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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1916-10-26
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
ANNA BISHOP
vs.. 49,
WORTH BISHOP 1901

In THE CHANCERY COURT, AT WART-
BURG, TENNESSEE.
In this cause it appearing from the
bill which is sworn to that the defen-
dant Worth Bishop is non res.
ident of the State of Tennessee, SO
that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served upon him he is
therefore, thereby required to
appear on or before the first Mon
day in November next before the
Clerk and Master at his office in
Wartburg, Tennessee. and answer
said bill of complaint filed against
him by Anna Bishop or otherwise
said bill will be taken for confessed
1t is further ordered that this notice be
published for feaHr consecutive weeks in
the Morgan County Press.
This Oct 3, 1916.
X. A. DAVIS,
I2-4t CLERK Xmas ter
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1916-10-26
Sibbie Pearson formerly
Philips
Elbridge. Phillips

GioIinyo'h nliIips
In The CHANcERY CoURr, AT WAT
BURG, Tenn.
In this cause. il appearing from
the original bill which is sworn to,
that the defendant Elbridge Phil
lips, is u nonresident of the State
of.Tennessee, and resident of the
PHILIPPINE Islands, so that the ordi-
nary process OF law cannot be serv-
cd upon him, he is, therefore. here
by required to appear on or before
the first Monday in November next,
before the Clerk q Master of said
Court, at his Office in Wartburg,
and make defense to the bill filed
against him in said Court, by Sibbie
Pearson, or otherwise the bill will
be taken for confessed
1t is further ordered that this notice
be published for four consecutive weeks
in the Morgan County Press.
This September IA, 1915.
r. A DAVIS,
Clerk u Master
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CHANCERY SALE OF LAND.

In obedience to a decree, Of the
| Chancery Court at Wartburg, mad.
in the case of Mrs p C Babcock,
We. M H Monroe ct ux, ] will on
Wednesday. Nov Is, 1915, at noon
in front of the Court house door in
Wartburg. sell to the highest and
best bidder. the following describ-
ed tract of land, to.wit:
beginning at double Spanish
oak, N. w. Cor of Peters and HUI
man one, thousand acre tract /;
thence s. on said line 474 poles to
gum in drain, the N. +. COR
ner of the NJ. Davidson so acre
tract, which now belongs to VIM.
Wood; thence with rhis line 10
deg. 1875 poles to double white
oak, N. w. corner of said so. acre
tract; thonce N. 1870 deg. w. So
poles to a stake, and on the S. of
entry No. 10 belonging to George
Babcock; thence +. on said line
20 poles and 10 links to Spanish
oak and post oak S. r. corner of
said entry No. 10; thence N. run
ming on said line and passing the N.
E. corner of said entry No. 10 to
the jamestown road, 900 poles to
an iron stake driven in the ground
thence 7 deg. IL min S. 1929 poles
to the beginning, excluding about
!! acres adversely held by NJ. Da-
and acres to j. S. Greer,
and one acre to the Board of Trus-
tees of Mt. Vernon Church, con-
tanning about ---acres.
Said decree appointed Commits
'oners to go upon said land above
described and set apart home
stead of the value of 100000,
ind after this was done, said de-
rec instructed me to sell that por-
ion of the land left, after the
was set apart, but it APP
'earing from the report of said
Commissioners, that the whole Of
aid tract of land was set apart by
hem as a homestead,
1 will firt sell the whole of said
and subject to the homestead
lights of defendants, land if it fails
o bring enough to pay the costs,
ttorney fees and various judg-
rents / will then offer and sell all
f the above described land free
rom the homestead rights of de-
efendants.
Said sale will be for cash in
and. |
This October II. 1915. H
r. A. DAVIS II
"a Clerk and Master II
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Election Notice.

BY virtue Of the power and authority
vested in us as Election Commissioners
for Morgan County, Tennessee.
An election is hereby called, to be
opened and held at the various voting
precincts of Morgan County, Tennessee
on Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1916, it being the 7th day of
November, for the purpose of voting
for twelve Electors for President and
Vice-President of the United States,
One Senator for the State of Tennessee,
One Representative in Congress for the
Fourth Congressional District of Tenn
essee, For Governor of the State of
Tennessee, one member of the Railroad
Commission for the State of Tennessee,
One State Senator for the Third Sena-
torial District of Tennessee, and one
Joint Representative for the Seventh
Pictorial District of Tennessee, COM
posed of the Counties of Anderson and
Morgan
The Polls will open at 900 a. m. and
close at 400 p. M, and we hereby ap-
point the following Officers, Judges
and Clerks to held said election at the
various precincts of the County as fol-
lows,
FIRST DISTRICT-MIDDLE
CREEK
Officer. Sam Walls, Oliver Springs.
Judge Alex Jackson,
Z" j. H. Simpson,
John Hughes, I"
Clerk. Alex Hall,
VIM. Stonecipher
FIRST DISTRICT-COALFILDl
Officer. Henry Davis, Coalfeld.
Judge. w. H. Jackson, i"
P. H. Adcock, |"
c. j. Butler, {"
Clerk. j. B. Webster, {"
" Peter Ainscough, {"
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COUNTY ssOFHCrALs

