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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-07-24
Bryan COnfesses
Editor of the News:


/ am ih nouble and / want
YOU 10 help me out. Some days
aeoi wrote to the Cleveland
Banner an account of the life OF
Billy Paterson. told something
about the size of cities in l842.
the wear OF BiIly's birth. Among
other things stated that Benton
was the same size that it is now.
Nv friend, Mr.. ]. ID. Clemmer.
sent the finest write-up that l
ever read to the Cleveland Ban
ner stating that Benton has grown
into a little city. You wrote an
editorial about it in the Polk
County News, Why didn't you
intelligent gentlemen smile about
il instead of taking offense!
Everybody that knows anything
about Benton knows that my
statement is incorrect. Every
body that knows me, knows that
IWrote it just for some innocent
fun. Ny main object in writing
it was to get you to strike back
at my town, Tasso. You did not
strike SO you must let Tasso a.
lone.
Benton and Polk County have
no better friend ths4Sthis writer.
I have said many good things a.
bout your Benton Springs. |
Taught my first school on the
Savannah farm and boarded with
Nep Dunn. Many of my best
friends have generated from Polk
County.
/ am looking forward with in
tefest to the time when Benton
will reach to the mountains on
the East, to the Hiwassee river
on the North and to the Ocoee on
HE West YOU mare had good
schools ever since / can remem
/ her and that is as far back as
the days when Professor Milburn
was in charge of your schools !
leetured in your city about twenty
seven years ago and If you and
Brother Clemmer would let me
know | would like to lecture there
again and give your schools the
entire proceeds
You have lived long enough
to know that all towns are picked
on more or less. struck the
first lickHof the town of Chats
worth and Or. Brown of Eton,
told me that was the reason that
did not grow any larger. | die
not get mad.
Some men booked out OF
sleeping car window at Tassc
when was boy, and they swort
that if they had pound OF larc
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-07-24
eneraI Directory

Sheriff A. Lillard; CLERK and
Master, A. ]. Williams; Circuit
Couft Clerk. James Parker; Csun-
ty Court Clerk, A. r. Arp; lrus-
tee Charles +. Taylor; Register,
r. L. Franklin; County Supt., J.
L. Brewer.
COURTS.
Chancery-H Hon. 7. l.. Stewart.
Chancellor; meets fourth Mon
DAYS in April and October.
Circuit Hon. Sam c. Brown
Judge; meets third Monday in
March, July and November.
Ducktown Law Court Fourth
Mondays'in March, July and Nov
ember.
County-S. L. Higdon Chairman,
Quarterly Court, meets first Mon
days in January, July and Octo-
Der. Court always open for ordi-
nary business.
CHURCHES
Baptist Rev, James Neal pas
tor; services lst and 3rd, Satur-
DAYS and Sundays i'll each month.
M. f. South Rev. w, l.. Tate
pastor; services 4th, Sunday.
c. p. Church-Rev. Carl Sentel
pastor; services I'd, Sunday.
LODGES
Ocoee Lodge. +. & A. NJ. No,
I2l2-Meets Saturday night on OF
before lst Full Moon in each
month. Chas. Harrison W. NJ,
]. II. Center Sec.
Benton Chapter, Order Eastern
Star Meets 1st Thursday nigh
in each month. Mrs. w. A.
Prince w. NJ, Lizzie Lyle Sec.
| Moonstone Lodge | Q. o. +
Meets 1st and 3rd Saturday
nights in each month. K. D.
Bonds N. G., A. X. Arp Sec.
Lenora Rebecca Lodge Meets
on the lSt and 3rd Monday night,
in each month. Elsie Hutchns
Noble Grand.
Cry CoUNcII"<
A. l.. Love Mayor; James Park
er Recorder. Meets 1st Tuesday
night in each mouth.
Take your home paper,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-07-24
No paper prints it all : take the
News.

