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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
REPRESENT ALTON IN THE
CONVENTION
z Uur Large Counties Have. Only 26
Delegates Out ofst27.

The plan which has been adopted
Tor the representation of the people
n the proposed Constitutional Con-
gention is. the fairest representation
that has ever been offered the cfti-l
tens of this State in any legislative, as
sJmbiy.
For the first time in Tennessee'S
history. EVERY COUNTY, no matter
how small It's population, will have its
OWN INDlVIDUAL DELEGATE. It
WIN be the first time that several coun-
lies have eger Dad an 1, ependsnt vote
Counties shoaid show t!ieirs .appiecia-
tion 81 this maiden right by voting
strongly for the convention. Hereto
fore these same counties, SO small Is
their population, have had to be con-
tent with representation jointly with
other counties.
The delegates in the convention will
be 127 All counties under 10000 pop
ulation according to the 1910 census
will be each entitled to one delegate.
The counties exceeding that popula-
ton will be entitled to an additional
delegate for each additional 10000 OF
population or majority fraction there
Of. On this basis the various counties
will be entitled to the following dele
gates:
Shelby, TO- Davidson. Z; Knox, s,
ard Hamilton 4.
Fayette, Gibson. Giles, Green, Mad
ison. Maury, Montgomery, Rutherford
and Weakley will have two delegates
each.
All the other counties in the State
will have one delegate each.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
Concerning the Torrens
Land Registration Law.

Prot. J. L. Brewer wrote to the
Division of Extension of'tile State
University, recently, for informa
ton concerning the Torrens Land
Law, which became law the
first OF the month Following IS
the reply he received:
Referring to your inquiry re-
garding the Torrens Land Regis
tration Law The law was past
on April }, 1917, and became
effective on Junel 1917. II pro-
yides that the chancellor Of each
judicial district of the State shall
aasse sg july 1917 appointed
one d nore attorneys as 5fAeiat
examTers in each county. The
fees and expenses will be as fol.
lows:
l. An assurance fee to to the
State of one tenth of one per cent
Of the assessed value for taxation
of the land in question.
2. The examiner is to receive
n fee of ten dollars for land valued
at $4,000 or less. This fee to be
increased by fifty cents per add
itional $1,000 Of assessed value.
3. The Register receives total
fees of $2.25.
a, The surveyor is to be paid at
the rate of fifty cents per hour tor
the time required to survey the
land and to make a plat thereof
the minimum. charge being 50.
If there are further questions re-
garding the provisions OF this law
| shall be very glad to have you
write lne again.
Very truly yours,
G. +. Alfred
Assistant Specialist in Agronomy.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21

| wonder why, along about this
time of year, a fellow wants to go
fishing and to go-or think about
going-to to some summer resort
There was time when it was
some use to go fishing, but that
time is gone now. No use to go
YOU can't catch fish without
beer. You just have to have a
little beer to pour on the red worms
and then you are liable to get
snake ''bit." And as the bone
dry law prevents or prohibits Ell
ther, there is no use to think OF
fishing any more, and as to the
summer resorts-well, they are
like the fishing: gone to the bad.
At one time there were a number
OF famous summer resorts i'll Polk,
but they have disappeared, as 1t
were.
Two of the most noted summer
resorts in Polk were Conaliskee
and Minnewauga. 1t would take
too long to give history OF both
of them i'll this article, so | VIII
confine myself to Conaliskee in
this article and tell about Mime
hwauga in,the next
Conaliskee is located about two
miles east of the present town OF
Austral, OH the l.. and N. railway,
and, I am ashamed to say, | have
only visited the place once. Just
about one year ago /, with J. ID.
| Clemmer, cashier of the Benton
Bank. was invited by John y.
| Williams and wife, and c. 7. VIII
liams aud wife, the former manager
of the Savannah farm aud the
latter county engineer. to go to
Conaliskee springs aud spend the
day with them.
Mr.. Clemmer said he would
drive me up to the springs. 1 had
never been there, aud neither had
MIR. Clemmer. So we went; OF
'started and went, and went aud
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
ConaIiskee and Minnewauga
BY JOHN s. SHAMBLIN

