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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
EfOr1QC nj By Elmo
Scott
Great Scouts Watson
q. Western Newspaper Union.
.BAT" MASTERSoN's REVENGE
ON THE CHEYENNES

One December day in the early sew
entities a young buffalo hunter down
In the Texas Panhandle was busy skin
ming a buffalo when five Cheyennes of
Chief Bear Shields band rode up, sa-
iuted him with u grave Howl" and
sat on their ponies idly watching his
work. Although the hunters Sharps
rife was lying some distance away,
he was not worried, for the Cheyennes
were supposed to be peaceful at that
time.
: Presently one Of the red men dis
mounted and picked up the Sharps
as though TO examine II and. as he
did so, another reached across and
whipped the pistol from the holster In
the hunters belt. Instantly the first
Indian struck the white man MUIR
derous blow across the forehead with
the rifle and in broken but emphatic
English told him to git" The hunter
was outnumbered five TO one; he
"got."
The victim of the Cheyennes was
"Bat" Masterson. William Barclay
Masterson was his name, but his sue
cess as n buffalo hunter had won him
or to Baptlste Brown. "0ld Bat a
mighty slayer of game In the old days.
Masterson reached his camp In safety.
That night he rode stealthily into
Bear Shields village and "cut out" 40
OF the old chiefs ponies. As he worked
he came apon another rider engaged
In the same occupation. II proved
TO be BILLY Tighlman. n fellow buffalo
hunter who later became famous der
uty United States marshal.
When In 1874 war party swept
down upon the Adobe Walls. the buff
falo hunters headquarters. some of
Bear Shields warriors rode with IL,
aud one OF the defenders Of the little
stockadc was "Bat" Maslerson. Then
and there he obtained revenge for the
blow which the Cheyenne had struck
him.
After the Adobe Walls fight. Mas
terson enlisted as a scout for General
Miles and served with him until the
southern plains tribes werc subdued
A few years later he was elected
sheriff of Ford county. Kansas. Dodge
city, the county seat. was one of the
toughest cowboy towns In the West.
but when Masterson resigned in 1881
IL was one Of the most peaccfd;. By
his courage and his skill he aad es-
tabllshed record second only TO Wild
Bin Hickok as tanner OF bad men
Their he left the West never e
return. and today Rat" Masterson Is
q high salnried writer on New Yors
newspaper.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Just now Uncle Samuel seems
to be the biggest bootlegger in
the world, he may not be run
ming any moonshine stills, but
according to newspaper re-
ports he is permitting the sac of
liquor on his ships. and one paper
says at reasonable prices (5Octs
a drink isn't it funny that our
laws prohibit the people flom
making or selling liquor and yet,
our Government is a party to the
violation of the prohibition laws?
Will some one come forword
with an excuse? If our Govern
ment owned ships are allowed to
sell liquor. who gets the the
profits? | suggest Mr.. Volstead
Jump on Samuel Immediately and
force an explanation, the people
would like to know.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

One of the hottest Indian fights In
frontier history was the Battle OF
Adobe Walls In the Texas Panhandle
In 1874. The Adobe Walls consisted
of several huts, and two or three
stores surrounded by stockade, and
II was headquarters for party Of
hunters who killed buffalocs.
The Indians saw with dismay the
destruction caused by the white men.
They resolved TO destroy the Adobe
Walls aud Kill the hunters before they
Dad wiped out the vast herds of bison.
Early on the morning OF June q a
war party Of Comanchcs, kiowas and
Chcyenucs. under the leadership of
Chief Qunnnah of the Comanchcs,
swept down upon the Adobe Walls. The
buffalo hunters were awake. however.
aud as the Indians charged the white
men with their heavy Sharps buffalo
guns poured deadly fire into their
midst The Indians attacked again
and ngaln. hut each time they were
beaten back with heavy loss. Nor did
the hunters escape unharmed.
Thrive of them were killed. In the
young mBn named Thurston was shot
through the lungs. Presently his cry
Of Water Waierr was heard above
the din II lighting.
The nearest water was 20 yards
away. where pump stood in the I'M
projected open. In this same store
was nm old scout called 'old Man"
Richards lie heard young Thurston's
cry.
II rckon now" said "Old Man"
Richards. "f1l 20 fetch a bucketful."
lie took bucket and tossed IL
through the window. A frightened dog
that had hcen hiding near by followed
him. whining. Indian bullets cut up
the ground I'LL about them. The pump
was slow. Il tooe two minutes Co get
the water started from the sun
cracked sI.out. The pump was struck
n dorm times n Richards worked the
handle.
he pumFcd 80 without raising his
bead Tic dog was shot down at his
fc,t A bullet tore his hat from his
hsad stu he pumped on. At last
the bucket was filled He picked
NJ his hat. plac.-d Il on his head. took
~ ihe bucket and hgcught IL hack 20
th~ >tor" without splitting a drop
Tberc uu> not a scratch IN him.
Its SUITE soule bot ont there In the
sun said -old Man Richards as he
gave the dyiug ThsrSton drink.
f'isk'uc up hi~ rife. ~ took his post
~ = window srnin without indicating
~ uorf ~ act that be knew he had
just ,y,ulc oct - the Jaws q death
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

