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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-04-06
TAX RATE PLACED
AT OLD FIGURE
The High School Fund Bene
fits to Extent of Six Cents
TAX RATE is NOW $l.@
AT the January Term the Court
Had Added Five Cents to fiss
Cpmmon School Fund, But
This Has Been Taken Off ange
Again Placed on the Higsa
School Fund.

The county court met Monday aRsE
held very brief session the chief bush
ness of the court being the change ss
the tax rate back TO 1865. AT thg-
January term of the court six eenfss
were taken from the High School fsgssA
and five cents then added TO the eoxay-
mon school fund, leaving a net decSenxe~
of one cent in the rate. AT Monixyg.s
meeting the five cents was taken fUsze
the common school fnnd and again
the six cents were added to the Hlgtg
School fund, making the rate the same
as last year.
The chairman Of the court was-
authorized to have the Oldtown bridge
repaired.
The report Of the Revenue CommJs
tee was as follows:
During the last quarter, the Chair
man has issued warrants against she-
County in the sum of $2.2SS.00, and
during the same period the Trlsssts
has paid warrants in the sum CT So .sggl,.
q. Since Jan. lst. The Trustee IzsS
paid interest bearing warrants :nsG
interest on same in the sum of S4 .gssss.
81, and he has sufficient funds to Fmy
another S20.O00.00 of these Warrants.
now. Since Jan. lst. the Trustee fssS>
paid Bridge Bonds an | interest in sgse
sum Of S4l14.57, and he has sufficient
funds to pay s2,00000 more of these
bonds now. 1T will be seen from this.
that during this quarter, the County
has paid SS,Sl3 "A of it's interest bearing
debt, and is ready ITO pay at least
S3,OOO.O0 more.
"We have examined the sette.neHE
of the various county officers, and aE-
ter mBking several corrections. sbey
are correct. We have corrected errors
in settlement, errors in j. p. and ea-
parte bills, in the sum of $1S5. 90, these-
by saving that much to the County.
"The manner in which the revea,re-
reports of the justices is kept should as-
corrected. Uuder the present syssrxss
| it is difficult for the Clerk and Just 5ssss
to keep up with it, and we reconsnagSeg
that the Clerk be directed to bssy T.
"Justice's Revenue Docket" /" and shaa-
| he keen an account with each Just See
of the cases and amount of fines ss--
! ported, charging him with the ssuase.,
and then giving the Justice credit EcF
payments made. The Clerk si9xsssa.
| check up the minute book and sfs.e
what sums are due, if any, and chaT,a.
them in the manner indicated
"The claims filed for allowance az
this term of the Court are smaller llsagn
usual, and if the Court will carefnix.
guard its appropriations, the CoulH y
will be able TO pay its current expenses
for practically the entire year wstfDus-
borrowing. Respectfully subniisess.
April 3rd, l9ll.n
The report of the Pike Comlnisskxn
was as follows:
son Jan. 10th, 1911, after alxsrs-
tising for bids, we let the CONTRACT fss
the completion of the grading on nss
The roads, and The macadamizing os ~
the roads on the North side OF Pmsssss
River, to the firm of Peters 4 Gitrxra-
Of Knoxville, and they gave profeT
bonds with the Fidelity and DeTsssiiE
Continued on Page y
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SOON EXPECTED
Champion Lumber Co. of New
Jersey Buys 1000 Acres.
THE OFFICIALS ARE COMING
General Manager Arbogast Was
in Newport Monday-The New
Concern is One of the Strong
est in America, Being Backed
By Unlimited Capital.

