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Women In Wax Activity.
cr The Woman's Committee of the
Council of National Defense is the
y great clearing-house for woman's ac
tivities in the prosecution of the war.
. The ahlest women in the Nation are
at the head of its work and the
t afchairpien of the various sub-com.-
r mittees are chosen from the recog
mized specialists in their respective
lines.
It maintains an information bu-
i reau, a library onVoman's activities,
special departments on child welfare,
education, home economics, food pro-
' duction, conservation, etc.
Its mission is to create activity
where it is lacking and to assist in
-. movements already established.
The, following report of the work
J3. v.,, nA.mlmti nnimir urnmon frnm
uuu.e uy cuuiuuu wuu.j i"." .
January 1st to June 25th inclusive,
has been submitted
ton office.
Paris, Ky., June 25, 1918.
Women's War Work in Bourbon
county has been systematically car
ried on through fourteen clubs and
sixteen church organizations. Ade
quate publicity has been given each
branch. We take this opportunity
to render a tribute to the splendid
co-operation of the pulpit, press and
movie managers, utten at great in
convenience, and sometimes at great
sacrifice of time, space and money,
each has responded graciously to
every call. A "Women's Activities"
column .appears weekly in THE
NEWS, one of our local papers, the j
reporting being done by one of the
Woman's Committee. The most sig-
"nificant publicity is through propa-
. ganda the "personal touch," we
find, is the most fruitful in results.
The Civilian Relief Department is
-prepared for action when necessity
arises.
The success of our efforts in food
conservation .has been largely due to
the addresses of splendid educational
value given us by Miss Sweeney, sup
, plemented by practical demonstration
- in the making of war bread and
cakes. The war gardens, canning
and drying demonstrations of last
summer are being repeated, but on a
much larger scale. Through the com
bined efforts of our women and the
County School Superintendent we
again have a leader for the Girl's
Canning Club. Our women are re
sponding cordially to the food regu
lations. The woman who does not
; will eventually find herself ostra-
cised.
The Child Welfare Department is
. in the midst of its work. The out-of-town
children will receive attention
next week. The children of Paris are
"exceeding healthy 208 children (1
to 5 years) have been weighed and
measured only,l below normal.
- The Y. M. C. A. campaign (Health
and Hecreation Department) sent to
the chairman $1,070.00 $70.00
more than our apportionment. Not
even the severest weather of the win
ter seemed to chill the ador of the
workers.
Generous responses have been made
.to the following appeals: American
;and Belgian Relief, The Laura Clay
'Ambulance, Library Building and
Books for Cantonments, Ambulance
t given by Kentucky Federation of Wo
man's Clubs, etc. One elderly woman
with some little help from a few
friends, is working under the Amer
ican Fundfor French Orphans. Her
'last shipment makes a total of 503
garments.
Fifty-three packages, 12 magazines
in each, have been given soldiers
as they pass through Paris on troop
trains en route to southern canton-
i ments.
r A Community Chorus of seventy-
eight is in full working order. It
has furnished the music for five pa
triotic meetings so far. It is our plan
to divide the chorus proper into
? groups once a week, and have these
groups lead community open air
sings" in ainerent parts oi tne city.
After some investigation, we of the
,
, v committee, believe our women not
quite ready for registration. There
has been a wonderful awakening and
.we think the time is now ripe, so
this branch of the work will go for
ward without delay.
Never was Kentucky chivalry more
truly exemplified than during our
Third Liberty Loan, deference, cour-
, tesy and preference being show the
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF' THE
Peoples Deposit Bank & Trust Co.
l Doing business at the town of Paris, County of Bourbon, State of Kentucky, at
the close of business on the 25th day of June, 1918:
""Sh RESOURCES.
JJoans and Discounts $740,703.28
. ' Overdrafts, secured and un-
t secured 1&213.28
. "- Stocks, Bonds and other 'se-
v curities 176,987.621
ig Due from Banks 158,225.68
yf Cash on hand 17,252.24
' Checks and other cash items 2,737.35
Banking House. Furniture
-. and Fixtures . 16,500.00
ui !jOther Assets not iucluded
-1 under any of above heads. 240.80
$1,112,860.25
, STATE .OF, KENTUCKY,
-& ' County of Bourbon.
set.
