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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
Universal THANKSGIVING,

Some call November the dreary
month of the year, the black sheep of
the II; and yet 1t is the month of
thankfulness, the completion of the
fruitage of the year. In the woods
the squirrels are industriously at work
among their last gleanings before cold
weather sets in, their happy "chee-
cheeree" joining with the calls Of the
blue jays and crows and smaller birds
in the universal paean of thanksgiv-
ing. In the underbrush and in the
meadows the mice, too, are harvest
ing, with their hearts full of gladness.
Bees are buzzing over goldenrod and
Wild asters and other late flowers; the
quail that have escaped the hunter
are, like Ruth, gathering the last
grains in the farmers fields; while the
farmer himself and his boys are load.
ing the golden pumpkins into the big
farm wagons to carry away for winter
storage for use by both the family and
the cattle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
Laurel Spray, From the West, Is In
Town Wearing a Straw Hat.

in. He says this is tn first time that
he's ever had clothes an money
enough at tn same time t. git back.
Halle MOpps, who's been gone
about ten years, is home from Coshoc-
ton, Ohio. He says he's lied so long
about tn size O. his fathers farm
here that he hardly recognized it when
he got back
GraysOn Mapes wuz about tn first
Teller that showed up fer Thanks
givin'. His folks have been dead fer
thirty years an he never knowed it.
Bout tn last thing anybuddy ever
heerd O him wuz in 1876, when he
sent his mother a Centennial edition
O tn Philadelphy Ledger. He come
over from Jacksonville on parole
but nobody knowed him.
Joe Apple is back in town shallin'
hands, too. His whiskers have been
driven back an his step haint quite
his hardware store fer some rice land
in Arkansas. He's jist a plain shOv-
eler now SomeWhere's in Michigan.
He says that while tn work is little
harder than bein in business, Their
haint no books t keep an Their haint
nothin' invested an you kin lay off
when it rains.
Laurel Spray, who sold his farm
here two years ago an invested in a
gold mine out West, is in town wearin'
a straw hat. He says he's been so
busy gittin' home that tn weather
never occurred t him. He may stay
here an go back In tn band If he kin
trade his mimi stock fer a clarinet.
But ups an downs er no ups an
downs, Teller is still purity rich that's
got good mother an father t go
back to. Their haint no mashed p'ta-
toes an roast turkey an minced pie
anywhere else on earth that kin touch
your mothers. Her coffee is gener-
ally purity bad, but we won't say any
thing about that. l don't care how
any Teller is gittin along, whether
he's single or tied down, he feels a
whole lot better if he knows he's got
an ole home t. go back to. O. course
your father haint as gushy as mother
but even if you did leave tn farm
jest at a time when he needed you tn
most, he's proud O. you. Jest as long
as you don't ask father fer any money,
either directly er thro' mother, he's
proud O. you.
But mother is tn one. She believes
everything you tell her. She knows
you have t hurry away an that where
you've been workin' has had t close
down till you git back. You're her
boy an things can't git along without
you.
Copyright, Adams Newspaper Service.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
"a Will Put 1t Up at Auction"

ticle recently and would be happy to
return it to the owner if he will claim
1T and prove ownership"
I swept the board with my glance,
but saw no sight of a give-away on
any girls face. Then l continued:
"Since there is no claimant for the
article, will put it up at auction, re-
serving the right to bid to the mcn
present of my own generation, the
proceeds of the sale to go to charity"
I called for bids, and one of my
cousins, Jack Somers, bid % cents.
There was an exclamation Ct disap-
probation for such an offer and when
another of my cOnfedeTGtes bid so
cents 1t was repeated. The gem alone
could not have been worth less than
S25. When every man who was per-.
mitted to bid had done so, $275 was
the highest offer received.
knocked the article down to the
successful man, Jim Atwood, and he
handed me the money. What luck !"
he exclaimed, holding the pin before
him admiringly. 1--WE wanted some
thing like this for gift to my fiancee,
and now / have found it."
The fact of another girl possessing
her jewelry was too much for Its
owner. Becky Aldrich showed by her
expression that she was at least to be
suspected. 1 took the pin from Jim
and tossed 1t to her. A telltale blush
confirmed my suspicion, and, the eyes
of all the company being concentrated
ion Becky, it deepened into scarlet.
Then there was a burst of laughter,
in which everyone Joined heartily but
Becky.
| Becky pretended to be very much
offended with me for the course l had
taken. This caused me to feel uncom-
Portable, and 1 endeavored to placate
her. Becky for a long while refused
to be appeased. *, ~ q. 1 80 ~ o..
TO make long story short Becky
played me as an angler would play
a trout till was madly in love with
her. Having refused me, she seemed
to be satisfied and thereafter treated
me so considerably that 1 tried again
End gas successful. Naturally, the
.gersary Of Thanksgiving brings
TO me interesting memories.
copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
SEASON TO Rejoice
Reasons for Thanksgiving
Are So Many as To
Forbid Gloom. =

