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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-12-15
TENNESSEE
1 STATE ITEMS


Davidson county wen first honors al
I annual corn show.
r. L. Burket slain at his home in
Newbern by unknown assassins.
James Lowe, world war vet, held on
bigamy charge at Knoxville.
Long illness fatal to NJ. w. Wheeler,
pioneer resident of Milan.
Harry Kramer, Jackson, freight con-
ductor on NJ. & o.. found dead in bed.
Baptist survey shows 213,564 mem
4 bers in tennessee.
Chattanooga police made $40 arrests
in November.
Auto club will soon erect signs on
all roads leading to Chattanooga.
Record number of building permits
issued in November at Knoxville.
|
Mrs. Alice Partee. widow late Major
c. C. Partee, Ripley, is dead.
1
Christmas pardons will soon be con-
sidered by pardon board at Nashville.
Dyer county raises biggest wheat
crop in history.
Vanderbilt football schedule calls for
two intersectional games next season.
~
had ginned 1897 bales.
Democratic state committee will |
meet in Nashville December %.
Illness fatal to DR.. Edward E. Kerr,
well known Chattanooga physician.
James Ward, wounded at Franklin
while assisting officer to arrest negro,
died at hospital.
New home of Moose lodge, costing
approximately $4,000, is nearing com
pletion at Jackson.
John Wierman, tried at Knoxville,
will serve the rest of his life in prison
for murder of Robert Roark, hermit.
John L. Johnson reappointed clerk
and master of chancery court at Coy
ington.
Movement under way at Jasper to
organize cooperative creamery com
pany.
Fifth annual fat stock show held at
Nashville with more entries than ever
before.
Ernest Cults, imperial potentate,
will be entertained by Knoxville Shrin-
ers early in January.
t.
Banks and business men join move
10 aid poultry raisers of Madison
county.
Jones Rosser, Moscow negro, burned
o death trying to save household
goods from his burning home.
Former Gov. Malcolm Patterson de.
ivered lecture at NJ E. Church at
Greenfield last week.
Through barge service between -
and New Orleans will be es-
ablished early in January.
Jury acquits Thomas III. Poote, one
t six men charged with attempting
0 wreck street car during strike at
in 1920. Is
Women filing divorce complaints at
chattanooga will not be required to
ay usual proctor's fee, according to II
ecision of Chancellor Garvin. IS
-
Steps to raise more than 100000 #
II church work has been taken up by b.
stewardship committee of Presbyte-
an church at Chattanooga. ~
Committee will call on officials of
;, c. G. St. L. railroad to protest re-
oval of terminals from Lexington to 10
ollow Rock Junction. &c
Although highwayman shot point me
ank at John King, night Waterman in,
Chattanooga, bullet lodged In head ge
ithout causing fatal injury. fro
Seventy-five stills destroyed, $4,000
lions Of mash seized and so arrests
rs dry agents record in Tennessee w
r November. -
-
Colonel Forbes will probe charges N
at ex-service men have been mis-
,ated at Tennessee Agricultural and A
,rmal school.
/
Apple trees in orchard of Granger
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-12-15

Safety First.
"We pedestrians should stand up
for our rights" said the choleric old
gentleman.
II quite agree with you," said
meek little man, 'but IL we are go
ing to do anything of that sort sug-
gest that we make our demonstration
from the sidewalk"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-12-15

p. S.-The business end Of o.
woman's letter.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-12-15

Need for Freight Read justment.
The existing scheme of adjusting
freight rates has been favoFing the
basing points. until industries are at
tracted to some centers and repealed
from others A great volume of I'M
economic and wasteful transportation
has attended. and the cost Increased
accordingly. The grain milling and
meat packing Industries offer ample
illustration, and the attending concen-
tration is readily apparent. The men,
aces In concentration are not limited
to the retarding influences on agricul-
ture. Manifestly the conditions and
terms OF railway transportation ought
not to be permitted to increase this un-
desirable tendency We have a Just
pride in our great cities, but we shall
find a greater pride in the nation
population intb the country: where
comparatively self-suflcient smaller
communities may plant agricultural
and manufacturing interests in har-
monious helpfulness and enhanced
good fortune. Such q movement con-
templates no destruction OF things
wrought of investments made or
wealth involved. IL only looks to a
general policy of transportation of dis
trlbuted Industry and OF highway
construction to encourage the spread
of our population and restore the
proper balance between city and coun-
try The problem may well have your
earnest attention.
Il has been perhaps the proudest
claim oil our American civilization
that In dealing with human relation
ships IL has constantly moved toward
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
SEASE IMPOSES
HEAVY PENALTIES
Fine of Thousand Dollars or
Year for Violating Prohibition
Law

