The Smyrna News from Smyrna, Tennessee • 2

y-r v- Wj --'A 'TV TheSmyrna News county fr, In giving this bit' of interesting history Hon.HoyteStewart, the tat cnie-J' editor of the 'Courier; doubt STRANGE STORY OFA POKESTALK JLVlLLIAMSfU Editor and PuIk HOLLOWAY. Associate Editor Entered in the Post Office at Smyrna, Tenn, ai, second class snattef. Subscription Priice year in advance PUB USH EEL EVERY WEDNESDAY DRCQNGRESS We authorized to -announce vr? Hon. Eufih Davis as a. candidate A.Mr, Swni Jienheti: pf.WainvXllg was visiting Ms sifter Mrs.

R. M. Lee. Seward with her sister, Mrs. L.

Vyhitc. "Mrs. Robert Weakley spent Friday KasHvllle. Mrs-Chas-Kirk-spent-Monday jn -Nashville. Miss Dana Lane a ndEhtie" LceMtl ler- Spent Wednesday iojashvill.

7 iir-vs in Nashville day- laisf liM.WJc.r vi-V MrsrThos. Dickerson spent Friday Miss Charlton spent the week-end with HugK, Mrs. Mary Tucker spent the ODavisT and itiests. of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Albert Miller -y -rll rA.antl Mrs.

Brucr' of' Antioch have beep. Cutberw son Miss Maggie Dickerson, spent the week-end with parent, Mr. andjilr Thomas -Dickerson. 'tLTJHE sage'of the Pulaski 'pue -of most rational, Record, forceful and rural ore-in lirddf. press iiiMiddle Tennessee rings the bulls -eye -in -the.

praragraph: below: Tbis continual ragging and. nagging and jagging the 'railroads about the cure an' evil but to wreaka vicious roads are subservfng some of the. very best interests of FFi -7 histate-thuySometjmos, perhaps-. often, they majr' pays where it may, work harny.buK'fhat is the exception. not.tear down the Educatepcrsonr paper of trash hut to-place it Good wilt the prosperityf ll--Hearty cq-opefation cqnquest of Mexico War widows 1 have way of sur viving.

husbaadstnanyyearvr while-there are 53' soldiers Missies Nannie and. Kather-infi- Green-- spent. Friday- nightr with :1 Miss. Frankie Coleman, had her hot campaign, in -which niore or less didates. being.

K. Polkt. Demo-crat, of Tennessee, and- Henry Clay, whoLactually fought under or- Taylorsevenly years ago, there 1C3 On account 'of their-husbands services, during -the Mexican, war. guests Misses- Louise atid Margaret Cpleitran. Mesdamds Eugene SinrfOtf nd ArthurMiller- were iu Nashyitte last Wednesday-1 The last jvidow of.

a soldier pf the Revolution dted. not many years ago; -houses when iliey find "tottM shingjes. Xihsidioui movement is noWon have the next state fool of itself agyict the railroads jest irspell yrfi let. see if. we cannot.

pulJen- nessee' out of the-fuek'r DeKALB county, under the'exlst-jing-agrMmant -of-the counties; -of RuthcrfprdCanfibn.andZDeKalb, constituting the 12th Senatorial dis- Jrict, hat-thc honor of naming our; but the last of that War ex- pired Tn 1869. -Ti, see ms highly probable fh'at. at" 1 Mijs NcB -is -her' aunt, MisS 'ugiista Morton, who' is seriously ill. Miss Coleman was -thesfrgef "tiT GknMliirear "where ith Charles Lewis (familiarly known as and his' Mary kept -a. tavern1 on East Main he spoke, with a'.

yoice that ranged in jiote from a-ff-hisper J6: high'Q and' her sandwiched wit h-4iumor and she had eoncluded there way not 'a dry cye-in the-courthouse'. Lsyi did net- Iive-manyyears-atf ter, bging hut hh. faithful wife lived tola ripe-old agedying in Aie spring Harking back Ltd; the poljestalk, which annually appear s-arJhe head of -Lewi igrave, Repeated but futile efforts have 'Een made to eradicate It has not -onw 'Eepn cut. off -at the grduiid, but even the rdots have beendugjipr "But p7ears Teerningly to point -the of -scorn at -the shade of lhe '-flTn fire so j-uthlessjy slew Ms friend. :EDRUTLEPGE.7! s.

