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New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Sterling Silver Novelties
Reduced 20 TO 1870

Novelties that almost necessities. Each piece is
delightfully."- attractive and these lowered prices are an
Abraham & Straus way of having you share in it's
Anniversary
Cigarette Cases, $l2.85
Regularly $1765
These either square oblong shape
very smart; in hammered and striped effect.
Cigarette Cases, $16.5O
Regularly S21 rs
These that very thin model we admire so mucf--n
obong style with octagon round corners.
Cigarette Cases, $2l.5O
Regularly S2875
These fine engine-turned thin models in striped
patterns
Dorine Boxes, $500
Regularly S4.2O
Made for regulation size cake powder-these
dainty and beautifully enaeled in assorted coorngs
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
1900 Pairs Silk Stockings
$l.69 Pair

These stockings in black or white, in the same
grade that usually sells for $225.
They are full fashioned thr cad silk and have mer-
cerized garter tops and soles
Slight imperfections in the manufacture enable us
to sell them at this price. - s.. r,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Filet Net Lace Curtains, $3.50 Pair

Grade That Is Regularly $4.95
Ibis which We so
quality regular stock for $495 makes
possible this excellent These
Marie Antoinette Lace Curtains at $3.50 Pair
lot duplicates of which sell regularly pair in
these Curtains a good quality. - - 49, "
Ireonnes 4oc Yard Window Shades, 59c. Each
Regularly 59c. and &c. to W~r co,
ndcushions onaoue Shades ~ 0
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

An open meeting Of the New York
City Mothers Club will be held on
Monday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at
the Hotel McAlpin. Professor M. A.
Bigelow will speak on Sex Education
for Young People"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Early Season Hats
In Combinations Of Stra,o and Feathers
at $4.98

For immediate wear, nothingi more fetching than
these straw and feather models-side rolls close
fitting shapes and becoming of-the-face NODES Some
charming to-toned effects we'll as al-black brown
Copenhagen navy blue and sand-colored hats
Stree floor East
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

The Minerva Club, Mrs. Mary Stokes
MacNutt, president, will give Valen-
tine party at the Plaza next Saturday
evening.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22

cause the reflection didn't respond
Il wasn't difficult to meet yourself 0:
that road, in fact the difficulty wa.
to keep from running over yourself.
Upward and onward, but ever up
ward We went, scaling that 5000 feet
to the summit of Big Frog. Occa
sionally we'd have to stop and give
little henryford a fresh drink of wa
ter, for the radiator was boiling like
a new percolatOr.
For a mile sometimes there would
not be a single house. Then would
come one, a little log cabin of one
room. Most of them had wooden or
stick chimneys plastered inside witt.
red mud, and in one instance a lad
der lay against the roof near the
chimney, causing one to wonder if it
was to make it easy to put out the
chimney when it caught afre
There were deep cool springs and
gurgling little brooklets, while an oc-
casional patch of corn served to re-
mind me of a remark Congressman
Mudd once made while travelling
through the mountains of East Ten.
nessee. Mr.. Mudd said he didn't
blame East Tennesseans for moon
shining, for the only way they'd ever
get crop out from their homes in
the hills would be to tote it out in
jug"
On each side of the road there were
wonderful ferns, over which the good |
housewives of Knoxville would have
maiden hair, and the coarser 'varie-
ties, some growing eight or ten feet
long, while, the. wild flowers would /
have put to- shame any window or
porch box iAat the ia per cent city.
All the way up the mountain Ed
Hennegaf+ had had a far away look
IN his eye, and wondered if he was
.hink ing of the new grandson whose
arrival the day previous over at Cop
Der Hill was the cause, but later
earned the real reason was that he
vas lonesome for his old side-kicks
2udyard Skipling Hazen and Foxy
irandpo Price.
The scenery is gorgeous. 1t rivals
inything to be found in this entire
eStioR All the way up the noun
the small boy.
BFt he felt even me-e embarrassed |
! is filed ii with the rock Hfos4fosutss,
yhich resemble nothing so much as ]
abroad cuts.
Up where it seemed we. were reach t
lg the top of the mountain the car b
assed through one extra big and q
aep cut, whose walls were all the b
1lorsybf the rainbow. 1t seemed i'm
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22
Wonderful Road ChisIed
Out of Frog Mountain and
Connects Rich Copper
Basin with Fertile
Farms of Western
Half of The
County
BY JOHN w. FALCONNIER,

