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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
COMPANY c SPENT
CHRISTMAS DAY IN
HAMLET.
PRIVATE HAMPSON SAYS OTTA-
WA BOYS WERE HERALDED AS
lSAVIORS OF DUCHY-MARCH
1870 MILES IN TWO WEEKS
TIME.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hampson have
reviewed an interesting letter from
their son, Private Howard Hampson.
a member OF the headquarters battal-
ionof the l29th Infantry, telling of
the location of Company c on Christ
mas day. The Ottawa boys receivedd
their gifts before Dee %, according
to Private Hampson's letter Otta-
vans have been wondering whether
the boxes sent We're among those
which did not arrive overseas until
several days after Christmas.
Private Hampson was gassed Sc
verely in October, but has fully recov.
cred noww, and was able to rejoin his
company in November.
His letter, which arrived today. was
the first one received from him in
many weeks, and reads in full:
Ettlebruck, Luxemburg, Dec. &c.
Dear Folks:
Was very glad to get your Christ
mas box. Many thanks. | really
wasn't expecting one, because | didn't
send you slip. The box came about
4 o'clock the day before Christmas.
| received your letter dated Dec.
yesterday and | was sure glad to
hear from you | really didn't intend
TO scare you when | wrote you. The
only reason | told you is that | knew
you would nd it out and would worry
more. was only in the hospital
short time. | was back with the com
pany just one month from the day |
left. ! know | have fully recovered.
| am feeling fine.
In my last letter | said we might
march into LuXemburg We did We
marched about 1870 miles in about two
weeks. We stopped over in towns
along the way. During the two
weeks we rested four days. We passed
the outskirts of the city of
We are now about if
teen kilometers from the German bor-
der
Ettiebruck, the town We are now
located lii, is very nice little place.
We can have almost anything We
want and the people treat us just fine.
The Luxemburgers say the Americans
are their sayiors. | guess they are
about right
Christmas night went to the
show The hsOw was put
on by the Y. NJ. c. A and was very
good.
Tell Mrs. Gulbransen that the wrist
lets were just right and thank her.
Also thank James and Robert Worth.
will write them as soon as get to it
No, | haven't received any papers
for over two months. Please don
bother to send them. as | very seldom
see them. Yesterday is the second
letter I've had for about two months
| never hear from John, and have
know what isthe matter with the mail.
Tell dad my chances for seeing
Paris are very slim. 1t is next to i'm
possible to get a pass to Paris. Our
regiment passed through the outskirts
Of Paris when We were coming from
the Albert sector We could see
Eitfel tower in the distance.
| will surely bring you a spoon if.
can get one pay day. | will bring
all the nice things that | can afford
to get.
Please don't bother TO send me a
sweater or anything else, as | have
plenty of clothes to keep me warm.
| don't expect 20 leave for home be
fore February or later.
Love to all,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
OTTAWA COB MEETS
PROF. M0ZIER IN N. Y.

Seaman Elmer Hitter, who is sta
toned at Fort Tilden, l.. Is, writes of
seeing w. F. Mozier, former princi-
pal of the Ottawa township high
school, while on visit to New York
City. Mr.. Hitter stated Mr. MOzier
was well and was looking fine.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22