Anderson, Feb. 11,-Judge Seasc is
shil handing out sentences to vio-
lators of the law.
Lee Guest. white man, was fined
$1,000 yesterday for violating the
prohibition laws. Guest was caught
with 80 gallons of whiskey. The
case was tried i'm the absence of the
defendant. and now trial was grant
ed. On the new verdict OF guilty
the court imposed sentence OF one
year I'm prison or a fine Of $1,000. The
case will be appealed. and bond in
tho sum OF $4,000 given pending the
appeal. Besides this the automobile
OF Guest was conhscated, which was
worth about S1.4O0.
James Armstrong. negro. on evil
dcnce IA To selling whiskey, was
given six months and $500, 10 bc sus-
pended on payment OF SIS or service
a. two months.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
GEORGIA NEGRO
POISC Ms NEPHEW
jury COnvicts Man Made Denc
ficiary of Insurance Policies

Macon. Ga, Feb. l3--M. &. Mitchell
negro druggist, was found guilty of
poisoning his nephew. Henry s.
Mitchell. cN-ScrVicc man. 10y Il jury
IN superior court tonight. The iurr
recommended Mitchell to In" mercy
of the court. The GcOr@ir law fixes
lf" Imprisonment for such cases. ana
JudR" lT. \. Matthews announced
That he would impose sentence to-
morrow.
The state showed that there was
$4,000 insurance carried on the lii,
of TN" young negro, $4,000 of which
was win the war risk bureau. ana
policies, NJ. G. Mitchell was the ben
ciCary.
Irregularities in the death ana
burial certificates aroused .;usricion
ana government agents investigating
tn" cas-" obtained AN ORDER for H.
"Nhumati0n of the body. Chemist,
t'"n conducted IN examination rind.
ing - TO % grains of deadly poison
as was testified TO i'm court. LAWYERS,
for Mitchell announced tonight tha,
they would file Il motion for apDcaI
in few days.
Mitchell showed no emotion when
The verdict Of the jury,1 11<1oo
night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
ELECTION OF
CAGES SUCCESSOR
Legislature Will Probably Fix
Date TO-mOrrOw-PrObable
Candidates

columbia, Feb. 1i.--Tho present
general assembly will in all probable
lty elect the successor TO the late AS
sociate Justice George w. Gage, who
dled IN Chester Sunday night. 1t is
pfobaOlc that a resolution will Dp in
troduced in the legislature Tuesday
night or "Wednesday setting the date
Ior IN" election. 1t is probable
however, that some OF the men who
were nominated for the vacancy
caused hy Justice IIydri"k's death in
January Will be nominated for the
scat now Vacant. Among these can
"ldai'S were Judge ThoS. =. ScaS,,. of
Judg" l.. W. Mcmmin-
ger OF 'harl' Stcn. judge II. f.. Rice Of
Aiken. and Jesse =. Garter OF Ram-
u'fE. Another election that is schcd-
Uicd FOR the present General ASSEM-
bly, bat which has 50 far been over
looked is that OF code rommiS>ipnrr
IN" ten year term ca Oilicc expires
this year and it is flied ~ the leg
i>'atur". TIL" present commissioner
Is j. &. Mcclure, OF Chester.
Friends OF Circuit Julg" lavur r.
Rice, of Aiken. today presented h.s
nam" aS r"ndidatc for tn" dSSu,i;t'c
JuNtic'@hip To succeed the late jus
tie" Gage. jude Rice is Hft>
years of H%". It is understood th'
new Justice VIII hr elected this week..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
DIAL MOVES
AGAINST Lands
Federal Judge Faces I'M
parchment Before De-
partmert of Justice

Washington, -'cb. 14.-Representa
i've WcitE, Of Ohio, refused today to
grant the request of Senator Dial, OF
South Carolina. that h" include j., his
proposed Impeachment proceedings
against Federal JuO9e IamuIA ,...
statement attributed to Judge Lam
dlS that officials OF an Illinois bank
were r"9ponslDl" foH an embezzle-
mont by a clerk of the bank because
they paid the clerk only $40 per
month. Welty said he would coniine
himself to the question of Judge Lam
dis serving as supreme arbitcr of base
ball while holding a federal Office.
Senator Dial announced that besides
seeking the impea chmcnt brought
against Judge Landis he would pre-
fer charges against him with the de-
partment of justice In connection with
the bank case.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
AUTO TAX DODGERS