w, Z. Stricklin, County judge.
H."C. Byrd, Sheriff.
G. U;Hrward Trustee,
S. H. Jestes, County Court Clerk.
Chas w. Summer, Circuit Court Clerk
r. A. Davis, Clerk and Master.
W. B, Crenshaw. Register
w H. Jackson, Tax Assessor.
w. d. Jones, Coroner.
N, B. Melton, County Surveyor.
J. N. Johnson County Superintendent.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1916-10-26

Quarterly County Court
Convenss the First Monday in Janurry, April,
July and October with the following Justices of
the Peace:
1st Dis P. H. Adcock and ]. B. Webster
2nd " A. Joyner, N. L. Duncan, D. A. Tay-
lor
3rd G. w. Bingham. John Powell.
4th i" Jno A. Jones, P.W. Hulder, Bruno
schubert.
5th Dist. w. M. Bullard, A. s. Griffith.
9Th ii. Pitlhan, H.:A. Lewallen.
7th M. NJ. Grad, r. M. Adkins.
9th A. M. Bishop, Hous Lee.
9th Z" Alex Handy, r. H. MAIDEN.
10th +" J. M. Langley, r. A. Cross, VS..
Campbell.
nth Dist d. w. G. Hickman. Robt Lyons.
18th Is Chas Pearson, J. D. Young.
w. z. stricklin, Judge
s. II. Jesst!es, Clerk.
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| NINTH DISTRICT--MELROSl
Officer. R H MAIDEN, Laneing, R q.
Judge. James Handy, "
I" Chas McCartt I"
Mart Stewart,
Clerk. Elmer Carroll, ."
James Didan.
TENTH DISTRICT-OAKDALl
Officer. w w Duncan. Oakdale.
Judge. Tom Love. Hartman. R a.
RIA Cross. Hartman. R 4.
i" John Taylor. Oakdale.
Clerk. H @ Ramey. Oakdale.
Walter Langley, Oakdale.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
LANCING
Officer. James Cromwell, Lancing.
Judge. Alfred Carter. Lancing.
A D Williams. Lancing.
John Toney. Lancing.
Clerk. w H Jones, Lancing.
Charles Gunter. Lancing.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
ANNADEL
Officer. w J Dawn. Annadel.
Judge. w c Daniel, Annadel.
H T Jack. Lancing.
A Mccoy, Lancing, r. 2.
Clerk. John Lynch. Annadel.
Chas Clark. Annadel.
TWELFTH DISTRICT
RUGBY
Officer. w w Mathews, Glen Mary.
Judge. Chas Pearson. Rugby.
N H Kellogg. Rugby.
IF Albertson, Rose.
Clerk. Will Walton. Rugby.
D Young Rose.
This October. 16 1915. =
CHARLES H. DAVIS,
Chairman.
C. A. QUINN,
Secretary. T
I. j. HUMAN
Z Election Com'rs for Morgan County
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Get The Morgan County Press,
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-06
The Rubber Fairy

BY THELAA LEDDY sprague street
Once there was a boy named Harry
and he had an india-rubber ball and he
always wanted to know what made this
ball bounce. So one day. after he had
thought and thought, he went to his Uncle
James and asked him what made his bali
bounce. and his uncle said. DO you not
know that there's fairy in the ball and
every time the fairy struggles to get out
1t makes the ball bounce"
Harry laughed at this. but the next
night he took his pen knife and cut a
hole In the ball then he was no wiser
than before. But that night when he
went 70 bed he saw a lovely little fairy
sitting on the end OF his pillow. The
sweetest voice In the world spoke 10
him. Thank YOU" II tinkled. for letting
me out A Witeh shut me IN the ball and /
have million sisters shut up IN balls. too.
and every tins they struggle 70 get out
It makes the ball bounce Then the fairy
x4nfshtd
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A Dolls Letter