/ prison in a wholesale Jail
morning were reported
captured this afternoon,
The others are believed
to have evaded an armed
posse and 10 be cn their way to Chi.
cago in stoen automobiles.
All roads in this section Of the state
are being nlthed by armed guards.
The Chicago detectives armed with
rifles have been stationed on the out
skirts OF that city as it is believed the
eontcts viii attempt to enter Chica.
go uHder cover of darkness
According to word reaching here
the tive men captured were unable to
crowd into the three automobiles. stol.
EN- by the escaped men and were left
to shift for themselves,
Shoot Turnkey.
ROCK Island, H.. Jan. ga sher.
Ill S posse is believed to have sur.
rounded twenty-one of the TWENTY-FIVE
desperate criminals who early today
escaped from the Rock Island county
JAIL and, fieeing in three automobiles.
sought refuge in a woods near here.
where they are said to be preparing
to give battle to the posse.
All OF the escaped prisoners are
said to be armed with revolvers and
shotguns, and a desperate battle ia
expected
-Four of the escaped men, which in.
clude several safe blowers, murder.
ers,. holdup men and robbers. were
captured an hour after their escape.
The escape of the twenty-five men
is considered one of the boidest Jail
deliveries in the history Of the co,n-
try. 1t followed at unsuccessful at.
tempt made to escape by the same
crowd three weeks ago.
Shots Were Exchanged.
The delivery is believed to have
been effected by the use of a wood
key. The men getting out of their
cells made their way to the quarters
of the sherif7s family on the first
floor Of the Jail building. Jail guards
summoned by the riot call fought
with th~ men. During the fight in the
Jail building shots were exchanged
and Turnkey John Sexton was shot.
Overpowering the guards, the con.
10 htil
ing at random. Finding an unbarred
window, the men climbed through it
to the street, where protected by
heavy fog, they managed 10 escape
before a general alarm could be-
sounded.
Steal Autos to Escape In.
Stealing three automobiles, the es.
capped men fled from the city A sher-
IFS posse was formed Immediately
and gave chase in automobiles. Near
by towns and villages were notified to
be on the lookout for the men. Every
avenue of escape from the city was
ordered placed under an armed guard
and an hour later word was received
mere vi tlle capture OF lOuT Oh IHe men.
Chicago detectives, on receiving
word that the men were headed for
Chicago placed on armed guard on all
roads approaching the city,
Surrounded in Woods.
Shortly after 6 O'Clock this morning
wor dwas received in Rock Island
that the men had been surrounded in
a woods near this city.
The escaped men had been paroled
10 work at the government arsenal
here
Twenty prisoners held on minor
charges refused to participate in the
delivery md remained in their cells.
Turnkey Sexton. shot ny the men,
was not seriously injured
Citizens, volunteering to aid the au-
thorities, were armed and left for the
scene in high powered automobiles.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
TO CONTINUE FARM
ACCOUNT SCHOOLS
BRANCH OFFICES OF COUNTY
SOIL DEPARTMENT TO BE CON-
QUOTED DURING NEXT TWO
WEEKS.

Further extension Of his farm ac
counts evangelical work was an
nounced today by County Soil Advise,
l.. 5. Brooks. The encouragement
which is being given his work by the
farming communities where bookkeep
ing has heretofore been an unknoW n
quantity caused the adviser TO con
tinue his branch Offices about the
county and operate them on specific
dates.
Some of the points TO be discussed
all OF which contain great educational
value to the tiller of the soil, are de-
scribed by Mr.. Brooks as follows
A discussion OF farm manage
ment and farm accounting to in.
dicate more fully what the days
work may be expected to cover.
Each man will be furnished
blank account book to make
typical record which will be given
to the school to be worked out
by the steps one would take in
keeping his own record. The first
step is to enter an inventory of
what is on hand at the beginning
of the year.
The next step in to enter all
cash expenses and receipts. TYP
lcal errors in keeping accounts
and income tax rulings will be
discussed.
The inventory will be entered
for the end of the year, taking
into account methods of handling
depreciation.
The farm account will be sum
married.
The taxable income will be de-
termined.
The farm account will be anal
yzed 10 determine at what points
the organization OF the farm can
be strengthened This leads to
consi .erable discussion of analyz-
ing farm business and the value
OF farm accounting and OF coat
accounting.
Finally each man is assisted
in starting off his own account
for the new year.
Dates for Meetings.
Dates and places for holding the
next me, e,tings during the coming two
weeks We're announced as follows:
Harding, Monday Jan. q.
Peru, Tuesday, Jan. Is.
Tonica, Thursday. Jan. 30.
Leonore, Friday, Jan. 81.
Grand Ridge, Saturday. Feb |.
Streator, Monday, Feb. ).
Lostant, Tuesday, Feb. 4.
La Sale, Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Marseilles, Thursday, Feb &.
Mendoza, Friday, Feb. I.
Earlyille, Saturday, Feb. s.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
WUUNDED YANK ON
VISIT TO OTTAWA

one arm in a plaster cast, a per-
ceptible limp resulting from shrapnet
wounds, and wearing two gold over
seas chevrons, Corporal Raymond
Dunn, a member Of the 18th infantry.
U. 5 A, First Division. is in Ottawa
visiting with Miss Edythe Joyce. an
acquaintance he met while invalided
home
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
SHOOT DOWN TURN
KEY WHO ATTEMPTS
TO Prevent ESCAPE

Rock Island, ILL.,, JAM 22-Two of the twenty
five convicts who escaped prison in wholesale Jail
delivery here early this morning were reported
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22

The inspired compositor.
1.-The doctor felt the patients purse
antl declared that there was no hope
Boston Evening Transcript.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
WEATHER

Unsettled tonight and
Thursday. Possibly light
rain or snow.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Estsbllshed 1859
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
JOHN FOX, JR., LEFT NEW NOVEL
UNFINISHED.

