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PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919
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$0 THE. DEMOCRATS OF BOUR
BON COUNTY.
Ihe contest for political suprem
acy in Kentucky is coming to an
end. The election is but a few days
off. The questions to be decided
are: Shall A. T. Hert, Indiana mil
jUciaire political boss, Thruston Bal
lard, billionaire flour manufacturer,
tLd is charging Kentuckians $1.10
mere per barrel for his flour than he
charges people of other States, and
j3d. Morrow, professional office-seeker,
and the chatterbox of cheap pol
itics, rule Kentucky? Shall the
diny flag of the Searcy-Chilton Re
puoiican bosses of Louisville wave
from the Capitol at Frankfort? Shall
the 75,000 negro Republican voters
of this State elect their ticket and
"bring back the dark days of Taylor,
Bradley and Augustus E. "Wilson
rule in Kentucky?
Do not be deceived. "We have a
SgM on our hands. The Republicans
jiave been organizing in every pre
cinct in Kentucky for months. They
iare an immense corruption fund
wita which they hope to debauch
Kentucky manhood. They are active
slid every one of them will be at the
polls November 4th. They are
spending sleepless nights contriving
every sort of scheme in the hope of
encompassing Democratic defeat.
Are you as active and untiring for
the success of Democracy and the
triumph of a white man's govern
enwnent in old Kentucky?
Our last word is one of good cheer
s.nd hope. Kentucky is Democratic.
Kentucky manhood can not be
bought. A united Democratic party
has never been and cannot be beaten
in this State. "We are united and
confident. But we must get out our
full vote. Take off your coat. Roll
up your sleeves, get busy and -we'll
win.
United We Stand; Divided We
Pall.
LOOK OUT MB, HALLOWE'EN
PBANKERS TO-NIGHT
To-night will be Hallowe'en, one
of the principal festive occasions of
the season, when ghosts, goblins and
evil spirits are supposed to be out
on parade. The mischevious youth
will be on hand, and it would be
well for every one to take inside
everything of a portable nature, or it
may oe missing tne following morn
ing, several Hollowe'en parties
have been arranged to take place to
night, and the great event will be
appropriately celebrated in many
ways.
The celebration of Hallowe'en in
this city to-night will be conducted
on the "honor system." There is no
law here against the wearing of
masks or the clothing of opposite
sexes, and in the past few years this
b.as been an excuse for rowdyism on
the part of many celebrators. This
year's plans are for a sane and or
derly celebration of the event.
The police have received instruc
tions to take cognizance of any acts
of rowdyism under the guise of Hal-
lowe en celebrations, and any such
conduct will be promptly and effici
ently dealt with. The police have
have been also instructed that the
rights of women and girl pedestri
ans on the streets must be respected.
Any reports of property damage
through the overt acts of would-be-celebrators
will be investigated, and
the guilty parties, if apperhended,
will be made to suffer the penalty in
the court of Judge Martin.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
"THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS"
THE ELYING SQUADRON.
Only a small audience greeted
"The Flying Squadron" at the court
house in this city Wednesdty morn-
me. wnen .Lynn w imams, "Tne
All the good things in Harold
Bell Wright's novel are concentrat
ed in the' filmanization of "The
Shepherd of the Hills." This is one
of the few stories that has not been
spoiled in the retelling for the pict-
! ures. It remained for the ex-Kansas
City clergyman to find romance in
the 'Ozarks long before that country
had become a national vacation land
as it is now. The story of Mr.
Wright's transition from a wander
ing landscape painter to a clergy
man and later an author who has
Flying Parson" of Chicago, address- since become famous in all lands is
interestingly toia Dy tne aramauo
critic of the Kansas City Times.
Grand Opera House, Monday and
Tuesday, Nov. 3 and 4, matinee and
night.
ed them in the interest of the State
wide prohibition movement. The
speaking was held in the County
Court room, on account of the
weather.
