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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
PRIMARY OR
CONVENTION
Congressman Sells Wants Pri-
mary While It is Said the
Committeeman Oppose.

Bristol, Oct. 14.--Much interest is
shown in the approaching meeting Of
the republican executive committee of
the First congressional district of Tenn
essee, at Bulls Gap on November A.,
10 determine the manner and time OF
nominating republican candidate for
congress in the first congressional dis
trict. 1t is understood here that many
members of the committee favor con-
vention, but that Congressman Sam
r.. Sells will advocate a primary as
the best method of determining the
sentiment of the republicans of the
first congressional district.
Gen. James B. Cox, of Knoxville,
who is spoken of as probable opponent
of Congressman Sells, was visitor in
the city this week. When asked as to
whether he would be candidate, he
declined to commit himself. He said
that the matter of the method of NOM
ination is one that the committee
alone should decide, and that personal
ly he is not champioining any particu-
lar methot
Congressman Sells has been in New
York and Washington this week, but
will return in time to make the trip
over East Tennessee with the aguricul-
tural train, which starts from Bristol
next Monday, and for which he aided
in arranging.
Anti-Sells republicans Of Sullivan
will effect an Organization at mass
meeting to be held at Biountville, Oct.
80. Members of the regular organiza-
tion, so-called, will ignore the meet
ing on the claim that r. III. Martin,
who called it, had no authority to do
so and that he has no official connec-
ton with the reolganized organization
of the county.
Several caucuses have been held In
the district within the past few days,
by the anii-Sells leaders and it is stat
ed high authority that they will
agree on an opponent to the young
congressman not later than this
month. 1t is claimed that the execu-
tive committee is anti-Sels but the
young congressman's friends say that
they have no fear whatever for his re-
nomination and reelection.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
0. ]. WARDRUP
HURT AT YALU
First Section of Train No. u
Wrecked and Four Cars
Were Derailed.

First section of train No y was
wrecked at Yalu at 500, a. m. Thurs
Gay, and o. j. Wardrup, operator at
Yalu, suffered dislocated collar-bone,
and other injuries as result.
AS the traia was coming into the
switch, Wardup thought that lthe au-
tomato switch was locked, and when
it worked automatically, sending part
of the train up the main line and part
through the siding the switch lever
swung around and knocked him down,
dislocating his coliar-hone and cutting
a cash In his jaw.
Four cars aud the caboose were de-
faiiedi, and the local switch engine
crew hurried to the scene and had the
wreck cleared up in time to permit the
Carolina Special TO pass with the de
lay of only few niautes.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
TRAIN DERAILED
Engineer and Fireman Jump and
Receive Slight Bruises
Passengers Shaken.

Engineer T. A. Stewart suffered a,
sprained ankle and few slight bruises
on the left leg, and Fireman +. Ludin
was slightly bruised about the lower
limbs, Monday evening at six o'clock,
when local passenger train No 8, of the
Southern Railway, enroute from
Bristol to Knoxville, was derailed at
Mohawk, seventy-one miles west of
Bristol.
The train, which consisted of COM
bination baggage ana express car, a
mali car and two day coaches, lIad
slowed down to enter the Mohawk
yalds, when for some unknown reason
the engine, baggage and express car,
mail car and The front trucks of one of
the coaches left the rails, but none of
them were overturned. AS soon as the
engine left the rails, the engineer and
fireman jumped, thereby receiving the
above mentioned bruises, but none of
the, other trainmen, nor any of the
passengers were injured, although
several of them were rather roughly
shaken up. Practically no damage
was done TO the train equipment, bu,
the track was torn up for some dis
lance.
AS soon as No. 1902 arrived in New
port Monday evening news Of the
wreck wa. given by passengers, IRON
Morristown, and it was stated thai
eight or len persons had been killed
and the train atotM wreck. The New
port. Gun Club who had.hee 10 john
son City were on the MemphislS Special,
and had they acceded to the wishes OF
their friends at johnson City, who Inv
sisted that they remain until No. 3,
whfch follows the Special, they would
have been in The snake-ul also.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19

Mr.. Dunno, who has been repairing
the loader, started to the mountains
with it Saturday and when short
distance above Mouse Creek, it over
turned, carrying Mr., Dunno with it,
and but for the timely assistance of
Robert Phillips, who was near at the
time of the accident, he would have
been drowned. He was severely cut
about the head and shoulders and
otherwise internally injured. Slight
chances are entertained for his recov.
cry.
Will Breeden is carrying an ugly
cash over his left eye by coming in
contact with crosscut saw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Anderson OF
Knoxville are visiting In Crestmont.
Misses Lizzie and Eff1e Rainer OF
Grassy Fork were in Crestmont Sun
day.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
MAN ROBBED
WHILE ASLEEP
Ernest Johnson, Employed al
Gibson's Camp, Robbed Of
S22 by Fellow Workman.

