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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11

Rev. Robinson will fill his ap-
continents at the PreSby terian
church next Sunday. =.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
Fifth Sunday Meeting at
Reliance.

The Fifth Sunday meeting of
the Eastenalle Baptist Associs-
citation convened with Hiwassee
Union church at Reliance Nov.
%, 90 and 3d. The introductory
sermon was preached by Rev.
Granville Lea. Several inter-
esting topics were discussed
during the meeting. The col
lection for orphans home
amounted to SOFA.
Miss Cook, of Sweetwater, at
tended the meeting in the inter
est of the Womans Missionary
Union, and organized a local
union at Reliance.
The meeting was we'll attend
ed, and was apparently enjoyed
by all present. The next Fifth
Sunday meeting will be held
with the Conasauga church, in
a few miles of Etowah.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
Reliance.

Messrs. o. P. Johnson and
Pulaski Williams OF Etowah
spent Sunday at Reliance
Mrs. Chas. E. johnson OF Eto-
wah visited Mrs. Chesley Press
wood the latter part Of last
week.
j. D. Vaughn is still confined
to his home with rheumatism.
Chesley Presswood is at Knox
Vile, engaged in carpentry,
George Stanley of Proost has
been very sick the past week.
Miss Arizona Warren return
ed houe from Etowah on last
Sunday.
RELIABLE.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
Servilla.

L. G. Goss and family have
been visiting relatives here.
J. T. Fitzpatrick is visiting
here.
School is progressing fine but
somewhat crowded
Sunday school is progressing
nicely. We want an evergreen
Sunday school, and work TO
that end.
Mrs. J. A. Hammonds who has
been sick for some time, is i'm
proving.
j. L. Morgan is making some
improvements on his place.
w. G.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
GGGGGG G&GG&G&&E

Advertise your holiday goods
IN this paper.
Esq. j. N. McBrayer of Re-
lance was called to the bedside
of his father, who is very sick,
recently.
Evangelist Il. y. Cecil of
Cleveland recently closed good
meeting at Birc chwood Baptist
church, Birchwood, Tenn Rev.
Cecil would be glad to make en-
gagements for meetings. His
address is Cleveland, Tenn.
On next Friday evening begin
ming at 1880 will be given box
supper at the high school build
ing, proceeds to pay for the new
Ply sicaI apparatus lately install
ed. Everybody come.
Hon. John S. Shamblin has
returned from business trip to
Texas, the lone star state. He
travelled through part OF the
flooded section of Texas, and
reports that hundreds of miles
of creek and river bottoms, and
lowlands throughout the state
are flooded, running compara-
lively all the corn that. had not
been gathered and shipped out
az ahe flooded section befors the
aood came. He also stated that
it was still raining when he
left.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11

NClary came back alone to Has
kins' house he told them all
about the shooting of the six
men and the escape of the Two
others, as we'll as his own de-
liverance
A woman, tramping with her
little children down the IA miles
of river road from Geo. Barnes
| 'Greyors' (Greers) ferry. was
the first TO find the human pile
Of dead soldiers. She began to
scream, aud Parten called to her
to send him help. She came on
down the river, told the settlers
and two of them-John Cain and
Bat Quinn, crossed the river at
Svlco, went up the rough river
side, found Parten and, building
up a fire, stayed all night with
him; then next morning Col.
Haskins helped them bring him
across the river on u raft of logs
fastened together with hickory
withes, and on a mule down the
river road to Haskins' home
where he was waited on by Mrs.
John Rymer for two weeks, and
Some of Boyd's, called the Hog
backs regiment Ito which he
aud Paris, also five of the men
killed oelonsed) came from
Cleveland with an ambulance
for him. These victims had
been home in Fannin county,
Ca, and were on their way to
the command when murdered.
With them was boy, James
Hughes, who was also killed and
piled with the others in the road.
All six of them were hauled In a
wagon and buried in one grave
on the hill across Ocoee river
from the halfway house. So
another name for Sylco became
"BoneYard."
Mrs. Sham blin we'll remem-
bers seeing the five men and the
boy brought in the one wagon,
also that Parten was shot in
both hands, both feet and the
shoulder. Parten died from the
wounds not long after the war,
but Paris may be living yet.
Al the HaSkiuS house Parteu
was kept in the kitchen, a sepa-
rate room from the "big house
and when Grahams 5 raid follow
ed the same route Miss Haskins
closed the Kitchen doors and
answered the raiders questions
from the big house porch, and
Parten was NOT disturbed then.
Dr.. Copeland sent medicine to
give Paris, but the Ave men
aud the boy were all dead when
found.
Continued next weekly
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
TO THE FARMERS
OF TENNESSEE.
By Capt. TIE. Peck, Conn
missioner OF AgricuI-
ture.
WINTER WORK. /.

