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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
EIGHTH DISTRICT

Ball, Joe, twenty-five acres,
value $40. Taxes $2.65.
Green, Davis, twenty-five
acres, value S120. Taxes $2.44.
Hicks, Nancy, one hundred
acres, value $500. Taxes S2.04.
Lunsford, Abner, forty acres,
value $50. Taxes SLAB.
McSween, Jane, thirteen acres,
value $500. Taxes $8.19.
Mantooth, Amos, thirty-three
acres, value $50. Taxes $1.23
Pack, j. H., twenty acres, val
Iue $50. Taxes S1.23.
Turner, Jane, one hundred
acres. value 5000. Taxes 1896.
Webb, John, thirty-fve acres,
value $40. Taxes, eighty-one
cents.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
FIRST DISTRICT

Askew, Samuel, twenty-five
acres, value $50. Taxes ST.
Buckner, William, eighty ac-
Balch, C. d., twenty-seven
acres, value $3.50. Taxes S4.25.
res, value $3.50. Taxes 1928.
Corley, Mrs. w. H., twenty
three acres, value $50. Taxes
$1.27.
Crowder, heirs, fifty acres,
value $lO0. Taxes $2.04.
Clark, James, twenty five
acres, value $50. Taxes $3.50.
Huff, A. c., heirs, two hun
dred and fifty acres, value $3.50.
Taxes S7.37.
Moore, Mrs. Tom, sixty-fve
acres, value $240 Taxes fifty
one cents.
Metcalf, Thomas. eight acres,
value $40. Taxes S2.65.
Roberts, Elisha, . fifty acres,
value $10O. Taxes $2.O4.
Stokely, j. S. B., twenty-five
acres, value $50. Taxes $1.64.
Stokely, J. NJ, forty acres, val
ue $50. Taxes $3.50.
Self, M. j., seventy-fve acres,
value $50. Taxes $1.64.
Seay, Fender, fifty acres, value
$50. Taxes $1.24.
Sans, J. S., forty-two acres,
value 5000. Taxes 1884.
Seay, w. R., sixty-seven acres,
value 500. Taxes $2.04.
Washington, Richard, twenty
acres, value $40. Taxes $2.65.
Williams, Jno. T. & Son, eleven
hundred acres, value $4,000.
Taxes $163.68.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

acres, value $500. Taxes $6.13.
Dyke, Joseph, fifteen acres,
value 500. Taxes $2.04.
Freshour, Joseph, three acres,
value $50. Taxes $1.22.
|. Holt, James, fifty-six acres,
value 5000. Taxes $4.O9.
Holt, Sallie, thirty-seven
acres, value $3.50. Taxes $2.45.
Hudson, w. L., one hundred
and nine acres, value $1,000.
Taxes $24.34.
Jackson, Joseph, one acre,
value $40. Taxes $2.65.
Moore, John, six acres, value
$50. Taxes $1.24.
McHarg, John, three acres,
value $40. Taxes eighty-one
cents.
Nowling, Christian, five acres,
value $40. Taxes eighty-one
cents.
Padgett, Samuel, fOrty-one
acres, value 1920. Taxes $6.75.
Ramsey, J. S., thirty-three
acres, value $500. Taxes S6.13.
Stepp, Henry, fifteen acres,
value $40. Taxes eighty-one
cents.
Shaver, Will, three acres, val
ue $50. Taxes $3.48.
Talley, Mrs. E. A., one hun
dred and two acres, value $500.
Taxes $1.97.
Timmons, William, four acres,
value $500. Taxes $2.47.
Thomkins, Esther, -four acres,
value $50. Taxes $1.24.
Thompson, Susan, sixty acres,
value $500. Taxes $685..
Wise, C. w., three acres, value
$40. Taxes eighty-two cents.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Observation-Disclosures

/ hereby submit the following
list for publication as it now
stands on the tax books. If any
farms advertised in this list have
been paid on, the owner will
confer a great favor on me by
giving me, on postal card, the
number of his or her tax receipt,
SO that / may mark the same off
Of tax books and erase name
from advertised list. All taxes
not paid before Monday, June
I'd, 1918, will be sold at the
front door of the Court House
on that date.
Very respectfully,
r. H. SEXTON,
TRITSTEE
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
SECOND DISTRICT

