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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-26

Miss Stella Rymer spent the
week end in Etowah.
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Mrs. A. V. Cloyd was liz Knox
Vile, this week.
EFF
Mrs. Sue Williamson Ct Cohutta
| Ga, and John williamson of CHAT
anooga, are the guests OF their
kim folks. Esq. J. H. Williamson
and family.
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Mr.. o. n. Gamble of Canyon,
Texas arrived here the first OF the
week for a visit to his mother and
other relatives. He reports good
crops in his section of the state.
xFH
Mr.. John Burns and family OF
Nashville, have returned home
after a few weeks visit to relatives
and friends in and around Benton.
FFF
Rev. Greenberry Smith. OF
Oklahoma, is visiting his mother
at Ocoee, and on account OF her
feeble condition he is spending as
much time with her as possible.
He will be at the Baptist church
here lst Sunday and desires to
meet as many of his old friends
as possible.
Hovt Lillard, of Toledo, Ohio,
IS visiting relatives here this week
Mrs. ] d. Nichols was called
to Concord, Tenn, last Saturday,
on account of the serious illness OF
her father.
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Ray Barnes, of Toledo, Ohio, IS
visiting his parents here this week.
FFF
Mr.. L. T. Vaughn and MISS
Lille Shell, both of Copperhill
were married in the County Court
Clere's office last Friday, Rev.
Hicks officiating. Mrs. Vaughn IS
sister of Chas. Shell who was killed
at Copperhill a few days ago.
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Watch for Wayne Rymer's
Blaze Face advertisement next
week.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-26

Men and monkeys alone OF all
the animal world, possess parallel
and convergent vision of the two
eyes.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

Farm just out side OF town lin.
ITS on county road leading to
Hsrdwick's Greek and Furnace,
about one hundred yards south
east If Stanton College and de-
pot. Has good four room cottage
just built this spring with screen.
ed porch. Good we'll of fine wat
err in porch cemented. Barn, crib
aud all out buildings. There are
twenty. five acres of bottom land,
newly fenced; fourteen acres un-
der cultivation. Farm is well
watered. Branch runs through
farm. Also fifteen acres Of tim.
Der and woodland. Will sell and
give possession at once or this
fall after crop is gathered. Agood
bargain for some one. Will sell
as parties want to go back to
Covington, Ky.
Address Cbas. g. Jackson,
Box 70, Stanton, Ky.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

can sell you = 160 acre tobac-
co farm for $4,000. Two barns,
one o0xS0 tobacco barn, one stock
barn. House needs some repair.
ing. Seven acres Of bottom land,
rest new ground and bluegrass
pasture. One. half down. balance
in five years At 8 per cent. interest.
Ninety acres, 335 per acre.
1000 down, balance to suit.
One hundred and one acres,
level. Eight room modern house,
good ont buildings. at 5000 per
acre. One. half down, balance in
FIVE years at 81 and @ per cent.
interest, one half crops.
One hundred and six acres,
4-acre orchard, big house and
barn for 1850.
One hundred and fourteen
acres. Good house aud barn.
100000, terms to suit.
One hdndred and sixty acres,
best stock and grain farm 10 Fay.
cite county at any ways near the
price, $3.50 per acre. One. half
down, balance to suit.
Fifty eight acres with ne W
house and barn for "a, 200.
Two hundred and sew enty
acres with good buildings. Three
barns on farm, $4,000. Seventy
acres Of bottom land.
One hundred and ten acres,
20 acres bottom, balance upland,
could be plowed. Good build
ings. $3.50 per acres.
These are few of the many
we have. II you want a farm
come up. l have lived on a farm
all my life and know what / am
selling. ! will take care of you
while you are looking them over
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

Springtime is here when every
body needs tonic. Let me sup
ply your wants in proprietary
remedies manufactured by The
National Remedy Co., New York
City.
Don't fail to keep on hand that
bottle Japanese OIL" the ia
nous household necessity.
K. f. HARRIS,
Vaughn's Mill, Ky.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