No home is perfect that is not
in harmony with the neighbor-
hood life arounl it. / do not
mean that we should be in har-
mony with everything that is
done around us, but that we
must have a spirit of good will
towards our neighbors around us.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
Frank Johnsod.

The old black hen hoped to
her perch and dropped her eye;
to sleep, and murmered in a
drowsy tone: Young man, hear
this and weep. I'm full of
worms and happy, Tor I've dined
both long and well. The worms
are thare as always, but | had to
dig like hell"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
NOTICE TO TEACHER /.

The County Normal will be in
session July 18th, to 2lst. inclu-
sive. All teachers should attend.
Contracts for teaching will be
let on July 21sf, and school term
will begin July 3lst.
r. l.. Sifley, Chairman,
l.. Catron, Supt.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

The man who is always right
in his own estimation, but wrong
in the estimation of others, may
get by with it for awhile, but
some day he will find himself
standing on his head on the
wrong side of the fence.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
SOME EoNEHEADS ! HAVE
KNOWN. =.

Tho man who went N bod smoking
pipe.
The woman who started the fire
with gasoline.
The little girl who played around
the bonfire.
The little hoy who sneaked out
matches 10 play with
THO house owner who thought the
crack In the chimney Of no cons D
guence.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Messrs. @. Buttry. ]. N. Willis
snd Geo. A. Williams. accompa-
MED by Ernest Fergerson and
his father, went to Tazewell We'd
pesday on legsl business.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Hon. r. l.. Parkey, of Sedalia,
Chairman of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of Hancock
County Election Board was in
Sneedvillc Monday.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Hon. w. I. FISHERMAN Secre-
tary of the State Highway Com
mission was in Sneedville Mon.
day and spoke to large crowd at
the Court house in the interest
of good roads.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Not withstandin3 its name,
Idle rumor, is one of the busiest
little things known to mankind,
and cause more trouble than any
thing else.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

There was quite n wrangle in
the County Court Monday over
bond issue for road purposes, but
% far no one seems to know just
What was done about it.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Unfortunately a woman never
uses the same care and good
judgement in picking out a hus-
band that she does in buying a
new hat.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

. Two Revenooers were in Sneed-
villa this week locking for the
violators, but we don't know
whether they captured any
hootch or not.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Hon. M. H. Hollingswoath of
Iacksboro. candidate for the re-
publican nomination for Congress
wasin Sneedville Thursday in the
interest of his candidacy.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Hon. A. T. Dr;nnon of Rutledge
candidate for Floterial Kepresen-
tative for Hancock and Granger
Counties, was in town Monday,
mixing with his many frier DIS w
here.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Here hes Mary Brown and her
three daughters.
They died from drinking settler
waters.
II they had stuck to EPSON salts.
Tney wou.G mt be in these three
vaults.
ToLEY KIDNEY PILLS
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

A Dentist viii be in Sneedville
Friday and Saturday of each
week, if you need dental work
do not miss this opportunity. 4w
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Some one said. this is the first
time in the history of Hancock
County that the voters will have
an opportunity TO vote for the
Preacher and the Bear for Sheriff
Of the county.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Coffins, Casksts, Robes, Suits.
and Presses.
carry a compete line of burr
al supplies, from he cheapest
to the very best Az prices are
reasonable. Prompt ferv'ee
night or day
HARRY HAYNES.
farewell, Teunssses
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
CHURCH NOTICE.
{ LoCaI and Personal

Never judge a man by the
clothes he wears; they may not
be paid for.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
A pnnceroua StoNe.