The Champion LUMBER Company
with So, 100000 capital stock, has pur-
chased more than 100000 acres of tim
ber lands, including two railroads, all
lying in Haywood county and center
ing about Canton and will shortly be-
gin developements of equal If not great
er magnitude than that following the
coming of the Champion Fibre Com
pany to this section. The properties
which pass into the control of the new
company are the Pigeon River Lum-
ber Company, lying in the northern
end of the county and containing about
&C, 900 acres; the Sunburst tract OF the
Champion Fibre Company, lying on
the headwaters of the Pigeon river CON
tanning about 10000 acres; the Tennes-
see & North Carolina Railroad, now
running from Newport to Crestmont,
and surveyed to be extended to Can
ton, and the Pigeon River Railroad
Company, much OF which is now grad
ed between Canton and Sunburst, but
none of which is ironed.
William Whitner & Sons who are
big stockholders of the new company
and individually own and control 5O,-
600 acres of timber lands, adjoining
the Pigeon River Lumber Company's
tract, but lying in Swain county.
The Champion Company was incor-
porated under the laws of New jersey
and domesticated in North Carolina a
few days ago in New York, and Off
GERS elected J. C.iAbogast, who has
been representing the Whitnel inter-
ests in this section for several years
and who has been working on this
deal for about year, was chosen to
become general manager of the COM
pany in North Carolina and Tennessee
as we'll as the interests of William
Whitner & Sons. Mr.. Arbogast was
in Newport Monday, enroute from
CreStmonC 10 Asheville.
The directors of the company rep
resent perhaps the strongest aggrega-
ton of capital that is interested in
this section of the country. They are
Il. b. Leach & Go. of New York, Clark
L. Poole & Co. of Chicago, Trimble De-
Witt Go. of New York and Chicago,
Peter G. Thompson, president of the
Champion Fibre Company, and vii.
liam Whitner & Sons. The directors
of the company expect to come here
next week in private car and spend
two weeks in looking over the proper
ties and deciding upon the location o.
plants and a definate policy of hand
ling the properties.
MIR. Whitner President
AT the meeting in New York r. +
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-04-06
MIR. Whitner President

AT the meeting in New York r. F..
Whitner was chosen as president of
the company. The company has all
ready decided to take charge of the
band mill at Crestmont, which was
erected by the Pigeon River Lumber
Company and TO rebuild and recon
struct this and to install such addi-
iional machinery that will give an
output of l75, 900 feet of lumber daily.
Branch railroad lines viii have TO be
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
md she was laid beside him on

and she was laid beside him ON
the vessel. Then the great
ship was set afire and f1oated, a
sheet of flame, out on the dis
tant waters. And even yet we
may see at sunset the burning ye,.
sci of Baldur far in the west.
Now the guards felt that some
show of justice must be made, an
in Cancellation, hoping to soothe
the passionate sorrow of the
mother, Frigga, they dedicated
the mistletoe to her, and to this
day it is under her care and con-
troll. And now sim and sorrow
had hallowed it; for henceforth it
was to grow, not as a symbol
Of bitterness and hatred, but as
d sign Of tenderness and love.
But the gods decreed that il
was to stand for these things on
ly 50 long as it touched not
Loki's kingdom, the soil and for
this reason it is never seen
growing on the ground and We
ourselves always hang it high on
the rafters or chandeliers. And
now that it was the plant Of
love, the custom arose for enem.
les to become friends under thu
mistletoe, for lovers to pledge
their troth beneath it, and fol
those who met there to kiss as {
sign Of affectionate fellowship
New York Sun.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
CITY CONGESTION A HABIT
High Tenements and Crowded Neigh
borhoods In Cities Near New York
Declared Entirely Unnecessary.

In the great metropolitan district
Of London there is not one six-story
tenement house. There are no close
ly built blocks and closely covered
lots. Such products of congestion
are peculiar to New York city. They
would never have been thought Of
had it not been for our spacious hor-
Dor and our narrow island, toe uar-
row to avail itself properly Of its
splendid advantages. But now the
high tenements and congested neigh
borhoods are being duplicated on the
mainlands Of Long Island and New
Jersey. Is it at all necessary or in
evitable? 1t is the bad habit Of
congestion, and it is spreading where
there is no apparent excuse for con-
gestion. The evil type Of six-story
tenement has its multitudes Of ex-
amples in Long Island City, Harlem
and the Bronx, and in Jersey City,
Bayonne and Hoboken. This city's
committee on congestion has shown
that conditions in the tenement
neighborhoods on Manhattan island
are economically and morally dan
gerous, that they had better never
have been allowed to grow up. And
now there is lack Of constructive leg
islation to keep property holders who
are building in the less populous Dor
oughs from making the bad habit
chronic.-New York Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
A valuable Apple Tree.