When the crops are gathered
in the fall of the year some farm
ers consider their work finished
uutil spring, when they eegir
preparations for crop. | have
never yet seen . prosperous
farmer who practiced that meth
cd of farming If you will go tt
q farm run thHt way you viii
find farm implements and ma
chinery exposed to the weather
you will find fences and building
needing repair; you will find
bitches that need cleaning; you
will find fence rows and ditch
banks grown up; you will find
harness that needs mending and
oiIing; you will find live stock
exposed 10 the weather,
When you find such q farmer,
il you will examine bis barnyard
you will see manure going to
waste and he will be buying
commercial fertilizers 10 boost
his crop and usius Ii ou improp-
erly prepared gpund that ND
matter how rics Nla plant food .
ls,e fersilza ~ : not produce
results because the soil was not
in condition to make the plant
food available.
Now, brother farmer, you
know that we have too many
farms run as l have pictured
You know that we. as farmers
in too many cases have too little
regard for the value of time. We
put off until tomorrow because
we think we will have plenty Of
time, but when the day passes
we can not recall IL. Every day
has it's duties and its value, and
when we neglect the duties of
today it means day lost, for to-
morrow has it's duties AMI cannot
be neglected for the duties OF
today.
The CALLED hillsides, the grown
up and neglected fields, dilapi-
dated buildings are all evidence
of wasted time aud neglected
opportunities.
We have the winter before US.
Let Us make up our minds that
when spring comes with it's rush
of work we will be ready for it;
that we will not have to stop
thu work we should be doing to
attend to something we could
have attended to during the
winter.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
History of GatewOOd's
Raid through Polk county
By Mrs. Sarah Sbamblin, and
II. W. McClarv.

] Wishing to give the essentia
features of the Gatewood raiC
while it is interrupting our Wal
Time Schools, the series would
be incomplete without the rec
objections of girl who was in
her teens aud who was an eye
witness 10 the raid, and at whose
fathers house one of the victims
was cared for until able to be
removed by his comrades. Sarah
| HaSkins was on the porch In
front of their house which
faced the upper fording entran-
ce of the ford between Sylco
creek and Greasy creek, on the
north bank Of Ocoee river, when
, the first of the raiders came up
and stopped after coming up the
road along the river bank, past
the hallway house then occupied
by Mat Story.
She saw Riley Sisson run
from the. halfway house, and
saw him fall when shot by some
Iof the gang He fell in the
swampy land between the half
way house and the hillside di-
rectIy away from the river. Two
women. AnagiI Story and Rosa
McKissack, pulled him out of
the swamp and laid him out.
While the shooting of Sisson
was taking place, Col. D. G.
Haskins, her father. crawled out
of the corn crib near the house
and keeping the buildings be-
tween him and the raiders made
his escape to the mountain side,
then sat there watching the
raiders to see what would hap
pen. The entire gang, among
them Rev. Bob McClary under
guard, passed across Greasy
creek at the mouth and went on
up the Ocoee river road that
was, but now is under from 30
to 80 feet of the water in the
Parksyille lake. About q miles
above the mouth OF Greasy creek
IN a sharp turn of the road with
the mountain wall inside the
turn and the rushing river on
the right in going up Gatewood
and his gang met eight men on
foot-the men started up the
mountain side. but returned to
The road upon being told by
GatewCod that they were friends
no sooner back in the road
than Gatewood's men lined the
eight men up, had them strip |
off their clothing mainly and
began to shoot them down rap
idly one at a time. Pete Paris
ran up the mountain side and
was badly wounded, afterward
giving u lot of trouble in being
cared for by Jim Ryme a SON.
in.law of Andrew Kerr.
Jasper Parten ran, jumped
into the Ocoee's roaring torrent,
S wan across where no one dared
to attempt to follow him, then
wounded. badly, lay behind u
rock on the south bank while
the guerillas went both up and
down the river shooting across
at him, trying to get an angle
from which to finish killing him.
The Rev. McClary wa. an uu-
willing witness to all this, ex-
pecting them to shoot him down
next; but they proceeded up the
river some further and there
Gatewood leveled his pistol in
McClary's face with trigger
ready 70 pull. ." When Nc.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
CONCERNING HAM
AND HOLY ROLLERS
Georgia StakeIy of Mad
isOnViIle sets forth
some Ideas.
R. 6, Madisonville, Tenn,
December LIST, 1918.

