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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
NUMBER 32
VOLUME 7
BENTON, POLK COUNTY, EAST TENNESSEE, THURSDAY JULY 9 1014
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PERSONAL
Prayer meeting at the Pres
byterian church Wednesday
night.
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Sunday school at the Baptist
and Presbyterian churches Sun
day morning.
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Preaching in the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning Julv 12
at 10;45. Subject of the sermon
will be "The Curse of Meroz."
You are invited. Inactivity on
behalf of the salvation of men
cannot fail to make an evil im
pression on the minds of observ
ers. Quite often it leads them
to discount religion. Your stay
ing at home from church on the
Lord's day may encourage, per
haps, your next-door neighbor
or some member of your own
home, to do likewise. There is
no such thing as innocuous pas
sivity toward the Lord's war
among his people. "He that is
n6t For Me," said Jesus, "is
Against Me." "
Christian Endeavor meets at
tho Presbyterian church Sunday
Euclid Matlockof Chattanooga
is visiting relatives liere. , ,", .
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Squire J, G. Norton oJ diar
ies ton was irf town on business
fnes'day. '
Jake Nicholson of Chattanoo
ga Is here on a visit to relatives
this week.
Several from here were in
Cleveland at the Fourth of July
celebration.
Miss Sallie Green, of route 1,
is very sick and is not expected
to live much longer.
Dayton Brown of ServilTa has
accepted u position as foreman
of a construction gang on the
pike road.
Fok Sale Good Emerson
typewriter, price $20. Call or
write to The News-Gazettk
office.
Mrs. Francis Newton and son,
Fountie, of Chattanooga, ore
here this week on a visit to
relatives.
Prof. J. L. Brewer has enter
ed Columbia University at New
York, where he will study for
six weeks.
Parker Elarrison was in Chat
tanooga on July 4th and while
there purchased himself a mo
torcycle. W. F. Harper of Chattanooga
spent Saturday night and Sun
day with his family at this
place.
Mrs. Walter M. Harrison has
gone to Ducktown, where she
will spnd a month for the ben
efit of her health.
Iola and Edgar Harrison, chil
dren of Walter M. Harrison, are
spending a few weeks with their
irrxnrimtithpr. Mr. SciUL'ffS. in
Monroe county.
The "Big Bridge," a wood
paseway over Four Mile Creek
in the Charity Flats side of town
which had served the purpose
for a good many years,' is being
rpmovod and an iron bridge
with concrete abutments built in
jt place.
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AND SOCIAL,
The farmers are hoping it will
rain soon.
Mrs. Hattie Harbison, accom
panied by her little daughter,
Wilburn, and Miss Grace Russell
areisiting relatives in Duck
town this week.
Winston Prince has returneiij
home from Washington, D. C,
after having held a position as
watchman at the Botanic Garden
for a lew days.
Mrs. Minerva Ferguson, of
Davis, Okla , mother of Rev.
John Ferguson,, is spending a
few days with relatives and old
friends in this section. Rev.
John Ferguson, who is alSb. vis
iting in this community, says he
will return to his home at Da -about
the 18th of the month.
The Gravel Hill and Prender
gast baseball teams crossed oaisnSome of the ones who
at Prendergast on July 4th. We
have not learned the score, but
we are informed that Prender
gast won the game by one in
ning. The Gravel Hill team
expects to play Etowah on next
Saturday. ' '
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
County Court Clerk
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for the office of
County Court Clerk of Polk
county, subject to the will of the
voters on August 6th. If the
people permit me to serve them
in that capacity, I W'H do 80
with fairness to all, and to the
best of tny ability.
J. H. Centek.
Sheriff.
To the voters of Polk county:
I hereby announce myself as
a? candidate for Sheriff of Polk
county, subject to the will of the
people at the August election.
If elected I promise the people
to give them a clean, fair and,
honest administration of the
office of Sheriff of this county.
I solicit your votes and influence.
Respectfully,
B. E. BiGGS
Circuit Court Clerk.
Having been endorsed as a
candidate for CircuitCourt Clerk
of Polk county, I solicit tho vote
and influence of every voter in
the county. If elected, I will
give the people a clean, business
like administration.
'S. L. HlGDON.
Trustee.
Having been nominated for
re-election to tho office of Trus
tee, I solicit the votes and influ
ence of all the voters. If again
favored with the office I will, as
I have heretofore, serve the
peoyle to the best of my ability.
F. D. COPELAND.
Register.
Having been nominated for
the office of Register of Polk
county, I solicit the vote and in
fluence of every voter in the next
August election. If it is the
wil I of the people of tho county
Id entrust that office to my care
I piedge my very best attention
to the business pret.iining there
to. John L. McClukh.
