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THE BOUEBON . HEWS, 2ABK, XMTITCKY ?9Tfl
J TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1915.
INTERESTING OIL NOTES
BIRTHDAY DINNER.
The Paris Oil & Gas Company has
just made its first distribution, to its
stockholders in the shape of a 50 per
cent dividend.
Operating the Poplar Thicket lease,
Lee county, the Co-operating Land &
Development Company is preparing
to sink well No. 3.
The Parboken Oil Company's well
No. 3, on the Kincaid lease in Lee
county is' promising and the drilling
rig is now working on well No. 5.
On tne Tyree lease in Lee county,
the Co-operating Land & Develop
ment Company of Paris and Lexing
ton, hascompleted its initial well,
which is credited with 40 barrels.
The McCombs Producing & Refin
ing Company is installing a ?20,000
compression plant at Campton, which
will be used in pumping the 52 wells
owned and operated by the company
in "Wolfe county.
The Bourbon Oil & Development
Company report the breaking of a
wrist pin in the drilling outfit in
Elliott county, which has delayed
work on a well now down to a depth
of 970 feet, and which, when drilled
in is expected to be a gusher.
The Frank Calhoun Company, drill
ing on the Rice Crooks farm near
Nontli Middletown, at a depth of 1,
100 feet, struck a vein of mineral
water, that in taste is very similar
to the famous Blue Lick. A sam
ple was sent to Lexington to the Ex
periment Station for analysis.
The Little Banjo Oil Company, of
Paris, has let contracts to drill three
wells on its holdings in Elliott coun
ey. A well was recently brought in
and shot by this company on its
holdings, which pumped 60 barrels
for two weeks, but was forced to shut
down because of lack of pipe line facilities.
The Associated Oil Royalties Cor
poration made two promising invest
ments lately when they secured
a. one-sixteenth royalty in the Cherry
lease in Allen county and a 3-33 in
terest in the Motley-Saxon tract of 23
acres in the same county. There are
fifteen pumping wells on the above
tracts.
The Lane Oil Company, of Paris,
is reported to have purchased a sub
stantial interest in 230 acres in Allen
county. There are 14 producing
wells, on this lease. Two more ma
chines have been started to work and
.the company expects to drill at least
twenty more wells during the pres
ent season.
Regardless of unfavorable labor
and health conditions in the Eastern
Kentucky oil fields and of the in
tense heat that has been experienced
during the past few weeks, activities
in both sections of the oil districts
of Kentucky are on the increase.
There was an increase of almost 7,
000 barrels in runs reported by the
Cumberland Pipe Line Company dur
ing the past week, which, with the
reported amount of contracts for
drilling and new leases that have
been acquired, indicates that the
next few weeks will see larger pro
ductions in runs and competitions
than has been the case in the past.
Representatives of Oklahoma com
panies are becoming interested in
Kentucky pools, and a number of
Kentucky companies have sent scouts
and representatives to Oklahoma and i STATE
Texas to make a study of the condi
tions in those States in regard to the
oil prospects and to obtain leases.
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Mrs. John Woodford entertained
in honor of her father's 77th birth
day anniversary Saturday at her
home near Paris, with an elaborate
dining.
If any of the pessimists who grum
ble and moan that the "good old days
are over in Kentucky" had been pres
ent at the Woodford home on Satur
day, June 21, they would have had
their last fear put to flight and been
obligated to acknowledge that the
hospitality that once made us ramous,
still lives and flourishes.
Mr. and Mrs. John Woodford have
that peculiar grace that seems to be
the birthright of true-born Kentuck--
ians, of making their guests so sin
cerely welcome as to make an invita
tion to their attractive home eagerly
sought for by their friends.
Saturday, June 21st was the occa
sion of the gathering together of one
of the representative families of this
section in. response to an invitation
from Mrs. Woodford. It was the
77th anniversary of the birth of her
father, Mr. John VanMeter, of Boyle
county, and the VanMeter clan gath
ered from far and near to do him
honor.
