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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. F. Mahan,
w who as representative from the
Second Connecticut district is serv.
ing his first term in the lower house
of congress, is the only man in that
body who is also and simultaneously
mayor of city as well. Mahan got
reelected mayor of New London,
Conn, last year, for about the nth
time. and when he was put up for
congress last fall on the Democratic
ticket he thoughtfully held on to
what he already had.
OF course, with the Republican par
ty split wide open in the district it
looked like cinch for the Democrat,
but you never can tell in politics. and
Mahan was bound and determined to
hold some kind of job whichever
way the cat jumped.
After he was elected the question
arose: What was he going to do with
the mayoralty? Local politics in New
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

Senator Owen of Okla, the
chairman of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee of the Senate
addressed the Baltimore Bankers
last week upon a special request.
His clear forcible statement of the
provisions of the Currency Bill
made distinctly favorable i'm
preston upon Baltimore Bankers.
His invitation of criticism, his
frankness in answering questions
and meeting objections was sur
prize to some who have had the
idea that the bill was being fore
ed through" But more surpris-
ing to those who did not know the
man was the thorough familiarity
he displayed not only with this
particular legislation but with
banking and finance in general
not mere theory, but working
knowledge.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

Magazine poets have one great ad-
vantage over other writers-they do
not have to think.
An insane asylum must be an at
tractive place-so many people are
crazy to stay there.
Many wouldsbe prophets have tried
to bring the world to an end, but with
poor success thus far.
If labor ever secures a divorce from
capital the demand for alimony will
be vigorously contested.
A coming-out party is one who has
just been fired.
Learning what not to do Is in itself
a liberal education.
Men admire clever women. and
sometimes marry them.
When we say a man loses his tenn
per we mean he finds 1t.
II some of US wait to be just before
being generous we will never be gen.
erous.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

light should strike over his left shoulder
He fortified himself with long cool drinks
and fragrant Havanas. He gave up six
important engagements and didn't go to
church on Sunday. In this way the book
was read from cover to cover within a
week.
Then he threw 1t down with gasp of
relief
Praise be to Allah!" he said That's
over at last
long book Is. I would never undertake
to tell an author how long or how short
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

The Times in it's report of the
law enforcement mass meeting Of
Saturday made it very clear as to
it's position this coming year.
From the way it went after every
man who had a hand in the meet
ing, it would appear as though the
slogan Of the Times would be, I'VE
are Against Hooper and Anybody
who Speaks Well of Him, Even
Though it Be Our Friends"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Tine 20" Iu IRISH Names.

1t Is pity so many people here
drop the Irish o. for it is a prefix Of
nobility that is the Oldest In Europe,
says the New York Tribune. Many
of our best Durcn families in New
York came here without surname,
but there is not family in Ireland
possessing a surname in 0 that has
not borne that surname since at least
the twelfth century. That is surely
a distinction and proof of social stand
ing that Ireland's fall from its high
estate cannot obliterate.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Tree Dispels Water,

On one of the Canary islands there
Is tree which dispels from its
branches actual rain to such an extent
that cistern placed at its base IL
never untitled. This tree grows In one
of the driest islands, through which
no water ever flows. The branches Of
the trees are cloud that changes in
to moisture frequently and sheds clear
water.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
ACCORDING TO UNCLE ABNER


The best way to find out how little
any Teller knows is just to listen to
him.
A Prince Albert coat don't git fell
Ter as far in business way as 1t
used to.
There is no use in claiming that you
bought an ombreller, for nobody will
believe it.
We never saw mortgage shark who
looked as though he ever enjoyed a
good laugh.
When the average man gets sick he
lays it to everything except whisky
or tobacco.
One thing kid can't understand is
how his father kin use language that
is wrong for him to use
Very few up-to-date fellers nowadays
carry their false teeth in their pocket
wrapped up in silk handkerchief
never yet have seen society wom-
an who could drink out'n bubbly
fountain and look as though she en-
joyed it.
have seen lots of fellers who could
wear derby hats in the summer and be
happy. 1t all depends upon the-point
of view, after all.
There is always work for willing
hands to do. When Teller gets
through moving his lawn he kin start
right in and NOW it over again.
A Teller finds out more about the
true inwardness of automobiles in five
days after he buys one than he found
out in five years Of looking at EN- and
reading about 'em.-Chicago Journal
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
OriQInal Research.

