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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
WE WANT A SHARE OF YOUR
BUSINESS ALL.

We have Just entered the Fire In
surance business, having secured the
agencies for several companies that
the strong financially and prompt,
courteous and reasonable in treating
with their policy holders who may
be unfortunate enough to suffer any
losses.
The chief difficulty new Fire In
surance Agency meets in securing It's
share of the business in : that they
must necessarily take most of their
business away from some other
agency. Now, we are not going TO
ask you to take all your insurance
business away from the other fellow,
but we do want to ask you to watch
for the expiration of your pollcle.;
now in force and let us have at least
a part of the renewals. If you are ex-
Meeting to take out additional lnsur-
ance. and the other fellow has the
rest of your business, can't you let
us have this additional business?
We promise you the best possible
treatment, both on our part and that
of our companies, and will deeply ap-
preciate whatever you can do for us
in that line.
Very truly yours,
III YERKES & PEED.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
CHESS AND CHECKERS CLUB.

Expert players are having a
chance to show their skill and sci
ence in the chess and checker tour
naments held in Paris by the newly
organized Chess and Checker Club
Great interest is manifested in the
games, which will be played each
Monday night.
In the chess game at the Y. M. y.
A. Monday night Rev. A. Sanders and
DR.. Raymond Mcmillan lost to Sher-
man Stivers, who was in turn, defeat
ed by C.. A. Mcmillan. Walter
Schatzig defeated j. Walter Payne.
At checkers M. l.. Clark lost to j.
Walter Payne, who suffered defeat
by VIM. Bowling. R. l.. Foster and
L. D. Harris defeated Rev. A. San
ders and John Canal. Secretary Il.
L. Wilcox, of the Y. M. G. A, de-
feated Nj. L. Clark, and Sherman Sti-
vers defeated John Cahal. Several
new members were enrolled, includ-
ing M. L. Clarke and w. A. Thoma-
son, of North Middletown.
The next games in the series will
be played next Monday night, when
an interesting time is expected.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
NOTICE FROM THE COUNTY FOOD
ADMINISTRATOR.

Because of the numerous and fla
grant violations of the food conserva-
ton laws in this and other counties
in Kentucky, it has become neces-
sary for the Government to tighten
it's regulations with reference to the
purchase of substitutes for wheat
flour.
On and after March 81, 1918, no
retailer of flour or miller will be per
mitted to sell any -four unless the
purchaser of such flour buys of the
retailer or miller at the time an
equal amount of substitutes for
wheat -four, or furnish the retailer Or
miller certificate that the purchaser
has ground for his own personal
family use such substitute; and said
certificate must be endorsed by the
County Food Administrator of Bour-
bon county, or one of his assistants.
No retailer will be permitted to ac-
cept any certificate in lieu of any
substitutes for flour unless said GER
tificate is first countersigned by the
Food Administrator of Bourbon
county.
JOHN T. COLLINS,
Food Administrator of Bourbon Co.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
THE TOBACCO MARKETS.

The Paris market is rapidly draw
ing to a close, and it is altogether
likely that the end will come within
the next two weeks. Receipts have
been getting lighter, and as nearly
all the best tobacco has been disposed
of, what is now being sold is short
crop, which has tendency to reduce
the average.
The Independent Warehouse Com
pany sold a total of 10, 100 pounds at
their sale yesterday, at an average of
s29.15. The last sale of next week
will be held on Thursday, March FL.
The last sale of the season, and the
only sale for the week will be held
ON Wednesday, March 81. Some OF
the crop averages at the Independ-
ent's sale yesterday were as follows:
Lyons & Gunsaully, 1850 pounds;
average s28.01.
w. C. Jacoby, 1850 pounds; aver
age $4,000.
A. F. Goodwin, 2,725 pounds; av-
erage 1921.
Venable & Blackburn, 2,805
pounds; average s29.79.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR WARNS
AGAINST RAISING PRICES

Mr.. James H. Thompson, of Paris,
Federal Fuel Commissioner for
Bourbon county, is in receipt of the
following communication from State
Federal Fuel Commissioner Wiley b.
Bryan, of Louisville, which is in a
nature of warning to fuel dealers
Your attention is respectfully
called to the following memorandum
issued by the Legal Department OF
the Fuel Administration, which is
self-explanatory:
The attention of the Legal De-
partment of the Fuel Administration
has been called to the fact that in
several instances alleged violators OF
the Executive Orders of the Presi-
dent, fixing the price of coal, and of
the Regulations of the United State:
Fuel Administrator, have been ar
rested by local police officers at the
request of local Fuel Administrators.
1nasmuch as the Lever Act is an
act of the Congress of the United
States, violations for the penalties
therein prescribed must necessarily
be brought in the United States
courts. The result of arrests by
State authorities and attempts to
prosecute in the State courts can
only result in dismissals or the re-
lease of those arrested upon writs OF
habeas corpus.
Such dismissals and releases will
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
FORMER PARIS WOMAN SUICIDES
AT SHELBYVILLE.

