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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-10-20

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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Among the people in town
Saturday was Jim Breenden from
the old ninth. Jim is free lance
and one of the best fellows in the
world. Like old Hickory, his
friends are all right and his enc
mics are all wrong. He told us
of a visit to his old friend Berry
Denton who has passed his nine
ty-seventh mile post on the road
of time and rejoices that he is in
perfect health and able to eat
three square meals day. He
hopes to live to be more than
a hundred yerrs old and to see
the United States the most pros.
porous country on the globe.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

most Of anything shed seed.
! So arter while | went home
feelin sot back in my mournir
weeds.
The next day | rid to town
hopin to hear sum comfortin news
hitched my nag and sided up to
Oscar, a standin nigh the post
offs. axed him if there had
been anything inturestin in the
Journal and Tribune, fur hearn
Ben wuz at Carsons and | loud
likely as not while he was Resin
and fishin fur horny heads and
suckers he'd be writin a nice article
tellin the folks how much greater
he is than Andrew Jackson WIZ,
and ! loud likely as not he'd git
Oscar to send it into the paper
fur him, bein as Bruce amt here.
Oscar hadn't seed anything and
loud he reconed Ben had been too
busy cuSsin the preacher, but
thot a great man like the guvener
could write an inturestin artickle
about hisself most any place, and
he would likely git it fixed up
arter he got back to Nashville and
it would come out in the Banner
likely as not when Ben Wuz off on
a business trip to Alabama or
Texas.
Oscar said he would let me
know and save the paper, then he
loud it warnt no use as it would
be copied in the Times, sorty like
a chicken comm home to roost.
So | rid back home late in the
evenin, waitin, sot back in my
mournin weeds, tuckered out.
UNCLE EDOM.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Bishop E. E. Hoss.

We again call the attention of
our readers to the fact Bishop
Hoss will preach at the M. E.
church, South, Sunday morning,
September 9th, at 1890. Bishop
HoSs is one of the greatest
preachers and bible scholars to
be found in the South. He has
done a work for Christian educa-
ton which will tell for generations
to come. He deserves to be heard
by a great. congregation. This
will be his first visit to Newport.
Miss Lena Bushong of Morris
town, has been a guest of Miss
Ethel Boyer for several days.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Parents and Sunday Schools

you. 1t almost makes one feel
like giving up, but the promise
He that is faithful unto the end
shall receive a crown Of life"
helps and cheers along the way.
just think what a grand Sum
day School all churches would
have if all of the parents could be
awakened to the sense of their
duty to their children, whether
christian or not. If many parents
could find a remedy for this
Sunday headache" what a bless
ing it would be. There is moth,
ing much more disquieting to me
than to see man or woman 90
from Monday morning until Sat-
urday night, then arise on Sunday
morning with dreadful head
ache, DO not feel like going to
Sunday School today" Let me
tell you, if | never had a headache
or felt badly except on Sunday
morning, | would 60 to Sunday
School if | fell along the
way. | believe if we would try
this remedy for a few Sundays.
we would not be bothered so
much with Sunday sickness"
If the parents in every COM
munity would take their children
and attend Sunday School I'll
promise you a change in that
community for good that will be
felt by all. 1t is alarming to see
the little interest manifested by
parents toward the Sunday
School. How can we call our
selves christians and live within
sound of church bells and try to
sleep off the Sunday headache.
Oh, the shame of it all Let's
awake to our duty before it is too
late, for the sake of our children,
for other peoples children and
for our community. Let us try to
"Live for those who love us,
Forthose whose hearts are true,
For the Heaven that shines above US
And the good that we may do"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02


fill our offices. Men whom the
lust of office does not kill; men
whom the spoils of office cannot
buy; men who possess opinions
and a will; men who have honor;
men who will not lie." Posi-
bly, these are some of the many
reasons why the people found
you wanting when you were
weighed in the balance on
August 9th.
ONE OF THE GOATS.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Uncle Edom is Waiting for
Ben's Letter to Appear