went ~ reckon that is the proper
wav 10 say it,-and we went until
~. couldn't go any farther, and
finally Mr.. Jim said, Well, let s
see--I think we have missed the
road, /" and so we retraced our
selves and about quarter from
where we turned around we came
t5 little spring. 1t was small
stream of water gushing from
fock in the side of mountain, and
/ said Is this Conaliskee? Jim
said, 81 reckon it is. -
We hitched up our horse, and
it was not long until John l.. and
&c. p. Williams and d. Byrd and
their wives arrived with a couple
Of baskets full of fried chicken,
pies, cakes, biscuits, etc, and to
make long story short, we had
one of the best dinners we ever
sat down to. After dinner we got
our hooks and lines, bated the
hooks and started up Conaliskee
creek, and if B. c. Sullivan did
say there were none up there, we
caught some of the finest mountain
trout you ever saw. But back to
| the subject:
For a number of years Conalis-
kee spring was the line between
the United States and the Indian
territory, or neutral ground. and
soon after the settlement of this
country by white men, there was
established near Conaliskee springs
stable of the first thoroughbred
horses ever brought to this coun-
try. Relatives of the present
owner OF the springs brought a lot
of thoroughbred horses and cattle
and started what is now Savannah
farms.
An incident was related to me
lby Mr.. John l.. Williams, present
nianager of the farms, as follows
When the Wetinores first came to
lthis country they brought with
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
PERSONNEL OF
The CONVENTION

The fear has been suggested that
even If the election for the Convention
is carried, the purpose of holding the
Convention will miscarry through the
unwillingness of the best citizens OF
the State to offer themselves as dele
gates, and that the politicians and
special interests would control its de-
nbeFations. This fear is grouadless.
The selection OF the delegates is
something the people. not the politi-
c.ana viii control. The influential
y AZ eaah calsptx VII aaa hat one
OF iss most prominent men. OF ability
and integrity. viii consent to become
O delegate. And he will be elected. In
those counties entitled to several del.
egates, the same precaution must be
taken as to every delegate. A Con-
vention made up Of such men will be
absolutely beyond the reach of any
politician, special interest or any sin.
lister Influence.
There is not man In Tennessee,
no matter at what personal sacrifice,
who will decliee to be a delegate IL
unsolicited the honor is conferred on
him by his fellow-citizens. And 1t Is
the busy man, the prominent man, the
man who will go at such sacrifice,
who should be selected as delegate,
for II is he who will give his labor to
his State for the public good without
thought of personal gain.
A prominent and parriarchial citi-
gen of a rural county was approached
recently by his fellow-townsmen and
asked If he would stand for election
as a delegate. He replied that his
people had been good to him, that
they had offered him many political
offices, all OF which he had declined,
hut that this honor he would accept.
as he considered it not an office. but
an opportunity tosserve his State. And
such will be the attitude of all good
men who are asked to become candi-
dates, II their selection is kept free
from politics.
II has been the history of such Con-
yentions in Tennessee and other
States that the best menin each com
munity have offered themselves as
delegates in order to serve their State
in a matter Of such vital Importance.
These Conventions have uniformly
been composed of the most prominent
men and the most brilliant minds In
the state-men so big that they sub
ordinate absolutely partisan politics 10
the good of the State.
-
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21

them an engineer, and he brought
with him a pet otter. There IS a
large cave OIL the lands, just below
Conaliskee spring, and this engin-
eer thought he would explore the
cave and in doing so he got lost
and for days no one knew where he
was-fnally the pet otter got hun
cry and kaving his master, came
out to get something to eat and III
this way his master was found.
For years Conaliskee Springs
was popular resort for Polk coun-
ty people, and was visited by large
crowds, many go there vet to see
and drink of the pure waters, but
the camps have all gone to decay
and a stranger would never once
dream that the little spring was
once the scene Of great activity
and the boundary line of the Uni
ted States. Like Minnewauga,
there is a beautiful Indian legend
of Conaliskee but it would take too
long to tell it in this article. /
will, if the editor lets this escape
the waste basket, tell i'll another
article the history and legend OF
Minnewauga Springs,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION ELECTION

July 20, 1917, first election.
Voters will vote simply "for@ or
against" the Convention.
Sept 90, 1917, election Of dele
gates. EVERY county will be
entitled to ONE delegate, some
counties to more, making 127
delegates in all.
Oct. 80, 1917, convention will
meet In Nashville. II WILL NOT
write the Constitution anew. Il
will merely suggest AMEND
MENTs, which must be voted
on by the people.
The Convention will fix the
date of the election on the
amendments. Each amendment
must be voted on separately BY
THE PEOPLE. A majority of the
votes cast on each ame%!ment Is
necessary to it's adoption.
ssGs
In all counties voting under
the Dortch Law, registration
certificate Is necessary to vote
1916 poll tax receipt Is neces-
sary to vote. It must be paid by
June %, 1917,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
A PRAYER
By HOMER MCKEE
TEACH me fhat sixty