A gss stove with q lsaky valve or
one whose valve turps at touch Is a
stove that should be repaired at once
or gotten rid Of
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Hon. w. B. Ellison. Mavor of
Johnson Civ. and cadidatc for
the Republican nomination for
Congress. vas n town Monday.
and spoke To a large crowd ut
the Court house.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

The Fire Chief. 81 Tennessee have
ret. Organized and enlisted afrssh IN
ali a. the state Department ~ Fire
r.sveaf on
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07

Entered as second class matter
April /, 1921, at the Postoffice
Ut Sneedville, Tennessee under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
LOST,

One pair of Gold Spectacles, be-
tween Sneedville and Mulberry
Gap. Finder will please return
to Sneedville News and receive
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
FARa FACTS
Even the hog objects TO the odcr ~
:.

Even the hog objects 10 the odcr ~
filthy pen.
Alfalfa PAYS its WAY with nitrogeg
that IL stores w IN the soil
Tennessee farucrS arr geitinc n.
suits from the growing ~ criin~or
clover Ask Your oauuty agent
Lining for wheat will give YOU = y
pr crui incrsa~c iu vicli More than
that. IL ih~ rrrfs~r emp uoiagiou a
used from year o. bear.
v~e~rtaary fnpc~'"Es vito ~sted ,
e~~<c~ds e cattle rcrr., if-on Illinois
wcency ~ Tenn.tsU purchasers
foznd 20 - % per cent o the animals
tuA~~ruAnr
B~sfw nws~scck csup~igns are BE-
% seodpssed In sr@y stat IN the
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
SPRING CLEANING Is At HAND.

SPRING CLEANING IS At HAND.
Have you thought how much you improve the looks
of your premises by giving them fresh coat of paint?
And the protection that paint affords worth much more
to you than the cost of same
PRICES ARE NOW MUCH LOWER
You pain. for at least fifty percent less than you
could last year the following comparison will show
Price last year. Price now
White lead 18!cents per bonnd Ia cents per pound
s. q w. Paste 20 . ;, >, II ;,
Linseed oil $500 >, ;, gallon $125 . gallon
Oil constitutes large proportion of mixed paint and
you will notice the price this it is about 60 per
lower than it was last year.
We handle old Dutch Whit Lead S. w. Paste Paint
and the best.grade of Lnseed OIL well as full
line of inside finishes and family paints You can always
get what want at market prices matter what the
goods cost US.
Very respectfully
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-07-07
CfOrlpC Ot By Elmo
Scott
Great Scouts Hs,.sr :.
THE HEROIC DEED OF "OLD
MAN" RICHARDS

>. Western Newspaper Union.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER?

country under the combined administration
of the Jews and the English IS, in the very nature
of things. bound to be progressive.
Palestine is proving no exception. For CEN
turtles the Holy Land slumbered in the sanctty
of biblical tradition and the squaor OF turkish
msrue-until Gen. Allenby's victorious army,
like the prince in the fairy tale of the Sleeping
Beauty. awakened the land from its centuries OF
lethargy and the Jews came back into their an
cient heritage.
But it is to modern Jewry, filled with the aspir-
atons of the twentieth century, not to the king
doms of Israel and Judah under Jereboam or
Jehosophat that the present destinies of the Holy
Land have been intrusted And the modern build
ers have gone to work on the assumption that
Palestine is a land not for the dead, but for the
living.
Therefore the Harvesting of the River Jordan
TO supply light and heat and better transporta-
ton for the present residents of the Land oil
Canaan is an enterprise that must find favor with
both God and man. Only those who are hide
bound by tradition or sick with sentimentahty
will behold anything irreyerent or unbecoming IN
turning this River of God to the service OF crea-
ton.
To make the best use possible of all the gifts
of the Creator is, indeed the best way of doing
Him homage The Jordan on a small scale can
do for Jerusalem and Nazareth and Bethlehem
and the surrounding country that which the
Colorado River on a large scale do for our own
Great Southwest. For sentimental or false
religious reasons. to deny the Canaanites the adj
vantages we are anxious to enjoy for our
selves - through the agency of hydroelectric
energy-is to brand ourselves as opponents of the
Golden Rule by refusing to do for the Jordan
what we would have the Colorado do for the
United States.
Historically Jordan is probably the most fam
Gus stream on the face Of the globe. And it is
decidedly a live river even if it closes its short
and swift career in the waters of the Dead Sea.
Nor viii that life be allowed in the future TO
run aimlessly to waste, as it has done through so
many creeping centuries.
Shall we gather at the river? Yes. we shall
gather many blessings from that ancient of
streams that viii take nothing from its hoary
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15
KEEPING JOHN BULL STIRRED UP

