remember the days when we
traded marbles George would come
TO school with a pockettul of cheap.
ehtpped-off marbles but before noon
he would have them an traded OF for
perfect ones The boys could not tell
hos IL Was dodne. but George could
make them think Il vas all Right
There vas something mysterious
about his examination papers The
teacher knew they we're not the result
of study She felt sure there waa
something dishonest about them. but
she couldu' find cat shat George was
never caught Ia any school scrapes II
vas always the other fellow who got
caught and punished George certainty
knew tow TO put Il over the rest og
Us Ia school
Later. Nhen be became a clerk In
the grocery store he vas very sac.
cesBfu In lisposlug 0f stale gooda tie
would tu orders with wilted celery and
wormy raisins, and the pvopTie,ors
were delighted. cor there vas nothing
to throw away on Monday morning.
II any one complained, George could
AWAY sconyince them that the other
clerk had filled the order lie grew
more and more skillful in putting II
over every year
"un account Of his shreNdness. folks
predicted that he had a great future
before him, and he became rather
couceiied So b. went further, and
began to practice little dlshoueatles
with money giving short change To
customers who did not bother 10 count
IL OF course there WAS another step
just ahead George inmppred with the
money drawer tie took just little al
fret bat gained confidence when he
VAS no, found out, and kept a. It. he
must have better clothes he must
spend money more freely he must
keep a little ahead OF the other fellows
ly that time he had full belief that he
could keep on putting Il over every one
lie tfied'il once ton often. We aay
/ Il was the last time that pat him In
the penitentiaFy, but am inclined 10
think IL vas the first time. that he
started In that direetiou during the
Misunderstanding days back Ia the school
yard, when be RloFied In hts ability 20
pu' 1t over his playmates
We sometimes like 20 IumNahe hard
/ places to cut across the fleldsaand we
think that we are making Roadway
swiftly. hui the long cohblestone road
Of strict honesty will bring ns. Ia the
long run 10 a safer landing place The
ability 20 put IL over isa't the best
qualification for real success Boys like
George even If they escape punish.
ment do not become men 10 whom
any one IN their community can point
RIth pride
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-10

More than ~ 600 automobile owners
had taken put 1917 licenses from the
Secretary Of States office up To Feb l.
This ia aH increase Of g0u0 Tor the
same time last year Secretary Of state
Bailey expects to collect for Is poo
licenses this year
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-10

Why is George Washington dcserib
I'd ar First IN war and frat IN peace >"
4 dunno. replied senator Sorghum
Il SUBJECT somebody VAS trying 10
s4uara him with both the preparedness
people and the paeInsts Washington
Star
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-10

Al IN evening party the hostess had
coaaed q protesting guest 10 sing
After the song sbe WeHt up 60 him
smiling tn. Mi Jenkins. she said,
yau must never tell ne again that
yea cant sing know now Argo
mint
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
CARD FROM MR.. JOHN MER.
RINGER.

am profoundly grateful to the
friends who made the recent call up
on me to become a candidate for
Councilman from the First Ward of
the city of Paris, as / am convinced
they were actuated by honest motives
in so doing.
After having given the matter care
full consideration and thought and
following consultations with friends
whose advice I know to be good,
have concluded to accept the call and
become a candidate for the position.
In this l am moved by the prime
consideration of serving the city as
Councilman as a business man, and
to represent to the best of my abil-
ity, those who would have me as a
member of the City Council. / shall
strive to do right, to pass up pea
nut politics" and aim to make my
candidacy as decent and honorable as
my own business relations with the
people of Paris have been.
JOHN MERRINGER.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
MILLING COMPANY SUES ICE
COMPANY.

The Paris Milling Company has
filed suit in the office of Circuit Court
Clerk VIM. HI. Webb, against the
Paris Ice Manufacturing Company,
asking damages in the sum of &c.
900:
The plaintiff company alleges that
it is owner of the dam placed across
Stoner Creek near its milling prop
erty for the purpose of holding back
the waters of the creek for use as
motive power in its -four mill, and
that the defendant Ice Company with
out legal right, ran a number of
pipes in the stream, and is. and has
been, drawing water in large quaint
ties from the creek. to the injury OF
the plaintiff company.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
FLOWER MISSION DAY.

