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THE PARIS NEWS, PARIS, TEXAS (AND DINNER NOETB TEXAS PUBLISHING COMPANY. TEXAS Published Daily Except Saturday BMKT BASSAJifO, JM, FJ'ftST Circulation Entered as Secrmd Claw MM! Matter at the Postoffice at Paris, Texas, under Act of Congress, March. 1879 KATES By MiH. Month Bj Mail. Three By Mall.

By Matt One Tear by Carrier ISePer Amy firm or oenxsrtFlon brnnrht to Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy 3, 3. Tuesday, December 17, is the one 1 hundredth anniversary of the operation of Lamar County. On that day the bill that divided Red River County, giving the east end to Bowie and the west end to Lamar, was signed by David Burnett, Vice President of the'Republic of Texas, and the Chief Justice, John Rutherford, who was elected next day, was instructed under provisions of the bill to organize the new County of Lamar, Those hundred years have brought many changes to Lamar County, as to the whole world. Towns now occupy areas in various parts of the County that then were isolated homes or virgin timber and prairie land. Trails that were made to some extent by the Indians and later by the settlers have become roads.

The wagons that were drawn by oxen, usually have been displaced by automobiles. Trains on steel rails have succeeded the stages of a mid-history period. A granite-faced court house and brick and concrete buildings now stand where was the log court house and the primitive stores and dwellings of Paris. Other changes have come. There is not relaxing, the universal spirit of individual and collective independence today that characterized those sturdy pioneers who began the settlement of Lamar County, and was produced by their descendants for many years.

Then there was no lookine to the government in Austin, much less in Washington, for instructions and regulations concerning our activities and our affairs. Those men and women "on their and each realized that his and her material salvation rested with themselves and their nearest neighbors. It was a community of almost self-contained economy and that it was wisely so is shown by the continued advance it made. STINXETI WASHINGTON. Capitol people: Being Texan and not exactly a young Tnan, he Is an A-l hunter and a crack shot because 40 years ago there were few men in that country worth their salt who couldn't get a quail with each barrel and drop a deer as far as he could draw a bead.

But this man has Nimrod's own rabbit's-foot in his pocket, too, and hardly ever takes the field but that he makes hunting history. A few years ago, lor example, he went grouse hunting in Scotland. It is customary there, it seems, to hunt from butts, or blinds, strung in a line up a hilL The lowest blind is considered the worst and the hunters draw straws for them the first time, then move up in progression until each has had a shot from every blind. This fellow drew the worst blind but got the first grouse. From then on almost every bird that flushed flew straight into the blind he happened to be in and he got them all.

They're still talking about that in Scotland. Of late, this man hasn't been hunting much. what with national defense, elections and all. But the other day, a friend, Stewart MacDonald, assistant federal loan administrator, finally persuaded him to take in a wild turkey shoot in Maryland just across the West Virginia line. From here on, it's McDonald's story: "I knew it, I knew it.

I never saw anything like it. All afternoon we hunt, working every inch of ground we have time to cover. And what happens? We see two turkeys, both shots for him and him only, and he drops them with one shot each just as if he had been shooting wild turkeys every day of his life. Not another person got a chance to fire a gun. I never saw anything like it." He Is Jesse Jones, sometimes, referred to as secretary of commerce, sometimes federal loan administrator, but always as one of the best hunters in this neck of the woods.

But This One Hates Guns He saw Broadway and Forty-second Streets pass from the gold and champagne days of Rectors and "Diamond Jim" Brady and Zlegfeld and Anna Held to cross streets with grind movie houses, fruit juice stands, in sky. burlesques and flea circuses. Pie was manager of the famous old New Amsterdam theatre up until the day that she gasped her last as a legitimate theatre and put on the trappings of a cinema. He tells it this way: "Do you know the first bad break the Amsterdam had? When they put in a shooting gallery next door. Yessir, that was the first.

