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PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920
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BOURBON
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS ON THE
ALEXANDER PARDON
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Tlie Stanford Interior-Journal
says editorially:
"Gov. Morrow has pardoned Geo.
Alexander, the Paris banker, whose
peculations made poor hundreds of.
Bourocn county people. Every Gov
ernor since Alexander's incarcera
tion has been importuned to extend
clemency to him, but it remained
for our Republican friend to free
tie man, who by high living and a
lavish expenditure of money for
-yomen and wine, wrecked many
homes of his home town. G6v. Mor
row gives as his reason for granting
the pardon, that 'justice is satisfi-e-1.'
May be it is, but the people and
Hie law are not. Their wishes arc
ceitainly due some consideration."
The Cynthiana Democrat says:
'Comment is superfluous on Gov.
Morrow's pardon of George Alexan
der, the swell Paris banker whoso
peculations, that he might scatter
55 tips among New York bell boys
and lead a high life with 'wine,
women and song,' wrecked the for
tunes of the poor and needy, the
halt, the lame and the blind. The
record speaks for itself. The peo
ple know the Governor based his
campaign for election largely on
the alleged abuse of the pardoning
power by his Democratic predeces
sors. The Democratic Governors re
fused to pardon Alexander."
COLD CHECK WORKER AR
RESTED. Charged with passing worthless
and "cold" checks at a number of
business houses in this city, a young
ir.an giving the name of William
Burden, and residence as Carlisle,
vas taken into custody, Tuesday, by
Chief of Police Fred Link, and plac
ed in the" Paris jail, where he still
lingers as a guest.
It is alleged that Burden gave
three checks, for $50 each, drawn, on
a Paris bank, which he presented
at different business houses, in ex
change for bills of goods he had
purchased at each place. He re
ceived the difference between the
amounts of his purchases and the
face of the checks in cash, and took
his departure. The checks were re
turned afterward as "cold ones."
Burden, who is about twenty-two
years, old, will be given a hearing in
the County Court before County ,
Judge Batterton.
GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING DE
STROYED BY ITRE.
The new
at Elizabeth
graded school building
Fleming county, was '
almost completely destroyed by fire
Tuesday. The fire originated from
the furnace. The Flemingsburg fire
department went to Elizaville, but
were unable to save the building,
The loss was more than $20,000,
with $10,000 insurance.
FRANK & CO.
LADIES' OUTFITTERS
SPRING
SHOWING
Polo Coats ".;
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Suits
Silk and Jersey Dresses '
Chintz and Gingham WashDresses
Misses' and Children's Jack Taf
Togs
Silk, Georgette and Crepe de Chene
Waists
Hand Made Voile and Batiste
Waistsj
: . Plain and Fancy Skirts
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LADIES' OUTFITTERS
M6DERN HOTEL MAY BE BUILT
HERE.
Having reached the decision that
his property, the old Ficklen build
ing lot, on Main street, is too valua
ble lor hotel purposes, Edward
Simms, of Paris, and Beaumont,
Texas, announced recently that as
soon as the work of razing the old
building had been finished, and the
lot 'cleaved, it would be replaced
with a business house of another
character. This sets at rest the ru
mors that have been in circulation
for some time regarding the possi
ble erection of a modern hotel
building there.
Several months ago a group of
business men were at luncheon in
the Stout Cafe, when the subject of
a modern hotel for Paris, and the
urgent need of such, became the
main topic of discussion. It was
proposed to organize a stock com
pany, sell shares in same at figures
that would enable anyone to invest
in the enterprise, and place the af
fair on a solid basis. The project
was thoroughly discussed from every
possible angle and the conclusion
arrived at that the project war.
feasible. Nothing was done in the
RSatter, which was left open for fur
ther actiou. "
It has lately been revived and on
Tuesday at a meeting of well-known
business men and farmers the pro
ject was given a new ijnpetus, due
to the decision of Mr. Simms not to
build. It is said that one of the
best-known and most prominent
farmers of the county is taking the
lead in the matfer and is making a
canvass of the business men and
wealthy farmers of the county, hav
ing in view the erection of a mod
ern hotel. Several sites for the
building are under consideration,
and options have b'een secured on
them, although the exact location
will ' be determined later. It was
stated yesterday that taking of
stock subscriptions will begin in a
few days. 'It is probable that the
sum of $300,000 will be raised for
the purpose of erecting and equip
ping the hotel.
