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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
BLOUNT LEGISLATOR
HAS BIG PROGRAM
Declares He Will Work
for Interest of Whole
State
Wants Peck to Continue
as Commissioner of
Agriculture

That he favors the enactment OF
laws that will give to the people of
Tennessee better highways, and is
bitterly opposed to the present back
tax law in Tennessee, is the decla-
ration Of D. J. Britain, representa-
tive. elect from Blount county. The
state legislature will be. convened in
Nashville Monday, Jan 4. Mr.. Brit
tain was elected in November with
out opposition. He says he will work
for the interests of all the people of
the county, and for the interests of
the state at large. Concerning his
program OF action, he made the fol-
lowing statement for The Times:
I 60 to Nashville without pledge
or promise to any man, except the
promise l made in every one of my
speeches that 1 would stand for tenn
perance and for the preservation Of
our fair election law. l will do that.
There will never be any doubt as to
my position on these questions. l
also promised that if elected | would
not ride on a railroad pass while in
the legislature. / will keep that
promise, too.
I will always try to give repre-
sentation to every person in this
county. regardless OF strength, po-
litical power, money or social stand
ing and l hope everyone will feel
free to write me about any matter
in which he may be interested and
give me his views. I will listen to
any person in the county, but l al
ways act in the manner that think
would be for the best interests of
the whole county.
Il think, perhaps, the question
Of state taxes will be the one that
will receive most consideration by
the present legislature. / am in fa-
vor Of aboiishing the back tax law.
l, for one, am tired of this most un-
desirable law.
I am in favor of good roads but
we must proceed carefully. We must
not burden the people beyond what
they are able to bear and we must
see to it that all the roads of the
state are not placed in the hands of
a few men who may use their pow
er for political purposes.
Il think, too, we have too many
Offices in this state, and that many
Of these needless offices may be
abolished and money saved to the
people.
/ want to see Thomas F. Peck,
q real farmer, and perhaps the best
friend the Tennessee farmers ever
had, re-appointed. 1t would be
splendid thing if Gov. Rye could
zee his way clear to re.appoint this
nan.
Il am in favor of law making
t crime for a man while drunk to
irive an automobile.
II am in favor of the two bills
he women of the state are asking
me to establish a vocational school
or girls and one to give women the
light to serve as directors on boards
Il charitable institutions.
Il am in favor of the establish.
nent Of a tuberculosis sanitarium in
he mountains of East Tennessee,
t some suitable place, if the state
an afford to do 80.
I will vote for any measure that
think will benefit the state, no
natter who introduces it. l will
7ork with any men who are works
ng for good end and using fair
means, but expect to stand for
Confined on page 8, column Al
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
Watch Night Service

A church social and watch night
service was held at the First Metho-
dist Episcopal church Thursday
night. The sermon was delivered
by Rev. Robt. l.. Stapleton, pastor.
at 1 O'Clock. During the social
hour an interesting musical and
literary program was carried out
and refreshments were served. A
large number of the members and
friends of the congregation were
present to watch and pray the old
year out and the new year in.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
Let US Rejoice

Rejoicing in things that are past, let us as Op-
timistic MaryviIle business and professional
men, buoyed by the unhindered progress of the
year Just ended, enter into this new year of
1915 with the determination to make it the best
IN the history of Maryville and BlOunt county.
While other nations, other states and other cit
les have been affected by the uncertain COndi-
tiOns that have resulted from the terrible war
in European countries, Maryville and BlOunt
county have been little affected by these COndi-
tons as compared with other places. Merchants
have done an increased amount of business;
bank deposits show encouraging results; real
estate transfers have run up well toward the
ST. 900 900 mark; new business houses and in
dustries have been established our farmers
have harvested unusually large crops and have
received unusually excellent prices; our schools
have increased enrOlIments; health conditions
have been goOd--in fact, there is everything to
encourage us, and if there should be one thing
to discourage any, let us forget it, and rejoice
that we have the opportunity to enter the new
wear with equal or preferred chances with all
other peoples.
With united effort, let us make reality that
town which we have created in our ideals.
Grasping tightly our opportunity, let us buck
the line of opposition, make touch down and
kick goal, so that at the end of the year our
percentage of games won shall be 1000
Yours for the best year in our history.
MaryUilLe Board OF Trade,
James L. Clark, President.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
REV. M. c. ATCHLEY
GOES TO HARTMAN
Served Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church Three
Years

Rev. M. c. Atchley and family
left Monday afternoon for Hartman
where Rev. Mr., Atchley has accept
ed the pastorate of the Baptist
church. For the past three years
and two months he has been the
popular and successful pastor of the
Peasant Grove Baptist church in
Blount county. The Hartman
congregation comprises about 400
members.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
W. A. Hamman of Chicago.