Get off the trsino at Alpine aud
cali me on the phone, l will come
and get you. Or write when you
can come and will meet you.
Lay this away for future ref
erence.
Warren B. Marray,
X. X. 9. Connersville, Ind.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

+ DIR. Nickel, the dentist, is in
the city practiclng his profession.
he will be here all of this week
and next; Al Filson ali of the
week of June IA; AT Stanton
Circuit Court week.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

Wanted, to hear from owner
of farm or good laud for sale.
Send price and description. Fall
delivery. l.. Jones,
Box COL, Olney, Iii.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-06-10

Charley Handles is very sick at
this writing.
The farmers are getting along
nicely with their crops.
Miss Elsie Vance was the guest
Of Miss Celia Mcintosh Thursday.
VIM. Z. Nolan has come homo
from oil fields TO spend a few
days with home folks.
Mrs. Bishop Creach is visiting
her parents in Wolfe county this
week.
Mrs. w. w. Conway was call.
ed to Wolfe county to see her
mother, who is very sick.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Uncle Sans Big R--3S And Other Things

With a gas volume of 2,724,OOO cubic
feet, the R-38 will surpass In size the
largest rigid airship yet turned OUT bv
the Zeppelin company, the LII. by
100000 cubic feet, and the British
dirigible, B-34, which crossed the At
lantic last year, by 171,OOO cubic feet
Her six engines will develop 1880
horsepower, and drive the great gas
bag at an estimated maximum speed
of IS miles an hour.
CLASSIFICATION of lands through
the geological survey shows that in lime
nearly 100000 acres were adiudped
available under the stock raising
homestead law, which makes public
lands available for. stock raising mr..
poses In hOmesteads of $40 acres or
less. Areas by states are as follows.
Arizona, 2,048,320; Colorado. 1141-
GA; Idaho, 1,159,S70; Montana, $3.50
S16; New Mexico, 10000; Oregon.
44S,040; South Dakota, 2,527, 12a To-
tai, 1856, S43.
THE nations greatest tax biII-s5.-
410,2S4, S74-was collected during the
fiscal year ending June so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
World to Have New Deal in Ocean Gables

enunciating the principles of national
and international regulation of cable
and wireless communication.
Pending the deliberations OF this
conference the United States refused
to issue a permit to the Western
Union company to land at Miami, Fla,
the American end of a new cable the
Western Telegraph company, a Brit
ish concern, proposes to lay be-
tween the United States and the Bar
BADGES, a British possession in the
West Indies.
To prevent the landing of the cable
without permit Secretary of the
Navy Daniels rushed five destroyers
to Miami to intercept British cable
laying ship. The destroyers reached
the scene of action and with due cere-
mony the American commander went
aboard the British cable layer and
communicated the warning of the
American government to commit no
invasion of American soil with the end
of the submarine telegraph wire. But
the cable layer already had received a
wireless message from Sir Eric
Geddes, British ambassador to the
United States, instructing him to take
himself hence pending a settlement of
the question.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
See That Your Records Are Clear, Boys

A NATIONWIDE "drive" to round
"A up draft deserters will be in
augurated by the war department in
the next few weeks with the publica-
ton of Stacker list containing, ac-
cording to the present records, 1891
names. u
Although every effort has been made
TO reach every man classified as a
draft deserter in order to give him
an opportunity to show that he did
not willfully evade his duty, notice of
the impending "drive" is given, and
every man in doubt as to his draft
record is urged 10y the adjutant gen.
eral of the army to write to him with
in the next two weeks so as to afford
sufficient time for his case to be set
tied before the Stacker list is made
public.
'The war department Is most anx-
ious not to place upon any man who
served his country honorably the hui
initiation of having his name APP
pear as Stacker, and for that reason
is seeking the widest publicity of the
fact that list of deserters will be
published, and that the men whose
names appear on that list will be ar
rested and brought to trial before a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
'eThe Boy Stood on the Burning Deck

