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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24

matteE to the Chapter. But /
assure you it was most enthusia-
stfcalIy received. All agree Il a
most delightful idea to carry out
the suggestions in your. letter in
|regard especially to the using of
one side as a memorial to Nancy
Ward Rifles, Co. A, 117th. Twas
delighked with the idea myself and
had thought quite bit about it,
tho did not know it was even
thouaat Of by others, so of course |
was mote than pleased with the
suggestion.
TKxhonor of regent has passed
on tn1 sother NV health has been
very bad the past two years, but
my esthusiasm on historical lines
still honrishes and as chairman of |
he nionument committee. I will |
,e sosg4ad at any time to hear from
our association on that subject |,
md hope you will keep us advised
N tbst line. In regard to the
ooks owned by Ella Mae King
he Chaprer seems to think we :
ould handle them we'll provided
e could get them. Will you give
.e sSs:,e address by which we
ould yet in touch with the one
ho owns them' II would be a
ne hing if they would agree to
5rafe them to this monument :
dpnd allow the Nancy Ward
to sell them, Hoping to Il
"a some hing favorable, | am, 81
u Very. respectfully, NJ
AIRS. T E. Alternately, Chm. L
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24
Buy Liberty Bonds
NOTICE

/, H. L. Harrel have this day
sold my interest in the City. Drug
60, of Copperhill, Tenn, L. l..
Akin of copperhill Tenn. The
saisi ksn Las tcesl Il tssfse
and pay all nay liabilities in said
b stress. Apdt :, J. H Pier e
have sold my interest in said
business to q. II. Thompson OF
Copperhi1I, Tenn, The said
Thompson agreed to assume and
pay all Of my liabilities.
!, 49, 80
II. /. Harrels@a > =
J. II. Pierce.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24
Six German Helmits
To Be Awatded To
Polk Countains

Six citizens of this county will
sbe the proud possessors of Ger
man heimit when the Victory
Loan campaign is at an end.
Announcement was made from
the zone headquarters at Chatta
nooga this week, that the govern
ment had sent $50 helmits to be
used as prizes in the campaign. 5
The helmits will be awarded as
follows:
One helmit to the man making
the greatest number Of sales. One
to the lady making greatest num-
Der of sales. One to the man
selling the largest amount of bonds
one to the lady selling the largest
amount Of bonds. One to the bcv
selling the laagest number of bond
one to theNirl selling the largest
number of bonds. I
The helmits assigned to this
county will be received some time
this week and will Immediately be
put on exhibition,
buy Liberty Bonds
Rev. T. NJ Hicks attended the
Quarterly Conference at Chestuee
Saturday.
-7~-13uy Liberty Bonds {
NOTICE 9
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24
OCOEE

T. This is some fine Easter wealth
.er. Farmers are busy planting
corn, as this is the big corn plant
ing week here.
Mrs. Erb Blankenship visited
rela iJes at Benton Station las
week. Z 49,
There will be all all day service
at this place the third Sunday in
May. The program is not yet ar
ranged but there will be singing
and probably Instrumental music
and a sermon Every body conc
and bring a basket of eatables.
We notice that the farmers arr
buying quite a lot of fertilizer. I
q we Suppose they are not going
q reduce the cotton acreage vefsst
s.aels
The usual all day service viii
oe held at the Cumberland Sized
he second Sunday in May,
Sunday School here is gett ng
long nicely.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24
Ward
Chapter TOE-
rect Monument.
Especial. J