John Fox, Jr., the famous writer
of mountain novels, left a new novel
only lacking the final chapter, &C
cording to his brother, Horace Fox,
who arrived in Asheville, n c., last
week to testify in case before the
United States district court.
Mr.. Fox stated that the book is
now in the publishers hands and
that they will select some writer to
write the unfinished chapter, which
had been sketched by the late writer
before his death. The brother of the
famous author says that John Fox,
Jr., suffered last fall from influenza
and that he had apparently recov-
cred when he was stricken with
double pneumonia and died suddenly.
The famous novelist was well known
I'm Asheville, having been a frequent
visitor there.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
EDITORIAL MUSINGS.
Let's Have the Truth.

Possibly before the year is out
there will be important contributions
to the story of the causes that led up
to the declaration of war in 1914. 1t
is Of the greatest value to the peo-
pie Of every nation that these addi-
lions to the sum of knowledge be
made. The very recent and quite re-
markable open letter of Prince Henry
of Prussia, to his cousin, King
George, of England, furnishes an in
stance in point.
Angered to the core by the pro-
posed trial of his brother, the for
mer Emperor, before an international
tribunal, the Prince holly suggests
that other offenders against the
worlds peace be placed in the dock
and be compelled to front the evil
dence taken from the old chancel-
leries which relates to the prepare
tions of the conflict.
In warning to the English Sow
ereign he utters the reminder of the
meetings held in Balmoral Castle
with Sazonoff, the Russian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, in 1912, at which
there were discussions of the war and
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
Coal Users, Play Safe!

Buy coal now" is the serious ad-
vice of those in a position to know
the present and future state of the
market No mistake can be made by
playing safe and filling the home Gel
lars and the factory bins.
Lack of railroad equipment, the
emigration to Europe of hundreds OF
thousands of miners and other la
borers in the American coal fields,
the larger demand because of the re-
Mobilization of industries, and other
factories made certain the shrink
age of the supply of coal this winter
Last winter was an exceptionally
mild one, and it is indeed a hazard
to think that the coming winter will
be repetition, and there was nc
plethora of coal a year ago. Even
should the supply be beyond expecta-
ton we are assured by experts that
there will be no reduction of price
four months hence. 1t is the part of
wisdom to lay in a supply of coal
now.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19

the fate of the German merchant ma
rine. If it is true that the German
diplomats secured at .Petrograd and
Moscow, at the time of the overthrow
of the Car, the secrets of the Rus.
sian intrigues with other friendly
nations for advantage, it is quite pos
sible that the Prussian Prince is in
position to make some disclosures
that will not sit agreeably on the
stomachs of mankind in general.
No matter what the results may
be, it is to the interest of the human
race to have these dark secrets OF
diplomacy ventilated. 1t withstood
the material effects of the war, and
is surely strong enough to receive
without injury the facts concerning
the bringing on of that mighty
struggle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
Notice Of Election
TO THE VOTERS OF BOURBON
COUNTY.

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to an order of the Bourbon Coun-
ty Fiscal Court, entered July 3rd,
1919, an election will be held and a
poll will be taken at each and all of
the voting places in Bourbon County,
Kentucky, on the 9Th day of Septem-
Der, 1919, between the hours of six
O'Clock a. m. and four o'clock p. M,
for the purpose of taking the sense
of the legal voters Of Bourbon Coun-
ty, Kentucky, who are qualified to
vote upon the following proposition:
Are You For Property Tax of
Twenty Cents on Each One Hundred
Dollars Worth of Property in the
County to be Levied Each Year for
Ten Years for the Purpose of I'M
proving or Constructing, Either or
Both, Roads and Bridges of the
County,"
w. G.. McCLINTOCK,
Sheriff of Bourbon County.
(augS-td)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
Monday, Sept. l, 1919,

