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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22

boy was standing in the door
way watching papa aud
get into the carriage. They We're
going away, though they did not want
to go at all, and the boy had to stay
at home, though he wanted to go.
Things sometimes happen SO.
Papa and mamma, had to dine with
Aunt Briggs because she was ninety
years old and all alone, and Aunt
Briggs did not like little boys.
But after they were gone he felt
very solitary, SO he thought he would
go and feed his guinea pigs.
Two boys were fighting for an ap-
/ pie out in the street, and presently the
bigger boy got it away from the
small one, and the smaller n cried.
Here, hi" said the boy to the one
who had lost the apple. "Wait a min
ute" He ran to the kitchen and
brought back a great, round, rosy APP
pie three times as big as the one for
which the boys had been fighting.
Take this" he said to the little boy.
Are you hungryT
Eyes, l be" said the boy, who was
very ragged and still b%arefooted, al
though 1t was cold.
But you will have your Thanksgiv-
ing dinner soon, won't you!" asked
our boy.
The other nodded. "Salt fish and
taters!" he said.
Our boy looked very serious. mo
turkey" he asked.
well, l guess not" said the other,
whose name was Jimmy Jawkins
Thank ye!" he added Grufly. I'm
goin' to give it to sis. She can't eat
salt fish"
And he went off, rubbing the apple
on the sleeve of his grimy jacket.
The boy looked after him with a
troubled face. He was still thinking
about his Door. cheerless Thanksgiving
when the bell rang for dinner.
When Mary brought i'll the turkey it
looked almost big enough to carry her
instead. 1t was like a brown noun
tain, all smoking hot and smelling, oh
so good.
Cousin Sarah carved it and gave the
boy the drumsticks. which he liked
the best, and took a piece Of the
breast herself. but that seemed tt
make very little impression on til,
great turkey.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
A THANKSGIVING GAME.
In Which One Player Ia Huntsnan and
Others Pose as Gun, Dog, Etc.

In Which One Player ls Huntsnan and
Others Pose as Gun, Dog, Etc.
The game Of huntSman is a good u
for Thanksgiving night, and here Is
the way to play it: One OF the play
ers is styled the hnntsman, and the
others must be called after the differ
ent parts OF the dress or accOuterments
Of a sportsman. Thus II is the coat,
another the hat. while the shot. the
shot belt, powder, powder flask. dog
and gun and every other arpurtenance
belonging to u huntsman has its repre-
sentative.
AS many chairs as there are players,
excluding the huntsman, should next
be ranged in two rows, back to back.
and all the players must then seat
themselves, and, being thus prepared.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22

the huntsman walks round the stttaEU
and calls out the assumed name of ono
Of them-for instance, "Gun~-when
that player Immediately gets up and
takes hold Of the coat skirts Of the
h%untsman, who continues his walk and
calls out all OF the others m by ne-
Each must take hold Of the skirts OF
the player before him, and when they
are all summoned the huntsman sets
of, running round the chairs as fast
AS he can. the other players holding on
and running after him. When he mas
run round two or three times he shouts
out Bang" and Immediately sits down
on one OF the chairs, leaving his fol-
lowers to scramble to the other seats
as best they al or course n must
be left standing, there being n chair
less than the number Of players, and
the player 70 latt must paJ . 1erfstt
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
Homemade Ginger Ale.

One and three-Quar1er pounds or
sugar, one and one-half ounces whole
ginger. two aud one-half ounces cream
quarts Of boiling water aud Il penny
worth Of yeast. Put the sugar and
slices into a stone jar, pour the boiling
water over them and let stand, cov
cred, in a cool place for t~wenty-four
hours. Then add the yeast. dissolved
in lukewarm water, and let stand
again for twenty-four hours. Fill bot
ties, cork we'll. and after three days
the ginger ale is ready to serve.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
a Delicious Cocoanut Cream Cake.

Beat to Il light crcuE, On"-lulf cup
ful OF butter and one and one-lialf cup
f;:!, OF GraNllatcd sugar. Add the
beaten yuiES OF three = One-Vuartcr
OF Il t,asituoufill of salt, one cupfui Of
IukpWarIn water and tive and Olc-llalt
c~upfl!S Of -four. mixed and Sifted with
two and onchalf tcaSpOontuls of bak-
Ing powder. Flavor Wiz on" teaspoon
lul OF vanilla. fold in the sjit!iy beaten
wuit.> and bake in layers.
CUcounuI i'illing.-Re the white Of
one or. to Il foam. Il II cupful Of
thick sweet cream. beat until thick,
add one cunful Of crate" %cocoanut. me
half ru;'tUl of powdered sugar and
unt-tGt,i ~trHSiOnuful of VANILLA: spread
between the layers and ovrr the top of
the cake.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
The Sad Tale Of a Cat.