yIYHEN Josephus Daniels, secretary
w of the navy, was attending school
down at Wilson, n c., it was customs
airy every Friday afternoon for one
section of the school to give declama-
tons from the platform. One Friday
dozen of the boys, comprising all
who were to speak that day, got their
heads together and conceived the
merry prank of giving the same piece,
one after another. The piece they
were to give was one that starts:
ION Linden when the sun was low,
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow"
BY the time eight or nine of the
jocular youngsters had given these i'm
perishable lines the schoolmaster was
aroused to a considerable state of ire
and dignity.
He sat through one or two more,
and then when the twelfth boy was
about to speak, promulgated this:
'If another one of you dares give
that same piece he will remain after
school, and 1 shall give him some
thing that will set him thinking"
Josephus Daniels was the next
boy. He and his companions had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
SEEK FOR BURIED TREASURE
Canadians Believe They Have De-
vice That VIII UnfaiIingIy Dis
close Concealed Hoards.

Pinning their faith on the powers
Of a newly-invented device for the
detection of gold deposits, Andrew
Cullins, well-known prospector Of
Haileybury, Canada, and Rev. Father
Theriault, of the same town plan a
trip to the South Pacific islands to
search for buried treasure, according
to joint statement they made recent
ly in Ottawa. 1t was said that the
trip was being financed by New York
capitalist, whose name WIS not dis
closed, and the fortune seekers were
to confer with him before setting off
on the long hunt.
A test of the machine was said to
have been made recently in Toronto
by hiding gold coins In a house, and
the device indicated the presence Of
the money.
According to the report of friends
Of Mr.. Cullins, the invention, IL II
proves successful. win be Of more
value In search such as is planned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

military court" according to state
ment issued by the adjutant general.
"Any man, therefore, who is not pos
tive that his record with his local
board was complete in every detail
should at once avail himself of this
opportunity to clear his record and
avoid the probable publication of his
name as a deserter. Once the list of
deserters is posted, every means at
the disposal of the army will be
brought into play to bring about the
arrest and trial of the guilty.
"The tremendous public sentiment
against slackers will cause the where
abouts of most of them to be re-
vealed, and it is not expected that
any guilty man will escape"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

I Attest reports from London re-
l. ceived at the navy department are
that the dirigible R-38, now being con-
structed for the American navy by
the Royal Airship works at Bedford,
England, is more than go per cent COM
pleted and probably will be ready to
take the air by the latter part of No
vember. When the great dirigible,
which will surpass in size any airship
ever constructed, thrusts her nose out
of the hangar at Bedford for the first
time, there will be trained-to-the-
minute American crew aboard to put
her through her trial flight. She will
come across the Atlantic next spring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
n oNTRoL of cable telegraph sys-

n ONTROL of cables telegraph sys-
~ TENS, now largely in the hands of
Great Britain, may be entirely revolu-
tionized, and the way opened for
greater degree of American activity in
this field, as result of the interna-
tional conference on wireless and cable
communication to be held in Wash
ington next month. The British es-
tablished their control of the avenues
of cable communication by pioneer en-
terprise in laying cables under long
term concessions granted by a num-
Der of countries which concessions ex-
clude competition. The aim Of the in
ternational conference is to establish
an International agreement removing
the restraints on competition, defin-
ing property rights in cables, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

WASHINGTON.-It Is the belief of
" the secretary of the interior that
with an appropriation of $12,O00000,
broadly speaking, 100000 acres. of
land could be opened for entry under
the reclamation act, and he stated that
there would be an opening of farms
within two months for few thousand
acres in the Shoshone (Wyoming)
project. Secretary Payne has returned
to Washington from trip of inspec-
ton of two of the governments great
irrigation projects at Yakima, Wash,
and Shoshone, Wyo.
There never was time in our his
tory said the secretary, ''when the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
4More Flies to Swat" Che Said, i

"More Flies to Swat" Che Said,
A south side woman recently laid in
a supply of fly swatters and started
campaign to eliminate the pests in good
season.
After several days of assiduous &C
tion the good housewife had the salts
faction of seeing. the flies practically
extinct as far as the interior OF her
home was concerned.
Then she put the swatter away. .
The next morning the mother was
Mortified to see little daughter hold
ing the kitchen screen door wide open.
"Shut the door, child" she cried,
"what In the world are you doing"
"Why, mother" replied the young
ster. II was just letting in some more
flies to swat."-Youngstown Telegraph.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Eiuht the White Whats.

