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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
COSTNER

1t seems that Cooke county
is being imposed upon in the
matter of taking our young
men to the army. Our boys
were willing to volunteer and
more than doubled our proper
ton, but it seems we are not
given credit and must give up
eighty-two more for the draft.
This will take more than three
hundred of our young men.
The burden of raising crops
and keeping the wheels turn
ing will fall heavily upon the
old men, women and children.
Old Beeswax favors furnish
ing men to lick Germany, but
we should be required to
furnish only our part.
So much rain has made it
hard to save crops, but there
has been lots of work here in
an effort to raise big crops.
The rains for fifteen days in
succession were the hardest
we have ever had in this Sec
ton. About a week ago a Sc
we're hail storm passed over
this section and did considera-
BILE damage.
The schools have started
There is some dissatisfaction
in the selection of teachers
Young men and women who
expect to teach will have tc
take a course in the State Nor
NAL school at johnson City. OF
stand IN With the board wei
enough to go to a private room
and have papers filled, al
there is a machine which car
raise or lower grades in les
than thirty minutes. In some
instances teachers have beer
hired who chew tobacco
smoke cigarettes, drink whis
key and swear in the presence
of pupils. The machine tina
hires this kind of teachers
a great machine and is not onl,
a disgrace to the men tina
operate it, but reflects on tn
intelligence of people VIII
permit it.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
FARMERS MEETING

There will be an all day
meeting and public speaking at
Oven Creek, August 18th.
A serious and solemn re-
sponsibility is now resting on
each and every American citi-
zen. To be Indifferent, uncon-
cerned or negligent is to be dis
loyal to our country, unfaithful
to friends and untrue to self.
More than fifty meetings in
as many different counties will
be held under the direction
and supervision of the State
Farmers Union in cooperation
with the county organizations.
Not less than two able speakers
/ will attend each of these meet
lings.
Speakers who have offered
their services in this great cam
paign are ex-senator j. H.
Hoffman, President of the
State Farmers Union, B. A.
Cherry, Vice-President, c. w.
Brooks, State Secretary, Phil S.
Taylor, member Board of Di-
rectors, G. R. Kite, A. D. Hale,
w. Bartholomew and B. M. An
derson, all of whom are able
and earnest men who sincerely
desire to awaken and arouse
their fellow farmers and in
duce them to work cO-opera,
lively in an effort to bring a
greater measure of prosperity
and more of the joy of living
into rural homes. Also Prof
H. A. Morgan, Prof. VIM. A
Schocnfeld and other able
specialists from the Agricul'
tural College at Knoxville will
assist in various counties.
All county agents are speci
ally invited.
Come out and bring youl
. family and enjoy a day Of
friendly associations and lister
to these men discuss conditions
and problems that are of vita
| interest to every farmer
Everybody invited.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

The Railroads War Board
has addressed a plea to public
service commissions and all
state, county and municipal
authorities throughout the
United States, urging co-opera-
ton with the railroads in a
suspension during the period of
the war of "all efforts not de-
signed to help directly in win
ming the war" The specific
suggestions which the Rail-
roads War Board makes to all
such authorities are embodied
in a letter forwarded by
Chairman Fairfax Harrison.
In that letter, Mr.. Harrison
says:
"The present emergency
has imposed upon the railroads
a very unusual strain in trans
porting men, food, coal, num-
tions and materials in augmen-
ted quantity. This burden,
while cheerfully undertaken,
requires every ounce Of ener-
gy, every unit of rolling stock,
every dollar of capital, every
bit of supplies and coal which
the railroads can command.
"It is the opinion of this
Committee that all efforts not
designed to help directly in
winning the war SHOULD be
suspended during the peroid
of the war. Indeed, this is OBJ
viously the thought of Presi-
dent Wilson in his appeal to
the country on April 10th,
1917, which included the fol-
lowing statement: It's is evi-
dent to every thinking man that
our industries mus. be made
more prolific and more effic-
lent than ever, and that they
4 must be more economically
managed and better adapted
to the particular requirements
of our task than they have
BEEN
Therefore, this Committee
earnestly recommends that dur.
ing the war the>railroads be re.
quired by the public authori
ties to make Improvements ant
carry out projects involving
the expenditure of money anG
labor only when they are alb
: solutely essential for war pur
poses or public safety. Ths
prevailing high interest rate OF
money, the difficulty of rails
ing money in competition will
the tax free issues of the gov
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
HARTFORD

