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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

HE poets OF the present and OF the
past have embodied their gratitude
Spr the blessings of the year in verse.
At times the burden of their song has
Incorporated the time-honOred custom
ny which one day of the year is set
apart for the giving of thanks.
Perhaps Thanksgiving recalls to
Them mothers ingenuity and skill in
making pumpkin pies, and SO in a
guaintly humorous way the poet pays
tribute to the pumpkin and the prod
net thereof
Again the spirit of these November
gOemS embodies a Thanksgiving Joy
and freedom from sorrow; for health
ana happiness; for things spiritual and
physical.
at any rate, ever since Thanksgiv-
ing has been proclaimed national
AeEiday the poet has found Inspiration
far his art and by means of his verses
has awakened a sympathetic chord in
Che breasts of many men and women.
Although nearly all of the poems of
James Whitcomb Riley contain an es-
sence of this spirit of gratitude with
ahe existing order of things, some of
shese are specifically devoted TO the
day itself. Among these the poem
entitIed Thanksgiving is one of the
best.
Let US be thankful--not only because
Since last our universal thanks were
told
We have grown greater in the worlds
applause,
And fortunes newer smiles surpass the
old
But thankful for all things that come as
aims
From out the open hand of Providence,
The winter clouds and storms-the sum
mer calms-
The sleepess dread-tke browse of in
dolenee.
Lei US be thankful-thankful for the
prayers
Whose gracious answers were long,
long delayed,
That they might fall upon us unawares.
And bless us, as /. greater need we
prayed.
Let us be thankful for the loyal hand
That love held out in welcome to our
own.
When love. and only love. could under.
stand
The need of touches we had never |
known.
lie, us be thankful for the longing eyes
That gave their secret to us as they
wept,
Tel in return found. with a sweet sur /
prise,
Loves touch upon their lids, and, smil-
ing. slept
And let u.s. too. be thankful that the
tears
OF sorrow have not all been drained |
away.
That through them still, for all the COM
ting years,
We may look on the dead face of today. |
Will Carleton, the New England |
noet. strikes the universal note of |
thnnks In his hymn, part of which
follows:
NE thank Thee. Father. for all that is
bright
The CLEAN of the day and the stars of
the night;
The flowers OF our youth and the fruits
of our prime.
and the blessings that march down the
pathways of time.
ne thank Thee, o Father. for all that
Is drear-
The sob of the tempest the flow of the
tear:
yor never In blindness and never In vain
-Thy mercy permitted sorrow or pain.
III. snirit of uuemblttered resigna.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

Women Porters in London Market.
In the famous Covent Garden flower
market in London, the work of car
rying is done largely by women por-
tiers. A somewhat odd recognition of
their work is received annually by
these flower porters in the shape of
shawl and two aprons each, gift
from the duchess of Bedford.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

Pitcher plants catch in their pitch
ers" not only insects and spiders In
immense numbers. but also, occasion
ally mOllusks and crustaeeans and
even tree frogs and lizards. Some
species of Insects are adapted for lly-
ing with impunity I'm the pitchers,
where they feed on the remains of the
insects.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17
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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes. Advertisement.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

The object of Thanksgiving
day is to take us back of the
goods of life to the supreme
good. The tendency is to get
absorbed in things and forget
their spiritual value. Thanks
giving day reminds US of spir-
itual values.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17
New Branch Of Enoineerina.

Methods of regulating the humidity
of the air in buildings, especially in
factories where moisture plays an
important part In various industrial
processes, constitute a branch of en-
cheering known as "air- conditioning."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

ana Inflammation so
that ] was not able
to do my homework.
II consulted several
do ctors but non Q
seemed TO give me
relief. / read in q
paper about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound SO
/ decided to try it,
and before the first
bottle was gone /
found great relief so
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