0 CRAFTS TO SPEAK HERE TO--NIGHT.
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One of the most noted orators in'
the country, Dr. Wilbur R. Crafts,
of Washington, D. C, will speak at
the court house in this city to-night
(Friday) at eight o'clock, in the in
terest of the State-wide prohibition
amendment, which is to be voted on
at the regular November elcetion
next Tuesday, November 4. There
will be no admission charged and
the public is extended a cordial in
vitation to attend.
Fire, Wind and Lightning
Insurance.
' Thomas, Woodford & Bryan
LAW VIOLATOR FINED.
In the County Court Tuesday,
Elmer Linville, of the Ruddles Mills
vicinity, who was arrested by County
Game Warden Douglass Thomas, on
a warrant charging him with vio
lating the game laws, plead guilty
to the charge. He was assessed a
fine of $23.50 by County Judge Geo.
Batterton.
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FRANK & CO.
LADIES' OUTFITTERS
SPECIAL
SALE
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$1.10
FRANK & CO.
LADIES' OUTFITTERS
Automobile Delivery
Frank Collier purchased at private
sale Tuesday from George Reynolds,
his farm of 125 acres, located on the
Cane Ridge pike, eight miles from
Paris, for $47,000.
Through the real estate firm of
Harris & Speakes, T. J. Marders, ad
ministrator of the estate of the late
George W. Morrow, sold at public
sale on the premises Tuesday after
noon, tne nome place, located on the
North Middletown and Austerlitz
pike containing fifty-five acres. The
purchaser was Thomas Crawford, of
Bourbon county, who secured the
farm at $353.25 an acre, a total of
?19,430.
The C. U. Bramlette real estate
agency, of Carlisle, reports the sale
of the R. A. Berry farm of .sixty
acres, near East Union, in Nicholas
county, to Nathan Buckler, of Bour-
Don county, ior a private price.
David Clark and G. W. Bramblette,
of Millersburg, sold Wednesday to
Mattox & Son, 125 acres of land,
known as the Murray farm, near
Millersburg, for $285 . an acre.
Messrs. Clark and Bramblette had
owned the farm, but two days, and
in making the sale cleared $4,000.
Harris & Speakes sold at public
sale on the premises, Tuesday, for
'Geo. C. Thompson, Sr., his farm of
420 acres, located on the Ruddles
Mills pike, for a total of $88,000.
The farm was sold in two tracts.
Tract No. 1, containing 246 ;acres,
was purchased by Clifton Dalzell, of
Paris, for $216 an acre. Tract No.
2, containing 173 acres, was secured
by Wm. Brannock and J. W. Con
nell, of near Paris, at $205 an acre.
In this sale Mr. Thompson realized
more than double the price he paid
for the farm four years ago, when
he bought it from Wm. H. Whaley,
Jr., for $105 an acre. The sale
Tuesday averaged $211 an acre. Mr.
Connell on Wednesday resold his
purchase to J. B. Caywood at an ad
vance of $10 per acre.
Dr. W. B. Robinson, of Mt. Ster
ling, sold tract one of his Bourbon
county farm, containing twelve
acres, to Will Rash, of Bourbon
county, for $275 an acre. Tract No.
2 was unsold. The third tract, con
taining 145 acres, was sold to C. B.
Curtis, of North Middletown, for
$180.25 an acre.
Owing to the inclement weather
and other reasons, the sale of thef
Oder farm, near Hutchison, schedul;
ed for yesterday, was pustponed,
and will be held at another date.
HOSPITAL REPORT READ
SPECIAL MEETING.
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EXPERTS FIGURING ON PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
Several experts representing some
of the largest concerns in the Unit
ed States have been in Paris for
several days, in consultation with
Mayor January and members of the
Council Committees on Improve
ments, etc.
For some time the matter of muni
cipal ownership of public service
utilities of this city have been un
der consideration, but the matter has
been held in abeyance until estimates
of cost could be procured. The first
of these will be the installation of a
complete electric light plant. The
experts have secured complete data
as to the number of high power
electric lights, as well as those of
lesser capacity, necessary to furnish
the city with light, and to take
care of private consumers. The re
port will be completed soon and sub
mitted at a meeting of the Council.