December 1st, 1918.
Editor NEWS GAZETTE
l suppose that those depravet
human beings who have beer
praying for the Devil to be con.
verted think that Ham Patter
sons change OF heart meets al
the requirements.
"When the Devil a saint would
be,
The Devil of a saint is he."
There is a gang of rotten
"RoIy Hollers" turned loose
over our fair land, meeting and
cavorting around, some OF their
main leaders being base men
and lewd women. Their only
converts are from the very low
est and vilesi, degraded and
corrupt human beings, and these
they hold up as examples for
decent folks to follow. OF course
wicked men have been and can
be, sometimes, converted; but
"the dog returns to bis vomit
and the Iads hog to her wallow-
ing in the mife Better begin
at the cradle 10 teach your chill
dren the commandments, the
statutes and the ordinances of
Holy Writ. Do not encourage
them TO live vicious, wicked
lives until they are grown with
the understanding that God will
convert them anyhow in His
own good time, Tt is always
NOW with God, and it is now.
that He wants your children
saved, and if you would only do
your duties, parents, your chill
dren would be saved NOW.
"Hounding" Patterson!
say hounding-I've never in
the least bounded him; I've
never had the least use for him
politically; always voted against
him and my conscience is clear
for so doing. Better make up
our minds while young to be
what we are, and stick to it all
through life. l find that | can
not follow any leader whom l
know to be corrupt. There are
certain vile men who will candi-
date for any party, join auy
church or do any rotten old
thing just so they can be elected
to public office. And when they
get into Office all they do, or try
to do, is to reward those who
helped to elect them-never try
TO do a thing for people who
walk uprigh,ly and who have
always clung to the right.
Better let Ham alone. II he
is truly a saint somebody will
find i. out without his footing
his own horn. Let's have de-
cent, sober, sane, sound, safe
and clean men as leaders--men
who have always been decent
and sober and clean.
Let Ham Patterson round up
the thugs and murderers and
whiskey devils he has p4rdoned,
hang at least nine-tenths of
them; pay back to Tennessee
the expenses Of his rotten ad.
ministrations while governor;
pay back, if he can, for all the
sorrow and misery his wicked.
ness has caused; then get of
into corner and stay thsrse. sntil
called to come forth.
truly converted man tnda' seemir
but | want the fact pSely must. Bu
fore bid him "God .ne rules to tel
Very trus cried longlnsl
c. .eIp you out. An
OEO"'''A Anything at all Bl
- - -
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
Different Now.

"Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice, stole in and odt
AS ii they feared the light"
But since she split it into halves
We see two sportive little calves
Come boldly into sight!
A Judge. +,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11

LOU Seuu I''uI JOo P'intl"S
Give eau do il.
Newt Nicholson of Chattanoo-
ga spent several days recently
With relatives here.
'The standard Oil wagon from
eyeland was in Benton last
aav, Allpplsieg ourF
ants with kerosene.
FBE NEws.GAzErTE will be-
publication of the childrens'
tiers TO Santa Claus next
The Tennessee Power Com
sify is near here building tow
~ for transmission OF electric
never from Ocoee to Maryville
to run the aluminium plant at
lhat place --Vonore correspond
sid in Madisonville Democrat
August McClary, who has
been in somewhat bad health
for several weeks, made a trip
to Knoxville recently and was
examined by DR.. Kincaid, who
stated that the trouble was caus.
ed by catarrhal affections. We
are glad to state that he is i'm
proving, under treatment by
DR.. Kincaid.
q OPTICAL SPECIALIST COMING
DIR. F. f. McKowen, Optome-
! trist and Physical Eve Specialist
1.-THE leading Optometrist OF the
south, will be at Central Hotel,
Benton, Tenn, Oecem ber q and
20 for the proper fitting of eve
glasses. Home address 513
Williams ST., Knoxville, Tenn.
Although it rained, a game of
basket ball was played on the
local court here last Saturday
afternoon between the Polk and
McMinn county high schools.
The score was 4 and 4. The
two teams expect to play off the
tie on the Athens court before
long. A good many spectators
witnessed the game.
Last SUNDAY motion was
made at the Benton Sunday
school, that the Sunday school
give Christmas tree on Xmas
night. The motion carried, and
committees will be appointed
next Sunday morning. We un.
derstand that the Baptist Sun.
day school expects to give a
Christmas tree also. The one at
the Presb, terian church will be
given for the benefit Of the chill
drsn attending the Benton Sun.
day school, but everybody iu
the community is iuvi,ed to be-
,resent and place their presents
q this tree.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11