I knew it then and I was right. After that, cheap restaurants, fruit juice stands, gimcrack stores, movies, burlycues and all the rest finally the street was gone. "I came to Washington after that to manage the National (the capital's only legitimate theatre) and you can imagine how my heart sank when I walked up street, looked across, and saw, almost next door to the theatre, a shooting gaFery. "The other day, a fellow was in here with a petition. It seems you have to have signatures of most of the property owners in the block before you can put in a shooting gallery and this fellow wanted to put in another shooting gallery on the other side of the National.

told him ns gently ns could the story I just told you and then said: My friend, I can't do it. If one shooting gallery can kill and Broadway, what do you think two would do to the National His name is Edmund Plohn, Fan For three hours, he sat at ringside in Arnica hail and cheered and rooted and jumped to his feet and made motions to explain just what he meant as the grunt-and-struggle boys in the ring went through those wild gyrations of mythical slaughter that in these days passes for wrestling. He whooped for the beefy heroes and hissed the bearded villains. He had a whale of a time He was Sen. Gerald P.

Nye of North Life's Darkest Moment Who Killed Aunt MFDOHA FIELD W. NEYXLLI Descendant Of Scotch Shipbuilder Traded With Indians On Red River Kansas, where shipping Samuel Hugh Fulton, youngest child and son of Samuel Moore Fulton Moore, was born in Paris, June 10, 1352, and passed his childhood in Lamar County where his father had! been a pioneer trader at his settlement, Franklin, on R-sd River. Hugh Fulton, as he was generally known, attended Shlloh Academy, west of Paris, and McKenzie Institute in Red Paver County. When still a youth he went to the cattle range in Jack County, and was a cowhand on trails to railroad towns points for Texas cattle, his trips ending at Abilene and! Baxter Springs. When he abandoned cattle driving and returned to his birthplace he engaged in farming in Red River County and later in Lamar County.

During the latter period he lived! in Pattonville and in Paris and in 1880 went to Louisville, Kentucky, to study the practice of Medicine. H'2 attended Louisville Medical College and Kentucky School of Medicine, graduating from the former in 1892. He began his professional career at Woodland', Rad River County, and practiced about ten years on certificate and having received his diploma from the College he settled in Ladonia, later took a post graduate course in the New Orleans Polyclinic and 1 3 Years Ago Saturday, December 17, 1927 AffcDr a shutdown because erf bad weather drilling had been resumed on the oil test on the Tony Booth farm and tonight had reached 850 feet. What will the next hundred years, even the next one year, bring to Lamar County and her Deople. The answer lies with the people.

God grant they may answer wisely. No Money to Spain Manhattan Man -GEORGE TUCKETI Chapter 33 Dart In Her Hand In the movies I have always had to turn my head away from those medieval scenes showing victims on the rack and I had to turn it away now. For I could not bear the look on Bob's poor tortured face. That look made me all the more certain Alice had killed Eve. And if she had killed Eve, she must be in some way responsible for Aunt Maggie's death.

That was the only passible explanation of her strange behavior from the time of the discovery of Aunt Maggie's body. I had always thought Alice a bit silly, but I had never known her to be such a bag of nerves. The only ray of light NEW Ross, who has turned his cou ld see was that this must farm into a sort of minor game preserve, admits now that he has only one duck. "It's like this," he explained. "In the country it's cold.

When it gets cold, your car's apt to freeze. To outsmart the weather, I filled my radiator with cm anti-freeze solution. Then I drove the car into the garage and left it overnight. "But during the night it got very cold. To outsmart the weather, all my ducks waddled into the garage and stayed until morning.

Next day, about noon, one of my drakes keeled over and died. By four in the afternoon there were dead ducks all over the place. I couldn't figure it out. Then I walked into the garage and found where some oi the anti-freeze hard trickled out on the garage floor. This anti-freeze stuff was also anti-duck, as it turned out.

For they drank it. And that is why I now have only one duck." of a hundred million dollars Ls loan to General Franco, dictator of Spain, Is said to be still under way in Washington. Some of the officials favor it, others oppose it. United States may have plentv of money to throw awav, but there should be none thrown into Spain, at least under present conditions. Franco is bound to Hitler and Mussolini for assistance that enabled him to in the civil that was fought for so long.

