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Benton, Tenr.., Thursday. July, 24. 1919
No. 20
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Bryan Confesses
Editor of the News:
I ttniA trouble and 1 want
yo to help me out. Sorne days
Kp J wrote to tIie - Cleveland
Banner an account of the life- of
Bilty Paterson. I told something
ahout the "size of cities in 1842.
the year erf Billy's birth. Among
other things I stated, that Benton
was the $ame size that it is now.
Ify friend, Mr. J. D- Clemmer.
sent the fine write-up that I
ever read to the Cleveland Ban
ner stating that Benton has grown
intoalittle city.' You wrote an
editorial about it-, in the Polk
County News: Why didn't you
itftelligent gentlemen smile about
it instead nf taking offense
Everybody that knows anything
about Benton knows that my
-statement is incorrea. , Every
body that knows me, knows that
I wrote it just for some innocent
fun. My" main objeft in writing
it was" t get you to strike back
at my town, Tasso. You did not
strike' so you must let Tasso a-
lone. i
Benton.and Polty County have
no better friend thfKrthis - writer.
I have said many good things a
bout your.:" Benton Springs. I
taught my' first school on the
Savannah farm and boarded with
"Nep Dunn. f Many of my best
friends have generated from Polk
County.
l am looking forward with in
terest to the time- when Benton
will reach to the mountains on
the East, to the Hivvassee river
on theNorth and to the Ocoee on
schools evef "since I can remeru
'ber and' that is as far back as
the days when Professor- Milburn
was in charge of your schools. !
le&ured in your city about twenty -
seven years ago and if you and
Brother Clemmer would let ' me
know I would like to lecture there,
again and give. your schools the
vn tire proceed''
s You have lived long enough
to knowthatall towns -are picked
on' more or less. I struck the
first lickVfof the town of Chats
worth and Dr. Brown '-of litou;
told me that was the reason that
t did not gYow any larger. I did
not get triad.
Some men tooled out of a
sleeping car window at Tasso
when I was a boy, and they swore
that if they had a pound of lard
A Complete Lfge of Remedies
Itiihcrci to thinK 5f W ailment more an.
nkVing lb an foot troubles. Eery.atep you
taud'is coVantremlnder.
But there ar noyt a nwnber of good reme
dies on the rndrftet fpr affording quicK relief
And-the price., In moit Instances, is very
reasonable.' 1(
We have a freah stocK of aU the best Known
com plasters bunion pads-foot bath tablets-:
foot poydrs--and other preparations
ur. on iYrtiv vou with salves --liTlt-
rnents -dfslnfectanta
bentnodruq company
Gen. T. W. Peace a Mem
ber State Board of
Education
The appointment by Governor
A. II . Roberts of Attorney, Gen
eral T. W. Peace as a member of
the State Board of Education is
particularly pleasing to General
Peace's many friends in this coun
ty. Mr. Peace is ably qualified
to render valuable service for the
cause of edubation on the State
Board. The appointment was un
solicited by General 'Peace or his
friends and came as z surprise to
him. He and Governor Roberts
were members of the same gradu
ating class at Hiwassee College.
(In Madisonville Democrat. J
'Nopuper prints it all-take the
News. '
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they would grease the .town and
let some hound lick-it up. We
boys started to throw some rocks
into the windows at. them but we
did n6t. I used to say that Kice-
ville was two miles long and
eighteen inches wide but RJceville
did not get mad. Sam Jones went
to a town the same make of Rice-.
ville and 4(l he knew U W,1S a
Baptist towflhe very minute he
entered it because it was long and
narrow. Sam Jones told the peo
ple at Chattanooga that thev
ought to go, .somewhere and ad
vised them to go to Ooletwah.
Que man said that he was fifty -J?Sht
years old but he called it
sixty because he spent one year
jn Mcon. There is a town down
be1 ow Atlanta that tbey say is five
mies square?and tVo inches deep:
Even the . elevator stops' in-Atlanta
are named after little towns around
Atlanta. Every stop around
Chattanooga is called VVanhatchie.
I took up for Benton just the
other day. I asked a man if all
three of his children were liying
an,l hr aid. ' Two of theifl are
living but the other one is in Ben
ton." Now, Mr. Editor, tell nie what
else 1 can do to get out of 'this
trouble. I wish you would let
rue write au article in your paper
each week for the children on
"Scientific and Curious Thing..
I love nearly everybody, some
people a great deal more than
others:
Yours lovingly,
,Thos. U Bryan.
Atlanta, Ga.
adhesive plasters J
Circuit Court Ad
journed Wednesday
"Tom Cat" Payne Gets Ten
Years for Abduction.
Allen and Brooks Escape
Pen by ' One Day.
The Julv term of Circuit, Court
convened here Mouday morning.