LFANhN tAaN tNA4N ~O-g
minutes make an
hour, sixteen ounces one
pound, and one hundred
cents one dollar
Help me to live so that
| can lie down at night with
a clear conscience, without
a gun under my isillOw and
unhaunted by tti faces of
those to whom have brOt
pain.
Grant. | beseach Thee,
that | may earnc.1y meal
ticket on the squire, and in
d0inO thereof tAat ! may
not stick the qdE where 1t
does not belongs
Deafen me TO me jingle
of tainted m0n6f and the
rustic of unhOIy ikirts.
Blind me to tns FdultS VI
the other felIoM.ghut reveal
to me my Oven
Guide me so hat each
nioht when / Io1 X across
the dinner table { my wife,
who has been ai,lessing 10
me, / shall hel nothing
to conceal.
Keep me yOusg enough
to Laugh with MY children
and to lose myslf IN their
play.
And then, Mhe come the
smell of flowers and the
tread of soft 'eps, and
the crushing of \ lsearses
wheels in the grs IN front
Of my place, 1lae
ceransniav !! s!lsa iittsti llt
.epitaph sImpIe:
"HERE LIES A MAN"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21

j. II. TAYLOR, Jeweler
Watches. Clocks, Electrical Goods,
Alto Repairing. Storage Supplies.
General Repair Work. Goodyear
and United States Tires.
TELEPHONE 80. Calls answered day
Opp. Co. jail. or night.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
Old Time Singing
Was Enjoyable Event

The old time singing conducted
by John II. Lusk, of Mcdonald,
at the Baptist church here last
Sunday was attended and enjoyed
by a large number of people.
Songs that were sung by our
forefathers fifty or seventy tlve
wears ago were sung by a large
class during the exercises.
In the forenoon Rev. Waggoner
filled his appointment.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe White
"A yirl
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21

Miss Mary Lou Higgins expects
soon to visit relatives and friends
in Knoxville.
Miss Onie Rymer, of Washing
ton, d. c., is expected home i'll
the near future.
Miss Stella Rymer left Friday
for q visit of six weeks to her sis
ter, Mrs. Boiling, at Tapicoa,
N. {.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
BIOGRAPHIES.
BY n. A. White. No,
A. j. Williams,

~ Os NHhhHoaAC
A. ]. Williams was born two
miles east of Penton, July %, 1916
and was reared on farm, but has
been in public life for good many
years. Mr.. Williams first saw
service in the civil war, for the
cause of the South, in a separate
company known as Bill Harbison's
Scouts. He did duty as scout
during the winter of 1864, and
was present at Boyd mill, near
Benton, when one officer and five
or six enlisted Federal soldiers
were captured.
He was captured twice by the
Federals but each time escaped.
He joined Company A, Second
Tennessee Cavalry, April 6, 1864,
for three years or until the end of
the.war, and fought i'll the battles
of Dalton and Atlanta, sometimes
known as the Seventy Days battle.
He fought at Newman, Ga, and
the day after that battle was taken
I i'll, and spent six or seven days I'M
the hospital there and six weeks
in hospital and convalescent camp
at Augusta. From there he re-
ported to Macon, then went in
search of his company. He found
them in North Alabama, end the
day afterward started with them in
pursuit of General Sherman on his
march to Savannah.
Mr.. Williams was paroled with
his company at Charlotte, n. c..
May 8, 1865, -coming from that
place to Benton on horseback and
making the trip in eight and one
half days.
Mr.. Williams was first elected
justice Of the peace August 81.
1852 ard uass ashaifman of tlle,
county court during l8S5-6-7s I'M
1888 was again elected justice of
the peace, and chairman again in
1890. He resigned as justice OF
the peace. and chairman, in the
same year, and was elected by the
court to the office Of circuit court
clerk TO fill the unexpired term OF
w. NJ. Balm. In the latter part of
1890 he was elected to the same
office by the people.
He was appointed clerk and
master Of the chancery court Oc-
t5ber IS, 1908, and has served as
such ever since, having been re-
appointed twice. So all can see
that Mr. Williams has devoted al
most his entire life for the cause
of the South and for his fellow
citizens.
He was married to Miss Sarah
c. Rymer of the ninth district on
February %, 1876 and has five
living children Jonn L., George
Il, C. P, Joe Z. and Mrs. Alice
Taylor, all of Polk county.
Such loyal soldiers and public
servants as Mr.. Williams will al
ways have the respect,ot the peo-
pie with whom they associate, and
their places will oft times be in
adequately filled when they step
off the stage Of action.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21

