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The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-03-20
Y. M. C. A. ANNIVERSARY.

Tor his one OcCdSlou winch iiieii - ~
dav Of this institution. AS has been said
before all ladies are invited. Of course at
this banquet there will be no boys, for they
are TO have their anniversary social on the
9th Of March. In view of this we think
il wise to say that girls under Is years OF
ace will not be invited TO the banquet on
the 26th. but will receive invitations from
the juniors to the banquet on the 2Ith.
Then it will be understood that when we
invite all ladies to our anniversary on the
10Th of March, it means all over htteen and
it also means that the banquet is for senior
members of the Y. NJ C. A., and not the
Junior.
We would ike TO announce that Mr.. +.
r. Kennedy will be here on the night OF
the 10Th and will speak tous on Greetings
from Benham." We have made every effort
to GET him here because we believe that
the people of Ducktown will be pleased to
hear him and to see their old friend once
again. 1t is probable that he will also speak
to the BOYS on the 9th when they are en-
ioying their social.
We would like to announce that Mr.. N.
C. Schlicter of Charlotte, n. g., who IS the
interstate Y. NJ. C. A. Secretary in the
South, viii also be here at our anniversary.
He also will give us one of his after dinner
speeches. He is well known in this town
und probably has done more for this town
than most people think.
| have written to Mr.. c. J. Jackson, the
state Y. M. C.. A., secretary of Tennessee,
and also Mr.. J. B. Horton, educational Sec
rotary of Knoxville, Y. M. {. A., and 1t is
probable that these men will lie with us.
Rev. Hunter has promised to be with us,
and we are expecting Judge Boon and
possibly others.
have given you the list of speakers who
will entertain us, but they are not all. We
are going to have plenty to eat, SO that no
one need go away hungry.
lust here wish to announce that the
president of the board of directors and my
self have selected the committees whom We
would like to assist us in carrying out the
affair. 1t would be impossible ior us to
carry out this social event without the as
sistance of number Of people. If we have
mt anv one on a committee who cannot
serve, that person may be excused by sec
ing the chairman of that particular commit
tee. There will be near four hundred peo-
ple to entertain on this occasion and we
would IKE to thank these COMMITTEES tor
their assistance in advance.
RErREsAMrNr COMMITTEE.
Or W. ]. Hewson Mrs. J. o. Hunhicu"'
Mss Garrett raehne Ni"iS''
Miss Cooper Mrs Iiio7
RECEPTION COMM
Will Haitian Mrs Nii rattan
1hrese sandguist Mss Hatcher
Niss sarah Goddard WIN Dlneck
CHnt CLANCY
R. L. Morris Miss Frazier mrs "oDe'
j. 0. Euhnicut J. = Marsnah
a.. olo Ar,h,r Mrs Howell
Otto Wallace !.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
II Scot Prof. R. B. Rucker
LECTURE A SUCCESS.
The lecture by Rev. Ely at the Methodist
churcd, last Monday night, was literary
treat of the season and we are glad to say
that the people of Ducktown and vicinity
4oal- ,J,4artoesa of n
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02

Why is an i'll person like an anto
wheel? Because he Is tired.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
The ResusCitated Bride
By R. MORRIS BROWN

been written in a language | knew
nothing about.
Il took the thing to a professor of un.
known tongues in Columbia college.
and he told me it was written in one
Of the languages of India and | had
to get an Indian Of that province to
interpret it. | hunted all over the east
side among the sl,lms for such Il per-
son and at last found one. 1t read in
English:
This lady is to be brought to life at the
expiration of a hundred years. or in lam
nary. 1914
only an Indian fakir could do the job.
but luckily n had just arrived from
Bombay. and he said he would try tc
bring my yreat-grandmotlpr to lite.
He wouldn't permit me to be pres
ent during his manipulations. but call
Ell me in after six hours. On Il lounge
was Il woma about twenty-threp
alive. but was sufficiently resllscitate1
to speak feebly.
"'Jiln.' she said. how could you:'
"'lm not Jim | said. I'm Ned
"Oh. dear. What's the matter With
You. or is anything the matter with
me: | feel so weak
She had evidently taken me for her
husband. my great-grandfather, who
vas just my age in 1914.
DO o know that while l was
looking at her. even during this short
time. she seemed to have grown older.
Without waiting for her consent | ran
downstairs. but as | went it occurred
TO me that ! had better not be in a
hurry about the matter: there were
many dangers connected with it. I
paused. %poldered and went back to the
room. | suppose | had been gone
twenty minutes. And yet while I had
been absent he resuscitated bride OF
twenty-three had grown to be an old
of 1913. And as | looked she
gave Il gasp and within a minute haG
become Il >hriveled mummy"
There was Il brief silence. which was
broken by n of the party. who said:
Ned Garland. You are the biggest
liar that ever entered this club or ever
will enter it,"
"That's why | didn't summon as
sistance. knew I'd be put down Ell
Their for Il liar or a lunatic. Waiter,
take the oruers!'
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
FASHIONS OF THE MOMENT.

