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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS,

IN the matter CT the estate of George
W. Roberts, Deceased.
In the Wayne Circuit Court, October
Term, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Eliza V
Knoll as Administrative de bonis non
with the will annexed of the estate of
George w. Roberts, deceased, has pre-
sented and filed her account and
vouchers in final settlement of said
estate, and that the same win come UP
for examination and action CT said Cir
cult Court on the Bird day of November
1917. at which time all heirs, creditors
or legatees of said estate are required
to appear in said Court and show
cause, if any there be, why said &C
count and vouchers should not be ap-
proved.
ELIZA Y. KNOLL,
Administrative, de bonis non with
the will annexed
Freeman & Freeman, Attorneys.
Oct. 9-16-23
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

morning hours, and l lay with eyes
wide open, wandering what l should
dc when he did come.
l heard the clock strike 10! IL p!
A few moments after the stroke of
midnight / heard queer fumbling at
the door of our living room, muffled
sinister sound. l sat upright in bed
listening. What could it be-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

Bangor, Me-. was visited one night
ty such flight of moths that the
side walks in places were covered with
them to the depth of an inch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

A New York inventor has designed
safes and fling cabinets made of rein
forced concrete
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

The value of Canadian manufactures
last year was $4,000, 0O0,0 900, compared
with 1892. 100000 in 1915.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

More than 5000 British soldiers
have been supplied with artificial
limbs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
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CLOTHING AND SHOES-Second-
hand wanted. Phone 2143 or 240 FIT.
Wayne Avenue.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-24
il" HISTOR Y
Morgan County
From its Formation down to
the present day
Continued from Last Week.

| LdSG w eek.
By the treaties of Tellico and
Watauga the Indian titles to the
lands of the most of the State of
Tennessee were acquired, but for
several years after those treaties
were made the pioneers suffered
from Indian attacks, md massa-
crees, and at other times treaties
were made especially between the
Cherokees and the Chickasaws :;
the Cherokees still contending for
the East or mountainous part of
the State, and the Chlckasaws for
the Middle and Western part, and
especially the lands on the lower
Cum berland.
The State of Tennessee, with it's
present bounds was before and
during the American Revolution
part of North Carolina.
In November, 1871, Washington
County was formed off territory
taken from Wilkes and Burke coun-
ties North Caeolina, and embraced
a the time of its formation, proba-
bly, the entire boundary of the pres
ent State of Tennessee.
In October, 1879, Sullivan coun-
ty was formed off of part of Wash
lngton.
In April 1888, Greene county was
formed off Washington county and
part of thu upper half
Of the present territory of the
State of Tennessee.
In the same month, April, 1888, i
Davidson County was formed off
Greene, its boundaries being as fol- t
ows: beginning on the top of t
mountain where the c
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-24

Virginia line crosses it extending
westwardly along said line to the
Tennessee river, thence up said
liver to the mouth of Duck river,
thence up Duck river to the line
where the marked trees run by the
Commissioners for laying off the
md granted to the Continen-
tial line of North Carolina inter-
sccts said river. which said line is
supposed to be in thirty, five de-
grees fifty minutes nor~h latitude, y,
thence east along said line to the
top of Cumberland mountain,
thence northwardly along said line
to the beginning"
In November, 1856, Summer CT un-
ty was formed off the East end of
Davidson county, and Hawkins in
the same month off Sullivan.
In 1888 Tennessee comfy was
formed off Davidson county; this
county when the State of Tenn
essee was named gave up its uame.
The seven counties above named
were erected prior to the cessior
in 1889, by North Carolina of
her western territory, and they
we're established by authority of
North Carolina, and embraced the
State of Frankland Tor Franklin)
This State of Franklin was never
recognized by North, Corolina, and
vas established and existed in op-
position to the North Carolina
,tate Government, and when the
ession of the territory by North
;arolina was made became the
'erritory of Tennessee. |
However, there was a session
ct by North Carolina in 1884
hich almost in effect reduced this
,rritory west of the mountains to ,
olitical orphanage, and the conse-
lence of which was the establish
q the State of Franklin.
In achieving their independence
e United States, 1.-THE thir-
en- original cOloninies) had each :
ntracted a large debt upon its I
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-24
NO. 6

