The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-14
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The American soldiers fought the
world war on cigarette diet-and
the Blue Law brethren, pacifists at
heart, say the cigarette must go.
1t is one of the perversities of hui
man nature that most of us would
enjoy an evening better in the COM
pany of a man named Devil Anse,
than in the company Of one named
Honest John or AriStides the just.
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That fellow Jiggs certainly has
way about him. Here comes an adj
vertisement from the War Depart
ment telling how the whole family
can dine for day for one dollar
off Of corned beef This is assuming
that Maggie goes visiting.
"A learned Englishman has
written book IN which he ex-
plains mans superstitions. Wonder
if he tells what fell on the chap
who was responsible for the wide
spread reluctance to walk under a
ladder?
There is said to be movement to
extend the "blue law Sunday" all
over the country. That might be
the best plan to bring the "bluc
law" sporadic movement to head,
on the ground that the best way t.
get rid of bad lew is to enforce it.
What is bringing the price of
Bourbon county butter down in the
local markets is the fact that many
excellent substitutes are being used
for it. And many of them are
much better than some of the
country butter" that has been serv-
ed us in some of our eating places.
The planets Venus and Mars were
in conjunction Sunday. This is a
rare thing for these two planets,
Who must have slipped out when
the celestial guardians were not
! watching. But love and war, which
these two planets represent, often
get together on earth.
The tobacco growers are entitled
to what is coming to them, and by
the way they are bucking up in
Central Kentucky it looks like they
are determined to have 1t. The to-
bacco men have been. in many tight
places, but they always manage to
come through right side up.
The big confiagration at Licking
no place, no matter how carefully
provided with fire safeguards, that
is freproof. The destroyed houses
were equipped with automatic
sprinklers, supposed to function III
case an excessive temperature was
reached, yet the fire demon went
through those buildings like spot
of grease through new suit Of
clothes.
Statistics tell Us that ten thousand
people were killed in the United
Estates in 1920 by motor vehicles
Unless something is done to counter
act the growing danger Of the times,
fatalities will become appalling.
The speed-driven motor vehicle is a
pei il in the public streets which il is
increasingly hard to avoid, since
TIE tendency of drivers is to put all
the responsibility for accident on
the pedestrian, and leave no margin
for safety of the latter. This is
demonstrated nearly every day on
the public streets Of Paris, KY.
Rev. c. H. Greer, pastor of the
Paris Methodist church, has been Sc
lected as teacher of the Mems Wes-
ley Adult Bible Class of that church
and the following officers have been
elected to serve for this year: P:esi
dent, VIM. o. Fuller; vice-presidert.
James Doty; secretary-treasurer, n.
H. Ecker. The following commit
tees have been selected: Member
ship-N. H. Bradley, w. H. Hollis,
Jesse Turner, John Kiser, j. r.
Clough, S. T. Chiplay; Reception and
Social-Luther Mcintyre, J. G. Full.
Ter, Luther GrinneIl; Visitors to
Sick and Prisons-Ollie Swim, R. H.
Mattox, R. e. Fuller; Publicity and
Finance-Y. H. Harrison, F. w. Cal.
loway, Dennis V. Snapp; Music--M.
E. McCurdy, Roger McClanahan.
Bryant DOty.