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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
BONDS FAIL TO SELL.
Commissioners Tell How They Failed
to Find Purchasers.

To the people of Cumberland County
we, as Commissioners under the En-.
abIing act that authorizes the county to
issue 5000, 900 of bonds and sell them
to get funds tu make roades, have ad-
vertised the sale of 500, 900 of said
bonds twice and have received no. bid
acceptable under the provisions of said
Act.
We first advertised IN the Manufac.
turers Record, financial journal pub
lished at Baltimore, and in which all
bond transactions and bond sales are
advertised, and set day to open bids
July IL, and receivhd no bid we could
accept.
We then again advertised IN The Bond
Buyer, financial journal published IN
New York City, and in which bonds
for sale are advertised, and set day to
open bids August Ia, 1915, and we
then received no bids.
Numerous letters of inquiry were
received, but no direct bids. We have
not given up trying to sell the bonds
but think it best to wait short time
as conditions may improve.
The Act does not allow the sale of
SAID bonds under par, and does not allow
any commission, etc, for the sale OF
them, and not having received any bids
that the Act allows US to accept, we
have made no sale of any of said bonds.
Commissioner j. A. Kemmer not
present to-day.
Crossvllle, Tennessee, August ID, 1915
j. w. Dorton,
&. q. Black
commissioners.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
COUNTY FAIR.

All members of the County Far
Committee are requested to meet In
the office of Judge &. z. Burnett Sat
urday at one O'Clock as the final ar
rangements are to be made for the
fair. All members are urged to secure
all donations possible as nearly $3.50
must be raised before we can secure
the $3.50 c9ndltlonally appropriated by
the county. Without it the fair is
sure to be failure as the premium
list as prepared amounts to S400.
Harry Martin, President,
Cumberland County FAIR Association.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
CROssvILLE TENNESSEE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST Is. 1915.

home is any less harmful than tn
public dance?
Does the capturing of the rattl
snake and turning HIM loose in you
parlor make him any less venomou
than he was in his favorite haunt OIL
the mountain side?
Is the embracing of your daughter II
the arms of the opposite sex any less
harmful in the parlor than in the pub
lie dance hall? Nay, verify and an
astonlshed at you, Mr.. Editor, who
have daughters, defining the modern
dance as being an innocent amusement
any under any circumstance.
| am astonIshed at you taking the
position that the dancing parson and
dancing church member are just as
good as any body
The idea of the devil catching you on
as old gag as that. Why that is the
very gag he caught Mother Eve on in
the dawn of the race. He made her
believe that the fruit would make her
wise as God. The devil has you and
the dancing parson and dancing church
members believing that you are just as
good as any body knowing that as long
as he keeps you believing this that you
are not going to accomplish any thing
building up Gods kingdom.
David said 1.-THE blessed or happy
man s delight is in the law of the Lord
and In his law doth he mediate day
and night" Psalm l.
Jesus said, Blessed are they that
do thirst and hunger after righteous
ness for they shall be filed Matt.
Sc. Not that hunger and thirst for
the dance. &
The history Of the past is that when
people go vii. over amusemenus, that
is when dry itt sets in and have no
doubt but thai If the American people
continue in tneir wild desire. tor amuse-
ment but thai tccay and disaster is
ahead of them.
am not oppoa>d to innocent amuse-
ment that does i.ot detract from Christ
ian character, activity, and influence.
Brother Bishop have not written
this with the expectation Exchanging
you, bnt with the hope that 1t may do
some people good who are not SO SOT
in their ways as you are.
Most respectfully,
N. B. Taylor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
DISASTROUS STORM.
Crab Orchard Visited With Something
Akin to a Cloud Burst and Much
Damage Done.