own treasury, for expenses incur
red during the war. In addition
to this, Congress had created a
heavy liability upon the general
treasury for advances made by
American citizens and Foreigners
to meet expenditures growing out
of protractod conflict.
While the country received the
news of an honorable and advan-
tageous peace with acclamations
of joy and triumph, the govern
ment felt itself borne down by it's
heavy public Indebtedness, and
harrassed by the importune claims
Of its public creditors. Among
the ezpedients adopted by Congress
to Tighten this burden, replenish
it's treasury and increase it's ex-
hausted credit was the recommen-
datlon to such OF the states as
owned vacent and unappropriated
lanUs to throw them into the com
mon stock, cede them to the United
States, and out of the joint fund
created liquidate che common debt.
SO at the April session, 1884, the
General assembly of North Caro-
lima adopted measures in sympathy
with Congress, and in June follow
ing PASSED an act ceding to the
Congress Of the United States the
western lands, describing them
therein and authorizing the North
Carolina delegates to execute a
deed for the same. In this session
thus authorized was embraced all
the territory now constituting the
State Of Tennessee, Of necessity
including the four counties, viz:
Washington, Sullivan, Greene and
Davidson, organized up to this
date. 1t had been provided IN the
session act that if Congress should
not accept in two years the act
was thenceforward to be Of no eff
feet. The Assembly at this session
closed the land office for the wes-
tern territory and nulliied all en-
tries or land. except as therein spec
flied.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-24
To Be Continued
Our Sunbright Locals

The school here has an enroll
ment of Ill.
Mr. Oliver Shannon made a trip
to Oneida Sunday.
Mr. Edward r Bunch was in
our town last Sunday.
Mr. Harry Neil was home on
visit Friday and Saturday.
Walter Human visited relatives
at Pine Knot, Ky, Sunday.
Rev DR. Martin of Hartman,
preached his farewell sermon here
last Sunday.
Mrs Cross and daughters of
Somerset, Ky, are visiting Mrs
VIM NJ Neil this week.
Mr. James w England is building
on his property In town. MIR Lee
Often, is also building house on
his property.
One day last week Miss Ken
ledy of Knoxville, lecthrel here
IN Home Canning. 1t rained al
most all day and the audience was
mall, nevertheless the lecture was
Intensely interesting and many of
ur elderly men went away strok-
NJ their boards. shaking their
eads and muttering to themselves
nd saying, al never hearn SIGH"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-24

One Dollar pays for years sub
scription to the Morgan County
Press.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-24

PROGRAM
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Church, Sunday Evening, August 26, 1917
LEADER-MR II w SUMNER
subject-"Thou Shalt Love Thy Neghbor as Thyself
Opening Song c K Choir
Scripture Reading Leader
Prayer Rev Gleason
Song-For a Little Bit Of Love
Who is Neighbor? Tifn OFT
What does neg ghbor do for US? J Powell
Special Song Miss Nancy Turman
Reading-Bibe Story Of the Goo Samaritan
Miss Bernice Albertson
Scripture Reading Members of Group -Four
Closing Song Quartet
Endeavor Benedcton
....
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
SHIP HALF MILLION POUNDS OF
FISH.
Fisherman Near McGregor Harvest
ed Big Crop Past Season.

McGregor, Ia, Jan. ga half
million pounds OF commercial fish
were shipped from the two towns of
McGreSor and North McGregor in
1916. One dealer handled 100000
pounds. paying the fishermen $780,
900. With Prairie du CHEN COM
mission men buying in even greater
quantities from the fishermen OF this
vicinity a million pounds is probably
very conservative estimate of the
number of fish seined from the Miss
issippi over a stretch of few miles
north and south of McGregor and
Prairie du CHEN.
With all the enormous number Of
fish annually taken from the river
the fishermen say there seems to b
no falling off in the supply. The
yield of 1916 was larger than that Of
either 1915 or 1914. During the
winter months the fish in frozen
condition are shipped for the most
part to New York and other eastern
markets. In the summer month
they are disposed of at Chicago and
other towns and cities in the north
middle states.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
!, ioEHs NEW hlQUoR LAW.
Shipments Will be Limited to "Per.
sonal Use," and Consigpee Must
Sign Receipt at Railroad
Station.