Benton, Tenn, July 17.--Hannibal
thought he was doing some stunt
when he tripped across the well
known Alps one afternoon in Dec
ember or some other winter month,
but take it from me, Hannibal's job
was piker's task compared with
that of the Polk county good road
commissions in throwing % miles Of
the Kimsey highway across the Dig
Bullfrog and all the little Bullfrog
mountains down here, uniting the
copper basin and rich agricultural
sections Of this county, which, since
time immemoral, have been divided
by this great natural barrier thrust.
ing its head 5000 or more feet up in
TO the clouds.
While this great road, which is
called one Of the finest examples of
road engineering in the state, is not
complete, it has been thrown open to
traffic, and today was dedicated by
the people Of Polk county who were
Joined by good roads boosters from
other counties, a gathering of pos
sibiy 1900 people travelling in up
ward Of 400 motor cars, making the |
trip tgthe top of Frog mountain from
both sides, where a great love feas. |
las we'll as material one, consisting
of dozens of Barbecued animals were
enjoyed.
che dav was Qaryed BY only one
oeeil III fliIik when the Al
y s'snlsbile occupied by rSnlpbeIl Lloyd,
WeH known Bradley county citizen, |
skiddod and overturned after
the trip to the top and
the most dangerous lap of the down
ward journey. Mrs. Lloyd sustained
a dislocated shoulder and minor in
juries; but fortunately three physl
clans were on the scene and the in
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22

I Stopping in Sweetwater for suppe,
or dinner they call it there now
since they have learned to charge .
dollar a plate for a quarter lunch
we had gotten into the area where i
had been raining heavily. so put on
+ the chains, starting for Athens.
Talk about the rocky road to Dub
lin. That is a paved boulevard com
pared to stretches of that McMinn
county section of the famed Dixie
Highway. At one place the car hit a
chug hole and went fully ten feet in
the air. / remembered a previous
trip in the air had taken in plane,
but when we landed the likeness end
ed. Instead of landing straighb like
it went up the car landed crosswayss
of the road, and it was only sIdllful.
manipulation of President Tom at the
wheel that prevented nasty spill.
Then things went better, except
that the chains were too long and had
to be wired up to keep them from
beating the mud guards off, and
when this operation was completed,
l was truly thankful / hadn't worm
the new suit l haven't got, and which
l might have worn had / had it.
A pretty stretch of road cQnpepl
stated for past ills which had befalE
en- US, and then there loomed up 4
ghostly figure ahead, which seemed
to have two big green headlights III
with two smaller ones just above,
making a noise like no motor I'd ever
aeard before. It turned out to hc ~ !. Z
old-time negro astride a big mule,
oafing along the road strumn1ing
une on a banjo All, but that waSF
-omantic, coupled as it was with
.ricket chorus, and bullfrog obli6a
o, or was until big bullfrog bel
owed out lover your head anl
nto a chug hole of those dimensi0lf
We went, knocking romance heller
keitef.
Saturdays Events
Came Athens, and then Etowah, Az
}. o. Mcintyre would say, where we
argained with the landlord for All I
,dging, and paid his exorbitant tallH
rhich took all lsqr'hand If esfer sleels
way. I'm with 8 glad now thattitbx
corning or peril prevented my goinf
|..lss..Il .il it'irge ard Roller.
ID kI14 our ablutions we he'd oIlkRfs
lives away to breakfast right mer- n
ly, only to be cast down when rain /
'ops as big as a quarter persisted Fl
coming down in ever increasing VI
lantities, till at length it assumed
really alarming, flooding a
e drainage canal and filing some 81
the city's streets till the mule m
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22

ftcsins wadeI belly deep in the mud
lay water.
Tic ladies Of the party counsellel
lamong themselves and decides
against going further, when Ed Hen
Ieger, came to the rescue with Tom
smith, one of his statesmen, and a
tenryford which he was inducing
ever the highways and byways. Mr..
henneger invited myself and another
scribe to accompany himself and Mr.
Smith to the top of the big bullfrog
|fack, and away we went, bat not be-
lore Tom Mckinney had made some
.fignifcant references to a little more
aFew York life, and our other friends
nd solemnly shaken hands with US.
IS if indeed we were on long, long
&urney.
Down through the valley we went
is9th never a care for the muddy
ssads except for the occasional lurch
which accompanied skid. The corn
And cotton on either side of the road
asd apparently been badly damaged
Me heavy rains and the wind
which had accompanied it. There
e some of the finest farm in all
Etst Tennessee in this section, includ
'ng the justly famous Savannah farm
N Wetnore, plantation extending
sof miles down the Hiwassee river.
saThcn came the foothills, and it was
fgidept that many others had already
sassed that way, and ere we reached |
Reliance, the little cluster of houses
assssich ncstles at the base of the big
i8g, we had passed several cars laid
fa on the side of the road, one with
a broken axle, others with tire
shhle and what not. At Reliance
selegraphed Mckinney and his
IAYfy to come on, the roads were
Bod But that was the. last We ever
Div of the Automobile clubs official
hpKessnaative, though we learned
AfeF they had come as far as Reli-
aases ana then had gone, whence we
sew not where.
Up. Up, Up j
Ffonl Reliance it is up, Up, UP 4
iaIdal at first, then as the mountai.l
nearer, sleeper and sleeper, Pit i
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22
No. 10

