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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
Sf0r1pS Ot by Elmo
Scott
Great Scouts Watson sa
LEWIS WETZEL. death Wine
OF THE DELAWARES"
q west.rn .Nswspsp.r Union,

Many Of the I,rcnt scouts did moi
become Indian bghiers until they were
men. but Lewis Wetzel started early.
lie killed his FIRST Indian when he was
only thirteen years old. Wctze WAS
born Ia Virginia IN lTJ2. Ills fnthrr
moved To the present site Of Wheeling.
w. Va. and was killed there by tie
Indians before the eyes of his sons
Lewis sworc eternal cnmliy against oil
redskins.
One day While he and his brother
were roaming IN the woods they ware
attacked 10y Indians. Lewis killed one
of the sayages and the next Instant
was hit by n ballet which carried away
a piece of his breast bone. Both boys
were taken captive. That Night while
the Indians slept. wctzcl worked
loose the thongs which bound him and
then unfasieBed his brother.
After the boys had fed for about a
mile they discovered That their moe.
casins were torn o. shrcls. Leaving
his brother IN hiding. Lewis returned
TO the Indian camp and. undetcctcd by
the sleeping savag.s. robbed them Of
two pairs Of mscca-ns as well as q
gun and some powder and lead.
The next morning the Indians were
hot on their trail and soon were Close
upon them. A. the Indians ap-
preached. the boys stepped out Of the
trail into = dump Of bushes. allowing
their pursuers % speed past. and then
they follvvrd. Soon they heard tie
Indians coming hack and again they
stepped into the bushes and hid The
wetzel hogs played this dangerous
game 20 hids and-seek several times
before they finally GUIDED the Savnges
aud returned IN safety % their house
When Lewis wetEei grew older be
crossed oser into Ohio and SON be
came one - tie bcsi-k nu~n scouis o.
the county.
weizel wns chlled The Ds4ih
Wind ~ the Delswares whom he
hsis-i particularly. Mere than Once a
Delaware warrior trrulhi~d with fear I
~ be heard sirill. mosning cry echo /
ing through the forrest. fOr u usually /
vas followed sou afiersard BY . shot /
from tire scouts deadly weAToa Which /
ended the redskin's life
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
NOTICE

Realizing the importance Of
having the Commander of any
American Legion Pest living in
the imm ediate community. and
il being involvement for me 10
serve longer. / hereby wish to
tender my resignation as CON-
mander and ask the members of
the Ebert Wolfe Post to meet.at
the regular time of its monthly
meeting and select a Command
er for the unexplred term.l
Thanking the Pest for the hon
OF of serving you as Adjutant
and later as Commander ! am
your servant.
Coy L. Hopkins.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
MULBERRY GAP.

Mr.. Joseph Hopkins has bou-
ght a saw-mill FOR the purpose OF
saving the lumber for the new
school house which is going to
be erected at this place.
MIR. j. B. Southern of Russell
vile Tenn. is visiting son and
daughter Mr.. Ed Southern and
Mrs. G ". Day in this vicinity.
Quite a number of cur Mulberry
people attended Haag show at
Sneedville Friday 23rd.
Mr.. G. w. Fugate of Ewing Va.
was trsnsacting business here
Saturday.
Mrs. ]. B. Rice who has been
suffering from a dislocated hip is
slowly improving.
We hear that Mr.. Jas. A. Lou
them declares himself a candi-
date for County Court Clerk,
hurrah far you Mr.. Louthern we
think you would De a suitable
man for the office.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
Relatives.
WASnBURN, TENN.