Dear Dolls whose Mothers belong to the
Rainbow Club
l have been thinking for a long time
that we are being neglected. Each night
my little mother reads words called Rain
bow News Sometimes she spends hours
writing letters and stories-then every
night she runs 10 her daddy (my grand
fatherl TO see Il her name Is in the paper.
l have been very unhappy, l. too, want, to
be known and read about. SO tonight l
decided to write.
/ win tell you about myself / have
blue eyes that open and close, and real
eyelashes. | have light hair that used to
curl beautifully Ia even rings, but which
now, sad 70 say Is combed out straight
and boxed. This was done by little
mother In order 20 make me look more like
herself She Is sorry now. but my hair
does not seem 10 grow back again. have
four dresses. two Of them made by little
mother, one by my grandmother and the
other one was bought
Ny mother Is coming now 10 put me 70
bad Il also have a nlghtgown), 50 i must
aay goodbye. Please write 10 me.
~ uame : Marie Anleinette Burns. ]
am Tie daughter of Izaet buFaa. q
SEAW3d
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"CWTHE Year $
at the
Il Sprine!"
MERCY ANNE PERKINS A, BOARDING SCHOOL

said not unkindly. you must be tired. I'll
take you TO your room. May Belle, you
may stay with the girls few minutes"
That was exactly what May Belle in
tended to do. She had never been very
well liked among her schoolmates, and
now she was counting on her new role Of
helress to win for her the popularity she
so mr:, !, craved
"Gi. she exclaimed, isn't she the
funniest thing with all that red hair and
those freckles? Say, she was on the train
with me-and oh, I've got the funniest
thing to tell you-she fell out of an upper
berth" on went May Belle and soon she
had unraveled the story of Mercy Anne's
mishap.
The laughs that followed were not as
hearty as she had expected but before
any one had chance to speak she con-
tinued. enthusiastically: Girls, I've got
the grandest things in my suitcase. I'm
going to have a spread tonight"
chorus of "ohs" interrupted her.
Spread was a magic word at Miss stones
school, 1t meant mysterious tapping on
the wall, excited gtealing up and down
stairs, breathless moments of listening,
and last, but not least, delicious eatables
not to be found on the dining-room table.
Listen" continued May Belle, dropping
her shrill tones 10 almost a whisper:
II know the grandest scheme; let's haze
tle new girl tonight"
Tubby's face fell way back in - ind
STE was thinking of the lonesom - OF
her first night at school.
But May Bellies misehievous spirits
were not TO be downed She argued and
set forth such delicious tales of hazins
parties that one by one the little girls
were caught by the fun of the thing, and
soon they We're all giggling and planning
as eagerly as she was, When the dress
gong sounded they had just come TO a
final agreement They were 10 meet In
May Bellies room al 10 o'clock with wet
sponges, pocket flashlights and a sheet
apiece.
In the meantime up in a little room
whose windows overlooked the peaceful
Hudson sat the small brown figure" on
the bed lay the brown hat with the green
quill; on the floor stood the suitcase
marked Peaceful Valley" Large gray
eyes Travelled from one TO the other. Those
things meant home A small red mouth
quiveTed tremulOusly--then suddenly a
firm, white chin shot determinedly up
Mercy Anne Perkins would show theml
The new girl was NOT going 10 give in
(To be continued next Saturday,
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that the correspondence was drawn up
and ready for signature, when he was
coerced into changing his promise and
his plans by the Attorney General and
by the Philadelphla street-cIeaning
ractors.
The influence Of contractors, or con-
tractor government In Philadelphia has
long been n subject Of repronch among
Repub u cans of Pennsylyania and
throughout the United states. II has
constituted a detriment to the Develop
ment of the city and a handicap to the
Republican party in the State and our
influence in the nation. This condition
has gradually arisen from number OF
causes which IL Is needless to go into
now. Perhaps IL is sufficient to say
that this Is condition that does not
exist in any other Commonwealth. We
do not hear of garbage collectors and
street cleaning contractors ruling pol
itics in Massachusetts or in New York,
or in any other State that can recall
Abuses and corruption may occur in
other states which require prompt CDR
rection, but Pennsylvania stands alone
bearing the commercial brand of con-
tractor influence largely on account of
the situation In Philadelphia with its
large population and great Republican
msjorlties and consequent influence In
the party affairs of the state.
This ignominiouS o n q l on has
reached It's elimination in the effort re-
ferred to of street-cleaning firm to
control the State and city administra-
tlons. The situation has become intol-
erable and ] declare my readiness to
cooperate with both stalwart and inde-
pendent Republicans In making the gov
ernment of Philadelphia worthy of the
city and the party. The important task
I'm hand is the elimination of the par
ticuar influence already described, and
/ emphatically declare my opposition to
the practice of STRENGTHENING contractor
rule in particular, and to contractor
domination in general
My chief offense in the eyes of the
Ware contracting firm Is that five years
ago l was unwilling to support the
candidacy of the brother OF the prin-
cipal street-cleaning contractor for the
office of Mayor of Philadelphia.
opposed WARE NOMINATION..
1 opposed the effort to nominate the
brother of the principal street-cleaning
contractor of Philadelphia for the office
of Mayor of Philadelphia with the re-
suits well known. although my course
was not understood in some quarters
and not appreciated in others.
This opposition has constituted my
,hlef offense in the eyes of this con-
Is even now openly announced that the
same Ware candidacy for the office of
Mayor of Philadelphia IL to be pressed
at the close o: the present Mayors
administration, and it is even quite
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The Rainbow Dog