Bein as am a Republican and a
friend of Hooper's, | got inturest-
ed in the strut he .ketched that
red about in the tpaperI borried
from my Democrat naber, about
the only Democrat there is round
here.
Bein mournin widerer fur
nigh onto a month, and maturity
little and lene, | loud ez wuz git
tin to feel a leetle sprightly agin,
would like to ketch on to that
civik rightus strut myself fur sorty
a Sunday gait-not that | be
wantin to ketch the eye of any Of
them fierce old widers, no stree, a
cacklin pullet every time fur me.
So bein interested | walked over
to see cousin Jim and cousin Sally
whose here from Middle Tennes-
see visitin aunt Marge and who
seed the guvener awhile back.
Jim axed me if Ihad forgot how
me and him used ter do the short
dog, the turkey trot and the buzz
Zard lope in our young courtin
days. told him if it wuznt fer
bein a mournin widerer | could
do EN- now ez good ez way back
yonder.
Then | axed Jim if he could give
one an idee about that civik right
us stunt that the guvener has
ketched as wuz wantin to learn a
new gait fur Sunday,
Jim nearly busted his sides a
laffin and loud if ketched that
strut Id look like little sprunty
bantyArooster he had ter home.
Cousin Sally lated and loud Ben,
shes alters knowed Ben, made
her think Of a pigeon struttin the
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Mrs. Rebecca Clark Dead

Mrs. Rebecca, wife of Hughey
Clark, died at her home near
Naillion Tuesday afternoon after
only few hours illness. She was
seventy-six years of age and was
the mother of eleven children.
Those living are: Sol, Dave, Rube
and John, and Mrs. John Gates,
Mrs. John Smith, and Mrs. A. j
Henderson. When quite a Young
girl Mrs. Clark became member
of the Baptist church and remain
ed a steadfast member to the end.
Her remains were laid to rest to-
day at the Grassy Fork cemetery.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Swann's Swan Song
(Sung to the Tune OF What an
Ass | Ann

GOD give us men. The time
demands strong minds, great
hearts, true faith and willing
hands; men whom the lust of Of
flee does not kill; men whom the
spoils of office cannot buy; men
who possess opinions and a will;
men who have honor; men Who
will not lie; men who can stand
before demagogue and damn
his treacherous batteries without
winking." IS. E. ROWE"
Anent the recent election, the
above asinine statement from
Swami E. Rowe, defeated candi-
date for school commissioner, ap-
peared in last weeks Times. If
there is anything more needed to
stamp this gentleman as the
monumental political ass of the
county, we would like to know
what it is. With his characteris-
tic hypocrisy and well knewn
mental imbecility, he rolls his
sanctimonious eyes heavenward
in this plagirized homily, and be-
means the lack of manhood, hon
or and veracity among those who
were so lost to decency as to vote
for his opponent. He was de-
feated by one vote and with math-
emathical precision and exact.
ness, to the satisfaction of his
own mind, he has proceeded
to separate the sheep from the
goats. He is thoroughly convinced
the goats have majority of one
Right you are, Swami. You've
told the truth once, even if vol
did have to copy your dictior
from some notable who coulc
frame his thoughts into beautiful
sentences. We do need MEN tc
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Costner News

Inc rains nave brought out the
corn crops wonderfully in this
section. Breadstuffs would be
cheap if it wasn't for the war ere.
ating foreign demand. The U
is. should keep her supplies tc
feed her own people, as we are
likely to be plunged in war be.
fore the trouble is over.
| Recent weddings in this COM
munity were: Dallas McCarter to
Ella Mckinney and Latte Luns-
ford to Della Canup. Your scribe
was one of the invited guests and
demolished good portion of the
wedding dinner.
The new church will soon be
completed at Laurel Springs and
ready for the Association about
the fourth Sunday inaSeptember.
There is to be two associations in
less than half a mile of each other
on the, same date on account of
of the split in the Primitive
Baptist church.
The Sunday School at Laurel
Springs is still growing and our
public school is doing fine. Prof.
Carr Dennis can teach a good
school and has the confidence of
his patrons.
H. L. Baxter died on the 18th
of August. He was considered
one of the best school teachers
in the county,
Now that the election is over
and the officers have taken their
respective offics for the ensuing
terms, we hope to get a little rest.
Mansfield has laid away his A
Never. 10 use it any more.
Some say he's on4ye1aid it. a way
And will use it again another day.
Hubert says it won't do to bolt
He found that out running against
Holt.
Charley Price ran good race once,
And could have run it twice.
So McMahan and Boyer will be the
next tug
And Greed runs we'll for a broken
down plug.
Next thing in order is Hooper and
Rye,
They can't beat Ben and needn't try.
OLD BEESWAX. ,
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Special from Buffalo, N. Y, to
the Plain Talk announces that
William Bower of Newport, was
married this morning to Miss
Gertrude Milligan. Young Bower
is a son of j. E. Bower of Bybee,
and has been in the U. S. army
for some months. Miss Milligan
is very wealthy and is related to
the Greeneville Milligans.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

