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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
WORKS
FOR AVENUES
CATCHES THE SPIRIT or PROG
REss AND HITS HARD BLOWS
FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.

I The spirit Of Improvement has never
been manifested to a greater degree
than at the present time in Columbia
and especially is this true of our
suburban districts.
The latest evidence Of civic improve
ment is the organization of the re
sidents of the Morgan addition and
Campbersville pike, south of the city,
under the name of Highland ParR
Avenue Improvement League.
From the very beginning enthusiasts,
tic interest was manifested, a spirit
of determination seems to prevail in
making this locality the ideal suburb
for its residents At a recent meet
ing of the league A. o. P. Nicholson
was chosen chairman; Will Kennedy,
secretary and R. o. Dyer, treasurer.
The first improvement to be under
taken by the organization will be
the construction of a concrete walk
from the city limits south on the
Campbellsville pike to the lane con-
Meeting the pike with the Pulaski and
Mt Pleasant pixies, this however, is
only one of the many Improvements
The last meeting held at the lovely
new home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Dyer on Saturday evening, proved to
be of unusual interest, both from
business and social standpoint, as the
occasion was graced by the presence
Of several ladies Of the community,
which added much pleasure to the ev-
ening. After the report of the various
which proved to be ex-
,remely gratifying, the subject of Sc
Getting a name was discussed at
ength with the final result of High
and Park Avenue"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
500 REWARD 500

Ihe readers of this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known ia
the medical fraternity. Catarrh- being
a constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
have so much faith in it's
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list of testi
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
PUPILS WILL
HELP ALONG
STUDENTS PLEASED WITH The
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IDEA
INTERESTING MEETING.

Friday afternoon at p. m. the
School Improvement Association met
in the study hall of the High school.
A large number OF patrons and friends
OF the school we're present.
The meeting was promptly called to
order by Mrs. w. NJ. Biddle. After the
minutes had been read and approved
the mothers had an enthusiastic dis
eussion of the work Many good sug-
gestions were offered.
The chairman briefly outlined the
work to be done. Two committees Of
FIVE we're appointed to visit school
buildings and make a report at the
next meeting.
From the reports of the teachers,
one could easily see how interested
the pupils were in the work. In the
afternoons the pupils volunteer to re-
main at school to polish stoves, wash
windows, plant shrubbery and flowers
and to do anything that the teachers
may suggest.
The meetings will be held on the
first and third Fridays of each month
The time of meeting will be $3.50 p.
m instead of 4 p. m.
All of the friends and patrons of the
school are cordially invited to be pres
ent at each meeting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
BUILDING A TANK
THAT is A TANK

Taylor Peters is building tank at
the depot for the Louisville & Nash.
vile that is something of tank. 1t
is over twenty-four feet in diameter
and will have capacity of about fifty
thousand gallons. The frame work
on which it sits is made of clear yellow
pine sticks foot square, forty feet
long, bolted to solid rock foundation
The tank is up SO high that water from
1t would flow over the court house.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26

DID you ever sit around outside
your house on a Sunday after
noon, or of an evening, maybe,
and watch the paint, and see 1t
90, when it ought to be holding
on tight?
Some paints are so poor that you can almost
see them as they dry out, and crumble, and
powder, and blow away.
Why do they do this? Why does this happen?
Something the matter with the materialS-too
much lead, maybe, or poor oil, or not
scientifically ground and mixed-might have
been good materials but not balanced right
for wear.
At this store make it our business to KNOW what
paint will wear-because it pays to handle the kind
that pays you And that's why we handle MOUND
CITY HORSE SHOE BRAND HOUSE PAINT
made Of pure lead and zinc and aged linseed OIL the
necessary drier and coloring matter-and nothing
else. Every atom of every gallon of it is good paint.
Paint that is balanced for longest wear for finest looks
and spread the largest surface to the gallon
So much for the outside of the house. but don't forget
HORSE SHOE BRAND PAINT for every for kitchen
floors and for borders around for
bugges another for wagons and for practically every
other purpose.
place paint the place where they know
about paint and help you and advise you what particular
paint purpose how the surface ready how
on all that; things naturally know get the
So the best paint and the best paint service
land you do if you here come here
treet, Martin 4 Vaughn Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
PEABODY COLLEGE
GRANTED A NIuLII
BY THE TRUg1+
NASHVILLE INSTITUTE,
CURES BIG DONATION roe.
UcATloNAL PURPOSE,
ROOSEVELT WAS NOT PR,
Chancellor Porter on Hand ,
plain Local conditions.-s.LI
Of Fund Has Not Yet b..
tributed.