Forty guests sat around the long
hospitable table that fairly groaned
beneath its burden of good things,
and just for a minute the talk and
laughter was stilled, as in a few well
chosen words Mr. VanMeter gave
thanks to the Giver of every good
and perfect gift. As the words fell
from his lips, every heart present
was saying "A hoary, head is a crown
of glory it it be found in the way of
righteousness."
The guests lingered until the
shadows begun to lengthen and only
the long drive that lay before many
of them, brought them to the part
ing of the ways. Mr. VanMeter look
ed like a pariarch of old, as he stood
among his kinspeople and listened
to their happy wishes for many re
turns of the day and the love and
affection they so freely expressed.
The only child of the Woodford home
bears his grandfather's name in full,
and as the two stood side by side a
line from Lowell most fittingly came
to mind, "If youth be a defect, it is
one we outgrow only too soon."
Mr. VanMeter's two daughters,
Miss Anna and Miss Sue Vanmeter,
accompanied him to Bourbon. The
guests present were:
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. VanMeter, Mrs.
Emma V. Hamilton, Mrs. William
Pettit, Mr. William Petti t, Mr. Har
old Pettit, Mrs. Scott VanMeter, Mrs.
Fannie V. Savage, Mr. L. M. Vanme
ter, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. VanMeter,
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon VanMeter, Mr.
Joe VanMeter, Misses Mabel and
Martha VanMeter, all of Lexington;
Mr. and Mrs. Prewitt VanMeter, Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. VanMeter, Mr. Em
manuel VanMeter, Mr. Willis Van
Meter, Mrs. Nelson VanMeter, Misses
Elizabeth VanMeter, Anna Coleman
VanMeter, Amelia Clay VanMeter,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Duty, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Gay, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gay,
of Winchester; Mr. J. M. VanMeter,
Misses Anna and Sue VanMeter, of
Danville; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Steen
bergen and Miss Frances Steenber
gen, of Paris.
LATEST ON THE TOWN!
Have you seen the new car?
OAKLAND MOTOR SALES CO.,
108 Tenth Street.
(17-3t)
HAIL INSURANCE.
Insure your tobacco against
hail with
YERKES & PEED.
Prompt and satisfactory adjustments.
(june20-tf)
IN THE SERVICE OP THEIR
COUNTRY.
Gunner's Mate Edwin B. Patin, in
charge of the naval recruiting station
at Lexington, announces that Asa B.
Webb, of Paris, has enlisted in the
service. Webb will leave for Louis
ville to-day for final examination.
Mr. Heshel Humble, who has been
in the service overseas for several
months returned to Paris, Sunday
night, having received his final dis
charge papers. He was first in the
forestry branch of the service, and
was later transferred to the regular
service and sent overseas. He is a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Drake Thompson, on -.Duncan avenue.
Mr. Henry C. Curtis, of Paris, re
ceived a message Saturday from his
son, Lieut. Earl Curtis, stating that
he had arrived in Ft. Worth, Texas,
for a short visit and would come to
Paris soon. Lieut. Curtis was in the
service on the Mexican-Texan border
for two years and later in France,
where he won promotion.
Dr. B. F. Orr and family, of
Stoner avenue, received a radio mes
sage yesterday from Capt. (Dr.) Jas.
A. Orr, stating that he would land
at Charleston, S. C, in a few hours
and would proceed to a demobiliza
tion camp, where he would be mus
tered out of the service. Capt. Orr
was in the Medical Corps of the
Army overseas.
Private James Horton, of Paris,
who volunteered in the service at the
beginning of the world-war, has re
turned home on an indefinite fur
lough. He came from the camp at
Quantico, Va., where he was sent af
ter arriving from overseas. Horton
was a member of the Marines, but
did not get to see any active fighting.
Mr. W. B. Tinsley, formerly con
nected with the Paris Gas & Electric
Co., spent several days here as guest
of friends. Mr. Tinsley had been in
the service overseas, and received his
final discharge about five weeks ago.
After a visit to his old home in Salem,
Virginia, and spending some time at
other points in the East and West
visiting he came to Paris for a short
stay. Mr. Tinsley has resumed his
old position as traveling man for a
large Western manufacturing con
cern, having headquarters in St.
