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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-16

MIR. AND MRS. JAMES MURRAY are rejoicing over the arrival of a baspy daughter born on March 12 in Lille, France, where MT. Murray is located. MT. Murray is British Consul and Mrs Murray was formar- ly Miss Helen Wilson of Myrtle ave nue. this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-16
PERSONALS

FRIENDS OF Vincent Whitney of Stratford avenue, the popular super- 1ntendent of the Welfare building. will be pleased to hear that he is improv- ing at St. Vincent's hospital after his operation for appendicitis
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
Dan Lewis
Passes Away
Prominent Farmer of Zion
COMMUNICATED Tues.
day Morning

Dan Lewis, well known farmer
and citizen of the Zion neighbor-
hood died at his residence Tues
day morning at 9:3o o'clock,
death being due 10 tuberculosis,
Mr., Lewis was 58 years of age
and a member of the Baptist
church and of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows,
Funeral services were held over
tile remains from the Ocoee Baptist
church Wednesday at 10 o'clock,
Rev. T. NJ, Hicks in charge, iu-
terment followed in Baptist ceme-
terry. Services at the grave were
in charge Of the Odd Fellows.
MIR, Lewis is survived by his
widow, one son and one daughter
by former wife and two sons
and one daughter by, hislas wife.
Two brothers, Pete aGd Dock, al
SO survive him.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
OLD TORT


Misses Ina Lou Brock and
Blanche McClary spent Saturday
night in Georgia.
Next Saturday and Sunday are
regular meeting days at Blue
Ridge.
Ernest Martin and John Hilliard
have gone to join the ravy.
Mrs. Harlem Griffith is improv-
ing after several days illness.
Bertha Curbow spent a short
while at the home of Beulah
Davis one evening last week.
Mrs. Billie Niece has returned
after several weeks visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Cora Frazier, in
Georgia.
B. T, Finnell has put up shop
in Old Fort.
Joe Hood and Arthur Wilson
mad. a trip to Ocoee, Monday
Mrs. Dora Nipper is on the
sick list this week,
Miss Mamie Curbow spent the
week end with homefolk,
We have a good S. S. at Blue
Ridge, now.
Miss Cora Lackey was out
shopping one day this week.
CLYDE Tilley is furnishing music
in Old Fort, with his French
harp.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
Former Polk
COunti2n Dead
Rev. TOmnie itigdOn Dies
In Alabama

News has been received here of
the d .ath, in Talladega, Ala, OF
Rev. Tommic Higdon, who for
many years made his home III this
county He was brother Of the
late Calvin Higdon, OF Reliance,
and an uncle OF Sam and Noah
Higdon. He is the last Of the
older set of we'll known and
prominent family of this county,
and the announcement Of his
death will be regretted by a score
of Polk county people who knew
him in his Younger days.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
Joy Ride Turned
To Grief
One Man Bound To Court
Charged With Trans
porting Whiskey

Late Saturday evening a party
of Etowah people, consisting OF
H. G. Jewel, Ed Hicks, Charles
Talent, Miss Matte Galloway and
sister, pulled up in front of the
HARRISON House and inquired the
way to Cleveland. Constable
Clarence Johnson, who happened
TO be in the hotel office, went out
to give the desired information.
When he arrived at the automo-
bile he claims to have scented
'likker" and notified the occu-
pants of the car that he would
have to make a search He did
SO, and found pistol on the rear
seat of the car, and someone from
the inside of the car threw out a
fruit jar of whiskey.
All claimed to be innocent, and
Mr.. Johnson carried all FIVE par
ties before Esq. Kerr and was
swearing out warrants for them,
when Miss Matte Galloway stated
that she didn't want to go to jail
and made a statement to the eff
feet that H. G. Jewel was the
party who had the whiskey, Jew
ell was bound to court, made bond,
and the party proceeded on to-
Cleveland, a somewhat sadder1
crowd.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
noth0ryC6RBook

To each man Is given a day, and his work
for the day;
And once and no more, he Is given 70
travel this way,
And woe If lie llics from his task. what
ever the odds,
For the task Is appointed to him an the
Edwin Markham
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
WILL BUILD
$4,000 CHURCH
And Other News Told By
Our Special COrrespOn-
dent, II. f. Burns