thev would grease the town and
LET some hound lick it up. We
boys started to throw some rocks
into the windows at them but we
did not. I used to say that R1ce-
vile was two miles long and
eighteen inches wide but Riceville
did not get mad. Sam Jones went
to a town the same make OF Rice
Vile and sid he knew it was a
Baptist town the very minute he
entered it because it was long ana
narrow. Sam Jones told the peo-
pie at Chattanooga that they
ought to 20 somewhere and ad-
vised them to go to Ooletwah.
One man said that he was nifty
eight years old but he called 1t
sixty because he spent one year
| in Macon. There is town down
|below Atlantis that they say IS tve
imiAes square and two inches deep
Even the elevator stops in Atlanta
are named after little towns around
Atlanta. Every stop around
| Chattanooga is called Wauhatchie.
I took up for Benton just the
other day. asked man II all
three of his children were LIVING
and he said, Two of them are
living but the other one is in Ben
ton.
Now, Mr.. Editor, tell me what
else | can do to get out OF this
trouble. | wish you would LEI
ME write au article i'll your paper
each week for the children on
Scientific and Curious Things.
IL love nearly everybody, some
people a great deal more thai
others.
| Yours lovingly,
! Thos. l.. Bryan.
| Atlanta, Ga,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-07-24
Circuit Court Ad-
iourned Wednesday
"Tom Cat" Payne Gets Ten
Years for Abduction.
Allen and Brooks Escape
Pen by One Day.

The July term of Circuit Court
convened here Monday morning.
One Of the largest crowds to at
tend a session of Circuit court IN
many year was in attendance on
Monday
Judge Brown gave in charge to
the Grand Jury some OF the new
Statutes passed by the last legis-
lature, among them being the sta
tute making it felony to trans
port into the state or from one
point in othe state to another,
more than three gallons of whiskey,
the dog law, the statute autloriz
| ing the Sheriff $ of this state to
capture stills.
There was a number OF felony
cases on the docket but all wefe
continued except the case OF State
VS. Tom Cat Payne. Payne was
charged with abduction, in taking
Daisy BUNS away from her father
last August The case went totrlal
Monday and continued until Tues
day noon, when the case was gsy-
en- to the jury. They returneH Al
verdict at the converting Of count
Tuesday noon, finding the defen-
dant guilty. Paylies attorney made
motion for new trial, Wednes-
day morning, which was soverrul-
ed, and all appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court THIS ease has at
ltfacSed consitie fa1leiakteilti0n and
Interest, and was one of the haftE
est fought cases, both by state and
defense, that has been tried in the
court here in years. General Peace
was assisted in the prosecution by
Col. John L. Smith of cleveland
and b. B. c. Witt of this place.
The defendant was represented by
John S. Shamblin.
Fillmore Alien and Brooks were
indicted for transporting eight gal
7 Ions of whiskey from one point IN
the state to another point, and
plead guilty. They were gwen
each a sentence OF sixty days III
the county work house and fined
. fifty dollars and the cost. The men
were arrested April 18th, near Ben
ton, The Felony statute i'll regard
to transporting more than three
gallons of whiskey was approved
April the 10th, thereby maklng II
possible for Allen and Brooks te
escape term in the pen,
7 A number of misdemeanors,
such as carrying pistols and bone
dry violations were submitted, al
getting off with fines and costs.
Thg following COMPOSED the
Grand and Travis iurys
John l., Williams,
Jake Rymer
A, ID, Hyde
James G, Kirkland
J, 7, Sprigs
], b, Painter
w M, Dill
+ M Prrris
Hugh Moats
w. T center
f.. +. Smith
Ma rian Payne
Il b. Shoemaker
w, ~ IlOWdlu OiI1So
w. ID Mason
Grover cole
| A w Morris
5 l. Boring
Pink Squirting
Will Stuart - -
N Higdon
Grant Sfihonds
Jim Taylor
John crewsc
Joe Blankensh'p
w A Slack
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-07-24
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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-07-24

is goirg back to The University
IthiS fall.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Released From German Prison