Without that assistance he would not have been victorious. It now appears that these two dictators are going to need more materials and supplies than they havx: available, and if need arises and Soain has something they want, they will get it. If not with Franco's consent, then without it. Money we lend or donate to Snain would be money in the treasureries of the dictators eventually. The plea that Franco must be made to promise before the loan is made that he will not give aid and comfort to Germany or Italy would be worth exactly nothing should that aid be demanded of him.

German troops are already on the borders of Snain and could and would march in to enforce any demands that Hitler might make on Franco. United States money would therefore be serving to strengthen the fight on England, is preliminary to a fight on this Nation. The -News has heretofore expressed the belief that lending of money to any Nation across the Atlantic Ocean, othe than Great Britain, would be risking aid to the dictators, and The News has had no reason to change it5 opinion. The News believe: that practically every citizen of United States wants to see England win in this war and that they almost universally wish that we shall help to the Bmft of cur ability and the ofher nations not at alL Singers, and I suppose this goes for all musicians, are a little different than most people. I said, ''By the way, I've made an interesting discovery.

1 tried to find a recording of a male voice singing 'Ave They didn't have it." His eyes lit up with the wild, eager light that must come to a sourdough when his pick strikes a lode. "Then I'll do it," he cried, "I'll make a recording of it. And I'll sing it on one of my programs right away. I'll close the program with it." I felt real flattered to have unconsciously affected, however slightly, the Moonlight and Roses program of Lanny Ross. "The expects every man to have a family at It expects many of them to leave widows tor then, Frank Handren, New York business man, has come up with an interesting view of life as it was known in New York 100 years ago.

The reason for this is that Mr. Handrcn, as president of the firm of Park and Tilford, is arranging the centennial celebration for his company. It was founded 100 years ago this month. A hundred years ago New York had a population of only 312,000, there were no such things as postage stamps, and lobsters sold for 8 cents a pound. In those days New Yorkers paid only 12 cents for steaks, and if they read the newspapers they might have seen an item about a young man of 31 who had just gone to the legislature.

His name was Abraham Lincoln. It was about this time too, that Horace Greeley started a New York newspaper and advised all young men to go west. Fortunately, not all of them did, else Little Old New York, not to mention Park and Tiiford, might have been less interesting history than the one look back on today. Maxine Sullivan's real name is Marietta Williams. She changed it because she believed there were too many Williams' in show business.

In private life she is the wife of John Kirby, band leader. Mme. Elsa Schiaparelli, apparel designer, says all Paris is impressed by the way American men spend money on their wives. Well, it's nice that Paris News. "A free press is more than a publishers privilege; it is a right of the people," says Herbert Hoover.

There is opportunity for bright young salesmen to sell this line of goods in continental Science Monitor. "Don't put off until tomorrow that which you can do by tomorrow there probably will be a law against it or a higher tax on Richmond News-Leader. though he did have the list of names and other information and Anderson had taken fingerprints of all of us. "Mrs. Benedict," Bill told him.

"Eve Benedict." "Ah," breathed Mr. Dodson, "But she rather invited it, didn't she?" At his low-voiced remark you could feel the tension tighten until it seemed that soon we would be hearing it crackle and seeing sparks as from electricity. "What's that?" Lieutenant Greeory snapped. "That's right," drawled Mr. Dodson, "you insisted on lunching alone hay.

You didn't hear the lady's parting shot when she left the dining room." "Are you saying that she made some threat which would have in- Remembering Eve's with regard to the identity of the surely show Bill as innocent. When they have nothing else to worry about, LU ue some folks worry about 24 hours a day, which gets but, of course, he had not jthem no Springs New Era. murderer. I wondered if she had done more than hint to the person suspected. It seemed likely and that her own death had been the result.

No doubt she had gone upstairs because she realized she would be unwelcome among the other guests after her behavior in the dining room. Completely disregarding the fact that she might be called at any moment for questioning by the police, I could imagine her calmly deciding upon a nap. She was always like a cat for comfort. And, of course, she would not have minded making the police or anyone else wait while she dressed. Indeed, she would have told them that if they were in a hurry they could come to her room.