Coram Clark died at his home
last Sunday mo, ming after being
confined to his bed for three mo-
nths with rheumatism and ty-
phoid fever. Funeral servises
Were conducted by Rev. Joel
Acuff and Joel Wolfenbarger.
He was laid to rest in the Kits
cemetery.
Mrs. n. II. Waller is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. Chas. Vau-
GIN, at Tate, this week.
Mr.. H. C. Taylor. of Birming-
ham. Ala. was visitin Dir. Peter
Jackson last week.
J. V. Waller. Burch Rush and
Dewey MeGinnis motored to Mid
dlesbCro. Ky. recently end re-
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
Sf1cfGS or BY Elmo
.~ eat Scouts ~ Ss
q %. Wesiern Newapaper Union.
sltseN EENIcN. THE AMERI.
CAN MAZEPPA

Second only TO the ,rame Of Daniel
2opae--whese life be- once saved-is
written, In the annals of Kentucky the
anne OF Simon kenton. kenton was
4 FrgiMan who served asa scout. sin
Lerd' Dunmore's war shortly before
Ore outbreak OF the Revolution and
Who crossed over the mountains into
de "Dars and Bloody Ground" of Ken.
tsncky in search of adventure. His eS-
p.olts there soon won Cor him the un-
dying hatred of the Indians and no
less than eight times he was captured
b. them. nad sentenced to death.
la l77S kenton with two compan-
ions went north into Ohio 10 spy upon
a.fribe at war with the whites. While
rretuIaiing, they came ,upon herd Of
indian horses. The Kentuckians re-
solved to take some of the animals
Along MS trophies OF the successful ex.
petition. The Indians, quickly dscov-
cred the theft and overlook the scouts
3ust before they crossed the Ohio
river.
4 one Of the Kentuckians. was Killed,
another escaped but kenton was taken
prisoner.
3. "lou steal Injun hoss?"' they taunt-
ell him. "All right. we give YOU ride
on him !"
So they tied the scout on a Wild
young horse and set II free in the for.
est lie finally was taken from the
horses back. more dead than alive.
Al the first village the Indians
Reached. they condemned the scout 10
run the pnntlel. When the signal was
given. kenton sprang through the line
Df warriors. armed with clubs and
hntchets, and reached the council
house. his goal. almos' untouched.
Near Zanesheld preparations ,were
made 10 burn him NJ the stake. but the
arrival Of Simon Girty, the white
kenegnde." who recognized Kcnton ms
bn old friend. saved him.
& His freedom was short-llyed. Three
ceeis later the Indians again voted
-. pnt him 20 death. Again he was
ard hy a frlend--Chief Logan. the
80 orator Of tho Cayugas. When
~ towns were reached, the
i l|IIo xU00ue1 i-ann once uBorr
t1crxl abe death penalty. kenton
e1ao 80 ~ aile stake. dust ne me
torch wss hrSng applied. British OF.
fccr appeared and demanded the sur
rcuder of their prisoner 10 his com.
mander NJ Detroit
kcnton was kept captive IN Detroit
until ITO. when through the MD OF an |
Indian trndr's wife he escaped to
Kentucky where he died In 1876.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
YOUR HEAD Is OVER YOUR
SHOULDER

lfyou are ever looking back.
ward and you will stumble ana
Fall over the first real fact you
come across II you are afraid to
do today what you'yenever done
before.
Consistency is a nightmare. II
has no more to do with your per-
sonal self than the shadow you
cast. IL you cannot act differen-
thy from time to time as you 40
through life how can you pro-
gressg
Don't be afraid of past mis-
takes and present misunder-
standings. 1t is lots, of, fun tc
be misunderstood.
BE a doer. Get busy. Bore
In. Speed up. Never mind if
it is contrary to any thing you
ever did so long as you honestly
feel that you ought to no it.
And the chances are It is some
thing you ought to have done
long ago, councils - Sugarmans
Indicator.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
ROTATION OF CROPS.
By T. F. Peck
Commissioner Of Agriculture.