$1,000.00
Is still needed to complete
the campaign for the Massie
Hospital. We received a Check
vesterdav for $1,000.00 from a
(gentleman from another coun
i ty. Let everybody who has not
subscribed finish it up.
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Charles H. Sousley, Louisville &
Nashville railroad brakeman, has
received notice of his promotion to
the position of freight conductor,
Mr. Sousley is very popular with th
railroad men of this city, all of
whom are glod to hear of his pro-
motion.
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PARDONED RANKER WILL GO
EAST TO RESIDE
According to information received
from Cincinnati, George Alexander,
who was pardoned Monday by Gov.
Edwin Morrow, after serving five
years in the Frankfort Reformatory,
will go to New York to make his
home in the future.
Mr. Alexander, accompanied by
his ' daughter Miss Kate Alexander,
arrived in Cincinnati, Monday
-night. There he was met by Mrs.
Alexander, who had been in the
East for some months, t and there
was an affectionate family reunion
at the home of friends in Cincin
nati, where they expect,, to remain a
few dayy until it it decided where
they will make their future home.
It is understood that Mr. Alexander
1'as an offer from a large financial
firm in New York.
News of the pardon, as told in
Tuesdays edition of THE NEWS,
was received in Paris 'with the al
most unanimous approval of the ac
tion of Governor Morrow in grant
ing him his freedom. It was, the
general opinion here that he had
been made to suffer for his wrong
doings all that Yas possible, aud
that he should be given a chance to
spend his remaining years outside
of prison walls.
Governor Morrow said in pardoning-
Alexander that he believed
"every purpose of the law has been
fully met the punishment and the
warning to others."
The Governor recited in his reas
ons that the prosecution before his
conviction offered to take" a confess
ed judgment and fix the penalty at
five years, the length of time he has
been 'in prison. He enumerated
among the petitions for clemency
one signed by the twelve jurors, n
letter from Victor Bradley, Com
monwealth's Attorney, who said:
"I feel that this conviction and im
prisonment satisfies the law." An
other from Circuit Judge Robert L.
Stout, who said: "The Common
wealth, agreed to accept a convic
tion with five years' confinement.
If the State evidenced a disposition
to be then satisfied with five years,
why should itvnow be disposed to
exact a greater penalty?" A petition
signed by 75 per cent, of the de
positors of the bank, another signed
by 50 citizens of Bourbon, county,
one signed by leading citizens oc
Fayette county and a recommenda
tion by other prominent people.
While in prison Alexander had
kept books at the shirt factory. He
had been expecting' his pardon.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Wed
nesday had the following:
"George Alexander, Paris, Ky.f
banker, who was pardoned from the
Kentucky penitentiary by Governor
Edwin P. Morrow, Monday, is pass
ing a few days in Cincinnati with
friends."
"I was treated with every consid
eration while in confinement," said
said Mr. Alexander, "and I have no
complaint to make of any one.
More than 70 per cent, of the
amount lost by depositors in the
failure of my bank has been restored
to them, and I feel confident that
after pending court proceedings they
will get every cent due them. I shall
remain in Cincinnati a few days and
then go to New York, whei;e I ex
pect to establish connections with
a financial institution."
"During his confinement Mr. Al
exander lost nearly 150 pounds, but
he appears well, aside from the
prison pallor, which he expects soon
will disappear."
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GEO. ALEXANDER BANK LOSES
BIG SUIT.
The Federal Court in Cincinnati
yesterday decided against the State
Banking Department in its suit t.o
recover from the Fifth-Third Na
tional Bank of Cincinnati about
$40,000, proceeds of collateral held
for loans to the George Alexander
Bank, Paris, in hands of the depart
ment for liquidation.