A campaign against the beluga, or
white whale, was recently started
from Douarnenez to Concarneau, in
Brittany, by the French Oceanographic.
society, in which nets and poison
tubes were used. The beluga, pest of
the fisherman, is generally cream
white in color, feeds mainly on marine
fish and commits ravages among the
shoals. The average length of the
adult male is about eighteen or twenty
feet. To hunt down the white whale
a net LOO yards long''was set up at
Douarnenez, while another was placed
in suitable position by the fishermen
at Concarneau. Furthermore, the skip
pers of the sardine boats used 1000
Yves Delage poison tubes against the
belugaS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Greensboro Bridge, New York.

hilltop now, with a hundred lighted
windows. Brooklyn bridge. is a neck
lace Of topazes. My thoughts go a.
wandering among the street markets
of the lower East side, down familiar
ways marked out by rows of lights.
And then, Puck-like, it is in Broadway
over which there hangs delicate gold
en- haze, fata morganis.
The superstructure Of the bridge Is
no longer merely wonderful mechan-
ism. 1t has mystery. It's masses,
black and full of shadows, have taken
.on subtle flavor of antiquity. They
are not steel Orders, erected by men
with whom one rubs shoulders In the
subway. They are something reared
in forgotten times, by forgotten men,
and they seem permanent, always ex-
fstent, as only things whose origins
are half-forgotten can seem.
look out again over the waters.
The docklights have dropped floating
ribbons, red and green and gold, into
the water.
The view Of Paris from Montmartre
is known the world over. This view,
intrinsically as beautiful, and with
more of grandeur in it, is unknown,
save by handful of providers. like
myself.
That the Greensboro bridge Is not,
like the Hill of Martyrs, an object for
pilgrimages, is profound common
tary on the nature Of beauty. For
beauty, after all, is not in the object
but in the eye. We have eyes but
we see not. We hurry across the
Greensboro bridge in street cars or
elevated trains. on business bent.
There is no time for seeing, and if
there were, would there be any de-
sire?
After all, there Is no view from
greensboro bridge-only a fantasy
constructed from the dreams of boys
seeking adventure, schoolgirls dream
ing dreams, and idlers filed with
vague poesies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

entered into solemn compact all TO
give that same little piece, come
what might. AS he assembled the
platform and gazed at the eager
young faces of his accomplices Jo-
sephus greatly disliked to be untrue
to his pledge.
1t was trying situation. For some
moments he stood there wavering, dis
erection yanking at the anchor of duty.
And 10, duty held! Manfully the brave
little chap began:
ION Linden when the sun was"
But he got no further. The teacher
laid hands on him.
Josephus had been brave but fool
iSh
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Search for Rare PLANT

In 1903 scientific man named
Drummond discovered one solitary
aroma plant in the woods of st. Tam
many parish, Louisiana, and it is cher
ished today at the Arnold Arboretum.
New Hampshire has written to New
Orleans asking to have Louisiana
search again for the rare growth, and
the New Orleans Garden society has
offered a prize of SIS for the discov-
cry of another aroma plant. Har-
ward also wants Louisiana searched
for certain variety Of ash, discov-
cred near New Orleans about a GEN.
fury ago and never seen before or
since.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
The Other Girl.

was on the road travelling and
making only the small towns in a
car. In one small town met girl
and took her out for ride; we got
home early. and, well. she was rather
a bore. % told her would have to
leave as | had terrible headsche and
wanted to get some sleep. After going
back to the hotel travelling man
friend OF mine said me was going over
to see a friend of his and as there
was an extra girl he wanted to know
II | would go with him. did. and
much to my embarrassment l found
myself being introduced to the same
girl / had taken riding.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

Pierre Surget obtained a plantation in
that region by Spanish grant and
planted indigo, which was being grown
extensively in Louisiana at that time
and found ready market. The Surget
fortune was soon made, and many
years afterward the little town of
Cherry Grove came into existence on a
corner of the plantation. The last
indigo king scorned automobiles and
telephones. He was breeder of thor
oughbreds and devotee of racing who
never bet a dollar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
The Reason.