While in respondent mood.
superinduced by long illness, Mrs.
Lille May Hall Smith, formerly of
Paris, took dose of arsenic at her
home near Shelbyville, with suicidal
intent. The poison proved effective,
death ensuing in few hours.
Mrs. Smith had suffered from the
effects of two strokes of paralysis,
and had been in poor health recently.
Fearing the return of another stroke,
Mrs. Smith wrote and addressed let
tiers to her children in which she
made known her intention of ending
her troubles by death by her own
hand. Some time during the night
she took the poison, and when found
was near deaths door. The fact that
she had taken poison was not SuS-
pected at first and not known until
the paper which had contained the
arscenic was found under her bed.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Lii
lie May Hall. She resided with her
aunt, Mrs. Evelyn Letton, in the old
brick house which stood on the pres
ent site of the Paris Public Library,
at the corner of High and Seventh
SIToeIS. DuTluS ueT SlTluOOU Jay
here she was a student at the Bour-
bon College, which at that time Was
under the direction of Professor and
Mrs. A. Sanders. She is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn PeddicOrd
of Shephardsville, KY, and one son
Mr. Robert Smith, who is employed
in the shipyards at Newport News
Va, and one sister, Mrs. Lydia Col
Inns, of Maysville.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
ATTRACTIVE CLARK COUNTY
WOMAN ENDS OWN LIFE.

Mrs. Phelps Renick, one of the
handsomest and most attractive
young matrons in Winchester, died
at her home in that city yesterday.
by her own hand, according to mes
sages sent to Paris relatives.
Mrs. Renick was formerly Miss
Laurie Duty, of Mt. Sterling, and
was considered one of the most at
tractive young women in the Blue
grass region. She had been married
about three years. Continued i'll
health is ascribed as the cause of her
untimely ending. She had been pa
tient in the hospital at various times,
and had just returned about week
ago from Baltimore, where she had
undergone a surgical operation. she
was a niece of Mrs. Fanniebelle
Sutherland, of Paris.
Her husband, Mr.. Phelps RenlcK,
is a nephew of Mrs. Duncan Bell and
Mr.. B. NJ. Renick, of Paris, and a
grandson of Mrs. w. H. Renick, OF
this city.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT.

Upon the reconvening of the Bour-
bon Circuit Court, Tuesday. the case
of the Commonwealth VS.. Effie Cross
charged with assault and battery.
was tried, resulting in a Conviction
and a fine of SIS. Another charge
against her of pointing a pistol at
another was dismissed.
The petit juries for this term of the
Court are made up of the following:
A. L. Rice, James Connell, Thomas
COnnell, Thomas Mitchell, Clell Tur-
ney, Henry Boardman, j. N. Nelson.
Jos. Bodkin, Calvin Jones, D. G.. Tay-
lor, Catesby Woodford, Jr., Geo. III.
Wilson, Tollie Young, G. p. Cook.
Walker Kiser, j. L. Horton. Guy
Smith, Logan Howard, w. H. Clark.
John Towles, Thos. Kiser, w. III.
Piper, r. P. Walsh, Geo. A. Keller
and j. j. Veatch. The juries were
dismissed until yesterday morning.
Owing to the fact that Oscar Will
loughby, who was shot by John
Henry Harp, had died, the case
against Harp, indicted on the charge
OF shooting and wounding Willough-
by, was dismissed by the Court and
the case referred back to the grand
jury.
By agreement of the parties in liti-
cation and their attorneys and tho
Court the case of Mcclure VS.. Nc
Clintock was continued to the June
term. The case of the Commonwealth
VS.. Oscar Johnson, charged with
killing Walter Rice, was continued
to the June term. The case of the
Commonwealth VS.. Henry Hawkins.
charged with murder, was placed on
the docket for trial yesterday.
The trial of the damage case of
w. F. Daniels, administrator of the
estate of his wife, the late Mrs.
! Elizabeth Daniel, against the Ken
lucky Traction G. Terminal Com
pany, for 100000, was begun in the
Court yesterday. The case will
probably take up the entire time of
the Court the rest of the week.
On August 8. 1917, Mrs. Daniel.
who resided at the corner of Main
and Nineteenth streets, endeavored
to cross the interurban tracks to
hand letter to mail carrier, who
was passing on the other side of the
street. She was struck by an in
coming interurban car bound for
Paris. and thrown under the wheels.
Her body was badly mangled, death
ensuing Immediately.
Mrs. Daniel was alone at home,
her husband being in the mountain
district, where he was engaged in
the lumber business, and her chill.
dren were attending the fair at
London, KY. The letter she was en-
deavoring to mail at the time she
met Sher tragic death was one telling
of her intention to join them In a.
visit to relatives in London during
the Fair.
The plaintiff is represented by
Judge Denis Dundon. Hinton, Brad
ley & Bradley, of Paris, and Wallace
Muir, of Lexington, represent the
defendant.
The equity docket cases were call
ed by Special Judge Newell on We'd
nesday, and assigned for trial. The
equity appearance docket was also
called.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
STREET QUESTION SETTLED.