Thirty thousand dollars was
the sum recently offered an
eastern Washington nursery
company for an apple tree To-
Gated near Lake Chelan. The
proffer was made by a syndicate
which desired to propagate the
tree. 1t was turned down by
the nursery company, which will
develop the fruit itself.
The tree is 90 years old and is
called the Chelan. The fruit is
golden yellow and is said to pos
sess exceptional keeping quail
tiles, a box having been kept
in storage in Spokane for two
years without any marked de-
terioration.
Twenty years ago, the story
runs, an Indian planted a hand
full Of apple seeds, three OF
which grew. The fruit of but
one Of the trees was good for
anything. The tree is now of
great size and a prolific bearer.
Last year at the National Apple
Show at Spokane fruit from the
tree took first prize for new var
ieties of apples.-From the Pay
Streak.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
FARTHEsT NORTH
IN THE WAR
Place of Morgan's Surrender on
an Ohio Farm Marked by
Monument.

A monument has recently been
put in place on the Crubaugh
farm in Columbian county,
Ohio, which marks the farthest
Lorthern point reached by the
Confederate forces during the
civil war.
It also marks the spot where
Gen. John II. Morgan, the famous
Southern leader, surrendered.
Many will not realize without
looking at the map that Wells
Vile is north Of Gettysburg.
For many years an old locust
tree marked the place of sur
render, but a short time ago it
died and was cut down, the
stump being taken to East
Liverpool, Ohio, and placed in
the public library for safe keep
ing as a historical relic. 1t was
the idea of the late w. L. Thomp-
son, the well known song writer,
who lived near the scene Of the
fight, TO erect a monumeDt to
mark the spot.
He had a fund well started
when he suddenly died, but his
friends took up the work and
carried it through. A huge gran
lite bOwlder was put in place last
year, but it was not until a few
weeks ago that the bronze tab.
let was put in place and the
monument dedicated. The tab
let bears this inscription "Thif
stone marks the spot where thu
Confederate raider Gen. John H
Morgan surrendered his command
to Major George W. Rue, July
! 26, 1868, and is the farthest pom
/, North ever reached by anybodl
of Confederate troops during tn.
, civil war. From the Spring
field Republican.
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ExEcUToR,s NOVICE.

Letters testamentary on the estate
of Edgar Youngs deceased, were
granted to the undersigned on the
Both day Of December, 1910, by the
Probate Court of Lafayette County
Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required tC
exhibit them for allowance to the
executor within one year after the
date of said letters or they may be
preeluded from any benefit of such
estate; and If such claims be moi
exhibited within two years from the
date of said letters they will be
forever barred.
MARCUS TOUNGS,
1885 Executor.
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ApMrNIsTRAToR.s NoTIcE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
Of Administration ON the estate of Err
nest H. Schmidt deceased, were gran.
ed to the undersigned on the Sth day
of December 1910, by the Probate
Cour. of Lafayette County, Missouri
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance to the Administra,
tor within one year after the date OF
said letters or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit of said es-
tate; and IL such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the
date Of this publication, they shall
be forever barred.
This Sth day Of December, 1910.
JOHN NJ. SCHMIDT.
l2-17-t5 Administrator.
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ADMINISTRATOR, NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that let
tiers of Administration on the estate
Of Margaret e. Neer deceased, were
granted to the undersigned on the
10Th day Of December, 1910, by the
Probate Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri. All persons having
claims against said estate are re-
quired to exhibit them for allowance
to the Administrator within one
year after the date Of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft of said estate; and If such
claims be not exhibited within two
years from the date of this publica-
ton. they shall be forever barred.
This 18th day Of December 1910.
CLAUrE Fl. NEER.
12-31st5 Administrator.
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For Sale.

Mrs. S. S. Trigg, 2915 TrOOst
Ave-, Kansas City, No, will sell
for half their value the furnish
ings Of a handsome modern house
which is filled with desirable peo-
pie. An attractive home and
profitable business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
DELICATE SURGERY.

With IL stitches in his heart,
Samuel Hartman, a waiter, is resting
comfortably in a New York hospital.
He was stabbed by a customer who
objected to the quality of the soup
he served. The operation, which
physicians say is the seventh Of its
kind in the history Of all surgery,
was technically successful, and it
seems more than possible that Har-
man will live.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
WOMAN MouNTAlNEERs.