Blazer, James, one hundred
and nineteen acres, value $40,
Taxes $500.
Blazer, Frank, fifty-two acres.
value $3.50. Taxes $7.77.
Brown, James, fifty acres, val
ue $160. Taxes 1928.
Balch, VIM, thirty-seven
acres, value 5000. Taxes $4.09.
Holt, JAS, one town lot, value
$50. Taxes $1.64.
Keller, William, ffty-twc
acres, value $3.50. Taxes S7.97
Holt, John, seventeen acres
value 500. Taxes $2.04.
Meas, Miller, twenty-six acres
value $16O. Taxes 1888.
Ottinger, M. NJ, five acres, val
lie $40. Taxes eighty-one cents
Ottinger, Bessie, fifty-eight
acres, value $3.50. Taxess$9.83.
Palmer, Alice, one town LOT
value $500; ninety-nine acres
value, 5000. Taxes $18.47.
Palmer, July, seventy-nine
acres value $500. Taxes $6.13
Smith, G.. M, three acres.
value $40. Taxes 81 cents.
Smith, Robt., forty-six acres
value $500. Taxes $12.48.
Smith, C. M, three acres, value
$40. Taxes eighty-one cents.
Stephenson, Sam, thirty-foul
acres, value 5000. Taxes SLIP.
Spencer, Alfred, one hundred
acres, value $500. Taxes $8.19
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
SIXTH DISTRICT

Allen, Jimmie, two town lots,
value $3.50. Taxes 1928.
Allen, Ed, (colored). one town
lot, value $40. Taxes 1921.
Burgess. Geo. six acres, value
$50. Taxes S1.64.
Boyd, Henry (colored) sixteen
acres, value $50. Taxes $154.
Boyer, C. F., one town lot, val
ue $1,000. Taxes 1862.
Dickson. John, nine acres, val
ue 5000. Taxes $4.09.
Cooper, w. A., one town lot,
value $140. Taxes SSH.
Frazier, Rufus (colored), eight
acres, value $50. Taxes $1.24.
Gregg, Elijah, three acres,
value 500. Taxes $2.O4.
Gregg, Walter, two town lots,
value $50. Taxes 1924.
Gray, Clinton, one hundred
and fifteen acres, value $500.
Taxes S15.34.
Harmon, Rosa, one town lot,
value $50. Taves forty cents.
! Hobbs, L. H., two town lots,
value $240. Taxes $4.81.
Hixon, j. u, two town lots
value 5000. Taxes S2O.59.
Haynes. j. r., one townlot
value $3.50. Taxes S3.69.
Hill, G. W., two town lots
value $40. Taxes So Sc.
jenkins, Flora, one town lot
value $40. Taxes forty cents.
Kropp, Henry, one town lot
value $50. Taxes 1924.
Kendrick, Hugh. one town lot
value $3.50. Taxes $7.73.
Kennedy, Jim, one town lot
value $40. Taxes -. 45.
Lewis, w. j., one town lot
value $500. Taxes $1O.44.
Lillard, M. c., one town lot
value $40. Taxes forty cents.
Lail, c. c., one town lot, val
ue $500. Taxes 500.
Miller, Kate (colored), nine
acres, value $40. Taxes eighty
one cents.
Mantooth, Amanda,two towr
lots, value $50. Taxes $1.24.
McClannahan, Mrs. w. c.,
one town lot, value $500. Taxes
$1O.23.
O'Dell, Frank. three acres
value $500. Taxes 1888.
! J. M. Rutherford, one town
lot, value S4OO. Taxes $500.
| Stewart, w. d., one town lot,
value $50. Taxes $3.44
Swagerty, Steve, eight acres,
value $40. Taxes eighty-one
cents.
Stinnett, w.. D., two town
lots, value $3.50. Taxes SIS. 40.
| Sweeten, John, one town lot,
value $500. Taxes $10.44.
Swagerty, Henry, one town
lot,value $40. Taxes forty cents.
Wilson. Grant (coloredD -four.
teen acres, value $50. Taxes.
j $3.50.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
THIRD DISTRICT