Several of our citizens have
killed hogs this week.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
County Directory.

Trustee, F. D. Copeland.
Sheriff, Albert Crumley.
Superintendent OF schuols. W.
B. Rucker.
Register, J. e. Cook.
Circuit court meets the third
Mondays in March, July and
November. Sam G. Brown,
Judge; T. W. Peace, Attorney
General; c. S. Harrison, clerk.
Ducktown Law court meets
fourth Mondays in March, July
and November. w. A. Woody,
clerk.
Chancery court meets the 4th
Mondays in April and October.
v. G.. Allen, chancellor; A. J.
Williams, clerk and master.
Quarterly court meets first
Mondays in January, April, July
and October. Quorum court
opens first Monday in each
3 as;:h.. ]. H. Williamson, chm
i down with tlerk.
= and chatted W.
:. One OF them asN sme of the Ben,
> Bowie, and descr 80
:. At the description
J him, and moved una ~
to what was to be "a
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11
Social Calendar.

Mid-week prayer meeting at
the Presbyterian church on
Wednesday nights. You are
invited to come.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11

Sundly school at both the
Presbyterian and Baptist church.
es every Sunday morning. You
are welcome and your presence
will he appreciated at either
place.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-11

Christian En- ;eavor society
meets at the Pre~byter'a J
cnurch Sunday nights. Inter
esting topics are discussed; and
you are requested to come.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
MARRIAGE LICENSE CLERK
DATED CERTIFICATE BACK

City Clerk James F. Connolly today
reprimanded. Isador Schapiro for
having dated a marriage license Au-
gust Is. when he actually Issued IT
August 16.
Stephen de Kozenko, president OF
the Stirling Bronze Company, New
York, and a noted artist, and MISS
Mizah Chestir, appeared in the mar
riage license bureau on Saturday
Frank F. Crissey. the clerk. was
absent. and Scharpiro issued the IL
cense only he was persuaded to date
it the day before. After Mayor
Haussling had performed the cere-
mony, Schapiros act was discovered,
On the fact that he is almost in
valuable as. an interpreter, since he
speaks five or six languages. saved
him from being discharged. Mr.. Con-
nelly said today that the only excuse
for allowing marriage to take place
on the same day the license is issued
is in a case when one of the parties
is at the point of death
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
BANKRUPT OFFICERS
APPEAR IN COURT.
Answer Charge Made by Attor-
ney for Edison
Company.

Martin e. Kern and William J. w
Groves, of Allentown, president and
secretary treasurer respectively OF
the bankrupt Lansden Company, of
Frelinghuysen avenue, appeared in
the Bankruptcy Court here today on
an order signed by Referee Edwin
G. Adams TO answer a charge made
by Nathan Bilder attorney, acting
for the Edison Storage Battery Com
pany, that the bankrupt firm had
transferred some of its assets to pre-
ferred creditors and sent machinery
to the Webb Company. in Allentown,
Pa.
Mr.. Groves explained that he and
Mr. Kern had been officials of the
bankrupt concern only since June 4,
when they took office temporarily
pending the completion of a proposed
consolidation between the Lansden
Company, of this city. and the Webb
Company, of Allentown.
When the local firm went into
bankruptcy, 1t was explained Mr..
Grooves and Mr. Kern were only act
ing as temporary officials, but the in
solvency left them as permanent Of
icials.
When asked about the dismantling
of the local factory and the removal
of machinery to the Webb plant in
ruptcy proceedings, Mr.. Grooves ex-
planned that this was done in connec-
ton with the proposed consolidation
of the two companies. The directors
of both companies interlock, and for
this reason it was considered adyis-
able to affect a consolidation, he
said.
zShortly after the adjudication of the
Lansden Company the Webb Com
pany also went into bankruptcy In
Allentown, which further complicated
matters. receiver has been APP
pointed for the Webb Company in AL
lentown. who is acting with George
Paddock. the local receiver appointed
for the Lansden Comany. The cleo
ton of a trustee on August 26 will
automatically remove both receivers
as far as the interest of the Lansden
Company goes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
WOULD CONSIDER CUBA IN
REDUCING PRICE OF SUGAR