NEW YORK. March l9-o,.
lion dollars was appropriated \
day from the Peabody fund n,
Peabody College for Teachers a.
vile. A special meeting of tbs
tees of the fund, held at the MAJ
Astoria, made the APPROPRIATED
which it was voted to notify tho
vile college to organize and
pOrate under the name of the q,
Peabody College for Teachers n
this has been accomplished a cor,
tee to be named from the trustee, Z
convey the money to the school +,
will leave about $500 for turtle,
tribution and it was said thai
action would be taken on the ns
probably until the next meeting ht
trustees May IA, at which time
amount will be distributed anon,
rious colleges according to their me-
Theodore Roosevelt, one of the n
tees, was absest from the meeting
was j. P. Morgan, Ex-Governor Ho
Smith of Georgia and Bishop Nj
Doane of Albany. Chief Justice NJ
vile Fuller presided at the sess
and those present were Richard l
ney, Joseph H. Choate, former ca
James D. Porter of Tennessee, Judd
Charles E. Fenner of the LouIsiaB
supreme court, Judge Henderson
Somerville, formerly of Alabama, Cd
Peabody Wetmore of Rhode Isa
Bishop VIM. Lawrence of MasSach
sets, DR.. Samuel Green, formed
mayor of Boston; G. T. Winthrop
New York, and Prof. Wickliffe ROl
If Nashville. Gov. Porter, who
chancellor of the University of Nod
lille, with which the Peabody Cooled
S affiliated, and also head of the d
eye, explained local conditions to d
'ther trustees.
The meeting was set for Thursd5
n order to allow Justice Fuller, VII
anne to New York for the Clevelad
memorial exercises, to attend. Afts
he stated business. Martin F. Ansd
overnor of South Carolina, was cleo
d to fill the place as trustee of th
lite William Courtney, who was ma
r of Charleston, S. c.
The Peabody education fund wa
riginally S3,5OO,OO0, given by Ge
in 1907 for the purpose of al
ancing education in the south. tn
I'M of $1,3S0,000 was unavailable b
ause invested in bonds in the state
Mississippi and Florida, whiC
owed worthless. The balance give
rer to the care of the board amour
to close to 100000 at the time
as decided to dissolve the trus
inns had been annually distribute
nong the educational institutions
e southern states.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
FIFTY PRESENTED
TO ED DRAKE

Ed Drake was presented with $50
and costs in the County Criminal
Court Thursday for carrying a pistol.
Jack Cooper, colored, charged with
the same offense, was given a respite
until the April term when his case
VIII come up. The attachment against
Florence Whitney for contempt Of
court and refusing to appear as wit
ness was dismissed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
IRISH POTATOES
BROUGHT TO TOWN

An unusual sight for the season OF
the year was seen at Chaffin Bros.
store Saturday. Lawrence How
ard brought to town and sold to Chat
I'm Bros. one-half bushel of Spring
Irish potatoes. These potatoes were
grown during the winter months and
were picked up by Master Lawrence
while the patch was being plowed up
for the garden.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
NEW CHARCOAL
FILTERS COMPLETE

The Columbia Ice Co. have just
completed the installation of new
charcoal filters, new pumps and new
valves for the ammonia pumps. The
plant is in first-class shape for the
opening of the spring and summer
business and is pronounced by experts
as being in better shape than it has
ever been in.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
CONCRETE

Ny stone crusher is now turning out
concrete material in large quantities,
and my concrete block machinery is
turning out blocks of all kinds by the
thousand. If you want to build houses,
retaining walls or pave
ments, let me make you prices.
19-3t HORACE RAINEY.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly strengthens the lungs and
expels colds. Get the genuine In a
yellow package.-GEO. s. ALCORN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26
MULES FOR SALE ON TIME

Extra good lot of three-year.od
mules.-A. E. GREENLAW, Spring
Hill. 1926
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-26

Any skin itching is temper-tester.
The more you scratch the worse 1t
itches. Doan's Ointment cures piles,
eczema-any skin itching. At all
drug stores.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Home Helps.

