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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
WERE STlCKLERS FOR DIGNITY
Old Chronicle Shows That Members
Of First Congress Regarded Them
selves Very Seriously.

It is curious to note that the hrst
Of American congresses was much
more jealous Of It's dignity and its
J fair fame than were most Of it's sue
cessors.
, An ancient record owned by q
Cleveland man shows that in the
summer Of 1776 one Arthur Thomas
was mobbed and maltreated and
chased to his home for saying I'VE
congress be damned" At about the
same time seven Philadelphia trades
men who refused to accept the new
continental currency authorized by
congress, were proclaimed enemies Of
the protesting colonies and cut of
from all trade or intercourse with the
community.
Then ioose-tongued Tory, a prom
inent man In the most prominent city
in America, spoke profanely Of con-
gress and wished the continental pow
der wagons would blow up-and was
rushed to Jail to save him from the
indignant mob of patriots.
"These and divers Others" says the
old chronicle, were taught to hold
civil tongues in their heads, and they
were taught, too, that the men of the
colonies were in deadly earnest and
those who were not with them were
against them, and would perforce be
regarded as enemies and treated as
such. And in time they did grow more
careful"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
HEBBERTSBURG

]. F. Brown of Grab Orchard was
here Tuesday and Wednesday on bust
ness.
C. |. and F. l.. Handy and son,
Andrew were in Crab Orchard Wednes,
day.
Sam WeaIthford was weighing cattle
here Wednesday.
Beniiman and &. A. Ruppy. of Oak
dale were here on business Wednesday.
James Turner, of lockwood, was
here Tuesday and Wednesday on busl-
ness.
N. p. Handy, Of Mountain City,
was in this neighborhood Wednesday.
John Ruppy and Ernest Zumestlne
were here Wednesday on business.
Bratch Wilson, of Grassy Cove, was
through here Wednesday weighing
cattle.
W. Il. Croft, of Grab Orchard, is
here doing business
Jack Mitchell, of lockwood, was
here visiting friends recently.
d. E. Handy was in Potters Chapel
neighborhood Thursday.
Virgil Smith was here from Mountain
City Friday,
Miss Helen Dixon was the guest of
A. A. Hmby and family Saturday.
Nov. "a. n.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
Mrs. Minnie Brown, of Middlesburg.
KY, spent THANKSGIVING with her
cousin, Mrs. Will Hughers.

Mrs. Minnie Brown, of Middlesburg.
KY, spent THANKSGIVING with her
cousin, Mrs. Will Hughers.
Come to hear Miss Irene Bewley Fri
day night. Admission Is and 25c.
l will sell at public outcry at the
court house, Saturday, December &, the
following stock: One gray horse, IL
years old, saddle and harness COM
bined, some cattle and hogs. Terms
made known on day of sale. E. b.
Jones, Crossville.
Be sure and come to the entertain
ment Friday night, at 80. Admission
Is and 25c.
Mrs. W. B. Deaderick, of Nashville.
was called Friday to nurse William,
the seven year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Hughes, who has been very sick
with Pneumonia.
DR.. May Wharton and MISS Bishop
were over from Pleasant Hill yester-
day doing shopping.
For sale at bargain: Two or three
iron beds, springs and mattresses,
two wooden beds with springs, large
coal heater, wood heaters, small
cook stove, several chairs, high chair
Enqui at the Bishop home.
Miss Jaunita Comstock was home
for Thanksgiving from Cookeville
where she is a student of L. Z. ].
She was accompanied by Miss Geral-
dine Fitzgerald who was her guest.
They returned Sunday.
Mrs. Lelah DeGolia passed Thanks,
giving with her daughter, Mrs. l.. W.
Martin, Clarkrange.
FOR SALE-One good second hand
No. cook stove. J. E. Taylor.
At the regular meeting OF Crossville
Masonic Lodge, Monday night, the
following officers were elected:
Sampson UeRossett, W. NJ; j. s.
Reed, s. w.; W. l.. Guthrie, J. W.; !;
Raht Haley, Sec. G. ?. Burnett.
Treas. The appointlve officers will be-
named at an early date. The time set
for installation of officers IS December
27 at night. The ceremonies are to be
open to Masons and their invited
friends.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
WET GOODS BY AIRPLANE
That Method OF Transportation Promises
Trouble for Prohibition.