1t was a hungry pussy cat
Upon THANKSGIVING morn
AS she watched y thankful little mouse
That ate an ear OF corn.
"If eat that thankful little mouse
How thankful he should DO
When he has made q meal himself
TO make a meal for me!
''Then with his thanks for having fed
And his thanks tor feeding me
With all his thankfulness inside
How thankful l shall be-"
Thus .'mewsed' the hungry pussy cat
Upon Thanksgiving day.
But the little mouse had overheard
And declined with thanks) to stay.
-Outiook.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
A Place For the Boys and Girls
A THANKSGIVING FABLE.
Started by a Garrulous cobbIer Whe
Propounds q Conundrum.

VVOPOuuOS - ~VuoHOt
a gay young Gobbler, seeing how
Melancholy the Turkeys were, pro
pounded A Conundrum.
why are Turkeys the Drum Corps
Of the Fowl Creation? Give it up:
Because they all carry Drumsticks.
O-u-c-h:" He lodged A blow from the
Patriarch Of the Flock who Overheard
him.
Spare me-" said the young Fellow.
assuming the Defensive. ~ can give
you A Better M Why do Turkeys
have No Hereafter!"
The Patriarch clustered Around and
dragged his Wings. looking very
Fierce. He knew he ought to know,
but couldn't for the Life Of Him re-
member. So he Glowered at the Cul-
prit and asked Severely:
well Sir, why DO Turkeys have No
Hereafter?"
Because they have their Necks
Twirled in This"
POOH" said the Patriarch Con
temptuously. That was around on
Clutches when Adam wore Kills.
Now, here is Something new that l
Caught on the Wing. We are All to be
Dry Picked this Year."
What" Shrieked a giddy Blond with
u pink Crest. Not on Your life"
mo. Silly, but AS Soon as it is Over.
1t is the old Way Of Turkey Under
taking and The only Way. In Phila-
delphia. where l Clipped into the
World. Dry Picking was the Correct
Thing. All the old families held to it.
That gives Turkey Feathers the chance
of their Lives. Turkey Tails for Fans
Il am told the Aborigines quite Dote
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
THE THANKSGIVING TABLE.
Timely Ideas In The Line Of Your Holi-
day Decorations.


day Decorations.
The centerpiece for the Thanksgiving
table should symbolic the fruitfulness
Of the year, that, properly, for which
thanks are given. The basket may be
simple or elaborate as the taste in
clines, but the simpler 1t is the more
In keeping with the spirit of the sea
son Nuts may be used in filing the
basket. Let the assortment include
hickory nuts, butternuts, black walnuts
and chestnuts. For the distinct pur-
pose Of decoration ounces may be EN-
nloyed, and these. together with winter
pears and apples. should be FURNISHED
highly. Finish the front centerpiece
with lunches Of purple grapes, velvety
IN their bloom. At the base Of the
basket may be arranged a bank Of
green grape or dried grains.
Ears of cOrn with The huSkS drawn
back and made to stand out like the
petals Of a flower will trim mantel,
sideboard and dish cabinets artist
cally.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22

IN THE SEWING ROOM.
Windinq Wool.

When winding wool for crocheting
or knitting begin the ball by winding
the thread over the tag that comes
with The skein. This will save trouble
in starring the ball and trouble when
more wool is needed, as the tag has
the number and size Of the thread on
it and will be there when the end Of
the ball is reached and will serve as a
guide for the person who uses the last
Of that ball.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22
PUMPKIN PIES.