Chattanooga-At meeting OF
tile Nancy Ward Chapter of the
d. A, r., Friday night, it was
decided to erect a monument in
Benton, Polk County. Tenn, in
memory of Nancy Ward and as a
memorial to the Nancy WaId
Rifes+o Of the ll7th Infantry.
Mr. ]. d. Clemmer has just re-
ceived a letter from Mrs. T. E.
Abernathv. Chairman OF the monu-
ment committee, which follows.
The Benton Historical Society
first started a movement to erect |
monument. and later a Chapter of |
D. A, K was organized in Chatta-
nooga and named The Nancy |
Ward Chapter, and then they
joined in the movement to erect |
the monument Now lets get
busy and help the Chapter erect
the monument as outlined in Mrs
Abernathy's letter below.
Chattanooga, Tenn h
Mr.. J. D.. Clemmer,
Dear Sir; i;
Your most inter-
sting letter concerning the monl E
nent to Nancy Ward and the y
rave boys WHO went out from .t
Polk County to serve in this great & 8
arfQrS hum anity, was received u
olne tine aga, bsAt 10 day vas til Il
u n ~ w ~ u VI y sfS.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24
SERVILLA

Prof. Brewer and his associate
gave us a nice entertainment last
Saturday night and it was very
much enjoyed by all that were
present
Burkett WINS captured still
near here Monday.
J, ID. Clemmer and his two
daughters were motoring in this
section last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Breeden are
the proud parents Of a fine girl.
w H. Smith taken his wife TO
fanny the other cay to let her view l
her future home.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-04-24
Neeeasity Fsaltes Proesaritr.

WECessiIy IsalIss PFoeEefIfY.
people 4never fairly begins to
pr0Sher TIL Necessity is treading on
IT'S heels. The growing want of room
y a'l ~ tue sources of civilization
iQn is power, but ssit, must be
latloA That, IN grGwing, il
< q :spnr ehensiae of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
MEXICAN ELECTIONS IS QUESTION NOW
 BEFORE MEXICANS

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 23.-Discus- sion, private and journalistic, of the question of electing successor to Venustiano as President of Mexico in 1921 was given added impetus by what leading, pro-German morn ing paper calls it's record scoop" in securing an interview from Presi- dent CarranZa in which he stated he had not thought of, nor would he accept reelection. The fact that the new Constitution expressly for bids two Presidential terms was not mentioned in the beat"
 Among the candidates most fre- quently mentioned are General Pablo Gonzales, who has, on various oc- casions, expressed himself as pro- Ally, and General Alvaro Obregon, at present in business in Sonora.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
DECENCY'S HANDICAPS.

There a great number of stumbling blocks that twill have to be removed before the of decebcy, honesty and fair play that we expect as the Result of the wars cleansing influence comes into being.
 Our literature for example, will have to undergo a radical change, for, to act differently than have in the past, learn think differently, and thinking is largely directed by the printed word For the past two decades the commercial school has been
 favorite child of the book and magazine publishers
 There is nothing wrong in business story We are a business people and like to read about things We understand but there have been certain tendencies in the business story that are bad. In the good old days the honest, rugged hero always won out in the end. He invariably became part ner in the concern and married the bosss daughter.
 Today it is altogether different The hero now is one who make fortune by staying just with in the law, who surpasses in dubious shrewd- ness and sharpness and who can outdo the v- lain by the system of meeting he devil with fire" The rugged, honest stuff lonecr with writers. It is supposed to be passe as the home spun suit and the spinningwheel. Cleverness is the big virtue
 Consider the "J. Rufus Wallingford" stories. Here We have clever crook who makes large fortunes by feecing unsuspecting farmers and small t6wnsmen The writer gains sympathy for his "hero" by pictur- ing his dupes as stingy, uncouth and awkward per- sons as if it was perfectly all right to rob a stingy awkward man,
 Wallingford is merely type of the successful magazine figure today. The periodicals full Of him. The drama of course, has followed the literature of the day and, result we see about us constantly vicious ideals of commerciasm dressed in attractive garb and forth realistic pro- cuction of things they actually exist
 Of course, Wallingford and his fix are exaggera- tions. The average business is honest or tries to be, but the magazines won't have it that way and they have educated their readers to like the crook and sharp business story
 Do you imagine it does any good for young man just starting at the foot of the commercial ladder to read books and plays that exalt the sharper and sheer at the plodder? Does it help him any in leading straightforward life to find a crook exalted for fleecing bunch of "rubes"?
 If we can set oar literature to glorify honesty,
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