Flower Mission Day." an event in
this city and county that always
brings joy and gladness to the hearts
of the "shut-ins" was observed last
Saturday by visits of the members of
the w. c. T. u, of the city and
county to the inmates of the county
Jail and the County Infirmary. The
Paris. Little Rock, North Middletown
and Millersburg unions Joined in the
observance of the day.
At the County Infirmary religious
services were held in the big dining
room. Mr.. A. l.. Boatright. Of the
Paris Christian church, sang a num-
Der of beautiful solos, which delight
ed his hearers.
After the services refreshments
were served to the old people, and
each one was .giyen a bunch of flow
ers with a Scripture text card. The
visitors from Millersburg were Mrs.
p. l.. Dimmitt, Rev. and Mrs. j. ID.
Redd, Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Venable
and Rev. Goldsmith; from Little
Rock, Rev. and Mrs. c. H. Caswell,
Mrs. Ada Reid, Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs. B. NJ. Roberts;
from Paris, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Boatright, Mrs. Belle Brown and
Mrs. William Myall.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
PRESIDENT HONORS FORMER
KENTUCKIAN.

Another Kentuckian was honored
by President Wilson, on Friday
when Col. Henry T. Allen formerly
or Sharpsburg, KY, was created a
brigadier-general, according to the
Presidents orders.
General Allen graduated from West
Point in 1882, and has made an en-
viable reputation for himself in the
army. He is close friend of Cen
eral Roger Williams, commander Of
the Kentucky brigade, and a brother
OF Mr.. ]. G. Allen, the well-known
Millersburg MERCHANT. His brother,
+. S. Allen, is the president of the
Sharpsburg Bank, and General Allen
is an uncle of Mrs. J. M. Pickerell, Of
Winchester, being a brother of Mrs.
Pickerelrs mother.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
PASTORS TELL FROM PULPITS
OF LIBERTY BONDS.

Pastors of the various Paris
churches announced to their congre-
cations at the morning services Sun
day that $250.000 of the 100000
allotment of Liberty Loan Bonds for
Bourbon county had been subscribed,
and urging them to use their infiu-
ence and earnest efforts to raise the
remaining $4,000 at once, if posi-
BILE. 1t was also requested that in
tending purchasers of these bonds
should consult Mr.. Arthur B. Han
cock.
1t was also stated by the pastors
in connection with this movement
that the members of the Bourbon
County Red Cross Association would
ask for the sum of $4,000 to aid in
their relief work.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
VOLUME xXxVlI
HANGING BY NECK
MAN DEFIES MOB
SUSPECTED OF COMPLETELY IN
ABDUCTION AND MURDER, MIS-
SOURIAN DEFTES WOULD-BE
LYNCHERS.

SPRINGFIELD, MO-, June IL
Certainty of death from mob bent
or lynching him for suspected COM
plicity in the abduction and murder
% fourteen-months-old Lloyd Keet
dad not brighten c. ]. Piersol into
-onfessing a part of the crime.
He and his five fellow prisoners
we're taken from the custody of
Sheriff Webb at Stockton, forty miles
northwest of here, early yesterday by
q mob of forty-five outraged Spring
field citizens who had, for more than
twenty-four hours, raced in automo-
biles to overtake the Sheriff who was
Fastening his prisoners to safety in
the State prison at Jefferson City.
When the mob reached Stockton,
the Sheriff made strong plea with
ire mob that justice be allowed to
take its course, but the leaders in
sisted upon possessing Piefsol from
whom they believed they might ex-
tort a confession.
With a rope around his neck, &C
cOrding TO reports reaching the
Sheriff's Office, Piersol was led to a
tree and given an opportunity to
confess. Stoutly denying his guilt
prisoner was SWING from the ground
ard hanged until he was black in the
fase. Then his captors lowered him
and offered him one more chance for
re. Piersol insisted upon not only
lr innocence but that of che four
men and one woman, who also were
prisoners. The mob pulled the rope
again declaring that he would die
ANYHOW, but Piersol remained silent.
Sheriff Webb again pleaded with
tpe mob and the swinging man was
released, the mob leaders declaring
they did not intend to hang an in
nocent man, but that they did not in
tend to let Piersol go until they were
satisfied of a reasonable doubt of his
guilt. Piersol was given back to the
Sberiff's custody and the mob dis
persed.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
AGED VETERAN PASSES
THROUGH.