A reedift- discovery' of great interest 'to the medicia-legal 'fraternity is. the fact5 that compounds are absorbed. by. the hair of Hying persons though 'not absorbed after death. 3" O' the bicentennial of our national, ax L.

hence there will be widows of the civil; war soldiers drawing pensions; from jhe government Ledger, state senator for the. next' tive term, and presents for that hon- 7 Urd'r' and Perseverance will hill jh the endorsement and ap- make t0WIl Beauty, Cleanliness and British factories' are -now1 steel helmets a month; said to be the most' serviceable yet designed, for the use of-the English troopS at the frtnt. -r that county Mr. is un der the tongue of good report com iniV llA 1 a il W'maVkaJ ing as he does lo.taily backed and endorsed Bjr his folk at home, hence that your premises are above is not a profit without hono in own xounty. He is a Democrat loyThe.

Tin Can al andtrue, and a public-spirited; wide-awake business -man and fay Districts become germ breeders; banish thpm from town Let Uis Stipply Your Flowers Exclqsive Agents For a affaSrv U-Ustr-uvery effort to have all eat-' energetic and depen dable- lle is eo- that are exposed for sale dorsed by. all who know him a a icreened. 1 ahd rbses will' beautify your 'preTnirtSrT eminently -qualified for. the honor he-' jOTlar "Nashville? Florist'lRoloMHTTantif ana Flowers. Florals for any and all occasions: -less, biit Modesty, WouIdThave brought" but (he added incident that he, as prosecutor from theHouse of.

Gen. Estes, it a linea descendant Jby marriage otih e7 Hoii. Warren Cummings, his wife being a and a Isis ter of. Senator'Cutn- -A- Ctvie Alpbahet' A Abandon the care back yard Jmd you pave way for iypHoid Better- Observe general Clean-Up-Dayw 'this year than have XCtvtc; imprdyement rcallrior the I. best, effort 'of hUnjanity.

D-Do yourjvorkwell and cjitic7: not -to- on the streets; in add materially- to- your town, of -citizen's and club iiiwOrfeuh- 7 '---fcrtdtgfcj wpndeyful school rooms and grounds that they iU attractive to both children, and Joui CivicJtniro.vement 7 Clubs, You are needed. Knock bn the unsightly billboard aftd continue to knock. 'LLeid sTciusadelof the City Beau- Mike a factoih your town; 1 R.quct the city authorities to enforce the sanitary-laws. your Wage war-on flies.mosqujtoes 7 and for Carry and Cause disease. XjXpect help from every person in effort' make.

the. town sanitary, 1 You are responsible-fer the. appearance of part of your town. forget that. Zeal exhibited at annual clean-up-day will put your town in a sanitary condition.

STATEMENT Of Maugemnt, Ete, Jqwird-by- Atl-of-Aigust 4 a 24, 1912, af The Smyrna Nows, Pablfahad Weakly at Smyr no, Tenn for Apfil 1, 1119. Name of Editors). R. Williams. Managing- Editor J.

R. lifflliiBi. Boiiness Manager J. R. Williams.

Publisher J. R. WillUmi. Owner J. R7 Known Bondholders, Mortgages and ethair seenrity holding 1 per cent or of total amonat of bends, or ether securities 1 Sworn to and subscribed before me-this 29th day of April, 1112 4..

1 W. C. MANSQN. Notary Public. Commission sxpirss July 1, 1918.

Telephone-wires -insulated with en- amel-arc ooWiSra sOme Jropical 'countries. XXXXXlfXXl-X Hiiality: I Special ilesigns at Moderate prices. For Over Half a Cantary 'It Has Ap-. poarad-4' Annually at Hnad pf Grava- la "Gallatla DESTROY IT Jn a 'seguestered spot in the eity cemetery at Gallatin- there is grave at the -head of which, each -spring a fail poitcstalk: The. staflT flourishes for the period allotted such plants, then disappears comepletely frOni view until the ver-naVscason comes agafn when it has been doing for the past -sixty-odd.

years; And, hangs a In September. 1844. a horrible trag edy wax nagted, Created a great sensation throughout the State, as tragedies in those, days aftjl far.hetijjficat. jl.wasJi Pf esid ntial earthc- jopposiug-can bitterness. was.

manifested- between the Respective. supporters of the fwo fights frequently occurring. And here1 is how the goke-stalk is connected, wi.fh. this. High buildings now is.