How to combat successfully the
efforts of the whiskey runners who re-
sort to the use of the airplane in bring.
ing liquor into this country, is one of
the problem to be worked out by those
in charge of the Prohibition Enforce
ment Campaign.
Ernest H. Cherrington, general
secretary of the enforcement campaign
already Is giving this phase of the pro-
hibition question his earnest considera-
tion.
1.-THE menace which these liquor
cases outside the United States offer
to law enforcement in this country es-
pecialIy with the airplane as vehicle
or bringing 1T in is very serious" says
MIR. Cherrington.
Havana especially he thinks will be
the mecca and the distribution point
for those who would grow wealthy in
catering to the alcoholic appetites of
the people of this country after the
prohibition amendment goes into effect
January 16.
"There also is a small island of the
Bahama group says Mr.. Cherrintgon
(which promises to become known out
OF all proportion to its size and impor-
tance. 1t lies within 35 miles Of the
American shore and within an hours
ride by the fast steamers. Liquor
dealers driven out of business in this
country already are preparing to re-
sumo their business there. They also
are investing heavily in bars and hotels
in Cuba and other islands near the
shores of the United States.
"Airplanes have advanced to that
stage OF perfection where they have
become formidable implements OF pro-
hibition violation and the air SNUG
Cling would not be easy to detect.
The dry forces concludes Mr.. Cher
rington see the need of campaigns to
make Cuba the West Indies Mexico
and other neighboring territory dry
ana campaigns in those places will be
begun without delay he says.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
Adams Ford

Melvin Adams went to Crossville
Tuesday for medical treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. s.; Brown, of the
Fredonia neighborhood visited j. Z.
Adams and family Sunday.
S. H. Watson is operating the saw
mill for M. l.. Adams.
Claude Williams preached at Mill
Creek Sunday.
Nov. rs. Mountain Pansy.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03

LOST--Ladies' Pocketbook contain
ing about So. Is. The finder is welcome
to the money if he will return the
pocketbook. J. J. Andrews. 1873 2t
Masons all over the county will be
pleased to learn that Crossvllle Lodge
is now In possession of an excellent
Masonic Cycloped!a consisting of seven
well-boud volumes. 1t is due to the
kindness of r. W. Powell. of New
York. that the Masons of Cumberland
county are thus favored. The vol
uumes were presented Monday night
bv Chas. Comstock on behalf of Mr..
Powell and a committee was appointed
70 write a letter to Mr.. Powell thank
ing him for his generosity.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
Practice of Laying cornerstones

/ At the northeast corner of the Great
Pyramid Of Cheops is stone bigger
and more symmetrically cut than any
other In that gigantic structure. 1t Is
supposed to have been meant as 4
cornerstone"
The practice Of laying cornerstones
for important buildings is certainly
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03
SUBSCRIPTION REDUCTION
WITHDRAWN.
Paper Goes Higher and Postage to Be
Increased Is the Reason.

For several weeks we have been run
ming q notice in the Chronicle stating
that under certain conditions subscri-
bers could secure the Chronicle fer
one year for $1.50. For certain good
reasons, which we shall here explain,
we must withdraw that offer.
In the first place we received no
longer ago than Thursday notice from
the paper house from which we get our
ready prints, that after December l
the price of paper would be raised al
most 100 percent. We are powerless
to avade this charge for if we should
60 into the market to buy paper it
would cost US even more than that.
The paper concern from whom we buy
makes it their business to furnish hun
dreds and thousands of paper all over
the country with the paper they use
and by that means they are able to buy
much cheaper than any single paper
could hope to buy.
Again, because of the great increase
in paper the Southern. Newspaper Pub
fishers Association held a meeting a
few days ago and decided to reduce the
amount of paper they use at least ten
percent and to at the same time in
crease advertising rates and in some
instances the subscription price is to
be increased That shows how the
high price e paper is effecting all
the papers ,hrouhgout the south as
well as else where.
The postoffice department has an
nounced that postal clerks are to have
a substantial increase in salary, which
seems to Us every way fair and proper.
IL In stated also that the increase price
to be paid 70 the postal clerks will be
added to the postage the newspapers
are now paying. That gmeans that
every newspaper in the country will
have to pay more postage than in the
pest. How much more no one knows,
but it seems probable that the in
crease will not be less than fifty per-
cent and it may be much more.
Hence. in the face of these known
increases in expense of producing the
Chronicle we cannot reduce the price
to 81. so as we had intended to do and
the price will remain $500 a year
from this date on.
We have recently made figures on
actual cost of producing the Chronicle
and find that each copy of the paper
we send out will cost US more than
four cents, which is more than we get
for it. The white paper alone costs
one cent; after that comes the cost of
producing the paper and the postage
to say nothing of rent, Ink and some
minor expenses. If we had to depend
on the subscription price to meet the
expenses of producing the paper, we
would have to stop the paper at once.
If expenses should be reduced or
when they are reduced we shall prompt
ly reduce the price of the paper but |
cannot do so any sooner.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-03

