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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08

Ing. Now it happens that 1t is only the national
government that has the necessary facilities for
keeping tab upon the progress and development
Of each years cotton crop. Cotton is raised in
many states and over so wide an area that no
single firm individual has the facilities for in
forming himself of the yield in all sections Of
the cotton belt"
And yet accurate advance information to
the state of the maturing crop is of the utmost
Importance to tens of thousands of American
citizens and other tens of thousands of people
over seas for, be it known, the whole world de-
ponds largely upon America for its cotton. The
business. commercial and financial world likes to
have peep ahead with reference to any agricul-
tural crop in order to make plans accordingly,
but in the case of cotton such foresight is espe-
ciay vital For you understand the condition
of crop as reflected in the countrywide govern
ment reports tells everybody whether there is to
be a good yield or a poor yield of cotton and
this in turn indicates to the grower whether he
will get high price low price for his fluffy
white product And the forecast hints to the
manufacturer whether he will get his cotton
cheap or not, so 1t signifies to him what he must
charge for the completed goods as it comes from
mills. And all down the line to the ultimate
consumer" the cotton crop reports carry in their
hidden meaning message of low prices or high
prices.
AS the summer and autumn season advances In
terest grows more and more intense In each sue
NAV Az AaA YIAd
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08

There's nothing differs more from real west
ern life than the tales of real western fe as told
by writer's who Claim to have taken part and, IN
deed, played the star role in most of the adven-
lures they so carefully describe, with an adver-
tised view to correct details" said an old from
tiersman of the seventies "And of all the tales
of western life there's that differs so widely
from the real thing the tale of the stage-coach
hold-up.
1.-THE breathless reader sees wildly the out
laws lying in wait along the edge of the mesa
bluff is too common a word to use-whie the
coach tolls up from the 'arroyo'-so Is 'gulch'-
the leader we'll masked in his 'poncho-likewise
is cloak'-carefully surveying the doomed vehicle.
Then comes the attack, the killing OF the
driver, the wild pursuit the staying of the leader
of the band by the brave young mining engineer,
who has thrown himself in front of the beautiful
millionaire's daughter just in time to save her
life and get bullet in his arm that she nurses
through to marriage, the repulse of the outlaws,
etc. all plentfully garnished with mongrel Next
can terms that are never heard except on the
melodrama stage or seen outside the tale afore-
said
Now in rcal life there is seldom any shooting
In a stage-coach robbery. One thing Is certain,
the driver never gets shot. The driver is never
even shct at for he very sensibly puts up his
hands. knowing how suicidal would BIO any at
tempt at resistance against armed outlaws and
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08

ceeding crop report until it reaches climax in
the case of the November and December reports.
The department of agricSture uses every posi-
BILE precaution to preveIi any hint OF the con-
tents of report becoming public until noon on
the appointed day when the bulletin is given
simultaneously to every person who is waiting
for it at the headquarters of the crop reporting
bureau in Washington. Then ensues mad race
to telephones and telegraph wires and a feverish
fight to be first to communicate the news to New
York and other cotton trading centers and to the
great cities of Europe. The regular newspaper
correspondents vie with one another in their eff
forts to be first to get the cotton forecast ION
the WIRE" but even more strenuous than their ef-
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
(lERKS ar mr. rs. CRlp
REA2RZ21yG RZI0EHU
lllIllIIrlfI.-
NlEHII1nIl

order to help the officials
at Washington compile a
thoroughly accurate sys-
TENS of reports which, it
is recognized, is to the in
terest of all concerned.
To be sure most of these
correspondents who con-
tribute their mite to Uncle
Sans mine of informa-
ton on the growing cot
ton crop do not have to
devote much of their time
to the task. They merely
send a few lines to Wash
ington once each month,
each person giving his
frank opinion as to the
condition and prospects
of the crop on his parti-
cular plantation or in his
immediate neighborhood.
Most of these reports are
sent by mail but under
certain circumstances the
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
THEY GROW
GOOD Humor and Cheerfulness From
Right Food and Drink.

Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago / was practically
given up by my doctor and was not ex-
pected to live long My nervous sys-
tenn was in a bad condition.
But l was young and did not want
to die so began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. used to
have nervous spells which would ex-
haust me and after each spell 1t would
take me days before could sit up in a
chair.
:. Il became convinced my trouble was
! used by coffee. decided to stop 1t
Ill bought some Postum
= fohe first cup, which made accord
directions, had soothing Of.
is an my nerves and liked the taste.
sahtt time nearly lived on Postum
~ h,te little food besides. l am today
Nm Athy woman.
,,r ouaamlly and relatives wonder II
y bapaf Il anne person was four years
"a | could do no work on 40
~ nervousness. Now / am do
,v,tDwn homework, take care OF
,oa adTone twenty the other two
NJ a am SO busy that | hard
the'o write letter. yet do
untries cheerfulness and good
each q from enjoying good
moss It is to Postum !
you ito Mellville. 70 in
easol SON."
80 ue letterf A new
~ ~ 20 time. They |
letion o4il of human |
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
Acme of cautlousness.

Seymour-Young TIGER looks like a
cautious man.
Ashley-He is cautious; he's 80 eau
tious that he wouldn't ask the pref
test girl in all the world to let him
lsee her home unless he had learned
how far away she lived.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08

not only to the people who raise this staple and
the folk who convert it into a manufactured form
but to each and every one of us who wear cloth
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
NEW ERA IN Ii
ACCURACY AND publ
PROVES TO BE A PoPUtI
MOTTO. 81

Prompt Response to Bold Nov
President Vail.-"Aeeursey" Red
ed Western Unions Surplus ST
OoO.Ooo.-"Publleity" Restored Col
fideree and Its Stock Went Up.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
ER FROM
MRS. COOK
Entirely Recovered From Illness,
And Now Growing Stronger
Each Day.

Cave Springs. Cat sleep better
than ever" writes Mrs. Kate Cook
from this place. and get stronger
every day. Before l tried Cardui. the
woman's tonic. was very sick. and
the doctors medicine did me no good.
l can never speak too highly Of your
medicine"
Sleeplessness and nervousness,
from which many women suffer, often
make living uncomfortable.
II you are aiiing. no need to stay
so. Most OF the ailments peculiar to
women are preventable. durable.
Others have obtained relief by TAX
ing Cardui. Why not you?
Cardui is a popular medicine with
women. 1t is popular because it has
been found to Danish nervousness. re-
lieve pain, bring roses back to pale
cheeks, and strength to weak bodies.
Cardui acts specifically on the cause
of most female ills, and thus it is a
medicine especially useful in women's
ailments, in the treatment of which it
has a record of over so years Of sue
cess.
At least it can do you no harm, to
give Cardui a fair trial
1t may be the very medicine you
need.
Get a bottle today.
N. B. Write 10: Ladies' Advisory Dept.
Chattanooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga,
Tenn, for SfsciaI bsstyRctioHS. and Ga
page book "Home Treatment for Wom-
en-" sent in plain wrapper on request.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08

ton brokers and others trading on the stock mar
kets. Almost every successive cotton report is
sued by the government makes the price of cot
ton go up down according it presages a
good or poor crop Tor a crop that is different
in any way from popular anticipation and the
broker who can get tip" as to the contents of
the report even few minutes ahead of his fell
lows may be enabled to make thousands of dol
lars.
An immense army of people scattered through
all the cotton-growing states cooperate with the
government in compiling its cotton reports and
almost all of them give their services free in
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
TImeliness.

All measures OF reformatio
fective in exact proportion ~
timeliness: partial decay re.
away and cleansed; incipisC
corrected; but there is
which corruption can n9AA----
stayed. nor wandering =
has been the manner
anthropy to remain
precise period. anf1
to perish. and a.
while II spent 80
lions TO raise ~ z
dust .--Ruskln.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
c. & 0. CONNECTION.

