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East of the Mississippi
Well, we have had our vacation
or, more properly speaking, varia
tion. We had a change. That wus
all. The time we were off duty
went more like work than play.
Time well spent, though, and we
are pleased pleased to again be
back in old Missouri, the greatest
State of them all.
The writer and "his partner in the
waltz of life have in the past made
mauy journeys into near and far
countries during their more than
thirty years travel of the road of
life, but we do not recall that we
have ever before attempted to inllict
our experiences upon the patient but
suftering public through the medium
of print, or otherwise. There is no
particular reason why we should do
so now, and that leaves us without
an excuse.
We are just home from a short
visit short in miles and in days.
On Saturday, August 12, we left
for our old home country, Crockett
county. Tennessee, and on the next
Saturday, August 10, we returned
to our home here. We made the
trip in our Chevrolet "Chivie,"
they call them over the river. Prom
our home here to our destination in
Tennessee, speedometer register, was
but 53 miles. This, of course, doos
not take into account the width of
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application!), is they cannot reach
the diseased portion ot the car. There is
only one way to euro catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a. constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is caused by an in
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the Kustaehinn Tube. When this tube la
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect heat ins. and when it is entirely
closed, Deaf!.. j3 is the re3ult. Unless the
inflammation can b5 reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Mnny capo3 of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
an inflamed condition of the mucous our
faces. JIalPn Catarrh Medleitm acta thru
the blood on the tnuC'uo zu-iaces of the
system.
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any case of Cituirhnl Ui-afmsi that cannot
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the Mississippi, which we crossed
at Cottonwood. That, we say, is a
very short journey. Ordinarily, It
should be no more than two hours'
drive. On Missouri roads it would
require less time than that to cover,
according to the speed we made on
this side of the river on our return
journey. With good roads all the
way, one could easily leave Hayti,
Missouri, Sunday mornings and at
tend Sunday school at Lebanon
church in Crockett county, Tennes
see, and return for noon lunch. To
cover such a trip would seem too in
significant to make mention of, and
as the writer is not in the habit of , take care of itself."
lecounting personal experiences, per
haps we could save our reputation
as a narrator by adhering to our
rule of reticence. However, this is
a day and time of shattered prece
dents all along the line, from wo
muns' apparel to the spinning of
literary yarns, so homely habits in
some respects might as well be toss
ed to the four winds. In this age
of flying machines, thoughts might
as well also fly, and he who would,
write his 1111, for at most his readers
will be few. "And hence, as but few
will be interested in these random
thoughts, we shall make no pretense
of following a connected theme, for
there is nothing of that sort to fol
low in making a short auto trip in
August. The fact is, we followed
nothing but the road ahead, and at
times found that hard enough job.
At least, it was a-plenty in places to
keep a novice busy, for this trip
meant for him the driving of a new
car over the worst of bad roads. We
mean that. In our time we have
seen some roads, but not worse than
the first three miles out from the
Cottonwood ferry on the Tennessee
side. Here, from the water's edge,
our other cars ahead of us, waiting
to cross. The ferry boat was on the
other side, but we had not long to
wait, and received the most cour
teous attention and felt as safe as
we did on land, and much safer than
on some so-called land after reach
ing the Tennessee shore. This ferry
has1 an immense trade, requiring the
employment of five or six men, and
we, with the four other auto trav
elers, were soon on our way across
the two miles of Mississippi water.
We gave no notice to the make of
the other cars, but the captain ot
the ferry ordered his crew to follow
them up the bank, while he, him
self, drove ours with the remark:
"Boys, follow those Lizzies up that
bank this damned 'Chivie' will
And it did. It
I climbed from the water's edg2 to the
top of the bank without a" pause.
That gave us our first confidence,
which was needed later, as has been
told. After that climb, wherever
we saw automobile tracks, we were
sura we could go, though had we
known before starting the condition
of the highway, we would not have
started on this trip in any automo
bile made.
The road from Finley to Dyers
burg was a disappointment. Ex
pecting to find. this in good condition
we found it, instead, a series of holes
bumps, deep dust and bad bridges.