1T the front door of the Court House,
n Paris, Kentucky, at about IL
o'clock a. M, will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest and best bidder,
The following described real estate:
A certain lot in Whites Addi-
ton to the City of Paris, being lot
No. 49,, shown on the plat of said
Addition, filed in the Bourbon
County Clerks Office in deed book
SO, page 249, fronting 60 feet on
Fithian Avenue and running back
of equal width to a 12-feet alley,
with the line of lot No. 48, 144
feet and with the line Of No. so,
IA feet, said lot lying between
lots Nos. 48 and so on said plat.
Also a certain lot in Whites Addi-
tion, being lot No. so, as shown
on said plat fronting 60 feet on
Fithian Avenue and running back
of equal width to a 12-foot alley,
with the line of lot No. 40, dis
tance of IA feet, and with the
LA feet, said lot lying between
lots 40 and 81, as shown on said
plat, the above described property
being part of the same property
conveyed to Wakefield & Moore, by
Lena Mason Fithian, &C., by deed
of date March %, 1908, and now
of record in Deed Book 90, page
247, of the Bourbon County Clerks
Office, and the same property con-
veyed to w. A. Veatch by NJ. H.
Wakefield, ETC., by deed of date
June 6, 1908, of record in said
Office in Deed Book SO, page 266.
Said sale will be made upon cred
is of six and twelve months, for
equal parts of the purchase money,
he purchaser or purchasers being
equired to execute their two bonds
With good surety, to be approved by
he Master Commissioner, for one
lalf of the purchase money each, due
TX and twelve months from date of
ale respectively, and bearing inter-
st at the rate of six per cent per
4nnum from date of sale until paid,
aid bonds to have the force and eff
ect of judgments.
The Commissioner will offer said
OTIS Nos. 40 and so separately, and
lie will then offer said lots as a
Whole, and will accept the highest
id for same.
o. T. HINTON,
faster Commissioner Bourbon Cir
cult Court.
(aug 12-19-26)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
PARIS TESTIMONY
Home Proof, Here, There and Every
where.

When you see Doan's Kidney Pills
recommended in this paper you most
always find the recommended a Paris
resident. It's the same everywhere
in $500 towns in the U. S. Fifty
thousand people publicly thank Do
ans. What other kidney remedy can
give this proof of merit, honesty and
truth? Home testimony must be
true or it could not be published here.
Read this Paris recommendation.
Then insist on having Doan's. You
will know what you are getting:
Phillip NJ. Heller, prop. meat mar
ket, 1922 Main street, says: Il have
used Doan's Kidney Pills few times
in the past and have been greatly
benefited by them. At times my back
was weak and lame and the kidney
secretions passed too frequently,
making me get up often at night. 1
have used a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills at those times and they have
always rid me of the complaint. I
think they are a splendid medicine
and gladly recommend them"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Heller had. Foster-M ilburn Co..
M1rs., Buffalo, N. Y. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
BEWARE THE AFTERMATH

The people of the United States are
rapidly coming to realize that the
worlds need for saving and economy
did not end with the war. This con
tinued necessity for thrift is vigor
ously presented and emphasized in a
pamphlet written by r. H. Brand, a
British economist, and published by
Committee. In this pamphlet, called
1.-The Financial and Economic Flu
ture," Mr.. Brand calls attention to
the fictitious character of the appar-
ent prosperity brought about by the
war, and warns against the fallacious
appearances of war time progress.
1--WE have been enjoying the tenn
porary prosperity of a spendthrift
speeding toward bankruptcy" he
says, I'VE have been living easy be-
cause we have been living on our
capital. When we come to live on
our income and not on our capital
we shall find that the hard lessons OF
the past apply also to our own days
tlldL do we'll
uals, can make good only by work
and saving"
The burdens of saving to put the
world on a safe financial and eco
nomic basis, Mr.. Brand declares
must be shared according to the abil-
ity of individuals to bear them, and
the greatest sacrifices-measured at
any rate in worldly wealth-must be
made by the rich.
The United States Government an
ticiptated this situation and inau.
gurated a National Thrift Campaign
during the war by placing Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps be-
fore the public. These securities
serve dual purpose-give the Con
eminent money for the reconstruc-
ton period and erect a foundation
for individual prosperity.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
KENTUCKY SCHOOL PUPILS PLAN
BIG THRIFT CAMPAIGN