Pare, cut TN small pieces and
stew the pumpkin until soft and
tender. Strain through a colander,
add one egg, one-half cupful Of
sugar, one ~teaspoonful Of CHINA
mon, one Of cloves, one-half tea
spoonful Of ginger and two cup
fuls Of milk: line a deep pie pan
with rich crust. fill with the mix
ture and bake slowly.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22

L was Thanksgiving day, and the
boy was standing in the door
/, way watching papa and mamma
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-11-22

The turkey is an American game bird Of the pheasant family. 1t Il known
all yer the United States both as a wild n donestcaed bird; also IN
southern Canada and lin the greater part Of Mexico. The wild turkey, found
mostly in thcLly wooded mountainous sections, is a bird Of the forest II
prefers to stay IN land, but is strong Of wing. At night It roosts In thu tops q
trees but is always aertt o danger. The omestcate or tame variety ono1
naly came from Mexico. The pilgrims and Indians had a hand In domestk
eating these birds The tame turkey is the kind usually served o Thanks
giving day. This variety is OF al beautiful and graceful as is Wild brother
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
YUAN ELECTED FIRST
PRESIDENT OF CHINA

Making, China, February 1.-THE
national assembly this afternoon
unanimously elected Yuan Shih Kai
president of the republic, and then
decided that the provisional capital
shall be Marking.
After Yuan Shih Kai's Inauguration,
a majority of the members are willing
for the temporary removal of the cap
ital to Peking for convenience.
DR.. Sun Yat Sens resignation of the
presidency of the Chinese republic has
been accepted by the national assembly
here, on condition that both he and
the present cabinet hold Office until the
new president and cabinet take over
their duties.
In the letterto the assembly i'm which
he offers to resign, DR.. Sun says:
"Yuan Shih kai has declared that
he abheres Internationally TO the nat
ional cause. He would surely prove a
loyal Servant of the state. Besides this,
Yuan Shih Kai is man of constructive
ability, upon whom our united nation
looks with the hope that he will bring
about the consolidation of its interests.
The happiness of our country depends
! uDOn our choice. FareWello
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
CONDITION OF LUMBER
MARKET ENCOURAGING

New Orleans. Feb. 17.-"On the
whole the condition of lumber market
is an encouraging one as regards the
general lu mber export busisness of the
country, although not entirely gratify-
ing as far as the southern field is con-
cerned," says the New Orleans Lumber
Trade Journal today in an article on
the southern timber business, together
with figures showing the total forest
products, of the entire country.
"As was the case last year, the four
southern ports Of Gulfport, Mobile, Pen
sacola and New Orleans lead in exports
of the three items of boards, deals and
plank, sawed timber and hewed timber,
their total being nearly half of those
for the entire country.
"Of these New Orleans is the only
one to show an increase, the total fol
this year being $50, 6,l60,O00 feet as
against 236 $3.50, 900 the preceding year
Gulfport figures are 356, ,O50, 900 feet last
year and 367 ,050, 600 in 1910; Mobile
292, ,934 ,OG0 in 1911 and 800 ,50l 600 in
1910: Pensacola, 2S3 ,449 900 in the veal
just past and 1866, 900 the year be-
tore.
"As will be noticed, their relative
position in volume of ofshipments remain
the same and the totals from these
ports are / ,104, ,443, 900 and ,2l9 ,999 ,OO(
feet for 1911 and 1910, respectively, {
loss of "A ,496, 900 feet. On the otnel
hand, the total of the measurement,
items for the country was 2,737 ,376,O ,O0(
for 1911 and 2,379,172,0O0 for 1910, 8
gain of 35S, ,2O7 900 feet, from which il
will be seen that their lead wac mater.
tally reduced, although still com.
manding one.o
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
Sells Massey
Totals

Speeches were made while the Gre
Dental, resolution and permanent Or
ganization committees were at work
getting ready their report. The con-
vention was addressed by s. J. Price,
Dave Vines, 0. B. Lovelt. G. {. Col
Inns, J. p. Kivilt and George Bur
bage. The Massey people made no at
tempt TO interrupt until the last nam
ed was on the table, when Spencer
Blackburn of Elizabethton sought to
talk from the Massey table. Several
oranges were hurled in his direction,
one of which hit him on the back OF
the neck, and then the Massey people,
about twenty-five in number held a
convention of their own, naming COM
mittees, etc, and making nomination
of Dir. Massey without much fuss and
without going to the trouble of making
effort 10 let the crowd know, what
was going on. The people in the audi
ence knew they had made some sort of
nomination, however, when DIR.
Massey was brought out and exhibited
on the table which two hours before
had been the scene of combat. He
grinned, made bow, made a few
GESTURES and worked his lips for mo-
ment and when he could not get the
attention of the crowd he ceased his
efforts and stood smiling at the crowd
for moment or two when some friend
pulled his coat tail from the rear and
this was signal for another bow after
which he stepped from the table. He
Continued on Page y
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
HELPED MAN
OUT OF MISERY
Doctor Gave Chloroform to Wreck
Victim Pinioned Under
Pile of Debris.