AT THE PARIS GRAND AND THE
ALAMO.
To-day, Friday, October 31 Mad
eline Traverse, in "The Rose of The
West;" Anne Luther and Chas.
Hutchison, in "The Great Gamble."
To-morrow, Saturday, November 1
Tom Moore, in "Heartsease;" Jas.
J. Corbitt, in "The Midnight Man."
Monday, November 3 All-Star
Cast, in "The Other Half;" Bill Par
sons Comedy, "Close To Nature."
MONDAY COUNTY COURT DAY.
Next Monday will' be County Court
day, when a large attendance of
farmers and traders is expected to be
in the city. There will be public
speaking at the court house by Hon.
Harry V. McChesney and Mr. Maury
Kemper, in the interest of the Dem
ocratic State ticket. Being the day
before the regular election, there
will be a great deal doing among
the politicians, who will take ad
vantage of the presence in the city
of large numbers of voters to fix up
their fences for the contest to follow
the next day.
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HORTENSE NEILSEN AT HIGH
SCHOOL THURSDAY.
Everyone who can possibly do so
should hear Miss Neilsen at the
High School n ext Thursday, Nov.
6th. Miss Nielsen is one of the fore
most impersonators on 'the American
stage to-day. This week, she ap
peared on Monday, Kentucky Col
lege, Lexington; Wednesday, Tran
sylvania College, and Sayre College,
Lexington; Thursday at Center Col
lege, Danville; Friday, Georgetown
College, Georgetown; Saturday,
Wesleyan College, Winchester.
Miss Neilsen is a sister of Alice
Neilsen, the grand opera -singer.
Every student and 'lovers of art and
literature should not miss this op
portunity. -
At a special meeting of tse .Paris
City Council, Tuesday night, called
for the purpose, the report of the
special committee appointed by the
Council to investigate the manage
ment and condition of the Massie
MemoriaL Hospital, was read.
The testimony given before the
special committee covered about
lulce uuuurea typewritten pages,
and included sixteen physicians;
representatives of the past and pres
ent Fiscal Court; fourteen nurses
who have been employed at the Mas
sie Hospital and in twenty-nine
cities. Only about one-third of the
testimony was. read, owing" to the
length of the statements. The Coun
cil adjourned until Wednesday night
when the remainder of the report
was read. The Council took thbre
port under advisement, and made it
a special order to be acted upon at
a meeting to be held in the future.
The testimony of the various wit
nesses was preceded by statements
from the investigating committee.
The report was signed by the mem
bers of the committee, Misses Helen
Hutchcraft and Mary K. Stone, and
Mrs. Wm. Kenney.
The following is a complete text
of the statement of the committee in
troducing the' report:
"The Committee appointed by the
City Council of Paris, Kentucky, to
investigate the general management
and conditions of the Massie Memo
rial Hospital submits herewith all
evidence of those who appeared in
iilg the institution, as recorded by a
stenographer and a notary public.
"Sixteen physicians of the county
have testified. One, as a member of
the Hospital Board, asked to be ex
cused. All persons at present em
ployed, and as many as possible of
those employed in the past, at the
hospital, were asked to appear. The
eyidence of those who addeared in
response to our summons is given.
"The president of the Hospital
Board and all members of the Wo
men's Board, were requested to be
present, ut tnis number two ap
peared, two stated over . the tele
phone that they knew nothing of in
terest, one was unable to come be
cause of illness in the family, and
one was out of town. The response
of the chairman of the Women's
Board came in the form of a note,
which is attached to this report.
"Evidence of several public offi
cials who have had some connection
rtvith the Hospital is 'included. IThe
evidence also includes the testimony
of a miscellaneous group of pebple
who were summoned or who came
voluntarily.
"We realize that a limitless amount
of testimony might have been col
lected from the public-at-large, but
inosmuch as full testimony is
given by the persons having the
most intimate knowledge of the af
fairs of the hospital, viz. the physi
cians and the nurses, the evidence
collected is deemed adequate."
DEED CASE ITLED IN CIRCUIT
COURT.