Columbia, Feb. l4.-To.ty thou
sand automobiles IN South Carolina
have not a. yet been licensed for
1@2l and fo,ty thousand South Caro-
lima automobi!isis are liable 10 the
law in South Carolina for operating
cars without current licenses The
state highway department reports
lhat only slightly over half Of the
cars of the state have 50 far secured
tn"ir licenses Tor thiS year.
Up ID today the total amount OF
license money collected by the high
way department, through the motor
vehicle license division. had reached
$5i6.55N. which is not far from the
entire amount ot lirrHSr money col
Icrt.d durinH lll ui last N"ar. Last
Years aUtomUhi.c license money to-
laI,d $.-f.NtN The large proper
donate u"r,@i~, in the license collec-
ti.us Is duo To thc fact that motor
Nrlic,rs arr licensed under a differ
,ut scale this year. the average be
ing hI2hcr than last year.
rho highway department ordered
litO00 licenses for 1927. With deal
'rs ana Individual motor vehicle Ii
crnScs and also transfers" and new
cars purchased. the number viii all
be issued ly the end OF the year. il is
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16

NEARING END
Members Of Both Houses
Trying to Finish,
Work This Week

Columbia, Feb. 14.-Both branches
Oh the legislature convene Monday
night for what should be the last
week of the Legislative session, but
winch will likely not be the last. due
TO the fact that many important mat
tcfS, including the appropriation bill,
nave yet to be passed on. The APP
preparation bill is in the hands Of
the hnancc committee of the senate
ana after that committee finishes con-
Slderatlon OF il, it will have to Iain
the gauntlet Of three readings in the
senate, and then go to free confer
"n"c committee to have tn kinks
"inoothed out of il. In addition to
tplS bl!l tncrc are county supply
DliiS, the county officers bill. and
many other important matters yet on
the calendars.
Both branches of the assembly
viii probably have evening sessions
all the week, in an effort TO clear the
decks rs rapidly as possible. There
are prospects Of interesting legisla-
tive fights all the week through.
one Of tho special orders" pend
ing in The senate is the bill TO abolish
the state tax commission, with an
amendment to abolish all state COM
missions created since 1918.
There is also pending the bin to
require high license of tobacco
warehouses handing ungraded and
united tobacco This is Of special in
trr"St to the Pee Dee section OF the
state
There are several bills on the house
calendar of unusual importance, prin-
cipaliy measures pertaining to state
finances. The state income tax bin
has to be voted on. The bill to Gre
ate a state inheritance tax is on the
calendar, as is the bill TO provide a
system of business licenses. and so
the bill providing Il tax on gasoline
ana lubiicat!ng oils.
Tll" senate is in the midst of n de-
late, adjourned to Tuesday night, on
the pension bill. This provides for
transfer Of IN" pension system from
the stat" pension commission to the
comptroller general with all needy
Netc!ans put on the rolls, the money
u be distributed by the. comptroIler
General among the counties in pro-
porllon TO their pension rolls. thc
Cla|@iiications to be made by the
county boards.
Sti!I another important measure to
Dc disposed of by tn senate this
week is the 4S-Eo,r week for colt on
mills. The committee ON commerce
and manufactures has reported the
measure unfavoIab!y.
In the house thore are two meas
Ur"S with committees, II be report
Cd back this week, which will pre-
Cipitatc debate. one is the biz to
abolish tn attendance officer under
the compulsory school attendance
law. This has been referred to. the
committee OH education and ways
and means, Jointly. The other bill is
that giving the public service commits
3 on power to supervise rates and
service given by public utility COM
anies. The ways and means COM
rnttcc will report this bill back Tues
cay it is said, with a per diem rate
Of pay for the members of the com
nissiOn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
FORECAST or
INAUGURAL
Harding VIII Make Plea
For Peace and Good
Will

st. Augustine. Feb ia pea
that the nation forget animositics and
pal'tisanship of the after war period
and puo the shoulder to the wheel OF
reconstruction is expected TO bc the
keynote Of HardinGs inaugural ad-
dress, although The address is still
far from complete, it was learned
today. Considerable work has been
done toward it's preparation and the
subjects It will cover are virtually Sc
l"ctcd. IT is understood IL vii be
brief and will attempt no detailed
discussion Of any OF the problems
awaiting solution.
one outstanding feature is expected
to bc an appeal for confidence in the
nations business stability, linked with
the assurance that during next four
years the administration will keep
away from mcddlins methods in its
relations with the hn3inCss wo.ld.
detailed statement of his taxation
policy VIII be reserved until congress
Is called into SPECIAL session i'm Apri!.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
TEACHERS WANT
TRUANT WORKERS
Will Petition Legislature to En-
force Attendance

