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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28
Baby Oscar Dreams Again
SEES HIMSELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM

culed! Plain Talk told about me
dining at the Hermitage hotel at
$3.50 per meal and said this was
expense money taken from the
poor school children. The people
have begun to say in looks and
action: "McMahan, you are a hyp-
ocrite and we'll we know it. You
are striving for more power, that
you may further fool the people,
Now looms up another white
elephant, nearly as large, if not
quite, as The Times. Just to think
| was simple enough to have
another take the examination and
qualify to take over the office OF
superintendent. Now, if | am de-
feated by old man Boyer, and the
chances look gloomy to me, there
will be that very Frank bob up
against me. Still there is Hooper
on whom l can depend, though
his chances for reelection, like
mine, are middling slim. How
can | stand this mountain of care!
| have already lost twenty pounds
and no flesh to spare. ! am here
in the mountains, Wyrick and |,
twenty miles from nowhere, and
not minutes rest have had l
will walk to the station and catch
the first train and 60 to Newport
and make my report. | will call
the big moguls together and the
big agent too. There is one big
idea in my head that should be a
60. We will press every free
automobile into service on the
second and this will make big
show. will quit right here and
sleep a few minutes, if l can, after
repeating my prayer:
Here lay me down to sleep.
/ pray Hooper my soul to keep,
IT ] awake before Hooper doth say,
! pray him charge the crime TO Fairplay
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28
Auto Eats Corn

A well known citizen of the Ed
wilma neighhorhood is complaining
about the amount of corn required
to feed an automobile. He hired
an auto to take him home a few
days ago, believing he would skip
feeding team, which is the GUS
tom, and in this way make better
time and be out no more than
usual. But when the automobile
left and he discovered forty roast
ing ears had also disappeared, he
said he would rather feed a team.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28

Protect yourself against loss by
fire, tornado, etc., by placing your
Insurance with an American Co.,
The Old Reliable Continental In
surance Co., of New York. See
H. A. Fancher, the local agent. He
will appreciate your business.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28
Tampa News

WV
The Tampa Debating Club gave
a public debate at Green's school
house last Monday night week.
The subject for discussion was !;
Res olve9, That Whiskey Causes
More Human Sorrow than War"
The decision Of the judges was
rendered in favor of the negative.
On last Sunday there was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Brown a
baby boy.
There was box-sur per at
the Browns school house last
Saturday night given for the pur-
pose of raising money to buy a
library for the school.
Rev. j. F. Menins, the Presby-
terian minister, preached at the
Smoky Mountain Seminary last
Sunday morning, and in the after
noon he and Rev. Patton, a Bap-
fist minister from Newport, each
made a short talk at the Baptist
church. Their subject was: my
Mothers Bible" Everyone pres
ent seemed to enioy,it.
Mr.. and Mrs, Allen MesSer of
this place, left Tuesday for Jack
son, Miss, where Mr.. Messer will
take a business course. They
expect to be'gone all winter.
The schools of this place seem
to be in better progress than they
were few weeks ago, when so
many of the larger pupils had
stopped for fodder" Now that
fodder and 'lasses time is over,
they are getting back in school
and seem to be greatly inferred in
their work.
Our Smoky Mountain Union
S. S. is pretty good now. Two
Sundays ago an adult class was
was organized under supervised
plan directed by Mr.. Allen Messer,
the former teacher of the class,
and Miss Belle Dillingham;, its
present teacher. The name was
given to the class: Count On Me
Ever" usuing the initial letters
C. O. M. E. Officers for the class
were elected, as follows: Mr.. John
Phillips, president; Mr.. James
Williams, vice-president; Miss Hes
ter Brown, secretary; Mr.. Calvin
Messer, assistant secretary and
Mr.. Caywood Messer, treasurer.
C. w. Bryson, who has been
filling Mr.. Coggins' place as pas
senger conductor on the T. & N.
C. R. R. the past month, has made
many friends along the line and
has shown that courtesy and
promptness pays, even in the
mountains. He is always ready
to assist ladies on and off of the
trains and seems to think it's we'll
to devote his spare time to the
comfort and welfare of his pas
sengers.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28
Administrators Notice