A suit has been filed in the office
of Circuit Clerk Wm. H. Webb, by
Miss Letitia Clay, of near Paris,
through her attorneys, E. M. Dick
son, of Paris, and Judge Ed. O'Rear
of Frankfort, against Brooks Clay'
of the county, in which Joseph H.'
Clay, Henry B. 'Clay, Frank Clay
and Mrs. Maggie Clay Howard are
also mentioned as co-defendants.
The suit asks to have certain
deeds given by the plaintiff to the
defendant set aside, and that she be
adjudged owner of the property sub
ject to certain condition expressed
in a will of her father, Henry Clay.
The land is in three tracts and ag
gregates 42 u acres.
The plaintiff's father, Henry Clay,
died in 1898,. leaving his estate to
his children, Letitia, Joseph N. and
George Clay, decreeing that if either
Letitia or George Clay should die
without children their share would
go to the other. George died in
September, 1919. The plaintiff
claims that before his death, by
threats, duress and force, he made
her sign deeds of the property to
Brooks. Clay, the defendant, for
which she never received any com
pensation or consideration.
DOCTOR ALEXANDER IS OUT FOR
BLACK
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
The Rev. Roger T. Nooe, of Frank
fort, Ky., who has only recently re
turned from service in France, will
deliver an address at the Opera
House, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 2, at
3 o'clock. The Rev. Noe is a force?
ful speaker and thrills his audience
with enthusiasm. The churches and
other organizations of the county
are requested to arrange their busi
ness meetings so as to not conflict
with this meeting, as it is the earn
est desire of those having the mat
ter in charge to give every person in
the county an opportunity to hear
Mr. Nooe. Among the musical at
tractions will be a solo by Capt.
Robert Harbeson, a returned soldier.
Admission free.
Rev. Roger Nooe will spsak at the
Paris Opera House on Sunday after
noon at 3 p. m. instead of Sunday
evening, as originally stated. In ad
dition to the address by Dr. Nooe a
special musical program has been
arranged.,. Mr. James Caldwell has
secured the Boys' Band of Maysville,
for the occasion. Capt. Harbison
will sing. All the churches of Bour
bon county are uniting in the meet
ing and a crowded house is assured.
Admission will be free.
"Grandfather" Dailey has the
honor of being the first subscriber to
the "Y" campaign, which is just
starting. "Grandfother" was at Camp
Daniel Boone last summer and is es
pecially interested in that phase of
the State "Y" work. He has room
ed at the Y. M. C. A. building for
more than a year.
AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS MEET
IN LEXINGTON.
Mrs. Harrison Garner Foster, of
Lexington, was elected Kentucky
War Mother to succeed Mrs. Reuben
Hutchcraft, of Paris, at tne first an
nual meeting of the Kentucky chap
ters at the Parish House, in Lexing
ington, Tuesday. Mrs. Hutchcraft
was elected first vice mother; Mrs.
A. B. Oldham, of Mt. Sterling, second
vice war mother; Mrs. J. T. Knowl
en, Winchester, recording secretary;,
Mrs. Thomas C. McDowell, Lexing
ton, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Walter Payne, Paris, treasurer; Mrs.
B. M. Herndon, Georgetown, first
auditor, and Mrs. Kate B. Taylor,
Louisville, second auditor. The next
State meeting will be held at Louis
ville.
The organization will support the
StaJte Memorial building at the Uni
versity of Kentucky, co-operate with
the Kentucky Federation pi Women's
uiuds in promoting conservation, op
pose all forms of Bolshevispo, and
work hand in hand with the Ameri
can Legion to carry out the ideal?
of the men who were in the service.
At the close of the iop&)Un.-jut-dress
of Mrs. Hutchcraft, the State
War Mother, the Bourbon county
delegates presented her with a beau
tiful bouquet of pink roses as a
tribute. Those who attended from
Bourbon county were $rs. Allie S.
Dickson and Mrs. John T. Collins, of
North Middletown; Mrs.' Cassius M.
Clay, Mrs. James S. Douglass and
Mrs. Edward Turner, of Paris.