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WILSON GETS
POST OFFICE
John Wilson is lucky Contestant in Civil Ser
vice Examination.
News was received here Tues- domination here would be ap
day of tne appointment by the pointed, and the news of Mr.
Post Office Department of John .Wilson's appointment came as
Wilson, a son of I. N. Wilson, L surprise.
deceased, and a resident of route
as postmaster at Benton. The
appointment meets
with favor
here.
John, as he is familiarly known
graduated at Carson & Newmad
College at Jefferson City witji
the class of 1914. While he wtfs
in school at Jefferson City a
Civil service examination 'for
postmasters was given theri,
John taking the examination; 'as
he stated it, "mostly as an, ex
periment." An examination was
given here ptabout the fc'rtve
time, several competing fo the
place. It was eicpect.ed-bat
took the
eOUNW GOURT
Doings of the Polic'bVnty Court in Quarterly
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A The county court met in regur
lar: quarterly, session Mouday
with every one , of the twenty,
five justices of the peace pres
eqt. The court appropriated $250
for the eradication of the hook
worm, but refused to appropriate
any more funds for the eradica
tion of cattle ticks and therefore
discharged the men working for
tick eradication. Both proposi
tions were carried upon the
motion of Esq. N. S. G. Simonds
who knows nearly as well what
to do when Gordon is absent as
he does whf n the said Gordon
is present. The other squires
who have let Gordon influence
their votes heretofore obeyed 1
the Simonds motion us an
obedient child would obey its j
parent, showing Gordon's com-
plete control of the county court
whether he is present or absent.
The tax rate was fixed at $1.90
on each $100.00 worth of prop
erty, providing for an' increase
of 10 per cent on the bridge
fund, all other funds remaining
the same.
A petition for an' election on
I. N. Runnion.
I. N. (Nep) Runnion died., at
his home about two miles north
west of Benton on July 4th at
11 p. m., ana was buried in the
Baptist cemetery at 3 p. m. July
5fti. Mr. 'Runnion was""about
sixv years old. He professed
faith in Christ early in life and
united with tho Greasy Creek
Baptist church. He was married
twice first to Miss Laura Ry
tuor and to this union one child
was born, Annie, who married
R L. Smith, aud has been dead
for several years. - Bis second
wife was Miss Flora Bain, and
to this union seven children were
born, one having crossed the
river, the other six still remain
ing here on earth
He was an Odd Fellow, and
was buried by that ordr. The
last two years of his life were
spent close tp God. He was a
2 Walter M. Harrison, who has
served in the capacity of post
master during the Taft and part
of the Wilson administration,
has given perfect satisfaction,
and many of the people here
regret for him to discontinue his
services as such.
Miss Barton Sweanv has been
retained by Mr. Wilson as assis
tant. This meets with approval.
She has filled the position fn a
way that is a credit to herself
and the community. ,
Mr Wilson is an energetic
young, man, and will no doubt
give the people a satisfactory
administration as postmaster.
fonday.
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the location of a'pike road from
Dicktovvn through the moun
tains to the lower side of the
county was ignored and no
election ordered. Some Duck
town 'squire intimated that the
signers of the petition might not
be voters. The chairman ruled
that the court had a right to
delay I he resolution, but it had
no right to refuse an election.
The contract for building the
Copperhill High School was
awarded to a Copperhill firm.
A resolution was introduced
expressing the sense of the
county court that the lower route
on the WeUnore road should be
adopted as the one intended by
the voters at the pike election
and by the original order of the
county court, and ordering the
pike committee to discontinue
work on the upper route and to
build the lower route; but the
resolution lost by a vote of 11
to 15.
The county court failed to set
the compensation of the pike
commission, allowing the com
mission to pay itself according
to its own notions and needs.
regular attendant at church and
taught class number one in the
Rahts Chapel Sunday School.
I talked with him not long be
fore he died and he said that he
was all right.
May He who doeth all things
well comfort and support the
widow in her loneliness and sor
row, and may his children all
meet him where parting shall
never be. '
T. M. Hicks.
Cleveland Celebrates
the Fourth.
Cleveland, Tenn., July 7
Many hundreds of extra people
spent the day July 4th here.
The celebration was one of the
greatest events which his hap
pened herein some time. Two
baseball games, Johnny Green
with his flying machine, and a
greasy pole, were features of
the day.
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Benton Incorporated.