' Je ?' fdford ami C. K. Thomas, President and Cashier of the above
Sntmed Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of
sJcoowledge and belief.
' ' S. E. BEDFORD, President
: . C K. THOMAS, Cashier.
Snbc!bd and sworn to before'me, this 1st day of July, 1918
My onuniMion expiree January 29, 1920. '
y- . 'x Sz. V& 3l.. ' NELLIE FARRELL, Notary Public-
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the workers of the Woman's Commit
tee. - Of the quota 390;000, our
girls checked up with $268,700. It
seems that Bourbon's ambition is to
nearly double its apportionments.
Final reports gave Bourbon's re
sponse as $600,000, a good part of
the over-subscription having been
due to the wonien's work.
Fifty-three workers formed the
Woman's Committee for the sale of
War Savings Stamps. Between June
1 to 24, they secured $56,487. The
stamps were first put on sale in
March, hence this has been a long
drawn out campaign, both the men
and women workers having found it
rather tedious. This past month of
intensive work, we are sure, will
bring us to the top. Though our ap
portionment was rather large, Bour
bon always goes "over the top."
'Four sub-chapters and two junior
chapters work with the Paris Unit.
The Millersburg Unit is entirely sep
arate, but this report contains the
combined results of both Units.
Membership, 3,713. Apportionment
for recent Red Cross Fund drive,
A nnn ...i. secured S3&.UUU.
; 520 000 amount urea ? j
the Juniors have netted quite a sum.
Our girls conducted a most successful
auction, proceeds over ?j,juu.
TofWOf pqmac When I boarded the ship I was hand
Sewing Department Pajamas,
J..U3; uunvaicovcui, wv, w,
rr j . v.,mlAtiirt nnQTC XX II MS-
pital shirts, 922; helples case gowns,
20; property bags, 386; miscellane
ous, 77
Surgical Dressing Department
Miscellaneous gauze dressings, i.a,-
073. musiin bandages, 1,111; cotton
and paper-backed pads, &uu; pneu
monia jackets, 356; front line pack
ets, (38,050 dressing), 30,805.
Knitting Department Socks
(pairs), 1,158; sweaters, 525; Muf
flers, 10; helmets, 14; wristlets, 130.
One busy club woman and house
keeper has to her credit 75 pairs of
socks, 8 pairs of gloves, 5 sweaters
and two helmets. Having relatives
in every branch of the service, she
expects yet to knit for a General.
Bourbon furnished three register
ed nurses for the Barrow Unit and
five girls are volunteering for train
ing. Under this Chapter a committee is
at work for the fatherless children
of France. Eighty-one of these un
fortunate children are now being pro
vided for by the county, and the work
of soliciting has just begun.
Our busiest women are our hap
piest women. Few are being left out
of the work. Through tears and
heart throbs, we American women,
as never before, are "counting our
blessings."
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. F. SUTHERLAND,
Chairman Bourbon County Woman's
Committee, Council of National
Defense.
For Fatherless French Children.
The Bourbon Committee for the
Fatherless Children of France,"ls now
thoroughly organized with the fol
lowing officers: Chairman, Mrs.
Hancocl Secretary, Mrs. Dailey;
Treasurer, Mrs. Wallace Mitchell.
Thirty-six dollars and fifty cents
adopts a French child boy or girl as
the donor chooses. Correspondence
is opened by the mother or guardian
of the child immediately upon re
ceipt of the money in France.
One hundred have already been
chosen from this locality. Don't you
want to join the ranks? Apply to
one
of the above officers.
At the Red Cross Rooms.
Tuesday U. D. C. and W. C. T. U.
Wednesday Paris Literary Club.
Thursday Wonian's Society Meth
odist church. x
Friday Woman's Society Baptist
church.
Saturday D. A. R.
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CANNING AND PRESERVING
TIME.
Specials for two weeks on tin cans
and Mason jars.
Star Tin Cans, 65 cents per dozen;
Mason Fruit Jars, (quarts) 85 cents
per dozen, gallon size, 95 cents
per dozen.
