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The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-11-12

visitor last, week
Col. ]. E. Adams, of Copperhill, was in
Dlchiown, Wednesday,
Clvde Abernathv, of Mascot. was circu,
lating among friends here. last week.
]. F. Anderson made a business trip to
Chattanooga, Saturday, returning at moor,
Sunday
Jesse Carver and little daughter, Matte
Lee, of Andrews, N. c., visited friends in
Ducktown, this week.
]. F. fitzpatrick left for Chattanooga,
Sunday, where he will serve as juror n
the United States court.
Better get your order in for those maya
zines. This clubbing offer will be with
drawn before you know it.
Are the Sunday Schools of Ducktown
going to celebrate Christmas, this year,
with trees? If so, it is time to
get busy.
As an indication that bushes If picking
up, there were three carloads of local
freight put off at Ducktown Station, last
Saturday.
J. F. Anderson had business in Copper
hill, Tuesday. If Hon. X d McKeller
d ,esn't carry Polk county, it won't be ].
F's fault.
Not many sections are enjoying the brand
of weather that is being handed to East
Tennessee, for the past ten days.
Circuit court at Benton, next week, and
there may be things doing not dowr on
the calender. Anyway, big crowd is ex-
pected.
Reports say that everybody and his dog
attended Federal court from Crasny Creek
Lum Dalton says it is very Still over in
that neck'o woods, now.
If you want to know all about Protection
VS.. FrecTrade send postal card request for
free sample copies of The American Econ
omist, .339 Broadway, New York.
IL you have a dollar that isn't working,
we know of no better purpose you could
put it to than by dropping it into our till.
We need the money and you need the pa
per.
A week from tomorrow and the first
section of Democratic Senatorial primary
will be on. The 3x7 ballot will be used
and no poll tax or registration certificate
is needed.
A folder just issued by the Y. M. C. A.
showa fine lot of events to be pulled Oft
between now and May |, 1916 II ought
to have very stimulating effect on the
membership campaign now being waged.
The fact that the magazines we sell with
THE REPUBLICAN for l8 cents extra repre-
sents the biggest reading value ever offered
the public. Have you sent us your order!
If not, send or phone 68, today.
If yeu owe us anything on subscription
now is the accepted time of salvation. Pay
us SO we can pay those we may owe Quite
a few are in arrears and we dislike to send
out statements. So just hand it in and it
will be appreciated.
At the indoor baseball game, Tuesday
night between Copperhill and Ducktown.
the Copperhill lads left the floor in the
eighth inning, because of alleged unfair
decisions by the umpire. The score was
8 to in favor of Copperhill.
We certainly appreciate the way our sub
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-11-12

We call attention to the Thanksgiving
ad of Capt. A. Bennett, Those who want
the stuff that goes to make real Thanks
giving dinner can place an order there
now for their needs and there will be no
reason to worry. Better order now.
Dr. and Mrs. Willard Parks, of Cleveland,
were the guests of DIR. and Mrs. L. z. Kim
ely over Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10

the fact that the Senatur neglected to be born heere
 Moreover his carelessness in this respect went further than that--he overlooked Massachus- setts. The Senatur did worse than this which is ovversite bad enuff-he selected New Hamsfeer-whch bad guess in enny event. This fact alone would enuf to sink the polytical carer of ordinary statesman in Mass, deeper and moor fewently than would be the fate of tun of scrap run if dumped in the deepest hole in the At lantick but the Senatur has lived it downin spite this handicap he has only took the Iced in the Town of Newtun but he went further and grabbed the Congressional honurs for the district and then feel air to the toger long by the Honarabull Winthrup Murray Crane, the silent And he
 looms up like sircus peerade in country town the most promising contender for the privvieege of represnting the O. p. In the inturnasionel handi- cap. While Senatur Weeks inherited the toger of Senatur Crane he failed to annex enny of the sym tums of the celebrated Whisper of Mass. Senatur Cranes most animated conversation would make clam sound like brass band in comparysun-not so with Senatur Weeks Senatur Weeks is by meens disposed to ovverdo the talk stuff but if the occasion demands 1t he can and does hand out line of ob-
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survasions which hit the mark and leeves impression sumthing like shells from the little Burthers
 The Junior Mass. Senalur has a varied and enarg- ing career: he is graduate rum Annapolis--was two years in the Navy and served in the Mass Brigade for ten moor He is large of frame and his frame has nuthing his brane His servse in the House sumthing ovver fore turns of grate value to him and he was of value to the country
 Senatur Weeks is going aftur the nommnasion of his party just as if it really going to be worth while. If he gets it-and he will make the winner go sum to beet him, if he gets 1.-the contest be- tween him and the Pressidint in the finals will be hard fought by wurthy formen and the country won't be hurt no matter what the result may be-
 Having surved in the Navy, and lerned snmthng while theere Senatur Weeks believes in Prepard- ness: he is not extremist meryism, but like the President believes that the country ought to put in position defend itself in case it had to do so.