In the old McKamy store (the
Rymer and Clemmer store of the
eighties) a man who lived on
Ocoee river talked rough to the"
town marshal, Lauderdale, and
"cussed him out," backing up
his strong words by keeping in
his hand a short, heavy, hickory
walking stick. The crowds be
came so rough that Sheriff
Hughes left the voting place
long enough to go to his home
and get a big navy pistol, but it
happened that he did' not need
to use it.
The cause of these election
day troubles all originated from
the corporation officials of Ben
ton having had previous clashes
with the rough country boys.
Lauderdale bad previously ar
rested the man from on Ocoee
and had, with the mayor, "sized
his pi 1 8 and took it.' r
Daniel Lillard was one of the
country boys,' and he gives us
their view of tho corporation
that he helped kill over sixty
years ago. He helped defeat
incorporation in 1912 also. He
.vs"th.t the town had two or
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three-"groceries (saloons; rnu
would furnish the stuff for the
country fellows to "lank up on,"
then the city marshal would
arrest the countryman and after
learning how much money he
had with him would proceed to
have him tried before the mayor.
The fine would usually about
cover all of the defendant's
pocket change.
Mr. Lillard says it got so that
the town corporation was kept
up by this pulling the country
fellows and-relieving them of
their coin. All the while the
town boys were not pulled. The
sentiment among the country
people against the town corpor
ation became so strong that
finally a lot of the country boys
organized to put the corporation
officials out of business and to
take charge of the town and do:
as they pleased. .
On one county elecuon day
tnese country ooys prouueueu iu
carry out their plans. Each
town official mayor, marshal
and each alderman, was to be
"taken care of" by a certain
picked countryman. Alderman
Whitehead was the one whom
Mr. Lillard was appointed to
'watch and take care of."
The first countryman that the
town marshal tried to arrest re
fused to bearrpsted; the country
boys backed him up and pre
vented the arrest. When Alder
man Whitehead started to aid
the raorshal, Uncle Dan Lillard,
then a strong, active young man
halted him and told him to"just
keep quiet." All the othr town
officials were similarly! bluffed
or overawed, so decided that
"discretion was the better part
of valor" and subsided as peace
officers.
It was no "bluff" the country
men were attempting they
meant business, and only the
backdown of the town authori
ties prevented their oeing rough
.ly handled. Of course the
country boys "took in tho, town"
and drank and caroused to their
hearts' content.
Mr. Lillard says "That was
the last ever heard of the Ben
ton Corporation."
Hogs or Men?
(Matt 9:28-34; Mark 5:1-17.)
The Master was always com
passionate,' and when he saw the
man held in slavery by a legion
of devils, he released him. The
devils took up their abode in a
herd of hogs and they rushed
over a cliff into trie sea to their
death. The swineherds went
and told the owners, and they
and their neighbors came rush
ing out. . They saw the man sit
ting at the feet of Jesus clothed
and in his right mind. .
Yes, but they saw something
else bigger. 'They saw the hogs
their hogs dead in the feea. '
Now, can't you hear them say-,
it? "Why, he's ruining our"
business!" . r
And the result?
; "And they all besought him
that he would depart from their .
borders."
To put out the legalized liquor
traffic from our nation would
make it possible for many a
man to sit at the feet of Jesus
But it would meifn 4he death o,
a lot of bogs; the Gog of graft, -the
liog of wrecked humesi t,ie
hog of easy income for the saloon
men, the hog of the purchasable
vote.
Christ stands for the man as
against the hog. Which shall it
be, hogs or men?
J. E. Robinson.
Church Directory.
Presbyterian Rev. J. E.
Robinson, pastor, Preaching
second Sunday in each month. .
Baptist Rev.W. H. Rymer,
.pastor, Preaching first and
third Sundays in each mouth. "
Methodist Rev. A. -M. Tom-
linson, pastor. Preaching the
0grlh Sunday in each month,
A ff(Jod maQy farmers of this
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Notice ofSuppIemental
Registration
To tho Voters of the Eighth
Civil District of Polk County
Tenn.:
Notice is hereby, given that by
virtue of the power vested in us
by law, we the undersigned
election commissioners for Polk
county, Tenn., will cause the
registration books to be opened
at the court house in Ducktown,
Tenn., on Wednesday July 8tb,
1914, at 8 o'clock a. m., and
closed at 9 o'clock p. m., for 3
days as ix Supplemental Regis
tration, and all voters who have
not previously reaistered, knd
those who have changed their
residences since the last regis
tration or will otherwiso be en
titled to vote in the .coming
Aueust election, will be requir
ed to register as a pre-rquisite
to voting. Done in session at
Benton, Tenn., June 11, 1914
B. B. C. Witt, Chairman
A. E. Love, Secretary
M. C. Bacon,
Board of Election Commissioner!! ,