The amount of booze shipped
into Iowa will be reduced two-thirds
by the agreement entered into by
railroad attorneys Thursday with
Attorney General Havner to the ef-
feet that the common carriers shall
not accept shipments Of liquor for
Iowa points, except for personal use,
according to railroad officials, says
the Register & Leader. The roads
will deliver no booze unless the con-
signee personally appears and signs
a receipt at the station.
The new arrangement will go in
to effect on all roads and express
companies by Feb. /.
When liquor is delivered for per-
sonal use, the consignee must per-
sonally sign the receipt at the sta
tion, in the case of the railway COM
pany, or in the presence of the ex-
pressman who delivers the booze in
the delivery zones in the cities, III
the case of the express companies,
according to the agreement.
No railroad shall accept for ship
ment any liquor which is intended
for sale in Iowa. In case of doubt,
the railroad or express company will
refuse to accept the liquor
Liquor for personal use will be
delivered by the common carriers
upon consignee personally signing
a receipt pending the decision OF the
Iowa Supreme court in an appeal
taken in case decided on Wednes-
day by, judge Utterback of the Polk
District court, in which he held that
the carriers are prohibited under the
Webb-Kenyon decision to accept Ii
quor for delivery in Iowa for per-
sonal use or for sale.
committee of lawyers repre-
senting the carriers will present the
appeal on behalf of the persons
claiming the liquor ordered destroy
ed by Judge Utterback. The depart.
ment OF justice, as appellee. will
present the appeal on behalf of the
state. In order to get q decision i'm.
mediately, a motion will be made to
advance the case in the high court
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24

COUNTY ROAD PLAN.
Wants Township System Cut Out
Altogether.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 22.-Repre-
sentative Thomas j. Wilson, Of Ma
haska county, is advocating a law
taking the township roads from the
care of the township trustees and
placing them in the county road sys-
TEN. Wilson is not taking any hand
in the fight as to whether the high
way commission should be abolish
ed. He favors placing the present
township road system in the county
road system and requiring the coun-
ty board of supervisors TO take care
of all the roads.
IN every county there are Six
teen to seventeen different ways OF
working the roads," said Represen-
tative Wilson. Each township has
it's own system. There should be a
uniform system of road work
throughout the entire state-ani
the county, instead of the township,
should be the unit. Where there are
sixteen townships to a county, there
are sixteen township funds and a
county fund for road work. One set
of officers can do more with the same
funds than can seventeen sets.
THE township officers of Mahaska
are favorable to the plan of placing
the township roads in the county
system and have the county look af-
ter them. l think that generally
throughout the state the township
officers will favor such a plan.
Townships now have to purchase
road machinery, and often duplicate
machinery is purchased by various
townships of a county, only to lie
idle most of the year. If the town
ship and county road system were
combined, the county would get
what machinery was needed. and
there would be no waste in this di-
rection.
Then, too, if the county had all
of the road work to do, there would
be enough to make it worth while
for contractors to figure on the
work. The counties would get bet
ter bids
Representative Wilson has net
yet put his bill into shape for filing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS.
Gross Value for Past Year is an
Enormous Sum.

American farm products attained
a gross value of $13,449,OOO,OOO in
1916, making that year the greatest
in point of value of any in the ma
tion's existence.
That estimate of the years gross
value of farm crops and animal pro-
ducts, announced Thursday by the
Department of Agriculture, exceeds
by $2,674 100000 the total of 1915.
the previous record, and by more
than 3,50O,O0O,O0O the value in
1914.
Crop production for the year was
comparatively low and did not reach
record figures except in a few minor
instances, but high prices sent total
values up.
Crops were Valued at $9,111,OOO,
600 and animal products at $4,33S.-
100000. The crop value exceeded
that of 1915 by S2,204, 100000 and
of 1914 by $2,299, 100000. Crops
alone in 1916 were worth more than
crops and animal products combin.
ed in any year prior to 1912.
Four crops in 1916 each exceeded
$1,000, 100000 in value, the corn
product is put at 296,00O,O00:
cotton, $1,4O6,OOO, 1000; hay, ST.
62,00O,000; wheat, 6,00O,-
600. Other crops that exceeded
100000 were oats, $656,O00,-
900; potatoes, s417, 7,0OO,O00; wood
lot products, 100000; apples,
$1S6,O00,000; tobacco, S169,OOO,-
900; barley, $3.50, 100000.
The level of price paid to produc-
ers for the principal crops on Dec. 1,
1916, was about $50 per cent high
er than year previous, 52.9 per
cent higher than two years before
and 52.S per cent higher than the
average of the previous eight years
on Dec. 1.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
WANTS TO VOTE BY NAIL.
Newton Man Sounding Out Legisla.
ture on the Subject.