No time could be made. Going out
of Dyersburg. south, it was practi
cillv the same. We don't know why
and sunken graves sleep father and
mother. As a whole, we like the
people who have remained around
the old homesteads and know no
other lands. They are intelligent,
houe3t and, in their way, enterprist
ing. And the way they have
learned to run their little "Henrys"
up and down the red hills is to be
admired. They can climb a hill
with a 40 per cent grade that is,
if they have a 40 per cent hill to
go down before going up. They,
go down with all four cylinders
hitting high, and ,r." over the top of
the next rise like a bat out of per
dition. The fact is, "going over the
top" is the first name of Tennes
seans. The main thing is to get
them started right. Alvin York is a
Tennessean. He was hard to get
started, but when ilnally jarred
loose from the hills of his nativity
he came near mopping up with the
whole German army before he could
be stopped. Tennesseans have made
good abroad. They can do the same
at home if they will. Some day
these friends of ours are going tc
wake up from their Rip Van Winkle
sleep on the road question, and
when they do, they are going over
the top. At present they have u
long way to go and show but little
sign of starting.
But back to the subject. That re
minds us. What is the subject? Thi
was not to be a good roads article,
so there is little else to go back to.
We hope we may be excused for our
it is so, but it is so. Judging, how-, dilation upon roads, for this is the
ever, from the way they drive, the feature of the trip that got most un
people over there pay little atten- on our nerves. In connection with'
lion to their highways. Perhaps this trip it matters not what else we
they do not know what good roads might attempt to say, it would be
mean. Surely they could not be so difficult for us not to run into the
seemingly well satisfied with what road subject.
they have if they do know. At the outset we said the trip wn&
West Tennessee ought to have short. So it was in miles and in
and could have good roads. The time. The latter all too short, foi
topography of the country is favora-we failed to see all we intended to
ble to road construction, and their ' see. There is a saying, "So near and
old
deep, crawly sand is encountered. ' taxable wealth, in comparison with , yet so far." As near as our
HAYTI
MISSOURI
To make matters worse, thero are
sand pits, or washes, several feet
deep, that to be negotiated must be
plunged into with gearing in low
and with engines racing at the speed
of thirty-five miles an hour in order
that the opposite bank may be
climbed. Here is where we would
have turned back, but were now
across the Mississippi and headed
for tha hills, and thinking each mile
would bring us better going, we
kept our "Chivie" headed toward the
east. Soon this part of 'he road was
left behind without a single mishap
and we felt our courage as a chauf
feur rising soveral points, in our
own estimation, though not to the
extent thut wo felt absolutely safe.
Three miles from the river, aftei
passing the farms and entering the
forest, from there to Finley no fault
can bo found with the highway
That ten or twelve miles of level
bottom embraces the best roads we
found In Tennessee,
Thero is a splendid ferry at Cot
tonwood in fact, two of them. Ar
riving there about 10:00 a. m. on
our journey to Tennessee we found
PEARL POOL HALL
I have moved my cold drink outfit to- the Pearl
Building, and recently installed a NEW and complete
outfit of pool tables and necessary equipment. You
are cordially invited to come and spend a few hours of
pleasant pastime. Perfect order guaranteed.
W. P. MEATTE, Prop.
surrounding States is far from being .home in Tennessee is, fourteen long
over-burdened. Added to this, I years had intervened since we last
good roads would greatly enhance j looked upon the places and faces of
the value of every ' acre of their! our early life. What a gulf of timr
lands and add equally to town prop- J that is! What changes it has
erty. We believe wo suspect where1 brought! Only the 'absentees op
the fault lies. We arrive at our their return can properly appreciate
conclusions by the process of clftni- this vastness. Even the old hills,
by Halls, Double Bridges and Unlon
vllle, crossing the rives (Forked
Deer) at Yellow Bluff. i This road,
while further, was better save for
its hills and the snake-like wliidlu;
and wiggling of its way. Leaving
Halls and traveling northwestward,
the road traverses the Mississippi
river bluffs, up one and down thr
other, with an almost t continuous
curve and many abrupt turns. This
road, or at least, part of It, we be
lieve, is to be converted into whal
Is called the Jeff Davis Highway
and part of it, near Unionvlllc, Is
jlready fairly well graded and ha?
good width. And, right here, is an
other thought, lending further
weight to our idea ot the neglect ot
road building in Tennessee. Some
body lives at Unionviile somebody
who has seen some other part of thr
world. While Unionviile is but u
country hamlet, far removed from
the railroad, with but three or four
stores, a church and school and
blacksmith shop, it is the prettiest
place, excepting none, that we saw
rn our trip. We had never heard of
the place before and ran Into it un
suspectingly, hidden away among
the hills overlooking the river val
leys, and it at once attracted our at
tention and we thought we would
like" to stop and stay there a while.
