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THE DEN 0 VOL. LIU. NO. 9 CAMDEN. TENN.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1J)1G $1.00 PER YEAR CAM ' f t '4 ' RAILROAD MAN LOSES HIS LIFE , Ernest D, Scott, 40 years of age, n brakeman on the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railwayf was fatally injured by a fall from a freight train near Camden last Thursday tnoining about lOo'clock. Ho died at 5.15 a. m. Friday at a Nashville hospital. According to information given, Scott was riding on one of several extra cars which were being shunt ed ahead of the engine into the yard at the gravel pit about !1 mile ast of here. Through some unknown cause Just as the car on the top of which lie was riding crossed the trestle over a spring branch, Scott fell from the car. He struck the tres tle, went through and f ell heavily into the water below. His fall was seen by the fireman nd engineer on the engine, and the train was immediately stopped and the two ran back to the rescue of Scott. He was unconscious vhen found, end never regained consciousness. He was put on the train and rushed to Nashville. Scott was the son of W. F. Scott of Dickson, and is survived by his rife and one child. MAKES GOOD FARMER. Jackson, Tenn., August 28. A renter's son, Auzie Martindale, aged 13, living near here, has a fine acre of corn and -five acres of cotton that he has worked with very great success. ' County Agent Judd Brooks re cently visited young Martindale cud found his crops in fine condi tion. He was plowing under a 'large-crop of Japan clover on one acre, planning to put that acre in crimson clover foripig pasture and then in the spring turn-under the crimson clover for corn. "Few boys," said Mr. Brooks, ''have taken as much interest in clover as young Martindale, but this year many of them are seeing that it is to their advantage in our boys' club work." Martindale is planning to' make farming a profession. COWELL CHAPEL. Some from this community are attending the meeting at Morris Chapel. Sunday school was well attended Sunday, but a hundred or more could have been seated if they had leen present. Another good rain fell' here last Sunday evening. It interfered 'with saving hay and fodder, but ifine on turnips. . The Alfalfa Club boys are pre paring the soil for sowing this eek. The club of five in this section have been doing good work on their plots and we hope to get .lfalfa started tliis year. We have a communication from J. C. Mc Amie, who will be here this week The writer-had the pleasure of attending a few services at Camden last week, and no occasion to regret it. However, we ' failed to attend the ball game at Wyly Park on . -Friday afternoon. -We don't re gret it, either; iu'"fact we have not atteuded a ball game in ten years. The school building is nearing -'completion, and we hope to have it ' Teady by next Mouday. It occurs to us that where 50 or CO pupils are assembled together for teach ing or training ther if urgent need o two teachers. Qnr,.gi-eutet her itage is to clothe our children with the armor of education, the only powefThat will can successfully combat and overcome evil. LAKE COWELL. The passing of Lake -Cowell, which is being drained by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Co., means the dis appearance of another landmark within the environment of Camden. Time was when the writer often enjoyed a plunge in the placid waters of the lake and'( were it not for the leeches) we would enjoy it again. However, the opportunity will soon have passed away. We are told that the roadbed of the new right of way will be several feet below the bottom of the lake, hence the necessity of drawing off the water. ' Since the recent rains the water of the lake has been lowered about three feet, and soon only the fish and leeches will be left to tell the tale, for the snakes and turtles abandoned the lake as soon as its waters began to recede. A TRUE PROGRESSIVE. Judge Albert D. Nortoni, the Missouri Progressive chieftain heretofore intimately associated with Roosevelt and other Progres sive leaders and candidate for Governor of Missouri on the Pro gressive ticket in 1912, has an nounced his support of 'President Wilson and will take an .active part tin his campaign. He has resigned from the Missouri Appellate Court, to which he was elected for a twelve-year-term as a Republican, so that he can consistently support the Democratic candidate. Judge Nortoni Bays that Wilson has demonstrated real Progressive ideals, while Hughes is a typical New York lawyer wedded to the ideas and ideals of Big 'Business. He contrasts the 'Federal reserve law, the rural credits law, the child labor law, the proposed scientific tariff commission and the shipping bill, all Wilson measures, with Hughes' opposition as Governor of NewvYork to the income tax amend ment and his veto of the two-cent fare rate bill, and the total lack, as evidenced by his speeches,- of any real constructive program., Judge 'Nortoni asserts that a great many true Progressives, re senting the betrayal of the party by former Bull Moose leaders, will support Wilson. HOLLADAY. Annie 'Laura, little daughter 6f John and Bettie Whitfield, died of infantile paralysis, agedl year, 2 months and 14 days. Dear par ents, grieve not as those who have no hope; remember that the blessed Savior said "Of such is the King dom of Heaven. 