Mrs. J.. I. Valentine is very
sick at this writing.
Andrew D. Henderson Of
the McGhee place, buried his
three months old baby last
Monday at Grassy Fork.
Our free school began last
Monday morning with a large
crowd of boys and girls. Prof.
joe Rose, principal and Miss
Dicie Hartsell assistant.
Miss Pearl Williams of
Crestmont, was a visitor here
last Sunday, a guest of Misses
Stacy and Docie Barnes.
Mrs. Will Smith of johnson
City, was the guest of her
mother at Newport, as we'll as
relatives on Grassy Fork, last
week. Mrs. Cephus Ford and
children of Grassy Fork .ac-
companied her home for sever
al days stay.
Rev. j, F. MENUS of Mt.
Sterling, was a visitor as we'll
as speaker at the Fifth Sunday
meeting at Mt. Zion church,
Grassy Fork, last Saturday
and Sunday.
The election went off very
quietly. From the way our
people voted it seems that the
present constitution is good
enough.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
THE FIGHT RELUCTANT
Dedicated to Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States
By Richard Wightman

by WlShlWdH
0UR ships still, or cruising gallantly
J Our guns silent and our flags were fured; +;
We sought to share our veal with every onei
We loved our peace and craved it for the world.
Man was our brother. Wheresoe'er he dwet
We took his hand and met him eye to eye;
We aimed to fare with him in honored ways
Where liberty and justice e'er must lie.
Such was wont, our passion, and our dream
Still love all, sprung from the common womb;
We keep our dream, but never could we stand
In craven sorrowing by Freedoms tomb!
And so, near Easter-time when lilies white
Opened their fronds to take the morning sum-
Our blood went hot-we sensed stalking Death
Along the living roods our fathers Wons
Of lives and ships tho these were quite enough
We saw the maulng of our brothers right
By hands unroyal, merciless, and rough.
man may pass and suffer not thereby;
throne may totter, all may still be well
But when the birthright of the soul is strucl
The sure resultant is long, tragic hell.
And SO our blood went hot! With lifted eyes
We took to battle on the land and sea ?
And flung our all into the blessed Cause,
For Right, for Freedom for Democracy.
Our mints are broken and treasure spent;
Our tranquil dreams are SoWn upon the air;
Meath lonely mounds our young men placid lie
With never heed of urge or trumpet blare.
For who would hoard his gold in times like this?
And who would falter in periled way?
And who would live when dying saves the race?
And who would sleep when waking brings the day?
Fighting, to build Truths temple vast and strong
Paying, to gain the need Of duty done;
Dying to live in better lives to be-
All, this surely victory well won!
Hating we love, for hate not we our foe;
We only hate the Thing for which he stands,
And seek for those who follow after him
The benedicite which Peace commands.
With flags unfured we 60 where honor calls
With feet we'll shod tread the bloody way
With lifted eyes we hail the peaceful dawn
Tho dawn of manknd's great Democracy!
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
INTERESTING ITEMS