Always there is something to keep John Bull
up on his toes. His domestic difficulties have
been pretty severe since the war and he has
had to face rebellion in Ireland, disatfection in
India and disturbances in Egypt. These expert
ences are nothing new. The British went through
similar ones before 1914. But the problems have
grown in size since self-determinaton became the
catchword of all states which are held in sub
lection to others. The Indian trouble is one
which, before il is settled, is not unlikely to al
feet other countries besides Great Britain The
great non-cooperaton movement launched by Ma
hatma Gandhi has been described as one of self
discipline self-purifcaton and sef-sacrifice and
as such il has had an extraordinary appeal. 1t Is
really an attack on capitalism.
Gandhi and his followers want "a complete
transformation of the economic structure of so
ciety" They denounce the capitalist in much the
same style as did Lenne and TrOtzky in the blood
lest DAYS of BolSheyism India is now enjoying
a measure of self-government which undoubtedly
will be extended as time goes on. 1t is dissatisfied
and wants complete control, though that might
lead to anarchy. In this respect Egypt is follow
ing its lead. During recent negotiations IN Lon
don the Lloyd George government made generous
proposals to the Premier. ABLY Neghen PaSha.
These involved what has been styled as limited
independence The Egyptians were to govern
their own country. but Great Britain would main
tain at Cairo judicial and financial advisers and
also would control foreign relations. ABLY Pasha
was favorably impressed. but when he got home
he could not convince the Egypt for the Egypt
ians" party It's members would have nothing
limited about their independence it must be
absolute. The case of ireland over again.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15
LIP SERVICE TO ART

Last week this city and surrounding
territory had the opportunity of gra-
tifying it's taste for Shakespeare and
the classic drama as produced by an
actor whose performances entitle him
to take rank with the best in a long
line of names distinguished upon the
English-speaking stage. But the OPP
portunity went a-begging. 1t is true
that it was the first visit of this
actor here in repertoire, but it cannot
be said that he was unknown, since
his success in the east had been duly
chronicled hereabouts. He gave four
performances, but not at any one of
them was he greeted by an audience
in any way respectable as to numbers.
The slim crowds must have been a
encouragement not only to the actor
himself, but also to all those who
earnestly hope for better era upon
the stage.
1t has been only a few weeks since
that musical organization that sang
most acceptably some of the best of
the light operas went on the rocks of
financial disaster here. Although this
organization had the endorsement of
al music lovers, the attendance did
not include a respectable fraction of
even those who might be considered
the devotees or lovers of music. Re-
CARELESS of flattering notices in the
press, both of these organizations,
dramatic and musical, were treated
most contemptuously by large part
of the best element of the local thea
tergoing public.
And yet every night the temples of
discordant jazz and silly syncopation
are filled to overlooking. What is the
reason? We cannot and we will not
believe that the majority of the people
here are enamoured of aberrated
music or vitiated drama, but it is OBJ.
vious that those who are, show more
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15
THE TRAMP
BY WILLIAM GARNER BURGIN