Saturday afternoon the N ost destruc-
tive storm struck Crab Orchard that
was ever known. RAIN came down in
torrents and within very short time
water was four feet deep on the low
grounds and the small stream that runs
through the town was six to eight feet
deep in places. The RAIN fell for near
ly two hours IN such volume as is sell
dom seen.
The prize acre of corn that is being
grown by the intensive farming method
by Prof. }. s. Cline was practically
ruined. Nearly all of 1t was blown flat
to the ground and much of it was
broken off 1t was of the prolific
variety and many stalks had shot as
high as six and eight ears while scarce
lya stalk had failed to shoot two or
more ears. Every indication pointed
to yield of $50 bushels or more. Now
it is thought it will not make a third
of crop.
A field of corn belonging to c. J.
Wheeler was also badly damaged, but
as his corn was not so large or thick on
the ground the destruction is not so
Other crops around the town were
not damaged so severely as the ones
but in numerous instances
corn was blown down and twisted
enough to cause considerable damage
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18

the Christian religion. But now. as il
the past, not all that is advocated II
the name of religion Is in keeping with
the spirit of the teachings of the lowIy
Nazarene.
When Christ was crucified it was
done in conformity with the laws OF
the land and the people generally were
so much in favor of it that any person
who would have attempted to prevent
it would very likely have suffered the
same fate. Christ, in his dying
agonies. asked that they be forgiven
because they did not know they were
wrong. No person would pretend to
claim that those people were not zeal
Gus and honest in their belief, but the
civilized world has for many genera
tions unreservedIy denounced the cruci-
tixion as wrong from every view point.
Again, not over fifty years ago, al
most all church people believed In
literal hell-a burning lake of fire and
birthstone but not many church men,
bers believe that now. The world is
growing IN thought as well as other
ways and it may be after few more
generations the average orthodox
church member will have grown broad
enough to see that it is not the thing
that is wrong, but that evil people
make wrong out of dancing because
they pervert it.
Evil can and does come out of almost
every form of amusement because some
of the people engaged in that amuse-
ment are disposed to evil and connect
evil with the amusement, to the deg
radiation of the amusement, frequent
ly, when that is not where the evil lies.
We believe there is no harm in dane
ing with decent people in the home or
elsewhere, and we wish all of ourI
daughters knew how to dance. 1t de
veIops their grace of movement, adds
to their innocent enjoyment AMI helps
them to appear we'll in every walk of
life. That is why we favor it. |
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
EDITORS ANSWER.

In the first place there is much in the
above remarks of Rev. Taylor that ap.
ply just as we'll to any form of conduct
that is termed wrong as it does to the
dance and those statements prove moth
ing detrimental to the dance for NO
sane person presumes to deny them.
Speaking of the large per cent of
women who 60 to destruction making
their start In the dance hall. While
those figures may be true there is
nothing in them that goes to prove that
those same women would not have
gone to destruction over some other
route had they not attended the dance.
1t is not the dance, it is the people you
associate with and the tendency of the
heart and disposition of those who fall
| 1t is very true that many people who
are not church members do not think
dancing is right and it is very easy for
such people to see harm in it, but that
does not establish the fact that dane
ing is really harmful. except as people
choose to make harm out of it..
There are hundreds of instances
where people get killed when attending
an innocent social gatherings where no
dancing is going on, Dut that does not
prove anything against friendly social
gatherings.
~One thing that seems strange to the
writer is, that church people are al
ways so perfectly sure they are right
and every other person is wrong when
his beliefs go counter to the established
beliefs OF their particular church. No
organization has ever existed that in
any way claimed to be for the moral
good of mankind that has been guilty
of more crime than the church. This
IS not said because we are opposed to
churches, for we are not we would not
live in a community where there were
no churches. 1t is only said because it
is the truth of history and for the SIM
pie reason, that to some degree, the
spirit of intolerance still exists in the
church.
At the same time, 1t may be truth
fully said that, nothing that has ever
engaged the attention of man has done
so much for the uplltt of hum anity as
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Erwin Norris Is Bound to Court Under
a Bond of $500, Which He
Furnishes