Louis.
Among the members of the color
ed contingent recently returned
from overseas, were the following
from the North Middletown vicinity:
Charlie Ed Mason, Andrew Finch,
Chester Finch, Chas. Butler, Lucien
Mack and Essie Stevenson. All had
been in the service in France, but
were not close to the firing line, and
did not participate in any of the bat
tles. Mason received a promotion to
First Sergeant and Butler was made
Supply Sergeant. They said they
were glad to get back to old Ken
tucky, but that if they were needed
again they would gladly return.
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LATEST ON THE TOWN
Have you seen the new car?
OAKLAND MOTOR SALES CO.,
108 Tenth Street.
(17-3t)
MONEY RIGHT IN YOUR HAND
FOR EGOS. POULTRY
AND JUNK.
HAIL INSURANCE.
Hail Insuranct on tobacco.
Thomas, Woodford & Bryan.
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BAR ASSOCIATION
MEET AT LEXINGTON.
TO
KENTUCKY DAY OBSERVED AT
METHODIST CENTENARY.
Recognition of the fact that Meth
odist missionary achievements had
their beginning in the Buckeye State
in 1819 was made by several speak
ers at the Ohio and Kentucky Day
celebration at the Methodist Cente
nary, at Columbus, O.
Former Governor James E. Camp
bell was a speaker for the State, in
the absence of Governor James M.
Cox, detained at his home at Dayton
"by illness. Mr. Campbell, in elo
quent terms, insisted that Ohio was
the promised land for the early set
tlers and that for a hundred years
the history of the State has been in
terwoven with the history of Metho
dism. Chief Justice Hugh L. Nich
ols, of the Ohio Supreme Court, prais
ed the Methodist church for the part
it lias taken in the cause of good gov
ernment. Bishon William F. Anderson, of
Cincinnati, in charge of the Centen
ary campaign in Ohio and Indiana
and part of Kentucky, told of the
generous way in which the people of
that area had gone over the top in
the great missionary drive.
. B-4 FIRE
Insure with
W.O.HINTON &SON,Agts
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CLUBHOUSE ON BIX RIVER NEAR
DANVILLE BURNED.
Marguerite Fox's houseparty came
lo an abrupt close when the club
house on the Dix River, near Dan
Tille, burned to the ground. Dinner
was being served when a coal oil
tove exploded. The entire kitchen
was in flames immediately and all ef
forts to check the fire were futile.
rirt, Wind and Lightning
Insurance.
Tbmc, Wetdtard Jc Bryan
Between 150 and 200 lawyers from
all parts of the State are expected to
attend the eighteenth annual session
of the Kentucky State Bar Associa
tion, which will be held in Lexing
ton, Thursday and Friday, June 26
and 27. The sessions will be held in
the Circuit Court room.
Attractive features have been ar
ranged by the Fayette Bar Associa
tion for the entertainment of the vis
iting lawyers and their wives.
Luncheon will be served them at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Thurs
day, and Friday lunch will be served
at the Country Club, after which op
portunities will be afforded for danc
ing, golf and motor trips to points of
interest about Lexington. A recep
tion will be given to, Henry St.
George Tucker, of Lexington, Va.,
who will make the annual address,
and the visiting lawyers and their
guests at the Phoenix Hotel immedi
ately following the evening session
Thursday.
The annual banquet will be held
at the Phoenix Hotel at 7:30 o'clock
Friday, June 27. Judge William
Rogers Clay, Commissioner of Ap
peals at Frankfort, formerly of Lex
ington, will be the toastmaster.
There will be a large attendance
by members of the Bourbon county
bar. Judge Denis Dundon, of Paris,
is one of tne vice-presidents of the
Association.
HAIL INSURANCE.
Insure your tobacco against
hall with
YERKES & PEED.
Prompt and satisfactory ad
justments. (june20-tf)
TAKE IT DOWN!
