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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
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FOR MISTAKES
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SOME FACTS ABOUT
How Printers Spend Most
of their Time
Idle
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We apologize for all mistakes
made in former issues and say
they we're inexcpsable, as all a
publisher has 70 do is to hunt
news and clean the rollers and
set type, sweep the floor and
pen snort items and fold papers,
and talk to visitors, and distrih'
ute typei and carry water and
saw wood and read proofs, and
feed the press, and make up the
forms and keep the kids from
carrying away all the type, aud
hunt the shears to write editor
ials and dodge the bills and dun
the deinquents, and take Gus
sings from the whole force, md!
tell our subscribers that we
must haqe money We say that
we have no business to make
mistakes while attending to
these little matters aad getting
our living Oh hopper-taii soup
favored with Imagination and
wearing old shoes and no collar
and a patch On our Allts and
Obliged to turn a siniX eoun,
tenance to the uan VA tells rs
tllsst our paper iii a
darn anyhow, and hbaS She could
make a a.better one with his eyes
shut.-Ex.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
SCENE OF
PRETTY WEDDING
Miss Effie Campbell and
Prof. ID. S. Hoover
GROOM FROM N. @.
Marriage at the Home OF
The Brides Par
entS
GROOM FROM N. @.

DAYTON, Va. Augu st 1d-A
pretty wedding was solemnlzed
here this evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs w. j. Campbell
when their oldest daughter, Ell
tie Virginia, became the bride OF
Dayton S. Hoover, OF Grouse,
N. @.
The parlor was decorated with
ferns and palms. The bridal
party entered to the strains OF
Mendelssoha'g march, rendered
by Miss Winnie Campbell, Il sls'
ter of the bride.
The groom entered, accom-
panied by his best man, Robert
Campbell, a brother of the bride
The bride entered leaning on
tn. arm of Miss Pearl Strickler,
of New Market, followed by
Miss Willie Ashby, of Shena-
doa City, cousin of the bride,
and Mr.. Russell Campbell''' bro
ther of the bride.
The brides gown was of white
chiffon over taffetta, made Prin-
eass and trimmed with b8bS
lace Her only ornan1knt
4 handsome necklace fseS
/ with ru6ies, au heirloom OF the
family. The brides maids wore
batiste trimmed with lace:
Rev. M. a, Ashby, an uncle
of the bride, pastor of the bride
pastor of the Lutheran church
lat Shenandoah tity, assisted oy
Rev. g. E. Shuey, the bride S
pastor, performed the ceremony
Only near relatives and d le"
friends were present. After the
ceremony punch and cake were
served, Miss Eva Campbell pre-
siding at the bowl. The Dayton
coocert band serenaded the cou'
j nle after which the wedd ing
party left by automobile for
! Harrisonburg, where they reg
slistsred at the Kavanaugh Hotel
They leave tomrrow morn'n'ns
for a trip through the South
They will locate at Benton
Tenn, where Mr.. Hoover is al
4 rector Of the music department
of IA large school. He has he'e
the position for several years
and has done much toward tn'
building up of the department
Miss Campbell IS a hands om'
hrnnette and a young lady O
popularity and sterling wor''' :.
Shecompleted both the sc'en'i
! ffcapd piano courses at onena
! dos Collegiate Institute IN Day
ton and has taught IN the puoir
school here for several years
! By her quiet, unassuming man
ner she has held the love an
esteem of all who know her an
rs She goes away the best w's'
es OF host of friends go VIII
her.
II Mr.. Hoover is a young man
4 sterling qualities and while
; student here won many friends
He graduated in the piano an
literary courses at 5. 9. l. 4
student be was active in (. y
e q. Al. and society work. C
u several years he carried the le
= ding part ia the operas renoss'
j. commencement His ~
/. bass voice made him = vf
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25