TINE world may we'll seem never
to have been 50 troubled, never
to have had 50 much to regret.
The Great War has bred cynlc.
ism and despair. But Nature Is not
pesslmist. A years sun, a years
rains, years labor, have not been
without their fruits. In farm and fac.
tory, in public ehdeavor and In pri-
Vate struggle toward the light, the
twilight of the year shows results that
forbid the gloomy and inspire courage
and good cheer. The instinct Of
Thanksgiving belongs to courage.
GratefuIness is the handmaiden Of
grit. Natures whisper of welI-being
rises to splendid volume of whole
hearted song. Whatever may happen
In Americas own life, or in Americas
relations with the rest Of the world,
the reasons for thanksgiving shine
with an unquenehabIe light. No dis
aster threatened or possible can oblit-
crate the great fact Of piled riches in
natural and human resources. The
fixing of Thanksgiving as festival
at the close Of the harvest era is,
after all, but an adaptation of SYM
boIs. The symbol is worth having,
since IL always visuaIIzes the eternal
charity Of Nature herself, and since it
Is an ever present reminder of the
finest resources in human Ideals, hu.
man aspiration, human will to win.
II Is from the gathered harvests, the
assembled fruits of labor, the estab-
ished signs of productive power in
every activity Of men and women that
thanksgiving gets its meaning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
Being Thankful.

Thanksgiving is not a day, it is
habit. We cannot be thankful on
Thanksgiving day unless we have been
learning how every day in the year.
Here are some simple rules: Walk
on the sunny side of the street; live
as much as possible in the best room
in the house think about your friends,
not your enemies; talk about your
good luck, not your bad. These are
some of the ways Of acquiring the
spirit of cheerfulness which is the
only soil in which the flower Thanks
giving will grow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
A Prayer of
Thanksgiving
By LIE WIS ALL EN-

N'HAT we can see round about
Il US the faces of friends: the de.
serving, that we may help them the
needy, that we may render aid; and
little children, that we may rejoice:
N7HAT we can hear the kind
Il words of loving friends, the
sweet songs in church and home, the
prayers of devout people, and the
grooming OF G Mothers lullaby:
THAT we can feel loving hands
Il in ours, trusting hands of little
children, comforting hands upon our
throbbing brow; that we can feel the
warm embrace of the old folks who
receive us at the homestead, or of
our own who, dwelling apart from
US, have come back this day:
THAT we can taste the savory
Il good things, which, by Gods
bounty, are this day set before US
through the miracle of Nature,
which is God:
TSHAT we can speak to give sin.
i cere thanks to aim who, in his
great goodness, has permitted US to
meet once more on this day of
Thanksgiving; that we can speak
hope and encouragement to our
loved ones; words of comfort to the
suffering and the discouraged and
the lowly, words of hope and cheer
and promise to those who have
fallen by the way:
DSHAT we can pray with knowi.
Il edge that the prayers of the sin.
cere are answered, that he to whom
we offer our prayers is full of loving
kindness and pity and forgiveness,
and that his help is assured:
TsRULY, all these things are
Il Gods gifts, and without them
there could be no Thanks giving.
Teach us to appreciate them for
thine own Glory. AMENi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28