W. A. Hamman of Chicago, il
spending the holidays in Maryville.
He was formerly a student of Mary.
vile College and has just graduated
from the law department of the Uni
versity of Chicago and will locate in
that city. Mr.. Hamman made his
student life felt while in Maryville
College by his energy. initiative and
ambition to do things. These char.
acteristics are still his and assure
his success in the practice of law.
He returned to Chicago this week.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors who were so
kind to us during the sickness and
death of our little darling Iva.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w, Lewis,
and children.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-01
NOTICE

All unpaid corporation taxes
due the city have been placed
in my hands for collection, and
must be paid at once, or costs
will be added
W. P. SEATON,
First assistant marshal
1-1.15 3t, tn
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
Delay and Foolish Fears
Cause Many Cancer Deaths
PreOentable By the knife
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG.

feller Institute. and Dr. Harvey Cav
ioid or Buffalo. that chicken, mice and
rat cancers are due TO an ultra. .m;cr,-
Scopic microbe need have no terrors for
those who neither hesitate nor while
away precious hours in procrastinatiop
with non-surgeons.
For those. however who foolisbIy
fear the knife, only the grave and
family regrets will remain Cancer Is
fatal for those who believe cither i'm
their own remedies or in those ,ha,
have absolutely cured Tom, Dick
or Mary.
Every mail brings me letters of as
tonishment from honest and sincere
G.uacks; enthusiastic but misguided
th9ushters and religious fanatics.
ana even university professors who
know OF prescriptions. drugs, pastcs
cancer"
swer. that social workers, scientist.
hospital physicians. doctors Of prevcn-
tive medicine. and plain physicians are
not banded together to deny the truth.
.mey .m Wlsh to save lives at any price.
tuIl knowledge Of what 4 true cancer is
nave been found to be based upon the
disappearancc of one OF the multitude
or harmless growths which only the
microscope can distinguish from true
and fatal cancer.
Again, many remedies, ~uch as x-rays.
radtum and arsenic salves temporal rily
drive away the outward appearances OF
cancer. only TO allow the GorRon-
headed monster again to show itself in
some more ravaging form.
moreover. the herb doctors and the
auack's belief that all cancers Kill
cured quickly only by the knife and at
the earliest possible moment when II
shows its first fangs.
But. once II appears, though il is no
longer curablc, it will often be one. two
three or even four years before it puts
It's victim. buoycd up only too often
bN the false hopes of treating doctors.
Thought cures" and medicines into the
winding sheet.
Since 1908 there has been no difference
IN the operation for cancers, yet eighty
nVe victims OF this scourge in every
hundred. who do not daily away time
with religions. quacks, doctors prcscIip-
the knife.
Furthermore. from So 10 A. per cent OF
those with the most malignant cancc1s
VINO haye fo9lishlX delayed arc saved.
saved even by the same surgeons with
the same operations.
why. then. this great new light? How
10 explain this new found white hope:
Inc answer lies IN taking the lid from
the ancient. foolhardy. traditional IN
sularism Of tho nonscnsical secrecy q,
the medical profession.
Publicity and the increase Of popula,
knowledge. spread in just such a wa,
as this. confounds the prudisl1, fossilized
auacks and soothsayeB and brinrs
those ailing with cancer quickly into
tne arms OF unselfsh hospital surgeons.
who completely eradicate the little
warts, moles. and tiny tumors which
delay and procrastination evolve into
cancer. 'o
Copyright 1915, Newspaper Feature serylc.
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
TINES BEDTIME STORY
Pinkeyes Makes a Visit