Foundation for wonderful cam
paign that will carry the message OF
thrift into every home in Kentucky
is being laid by the War Savings Or
ganization, under the direction of
James B. Brown, of Louisville, who
was appointed State Director for the
Blue Grass State by Federal Director
L. A. Wilson, of the Eighth Federal
Reserve District.
The school is the instrument
chosen through which to drive home
the lessons of saving. During the
vacation period the teachers insti-
tutes are held in every county. Each
one of these institutes is attended by
A. J. Jolly, in charge of the educa-
tional work in Kentucky, or one of
his assistants, and the teachers are
enlisted under the banner of Thrift.
Teachers are shown the advanta-
ges of saving. They are shown the
vast advantages offered by the War
Savings Stamp offered by the United
States Government. They are in
structed in Thrift Stamp movement,
whereby the pupils can invest their
quarters and watch them grow into
ls5 government bonds. The War Saw
ings Stamps, and the new issue of
500 and $1,000 Treasury Certifi-
Gates. with identical features of the
smaller War Savings Stamps, are also
dwelt on.
In fact, each teacher is instructed,
and in nearly every institute in
Kentucky this summer, every teacher
has signed a pledge card agreeing to
devote a certain time to instruction
in thrift and to organize War Saw
ings Society in his room when books
take up early in September.
Mr.. Jolly in a recent visit to head
quarters at st. Louis, said the re-
sponses of the Kentucky teachers
had exceeded expectations and he
was satisfied that more money would
be saved by pupils during the next
Scholastic year than any other year in
the history of Kentucky.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
NOW WHO SAYS "WILL WONDERS
NEVER CEASEs"

The State Railroad Commission has
entered an order requiring the Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad Com
pany and the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company to build new
passenger depot at Covington, which
must be completed by June 1, 1920.
The question of a new passenger
depot at Covington has been hanging
fire since before the war. Final &C
ton on the question was deferred by
the commission because of the high
cost of materials and construction
during the war period.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
Notice of Election
TO THE VOTERS OF BOURBON
COUNTY.

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to an order of the Bourbon Coun-
ty Court, entered July 7, 1919. an
election will be held and poll will
be taken at each and all of the voting
places in Bourbon County, Kentucky,
on the 9Th day of September, 1919,
between the hours of six o'clock a..
m. and four O'Clock p. m, for the
purpose of taking the sense of the
legal voters of Bourbon County,
Kentucky, who are qualified to vote,
upon the following propositions:
"Are you in favor of issuing Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars in Bonds
for the Purpose of Building Roads
and Bridges?''
w. G.. McCLINTOCK,
Sheriff of Bourbon County.
(aug8-td)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
ADVERTISING RATES

Display Advertisements, S1.00 pei
inch for first time; 80 cents per inch
ZACH subsequent insertion.
Reading Notices, 10 cents per line
aachs issue; reading notices In black
type, 20 cents per line, each issue.
Cards of thanks, calls on candi
oates, obituaries and resolutions, and
aimilar matter, 10 cents per line.
Special rates for large advertise
ments and yearly contracts.
The right Of publisher is resei we'd
90 decline any advertisement or other
sastter for publication.
Announcements for political Offices
must invariably be accompanied by
the cash.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-19
The Country Town Belongs to tn
Country.

The country town is a part of the
country. 1t is one of the encourag-
ing signs of the times that country
town business men are coming to re-
alize this. 1t has not been so long
ago that every little town thought
that it's business was to grow into a
city just as soon as possible. Some
town and many town people still
think so. Many small town people,
too, still think that their chief rela-
tions and interests are with the cities
rather than the country. The most
far-seeing business men have come to
know better. They are seeing more
and more clearly that the town, the
small city, is an integral part of the
country, that it prospers only as the
country prospers, and that it is its
place in the scheme of things to be
the life center of the country about
it. The town merchant who opposes
cooperative buying of selling by the
farmers of his territory, the town
banker who would hinder the estab-
lishment of farm loan associations in
his county, the town editor who neg
lects the interests of the back-coun'
try districts, and becoming more and
more out of date. Best of all, town
folks are coming to see that they are
out of date. Not until the country
and the country town learn that they
are yoke-fellows and must pull to-
gether before either can make the
progress it should. And both are
learning. a., z. ;..t