Having been appointed admins
traitor of the estate of Susan Cog.
dill, hereby give notice to al
parties indebted to said estate to
settle with me at once, and all
parties having claims against said
estate are requested to file same
with me for settlement.
This Oct. 5, 1914.
O. M. ALLEN,
Administrator.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28

Except for the Pessimist, the
ODtimist would never be the big
noise.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-28


and chickens their comforts share
half awake and half asleep
troubled with my usual restless
spell. Only to think, few more
days, then its awful. l started
out last Friday, Wyrick and |, for
Mount Pleasant, there to tell the
people their duty and what to do
On the way we met few boys
who wagered bet we couldn't
speak and our success they did
regret. We mounted the stump
and there did recite the pieces we
had memorized for the Mount
Pleasanltes. AT this place we
were met by scant gathering, as
we have been all along the way,
We closed here at Grassy Fork
tonight. The people seemed puz-
lied wherever we strayed and for
my life | could not tell whether
they were pleased or dismayed.
spoke to them in my common
Scotch tongue, language ! knew
the people could understand. /
told them what a Benedict Arnold
old man Boyer had been and why
they should trust me. l told them
of his private character and his
obnoxious laws, but got little ap-
plause. They looked at me in
scorn and said they knew Boyer
before | was born. That the ef-
forts Of Wyrick is a failure ! can
not understand. l brought him
here from Knoxville out of a pala-
tial home and why his remarks
fall flat before these "boobs" l
am unable to tell. Wyrick is
cracker jack at Carson & Newman,
but it is evident he does not please
these "moss-backs." Isee now
that | made a mistake in bringing
this man to the country. | should
have used him only in Newport
where the people are educated
and able to understand the mean
ing of his words.
Anyway, the week is ended and
I will sleep a little, for the clock
has struck two.
No, cannot.sleep, and why it is
That must lay here, sweat and fiz;
With the wonderful mind / am pos
sessed,
Why SO numerically troubled and
depressed?
Now, there it is, another noun
tain Of trouble rolling up before
me. Is it possible | will not be
able to sleep and must lay here
hour after hour and worry so? In
my absence from the Times office
some one wrote and it was pub
lished in my paper under big
headlines reading thus: THE I'm
kindest Cut of ALL" 0, why don't
they let that Henri matter Die?"
He has promised to be good and
stay at home and disgrace us no
more. Why not let the people
forget that in stall he slept. The
people know how Henri has stood
to Greed and how Greed has stood
to Henri. And again, | thought
too loud last week about Harrison
and John, and by some means
they have caught on. They jump
ed on me in a blazing rage of ire
and say am an ungodly liar. This
hope am, and time alone will
tell, but | am still doubtfully
theirs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
Three Texas Clubs Still In the Race
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VIII Furnish Hard Fight To Finish
BY z. w. NInsERAcH.

reserve any pennant predictions. FOR the
possible 11th hour upset Of the dope pot and
then what
This has certainly been some race in which
three clubs have prominently figured For
time IL looked as II Galveston would be
into a streak OF hard luck which threw
them back. although they have rallied nobly
and are again well up with the tirst division
set Then again the Fort Worth Painters
gave signs Of championship form. but u was
only a temporary flash ard was followed by
a disastrous slump which resulted IN the
release OF Bill Nance. who was the Bearcat
manager until that time.
Yes. and Dallas and even san Antonio held
the top position for spell In fact every
club but Austin had threatening designs on
the pennanL
Pat Neunam's Dash for Pennanf-
But there was one club. that came right
up from the bottom and has been sticking
Houston club. After nrallowing around in
the second division night onto midseason
sam Patricio Newman. the Bluffs guiding
hand. showed a sudden and determined in
clination to reach out after the pennant
70 was his first season as manager II the
Bluffs. and as they had COPIED the 1915 flag
IL was up 70 him 20 make showing
With a team composed o. a few veterans
and some unknown youngsters none Of
whom were particularly brilliant iudividu-
ally. Pat undertook his great dash for the
peunant- step by step and inch by inch the
bur1s advanced II was Pats fighting spirit
that prevailed u was CONTAGIOUS The play
ers took IL up. and so e sank into their SIS
tens until they are today looked upon as the
1919 champs They are a baseball machine.
such as George Stallings now boasts Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24