N
Grasshoppers- have been
found at sea 1900 miles from
any land.
At least 5000 gardens were
planted last spring in New
York City.
Negroes in the United States
have a taxable wealth of about
$50O.0O0.000.
The report of a gun a mile
away takes a full five seconds
to reach the ear.
aluminium kitchen utensils
can be frightened by boiling
tomato parings in them.
Camphor is now grown in
Florida and Texas, the trees
forming attractive hedges.
A refrigerator made of con-
crete Goals by the action of wa
ter flowing over the sides of
the device.
A Frenchman has invented
an artificial wood for matches,
using specially prepared straw
as a substitute.
Dining room employees OF
some of the big hotels must
be manicured every day for
the sake Of sanitation.
A million and a quarter
horses and mules have beer
exported for war purposes
, since the fall of 1914.
Tea compressed into blocks
which resemble plug tobacco il
sold by an English firm for th'
; for the convenience of tourists
The latest idea for speeding
up the automobile calls fo
propellers in addition to tn
usual gear to help it over tn
ground.
A new bathroom scale wit
D a dial facing upward, to enabl
D the person standing on it t
( read his own weight, is a recen
5 invention.
According to English educs
: tors, the increase in motion pit
ture theatres has been f0ll0We
Z by a decrease in the circulatio
y of cheap literature.
3 Boston has tried successful
6 ly the experiment of havin
Z open-air moving picture
3 which is an advance in col
0 serving public health.
o One-fourth of the crops
o Spain are produced on irrig'
* ted lands, although only 6 p'
% cent of the nations cultiv'
10 ted land is irrigated.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
NEWPORT WILL HAVE
A NEW DEPOT
Work Will Begin Within Six
ty Days On Thirty Thousand
Dollar Structure.

All things come to those who
wait, if they wait long enough
and hustle while they wait.
For years the people of New
port have been begging and
some times fighting for a new
depot, therefore it is with a
good deal of pleasure Plain
Talk announces plans have
been perfected which will soon
result in the erection of a thir-
ty thousand dollar passenger
station at Newport and a large
and handsome freight depot
in Westport.
. The railroad company ex-
perienced quite a good deal of
trouble in procuring land on
which to erect a passenger de-
pot and even after acquiring
land from W. B. Robinson and
others they still did not have
enough on which to erect the
kind of depot they felt we
should have. Several months
ago Mayor Allen circulated a
petition asking that the freight
depot and the passenger sta
ton be separated, placing the
freight depot in the west end
of town. This proposition did
not very strongly appeal to the
railroad officials as this will
necessitate the maintenance of
two forces and the extra ex-
peinse of erecting separate
buildings. However, an option
on land owned by F. M. Greer
and wife East of the McCabe
Lumber aplant was presented
with the petition and officials
investigated the matter, finally
recommending the purchase
of the land. John M. Jones
had procured the option on the
land owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Greer (ten houses and lots).
He offered the railroad COM
pany five houses and lots for
$500, the size of the lots
t a ken together measuring
2Q0x567 feet. The !. railroad,
company accepted Mr.. Jones'
offer and the freight depot
will be erected there. Mr..
Jones keeps five houses and
lots. His option was $500.
The passenger station is to
be larger and more modern
than the Morristown station
and will be erected on the site
now occupied by the old depot,
extending West perhaps as far
as the front of J. R. Seehorn
& Co. The freight depot is to
be thoroughly modern and
large enough to accommodate
the interests for years to come.
The street leading from the
B. D. Jones corner is to be ma
cadamized and placed in first
class condition and a fill OF
three or four feet wilfbe made
around the freight depot, and
asphalt or macadam will be
placed all around it. Side
tracks will be laid along the
street and the switching which
is now done on our main stree
will be transferred to the west
end of town.
Deeds have already passed
and Mr.. Jones has agreed tt
move the small houses off o.
the land he has sold to the rail
: road company within thirt!
: days.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

O. L. Hicks has been in town
two or three times lately and
it is suspected a little bee has
been buzzing around in his
bonnet.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Rev. and Mrs. j. R. McRee
of Iva, S. c., spent several
days in Newport last week
with Mrs. McRee's mother,
Mrs. Jessie McSWeen.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Miss Nola Ragan and Little
Miss Hazel Repass of Knox
vile, are visiting Newport and
Cosby relatives.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Mrs. Betty Holt returned last
week to her home at Burners
Grove, after spending a few
weeks with relatives here.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Miss Hattie Bower came up
from Knoxville Sunday to
spend the day with her sister,
Mrs. Will Crawford.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Rev. J. w. O'Hara, after a
three weeks rest, will be in his
pulpit at the Baptist church
Sunday morning and evening.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Mrs. Wesley Penland has
been quite sick for several
days.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Miss Irene McDaniels Of
Knoxville, is spending few
days with Miss Louise Cowell.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