Alma Davis. father of Law renee Davis, who was among the first men to answer the draft call from Navajo county. was greatly surprised last Monday to receive a telegram from the war department at Washington, say ing that Lawrence had just been released from a German prison and had returned to France in good health. Lawrence had not been heard from for a long time, but it was not suspected that he had been made prisoner.
 The news of his release, though a surprise, was not unwelcome, since it leaves no doubt as to his whereabouts and condition.
 Previous to going to CamI Kearny, where he became 2 member of the 158th infantry, Lawrence was employed in the A. 6 B. Schuster store at White river, having worked there near ly two years, and that is how he happened to be registered 1T Navajo county. He was borr and raised in Apache county anC his parents now live there. He was picked from the 158th tC serve as a sharpshooter and 1T that way probably became dis connected from the regiment He went to France last July St. Johns Observer.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Back on the Old Job

There will be pleasing infor- nation in the announcement that large employers of labor are planning totake back all their former employees who left their positions in order to go into the army. It is also gratifying to learn that they expect to offer positions to men not formerly in their employ who have seen ser vice during the war. This at- titude will go far toward solving the problem of what to do with the soldiers when they return. There is also something ominous in the intimation that if em- ployers find themselves with more help than they need, they will give the jobs to returned soldiers rather than to men who lodged military service. The stacker has some embarrassing days ahead of him.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Admitted to Pioneers Home.

On last Friday Judge Sapp re- ceived a telegram from the sec retary of the Commission of State Institutions informing him that the application of Geo. L. Ul- yard for admission to the Pio- neers' Home at Prescott had been granted and MT. Ulyard was to report immediately.
 This news was received with much qualification by Uncle George. as it had been nearly two years since he first applied for admission to this institution, and had received no encourage ment during that time owing to the great number of previous ap- plications. The Iastreport given Uncle George was to the effect that there had been slxty-five applications since he filed his. When the matter was brought to the attention of Judge Sapp he immediately communicated with Governor Hunt, with the result that the application was acted upon the following day after his request was received at Phoenix.
 Uncle George, now nearly "A years old, was indeed worthy of this recognition. and his many friends throughout Northern Ari- zona will be glad to know that during the remainder of his life he will enjoy perfect rest and comfort. which he so much de serves, for even though getting we'll along in years he has never stopped working. having been regularly employed up until his departure last Saturday.
 Uncle George Ulyard will long be remembered by all old hash knife employees as the best cook that ever turned a flap-j jack.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Mir. and Mrs. Avon Rejoice

Since last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. Avon have been rejoicing oyer the birth of a boy baby to them. The youngster tipped the scales at nine pounds and one ounce shortly after he opened his eyes to the sunlight. Both mother and child are get ting along nicely and the father has been so busy keeping his son company that he has some what neglected his business. However. he feels justified in doing this as he expects the son in few years to become an ex- pert builder. and he can then al- ways have an able assistant.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Telephone SerUice Will Be
 Resumed Next Month


 The local telephone system will resume operations in Holbrook in about thirty days. It has been necessary to order a switchboard and cable from a factory in the east. and as soon as these are re- ceived. the local exchange will be opened in the residence of W. B. Woods, the manager. Long distance service has been main tained in Mir. Woods residence since the day following the fire that destroyed the plant. A toll station will probably be estab- lished in some store in the bus mess section.
 The people of Holbrook will certainly welcome with delight the resumption of business by the telephone company. It is difficult to realize what an in- convenience it is to transact bus mess, without a telephone, until the service is cut off.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Valuable Hereford Cattle Perish
 In Golfers Lake

Friday evening, Jan. 3, forty five head of thoroughbred Here ford cattle. seeking water te drink, crowded out on the ice or lake at Fred T. Colter's ranch, beyond Springerville a few miles broke through and were drowned The cattle were the property of Hon. Fred T. CoIter. Tbey were all thoroughbreds and one bull in the bunch was valued at $750. All the others were worth from $1O0 to $2O0 apiece.
 HeEders were with the cattle, we are informed. and the whole herd numbered a couple of hum dred. The cowboys were able to cut back all but the forty-fve that got out on the ice and went through. St. Johns Observer.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
The Stars and Stripes.