 In the contest for the republican nomminasion theere air menny of its leeders-big men, middle sized men and evven smaller-but when it cums to ability and fitness for the job cannydate seeking the republican phase standered bearer has enny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
The Auto on the Farm

From the Baltimore American
 That story that has been floating around through several wheat seasons about farmers mortgaging their land to buy an automobile Is probably not based upon very large foundation of fact, but even if this method of finan. cing the automobile proposition has been resorted to in a good many in- stances there is no reason for any jumping to the conrclusion that the deals in such cases are unwise from . business point of view. Indeed. an in- vestigation of this matter by a farm journal leads. to the conclusion that an automobile on the farm Is always . money saving asset
 The farmers automobile is not a jOy- ride wagon pure and simple Often ft is q freightage ear of week days. The touriAg car can, by the possession or an extra body, be transformed into . farm wagon. It is a market wagon n quick delivery van. And then. on Sundays and special days 1t turns back into 8 touring car and takes the whole family on 3O-mile trip moro expeditiously than old Dobbin would carry them over 8 10-mile Journey.
 The contemplating farmer who puts money in an automobile is mighty apt to make 1t a paying investment. Speed counts on the farm as in the town. Owning of an automobile. like living in an attractive farm house, puts noat into the farm game The farmer must contrive to get moro out of hin 1nno and is likely to use tensihed e9ort 1n his endeavor to do It
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there is a market for all the corn and rice that be raised, and that the sugar cane when turned into sugar and rum brings a good price,
 l asked Ezekiel Pyles as to the char actei of farming in the country about He said it is poorly done. Before the Americans came the people used nothing but hoes to cultivate the fields. The new settlers brought in American blows and they are now used everywhere. The peo- pie have learned our methods of farming from them and many of them are better off from the fact of the American colony.
 Before our people came many of the were covered with bunch grass So tough that it could not be dug out with a hoe. The Americana bought this land at low prices and used their blows to turn the grass uBeer. The grass made good fer tilizer and the land trebled in price.
 I asked as to the coffee possibilities. MT. Pyles replied that the land about Villa Americana is not fitted for coffee growing on account of the frosts, all though the state of Sac Paulo has the largest coffee plantations of the world and supplies the greater part of the worlds crop. He says the pasture is SAceiitHt lOI cdttic anu HufeSb duu tnAt MT. Hall Is raising mules to supply the local demand. Big mules sell well, a good team will bring over $500 and mules as large as ours bring as much as $4O0 or $500 per team. The chief working animals are oxen. which are. yoked up by the necks Instead of the horns. Sometimes as many as dozen yoSes will be har- messed to one wagon, and in moving heavy machinery 32 oxen are sometimes used to drag the trucks over the road The ordinary ox-cart has wheel of solid wood. The driver has long goad, at the end of which is ring and a sharp point The latter is driven into the oxen to prod them along.
 This is no place for Americans without noney. The farm hands get wages of about 75 cents a day, with rree mousse rent. The tenant house is shack about 15 feet square and from s to 10 feet in height. The whole family sleeps on the floor. The stove is usually of brick with a sheet of iron on top. The common food of the people is rice. beans, dried beef and bacon. The farm hands work from daylight to dark They have half hour off for breakfast and 40 minutes for din- ner. The working day is IA hours in the climate is such that the work goes on all the year round. The grass is always green and several crops can be raised on the same ground in one year, The ordi- nary working man needs but little cloth ing, his usual attire consisting of a shirt Lat and pair of trousers. The hat is of
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of Boston's uther celebrated souveneers including New Engnd Rum, but in spite of that fact the Town of Newtun is not in enny cents ovvershadowed by Bostun-tho is close enuff to be called one of Bos- tun's environs-the Town of Newtun maintain a seperate and distinct and independent munisipal guvvermint which has been moor or less annoying to Bostun but in the extreem highly satisfactory the Town of Newtun- Now the Town of New tun and puts herself squarey the map. Bostln may boast of her anteeks and aunty Bellum days and her historick refinement and high school edu casion; the town of Newtun not for this high brow stuff, exsept meerly nsidental-but the Town of Newtun dees Bostun the solar plexus, by announsng to the world at large and the United States in perticuler. that her exmayor, and alder man, the Honerabull John Wingate Weeks Now United States Senatur from Massachusetts is about the heftiest proposison at present in captivity cannydate for the nomminasion of the esteemed if sumwhat scattured and depressed 8. o. p.