The Mt. Sterling Sentinel-Demo-
crat says:
Captain Lot d. Young, of Bourbon
county, aged rs years, passed through
the city Sunday on his road to Wash
ington to attend the Confederate re.
union which met there this week.
Captain Young was one of Nor
CAMS Men, and expects to see Secre-
tary of War Baker and tender his
services in behalf of his country, in
whatever position he may be placed.
'He stands 61a feet and was dress
ed in his Confederate uniform, and
is a typical Kentuckian, full Of en-
thusiasm and patriotism and ready to
take up arms and fight till the end
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
WEATHER AND CANNON FIRE

Scientific and lay minds are alike
puzzled by weather conditions the
world over. This puzzlement has
been increasing for thirty-three
months Or thereabouts, since the out
break of the European war, in fact.
Some venture the opinion that the
war operations are affecting the
weather conditions, while others are
Just as positive that cannon fire has
nothing to do with the situation.
Those holding to the first theory
argue that If rainy. stormy weather
followed months after explosions of
the volcanoes of Mt. Pele, Mt. Kat
mai and Krakatoa, the thirty three
months of almost continuous cannon
aiding in Mesopotamia, Palestine.
Turkey, Russia. the Balkans, Austria
and France must have the same con-
sequences as that ascribed to the vol
caoes - the freeing of clouds of
dust-particles to be carried into the
upper air currents and disarranging
Them as well as the lower atmos-
phere. If they are right, then the
war operations by creating freak
weather are responsible for the bad
crop conditions all over the world.
For some days recently the skies of
lower Michigan were darkened and
the sun shone with a sickly glare
through the riffs. Some have blamed
forest fires in Wexford, Missaukee,
Iron and Gogobic counties for this
condition, recalling the pals of
smoke which for days overhung the
Michigan peninsula during the forest
fire periods of 1871 and 1881. This
explanation, if true, would bolster up
the theories of those who think the
European war is wrecking the world 5
weather and crops.
Of two schools of thought in the
United States weather bureau one
has repudiated with scorn the idea
that cannon fire in Europe can af-
feet weather in America or any
where else. But the layman, mind
full of the mistaken predictions of the
weathermen and fact that weather
representation is q wonderfully in
exact science, goes right on specu-
lating on what effect an armistice
wauld have on the weather.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
Paris BANK TAKES 500, 1000 LIB
ERTY BONDS.

Practically one-third of the allot-
Y1ent of the Liberty Loan Bonds
made for Bourbon County, $lOO,ooo'
hEs been subscribed for by the Bour-
hc,n-Agricultural Bank & Trust Com
pany of Paris, for itself and Its
trends.
This is a proud distinction for one
financial institution to have, ana
speaks well for the patriotic impui
Sc of the officials and directors.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
J. O. u. A. M. MEETING.

The first nomination for officers for
Bourbon Council No. 1877, Junior Or
der of American Mechanics, will be
made in the lodge room tonight. All
members of the order, are urgently
requested to attend. The members OF
the local Chapter will go to Lexing-
ton on Sunday, where they will unite
with the Lexington Chapter in hold
ing memorial services for their de-
ceased members.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
CALL ON THOS. P. WOODS FOR
COUNCILMAN.

Many Democrats of the Fifth Ward
would like for Mr.. Thos. p. Woods
TO announce for Councilman from the
Fifth Ward. We promise you our
help and support. knowing from
your past record of honest services
and efforts to give the taxpayers the
best for their money, that you would
be the man for the place.
MANY DEMOCRATS OF FIFTH
12-2t) WARD.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION HERE
TODAY. -

The fourth annual meeting of the
Central Kentucky Retail Merchants
Association will be held in the court
h6ase in this city to-day, converting
for the opening session at 10:S0 a. m.
Arrangements have been completed
to- entertaining the delegates, ex-
pected to be about $50 in number
Dinner luncheon will be served at the
Ectel Windsor at noon. Inc pro-
gram in full was published in a re-
cent issue of THE NEWS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
Rack FROM CANUCK LAND.