Ernest Johnson, who is employed at
Gibsons road construction camp, a
short distance from Newport, while
asleep Sunday evening, was robbed of
So by his fellow workman, Tom
Anderson, of Knoxville. The officers
here and at Knoxville were notified
and his apprehension is momentarily
expected Johnson left on the early
train Monday morning for Knoxville
where he will assist the officers in
locating the thief.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
BY DINING FRIENDS

Hugh Swanson, who was home for
several days last week, celebrated the
2Slh anniversary of his birth by tender
ing few friends dinner. Among
those present were Hiram Ruble, who
was also celebrating his 32nd birthday,
on the same date. Il 5g ~
Those present were: Murray Stok,
ely, Hiram Ruble, Frank Swanson,
Orlie Weaver, Garfield Meas. and
Hugh Swanson.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
MISS MeHARCE won
PLAIN TALK PIANO
Contest is Brought to Successful Close The Winner Ran
Up Her Vote to Million and Half and Has the
Railroad Men of This Section to Thank
for Her Success in the Contest

Miss Mildred Mcarge of W. Mcarge
switching here the Seminole which
Thursday The victory this lady
her father with the railroad rallied him strongly
ed the subscriptions which necessary
The contest very was exciting halfway station
when the Miss Harmed place
although eOoDoo
Mctarge was right behind the two.
These three made the Miss cIIarge
the subscriptions
with Miss McMon coming threeyear subscriptions
Miss McMon her the total the first prize winner in actual
The a follows: Ea.
Miss Mildred Mcarge 518 500
Miss Matte McNlon- 168 800
Miss Bemce Harmed 100
Miss Annie Bell $4,000
Miss Nell Robinson $4,000
Miss Vene Stokey $500
prize, piano. McHage prize
imported Wlowcat porch by Miss McAIilon
prize Miss prize
the highest outside the Miss Bell
Pine Harmed which
ing the largest the week preceding
all assembled
PLAIN Thursday and there air about each
the result
way
judges, w. Parottsvie Murray Soke
the First National Bank and James Gregg of Sokey Brothers
the ballot the quickly
Coming
the order the standing and determine the
general good feeling prevailed although
those who had received the first Disappointed
that had honestly by McIag
they had compelled to work against odds Offset the strength
that
the contest and that they had made
depended solely the
into the
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
CREENEVILLE OIL
INSPECTOR NAMED

John. @. Williams, a prominent
broker Of Greene, lille, was appointed
coal oil inspector of that place Thurs
day by Coy. Hooper, and will Dc
promptly commissioned.
Mr. Williams was strongly endorsed
by bath democrats and republicans
and Is very popular in his home
'soL.iy.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
JOHN TOWNSEND
VICTIM OF TYPHOID

John Townsend, the 1s-yeaf-old SON
of Charley Townsend, died at the home
of his parents in Eastport sunday Of
typhoid fever. Funeral services were
held Monday and his remains laid to-
rest.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
TRAIN CUTS OFF
NEGRO'S HEAD
Frank Gear, Employed at the
Coal Shute at White Pine,
Killed Monday Morning. ]

Frank Gear, colored, employed at
the coal shate at White Pine met in
stant death Monday morning about 8
O'Clock when he was run down by fast
freight No.72. His head and left arm
were completely severed from the body.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-10-19
LOADER Goes I
IN. MOUSE CREEK
MIR. Dunno, Who Was Taking il
to the Mountains, is Serious
ly Injured.