Buckner, Ann, forty-five acres,
value $500. Taxes $685..
Brady, G. S., seven acres, val
ue $40. Taxes $3.06.
Buckner, B. B., five acres, val
ue $40. Taxes $3.06. !
Bibee, A. S., one town lot, val
lie 5000. Taxes $4.09.
Buckner, G. S., eighty-fve
acres, value $3.50. Taxes $7.98.
Bibee, j. E. and Joe Martin,
forty-three acres, value $440.
Taxes $500.
elmer, w. p, eighty-three
acres, value $8.40. Taxes SITS.
Campbell, Jas. H., thirteen
acres, value $120. Taxes $2.45.
Dawson, w. L., eleven acres,
value $140. Taxes SSH.
Douglas, William, eighty
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
FOURTH DISTRICT

Allen, Laura, two acres, value
$40. Taxes forty cents.
Christian, John, three acres,
value $40. Taxes forty cents.
Fine, Whey, one acre, value
$40. Taxes forty cents.
Fine, Elliott, four acres, value
$40. Taxes forty cents.
Fines, Chas., twenty acres,
value 5000. Taxes 1884.
Fine heirs, nine acres, value
$50. Taxes $3.50.
Fine, Frank, one acre, value
$40. Taxes forty cents.
Gray, Miss Winnie, twenty
five acres, value 500. Taxes
$2.04.
Gray, Jasper, forty-six acres,
value $140. Taxes $2.86.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
ANDREW ]. McMAHAN '.
dies FROM INJURY.

Popular Superintendent and Member Of The Board Of Alder
men Loses His Life When He Slips and Falls Beneath An
Engine Near Crestmont His Right Leg Was Severed
Between Hip and Knee, and After Being Carried to
Knoxville He Was Not Able to Overcome the Shock and
Died in Lincoln Memorial Hospital. His Funeral Is Lar
gest in Point of Attendance Ever Held in Newport m
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

Harris, J. E., one, lot, value
$50. Taxes $1.24.
Hatley, Walter, thirty acres,
value $40. Taxes $5.11.
Hill, Jno. NJ, one acre, value
$40. Taxes eighty-one cents.
Hampton, Jake (col.), thirty
one acres, value $240. Taxes
$4.91.
Hurst, Howard, eleven acres,
value $40. Taxes forty cents.
Hartsell, James, one acre, val
|ue $40. Taxes forty cents.
Lewis. Joel, eight acres, value
500. Taxes $4.29.
Redwine, ]. M. one lot, value
$500. Taxes $8.19.
Spence, w. A., one hundred
and sixty acres, value $500. Tax
es S13.51.
Shelton, J. R., Jr., one acre,
value $40. Taxes eighty-one
cents.
Stuart, c. j., one hundred and
twelve acres, value 100000.
Taxes $20.46.
Smith, Mary Ann, five acres,
value $40. Taxes eighty-one
cents.
Taylor, Jack, four acres, value
$40. Taxes S2.65.
Wood, B. T., five acres, value
$50. Taxes S1.24.
WEIGH, JAS, twenty-eight
acres, value 500. Taxes $2.04.
Webb, F. w. (heirs), twenty
acres, value 500. Taxes $2.04.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
FIFTH DISTRICT

Bryant, w. t.. ,forty-nine acres
value 5000. Taxes S4.09.
Dennis, Lemm, two acres, val
ue $50. Taxes $3.50.
Hall, ]. w., twenty-nine acres,
value $3.50. Taxes 1888.
Jenkins, Andy, seventy-fve
acres, value 5000. Taxes $4.09.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07
MAKES HAIR GROW
Partisan Sage An InVi9orator Ina,
Makes Hair Grow Abundantly or
Money Back

