The Paris Morning News from Paris, Texas • Page 5

THE PARIS MORNING NEWS, TUESDAY, PER. 17, im CAVINESS PEOPLE TO WORK ROADS WITH IRE Folks around Cavines8 are mined to real roads that can be traveled any dav in the year, and so they recently pot together and decided to put tip money for buying a grader and tractor that would be on the Job at any and all times Prac. tirally every one in the neighborhood Joined in but there were a few who did not feel like giving. The county helped some and yesterday a committee composed Of A. McRwen.

Tom Landers and W. Arterburn came to town and closed the trade for a grader that will be delivered In a few days and a tractor that is already on the job and has been for several days The roads to be worked with this machinery are the road from J. W. McDaniel's through Caviness to the gravel road near A Hogue's place at Pine creek and the Dodson road, also known as the Hinkley and Uav- inoss road a total of about eighteen miles. These people are the first in the county to take this step and thev deserve and will receive a great deal of praise besides getting the benefit of improved traveling facilities The machinery wll be used exclusively on these roads and they will be worked when and as often as the need ap.

pears. Drags will also be used in connection with the work and until a permanent road is laid on the route they will have the best dirt road in the country. It is just such things as this that makes Lamar county the best place in the state to live and men like this can do anything they set out to do. The News congratulates each of those went into the plan and gave towards it and is sure they will be amply repaid. MUTUAL MISTAKElflS MOST TRAGIC ENDING MEXICAN LAND SALES MUST BE APPROVED BY AGRICOLTORE DEPT.

By The Associattd Press Laredo, iFeb. he Mexican department of ture will trot recognize transactions in Mexican lands unless the department previously Is consulted, the Ex celsi'or of Mexico City says in its is sue of Saturday. This decision, it quotes the department head as saying, is caused foreign mipnnles purchasing lands various parts of the republic with- mt complying with conditions exact- by the constitution. BIDS AHE HEGEriED FOR FI STM LOCAL NEWS By The Associated Press PiWhuaka, Feb. 10 Mistaking each other for holdup men Jcnn Blair of Wvnoni.

and Roland MoOuide if this city shot each other death early today at Wvnom, near here. McGuire, ho is a son of a local real dealer, and Biair. ur owner of a -tore at W' nona, met Hear a garage where the mistaken led to the shooting. Both slot over a ten foot em- liankmeat a few feet apart. McGuire dvine in i.inMy and Blair living only a few hours.

TRIAL FOR FRAUD SAID BY DEFENDANT CAUSED BY UNION LABOR CROWD. By The Associated Knoxville, Feb. J. Oliver and ten other defendants were placed on trial here in the federal court on charges of fraud and sabotage in connection with the manufacture of munitions for the government. The first day of the trial was consumed in paneling the jury and the opening statements of attorneys for the prosecution and defense.

Examination of approximately 100 witnesses will begin tomorrow with indictations that the trial will consume two weeks or more. Judge H. B. Lindsay, counsel for the defense, charged in his opening statement that the prosecution was a result of a conspiracy on the part of certain government inspectors and union labor leaders, organizers and who were fighting Oliver because of his refusal to recognize their union and hope! to have the government take over the plant so that discharged labor agitators might be reinstated and given ba pay. READING CONSIDERS THE WASHINGTON POST.

By The Associated Press Washington. Feb. advices today from friends of Lord Thief Justice Reading are that he has been invited to accept a permanent appointment as British minister and that the offer is under consideration. State department officials declined to admit that any overtures had been made, as is usual in such cases to make sure the new ambassador would be persona grata. -----------o----------MISSISSIPPI BANK VISITED BY BURGLARS By The Associated Press Feb.

and in Liberty bonds and war savings certificates belonging to patrons and about $600 in poa'oftlce funds were stolen from the vault of the Bank of Shannon between Saturday night and this morning, it was learned when the bank was opened for business today. The safe containing the funds was not 'touched. The currency taken from the vault, it was announced, had been placed there Saturday by Mrs Janieh Wiygul, postmaster. No -clue by which to identify the robbers has been found. Bids for the fire station erection were received by the city (Anincil at last session and after being opened and read were referred to Messrs.

Harrison and Albright in order to have them tabulated and a re. port made back to the council as soon as possible. The bids complying with the advertisement in that they contained a certified checck for three per cent, of the bid, were; McCall. Moore MacNaughton. Waco.

Texas. $122,777. Walter White. Paris, $14 1.000. Reagan Construction Baltimore, $116,183 There were several other bids, including two by local contractors and some out of town, but under the cir- Icumstances the council decided they could not he considered.