ton at approaching death is eX-
pressed in a poem by Edith NJ. Thomas
on "A Last Thanksgiving
When it is time for me to go
Time of the rose-or falling snow
Or when new winds wake vernal strife,
This to the world I've cherished So
Il have been thankful for my life"
When night and shade together flow,
When dawns some scene not yet know,
Let me draw back one fiuttering breath
To say, to all I've loved below,
II have been thankful-in my deathw
'How John Quit the Farm" is
narrative poem by the Hoosier poet,
and combines pathos as well as quaint
humor The son John has gone to the
city to get an education and for the
time being he is caught by the glamour
of city life. But the concluding stanza
in which he tells of his return on
Thanksgiving day shows that the lus-
ter of the city offered him but a fleet
ing inducement.
And so the summer faded out, and the
autumn wore away,
And keener winter never fetched around
Thanksgivn' day.
And as turned and looked around some
one riz up and bent
And put his arms round Mothers neck,
and laughed in low content.
Its me- he says-"your fool boy John
come back to shake your hand
Set down with you, and talk with you.
and make you understand
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17

How dearer yit than all the world is this
old home that we
viii spend. Thanksgvin' in fer life-jest
Mother, you and mel!
John Greeneaf Whittier wrote of
the pumpkin, and in the poem of that
title he says, In part:
All, on Thanksgiving day. when from
East and from West,
From North and from South come the
pilgrim and guest
When the gray-haired New Highlander
sees round his board
The old broken links of affection restored
When the care-wearied man seeks his
mother once more.
And the worn Inatron smiles where the
girl smiled before:
What moistens the lips and what bright
ems the eyer
What calls back the past like the rich
pumpkin pie?
Then thanks for the present. none
sweeter nor better
Fer smoked from an oven or circled
platter
Irairer hands never wrought at pastry
more fine,
Brighter eyes never watched DER its bak-
ing than thine;
And the prayer which my mouth is too
full to express
swells my heart that thy shadow may
never grow less;
That the days of thy lot may be strength.
ened below,
And the fame of thy worth. like the
pumpkin vine. grow
And tn, life be as sweet and Its last sun
set sky
Golden tinted and fair as thy own pump
kin pie.
The poem, For an Autumn Festl.
val" by the same author, Is Of q more
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17
His Resolve.

"Why do you always send flowers?"
"I'm not going to have her share
my candy with other guys
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-11-17
SUFFERED SEVEN
LONG YEARS
Finally Relieved by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Ravenswood, W. Va.-''Forseveniong
years suffered from a female trouble
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
MEMPHIS DRUGGIST IS
 INVOLVED IN BOND THEFTs

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. All. pggs Nolen. a local druggist, was arrested O. day in connection with the alleged traffic through local bankers and a brokerage concern of $235.00O in bonds stolen from brokers messenger in Brooklyn Novem- Der last. Nolen's wife, also was taken into custody. Nolen's bond was fixed at s1O,000 and Mrs. Nolen's at $5,o00.
 Will H.. Griffin, chief of detectives, who ordered Nolen's arrest, declared he had traced s5O,o0O of the s466,o in bonds obtained in the Brooklyn robbery to Nolen. He indicated that other arrests in a few hours were probable.
 According to Griffin the bonds ir question are part of lot of $100,00o or which Nolen is said to have attempted tc borrow sS0,000 from local bank some days ago.
 Late today W. L. Huntley, Jr., wa, arrested charged with buying and selling stolen property in connection with the case. He resigned last night as vict president and directcr of local banl afer saying that his transactions hat been conducted in good faith.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
ADDITIONAL REPORT ON
 SHELTON BOND ( TRUST co.