Acting President Decatur Axtell
spoke as follows in regard to the
connecting link between the Ohio
River and Great Lakes: we must
begin work on the connection be-
tween the Chesapeake < Ohio and
Hooking Valley within few months,
as it is absolutely necessary for that
road to be ready for use in 1912,
and is months is none too long in
which to build bridge and railroad.
We must have the road at once,
because the terms with the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton under
which We are shipping 1000, 900
tons of coal annually expire in 1919,
and we do not want to have to re-
new it.
The two routes on which the
preliminary work have been done
are from Portsmouth to Wellston
and from Wellston to Huntington,
W. Va. So far there has been no
decision en- which route will be
taken.
It is the intention Of the com
pany to send all its tonnage over
this road as soon as completed.
Now much of the freight is being
shipped across the bridge at Gauley,
W. Va, and shipped over the Kama
wha & Michigan to the Hooking
Valley. Later, however, it is to be
shipped as far as possible over the
main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio
to its intersection with the connec-
ton and then over the Hooking.
The litigation from which that com
pany has been changed has some
what retarded the work, but from
now on the work will be pushed
torward.-Adyertiser, Huntington.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
HALLEY'S COMET A WOMAN.

The gender of HaIley's comet has
been decided by a prominent Chi
cago woman. 1t is feminine and
here are her reasons: THE comet
is woman she said, because it
wears sheath gown and has long
train; because it IS cratic, brilliant,
attractive, and apparently seeking
to attract: because it is dangerous,
is not answerable to any petty laws,
and is absolutely necessary to the
scheme Of things. 1t Is a woman,
else why would bright men sit up
all night to look at it.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
The COW.

The dairy COW, if able to express
herself in way which the human
family would comprehend, might
well lay claim to being mans best
friend. She might establish such
claim by calling attention to the
fact that from her product and from
her carcass man manufactures more
of the necessities of life than from
any other similar source. She fur
nishes these necessities to him from
infancy until such time as tempor-
al things are no longer associated
with his existence, and she does it
ungrudgingly and constantly.
In addition to contributing to
mans necessity and his pleasure, The
prosperity of an agricultural com
munity is more closely identified
with her than any other of the do
mestic animals. The horse is quite
essential in filling the soil, but
where necessity requires it the
sturdy son of the COW can take his
place, rs he has done in every agri-
cultural section on earth. The horse
can only furnish labor and can only
return a profit to his owner when
conditions are right for returning
satisfactory grain crops. 1t is well
known fact that the dairy COW is the
salvation Of the farmer in times of
poor crops as she is able to convert
the rough crops which are never
total failure, into dairy products
which always have a cash value.
In addition to this she furnishes
skim milk and butter milk for the
calves, pigs and poultry and fertility
for the soil, without which farm
becomes less valuable each year and
the whole country less prosperous.
I ~
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
Sallie Fowler, ct al,
In Chancery.