The next meeting of the State or
ganization will be held in Louisville.
A development of the greatest ia
portance in the campaign for Gov
ernor in Kentucky came when Dr.
A. J. A Alexander, of Woodfori
county, chairman of the Kentucky
Forward League and the admitted
leader of all the temperance force
in Kentucky, came out in a stroma
interview urging the people of Ken
tucky to vote for Governor Jas. D.
Black at the polls next Tuesday.
The announcement of Dr. Alex
ander will, it is believed, have influ
ence in every part of the State, as
few men who live In Kentucky are
trusted by as many people or have
a larger influence. It is known that
Dr. Alexander did not decide to
make a public announcement until
he had carefully gone over t6e
whole situation and considered every
issue in the campaign. His decla
ration will, it is believed, solidify
the temperance vote of the State Ibr
Governor Black.
He strongly commended Gover
nor Black's program for educational
reform, and closed by stating:
"I am for Governor Black because
he is an upright, Christian gentle
man who can be counted on to wotli
ily govern this State."
BEV. HAL E. SPEARS TRANSFER- "
RED TO LOUISIANA.
Rev. Hal E. Spears, a former Paris'
boy, who has been rector of the
Somerset, Maryland, parish, since
January, 1914, sent his resignation
to the vestrymen of the parish, and,
has accepted the rectorship of
Grace Church, Lake Providence,
Louisiana. He will assume his new
charge, November 15.
Rev. Spears is a son of the late
Mr. Henry Spears, and a brother of '
Ben Spears, of Paris.
The Princess Anne (Md.) Mary-,
lander and Herald, says:
"Rev. Spears came here from the.
Diocese of Arkansas, and about threes
years ago he became rector of Grace
church, Mt. Vernon, during which
time he made a large increase in the; "
membership of that church
"Mrs. Spears died at St. Andrew's
rectory about three years ago. Dur
ing his almost six years stay among-
us Mr. SDears has made a host or.
friends who will regret his departure
from our town as well as from the
rectorship of-St. Andrew's church."
HURRY! SAVE PENALTY! FAY
CITY TAXES TO-DAY!
Pay your city taxes on or
fore October 31st, last day.
avoid the penalty, which will
be attached to all unpaid city
taxes on November 1st.
W. W. MITCHELL,
City Collector.
(24oct-4t)
I WE KNOW HOW
We Honestly Believe that We are Ren
dering a Service to the Men of Paris in
Recommending and Selling
STEIN-BLOCi!
SMART CLOTHES
BOX SUPPER.
A box supper will be given to
night (Friday), October 31, at tne
Purdy School house. The proceeds
will be devoted to the fund being
raised for the Kentucky Orphans'
Home, at Louisville. The teacher
and pupils of Purdy School extend a
cordial invitation to the public to at
tend. o
MAYSVJLLE" BOYS' BAND AT OP
ERA HOUSE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
The Maysville Boys' Band, which
will be an attraction at the Opera
House, Sunday7 afternoon at 3
o'clock, is made up of boys and girls
from the best? Maysville families,
and has attracted widespread atten
tion from music-lovers wherever
they have appeared. The band will
arrive by automobile Sunday morn
ing. The band is in charge of Mayor
Russell. Admission free. . ,
True economy does not consist of buying arti
cles because they are low priced. Frequently the
purchase of a low priced suit may prove to be the
greatest extravagance. The measure ot economy
. is to be found in the measure of value.
There are are no clothes made where the meas
ure of value is greater than in STEIN-BLOCH
SMART CLOTHES where you will find such a
complete and satisfying combination of tailoring,
style, high quality of material, and all otherjjfactors
that enter into genuine worth.
We know, from our long experience in the
clothing business, that we could offer you no better
clothes at at any price. No better are made. And
it is a great source of satisfaction to us to be able to
offer such clothes at prices you would ordinarily ex
pect to pay for clothes of inferior quality.
Prices $25.00 to $60.00
MITCHELL & BLAKEMORE
Stetson Hats
Manhattan Shirts
Ntttltton Shots
Dr. Rood's Cushion Solo Shoos
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