James France was thrown
from a horse several days ago
and had a leg broken. He was
taken to a Knoxville hospital
Tuesday.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Little Miss Lorene Sexton,
who has been seriously i'll for
several days, is improving.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. B. M.
Williams, of Hays Ferry, a son.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Mrs. Sam Sutton of Mt. Ster-
ling, was taken to Ashevilie
last week where she under
. went an operation for appendi-
citis. The operation was sue
cessful and Mrs. Sutton will re-
turn home the latter part OF
this week.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
Born, to Mr., and Mrs. Frank
Lowe, a daughter.

George Allen of Martel, is
here for a few days.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
J. W. O'Hara, D. D., p; stor.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
S. R. McSween, w. B. Stokely,
superintendents.
Preaching at 10:45 a. m. and
1880 p. m.
Subjects "True Light" and
"The Fall of Jericho"
B. Y. P. U. GAS D. M
D. S. Reed, president, Leader,
Miss Ortelle Delozier.
Midweek service at 1880 p.
m.
Choir rehearsal Wednesday
nights.
w. M. Union, End and 4th
Tuesday. Miss N. A. Murray,
Mrs. G.. F. Smith, Miss Texie
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
M. E. CHURCH
l. C. Harmon Pastor

Sunday School at $50; F.
W. Parrott, superintendent.
Woman's Missionary Society
meets each fourth Tuesday at
200 p. m. Mrs. Forest Stoke
ly, president.
Preaching 10:45 a. m. and
night at 700.
Epworth League at 6:15 p.
m. DR.. Dennis, president.
Junior League 200 p. M
Mrs. ]. C. Harmon and Mrs.
Heber Parrot, superintend.
ents.
Prayer meeting Wednesday
700 p. m.
j. G. Allen & Son, Newpot
Tenn, report bull sales as fol;
lows: Sultan King to c
Boice, Richmond, Va; Dutch
Bottom Sharon I'd to C. Boice
Richmond, Va; H a m b | I
Chief to Paul McNabb, New
port, Tenn; Dutch Bottom
Chief I'd to B. N. Phillips
Knoxville, Tenn; Dutch Bot
tom Lad I'd to Roy McNabb
Wilton, Tenn; and Dutcl
Bottom Sharon to John Weav
er, Cosby, Tenn.-Shorthorl
World.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01
M. E. CHURCH. SOUTH

wi. +. Oh UKCH. SOUIH
J. A. Ellison, Pastor
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
DIR. J. F. Woodward, Supt.
Preaching at 10:45 a. m and
1880 p. m.
Epworth League at 700 p.
m. Thurman Ailor, president,
Prayer meeting Wednesday
7:30 p. m.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Miss Ethel Mason has been
seriously ill a couple of days.
Several months ago she was in
lured in a runaway and has
had several nervous attacks
since. She will probably go to
knoxville for a spinal opera
ton when she gets a little
stronger.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

Five automobile loads OF
people from Cooke county at
tended the Old Harp singing
Sunday at Roaring Spring
Greene county. About twenty
five hundred people were pres
ent. Dinner was served on the
ground and our representatives
returned much pleased.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1917-08-01