Crestmont, N. c., Oct. 16.--A merry
party, chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. AL
Bryan, n ade visit to White Rock
Sunday, and took look at Newport
and the surrounding country. 1t is
well worth the time to make this trip,
as one can look for miles in every
direction and view the magnificent
scenery. These who composed the
party besides the chaperones, were:
Misses Jessie Sutton, Mandy Birch
field, Kate Carlisle, Nora Jenkins,
Zella Sutton, Sallie Kimball, and
Messrs. Baxter Sutton, Charley Price,
Luther Carroll, John Carlisle, George
Kendall, Spain Thornton, Harrison
Barnes, Oscar Cooper, Wiley Phillips.
Dinner was served on top of the noun
tain and every one thoroughly enjoyed
themselves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17

views of successive phases of motion
is passed rapidly before the eye they
blend into an Illusion OF one contin-
uous picture of the moving objects.
The stroboscope OF 1882. using Sits
In whirling disc or electric sparks,
gave clear views of fast moving
objects. like spokes in a wheel. Forms
of this. the Zeotrope and phenakisto-
scope, blended crude pictures into
some semblance of objects In motion
With the coming OF the dry plate. Ed
ward Muybridge IN California obtains
ed successive instantaneous photo
graphs of running horse. using a
battery OF twenty or thirty cameras.
and the pictures were combined TO
show the horses gait. In 1894 I. A.
Edison. after six years OF patient
labor with the aid of w. X. L. Dick
son. brought out the photograph. a
similar camera for taking great num-
bers OF successive pictures on long
strips of sensitized celiuloid. The IA
miliar nickel-i -the-slot kinetoscope
was devised for exhibiting the pic
lures. and the next year Edison de-
scribed his kineto- phonograph for tho
simultaneous recording OF moving
scenes and accompanying sounds. and
the phono-kinetoscope for reproducing
them. For eniarging the pictures on
a screen, Edison perfected kind of
magic lantern called the vitascope.
while others brought out the bioscope
and many other mechanisms It was
found necessary to show forty-siX pic
lures second. keeping each station
AIRY 9-l0 Of the period. and for an
hours exhibition $1,000 TO more than
900 are required
The Fair.
Has II yet been decided how much
territory the Panama Pacific Canal Ex-
position Will cover? s. +.
No
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
MENAcIxG MOVING r,cr,,nEs

Wisely have the authorities of Akron.
Ohio. barred Wild West films from
the moving picture theatres Of that
city II was these picture plays. with
their powerful appeal 10 the youthful
mind that inspired the thirteen-year-
old girl bank rohber" of Cuyahoga
rails 10 her absurd and melodramatic
hold-up OF the local bank cashier, so
as to get money for a new hat. In
other cities. deleterious results have
been detected, and the crime sug-
eestive pictures ought to be barred
everywhere.
AS the Cleveland (ohio) Plain Dealer
declares. the moving picture theatre
has come to he recognized as per-
manent and potentially beneficial fea
ture of city life" In all cities there
are some theatres that cater to the
better class of moving picture show
patrons, and which rarely throw on
the screen the cowboy, n-hghtinr.
Indian killing. train-robbing and bank
lootins. In Cleveland some months
ago there was an agitation to keep
such hlms from being exhibited and
a number OF the theatre owners co..
operated in the attempt to put the
business on higher plane Pictures
OF the risque type have little appeal
for adults They are shown 10 at
tract younger ones
The high grade hlm manufacturers
of
ing out constantly dozens of attractive
and interesting films, well conceived.
we'll acted, wholly above criticism
from any quarter There are come
dies dramas tragedies, reproductions
oi great plays. poems or novels. sto-
ries .rom history. fairy tales and whole
some farce, There are industrial ana
/ educational films The moving picture
/ idea, as The Plain Dealer says IS too
good 10 b. spoiled and vitiated by the
I wretcAedly cheap and tawdry as well
as morally r-prehensible pictures that
: ara shown for the purpose of thrilling
/ ihe ten-year-olds
For instance. in the local moving
/ picture shows were recently shown
two historical MINIS. one the persecu.
'ion Of the Templars ana the torture
/ and burning AT tile stake of Jacoues
De Molay; the other. the fall Of Troy
boin Of these excited intense interest.
because they showed idealized scenes
Of actual occurrences ana awoke the
desire to know more about these his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17

large functions to describe the note
worthy gowns. Here are some of the
striking costumes now worn in Con-
gress:
Senator Bourne-White flannel coat
and trousers. cut very full: Panama
picture hat.
Senator BrandeEce-Light gray fan
mel. white socks. tan shoes.
Senator Borah--Black alpaca coat
country style.
Senator Bacon-Tan crash suit. with
latitudinal wrinkles, pink necktie,
palm leaf fan
Senator Bailey-Gray alpaca coat,
light trousers, soft shirt.
Representative Adamson = White
duck, fuzzy white hat. canvas shoes.
Representative Hcfin--Tan linen
suit. white button shoes, Panama.
Representative Sims-Black alpaca
coat. any old kind of trousers.
Representative Fitzgerald = Cream
colorcd crash suit. tan shoes.
Representative Underwood Dark
mohair. cut by artist soft shirt.
Representative Mann Something
thin and wrinkly. with little stripes
Fits like sheet in a Turkish bath.
Representative Sherley-White duck.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
puNCTURELEss TIRES.