If plans now under consideration
by the city dads are carried out Main
street in Paris, will be entirely re-
built. The matter was brought UP
for discussion at joint meeting OF
the city and county officials, held In
the office of the City Clerk, IN the
First National Bank building, Tues
day evening.
The ownership of Main street
which is considered a part of the
Maysville and Lexington turnpike
has long been disputed question be.
tween the county and city, and al
the meeting of the Bourbon Flscal
Court recently it was decided to In
struct County Attorney d. D. Cline
to bring a friendly suit against the
city to settle the matter. The agree
ment reached at the meeting hello
Tuesday night, however, will fore
stall this. Under the terms OF the
agreement the street will be rebuilt
as soon as settled weather conditions
preyail, and the cost of same Will Of
borne Jointly by the city and county
Later on the matter will be hnallS
settled in the Court of Appeals.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
SENATOR JAMES GREAT
STRENGTH.

Even to this day people continue
to refer to Senator Ollie M. James
speech delivered in the Senate in de-
Tense Of the Administration war
activities. 1t was an unanswerable
reply to the criticism INDUCED in
before New York club members By
Senator Chamberlain, Of Oregon. As
a forceful and oratorial effort it had
not been equaled in the Senate In a
quarter of a century, according to
John Sharp Williams. In lava-tide
of patriotic word painting the big
Kentuckian baptized Chamberlain
and his kind in the fire of truth and
justice. There are still piled on ia
bles in the office Of Senator James
letters and messages from men and
women all over the Union, praising
him for his courage.
As Senator James is the personal
friend of the President and one OF
the ablest and most ardent spOkes-
men, Kentucky may well be proud OF
her senior Senator, his own success
sor.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

To Our Electrical Consumers
On account of the high cost OF
everything at this time, we are forced
to ask our patrons who use cleo
trio current to share with us a part
of the great war burden.
On April 1st we will reduce dis
counts from 1c per X. w. H. to ~ c
per X. w. H. and readjust the rate
schedule for electric lighting as to
the quantity used, but we will not
raise the unit price per Kilowatt In
any case. These advances will be Sc
slight that we feel assured that our
patrons will cheerfully aid us in It'd
ing over the period of high costs in
cident to the war and until normal
conditions are again restored.
Elsewhere in to-day's paper Will
be found a copy of the new rate
schedules which will be applied on
April bills.
Assuring you of our regret that
this has become necessary to prevent
losses that would impair service ana
threaten the existence of the Com
pany, we remain as always
ready to serve"
Yours truly,
L. STEENBERGEN,
Manager Paris Gas & Electric Co
(15-2D
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
- I'd "a "a
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT

bob" Porter, local correspondent
of the Lexington Daily Leader, fired
the following squib in the Leaders
Paris column in Sundays issue:
among the names Of those who
appeared before the Bourbon County
Board of Examiners for examination
in the recent draft were Ed Igo. who
was discharged and therefore will
not go. Will Cross was accepted and
will cross. Jess Guess case is still
in the hands of the Board, and less
is still guessing what they are going
to do with him"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15