Miss Leta May Simirel, who is at
tending L. T. l., Cookeville. was
home for Thanksgiving
Miss Ida Wray Bell, music teacher
inthe High School, visited with home
folks at Renfro Thanksgiving.
Mrs. c. B. Hayes and sons, who
have been here visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Haley, for some
days, returned to their home in Nash
vile Monday.
Miss Irene Bewley will give an en-
tertainment at the Court House Friday
night under the auspices OF the High
School. Miss Bewley is reader OF
note and will give high class program
of sufficient variety to suit all. Miss
Bewley saw service in France as an
entertainer for the soldiers. The pro-
ceeds of sthe entertainment will be
used toward putting electric lights in
Is and 25 cents.
Misses Pauline Moore and Josephine
Ellington, teachers in the city school,
visited with home folks at Hartman
Thanksgiving.
Misses Halle Dunbar and Willie
Rose went to Ozone Saturday for a
brief visit with Mrs. H. J. Dunbar
and daughter, who are teaching there.
Richard Brady went to Knoxville
Monday night for brief visit with his
father, who is working there.
Miss Gertrude March was home for
Thanksgiving from her school near
Grandview.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
Railroads Carry
4,276, 949 Troops
in Six Months Time

Washington, July 1s.-The railroads
of the United States hauled A276,ofs
troops on special and regular trains
for an average OF eco miles each In ths
first six months OF 1919. according 10
statistics made public today, present.
cd by General Hines.
In addition. probably 100000 offi'
GERS and men made railway trips while
on furlough and another million were
transported from camps to their homes
after discharge. making total or
1.250.00o military passengers accomo-
dated. Tho military travel In ak
months required 100000 train miles
and as much OF tho equipment had T.
bo sent empty In ono direction this
figure should be doubled TO express
the aggregate transport demand by the
military forces.
This extraordinary demand ex-
plains" the railroad administration
statement says, why II has not been
able to meet all the requests for cx-
cursion trains and why in some cases
the cars on regular trains have been
crowded"
It also was pointed out that much
OF the military traffic was hauled at
less than is charged civilian passeng-
ers. discharged soldiers being allowed
a rate OF cents a mile. men on fur
Tough cent u uile. and in some stato5
In the west land grant reductions re-
suited In some of the regular troops
movement being made at less than tho
standard civilian rate OF } cents.
In the first two weeks OF July, l8o.-
633 soldiers returned from Europe and
were hauled by the railroads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
DISCUSS RUSSIAN BLOCKADE
Suggested Thst Black Ports Might
Be BIookadsd BY psnikins.
fBy Associated Preysl


Paris. Tuesday, July 16.--yrhc coun-
Gil OF five met this afternoon. Its chief
topic OF discussion being the Russian
blockade against Russia except such
that the powers shall allow ships TO
enter Russian ports under special per-
mits. the United States having con-
stantly insisted that there has been no
blockade against Russia except such
as Incidental to the embargo on i'm
ports to Germany.
It has been suggested that most OF
the Black Sea ports could be block
AIDED by the Denikine government.
which is friendly to the allies, but the
supreme council has not decided to
ask him to declare such n blockade.
A note has been received from Bella
Kun, tho foreign minister OF the Hun
garian soviet government, declaring
that the Czechs and Roumanians vio-
lated the terms OF the armistice with
Hungary. and that, consequently Hun
garian forces were ordered to cross
the boundaries fixed by the armistice.
The note claims this order was issued
in self defense. The boundaries fixed
by the armistice are 80 unccrtaia that
the supreme council has referred the
matter to military commission for
decision.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
Code ist Define Intoxi. i
c, 4 Liquor Declares
Dry Counsel.
.sHEELER REPLIES
TO BREWERY LAWYER
Authority Of Congress to Fix
Maximum Content Of Alcohol at One
half Of I Per Cent 10 Clsar-Statss
Have Laws Limiting Alcohol In Bsv.
sragss--insists Congress Can Not
Adopt Weaker Standard.