 A few days ago THE NEWS re. ceived a copy of The Stars anc Stripes, published in Paris, France. in the interest of the American Expeditionary Forces. The paper was published Dec. 6, 1918. and contains much inter. esting reading. It was sent THE NEWS by Private Warren Savage. } Navajo county young man who enlisted shortly after the United States entered the war. and who has been in France for many months. He is now stationed in Base Hospital No. 2, somewhere in France.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
HolDrook Schools Handicapped

The Holbrook schools are being kept open under difficulties this week, occasioned by the ex- tremely cold weather. The water system at the high school building is out of commission and plumbers have been busy for several days repairing burst ed pipes. No school has been held in the building this week. The upper grades have been transferred to the Central build ing, the l.. D. s. church and Prof. Dolman's residence. The arrangement is very inconven- ient for teachers and students alike and milder temperature will be hailed with delight by all.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
TURN TIE BOYS THOUGHTS HOMEWARD, SAYS FOSDICK,
 ASKING COOPERATION

Washington. = Especially Just be- fore leaving for France to superfn- tend the demobilization activities of those organizations which recently took part in the United War Work Campaign, Raymond B. Fosdick, Chairman of the Commission on Train ing Camp Activities, was interviewed with regard to the present situation of our overseas forces.
 'sThe problem presented by the gradual demobilization of more than two million men three thousand miles from home is one which will tax all our social resources" said MT. Eos dick. Tt Is above all morale prob lem. and it must be faced as such, with the full cooperation of families and friends here in this country, if 1t is to be solved successfully. Every one who has a son, brother, must help.
 "While the war was on our boys were fully occupied; they were still filled with the spirit of adventure, looking forward rather than back. Now, however, the fighting is at an end. They are going to remain, most of them, many months doing work which will be neither exciting nor particularly interesting. They will get lonesome, bored and terribly home sick.
 ~The S17O,OO0,OOO raised in the re cent United War Work drive is to be used precisely to bridge over this pc riod by providing recreation and amusement. But no amount of mere money expended in such a way will be enough. What these boys really want is not diversion, but human interest and sympathy. These things express ed in letters from home will warm their hearts and create a home at mosphere around them, even while they are absent from the family circle
 "Such letters may be very neces sary sheet anchor to windward in the case of some boys. The thought oi some one waiting for them, counting on them, will more than anything else, make them hold back and thini twice before plunging into situations which might mean harm and unhap piness for them
 eve have raised the cleanest army in the world. We have kept 1t clean We hope to bring 1t back as clean ant strong as 1t was when 1t left us. Blu while we believe our soldiers vii stand the present test-the hardest o1 all in some ways-as bravely ana successfully as they have stood ever1 other test of their manhood and en durance, 1t Is our duty to give then | all the help we can.
 sThis, as have said, can best b' rendered by means of letters whici will begin now, at once, not only tt satisfy their home longings, but tt turn their thoughts from tasks already accomplished in the long years of lifi ahead of them"
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Explosion in NaUuio Garage

An explosion of gas in the Navajo garage Tuesday after noon caused damage amounting to about $1O0. A large plate glass window in the front of the building was broken and several large patches of plasterIng were knocked down. The explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas in a stove in the rear of the garage, which blew open the door of the stove and ignited gas fumes close to the ceiling.
 The explosion caused a loud report and this. accompanied as it was by the noise of falling plaster. created considerable alarm among the men Tn the garage. Uncle John Connor was sitting near the stove in the front office and a large piece of plaster missed his head by few inches. His first thought was that a Hun bombing plane was dropping bombs on the building, but in an instant he remembered that the war was oyer. and he soon real ized the real cause of the ex- plosion.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Comes to Welcome Her Sailor Son