Methuseleh was in good humor. "A
young newspaper man called on me
today" he said, land asked to what
attributed my long life. | told him I
answered the same question 500 years
ago, and advised him to look up the
files of his paper" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Blue Mondav,

In Bavaria and some other parts of
Europe the Monday before Lent was
at one time known as Blue Monday.
The churches were decorated with
blue, and the day was kept as a holi-
day by classes whose ordinary avoca-
ton required them to labor on Sun
day. AS this led to violent disturb
ances the custom was legally abol
ished.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
CHR0NICLINGS

The best books are read by the
best people.
Blessed are the benevolent, who
are also beneflcent.
No frien is worth anything that
is not worth much.
Meanness Is petty cruelty. and
cruelty grand meanness.
Music's function is to be the
Ponce de Leon fountain of the
soul.
1t is beautiful trait in Chris
tian character to think no evil, as
well as to speak and do no evil
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Quiet English Parish.

. The tiny parish of Clannaborough,
North Devon, England, little village,
has a population of only AZ, so that
baptisms, marriages and burials are
not very frequent. The other week
the first marriage ceremony for IL
years took place, but even then the
couple were not Pensioners, the
bride coming from st. ! I'll, the
bridegroom, whose home - at Eek
mouth, being the rector's brother-in-
law.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Chairman,
A. A. STONE,
Secretary,
FRANK L. WEST,
Asst. Secretary.
Handy Correspondence Cards.

Handy CorTesponuence Carus.
Ready made correspondence" cards
have been in vogue in France for sew
eral years. On each card are printed
some four dozen or so commonplace
remarks with which holiday makers
contrive to fill up page of letter pa
per-"iust arrived" weather bad"
"This Is a bad hotel" Very dull
here" Jolly people" Send me some
money" and the like. One merely
puts cross against the sentence that
expresses his sentiment.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
His Opinion.

with the corset Staying women by
the hundreds and the Rum Demon
moving down men like a pestilence,"
remarked the erratic thinker, 1T is
strange that there are still plenty Of
the former always ahead of you at
the general delivery window at the
postoffice, and an overabundance Of
the latter who need $40 till the first
of the month. Judge.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
After the Refund.

A druggists bell rang loudly in the
small hours, and when he went down
he was met by placid man who ask.
ed for bottle of soda water. The
druggists feelings were strong, but
he resolved to do business: Ten
cents extra for the bottle" said he,
will be Above on return" And he
went back to bed. Two hours later
the night bell rang again. Again the
druggist went down. Again he was
met by the placid man. There's your
bottle" Said he, gimme my ten
cents"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

Those Democrats who are
standing for anything but law en-
forcement will not like the note Of
warning from Washington which
would indicate that a democrat
will have to show that he is not a
whiskey man in order to get an
appointment at the hands Of the
president. In other words all
democrats who want a chance at
the pie should show that they
stand for the right.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

We would rejoice over the exit
of these summer skirts if we were
not afraid of what they will be
next season.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

The trouble with some men is
that they never learn how little
they know until it is too late to
learn anything else.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Arkansas
and Texas