For little girls the Russian blouse
dresses are in the lead.
The smartest tailored costumes en-
phasiZe the belted coat.
Draped models fitting in loose lines
are rivaled by the heited style.
Collars and muffS are made Of net
and chiffon, combined with fur.
Bright green and pink is Il color com
hination now favored by fashion.
\ touch of black is always in place
to give effect to a white garment.
Afternoon costumes are trimmed
with figured velvet in odd designs.
l.uSterleSS materials are the only APP
propriate one for deep mourning.
The placing of the sash is important
because it can make or mar the figure.
Children'S dresses are simple. Good
lines prevail instead of the fuSSy frillS.
Coat suits may be plain or fancy.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02

4 PARTY Of young men were sit
ting around a table in the cafe
Of Il New York club. The sub
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
W0man's Work and Fashions
FUR TRIMMINGS HOLD FAVOR.
They Appear on Nearly All Smart Gar
ments These DAYS.

The milliners are prodiyal in their
use of fur this season. Hats are ONE
times fashioned entirely Of fur. Bands
of sable. skunk. fitch, squirrel. marten.
e%rmine-in fact. all available pelts-are
Swathed around the crowns of velvet
satin. and velours hats and saucy up
standing ears Of velvet or other mate
rial are edged with the narrowest OF
strips Of fur.
The alliance Of velvet and fur is One
that appeals to most women. and tn"
milliners have done their best to fur
tller the vogue introduced early in the
season by the modi>t"S.
Tiny black or brown fur heads are
used to ornament the fronts Of net or
chiffon blouseS. They are applied. like
buttons. in Il row along the edges of
The closing. They are very small. and
the heads point toward the edge Of
the closing.
Fur also edges the lace frillS around
the throat and kimOno sleeves both OF
silk. crepe de chine ana chiffon blOuses.
Solne tine cObwebby models Recently
imported showed 4 narrow band Of fur
outlining the Y aruund the throat.
TWO shades of chiffon with Il touch OF
fur and q bit of japanese embroidery
make exquisite corSn@e>. and even the
matinee and tea gowns are not quite
In mode without the fur touch.
Even gloves and shoes have not cS-
capped the domination Of this fancy for
fur. On m%ouSquetaire gloves fur trims
the top of the gauntlet. and in black.
brown or gray tint it Is used on slip
l'ers and shoes for evening wear.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
The BIouses We See.

HlOuSeS to be worn with a suit have
often separate waiStcoats. Many wom-
Ell prefer to have the tulle or lace
blouse dyed in tone with the suit. Chit
lars of gold or silver lace and many
small buttons covered with the chiffon
or metal lace. Wash tulle blouses are
remarkable for their wear and mex
Y~en>iyeness. They are made to wear
over the lace corset cover. The sleeve
of the smart blouse is larger to bal
ance the width Of the figure caused by
the fluffy peplum. 1t is cut in one
with the blouse. and the fullness hangs
over the girdle.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
THE ROBINS ACCIDENT.