We have found in feeding farm
animals that We get better re-
suits if we feed n properly bal.
anced ration. We have also
found. in growing crops. that
we get better results if we have
the proper elements of olant
food in the soil. While there
are a great many elements OF
plant toodentering into tn, gro
with and maturity of plants, our
soils are abund antly supplied
with all but three of them--nitrc-
gen, phosphol us and potash.
Nitrogen is the most expcn-
sivc if purchased in the form of
a commercial fertilizer But
nature has made provision 10
forestall this expense if we viii
but comply with her laws She
has provided a class of plants we
call 'legumes. whose roots go deep
into the 9rouEG. These plants
can take in nitrogen from the
air and store il in little nodules
on their roots.
The non-legumlnous plants
cannot take nitrogen from the
air, hut must depend on the sup
ply in the ground for this neces-
sary cement in its growth. In
that we have the fundamental
principle fer crop rotation.
Grow the legumes to store the
nitrogen in the ground for their
growth.
Among thelegumes we have all
the different clovers. We have
beans and peas anc afaghs.
We an store the nitrogen by
selecting the legume that fits in
with our plan of farming. Then
we can grow corn, wheat, oats.
rye. barley, the grasses for hay.
and they will feed on the stored
up nitrogen in the sol But we
should not grow the shallow root
ed crops year after year. but ro-
tate with legumes
Crimson clover is tie legume
and can b. grown as Il winter
crop and turned undc, aud have
the land available Cor money !
crop during the summer. The
essential thing for US 10 remem.
Der is that we have the irgumes
or deep rooted plants that can
take nitrogen fBcm the air and
store it in the soil. To prevent |
the nitrogen supply being exhau-
stcd in The soil il IS cheaper to
grow the legumes to ststorc il
than it is to buy the nitrogen in
tho form of a commercial fetili- |
ger.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
BE THRIFTY PAY CASH
AND PAY LESS
In .F!EMORIAM.

.Eula Clarraette Sellers the lit
tie daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl sellers was born Nov. %,
1914. and died Sept. 6, 1921.
She reminded us of a little
flower beginning TO grow more
beautiful each cay the sun -shone
ION it and as we watch it thrive
but still slowly fading, we only
love it because we know that
sometime it is going to fade a.
way
So it was with little Eula, God
gave her to,us to love. but only a
short period CT six years. She
was such a sweet and healthy
little babe but during the first
five years she had pneumonia fe-
yer four times. Then afterwards
she took .whcoping cough and fe-
yer for the last time.
- But while we loved her SO
much, God loved her more than
us all. and on The sad Tuesday
eve he called her from US to a
home of eternal rest.
Little Eulah will be missed so
much in her home and at Graud-
mas as she would every day
when she was not sick go to
-Grandma's. Our homes are so
lonesome since little .Eulah has
left us.
Little Eulahs remains were
kept at the home Of her father
and mother until lste,Wednesday
afternoon, when she was taken
to the home of her Grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fergerson.
But they carried her away
from Grandma :, Thursday MORN
irg, Eever to come again.
The family consisting of faith
er mother, sister and baby bro
Their followed first, then the rela-
tives and friends carrying flow
ers to the grave.
Services were conducted by
Rev. H. l., Greene, and Eulah's
favorite song Blessed Light"
was sung.
In her hands was paced rose
one of her favorite flowers.
Her grave was covered with
flowers that she had planted.
But the sweetes, of flowers
fade away.
Relatives.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
BAGAlMRS
GIVE US A CALL
ports a nice time

ports a nice time
Mr.. and AIRS. j. r. Merritt has
moved totheir home at Punchen
Camp.
Mrs. Maynori Clark, of Ohio.
is visiting her father Fate Rucker.
DIR. f. L. IDOL and Miss Laura
Jackson motored to Mr.. Longs
Sunday.
Mr.. Dewey MeGinnis is on the
sick list this week.
Elvin Merritt says he wants to
go back to UnclelPurks again for
they have such good bntter- milk
and chicken To eat.
Annie Rush, Laura Jackson a.
E. T. Idol, was visiting at Geo.
Brays recently.
Lester Acuff, who has been
very low with typhoid feye, is
able TO be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl, Bray made
a business trip to Knoxville last
Saturday.
Rev. Ben Rucker has returned
home after spending two weeks
with relatives in Ohio.
Jane.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30

AT last Israel Putnam. q men
Major Rogers rangers yolunte>
- ssar3- - 1i,l<x. .plncn -nnt
|. the mystery. One hot 'summw
.ske heard q rustIing IN The
nearby. TIE sounds aesv
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30

