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J If The County Paper is the Mouthpiece through which the People cjfhe County keep in touch with each other LIBERTY AND JUSTICE TO ALU ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. PUBLISHED WEEKLY The PA CmAy UmmkmM0 - - ; w VOLUME 7 BENTON. POLK COUNTY, EAST TENNESSEE, THURSDAY JAN. 22 PU NUMBERS . 35 wmwtuj 3mm r t - r S STRAY THOUGHTS Johns I lay ya Basket Ball. Well, they came, they won and they went but they did not conquer. What are we talking about? Why, we are talking about the basket ball game be tween the Charleston and Ben ton high school teams, of course. That is, we reckon they won the game anyhow, they played baRkt ball cn the local court Siturday, and the Benton boys admitted that Charleston hid won bv iv score of five to two. We don't know very much about basket hall and can't tell wheth er our boys should have won or lost. In fact, we know just about as much about basket ball as we do a Quaker meeting We had thj pleasure of attending a Quaker meeting once and the only way we knew when meet ing was over was that the con gregation all left the church; and that was the way it was with the basket ball game Sat urday. The only way we knew when the game was over was that the players all quit playing and huddled up together and went something like this: "Wah, wall, wah Wah, wah, wah!" 1 Now; when I was a boy such veiling as "that w6uld have meant a fight, but times are so different now. Then we plaved town ball, base, scrub, etc.; and now the boys play basket ball, baseball and football, and they have regular rules by which to play. Don't think they play basket r-all by Roberts' Rules of Order, for I don't thick they played basket ball when Roberts Rules were written. It's mighty hard f r an old moss back to keep up with th8 times now-a-davs, anyhow. ' Don't get the idea that we are opposed to basket ball and the otht-r ffiines, for we are not; we think it is all right to plv otsket ball and baseball if one wpnts to, but when it comes to football well, if you willexcuse us, we will quietly draw the lin there. Souki folks don't believe in kitting tin; tiovs and uirls have their gKines, but think, they should study and work all the lim . '1 hny remind (us of old Untile Ned's lecture' to his son Benjamin Franklin, which went something like this: 'iViujamiue Franklin, go right along and agitate yo'self toward dr proximity obdatcawn tkvd. What's de use ob yo' poor ole fader clitnin' do tree ob biography aa' pickin' out de biggest names fer yo' ef yo' doan lib up to yo' namesake? Dar was yo brudder George Warshenton, now he's inakin' hatchets in a ax factory in At lanty an' drinkin4 cherry brandy faw his health. Dar was yo bruddah Thomas Edison, he was run over by a 'lectric cyar, dat was accordin' to de eternal fit ness ub things, as Chancey De pew once said. An' dar was yer Uncle Patrick Henry he went to Texas an" dey gib him liberty an' deff bnfe. Yo' wants to coincide wid de coincidence an' lib up to yo' blue chiney, else yo' slide off on yo ear. Yo' c'n experiment wid 11 bottle an- Maaia aliB -r- 7 S BY , Shamblin draw de 'lectric fluid from de sky, can ye? Talk about 'lec- tricity yo' wouldn't strike nothin' widout yo' fall on it. Go right along an agitate yo self toward de proximity ob dat cawn field You heah me, Ben- jaouine Franklin?" Benton BankingCompany Declares Usual Dividend At the recent meetings of stockholders and directors of the Benton Banking Company, the usual 6 per cent dividend was declared and the remaining profits earned in 1913 were added to the surplus heretofore ac cumulated. The following officers were elected: J. G. Norton, presi dent; Walter M. Harrison, vice president; J. D. Cleinofer, cash ier; H. W. McClary, assistant cashier. ' The directors elected at the atock holders' meeting are: J. G. Norton, T. L. Lowerv, John L Taylor, Walter M. Harrison, B. P. Rollins, C W. Gamble, J. H. Monds, B. F. McClary, and Jas. H. Calhoun who was elected secretary of the board of direc tors Finance committee: B. F. Mc diAivv J H. Monds, B. P. Roi hns. Building 'committee: B. P. Rollins, John L. Taylor, C. W. Gamble. 1 ' Bank attorney, B. B C. Witt. Every action taken by .'