If your hair is thinning ont gradu-
ally it won't be long before the bald
spot appears.
The time TO take care of the hair is
when you have hair TO take care OF.
For thin, falling hair the best rem
edy known to mankind is Partisan
Sage. It is compounded on scientific
principles and furnishes 10 the hair
root a nourishment that acts quickly
and promptly and causes the hair TO
grow.
But. remember this: 1t kills the
dandruh germ, the pest that appropri-
ates all the natural nourishment that
should go to the hair root.
Partisan Sage is sold by the Post
office Drug Store under a positive
guarantee to Danish dandrun. stop
falling hair and itching scalp in two
weeks, or money back.
1t gives TO womens hair a lustre
and radiance that is most fascinatiug
and causes it to grow abundantly.
Partisan Sage is sold by druggists
in every town in America. \ large.
generous bottle costs 30 cents. and
the girl with auburn hair is on every
bottle-adv
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

Filed Tuesday in the Office Of the
clerk of the federal court were the
orders of Judge John NJ. Cheney max
ing the appointments of five United
States commissioners. The five APP
pointments made by Judge Cheney
were as follows: w. VI. Archibald OF
Jacksonville, H. L. Crane OF Tampa.
E. o. Locke of Jacksonville, Julius
Otto OF Key West and David ;. VIII
liams of this city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

Mr. Henry Livingston has a few
stalks of corn in his garden that are
in full tassel. These stalks came up
voluntarily, and he continued to work
them, willing to take chances. but
expecting them to be killed. He will
now soon be feasting on roasting ears.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

An Ocala man has discovered that
turpentine will run an automobile bet
ter than gasoline. A substitute will
yet be found, and, if the oil trust
doesn't gobble up the supply in adj
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

Mr.. Powell % Coleman Is f
Curtis place ~ the wanfas
Chambliss Bank duFinr &c 80
In Washington and VlrEiala
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

Mr. Frank Teaga - N Las
was in the cir 30 ZEE heau
nesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

IL rained all of Tuesday night, but
Wednesday turned ~ nlnoeo,+ 80
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

properly furnished kitchen Is just .,,mrart.ut -
things is the paror and they Sos, Iot .c-s ga 81
they make the house work pleasure nste i ~ ~
but they make everything taste be.er ant - 'i q Il
joyment Of every member Of the family t"r.e umes n
WE have tnware and grluit.Tlre i3r taei kt.hen n
knowledge and experience in the hlr-n.r. business 81
us to select the best makes and the best values.
ALL goods and many arc resent .utentaa GA.
time and do better cooking.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-07

Mr. ssaF Ma rsss~ z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31
CAN WATERPROOF ALL
KINDS OF FABRICS
Especial Dispatch.)

LONDON, August 80.
MRS. ERNEST HART. who is the dis
coverer Of a process by which 1t Is
Said any kind OF fabric can be water
PROCEED does not like to be called IN in
ventor
1T Is a word very loosely used" she said
the other day. Why. 1 suppose. apart
from discoveries. actual inventors can
almost be numbered on ones fingers, and
even the great and true inventors probably
owe something 10 those who have gone
before them. or TO those who have worked
side by side with them.
My work has been essentially that OF
improving. Ever since my early days.
when 1 studied medicine in London and
Paris. have been attracted to the prac-
teal side of laboratory work. l am fond
OF taking up forlorn hopes. In this spirit
difficulties OF weaving ramie fibre After
every kind OF fabric in pure ramie on
power looms
Then l found that nobody could water
proof the material for me- After patient
experimental work l arrived at patenta-
BILE processes. Anything can be treated by
one or another OF these processes. from
tissue paper to coarse canvas. Wall paper
can be so treated that the cheapest kinds
want only n sponge and soap TO restore
them 10 their original freshness"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31
President Yuan S Hired Pen
Mightier Than His SwOrd
Amusing Sequel Comes to the Affair of Recent Mandate in
Which Chinese Literary Light, nnoceny Otherwise,
Puts the President in Serious Dilemma.
SA YES
SITUATION