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. I.-Ah addi- tional report was filed by the receiver of the Shelton Bank & Trust Company, Marcus H. Holcomb. today giving the list of depositors in both the commercial and savings department of the institI.ion. as 1t is expected that the deposltors in the savings department will get most of their money back the chief interest vas in the list from the commercial side. The largest account was that Of the. city of Shelton which bad s3s, ,0o0 ln one dcposit and a special account ot.ilSAx7IT. Ire Naugatucl1 Valley crucibie Company. F. w. Kneen. treasurer. had a deposit of s55,1s5; the county of Fairfield, s45.770. the Huntington Piano company. sla.6oO. and Radcliffe Brothers of which Walter is president of the bank. 33s.613. The other accounts. run from s6S to s444 and are chiefly those of church societies and ladies' aid societies in and about Shel- ton. The total deposits on this side are s401. .322.6s.
 In the Christmas club account s3soa worth of checks have not been casned. In the list of stockholders l. W. Kneer and family have s5 shares. Water Rad cliffe. president, so. Max DLrschmidt and wife Mary. 40, and others hold from i've to five or six.
 Receiver Holcomb has asked permits sion to sell property bought by inc banl ] in November at Bridge street and How' ! avenue. Shelton. It cost S14,50o and tEt
 receiver is offered 326.000.
 | The receiver also asks perniss'cn tt
 return securities held in safe kcsnilg fol various persons. These inSlnle CcrrraI General Electric bonds of vllne of Is2.
 900 marks. and City Of Berlin bonds val
 ued at 10000 marks.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
MRS. HARDING cYNosURE
 OF EYES AT HIPPoDRoME

New York. Feb. 4.-Smiling into the glare of a spot ESht hsshod unon her theatre box, Yrs. Warren f. iIardirr received a noisy greeting from several thousand matinee spectators at h.. HiD- podrome th-s afternoon.
 All of her other trips nutsile her ho- tel suite were 90 cpsaly guarded that few recognized the future urst .aIy of the land. but attention was to.tsa-l uroa her today when Madge Loomis of I,in- c'nnati. one of the leading dancsrg;at the theatre. appeared in Mrs. Hard ns's box between acts with a hug. bouquet of scarlet carnations. the state flower of Ohio. She presented them as the gift of forty Ohio girls in the cts,. The orches- tra began paying Beautiful Ohio and tne lights were concentrated on Mrs. Harding
 Later her favorite air. The End of A Perfect Day. was played and Mrs Hard ing led in the applause. Overlook 'ng her box were eighty orphan children from Jersey City. N. l.. each munchins q boI
 Of chocolates which she had sent them. Crowds gathered in the street near the ! side entrance where Mrs. HardinE'S CT ! awai.ed her. and she stonped and smiled
 to the accompaniment of cheers and the | clicking of movie cameras upon enerR- | ing from the theatre. Tonight she vis- , ted another theltre with he- com1an- , ions. Mrs. Edward E. McL.an and Mrs.
 Harry S. New.
 | Tomorrow Mrs. Harding expec4s tr
 make few final selections for her VTsits House wardrobe. 10 which she has given
 almost her exclusive attention all week She will return 10 Washington Sunday
 later going to Florida for a rest.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05

Washington, Fee. 4-The senate got down to business with the Fordney emer- gency tariff bill today and before the session, which convened at II o'clock, ended four amendments had been adopt ed. Votes on the amendments, where a record was made, showed supporters of the bill have a majority ranging from 10 to 13.
 As the situation stood tonight it ap- peared that the bill would be for the most part actually, as well as technically, under consideration until a final vote is reached Senator Penrose, repubiica n, :. Pennsylvania, in charge of the bill. de- clared that it had good prospects of pass ing next week.
 Under the programme, the early part of the sessions vii probably be devoted to consideration of appropriation bills but later the tariff measure will be de- bated, as it was today, to the exclusion of all else
 The committee amendment to establish an important duty of forty cents 2 bush on wheat was twice adopted today It was first taken up witr only nine sen. ators in the chamber and accepted with l out a dissenting voice. Then Senator | Harrison, democrat, Mississippi. one O the bitterest opponents. of the measure | discovered what lad happened and fore | ed call for a quorum. He said he wal | under the impression the senate still wa | considering a minor Indian bill. | After the quorum call and an hour o
 desultory debate, Senator McCumber, re
 publican, North Dakota, asked fer re
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
INDICTMENTS FOR MURDER
 IN THE FIRST DECREE

