Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1918-09-19
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM ROUTE SIX
And Other Interesting Happeninka
Told BY ceOtxia A. staLsly

saw ana YVES with Rev. I. 4
Hicks for an hour or so on last Sat
urday morning. He has beer at Mt
Vernon the past week helping Bro
Cannon hold q series of meetings a,
old Eleazar Camp Ground. finc
Tup just the same dear old boy hs
was thirty-two years ago, only very
much more so. 1Nup has two sons
with the A. e. F. overseas.
Today ! had q letter from my
neighbOr boy friend, Luther II. Har.
ris, who is in active service with
Uncle Sans Expeditionary forces
Somewhere in France" Luther
says he is well and having q !. very
good time; says he wishes-I were over
there with him to help him talk
French and that We naight have .
good, long c6uvefsatIan together in
our own EnsEsk Language. A letter
came also today from Warner Nc
Conkey. another neighbor boy friend,
to his home folks here on Route Six.
Warner is also a soldier boy @Some-
where in France" In his letter he
says: "Tell Georgia 'howdy' for me,
and that ! am going to send him one
Of my pictures" Dear, dear soldier
boy friends; may God keep you both
beneath His sheltering arms and
s45 &.
bring you back safely to the many
loved ones at home.
A letter from John, w. Newman
and card from Louie Hunt, dear
soldier boy friends Of mine with the
"A. E. F. Louie says: eve sure are
having great times over here. Wish
you could see this country with me-"
Dear old Lon, has my letter reached
you yet! John w. Newman says in
his letter: Il am over here to help
defend my country and my loved ones
at home, and certainly think l am
coming back home, for this great war
10 going to end some time and then ]
am coming home and ann going To tell
you all about my wonderful trip.
Wheat get Ia thinking over good old.
atfp1es ulifh gos seuaefnz6s "a ko|
lias lss ahils sitiia l.sse s.1.
bunk. but ] am coming hesae when
this war is over and III tell you all
everything about il, Georgia." Ishad
q letter also from Henry McConkey
while he was at Camp Gordon.
Henry came home on a few
hours furlough, went back to
Camp Gordon, and has been transfer
red, and do not know at present
whether he is in the United States or
has taken passage for 0verseas' SER
vice. Dear, dear old John, Lou and
Henry, your friendship is something |
sacred to me; may God in His love
shield and care for you and bring you
safely home again.
l. am very sorry to learn that Mr.. |
P. A. Gates is leaving Tellico Plains
and that he is going to discontinue
the Tribune at that place.
The Tribune was a good, clean. newsy |
paper, and Mr.. Gates is fine news (
paper man.
Will Mr.. N. A. White over at Ben
ton please accept my sincere thanks
for copy Of Z" Hymns of Praise" a
very "down-to-date" music book Of
which he is one Of the authors. There
are half a dozen songs in the book
written byN. A. White and all OF
them gems 4of purest ray serene"
You remember the trail in the fields,
Army, which the Toomey boys and
used n5times now long ago, in visit
ing, they. to see me and to see
them; that trail is now mostly grown
up with timber, but Hugh, Newt, Sid
ney,y Ollie, Pat, Tom Dea, John and
Jasper Tcotney and ] shall never for
get the good old times we and your
self and others of our friends, have
had along that trail!
! growlcd at Prof. ]. d. Clemmer,
historian on the Polk County News
for not giving US his usual fine his
torical article and he says to. me in
that paper Of recent date: "Too bus
lily engaged in war work at present to
write anything historical until history
making is over, over there" Say,
Mr.. Clemmer, don't save all your big
gest and best guns until too long. for
some Of US older plugs may pass
awsy--one doesn't know--and we do
10 nslsch enjoy your articles. The
little book am sending you by mail,
Mr.. CIemmer. gives the history Of
Prof. Charles C. Cox. eldest son Of
Mrs. Nary Stakely Cox, who taught
It Benton in the. now long, ago; she
was my cousin; her father and my
'ather were brothers.
In July. last. whom our Quartette
,oys and the Holiness ladies came and
-, .uS cl.v.d Dad Cham vvaa