possible to go higher, and / thought
we were going down the other side,
as the road did fall away for a short
distance. But it was only a mirage.
The little tin Lizzie again was putting
up the hill and on and on we went,
mile after mile.
Sometimes the mudguard would be
scraping the side of the cliff above US,
while on the other side the wheels Of
the little car would be flirting with
eternity in the shape of 4 sheer drop
of hundreds of feet and the narrow
squeeze would he attested by the fact
that the chains would send rocks fall
ing over the embankment that would
soon form a miniature landslide and
which caused one to wonder if the
mountain did begin to slide if it would
be better to have it come tumbling
down on top of one, or have it sud
denly drop from under. Luckily it
did neither.
"Ah," shouts Inductor Smith, "we'll
soon be topping that mountain over
there" pointing to the highest point
in the range See where we have
come from?". he said, waving his
hand across the valley to where the
road wound around the mountain side
almost mile away. isn't the
scenery magnificent ?"
We assured Mr.. Smith that tha
scenery we most desired him to alb
serve was that narrow stretch which
ay directly in front of that little.
Ford, and promised to tell him al.
about the rest when we came back.
The fact of the matter was l wasn't
lalf so confident about crossing yon
mountain as he semed to be-, and if
could have found ladder of sufi-
lent length I'd have attempted the
eturn trip via that route. \
But we We're nearing our destina-
ion and soon came to where the cars
we're parked, and it was impossible
o make further progress, except on
oot, so we parked Lizzie and went
n forward, from whence, borne on
he wingsof the wind came savory
nd appetizing odors of meats and
ther edibles, and as the sun had
cached its zenith, and my belt was
rowing lOoser, hastened.
s4f = "A
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22
KIMSFY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY,
RARE SCENIC ROUTE, DEDICATED

juries were soon cared for. Thert
were several narrow escapes, but sc
far as learned, none resulted in in
jury TO machines or their occupants.
The attendance was remarkable,
especially in view of the fact that il
.rained yesterday afternoon, while a
storm ragged for more than an hour
this morning. The roads were in
passable condition, and with the ex-
ception of a few cars stuck in the
mud, all came through safely.
Col. House, chairman, and w. K
FISHERMAN, secretary of the Tennes.
see Road Commission, were present
and felicited the people of Polk coun-
ty on their achievement, and assured
them that Polk is going to be given
two highways to the Georgia line, one
down either side of the mountain.
Secretary Testerman announced
that he will be in Knoxville the lat
lter part of the month at which time
he will confer with Knox countains in
regard to the roads here, also with
a delegation from the Lenoir City
board of trade, and with members of
the Loudon county court, relative to
Lonndon county roads.
But, honest-to-goodness, it makes
a fellow feel like thirty cents to go
down into that section boosting good
roads.
In the Official Pathfinder
Together with i. T. j. Mckinney,
president of the Knoxville Automo
bile club, Carlos c. Campbell, assist
ant manager of the Board of Com
nerce; Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Bea
rice Bruner, left Knoxville Friday
afternoon about $3.50 in the automo-
oile clubs official pathfinder car. 1t
eemed as if the jinx was camping on
he party's trail from the outset In
lddition to a threatening storm, Mr.. t,
IcKinney. received notification that /;
e had been "pullsd2 for violation Of y
he trslIIe rules re sent Sexseta
.lianlbsrlaln to court to yfy and ilx
hat, and we were off. s
Taken all in all, the Kingston pike L
) one of the worst stretches of road d
from Knoxville to the i
op of Big Frog. After you reach q
ne Loudon county line, you notice p
ome improvement, and after passing t
enoir City the roads are excellent. 0
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-22
- z 2 Ai5Ni Nv Ac 4 -Cylssd aRada
oos Mrs .'i' vtsIaia5as 1aa =; 49, st

for the event. Two spurs OF
mountain formed natural amphi.'
theatre, in the center of which had
been erected a speaker'sV .tform,
and on which the jazz orchestra was
beating out rag time tunes. How on
Continued on Page Five)
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23
The Best Insurance ].
Against Influenza
Prominent Educator Believes Vaponnenha Is Sure
Preventive . !.

