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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
TRAVELLED BY DEVIOUS WAYS
Correspondent Experienced Acute Dis
comfort While on a Journey
Through the Holy Land.

1t is eight or nine miles, as I esti-
mate, from the Euphrates to Constan-
tinople, if one follows the course of
the Bagdad railroad, whose track is
laid a part of the way where the feet
of the "ten thousand" had marched,
where st. Paul had tramped in his
first and second missionary journeys,
and where Godfrey Of Bouillon, Tan
cred, Baldwin, Raymond and Bohe-
mond had passed, and Frederick the
First had perished.
In my anabasis (lf may give my
lonely expedition a name so ambitious
and yet so cOntemned by many
YOUTH from the Euphrates toward
Constantinople 1 had to make q cir
cuitous journey, as did st. Paul from
Damascus, writes John II. Finley in
July Scribner's. 1 went first from
Aleppo to Damascus, then to Jeru-
salem, then to Haifa (near old
Caesarea where st. Paul took ship,
and then by sea to Beirut and Hernia,
on the coast of Asia Minor, a few
miles from st. Pauls "home town"
Tarsus, which was also the same town
as that toward which Jonah sailed
from Jaffa, when evading the call to
Nineveh. But the reader would, l
fear, find this an uncomfortable and
perhaps a tiresome~ trip, even to read
of, for travelled most Of the way in
freight cars (of the type known to our
soldiers in France, accommodating
"forty-fve hommes or eight chevaux')
on a trav Ter (Which was absolutely
the most uncomfortable means Of
transporta IN that I had ever en-
dured) AMI on a British destroyer"
which mig''t very f1tly have borne st.
Paul's naa,a before he changed it, in
the days hen he was breathing out
threatenings and slaughter"
There is shorter and less Indirect
way, for, speaking generally, there Is
no direct way from one place to an
other in that part of the world. This
is probably the reason why the street
in Damascus called straight" got Its
distinguishing name.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
COUNTY FAIR GOOD.
Larger Display of Agricultural POrducts
Than Last Year; Cattle Short.

The county fair last week proved a
decided success in most ways. So far
as the display of farm fproducts went
it was tar larger than last year and on
the whole considerably better. The
best display made of any one product
was in corn. AS good corn as is grown
anywhere was to be seen and the large
number Of enteries showed keen
rivalry.
The potato display was not so large
as usual but the quality was excellent.
There was not so many farm displays
as the occasion warranted The dis
play was good and varied. Owing to q
shortage of the fruit crop, the display
of apples and pears was not large.
In the display of live stock there
wasIa notable falling off. The Here
fords were in the majority and some
splendid animals were shown. The
hog display was larger and the quality
was high.
The ladies department was up to the
standard and many beautiful and useful
pieces of handiwork were shown.
County Agent W. G. Adsmond and
County Home Agent, Mrs. E. G. Al
bertson are both attending the Chat
tanooga District Fair this week with
exhibits from this county.
We regret our inability to give the
names of those who received premiums
and name of the articles, but inability
to handle so much type matter pre-
vents.
All in all the fair was g,od but not
nearly so extensive as it should have
been or as 1t could readily have been
made. Our people have grown good
crops this year in elmost evrey line
and had there been the spirit of rivalry
that the enterprise should have awak-
nned, the fair would have been much
better. We will hope for more inter-
est next year.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
WINE.SAP

Molasses making and fodder pulling
is the order of the day IN this section.
George Warner is conductlnag sing
ing school at Burgess.
Miss Maude Norris has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Adm Benedict, Jr.,
of Pomona, this week
Dalt Monaghan made a business
trip to Crossville Thursday.
Several people from here attended
the fair at Crossville, Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs H. j. VanwInkle has been very
sick but is improved at this writing.
Mr.. Bert Lewis and Miss Lottle Van
winkle were married Sunday. James
Tucker, Esq, said the words that
made them husband and wife. We
wish for them long and happy we'd
ded life.
Sept. 26, Red Rose.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
MOVIES BIG HELP.