One of the largest crowds to at tend
a session of Circuit court in
many a year was in attendence on
Monday.
Judge Brown gave in charge to
the Grand Jury some of the new
Statutes passed by the last legis
lature, among them being the sta
tute making it ayfelony to trans
port into tue state or irum um
noint in othe' state to another,
more than three gallons.of whiskey,
the dog law, the statute authoriz
ing the Sheriff's of this state to
capture stills.
There was a number of felony
casws en the docket but all wete
continued except the case of State
vs- Tom Cat Payne. Payne was
charged with abduction, in takfng
Daisy Bums away from her father
last August. The case went to.,trial
Monday and continued until Tues
day noon, when the case was mv
en to the jury. They, retoruedLa
verdict at the ppnvjpjng of coufit
Tuesday noon, finding the dele n-
dan t goil ty. Paynes attorney made
a motion for a Jiew trial, r Vecj,nes- k
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day morning, which was oy"errul
ed. and an appeal teas taken to the
Supreme Curt -.TrHs;;aseh:;at--
interest, and was one of the hard
est fought cases, both by state and
defense, that ha been tried in the
court here in yeafs. General Peace
was assisted in the prosecution by
Col. john L. Smith of Cleveland
and B. B. C. Witt of this place.
The defendant was represented by
John S. Shainblin.
Filmore Allen and Brooks were
indicted for transpoitin'eight gal
lons of whiskey from one point in
the state to another point, and
plead guilty. They were given
each a sentence of sixty days in
the county work house' and fined
fiftv dollars'andthff cost. The men
were arrested April 15th, near Ben
ton, The Felony statute in regard
to transporting more thcn three
gallons of whiskey was approved
April the 16th, thereby making it
possible for Allen and Brooks to
escape a term in the pen,
A number of misdemeanors,
such as carrying pistols and bone
dry violations were submitted, all
getting off with fines and costs.
Tif following composed the
Grand and. Travis iurys'.
John L, Williams,
Jak' fcymer
A, D. Hyde
janie G, Kirkland .
J, T, Sprigs
J, B, Painter
W M, Dill- ;
K M Prrris
Hugh Moats
W, T center
E. E. Smith
Marian Payne
K 11. Shoemaker
V. L Howard -offices
W. D .Mason
Grover cole
A V Morris
' S . Boring
Pink Spurring'
Will Stuart'S
N C illgdoii
Grant StinrJiuls
Jim Taylor
John crew.se
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S Our Periscope
The Polk county teachers' In
stitute.is in session this week and
the periscope man - was invited to
be oil hand and stand the exami
nation on geopraphy and history;
but on account of .the iush of
business it was imposible to go
and so we had the Prof, to send
ih a li of questions and we will
gi.e the list and oiir answers in
the periscope column , not that we
want to acWertise our ability, but
in hope that it will be of some
benefit to the young teachers who
may want to take the examination
for teacher: later on, y '
) Where is Germany? .
A, Dogan if -we know. Germany
geriti is i;i Holland, ";.'.'
Q, Why did the. king of 'Aust
ria abdio ittr? -
A,' Because he had a mother-
in- law. . '
Q, V;;.i pai t of Asia is con -
tr61ectl)Turkey r' .
.- A, A-ta minor.
O.AVhtftt will the league of na
tion be formed? .
vAtJ So ue day,
. Ok-What is causing all the
treble Ireland
yX'il'be Irish,1'
fcXibltT::! Ireland?
.Q. .'hrt whiped the central
power , '-u , .
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neral Directory
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Sheri A. Lilfard ; ' Clerk .. and
Master, A. J. Williams; Circuit
Coutt Clerk. James Parker; Cjpuu
ty Court Oerk, A. R. Arp; Trus
tee Charles E. Taylor; Register,
T L. Franklin; County Supt., J.
Tv. Brewer.
Courts. .
; Chancery Hon. T. L. Stewart.
Chancellor; meets fourth Mon
days in' April and Oaober.
Circnit Hon. Sam C. Brown
Judge; meets' third Monday in
March, July and November."
Ducktown Law Court -Fourth
Monday's in tM arch, July and Nov
ember. .
County a' L- Higdon Chairman,
Quarterly Court, meets first Mon
days in January, July and Octo
ber. Court always open for ordi
nary business. ,
CuijRCHES
BaptiH Kev. James Neal pas
tor.: services 1st and 3rd, Satur
days and Sundays in each month.
t. K. South-Rev. W. L. Tate
pastor; services 4th, Sunday
C, P.'Church Rev. Carl Sentel
pastor; services 2d, Sunday.
I.ODOES
Ococe Lodge. V. &-A. M. No,
212 Meets Saturday night on or
before 1st Full Moon in each
month. Chas. Harrison ' W.' M
J. H. Center Sec.
Benton Chapter, Order Eastern
Star Meets 1st Thursday nigh
in each month. Mrs. W. A.