John M. Jones, secretary of the
Appalachian Fair Association, has
closed a contract with a brass
band to furnish music during the
fair which will be the largest and
most expensive band it has ever
been the pleasure of Cooke county
people to hear at home.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Del Rio News

i )
visiting here, and j. w. Justus
visited Henry Penland at Rankin
Friday.
Mrs. Laura Lawson of Washing.
ton, D. c., Mrs. Maggie Smith Of
Newport, Mrs. Sue Baer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gise and children
of Knoxville, have been visiting
relatives here.
Aunt Joe" Huff of Atlanta, Ca,
is visiting friends here for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Russell and
family are visiting relatives at
Morristown.
Miss Laura Stokely returned to
Jellico Sunday.
Bern Bible was at Knoxville
Sunday.
Miss Mae and Horace Burnett
went to Jefferson City Tuesday to
enter Carson-Newman College.
Miss Fannie May Huff went to
Jefferson City Monday where she
will teach music at Carson-New-
man.
Miss Annie Huff has gone to
Etowah where she will teach
music in the High School.
Miss Ruth, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Huff, has entered school
at SweetWater.
DR.. Joe Wynn of Southern, Ala.
who is visiting Mrs. Henrietta
Burnett, delivered very interest
ing sermon at the Baptist church
Sunday.
Tom Sprinkles has returned to
Durham, N. C..
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommie Dannel
Lee were visitors at Norris
town last week.
DR.. w. G. Ruble of Morristown,
visited homefolks Sunday.
Miss Hattie and Fred Burnett
gave social Friday evening in
honor of their nephew, Earl
Owens of Fountain Inn, S. C.
Quite a number of their friends
were present. The evening was
spent in games and other amuse-
ments. All enjoyed the occasion
hugely, and appreciated the hos
pitality of the family.
Miss Lizzie Wood fell at her
home few days since, breaking
her wrist and sustaining other
painful injuries.
Kaney Brown Of Asheville, was
a visitor here Sunday.
| Aunt Nancy" Cutshall, mother
of Uncle Phillip" Cutshall died at
Huckleberry last Wednesday and
was buried at Rocks Creek Thurs
day. :.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02
Rye Club to Be Organized


The supporters of Tom C.
Rye, candidate for governor,
will organize a club at Par
rottsville next Saturday night,
Sept. 5. The meeting will be
held in the store of w. D.
Harrill at 7 p. m. All support
ers of Rye, or those who are
displeased with Hooperism,
are invited to be present.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

A letter from P. T. Bauman d.
reefs us to change the address of
his paper from San Antonio, Tex.
to Rosman, N. C.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