BY IRENE LEWIS,
There was once a little girl, whose name
was Hela. Helen had a pet dog, whose
name was Prince.
One day Helen lost her Rainbow button,
Prince found it and ran away with IL.
Helen missed Prince all day. but Prince
hid down in the cellar, for he was afraid
Helen would take her button back. Helen
hunted for Prince and at last found him
down in the cellar She discovered where
fthe button was and made an attempt to
take II, but Prince only barked. She had
TO write for another one. And SO Helen
pinned the button on Princes collar and
now he is a real Rainbow,
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FARMER SMITHS PIG BOOK
Mt. Pig and the Phonograph

Land sakes" said Mrs. Pig one morn
~ 70 her husband. What In the world
~ you fixing yourself up so proud for
'AA mornlng?'
!, NeSer you mind, never you mind" said
~ rig Some of these days you'll wake
y ana be real proud of your husband"
AZ women are proud of theJf hus-
trnos' answered Mrs Pig.
this Mr.. Pig grunted so that he al
4ost lell on the chair, After he had set
~ hlmself back on 1t again and fixed his
Alle he said, You mean all women
=''uld be proud OF their husbands"
Wen, said Mrs. Pig. what has that
% DO with what you are up tor
am golhg TO sing for the phonograph
N.b replied Mr.. Pig.
ply the monograph" said his wife.
~ sell! Ever since the Grounding told
A mat you looked like the Elephant,
III nave been so stuck up it's a wonder
E aoht turn into mucilage."
= Ne'ef mind, never mind" said Mr.. Pig.
~ OF so much Importance in the world
~ tney have been able 10 use everything
t-s w me except my squeal. Now they are
=.s % preserve that for future genera
ven said his good wife, III they are
70 preserve Il, l hope TO goodness
- pat enough sugar in f."
Nats enough" said Mr.. Pig, as he
ztP' out the door
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boastfully proclaimed that the present
administration is pledged to It.
Be this as 1t may, say now, with
out besitation, that should such can
didacy be revived II will again meet
with all the opposition at my command.
Consistently and earnestly as | have
labored TO bring about a remedy, sue
cess has not attended the efforts of good
citizens for number of reasons, which
l have not the time to go into; but
among these reasons there is one par
ticularly TO which ! want to call your
attention, and that Is the failure of the
so-called Bullitt bill to fulfil the ex-
pectatons of It's trainers. II was mod
eled after a law passed for the city of
Brooklyn, n. Y, in the early days of
municipal experiment and reform, and
IL was to be the last word in municipal
government. II has proven, however, to
be very far from the final conclusion
Too much power H. evidently concen-
trated In the hands OF one individual.
POLITICS IN MAYORS OFFICE
The temptation seems to be insur-
mountable to use the office of Mayor for
purposes OF personal aEgrandiEement or
political interference. Unless drastic
and stringent legal remedies shall be
applied. or unless the powers of the
office shall be divided, this condition will
continue There Is no reason why the
Police and Fire Departments should
have any connection with the direction
of public works. For various reasons
Mayors have under this law, with some
exceptions, proved incompetent or else
factional partsans.
The city has not mndc the progress
which was expected under It. and the
system has certainly failed In the pri-
mary object of good government and
the elimination of municipal oificchoId-
ers from politics. Some change in the
municipal form of government of PhiIa-
delphia must be made, whether II shall
be commission form of government or
some other modification.
OF this | am convinced. that from
now on the attention of the people
should be devoted to the making of
such change. The next Legislature
should be called upon by an over
whelming public sentiment 20 adopt
some plan of government which will
take the municipal affairs of our city
entirely out of politics. It should no
longer he possible to witness the rIdicu-
lous spectacle of Mayor of PhIladel-
phia running for President or spelling
his whole administration by desiring
to be u United States Senator through
the activity of n few municipal Office
holders or of outraginE the sterling Re-
publicanism of the rest Of the State by
State office through the same methods,
unfair and oppressive.
Above all. the police rorce must be
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taken, once for all. out of politics as
absolutely as the United States Army Is
out of politics
a political leadership that has any
selfish basis must be conceded in vol
untary way by the members of a party