In his later, years Wetzel. lost the
reslitri g! mniy people because he lac
gam silihi:, all indians be- met. whether
hostile m friendly. ana s'vs1rf ilutse
he WIS lrI!m,S0n.. for .sl..a: i.ig -n,ea,i
hers cf Reaeeahle ir.h,,s In ii,. sa.ii
day. he hetame hnr'y. bitter I'D
mst. L,.;!l death cana, Ia 1iH Ia ls.pS.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
Sf1rtAS at B, Elmo
Great Scouts WATSON s%

e.. @.ssNB Newspapcs Union.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-30
HOW ISRAEL PUTNAM OUT
WITTED THE INDIAN BEAR"

In .l75S. While General I.ymnn's
army Mas encumped near Fort Edward.
n. T.. during the french and Indian
war, senrlncls at one outpost began
10 disappear mysieriously. Night after
night II soldier was posted there ana
the next morning could NOT Ice found.
only the bra,cst men In the army
were selected far this post. General
Lyman gave orders for them TO call out
"Who goes thcrcT three times. IL they
heard any noise, and then II NO answer
came. 10 fire. But the disappearances
continued until his men were panic
stricken and refused 10 take such
dangerous station.
AT last Israel Putnam. q mem
Major Rogers' rangers. yolunte>
-ss-ap ssara- - 1i,s6- .plncn -nnt
|. the mystery. One hot summst iKI'<
10 heard q rustIing IN The lalps
nearby. TIE sounds ,aerc soee
OF an animal scuiilIng about 90 TIE
ground for food and. pcering through
the darkness. Putnam saw by the faint
starlight huge creature. which he
recognized rs bear. slowly sham
bling toward him.
Something In the bears gait aroused
the scouts suspicion. Putnam obeyed
Tho generals orders. lie challenged
dir. times and then fired 4 Loud
groaling and .truggling noise followed
and when the scout rushed forward
he found the bear iIh IT, death agony.
Then he turI.i the uulninl over. kn-
closed IA the shaggy skim. still clutch
ing n tolnnliaWk bar stone dead. leg
a giant Indian.
Th" mystery Has' solved. THE other
seniinrlS had believed IL was real
bear they beard nnd allowed the dar.
Ing warrior Ia get near enough 90 use
his tomahaws before they learned
their mistake No mare sentlnels lis
appeared.
Some time after this cvm.i. Putnam
was caDiursL hy the Indians, who
started 10 burn him NJ the sial,e. Just
as the flames began 90 scurcli his buck
skin garments. u heavy rain began
10 fan and put nIif the or. The say.
ages collected more dry wood end
again be2nn The torture. -lIwt again
they were fclled.
A French oficrr appeared uppn the
scene. dashed Through %. ring Of
flame. Kicked the blazing brands right
and loft and rcIcs;-c,i.ihe scout. telling
the Indians that BE- mu.t Send Putnam
10 Montreal "a De- questioned 10y Gen.
eral Mouicaim fmuam was held
In Canada un.il an exchange of prison.
ers allowed hin io return Co his home
and be- lived 10 hecumc n famous gen.
eral in the RevoiutiDa
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-27
THINGS WE THINK THINGS OTHERS THINK AND WHAT WE THINK THE THINGS OTHERS THINK

There inward towards than physical ones. Initiate the unobtrusve mirror which always shows the bright side.
  Jealousy helps woman's looks-or mans either for that matter. hearted bachelor.
  Few people get roundshouldered the weight above that point. When old hen gets married gets mad if you call her children chicks.
  When fat men get into argument there is likely to be fight among the greasers. Steel rails have advanced in price-and is time for us to la yin our winter supply.
 NN2J Folks are getting drunk hair tonic. Taken that way it ought to make persons hair stand The person whose every act honest easily cheats those who would tear down his character. If men only knew why some girls fall in love with them they would have much of the conceit taken of them
  Some peoples vanity is satisfied they get large mall and have time to atop ia the postoftics and open it.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-27

publicans because these states are normally Re- publican.
 Among the Democratic seats it may be safely predicted that the Democrats will hold Texas Tennessee, Virginia, Flordia, and Mississippi These are strongly Democratic states. But Ten nessee may go Republican. It went that way last November. In the other states, Arizona Rhode Island, Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyom- ing, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Missouri and Delaware the Republicans have good fighting chance, and in some of these states, like Rhode Island, Ohio, and Delaware, the Re publicans have more than a fighting chance, in fact in these states it seems certainty that the Republicans will win the seats now held by the Democrats.
 Because practically all of the Republican seats are in strong Republican states, and at least three and perhaps more of the Democratic seats are in states that are likely to go Repub- licans in 1922, while some other Democratic seats are in the states that may go Republic an it seems to be on the cards that the Republic ans will make considerable senatorial gains in the next elections If the 1922 elections show only part of the Republican form of last Mo- vember the Democrats are due to lose consid- erable number of seats and they may lose a large number.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-27
Voice of the Alaska Press