About 6 o'clock one morning there
was considerable cummotlun ut the
back of Our house. writes Il CORE
Spunaent of Rural Farmer. The coOS
called one of the boys and said there
was Il bird caught on the top of a tree.
| looked nll1 Of the window and saw Il
robin hnn-in. hy Il string from Il thin
branch. took Il Gun. fired ana cut
off the branch.
The bird started to fly and did carry
the branch some distance. but weak
ness made him halt. and he fell to the
ground. whore we caught him.
lie had evidently been building a
nest and had picked up Il long string.
In dying through the air the string
had in some peculiar way wound itself
? ound the branch of the l. and had
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02

The coat may be short or moderately
long.
There is a slash in almost every
mOdiSh skirt.
Last years gown may be r%ejuvenat-
ed by Il tichu.
Collar and coat cuffs in white may
he made Of chamois cloth or peau de
suede.
Skirt lines are broken by clever trim
mings. drapery or application Of orna-
mentS.
The chiffon lace or net tunic lends
itself readily to making an old gown
look like new.
Separate evening wraps are made OF
plain and brocaded velvet. corduroy
and vtlOurs de laine.
The %favorite steamer coats are Of
white wool, plush and c%hinchilla and
are lined with white satin.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
A Dutifui Boy Scout.

81 am 4 crossing watchman." writes
Il man from Philadelphia. lat Second
and Girard avenue. and Il cripple. |
have Il signal ON a high post. and
lamp up there and take it down in the
morning to refill il. 1t is hard work
and risky for me. for | have only one
leg. SC there is Il little scout who
passes every morning at & o'clock. serv-
ing milk for his uncle. He takes my
his ~duty-every Sront vas to do 4 kind
act every morning of his life. Three
cheers for the boy scoutS!"--Jacob A.
l:iis in Outlook.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
Devoted to Our Boys and Girls
BOY SCOUT MERIT BADGES.
1,141 Were Given to the Youthful SOL
diers For Good Work.

dierS For Good work..
One Of the most interesting and sig
niticant features of the report Of the ma
tional headquarters OF the Boy Scouts
Of America for the past summer is the
fact that 2l.6l3 badges were issued to
boys and that l.l4l of these were merit
badges. 1t means, Of course. that boys
are steadily progressing from tender
foot rank to second class and from
second class to first class. And h
they do not stop contellted. for the
field before the first class scout is
such that he can 80 on indefinitely
winning proficiency medals. gaining in
formation about conditions. require
ments and prospects in all branches of
life.
Other items in the report. however.
are equally interesting. as. for in
stance. That HI men We're commits
stoned to act as >cOuttnaSters. 2SG as
assistant ScoutmaSter> and 10 as
scout commissioners. The %heauuuar-
terS' correspondence. which was o3.SS:3
pieces Of in and out first class mail in
the summer months OF 1872. increased
to 97.Hi7 pieces in the same period of
1913.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02

.ject turned on the marvellous
feats that are said to be performed by
the fakirs Of India. A number Of these
feats were described. each one more
wonderful than the last. when Ned
Garland told the following:
you've hit on Il subject that m
very near home to me- he said. for
inc of my family was operated on by
one of these Indians many years AG"
with n result that has recently made
my hair curl.
During the last war with England
in 1911 or thereabouts-my ancestors
lived on the family estate or farm. for
that's all it was. not half Il mile from
where we are now sitting. One day
my great-grandfather. Timothy Gar
land. Il young bridegroom. had a quar-
rel with his wife and told her he wish
ed he might not see her again in n hun
dred years. Then he left the house
with a bang of the door and. mounting
a horse. rode down to F%raunces' tavern.
drunk.
"The next day. when he was sober.
he was beside himself with relnOrS
and rode back home to beg his wife's
pardon. He found her lying in q com
:ltoSe condition. from which it was i'm
possible TO arouse her. She had left
with the servants Il paper for him on
which was written:
you nave wished YOU might not see me
again in a hundred Years. You Won't see
me as | was till that time has passed.
The upshot Of it was that one of
these Indian heathenS put her to sleep
for Il hundred years. Her husband
after awhile locked her up in a room.
and SINCE he made no mention OF hel
she was ut last forgotten.
when the farm was sold the family
vault was retained and the ground un-
derneath which it was eNcaVated de
scended to me. When | came of age
Il few weeks ago and tool possession
of it with other property | concluded
to inspect it. | found Il greWSome
place full Of collins. some of which had
partly rOtted away. One that had beer
made of marble interested me. From
Il crack in the lid rrotrnded Il paper
! | pulled it out and found that it haf
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
"Answer the Blind Man."