 The only slip maid by Senatur Weeks in his hole and entire polytical career-which slip is, regret to record, bttur dreg in the cup for the Town of Newtun, and is newer refurred to whatsoever, is
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Florida or northern Cuba. The scenery Is beautiful. The country is rolling and 1t reminds me of the famous blue grass lands of Kentucky. There are great meadows with trees scattered here and succession of views at every spin of your motor car.
 The soil Is rich and 1t will raise corn. cotton sugar cane and rice. Some of the cotton lands now under cultivation are producing bale and half to the acre, and sugar cane grows luxuriantly. There is great deal of rice raised, and there are four rice mills near Villa Americana. No, long ago some of the Americans start ed planting wateimelons. They were do- ing well when the Italians came in and competed. cutting the prices to such an extent that the Americans had to give up the business. The Italian immigrants are among the great competitions of the Americans. They live on almost nothing, large part of their food being sausage and mush. One of the Americans tells me they eat the mush and smell the sausage and this suffices.
 In e nnection with the agricultural con- ditions of this part of Brazil. I cannot do better than describe my visit to the farm or one of the oldest of the American set tiers. I refer to that of Ezekiel Pyles of Georgia He came here at the age of 25, and he has under cultivation and in pasture something like 1000 acres of land. He has 400 acres which are now in crops of one kind or other, and his fields are as clean as any garden in Georgia. His home Is far more comfortable than. the average farmhouse of Georgia and its luxury approximates that of some of the richest homes of the south. MT. Pyles has 30 men working on his farm They all have homes there and most of them have families.
 : This estate is situated about 10 miles from Villa Americana, ana I went there in all automobile in company with young pr. Hall. son of Charles M. Hall, of whom have written. We passed through rich lands all the way, and at one time crossed a fazenda of 900O acres owned by a Portuguese, who had married a Brazil ian. MT. Pyles' farm adjoins that estate. but it is far better cultivated
 In going over the Pyles farm we used the auton obile, riding through wide roads frcm field to field. Everything was grow ing luxurlantly. I saw fields of sugar cane. cotton and rice. and also of cow peas and velvet beans. MT. Pyles tells a bushel. and that he is raising them to supply the farmers of the neighborhood who are becoming interested in advanced agriculture and want to bring up their lands by the use of such crops. He says
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thing Senatur Weeks. He'll measure up with the best they have
 So getting rite back to orgine proposison, wa contend that theere reeally is only of New tun. All uther towns of that name air moor or less bogus. Heeraftur when Newtun is mensioned--it will be taken for granted that 1t is Newtun Middle sex County, Mass, that is refurred to- It is not re- corded that Newtun will demand share in the Com- nuns, or the moving of the old town hall and bag gage and legion from Bostun to Newtun in case of the nomminsaion and el~tsion of Senatur Weeks but 1t is known fact that all of Bostun dreds the ac- tivties of Newtun in such event
 The only edge that Bostun has Newtun and the only possibility of cumback--is, that Bostun has not forgottun will she forget that Senatur Weeks born in New Hamsfeerif Newtun gets gay ovver hur new and overpowering honurs--this fact will thrown in her face by Bostnn-she will not be permitted to forget it.
 Howevyer. that makes little difference to the Amercon peepul-the plain peepul particularly. The only thing they want to know about it is. wheers the devel is Now Hamsfeer ennyway.
 Yours trooly
 Bill Vines
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in the south and gathered together what money they could and came to Brazil. They did not all come at once, although several shiploadsf fared forth together. They did not come as body, and all did not settle at the same place. If l remember correctly some settled on the Amazon. The larger number, however, came to the south, to Sac Paulo, and among them was one shipload of about 4Oe that sailed from New Orleans in 1866. This party consisted of about so families, and it represented the states of Alabama, Mississippi Georgia, Louis iana, North and South Carolina Flor ida and Texas. It was composed of men, women and children
 I talked today with Mrs. Pyles the wife of one of the retired American planters. who belonged to that party She was only 10 years old at the time she left New Orleans. She tells me that the vessel first made it's way along the coast of north Cuba. There it encoun- tered terrible storm and was wrecked upon the rocks. Mrs. Pyles remembers being let down from the ship to the rocks by means of rope, and she says it was in this way that the passengers were saved From Cuba the party made it's way to New York. It was there joinel by several hundred more from various parts of the south. when it took ship for Rio de Janeiro.
 At Rio. the leaders succeeded In get ting a grant of land from the govern ment This was situated not far from the port of Santos, and the Americans went there expecting to establish plan- tations of sugar cane and cotton. They remained only Il year or so. The climate was unhealthy. anl the land was much less fetile than they had supposed. They then decided to leave the malarious fever lands of the coast and go to the high, healthy country of the Sac Paulo plateau. They gave up their plantations, climbed the mountains and came inland to the town of Santa Barbara, now a thiving little city of 5000. Santa Bar bara is situated about six miles from ing. Here the men looked over the coun- try and bought lands. paying about $S an acre or less. They did not settle as a colony, but scattered about over the country, each man making his own pur chase and paying for his own tract ac- cording to his means. There was no community interest except that of being fellow Americans.