19 alleged bootleggers under indictment Kecn ikan it would appear if Alaska is not bone dry all.~-Iuneau Empire.
 After reading the of the Alaskan guests the banquet rendered to the Hon. Scott C. Bone in New York; we fear the new governor is hands the Phis- Miner.
 delightful weather of times has put lot pep young old and made the "old swmmn' hole' the 900 mill the most popular place in the neghbor News.
 The newspaper men of Alaska are beginning to feel that it might be we'll to put up lightning rods Whenever the president gets into dilemma has perpexng appointment to make he usually sends newspaper Capital
 The has passed appropriation of S450000 for and post roads in Alaska, and if not hope to obtain 65 cents for the extension of Salmon valley road out to the water front The again reminded that this road is useless at begins at the baseball grounds backstop and ends the Canadian boundary the mine It will be fully efficient until with Hyder wharf Is Dan Sutherland in Washing to represent the whole of Alaska only those muntes that gave him majority vote?-Hyder Miner
 
 The old saw of Hooking after the horse has been stolen is especially applicable in relation to the traps allowed remain undisturbed in the immediate vicinity of Fourth business houses The disastrous should sufficient for such infammable shacks and moreover the city council should take immediate steps to "at and for all remove tents and such structures They increase insurance rates, to business and unsanitary unsighty and have no place in welordered business district-Anchorage Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-27

One of the curses of our nation today is the attempt of too many of our citizens to run their neighbors' business Too many persons have assumed the attitude that everyone is a prof iteer but himself This has been strikingly illustrated in the public utility industry.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-06-20
SUNDAYS EXTREME
HEAT CRACKS MARK
SET So YEARS AGO
HOTTEST JUNE DAYS RECORDED
SINCE 1862 OLD TIMERS CLAIM
--PEOPLE SEEK RELIEF FROM
HIGH TEMPERATURE IN POOLS
AND RIVERS NEARBY.

According to the official government
THERMOMETERS at the DR.. p, J. Wendel
residence on East Pearl street the
mercury rose to a maximum degree
Of 90 degrees above Fahrenheit and a
minimum of e degrees on Saturday.
while yesterday the thermometer re.
gistercd a maximum Of 80 and a mini
mum of II degrees, recording them as
the two hottest days this year, Old
timers Of Ottawa claim that Saturday
was die hottest day in the past filthy
nine years
A year ago the mercury cIung
around II and 80 degrees above
Fahrenheit and went on weather
records as the coolest June day in 1920
Now the old residents Of the city state
that Saturday was the hottest day for
a good many years, giving decided
contrast Of the present days OF 1921
and the days Of one year ago, dll'
ference OF twenty seycn degrees.
Despite the boiling hot Weathe" OF
SATURDAY and yesterday, no prOatra-
tiona were reprted. Hundreds braved
the sun, by go1fing, fishing or picnic,
| ing, while others stayed in the shade,
went lIlDlbGIlIg VI dittI'lFu tll' ''ti'
game
Hundreds in an attempt to cool
themselves off, balhed in the state
bathing pool at Starved Rock state
park. All day long until late in th"
evening residents of all over the
county went to Starved Rock and took
dip in the pool The Penny Pond
in the Fox. was we'll crowded through,
out the day while the kids went III
the canal and other swimming holes
Rains Miss Ottawa
Heavy rainfalls were reported yes
terday from Marseilles as far east
as Morris, while late in the afternoon
the territory from Streator as far
south as Pontiac was visited by
heavy downpours. None of these
storms hit Ottawa though they were
visible in the distance to people VINO
scanned the skies searchingly for re-
lief from the oppressive heat.