Benton stores contain the very
best of goods. Trade with Our
advertisers.
We feel as if the News-ua'
zete had been forgotten after
going to press without a single
correspondent.
Five bills we're filed in the
chancery court this week One
10 construe y VllI' wv"
divorce bills, one to foreclrse a
mortgage and one for partlt'oH'
The partition bill is filed oy IN"
heirs of the late J. E. Taylor 10
sell the brick store house mousse
in Benton. john S. Shamo'ln
appears as attorney for comp'a'-
nant ia all the bills
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
The 'Poss sum

De 'possum saJj
"You KANT ketch me.
| know you jest amt able"
1 climbed and got him
From de tree
And put him on de table.
De 'possum say
"You kaint cook me
Nor marry man in town, sir:
De fire say
"Jest wait and see,
Yo'nnme am mistah Brown,slr
An den de 'possum
Take d fit
An raise an awful rowe, sir;
But de preacher eat him
Every bit, and say
"Where are you now, sir?
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
CAMP MEETING

Cane Creek camp meeting Will
begin Friday of this week aud
about week. The
Holston Conference trio will be
there and assist in the music.
This trio consists of Dr. Eugene
Blake, Revs. ]. @. Orr and A.
B. Hunter aud all Of them are
widely known as singers. You
are cordially invited TO hear
them.
T. M. Hicks,
Preacher in char &c
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
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Dr. and MRS. .. %. McCldFy
are proud parents of boy, born
Monday night.
Read every word of the Mer-
cantiie company ad, go there
and trade and profit thereby.
Why not have this town incor-
porated and have some system
of internal improvements
Parker Prince, who for some
time held a position at Isabella,
has returned to spend "a few
days at home.
Miss Hattie Peace, of Madi-
sonville, after spending IL short
time with the Misses Robinson
here, has returned to her home
Prof. and Mrs D. B. Stephens
of Tellico Plains, are here on a
visit to Mrs. Stephens parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Rollins.
DR.. and Mrs. e. I Smith,
after spending some few weeks
at Ducxtown, returned last Sun
day.
A protracted meetiOg is now
in progress at the Ocoee Baptist
church. The church was dedi-
Gated last Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Long, who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Will Clayton for some time, was
at her home here day last week.
Prot. Fstaer mtsde ~ business
trip to Cleveland Tuesday. He
says that Cleveland is Q. K. and
that Bradley county roads beat
ours like a scared steer.
Only a week after the educa-
tionaI rally comes the good road
rally. Whoop 'em upI boys
LOUD! Good things rarely
come nnbidden
Mrs. A. A. Brown. of Copper
hill, accompanied by her niece
Miss Bonnie Cunningham, are
here attending the illness OF her
sister, Mrs. r. T.. Smith.
The wagons tnat continually
pass through town en- route to
Parksville loaded with machln-
cry and supplies show that there
must be something doing.
Why couldn't Benton have a
bnse ball team the same as any
other town? There are plenty
of very good players here and
several nice places for diam
ond.
It seems that our band has
about gone dead, They have
not met and practiced but once
in over a month. However 1
is supp ese that they will sur
vive again when Prof. Hoover
! the teacher returns.
Benton now has a dentist sta
toned at the Harrison House
lThe fact that he is getting
keood deal of work to do show
that he never came until he wa
wanted and u needed badly
The circulation of the News
Gazette is growing steadily
IIf you live in the cnunty yo'
should subscribe for it and b
willing to pay for it. Everyon
should take their home paper
The streets look as if it woul
not hurt if some OF the count
officials would get a wagon an
team and proceed to clean up
little. 1t is probable that th
road commissioner will do TIN
after some side walks and brio
ges thst have been thorgsnI
and started are completed "
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25