Brame's Vapomentha Salve penetlates
the pores of the skin, relieving con
gcstion, at the same time healing
vapors arise and are breathed through
the mouth and nose, loosening the
phlegm and causing the patient to
breathe freely. It's absolute reliabi6-
ty is evidenced by dozens of unso-
icited testimonials. Brame's Vapo-
mentha Salve will relieve pneumonia,
influenza, grippe, pleurisy, bronchitis,
whooping cough, catarrh, asthma, ton
silitis, hay f,ver and inflammation
of the skin.
Vapomentha is applied externally,
and it will not stain the clothes, as
other saIves do. No home should ever
be without it. Buy it from your deal
er or direct from the Brarle Drug Co.,
North Wilkesboro, N. c. A small
bottle costs 3Oc; a much larger one
containing six times as much, $1-20
ADV.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

crop was sold at loss, says the
Courier-Journal. Disinterested per-
sons familiar W.T. the conditions I'M
der which tobacco was grown last
year confirm the assertion Of the
planters and tell. many interesting
stories Of losses which illustrate that
tobacco growing last year was about
as uncertain Ct profitable. results as
betting upon horse race.
because of unfavorable weather
conditions, it is explained, there was
high production of low quality tobacco
md lew production of high quality to-
5acco. This caused prices of the best
quality to go skyward but many crops
Of Indifferent leaf were marketed at
prices below production cost. To, the
fortunate growers tobacco was a bo-
nanza; to many unfortunates, equally
Industrious and competent, it was
"wildcat.'
There comes from the White Burlcy
district a story Of one planter mar
keting crop from ten acres for $10,-
600, while a neighbours crop, not SET
out at exactly the right time to profit
in certain rains which made his lucky
neighbours crop, sold his crop at fig
ures which made the proceeds $50 an
acre gross. A young man Offering
himself as a recruit at Camp Zachary
Taylor tells q story of having raised
several acres of tobacco at such Q
loss that he looks upon a soldiers pay
| a preferable to the uncertainty of
results which attend tobacco growing.
Christian county farmers produce
records showing the cost of produc-
ton to be $167 per acre. Possibly the
summer drouth of 1919 affected the
limestone soil of the hurley district
more than it did the soil of the dark
tobacco regions. Reports, which the
College of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity of Kentucky will make as to sales
in Christian county may show greater
certainly or results there under adj
verse weather conditions than in the
bluegrass counties, but it is evident
that the profits of tobacco growing
cannot be determined, or guessed at
with reasonable accuracy, by reading
the news of record sales in loose leaf
warehouses. When the heavy drain
upon soil fertility is considered tobac-
co farming, for any group of loo
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

DR.. R. M. Brame, discovercr of
Brame's Vapometha SaIve, he1 a
letter from C. C. Wright, Superin-
tendent of the Wilkes County, N. c.,
Public Schools, in which he says:
owe have used Brame's Vapomentha
Salve for nearly all the ills for which
it is prescribed and have always Sc
cured satisfactory results. If used
in time it has never failed to break
up colds, usually the forerunner Of
Grippe, Influenza and Pneumonia.
l speak from personal observation.
believe if this preparation is used in
time it will prevent the development
of pneumonia in every instance, if
used according to directions"
These strong statements are fully
justified by the remarkable recover
les that follow. Brame's Vapomentha
Salve is applied freely over the chest
and throat and inserted in each nostrii.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23
Chattanooga
Nss.8a -

and the founders Of the Chattanooga line among the
manufacturers have been constantly growing their small
beginnings and every machine and implement that has
been added has had built into it the accumulated years of
manufacturing experience and farm knowledge acquired by the
original founders and their successors
And these tme-honored servcerenowned Ines have all
been merged one-the International Harvester
cream Of the farm machine world
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23
IN OLD KENTUCKY