AS reader of Plain Talk
would like to say a few words
through its columns to the parents
who read its pages from week to
week in regard to our Sabbath
Schools and religious services.
, do not know whether all the COM
munities are like the one | am &C
quainted with or not, but hope
| not. Our parents are Woefully
neglectful in the matter of TAX
ling their children to Sunday
School. | often wonder how par
ents, especially the christian
ones, can stay at home, some
within sight of the church, and
never go with their children to
Sunday School. 1t is all right to
send them if you will not 60 with
them, but how much more i'm
portant that you should 60 and
know what they are doing and
who they are with. They will be
all right at the church. There is
always some of Gods people
there. They will be looked after
there, and advised in the right
direction, but you do net know
the company they may fall into
on the way home. There are al
ways some ready to lead our
children astray, when we are do
ing our utmost to lead them
right.
Go with me for a few moments
around in your community where
there are homes where the chill
dren have brought disgrace upon
parents. Now let's see if there is
one such home out of ten where
parents went with (not sent)
their children every Sunday, rain
or shine, to Sabbath School,
preaching and prayer services.
How many Of them read Gods
Word to them at home and pray.
ed night and morning, or either,
one, with them, and asked God to
help them to train them .righf and
for Him only.
Then there are so many parents
who never 60 with or send their
children to church and Sunday
School, but allow them to spend
the Sabbath as they choose. In
the name of humanity, how can
Newsstand it? Do they know that
God holds them accountable for
the way they raise their children?
And whether YOU are a christian
or not, say, take your children
to Sunday School. Do not let
them say to you when they are
ruined, IF you had taken me to
the church and taught me how to
be good and helped me to purer
and higher thoughts in life, per-
haps would have been better"
Sometimes, perhaps, when we
do our best, our children may GO
astray, but then we would have
the assurance we did the best we
could. But hardly think, when
we can say that, our children will
give us much trouble. Perhaps
we may not have much confidence
in the superintendent and other
workers in the Sunday School,
but / think if we will study and
pray over it in the right way we
will find the fault mostly with
ourselves. Above all, never let
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Free! rain coats, to school chill
dren, at Smiths.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Ruble have
returned from New York.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

A number Of Cooke county peo-
pie are planning to go on the ex-
cursion to Asheville tomorrow.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Miss Helen Fine left Wednesday
for a visit in Knoxville.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Tablets, pencils and school sup
plies at Smiths.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-02

Lend Plain Talk to your neigh
Dor; he may subscribe later.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-09
CIark's Hill News.
week.

The people in this section are
much enthused over good roads. y
We have always desired them, but
since the advent of so many auto
mobiles in our community, in or
der to enjoy them, the good
roads" became necessity. So
within the past few days they hired
large number of hands and be-
gan working the roads, widening
them in the very narrow places
making it possible for autos to pass
each other, cutting out the under
growth and patching" the aw-
full holes"
The cotton fields are white, the
heecy staple is being rapidly gather
ed and the whir of the gin is heard
day andsnight,. but. no great enthu-
siasm is manifested.
Mr.. R. H. Middleton has gin
ming outfit at Clark's Hill, and has
put electric lights over the entire
building, so that both day and
night he can serve the people, and
for the past two weeks he has been
kept busy. The cotton seed buyers
are equally busy, often being up all
night buying seed.
Mr.. w. NJ. Rowland and family
who have summer home at Meri-
wether leave Tuesday for Athens,
GA. by auto, to visit relatives,
thence on to their winter home in
Augusta.
Mrs. r. A. Fowler and children
have gone on visit to her father,
who lives near Milledgeville, Ga.
Mrs. Addie Zimmerman has been
visiting her uncle Mr.. D. w.
Sharpton for the past two weeks.
Mrs. r. II. Middleton and chill
dren have returned from visit to
her sister in Monroe y. G.
Mr.. J. G. McKle is out again
from sharp attack Of malarlal
fever.
Misses Minnie Mckie, Katherine
Adams and Vera Fowler returned
to Erskine college Thursday. Also
cadet J. G. McKle returned to
Clemson.
Clark's Hill, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-09
Richard |. Manning Governor Of
South Carolina.