VTl-liaqr-GoodMl of (then in Sumner eeuhtyj was a guest of Lewis one night duringthe campaign Next morning, as was the. custom, in those days, host 'brought forth a jug pf whiskey and he- and his guest Irey -were old friends) drank, their mornings Thorning." They then took seats in front of the tavern and soon began friendly" discussion of the political situation. Lewis was a supporter of Polk, While Goodall was an adherent of fn. a short- time, a market wagon war observed coming down1 East Main'; street." Fastened tto the rear end of; the wagon was a. tall stalk, the emblem of the.

Polk campaign. Goodall rnarked'-in a jocu-i lar -way -that-he -was going to pull don tH8 gtaik. Whereupon" Lewijf plie Tf youdo-1 will -kill Jrou.l When the wagon got opposite1 the- tavern Goodall stepped up Jo It and pulled, down, the stalky: Lewis artwlii derringer-and-sTiot Goodall, who fell dead in -his tricks. After fhe killing Lewis went' into- the houses locked all the doors iand Hid intbegarretcNeWloftheJrigedy spread rapidly and in a brief space of time officers and a large, number pf scenei They -demanded Lewis, and had they gotten: him he most likely would have been roughly handled. VBnrrLewisTirife was a strategist and outwitted the crowd.

She appeared at -an open wipdoW, in the second story of the -building and iold thexrbwd to be patient, that her husband' would come down as soon as he could change his. clothe. Dur- ing Aunt Pollys parley wtfh the crowd her husbapd, acting under her instructions," aftif ed himself in one of hercalico wrappers and sunbon-nets, descended via the rear stairway passed' through a grape arbor in the garden, went to the barn, mounted a which had 1 saddled and bridled' for "the- and made his escape by a back' street. 'ry Lewis fled-tcr ZTZJS. IIe: kept, his yife infofmed of his whereabouts.

In orderjo supply, him -with funds necessary for his mainte-J, wun tunas necessary iur ms nafiCC AuhtPofly who "jvart 'r- nrfna skilled went, "to. New- Orleans to tedch' music. She soon formed a large class composed of (he daugh-ters 'of the -'-wealthy' citizens the Crescent. City he big plantation and-slave -owner of By these means 1 she fcept her husband supplied with money, besides kdcum-tilating a large -sum for Lewis remained in Mexico about twer-y of until the of 1. aliA TTnifnrl tKafge ofmurdCTiiT Jhe His sole counsel was hi' wife, who The last oithe jurors in the Case to was Lewis pho passed xtvay -at Gal la tm -about twentyiyears4.

H4 1 6ftCff Hut "Aunt Polly's" argument.before the jury; was the most 1 eloquent and -touching he had ever He.said 1 he got.down her lienees" and offered thst guest' of Mrs." Jack Batey in TOtite to Nashville lhe' -Matlie B. 'SraithAspenf She week i with-' Smith and Mrs. Batey- Mrs. I. S.

San4ers, -Misses Nettie and.Yillie Sandenapcnt last.d-nesday wkh Mr. Jesse SaiTders, P. Funk was guest of Mrs. Ernest King andMrs. Geo, McDonald the" past wfaek.

Dr." and Mrs; George Blackman spent theweck-enJ with their1 parents, Mr. Tom Mrs. john" Tucker, has' returned from Nashville after, "visiting her daughter, Jones--" Misses Kell arid Annie Swain, spent with Jones '-V Miss Cornelia Clark' of Murfrees- bord spent the weekend with her grandmother I Mrs. Ella Jones and Miss Azilee of Nashville spent the week end with Mrs. W.