Washington. July 1s.--Authority Of
congress to fix u OF per cent as the
maximum alcoholic content OF bever-
ages in prohibitions enforcement
Is clear. Wayne b. Wheeler, general
counsel OF tho Saloon League.
declared today before the senate Judi
ciary subcommittee. In answering res
cent statements of Samuel Untermyer.
counsel for the brewers.
ITO allow the sale Of 2K per cent
beer" said Mr.. Wheeler. would keep
alive the liquor trade and defeat the
purposes of national prohibition.
Friends of prohibition do not want .
code unless 1t defines intoxicating
liquor"
Thirty-three prohibition states and
thirteen local option states. Mr..
Wheeler said. have laws limiting al;
cohol In beverages. He chaIlengs1
Mr.. Untermyer to produce any court.
decision denying any state or oGngyuoo
the right 10 make definitions. n
"Congress oan not consistently a1gD&
a weaker standard In dsfntns SAe
term than that already enacted In ths
states." said Mr.. Wheeler. This
means nothing can be sold Tor osv-
era2e purposes that contains aoeo
than " Of per cent alcohol"
More Drastic Laws oouOht.
A mans right to keep liquor In hio
own home, which stood the test before
the house judiciary committee, must
take It's chances now In the house,
Notice was served Tuesday ON tho
committee by one OF Its members that
when the house resumes considera-
tion of the prohibition enforcement
measure an amendment would be Of
fered to make It unlawful for q per-
son to retain possession Of liquor
stored prior to July I.
The committee. In framing the gem
eral enforcement measure. eliminated
tho section which would have made
hoa:s storage Illegal hut the big ma
jority polled by prohibitionlsts was ac-
ceptad in some quarters TO mean that
the bill will be made still moro drastic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
GENERAL RAINS
BENEFIT CROPS

Moisture Last Week Of Great Value
Except in Sections Where Heavy
Downpours Caused Crop Damage
Corn Making Excellent Progress
Small Grain Harvest Nearing End.
Des Moines, July 1s--Rains thruout
the state last week were beneficial to
crop except where there were unus-
ually heavy downpours which did con-
siderable damage, according to the
weekly crop report for Iowa issued by
ihe department Of asriouituTa today.
winter wheat, early oats, rye and
barley harvest Is about complete" con-
tinues the report. "Haying has pro-
gressed rapidly. The second crop Of
alfalf Is being cut In the southwest.
Thrnshing Is beginning in north and
central portions Winter wheat yields
Of ffteen to eighteen bushels, TESTING
6s pounds to the bushel. are reported.
Many fields OF spring wheat are not
worth cutting due mostly to scab and
blight. Corn made excellent progress
and As beginning to tassle somewhat In
advance OF normal development. Truck
and potatoes were greatly benefited by
the rains
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
DEFENSE FAILS TO
STRENGTHEN CASE
Evidence Presented Ins Behalf Of Roy
Emerson \ snds To Uphold contsn-
lions Of .S<ats-DtSsnss subpoensas
More Witnesses.

Mt. Ayr, July 16.-The defense to-
day continued its presentation Of owl
dence in the trial Of Roy Emerson.
Creston undertaken. charged with
beating his mother to death with an
iron brace and then throwing her body
down an elevator shaft, but the testi-
mony upheld rather than offset some
of the states contentious.
Clarence Yule, an architect, describ-
ed the building in which Mrs. Emer-
sons body was found. He said 1t was
CO feet, 6 inches from the door Of the
room across to the elevator shaft where
the body was found. With the light
available 1t would have been possible
to see body at this distance but no
did not think 1t could have been rec
ogniZed, he said.
The state previously introduced test
imony that Emerson recognized the
body Of his mother in the shaft while
standing near the door. Herbert Jones.
another witness for the defense, testi-
fled Emerson showed an inventory Of
the Emerson estate the day before his
mothers death and that it totaled
$4,000 with an Indebtedness OF 10000.
II think that's pretty good" he testi-
fled Emerson had said.
The state contends Emerson figured
the estate carefully and murdered his
mother to obtain control OF 1t.
No reason for the presentation Of this
testimony by the defense was appar-
ent. Emerson's counsel giving no ex-
PLANTATION ..
Hopes that the defense might finish
today were shattered when 1t became
known that many new witnesses had
been subpoenaed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
FRENCH DISCUSS LIVING COST.
Socialists Want to Use U. 3. Army
Stocks.