Refusing to follow the Kentucky
Court of Appeals in the American
National case, the court held that
the department could not come back
on the bank until all other resources
had been exhausted.
State Banking Commissioner
Speer contended that Alexander had
exceeded the limit of his borrowing
capacity at the Fifth-Third and the
collateral in excess of the amount of
Ihe legal loan belonged among the
bank's tssets.
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SADDLE HORSE BREEDERS HOLD
MEETING TO-DAY
The American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association wilKhold its
annual convention to-day. at the
Hotel Henry Watterson, in "Louis
ville. The association was founded
in 1891, and Gen. John B. Castle-
man was president of the organiza
tion until his death. Claude M.
Thomas, of Paris, is now president
of the association.
A feature of the meeting will be
an address by Wayne 'Dmsmore,
secretary of the Horse Association
of America." Mr. Dismore will urge
upon members the great necessity
of more attention to the breeding of
horses in this county.. He will ar
gue that the demand for good
horses ,or pleasure" and work will
continue to be in demand. Members
of the association of Kentucky. 'will
urge more interest in breeding sad
dle horses which will continue to
meet with a brisk demand from all
over the world.
It has just about gotton so in this
country that some men don't think
they had a good night's rest if they
didn't dream they .had sa;drink. 4 v,,
'""""' PAINTUP-CLEAN-UP WEEK BE-
EEA! ESTATETEMSACXIONSJ! m!0-
In accordance wiih the request
of the State authorities and the
! proclamation recently issued by
Harris, Speakes & Harris, real ay.?rJ- ? January, the week of
estate dealers, sold TiiPRrinir i,a,APm 1-17, has officially been des-
home of Ed. Speakes, located on Mt i?,ra;te as Pamt"Up and Clean-Up
Airy avenue, to J. D. Gray, of Bour- I Week; During this week the peo
bon county, for $3,600. Mr Gray P - Paris are d to make a
will cet nnqapMiiin Mt.' a fom 'o,, thorough overhauling of their nrem-
Harry L. Mitchell & Son, real
estate dealers, sold for Miss Lillian
Dillon a house and lot located on
Nineteenth street, to B. C. Mullins
for $3,000. Mr. Mullins will occu
py the property as soon as posses
sion is given.
Mrs. Denis Dimdon sold Wpw-
day through the Harris, Speakes &
Hariis real estate agency, a house
and lot located on Henderson street,
to Sam Gnffin for $3,500. The same
agency sold for E. E. Landis the
house and lot located on Walker
avenue, known as the Saloshin
property, to Miss Lelia B. Dillon,
for aboiit $4,000.
Martin O'Neill, of the firm of
O'Neill & Martin, has purchased of
Wm. H. Whaley. Jr., for a private
price, the three-storv hrirfr warp-
Dricic ware
house on Pleasant street, now occu
pied by R. B. Hutchcraft & Co.,
and long known as the A. Shire
warehouse. It is stated that Mr.
O'Neill, who owns the property ad-
Ijacent to his recent purchase, will
improve the places, converting both
into one, to be used in the wood
working and blacksmithing busi
i ess. Their present location, the
Hughes property, at the corner of
Third and Pleasant streets, may
become the property of Edward
Simms, who now owns the adjoining
lot, and may become a part of the
big business block which rumor
says Mr. Simms is planning to
erect.
MASSIE HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN
After a long pull and a strong pull
the Massie Memorial Hospital fund
has reached a point where the goal
is in sight, althought Ihe solicitors
have not completely abandoned then
efforts to get the money. The fund
is now about $1,000 short of its ob
jective, $20,000, and a strong effort
is being made to secure this amount
in a few days, so as to close thecam
paign. T?re aims and objects, of the cam
paign for this fund have been so
often set forth here that they need
no repetition. But the need of fin
ishing the campaign will bear rep
etition, and we are here to repeat jit
the Hospital needs the money, and
Paris needs the Hospital so let's
get busy, everybody this week, now,
rnd bring in this remaining $1,000,
making glad the hearts of all con
nected with the campaign.