Mr.. Clark Wilson, who recently
became a member of the Canadian
AVIATOR Corps, with headquarters in
windsor. Canada, arrived in Paris,
Friday, on a thirty-days' furlough to
r,sit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
vic Wilson.
MT. Wilson has been in a Windsor
Hospital for the past ten days,
threatened with typhoid fever. AT
the end of his furlough he will re-
turn to Windsor and resume his du-
ties as air pilot on one of the big
Canadian f1iers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
WHEAT CROP
BELOW NORMAL
ACCORDING TO FORECAST OF THE
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURE, YIELD WILL FALL
SHORT OF LAST YEAR.

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Ameri-
cas- wheat crop, as forecast by the
Department of Agriculture, will fall
far below normal, despite the pros
poets for more than ordinary yield
of spring wheat.
A total yield estimated at $685.
100000 bushels. will give the coun-
try 100000 more bushels than last
years crop, but with the heavy de-
mands from abroad and virtually no
reserve supply, it will not meet war
needs unless the country practices
the most rigid economy. The depart
ment forecasts spring crop of $685.
100000 bushels. a big yield, but es-
Inmates Of winter wheat production
give an estimate of only 373,000,0 900
bushels, 100000 more than was
forecast from the May 1 conditions,
but still far from the normal yield.
LEXINGTON. KY, June 11.-One
of eighteen United States Army col
onels to be promoted to brigadier-
generals by President Wilson, was
Colonel Henry T. Allen, formerly Of
Sharpsburg, Bath county, and well
known in this city. Colonel Allen Is
the brother of F. S. Allen, president
of the Sharpsburg Bank, and is a
particular friend of General Roger
d. Williams, of Lexington, command
ing the Kentucky brigade.
LONDON, June 11.-Headed by
Major. General John J. Pershing, the
first representatives of the American
army that are to enter the European
war;, disembarked Friday morning at
a British port after an uneventful
voyage of ten days on board the
White Star Liner Baltic.
The party was received with full
military honors and Immediately en-
trained for London, where it arrived
safely, and was welcomed by the Earl
of Derby, the minister of war; Wis
count French, commander of the
British home forces, and the Ameri-
can officials.
PETROGRAD, June 1.-Two hun
dred girl students of the Petrograd
Technical Institute have entered their
names on the roll of female regi
ment which is being raised by En-
sign Butchkareff. The aim is imme-
diately to start for the front and to
fight under all respects under the
same conditions as men.
Scores of girls and women, anx-
ious to fight, appeared at the offices
of the League of Equal Rights for
Women, which has expressed its ia
vor of Lieutenant Butchkareff' )
plan.
WASHINGTON. June 11.-Secre-
tary Daniels has issued this state
ment:
1.-The Navy Department has reason
to believe that information of a
character most valuable to the en-
envy and which might prove most
disastrous to the navy has in some
way reached the enemy"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
BEG SHIPMENT OF FRANKLIN
CARS.

The number of Franklin cars snip
pee from the factory in May, showed
az increase of April of $50. Al
the same time, untitled orders in
creased to a total of 1900, equiva-
lent to nine weeks production.
The retail value of the Franklin
Cempany's May shipments was 81
osf. $50. by far the largest months
boeiness in the history of the Com
pay.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
DON'T BE A SLACKERI

I.on't be one of the most detesta-
be class repudiated by all-the slack
e., Buy Liberty Loan Bonds, and
shew your real patriotism. If you
are not going to the firing line, put
the ammunition in the hands of those
VINO will 60. The Liberty Loan Bond
VII help. Do your bit!
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT.

The June term of the Bourbon Cir
cult Court will begin on Monday,
June1S Friday was the last day for
filing suits which will be heard at
this term.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-12
SALARIES. DISTRIBUTED TO
COUNTY TEACHERS.