New York, Feb. 4.-1ndictments for murder in the first degree were returned by grand jury today against Robert Brown and Rosa Schmertz for the death of Israel Turk, a drugget, here last Saturday.
 Charges of burglary against the wo- man and murder and burglary against Brown, under which they had been held for several days, were dismissed when the ! indictments were returned.
 Brown told detectives he was a grad uate of Canadian college and one time had owned two cah arets in the Dominion. He recently finished 8 prison term in the Atlanta penitentiary for impersonating an officer While there se said, he was foreman over gang oi l prisoners, which included Eugene V i Debs.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05

consideration of the wheat amendfnent and it again was agreed 10 by a vote of 3S to 2s
 The amendment. also from the com mittee, exempting from a tsr.n duty rice to be used in the manufacture of canned goods likewise was adopted.
 The committee amendments fixing du- ties of two cents a pound on fresh and frozen meats and of 25 per cs1. ed valorem. on prepared or preserved meats. and exemDting fro,n import duties all live stock Imported exclusively for breeding purposes also was approved
 Consideration of the duty 7n meats brought from Senator Underwooi. nf Alabama. democratic leader. an af;acE on what he described as the .ni1aities of the proposed legislation.
 He accused supporters of the AiiI ot being willing 10 legislate money from the consumers into the pocksss of Fpecu- lators and quoted figures ,omu.icd by .hs republican house ways and mans com mittee to show that impor:s so much complained of exist only i1 :he air The programme of the isalers 70 at- tempt the fixing of a dat: fo- a vote gea; into the discari. temporarily at iezs.. with he arrival of Senator Williams demo . {. Mississippi. who renewed hIs | declaiation tha. he would not oe bound 1 by any private agreements The house ways and means norurnfifs. concluded hearings on the six s..heslule In Its consideration or a rev st,l ,f ths permanent tariff. It plans t1norrsx tc
 hear discussion Of tariff ra.as sn p4per ] and books.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
DIED FROM ANAEsTHETIc
 TAkEN TO RELIEVE PAIN

Lawton. Mich. Feb 4.-Maud Tabor Virgo. whose death here five years ago resulted in msnslzuFhter charge against her s2 years old mother. dled from an anaesthetic. self-adrninis,sresl 10 relieve na.n incident to child birth. Mrs. Sarah Tabor. the mother. said in a stafe- ment from her sick bed here today The aged woman. whose first trial nearly a year ago. resulted in a disagreement. ls believed to be dyi"-. following inluries in fall three V, z ago.
 Mrs. Tabor decia d her daughter had prernonition of death and pleaded with her not 10 permit her body to be taken 10 a cemetery. She added that she add ed that she placed the body In Maude's hope chest and lowered it into the base- ment of the Tabor home here by means Of ropes held around door posts The i body was found long afterward in the chest buried under a pile of shinzleH
 She inhaled great quantities of chloro- form 10 relieve pain .Mrs. Tabor said. and added. One time when l left the room for a few minuieg she mus; have taken more of it than she realized for I t1nd her body rigid.
 1 T left the body lying on the bed for about day. l do not remember jurs how long
 The more reflected on t the mors I became couvhcei I ought 10 bury the !, body in the basement Maude always ! had a horror Of the conventional funeral the ostentation and all that. 70 I placed the body in the hope chest and lowered f into the basement myself"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
Killed in Duel With
 Knives tFleWOods
Giovanni Dirosa Was Found by Police in North Bridge port-Died Without Max ing Statement,

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. IA duel with knives, believed by the police to have been carefully planned by the partici- pants, resulted in the dea tn late today of Gionanni Dirosa, 29, a shoemaker of this city, and sent the police out on their sec Vnd man-hunt in a week here The police arrived at the scene, in woods in the northern section of the city, few min utes after the fight ended Dirosa was still alive, but died before he could be taken to hospital, and without making statement.
 The police investigation disclosed that there were at-least three witnesses of the combat, although they were some dis tance away. Lyman Hadden and John J. Doyle were waiting for street car on nearby corner and saw part of the fight. They thought it was fist battle, however, and went on their way. Peter Marsonick also believed it was fist fight, but when Dirosa fell and failed to arise he, investigated. In the. clearing in the woods he found 'Dirosa dying and two knives lying on the ground. The identity of the dead man was es- tabIshed later, when a police detective , recognized the body. Dirosa was arras5. i ed in Rochester, N. Y, in September l 1913, and brought back here on charges
 of second degree murder. He was al.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
Britain Would Cancel Inter-A|Fed Debts
Chancellor of the Exchequer Chamberlain Says Proposal Was Not Acceptable to the United States.