Tbe greatest factor in the fight
against liquor has been the motion
picture.
Men who had developed the habit
of drinking for lack of scme thing bet
ter to do discovered that, for less
money then they would spend in one
evening by themselves in a saloon
they could go to a motion picture
theater and entertain themselves and
their families at least twice a week.
Ten years ago the most convenient
and popular pastime for those who
had nothing to do IN the evening was
LIQUOR drinking, but since the estab-
lishment Of motion picture theaters in
every city, town, and hamlet in the
country, with the price of admission
no greater than the price of drink,
it was only natural that the drinking
public drifted away from tt saloon
to the newer, cleaner, Inof aealthful
entertainment which did l. deaden
the brain, but instead amused and re-
freshed them.
In the motion picture theatre they
forgot heir troubles, they lost their
worries, they were mentally comforted
and without any evil after effects.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
TWO COUPLES MARRIED
ESQ. Q. B, Rector's Marriage Mill Gfinds
Out a Double 6rist

Wednesday evening at nine o'clock
ESQ. o. B. Rector was called upon
at his home by two couples who wished
to have him say the words that would
make them husbands and wives. There
was some controversy between the
couples as to which should be married
first. Esq Rector settled that for
them by telling them he could marry
both couples at one time. That made
everything serene and he propounded
the usual questions to them and the
ceremony was soon over.
The couples were Mr.. dock" Hinch
and Miss Josie Brendle and Mr.. Joe
Hedgecoth and Miss Laura Brown.
Mr.. Hinch lives in Sequatchie valley,
IS a son of Carven Hinch and is one of
the most energetic and respected young
men of the Burke neighborhood. The
bride is the daughter of Matthew
Brendle, Pomona, and is held in high
esteem by her many friends. They will
make their home near Burke.
Mr.. Hedgecoth is the son, of County
Clerk W. D. Hedgecoth and has been
of the teaching force of the county
for several years. He is respected
and industrious young man and has
ample ability to provide for the young
lady he has chosen for life compan-
inn The bride is the daughter of
Esq. J. F. Brown, of Crab Orchard,
and is young lady of fine intelligence
and is admired and respected by wide
circle of friends. The young couple
will reside for the present with the
father Of the groom, near Crab
Orchard.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
RIPE AGE.

John Shell, of Kentucky, was re-
Gently in Knoxville and the press of
that city gave him an extended write
up because he is supposed to be the
oldest man alive in this country. He
is 130 years of age, which fact was
verified by tax receipt showing that
he was q years of age and paio taxes
in 1909. His mother lived to be l13
years.
MIR. Shell is hearty and gets around
with remarkable activity, being more
active than many men Of 80 years. He
was born before Washington died and
was too old to be soldier Ia the civil
war
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
Human Brain Still Mystery.

Science hopes that in time it may
discover the method whereby the bill
lions of brain cells operate in making
us the thinking creatures we are. 1t
would know why the large mind is not
always the large brain; why we reach
our everyday conclusions in the diver
siied affairs; why we act, plot,
scheme; why, as has been asserted,
the brain can stand the strain of per-
sistent work better than the muscles
of the body.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
INCREASE PULLING POWER
Use the Multiple Hitch" and Get More
Work With Same Teams

A twenty-five percent increase in
pulling efficiency is secured when
horses are hitched one team Ia front OF
the other in the same manner that log
ging teams are hitched. This method
eliminates side draft.
The new plan is called the Multiple
Hitch. The method IS very sim-la.
If four horses are to be used, the
"wheel horses" should be hltched to
the machine or plow in the same way
as if they were being hitched to two
horse wagon. A line should be fastened
to the bit of the animal on The right
and to the end of the tongue, and
from the bit to the tongue abo"i four
feet back from the end. Tne horse on
the left is fastened in the same way.
The Lead team is then attached to
the end of the tongue in the usual way
and lines fastened to them in the same
way that they would be fastened if the
team were to be driven to two-horse
wagon. 1t thus can be seen that as
the driver who sits on the machine,
reigns them the other team is automa-
tically 1elgned to follow.
This plan eliminates side-draft, and
requires the services Of only one man.
If more than four horses are to be used
the plan of hitching is repeated. Thus
all animals are con- ,upelled to follow the
leading team.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
YORK HERE.