Allie Arnwine of Etowah was a
Benton visitor recently. His little
daughter, Annie Lee, was here on
a visit to her grandmother, Mrs.
Matlock.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION ELECTION

July 2a, 1917, first election.
Voters will vote simply for" or
against" the Convention.
III Sept. 20, 1917, election Of dele
gates. EVERY county will be
entitled to ONE delegate, some
counties to more, making ,t27
delegates in all.
III
Oct. go, 1917, convention will
inset In Nashville. II WILL NOT
write the Constitution anew. II
will merely suggest AMEND
MENTs, which mdst be voted
on by the people.
The Convention will fix the
date Of the election on the
VIZ amendments Each amendment
are must be voted on separately BY
md THE PEOPLE. A majority of the
- cast on each amendment IS
OF tllc Se - yss adoption.
only proper meth 49,.
much more easily ts voting '!I.In.G.n unuss
- ''>''' Law, a registration
heXt wintcrse is necessary to votes
poll ss.ns
1915 poll tax receipt Is neees-
ave sary to vote. 1t must be paid by
tlI June 20, 1917.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-06-21

F. d. Higgins spent Saturday
and Sunday with homefolk here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
MAYOR GILL IS
 PAINTED BLACK
 BY WITNESSES
Forced Police Sergeant Putnam To Return
 Papers which
 Were Seized.

SEATTLE. March 14.-Sergeant P. V. Puntnam, head Of the Dry Squad testified today in the liquor graft cases against Mayor Gill, Chief of Police Rockingham and former Sheriff Hodge. that Buckingham forced him to give up all papers seized from the BnlinGsley Brothers in raids to whom they were return ed later by the Mayor. Prosecut, ing Attorney Lundiu, on the stand today. swore that both Gill and Buckingham blocked his efforts to secure the papers. Secretary of Po- lice Sullivan testified that he told the Mayor of the existence of the subpoena for all of the BnIingsley papers on August 3Oth, but that Gill permitted Logan BilIingsIey to car ry everything away.
 The government introduced evi- dence this afternoon showing that the Billingsleys were never arrested after the date Of the alleged pay ment of bribe to Gn although Ser. geant Putnam informed the Mayor that they were still operating.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
Chinese Government Has Taken Possession of All German Crafts
 at the Ports.
CREWS ARE IMPRISONED
German Sailors Are Under Guard Ashore and the Chinese Place Guards
 on Merchantmen.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The government of China today sever, ed diplomatic relations with Ger, many and at once took possession of all German merchant vessels at Shanghai and other Chinese ports.
 This was the official announce ment made today by the Chinese ambassador to the State Depart mcnt.
 Further official advicas received this afternoon from Pekin state that the crews aboard the German vessels which have been seized by the Chinese government have been placed ashore under heavy guards and armed guards and crews have been placed on the German vessels.
 The action came so suddenly that the Germans crews had no time to damage the boats in any way, &C., cording to unofficial reports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
CAPT, BOY-ED IS LOCATED IN
 UNITED STATES
Secret Service Men Admit Former German AttaChe of KaiSer'S Navy
 at Philadelphia.
POWDER PLOT DEEPENS

PHILADELPHIA, March IA. - Secret Service agents today an- nounced that Captain Karl BOy-Ed, former naval attache of the Ger mans, was in this city as recent as a week ago. This fact was ad- mitted late today by Frank Gar bayino, head of the Philadelphia bureau of investigation into the smuggling plot where hundreds of pounds of high explosives were ta- ken aboard the two nterned Ger man liners in the navy yard here.
 The presence of Capt. Boy-Ed has given a new clue as to who per haps may be the German spy" head in the United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
BAPAJME ABOUT READY TO FALL
 TO THE BRITISH
General Haig's Troops Have Captured the Important Heights
 Near Position.

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, March 14.-The ridge oy. erlooking Bapaume from the north west, which has come to be consid- cred by the British as a sort of a promised land ever since the battle of the Somme last July. passed in. to the hands of Gen. Halg's troops yesterday for the first time since the great struggle on this front op- ened. The British have the adyant. age of the highest ground and can now look upon the famous German stronghold and a wide extent of country beyond. The British off. cers believe that they are now in a position to take Bapaume whenever the word is given.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
American Star Liner Is Sunk, No Warning Given to Doomed
 Men Aboard.
AID IS ALSO REFUSED
Three Americans Aboard Are Reported To Be Saved; U. s. Consul
 Makes Report.