Eiindfold one Of the company. who
stands inside Il circle formed hy the
others with Il light cane or wand in
his hands. The children circle round
the 'blind man until Il rap with the
stick calls Il halt. lie then points his
and must reply t" three questions
asked by the blind man. who tries to
guess who it is. The captive. Of course,
uses every means to disguise his voice.
If guessed correctly he takes the place
in the center
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02

also caught the robins leg. In his er.
forts ia get loose he broke his leg di.
rectly above the foot. and it hung sim
ply by a tendon.
took the bird in the honSe and with
and wrapped up the lie" with Il rag wer
with an :ntiSeptic solution. then
let him go. never expecting TO see him
again.
Strange to say. the loss of the foot
did not seem 10 bother him at all. 1t
healed quickly. and he stayed around
the house and lawn all summer and
went south with the rest of the robins
in the fall.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-02
Photo by American Press Association.

Photo by American Press Association.
Not nAny children have had the privilege OF viewing a hunt meet. 1t is a
wonderful sight to watch the dogs scrambing YER rocks, through fences and
bushes. across farms and fields, followed by the eager huntsmen O. their
popular among the wealthy of this country, it is in England where the most
anOuS meets areh held. The dogs, Used to detect and corner the game. are
brought from their kennels to the starting point n q specially constructed
wagon with Il runway attachments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

tured by the marshas after having started twenty fires
more in the neighborhood. Sometimes the company
responded to second third alarm mile or more
away And always Ben where the danger
greatest. There other in Twenty Truck
who could reach the top of the ftyoot extension lad
der quickly he. No other could stand the smoke
so long as he; not Smoke Eater Mike, with his
years of seasoning experience behind him.
In way Ben had come to be leader among the men
of his own rank Twenty Truck He knew the stations
and their locations everyone in the district 1t Ben
who always shouted ave roll on that!' when station
Twenty Trucks assignment card beat in upon the
gong And he usually first down the pole to the
apparatus floor.
one evening in early spring Ben was alone in the
recreation room, patching old helmet which had
been broken at fire the day before The other men OF
the company were asleep except the house watch at
his desk the apparatus floor. Downstairs the gong
began to SOUND, five taps, pause six taps pause
then two
upper East Sde" thought Ben. @Too far for
Station 562-why, that's the new Dumont Hotel
The Captain speaking of that box today. He was
saying it's dangerous one-twevestory building, and
Ones"
Ben went mending, applying the glue brush here
and there Again the gong began to tap. There was
mistaking this second alarm from this dangerous
station But Twenty Truck was not due there on
second. Only third a special call would send
But here it came,-a third!
With yell that awakened every the second
floor Ben headed for the sliding pole. "A thirds in for
u.s." he called.
BY the time Captain Grogan had hit the apparatus
floor Ben and the house watch had the collars snapped
into place the three white horses The doors were
opened and an instant later Twenty Truck was lum-
berng northward both footboards lined with sleepy
fremen, struggling into their turnout coats.
"If it's the Dumont, we're wanted there worse than
the engines are, muttered Captain Grogan. Take it
out of those horses We've got to get there quick
No whip needed. futter of the reins, sharp
word of encouragement from the driver and the team
1unged forward. 1t nearing midnight and stream
of and carriages, laden with homeward bound
from the theaters and restaurants choked the citys
main artery of traffic which Twenty Truck had to cross.
The traffic policeman opened way On northward
rumbled the heavy apparatus, then turned and headed
east.
Other companies ahead of Twenty Truck. The
smoke from engine two blocks away waited down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
Drawings by s. J. Woolf

a practical joker Big Tim Nolan was
joke. AS a practical politician, though,
his equal was hard to find in the coterie
of district captains that held the local
machine together. His waterfront wards
could always be relied upon to vote early,
often, and right on election day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