AN ANTONIO. TEX Aug e4.-Look at
the dope sheet from any angle you may.
j and IL Is toss up as 90 which Is the
favored club In the games still TO be
PLAYED in the Texas league pennant race one
view will show the Houston Buffaloes as
having the inside track. and then again Ellis
Hardy's Waco NaFiEators can De seen IN 2
favorable light George Leidy's BeauN have
also a just claim Tor consideration
Figuring that the orphans OF the league
the Bronchos and Senators are the hope on
which the three leaders may pin their pen
naut prospects. a glance at the schedule VIII
reveal this interesting situation
Buffaloes Have Eight More Games
The Buffaloes have eight more games 70
oilers have two more games with the sen
ators and four with the Bronchos. while the
Navigators have only one more game with
the tailenders-
Pirates a Prominent Factor.
While the dope so far would favor the
Buffaloes. a second glance at the schedule
viii reveal another situation that is worthy
Of consideration Here We VIII find the Navi-
gators battling at home or in Dallas and
Fort Worth with the Painters and Giants.
while the Bluffs and Oilers are fighting 1t
out among themselves with the Pirates com
ing in for number OF games. For be 70
known that the Bluffs are booked for four
more games with Paul Sentelrs Pirates and
that the oilers are down for eight more
games with these self same Pirates. five OF
which are TO be played at Galveston
With this state OF affairs confronting
then. Cap Leiuy and Pat Newman VIII
have quite enough on their hands to worry
them before the 1914 race goes into his
tory.
sizing Up the Race.
II may be we'll therefore, al this stage 70
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
War Spells Chance For Olympic Games
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Cant Be Played In Berlin In 1916
BY FRANK c. NIENKE.

The Browns, used TO a free and easy life.
didn't take very kindly 20 the Y ". c. A.
methods that Branch Hickey put into force
as soon he took over the managerial
rcins. But they've gotten used to them
now, and most Of them are willing to admit
that Rickeys rules that sends a player 20
bed at a certain hour every p m is a good
one for the players general health and gem
eral welfare
Retaining from poker and other little
gambling games was another hardship Tor
the Brownies. but they have overcome .heir
gaming instincts-at least while Hickey "a
around
The Browns this year are higher up in the
race than they have been for years and Years.
Whether the Improvement is due to Rickey's
new rules. or whether it's Just a natural I'M
provement that has come through infusion
Of new blood. is question. In the mean
time, Hickey gets the credit.
The Cardinals have on their roster q
pitcher who wears glasses His name IS
Lee Meadows. a giant right handler. who
halls from Durham. n. c. He will report 10
the Cards later in the season
Despite the fact that Meadows is com
PEELED TO wear glasses while at work he has
been pitching wonderful baseball and was
sought after by a number Of big league clubs
but the Cards nabhel linn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
Purity Club Defeats The Gas Club
II i il IL IL
Game Develops New Pennant Contender

Of the umpire in this game was especially
! poor and was about the worst exhibition
that has been seen this season.
-Four hits counted for equal number Of
runs III the first inning for the Bank team.
which drove pitcher Conner out OF the boa.
better. four more runs being scored at various
points during the game Walter Schuc-. Ted
Brann- Bunson and Marty all crossed the
plate after each had obtained well placed
were hammered out on an error on the part
OF wagner and a hit by Talbot being re-
sponslble for the scoring There was a lot OF
protesting done by Company L in this in
ming. although Schuck was called out at
third when he beat the ball 10 thar bag by
first stanza and added two more in the sec
ond- Rokahr inaugurated the game for the
Bank, and got off 10 a good start, Morch and
Wagner being easy outs
Schuek's Hook Slide.
Baird. Mortimer and Pearson scored. how
ever. before the session was finished. The
Bank added one more in the fourth when
Walt Schuck pulled off the classiest stunt OF
the game. a hook slide. going counuleteIv
slide was pulled off in the first stanza by
the clever little left fielder. One more RIM
was added in the fifth when Rokahr was al
vanced around, the result OF passed third
strike.
The soldiers were unable to do ANYTHING
with the delivery Of Dougherty. getting onIv
two hits after the second inning Parker r-ot
on base in the sixth but got no farther than
Ilrst base the Bank infield tightening IN
ana shutting out their opponents After the
ssco14 game was over as a result Of threats
9y oisgruntled players and fans umpire
erro was escorted 10 an automobile BY two
armed cavalryulen. accompanied bv the a.
Iicer OF the day. The scores.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
Gunboat Smith To Return To America
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May Box MMahon In San Francisco
BY DON W. LUsk