injuriously affect the systematic eff
forts which are being made by the
Department of Justice, at the request
of the Legal Department of this AID
ministration, to enforce the Presi
dents Orders and the Regulations OF
the United States Fuel Administra.
tor.
"You are therefore requested to
notify all local committees and local
Fuel Administrators that all viola
tions of such orders or regulations
which come to their attention
should be referred either to the Lee
gal Department of the Fuel Admins
tration at Washington or to the local
United States Attorney.
"Of course violations of the
Weights and Measures Act or any
other State laws or laws of any MUM.
cipality are subject to the jurisdic-
ton of the local courts.
GAS heretofore requested, every
precaution should be taken by you tc
see that all violations of the rules
and regulations of the Fuel Admins
'tration be reported Immediately to
this office giving such names and
facts as will enable the Legal De-
partment at Washington to make in
vestigatiOn.
Thanking you for your hearty CO
operation in this matter, l remain,
yours very truly,
"WILEY B. BRYAN,
Federal Fuel Administrator, KY"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15

That the soldier boys read and ap-
preciate THE NEWS among nun
dreds of other publications sent 10
them is evidenced by the FOLLOWING
letter which was received recently.
THE NEWS goes to nearly every mill
itary and naval encampment wneie
there is a Paris or Bourbon county
boy, and it is always welcome. Inc
letter follows:
Camp Zachary Taylor, KY,
March IA, 1918.
4Ed BOURBON NEWS, Paris, KY.
Dear Strive are receiving your
paper regularly and want you to
know that it is being read and en-
joyed by many people from your vi
entity who visit our house.
Thanking you for your kindness
we are, sincerely,
"Y. w. c. A. HOSTESS HOUSE.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
SURPLUS CLOTHING ASKED FOR
RED CROSS RELIEF WORK.

Mr.. James R. Garfield has sent in
Structions to the Bourbon county
Red Cross Chapter in regard to the
reouest from the Commission of Re-
lief in Belgium and France, asking
the Red Cross to collect for it GER
tain amuont of used and surplus
clothing.
The work is not to become regu-
lar activity of the Red Cross or be Il
precedent for a continual collection
of such articles and so the week
from March 18th to March 25th,
only, will be devoted to this purpose.
The Bourbon County Chapter has
organized for this work and Mrs:
Georgia Webb will be chairman ana
will receive articles at her book
store.
Everybody in the county is urged
to take notice of the appeal and SEM
what articles they can spare TO tnis
room for this purpose. Only article
appearing in the list of garments
needed will be accepted and the list
is as follows:
For Shirts, preferably OF
light colored fiannels, undershlrts'
underwears, trousers, coats, over
coats. overalls, shoes, jerseys, sweat
ers. vests. socks, sizes 101kto IL.
For Women Shirts, drawers, cor
set slips, petticoats, blouses, over
coats, suits, pianfores, shoes, cloth
hats. knitted caps, stockings, sizes Z
and s, shawls.
For Boys-Shirts, union sulIs' I'M
dershirts, trousers, coats, SUITS, over
coats. Jerseys. socks, sizes and ..
For Girls-Dresses, skirts, over
coats. night dresses, drawers, stock
ings. sizes / to 6, undergarmenCs'
petticoats, suits, blouses, shoes.
For Boys and Girles-Hoooeo
canes. pinafores, wooden union suits
For Infants Swanskin swaddlns
clothes. cradle chemises, bodlces
cradle dresses, bonnets, bibs, neck
erchiefs, diapers, shoes, baby dresses
hooded cloaks, jackets, shawis
sweaters, socks.
Miscellaneous - Bedticks, bed
sheets pillow cases, blankets, muf
fers.
please do not send mems stlff mats
women's stiff hats, fancy Shippers
goods containing rubber in any form
or any articles that are not Clean
Do not put any notes or messages II
any of the garments.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
MARCH % TO WITNESS CALLING
OF SECOND DRAFT.