Tuesday of last week Erwin Norris
was bound to circuit court under bond
in the sum of $500 which he was able
to furnish and was released. The con-
ditions seem to be the follwoing, so
far as we are able to learn.
On June II check for $50 was pre-
sented to the First National Bank of
Crossville and it was cashed by the
Assistant Cashier. William Guthrie.
The check was signed with the name
of ]. q. Tollett, who lives in the Big
lick neighborhood.
1t seems that the day the check was
cashed Erwin Norris, who also lives in
the Blglick neighborhood, left very
suddenly for the west without notifying
his folks that he intended to leave.
After Norris had been gone few days
Mr.. Tollett came to town and wished
to use some money and applied at the
bank for the amount he needed and
was notified that he had not sufficient
funds to meet his requirements. He
was then notified of the check for $35
having been paid and he denied ever
having signed the check. When he had
convinced the bank that the check was
a bogus one the bank promptly reim-
bursed him to the amount of $35.
1t seems that when Norris returned
from the west some days ago he learn
ed that he was suspected of being the
person who drew the bogus check and
came to town and talked to the bank
people abort it. Cashier Reed asked
him to sign the name Of j. G. Tollett
as AN evidence that he was not the
guilty party. After he had written
the name OF j. & Toilet the marked
similarity between the name as writ
ten bv Norris and the signature to
the bogus check caused him to be fur
ther suspicioned. He was arrested and
brought to trial before Esq. s. N.
Smith with the result that he was
bound to court as stated.
1t developed in the course of the
trial that at one time Tolett had given
Norris a check for few dollars and
that Norris had repeatedly seen Tol-
lett draw checks and it is inferred that
the knowledge thus gained by Norris
IS what lead hlm to try his hand at get
ting money by signing the name of &.
j. Tollett to check.
1t seems that the check for S35 on
the account of Mr.. Tollett was made
IN favor of H. P. Miller and while Mr..
Guthrie does not remember specifically
just who presented the check it was
presented by some one with whose
face he is familiar and he took it tor
granted that the person presenting the
check was the proper one to have the
money.
There is a very strong feeling that
Norris is not the only one implicated
and the other guilty parties are ex-
pected to be found out soon and
will then be had with them.
The indications for one or more per-
sons to serve term IN the peniten-
tiary look very bright at this stage of
the proceedings
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
WEIGHT INCREASED.

The size of parcel post packages that
may be sent IN the first and second
zone has been increased from 72 inches
to "a inches in girth the longest way.
In the first zone the weight may be
fifty pounds, in other zones the weight
may be 20 pounds.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
LEO FRANK MURDERED.

Tuesday night mob of about one
hundred men took Leo Frank from the
state penltentiary farm at Milledgeville
and carried HIM 100 miles in automo-
biles to a point near Merrlatta, Ga,
and hanged him to tree. The body
was hanging almost within sight Of the
home OF he girl he was charged with
having murdered, Mary Phagn, the
factory girl.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
SUICIDE BY DROWNING
Bad Health Dethrones Reason Of Mrs.
James Davis and She Meets Death
In a Well About Daylight
Saturday Morning.

Our town was shocked Saturday
morning to learn that Mrs. James
Davis had drowned herself In a vel
near the Davis home that morning be-
tween a and O'Clock. The conditions
seem to be as follows:
Mr.. Davis awoke when the east
bound passenger train passed through
Saturday morning at I'll a. m. and
Mrs. Davis seemed to be sleeping. He
! awoke again at five o'clock and she
was not in bed. He arose in a few
minutes TO look for her. After search
| ing few minutes he went to dug
we'll about 100 yards from his home
and found her shoes sitting by the
well and saw she was in the water.
He Immediately raised a cry and two
of his neighbors, W. F. Bandy and J.
L. Burnett, hurried to his assistance.
They removed the body from the well
by the means of ropes. The unfortun-
ate woman was quite dead when re-
moved from the water.
The body avs floating face downward.
The we'll had large stone over 1t
with hole in the stone about l8 inches
IN diameter A heavy wooden lid had
been over the hole as the well was Int
tie used because they had drilled we'll
at the back door. The vel is about ID
feet deep and the water IS about or
9 1eet deep.
IN POOR HEALTH.
The only reason that can be assigned
for the rash deed is that the unfortun-
ate womans mind was unbalanced.
She had been IN failing health ever
since the death of her son, Joseph
Davis, last October. One of her
daughters, Miss Bette, was married
week before and 1T is thought that her
regret at giving up her daughter may
have helped weaken her mind.
KINDNESS OF NEIGHBORS.
In keeping with the usual custom of
our people. there was general out
puring at the funeral at the Davis
home Sunday afternoon and every
thing that neighborly kindness could
suggest was done to tighten the sorrow
of fhe bereaved family. The sermon
was preached by Rev. C. V. Bellamy of
the M. T. church. His discourse was
deeply touching and full of cheer and
kindly council.
The remains were laid to rest in the
city cemetery attended by many rela
tives and friends.
The deceased was in her 61st year.
had been married AZ years and had
been the mother of children 5 of
whom are still living. Since 1909 she
had been member OF the Christian
church and had lived commendable
and loving life in the community. She
leaves husband, one son and four
and other relatives. All
the children and several relatives were
present at the fuoneral.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
MANY RECOVER.

