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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31
WOMEN m GOOD ROADS C0NvEN-
TON.

For the first time women Will par
ticipate in Good Roads Convention
in Kentucky. June ITO. The Elk
ecutive Committee of the Kentucky
Road Engineers Association, arrang-
ing for the road meeting to be held in
Jefferson County Armory, Louisville,
decided that since women are taking
interest in public affairs and have
been given the vote, they should be
allowed opportunity to participate in
the sessions.
1t is expected that some Of the
most enthusiastic road advocates will
develop among the fairer sex, not
not only are they being urged to at
tend, but women speakers will be in
cluded In the program.
Gov. Ddwin p. Morrow will be ask
ed to issue a proclamation of6cially
designating the week as Good Roads
Week In Kentucky, and calling upon
the people to participate In the road
congress. Every county is urged to
be wen represented. County Judge.
Engineers and Fiscal Courts have
been invited.
In addition to Governor Morrow,
Joseph S. Boggs. Highway Engineer,
and members Of the State Highway
Commission. who have accepted invi-
tations to deliver addresses. some Of
the most noted road experts of the
nation have been engaged to speak.
The exhibit Of modern construction
and maintenance equipment and mo-
tor trucks, in connection with the
Convention, win be highly interest
ing and instructive to delegates and
visitors.
An sessions, the exhibits and vari-
GUS entertainments will be open to
the public without charge.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31

One Of the most important matters
that will come before the Kentucky
division Of the United Confederate
Veterans at their annual reunion on
June will be the question Of fur
nishing q monument to complete
the construction Of a monument to
Jefferson Davis, president Of the
Confederacy. it was stated at the
once Of the Confederate Pension
Commissioner.
The meeting of the veterans will
be held at the Confederate Soldiers
Home at Pewee Valley. Veterans
from all parts Of the State win be
present and inspect the Home where
two-score Of INDECENT and helpless
veterans Of the war between the
States reside.
A Major General to command the
Kentucky Division for the ne1t year
and Brigadier Generals for each
brigade will be elected.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31
4 POEM ON TAXES

The following, resolution was re
Gently offered in the Colorado Legis'
Be it resolved by the House 81
in General Assembly
that we:
Tax the people and tax with care
To help the Tax Commission-aire
Tax the farmer, tax his fowl,
Tax the dog and tax it's howl;
Tax the hen and tax her egg
Let the bloomin' rooster beg.
Tax the OK and tax the ass,
Tax the Henry" tax the gas,
Tax the house and tax his bed,
Tax the bald spot on his head.
Tax all business. tax the shop,
Tax the bonds and all their stock.
Tax the payroll, tax the sale,
Tax their hard-earned paper kale.
Tax the building of concrete,
Tax 'em for walking on the street.
Tax the living, tax the dead,
Tax the unborn before they're fed.
Tax 'em all and tax 'em we'll.
Tax 'em to the gates Of -.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31

The committee from the Danville
Chamber Of Commerce announced the
program for the banquet to be given
at Kentucky College for Women to
the visiting editors Tuesday night,
June z. DR.. w. A. Ganfield, presi-
dent Of Centre College, will be toast
master. and among the speakers will
be Gov. Edwin p. Morrow, whose
subject win be Kentucky"
Judge e. v. Puryear, Danville, will
delivered q toast on ''The Fear Of the
Press" followed by b. +. Forgery,
editor of the Daily Independent,
Ashland, on the Power OF the
Press" &c,
e. A. Jones, Of the Louisville
Herald, viii have for his toast,
Through My Spectacles."
30 Mcmillan will tell something
of the wonder Team" Center's ia
NOUS football aggregation, and DR..
M. M. Allen, president Of Kentucky
College for Women, will give the ed
itors an insight into the work Of the
college of which he is the head.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31
PARIS PEOPLE PURCHASE CAR
Isle BUSINESS

William Howard, of Richmond, and
his son, Logan Howard, of Paris,
have purchased the stock, fixtures
and good will of the. Howard Hard
ware Co. at Carlisle, and will take
possession on June /. The new Arm
will add a line of. groceries to the
stock of farming implements and
hardware.
Will Howard. ST., formerly IF
Paris, will be in charge of the store,
of which his son, VIM. Howard, Jr.,
had previously been manager under
stock company composed Of Carlisle
people. He has had thirty years ex-
perience as a farm implement sales
man. Logan Howard will continue
in the grocery business in Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31