TvHarris. Dr. and Mrs. Martin were 1 If mm guests' of her Mr. and Mrs.

I. Sanders. -Miss Sara RidlCy 1 was the hoitess of-the- Embroidery club A tempting salad course was served. Mrs. Davis was a special guest; MjiriML Holloway Elizabeth, Spent several days last week; with Mr, and John Matthews at Walter HilL 1 Misses Vhm( Tavvatt nif Sara Jordaif, Francis Jarrett and Sara Davis ypent Wednesday night witlv Miss Evelyn Mr.

and MrtrJ. JL Jones and hiV dren and Mrs. P. R. Lenoir mbtored to Nashville Sunday afternoon and made a-visit to.

Central fTihing party composed of Mr. and-Hrs. Frank. Peytonr Mrand Mrs. 7 Walter.

King Mrs. Guill and s'on," Mesdames Walter Hibbett, Ernest King and Miss Willie Sanders had a grand' time on Stones River Tuesday afternoon. Mesdames T. G. BamS, P.

A. Williams and son, Pripy Jr, E. C. Holloway and cfifldrCn, Wi J. Williiiji Hams loway and cjifld of' Nashville nd Miss EmmaB'eI' Adkinaon T.d,y Sharpe Springs fishing.

At noon a delightful luncheon was It -a iat Mr- Roger I. Weakley, a geniair and popular member of the Smyrna Hirdware Co, spent from Saturday until Tuesday at his home in and MrsJ E. Mansonr-Mr. and Will Manson, Mr. and Mrs.

Ernest and MrsvLuthef Bagwell and children of Murfrees-; boro were the guests of Mrs. Watt April -Wsathsr. Undertaker, and Embalmer iTennessee IN 1870 -the present constitution -f Tennessee adopted and among other things it provided the plan of impeachment of judges, Attorney etc. Hon. Warren Cummings-' was a member oLtbis convent ion.In 1873 'articles of -impeachment were pre ferred by the House of Representatives against Judge J.

Dubose of Shelby' countyindT "Cum-mings was a mbmber of the House, fie being a son of Warren-Cummings. -la the; extraordinary, session of. the frestnt GcnerahAsaeinhlythierHoiug; preferred articles of impeachment against Judge Rdington and General Newton Estes; which will be tried before the Senate sitting, ai. a court of impeachment on the 24th of tEis- month, and Senator W. H.

Camming will sit as member He is a son of H. Cummings grandson of Warren Cummings. This will go down in history as a rare occurrence three generations. the elder providing the means in st-i as tance, second the son sitting as a (mei'nber of the House when the first articles of impeachment were preferred under the pian adopted by -iM4 a.randr. yon sitting as a member of the court of.

impeachment-4n the last trial thereunder. While Senator Cum mings is now -a citizen of Hamilton s3 couiity, he and his father and granj- father were all reared in Camion fattier were all reared in Camion Lsarn a Littfa' Every Day. 1 Nearly two hundred and 'fifty million dollars were spent in this Coun tryr last year for good -7-In country from 30. to 40 per cent of. the cases requiring charity are due to.

sickness. Since the American occupation of Hawaii the leper population Jias decreased fifty per cent. "7 Tfie- Peruvians and Bolivians make boats of straw- The latest piece of fire-fighting machinery' i Jri-chemicat engine. Msiku Vstsrans. he of pensions in forms, me personally, that, there are still living 5d3men.

who -fought in the old" war with Mexico, It. is -seventy -years since- the and it 1 will -he- sixty-eight years pn' July 4 since it was official ly ended. There were 105,000 United States troops in two-year conflict, 1 of whbm. 31,000 regulars Tnd the other were militia and These -figures are ah index of-the price our epufttry; would pay to-day it- to attempt a complete spb- jtA tjon of, Mexica That republics population is now three, times as great' as it was. seventy years ago, when 105000 American soldiers two years to make the con- qUest Military men of-higlr- rank-have told me recently that w'e would now need; an army of 400,000 of whom 100,000 would, be lost during the two years it ik expected, -second w- i essel is jseingr.lbuilt on Lake Mi'chigaBr-ta ply between.

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