AT last an automobile tire has been
invented that cannot be punctured. The
greatest vexation of automobile expo
rience is the punetured tire. New
tires are expensive. Let every motorjst,
however. now exceed the speed limit
in rejoicing and thank sgivng, for
the days of the punctured tire arc
numbered a tire is soon to be put
on the market that will be practically
indestruct'ble. and the cost will he no
more than The expense of the pneu-
matte for one season
Oddly enough. on the same day.
George Westinghouse and Edison pro-
claimed to the world the discovery of
punctureless tire. thus giving double
assurance to the long-suffering auto
mobil'st The Westinghouse invention
Is an air-sprins apparatus which he
has been testing for a year. 1t is of
simple mechanism. 1t can stand any
kind OF road II is absolutely proof
against broken glass. nails and ali
the ordinary menaces to tire endur-
ance. Mr.. Westinghouse Is so confident
OF his invention that he expects TO
establish plant that will give en-
pioyment to 5000 men for the manu-
facture OF the air-spring tire
Mr. Edison's invention makes the
pneumatic tire secure from any punct-
ure in fact, immune from rerforation.
This tire is practically indes,ructibie
until the rubber wears out.
These inventors will almost he
canonized by the millions who ride
in motors from sea to sea in number
less lands. The cost of upkeep of auto
mobiles in this nation last year was
S%oo,ooo,oo0 This includes the chauf-
feurs. but the tires themselves ran IN
into hundreds of millions. The aboli-
ton of excessive tire expense Will
more than double the number Of auto
mobiles
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
GREATER CARE Apour MILK.

a royal medical commission in Lon
don. appointed to investigate the
question whether tuberculosis is com
municable from the COW to human
beings. has come 10 the conclusion
that the disease is practically the same
in either case. and can be communi-
Gated from one to the other.
A few years ago, DR. Koch. the eui-
nent bacteriolosist. was in the United
states, and at that time he positively
held that man could not get tubercu-
losis from COW. from either milk or
meat That opinion has been accepted
generally, but the finding OF the royal
commission Will overthrow the Koch
ultimatum.
This being so, there will have to be
stricter vigilance over the work OF
the butcher and the milkman. We
shall have TO he more careful than
ever In preventing this possible source
of the dreaded plague.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17

Eliot Defoe. Ruskin. Burke, Burns,
carlyle Dickens. both the Brownings.
all three Brontes. Wordsworth "couldn't
come back"
France is represented by Hugo.
6aizac Racine and Moliere. Goethe,
schiller Kant. Leasing and Mom,nscn
compose the German delegation.
America had to be content with a
mere seNtctte: Emerson, Irving, Haw-
thorne. Franklin, Clemens and Long
teilow This was high tribute to Mas
sachusetts. and 1t is certain that Twain
got ii simply because he was the only
literary man ever born in Missouri.
As the Romans said. there is no ac-
counting for tastes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
MIssouRrs ESTIMATE.

some light on the way Missouri re-
CARDS literary attainment may be had
ny rejecting upon the names of famous
authors that have been emblazoned
on the facade of the new st. Louis
public library which has cost ST.
100000
In the hrst place. all the ancient.
safe bets, such as Homer, Virgil, Dante.
were left off the fr;eze. Cervantes
managed to get in ny hare margin,
Shakespeare was calmly rejected. To
add insult 10 injury, Bacon was in
c'nded. Then England was honored
with The retention of Addison. Milton.
Darwin. Thackeray. Tennyson. Scott,
Maeaulay. Goldsmith, Byron. George
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17

What? What? Listen to this from
the silent One of oyster Bay, writing
to those in charge of the annual en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
81 wish it were possible for my
friends to realize my position, not for
my own sake. but because they would
understand just why I cannot accept
all the invitations that come to me,
From now on l wish to avoid making
any speeches possibly can avoid"
OF course, the Coloneis friends ought
to understand that he cannot he ex-
pected to make speeches to empty
houses.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17