Portland. Me. Feb. 2l.-Pinioned
beneath wreckage of freight cars, fol-
lowing head on collision of two freight
trains on the Grand Trunk road at
North Yarmouth Arthur Corliss, a
fireman, realized that Efforts to rescue
him from the flames, which were direct
ly over his body, would fail, and he
pleaded for an hour and half for the
physicians to give him something to
put him out of his agony.
After all efforts to remove the heavy
timbers from the mans body had failed
DR.. Edgar f.. Barker of Portland
crawled through tunnel OF grain and
wreckage TO Corliss's side and passed
him handkerchief saturated with
chloroiorm. BY that time flames were
tapping the lower part of Corliss' IS
body.
II did the only thing man could
do" said DR.. Barker tonight. II did
not want to give the man chloroform,
and did not give it TO him until | knew
that it was impossible for him 10
taken out of the wreckage alive He
pleaded for more than an hour for us
to give him something to put him out
Of his agony, and decided that it was
the right thing to do.
"When I passed him the saturated
handkerchief he did not hesitate a
second, as he knew that he would be
burned almost by inches.
SIT was the last resort to relieve a
doomed man.
Coriss was one of three TO lose their
lives. The limbs of Ray Jordan, fire.
man, we're found later, and during
the evening the body of Barnes, an
other trainman, was found. Barnes
was buried alive beneath his locomotive
and hundreds of bushels of grain.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
NOW HAS TWO
COMMITTEES
Question of Regularity in the
First District Will Be Carried
to National Headquarters.

There are two congressional commit
tees in the district at this time. One
was elected in the Sells convention,
Saturday and the other in the Massey
convention. The complexion of the
committees is as follows:
The selection of the Sells conven-
ton: Carter, G.. c. Collins: Claiborne,
Jno. W. Cumley; Cooke, Jno. +. Meas
Granger, DR.. w. Idol; Hancock, J. p.
Wolf; Hawkins, Red Armstrong
Uniooi, \. L. Tucker; Greene, o. B.
Levelt; Washinglon, p. H. Wofford.
The selection of the Massey conven-
tion: Carter, :. p. Collins; Claiborne,
d. {, Swab; Granger, Greeley Farmer
Hancock, W. 7. Teslerman; Hawkins,
J. A. Eason; johnson, II. n. Donnelly
Greene, DIR. Frank Robinson; Sullivan,
Fuller OlluniX; Sewer, A. T. Marshail
Unicoi, George Hayes; Washington
Panl Fl. Wofford; Cooke, G. +. Boyer
The fight will now be taken before
the national congressional committee
which will pass on the regularity OF
the two committees. The Sells people
are confident that their committe will
be adjudged the regular committee OF
the district and that Congressman
Sells will be declared the regular nom
inee, inasmuch as the five legally
elected members of the committe had
never ratified the appointment of the
other five members by Chairman
Shipley and they, therefore had NO
voice in the matter.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
ELOPE AND
MARRY HERE
Girl Student of Hot Springs School
Becomes Bride of Hot
Springs Man.

f. T.. Freeman of Hot Springs and
Miss Grace Cook of Marshall, n. G..
had planned little "trip to Newport
last Sunday night which would culmi-
nate in peir wedding. Miss Cook was
student at the Dorland Institute and
on Sunday evening she left the school
apparently with the idea of attending
in church. Instead she met Mr.. Free
man and they were waiting the arrival
of the Carolina Special, when they
learned that it would be ten or twelve
hours late. They appealed to an aunt
of the. young mans and the Young
lady was taken care of for the night,
and early Monday morning they came
on to Newport and were made man
and wife by Esquire Oscar O'Neil q
few moments after their arrival.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
MRS. w. G.. ALLEN
DIES ON ENGLISH

Mrs. w. c. Allen, of English, died
last:.ruesday night at 7:2O O'Clock, after
an illness of about tourIyears. She was
55 years, and 6 months old, and death
was due to tuberculosis.
The funeral was held, Wednesday at
the Morris Church in the old ninth and
was preached by Rev. Mr.. Vinson.
aThe deceased is survived by eight chill.
dren. John and LangdonS and Mrs
LouIElla Sentell of Newport; Gray OF
Cowdell, Mo-. Roe, George, FAIRY, and
Frank of English.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
HURLED ABOUT
A Line SHAFT
Millwright at Crestmont Re-
ceives Very Serious
:. Injuries.
SAM FRANKLIN THE VICTIM
Was Taking Measurements of
Line Shalt When Overalls
Caught About 1t and He Was
Soon Revolving Through Space
All Clothing Peing Torn Of and
Many Bones Broken.