The year 1920 has passed with
all its joys and sorrows. The new
year has come and we know not
what it holds i'll store for us. Our
Lord says, Therefore be We also
ready; for in such an hour as We
think not the Son of man cometh
Matt. "a "A,
Dear reader, while you read
these lines, remember, your life
at best is very short and you may
be the one who must die this
wear. Take our Lord S command
and be ready.
We had a nice Christmas tree
for our S. S. at the First Baptist
church. Young and old enjoyed
it,
We enter the new year with
bright prospects for our Sunday
School and church. We hope to
erect a modern new church house
next summer, to cost $4,000 or
more. We have about SO, 900 al
ready subscribed.
Revenue officer Tyler, and his
men have captured three stills
close to Monterey, recently. GO
ahead, Mr.. revenue officers, you
have not got half of them yet,
here and elsewhere.
The last still was under mans
dwelling. He had made a solid
eoncsafe wall under his ff0tise.
with no place for light and 10 way
to enter except through a trap
door in a closet bv the side of the
ire place. He had his water
piped in and out under ground.
He arranged for the smoke to go
into his chimney from the base
ment Let all officers keep this
in mind, it may help you to do
likewise, |. mean to catch the
whiskey maker. A good Christian
woman told me that this man was
her own cousin and that she had
been praying for ryears for him to
get caught. She said he had help
ed to ruin one of her boys.
Mr.. whiskey man, you have the
laws of your land against you,
have all good people and their
pra, S against you, you have all
&c a officers against you; you
have the eternal God against you;
SO you are going to have a hard
time of it. All the real friends
you have are bad people and the
DEVIL, Get out Of bad company,
come on the side of right and up
rightness if you want to be happy
Our policeman got nine yester'
day for shooting craps III one OF
the railroad offices.
We have five inches OF snow,
but clear and pretty,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13

we did not travel, and | went to
church at Woodbury., and tonight
went to the Methodist meeting.
Nov 18-We left Woodbury.
and passed through Murphysboro.
and took the Franklin road, and
camped 5 miles west of Murphys-
boro. We travelled IS miles to-
day
Nov 19 We left this morning
tor Franklin, Tennessee, and to-
night we are near the battle
ground, having travelled 20 miles.
Nov. 20-From Franklin, we
travelled in the direction of Char
lotte, Dickson county, and camp
ed by the side of a small river.
Distance travelled, 20 miles
Nov. 2l-We resumed our
Journey and travelled over rough
roads and campe1 4 miles west OF
Charlotte, having travelled 22
miles, today.
Nov. 22-Wc travelled today
through very poor country, and
camped | mile east of Waverly,
Humphrey county. Distance
travelled, rs miles.
Nov. 23-From Waverly, we
went to the Tennessee river and
crossed it at Waverlv Landing.
Then we took the road to Paris.
We camped II miles from the
river in Benton county. Distance
travelled, p miles.
Nov. "a This being Sunday we
did not travel.
Nov, 25 We started early this
morning in the direction of Paris.
Pas sed that place and camped 6
miles north of town, in Henry
county, on the Columbus road.
Distance travelled, g miles.
Nov. % We travelled today by
way of Boydsville, where we
crossed the state line into Ken
tucky and camped near Llnville.
We travelled 20 miles.
Nov. u e We travelled today
and camped on the Columbus
road, having travelled 2l miles.
Nov. 2S-We travelled today
through Columbus and on to the
Mississippi river, and crossed it
over into Missouri and camped,
having travelled 20 miles.
Nov, 20 To-day we Travelled
thru the swamps, lain and snow
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
Cannon Sense as Ballast.

Science is good piece of furniture
,or a man to have In an upper cham
ser provided he has common sense on
The ground tloor.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13