In his recent speech waterways James E. Smith referred to the possibility of connecting the Mississippi Valley with the Hudson River by dig ging canal across Ohio from the Ohio River to Lake Erie Visionary? Perhaps for the present, but the fact is the vision came true many years ago, and the canals-there two of them-are still wet more less, in spots, but are hardly navigable
 However the fact the Erie Canal has been re- made into ship canal holds promise that Oho's obsolete waterways may be rehabilitated and that promise is the stronger because of the changing at titude of the country toward waterways in general Who say that it will not be possible before many years have passed to take leisurely water trip from St. Louis to New York by way of Gin cinnat Cleveland, Buffalo and Albany?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
"M-o-a-u!"
Luke Mcluke Says


 When the Bride begins to ask why he hands over only $20 when she understood during the engagement that he was making $70, you can bet that the Honeymoon is ended.
 It is good thing that married cou pies do not live to be 150 years old, If they did a mans tongue would have rusted out and woman S tongue would have been worn out.
 If some smart man wants to make as much money as Henry Ford did, we will tell him how. Just being manufacturing small cheap cream separator for home use Put some apple juice in cream separator and it will turn into stuff that has a kick like a peeved mule. We can see where someone is going to sell about 4O,00O,OO0 cream separators when this Land of the Free begins wearing it's prohibition shackles.
 After a man has owed a bill for he thinks he is being persecuted if he is dunned on the account.
 A man obeys the Clean Up and Paint Up" slogan about once a year But woman obeys it every time she starts down town.
 A lot of us are kept poor because we devote too much time to running the Government
 Nowadays a lot of folks seem to think that the Golden Rule is: "Try to Do Others As They Try To Do You"
 It is too bad that girls seem to know more about catching husbands than they do about keeping them
 And even if your wife's hair isn't that color it is cinch that she will act red-headed when you come home late
 When married man has trouble and goes to an unmarried woman for sympathy, the betting is that he is going to acquire more trouble.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Our Own Popular Songs

The Heartless Cigar Man Minerva was a working girl who
 thought she's like to try To smoke like all these high-class
 danes that grace the public eye, So she went into a cigar store and
 said to the clerk there; 'I want some smokes-the kind that's
 used by all the ladies fair" The clerk he was fresh guy, and
 he pulled out six cigars Which was called Cabbage Zephyrs" and were made behind the bars They had on nice big purple bands
 which Minnie's eye did catch, So she pulled out her purse and paid
 a nickle for the batch She lit one up and went out to the
 corner for awhile, So that her lady friends could see
 that she was right in style She leaned against lamp post, and a sparrow overhead, Stopped singing, checked a bit, and
 then fell to the pavement dead, But Minnie puffed on, proud and glad that she was just the same, And just as up-to-date as any other high-class dame.
 But soon her head began to swim, her knees began to shake; The cold sweat stood upon her brow,
 her heart did loudly quake; She threw her stump into the street, and while her head did droop, Her tummy started in to buck and
 do a loop-the-loop. Some people called an ambulance to
 carry her away, And as they laid her in it, these
 words they heard her say.
 CHORUS 'I never wished no one no harm, nor never done no dirt, An there's a honest, lovin' heart a-beatin' meath this shirt; But I hope that cigar man chokes,
 I don't wish no one well Who'd send a honest working girl rope with such smell!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
WILSON'S CENTURY" SAYS POPE BENEDICT

Perhaps the greatest of all the very fine tributes that have been paid to President Wilson since he went abroad is that of Pope Benedict the Holy Father of the Vatican who pronounced and au- thorzed the publication of the following judgment the President of the United States
 President Wilson inspires the great
 est confidence He reminds one of St.
 Paul His is the sole great mind the
 has revealed The twentieth
 tury ought to be called Wilson's century
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

fairness sefsacrce and decency and to cease hold ing up the Dollar the goal of all things, we will be long way toward the are hoping for, that era when all will have equal opportunity and when hard work will bring just great rewards as a nmble mind.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
George Knows Everything
(Houston (Texas) Post)

