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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
FREIGHT DEPOTS TO CLOSE
EARLY TO CONSERVE FUEL

All freight depots on the Louisville
& Nashville railway system will be
closed at o'clock daily except Sat-
urdays, when they will closed at 1
o'clock. The purpose of the order is
to save fuel. The order of w. L.
Mapother, manager of the company,
notified the State Railroad Commits
sion of the order. The announce
ment was made by Richard Tobin,
secretary of the Commission.
Orders to the above effect have
been received here by General Agent
w. v. Shaw. The public is urgently
asked to govern themselves accord
ingly, and to have freight shipments
in the depot before the hours men
toned.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
HAVE YOUR HOUSE WIRED-MA-
TERIAL ADVANCING DAILY

Place you order NOW for having
your house wired for electricity.
Material is advancing daily. We have
men ready to do the labor now and
may not have later. House-cleaning
time for fall will soon be on, too
have the work done before that time.
The days will be getting shorter soon
and you will want light in the early
evening. There is every reason for
preparing for electric cOnveniences
NOW You may need electric cur
rent for various purposes this win
ter. Let us figure with you NOW.
= PARIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO.,
(23-2t) incorporated.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
BLUEGRASS CROP DELIVERIES

Paris dealers are paying $3.50
per busheI to Bourbon county farm
ers for blue grass seed. Deliveries
are being made daily, and the seed
cleaning plants are running day and
night shifts. The cleaned seed is
quoted at $2.75 per bushel on the
local market.
An unusual sight was witnessed
Wednesday when small tractor
passed up Main street, drawing be
hind it four huge trucks piled high
with sacked blue grass seed consign-
ed to one of the local seed cleaning
plants. The disparity in the size OF
the tractor and the immense load 1t
was pulling with ease was commented
on by ALI who saw 1t.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.

The Paris City Council met last
night in its regular semi-monthly ses-
sion. There was little business of
Importance before the body. The
regular routine business was trans
acted and the only matter of impor-
portance that was out of the ordinary
was the adoption of resolution au-
thorizing the City Attorney to bring
suit against the Paris Gas & Electric
co. to recover any and all sums here
tofore paid said company in excess
of the reasonable value Of street
lighting service furnished the city on
alleged contracts entered into during
the years 1912 and 1915.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
TWENTY!THREE COLORDED Sc
LECTS TO GO TO CAMP TAYLOR

Answering to the call of their
country, twenty-three colored men
OF this city and county, taken from
the lists under the selective draft
service act, will report to the County
Draft Board at their office in the
court house this afternoon at five
o'clock. They will be given their
final instructions by the Board, and
placed under the charge of a Cap
tian. Tonight they will be enter
tanned at the colored M. e. Church.
on High street, with a patriotic pro-
gram and a banquet.
Tomorrow morning they will re-
assemble in front of the court house,
where, after the distribution of
cigars. cigarettes and tobacco, they
will form in line of march, and,
headed by the Liberty Drum and
Bugle Corps and the members of the
Draft Board, they will proceed to the
Tenth street passenger station of the
Louisville & Nashville, where they
will entrain at 7:45 for Camp Zach
airy Taylor.
This contingent of twenty three
men takes the last of the 1917 draft
ed colored men from this county and
city, and in future calls the classes
will have to be moved up to fill I'D
the ranks of the call in Glass 1.
The men who will leave tomorrow
morning will be selected from the
following list:
z (783) John Hutsell.
AIT (1232) John Norman Christie
pher.
4S6 (544) Ben Hillman.
$40 (125) Charlie Happy.
1903 (834) Tom Butler.
1914 (997) Stephen Beatty.
1403 (651) Frank Breckenridge
1856 (1019) Cal Firman.
1859 (71S) Ed Hall.
1916 (44s) Arthur Brown.
1881 (1OSs) John Ellis.
1920 (S13) Joe Scott.
6 (76) Stanley E. Bowles.
8 az Russell Allen.
Is (72) Willie Baker.
81 (4D Wilson Macon.
80 (48) Rowland Harris.
80 (54) Wesley Thomas.
40 (8D Jerry Jackson.
At (5S) Airline Thomas.
Sd (8) George Washington.
81 (94) Strawder Wess.
So (40) Willis Cason.
so (38) John Right Scott.
SO ~ Harry Brown.
ST (14) Taylor Smith.
73 (68) Henry Hawkins.
So (23) William Hawkins.
90 1857 Frank Johnson.
80 (97) Albert Gaines.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
PAIGE AND BRISC0E AUT0M0
BILES.