None of the bids included wiring, heating or plumbing and as none of the bids for those items contained checks there will probably be another advertisement for bids that will comply with the requirements. When the city accepted plans for this building it wos stated that the house could be built under $80,000, but the rise in the prices of materials -ince that time has of course njade larger fi res necessary. Unless the oost can he reduced however by leaving out some of the details or sub. other materials it cannot ehuilt for the city will have not so much monev to spend for it. The committee expects to go into nsultjation with the architects Messrs Wees and Curtis and see what ohanres if any ran he made and hope to have this done within a couple of days.

Mayor Crook went home sick yesterday morning and the session last right was presided over by Mayor Pro Tern PeWeese all the aldermen being present, Mr. A. S. McMaster the newly employed city engineer arrived last night and attended the council meeting He hopes to get to work at once on the work that is to be done in street and tether improve, ments. -----------o----------PRES.

WILSON COMMUTES MANY SENTENCES OF MILITARY OFFENDERS. By The Leaven worth, Feb. Imposed upon twelve prisoners it the federal disciplinary barracks here who were tried by court-martial tor murder in connection with the killing of Shelby Hisle, a prison orderlv. in 19)8. were announced today in war department communication.

The communication showed that Robert L. Lecocq, Donald Fisher and Alexander Kahn, supposed leaders of the gang that killed Hisle, were sentenced to he hanged, hut that their sentences were commuted by President Wilson to life imprisonment. Herald J. Keyes was sentenced to life imprisonment, but the reviewing authority disapproved and lie is set free. A life sentence imposed upon F.

J. Cooney was commuted by President Wilson to twenty yeais. Life sentences given William Cook, W11- laim Schieman, George J. Jenure, William F. Peters, George A.

Poison and Millard Powers were commuted to fifteen years. Abraham Garelick, also sentenced to a life term, receiver commutation to two years. All of the men are former soldiers and some of them served over seas. Hilse, also a prisoner, was suspeoted of being an informer, according to evidence presented ut the the court- martial. He was beaten and kicked to death.

-----------o----------PACIFIC TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS FRENCH ISLAND By The Associated Press Paris, Feb. ministry of colonies leported today a tidal wave had swept over French possessions in Oceania, in tiie Pacific. The damage caused was important. the ministry added, and tlie losses were great on Makalea island. There was an unusually large attendance both of veterans and va- Itors at the meeting of Albert Sidney Johnston camp Sunday afternoon, the hall being packed to i'fs capacity.

IB. E. Wallace, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, made a good address, that was much appreciated. and Am on Smith of Detroit nlryrd several selections on his fiddle. The camp passed a resolution of to T.

J. Record for his courtesy in entertaining them with a theatre party as his guests. By special invitation of the City Association Rev. Hennessy, rector of the Church of the Holy Crocc, read a on the world movement hi rinter-rtiurch work at hoir meeting yesterday morning Ten members of the family of Mrs. Williams, a widow', living at Bagwell, which Included all of them, were stricken with flu at the same time leaving no wel 1: nes to wait on the others.

They have all recovered. A M. Olckiou, aged forty-nine hel dan edjourned meeting yesterday for the pur; of mpleting the list of road and e.eetiji, officers. The Santa Fe passengar tram that was due at Paria at yesterday afternoon wai neatly four hours late. It was delayed a tong time at Wolfe Oity on account of the derailment of two cat of a freight train und when it retched Kuxton engine failed.

The Frisco engine that was standing on the track at the depot waiting to pull So. 6 north had to back down to Roxton and bring the train in The infant daughter of Crum, a farmer south of Powderly, died Saturday sight of pneumonia, and on Sunday another daughter a year or two older died. A third child in the same family was at the point of death last night. (WtllMs Clark, a railway stal clerk on the Frisco between and Paris, died last Saturd; In Monett of pneumonia following influenza As was stated in The News his wife died last Thursday from the same cause. Mrs.

A. Gashlnn, the wife of a farmer north of Powderly, diwl night of meningitis. iMito.hell and wife have been entertaining an eleven-pound who had recently moved to i daughter since last r.day I.a mar county and was living north Maxoy, died Sunday and buried yesterday at the Mt. Vernon graveyard. Mrs.

J. Parker, twenty-six years obi, wife of a fanner two miles of Powderly, died Saturday night, Mrs. J. L. Colly, living southwest of town, and three of the children have recovered from an attack of flu 7 here were several deaths in different parte Lf the county Saturday nivht and Sunday.