.he di rectors was by unanimous vote and absolute confidence was ex pressed by all in the future prosperity of the Hank. Polk County High Meets Bradley High!are unites oyer their fine boy On the local court last Satur- day the basket ball team of the" Polk Conntv High School met the quintet from Bradley, The game was rat her warmiy con tested and resulted in a victory f..r the visitors by the small score of five to two. The glory; which comes from victory, how- . j ever, was somewnai lesseneu for the Bradley High because one member of the team was an outsider, not, attending school at all. while all of the players from Polk wore students of the school they represented. One of tlve visitors was not entirely acouaintod with the regulations governing a sportsman, aud was in the second half retired from the game. The contest was featured by the general absence of team work on both aides and by the pxr.p!lfnt individual work of some of the players. The fast guard of Bradley was easily the star of the performance. Two weeks from the above date the locals go to Charleston for another game, when they expect to return with the scalps The team will undoubtedly be much stronger and enthusiasm is running riot. Several new men are showing up well and may crowd some of the former players out. Shamblin, star centre, it Is reported will be back on the job, and will be a factor to be reckoned with. Statement of THE BANK OF CONASAUGA located at Conasauga, Tenn., at , RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts. Overdrafts Bonds and stocks Banking House Furniture and fixtures Actual Casti on hand Due from Banks and bankers (on demand) Total, LIABILITIES: Capital Stock paid in H2ntt-hl TPrtn1 Undivided profits less exp.& Individual Deposits suoject - Cashier's Checks T im certificates of deoosit Total, State of Tennessee, County of Polk ' ' I, J. W. Browder, President of the abovnamed bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is : true, and gives the actual condition of said bank as shown by the bunks 'od file tn said bank Subscribed and sworn to before cn, this 17 day cf Jan., 1914. H. T. Giles, Notary Public Items By Our Correspondents That May cr May Not Interest Too. ...... . . imm m wm Austral.. - Miss Bence Le of Servilla visiting her sister Mrs. M. Blackwell, here, - ' is J. relatives here. . Miss Jessie Martin, of Geor is here for a two months visit Arthur Pack made a business trip to Reliance Friday. ' i We have the mumps with us the immediate sufferers being Miss Cloe and Master Charlie Henderson. Mr and Mrs. Clarence Martin VVIIIVLJ Oil El v lliv Wh are glad to say that Bob Dean who is suffering from tu berculosis is some better at' this writing. Miss Mattie Forrester enter taiued her lriends with an, old time singing ounaay nign. Mrs. Grant and children, of Etowah, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Liliie 1 Smith at this place. Mrs. Lizzie Lintner who has been very sick with pneumonia is improving. Chris. Bates sustained a very painful injury here Saturday night. In rolling out the drill ing machines one of the legs penetrated his foot We hope however that it will not prove serious. Mr. Bates left Monday morning for the hospital . at Copperhlll to have his foot i cared for. Blue Eyes. Reliance. 4 As Christmas is gone and we have begun the year 1914 and there has not been as much drunkenness as we usually have as a celebration of the birth of Line-up of the Polk County High: , Forwards J Love Moore (captain) Guards j Nuchols Prince and Pack Centre; Witt, . . 1 Ktatomentof the Uondilton or. I JfTriTF 111111 iii'iriif iif llf "If liiliniriir to unw llMii ilMinii itntt the Condition of the clse of business Jan. 6, 1914 $33,197,43 .50 215.00 463,90 .1,698,23 K.553,22" 7.475,25 12.028,47 - $47,503,28 $15,00000 1,500.00 taxes pd: 321,48 16,821,48 w iuwh ---- .v.:.11750 : ' -, l:,o21.D7 $47,503,58 J. VY. tipj WJJiau, irj-eMueui. . i f ... ' - ,' Correct Attest: , C O.'Dunn, Director. H T. Giles, Director. John Fi Gilbert, Director. Ji.'". 8es Christ - (or rather a fool habit some have of trying to see how fooru'i t is possible for human M4iI5 M W ) X will try to give Sheetch of what u 6w,uo My-LKpoX fern plates moving to reuofjrgast. 'Jack Thompson, has the finest pile of stovewood we know of. ' Some of ,our citizens are inter ested in making cress ties. Mrt. Lena Hicks of Benton is among friends and homefolks at this place. Miss Annie Fraze of Engle wood visited relatives here Sun day, and Alley Vaughn looked happy. George Stanley is very sick with appendicitis. Judging by the applicants for examinations for post masters and R. F. D. carriers, some people about here would like to be something. Reliable. Servilla. John Rymer of Etowah is visiting , relatives and friends here this week. Born to W. A. Terain and wife, January 12, a bov. The first birth in this district since the vital statistics law took effect. Mrs. W. N. Morgan has been very sick the past week. Mrs. Delia Hood of Towie was visiting here recently. County Directory. Trustee, F. D. Copeland. Sheriff, Albert Crumley. Superintendent of schools, W. B. Rucker. Register, J. E. Cook. Circuit court meets the third Mondays in March, July and November. Sam C. Brown, judge; T. W. Peace,, Attorney General; C. S. Harrison, clerk. Ducktown Law court meets fourth Mondnys in March, July and November. W. A- Woody, i ii r"rn .n '! CLE AIMER'S COLUMNS. f 5 By J - D. Ulemmbe ' g iuiaiaiuiuiuiuiuiuiuiuiuiiiiuiiiiiiiuiaiaaiiuiuiaiii John C. Williamson's Subscription Schools. Extracts from John C. WilUam , , son's Diary: April 161859, Saw new bell at female-academy. 