Sergeant Alvin c. York, the world
war here, was in town Monday. He
has Just returned from an extended
trip of some weeks in Texas in the in
terest of the York Foundation, which
has as its object the establishment of
a school in the mountains Eear the
York home.
A man at Jackson, Tennessee has
just raises $500 in that city for the
York Foundation. From present in
dications the necessary FUNDS will be
secured and the school established.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01

Our coinage is symbolic of the
change in America's attitude. On the
new quarters The eagle is seen in full
flight eastward, with bcak and talons
ready for action. On the old quarters
the eagle simply stood still on it's tail
and tapped its wings. One claw held
a few antiquated weapons, the other
waved an olive branch, while it's beak
was entangled with a scroll.-Inde-
pendent.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
ISOLINE MINES SOLD
3, H. SprankIe, Knoxville, Sells and Ac-
tive Development for a Heavy Out
put Will Be Begun at Once
and Pushed Vigorously

A deal was closed last week where
by B. II. Sprankle, of Knoxville, sold
the mining property at Isoline formerly
known as the Clear Creek Coal and
Lumber Company, consisting of $500
acres of coal lands laying II miles north
OF Crossville. The consldera ton has
not been made public.
The purchasers were Lewis P. Ham
mond, of Chicago, and j. A. Hull, of
Cleveland, Tennessee. Mr.. Hull is an
extensive coal dealer and will handle
the entire output of the mines, when
put in operation, which will be done as
rapidly as possible.
The headquarters of the company
will be at Knoxville. A competent
man will be on the ground directing
the work. Extensive mprovements
will be made and the mines will be
opened with the purpose and along
line looking to large output.
Mr.. Hammond Was in Crossville last
WCch dilO was oSCH Wy thC Siil oHiSlC
editor. He is vrey pleasant gentle
man and assured US that the property
would be put in the producing class at
the earliest possible moment and that
the development would be of nature
that would produce coal for the market
on a large scale.
FIRST DEVELOPMENT.
This property was first opened by r.
o. Campbell, of Atlanta, Ca, some
twenty years ago. After operating it
for a few years he sold it to Virginia
parties, who bought several acres and
added to the original purchase of 1900
acres so that the present holdings are
6, 500 acres. Just before the outbreak
of the war coal prices went so low,
that many properties over the country
were closed down because they could
not be profitable operated. ihe Clear
Creek Coal and Lumber Company went
iato the hands of a receiver and was
finally sold by the court and it was
purchased about two years ago by b.
II. Sprankle, OF Knoxville, and Mr..
Sprankle has now transferred his hold
ings to the gentlemen above named
The property is considered one of
the most valuable in this section, but
considerable development work will be
required to put 1t into the class of
heavy producers. The coal is the
famous Sewapee vein anu is of specially
fine quality. The vein is from four to
seven feet, but the heaviest coal has
not as yet been developed as develop
ment will require the building of from
one ro two miles of railroad. The gen
tlemen who now owns the property
propose, as stated to the writer by
Mr.. Hammond, 20 co the necessary
development woik to reach the best
coal on the tract with the purpose of
making it ore of the big producers
in Tennessee.
Work will likely be under way before
this reaches Chronclle readers, The
work proposed is of so eXteuisve ma
ture as to require a large force of men
and the pay roll will prove OF great
hpnptit tn this SectiDD
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
Practice Kindness,

Kind words cost no more than un-
kind ones. Kind words produce kind
actions, not only on the part of those
to whom they are addressed, but on
the part of those by whom they are
employed, and this habitually in vlr-
tue Of the principle Of association
Jeremy Bentham.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01

HICKORY TIMBER WANTED
$500 cords of spoke blocks, 2S inches
long, left round Must be clear from
10 inches down. Above 10 inches must
have rot over l to knots, owing to
size of stick. l will pay $500 per rick
f. 0. b. car at loading point, after
being loaded. Get busy and get your
part. Call or write me at Crossville.
Tennessee, phone No "a. j. b. Burk-
hart. 9.l7-4t
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
Didn't Look IL.