"Bah!" snorted Mr.. Stubs, as he
threw down the magazine. Here's
that 'blushing bride thing again. Why
in the world should young woman
getting married be always blushingw
"Well," Mrs, S. responded acidly:
II suppose they are blushing because
they are ashamed of what they are
doing"
"Why should they be ashamed?"
Huh! Take good look at the
things they are tying themselves to
and it's plain enough"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Last "Indiao King"

Northerners know of wheat kings,
merchant princes and timber barons,
hut .'indigo king" a familiar title In
the south, has for us an exotic ring,
saws the New York Evening Post. The
last of the old time indigo kings
passes with the death in July of James
Surget at Natchez. Miss. In 1852
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

than in indicating gold locations in
the mining districts, because in search
ing for gold-bearing veins 1t will not
determine the quantities or depth at
which the metal would be found, and
therefore the operators would not
know whether 1t would be in sufficient
quantities to justify development.
This Is given as the reason of tbe
inventor in searching for hidden treas
ure from foundered ships or buried by
pirates in the South Sea islands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
COOKING Class.

"Are you as good cook as your
sister,? asked the lady.
"Sure, my sisters not in the same
class wit mel" replied the applicant.
"Class? Gracious! If you're not
out of cooking school yet, you'll never
dol"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Freshen a Heavy skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
curt Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and busting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes SUI
perfiuous. Oyle of the Cuticura Toilet
Trio (Soap. Ointment, Talcum) ADV.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS
Payne Will Push Reclamation Project.

hunger for land was greater than 1t is
at present. 1t now rests with con-
gress which has the power to develop
this immense amount of land, to make
appropriations that will provide the
territory.
"The second highest dam in the
United States has been built at Sho-,
shone.
I'm round numbers 100000 acres is
the quantity which the dam will pro-
vide water for. By furnishing $12.-
100000 more 100000 acres could be
opened in small farms, say from 10
to % acres. The land is SO fertile
that farm of 10 acres seems to sat
isfy them In Yakima, Wash, they
raise from 600 to 900 bushels of po-
tatoes on an acre Of this ground.
"Since the primary purpose of this
reclamation law was to create homes,
it has justified all its opponents
claimed for it; for on the government
project lands are 10000 families in
independent homes. The government
reservoirs are supplying 2,7S0,OOO acres
and on these reclaimed acres there are
100000 people profitably Employed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Money Gifts.

Take a new bill and fold It In such
a way that only the portrait upon it
will show; then fit 1t into a pretty
little gilt frame which may be found
at any department store. For people
who dislike to give money outright
this may fill a want
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
orioin of Famous ouotations.

The henpecked man had just OBJ
tanned divorce from his first wife,
He was heard to murmur, with the only
fiendish glee that had been his since
the orange blossom episode: And the
first shall he last
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
She Knows

Jane-"What is the best time to get
married" Aunt Jane-"The first
chance you get"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10

You might say that the stage
prompter's job is dramatic situation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10
Is There Enouah to Iaste2

'How does your wife like having
kitchenette?"
Fine You should taste some of
her mealettes."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-01
.'coIlol|lIIE IS
REPORTED LOW
Former Mayer SISTERS Relapse and
Said TO Be In Serious Condi.
ton Today.

Former Mayor William McCono-
chic, 2513 Seventh avenue, who has
been for more than week comm
ed to his bed with . serious attack
Of heart trouble, is reported today
as being very low.
A relapse set in this morning at
about II O'Clock. the change from
a condition considered promising
being very sudden. DR.. A e. Will
liams, the attending physician. said
this morning that his condition was
now serious. While entirely con-
scious, the former mayor is in a
much weakened state.
The illness of Mr.. McConochie
dates from 10 days ago. when over
exertion, brought on leakage of
the heart. Since then. he has been
confined to his bed and given the
closest attention. with the hope
that, in spite of his advanced age,