Mrs. c. B. Lee arrived from Flagstaff yesterday to welcome her son Will. who IS expected to reach Holbrook tomorrow from Boston. where he landed about a week ago. Mir. Lee enlisted in the navy early in the war, and has served much of the time since on the torpedo boat de- stroyer Beale. He has applied for a permanent discharge, but has not yet received it. His mother believes that he has only a 30 days furlough, but that he will be discharged soon. His family and his many friends in HoIbrook will be glad to welcome him home.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Santa Fe Hospital
 Coming to Holbrook

The WinsIow Mail is authority for the statement thatthe Santa Fe Hospital association will build a modern hospital in HoIbrook in the spring and will abandon the old hospital building in Wins low. A hospitaIin Holbrook will be easily accessible to the em- ployees of the Apache Railway company. and those of the lum- Der company. Holbrock will be glad to get the hospital.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10


 The safe in the Toggery Shop went through the fire which burned the building on the first in good shape. It was opened three days after the fire by MT. Caldwell and the books and cur rency in it were found to be but slightly damaged. Until the safe was opened there was con- siderable uneasiness in the minds of those interested as to whether or not the firms loss would be greatly increased by the destruc- ton of the contents of the safe.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Soldiers Want Employment

A few weeks ago the County Council of Defense appointed John Flanigan and J. A. Morrow members of a com mittee to assist discharged soldiers and sailors in securing employment. Mr. Morrow informs THE NEWS that he and Mir Flanigan will be glad to re- ceive communications from all persons who know of situations which might be filled by such men, and that he be- lieves his committee will be able to take care of all applicants.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
ReceiUes Promotion

M. R. Brugh was called to Al buquerque last Saturday to at tend a business meeting of Ar mour's representatives. Mr. Brugh was appointed assistant manager of the Armour com pany's sub-branch and he will ship in several car loads of canned goods for distribution in the local markets.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
s10O Reward. s1oO

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that Is positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease requires a constitutional treat ment Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken tn- formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. there by destroying the foundation of the dis building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in It's curative pow CTS that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address: F. J. CHENEY q CO. Toledo. O.
 Sold by all Druggists. I5c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for conStipattoE.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Notice of Meeting

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Apache Rail- way Company will be held at the offices of the company at Cooley. Arizona, February Eth, at 10 o'clock, a. m.
 L. C. BENNETT. q j10-3 Secretary.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10

J. T. Baird. local manager of the HoIbrook Light 6 Power Go. i. attended the installation of ofic- CTS in the I. O. 0. F. lodge in Gallup Tuesday night. The cere- monies of installation were fol- lowed by a banquet in the club rooms of the order.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that tho annual meeting of the Holbrook Oil Company will be held at the company office, at Holbrook. Ari- zona, on the 9th day of January. 1919. at 2 D. m. of said day, for the purpose of transaetinR such business as may lawfully come
 JACK MAIDEN,
 Secretary. Dated this 24th day of Dec. 1918. D-N-2w
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10

That's exactly what Imean. Anyone who purchases a lot in the Clark Addition for $100 has a cinch for his money. besides having a chance to double it many times if oil is found. These lots are situated near the High School building, with telephone and electric light wires already up. and are going to be sold at $1O0 and on easy monthly pay ments at that.
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
Lost

Between the A. c. II. |. and Attorney Larson's office. last Monday night. a pair of nose- glasses with chain attached. Finder please return to Hughes jewelry store. j10-tf
The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
PuzzIinq.

''Pa," said the young hopeless, q can't understand you growed parents a tall. You and mother always tell me you ain't got no money whenever ] want to buy candy CT ice cream dain- ties, but take notice you-don't seem to have much trouble digging up eI nickel for me to take to Sunday school "-Indianapohs Star.