"What would you say" asked the
fair theosophist, "if should tell you
that I was born in Egypt three thou
sand years ago?"
"Why," said the man addressed, 81
should say you don't look it."-Boston
Evening Transcript.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-10-01
Red Rose.

Bring your crippled watches and
broken iewelry to the Chronicle office
and Bishop will have them repaired for
you and you can pay the bill when the
article reurns. We can save you money
on a new watch if you want one.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-28

color, shaped round with nattened ends, averaging about fourteen inches long by twelve inches wide. The fiesh is yellow generally coarse grained, and often stringy yet sti1i esteemed by many above the. improved varieties for making the favorite pumpkin pie.
 Of all varieties the Canada and Yer mont pumpkin is one of the best for animal food and of excellent quality for the table. It N large size, oblate in form, with deep ribs and a deep orange yellow color. The flesh is much sweeter and les stringy than the common pumpkin.
 The-c cheese pumpkin is a remarkably vigorous and productive plant the fruit large, much f1attened and deeply ribbed. It's color is reddish orange The flesh is sweet and well favored.
 There are several other varieties, the best of which for culinary pur- poses is the sugar pumpkin. This pumpkin is small, being eight or nine | inches broad and six deep, but is an abundant bearer of excellent quality, being unsurpassed for pies and su- perior to most squashes for table use. | If the grower desires very large pumpkins for exhibition purposeii all pumpkins except one CT tive
 should be removed from the vine.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-28
Druggists and Doctors Astonished
 Al Wonderful Power of Nicotol
 10 Stop the Use of Tobacco ! To Detect Harmful Effects of Tobacco
 Try These Simple Tests

morning. before taking your usual smoke walk up three flights of stairs at a regular pace, then stop. If you ind that you are out Of breath your heartbeat is forced, trembling or ir- regular, you may be victim of func- tlonal or organic heart troubles If you feel that you must smoke,s chew I or snun to quiet your nerves. you are slave to the tobacco habit and are posi- lively poisoning yourself with the deadly drug. nicotine. In either case you have just two alternatives: Keep on with the self poisoning process ir- respective of the dangers and suffer the consequences, or give up the habit and escape the dangers. You can overcome the craving and stop the habit ina very short time by using the following hex pensiye formula: Go to any drug store and ask for Nicotol tablets, take one tablet after each meal. and in com paratiyefy short time you will have no desire for .tobacco-the craving will have left you With the nicotine possep out of your system, your general keAlth wills quickly improve" 1
 NOte-When asked about Nicotol tab lets one of our leading druggists said: Tt is truly a wonderful remedy for the tobacco habit; away ahead of any
 thing we have ever sold before. We are authorized by the manufacturers to refund the money to every dissatiseid customer, and we would not permit the use of our name unless the remedy pos sessed unusual merit Nicetof tablets are sold in this city under an iron4eiaa money-baek guarantee by all up-to-
 date druggists. Including Lee & Osgood, Andrew Mclaughlin, J. A. Morgan.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-28

customers and many expressions of
 opinion regarding the merit of this ar
 ttcles haves been very .favora able." Dr..
 Conner, formerly of Johns Hopkins
 hospital, tells how to detect the harm
 fuf effects of tnbaccoa Here is what he
 says: Many men who smoke. chew or
 snuff necessarily and who are seeming
 fy healthy are suffering from progress
 sive organic ailments Thousands of
 them would never Have been affected
 had it not been for the use of tobacco to excess and thousands would soon get well if they would stop. The chief habit forming principle of tobacco is nicotine. deadly poison. which when absorbed by the system slowly affects the nerNes. membranes. tissues and Tital.or gans of the body. The harmful effect of toRacco varies. and depends op with general debility. others with ca tarfll Of tiie tffoat. Indigestion eonsti- patton, extreme nerveusn ess, sleepless-' ness,aloss of memory, lack of will pow 1 CT, mental confusion etc. Others may suffer from heart disease. bronchial trouble, hardening of the arteries, 1 tuberculosis. blindness or even cancer or the common affliction known as to- baeco heart. If you use tobacco to ex- 1 cess in any form you can easily detect the harmful effects by making the fol- lowing simple tests: Read aloud one l full page from q book. If in the course l of reading your voice becomes fmuffied. l hoarses and indistinct5 and you must ire 1 quently clear your throat. the chances l are that your throat is affected by
 catarrh and 1t may be the beginning of
 more serious trouble. Next, in the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-28