THE most delightful part of my
/ l life was that age when boys and
II girls freely mingle with each
other as friends. half boy and
Igirl, half man and woman.
| There was one Thanksgiving when
the head of our large family invited
every member that could be reached
to spend a week in his large country
house, including Thanksgiving day.
Those of US Of my generation went
In for good time together. The girls
were of that age when a taste for mis-
chief predominates. One night when
y was getting ready for bed l found
the legs Of my pajamas sewed up.
When I had ripped the sewing, got
them on and tumbled into bed l found
the sheets scratched. l had turned off
the light, so, springing out of bed,
tiptoed hastily to the door, opened 1t
and was in time to grab the last of
bevy Of girls who ran away IN the
darkness.
Throwing my arms around my cap
tive, l gave her a smack, she strug-
Cling to be free, then let her go.
Slipping back into my room, turned
on light, and there, sticking onto
the breast Of my pajamas, was an
elongated pin Of chased gold set in
the center with a single sapphire.
The problem was to identify the girl
u had kissed by discovering the owner
Al
cousins, and it was decided that I
should put the article up at auction
lat the Thanksgiving dinner, bids to
be accepted only from the men.
Accordingly when the nuts and cof-
fee came on took the pin out of my
vest pocket and, holding it up before
the company, said: II found this ar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
All Should Be Grateful.

There is something about the shock
ed grain in the fields, the heaps Of
yellow pumpkins, the stubble of the
cut corn and wheat, even the blue
gray of the November sky which bends
low like a benediction that speaks
Of Righteousness, of fruition, of Gods
loving care, 1t is the universal thanks
giving, the uplifting of all his crea-
lures hearts in praise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28

The holiday season is here and with
1T comes message of cheer and a
Equickening Of the benevolent impulses
Iof the heart. Thanksgiving day-a
festival for giving thanks for the mer-
cies Of the closing year-is one Of the
oldest institutions in America. The
Pilgrim Fathers held their first har.
west thanksgiving festival in 1921.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
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THE most delightful part of my
| life was that age when boys and
III girls freely mingle with each
other as friends. half boy and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
AS SUNG BY POETS
:
Old and New Thanksgiving
Sentiments Worth
Recording. J

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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12

great progidious piles to your un-
feminine eyes. but could not the en-
tire lot be bought with the money
thrown away in your cigar stumps?
Our darling bonnets, though so
lilliputian in this age, we admit
cost trifie, but so do all those lux
prizes over the way where we, poor
souls, never care nor dare to enter,
and where even you for mOdesty's
sake, have to go in at the back en-
trance. Our silks and satins cost
less than your broadcloth. Now
saying nothing of your clubs, and
the secret associations to which you
belong, but ignoring all these,
where are the superfuities of our
sex, l would ask, not overbalanced
by those of our own? Where arc
they?
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
EDITORIAL MUSINGS.
Stamp Out Politics.
tt~~e~>>>>>>>>>>S

The assertion of Senator Stone
that Republican members of Con-
greSs are lining up against the ad-
ninistration, is untimely and UNI
wise. Even if true-which few
people believe-it would be most
unwise on the part of the admins
tration to take note of it. President
Wilson and his Cabinet have been
entrusted, under the constitution.
with the conduct of the war, and
the great mass of the American
people are satisfied with the pro-
gress they are making. That there
have been mistakes made, none will
deny. But these mistakes have not
been of such nature as to ALLEVIATE
the support of Republican members.
Naturally, the elections of the
coming summer and fall call for or
ganization of all parties, and this is
going on, the Democrats as well as
ali. others. This can be done how
ever, without in any measure TAX
ing from the loyal support of the
war program We believe it will be
so done
Senator Stone should remember
that his own loyalty is of the fore
ed brand. At the head of the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Affairs
he opposed the United States enter
ing the war, up to the very last
and only after the die was cast did
he pledge his support to the admin
istration. He predicted all manner
OF calamities for the country, and
there will not be wanting those who
would accuse him of cherishing a
desire to come back with an II told
you So
The Senator is practically alone
in his fears for the country The
other party leaders seem satisfied
with the splendid support accorded
the Presidents war policy by his
political opponents, and which sup
sport they have every reason will be
continued
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
EAT WITHOUT FEAR
OF INDIGESTION OR
SOUR, ACID STOMACH
Instant Relief! "Pape's Diapepsin"
Ends Your Stomach Dis
freshly It!