Houston (Texas) POst)
 Luke McLuke says the vocabulary of the average man is only about 1,600 words. He will never need half that many unless he expects to go into politics and remain a bachel- CT all his life. After he marries yes, no, how much, Oh Lord and a few quiet cuss words, he doesn't have an opportunity to use much vocabulary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

That 38S4 carat diamond discovered the other day in South Africa may congratulate itself that Fate has removed all danger that it will ever be re- ouired to decorate an Imperial crown-at least not a Hohenzollern crown
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke EcLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer

Here's Something To Worry About
 Every living being had 2 parents; grandparents; great grandparents 16 great great grandparents; 32 great great great grandparents and GA great great great great grand parents in six generations back. Sc n the year 1, A. D. you had 51,947,- 164,166, ,913,536 ancestors.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Nothing To Worry About

Judge James s. Thomas, of Ports
 mouth, Ohio, tells of an experience with colored porter at a railroad depot. The Judge wanted to take a train at 80 and the clock in the
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

Where class government rules all that is necessary to deraud the people of their just rights is to have the leaders of two classes enter into a compact-liEe, for instance the compact between Lenine and Trotdky on the hand and the Hohen- zollerns on the other.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

If it were not that Hoovers originality has been thoroughly established and the fact that his mes sage to those beggars for food so obvious ly appropriate might be inclined to think he was attempting to pilfer from Col. Whittlesey when he sent word to them to to hell.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Oh i!

And how did your battalion hap pen to surround the German battal- ior and capture it?" asked the Man who had remained at home.
 Well, it was like this" explained the returned Tank. Our left was
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

When TrotZky arrests Lenine because of per- sonal difference Bolshevik reforms, it becomes incumbent upon our local Bolshevsts to sort them selves out into opposing groups. Which of the two dictaors is the true prophet of the doctrines of the Reds, and which the traitor?-( New York World.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
PAY INTEREST ON RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
 BONDS IN AMERICA

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The Ma tional City Bank has paid semi-an- nual interest on the outstanding is- sue of $50,000,00O Imperial Rus sian Government 61s per cent. ex- ternal bonds, involving a disburse- ment of $1,625, ,000. There has been no default of interest on these bonds since the overthrow of the Russian monarchy, but the National City, as fiscal agent, has not made known the source from which it has re- ceived the money
 Stone jars, all szies, just received, at GOldskein's Emporium. sa
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
ThAnx!

Dear Luke: AS many people here about read your column as read the Bible And they are all Church go- ers-(T E. Lispscomb, Deputy Coun- ty Clerk, Columbia Tenn)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Whar's That There Flow?

Sergeant Fred c. Thirtyacre, of Columbus, Ohio, will soon leave Camp Jackson and get back to work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

Riggs has requested that naval vessels be sta toned in Alaskan waters next summer and his re- quest has been granted. "Oh, girls ant it grand and glorious feeling?"-(Douglas Island News.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Quick MenI

We are sending the Clubs corps of plumbers up to Hamilton, Ohio, tc investigate the case of John Leaks at 19 N. F. Street.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

clock in front of the train shed said 2:25.
 Say boy" said the Judge, which or these clocks is right? l want to take train at 2:30 and would like to know the correct time"
 The porter then looked at the clocks and said:
 Boss, it don't make no difference which clock is right. The train goes at 2:30 anyhow"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Names Is Names

Rhoda Bone lives in MadisonvilIe, Ky
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

There is no affinity between government by ,mob and force and one of and majorities.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

trying to move around the German right, but the German right was also moving around our left. When the left of the German right moved around the right of our left, what was left of the German right was right where our right left So, when the German rights left was right where our left's right was right be- fore we left, the left was right where the right was right before the left's right left the rights left. That's how it happened"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Alta Boy

Even Chance, of Key West, Florida should be lucky cuss.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Our Daily Special

Overeating kills more Men Than Overwork.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24

To be exact, the Demon Rum is taking to the deep cellar not the tall timber.-( (Anaconda Standard.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Help!