Special features on the Paige Car,
self-grinding valve and transmission
lock, thief-proof.
Features of the Briscoe are the
small upkeep and economy in gaso-
line. Ask for demonstration.
(tf) F. p. WHITE, Agent.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

ammunition and big and small guns
that had been captured. The Ger
mans are really in bad plight, he
said, and the Americans are doing
their share toward Kidding the world
of them"
Edwin Thomas, Jr., a North Mid
dletown boy, who is at Junior
Plattsburg Camp, New York, has
been promoted to Battalion Sergeant
Major.
Lieut.. Charles J. Petrie, who has
been a guest of Mrs. Ida Desha, on
Mt. Airy avenue, left yesterday for
Camp Jackson, near Columbia, South
Carolina, where he will be one Of the
instructors In the artillery branch OF
the service. Mrs. Petrie, who was
formerly Miss Helen Desha, will re-
main here for a while.
-. 80
Private Hord Lowell, of Paris, who
left here in May with one Of the
Bourbon county centingents for
Camp Zachary Taylor, has written to
his father, Mr.. M. B. Lowell, an
nouncing his safe arrival at French
port as a member of the American
ExpeditiOnary Force.
=
Homer Nutter, Charles Edward Ma
son and George Thomas, Bourbon
county colored draftees, have advised
their Paris relatives that they will
leave Camp Zachary Taylor in a few
days for an Eastern embarkation
port, from where they will sail for
France to enter service. All three
were in Paris this week bidding
goodbye to their friends and rela-
tives.
800
Lieut.. Colliver Dawes, OF George q.
town, for long time physical direc-
tor at the Bourbon County Y. M. C.
A., has been promoted to the rank
OF Captain, according to information
received in Paris yesterday by
friends. He Is now an officer in Co.
D., 338th Regiment, at FIT. BENZ.
Harrison. Capt. Dawes entered the
first officers training camp at FIT.
Benz. Harrison, and received the :
rank OF First Lieuteant. He has been
the athletic director for the regiment
since last spring.
Prof. Robert T. Hinton, formerly
of Paris, and recently Of Georgetown,
who left June for Princeton, to
train as recreational secretary in
the Y. NJ c. A. war work. has arriv-
ed safely in London, according to In
formation received in Georgetown
by Mrs. Hinton. Letters have been
received here announcing the safe
arrival Of Mr.. C. Oakford Hinton. OF
Paris. who will be engaged In the
same work. He is brother or Prof.
Robert Hinton.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
BALKED GERMAN SCHEME ON
VALUABLE PROPERTY

A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property
Custodian. announced Wednesday he
had frustrated scheme whereby the
former German owners of the Bayer
Company, a S10.000,000 concern,
now in the hands of the Government,
hoped to acquire a substantial part
of the company's business through
subsidiary company.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23


En- route to Maysville from Frank
fort. Wednesday. on official business
Deputy State Fire Marshal Ed Hite,
formerly of Paris. stopped in Paris
a short while between trains. "Mrs.
Hite had letter recently from her.
nephew. who is Chief Clerk in one
of the big army divisional headauar-
tiers in France. in which some most
reassuring statements were given"
said Mr.. Hite. "He stated that he
could, if allowed, tell some startling
news as. to the termination of the
great struggle. He wrote that the
universal opinion was that the
Boches were badly beaten, and that
the war would not be prolonged much
beyond early spring. He said that
the outside world really didn't know
Of the thousands of tons Of stores,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