MARGOLENS' SANITARY MEAT
MARKET. - (2-4t)
REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS
Collector Elwood Hamilton, of the
Seventh Internal Revenue District,
announces the following revenue as
signment for Bourbon county for the
month of July:
No. 77 Julius Kessler & Co., Paris:
J. A. Logan, storekeeper-gauger in
charge; T. L. McConnell, additional.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in in
cash $150,000.00
Surplus Fund 100,000.00
Undivided Profits, less ex- -
penses and taxes paid 20,434.45
Deposits subject
to check.,. 1581,670.94
Demand Certifi
cates of De
posit 264,444.56
853.11S.50
Due Banks and Trust Com
panies 5,310.30
$1,112,860.25
INTEEESTING .LETTER T$0M
PABIS BOY ENltOUTEt
OVERSEAS.
One of the most interesting letters
we have read recently came to a mem
ber of THE NEWS force from' Ben
Leach, formerly of Paris, who enlist
ed in the naval service several
months ago, and was assigned to the
training station at Great Lakes. The
letter was written from Ellis Island,
New York, under date of June 23,
and is as follows:
"ELLIS ISLANDS, NEW YORK,
"June 23, 1918.
"Dear Friend:
"Will write you a farewell letter
from the old U. S. A., as I am now in
New York, awaiting 3 ship to take
me 'over there.' Have" been here,
there and everywhere since I was
home some time ago on a furlough.
"After reporting to the Great
Lakes Training Station on April 1, I
was transferred to the Naval Operat
ing Base at Hampton Roads, Ya. I
remained there three days. Then I
was sent aboard the battleship
Iillinois, and was there six weeks.
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the words: 'You are here for inten
sive training' and, believe me, it was
no joke. I boarded the ship at one
o'clock on Friday afternoon, and at
midnight I began my duties down in
the flreroom. Never was I in ajplace
so hot before. When I first entered
there I thought that it would be im
possible for a human being to put in
four hours in that place, but at the
end of my four hours I came out all
right. After a few days at the work
I wanted to be on the job all the
time, but during the six weeks I was
on the ship I only fired three weeks.
"I think 'they must have given me
a little bit of training at everything
in the navy. When I enlisted the offi
cer told me all I would have to do
would be to fire, but I have learned
quite differently. I scrubbed the deck
for one week, stood auxiliary watch
in the ice plant for one week; and to
finish it up was on mess duty for one
week. The mess was the best job of
the whole lot. I happened to be
lucky and got on the Chief Petty
Officers' mess. They certainly do get
good eats, and while I was on the
job I rated the same in eats as they
did. I could put in my four years at
that and be perfectly satisfied
"After finishing my six weeks on
the ship I was then sent to the'-navy
yard at Norfolk, Va., 'where I remain
ed only one day, when I was trans
ferred to the navy yard at Philadel
phia, where I remained two weeks.
Did not do any work there, but drill
ed on the 'grinder' every morning
and had boat drill in the afternoon.
The first afternoon we were out for
boat drill I thought they would-put
me in a little row boat, like thefone
the Chippewa Club used to have' on
Stoner, and maybe you think I wasn't
surprised when we reached the deck.
They put us in, a boat, the oars) of
which themselves, would weigh more
than the boats they have on St6ner,
or at least I thoughts the first time
I tried to toss one. I had to sit on
one end of it before I could get it
started upward, and when the cox
swain would give the order 'Let fall,'
I would almost go out with the oar.
'fcWe got liberty the first day in
Philadelphia, which we reached on
Saturday morning, and at one o'clock
in the afternoon we were off until
seven-thirty on Monday morning. It
was the first time we have been on
liberty for ten weeks, and you can
bet I was gone until Monday, I
reached the yards just ten minutes
before my time was up. I was out
every night we were there, and I cer
tainly was sorry when I learned that
I was on the drafted list for the re
ceiving ship at New York. I am
anxious to get across the pond, but
would like to have remained at
Philadelphia a little longer. Was
just getting acquainted with the city
when they pulled me out.
"I arrived in New York on Wed
nesday of last week, and was placed
on the receiving ship, . W. Morse.
Was there two days when they trans
ferred me to the receiving ship at
Ellis Island, where I am now await
ing further orders.