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator
Bristown opened the debate on the
free sugar schedule today by propos-
ing a reduction from $1.90 per hun
bred pounds, the existing duty, to
$1.52h, with additional reductions in
periods of three and six years, which
finally would bring the rate down to
$1.27k, and would leave the Cuban 20
per cent. differential
II do not think it wise at this time,
said Senator Bristow, ito disturb the
reciprocal relations we have with
Cuba. | believe these reductions can
be made with absolute safety to our
sugar industry and that it would
continue to grow and prosper"
Senator Bristow said he could not
find language strong enough to de-
nounce the manner in which the tariff
bill was considered and passed upon
in party caucus.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
HUGHES AND KINKEAD CALL
ON PRESIDENT WILSON
star Bureau,
Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.

After a visit to the White House
this morning Representative Eugene
f. Kinkead denied that the Bloom
field postmastership had been men
toned during his talk with the Presi-
dent. Secretary Tumulty also denied
that Kinkead had called about the
Bloomfield matter
Kinkead asked the President to ap-
prove an application of Rudolph Ull-
man, an old soldier of Jersey City,
for reinstatement in the army with
the rank of first lieutenant. Ullman
enlisted as a drummer boy at the
age of 10 and served nearly thirty
years in the army.
Senator Hughes, with a delegation
of Spanish War veterans, this morn
ing called at the White House and
asked the President to attend the ma
tional convention Of Spanish War
veterans to be held at Buffalo next
month. II. b. w.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
BY gibson GARDNER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-In an
swer to the numerous inquiries which
are reaching him in reference to the
Alaska bill which he has introduced
into the Senate, Senator Poindexter,
of Washington, today said:
1.-The bill was introduced to meet a
pressing need. The people of the
country and especially on the Pacific
coast and in Alaska, are demanding
that Alaskan resources be opened to
use. At the same time such opening
to use must be properly safeguarded.
The American people will never toll
crate private monopolization of the
natural resources of Alaska.
1.-THE immediate requisites for de-
veloping Alaska are that a Transport
tation system be established and that
the coal lands be opened for mining.
For these reasons two extreme pro-
grams have been suggested. One pro-
gram is for the government to estab-
lish a transportation system and then
get private interests to operate it;
to open the coal lands to entry and
sell them to private interests to ex-
plot. The other program is for the
government to establish and operate
a transportation systm and to open
and operate all the coal mines itself.
The Government Program.
1.-THE bill which have introduced.
continued the senator, "embodies a
program which is neither of these ex-
tremes. 1t provides that the govern
ment shall establish and operate a
transportation system and to divide
the business of opening and operating
the coal mines between itself and
private parties under lease. Half OF
the coal lands are to be developed by
the government through mining SER
vice and half by private lessees."
In explanation for the plan for
profit sharing in the government
mining service Senator Poindexter
said:
1.-THE original idea embodied in this
plan was suggested by Mr.. James
MacKaye, of Cambridge, Mass, a
Harvard man and scientist of note,
author of The Economy of Happi-
ness Under this plan the mining
service in developing its half of the
coal lands, is to be organized to OBJ
tain the welfare of two, and only
two, sets of people-the consumers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
ALASKA IN BRIEF

from lieut. wOrd"n
tcOnin
one In
BIS
Placer iSSo
gold,
Of
go. .
o N
al
of
Land
continent
In in Alaska.
Capital and stIxn
efromA
Innate In
Tenn In
3
bearin area (ein,nted 10000 square miles
in the
with valuable stands
berries urrnnts, pota