Mr.. Wayne Cottingham, formerly
of Paris, now member of the
reportorial staff of the Lexington
Leader, went to Frankfort, Wednes-
day, and obtained permission from
Major Henry Rhodes for the Lexing-
ton draft board to place him with
the men leaving Lexington on Aug.
%. Mr.. Cottingham would not
have been called for some time, but
volunteered to leave before he was
called, as he is anxious to get in the
service.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

Troops are being rapidly moved
from various training camps through
out the country to concentration
camp and embarkation ports in the
East and South. Trains bearing en-
listed men have been passing through
Paris recently at intervals. The
men seemed fit and ready for any
kind of service.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

DR.. H. M. Hamilton, veterinary
surgeon of Paris, who recently enlist
ed in the Veterinary Department in
the Government Service, has been
honorably discharged, due to a defect
in his eyes. 1t is understood DIR.
Hamilton will appeal his case to
Washington.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

A red, white and blue placard will
be given each farmer, to tack on his
front gate, which reads as follows:
This Farm is Serving Our Coun-
try. Its owner has agreed to SOW
....... acres of wheat this
year to help win the war.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

Mr.. S. Lee Mcclellan, former legis-
latOr and well-knOwn newspaper
man, of Ewing, is now in the service,
having been accepted for service
overseas as one of the Y. M. C. A.
war work secretaries from Kentucky.
Mr.. Mcclellan is at present at Camp
Zachary Taylor, in the preliminary
instruction class for Y. M. c. A.
work
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

At the regular meeting of the
Medical Advisory Board, held in Lex
ington, Wednesday, fifteen men from
Cynthiana and Paris were examined
Ten of the number, from Paris, were
rated as follows. ..-..
Emel S. Raines, disqualified; Orrin
L. Estes, disqualified; Edward w.
Fithian, qualified for military ser
vice; Clarence P. WATSON, general
military service; Eli Friedman, gen.
eral military service; Alex M. Keller,
special service; N. B. Moss, special
service; Robert G.. Young. special
service; Albert O. Ashcraft, special
service, and Newell B. PETER, special
service. c
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

The names OF men contained IN
the list of civilians who have been
accepted for the Central Training
School at Camp Gordon, Ga, have
been made public at the camp.
Among the number are Andrew Carl
Caywood and Woodford Buckner,
both of Bourbon county. The pre-
scribed course of training is for four
months. The candidates will take
up their work Immediately upon ar
rival.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02
NEW HONOR ACCORDED DAVID
Might with Entire Propriety Be Called
the First Bandmaster Recorded
in History.
David MIGHT we'll he called the first

David might we'll be called the first
bandmaster mentioned in history, f
he was the first orchestral organizer
of which we have any record. His
band numbered two hundred, four
score and eight, and he thus led the
first body of players. He no doubt
possessed a knowledge of instrument
tation and tone-colOr effect, for he
assigns his subjects to special inStru-
mentS
The fourth Psalm, "Hear me when
l call, O God of my righteousness
he directs to be played by his chief
musician, who was a player of the
harp and the sackbut. Psalm fifth,
Give ear to my words, o Lord" he
assigns to the chief musician, who
was the solo flutist of his band.
Psalm sixth, 80 Lord, rebuke me not
in thine anger" the chief musician
or sOlOist on the string instrument,
who had a virtuoso's regard for ex-
preston. is called upon to perform,
and so on through the Psalms.
David without question had in his
band all of the component parts of
the modern OrCheStra-StringS, wood
winds, brass and percussion. At the
dedication of SOlomon's temple, David
and all the house of David played
before the Lord with all manner of
instruments made of fir wood, and
with harps and with psaltries with
trimbels, castanets, cornets and Gym
balls, and the sound of the trumpet
was heard in the land even as It is
heard today" Popular as a composer
and popular as a conductor, David was
certainly to be epvied.
From these biblical days to the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02
CHAPTER v.
The Prison Camp at Courtral.

