The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-02
OCAL NE VS.

Apply 10 MRS. j. X. Kinney for rom
and board, near town.
Wanted at ]. Sternberger. Jr.' S, hides
and furs.
Miss Martha Williams has been the
guest for several weeks of friends in
Nashville.
Miss lila Volterman left the first Of
the week for Sullins College, Bristol,
Virginia.
Miss Mamie Gray attended the Red
Cross convention which was held IN
the Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, last
week.
Hon. Mann Wills will conduct the
services at Trinity church Sunday
morning at II o'clock and at Lebahon
at 8 p. m.
Lost-Blue handbag, between Gin
ions Cafe and Brownsville Bank. Re
turn to Brownsville Bank and receive
reward.
Highest cash prices paid at J. Stern
berger, Jr.'s for hides-coons, minks.
and opossum. Don't sell until o
see him.
Story Hour.-There will be a Hal
loween story telling hour at the Libra,
ry Saturday afternoon. Let all the
children be present to enjoy these sto-
ries.
Fine Dogs for Sale.-Saint Bernard
and Great Dane crossed puppies. Pedi-
greed stock. Mother and father regis
tered. Write Thomas d. Owen, Box
200, Brownsville, Tenn. --49
The Brownsville Quartet, under the
direction of Miss Gertie Bauman, will
give an entertainment at the Woodland
Consolidated School Friday evening.
Nov. 2 for the benefit of the school.
Everybody come.
Chairman s. F. Thomas of the
food administration board for Hay
wood county, states that so far only
about 800 cards have been signed and
returned to him. There should be more
than four thousand in this county and
ne urges that our people in the rural
districts show their patriotism by
signing these cards at once and return
ing them to himna
-Four negroeS allied to report to the
local board Monday for army service.
They + now classed as deserters and
unless they report at once to the local
board here federal officers will be on
their trail. They are Alex Read. or
der No. IL, serial No. 1913; Read Lee,
order No. POI, serial No. 2067; Percy
Miles, order No. 13, serial No. 1852;
Howard Thompson, order No. 18, Sc
rial No. 2036.
The last quarterly meeting of the
Brownsville circuit was held at the
Methodist church here Wednesday af-
ternoon. The meeting was presided
over by Presiding Elder Johnston. The
reports from the various churches
were good and financial obligations
will be met in full. The membership
showed its appreciation of the pastor,
Rev. B. II Russell, by presenting him
with a 125 rubber-tired brr dsathi-
circuit and his peopgla nave as, yed fss
his return. This is proof of his splen-
did work and popularity throughout
the bounds of the circuit.
Farris Rivers, a negro whose homei
is in the eighth district of this county,
anne into the office of j. o. Bonner, sec
rotary of the local board Monday and
stated that he understood that sever
al negroes with wives and children had
been drafted for war service and would
leave that day for camp. He further
stated that he had no one depending
upon him for support and said that he
would like to go in the place of one Of
those mentioned. Arrangements we're
made Immediately and Rivers took the
place Of Lawrence Flagg and left
with the bunch for Camp Meade. Such
patriotism as this is deserving of no.
tice and commentator. There are
few of Rivers kind in Haywood coun1
ty.
Esq. S. E. MCGEE of Hillville was i1
town Wednesday for a supply O pledgd
cards for United States food adminisk,
t%ration. In speaking of the good ac
complished by the campaign madfr
throughout the county last spring fol
the Investigation of crops and thy
planting of larger food crops, he men
toned an old negro of his neighbour
hood who said recently: "Boss, / hab,
dat good piece O. bottom land O. mini
plowed good en- ready fer cottodw
when | heered dem white folks atalkit
'hout plantin' less cotton an mo, cord