'Let us so live that when the call is made we will cross over the si lent stream and meet little Annie who has gone to live witlfGod and the holy angels, where a new white crown awaits her in a home pre pared in-Heaven, where the Savior has gone and where angels dwelli where farewells are never spoken where family circles are never broken, where golden harps fill the air with -soft, sweet music, where angels bright "in robes of white walk the streets Of endless light and where ere long we we will join their sou g in that fair land of the angel band, -Faithfully, W. L. Neal. MASS MEETING OF DEMOCRATS A mass meeting of all: Demo crats of 'Benton County is hereby called to meet at the court house in Camden, Tenn., on Monday, September 4, 1916, at 1 O'clock p. m. for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Senatorial conven tion to be held at the court house in Jackson, Tenn., on Saturday, September 9,. 191G, called for the purpose of nominating a Demo cratic candidate for State-Senator from the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District of Tennessee. R. L. Stookard, Senatorial Committeeman for Ben ton County. A NARROW ESCAPE. Some of the men working with the dredger crew at thesand cuton the railroad 3 miles west of Cam den -feel like they had a narrow escapeFriday tin order to draw Off the water ahead of the steam shovel they were engaged in open ing a trench about nine feet deep. A short time after the men knocked off work Friday the walls of the trench caved in. Besides the sand the-soil at that place contains a thick -stratta- of blue sticky - mud, and we .are told that since the work of opening the new railroad right of way com menced the workmen constructing trenches would frequently return in the morning to find their work of the previous day obliterated by the sliding soil. THE STATE FAIR. The attention of our readers is called to the big coming event in Tennessee, the State Fair at Nash ville September .18, 1920,21, 22 and 23. This is going to be a gala week in theiVolunteerState. The railroads give a low rate and every one who can should-attend the big exposition. It is educational and entertain ing. There will be large exhibits of live stock, agricultural products, woman's work, racing) free attrac tions of many -kinds. J-Big bands of national reputation will furnish the music. The grandstand will be thrown open. There will be no reserve seats except boxes. -For 50 cents you can see the entire show and remain-at night for the big horse show free acts and fire works without having to pay any thing additional. You will see a $2.00 show for-60 cents. You could not ask for any better form of entertainment than a visit to the State Fair. Catalogues are now ready and will be sent you, just for the asking. They are free. Get up something to exhibit at your State Fair. Now don't miss this show. -Make your arrangements right now to put ina day or so at the big exposition. For catalogue and all information write to J. W.Russwurm, secretary, Nashville, Tenn. CLAUD. Edgar Farmer was at Big&andy one day last week. Don Hall of Henry County has been visiting friends here. John-Brewer and mother Of Big Sandy spent Sunday here. Mrs. Cansada Farmer of Faxon visited relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hermau Harrison are spending a few days with rela tives at McEwen. Mrs, J oe Melton of Harmon Creek was a guest of . relatives in this community recently. Measrs. Wright and Butler of Kentucky were in tins-community purchasing live stock last week. An epidemic of chills is preva lent iu this section, aud almost every one, old and young alike, have suffered. This Man receiveth . sinners. Luke xv .2. Reader, the above declaration, while uttered in malice and hatred by the pharasees aud scribes because . Jesus -mixed and mingled with, as we would say, the down-and-outs, the publicans and sinners, is the very glory of the (Gospel. 