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Where the pillows toss in the light
 ning's flare.
 And death looks on with a steely
 But I know that her Captains brave She may be laden With wealth for me,
 Or joy-I do not know Or she may ride in the stormy sea. A struggling thing that fain would
 flee,
 From the weight of bIighting woe. But her Captains true. and her course is straight,
 And the harbor yet she'll win; What though her coming be soon or
 late.
 Gods at her helm, and in faith m
 wait
 'Tln my ship of Fate comes in.
 While it is deplorably true that we have had couple of subway cave-ins recently, yet many people do not real ize the magnitude of the subway work in progress here. New York generally judges everything by money, so 1t may be sufficient to state that this city has paid out $103,000,00o in cash for this work-the new subways. But in fur ther explanation. it may be said that nearly 10000 me nare now at work on the subways which will, when fln- ished. give to New York city nearly 100 miles of new subway. Forty eight miles will be underground, 26 miles elevated and the rest bridges. Right on Broadway, between Forty-third and Forty-eighth streets. man was re- gently held up. clubbed and robbed of $10oO This is the very heart of the White Light section. and Is thronged almost con- tinually, night and day. But the robbers got away with the $lO00 It is rather a ' new stunt. Of course. marH men Ios< much more than that in that same sec. ton. but they do it in such way that
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UP AND DOWN BROADWAY-By Allen Griffin Johnson

and then record the condition and sum total of your own finances and. still under the spell of this atmosphere, spend accordingly.
 If you can do this. you are safe in New York city--or any other municipality on earth. But have you tried it? Have you rubbed elbows with those spenders who are able to spend, yet never felt the over whelming temptation to throw prudence to the proverbial winds and part with your little horde as freely as lavishly as do they to whom the expenditure of thou sands is as your own subway transpor- tation?
 Or-first indication of surest danger have you never felt burning into your brain the oft asked and still unanswered question. whyg Most of us have, and many of us, under the influence of the 'atmosphere.'' have plunged in recklessly in the effort to discover if apparently ull- fair conditions unequal circumstances, would not. in some mysterious manner adjust themselves without the exercise of caution or common sense upon our parts.
 isAnd these things make~New York excep. tionally dangerous to the majority Wealth, wealth everywhere! We lose sight of the fact that the other extreme IS equally evident here at wealth's own back door-poverty in it's most abject state does not appeal, but wealth does. and, unable to resist, in many instances, we enter it's very halls. its living rooms, only to find ourselves after all no brief a.l interim, pushed through it's back door into the waiting arms of gaunt and stalking poverty who receives us with an I-knew- u-would-come-soon expression. Such. temptations are not felt at the dear old Cross Roads and in the set clement of Hog WalIow, Hank Hay maker can actually ret himself talked
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That was almost 50 years ago, and since then great number of the set tiers have made their homes here. Some have become disgusted long since and gone back to the states. others returned home only to come back to Brazil. finding that they preferred the conditions here to those of the new regime in our country. A number have stayed and become Brazilians. Among tke older Americans now living here with their families are the following:
 MT. William Pyles from Georgia, Mir. William Reese from Mississippi, MT. Alonzo Reese from Mississippi MT. William Prestidge from Alabama, MT. Wilbur Mcknight from Texas, MT. Ezekiel Pyles from Georgia, MT. John Rome from Mississippi, MT. McAlpin from Alabama, MT. Charles c. Finley from Mississippi, MT. John Carlton from Mississippi MT. Charles M. Hall from Virginia and others.
 MT. Hall now lives in Americana all though he has number of large farms in the country nearby. He has sugar plantations and cattle ranches, and Is, I judge, a man of considerable wealth. I called upon him at his home and met some of his children, who are now grown up. The young ladies have been educated in the United States and the family is delightful little slice of America transplanted to the heart of Brazil MT. Hall did not come with the party from New Orleans, but on later steamer, which carried several fami- lies from Alabama and elsewhere. The first settlement near Santos was at the town of Iguape, and MT Hall said the colony contained a preacher by the name of Ballard Dunn, who returned to America and brought out more people. When the Iguape colony became dis gusted Ballard Dunn left them and went back to the United States. After that the exodus occurred and the people climbed to the highlands many of them on foot. None of the colony had very much money, but lands were cheap, and those who held on have found that their investments have quadrupled and quintupled in value. although I doubt whether the land has, on the whole, increased more than sim liar lands in those parts of the United States from where they came.
 And still there are not many parts of the world more beautiful, more fertile and more salubrious than these high lands of Sac Paulo. The land is about 200O feet above the sea- 1t is about twice as far south of the equator as Panama is north of it. and the climate is something like that of southern