The Prison Camp at CourtraI.
From the intelligence department I
was conveyed to the officers prison
camp at Courtrai in an automobile. 1t
was about an hours ride. My escort
was one of the most famous flyers in
the world, barring none. He was later
killed in action, but 1 was told by an
English airman who witnessed his last
combat, that he fought a game battle
and died a hero's death.
The prison, which had evidently
been q civil prison of some kind before
the war, was located right in the heart
of Ceurtrai. The first building we ap-
preached was large and in front of
the archway, which formed the main
entrance, was q sentry box. Here we
were challenged by the sentry, who
knocked on the door; the guard turned
the key in the lock and l was admit
ted. We passed through the archway
and directly into courtyard, on which
faced all of the prison buildings, the
windows, of course, being heavily
barred. After had given my pedigree
my name, age, address, etc.-I was
shown to cell with bars on the win
dows overlooking this courtyard. l
was promptly told that at night we
were to occupy these rooms, but l had
already surveyed the surroundings,
taken account of the number of guards
and the locked door outside, and con-
! Guided that my chances of getting
away from some other place could be
no worse than in that particular cell.
AS l had no hat, my helmet being the
only thing | had worn over the lines,
| was compelled either to go bare
headed or wear the red cap of the
Ravarian whom I had shot down on
that memorable day. 1t can be i'm
agined how l looked attircd in Brit
ish uniform and Il bright red cap.
Wherever l was taken my outfit
aroused considerable curiosity among
the Begians and German soldiers
When | arrived at prison that day |
still wore this cap, and as | was taken
into the courtyard, my OvercOat cover
ing my uniform, all that the british
officers, who happened to be summing
themselves in the courtyard, could see
was the red cap. They afterwards told
me they wondered who the bug Hun"
was with the bandage on his mouth.
This cap l managed to keep with me,
but was never allowed to wear it on
the walks we took. l either went bare
headed or borrowed a cap from some
other prisoner.
At certain hours each day the pris-
oners We're allowed to mingle in the
courtyard. and on the first occasion of
this kind l found that there were II
officers imprisoned there besides my
self.
They had here Interpreters who
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02
"The Female of the Species"

81 could never think of marrying"
said old Prince c., "for I know
what my fate would be. Every Rus
sian lives under his wife's slipper"
Barring an occasional outburst of
terrible Asiatic temper on the part Of
paterfamiIiaS-usually soon, and con-
tritely repented of-this is a fact. The
Russian woman is always the strong
er. She has a vitality and energy
which the men seem unable to cope
with. The stories of TschaikOvskys 5
erratic marriage and terrific flight
like the aversion, founded on some
thing like fear, Of Strindherg for wom-
en- (Strindberg being a type of Swede
that shows many Russian proclivitias.
even as much Russian blood has perco-
lated into certain parts of Sweden)-
receive many explanatory commen-
taries. if one has known something Of
the more intimate aspect of Russian
existence.-A. G. Talfree, in the At
lantic.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02
Official Memorandum Giving Inventory of the Personal
Which to Lieu
Was Reported Missing IL 1917

when I smiled and shook my head, they
did not insist upon an answer.
''I'll drop it over -" declared one
of them, naming my airdrome, which
revealed to me that their flying corps
is as efficient as other branches Of the
service in the matter of obtaining valu-
able information.
And right here I want to say that the
more 1 came to know of the enemy, the
more keenly 1 realized what difficult
task we're going to have to lick him.
In all my subsequent experiences, the
fact that there is a heap of fight left
in the Huns still was thoroughly
brought home to me. We shall win
the war eventually, if we don't slow
up too soon, in the mistaken idea that
the Huns are ready to lie down.
The flying officers who questioned
me were extremely anxious to find out
all they could about the part America
is going to play in the war, but they
evidently came to the conclusion that
America hadn't taken me very deeply
into her confidence, judging from the
information they got, or failed to get,
from me.
AT any rate, they gave me up as
bad job, and l was ordered to the Off
GERS prison at Courtrai, Belgium.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02