All persons interested in the above
entitled cause will take notice that
the UNDERSIGNED Commissioner will NJ
his Office on NIair street in tbe town
of Point Pleasant Mason county W
Va. on the Goth dav Of A11pst
1910. proceed to carry ont the re-.
quirements of = certain decree ofref-
erence made in said c.pse on II.
18th day Of ,Iune. Io1o, Nv The terms
and provisions Of said decree s,id
commissioner i reopired n renort -
follows:
lst What real estate and whore
situate. was owned ~ : r Fowler
at the time of his death
end, What liens if any. their
amounts and 10 whom due. ana thr;r
priority existing on said real estot.
Srd. " hat personal nronertv was
left b. said decedent. F. T. Fowler
4th, Whether or NOT tbe rents L.
sues and nroftS ,r;sing fro,, s,;5
real estate will within FIVE years nav
of the dehts owa5 h. +be Soi5 = 7
Fowler =. tpe time ofbis ae,tb
5th. Eca,,t the amount Of tbe IN
debtednc,S d the said F + Fowler
nj the fine of his death
9th. sr,le the accounts of n.
plaintiff a administrator Of said 5e-
cedent Fowler
7th Renort any matter tb,+ -.
commissioner shall deem nertinsn,
or any party in interest in wr;t;rg
may reoui~e
Ifthe taking Of said account shan
not be completed on s,id dov tbs
taking of the same will he od;onrnad
from All - da~ nnt;I :, ao,o,,ieso 90 ''s'
Given n,5er M band TX ~ az
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Section As of the Forest, Game
and Fish laws, provides that, No
person, firm or corporation, shall
build, erect, keep or maintain any
dam or anything in any river, creek
or water course in this state, which
shall in any way or manner prevent
or obstruct the free and easy passage
of fish up or down such river, creek
or water course without placing,
building or erecting on such dam or
other thing, a good and sufficient
ladder or way so planned or built as
to allow all fish to easily ascend or
descend the same; and said ladder
or way shall be constructed upon
plans and in manner, at place
satisfactory to the Forest, Game and
Fish Warden of the State of West
Virginia. Any person, firm or cor
poration violating this provision shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than fiftv dollars: and each
week shall constitute a separate
ofense, provided, that any person,
firm or corporation now maintaining
or keeping any such dam or other
thing shall be allowed six months
from time this act shall take effect
in which to comply Herewith.
And it shall be the especial duty
of said Forest, Game and Fish ward
en- upon the information of the viola
ton of this provision, to immediate
" investigate the same, and cause
this provision to be fully carried
out. ;"
Deeming the time, as given under
the law, as insufficient to complete
this work, | have instructed all Of
my deputies to extend the time for
erecting these fsh-ways, for period
of one year, or until the Goth day of
November, 1910, at which time all
dams, which is an obstruction to fish
passing up or down the stream, must
be provided with these fsh-ways.
All persons falling to comply with
said law, will be prosecuted for such
failure.
Anyone not provided with plans
of fsh-way, which has been adopted,
can have same BY writing me.
J. A. VIQUESNEY,
Forest, Game and Fish Warden.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
ONE WEAK SPOT.
Most Point Pleasant People
Have a Weak Past and Too
Often It's The Back.

Everyone has weak spot.
Too often it's bad back.
Twinges follows every sudden
twist.
Dull aching keeps up, day and
night.
Tells you the kidneys need help
For backache is really kidney-ache.
A kidney cure is what you need.
Doan Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys,
Cure backache and urinary ills.
Point Pleasant people recommend
the remedy.
W. f. Church, one and a half
miles north of Point Pleasant, W.
Va, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills
made complete and lasting cure in
my case. ! was annoyed by lame
ness across my back for several years
and often | found j; hard to
straighten from STOPPING position.
The kidney secretionS were highly
colored and the flow ut times was
scant. 1t required the contents Of
only two boxes of Doan'S kidney
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
The National Dairy Union,
Z. K. SLATER, Sec '.
St. Paul, MINI.

If your liver is sluggish and out Of
tone, and you feel dull, bilious, con
stipated, take dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
tonight before retiring and you Will
feel all right in the morning. Sold
by all druggists.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
A Wrefch

While testifying recently in her sui,
for divorce st Louis woman. refer.
ring to her husband. said: hate
loathe, abhor and desplse him" He
must have dropped cigar ashes on The
parlor rug.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03

Be sure and take bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with you when
starting on your trip this summer.
1t cannot be obtained on board the
trains or steamers. Changes of
water and climate often cause sud
den attacks of diarrhoea, and it IS
best to be prepared. Sold by all
druggist.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
ReNIned Nnrnlnn

A schoolboy was asked to write ''in
bis own words the story OF the prodi.
gal son. He wrote: He wasted his
substance in righteous living, and
when he came back his father killed
for him the fat.headed calf"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
Commissioner, 5 Notice.

John P. Austin, Administrator, etc,
of the estate of f. L. Fowler, de-
ceased.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
ResolutInn b. 49,

TO think we are able IS almost TO
90; to determine upon attainment is
frequently attainment itself. Thus
earnest resolutions have often seemed
TO have almost a SAVIOR Of omnlpo-
tence.-Punshion.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
Rather a Long Lie.