Columbia, Feb. 13.-Thc Rich!and
County Teachers associat.u' meet
ing yesterday at the Columbia high
school drew up n resolution petition
ing tn" general assembly not To re-
peal the compulsory attendance Jaw
or in any manner whatever lessen it's
powers and functions. The resolu-
ton was drawn up by J. B. O'Ncal
Holloway, principal Of the Olympia
graded school. and he, Mrs. j. NJ.
Denny and Mrs Il. Il. Wallace were
appointed a committee to appear be
tore the legis' s'atur1 regarding truant
officers. asking that they be retained
Claude y. Sa9p and e. Z. Smith.
representatives from Richland coun-
~, mad" talks along this line. Mr.
Sapp sp"'i" Of the need Of the truant
/ law, the low salaries Of teachers,
and NJ. Smith spoke of the possibii-
ity Of kc,.p!nr the truant officers on
duty il the legislature were peti-
toned.
Miss Mildred Tillinghast spoke of
school community organization and
|nnoun"cd that those who wanted to
enter for prizes must do so before
March !. Miss Agnes McMaster spoke
IN behalf OF the i!literacY com mission
urging all teachers to take an inter-
est in the work of teaching people to
rca" and write An enjoyable reading
was also given by Mrs. T.. l.. Rabb.
1T the lose of the meeting each Of
tn" departments went into private
session. The high school department
discussed tn" qualifications of pnoils
to enter high school. The intermc-
dlate department had a reading by
J. i. Baker. The one and two school
teachers listened to presentation by
ID. l.. Lewis, state school supervisor.
of the observations of country school
conditions. urging longer sessions.
T.. Il. Wallace discussed South Caro-
lima history and showed maps drawn
10y Frank Lawson, Auburn Woods,
Eeda Miller and Bernce Edgar, all
school children. The primary depart
ment had the teaching of citizenship
- means of playground activities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
MLSRULE AND OP-
PRESTON IN CHINA
POpuiace Being Exterminated
by Uncontrolled Soldiery

IiankOW. China, Jan. 10-Appalling
stories Of a populace oppressed TO the
point Of determination by an uncon-
uollcd s"ldicry have been coming To
Hakow for weeks from the upper
reaches Of the, Yantse river The re-
ports are principally from missionary
sources. 1he people in the western
part OF Hupeh province. these ad-
vices say, have ben reduced to the
dircst straits hy troops who demand
triDutc, levy taxes, seize and occupy
homes and shops ana live on the land
without restraint and those lmd,r the
yoke have no possible channel open
to them to voice their grievances.
Shihnan and adjoining districts in
the western part OF the province are
said to lie wholly under the domina-
tion Of the soldiers. The area is not
far distant from the Yangtsze trans
shipment port of Ichang which was
seized and looted by mutinous troops
in December. In ordinary times ii is
secluded from the rest Of China with
little or no communication with the
other provinces due TO the utter lack
of routes OF transportation over the
rugged heights
1T was in the early month sof 1918
as 4 development in the strife be-
tween north and south that the SOL
dicrs appeared here under the name
OF the "Pacifying Nation Troops" OF
Hupch. TEcS" troops brought dIsas-
ter.
Recently by reason o. differences
these forces have had with the
Szechuen troops the source of salt
supply for the district has been cut
For weeks, say the reports, 1t was i'm
possible TO obtain salt 1T any price
with the result that the plague ap-
peared among soldiers and people
alike. Here is a quotation from one
letter TO the American Church Mis-
sion at Hankow.
In one home the soldiers became
cnraged at the familys lack of re-
Sp"Ct for them. one DAY the SOL
dicrs who board without paving,
threw the food Of the household 10
their horses. The needy family could
not smother its protests, Tor starva-
tion was then upon them. The sol
dicrs then promptly called out the
eldest son and hanged him. His wife
immediately committed suicide and
the o,d mother then killed herself"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
OFFICER TRIED
THREE TIMES
William c. Hall Releas-
cd After Three Mis-
trials on Murder
Charge

Manassas, Va, Feb. 12.-William
{. Hail, former state prohibition in.
spector, was freed by the court here
today, after u third disagreement by
the jury in his case, growing out of
the killing of Lawrence Hudson, an
alitSed Whlskcy lunner near Win
chester two years ago. The case went
% the jury yesterday afternoon and
the jury reported this morning that
it was unable to reach a verdict. On
motion of the state Judge Brent dis
missed the case against Hall.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
SAILORS
FIRED UPON