Wonder what upset your stomach
which portion of the food did the
damage-do you? Well, don't
bother. If your stomach is in re-
volt; if sick, gassy and upset, and
what you just ate has fermented
and turned sour; head dizzy and
aches; belch gases and acids and
eructate undigested food; breath
foul, tongue coated-just take a
little Pape's Diapepsin to help neu-
tralize acidity and in five minutes
you wonder what became of the in
digestion and distress.
Millions of men and women to-
day know that-it is needless to have
dyspepsia. A little Diapepsin occa
sionally keeps the stomach sweet
ened and they eat their favorite
foods without fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care
of your liberal limit without rebel
lion; if your food is damage in
stead of help remember the quick
est, surest, most harmless relief is
Pape's Diapepsin, which costs only
fifty cents for a large case at drug
stores. It's !. truly wonderful
stops fermentation and acidity and
sets things straight, so gently and
easily that it is really astonishing.
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
Raise Some Chickens.

Chickens, as we understand IT,
may be eaten on meatless days.
The Government advises the use of
chickens. 1t advises families to
raise family-sized flocks of chickens.
1t advises the use of eggs which also
are meatless day food.
In Kentucky those who have
plenty of chickens are well fed. 1t
-4ong has been the contention of
THE NEWS that everyone who can
should supply his own table from
his own poultry yard. Now, as
never before, that project is invit
ing.
The price of feed is so high that
the Government is not advising
poultry keeping on the large scale.
IT docs advise family flocks and the
utilization of all waste products OF
garden and kitchen as chicken feed
in addition to necessary amount
of grain.
Spring is approaching-alth
you cannot observe its approach
and it soon win be time to start
your small poultry yard
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
A Base Libel.

Pennsylvania Crit" says: can
uplift organization has set out to
find and reform the champion bad
boy. Look for the lad with red hair,
freckles and 'yaller' dog"
The writer of the above should
either be sentenced to a heavy pen
atty for libel, or fired from his job
for his woeful lack of knowledge of
human nature. In the first place,
he hasn't given single symptom"
of the bad boy.
First, red hair. Now, who ever
saw a red-headed boy who was 4
coward? Cowardice is the most
prominent characteristic of the re-
ally bad boy. 1t is utterly impossi-
BILE to reconcile badness with
bravery. The bad boy is also
sneak, and the fiery-headed young
ster is too impetuous to even enter
tain a sneaking thought. He is,
if anything, too frank and down.
right for his own good in this age
of diplomacy.
And freckles! They usually go
with a pug nose, too. Fancy the
combination in bad" boy. Why,
he is the incarnation of all that is
jolly, rollicking, sunny tempered
and all round clever" He is ever
ready to oblige, and really delight
in doing a favor. He may be a
tease, he's an inveterate rogue for
inly h,rf hod
never!
And owns "yaller dog" The
most damnable libel of all.
Psychologists have sought in vain
to account for the strange affinity
between the boy and his unlovely
dumb friend, but one thing sure
it is there and in full force. Can
it be that in the poor brute the ur
chin finds that for which he vainly
seeks elsewhere reciprocal love
that is perfect and without flaw?
1t would fully account for the "yal-
Ter dog"
If the uplift society ever finds
the typical bad boy, he will bear not
the slightest resemblance to Grit's
picture.
First, he will be outwardly fault
less. His person and his manners
will be found pleasing, and his
smile will be peculiarly winning.
He will be accomplished, even pol
ished, in his conversation. And
then he will never be brought to
the notice of the uplift society for
the reason that all this charm of
person is almost sufficient to blind
even the agels of heaven to the fact
that at the core-deep down in his
heart-he is BAD, rotten as Ger
man spy.
Yes, he is walking the streets Of
our cities and towns every day, but
the uplift society will never get
him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
ADVERTISING RATES

Display Advertisements, $1.00 per
Inch for first time; SO cents per inch
each subsequent insertion.
Reading Notices, 10 cents per line
each issue; reading notices in black
type, 20 cents per line, each issue.
Cards Of thanks, calls on candi-
dates, obituaries and resolutions, and
similar matter, 10 cents per line.
Special rates for large advertise.
uents and yearly contracts.
The right Of publisher is reserved
to decline any advertisement or other
matter for publication.
Announcements for political offices
must invariably be accompanied by
the cash.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
DREADFUL COUGH CURED.