Something else Eve had disregarded was the fact that we had a murderer in our midst. And now, as we all stood huddled together indecisively in the half-dark of the upstairs hall. I heard Alice saying to Bob, "She had the dart in her hand when I came in the room. She had it in her hand." Inside Job Nobody asked who had the dart in whose hand, because a deep, pleasant voice just behind us said. "So.

we've had a second casualty, with the police and the coroner in the house?" We had all forgotten Mr. Dodson, but he had found his way upstairs and evidently had arrived in time to hear "most of what had been said. Lieutenant Gregory was trying hard not to say anything he might regret. "It's an inside job. all right," he admitted sourly.

"Either one of the people standing right here is guilty, or someone who is concealed in the house. I'm going to find that person even if we have six more murders while we are about it." "That would make it just about unanimous. Lieutenant," said Bob but there was none of his customary jauntiness to match the words. "What do you mean?" Lieutenant Gregory barked. "This is no time for humor." Then, incongruously enough, he started counting us after the fashion of a conductor on a sight-seeing bus.

"That's everyone, isn't it?" he asked Bill. "You told me there were eight of you." "There were eight of us, including Aunt Maggie," Bill affirmed. "There are six of us left." "And which is this latest victim?" It seemed an odd question for Lieutenant Gregory to be asking yet got I around to interviewing the guests Well, hardly that," Mr. Dodson replied. "But I rather gathered there was more than met the eye in a good many things she said.

She didn't seem to be overly fond of anyone present." "All right," agreed Lieutenant Gregory resignedly. "We'll go into that a little later. Just now I want everybody to go downstairs and wait for me in that room we've been using for conferences. Mr. Stuart, will you send Anderson up? I want him to check for fingerprints?" "Fingerprints?" Claire repeated strangely.

Lieutenant Gregory glanced at think that goes to show that he could not have had anything to do with the other one either?" No Alibi We reached the bottom of the steps and, as the others went on into the library. Mr. Marshall b-" 1 ed Bill me into the privacy of the drawing room. "I would feel much better if Bill had a good, watertight alibi," he confessed. "But Allen will fix that up.

Sally, are you sure the doctor is right about that colored boy? I'm going to suggest to Gregory that we call him in for more complete questioning." "Call in Dr. Bates?" I repeated. "Well, that's all right, of course. But Achievement Day was celebrated for 125 Lamar County Club girls, with a party in the office it money. 1 my boy," Mr.

Marshall was saying, "circumstantial evidence has convicted more innocent people than all the guilty had been able to save. We are not going to take anv Bill, giving Mr. one of his straight-from- the shoulder looks and bringing throat. "Suppose I'd be trying to find An- cJerson." "Yes, res, bv ail means. Sally, shall we join the others in the library? We can all go to that back later.

It is brighter -wif- the Poor Mr. Marshall, who so loved his comfort, was trying to make the best of "We Alice weeping on as they sat together on the Bob was saying helplessly. "There, there," and, Americanism For Al! Of Us Sponsored by the Wlnfield F. Brown Post No. 30, American Legion, and Auxiliary.

Q. What did George Washington have to say of foreign alliances? A. In his farewell address, Washington said: "Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." of the County Agent, Miss Lida Cooper. Paris Junior College Dragon basketball team went to Bonham and played the High School t3am of that city, the Dragons winning, 18-15. Chamber o-f Commerce announced that half the annual budget had been subscribed by in dividuals and firms that had been solicited by letters.

it would look more not to think about it." mean that plausible, I could be guilty, if the doctor had seen him after ten o'clock instead of after nine o'clock. Dr. Bates assured me that he left Thomas's house at a quarter after nine. If Aunt Maggie was killed around ten, that would eliminate Ephraim, for he had a temperature of one hundred and three, was delirious and the doctor had given him a hypodermic." "You think if the doctor had found him in that state after ten instead of nine, that Ephraim would be a more likely suspect?" "Dr. Bates didn't seem to think it possible he could have got out of bed at the time he left him." "Still, people do wander around her quickly.