At Louisville, Rev. John Littrelf,
Is, travelling evangelist, was fined or
testimony by his wife, missionary
worker, that he had kicked, struck,
bitten and scratched her. He pleaded
She provoked him.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

farmers, as against livestock and
grain production under plans increas-
ing the productive capacity Of the soil
is not perhaps quite the gold mine
it has been believed, by hopeful
planters as ell as by readers of sales
reports, to be.
The plan of selling from the soil
that which has enriched livestock
and dairy products leave the farm
after having contributed fertility-re-
mains very good plan as many can
tell. Tobacco is a crop which leaves
the farm after having robbed the soil.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23
We Sell the International line

don't have go the bother and inconvenience of trying
to get repairs and service from half dozen or
sve delays waiting for repairs during the busy
because are going carry big stock Of repairs
hand and any repairs that might not have get
for you in hurry by phone call to the International
Harvester branch house.
Tack this advertisement up your machine shed that
whenever you need repairs for any Of your International
machines you will know where 60 Also you will know
where go when you the market for machines
implements Of real quality and the highest operating efficiency
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

neWs--aro surprised, no doubt at the
assertion of Kentucky tobacco plant
ers that large proportion of the 1919
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

gS 81 GU know these trade names. Your father knew
EaG them before you and your grandfather familiar
YIN with two of them Mccormick and P & O. They
SQAgg knew in their time and you know today through
long usage and satisfactory service, that there
better farm machines and implements made than those
bearing these trade which guarantees Of high
quality and operating efficiency.
Mccormick built the first practical reaper Deerng sold the
first tne binder and introduced binder twne Vim. Parln
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

STAN Miss performed
appeared be married seated two
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

A contract has been for two miles
of concrete road from Florence to
Granger at a cost of $S9,954. This
is link in the Dixie Highway.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

At Maysville, while Judge H. p.
Purnell was in Dr.. J. A Dodson's
dentists chair, Edward Mckee and
Miss Gertrude Anderson and Albert
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23
Tillage Implements Cont

TiIlage Implements CONT
Leverless Tractor Disk
Harrows
Orchard Harrows
Spring-tooth Harrows
Peg-tooth Harrows
Com. Spring and Peg
tooth Harrows
Flexible P'eg-too 9th
Harrows
One-horse Cultivators
Culti-packers (Soil Pull
verizers) :. =.
Power Machines
Kerosene Engines
Gasoline Engines
Kerosene Tractors
Motor Trucks
Other Farm Equipment
Cream Separators
Farm WAGONS
Farm Trucks
Grain Tank agon
Boxes
Manure Spreaders
Straw spreading At
tachments
Stalk Cutters
Potato Diggers
Feed Grinders
Stone Burr Mills
Knife Grinders
Tractor Hitches
Cane Mills
Syrup Evaporators
Evaporator Furnaces
Syrup Kettles .'''-
Binder Irvine.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23

WEED GROWING AS A GAMBLE
Newspaper readers-because record
prices for tobacco in the market make
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-23
The Complete international Harvester Line
Corn Machines Cont. }
Grain Harvesting

4AN SOAAAsJzCGO ERRG@E AAESS2V&4Ess
Grain Harvesting Corn Machines (Cont.l
Binders Ensilage Cutters
Tractor Binders Fuckers
Push Binders Fiuskers and Shredders
Headers Shelters
Harvester hreshers
Rice Binders Dee Lools
cI"lIs Beet and Bean Drills
TIoI Cutvators
i'''e'0 Pulers
..eSH-s --.-eH-1e Seeding Machines
Mowers -
Sulkv Dunn Rakee Cotton Planters
Side Delivery Rakes Plain Grain Drills
Tedders One-horse Wheat Drill
Comb Side Rakes and Fertlzer l1raln Drills
Tedders Broadcast Seeders
Hay Leaders ISarfo"-tracE oeeders
Sweep Rakes Wlde-tfack Seede1s
Stackers End-gate Seeders
Comb Sxvn Rakes and Alfalfa and Grass Drills
St,ckers Hemp Drills
RaIng Presses Fertilizer and Linn
Bunchers bowers
Corn Machines Tillage InpLements
Corn Drills Tractor Flows
Planters Tractor Grub-breakers
Combined Corn and Riding Flows
Cotton Drills Walking Flows
Walking Listers Hillside Flows
Wide-tread Listers Subsoil Flows
Tractor Listers Two.vay Flows
Two-horse Cultivators Disk Flows
Fwo-row Cultivators Disk Harrows
Lister Cultivators Reversible Disk Har-
Motor Cultvators rows
Binders s:ilTandem Disk tiarrows