Nov. 30-We camped on the
Benton road, having travelled IA
miles.
Dcc.-l--We travelled through
Benton, today, and camped 8
miles north of this town, having
travelled 20 miles.
Dec, 2-We travelled today thru
Cape Girardeon, on the Mississippi
river, and camped 8 miles north :
east of Old Jackson, having gone
10 miles.
Dec. 3-We passed through
Jackson, and camped at Dallas, 1t
rained all day. Travelled %
miles.
Dec. 4-Today we travelled the
Greenville road and camped on
Bean creek, near Hog Eye. We
iourneyed p miles.
Dec. 5-We passed through
Greenville, on the banks of the
St. Francis river. Travelled 20
miles.
Dec. Owe crossed Black river
at Brown Mill. and passed thru
a ridge country, Killed a large
buck, and camped, having gona
20 miles.
Dec. We passed through
Doniphen today, and crossed
aCuSFeTg fipeF Ca4napssi miles
west of Doniphen. Travelled p
miles.
Dec, 8-This being Sunday we
only travelled 10 miles and camped
on the Warm Springs road.
Dec. 9-From there we took
,the Salem road where our team
ran away, breaking our hack. We
only travelled Is miles.
Dec. 1O-After repairing our
hack we travelled 8 miles and
camped on the Thomasville road,
near the state line.
Dec. live passed the head
of Spring river and camped on the
Salem road, having, travelled "a
miles.
Dec. I3-We travelled down
Bennett river in Fulton county,
crossed north fork of White river
and camped on west bank. Travel
ed % miles.
Dec. 14-We travelled in the
direction of Yellville, crossed
White river at Talberts Ferry.
Travelled % miles,
Dec. 15-We passed neal Yell
vile, and from there we took the
Carrolton road. Travelled "a
miles.
Dec. l6-We- passed through
Belton. and from there to Boyles
and stayed all night.
Dec. 1--WE stayed at Mr.,
Boyles and rested ourselves and
stock.
Dec. 1S-I took dinner. with
Merriman Boyles and went from
there to the widow Kenediers and
stayed all night. l spent the nigh
very pleasantly.
Dec. 1--we left the widow
Remedies and went to old Mrs
Boyles and spent the night.
Dec, 20-From there we went
to Galloway Boyles and stayed all
night.
Dec. 21-Today we went back
to Merriman Boyles and at night
we went to church and from there
to William Boyles aud stayed all
night
Dec. 22-Today we went to
Merriman Boyles and stayed all
night.
(To be continued.)
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
Z 4 r
rene StephenSo

Miss Irene Stephenson, of Duck
town, is the guest of Mrs. Carrie
Lyle, this week.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13

Hoping for better times will
not bring them. Work will, Hop
TO it,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13

Some fellow on the other side
predicts that the world will soon
blow up again. But we hope it
doesn't happen at meal time,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
.DIARYOF ATRIPTO TEXAS
TN A TWO HORSE HACK
By The Following Persons, James a. Bible Jonn ,
lHodue, Bob Huckaby and Bob Haney-Ihe
Last Named Wrote The Following Diary

Bmton. Tenn. Nov, IL, 1867,
Wessills day started fcss the state
Of Texas Went as fsts as cleve-
land. Tennessee the first day
Noting unusual happened Dis
taqsa typssied. IS a'ilts.
Nv. l2-We left Cleveland,
and faveIed by the way OF
Geot etown. We went as far as
Blvd IS Ferry and camped on the
west ide of the Tennessee river
Distance travelled, 20 miles
Noy r3-We left Blythes Fer
ry bs the way Of Smiths $ Cross
Koass, Rhea county, and crossed
Walden's $ Ridge at Morgan $ Turn
pike and camped at Plkeville,
Tenn III BIedsoe' county. We
tra>ss 81 miles today.
Nov 1--WE left Pikevill.e
earIv md crossed the. e.yCunlber-
land aiountains bv the way 'ot
CAIRO creek valley, and camped
/ I4niiles east of Spencer, Van"
Bure county We Travelled r.
~ 81 We left Spencer and
crave d II miles to McMinnville.
nh 16 From McMinnyille,
We elea to Woodbury., Can
non Dihnty and camped mile
east essn0 Distance travelled,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13

Misses Vernia and Nellie Spur
ling have gone to Chattanooga to
spend a week with their half-sister
Mrs. Cressie GeraldS.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-13
YOUNG MEN! PARENTS!
and


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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
CHAPTER x-continued.
p