The remarkable feat of Miss Ma
ria Stroll Of Philadelphia in climb
ing by night the Tour de Winkler
$4,000 feet), one Of the most dan
gerous peaks Of Europe, reminds one
once more hal man viii have to look
to his laurels if he is to maintain
his supremacy as mountaineer. The
list of recent climbing feats by wom-
en- is quite startling. Mrs. Bullock
Workman, by her ascent Of Nun
Kun, has raised her wonderful Him
slayan record to $500 feet (7,51s
feet higher than Mont Blanc). Miss
Ada CROSBY has scaled Mount Etna
and the Riffelhorn Miss Nettleton,
Mont Rosa; Miss A. Edwards, the
Virgin Mitter Eiger, in the south
Tyrol, and so on through the long
list.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
FIXING NIckEO GLASSWARE
Man In American Hotel Who Is Kept
Busy Grinding Smooth the Tum-
blers and Other Articles.

"What surprised me most in an
inspection trip through one Of your
famous hotels" said an out-of-town
man, "was the white haired man at
his wheel, grinding the minute hicks
out of glassware. The manager told
me this man was busy eight hours
a day, and still couldn't keep up
with the procession Of nicked glasses
that were brought to him. The tint
est roughness is at once noticed by
the well-trained walters at this no.
tel and it's as much as a walters
place is worth to put a nicked glass
before a guest. Sometimes the mer-
est touch Of the rough place to the
grindstone is all that's necessary
to make some expensive piece of
glass as good as new. AL sizes and
descriptions of wine glasses were
waiting for the experienced grinders
attention the day I went through the
establishment, and finger bowls, ca
rates and glass pitchers we're on
shelves beside him. It was somehow
a branch Of hotel life l hadn't count
ed on seeing and when I find a piece
of nicked glass at a hotel nowadays
| take it for granted they're not
employing a glass grinder by the
year to keep their glassware in per-
feet order"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
Yes We Do Love Work.

Don't forget US, we are il
town and we want to make youl
side walks. We make the best
and treat you white. Others
come and make big talk then go
We say, WORK, and deliver tn,
goods.
Office Phone 437. Res. Phone 1926
JOHN L. ASHURST.
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ExEcuTRIx,s NoTIcE.

letter. testamentary on the es-
tate Of David p. Groves deceased,
ERE granted to the undersigned on
the 18th day Of December, 1910, by
the Probate Court Of Lafayette Conn-
tg, Missouri. All persons having
claims against said estate are re-
quired to exhibit them for allowance
to the executor within one year afte
she date of said letters or they may
be pfecluded from any benefit OF
such estate; and IL SUCK claims be
not exhibited within two years from
the date Of said letters they viii be
forever barred.
IDA c. GROVES.
12-24.tB Exesusrix.
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INSIDE INFORMATION.

ssNow, Willie,1 said the teacher,
@if your father had five silver dol
Iare and mother asked him for three
OF them, how many would he have
left
Five answered Willie.
''No; that isn't right" said the
teacher.
seYa It i, rsjoined Willie. eYou
don't know father Is well as I do"
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For Sale.

80 acre farm with coal three
miles south Of Lexington, one
half mile west Of Summit mine,
House, barn, etc, plenty OF
water. Address,
LOUIS REXROTH,
4217 Oak Street.
Kansas City, Nc.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-01-07
STORY OF THE M1srIEroE
How it Came to Be an Invitation
to Oscillation.