There was a modernity about the
setting of everything that spelled
enterprise to the passer-by. Many
of the residences were constructed
after the bungalow fashion, with
lawns and flowers, showing that
somebody had seen beyond the con
ges of the local rises and settings
of dawns and sunsets. Perhaps, af
ter seeing California, someone has
returned and found, after all, that
"Dear Old Tennessee" was as capa
ble of development as the far west
and at much less expense. We don't
know that it Is true. We made no
inquiries. But the facts as we state
are 'there to be seen, be the causer
what they may. And at and near
Unionviile e found the best high
ways. We link these enterprises to
gether as the outgrowth of the same
causes.
If we ever write another article
on this subject, if we may use that
word in this connection, we may of
fer some suggestions for the better
ment of the roads and other condi
tions in Tennessee, but for the pres
ent our allotted space is over filled.
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WE LEAD.
A careful examination of the new
map showing the proposed locatlou
for the 1500 miles of State Primary
Roads reveals the fact that 60 per
cent ot these roads will lie south of
the river. Another, and perhaps
the best reason, is that the counties
south of the river have outdono the
northern counties in voting bonds
for good roads and have thus shown
their need for better roads and their
determination to have them. Sikes
ton Herald.
Old papers, large package for
5c, at this office. Handy for use
aruond the home, at picnics, lunch
stands, and many places. Get them
while we have a supply on hand.
Young people should be careful of
what they read. The golden rule
of success is never found between the
pages of a dime novel.
Turn that extra piece of not
needed furniture into cash. Some
body may want It. A Herald ad
will do it.
Things would improve a whole lot
if the people had a little more power
-,iul the governmnt Ices.
Thank you- for reading this far.
We hope you have survived the or
deal. C. S. YORK.
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nation. As we say, we can find but
one excuse, and that is the fact that
the residents of Tennessee have not
learned to properly appreciate the
value of good roads. We find people
over there doing things precisely
the same as their grandfathers did
them fifty years ago,, Tennessee is
populated with a citizenry of pio
neer settlers. We know old people
living over thero who never saw the
Mississippi river. Some never saw
the sun rise nor set save over tli
same ridge. Tennessee hns been
Rending out her most progressively
Inclined sons and daughters to the
four corners of the earth for the
last fifty years, but has received lit
tle or no emigration from the outside
world. Consequently thoy have fall
en into the rut of pessimism. Some
of them take and read the dally pa
pers. They read with wonder of
hugo enterprises being developed
elsewhere, not realizing that they,
themselves, are surrounded by possi
bilities for development almost be
yond the dreams of the most ad
vanced theorist.
Personally, wo like West Tennes
see. If for no other reason, we like
it because our earliest recollections
are associated with its scenery. It
was the State ot our childhood home.
Tho happiest and the saddest hours
ot our life have there touched tho
tendorest chords of our heart. On a
sunny hilltop beneath grass-grown
themselves, have changed. Some,
mere babies when wo last saw them,
i re now married and have babies oJ
their own. Others have moved away
gone westward to find more pro
grcsslve lands. Black locks of
many were penciled with silver
threads. And, alas, there is a great
void and silonco. The enlargement
of tho neighborhood cemeteries that
border tho roadside tell the sad story
of life's final tragedy the tragedy
of death that awaits us all just
around tho curve In tho road, or just
over tho hill, out of sight.
Mrs York saw her four sister
and her only two living aunts, and
how mnny nieces and nephews and
grand-nieces and grand-nephews we
hazard no guess The bills and val
leys seemed full of them Looking
another fourteon years hencoward s
when it comes, may those who gath
er then recall the happy days of tht-
short visit and keop gresn the
memory of those who have reached
the end of the road.
Tho writer Is sorry to say that cir
cumstances forbade him seeing any
of his blood relatives, there being
nouo ot his name in tho community
visited. The fact is, we were una
ble to make our vjslt nearly so com
plete as we would have liked, and
we desire all those whom we did not
see to appreciate our deepest regret
Our return was made over a differ
ent route to Dyersburg We came
THERE IS only one
place where you real
ly feel at home; that
is a home of your own.
The house that will suit
you best is the one built
according to your own
ideals of comfort and convenience.
It is cheaper to own your
own home, especially if
you come here for the ma
terials. Let Billy figure
with you.
BILLY NETHERY, Manager
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