II cannot be obtained for any length of
time by fraud or coercion, and 1t can
not certainly be created by an artificial
process. The present member Of the
Republican National Committee from
Pennsylvania, as Is generally known, In
sn accident, and is not even representa-
tIv. of the ideals involved In the up-
heaval Of four years ago. He certainly
does not speak for the Republicans OF
Pennsylvania. II is known that he
night have been expelled by the Ma
ttonal Committee or recalled by the
State Committee or advantage might
have been taken of his offer to resign
had It been thought of sufficient i'm
portance.
Speaking for no one but himself, and
impressed with the idea that he might
be candidate for appointment to
judicial position. he has addressed a
letter TO the Governor inviting him to
be the leader of reunited party.
The party was already united until a
fatuous surrender to n contracting firm
In Philadelphia and to tho paid attor-
ney of the contractors, who happens to
divided the party In the State. outside
of the coercion of the officeholders who
have been involved, the Republican
party is reunited in Pennsylvania as
have already described
Senator Penrose concluded his address
With tribute to the memory of the late
william G. Bullitt whom he pronounced
/ representative OF the highest type of
Independent Republican. and one of the
oremost champions of Independent action
or clean government
j. Benjamin Dimmick followed the
Senator. He, too, was generously applaud
I'd. His reference to ex.Secretary Knox
was cheered heartily.
ADDRESS OF MIR. DIMMICK.
Mr.. Dimmick's address. in part, follows:
Never was greater responsibility
thrust upon a National Convention than
will fall upon the shoulders of the dele
gates who will gather in Chicago this
coming June. At such a crisis the in
tervention of "favorite sons" seems al
most a travesty, and, incidentally, 1t
may be said that never was the grooming
were their hopes so illusory.
If Pennsylvania wanted to present n
fayorite son, which, in my opinion, sho
should not do and, in my opinion, will
not do. there Is hat one name that could
be proffered with any belief in both Its
eligibility and it's availability, and that
is the name of PhIander G. Knox.
But Pennsylvania asks not to dictate,
asks not to dominate, but 1t does ask to
deliberate, counsel, consult, and it is for
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| IlECIDEDLH something was the matter
- at Miss Stones School for Girls. -
Jerry Patton and Kathleen Rourke. who
should have been practcing at the p. m.
period, were perched boldly up on the gray
stone coping religiOusly scuhling their shoes
against its rocky surface Tubby Miller
VINO never sat up when she could lie
down, was stretched out lazily on the new
spring grass and Mary DeVelle due in
the dining roor at Just this minute to
take the fifth pint of her milk diet" was
lunching on nothing more nutritious than
the stem of an early violet
Jerry gave an upward jerk to the black
ribbon that insisted on sliding down her
brown curl Il for one," she was saving
VIII not treat May Belle Smith any
different just because her uncle left her
sboO,OOO. Money won't make"
Why'd you skip practice to watch for
her, them interrupted Tubby, laziIy.
The reply was a little delayed II
wanted to see If she looked any differ-
ent, and, besides, there's the new girl from
illinois,"
Girls Mary jumped up excitedIy, II
hear " es," and, sure enough shriII
tones, which had ever foretoId the ~ an. n
proach Of May Belle Smith. came spas
medically through the green trees and
announced her return from the momentous
Easter vacation.
Within a minute a creaklng carryall had
stopped at the driveway steps ana thres
figures descended from its dusty interior
All eyes were turned on two; the third
Miss Sharper, whose duty il was TO meet
the trains, had ceased 10 count as an item
OF interest.
Hello, May Belle" ventured kathleen
who always managed TO say the right
thing at the right time. Did you have a
good time? ?"
May Belle had be- preparing herself
for this question all the way on the trim
from her home in Chicago. Time" she
cried ''well. l should say. or course. you
all read in the paper about the $500, 600
my uncle left me. l went to his funeral
II was awfully sad l cried really more
than any one else there"
May Belle paused to let her words sink
in A small quaint figure dressed In
brown stood uncertainty by, not knowing
whether 10 proceed up the steps or wait
for the superior creature who had been a
felloW-traYeler since she had left the
Peaceful Valley local for the Chicago-New
York express.
Miss Sharper settled the question
Come, Miss Mercy Anne Perkins" she