Hat pins are used BY the American
1ssesDs authorities 10 prod parcels
~ hidden 5ewelry. We hasten to, h
1oEm our fair fellow subway travellers
fAat Ne neysr hide Jewels behind. ouR
eVsballs.-1on0gh Opinion. e =
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-31

Connecticut has six women high
school principals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
For Sale

Alt REPAIRS Of Bicycles, Graphophones done while you wait. Work guaranteed. We're after your steady trade. Freedland'S, cornec State St and Iranfstan Ave ANTIQUES, BRIC-A-BRAC, paintings, old crockery, brass and copper. rare Drop postal D. P. Keane. 9o State BKOOMS AND WHISK -BEOOMS of -s~-r~t-l+=~--
 All work hand made Addison Mills, 1855 Seaview Ave. near Arctic St L-.44 O0Ait>
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
Auto Accessories
AUTO TRIMMING

Tons Cushions Curtains and slip covers canvas work, coverings and bags. J. G. Loseno, 1e4 French St. (rear.) OloalIs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
Rubber Stamps

RUBBER STAMPS made by us are re
 liable We carry a complete line of
 etsnnps supplies, ink pads, aaters, rub = ber type, etc. The-Schwerdtls Stamp
 co u Cannon St st4
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
Poultry and Supplies

CHOICE EGGS, Barred and White Rocks, R. C. Brown Leghorns. Speckled Sussex, Golden Wyandettes. $1,5o set ting. prepaid s1.75- Schanzel & Powell Hillside Ave Bar. 5930-5. U16a & DON'T GROWL if your nens don't lay! Use our Dry Mash and Scratch Feed for best results. Standard Feed Co.,. Inc. 1884 Main St. Barnum 920-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
Farms For Sale

POO FARMS FOR SALE. with or with for city property Will sell cheap. James Lynch. 1917 Main St.. cor. Grand
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
Roofing
Restaurant

Restaurant
 RESTA AURANT
 GARDEN OF CASERTA, Italian American Restaurant. Daily Lunch 4oc, from Il 30 to 2:30 Dinner 75c, to g. Special Chicken Sunday Dinner $1.0O. 151O Main St., next to Armory. Noble S47.
 D10alis SWEDISH RESTAUhAMT, l55 Colorado at the lowest possible prices. Regular Dinner 40c- G16atl' WINDSOR RESTAURANT, 601 Howard Ave, near State St. Regular dinner 35c Home cooking. All foods in first class condition R2Satl-
 RESTAURANT
 GARDEN OF CASERTA. Italian-Amer1- can Restaurant Table d'Hote and Tables reserved for ladies. 1510 Main St. next to Armory- Phone Noble S47.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-23
NT ,ECFRICAL HOSPITAL

EASTERN ELECTRIC SERVICE co. We repair GeneratoEs. Self.sta rters. F. stopare Batteries. etc. Dealers in Auto fnobifs Accessories, Presto Lite Batter I ice EIohiioiIs Gas and Oil. Il Boston Post Road. at Ash Creek. F'airfieisl sRRohle sa2L Dzau
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-26
Stories OF
Great Scouts
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
"a. 1871, Western Newspaper union-)
NED BUNTLINE. SCOUT WHO
WAS WRITER OF PLAYS

Some of the old scouts turned their
lands to queer trades when the indian
ighting days were over. Buffalo Blu
vas the owner of Wild West snow,
Edgar S. Paxson became painter, ano
Capt. Jack Crawford was poet. IL
vas left for Ed Buntline to add an
Gher to the list of unusual things Tor
, scout to do. He became the writer
If dime novels and the producer Of
nelodramas equally exciting.
Judson was his real name, ana Ed
xard Zane Carroll Judson was the
iull title with which his parents Dur-
iened him on the day OF his birth III
Philadelphia In 1922. He became one
If the boys who ran away to sea and
when he was only thirteen ne rescued
.he crew of boat that had been run
Town by ferry steamer in New York
aarbor. Soon afterwards he became
nidshipman in the United States navy.
Then the West called him and JUDI
yvn answered the call. During the
Civil war he was chief OF scouts
among the Indians on the western IRON
Tier, and after that he wandered all
Dyer the great plains as hunter ana
trader. He made the acquaintance OF
Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill and Texas
lack, and began writing his thrilling
tales, part fact and part fiction. about
their lives. Ned Buntline was the
pen name he used In his writing, ana
as Ned Buntiine he became famous.
Buntlne believed that eastern audi
ances would be interested In plays
BASED on life In the Far West and In
1877 he persuaded Buffalo Bill ana
Texas Jack to come East and take
part in one of his melodramas. They
arrived In Chicago one Wednesday ana
found that Buntline was planning to
open the show the next Monday. lie
nad rented the largest theater In the
rity, but none of the other actors had
oeen engaged TO appear with the two
scouts. In fact. the play had not yet
neen written!
With characteristic energy Buntline
set to work and in four hours he had
written play called "The Scouts OF
the Plains"
Buntlines dime novels We're equally
popular, and, In spite of the disap-
Droval of their parents, the boys OF
the eighties and the nineties eagerly
read the hair-raising adventures OF
Red Ralph, the Ranger" and Dead
Eye Dick" Buntline never won re.
qown as a scout himself, but he helped
spread the fame Of others, until In
1886 he followed the trail of many OF
the redskins" who 'bit the dust
when one of his hero's "trusty rifles
rang out"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-26
THE HEROIC DEED OF "OLD
MANI RICHARDS