Paris, July 15.-The chamber OF
deputies today discussed n socialist
Interpolation In the cost OF living.
Marcel Cachln. socialist. demanding
that the government abandon the pol
icy OF protection. Ernest Lafont, also
n socialist, brought UP the possibility
of utilizing American army stocks.
saying that It will be regrettable if
these stocks should be destroyed. as
they would provision enemy OF neu-
trail countries.
Il demand to know" he said" II It
is true that every time our allies offer
IFS goods. they are refused on the pre-
text that some manufacturers OF au-
tomobiics, or others articles would be
inconvenienced. That Is what the
public is saying and such runors
should not be allowed to circulate X
they are without foundation"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
WILHELM TAKES DAY OFF.
Refrains from Log Saving Because q
Cold and Bad Weather.
TBy Associated Press1

Amerongen. Tuesday, July 16,-Ths
former German emperor refrained to-
day from saving logs for tho first
time in several months. 1t is UNDER
stood that he is suffering from cold.
The former empress has experienced
a recurrence Of her heart affection.
Both tho former emperor and his wife
remained In their apartments today.
Dr. Forster, the personal physician
Of the former emperor. was called to
the castle late Monday and remained
there all night. It is probable that
the recent bad weather is responsible
for the illness OF tho Hohenzollerns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
airing Mangled Body
of Murdered Ioluan
Back to Early Home
Special to Times -Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Richmond. Va, July 16.-At the d.
rection Of his son, A. Lee Chamberlain.
OF Davenport Iowa, who is understood
to have recently returned from France
after serving with the American fore
es, the picked body of Judge Albert p.
Chamberlain. former Des Moines at
torney, for whose brutal murder in
Goochland county, In October. 1917. his
brother, DR.. A w. Chamberlain. Is now
serving life term in the Virginia PEN
itentiary. were shipped last night to
LeClaire, Ia. for burial in the family
burying ground there.
After he was murdered. 1t will be
recalled, the body of Judge Chamber
lain was skilfully dissected, the vari-
Gus parts being buried In post holes on
his brothers neighboring farm. After
being disinterred and photographed for
use as exhibits at the trial Of DR..
Chamberlain they were pieced together
and brought to Richmond. Here they
were held In Nelson's morgue pending
selection OF the final burying place.
Preparations ware under way to
bury the body here with funds out of
the dead mans estate when word came
from the son directing that the body
be shipped to LeClaire.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
YANk NOT BEST PAID
British Colonial Soldiers Rsesivs
Higher Wages.

Washington. July 1S.--Popular be-
lief that the American soldiers ara
higher paid than that OF any other
country Is erroneous. according to an
official table issued today by the gen
eral etaff. This shows the threo
British dominions. Australia. New
Zealand and Canada--ailow materially
higher pay for each grade than does
the United States. For instance. In
the Australian army a corporal earns
s7e.sS Der month, &c compared To 3SS
In tho American army. The other ex-
treme is shown in the cases OF France.
Japan and italy. where the prtvats
receives $50. rs cents and 6S cents
per month. respectively, asainst the
$40 paid the American douEhboy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16

day morning. The shorter day was
granted by the company at the request
whelming vote. Street car workers
are paid by the hour but the reduced
earnings will be made up. TO n great
extent, by a recent wage increase.
Some OF the men have been working
from 13 to Is hours a day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
FORD ADMITS HE IS IGNORANT |DEAL|ST'

damage to strests by Wednesdays
storm. was taken by the city council
yesterday when II let "a contract pro
viding for the requirement. Of portions
OF couler avenue. one of the streets
hardest hit. over 350,O0O. II Is esti-
mated. viii be spent in repairing the
damage. A big force Jof mon has been
engaged since the storm In clearing
away debris and opening clogged sew
ers. Thousands OF dollars will also bo
spent In replacing portions Of sewers
wrecked during the cioudburst.