it was time to go to bed. They
went silently. Cottontail was not
much of a talker, and the remarks
of Pinkeyes went unheeded.
BY the time Pinkeyes had gotten
in bed he was almost afraid OF the
sleep he woke himself up with a sur
piised jerk, for he had wished for
Snuffle and Sniffle.
I'm glad to get away from them"
he said to reassure himself. as he
went to sleep. But the next morn
ing. which was Sunday, was still
more quiet. He was to stay until
Monday morning, and he began in
the afternoon to think that he
couldn't do ii.
The silence seemed worse and
orsc. and at last he had to admit
10 himself that the thing he wanted
more in all the world was to know
what SnifTle and Shuttle were doing.
and how they were getting along.
He ina sined them gigslins and wig
Cling and poking one another at the
supper table, and he grew so home
sick for the sig sht Of a tWitchy nose
that he nearly cried.
That memory settled things, for he
vent to Cottontail. I'm so wor-
shuttle. that I think had better
slip over home, They are not care
ful-er-a---" he finished lamely,
and Cottontail. with a grin hidden
behind his whiskcrs. helped him out.
Just S rIn alons. Perhaps they are
Pinkcyes grabbed his suit case and
his hat and simply bounded out Of
that house. Cottontail laughed at
him out of the window. but straight
ahead sped Pinkoyes. who wanted to
get home with his own folks more
than anything in the world.
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK,

e0HE ncA humemakins is by II,
means confined to the kitchen
II but includes even the apparentl,
slight matter Of carFns for house
hold linens and clothes. Since our an
nual bill for clothes comes next to oul
largest other single item--that for food
the care Of furnishings and clothes is g
problem no housewife can overlook. II
is probably not the actual wearing OF
o,,r clothes that wears them out, bu,
careless hanging or poor laundering
when they are Off which results In
faded and misshapen garments.
Even the humblest house can have Its
clothes storage possibilities improved b!
r. iudicious use Of hangers for coats
and skirts. There are now on the mar
ket several improved kinds Of hangers.
iuany of them in sets which can be at
tached to the back wall or door OF the
clothes closet. The best of these are so
ARRANGED that they pull out forward
and permit the hanging Of four to SIX
coats. or skirts horizontally. Separate
hangers can be had for skirts. which
allow the skirt to be we'll hung and
separated just as it would be on en-
actual figure. Even the little shipper
clofhes pins, which cost only two for .
,cilct, are excellent for hanging up
skirts or trousers. .
Coat hangers are also now made in
the :srnall sizes. suitable for children
wraps, and it is surprising how much
longer little tots dress will keep
clean II hung up at night than If al
lowed to lie and wrinkle on chaif
lust as It came from the child's body
closets it is not difficult to place a
small shelf near the bottom OF the
closet with a narrow cleat across on
which to rest the heel Of each shoe. or
several kinds Of wire shoe racks can
ments. which have a place for each
shoe to rest. the whole rack holding as
many as six pairs Of shoes. and which
can be attached to the closet door.
Shoe forms are now being made in less
good pair for so cents which will GER
tainfy add that length Of time to our
pairs Of best shoes II We stretch them
upon the form when not in use. For
hanging down low on the inside Of the
closet door will BE- q great help. and
will teach the little tots to put their
own shoes and rubbers away when
The housewife who has Q linen closet
in our crowded apartments may. indeed.
consider herself lucky. But even large
bureau or closet drawer is not so bad
IL 8OIu0 0youem IS USED III arranging tnS
lr,ien. For instance, an excellent thing
has Just appeared in the shape Of a
linen roll or cardboard roll upon which
10 roll center pieces and doylies. 4
similar portfolio can be used for table
cloths and napkins. keeping them sepa-
ate and unrumpled. Also a simple
.,yawer can be divided by partitions 50
Is to have separate compartments for
face towels. face cloths. etc. If these
drawers arc actually labeled on the
inside It will save time in laying the
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
Peters Adventures in Mdtrirn0ny
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