'It is a. message we would convey to the earth's utmost bound. Ah, what a great, what-a beautiful sermon those self-righteous people unconsciously preached. "'This Man receiveth sinners." That He might find and rescue wandering, perishing mankind, Jesus left the realms of glory. came to earth, lived, enffered and died. Have you been received of Him? Remember He waits to re ceive you. Remember if you are not received Of Him, do not em brace Him as your Savior in this life, you must sink down into eternal woe and despair, for by Him and Him only can we enter into eternal life. STARK BROS. TREES. I am representing Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co., of Louisiana, Mo., the oldest, largest and most reliable nursery in the world. The trees I will sell you were grown by them. When you buy of me you get direct shipment- direct from the nurseries at Louis iana, Mo, in bundles locked and sealed with the. great Stark seal your guarantee that the. trees will reach you in exactly the same con dition they left the nursery. The condition variety and genuineness of every tree is guaranteed by a guarantee that means something. In offering you Stark Bros, trees I also offer you Stark Bros, service including free landscape plans for your home yard or lawn. oTheoest orchards in this -State have Stark Bros, trees 'for their foundation. That's why they're profitable. Assortment most complete all fruit trees, bush fruits and. grapes Ornamental stock shade trees, shfubshedges and roses. (Place your order with me and you buy direct from the great Stark - Bros. 'Nurseries. s Take no chances, Bee your trees before you pay for them. Know where they come from. ', I have arranged to . make a thor ough canvass for fall delivery-in this territory. Don't place your order before I see you. I have the newest and best. 1 1 can .give you greater values aud better service for the same money. A. R. Devault, ( Rural route. 4, Camden, Tenn, By a-recent act of Congress the President is authorized in his dis cretion to . utilise the services of postmasters of the second, third and fourth classes in procuring the enlistment of recruits for the army, and Postmaster E.vO. Thomas has been so advised by the recruiting officer at Paducah,Ky. The United States Civil Service Commission announces a competi tive examination for stenographer and typewriter for men only Sep- temberl2 and 26 at Jackson, union' City, Nashville aud Memphis. CONFIDENT OF THE y ERDICT It is clearly evident in the delib erations which have been in prog ress at AVashingtonover the threat ened nation-wide strike that public opinion is destinedto play a lead ing part in IhejEnal adjustment of the matters in controversy. That the railroad heads havertr plicit confidence in the verdict of the people is shown, very forcefully in the statenent of Elisha Len'cf the Peuusylvauia. Railroad whei: he says, fIf these wage demands are just in whole or in part, then a public tribunal, appointed by th President as we have urged, would speedily, so determine. "The weight of public opinion, must determine this issue, " he con tinues. "We can not believe that it is the calm judgment of the country that we should sacrifice the principle of arbitration in in dustrial disputes under a threat to tie up the commerce of the coun try." It must be born in .mind that the public the third f party in this case will be called upon to bear the burden of additional cost which the demands of the brotherhoods will carry, if granted. The de mands are too heavy for the rail roads to meet and pay a fair return upon investment. ; To grant them would mean that all improvements in the way of extensions and bet terments would have to cease. And this in the face of the fact that in 1915 fewer miles of new railroad were constructed in the United States than for- any one year since the Civil War. In the event of a nation-wide strike and the -stopping of trains the public-would suffer perhaps as much as the railroads. Industries dependent upon transportation would have to close down aud thousands upon thousands of em ployees would be thrown out of work. And the public Bhould know that this state of affairs is to be brought about by one-seventh of the men in railroad service. It would mean that 100,000,000 citizens of the na tion are to be inconvenienced be cause 350,000 of the highefct paid workmen in the couutry want-more wages. It is: hardly conceivable-that the public will sit idly, by and submit without . protest. Such protest have already been registered in Washington from thousands o business men, commercial orgaui zationand bankers over thecountry" These are-some of the thinge that are bound to influence public opinion and these facts, known to the heads of the railroads, have caused them to speak out to con tend for the principle of arbitration, and to agree to submit their case to the people. ' They feel confident of the ver dict. They have an abiding faith iu the-fiuding of the jury of "pub lic opinion." For when the facts are known there can be but one ' . answer. The New Mexico Baptist Con vention was organized in 1900 with 1,000 members iu the territory. The number is now 5,000, grouped iu 138 churches. There are liter ally hundreds of New Mexican vil lages in which no evaugelical ser vices are held. With most Christian bus!nee men the pocketbook nerve is the sensitive nerve. Dr. E-M,PoUaf, I b' W1 i