When an old building becomes
tumbled-down-and-out,and unsightly,
and a general eye-sore, there is an in
stant demand for its removal. The
big billboard in the court house yard
is in the same class. Having-served
the purpose for which it was erected,
is there any longer real need for 're
taining it It is not the least bit or
namental, and with its frayed and
torn posters, does not in the least
add to the attractiveness of the build
ing or the lawn. Why shouldn't it
be removed?
Highest cash price for eggs.
poultry, hides and junk.
MUNICH & WIDES CO.,
(11-tf) Eighth Street, Paris Ky.
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SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN IS
CONDUCTED THIS WEEK.
The work of raising money in Ken
tucky for the House Service Fund of
the Salvation Armv of America, hv
means of which the Army will con
tinue its work among the poor, out
cast, fallen and abandoned in the big
cities and relieve the wants of suffer
ing children due to poverty for which
they have been in no way to blame,
is now on in Kentucky. It is a
movement which ought to be aided by
every man, woman and child, who
believes in work for humanity.
"They that are whole need not a
physician, but they that are sick,"
said the lowly Nazarene, and this
doctrine the Salva'tion Army has been
practicing ever since the founding of
the movement by General William
Booth in the slums of London. Evan
geline Booth is at the head of the Sal
vation Army in America. With the
endorsement of General John J.
Pershing, Secretary of War Baker,
President Wilson, General Foch and
General Joffre of the work done
among the soldiers of Europe, her or
ganization is going before America
for funds for the work at home, since
the work among the soldiers has been
practically completed. Let us all give
to this worthy enterprise as we are
able a-nd as we gave to every other
drive for such work since the war
began. No money we have ever given
will bring more beneficial results
than this given to the Salvation
Army.
ELECTEIC PANS KEEP KOOL
AND KOMFOETABLE
Largest shipment of Westinghouse
electric fans ever brought to Paris
has just been received. All 'sizes,
styles and prices. See the small bed
room fan it is a comfort almost in
dispensible. PARIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
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THE HOT WEATHER STOVES
CHAMBERS ITRELESS GAS
RANGES.
Get a pamphlet and see what you
can save by using a Chambers Fire
less Gas Range. Let us show you
this stove it's a wonder. ,
(30-8t)
JOHN MERRINGER.
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PIANOFORE
Tuneful Light Opera
Doctor
J. S. Montgomery
'The Voice of the New
Age."
Robert Goldsmith
"The
League
tions."
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DUNBAR'S WHITE HUSSARS, A SINGING BAND
Cormeling's Old
Colonial Band
Baldy Strong' 3
.Entertainers
C. W. WASSAM
"The Secret Power."
DR. K. K, VIOLETT "The Sunset Trail"
A Bis Paris Favorite.
EMILY WATERMAN
Concert Party
DR. JOHN A. GARY
"Out of Work"
ELIZABETH HUNT
Red Cross Nurse.
MARIE VAN
GASTEL, BELGIAN WAR NURSE
"The Invasion of Belgium."
SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Prices Adults $2.20, Children $1.10, War Tax Included
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Don't Let the Weather
Man Bother You
J Summer is a strenuous period for every
man, and to feel right: mentally and physically
you must be dressed in cool, comfortable cloth
ing. We are making a special showing of the
kind of summer clothing that will help you
keep as "cool as 'a cucumber,' ' and make you
feel more like living this hot weather.
Not only must your clothes be light, but
they must look, right and you can depend on
, Walsh's Clothes for that.
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PALM BEACHES, MOHAIRS,
CRASHES
are the practical things for hot weather, and
they are well made to hold their shape. They
are made in waist seam styles single breasted
models and all other good styles. All colorings,
sizes and models for every one. If you are
looking for good values, come here.
Summer Suits
$10 to $20
What About Head Comfort?
Your head can be "made feel comfortable
right here. One of " our Straws, Panamas or
Leghorns will add much to your "head com
fort" this hot weather. '
Straws
$lto$5
Panamas Leghorns
$4 to $6 $2 to $4
mi $& jjr fo -ft
THE GENUINE CLOTH
MFCOffr OOOOAU. WORSTED CO.
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R. P. WALSH
7th and Main
One-Price Store
Paris, Ky.
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