Would all hands go and join the rebels2
Or would they overturn the Republic
and create new monarchy? Or would
they slaughter the writer of the mandate?
That was the set OF questions. Such a
storm arose that the President was for
time nonplussed. He had not care
fully studied the mandate. nor had any
OF his trusted secretaries. The scholars
had 1t all to themselves. and the Presi-
dent had placed his seal upon 1t. un-
suspecting that It contained a grave
charge against his best supporters.
What could he say to the gallant GEN
eral Wang Tien-chung. once notorious
freebooter in Honan. now head of the
Pekin Gendarmere?
WHAT explanation could ne make to
Generals Chang Choh-ling and Feng Ling
kuo once Jealous leaders of Hunghutzes
{. the prairies OF the three Eastern
provinces. now distinguished commanders
of the 9TH and 2Sth regiments respec-
lively?
AvcrtinE the Catastrophe.
The electricity In the atmosphere sug-
gested catastrophe. but 1t was avoided by
a happy thought The mandate had not
yet received permanent registration by
being printed in the Gazette proper and
the authors OF the lapsus calaml met
aphorically flew to the Gazette office to
recover the document order the unissued
advance slips to be destroyed and delete
the offending phrases.
The twelve characters contained in the
Inn tint
twelve others. and the illusions to the
rascals In parliament AMI the Ogues in
the army became statement to the efcect
that law and discipline had been de-
sp!sed a rubbish and the official system
had become corrupt" That was general
enough to fit those who wished to
wear the cap. and the Gazette issued
triumphantly next morning offensive only
to those leading the Southern campaign.
Liang Chi-chao the celebrated littera-
teur-one who was banished in 1898 with
Kang Yu-wei-is said to be the author OF
these essays, and though he Is endeavor-
ing to avoid further success coming to
those who are stealthily searching for
slips made by his able pen, he OCCASION
ally gives to them food for amusement
His last effort. in fact, committed the
President to a declaration that when tho
present trouble is suppressed he will i'm
peach himself. How he Is to do that was
not said. but those irate members Of the
opposition party who have been valnly
endeavoring to impeach lesser lights than
the President will watch with interest in
order to learn the wrinkle which they so
fer have not been able to pick up.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31
Especial Dlspatch.)

LONDON, August 50.
EW YORK'S gun men will be pleased
IN to learn that according to the latest
word in England their head measure
ments do not differ from those OF OXFORD
or Cambridge undergraduates. NOR are
high brows" entitled to put on any
..swank" (Which is English slang LOT
.side'o over low brows," in the OPINION
of DR.. Gor!ng, who as medical Officer Ia
p,rkhurst. has been measuring prisoners
there for the last twelve years ana mas
como 10 the conclusion that a low iore-
head does not necessarily denote Grimm
o,itv nor a high one intelligence.
DR.. Goring's conclusions, when the so'-
eminent has issued as blue Door, take
Issue with the long accepted theories OIL
the famous Italian cr!minologist slsi'or
Lombroso, that there is DEFINITE cr'''''''''
tyne. and that it is even possible 10 h'lo"
.a;s,.rant kinds of criminals by their races.
..As individuals, criminals possess ~
physical or mental "hlch
arc not shared by all people, ne states
..The only difference is one OF degree. IN
ford students are almost idertica! with
criminals in mean head index In mean
OF head Scottish students
co,.raspond in a similarly close degree
rhe opinion that the New York Police
Mr. Waldo. has expressed.
,b,, New York criminals are for the most
mart degencrates, finds echo in the state
r,cnts of DR.. Goring regarding EnSHsh
whom he finds defective III phys'-
cal strength. weight, stature ana Hieh'"i
There is a marked inferior!ty
in height and weight among CRIMINALS as
compared with the average population put
otherwise there is nothing definite TO dif-
ferentiate them. Thieves and burglars
are usually puny, while fraudulent oftehd-
ers are commonly tall and heavy. hut this
Is because the latter are drawn from a
higher class in the population.
DR.. Gorng explains the inferiority In
height and weight among criminals on the
ground that a poor physique makes 1t
more difficult to obtain employment and
Is often the casting vote on the side OF n
life of crime 1t is for this reason. but
apparently for no other, that crime is
to some extent hereditary. since poor
physique Is transmitted from parents to
progeny.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31
ORIENTAL
TACT
Especial Dispatch.)