y
"Where are you now, sir?'
I. G. Lyle is in Ducktown this
week,
Mrs. Il. Lee Smith is sick
with typhoid fever.
Mr.. Sam Parks, of Cleyeland,
was calling in town on business
one, day last week.
Be ready for school at the
academy Sept. 9Th. Be there
first morning.
want pay for the lumber |
lost from the mill.
William Harrison
B. E. Biggs and family attend
ed charch at the Ocoee Baptist
Surlay.
Water melons have been
brought in by the wagon load
this week, and they sell like hot
cakes.
Bob Long, who has resided in
the WIN. Couch property for
some time, moved to ParKrville
Tuesday.
A good many of the young
people enjoyed straw ride out
to the Matlock Valley one night
last week.
Miss Maude Field, of Parks
vile, came Friday to spend d
few days with friends at this
place.
Teachers and all friends of
education, get ready for the
grand educational rally on Sept,
26 at Benton. Sugt. Il. l..
Jones and others of state repu-
tation will be here to look us
, over. Come at your best.
Visitors call Benton a lively
town. OF course it is. Empty
ees at the power plant and
guests at the Benton Springs
Hotel passing in and out makes
steady movement of strangers
and teams, and an increase oi
! trade here. Then, too, town is
full Of music and young people
and more coming when fht
academy opens. Our brass
band makes gala times, every
body is looking up, and You JUS
watch Benton coming, whether
the camel's coming ornot.
Keeping the quality of you
goods secret is what you &C
complish when you don't pdver
tise. You know they're best, s.
do a few others! But the genera
public are they lnformed3 Tel
them! Let the light shin
through the columns Of tn
News-Gasettc,, a proRresslv
Newspaper, one whose circula
tion is substantial and still grov
ing
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
For Sale

One good Family horse one
buggy, rubber tires and new
cot Of harness; one saddle, one
1.horse wagon, nearly new; one
1.horse turner plow, steel beam;
one cultivating harrow, one SIN
Gle plow and gears, all new
will sell the above for cash
or bank note.
Apply to
r. Lee Smith,
Benton, lem
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
known person in musical cir

Iu reference't to the events uot-
Cd in the above the News Ca
zettc duly offers its full and com
plete congratulations TO -
Hoover and his. bride, and
the wish that the. arillia2
bow now overi
promising Joy
.sneirs IFys1A
their life tifnG
Locally the event is OF more
than usual interest because ooth
ara members of the academy
faculty for the coming year ;
Prof Hoo7er's distinguished
services here last year IN our
music department gave MIN =
high and popular standing ana
contributed greatly to the gooo
, ame of the academy,
Both fine musicians, ooth
Graduates in literary courses, the
nanagement of the academy
and our town are proud to Sc
cnre them as citizens and teach
prS
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
"ELECTRIC" COUGH AND
COLD PRESCRIPTION

1t gets its unusual name from its
rapid and effective action on coughs
and colds, frequently curing the worst
cold in a days time and will cure any
cough that is durable. 1t is given out
by prominent doctor. Get two ounces
Of Glycerine and half an ounce of Con-
centrated Pine compound. Then get
half pint of good whiskey and put
the other two ingredients into it. Take
a teaspoonful to tablespoonful of this
mixture after each meal and at bed
time. Shake the bottle well each
time" But be sure to get only the
genuine Concentrated Pine. Each half
ounce bottle comes put up in a tin
screw-top case. Any druggist has this
on hand or will quickly get it from
his wholesale house. Don't use any
of the weaker pine preparations.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25

given me, and I am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. S. FORD,
2207 W.. Franklin ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, IT.
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing-down feeling, flatulency,
Indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. PinlSham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free of
charge.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
Salzer's Catalogue

It's the most original seed book published, and
"a gladly mailed to intending purchasers free; or
remit Toe and get lots of remarkable farm seed
samples, including Billion s Grass Alfalfa, Speltz.
etc worth a little farm to get start with or send
1ec and we add a package of Nameless Corn.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
THE JUDGES

We are fortunate in securing three of the most
capable and prominent men in Wisconsin to sit as
Judges in our big corn-naming contest. They are
Prof. r. A. Moore, Wisconsin State Agricultural
College; Hon. j. J. Esch, Congressman from Wiscon-
sin: Hon Robt Calvert, u. S. Customs, La Crosse.
These eminent will weigh carefully the
name you suggest and, il it is most suitable, you
will get the $500 prize No matter who you are or
where YOU live you will be given a fair, square
opportunity to land the money.
Fill out the free commanding coupon with pencil
OF pen as you please, but be sure to give your COM
plete home address.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
Meaning of Cemetery.