Prince W." 'M.. Lizzie Lyle Sec.
I Moonstone Lodge I ! O. 'O. F.
Xleets 1st and 3rd Saturday
nights in each month. K. D.
Bonds "N: G., A. R.' Arp Sec.
Lcnora Rebecca Lodge - Meets
on the 1st and 3rd Monday nights
breach month." Klsie Hutchins
Noble Grand.
Citv Cm.'NCii..
A.' V.. Love Mayor; James Park
er Recorder. Meets 1st Tuesday
night in each mouth.
Take your home paper,
Honor Goes To
Polk County High
Announcement has just com
that Walter Burns, who graduated
at the Pol County High and who
is now attending the Sta'e Uni
versity, has won the Allen Prize
in mathematics.' This prize is : -warded
to that student 'who shows
the best" kgow!ed e of a'gebra,
plane geometry, MIid gM.nutiy,
trigononetry, and amdytic geom
etry as shown by examination. This
is, one of the biggest scholastic
honors that can come to a student
of the University and as the Uni
versity of Tennessee is e niljMhe
greatest educational inslituticu of
the state, tht people, of Polk Coun
ty are deli hted that a gra luate
ot one of its high schools has tak
en the honor. It is of futhei inter
est to note that Walter Smith, a
former student of The Polk Coun
ty High School, won the Allen
Prize last year. It is not surpris
ing then tbat people havens1 thJ
question, if Polk County has a
nionopoly on scholarship prizes.
Supt. Brewer has been heard to
say that he felt sure, of taking the
prize next year as some pupils
who wili ent the University this
fall from the high-school here are
of the same puality "as. -the, ones
who have just wan the honor
' .Walter Burns lives on the farm,
on the Matlock road pear Par s
ville. While in school here he
walked from heme a distance of
five miles part of the year and
"batched" part of ths time. Hethi fall.
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WINDSTORM, TORNADO, AND
LIGHTNING.
ARE you doing a safe
safe man to trust? Can
Can one storm destroy your savings of a life
time? Can one accident throw you five or ten
vivar hack f inanrialiv? If vour home and everv
thlnq burns up, will you
at once? Be able toanswer all such questfon-
favorab!y,1y carrying Insurance: In
A COMPANY THAT PAYS PROiVIPTtY
THE INATIONaCUNJOIN PIRG
IISSURAINCE COMPANY
A standard, reliable, fair . dealing company
worth $5,0OO,0a6.00jets.
REPRHSEINTECf I IN BENTON BY
J. D CLEMMER, VGENT
r' , For VPolk, Bradley and ; , IVfcMInn
counties, who has 8 years -ajiejjencb,
over $250,000.00 insurance n,py irf feffee, and
has paid over $8,000.00 fn full In 12 cases of
loss without contesting
USE YOUR INSURANCE
Rates as low as any company's w
comply With Tenn., law.
you know and who will
&TO DESERVE ALL YOUR
$ Good farmers produce
$ take care of them.. Risky business makes risky
& men: takina all Ofecautlons by Insuring In a ro
X 9 m
y liable campany makes
individuals. Insure your dwelling, household
S goods, barn, gra?n, stock and machinery and
feel safe in knowing tf3t you cannot be hurt fl- &
& nanclally by fire, w!nd
your sleeping, siaiuug ina crcuti. campany
Is as rcllablariand accomodatlas Ifs agents-
Willi f ill f .1 111 Ilk
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Frank R. Hines
Bitten by Mad Dog
Was Former Counly Agent
In Polk County
The many friends f tciftner.
cotmty Agent of "ITits county,'
I'rof, Frank R, Hi ties, wilt be
pained tcilearn that he was bitten
bv a mad dog at his hone in
Rutledge Mon4ay of last weeki.'
Profevor Hines and h wife are
well known here the Prof, being
county Agent for snoie t,ime and
his wife was a teacher in the High.
School here for a number of years
being before her marriage, Miss
M i in ye Ayers,
Mr, Hines is county agrmd
turdl agent for Granger county,
with headquarters at Kutledg.
He was taken to Knoxville where
he was given- thfc pasteur trtat-ment-
and .at this writing his con
dition is not regarded, as gerious.
he- having responded to treat
ment. We Are Ready
To tujji out that job
of .printing when
ev-.you hecd'tt'
1 Vpf"
.Qui Prices fif t Right 'j
is goirg back to Are Univerity
business? Are you a
a fire break ypti up?
need to buJJd and buy
a single claim.
IVtOINEY TO REBUILD
Insure with Vrf- agiW
treat you well enough
INSURANCE RENEWALS)
good crops; safe farmers."
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farmers safe business
nor lightning, fcwil! hel j
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