all these people motoring down here
they don't seem to bother their heads
about the board walk and the moon.
They're all inside where the excite.
mcnt is
More fools they" ] suggested. ~
wouldn't barter one glimpse of that
moonlight on the water for three hcsi-
tation waltzes and onc.step thrown
in"
Il would said Mary. Il must hurry
now. Are YOU all dressed Peter?'
] hurried into the adjoining room and
discovered that Mary had been SO busy
admiring her own finery that she d
forgotten to unpack my things did
This myself with slight feeling Of ir-
ritation. BY the time I had bathed and
shaved and dressed, Mary. too, WAS
ready. l shall never forget my scnsa-
ton when she slided into the room and
stood where the light might best catch
the dazzling rhinestones OH her gown.
She was superbly beautiful--no denying
tt-but it was a conscious. sophisticated
beauty. no longer the flushed, eager
lovcliness Of early girlhood. Where the
suggestion OF sophistication came from
I couldn't make out until | glanced at
the cleaning expansc Of snowy throat
and shoulders above the filmv line of
black chiffon.
MARY" l said, 4 little taken aback
BY the daring OF her gown. its beauti-
full. of course. but isn't it Just a shade
too much so?''
TOO beautiful" Mary looked genu-
inely thunderstruck. How could it
Il don't know | said But the in
tense black. and your shoulders are so
very white. and then the rhinestones;
al in all. It's little spectacular. a lit
%iet ,e t''ssS maybe. NOT aI'1H TIA. as demure and
Peter" said my wife. don't YOU
/ know that the dav OF quiet. demure
things for women is some? Dear me, a
dressed like a Quaker. Everything s
bright colors and all sorts and kinds OF
| combinations
Likely" I himtcd stiffly, I'm hi,
of woman whose clothes. must confess
| ! don't like my wife TO COPY
"We'rc near New York; said Mary
and things are different here"
That perhaps. accounts for the low
cut OF your BODICE
We'll. Peter. you certainly can't ex-
pect ono to stick to-er, provin cial stan
cards here. can YOU
! is there, then. n varying standard OF
! modest" according to locality"
Mary looked indignant. Peter" she
exclaimed. Il do bekevc you're trying
! to be fussy and Hint that this dress ia
| immodcst. when any one can sec per.
| tcctly well that il isn't. All my life I've
| hecn too thin to wear gowns AS low as
| this. and now that I'm plumpcr around
| the neck and shoulders I'm going 10
| make the best Of it,"
| 7 turned back with raised !cbrous IA
| the adjustment of my tie. 7 question ii
q woman with beautiful shoulders
1 knows the meaning OF modestN
. ',Cepvrirh' 1915. Newspaper Feature seryics
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
Three Minute
Journeys
Where TortoiseS Live 800 Years
By TEMPLE MANNING.

/ Three hundred and thirty miles
west Of the coast of Ecuador lies a
group of islands Of volcanic origin
known as the Galapagos. Situated
far out Of the beaten track oCe6cean
traffic they are seldom visited. and
are little known. Their chief interest
to the world Is due to the giant
tortoise, solo descendant Of the dino.
saurs CT the reptilian age. that are
found among the mountains.
OFTEN growing to q weight of 900
pounds. the Galapagos tortoiao has
been known. in one Instance, to attain
500 pounds weight, n length Of four
feet ten inches. and an age of nearly
400 years. Tortoises 900 years old are
fairly common in the records, where
100 years is an infants age, and q
weight Of zoo is hardly worthy of
notice.
happened to be upon a vessel some
years ago that was forced to touch
at AlDermarle island, one of the Gal
apagos group. and there / saw the
exceeding care with which the tor
toise. by naturaiists and botonica |
gardens priced because of their rar-
ity, Is transported from its home TO
destination. The leader Of the expe-
dition told me that it. had taken his
sixteen men twelve days to set the
nineteen specimens down from the
mountains to the port.
Several Of the mountains down
which the men had to besr their an.
cient prizes were 1000 feot in height.
rough, steep, and hazardous to travel.
Each tortoise, lash to two poles. one
on each side. and borne by two men.
was carried down the mountain sides
much as the occupant Of a sedan chair
is wont to travel. And in the case
Of the heavier specimens. two addi-
tional poles were strapped across their
bodies at right angles to the first two
poles. so that more mon could lend a
hand in the heavy work of transport.
When the tortoises were placed on
shipboard a man was assigned to
every three or four animals to make
sure that every possible care was
given them in the matter Of feeling.
For. although the tortoiscs live to
such great ages, their transpovta tion
across the sea Is q delicate matter
and many have been lost in travel.
Copyright. 1915, Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1915-01-13

linens away, and less confusion will
Cccurr.
Indeed. one clever housewife has one
or more labels pasted OH the inside OF
Lands chifronier labels which arc
placed in the center right of, the in
eide Of the drawer read something like
this: Shirts. underwear. dress toss
collars. nightwcar etc. Even q partici-
foil to And his things with such a
Labelling schern and maid or other
person has no excuse for not knowing
where to put the laundry,
now made which fasten to the under
side Of a double, single or cot bed, and
from which they can be pulled like q
drawer. Such a wardrobe saves space
and covers multitude Of clothes quite
easily.
1t will pay to give some real attention
in the first place as to just how we
take care of our personal clothes or
house linens, because such care and at
hangers. etc. will increase the life Of
our garments. We will also be sending
our clothes to the presser less frequent
y and wasting less time hunting around
drawers looking for articles Of cloth
Ing which q little label would enable
No one thing will teach a child order
and system more effectively than Civ
ing. it definite places and low hooks or
nails where it is expected to hang its
ing is that order is heavens first law"
and nowadays. even though we are call
ing order by the new tangled word.
SYSTEM" the idea is just the same,
and is an important home quality which
should not be overlooked even in the
apartment household.
Copyright. 1914, Mrs. Christine Fred
erck.)
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
Book ReOieW