An Arizona woman II6 years old
who used tobacco for 10 years is
dead. Little girls, beware OF her sad
fate. Il is awful TO live too long Cut
out chewing tobacco at the start
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03
Music In the Air

Which would you prefer your wife
TO do. play the violin or piano?" "vio-
lin. 1t would be easier to chuck out
OF the window"-Bou vivant
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03

NeIl-"Eou should have heard what
George said when he proposed to me. $
Belle-"You should have seen how he
acted when refused him"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03

a pess!mlst Is a man who never
makes good resolutions because he
fears he won't be able to stick 10
them.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-12
Barbecue at POmaria.

There will be barbecue at Bethel
school house near Pomaria on Satur-
day, July 16. All of the candidates
are invited to be present and an op-
portunity will be given those who de-
sire to do so to make speeches. A
first class dinner will be served and a
large crowd is expected as this is the
first barbecue Of the season. The bar
becue will be furnished by Mr.. Murray
H. Kinard and Mr.. G.. H. Cromer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-12
SHERIFF RELEASES PRISONER.
Suspect is Not the Man Wanted-Re-
sembles Party in All But One
Particular.

Those who in Fridays Herald and
! News read Of the arrest of a negro in
Jacksonville and the bringing of the
prisoner to NeWberry by Sheriff Bu-
| ford will be interested in the further
proceedings. 1t is remembered that
the sheriff returned on Wednesday
morning with the man and commit
ted him to jail to await Identification
if it could be had, as there were
doubts of it. The suspect was held un-
til Friday morning when at 10 o'clock
be was released, Mr.. Jno, C. Hipp hav-
Ing come with parties to see the pris-
oner and being satisfied that he was
not the right man. Sheriff .Buford
was thoroughly convinced that the
man was not the party wanted, be-
cause, as the sheriff says, this negro
has pop eyes while the other negro
hasn't, the only point where the re-
semblance fails as both men are nam
ed Simkins, both lived in the same
county, both are of the same age, same
color, same weight, about same height,
and are just alike in all particulars
except the eyes, even to each having
had wife named Mary, and both hav-
ing married in the same county. Hence
the negro owes his freedom to having
pop eyes, for which he ought always
hereafter to be thankful and point to
them with pride and gratitude, as this
one fact alone may have saved him
fror' paying the penalty for the kill
in Of Chris. Porter, colored, on Mr.. !
Jno. c. Hipp's place near town in Oc-
tobec, 1904, and for which Will Sim |
kins is wanted |
It is to be hoped the authorities will
yet get Simkins, the right man. It ;
will be seen that Simkins, the wrong
man made a very narrow escape, bare
|y escaped by the pop of his eyes in
stead of the skin of his teeth, and
hat the case was a most remarkable
one Of mistaken identity.
The Herald and News inquired of
Sheriff Buford if Sims was returned to
lis home in Florida or if he was turn
1@
3et back home in Florida as best he
could. The sheriff replied that the
county did not pay his expenses back
o Florida, neither did the State. i,
1t is true that Sims is but a negro ;
md yet it is as little as the State au- J
horities could do, after having arrest
d him and kept him in Jail for two or ,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-12

Observer, is reproduced here for the
benefit of the Newberry relatives and
friends of the departed:
'This morning at II o'clock death
entered the home of Mr.. George Ed
ward Coulter and called away that
thoroughly good Christian man at the
age of so years. Mr.. Coulter was
born in Newberry, S. c., and moved to
Newton in 1875, since which time he
has been one of her most prominent
and loyal citizens About SO years
ago he married Miss Fannie RAIDER, of
Newton, and to them were born four
children, three of whom have preceded
their father to a better land.
"Mr. Coulter had during all his long
life been a devoted member of the
church, and for over 80
years a deacon in the church at this
place. He was a most thoroughly
good Christian man, devoted to the
service of his Maker, true and inten-
sely loyal to his friends, whom he
counted by hundreds.
For many years Mr.. Coulter be-
Ionged to the Odd Fellows and was
also one of the organizers of the Jun
or Order United American Mechanics
in Newton, and was known among
hem as the Father of the Juniors