1t is not correct to say that "ceme-
terry" means the "city of the dead -
The word is from the Greek 'Koime-
terion," meaning sleeping place, not
the place of the dead. There is nothing
in the thinking that it was originally
intended to convey the idea that the
departed were really dead any more
than there is in the old Hebrew term
for cemetery-"Bethaim house
of the living.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease. Catarrh is blood constt
tutional disease and In order TO II you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternAy and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi
cine IL prescribed by of the best physicians
IN this country for years and is regular prescription
IL Is composed OF the best tones known, combined
with the best blood purifiers acting directly the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF the
two ingredients is what produces such wonderful re
suits In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25

from 1rregularl-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. l had
given up hope of
ever being well
when 1 began to
take Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
1 felt as though
new life had been
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
BILLION S GRASS

Positively the greatest
grass of the century.
Sown when the ground is
thoroughly warm, it will
produce from two to four
crops of hay the first sea-
son, yielding all the way
from 10 to Is tons per
acre. 1t is prodigiously
prolific.
1t requires 20 lbs. seed
per acre.
Price: Salzer's Supe-
rior, 20 lbs, $1.75; so lbs.
$500; 100 lbs, $3.50.
Salzer's goth Century,
20 lbs, 1925; so lbs.
$500; 100 lbs, $3.50.
We commend our goth
Century strain as the pur-
est, we believe, on earth.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25

prominent Agricultural Expert, on seeing this
new corn, exclaimed:
"Salzer you have startled the Agricultural
World in discovering this most remarkable breed Of
corn!"
Indeed it is the most remarkable corn ever seen
by mortal eye.
But not bushe of it is for sale. For there is
oneenth enough in existence to fill the tremen-
dous orders that will pour in when this new corn
goes on the market.
Next year we may have enough to- sell. Right
now the best anybody do is to obtain sample
package-enough to grow " bushel of seed for 1911.
You mighty welcome to a sample. Please send
SC in stamps to pay mailing charges
The thing that puzzles is, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO NAME OUR NAMELESS CORN?
MT Salzer will not be content with anything but
a sashing smashing good name. So he offers $500
in gold to the seed-buyer who hits upon the most
suitable name.
We want you, reader, to help out Name this
corn won't you? 1t does not cost a penny to use
the commanding coupon below. Fill it out, SEND
It tonight and be candidate for the $500 cash
prize.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
No Space Goes. to Waste

NU SPdCe NOSs 10 WdstS'
DeWitt.-Does your wife follow the
fashions closely?
Jewitt-I should say so; she has one
of those standing room only dresses.
Smart Set.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. -"For four years
my life was misery to me. l suffered
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
POTATOES
100000 Bus. Pedlqree Seed Potato


Largest Growers Seed Potatoes in America, yield
ing from $50 to 600 bushels per for each and
every acre you plant Price range from $500 to $500
per Barrel
No other Seed House has kept in such close touch
with State Agricultural Colleges as the John A Sal
ger Seed Co. This great Seed House specializes in
the pedigreed varieties OF seed that brought
forth by State Colleges of Wisconsin, Iowa, Mime
sota Dakotas and all other Agricultural Colleges
in the Middle West.
The Yale expositor., 1910-02-25
ALFALFA

