The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1916-02-11
BENTON BUZZINGS.


pertinent at this time and hope You can
find space for them. So here goes:
Russell and Center have filed another
bill in chancery about the famous 5000.
The new bill seeks to get the money on
the compromise and not on the merits OF
the case, as two of the committee said to
pax it. That they ought to have had 1t
and that the chairman issue warrant Tor
the sum. The bill was filed February Jst.
Toe V. Williams attorney for the COM
claimants and B. B. C. Witt attorney for
the comfy. Oh, holy snakes, amt that
stunt? Witt was his attorney IN former
case. think he is now arrayed against
Russell and Center. Won't he make it
hard on them?.
Russell couldn't get Chairman lawson
to vote for the measure in court and 1t
cost Lawson Russell's 0 K to the chair
mans place. He was for Higdon but they
could do nothing without lawson. The
Republicans centered on him. Then Rus-
sell came back to lawson for chairman
and they took Higdon off. kirkpatrick
promised Higdon a good job with the D.
s. C.. 81. Co. to come off and let harmony
prevail. Mrs. Higdon in 1914, when Sam
Higdon, ran for circuit court clerk against
Wood put $500 into, campaign fund under
the promise if sam was beaten, Biggs Cen
ter & Co., would pay this back. They
aimed to pay it by electing Sam chairman
but Lawson baked. The old lady wants
her money back so lam told. Hard is the
road travelled by the transgressor
A. E. Love is getting real good. The
High and Grammar schools are IN Tx
here. The Grammar school is about out
while the High school will run on unit
Nav. Those in the Seventh grade can't
pass unless it runs on, too. High school
can't be used in Grammar schools so all
schools have to run the same number OF
days. Now they want the Board OF Edu-
cation to run Benton schools and let all
the rest of the county have only tive or
six months. Love is now trying to have
influence brought to hear on Anderson
and the other man over in the Seventh to
vote it to them. They claim you all have
the Fourth fractional to help run the
schools there. They are in sweat over
it. They are cursing Rucker, too.
The County clerk was recently counting
ND how much there was left of the pike
money. 1t developed that 800 had been
paid B. E. Biggs belonging to pike road
funds and the auditors reported it and sup
posed it to be paid to Trustee but it has
not been done yet. They hunred for it
while Biggs was up at the strike in Duck
town but hushed when he returned. No
accounting has been made of the $l2OO
paid to him for the convicts. Everything
lovely for Abe Lillard for sheriff, here.
The School fund will go into hole this
year bad-some way must De 1ound 10 get
It out Of the hole. They have built
$4,000 school house built at Biggs,
FIVE miles out of Benton and one at Old
Fort. besides the teachers salaries which
will take up all the tax levy and more too.
The deficit will be over $4,000 this year
SO am told by the trustee. If the board
of education employ the teachers over
regular term at Benton it would be right
to do the same for Ducktown and Copper
hill. This will make the deficit greater.
| am told the insurance company won't
pay Russell on goods, but have paid the
insurance on the house. He is trying to sell
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