"Quite a change for me has been
made since I wrote the above. The
bugle sounded 'quarters' and we all
had to fall in line. They wanted fif
teen men for seaman guard, and out
of about fifteen hundred men here on
the island, I was one of the number
to be picked out. Will enter on my
duties to-morrow, with liberty every
other night, and forty-eight hours
every third day. Am rather glad to
get the job, for those who are not on
guard only rate liberty every fourth
night. Another good thing about it
is the guards enter the mess hall
first, and that is the main thing in
the navy, not that you don't get
enough to eat if you come in last, for
we certainly do get all we can eat
and more. But when you are at the
rear of the line it takes about thirty
minutes for all to get in, and it is an
awful strain to have to wait that
long when you know you are in line
for 'chow.' This is certainly some
great place for the eats. If I did not
have on a naval uniform I would
think I was in some swell hotel. The
building we are quartered in is like a
palace, just one big building covering
the whole island.
"We had a vaudeville show here
last Friday night, followed by a
dance in the main lobby. About five
hundred of the prettiest girls in New
York were here, and you can bet I
had some tim.
"Was abou to forget to tell you
about the great sights which are in
view of Ellis Island. First comes
the Statue of Liberty, which is only
two hundred yards away; then copies
the Colgate clock, the largest in the
world; also the Woolworth building,
Which is only seven hundred and
eighty feet high; and last is -the
wonderful Brooklyn Bridge. "The
island is surrounded by NewTYbrk,
Brooklyn and Jersey City. Another
thing, all the ships that go across
pass by the Island. There are' so
many going out that it looks ilik a
continuous performance, and if is the
.same wth the ships thathave
are
returning
for.
"They are certainly rushing the
soldiers across.' I have recently seen I
seven or eight big transports filled
to their capacity go out since I have
been here. From what a soldier told
me the other dayvthe jackies are cer
tainly doing their part 'over there.'
Hehad just returned after being in
the trenches for six months. He says
there are forty-five thousand blue
jackets in the front line trenches. I
hope they do not wait too long to
take me over, for I honestly want to
get a few Huns before the war is
oyer. From the way things look now
I 'don't think it will last very much
longer. From hundreds of reports
received here the Germans are about
out of food, and a Sammie told
,me the Americans and the Allies
have plenty. He said they get better
grub behind the trenches than we do
here, and if he is telling the truth,
they haven't a thing to grumble
about.
"When I get across I would like
very much to haye THE BOURBON
NEWS. I would certainly like to get j
it here, but there is no certainty as
to how long I will be here. Will
write again when I get on the other
side of the big wide ocean. Tell all
the boys in THE NEWS and the Ken-tuckian-Citizen
office good-bye for
me, and here's good luck to all and
best wishes for them. Until I return,
"Sincerely Yours,
"BEN LEACH."
"Receiving Ship at Ellis Island,
New York."
FARMERS, INVESTIGATE NEW
TOBACCO HAH INSURANCE
LIMITS AND RATES
We are authorized to make the fol
lowing rates and limits for tobacco
hail insurance, policies taking effect
July lty:
Limit Rates
? 75 an acre $5.25
100,00 an acre 6.00
125. 0D an acre 6.75
150. Oh an acre 7.50
We believe these conditions make
tobacc?hail insurance a much better
proposion.
See us before insuring, and let us
explain it to you.
YERKES & PEED.
At Farmers' and Traders' Bank, Both
Phones No. No. 45.
(28-3t)
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ALLEGED DESERTER RETURNED
Private Arthur Carney, who was
placed under arrest last week by
Sheriffs McClintock and Marshall, on
suspicion of being a deserter from an
army camp, was taken to Camp
Shelby, Miss., last night in charge of
Corporal Albert Cayce, who had been
detailed from the camp for that pur
pose. Fire, Wind and Lightning
Insurance. ,
Thomas, Woodford & Bryan
SILK
SHIRTS
New Patterns
$4.oo to $6.oo
NECKWEAR
25c to $1.00
HOT
been across and
another cargo. .
WIY SWELTER this hot weather wjjen you can Buy clothes thet will keep you cool
and comfortable? You can come here and select a Palm Beach, Tropical Worsted,
Mohair and Crash, and be pleased with the style and fit. Every suit is hand
tailored and styled in latest models. The patterns are strictly new, coming in tans, greys
and fancy stripes and checks, you can be assured of good values here, as our clothes are
priced lower than elsewhere.
$8.50 to $20.00
7th and Main
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One-Price Store
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Latest Styles!
$1.50 to $5.oo
HOSIERY
15c to 75c
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