A severe cold is often followed
by rough cough for which Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has proven
especially valuable Mrs. F. w.
Olsen, Marysville, Mo-, writes:
About two years ago my little boy
Jean caught severe cold and
coughed dreadfully for days. I tried
a number of cough medicines but
nothing did him any good until I
gave him Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1t relieved his cough right
away and before he had finished
taking one bottle he was cured. I
think it is just fine for children"
(adv-feb)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12

The undersigned administrator OF
John w. Tanner, will, on
SATURDAY. FEB. Is, 1918,
at the Court House door in Paris,
KY, beginning about II a. M, ex-
pose to public sale the following
bank stock, to-wit:
1st-Fifteen shares Of the Capital
Stock of the Bourbon Agricultural
Bank & Trust Co.
2nd-Ten shares of the Capital
Stock of the First National Bank,
Paris, Kentucky.
TERMS-Said sale will be made
upon credits of six months, pur-
chasers to execute bond with good
surety to be approved by the under
signed bearing interest from date
until paid, at the rate of per cent.
per annum, or purchaser may pay
cash.
BOURBON AGRICULTURAL BANK
& TRUST CO.,
AS Administrator of Jno. W. Tan
ner, Deceased.
M. f. Kenney, Auctioneer.
{febS-12)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
SWIFT CLAMP. Editor and Owner.

: Any erroneous reflection upon the
character. standing or reputation OF
any person, firm or corporation which
may appear in the columns Of THE
BOURBON NEWS will be gladly cor
cected ff brought to attention Of the
editor.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
FOR SALE

Handsome set of furniture for
den" Consists of cellarette,
double settee, with table attach
ment, floor clock, secretary, center
able, etc. Set is finished in mis-
sion and is good as new. Can be
bought at a bargain. Call at THE
BOURBON NEWS Office. Both
phones 1874. (tf)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
THRIFT STAMP, CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
IN PARIS SCHOOLS BY LOCAL BANKS

Chairman s E. Bedford who charge OF the Thrift Stamp
sale Bourbon County, assisted by number of Bourbon
business men, have started the big drive for the sale of Bourbon
campaign just getting fairly under way the sale of the Thrift Stamp
is meeting with great success.
In order every school child Paris the sale of Thrift
10 each child one thrift stamp This stamp will be attached card
on which will be fifteen other blanks for additional Thrift Stamps
and expected that the children will Immediately make every
These cards. each holding Thrift Stamp will be placed the hands of
the school teacher of the child who however, will be supplied with
receipt blanks which will be turned each child owning of the
Thrift Stamps The following rules for the distribution of the cards
and Thrift Stamps have been adopted:
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
Wolnan's Extravaganza.

How much is said and written
upon this subject. Now pause a
moment. my dear masculine friends,
and let us compare notes. We will
be very brief and only enumerate q
very, very few. so as not to tax
your patience in the least or weary
ra,; sita nsany comparisons. To be
&c or. ribbons and laces look like
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
PUBLIC GIVEN WARNING NOT
TO SHOOT PIGEONS.

The Army Signal Corps has re-
quested the public to refrain from
the shootingof pigeons. Numerous
complaints have been made that
carrier pigeons of the homer type
have been shot by hunting expedi-
tions, and the important work of
training the birds for military ser
vice has been seriously interfered
with. Army pigeons are labeled
sTI 6. A.-18."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
FOR RENT.

Desirable house, on Main street; ;
has five rooms and bath; good big
garden.
(5-tf) J. T. HINTON.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12

The old-fashioned housewife who
used to beat her beefsteak with a
nlallet now has daughter who uses
a tack hammer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12

The old-fashioned serious man
who couldn't be led into temptation
now has a son who beats the leader
to it.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-12
Real RAn,,irAn,>a$

Real Requirement..
Find me the man. who suits the
place; not a man the place would suit