The last installment of salaries for
the school term just ended was paid
out Saturday, to the teachers OF the
county schools by Miss Mabel Rob
bins. County Superintendent OF
Schools, at her office in the court
house.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-03
war SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS As
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, March 3.-The an
noueement of the British war office
of the withdrawal of the German
forces along an eleven mile front on
both sides of the river Ancre, in
France, is admitted by the Berlin
war office for the first time. The
ground was voluntarily and system
ically evacuated and the defense
placed in another prepared line. :
says Berlin. which adds that the
movement remained concealed from
the enemy.
Again the British have further
pushed forward their line to the
north of the Ancre and again appar-
emily without much opposition from
the Germans. The latest point Of
the London war office is north of
Mauramont, where over a front of a
mile and a half the British advanced
an average distance of 500 yards.
That the Germans in their retreat
during the last month have offered
little or no opposition seems evident
from the British communication.
which say that during that period
only 2.133 Germans were made pris-
oners.
In the Somme region the Germans
after a heavy bombardment launched
raiding attacks on British trenches
at Ablaincourt and Rancourt and al
each place succeeded in penetrating
the British trenches. They later
were expelled. according to London.
Berlin records the repulse OF a
strong British attack east of Souchez
while Paris reports a successful sur
prise attack on a German trench in
the region of Tahure.
On none of the other fronts has
any battle of great proportions been
in progress. Russian counter attacks
against the Austro-Hungarian forces
who captured positions in the Jaco-
beni-Kimpolung sector, near the Ru-
manian-Bukowina bordeE resulted
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-03
ATTRACT THE BIRDS
THEY ARE VALUABLE ON FARMS
AND IN TOWNS.

Vermillion, Mar. Birds are de
sirable tenants on every South Da-
kota farm and in towns and villages
as we'll, for they eat harmful insects
and live on weed seeds and are a
benefit TO agriculture. Keep sling
shots and rifles away from the boys,
build houses for shelter and places
for food and you will help TO increase
the number of South Dakota birds. :
says DR.. Craig 5. Thoms of the Uni
versity of South Dakota.
Birds like homes as near nature
as they can obtain" said DR.. Thoms.
Take wrens for examle. They
raise two broods of birds each year
and it is surprising TO see how many
insects are required TO nourish the
nesting near your house will be
found an asset If you wish TO have
a garden. To attract the birds il Is
necessary to prepare homes for
them"
Birds do not like TO be crowded
into community houses with other
birds for they like plenty of elbow
room. Birds like city life and will
lest near human habitations because
the town offers protection from their
natural enemies. Cats and squirrels
must be thinned out if birds are to
be attracted.
Old decayed trees in which birds
can ~excavate nests furnish good
quarters. TO attract the wren, blue
bird. purple marten, or the ehicadee,
the birdhouse should be as much like
nature as possible. Saving a piece
out of a dead limb of a tree and
digging a hole large enough to ac-
commodate the birds nest and then
fastening the piece of limb back with
screws or nails will furnish an at
tractive home. Chicadees will nest
In such quarters. A hole in a post
in the garden has proven an attrac-
tive home for blue birds. 1t Is not
many weeks now until birds will be
picking their new homes for the sea
son and a little attention now will
attract them to your place.
1T takes a little work to attract
birds IL your place at first said DR.
Thoms, but 1t Is work we'll spent
for birds are not only Interesting
neighbors but are valuable to the
garden. and the farm
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-03
NORMAL TAKES GAME
HURON COLLEGE AND NORMAL.
PIAY-NORAL SUPPORT
LACKING.

In "A fast and clean game last night
the Madison Normal easily defeated
the fast Huron aggregation by a
score of 26 to 10. Every Normal
player showed up with equal credit
as did also the effects of four hard
nights work on Huron's part.
The Normal have reasons TO be
lieye that they have somewhat re-
deemed their past defeats by defeat
ing this quintet, which is claimed to
be one Of the s%peediest in the state.
The square officiating of Wagner
was one of the features which con-
tributed to a fast, clean game. The
Normal management has been some
what disappointed at the support re
ceived from the public and last even
ing's contest will probably be the
concluding number on the schedule.
The people of Madison and vicinity
hardly realize what support is nee
essary TO finance a team in any ath-
%letics, and consequently another con-
test on the Normal floor will not be
considered this season.
While we have not had a winning
team. due to inexperienced material
we had a team that could make "A
creditable showing with any Normal
team Of their weight.