19, G. W. Clemmer to take letter to Sue Bible for me. 19, Boys cleared off ground for ball alley. 23, Much talk about boys that went to negro wedding at Gen. Gam ble's Mayfield is a candidate for Legislature. 24, , Heard Moffet preach. 25, Joe Sweeny gave writing lessons. St?ve piayea oanjo. . . 1 j May 3, Mayfield was nominated yesterday for Floater. .7. Cox 4.. .inin,, enhnnt at, II j civitr1 u y w Junius 1 1 v ' femaje academy. 10, Three of us boys stole another one's jug and put it in Milburn's desk. 12 Milburn found jug and 13 gave school a long lecture on it, then I had boys throw at it-G. W. Clemmer hit it and broke it. ;tcnaiuaies ror governor. ; .iu,y 20, Sweeny gave us a lesson in 5, Went to Old Fort to teach earmarking. 21, McKamy gotUchool-I made a speech at close $150 damages for Hildebrand !of Joe Tedford's school at Old aud Oneal whipping Tom, a Shed. negro. 22, Rose and Matlock 1 Nov. 6, Went to presidential preached; Atkins preached at j election judges wouldn't let me Cumberland church. 24, Han-1 vote, as I had been staying in cock took Bates and Hughes to peu. Mayneld gave wau Don- aldson and myself a lesson about clerk. ( Chancery court meets the 4th 'i MoSay i-4.rjci.'; October. V. C. Allen; chancellor,' "A. vy( Williams, clerk and master. Quarterly court meets first Mondays in Janunry, April,July arid October. Quorum court opens ' first Monday in each month. J. H. Williamson, chm. T. O. Pack, clerk. Church Directory Presbyterian Rev. J . E. Robinson, pastor, Preaching second Sunday fn each month. Baptist Rev.W. H. Rymer, pastor, Preaching first and third Sundays in each month, Methodist Rev. A. M. Tom - liuson, pastor. Preaching the fourth Sunday in each month. State School Officers Meet. Three days of last week the public school officers of the state were in session at Nashville. This is one of the most import ant meetings held by school men in the state and its actions and deliberations are pregnant with meaning both in shaping educa tional policy and in influencing needed legislation. Those who would keep in touch with the methods of educators of the state to secure the best for the boys and girls who are to be come our future citizens would do well to watch with care the proceedings of that body. Among the significant notes sounded was the consolidation of schools. With a schoolhouso on every hill top, little one-room schools, there can never be very much done, and the result is a waste of tchool funds. Combine three or four of these schools into one and employ better teachers with bettor equipment and results will be secured bad women that I will never forget. 28, Methodist quarterly meeting commenced. Elbert Sevier preached. June 2,' Grandma Hanna died 84 years old. 7, Meeting clos ed 35 conversions. 13, Every thjng quiet in Benton, everybody Civil revival una uuub mutu x'j. the town. ' Meeting was held by Revs. Milburn and Blackburn. 13, But few pupils at school (work on farms.) 16, AsKed Mary Donaldson to take her to show complied. 17, Robinson's show. Animals Llama, leopard tiger, 3 lions, .horned horse, ncan ellr ri.lr near 1 23, J. L. Milburn, Douglas, J. U 1 Stuart and I went to Ducktown to Masonic celebration bad a band to play. 29, Female acad emy will close Friday July 1. 30, Male academy closed with speeches, lstiam U. Harris ana weiueniwius .u Cleveland some. I was for Breckenridge they'd have let me vote if I'd been for Bell. which are several hundred per; cent better. The recognition -of the value fcf-ho county, hieh school in a progressive. euuitfiviiin. m ; nsm was strongly recognized , and efforts will be made this yea'r to put a county high school, "the people's college'" in every county in Tennesse. The usefulness of the U. S. Bureau of Education was also made a subject of much discussion and efforts win oe made at the present, session of congress to extend its useful ness by more generous approp riations. It should be the great Iclearing house from whicn tne j whole of the United States gots 1 the best in eductitional theory and practice. There is also a recognized need of more agri cultural teaching as well as expert supervision of farming and other vocational subjects in our counties and schools. The need of more funds for educational purposes is felt throughout the state. Some are meeting this, however, better than others. The poor school is the most expensive school there is, and the uneducated constitute a great danger to a free govern ment. It is absolutely necessary in the protection of our govern mont that good schools be pro vided and that, children be 'kept in them. It is only in this way that we may not only be insured from social degeneration but that we may make progress as a siate aud as a nation. School men were present at this meeting from most counties . ... i .i i, r. t and ewes oi me siave. xrroi. j. L. Brewer, of the Polk County High School at Benton, attended from here. Advertise your business The News-Gazette- in