Emberson Brown had seven funeral orders. Hal C.r.se who lias neen cripple and con lined to for the past four months with rher mutism, down town on crutches yesterday. He spent imp time at Hot rings and he der red so much benefit iA shorn cool from the north took peple by surprise Sunday evening. A dark cloud formed in a very short while and it looked as if it Would be a wet norther. The temperature registred twenty-two degrees at 7 yesterday morning The negro who is killed eight miles southwest of Roxton last Saturday evening lived on H.

G. Maness' farm. Charley Mattin, the negro who killed -him, according to the meager particulars received yesterday was drunk on Choctaw beer and was passing along the road in front of his house raising a disturbance. The victim remonstrate! and told him he must he careful how he behaved near his house. resented teh rebuke by pulling a pistol and shooting from his stay there that he will go hiini twice, killing him instantly.

in the spring Theer is an unconfirmed rumor Ralph Short sixteen-year-old I that when the railroads go back to son of S. C. Short, living near Shady Grove, wa critically 111 yesterday 1th pneumonia. Two other boys in the family are ill. W.

R. Fisher, a well known farmer of the Garretts Bluff section, who had lived there a long time, died Saturday night and the funeral waa held Sundav afternoon. He was sixty years old and grown children the owners the Frisco will put on a fast train between St. Ivouis and and Fort Worth through Paris According to the rumor the trains will be known as Nos 8 and 9 and will make very few stops C. IM, (Moore, a former resident of Paris, who has been farming north of iFoper.

has purchased the left a "family of Chas. Brand place on Bonham street I for $4.500 and has moved in. Wilson, who has been very at Fire was discovered in some cotton on the deptet platform at Blossom be- ne.ar.y two weeks with flu a tween 12 and 1 o'clock last Friday his home on South im afternoon just after the westbound proving. tv passenger train had gone by and be-; The condition cf apt, J. John.

fore the blaze could he suppressed who is ill at St. Josephs twenty bales were scorched. It waa firmirv with pneumoi.a, wa report- not learned to what ex'ent they were, cd serious veaterday. damaged. The cot-ton was consigned to T.

A. Jbhnaon To. Ther eweer about fifteen cases in the court yesterday morning including vagramv, affray, gaming and one or two automobile cases. W. G.

Brewster, a well known farmer half a mile south of Powderly, was reported at the point of death last night. Elder J. W. Denton of Roxton, who was in the dUy yesterday on the way home from Malta, Bowie where he preached Sunday, stated that Miss Griffin, a young lady of that town who was teaching a few miles in 'he country, died Saturday night of typhoid fever The pastor of the Baptist ohurch at New Boston conducted the funcarl Sunday after- neon. Tom Nelson, i Delta county Mrs, M.

JS. who has been living on her farm at Broadway has purchased her former home on South 22nd street known as the Dr Ixmg place. end will move back to town this week. In West Purls, went to Texarkana to resume his old position ui the rail 1 way maiRervic e. wife, whom he marrii-! after enlist- ng in the army, returned tj oupur, where she ha? a position in a bank Jurnei of Eurela Springs wao among yesterday's arrivals in Paris.

J. tadler and wife of Canyon were In Paris yesterday. tMrs. W. G.

Rtannard was admitted a patient at the Sanitarium yesterday afternoon for an operation. Rev. E. Wallace and wife, Dr. Ren M.

Edwards and Rev. R. B. Curry will go to Dallas today to atiend conference to be held there In connection with the intcr- ehurch world movement. Airs.

Charley Moore of Phoenix, is visiting her parents, Mr und Mrs. IM. I) liines, at Howland. Mayor Urook waa eon fined to his home yesterday by sickness MJ'Sa Melle Rogers of Harmon visiting her sister, Mrs. W.

I West. Mildred Shepard of Klondike, who has a patient at the itarlum, returned home yeaterday afternoon accompanied by her father, i iR. Shepard. Rev. B.

Campbell of Kentucky is here visiting his daughter, Mrs Olivia Bryant, of Boswell, Ok Whoj is a ontient at the Sanitarium. Yeargan. W. H. Jackson and W.

J. Shelton of Enloe were In Paris! yesterday and left for the Rio, Grande vallev on a prospecting trio Rev. W. H. Brown of Bog well snent a few hours with friends in Paris yesterday on his way to Dallas to attend the inter-church movement.

Rev. Frank crockett, a young Rap- 11st milaisterial student from Fort Worth, was in Paris yesterday on his way home from Blanton Creek, Red River county, where he preached Sunday. Hicks Anderson, a student of Wesley College, was in the oity yesterday on his way hack from a visit to his home at Detroit. ss Lillie Nance returned Sunday night from Plainview, where she visited her uncle, J. ill.