The following is an additional
list of subscriptions to the fund, re
ceived since the last published re
port: W. E. Simms, Spring Sta-
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J. S. Wiggins 20.00
Miss Lizzie Grimes. .. . . 20.00
Miss Frances V. Butler . . , 5.00
Miss Mary Spears, Treac.
Paris Literary Club . . . . 26.00
Mrs. Amos Turney, Sjf., . . 15.00
Misses May and Lucy'CoI-
ville 5.00
Calvin Jones 25.00
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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The most elaborate commence
ment exercises in the history of the
school is being planned for the
coming June for the Paris High
School. The baccalaureate sermon
will be preached at the Paris Chris
tian church, on Sunday morning,
June 6,. by Dr. F.. E. Snoddy, of the
Transylvania College, at Lexington.
The address to the class of 1920
will be delivered at the High School
auditorium on Thursday morning,
June 10, at ten o'clock, by Rev. W.
E. Ellis, pastor of the Paris Chris
tian church.
Prof. Edward Saxon, of Transyl
vania College, is busily engaged in
directing the study and rehearsals
of the Senior class in the play,
"Stop Thief," which they are to
produce as a commencement feature.
The Class Day program will be full
of surprising and pleasing feature..
A homecoming of all Paris High
School graduates is among the many
events being planned for the com
mencement week of P. H. S.
Miss Virginia Slade, the accom
nlished elocutionist and .reader, who
has achieved more than local fame, i
will appear at the Paris High School
auditorium this afternoon at' 2:30
o'clock, in a special program for the
children of the school." In the
evening Miss Slade will give an in
terpretation of the well-known
play, "Within The Law,." The
evening prices have been placed at
twenty-five cents for children, and
fifty cents for adults. Miss Bland
ing will sing This will be one
of the most attracting and pleasing
programs that has ever been pre
sented at the P. H. S., and Miss
Slade sliould be greeted with a large
and representative audience of Paris
people. The proceeds of the enter
tainment will be devoted to the P.
H. S. Library and the "Victroia
Fund.
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POSTOFFICE, DISCONTINUED
The postoffice at Xair, inHarri-"j
son county, which, has been in, ope- I
ration about a .half-century has
been discontinued. Nobody wanted
the -iob of" v postmaster. Patrons oju
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Routes 1 and 9 out of Cynthiana.
ises and rid them of the winter's ac-
cumulation of dirt and rubbish, and
brighten up the places by the liberal
use of paint and whitewash.
City carts and wagons will make
the rounds of the city on Wednes
day morning, April 14, to gather
up the rubbish, which must be de
posited at convenient places for the
drivers, unless this 13 done the
carts and. waSons will not make a
second trip tc the same place, but
the occupants or owners of the
premises will be required to have
the stuff hauled away at their .own
expense.
Cleanliness, sanitation, beautifi
cation, conservation and safety are
all civic synonyms. They symbolize
good citizenship, and good citizen
ship is good business. Though the
annual Ipss through lack of paintin
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flr? cleaning up and painting up is
is greater than the annual loss b,v.fort, the State Regent, who died a
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fire menaces to every community.
Remember that all fires are the
same size at the start. At the same
limp, thp allpvff shnnlr? h nlAn-norl
fences and sheds should be renaired.
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tin fans Tiivnpr artt ivpprt romrweirt I
This work tjlso should be carried
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on inside me house.
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varnishing makes things last longer.
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LAST CHANCE
To set in on as good a thing as
a cuntribtion to the Massie
Hospital. Get in line and don't
shove.