A recent report from the German
army shows that S8.5 percent of the
German wounded are able to return to
the front again and nearly ten percent
of those discharged as unfit finally be
come able to do guard duty and such
light tasks behind the lines.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
IN RACE FOR SENATE.

Congressman K. ID. McKeller of Mem
phis, has announced as a candidate for
the United States senate. He makes
the third candidate: Senator Luke
Lee, Congressman L. W. Sims, and as
above.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
WEEKLY WEATHER. FORECAST.

For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee !:
Showers Wednesday will he followed
by fair weather for several days and
again by showers toward the end of the
week. Moderate temperatures.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18
DON'T NEED IT.

Germany now claims that they have
a substitute for cotton IN making am
unition and are not using it at all.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-01
HfsF I7iEFlsl1t B. WI
NOTICE OF DIssoLUTIoN.

Notice5 is hereby gwen that at a meet
ing OF the stockholders or the North
View OIL g. Gas Company, a corporation.
23rd day Of January. a SIS. at4w9ltchs all
OF the stockholders wera present and
voted In the affirmative. the following
resolutions were adopt zee:
@Resolvcd, W. first. Tina III the North View
3Oila& Gas Company "a corporation. does
hereby dieconti nue. n siness and sur
renders to the State o. vest Virginia
It's charter and corporate franchise. g
Resolved. second. that the president
OF this corporate cause notice Of the
adoption Of the foregoing resolution to
be published m the Clarkspurg Tele-
gram; and that he Mcer1.-y these; resolu-
state or West Virginia and deliverHtto
him a certificate showing the publIca-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-01

mot to the Circuit Court OF Harrison
County West Virginia, on the 15tfl day
said nlatter can be heard for the entry
OF an order authorizing the Citizens
Title and Trust Company. guardian as
aforesaid. to transfer from the saia
State OF West Virginia TO the said State
of Pennsylvania, all funds and personal
property now held BY F. @. sutton. or
the guardian Of the said Oscar c. Smith
and Theodore S. Smith appointed and
quahfled as such IN said County or
Harrison. State of West Virginia Ana
to erater such other orders tiIat may be
deemed necessary. and as required by
law. This notice being given as re-
CURED by Secs. = and z of Chap 81 OF
the Code of West Virginia.
Citizens Title and Trust Com
pany. a corporation, guardian OF
Oscar G. Smith and Theodore
Smith for the County of
t F3lyette. State of Pennsylvania
BY Counsei.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-01
fsPEO1AL co1nussIoMER,s SALE OF
REAL EBTATE l-94ss

u
Notice lis given that. In pursuance Of
two DEGREES Of the Circuit Court OF
Harrison County, West VirEini a, % duly
made By said court on October II III 914,
cause therein pending In which Frank
". Pride Is the PLAINTIFF, and Mary OffItt
and hersS are the fcndants and duly
entered n Of record In the Office OF the
Clerk OF said court In Ghancery Order
Book No So. page 254 and No. Sc. page
sioners. who. We're. appointeds by said de-
crecs to make sale Of the real estate
heTeinafter .mentdoned.. viii Il on
- =; 1 4 Ea4 a aafs DAx OF
at the hour ofs one O'clock In the after
noon OF said day. at the front door OF
tho court house OF the County Eof Ha e
trlson. in tho State of West Virginia.
ssponstbla bidder therefor. all OF the fol-
lowing described IA lot or parcel OF land
Lying In the TownSof Salem III the Coun-
tys OF Harrison, In the State OF West
Virginia. and houndc cd as follows: be-
Street IN said Town and cornerlsto lot
OF Oscar c.. Wilt, and running thence
with said Lot N s degrees e IS feet to
a. stake: thence s. $40 4 e. So feetslto a
stake: thence g =, y; <degrees S. feet to
the same SO feet to the place OF be-
ginning. conta1 ming "a fty-one hundred
square feet and being Lot No. 2 In the
d. G.. Powell'a5t AZ dtlon3 to the Townof
conveyed to fllta1n G.. Offutt by Mamie
rR.E Lowe by deed bearing date on March
st. 911. and OF record In the Office 81
the Clerk. OF the County Court OF said
page 70. and being a part Of the real
estate of which the said William G.
SOsruht died seized " T+sifsE
IA TERMS OF SALE: Fl one-thi OF the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-01