Winter tourist tickets (round
trip) from southeast points to
many points in Texas. Louisiana
and New Mexico. will be on sale
daily Nov. lst. 1913 to April 30.
1914; with exceedingly long return
limit of June lst. 1914. Stopovers.
All year tourist tickets on sale
daily to certain points in Texas
80 day limit.
The Cotton Belt Route is the
direaline Memphis to Texas.
through Arkansas --two splendid
trains daily. with electric lighted
equipment of through sleepers.
parlorcars and dining cars. Trains
from all parts of Southeast make
direct connection at Memphis
with Cotton Belt Route trains
to the Southwest.
For full Information about Home.
seekers Fairs, Winter Tourist Fares
or All Year Tourist Tickets, address
the understand. Books about farm
ing in Southwc cont free. Writel
H.H. SUTTON, District Pass'r Agent
}. M. B. IIOLISFO2D, Passenger Agent
II 100 w. 9th ST. Chattanooga. Tenn.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

A very solid basis of legislation
had been laid before the Glass
Owen bill was framed. The Ma
tional Monetary Commission had
spent years in a close study of the
banking and currency systems of
other countries and of our own.
The republicans had insistently
urged the necessity for a more
elastic currency and an improved
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
81 RO6ERT Cll8ERI WELSH 2

J was a very lengthy
novel. full Of every
day detail. and with
minute descriptions
of the most common
place acts of the
characters.
But the Man-with-
the-Grouch Ter 9 e.
vered. He propped
h | m s 9 II up with
cushions on a divan
drawn up so the
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

President Wilson ought to real
ize that while very few members
of congress are farmers, all of
them have fences to look after.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

Secretary Daniels continues to
justify the claim of his friends
that he is the biggest gun of the
navy.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
LAW ENFORCEMENT
MEASURES PASSED
Continued from Page |

wore itself out and adjourned, the
governor called an extra session,
at which the law enforcement
bills were defeated by the most
revolutionary and arbitrary tactics.
When the governor called the
second extra session and appealed
to the people, a storm of protest
and petition broke forth from one
end of the state to the other.
Public sentiment cracked the lash
of Indignation under the heels of
a reluctant legislature until it was
apparent that the law enforce
ment bills would be forced to a
vote.
In the senate the fourteen re-
publicans and independents and
three regulars, and in the house
forty-four Independents and re-
publicans six regulars were still
for the bills. While this number,
with a few recruits, brought the
bills to a vote, when the final vote
came the winning side was aug
mented by large number Of men
who never were for the bills and
are not for them now.
We now desire to warn the peo-
pie that, under various plausible
pleas and plans, the liquor inter
ests will try to fill the next legis-
lature with men who will undo all
for which we have fought for five
years. Counties that contain a
majority in favor of the four-mile
law and its enforcement along
with all other laws should not be
deceived into the mistake that was
made by some of them before. 1t
took the state of Kansas twenty
five years to actually Danish the
saloon. The state of Tennessee
is not going to require that much
time. Vigilance, persistence, 10y
atty and common sense upon the
part of the masses of the people
will completely crush out the re-
sistance of the liquor interests in
Tennessee in the next few years.
1t is for the accomplishment of
this end that we appeal to the
people.
(Signed) D. B. THOMAS,
Chairman,
A, A. STONE,
Secretary,
FRANK L. WEST,
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

1t wont do to Judge man by
his automobile. Some mighty
cheap men ride in high priced
cars.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
SIIoht Correction.

Fourthbell-"Your cook has been
with you for long time, has she
not?" Brownstone-"We have been
with her for five years. Puck.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Oriuin of "Whiskv."

The word Usk Is an Anglicized form
of the Welsh word wysg, Celtic word
meaning water. 1t is connected with
the Irish word uisque, from which the
Saxon gets the word whisky.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

After hearty meal, take Doan's
Regulets and assist your stomach, liver
and bowels. Regulets are mild laxa-
tive. 25c. at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
BOTH TELEPHONES
BRUCE I. SUSONC
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