Pronounced Absolutely Pure, No Weeds
Largest growers of Glover, Timothy and Grasses,
Oats, Barley and Potatoes in America.
EX-GOV. HOARD, OF WISCONSIN, from 80
acres sown to Salzers Goth Century Alfalfa, har-
vested within "a weeks after seeding $500 worth
of magnificent hay the rate Of 1888 per acre.
Sazer's Alfalfa Glover will produce a crop on
any farm in America where timothy will grow 1t is
famed for it's stubborn hardness and prodgal vigor.
Price, goth Century pure Seed)-sow 20 lbs.
per A--20 lbs, $3.50; 100 lbs, $1,000.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

cast the first stone" Mothers and
fathers, how can you see into the
future that this may not be the fate
of your darling? The women in our
Christian churches are not acting.
They are kept quiet by the mascu
line element in the family (not al
ways either the wage-earner or tax
payer), who tell them that this is
no fit subject for good women to dis
cuss. Who made it an unfit subject?
Do not all reply at once, the din
would be too great.
Why are not the women aroused
as in the raising of the Agnes Scott
fund? Where is the enthusiasm
shown as in the purchase Of the
Woman's Club House? The mis-
sions, the automobile show? Is it
not read in the churches that there
is greater rejoicing in heaven over
one repentant soul than over hum
dreds of those already good?
To paraphrase: "Am I my sis
ter's keeper?" Answer: "In as
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

live good lives, and how to do it.
What a field for mission work!
On the unoccupied land in Georgia
build the colored man a little cabin
like his forefathers lived in half
century ago, clean and wholesome,
the fat, shiny pickaninnies playing
around the door, never knowing ILL
ness, with plenty of corn, meat, po-
tatoes and pure water Have
school-house and church with
teachers and ministers who will
give practical lessons in right liv-
ing, no politics and special brand of
creeds. Have these farms surround
ed by guards if necessary; but allow
these human beings a chance to de-
velop under favorable conditions,
such as made them the docile, trust
ed servants of the best class of white
people forty years ago.
What is needed is a physical ex-
animation of the heads of each Of
fetal which would plainly reveal
what manner of man he is, and how
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

he is living. The convict camps
should be treated from a scientific
and business standpoint.
For the white prisoner, the hui
initiation of being sent to prison
should be enough, but if it Is not, If
they are beyond ordinary control,
send them to a sanitarium for scien-
tific treatment of the mind, or rath-
err the base of the mind, the brain.
There may be a depression of the
skull on the brain that causes their
immortality or makes them dull.
Several cases of this kind have been
cured in this way. Or, see by the
shape of the head what their talent
is and teach them that Tell them
also how to control their habits, that
it Is their thought that makes them
act. All this is slow work, but it is
sure, and the next generation would
feel the good effects of it. There is
a still surer way: begin with the edu-
cation of the future mothers and
fathers, but that would lead to an
other subject.
And for the woman in the stock
ade! "Ye men who are without sin,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13
Contemplation

Deep down in Natures mine of thought
There dWells contemplative mood,
Which often in the twilight hours,
Comes calmly forth fer human good;
And gilds with gold of solemn thought,
The common tragedies of life,
And brings to bar the wickedness,
With which each passing day is rife.
1t bids the whirlwind passions stay
Their onward rush, to sin and death,
Turns back the steps of frowning Wrong,
And stays her chidings with breath;
1t grasps the hand of smiling Right,
And sees the beauty in her face,
And in the hall of Righteousness,
Sets Reason in her Wonted place.
Jake II. Harrison.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

dain the present agitation of wom-
ans suffrage in Virginia, the Journal
declares itself hearty advocate
of the movement, which it believes
to be founded on bedrock, primal,
first principles of pure democracy.
If there is anything astounding in
the present declaration of rights
voiced by the more enterprising
daughters of the land, it is that such
an agitation has been delayed until
this hour, when the great twentieth
century has opened upon us with
one-half of the citizenship of the
civilized nations Of the world dis
franchised and disbarred from voice
in government 1t is not our inten-
ton at this writing to notice spu-