&s TITLE j. Warwick
US. In Chancery.
"A James IL Warwick. II,
Pending In tile Circuit Court or Harr1-
son County. West Virginia
n To James I'll. Warwick. gg5
You will take notice that the deposit
tons of Joe 4arett, Ella Hunt and
emma Riley and other witnesses will
be taken at the 1Ionongahela Hotel cor
5ner Of Smith and Water Streets.
sylyania. on the 18th day Of April.
1915. between the hours of s "A. M. and
o. o'clock p. NJ of that day.
Take notice also that the dispositions
of Mrs. Anna Boushner and other wit
nesscs will be taken at the law office Of
y. r. Law. Room 81 Cor Building in
the City OF Clarksburg. West Virginia
on the / 9Th day Of April. 1916 between
the hours OF 8 A. NJ. and 6 p. NJ, all of
which DISPOSITIONS are to be read In evil
dence of the hearing of the above cause
In behalf OF the plaintiff. Tillie j. War
mick.
II from any cause the taking OF these
dispositions shall not be commenced at
the time and places designated, or being
commenced shall not be co1npI eted on
the days named, the taking Of the same
will be adjourned from time to time at
the same place and between the same
hours until the same are completed
TI1LIEs J.EHFAREICk.$
nc By Counsel.
81 Counsel for Plaintiff.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-01
NOTICE OF E.1sT1E,s SALE OE
ZEAL ESTATE.

BY virtue or 4 deed OF trust dated on
The 23rd day Of February, 81. made
and executed by Wadtnan Bar f Iaa
Basel. trustee, and recorded in the Office
Of the Clerk Of the County Court Of Ilar=s
Deed Book No.. So, page $50. to secure
Claude Westfall the payment Of certain
sums of money in said trust deed fully
aforesaid are NOW due. owing md un-5
paid. together with interest thereon. and
apon The q shs said claaSe
was by order of the Cicuit Court of
Harrison County. West Virginia entered
In Chancery Order Book No. IS, page
4s7. duly and legally appointed trustee
in the place and stead OF. the said y ohm
Basel now deceased, will proceed to
sell at public auc ion at the front door
of the Court House Of Harrison County,,
OF SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF.
s{a APRIL, 1915, y
commencing at 1880 o'clock. II NJ, the.
All that certain lot or parcel OF land.
with dwell ling house. and appurtenances3
thereto be.eonglns 11 and belns IN the
charles 6. Reynolds ddttion q the
frontage .se g or FIFTY Feet on Rey no s
Place and running hack with an alley
One Hundred and Fl fteen Feet to an
alley FIFTY rect to line OF lot number
! 81 xteen ni1ence with line OF lot number
sixteen, One Hundred and Fifteen Feet
to Reynolds Place, being Lot Number
Fifteen (15) as shown upon plat OF said
addition. which plat is of record In the
office of the Clerk Of the County Court
of said County. In Deed Book NO Ia.
page % and being the same lot or par
Gel of land that was conveyed to the
said Wahtnra.n n. Bartlett by tho jacobs
Prunty Real Estate and Bull ling Com
pany by deed dated November 6. = 912.
OF record In the aforesaid Office in Deed
\ Book No. 2 Il. page 20
purchase price thereof cash In hand on
!, day Of sale. orssas much more thereof
residue upon a credit OF one and two
years taking from the purchaser notes
with approved security. and retaining
1 a. vendors Lien in trustees deed as fur
isther security. Il
Given under my hand this the Goth
d N, 8 u a E. Z o. ], SUTTON. Trustee.