DER TAG, or The Tragic Man BY .lames
NJ. Barrie. New York: Charles Scrib-
nel's sons. Price, 25c.
Never more clearly has the associa-
ton between art and letters been shown
than in this short play by Barrie. So
well has he drawn the picture of an
Emperor, so clcvcrly has he back
srounded him with light. and shadow,
with mood upon mood, that for tho
moment the reader is part Of a living
picture, seeming unseen witness Of
n moment in the life OF one who looms
monstrous before the public eye TODAY.
Letters become art. and art is In
terpreted by letters in this bold black
and-white dellneation.
Tho moment is "A quiet one, one of
those SoltudcS which come to human
beings, great and small. when the soul
peeps out. and the hidden horror finds
ITS articulate expression in mental ali-
Suish through the medium of the great
IeleasCr Slcop.
An Emperor, by one stroke OF the
pen. released upon Europe his pet blood
mound, War, knowing full we'll OF tho
chaos his act would stir up
Yet is he human. aud the thought
comes 10 all. that one might wish 10
crime which is his companion by day
and by night. What arc his thoughts?
Does he not ever dream OF sincere
peace: And if so, what then does he
think of himself. ana of his action?
What is there lett for him?
Barric's play takes FOR granted that
the Emperor had the power to brins
about the war. and presents him, in
n rare moment of rcst lie dreams
that he Is again given the opportunity
nf saying whether or not there shall
he war. He refuses to sign the procla-
nation, saying, ''rhc decision lay with
!Me, and ] said there shall be peace.
That shall be my zenith"
He sleeps, lulled AS nc thinks. by
The anGelIs. But suddenly he is awaken
- hy the boom of Il cannon, and the
spli il of Culture standing by his side
SHOWS the gaping wounds in her breast
OF colIsc Barric Is All Englishmnn
and this is an English book. but II may
he said that little Of what is inferred
~ not quite "A score OF pages. is over
drawn. nol. "Ut Of The range ~ pos
AilIr
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
BAD C0LD?! GET
RELIEF At ONCE
WITHOUT QU|N|NE
"Pape'S Cold Compound"
ends severe colds or grippe
in few hours.

Aou can end grippe and break I'd 4
severe cold either in head. chest, body
or limbs, by taking dose Of .Pspe's
Coid Compound every two hours until
three doses are taken.
1t promptly opens clogcc,-u, rostris
ana air passages in the head. stons
nasty discharges or nose running. Ir.
leNes sick headache. dullncss, fcycrish-
ness sore throat, sneezng. soreness,
Don't stay stuffcd-up. Quit blowing
and snutiiinG. Ease your throbbinr
hcad-nothinS else in the world riVfs
sue, such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
COMPOUND witch costs only 25 cents
az any drug store. 1t acts without as
sistance. tastes nice and causes no in
convenience. Be sure you get the gen
The Washington times., 1915-01-13
DAILY EDITORIAL
For Women Readers

sition in life which they can III
afford
They say that the women expect
too much OF the men. They insist
that they cannot afford to support
most girls in the fashion III which
they have been accustomed.
Well, we'll.
Leaving out all reference TO
morals. and considering this plant
of the men very calmly. the first
question which one might ask. Is,
why do they choose the girls who
feel that way about marriage
who arc not willing to climb UP
with their husbands from SIS to
$40 or $50 n week.
In other words, we are trying to
point out that mems taste in wives.
during the last generation has de-
teroriated They choose, and there
by encourage the increase Of. bellies
and society scramblers. instead OF
wives. In order to get ahead Of the
other fellow, they pick the rose, and
expect to get the same practical use
OF it as they. would from a sweet,
crisp head of-well. lettuce.
Now. IL they don't want to get
married because they don't want
to get married and haven't any 9TH
er reason in the world they should
sav so at once. But to fall back on
the can't afford it theory is a con-
fession Of a dire lack Of the ability
TO choose.