One of the hottest Indian fights In
frontier history was the Battle Of
Adobe Walls in the Texas Panhandle
In 1874. The Adobe Walls consisted
Of several huts, and two or three
stores surrounded by a stockade, and
It was headquarters for q party Of
hunters who killed buffaloes for their
hides.
The Indians saw with dismay the
destruction caused by the white men.
They resolved to destroy the Adobe
Walls and kill the hunters before they
had wiped out the vast herds Of bison
Early OH the morning OF June II
war party Of Comanches, Klowas AVID
Cheyennes, under the leadership Ut
Chief Quannah Of the Comanches.
swept down upon the Adobe Walls. The
buffalo hunters were awake, however
and as the Indians charged the white
men with Their heavy Sharps buffalo
guns p.Ired a deadly fire into their
midst. The Indians attacked again
and again, but each time they We"
beaten back with heavy loss. Nor die
the hunters escape unframed.
Three of them were killed In the
first attack, and In one of the stores
young man named Thurston was shc'
through the lungs. Presently his c
OF "Wateri Water!' was heard abo
the din Of lighting.
The nearest water was so yards
sway, where a pump stood In the UNI
protected open. In this same store
was an old scout called "Old Man"
Richards. He heard young Thurstons
cry.
II reckon now" said "Old Man"
Richards, "Tll 60 fetch a bucketful.'
He took bucket and tossed II
through the window. A frightened dog
that had been hiding near by followed
him, W, 7ing. Indian bullets cut up
the grounu all about them. The pump
was slow. took two nutes to get
the water 81. tied the sun
cracked spout. The p was struck
n dozen times as Richards worked The
handle.
He pumped on without raising his
head. The dog was shot down at his
feet. A bullet tore his hat from his
lead. Still he pumped on. At last
the bucket was filled. He picked
up his hat, placed IL on his head. tooA
up the bucket and brought II back t.
the store without spilling drop
There was not scratch on him.
ats sure some hot out there In the
sun" said "Old Man" Richards as he
gave the dying Thurston drink.
Picking up his rifle, he took his post
at a window again without Indicating
hy word or act that he knew he had
sust come out Of the jaws OF DEATH
\ 4tlasY1 B 43
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Ole
OR10LE

to tease Herbert any way could
think up"
"Oh was that all7" A hopeful light
faded out of Uncle Josepb's large
and inexpensive face. II thought
perhaps you'd detected him In some
indiscretion."
Florence laughed, II was just
teasin' him. Ii wasn't anything, Uncle
Joseph"
Hereupon. Herbert resumed con-
fused breathing. Dazed, he remained
uneasy, profoundly SO; and gratitude
was no part of his emotion. He well
understood that Florence was never
susceptible to impulses of compassion
In conflicts such as these; In fact, II
there was warfare between them, ex-
perience had taught him to be wariest
when she seemed kindest. He moved
away from her, and went Into another
room where his condition was one OF
increasing mental discomfort, though
he looked for while at the pictures
in his great-uncle's copy of Paradise
Lost" These illustrations, by M. Gus
tave Dore, failed to aid In reassuring
his troubled mind.
When Florence left, he impuisively
accompanied her, maintaining a nerv-
GUS silence as they comprised the
short distance between Uncle Joseph's
front gate and her own. There, how
ever, lie spoke.
'Look here You don't haf to go
and believe everything that ole girl
told you, do your"
"No," said Florence heartily. Il
don't hat to-"
"Well, look here" he urged, help
less but to repeat. ''You don't haf TO
believe whatever 1t was she went and
told you, do your"
"What was It you think she told
me, Herbertf"
"All that guff-you know. Well,
whatever 1t was you said she told
you"
"I didn't" said Florence. II didn't
say she told me anything at ALL
"Well, she did, didn't shef"
"Why. no." Florence replied, light
ly. "She didn't say anything to me,
Only I'm glad to have your opinion
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-26
FLoRENcE's WEAPON.