made holler and reused the guard,
and right then I got another example
Of German efficiency.
Thisssuard seemed to be even more
perturbed about my complaint than I
myself, evidently fearing that he would
be blamed for my condition.
The commandant was summoned
and I could see that he was very an
CRY. Someone undoubtedly got Sc
we're reprimand for 1t.
was taken out Of my cell by
guard with q rifle and conducted about
a quarter Of q mile from the prison
to an old factory building which had
been converted into an elaborate fumi-
eating plant. There I was given a
pickle bath in some kind Of solution,
and while I was absorbing it my
clothes, bed clothes and whatever else
had been in my cell was being put
through another fumigating process.
While was waiting for my things
to dry-it took perhaps half an hour
had a chance to observe about one
hundred other victims of "cooties"-
German soldiers who had become in
tested in the trenches. We were all
nude, Of course, but apparently 1t was
not difficult for them to recognize me
as q foreigner even without my uni
form on, for none Of them made any
attempt to talk to me, although they
were very busy talking about me. I
could not understand what they were
saying, but I knew I was the butt of
most of their jokes and they made no
effort to conceal the fact that I was
the subject of conversation.
When I got back to my cell found
that it had been thoroughly fumigated,
and from that time on I had no further
trouble with "cooties'' or other visi-
tors of the same kind.
AS we were not allowed to write
anything but prison cards, writing was
out of the question and as we had no
reading matter to speak of, reading
was nil. We had nothing to do to
pass away the time, so consequently
cards became our only diversion, for
we did, fortunately, have some Of
these.
There wasn't very much money as a
rule in circulation, and think for once
in my life I held most of that, not due
to any particular ability on my part
in the game, but 1 happened to have
several hundred francs in my pockets
when shot down. But we held lot.
terry that was watched without quite
such intense interest as that. The
drawing was always held the day before
to learn who was the lucky man. There
was as much speculation as to who
would win the prize as if it had been
the finest treasure in the world. The
great prize was one-third Of loaf OF
bread. Through some arrangement,
which I never quite figured out, II
happened that among the eight or ten
officers who were there with me, there
was always one-third of a loaf OF
bread over. There was justsone way
of getting that bread, and that was to
draw lots. Consequently that was what
started the lottery. believe if man
had ever been inclined to cheat he
would have been sorely tempted in this
instance, but the game was played abb
solutely square, and if a man had been
caught cheating the chances are that
he would have been Stunned by the
rest of the officers as long as he was
in prison. 1 was fortunate enough to
win the prize twice.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02
f1 DADCY'Sgy[N|NQ|
I'll FAIRY Tale
Z4 G ftAQY GRAHAl1 BONNER
ROW OF BEANS.

"Dtd you hear what was said?"
vine.
The stringed beans were all ready
now to be eaten-at least many of
them were just the right size and very
nice and tender. Others would be
ready within a few days.
"What was said?" asked another of
the beans.
'T don't know whether I have the
heart to say it over again."
'You have no heart anyway" said
the second bean. We will call them
Bean the First and Bean the Second.
"What do you mean by saying such
a cruel thing?" asked Bean the First.
"Ah, me, oh my, this is very dreadful
day. I hear one bad thing and then
another. It's very bad day; such a
shamel"
81 can't see why you mind cruel
thing being said to you," asked Bean
the Second. you're mighty sensitive
and touchy for beam"
"Well, maybe if you had heard the
sad thing I have heard you would not
be so cheerful"
"Oh," said Bean the Second, $50 that
Is it?"
"What do you think is it?" asked
Bean the First.
81 don't know what you are talking
about, but 1 meant that now can see
that you wish me to be sad too. Ysu