LONDON, March 14.-The Amer ican liner Algonquin, which sailed from New York on February 2Oth, laden with foodstufs, has been tor pedoed and sunk. The submarine torpedoed the American liner with giving any warning and the crew refused to give aid to the suviv- ors of the Algonquin when they were struggling in their lifeboats during a storm which was then raging.
 This information was wired to the British Admiralty today by American Consul Stephens at Ply mouth who also sent word of the disaster to the United States gov ernment.
 According to American Consul Stephens he believes that all the members of the crew aboard the AL gOnquin have been saved.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
WILSON NAMES COMMISSION
 TO HANDLE TARIFF

WASHINGTON, March 14. - President Wilson this afternoon an nounced that he had completed the new tariff commission and the members would consist of Prof Frank w. Taussig, of Harvard; Wm. Kent, former Congressman of California; David D. Lewis, former Representative of Maryland Daniel C. Roper, of South Carolina; E. P Costigan, of Colorado, and W. S. Culbertson, of Kansas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14

Mrs. ElinOr Glyn and Lady Sway. thling are among the many dis unguished women of England who are cognizant of the sacrifices re. Quired of them in these days of stress of their poorer and less fortunate sisters, and as 8 result they have given up many luXurieS in the in- terest of economy.
 N. r. II. Special
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
ROADS WITHDRAW C0LONIST RATES
 EAST FOR WEST

CHICAGO, March IA. - Colonist rates to tht West. a custom of the railroads for twenty years, have been abandoned by agreement oE managers Of railway lines, it is an- nounced. According to the manag- CTS the rates were intended 10 pro. mote emigration to the West, and the reason for them has long since passed. IL is added that in recent years low rate one-way tickets were used largely by commercial travel CTS.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
STEAMER MOVEMENT and Mail Information
NOW BOUND NORTH

NOW BOUND NORTH City of Seattle will be due ear ly tomorrow morning with one days mail.
 Despatch Is due to arrive Fri day from the south. Princess Sophia is northbound and will be due Friday night. Has one days mail.
 SCHEDULED sAILlNGS Dolphin Is scheduled 10 sail from Seattle tomorrow Northwestern Is scheduled to sail from Seattle tFrlday. Spokane is scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Al.Ki is scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Alameda is scheduled to sail from Seattle. March 2Srd.
 soUTHBouNo sAILlNGs Humboldt is scheduled to sail Southbound tomorrow morn ing. Takes mail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
.SHIPBUILDERS OF
 WOODEN VESSELS ARE
 SUMMONED TOGETHER

WASHINGTON. March 14-The federal shipping board has assem- bled the wooden shipbuilders of the United States here to devise means of at once constructing a large fleet of wooden vessels for the Trans Atlantic trade. This move is ta- ken to mean that action will fol- low the meeting
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
MILLIONS WILL BE RAISED FROM TAXES
 ON INCOMES IN U. S.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Pre- liminary reports to the Treasury Department indicate that the gov ernment will collect $3OO,OOO,O0O income taxes during the current fiscal year. This amount is one and a half times as much as dur ing the pending twelve months
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
STEEL BRIGHTER FOR NORWAY WAS
 LAUNCHED TODAY

SEATTLE, March l4,-The steel freighter Golden Gate, 75O0 tons, build by the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Cc., for Knute Knutson, of Norway, was successfully launch ed here this forenoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
NORWEGIAN STEAMER
 LOADED WITH RELIEF
 SUPPLIES T0RPED0ED

LONDON, March 1.-The Nor wegian steamer Lars Fostenes. loaded with relief supplies for the Belglans, has been torpedoed and sunk within the barred zone. The Lars Fostenes was unarmed and un- warned. The Belgian Relief steam CT Storstad was sunk yesterday off the Irish coast
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
MODIFIED TREATY
 WITH COLUMBIA IS
 PASSED IN SENATE

WASHINGTON, March 14. - The Senate foreign committe has ap- proved, in modified form, the treaty with Columbia, by which the United States will pay that Republic $25,OOO,OOO for the parti- tion of Panama for the Canal Zone.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
PASSPORTS HANDED OUT.

Pekin, March 14.-Tollowing the severance of diplomatic relations between China and Germany, the Chinese government this afternoon handed passports to the German minister.