Birmingham, England, Feb (By the A. P.).-The British government formal iy proposed a cancellation of all inter allied debts, but the proposals were un- acceptable to the American government, said J. Austen Chamberlain. chancellor pf the exchequer in a speech to his cUn- stituents here today.
 TO make them again would be, lhink," Mir. Chamberlain continued. be aeath our dignity, and would render us liable to misconception of our mos tive"
 In making them" he said, i've sought no national advantage for ourselves. We proposed a solution in which he should have foregone claims larg. . than any re- mitted to us, and we proposed it because we believed it would be in the interests Of good relations amongst peoples, the rehabilitation of national credit and the restorati ton of international trade.
 Our great international debt is due to the obligations we undertook on behalf of our allies. If we had had only our selves to consider. we should have been particularly free of external debt at the present time"
 MT. Chamberlain preface . his remarks by saying that he would have preferred at the close of the war that the inter- | allied debt had been wiped out, so as to
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05

Washington, Feb. I.-Satisfied from testimony of a large number of witnesses thai calling from testimony of a large number Of witnesses that calling Of an International conference to discuss dis n armament would meet with general ap- t,roval the house naval committee today called before i; ten high officers of the navy ard one of the army and heard vast amount of divergent and confusing testimony as to whether aircraft had made capital naval vessels useless.
 Before the committee settled down to listen 10 the officers, however, Chairman ls:t.er am olnccd pOsi. rely t1at ar n be called by this country. H. did not say when the call would go out, bn- tt was assumed from his ;lne of quest! ,It- ing that it would be .:hoI .!Y after Pres ident-eiect Harding. with whom MT. But Ter recently conferred, takes afti:e
 Rear Admiral William $ Sims. Wal time commander of all A:nerica!. f"rce- in European waters and present hea5 Of the Naval War college, the first wit ness called counselled against imme'l: ate abandonment of the capital shiP. H, added, however. that if aerial forces demonstrated the value he expected then io in the near future, they would sooI make major surface craft useless. H. opposed discontinuing work on the g-ea 1916 naval building programme and de clared nobody is going to take his han' of his gun until conditions become set tied in Europe.
 The superiority of the battleship owe either the airplane or submarine wa defended by Rear Admiral Charles Badgen, head of the general board an former commander of the Atlantic flee who declared that battleships and battle cruisers would remain the backbone c the fleet for years to come He did nc
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
HARDING TO ARRIVE IN
 ST. AUGUSTINE MONDAY

Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. 4-After a five hour stop at Palm Beach, President-elect Hardings houseboat Victoria headed up the Indian river this afternoon for vir- tually uninterrupted run to St. Augustine, where the president-elect will spend most of February
 With her arrival here the Victoria had passed the worst part of her course up the coast and her skipper said he looked for no more trouble from mud banks, which have delayed the boat during the past two days If she has good luck she probably will reach Daytona or Ormond Sunday and steam into St. Augustine some time Monday. Proposals to com plete the trip by rail have been laid aside temporarily and MT. Harding has arranged to have his first appointments at St. Augustine put over from Monday to Tuesday. MT Harding hopes to go ashore at ,Daytona O. at Ormond to play golf Monday morning.
 The president-elect left the houseboat several miles below Palm Beach this morning and came up to the hotel pier here on the Sea Robin. speed boat be- longing to J. Leonard Replogle, the steel magnate He held an internal reception on the hotel yeranua, and then went out I in q chill, driving rain and played a | fou1some of golf with Mir. itrplogle, Sen ator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey ant Peter Finley Dunne, the f,'.!nor. Lat the party had .unc..on at the cottage J. F. Frazier of 1hccco. d friend of Sen ator Frelinghuysea. During Mir. Hard l ing's stop here it became known tha although he decl ned to attend tn
 charity ball to be given in Washington a l inauguration time, he has obtained per
 mission for the Urited States Marin
 band to furnish the music. The reques was sent to Washington several days az
 and an acquiescence has been receive
 from Secretary Daniels.