little after work time that day,
Bill Dale started alone on the way of
the narrow-gauge railroad for the sid
ing. He wished to see for himself just
what the damage had been to the
trestle. and he hoped to meet Golf, or
a Ball. or Torrey, and learn some
thing that would be to his advantage.
Before he had covered two miles, he
had seen two of the enemy skulking
through the woods, and he recognized
them for TOrreys from Jerusalem
Cove and Hatton's He'll; he knew 1t
nv their very swarthy skin, their high
cheekbones and their coarse black
hair. the outcroppings of the Cherokee
Indian blood in them. They looked
cunning and wicked Dale loosened
IN its holster the big revolver that
Major Bradley had persuaded him to
curry for his own protection. John
Moreland had taught him how to use
firearms.
At point near where the little
stream that flowed past the Halfway
switch emptied into Doe river, where
Doe river turned almost squarely to
tho left. Dale halted abruptly. He had
seen man dart behind a scrubby oak
some thirty yards ahead Of him; quite
naturally. he concluded that the fell
low meant to waylay him, and he, too,
stepped behind tree, big hemlock.
A silent minute went by. Then Dale
nut his hat out on one side of the tree
and peeped from the other side; 1t
was an old trick that Grandpap More
land had told him about. A rifle
cracked promptly and sharply. and a
bullethole appeared in the rim of his
hat
Following It, there came the coarse,
boss voice Of Black Adam Ball. the
mountaineer Goliath:
"You CANT fool me. l jest shot to
mt hole in yore new hat and to
chow We at amt no bad shot. You
CANT hit my hat|
Dale's temper, the temper that had
olwovs been so hard to keep under
control. rose quickly. He tried to rea-
con with himself, and couldn't; his
mission mastered him. He snatched
Tho bir revolver from its holster and
cooked It. With as steady hand as
ever held weapon trained, he began
70 take aim at Balls SLOUGH hat, the
boIf of which was in plain view at one
side of the scrubby oak.
az fooled you once, back there In
the middle of the river" he cried hot
" "and now I'm going to fool you
again."
There was In his voice that old, old
prmltiye rage. which frightened him,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08

woodland toward the broad. green val
ley, with the Littlefords. the More
lands. Major Bradley and Hayes toi-
lowing closely behind them.
Up on the side OF David MOreland's
mountain there had been a silent and
unseen witness TO the arrest Of Bill
Dale. She was hidden behind
gnarled and twisted clump OF sheep
laurel. sitting on a patch Of tiny.
dainty. pure blue MISUNDERSTANDING
In her hands the tiny purple blossoms
that are known as Jobs tears.
Lord. whatn / do nowT" she muir
INJURED
1t was a great and unanswerable
question, and 1t was a prayer. too.
"Lord, whatll l do now?" she re-
peated.
When Bill Dale had ridden out OF
her sight, she threw down the crushed
flowers and flung herself PROSTATE,
with her face close to the hemlock
needles and the earth, and wept low
and bitterly, and wept and wept-
Lord, what'll do now?"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
"HE KILLED ADAM"

Synopsis.-Young Carlyle Wilbur
ton Dale. or "Biu Dale" son OF
a wealthy coal operator, John K.
Dale, arrives at the Halfway
Switch, in eastern Tennessee.
abandoning a life OF idle ease-and
incidentally a bride. Patricia cav
ering, at the altar-determined to
make his own way in life. he
meets Babe" Littleford, typical
mountaineer girl. by" Heck, a
character of the hills. takes him to
John Moreland's home. Moreland
is chief of his "clan." which has
an old feud with the Littlefords.
He tells Dale of the killing OF his
brother, David Moreland, years
ago, owner of rich coal deposits,
by man named Carlyle. Dale
believes the man was his father
Dale makes his home with the
Morelands. Talking with Babe,
Dale is ordered by BLACK Adam
Ball to leave his girl" alone.
Dale whips the bully. He arranges
with John Moreland to develop the
coal deposits. Ben Littleford sends
a challenge to John Moreland to
meet him with his followers in bat
tie. Moreland agrees. The two
clans line up for battle. A Lit
tleford fires the first shot. Babe
in an effort to stop the fighting.
crosses to the Moreland side OF the
river, and is accidentally shot by
her father and seriously wounded.
The fight stops and Babe is taken
to the city. Doctors announce she
is not seriously hurt. Dale meets
an old friend, Bobby McLaurtn'
who has married Patricia Claver-
ing. Dale's father admits he killed
David Moreland and offers him
funds to develop the coal. Dale
declines and gets funds elsewhere
He realizes he loves Babe, who
goes to live with Patricia to be ed
ucated. Henderson Golf, a coal
man. appears on the scene. Dale
has an exciting encounter with
Golf, and is saved by by Heck.
He tries to end the feud. John
Moreland and Ben Littleford de-
clare peace. Babe comes back
home. but finally promises to re-
turn to Patricia. Goff stirs up
trouble
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
T don't think who killed
Black Adam. / know who killed
Black Adam"
1TO BE CONTINUED)
Parliamentary "Whips."