PEKIN, August 80.
wv HILE the guns of the army OF the
w North in the approved fashion OF
the last argument of kings" belch
forth death in the Valley of the Yang-tse
tho scr!bes at the Presidents palace at
Pekin work overtime in the manufacture
not prepared weakly to admit that the
pen has sacrificed any of its mightness
to the sword.
Their anxiety to convince others OF this
questionable fact is therefore responsible
for an extraordinary flow of essays which
debouches upon an unsuspecting. SUNNI or
ridden. rebel fearing public through the
fioodgate OF the oldest newspaper in the
worid-the Government Gazette
Some OF the longest mandates on record
are now appearing. They are classic in
their composition. Of the style dearly be-
loved Of the Chinese literati. and would
seem to indicate the discovery within the
palace demesne OF some Boeotian noun
tain wherein the writer's daily commune
with the muses. to derive fresh inspira-
ton. Telling, picturesque phrases. OF the
style hallowed by age. are marshalled
with apparent d!gnified ease to TT GER
tain Tin de steele situation. and this en-
deavor to please what might be called
the reading eye. or the sense OF euphony,
or the love OF concinnty. TO the subor-
dina;ion of other material considerations.
leads occasionally to awkward distortion
OF fact or serio-comic contretemps.
The Offending Phrase.
On July %. for instance. there was Is
sued. according to custom. the advance
sheet OF the Gazette containing a mandate
bearing the Presidents seal It was COM
posed Of !. 300 characters and was designed
to distribute the blame for the present
crisis, which the rebel leaders had en-
deavored to foist upon the shoulders of
the President. With this array OF char
acters the Presidents penmen, no less
doughty than his men at arms. determined
to sm!te the enemy hip and thigh and In
tellect, and in the course OF sweeping
condemnation of conditions arising from
the last revolution declared that 'rascals
had become legislators. and robbers had
become military officers"
forty horse power bomb dropped In
the camp of the loyalists could not have
caused more commoton. About half the
members OF Parliament are supporters OF
the President, and more than half the
army officers serve Loyalty beneath his
banners. And here they were declared
over the Presidents owr seal 10 be rascals
and robbers! Shades OF the Ching
Dynasty! Great Republic of China! What
next?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31
London Looking Forward
to Approaching Wedding
of the Duchess of Fife
Arrangements for Event Proceeding Apace Army of Work
ers Busy Preparing the Trousseau and Invitations 10
Various Royal Personages Already Sent Out


Sassoon and Mrs. Sassoon used to enter
tam the late King Edward.
Mrs. Ogden Mills, who has been in
faris, is over here stopping with her
daughter, the Duchess of Roxburghc, at
Tempie'on House.
Princess Teano has been seen much in
London during the season, and has been
stopping with Mrs. Ronald Greville, who,
owing to her mourning, passed the London
season at Polcsdcn Lacey. Princess
Teano will return to Rome later on and
again take an active part in the winter
season there.
a considerable number OF Americans
have now finished their Continental tours
and are passing through London on their
way back home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31
CLOTH FAIR SOON
WILL DISAPPEAR
Especial Dispatch.)
LONDON, August "a

LONDON, August 3d.
Modern improvement threatens
another bit OF the rapidly vanish
ing Old London. This time it is
Cloth Fair. near the ancient church
OF st, Bartholomew the Great. in Smith
field. a district which perhaps moro
than any other part OF the metropolis
holds its connection with the past and
serves TO recall the days when London
was a walled city. whose gates were
closed at night to keep out the stranger.
y scheme is now on foot to spend
Sl.ooC.O0o IN transforming Cloth Fair
by driving wide street through it. and
i'll place OF the time-worn buildings OF
the past erecting cold storage depots
for tho accommodation OF the meat
trade. which centres in Smithfield
Market.