Now that the Republicans have
nominated old orear for the governor
ship of Kentucky. the Democrats can
win easily by selecting as their stand.
ard-bearer the Hon. John Mintfield
Thatcher of Somerset, whose name
would be enough to elect him. even
We're the fact lost sight of that no
keener and deadiier blade leaped from
the scabbard in the 1905 presidential
campaign than that welded by the
colossal Kentuckian. who. in the
phrase of Kipling. can walk with
kings, nor lose the common touch"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
on THE MOUNTAIN TOR.

crow cawine far over mountain
top in the distance in the gray a'u-
ness of summer morning.. birds sing
ing in the hedges; a humminE-blrd no
larger than beetle taking the nectar
from the flowers roundabout. a wood
pecker on a mullen stalk hammering
away for the bugs or the seeds. tho
drowsy SOUND of the familiar cow
bell tinklinE or Changing as the grass
was rich and juicy, or tough like unto
the touEhness of the strings up0n the
famous snaps Of Hanover the hay
Ing down into the gorge beyond: the
chug-chuc OF the modern tourist cof
ard the smell ;eamsters rounding the
curve on the road over against the
mountain beyond the little valley in
the foreground the languorous air of
noontide. the gorgeous glories OF the
sunset upon the masses OF clouds hang
ing like canvasses from the invisible
heavens above the frogs who would
a-wooin' go running through their rep
ertorY in preparation for the deeper
night when. the rest of creation sleep
for their fun choruses: the irehies
lighting themselves on their way
through the Gardening shadows # tie
night and flying as they pleased over
and under the stupendous arch Of the
bridge whose builder and maker Mas
(;od-iS IL any condor Tim, y,,a- s.o,,,1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
The Boston Globe prints this roc,ne

Cover the bottom of a Tom Collins
glass (the largest size) with cracked
ice Put in some mint. clipping only
the leaves on the ice Put in more
Ice until the glass is filled Put in
one teaspoonful of fine sugar and a
JGger and half of fine Bourbon
whiskey Float slice of orange and
one of pineapple. then a trace of
Ma raschino for flavor. Now carefully
SIP into the glass the stems of mint
with the leaves floating on top"
The Globe adds: Then throw the
mint-julep out of the window and
drink glass of lemonade" Yes, do:
hut by the IndeXAppeai, the man who
calls that n mint-julep ought to be
burnt at the stake
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
Jnck md jill. Revised.

10 inc Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--Jack and. Jill revised. win
apologies TO the author OF II seen pa
come steppin' high" etc.
Tom and Bill went up the hill,
Bent on political plundcr
Tom heN>iried to frame a bill,
While BILL he kicked up thunder.
But Bill fell down and broke his crown.
And caused his brain concussion:
While Taylor hit a plexus blow.
Which we hope will end this darned
discussion. I.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17

me recent jump in the price of loo
ana milk has caused the Rev. I,
Osborne. rector of the Trinity E,nis-
copal church, OF Newark. New Jersey,
10 send to Newark newspaper a let,
ter in which ne uses strong laneuae.
about the Ice and Milk Trusts and
every one who has had anything to do
with the advance in prices. Mr.. os-
oorne's church is the leading Episco-
pal Church in Newark, and in his con
gregation are many wealthy folk. His
letter was:
Il have taught that damn is a
good. sound scrptural word--not, how
ever. 10 be used unadvisedly or lightly.
but reverently, discreetly. advisedly.
soberly and in the fear of God. like
matrimony or blue pill-and SO l
say. advisedly and soberly, damn the
Ice Trust and the Milk Trust and
the farmers and COWS. and everybody
and everything that is making this
hot weather an excuse for boosting
the prices of ice and milk. The Sugar
Trust may be faulty, and the Standa I'd
Oil Company not all that can be de-
sired; bur they don't conspire to kill
sick ba hies
Thank God, the undertakers haven't
raised the prices of collins, nor the
doctors of visits. and that persons
still minister to the sick and poor
without money and without price, So
here's $40 more for your ice fund di-
rect and Con the side) to help alleviate
the poverty of the INDECENT milkmer
and impecunious icemen. hope they'll
repent in time to escape that place
where they'd give their immortal souls
Tor drink OF iced milk"
Tens of thousands of American peo-
pie would not change a period in that
letter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
Voice Of the People
or ON His Feed.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Wnl you kindly publish the
following FOR the beneht of suffering
humanity? WHO am | or Where from
is immaterial. Suffice II 10 say my bus
iness calls me from home quite often,
forts from the average kotcl and