Perry Engle of Newton was in
Des Moines last week sounding out
members Of the legislature on a pro-
ject which would revolutIonize the
system of voting both at general and
primary elections.
Mr.. Engle would make the prin-
ciple of the absent voters law uni
versal SO that every elector would
vote by mail. He has not fully
worked out the details of the
scheme. but suggests that the coun-
ty auditor and the chairman of the
county political committees could act
as election judges.
Mr. Engle believes that adoption
of the mail system would result IN
vast saving in the state and county.
Estimating that the vote can be TAX
en- by mail at a cost of not to ex-
ceed cents for each elector He
also is convinced that it would elm
mate all chance Of corruption at the
polls.
Mr. Engle said Last night that
several members of the legislature
with whom he discussed the project
were favora BILE to it and it is prob,
able that a bill embodying this idea
will be introduced in the near fu,
ture.
We think that a law like the fore
going one, If it was passed, would
be as hard to figure out, as how old
is Ann,' or which takes the least
dough. a round or square hole in 4
doughnut.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
Women as Rural Carriers.

Hon. Halvor Steenerson OF Mir,-
nesota, ranking republican member
of the committee on postoftice and
post roads, has opened the session
with the introduction of bill that
will prove OF interest to farmer 5
wives and other women living in
rural communities. 1t provides
that women shall be considered eligi-
BILE for appointment in the rural
mail service OF the country il they
are otherwise qualified. Mr.. Steen-
erson's attention has been forcibly
called to the matter by case in his
home state where the widow of a
rural carrier passed the required ex-
animation for appointment to the va
cancy caused by the death OF her
husband. but was ruled out by tho
postoffice department on the ground
that the services OF woman could
not be accepted. Mr.. Steenerson in
tends to get early action on this bill.
Mason City Globe Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
NICHOLsON's ROAD OILING BILL
Winneshiek Representative Has Blu
Passed by House 36 to 1.

The first bill ordered reported
out by the house committee on high
ways, headed by Johnson of Lucas,
will be house file 20, bill introduc-
ed by Representative Nicholson of
Winneshiek, permitting counties TO
expend their share of the auto Ii
cense fund for olling roads if they
SO desire.
The present law permits use of
the amount received from this fund
for graveling or grading, but does
not specify oiling.
Counties which have no gravel
wish to use this money for oiling.
The committee voted SO to 1 to
report this bill for passage, Ander-
son of Winnebago voting no.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24
RUNS STORE LIKE CAFETERIA.
lola Merchant at One End of Run.
way Collects Cash.

The successful operation at lola,
kans.. OF a grocery and provision
market on new plan has resulted in
reducing the high cost of living for
its patrons. The market is called
the Basket store" and there IS
neither clerk, cashier or delivery
man. The proprietor alone conducts
the place.
Patrons are furnished a market
basket free and are admitted 20
spacious aisles, which wind along be-
tween rows of shelves and tables
loaded with provisions, through a
turnstile. All goods are priced in
plain figures and as the patron pas
ses along, he selects the articles ho
desires to purchase. All aisles lead
to the exit turnstile, where the pro-
prietor, presiding at the cash regis
ter, checks the articles in the pat
ron's basket, collects the amount
due and releases the patron.
By eliminating the credit and de
livery system, clerks and cashiers,
the owner reduces his selling eos!
and passes the saving on to the pub
lic- Not only does the proprietcy
save in cost of operation, but he de-
clares he does greater valume OF
business daily than under the old
method. People know from expert
ence and advertising just what they
want says he, and wait on them
selves much more rapidly than
clerks"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-24

The biggest fool in the world is he
who imagines he is a hero to hariots
and gamblers and the mob that well
comes him while he has money to
spend, says the Marshalltown Times
Republican. Old man Morrison of
Chicago, whose bankruptcy at the
end of $S,00O,O00 was announced
the other day held thai imaginary
position in his own mind. But the
testimony showed that he never had
been considered in any light except
as a sucker" They had taken him
in, fooled him, encouraged his own
hero worship, and trimmed him.
And the fool, old or young, who i'm
agines that he is hero in the poker
room or other vicious resorts be-
cause the gang slap his back AMI
praise him as game loser is just a
fish, and SO they speak of him aside
as the poor fish" They don't miss
him when he drops out of the circle
to accompany the sheriff to the pen.
They merely pick up another fish
and play him.