synopsIs-Proud possessor of
printing press and equipment, the
gift of Uncle Joseph to his nephew,
Herbert Illingsworth Atwater, Jr.,
aged thirteen, the fortunate youth,
with his chum, Henry Rooter,
about the same age, begins the pub
LEGATION of full-fiedged newspaper,
the North End Daily oriole Her
bert's small cousin. Florence At
water, being barred from any kind
OF participation In the enterprise,
on account of her intense and nat
ural feminine desire to BOSS" Is
frankly annoyed, and not at all
backward in saying so. However,
q poem she has written is accepted
for insertion In the Oriole, on a
strictly commercial basis--cash In
advance. The poem suffers some-
what from the inexperience OF the
youthful publishers in the art
preservative." Her not altogether
unreasonable demand for republi-
cation of the masterpiece, with its
beauty unmarried, Is scorned, and
the break between Miss Atwater
and the publishers Of the Oriole
widens. The Sunday following,
Florence's particular chum, Patty
Fairchild, pays her a visit. They
are Joined. despite Florence's open
ly expressed disapproval. by Her
bert and Henry. Florence will not
play. Patty and the visitors In
dulge In a series of innocent Sum
day games. Among them IL one
called TRUTH" the feature OF
which is contract to write ques-
ton and answer, both to be kept a
profound secret. Tile agreement Is
duly carried out Florence Is told
as family secret that her beauti-
full aunt, Julia Atwater. has appar-
emily become engaged to man
named Crum, altogether unknown
to the Atwaters Florence finds
the notes in the Truth" game. In
which both Herbert and Henry ad-
NIT that they have pretty eyes.
and threatens to tell the much
feared Waffle Torbin of the cpl
sode.
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PART ll-Continued.
s.

ooh, nothin'," she replied, airily.
Herbert began to be mistrustful OF
he solid earth. Somewhere there was
fearful threat to his equipoise.
What you talkin' about?" he said,
with an effort to speak scornfully;
but his sensitive voice almost failed
him.
"Oh, nothin'," said Florence. Just
about what pretty eyes you know you
have, and Patty's being anyway as
pretty as yours-and so you're glad
maybe she thinks yours are pretty,
The way you do-and everything
Herbert visibly gulped. So Patty
had betrayed him; had betrayed the
sworn confidence of Truth ~
"That's all | was talkin' about"
Florence added. "Just about how you
knew you had such pretty eyes. Say
not so, Herbert Say not so!'
Look here ~ he said. "When'd you
see Patty again between this after
noon and when you came over hereT
"What makes you think l saw herT
did you telephone herT
"What makes yon think so?"
Once more Herbert gulped. well,
[ guess you're ready to believe any
thing anybody tells YOU" he said, with
4 palsied bravado. "You don't believe
everything Patty Fairchild says, do
gou?"
"Why. Herbert Doesn't she always
,ell the TRUTH
"Her7 Why, half the time,' poor
Herbert babbled you can't tell
whether she just maxim up what she
says or not. If you've gone and be-
tieved everything that ole girl told
gou, you haven't got even what little
sense I used to think you had p SO
base we are under strain, sometimes
70 base when our good name is threat
.ned with the truth of us Il wouldn't
believe anything she said,' he finished,
IN q sickish voice, "lf she told me fifty
times and crossed her heart !"
Wouldn't you If she said you wrote
down how pretty you knew your eyes
were, Herbertf"
whats this about Herbert having
pretty eyes'f'' Mr.. Joseph Atwater In
quired; and Herbert shuddered. I'm
cle Joseph had an unpleasant reputa-
ton as Joker.
The nephew desperately fell back
apon the hopeless device of attempt
Ing to drown out his opponents voice
as she began to reply. He became
vociferous with scornful laughter bad
" cracked in the scorn. FLORENCE
got mad" he shouted, minglng the
purportsd information with loud cack-
ings "She got mad because ] and
Henry played games with Patty She's
tryin' TO make up somep'm to get even.
she made 1t up It's all made up !!
She"
mo, no." Mr.. Atwater interrupted.
let Florence tell US. Florence, what
was It about Herbert knowing me had
pretty eyesf'
Herbert attempted to continue the
drowning out. He bawled, "She made
It up IT'S soinep'm she made up
herself She"
Herbert" said Uncle Joseph-"if
you don't keep quiet, I'll take back
the printing press"
Herbert substituted another gulp
for continuation Of bis noise.
"Now. Florence" said Uncle Joseph,
"tell MS what you were saying about
bow Herbert knows he had such pref
~ eyes"
Then 1t seemed miracle befelI.
Florence Looked up, smiling nodestly.
"0h. II wasn't anything. Uncle 10
setlf sfe said. u WAS Just trying
y
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-26
Sumatra at a Standstill.