Nance, and family. Rufus Nance, her brother, went to Fort Worth to meet her. R. J. Smith the livestock inspector, has been confined to his home on Pine Bluff street since last Thursday by sickness IDr.

T. E. Hunt returned from New York, where he has been taking a post-graduate course in eye, nose and throat Mrs. I. W.

Rummel, the La Vogue buyer, returned yesterday from New York. Dr. L. C. Kirkes will go to Dallas tomorrow to the nee.

F. Hereford of Japan, was among yesterd; rivals tin Paris. C. O. of Haworth, Ol- last night in Paris.

'Mayor J- W. Cunningham of Deport spent last night In ParH He stated that flu had Just struck town with full force within the past few days. KEF.P.CHTCKENS PENNED The ity requiring i rtf to keep them confined -a. enforce now that poopla have begun to plant gardens. 1 hope there will be no occasion for arreats to be made for violation of dinali your chickens on your own lot, plea e.

F. HARRELL, City Marshal. News ads gets results. Ginghams the beat gingham that money can buy, also a large assortment anC exquisite patterns to choose from. Otar stock of ginghams represent a special rejection, as we take the same precaution in buying ginghams as we do our other fine grades of dress goods.

You will End in this lot that we have chosen a complete assortment of colcrs. If you are going to need ginghams it will pay you to visit our store and get your supply now. Prices range from 29c, 35c, 39c, 45c, 50c, 75c PERSONAL Jack Adams of Petty was in Paris yesterd iy on his wa yto Dallas. L. Short of he city waterworks department, who has been in Austin taking a special course in bacteriology, fikration, returmed home Sunday.

Lillie Ausmus is still very ill far-! at her home on North 28th street. BETTER DEAD Life is a burden when the body is racked with pain. Everything worries and the victim becomes despondent and downhearted. To bring back the sunshine take GOLD MEDAL BIG SHOWING OF Punjab Percales We have a beautiful assortment of Punjab percales in shirting patterns only. Just think fifty different pieces to select from.

I am sure you can find just what you want this lot. The price we are selling this wonderful cloth is a saving of 15c per yard and we would advise hat you come in and make youd selections while the stocks are complete. Price per yard mer, who lives in The Shiloh com-, A. Martin, who has been a pa- munity near Klondike, was operated tlent at the Sanitarium the past few months, is greatly improved and may be able to be out before long. ESTABLISHED AT NOGALES By The Associated Press Nogales, Feb.

16. of the immediate installation of an avmv aviation field here was made today by Lieutenant Mor- is of the air service. Suoth- ern department officials said the fletd Is to he ready for operation within three weeks. When in Doubt About Your Life W. Hoyt Braselton, General Agent Missouri State Life Ina.

Co. First Natl. Bank Bldg. mone in nches To loan on farming lands and land notes, with the lowest Interest rate and ootions to suit, ever offered human beings. See me before making your arrangements.

Quick service. P. J. Ple.ce, Paris, Texas. Third Floor, First Natl.

Bk. Bldg. on in Paris Vast week for appendicitis. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to T. E.

Bailey and Miss Janie Allen Smyers and Miss Lou- Matthews. L. L. Perkins and Miss Irfene Kennedy, L. J.

Taylor and Lora Cook. The county commissioners court Mtlonal remedy of Holland for ovor 200 years; it is an enemy of all pains suiting from kidney, liver and uric acid troubles. Ail druggists, three sizes. Lank for the uma Cold oa avary baa aad accept no imitation 50c dry oods cloth TBSP 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Mtre. P.

Collier of Petty is re ported ill with pneumonia. Mrs. J. W. Poe is very ill on Eastj Sherman with flu.

T. B. Morris, who reecntlv returned from the army and has been viating his parents. Morris and wife, YOU GET th that haa you to THE oa SHUT Plant a A a YOU TO TOP 3 OH GATE, rs THE SE COHO TAHfC TUE HAD to the Everybody is working for a future or preparing for his children's future. Our future is what we make it and what we sow, got to reap.

A good comfortable future is built by the sums we are regularly depositing in the bank now. Come in and start a bank account for your boy. Do it to- daY- JL Put Your Money in Our Bank. First State Bank Swinging On The What healthy boy or girl ever could resist the temptation of swinging on the gate? So Don't expect it father. Just come in and get some good, big heavy hinges and new screws and let it go at that.

Now make a mental note of the hinges and locks, hooks and staples that would the place more safe, and more handy and come and see us. We are lock, hook and hinge headquarters. Johnson-Billingsley Co. 0202010002020100000202000200010201000201020100020002000001020200.