"UNBOAT SMITH Is coming back TO
these dear United States The Gun
ner and his manager. Jim Buckley.
are now believed TO be sailing the
broad Atlantic with New York as their port
Of destination The war in Europe, having
put the boxing game on the blink. Smith
and Buckley decided 10 get back 10 America
on the first BOAT and the scheduled bout
with Young Ahearn in London was called
off
According TO reports smith will be
matched TO box Jack BfcAIahon in san Fran
cisco at an early date Mcmahon. who is
now on the coast, has made good I'M
preston and promoter Jim Coffroth. Of the
Golden Gate City, believes match between
the two heavies would furnish a good scrap
and draw a big enough gate 10 make the
match remunerativs 20 fighters and pro
moter alike.
Coffroth recently contemplated coaxing
Jack johnson into a match with smith. the
battle 10 be staged at Juarez Mexico but
Johnson appears 20 have elected 10 stay in
France. even though he may have TO join
the army and become a target at the front
The negro champion evidently believes bull
lets are preferable TO the damage that the
United States courts might infiict upon him
American Turfmen Hard Hit
American turfmen who are racing strings
OF thoroughbreds IN Europe may lose their
gallopers stations and broodmares, which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24

IRON the Southern feaEue Is waited the
news that Charles "Gabby'' Street.
backstop Of the Chattanooga team. is
10 become one Of the pilots Of that
circuit next year. Gabby. il is understood.
is slated for the management OF the Mem
phis club. His many friends and those VINO
have seen him work behind the plate, coach
the pitchers and give announcement 10
the team when playing nose Ilnlsn De-
Iieve that he viii make good as a manager.
Street is considered one OF the greatest
catchers Of all time For years he was
one % the rnafnstavs Of the Washington
Senators and while with that club was con-
idered one Of the three greatest hackstops
in the American league His fielding was
brilliant. but he never was great hitter
Father Time counted Street out OF big
league company. He was traded 70 the
Yankees and finally drifted TO the South
ern league, where he has been making
while in Washington Street accomplished
a unique feat never before or since at
tempted. He caught a ball tossed from the
top Of the Washington monument The ball
gained such speed as it fell towards the
earth that Il nearly took Street off his
pins but he held on. The feat was even
more difficult by the fact that a wind
was blowing. and the horsehide was de
Elected from its course and II kept -Gabby
guessing
When he went TO New York he received
a letter from president william Il taIl-
who said that he and the fans OF wash
ington were sorry to see him leave the
Senators He was a favorite OF president
Taft among the baseball players OF the
9iique Finn. wen known TO the baseball
world and personal friend OF Streets, Is
slated for the management OF The Mont
gomery team in 1915. according TO reports
from that organization
Just now the Boston Braves are the
wonder Of the baseball world George
StallinEs and his players are the heroes OF
the fans The club has been playing won
derful ball and Saturday divided a
doublet with the Pirates while the Reds
were again defeating the Giants This put
Boston hut a half game behind McGraw's
club for the leadership Of the National
league
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
Catcher Charles Street To Be Manager
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To Handle Destinies Of Memphis Club
BY b B. CADDLE.

/ natl put the Braves on top. where they may
George stallngz. who is now considered
one OF the greatest pilots Of all time, gives
three reasons for the wonderful squirt made
by the Browns during the closing days OF
the National league These are his views.
The wonderful spirit. the old winning
spirit o. every man in the outfit
The great condition OF the three regular
'-Tae almost perfect defence which the
infield IS able to put up in the face Of all
kinds OF hitting"
Going into the game with the idea that
you are going 10 win is half OF the battle.
in the opinion OF StallinEs And in all his
career as a manager he said he has never
seen any team so chuck fun Of confidence
They are just like boys" says StauinEs.
They are out 70 win, and win they will,
or die trying I can say readily enough
stronger than ours Individually. But there's
no team with anything like the punch we
have"
The three Boston Braves winning hurlers,
Tyler, Rudolph and James, can be cousid-
cred iron horses" They thrive on work
That's why Stallings has been using them
and allowing the others TO sit on the bench
The Braves are far from being the weak
team in the pitching department that many
or the baseball experts believe Crutcner
has shown that he can deliver the goods
when called upon He has control and a
wonderful assortment Of curves He has not
shown TO his true form this season. but he
is now rounding 10 and will be able 10
deliver the goods in the future Strand.
Davis and Cocreharn. are three youngsters
that viii do for emergency work But the
three speed kings. with Crutcher as the
relief man. will do the bulk OF the work
during the remainder OF the season
Stallings has two Eood catchers TO hold
up his twirllnE department They are
Hank Gowdy and Bert WHALING The latter
IS former Cactus Lacquer. having caught
for the Cananea club. Gowdy has shown
great improvement during recent weeks and
has been one Of the mainstays Of the team
Bert Whaling well known in Fl Paso. is
a good reliable catcher. one calculated to
keep pitchers down on the ground at all
tLmes- He IS also good pLnch hitter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24