The rubber plantations and tobacco
fields of Sumatra are Of greatest Inn
portance in the island. In addition,
Liberian coffee thrives under the pro-
teQtion of vast coco-palm groves. Ten
foot pepper vines climb thickly up the
trunks of small trees, and dead re-
ests of teakwood, planted in even
rows, overhang and shade the road.
With rich alluv;al soil, unfailinf
rainfall and tremendous natural re
sources, only the lack Of labor and the
deterrent influence of warning trine
nay held Sumatra practically at .
sfnnSytilI.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-26


of her. how she's such story-teller
and all-if I ever want to tell her,
and everything"
But Herbert had greater alarms than
this and the greater obscured the
lesser. Look here" he said, III she
didn't tell you, how'd you know It.,
them"
How'd ] know what?"
"That--that big story about my ever
sayin knew bad"-he gulped again
pretty eyes,
"Oh. about that" Florence said, and
swung the gate shut between them.
"WelI, guess It's too late to tell you
tonight, Herbert; but maybe II you
and thst nasty little Henry Rooter do
every single thing tell You to, and
do 1t just exackly like | tell you from
this time on why maybe-I only say
'maybe'-well, maybe I'll tell you
some day when feel like It,"
She ran up the path, up the steps
and crossed the veranda, but paused
before opening the door. Then she
called back to the waiting Herbert
"The only person I'd even think Of
telling about II before tell you would
be boy / know" She coughed, and
added as by an after-thought. He'd
lust love TO know all about IL ! know
he would. SO, when | tell anybody
about II I'll only tell just you and this
other boy"
"What other boy7" Herbert de-
handed.
And her reply, thrilling through the
darkness, left him paralytic with hor-
ror. "waIlle Torbinl"
The next afternoon, about -four
o'clock Herbert stood gloomily at the
main entranee N Atwater & RIOTERS
newspaper building. awaiting bis part
ser. a1he other entrances we're not
Jhiv nsiled fast. but massisely bar
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-26

Ms. nevertheless, ambitious to sue
reed, and enthusiastic In his pursuit Of
literature. A complete breakdown in
health rendered 1t necessary for him
to leave city life in London, and he
determined to combine literary life
I'm the country with business career
as a market-gardener.
He settled down i'm Teddington, and
set earnestly to work. Several publf-
cations followed, the first novel being
.Clnra Vaughan the merits of which
were promptly recognized. but 1T WINS in
1869 that he suddenly sprang into fame
with @IOrna DG0ne." This story was
one of the first i'm the revival of the
romantic novel, and appearing, ms 1t
did. mt a time when the reading public
was waiting nnd ready for work of
this type, 1t was a great success, and
pronounced a novel of s'singular charm.
yigor and imagination"
Though BIackmore wrote many other
stories, none has reached the popular
heart like "Lorna D0one"; and he VIII
be remembered chiefly as the author of
this charming story, which In "a classic
sf the west country. Many piIgrimages
are made annually to the Doone valley,
although the actual characteristics of
the scene of the story differ greatly
from the descriptions inspired by the
lively Imagination Of the author.
"Lorna Dooneo Is "a truly outdoor
story; at times 1t In very dramatic and
picturesque and threaded with adven-
ture.
Blnckmore kept to his quiet country
aife to the last, and passed away at
Teddington ON Jan. 20. 1000.
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The partners feel the heavy
hand Of the master.
GRO BE coNTINUED.s
Franklin on Thrift.

Franklin on Thrift
A man may, II he knows not how
10 save ais he gets, keep his nose to
the grindstone all his life and dc
not worth a groat at st.--Benjamin
Franklin.