The parliamentary origin Of the
term "whip' goes back to 1768 In
that year, according to Sir Courtenay
Ilbert (clerk of the British house OF
commons from 1902 to 1920, there
was a great debate in the house on
petition against the return OF
Colonel Luttrell for Westminster In
Mace of John Wilkes, who had been
expelled from the house by Its order.
The government made strenuous eff
forts to bring together all their fol-
lowers for the division, and Edmund
Burke, referring scornfully to the
manner In which men had been sum-
moned posthaste even from the con-
tinent. likened the activity of the
ministers to the whipping-in of pack
of hounds. The phrase caught on.
The treasury officials became whip
pers-In," and, by rapid process of abb
breyiatlon, whips.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
Farther Than That.

A writer on "Censoring the Movies"
saws that "a kiss Is chaste for ten
feet" in Pennsylvania. II have often
sprinted much further for one" writes
I NJ. In Boston Transcript
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08

OOpynshs, b. DOublsdAy. Page ; Co.
The daily times., 1921-11-18
COOPERATIVE PLAN
URGEDBY $4,000
TOBACCO FARMERS
TRI-STATE ASSOCIATION
ANA.S ~ IL ASS\/SAA AO1N
Five Million Dollar Loan Build
ing Fund for Construction
of School Houses Will be a
Great Impetus to Rural Edu-
cation in North Carolina it is
Believed.
(By Max Abernethy.)

Raleigh, Nov. 1S.-Three hundred
million pounds of tobacco represents
the total number of contracts signed
by farmers in the tobacco belts of
North and South Carolina and Vir-
ginia, according to figures available
here by the Tri-State Tobacco Grow
ers Cooperative Association.
Contracts signed are from more
tan 5000 members which makes
the Tri-State association the largest
crop marketing organization in the
United States. Growers are still sign
ing the five year marketing contracts
in North Carolina and the other two
States at a rate which indicates a
membership of about $4,000 before
the campaign is closed.
North Carolina counties report in
creased interest in the association as
the campaign draws to a close, with
many growers writing in for con-
tracts and asking for cleanup cam
paigns in their communities After
Continued on Page Ten.)
The daily times., 1921-11-18
TOBACCO SALES THIS WEEK

Tobacco sales yesterday on the
local market amounted 20 721,512
pounds; receipts, $201, ,154.13; aver
age 27.87.
The report of Mr.. H. b. Johnson.
secretary of the Wilson Tobacco
Board of Trade, for the past week
follows:
Tobacco sold 2,524,s46 pounds.
Amount sold for $80O,1s9.21; aver
age 30.83.
Sales last week 3,444,436 pounds
Amount sold for $I.02O,792.39; av-
erage 1858.
Decrease 849,49G pounds. De-
crease 1920, ,603.18; increase 1.2O.
Total sales to date 27,215,2OO
pounds. Amount sold for S7,947,-
021.66. Average 1920.
The daily times., 1921-11-18
ENGLAND SINCERE
IN DESIRE FOR
LIMITED NAVES
SHIP BUILDING
America and Great Britain APP
pear to Have Agreed on
Their Retrenchment in Ship
Building, but the Status of
Japan's Navy Has Not Been
Decided it Seems.

London, Nov. 18.-The Admiralty
cessation of all work on four war
ships of the super-hOOd type. The
ship building firms were notified yes
terday not to incur further liability
ther notice from the Admiralty.
These contracts were awarded only
two weeks ago.
Officials explained the practical eff
all war ships work pending the out
come of the arms conference.
Washington, Nov. 1S.-Action of
the British government announced
from London in ordering work stop
ped on the four capital ships, the on
ly capital ship building program on
which the British have been engaged
since the. armistice caused little sur
prise here. The status as to construc-
tion on most American tabulations
has been carried as doubtful
In any case deliberations of a tech
nical commission headed by Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt and including the
highest naval officers of the five pow
ers represented appeared to have
reached a point where the capital
ship ratio may be considered settled
so far as British and American gov
ernments are concerned. The Ameri-
can proposal that Great Britain re-
tain 1S battleships and 4 battle cruis-
ers and the United States Is battle
ships seems to have been accepted by
experts which implies final accept
ance by the conference of that ele-
ment of the proposals.
The British# admiralty stopping
work on the ships is only an added
straw to show which way the wind
is blowing.
! 1t is not clear whether experts have
reached a conclusion as to Japan s
fleet strength Formal announcement
by Baron Kato yesterday that Japan
desired more than the 60 ratio in
general naval tonnage allowed her
was taken to mean this is the point
now being debated by the five ad-
mirals of the subcommittee and
their staffs.