Eight hundred thousand men are
to be called to the colors gradually
during the present year under the
second army draft which begins
March 20.
Announcement by Provost Marshal
General Crowder of the number to
be called was followed closely by an
order for the mobilization of ninety
five thousand men during the five
day period beginning March 20, some
fifteen thousand Of them to be as
sembled under the second draft.
Eighty thousand will be men of the
first draft of $4,000 men not yet
called for service.
Details of how the second draft is
to be applied will be made public
later after Congress has acted upon
legislation now pending providing for
the registration of youths as they
reach the age of twenty-One and for
basing draft quotas upon the number
of registrants in Class l in each
State and district. The ninety-five
thousand men now called, it is un-
derstood, are needed to fill divisions
scheduled for early departure or to
take places of men transferred to
other divisions to make up such de-
ficiencies.
Kentucky's quota under this call
has been placed at 1850, who will
be taken from the ranks of the col
ored draftees. Major General Henry
F. Rhodes, U. s. A., in charge of the
draft in the Adjutant-Genera's Office,
has sent out notices of the quotas
from the counties. Bourbon will be
called on to send fifty men.
Local Boards have been notified in
filling emergency calls under the
draft that men actively, completely
and assiduously" engaged in planting
and cultivating, be deferred until
the last.
The United States Senate has
agreed to the House amendments to
the bill providing for the furlough
of soldiers for farm work. The
measure has been signed by President
Wilson and is now a law. This will
mean a return to farm work of many
hundreds now in the camps, during
the planting and harvesting season,
after which they will again return
to camp service.
Notice of the next draft call has
not yet been received by the local
Exemption Board. This notice, how
ever, generally comes through the
mail. In all probability the orders
are now in Frankfort and will soon
be on their way to Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
STATE TAX COMMISSION MAKES
INCREASED ASSESSMENT.

The State Tax Commission has
placed a net increase of $42,719.92t
en- the assessment of So counties OF
the State. Four counties, Clark
Daviess, Harrison and Warren, got
reductions in the assessments at the
hands of the Commission. No spe
Gifted increase was made on Spencer
Gallatin, Union, Clay, Boone, Camp
bell, Kenton, Johnson, Lyon and Full
ton counties, the Commission order
ing the County Board of Supervisors
to make a general equalization in
these counties.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
PLANO RECITALS.

The pupils in pianforte of Miss
Betsy Ray will give recital at Miss
Rays. home on Higgins avenue, at
eight o'clock, this (Friday) evening.
The program as arranged by Miss
Ray, is a very interesting one, the
numbers ranging in variety from
popular to classic.
On Monday evening at Miss Ray
residence, the advanced pupils In
piano will give a recital at eight
o'clock.
Friends and patrons are cordially
invited to attend these recitals.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
II. S. DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION
AT FRANKFORT.

The United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Kentucky
convened in Frankfort, Monday, for
the regular spring session, with
Judge A. M. ]. Cochran presiding,
and District Attorney Thos. D. Stat
terry and u. s. Marshal Robert e.
Ford in attendance.
Messrs. John Richards, of Paris
and ]. s. Shoptaueh, of Millersburg.
are members of the Federal grand
grand jury, and Mr.. w. A. Thomason
of North Middletown, is member OF
the petit jury.
Full naturalization papers were
granted by the Court to Jan Smltz
a native Of Holland, who is now q
resident of Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-15
PLEASANT STREET HOME AT
AUCTION MARCH %.

The Williams property on Pleas
ant street, between Eighth and
Ninth. will be sold at auction on
Saturday, March %, at IL o'clock.
Lot is 224 feet deep, and fronts on
Pleasant street 43 feet. Eight rooms.
Reception hall. Modern conveniences-
Best built house in Paris-18-inch
walls, slate roof, plate glass, hard
wood floor in reception hall.
(15-2t) HARRIS & SPEAKES.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-06-26
A HARD YEAR AHEAD

7 N THE fiscal year that ends this month the
Government will have spent about twelve bill
lion dollars. In the coming year it will I'M
dertake to spend at least twenty.
Those are no figures on printed page.
They are no mere problems in bankers finance,
to be disposed of by clever bookkeeping entries
They are exige1t and intimate personal notice
that hundred million people must do at least
one-half better in the opening year than they
did in the closing one.
We got through the closing year very easily.
We practiced, more less, the most obvious
and convenient economies-those that involved
only some little bother in changing our habits,
like eating corn and rye bread instead of whea-,
but left, US, on the WHOLE living quite as agree
ably as before
Our rich folk cheerfully adopted the new fash
ion of giving fewer parties, as they would nave
adopted any other fashion not disagreeabe In
itself But we have not noticed anybody who
got so close to war regimen tina. he parked
his shin against it. And that not actually
needed. With such easy sacrifices as we made
the country got through the year adequately and
acredtably. Probably there is no point in barking
your shin until the actual need is at hand.
These Treasury figures certify the need. They
are notice that we are now coming under more
rigorous war regimen, comparable 20 that OF
Europe. We must produce and save one-half
more 1t means you. It means every person
capable of directing his production and con-
sumption. 1t is exigent personal message
Overhaul your budget now.-Saturday Evening
Post.