are now in England. France and Germany.
The story IS that these horses viii be COM
Wandered for use in the cavalry and artii-
lery branches OF the armies Of the nations
mentioned. there being a serious shortage
Of horses abroad for war purposes Horses
are a contrabaud Of war and can therefore
be appropriated instanter-
August Belmont. William K Vanderbilt,
]. W. Wildener. John Sanford. Herman B.
Duryea. Francis Hitchcock and Thomas
Hitchcock are among the owners Of fine
stables who may suffer severe losses Bel
mont may lose Tracery, the greatest race
horse in England. after having refused
year ago TO sell the animal for 100000.
White Sox Secure Klepfer-
George Elepfer. the pitching sensation Of
the Pacific coast this year viii wear
Chicago White Cox uniform in 1918 KEEP
fer has been secured by the SoN from the
Venice club in exchange for Doc White
and a cash consideration. Just what this
consideration has not been publicly an
nounced-
II Klepfer pitches in the American league
with the same success he has on the coast.
then another Walter Johnson will have
been discovered FOR he Is said to resemble
the Washington hurlr closiytaoinshrdu cmfw
the Washington hurler closely in his pitch
ing He should prove a tower OF strength
10 the Sox-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
KiIbane Is Not Worrying
About Clash With Dundee
VIII Enter Lightweight Glass and Hopes to Hold Two
Titles Featherweight md Lightweight; Kilbane
Is Anxious to Land Eatch With Welsh,
the Conquerer of Richie
BY RINGsIDE.

n fsathsFEsig6t Champion N, YIN fs sRsaFs
poundage u POUNDS, rlngslo e--
and then viii cast his lot in the next di-
vision that Of lightweight kilbane IS not
spending any sleepless nights worrying over
ne outcome Of his bout with Johnny Dundee
next month. for he will enter the 4SS pound
Class REGARDLESS how the Dundee clash ter
inmates
Kilbane has been ve-ging na leap into
the lightweight heap for several months. but
Dundee nagged so persistently for a return
match with the peer Of ~ FOUNDERS that
the obliging Clevelander assented
The only reason KiIbane is willing to take
Dundee on once more at a weight that both
viii have difficulty in attaining is to eradi-
cate the only questionable bout he has put
Up since he mounted the featherweiEht
throne. Kilbane has been eminently success
ful in ell his bouts as champion. excepting
the one with Dundee which the referee called
a draw at the end Of 20 rounds.
Would Wipe Out Blot.
Il is to wipe out this blot-for KiIbane
looks upon It as such-that the feather
weight champion wiz go through a course
OF hard training 10 be IN perfect condition
10 prove his mastery over Dundee
The pseudo Scotchman will experience even
more difficulty in pacing down 10 10
pounds, riugside- the stipulated weight for
the match Dundee has been fighting light
weights for over year and has permitted
the weight TO accumulate But he never
moved the beam at over 1-s pounds h1lbane
has been Cisre garolng the featherweight
limit in his recent bouts being content 10
tight at catch weights He had seriously
intended to drift into the lightweight class
as he shaC set his mind never fighting
in the featherweight division again. Despite
his la1ity in training for recent contests XIII
bane could tip the beam at no more than
127 pounds
While Willie Richie was worlds light
weight champion. kilbane repeatedly chal-
lengec Richie TO combat for the IsS pound
Ire- Il was kubane's aim 10 hold the
champion In two divisions at the same
time But he was denied this chance when