Hurled about the lineshaft which he
was measuring, Sam franklin, mill
wright at The Champion Lumber COM
pany's mill sustained I'M juries, Monday
morning Of a very serious nature. He
was rushed TO the hospital at Ashe-
Vile, n. G., where he is receiving
medical attention.
Mr.. franklin, who is about so years
of age, had placed the line shaft, Sun
day and Monday morning climbed up
to il, for the purpose of making a
measurement. His overalls, near the
pocket, became fastened in the shaft,
andin second, those in the mill were
horrifAd to see his body being wound
around the shaft, and he would have
been crushed to almost instant death,
had not his body gotten in such posi-
ton, that his clothing was skinned
from him, and practically nude from
the waist down, he was hurled far
across the room.
When picked up it was seen that he
was badly hurt, and the company ply
sician who responded, found that his
right arm was broken it at least three
places, that he was cut about the head
and neck and that his legs and limbs
were badly beaten up, but while many
bruises were found OH his body, he ap-
parently escaped without any internal
injuries.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
COLUMBUS TEAM
WON EASILY
Southern Champions Gave a Fine
Exhibition of Basket
Ball Here,

The Columbus Y. NJ. G.. A. Basket
ball team visited Newport last Thurs
day night and demonstrated clearly
why they were the undisputed Cham
pions of the South for they ran up y
score of 1927 on the locals. The wish
tors gave the finest display of baskes
ball manipulation seen, the home boys
never had looking at any time. In
the first half the locals were complete
ly at sea, and Columbus scored AZ
points to Newport's 10, but In the
second period the locals showed -
better advantage and held the visitom
to 2S points while they adeseventesa
themselves.
The visitors spent Thursday In New
port. There were eight In their panty
and 1t was generally conceded that &c
Continued on Page D
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22

allowed Sells but thirty OF the 116
votes in the convention and immed-
lately the crowd gat hered at the con-
vention hail, which had Eeen securely
locked and which had been guarded
during the night b" men on the inside.
The crowd did not make an effort to
get in, being apparently content to
wait until the doors were opened.
This resulted in mad crush about the
doorway. and it was considered re-
markable that some one was not
killed in the jam, and when the doors
were finally opened and it was seen
that admission was to be by tickets,
the crowd gave one rush, carrying with
1t door and all, and the plans of Chair.
man Shipley had misc arried.
The little theatre with it's two gal
leries was quickly filled and Chairman
Shipley suggested that the stage door
being opened in case of a panic, and it
proved wise suggestion on his part as
he was one of the first to leave it, and
left it, two, with the points of many
shoes aimed in his direction, SO it is
said.
When Mr.. Shipley called the con-
vention to order he asked that the
call be read and after this hal been
done by Mr.. Lovett, the secretary, Mr..
Shipley stated that the committee had
decided upon Col. Adam Bowman as
the temporary presiding officer Of the
convention. Mr.. Lovett, protested
stating that the convention would
select it's own chairman and placed in
nomination Mr.iDonnelly. The'crowd
yelled for Donnelly and Mr.. Donnelly
arose to speak. Col. Bowman tried to
drown out his voice by beating on the
table with his gavel. This continued
for several minutes when the gavel was
Snatched from his hands. He then
began to beat the table with his heavy
walking cane, and the first fight of the
day started. With the blood stream
ing down his neck, Col. Bowman en-
deavored to hold sway, but made no
further noise. The Sells people, in
complete possession of the convention,
ran same in an orderly manner. 1t
was announced byS ecretsry Lovett
that majority of the legally elected
committeeman had acted on the con-
test and that his report which was
fair in every instance was as follows:
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-02-22
NEARLY 500 A HEAD
FOR YOUNG MULES

Columbia, Tenn, Feb. 2l-R. l..
Hayes sold thirty-six 2-year-old mules
here Monday at public auction for the
average price of Sl92.5O per head, or a
total of nearly $1,000. These were the
best looking yodng individuals that
have been on this market In many
months and they were grown and fed
right here in Maury County.