Richard l. Manning, of Sumter,
was elected Governor of South Car.
olina, Andrew Jackson Bethea, of
Columbia, Lieutenant Governor, and
Frank w. Shealey, of Lexington,
Railroad Commissioner, against
John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill,
B. Frank Kelly, of Lee, and G. d.
Fortner, of Spartanburg.
The vote stood as follows: Man
ming, 69.279; Richards, 40,942; Be-
thea, sc, l45; Kelly, +l,l7O; Fort
ner, 34,S92; Shealy, 72,462. MIR.
Manning's majority over Richards
was about $4,000, Mr.. Bethea's over
Mr.. Kelly about $4,000, and Shea.
ly's over Fortner 37,00. Mr.. Man
ming carried 40 of the A counties,
including Mr.. Richards home coun-
ty of Kershaw, and all the big coun-
ties of the up country, except Cher
okee and York. In all the other
counties Mr.. Manning led, polling
large majorities in many of them.
Mr.. Bethea carried most of the
counties that Mr.. Manning did.
Mr.. Shealy carried every county ex-
cept one. Mr.. .Manning's majority
is said to be the greatest ever gisen
2 candidate in the second race.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-09
strong enough to travel.

strong enough to travel.
A good meeting Of the w. G. T..
u. was held on Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. James White.
The subject was the War" and
prayers were offered for the desti-
tute and sorrowing and that peace
would soon be established. Several
talks and papers, relative to the
subject were read. During the busi
ness, delegates to the state conven-
tion in Florence October 30th were
elected and were Mesdames w. w.
Satcher and S. J. Watson; alter
mates, Misses Zena Payne and Sue
Sloan. Mesdames T. r. Denny,
state recording secretary; A. p.
Lewis superintendent of Sunday
school work, and J. A. Lott super
intendent L. T. L., are delegates
ex-officio.
Miss Maidelle Boatwright Of
Ridge and Sophie Brunson of Cam
den are guests of Mrs. B. T. Boat
wright, and on Thursday afternoon
she entertained a party of friends
in thoroughly delightful manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Allen, Mas
ter John Allen and Miss Mary Lew
is visited Mrs. Willie Tompkins
and other relatives during this
week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-09
Home, Sweet Home.

One day as we looked out from
our hotel window in London we
saw long line Of soldiers newly
enlisted and marching to the front
with the band playing Home,
Sweet Home" 1t seemed strange
battle hymn, but as we listened the
thought came to us that it was be,
ing played to arouse to the highest
degree a love for battle and for
England to create a strong desire to
defend ones country even if it in,
voIved a sacrifice of life itself. As
we gazed upon brave young BOYS
leaving their homeland, we realized
as never before the sadness of sepa-
ration perhaps forever from the
land of their birth.rsA feeling OF
homesickness took possession Of us
mingled with sense Of gratitude
that soon the ocean would divide us
no more from our home and we
grew impatient for the day of de-
parture to come, when all anXlet!es
and suspense would be over. For
although far more fortunate than
many Americans we had had a
share of the hardships and annoy
ances brought about by war condi-
tions.
The announcement that war had
been declared came as surprise to
the Wicker Party which had been
for several weeks in Palestine and
Syria and consequently deprived of
news of the happenings of the
world. We were therefore not
prepared for such news and tor
sometime could rot realize the Sc
riousness of the condition. This
hlissful ignorance though was a
blessing not marin" our pleasure
up to that time.
In the beginning of our trip as
we were en- route from Vienna to
Constantinople the assassination of
Archduke Ferdinand occurred in q
town quite near us. Being in a
strange country of strange people
and languages we got the impress
sion that the Austrian Emperor
had been killed and did not know
the truth of the matter until we
reached Constantinople. We littl
thought then that this tragedy
would be the match to strike fire 10
the smouldering embers of dissatis
faction among the nations of Europe.
The incident being dismissed
from our minds we went our way
undisturbed into oriental lands faI
from our beloved America and did
not recall the assassination until We
landed in Italy and heard rumors
of war.
We were in Rome, upon neutral
StOullu " lieu Wal '" do tO lhiSu
Our sightseeing was not interfered
with and all plans were carried out
according to our itinerary. But
on reaching Florence and Venice
we had trouble in getting money.
All had provided themselves with
travellers checks, but on presenting
them they could not be cashed and
very few of us had much cash on
hand. One old lady who had re-
sisted the tempting beads and wares
of the orientals exultantly exhibited
four or five gold coins and said,
Yes, l told you so,-you ought al
ways to prepare for rainy day
and save your money" We ac'
cepted meekly that bit of wisdom
but in our souls pitied the poor
creature whose love of gold (ot
which she had an abundance) was