ODD FELLOWS' DISTRICT MEET-
ING MONDAY NIGHT
The Seventh District meeting of
the Odd Fellows lodges will be held
in this city next Monday night,
April 12. The Grand Master and
other Grand Lodge, ofllcers and del
egates representing about fifteen
lodges in tlie district will be in at
tendance. The members of Bourbon
Lodge and Odd Fellows in Bourbo'n
and adjoining counties are cordially
invited to attend this meeting. All
Past Grands who have not had the
Grand Lodge degree conferred can
receive it at this meeting by apply
ing to the secretary, William A.
Lail, who will furnish proper cre
dentials. Let every Odd Fellow in
the county be in attendance.
a long step toward the prevention ' Chapter, under the direction of
of fire, which costs the nation $250, Mrs. Charlton Alexander. The pro
000,000 annually. This campaign gram closed with reading of several
lids homes and business houses of appropriate" poems by Miss Reba
accumulations or rubbish that are Lockhart.
WE KNOW MOW
FOR SPRING
Have a Stein-Bloeh Suit
the casual observer clothes- are
ust clothes mostl
there is an important difference be- -
tween the general
wear clothes and
Stein-B loch
, Smart . . :
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You can readily see the pattern and
style in any suit. But the wearing
quality the service ability of"
clothes depend largely upon the un
seen things the linings, the needle . '
work, the. tailoring. These unseen
things you take on faith.
Yet not entirely on faith, because the
Stem-Bloch label, which stands for
Sixty-three Years of Knowing How,
is a pledge of quality in itself. And -our
label endorses it.
You begin to fully appreciate Stein
Bloch Smart Clothes only after such
service as would put ordinary clothes
into the discard. It is this inherent
quality of continued smartness
smartness as long as the woolens hold
together that akes Stein-Bloctf the "
choice of men who know.
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MEETING OF P. A. R. N
One of the most interesting meet
ings of the Jemima Johnson Chap
ter, Daughters of the American Rev
olution, was the one held at tfce
court house recently. There was a
large attendance and great interest t
was manifested in the program,
which was one of unusual excels
lence.
After transaction of the -routine
business, Mrs. J. Taylor Sharrard
read from The Register, the official
organ of thev Kentucky Historical
Society, an article concerning the
aid the Government is offering its
wounded soldiers. The issues to be -brought
before the meeting of the
Continental Congress or National
Convention of the D. A. R., to 'be '
held soon in Washington, D. C,
weie discussed and explained by
Mrs. Wade H. Whitley. Mrs. Whit-
ley also spoke of the prospective
President-General of the order, Mra.
Minor, of Massachusetts, and of the
Vice-President, one of whom is a
native of Kentucky, Mrs. Christo
pher D. Chenault, now acting Re
gent of Kentucky.
A beautiful memorial service, hon
oring the memory of the late Mrs.
fcamtiei J. Shackleford, of Frank-
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NOTES FROM Y. M. C. A.
Tnc following boys
have been
the Older
Cynthiana,
appointed delegates to
BOyS Conference at
i April 9, 10 and 11, Paris; Metho-
idist church! Rrvan Tintv Wm
church: Bryan Doty. Wm.
Mclntire, Leslie O'Neill and Cletia
Chipley; Baptist church: Tom
Spicer, Willard Tucker and Craig
Tucker; Christian church: Usseiy
Wilder, Will Burris, Robt. Frank
and Houston Jacoby; Presbyterian:
James McClintock, Ray Cahal, Chas.
White, Jack Lair, Peck Fisher, John
Dundon and J. Miller Dundonr from
Millersburg: Clarence Thompson,
Clarence Riggs and Reese Ingel3.
The remainder of the names from
the county are yet to be reported.
Mr. L. F. Zerfoss, in charge of the
conference, was in Paris, Tuesday,
and reported about 125 boys enroll
ed up to date from this district.
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TROUBLES OF NEWSPAPERS
The Stanford Interior-Journal
says: "Overlook, please, the small
paper to-day. Only a four-weeks'
supply of newsprint paper on hand,
and not an ounce to be obtained
from either Cincinnati or Louis
ville, makes it necessary to con
serve and make what we have go as
far as possible. These are recon
struction days, it must be remem
bered."
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