(Note:-A member of the Mississippi Legislature has
introduced bill to Danish tramps from the State.)
Don't Danish the tramp, the thrilling scamp,
Or levy a tax on his head,
He has no home but the right to roam,
And daily to beg his bread
If you give him work he'll promptly shrk
He's dawder at BEST know
But his only home is the right to roam
And the Unborn urge to go.
Don't kick him about, the amblng scout
The waydown knight of the road
But give him lift who ever must drift
And tighten the old scouts load.
u
Don't shake your head when he asks for bread,
And place to sleep in the hay,
But give him a feed to safe his need
And brighten the old scamps way.
M2
He never know the hearth-side's glow,
With the cheer of dear Bly,
For his only home is the right to roam,
And the solace of the sky.
But he's at home when he roam,
And follow the road to it's end
So boost him along with CHEEKY song,
And teach him the meaning of Friend!
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15
INSINCERITY OF DEBS

Attorney General Daugherty says that Eugene
Debs was released from the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta solely by "an act of grace" The fact
is quite obvious. Debs and the others who, dur
ing the Christmas holidays, were accorded pres
idential clemency were credited with good be-
havior marks" sufficient to give them standing
in any court of parole. Their good conduct in
prison gave them the same moral right to ex-
pect the consideration usually bestowed by eX-
ecutive authority under our penal system, as that
accorded to all other convicts. If Debs and his
fellow criminals had been prisoners under state
laws instead of under federal jurisdiction the
governors of the states probably would have acted
precisely as did President Harding
These men have been classed by their friends
and admirers as political prisoners" This is as
absurd as their classification as martyrs" They
were law breakers pure and simple. They defed
and persisted in ,defying statutes enacted for the
protection of American citizens against persons
intent upon destroying the established govern
ment. Debs himself advised publicly against
obedience to the law in time when the country
was at war. If the people had taken his advice
the soldiers recruited for the war would have
mutinied against the law of the land enacted by
representatives elected by the people who had
consented to be governed in this manner That
would have meant the downfall of American in
stitutions-and that was precisely what Eugene
Debs was endeavorng to bring about For this
crime against his country he was tried convicted
and sentenced to term in the federal peniten-
tiary at Atlanta. 1t was a crime closely akin to
treason, and treason is something more heinous
than mere political crime-it is. in the cate
CORY with murder and is subject to the same
which is death.
Debs says he is going to Russia. This inten-
ton completely stultifes his pacifist doctrines so
loudly proclaimed during the war. Leon Trotsky
minister of war for the Russian Soviet, announces
a Russian standing army of nearly two billion
men, the largest in the world and threatens to de-
clare war on mankind unless the other nations ac
cede to the demands of the Soviet. Eugene Debs
therefore, proclaims himself in this Russian in
tention, an arrant gutter in regard to his anti
war principles, and a liar of magnitude in his
utterances for which he was sent to the
penitentiary He declares in effect that in his
opinion it is all right that the Russian Commune
should maintain an army with which eight the
world, but that it is all wrong for the United
States to fight at all. Even the insignificant
in this country who "believe in Deb"
must know now from this fip-hOp of his that
he is a fool himself or has been making fools OF
them.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15

traditions, will do no violence TO the memory of
John the Baptist or Joshua the Warrior or even
the Redeemer himself.
We shall gather bright lights for people that
have long in darkness sat, warm homes for many
who have hitherto found winter nights cold and
cheerless; we shall gather swifter and easier
travel than the swing back of camels or the jog
trot of patient asses; we shall gather fresh milk
and honey from fair fields drinking the waters
that once were lost in desolate salt swamps all
these advantages we shall gather from the Jordan
under the progressive rule of the Jews and the
English and the magic wand Of hydroelectric
wizardry.
Nor will pint of Jordan water be any less
potent for baptismal rites because it has first
done its small share in turning big turbine in
the gorge above the ford.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-15
WHY,

= When 4 am shaved at public shop,
a can forgive the barber if he wants
TO SINCE my hair, Or shampoo it, and
thus earn an extra fee. l know the
necessities oflbarbers; they have rent
to pay, children to feed, wives to
satisfy, etc. But after | have polite
ly indicated that want only a shage,
| cannot understand why he should
needlessly bore me by talking all the
time. | am his customer; / am con-
tributing to his welfare; why, then,
should he insist on annoying me?
Why is he not content to let me leave
his shop with a good impression Of it,
and possibly recommend it to others?
e. w. Howe's Monthly.