The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-05-10
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Allen were
in Cincinnati a few days last week.
Mr.. Claude Hillock united with
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning. ..-------..--
Mothers Day was observed here
in all the churches in the Sunday
morning service.
Mr.. G. w. Clifford and family
tives at Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. r. Vaught, Of
indianapolis, Ind, are guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Judy.
Quite a number from here at
tended the meeting of Daugherty
Lodge, r. & A. NJ, at Carlisle, Fri
day night.
Master George B. Potts. of Win
chester, was the guest of his uncle,
Mr.. o. L. Potts, and family, from
Saturday until Monday.
Mrs. Homer Wright, Of Nash
Vile, Ca, and Mrs. F. A. Davis and
son, of Louisville, are guests of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. p. Jones.
The restaurant of Mr.. e. r.
Hurst, which was advertised for sale
on last Saturday, was postponed
indefinitely, and may be sold pri-
vately.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Thomson
and little son left Monday for their
home in Chicago, ILL.,, after two
weeks visit to his parents, Squire
and Mrs. E. p. Thomson.
The following were selected
from here as members of the BOur-
bon County Democratic Committee:
Precinct No. 1, Mr.. w. D. Mcintyre
and Mrs. Allie Miller, No. 2, Squire
A. c. Ball and Mrs. V. l.. Barton.
At the last meeting of the City
Council the Millersburg Coal and
Lumber Co. were granted permission
to take down the old building at
the rear of their Office, replacing 1t
with new and more convenient
structure.
The attendance at the Sunday
school. of the Christian church Sun
day morning was 149, five more than
on the same day last year. This is
the largest attendance in twenty
eight years, when on Sunday school
day at that time their books show
!, an enrolment of 1919.
Don't forget that this is "Clean-
up Week." Let everybody get busy
and clean their premises. Wagons
and trucks will be furnished by the
and d. E. Clarke & Co., to haul your
debris away Friday morning. Have
the same in a convenient place,
where they can &c to it.
The new converts, numbering
about twenty-five, united with the
Christian curch during the two pro-
tracted meetings at the Methodist
fellowship at the Sunday morning
service. Mr.. and Mrs. Welsh and
Mrs. Banta united with the Chris
tian church by letter Sunday morn
ing. Several of the new converts re-
! ceived the ordinance of baptism last
Thursday afternoon.
The Old Kentucky Home con-
cert, under the direction Of Mrs. C.
M. Best, will be given at the Graded
School gymnasium, Thursday at
500 p. m. All the music written
by Stephen Foster will be used. The
participants will dress in old COS
tunes. This gives an opportunity Of
airing the costumes of your ances-
tors. The first rehearsal was given
Monday night and the entertain
ment promises to be interesting. Let
everybody attend. The quota for
Millersburg for the purchase of the
Stephen Foster Home, near Bards-
town, should be met.
Fletcher A. Jones. aged SO years.
died Saturday at 500 p. m, at the
home of his brother, H. d. Jones.
Mr.. Jones was born July 16, 1882, at
Mt. Sterling, and with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Jones, moved 70
Millersburg when he was about
eight years of age. With the excep-
tion of nine years, from 1881 to
1890, his entire life since early boy
hood, has been spent in Millersburg.
During these nine. years he resided
lin Pine Bluff, Ark.
At the age of twenty-six he was
united in marriage to Miss Hayes.
of Greencastle, Ind. Their married
life was short, she dying one year
later. Some years later he was again
united in marriage to Miss Lucy
Fleet, Of Richmond, Va, who died
several years ago. Their union was
blessed with four children, one
daughter, who died when a child,
three sons, Messrs. Fleet Jones, OF
Pine Bluff, Ark, D. P. and G.. F.
Jones, of Millersburg, the latter dy-
ing in 1913. He is also survived by
lsix grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren He was one of fam
lily of twelve children, all of whom
have preceded him to the grave but
two, one brother, H. D. Jones, with
whom he resided, and one sister
Mrs. Clara Dabney.
He began life as a harness maker
and was operating a harness shop al
the time of his death, having enjoy
ed more than seventy years in bust
ness and held the confidence and es