Cheer up it is admitted that
diamonds are going to be cheaper
soon.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

mine in the world.
A household novelty is litter for
removing jars from high shelves.
About 30,OOO,0OO of the worlds in
habitants use the Portuguese Ian
guage.
Horseshoes attached by bolts
around the hoof have been patented In
England.
There are estimated to be at least
100000 motor-boats in use in the
tied States.
The sixth international fisheries
congress will be held at Ostend, Bel
GUM, this month.
A patent has been granted to cover
the manufacture of dog biscuits ia
the shape of bones.
To an area of more than $4,000
square miles Tasmania has popula-
ton of less than 100000.
To keep dust out of the eyes and
nose a silk gauze face shield for mo-
florists has been invented
Norway is to have one of the
worlds greatest hydroeleotric plants,
developing 10000 horsepower. =
Houston Post
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

While hanging a picture the
other day a New York man fell
and broke his neck.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
GO RIGHT AT IT
Friends and Neighbors in New
port Will Show You
the Way.

Get at the root of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may re-
lieve it,
But won't cure it if the kidneys are
weak.
You must reach the root of 1.-THE
kidneys.
Reach the cause; remove the pain.
Begin at once with Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Are recommended by thousands.
Here is statement from a resident
of this vicinity.
J. Ford, Naillon, Tenn, says: "One
of us suffered for years from disordercd
kidneys and complained a great deal
of backacne. When he heard how
beneficial Doan's Kidney Pills were in
such cases, he procured supply and
they made him we'll. Doan's Kidney
Pills are entitled to the entire credit
for this cure as no other remedy was
uied.'
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mulburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Advertisement
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

his story ought to be- any more than
would presume to tell painter how big
his canvas ought to be.
Just the same. IL | started to tell that
story, could have covered the whole
thing In about six chapters
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
SOME P0sTsCRIPTS

Tasmania boasts the richest tin
mine in the world.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

A household novelty is litter for
removing jars from high shelves.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
GINGER SNAPS

Love has many DISCUSSES; hatred
few.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

Prize fighting is boxing in a viru-
lent stage.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23
Low FARES!

Homeseekers tickets are
sold atgreatlyreduced fares
on the lst and 3rd Tuesdays
Of each month; stopovers
free and Is days time. via
Cotton Belt Roulette
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

To keep dust out of the eyes and
nose a silk gauze face shield for mo-
florists has been invented
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

About 30,00O,0O0 of the worlds in
habitants use the Portuguese Ian
guage.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

To an area of more than $4,000
square miles Tasmania has a popula-
ton of less than 100000.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-23

Entered at the Post Office at Newport,
Tenn as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25
CRAIG MURDER CASE OPENS
Dean of Indiana Veterinary College on
Trial for Killing DR.. Helen
knabe.

Indianapolis, Ind, June 23.-What
promises to be one of the most spec
t@cular murder trials in the history
of Indianapolis began today, when DR.,
William B. Craig faced the court to
answer a charge of murder in connec-
ton with the mysterious death of DR..
Helen Knabe, who was found in her
bed on the morning of October "a,
1911, with her head almost severed
from her body.
Rumors became rife soon after the
murder that DIR. Craig and Miss
Knabe had been engaged to be mar
ried and had quarreled shortly before
the tragedy. Mrs. Tenant, house
keeper for DR.. Craig, who is about
forty years of age, a widow and has
resided in Indianapolis for the past
fifteen years, informed detectives that
DR.. Knabe had called on DR.. Craig
two nights before her death and that
a quarrel had ensued.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25

more clearly now than it ever saw it
before-much more clearly than when
the last legislative proposals on the
subject were made. We must have a
currency, not rigid as now, but readily,
elastically responsive to sound credit,
the expanding and contracting credits
of everyday transactions, the normal
ebb and flow of personal and corporate
dealings. Our banking laws must mo-
Billie reserves; must not permit the
concentration anywhere in few hands
of the monetary resources of the coun-
try or their use for speculative pur-
poses in such volume as to hinder or
impede or stand in the way of other
more legitimate, more fruitful uses.
And the control of the system Of bank
ing and of issue which our new laws
are to set up must be public, not pri-
vate, must be vested in the govern
ment itself, SO that the banks may be
the instruments, not the masters, of
business and of individual enterprise
and initiative.
The committees of the congress to
which legislation of this character is
referred have devoted careful and dis
passionate study to the means of ac-
comprising these objects. They have
honored me by consulting me. They
are ready to suggest action. l have
come to you, as the head of the gov.
eminent and the responsible leader of
the party in power, to urge action now,
while there is time to serve the coun-
try deliberately and as we should, in a
clear air of common counsel. | appeal
to you with a deep conviction of duty
believe that you share this convic-
ton. therefore appeal to you with
confidence. I am at your service with
out reserve to play my part in any way
you may call upon me to play it in
this great enterprise of exigent reform
which it will dignity and distinguish
us to perform and discredit us to neg
lect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25
A Successful Sale of Pianos.