Toxic. Feb. l1.--lFivc American
bluejackcts were fired on by unknown
persons i'm Vladivostok at IL o'clock
Tuesday night. one OF ,hcm being
wounded, says the Asahi Shimbun's
NladivOstOk correspondent today.
The Americans. reinforced by Rus
Siap policemen, arrested three Rus
sian officers formerly under the late
Con. kappcl. once commander of the
western armies of thc Omsk govern
ment the correspondent adds.
The Impression i'm NladuviStOk. ac-
cOrding tO the correspondent. is that
the attack was arranged by com
munists with the object of cstranging
relations between Japan and the Unit
ed states
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
JUDGE LANDS
BASEBALL ARNITER
HAS Not Violated Law, Says
Palmer

Washington, Feb II. Federal
Judge Landis of Chicago was within
the law when he accepted the Office
OF supreme baseball arbitrator while
still Serving on the bench, Attorney
General Palmer declared today in a
letter TO Representative We!ty,
Democrat, of Ohio, who had ques-
toned the judges right to hold both
positions.
ON the strength of this opinion.
Mr.. Wcfy introduced bill making
1t unlawful! FOR any judge to receive
compensation for exercising the du-
ties of an arbitrator, commissioner or
officer Of any corporation.
Mr.. Welty announced that if lie
could not persuade the house rules
committee TO give the bill privi-
legged status Immediately he would
call it up on the floor.
After examining the question
raised by Mr.. Welty, who insisted
hat Judge I.andis could not prop
ely accept $4,000 year as base
1all arbitrator, the attorney general
said such acceptance Was mot IA
crime, neither misdemeanor nor
.clonN."
"Whi!c it might he true" Mr.
Palmcr said. that the judges duty
as arbitrator would take so much
of his time as to interfere substan-
tally with the performance OF his
official duties, this, of course, would
je matter to be disposed of when
SuCh interference has actually oc-
CURED and probably would he an OBJ
lection on the ground of inCOm-
potency and considered upon that
ground alone"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16

mon school education, that for this
purpose there is about $500, 600
.aised by local taxation. and that the
expenditures in the state for COM
mon school educa ion in 1921 will be
more than $S,OOO,0OO, and only ST.
1000 fOr the colleges.
"Thc local lrv,cs for school. county
and city purposes have really been
increased great deal more than
the state appropriations, and ii is
principally on account OF the increase
of these local levieS that taxes have
grown 80 burdensome in the last few
years. 1t is only going to be possible
o afford material relief from the
present burden on the property, in
che channels of taxation, by devils
lng supplemental methods OF raising
revenue as is being done i'm almost
every other state in the union. The
ieSiSlaiurC is now working on this
phase OF the problem ana while il
iS not possible to perfect these meas
ulcs at the 1921 session. we hope TO
get them in form for passage at the
l922 session Of the present lcgis-
,ativc body.
In conclusion wish to call at
tCntion TO the tact that exclusive Of
the increase in the appropriation
for the sta aid for pubic schools.
That appropriations for C,hcr depart
m"ntS and institutions of the state
government are less than in 1920.
IN" 1920 appropriations provided for
enlarged activities included by stat
U."a passed in 1919 and 1920 which
had not before been in effect. or
which had been in effect only to "A
hmit"d extent prior To that year.
lin TIA" last analysis it all goes
back to policy aa To public scrv-
lc". If tn" pubIir service OF the
stat" is /" increase, which. believe
To b" IN he interest of the vast ma
JoIuN OF th" people Of the state,
appropriations can not 50 backwards.
Tn" public service provided by the
state ~ primarily in the interest of
TN" poorer people of the = ate. and
IN a larG" measure property owners,
vailIoads ana corporations bear the
bulk of tn" taxes which provid" the
revenue to give the public service.
On the other hand this latter class
are benefited by Tie increased pros
priiN and W"lIar" of the people as
u whole. To restrict the apprupria-
tons means 10 restrict the public
service which is provided 10 promote
the pubic welfare. 10 the people
Of the state wish to take the latter
course?
II. Il. Belser
Member Ways and Means Commit
tee." 49,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-16
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
GAGE DEAD
Passes Away at Home in Chester
After Months Illness

Chester. Feb. 13.-ASsociato Justice
George William Gage OF the supreme
court of South Carolina dcid at his
nome i'm Chester on York street this
afternoon at 6 o'clock, after an i'll
ness of four weeks. Judge Gage has
been seriously i'll for several DAYS
but yesterday he appeared brighter
and had good night and his fam
lily entertained hope for his recovery
However. this afternoon he became
desperately i'll and expired within II
short time.