The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-07-30
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY.
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of the u. S. army in the service OF
Uncle Sam, has been granted fur
Tough of ten days. Mr.. Lenox came
to Paris, Saturday for a visit to his
father, Mr.. Jos. Lenox, who is ill.
Postcards have been received
from Flournoy Hagan, Samuel Dick,
Marion Thomas and Herbert Sledd,
all of the North Middletown vicinity,
announcing their safe arrival at a
French port. The latter three are
with the DR.. Barrow Base Hospital
Unit No. 40, as enlisted men. Hagan
is in the infantry branch Of the ser
vice.
Mr.. Charles Mccarthy, lately of
Paris, now in Uncle Sans service at
Camp Zachary Taylor, was a guest OF
Paris relatives several days last
week. Mr.. Mccarthy, before joining
the Bourbon county contingent, was
employed in the Office of e. F. Spears
& Sons. He is son of Mrs. P. l.
Mccarthy, of Lexington, and neph-
ew of Misses Mary and Julia McCar-
thy, of Paris.
If you have interesting news OF
your soldier or sailor friend, relative
or sweetheart, tell THE NEWS man
of call 124 either phone. The I'm
the Service" column is proving one
of the most interesting departments
of the paper. Help THE NEWS to
get news of the boys so that the boys
in camp may know what is going on.
Your assistance will be greatly a1-
preciated.
"In again, out again, in again"
seems to be the fate Of Mr.. Forrest
Fightmaster, of North MiddletOwn.
Mr.. Fightmaster was ordered to re-
port at the Great Lakes Naval Sta
ton on July 10. He was later noti-
fed not to come, owing to crowded
conditions at the camp. Saturday he
received orders to report at once at
the Louisville recruiting office, from
where he was transferred to the
Great Lakes Camp.
$50 T
W. Waller, of Paris, has received
a commission as Second Lieutenant In
the Twenty-second Division, United
States Engineers Corps. Lieutena4f'
Waller is brother Of Mrs. w. A.
Clark, who resides at the Hotel An
derson, in Cincinnati. For the past
several years Lieutenant Waller has
been in the engineering division of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
with headquarters at Chattanooga,
Tenn. Although this government
work was sufficient for claims for ex-
emption from military service, he
made application for commission
upon the announcement that Uncle
Sam was in need of capable engi-
neers, asking for immediate overseas
service. He left for FIT. Benjamin
Harrison, Monday, where he will I'M
dergo a short training period, after
which he expects sailing orders.
After an absence from Paris Of
several years, the last two years OF
which no tiding were received from
him as to his location, Mr.. John R.
Lyle, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Omar G.
Lyle, Of Paris, has been located.
Mr.. Lyle, after leaving Paris be-
came a disciple of the "wanderlust,"
.-l ho1d ;ronor{onf oIoriooI nocitions
with large concerns in different parts
of the country.
A few days ago Mrs. Lyle received
a letter from her son, written from
Camp Custer, near Battle Creek,
Mich, in which he detailed most Of
his wanderings, winding up with
his coming to Detroit, Mich, where
he had been over a year. Mr.. Lyle
said in his letter, in part:
81 have been in Detroit since Jan.
1, 1918, taking employment first
with the Maxwell Motor Co., then the
Solnay Process Co., the H. G.. Chris
man Co., and lastly with the Ameri-
can Car & Foundry Co. At this last
place 1 worked at piece work for five
weeks, making big shells, and made
from $40 to S12 each night. Detroit
is the best city in America for
working man. Girls make as high as
$40 a week, and men with good trade
command the highest salaries. Also,
living conditions are better than in
other cities, as the houses are not so
crampled together. Living is high,
but the good wages paid offset that.
Would liked to have remained with
the Car & Foundry Co., but was
drafted on July %, and am now at
Camp Custer, near Battle Creek,
Mich, which is about 100 miles from
Detroit. :. Have been here but two
days, 30 haven't seen much OF the
camp. We will have to remain in
quarantine in the detention camp for
two weeks. What have seen isn't
at all bad. The food is good and
plentiful. A division just left here
two days ago, and our bunch is the
NUCLEUS of another division. I will
positively be home on the first ex-