New York.-Mr. Tobacco User, any. druggist will tell you that a remedy to. be successfully sold must. above every thing, possess merit. otherwise failure is Inevitable. Nfcotol. the famous rem-
 edy. for the, tobacco habit, was suc- cess right from the start. simply, be- cause 1t quickly does the work prom fsed.s We publish a few letters from some of the best known druggists in the country to give you an Idea of what they think of Nicotel, and you may rest assured that they would not permit the use of their names unless nary. The Peoples Drug Stores have five of the best stores in Washington, D. c. They .writec Since we have handled Nicotol the sale has been greater than that of all thes rest of the articles of this nature which we have ever sold. The demand was so great that we were compelled to order, 1t To- cal1y pending receipt of shipment from you tiirects' cl1ramm-J ohnson, who have six stores in Salt Lake City, say: We take this opportunity of ex- pressing ourselves relative to Nieotof
 We have enjoyed a very large sale on Same and it has given entire satisfac- tion to our customers" Jacob Brothers of Philadelphia. Pa. shave this to say, aOur sales of Nieotol have passed oui expectationss Our first order was
 placed late in March and We were forced to recorder before the end oi April: the saleslsha kept up we ever since There is no doubt that we are receiving many repeat orders from oul
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-28
BRIEF STATE NEWS

New Britain.-P0 P0stmaster William F. Delaney will deliver the memorial ad- dress at the exercises to be held by Hartford lodge of Elks Dee. 10.
 Wethersfieid.-Mr and Mrs. G. Dib- infornaIly Tuesday evening for MT. and Mrs, Henry L. Larkton. it being their 5oth wedding anniversary.
 Bridgeport. t.-The Barnum & Bailey circus closed it's season in Savannah, Ca. sraay and immediately start led north for the winter quarters.
 New Haven.-Mrs. Charles ". Whit tlesey and Mrs Charles R. Hart att tended the recent annual luncheon of the New York Wellesley club held at Hotel McAlpin.
 Ciinton.-At St. Mary's church Tues day morning at 10 o'clock Miss Anna Derenti1aI of Madison and. Joseph Halt of New York were united in marriage by Rev. John Fegarty
 New Britain.-The Hardware City Loan corporation is about ready to commence the erection of 12 six-tene- ment houses in New Britain at an ap-
 proxin1ate cost of $2Sae0e.
 Hartford. Miss Sadie Foster of this city, department president, and Mrs. Mary Griswoid, assistant inspector of 1I of Mrs. Grace Munich of Bridgeport. Bristol:-Mrs. Celia Bromley. who went with her sister. Mrs. Henry c, I Butler, to Sarasota, Fla. met with an accident after her arrival which result ed in d broken arm and shoulder blade Cromwell Rev. Harvey Carmichae of Hartford Theological seminary. who | has accepted the call to become pastor of the First Congregational churcf here, will assume his new duties Nov 30th. z'g | New Hartford.-The New Hartford chorus will hold its first rehearsal fol this winters study in the town hal Monday evening. Dec. 8. Prof. William Perry of Lakeyille has been engaged a: instructor.
 South Manehester.-A set of F i'm ported flutes has been received from l England by the Silk City Flute band | The instruments are considered thu
 best of their kind and were made by { firm in London.
 New Britain.S Stuart c. Merwin 0 ] this city has been appointed assistan to the chief of the government bone department of the federal reserve banl in New York. He was recently chosei ltreasurer of the Bank Emp1oyes, club l Manchester.-The Russians in Man | chester have become frightened by tn activities of the federal and state au | lthorities and no longer buy Russian papers. Previously two papers pub flished in Russian were received an. Esold daily. s I Danbury-At meeting of the exec futive committee of panbury chapter
 Zionist Orga anization of America, hel, lin the chapel of the Liberty street syn lagogue, plans were made for a mem