SpSN SVSo DNCh W ohS
days when Thor and Odin and all
the other gods of the Northland
walked and talked with men.
Baldur, the SON Of 0din and
Frigga, the Apollo of Scandina-
Wan mythology, the flaxen haired
god Of sunshine and its attend
ant blessings, was loved by all
earthly and heavenly beings save
one-Loki, the god Of earthly
fire and its attendant evils.
Naturally Loki would hate him,
for in the spring when Baldur
came forth with his bright and
warm sunlight the worlds peo-
pie deserted Loki's hearth fires
and did not return to them until
the golden faced god chose to
depart in the fall. But Baldur
with his happy nature cared little
for the Others Jealousy and in
the love Of his wife, Mamma
~(blossom), lived for years a joy
GUS existence.
At length, however, says a
writer in Uncle Remus's Maya
zine, he began to have trouble
some dreams-yisions Of disaster
and Of death. What could it
mean9 It was all so new to
him, this lover of light and
pleasure. He consulted the
mother, Frigga, and she in her
distress sent word to 0din.
Long Frigga thought and then
she devised a plan; she sent mes.
sengers far and wide through
the universe and had every crea.
ture, animate or inanimate, sweal
to do her son no harm. Willing
ly all promised, for did not al
love the sunlight godG AIT M
the surly mistletoe refused K
swear, and that was the cause o.
great future sorrow. But whar
injury could a bit Of mistleto'
doY Frigga was all joy; hel
darling was safe from anything
sprung from earth, air, fire o.
water.
Now as the years passed AMI
the gods learned how absolutely
safe Baldur was from any wount
whatever they frequently amused
themselves by using him for
target for all sorts of missiles
stones, clubs and weapons. On.
day as they were playing thu
and shouting with laughter a
their failures Frigga, sitting a
her spinning wheel, asked al
old woman who was passing wha
was the cause of all the merri
ment.
"The gods" answered the oh
woman, ARE amusing themselve
trying to hurt your SON."
"Ah," said Frigga, with
boastful smile, ''they can neye
do it, for all things have prom
ised not to harm him.
"All thingsH' inquired tn
old woman.
Eyes, all things, except tn
dral mistletoe, who Of course,
too insignificant to trouble any
}e." The old woman was Lok
in disguise.
Fastening away, the evil go,
went straight to the mistleto
that grew on the oak outside tn
gates Of Yalhalla and breakinI
off a piece turned it by lnagi
art into a hard, sharp dart. The
hurrying back he found the god
still playing the gamc-all ex
cept Baldur's blind brother, Ho
dur, who leaned gloomily agains
a tree and listened in silence t
the laughter.
"Why do you not play, Ho
durT said Loki.
How can IT. answered Hodu
Am l not blind7''
ALI, laughed Loki. II vii
show you how. Stand thus ant
throw this dart with all you
strength"
+, "a -.
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NOtice e the Public.

Nice clean furnished rooms
by the day or week, with or
without board. All / ask is a
trial.
MRS. ELLA BULLARD
Main Street, One door East Of
Elks Home, Second AOcr.
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Notice.

l take this method of inform
ing you that you can have your
shirts made to your order Of
superior quality Of goods, and
at half the price Of factories from
abroad.
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MRS. ELLA BUILARD

C0FFEE-f Postum gags you
try BiddIe Market Coffee. Phone
81, Wright's.
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MRS. E. L. MoREToN.

A sample Of my work can be
seen, and your order taken by
calling at Xix Bros.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-06
Free CinderS

This company has several wagon
loads Of cinders to give away. They
are from first grade semi.anthracIte
coal, and are excellent for filling. max.
ing concrete for sidewalks. Easements.
etc. Free. Go to light plant lst and
Colorado avenue.
CHIcKASHA LIGHT, HEAT & pow.
Err co.
Phone 100. 81 Chickascha Ave.
s.5-tf.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-06
WORDS or THANKS.

We desire 70 express our apprecla.
ton and thanks to our neighbors and
friends for their many words OF cheer
and acts OF kindness during the sick.
ness Of our son and brother. Travis
Boston, and to especially thank them
for the comfort and consolation or.
fered US and tender sympathy express.
ed in the last sad rites and services.
We pray Gods blessing on one and an.
m. p. Boston. Ike Boston. Roy Bos.
ton. J. H. and A. D. Flippo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-06
ATTACKS SCHOOL pRINclpAl

A severe attack on school principal.
Chas. B. Allan. OF sylvania. Ca. Is
thus told by him. For more than
three years" he writes. 4 suffered in
descrioat'a torture from rheumatism.
liver and stomach trouble and dIseas-
ed kidneys. All remedies failed TN
used Electric Bitters, but four bottles
cured me completely" Such results
are common. Thousands bless them
for curing stomach trouble. female
complaint kidney disorders. bilious.
ness and for new health and vieor
Try them. Only zoe at Brown q -
de- "
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-06

will take notice that it has been sued
in the above named court for upon
debt for labor and on the End day of
August, 1911, an order of attachment
for the sum Of one hundred and four
teen and 75-1OO (sl14.75) dollars. was
issued by the above named justice OF
the peace against the goods and chat
tells ol the defendant in the above en-
titled action and must answer the pc
tition filed therein by said PLAINTIFF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-06
Grand Dispersion Sale

Of Pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs. This
sale consists of SO head OF hogs, choice
brood sows; one aged male; choice
Jersey COWS, horses and mares and
angora goats, farm implements, pure
bred barred Plymouth Rock hens.
Terms Of sale in reach OF everyone,
Is months time. Remember the date.
September p, 2h miles west Of
Chickasha Geo. w. Caldwell, owner.
Col E. j. Hubbard, auctioneer. 9.5-d&w