the very edge of burning interior wall Once Ben
rubbed elbows with the Captain as they dragged an
unconscious Italian from a snoke-filled room
and carried her down fire escape; for Grogan was
always in the thckest of the fight His capacity for
standing smoke thing wonderful to behold.
With Ben it different. He not seasoned to
the smoke. Only years of fire fighting brought that.
There was time, long before, when Grogan
seasoned too, time when he would choke and cough
and grope unseeingly from smoke-fled building.
Ben not quite what constituted cowardlce.
He believed, though that the men of Twenty Truck
honor bound to remain in a building as long as
their Captain was there, and to stand shoulder to
shoulder with him in the face of danger So Ben always
stuck. There times when the pain in his lungs
seemed past enduring when his eyes burned like Goals,
and when he grew sick and faint Sometimes he would
drop hands and knees gather his lungs full of the
clearer air that hung along the floor But he up
again in moment, ready for the word of command.
No fireman in the company not even Grogan himself,
could that Ben feared smoke or fire. that he
wanting in endurance. The Captain grew to have
certain respect for the black man; the respect he
would have for horse whose endurance had marked
him as an animal better than his fellows.
NINETY days after his appointment Ben reported at
headquarters day. and made fourth
grade fireman. There which the negro
could be disqualified from becoming uniformed man.
His work in the daytime at the school of instruction
without flaw. And even Captain Grogan, much
he disliked it, obliged to admit that Ber- fire
duty above reproach So Ben donned the uni
form.
Through the weeks that followed woman could
have devoted time and care to a favorte frock
than did Ben to his uniform. Even the loose-legged
"turnous,' which fitted into the tops of his boots and
fastened with suspender the left shoulder
inspected carefully for loose buttons and started
every time the company returned from worker
His clumsy fingers had learned to ply needle years be-
fore, when he had to the big city and joined
gang of stevedoreS
AS the weeks passed Ben to be looked upon as
fixture in Twenty Truck. The resentment to his
presence began to Some of the men
sayed to speak to him occasionally. They played no
tricks on the black man.
Ben not intrusive He spoke only when spoken
to. He recognized his status and content that the
white men should exclude him from their discussions.
He willing to be let alone.
All through the fall and winter fires frequent in
the district covered by Twenty Truck Many of them
were in the tenements A band of firebugs cap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
By LLOYD DORSEY WILLIS

The work in the drill
yard was the most pleas
ing phase of Ben's initiation
in the fire department. His
life in Twenty Truck was
far from pleasant. Mike
Grogan the Captain saw to
that, and he was ably as
sisted by the other white
men of the company. Ben's
bed was at the extreme end
of the dormitory. The first
night he spent under the
roof of Twenty Truck there
were wet sheets on his bed,
and the next night a dead
cat was exposed to view
when he turned down the
covers to retire. His shoes
werecut to ribbons one night
as he dozed.
There was not much sleep
for Ben during those first
weeks in the department.
Night fires were of frequent
occurrence. Most of them
were workers" And al
ways where the smoke saw
thickest Mike Grogan would
order the black man in.
Sometimes it would be in
the top floor of a tenement,
where the smoke from the
floors below had mush-
roomed. Sometimes it was
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
AFTER MILITARIsM WHATs

Suppose German militarism crush
ed and crushed it must be, what
will be the result? 1t may be that
the broad liberalism of England and
France will be so in the ascendant
that the many oppressed races of
Europe will be given back their iden.
tity and their racial independence,
perhaps united together in a common
league patterned after the United
States of America.
This is the end We all hope for,
and it is the end for which as a
Nation, we must be prepared if neces-
sary to exert our utmost energy to
bring about. The danger that is to
be guarded against is the probability
of the war being followed, as in the
Balkan wars, by another war between
the successful allies quarrelling
among themselves for the booty.
1t may be necessary for the United
States at he crucial time to take an
active, aggressive part for the sake
of humanity in the remaking of Eu-
rope
1t would be immensely diff
ficult, however, for President Wilson
to take any effective, strong action
unless he could feel that the country
as a whole was behind him. 1t is
very important, therefore, that the
public should be fully informed as to
the real present existing condition
in Europe, and therefore I wish TO
commend The World for it's articles
by Mr.. Wells and for its splendid
broad-minded editorials on the war
situation.
I wish to suggest that it would ma
terially help us to understand the real
situation if you could have prepared
and print in The World large map
of Europe showing the different ra-
cal divisions, drawn without any ref
erence to the present artificial, sword
drawn national boundary lines. These
national boundary lines could also be
shown on the same map in dotted
lines, to illustrate their inconsistent
cies with the racial divisions. If you
could have such racial map of Eu-
rope prepared by some eminent
authority on the, European races, it
would add very largely to it's instruc-
tive value.-Harold Rowntree, in
New York World.