In fact" we all did, when they are out of their heads," and I will admit that her words gave me a queer feeling of suffocation. Why did Claire, who talked so little, have to go saying thing? at a time like this? "What do you mean?" Lieutenant Gregory asked harshly. I don't suppose in all her life Claire had seen a man glaring down at her like that and she dropped her eyes, so that the long lashes lay quivering on her cheeks, and shrank back against Bill. "Nothing," she whispered. should I mean anything?" "Can't you see she's upset, officer?" Kirk demanded, as though the fault lay entirely with Lieutenant Gregory.

And Bill added his oar by inquiring truculently why we were all standing there, anyway. As we trooped down the stairs, I thought Mr. Marshall looked decidedly the worse for wear. But he said one thing that cheered me a little and verified my own conclusions about the situation. "Well, anyway," he panted, "Bill couldn't have committed this one.

He hasn't been out of my sight since we left the dining room." "And," I chimed in, "don't you Mr. Marshall insisted. his face doctor could be mistaken about the time- Maybe his watch was slow. Such things do haopen. Oh, well, Wade Allen will go into all that.

We'll be in capable "Isn't it just about as good as a confession of guilt when you hire Mr. Allen?" Bill asked, and for the first time I began to realize what all this was going to mean to my husband unless he could promptly be cleared of suspicion. If this case came to trial, no matter if he were exonerated, there would always be people who would believe him guilty. Ques- "Is therp anything 1 I can do?" I asked. "Alice, would you like a little ammonia or some sherry or something." "No.

no," she sobbed. "I only want to get away from this hor- "What about you Claire?" I asked. "Are you all right?" Claire, sunk in the big wing chair on the right of the fireplace looked up absently and made a vr-liant effort to smile. "I'm all right." said. "What about you, Sally?" "Oh, I'm all right." I answered with a that I was far from feeling, and sat down in the chair Kirk placed for me between himself and Mr.

Dodson. As Kirk's eyes strayed quickly from one to another of the group, I had an uncomfortable feeling that he was trying to read our various expressions for some secret purpose of his own and succeeding better than we ourselves would have thought possible. (To Be Continued) Two Deputy Sheriffs and Constable Alvin Briggs arrested two men near Maxey charged! with manufacturing whisky and destroyed a still and three barrels of mash hidden in the brush near the home oi one of the men. Adron Westbrook and 1 Misa Lela Tidwell, both of Deport, married there. LETS BUSINESS GO TO DOG3 WALTERBORO, S.

C. There's a hotel here with 5,000 canines hanging about yet never a bark or bite. The dogs are lifeless miniatures, part of a collection started four years ago by Albert Novit, the hotel owner, when his big St. Bernard died. Novit ccmldn't bring himself to replace her with another canine and bought a faw miniature St.

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WEST SIDE PLAZA affiliated with the and County Medial organizations and became local surgeon for the Santa Fe Railroad at Ladonia, He continued to be a land owner and superintended extensive farming operations oi about seven hundred acres in three farms in southeastern Fannin County. In Hunt County, in 1887 he married Miss Leona Payne and to them were born two children, a Edward Lorenzo, who graduated from law school of Texas University in 1911 and: began practice in Wichita County, and a daughter, Clara. Taking no active part in politics Dr. Fulton was a supporter of the Democratic Party and his fraternal connection was with the IOOF. Samuel Moore Fulton was one of the seven men appointed by the Larnar County Justices to arrange for and superintend the building of the court house at Lafayette, first County seat Lamar County.

He was then engaged in trading at Franklin and was one of the Drominent citizens of the new County. Both Franklin and Lafayette are marked with granite markers authorized by the Centennial Commission. A grand-duaghter of Mr. Fulton, Mrs. W.

H. Logan, lives in Paris. Before marriage she was Flora Ryan daughter of A. P. Ryan and Nancy Fulton Ryan..