A short time ago Lyon & Healy
OF Chicago. the we'll known music
house, undertook to conduct special
sale OF slight, used and cond hand
pianos and player pianos which they
secured 10y purchasing the stock of
the Aeolian Company discontinued
Chicago branch store.
This stock included pianos of many
different makes and grades, as we'll as
player pianos. Some CT the instru-
ments have already been disposed of.
La fact, the sale has been quite a
success SO far. There still remain,
however, great many special bar
gains and it would, therefore, be to
the advantage of anyone interested in
the purchase of piano or player
piano to write to Lyon & Healy, 10 E.
Adams ST.. for their list of these good
used pianos before deciding definitely
on a purchase.
Purchasers at distance from Chi
cago take no chances in enrrusting
the selection to Lyon & Healy for
they are willing to ship pianos in
Guided in this sale to any purchaser
with the privilege of immediate
exchange without expense in the event
that the selection should prove unsat-
isfactory.
The circular describing the sale
will be of interest to intending buyers
and it would be we'll to write for a
copy of it without delay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25
STANDARD HAS RIVAL
WATERs-PIERCE OIL FIRM is
BACKED BY ROTHSCHIlLDS.
Company Being Reorganized and 1t
Will Have a Capital of
$1o,Ooo,OO0.

ST. Louis, June 23-The Waters
Pierce Oil company is being reorgan-
lied, its capital being increased from
100000 to $1O,OOO,OO0. The European
banking family Of Rothschilds is I'M
derstood to have invested heavily in
the reorganization and the new com
pany is expected to become a rival OF
the Standard Oil company in the Uni
ted States.
Henry Clay Pierce Of st. Louis,
chairman of the board of directors OF
the old Waters-Pierce company, will
retain controlling interest in the re-
organized company. The Rothschilds
are heavily interested in an English
corporation which is strong rival of
the Standard in England.
1t is said that when H Clay Pierce
last winter bought from the Standard
Oil interest their stock in the Waters
Pierce company, the funds were fur
nished by the London house Of the
Rothschilds. About that time Pierce
had ordered complete set of the in
voices of his company made in st.
Louis and sent to him in New York
before he started for London.
Ne is said to have laid this informa-
ton before London and German bank
ers to induce them to put up money
for the refnancing of the company
1t is intimated that the property of the
Pierce-Fordyce Oil association will be
taken over by the reorganized Waters
Pierce company, which is to have a
new name.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25
NO TRACE OF FLYERS BODY
Doctors Say Every Indication Points
to the Recovery of the Injured
Lieutenant.

Annapolis, Md, June 23.3-Search
for the body of, Ensign William D.
Billingsley, the naval aviator who lost
his life in hydroaeroplane accident
off Kent island, is being vigorously
prosecuted.
Lieut.. John H. Towers, who was Bill
lingsley's companion in the air craft
at the time of the accident and whose
life was saved in a manner almost mi
raculous, was reported to be much
improved at the naval academy hos
pital Every indication, the doctors
said, pointed to his recovery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25
Fire Sweeps MckIttrick. Cal.

Bakersfield, Cal, June 23.-The oil
town of McKittrick, forty miles west
Of here, was almost completely de-
stroyed by fire Nearly all of the prin-
cipal business houses have been RACED.