We hate to keep anyone out of the Club. But where in Potsdam are we gonna put Adam Rott, of Indian apolis, Indiana?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-24
Isn't This a Pleasant Winter?

(Ad in Ludington (Mich) News) WANTED-A young experienced woman. For matrimony. No ref erences are necessary. My age, 31. James Anderson, Freesooil, Mich.
 "M-o-a-u!"
 When l was a little girl they used to call mo Kitty" simpered Miss Oldtimer.
 'Uh-huh," growled MT. Oldbach That was before you grew up, wasn't it?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13
THE CIGARET LAW

The cigaret is sweeping along. A
majority of the men who smoke,
smoke cigarettes. This form of
smoking has been considered a great
evil and an effort has been made in
Iowa to suppress it. At the present
time the sale or giving OF cigarets
away to anyone, old or young, is pro-
hibited. Yet the sale of cigarets in
Iowa is practically universal
A proposition is now pending in
the thirty-eighth general assembly to
license the sale of cigarettes to men
above twenty-one years of age, and
then To attempt to prohibit the sale
OF cigarettes to minors entirely. The
case is far enough along in iowa TO
make it evident that the cigarette is
too thoroughly estab'ishe1 to be to-
tally prohibited. The cigarette is
regarded as a nuisance by those who
do not smoke, and ii must be a regu-
lar joy TO those who do, inasmuch as
they stick to it under all curcum-
stances and at all times and places.
However big a nuisance it may be. it
is not "a nuisance to the majority. The
present Iowa law is a failure and it
is entirely rational to try something
else. If cigarettes can be kept from
the boys that would be great
achievement. And if change in the
law will induce all the adult cigaret
smokers TO aid in the suppression of
the habit among boys, it will be a
victory
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13
WEARING THE UNIFORM

From headquarters of the army
comes the following statement:
THE uniform of the United States
army is a badge of honor. II is
painful TO see it worn by discharged
soldiers while soliciting book sub
scriptions, peddlng street wares, or
driving commercial vehicles. Neither
congress nor the war department ey
er contemplated that officers or en-
listed men should wear their uni
forms while engaged in civilian pur-
suits or for the purpose of facilitat-
ing or promoting the success of any
commercial undertaking"
This is a well-chosen caution. II
of course, does not apply to the mass
of discharged men; but there are
those to whom the temptation to
make capital out of the uniform is
strong. 1t is wholly within the
bounds of propriety, however, for dis
charged men to continue to wear the
uniform as long as the regulations
permit If they do not wear II, no
one will; and so much excellent cloth
ing goes to waste which we as ma
ton are applying to ourselves so
assiduously.
But in the effort to save. do not
disgrace it as means of provoking
sympathy, or Soliciting business or
for personal exploitation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13
CLAIMS SALE DATE

The estate of the deceased Clar-
ence d. Clifford will be sold at pub
lie auction on Friday. February IA.
MRS. ELZORA CLIFFORD, Admir-.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13

Special on tires and tubes. repair
ing and half soling every day at Ped
ersen & Nissen's and save 40c on the
dollars. str
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13
BULLS FOR SALE.

Have for sale registered Hereford
bulls. old enough for service. Phone
l6A4. John H. Griffith. II
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Resolution No. 16-Be it resolved
by the city council of Audubon. Iowa,
that the following claims be and the
same are hereby allowed and the
clerk authorized to issue warrants
therefor as follows. to-wit:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-13
FREE LUNCH AT NOON

TERMS OF SALE: All s.
~ months time will be given pu
est from date if paid when due.
for cash. No property to be ren