DR.. J. M. C. Atchley has vol
unteered and been examined
for service as a physician and
surgeon in the United States
army in France. He will pro-
badly receive his commission
within the week, although he
has an enlarged ankle which
may bar him. He passed the
medical test, grading ninety
nine.
A welcome and an interest
ing visitor at the Plain Talk Of
fee this week was Master Dun
bar Susong of Montgomery,
Ala. He is spending the sum-
mer here with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Su'
song, and will probably remain
and enter school this fall. His
father, B. l. Susong, who was
for several years editor ano
owner of Plain Talk, is nov
managing editor of the Mont
gomery Afternoon Journal.
Friends in Cooke count.
have received letters from DR.
and Mrs. Lloyd S. Meas which
state that the doctor has takel
the state board examination o
Iowa and made one of the bes
grades out of eighty-fve mel
who took the examination
DIR. Meas now may practic
medicine in every state in tn
Union with the exception o
four. He has recently forme
partnership with DR.. B. {
Stewart of Sioux City, who
one of the best surgeons in tn
state. Mrs. Meas has a musi
class of twenty-five and
highly pleased with her ne
home, Ute, Iowa. They e,
pect to spend a week or so wit
Cooke county friends in Sci
tember.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
LEAVE FOR TRAINING
CAMP AT FT. ROOTS

Seven Ardmore boys left today noon
for Fort Logan H. Roots, near Little
Rock, Ark. where they will be in
training for ninety days The party
comprised Ralph McCann. Velie G.
Suggs, Tom carp, Freeman Gait, Wal
ter +. Drew, Earl Felker and l.. G..
Turman. They are members of the
Officers Reserve Corps. Going via
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
Proper Food for Weak stomaehs.

The proper food FOR one man may be
all wrong for another Every one
should adopt a diet suited to his ago
and occupation. Those who have
weak stomachs need to be especially
careful and should eat slowly and
masticate their food thoroughly II is
also important that they keep their
bowels regular. When they become
constipated or when they feel dun
and stupid after eating. they should
take Chamberlain's Tablets to
strengthen the stomach and move the
bowels They are easy to take and
pleasant In effect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
You Need a Spring Laxative.

DR.. Kings New life Pills will re.
move the accumulated wastes OF win.
ter from your intestines, the burden OF
the blood. Get that sluggish spring
fever feeling out OF your system,
brighten your eye. clear your complex
Ion. Get that vim and snap Of good
purified healthy blood. DR. Kings New
Life Pills are a non.griping laxative
that aids natures process. try them
tonight At all druggists. 25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
New Orlear. Marknt

New Orleans, May Spot cotton
steady and unchanged Sales ON the
pot, i.UN', To arrive. none, good or.
Iuary lNl2; strict good ordinary.
1852; low middliug 1912; strict low
m.ddling 1881, miidlug 1850: strict
middiing 1863; good middlug. 1887:
strict good middling, 20O5. Receipts
2,5i>; stock, 27i.Gs9.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09

Photo by Fonville.
VELlE c. SUGGS
OF Ardmore, among those who today
left for Fl Logan II. Roots
Oklahoma City they will join other
Oklahoma boys on a special car pro.
vided for them George Otey left on
the afternoon train today and Hoxie
Anderson left yesterday afternoon.
Both will be with the Officers Re.
serve Corps at Fort Logan H. Roots
George Anderson will leave Friday for
this same place.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
Cottonseed Oil

New York, May 9-The cotton seed
oil market closed steady Spot. 1900
bid; May, lGlONl5; July. lGl0a32:
July. lG3OH3l. August and Septem.
ber l6.3Od33; October, l6llGl4. No.
ycmber. ljjGdj7; December. 1880
50. Total sales. 29.70O.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09

New Orleans. May Cotton open
ed steady. Opening bid 1913 asked.
July, 1875 October ISIS; December.
1924 asked; January. 1882.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
COTTON FUTUREs

New York May g. Cotton futures
opened steady NAV. 1880: July.
l9iS; October. 1866; December 1876.
January, lS.7S.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
Fl. Worth Market.

TT WORTH Texas. May o. Hogs
Receipts $500: 10 TO l5c mp. Heavy
1j5o0ll55.
Cattle Receipts 5000; steady
BceNcs 1mul05o.
Sheep Receipts 1000. unchanged
Lambs lGnU0l700.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-09
Notice Moodlnen.

You owe me and your family Cal
at once and pay dues
50 J, +. GAIT. Clerk.