When one has an old barn roof to
remove do not try the ancient, labori-
Gus way of pulling out the nails. Take
a magnet and hold it over the head OF
the nail till the nail comes out.
TO keep the hands perfectly clean
and white while the stove is being pol
ished let some one else polish it. There
are other alleged methods but this
will prove surest.
The best way to mark an umbrella
is to embroider the name of the owner
on the little strap for fastening it
when it is rolled Then the person who
swipes it can destroy the mark with
out mutilating any vital part of the
umbrella.
To disguise the taste Of castor oil
put in three drops of bitter almonds. a
bit of asafedita. touch Of rochelle
salts and two drops of sulphuretted
hydrogen.
To keep red or pink or maroon or
cerise ants out of a refrigerator build
a trough entirely around it and fill the
trough with sorghum molasses or ma
pie strip or some other form of muci-
lage.-Chicago News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Hunting For Justice.

Justice is OF course loudly demanded
by every litigant in court Of law, but
it is frequent infirmity of the human
mind to confuse justice with ones own
cause. The late Thomas B. Reed, ac-
cording to Il writer in Law Notes, used
to tell an amusing story to illustrate
this tendency.
He was once retained by an enter
prising client to prosecute an action.
On talking with the PLAINTIFFS wit
nesses Mr.. Reed found that their sto
ries were far from consistent, so he re-
ported the fact to his client and adj
vised that the suit be dropped. The
client was somewhat perturbed, but
told the attorney he would have talk
with the witnesses and let him know
the next morning what he had decided
to do. True to his word, he dropped
in bright and early, wearing the cheer
full look of one who has fought the
good fight
1--WE seen those witnesses" he ex'
planned. land they say they must have
been mistaken when they talked with
you. They all see it alike now. I've
also seen some of the jurymen. and
they think I'll win. Now, if there's
such thing as justice in law we can't
lose"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Test For Fishhooks.

A party in waters down east was
going bluefshing. The boy had
brought the fishing tackle up from
the cabin, and now the skipper was
sitting on deck with big file, filing
the hooks.
FUSED to be man go bluefshing
with me-" the skipper said, "that
always filed his own hooks; carried
a file in his pocket for just that;
always had that file with him and
always filed MS own hooks. When
he'd got hook filed he'd test it by
hanging it on his nose. He'd tip
his head back just a little and just
rest the point Of the hook on his
nose, and if tSslid off he'd sharpen
it some more, but if it hung there
he knew it was all right"
singular way of testing fish
hooks ?" saidsone of the party.
cit was" said the skipper, ssbut
he always caught fish. New York
Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
- -
WILD PLANTS.
Provided by Nature With Weapons For
Their Own Defense.

The keen competition in COM
mercial circles even in these siren
uous days is as nothing beside that
of many plants and trees for bare
existence. Their entire lives, from
the time they form in the parent
seed pod, are beset with peril, for
nature is as much mistress of de-
struction as Of creation.
At the same time all plants in
their wild state are provided with
weapons Of defense, and often the
weakest plant has proportionately
the strongest weapon. Directly cul-
tivation is brought about, however,
so do the defensive faculties disap-
pear.
Thorns, spikes, spines and stiff,
bristly growths are the most com
mon forms of plant defense.
In a childish way we have all
looked at the araucaria, or monkey
puzzle tree, and firmly decided that
the spikes were intended to ward
off simian acrobats. As a matter
of fact, however, the spikes were
there for very different purpose
The trunk Of the araucaria is COM
posed Of soft, pithy wood, and the
sap travels upward SO near the bark
that were this covering broken by
blow the tree would '<bleed" The
spikes therefore are to prevent a
possible blow from reaching the
bark, and as the tree grows and the
trunk toward the base toughens SC
do these basal spikes drop off.
The most terrible plant defense
Of. all is that Of the wreath Of
thorns, creeper that fourishes in
the dense jungles of South Ameri-
ca. A horse or man struggling
through such a jungle if SO unfor-
tunate as to come in contact with
this creeper will rapidly be EMBODIED
with the sinuous lengths that
snakelike, form a chevaux de frise
around the intruder, from the
clutches of which it is impossible te
get free without assistance.
But often the more subtle meth
DDS Of defense prove of greater In
terest than the apparent ones. Ii
is a well known fact that animals
dislike drinking water that has lain
in the large, bowl-like leaves of GER
tain plants. The rhododendron, fol
example, has stringy, tough leaves
that must be the reverse of palata-
BILE, even to the most goatlike ami
NAL. The more familiar laurel is
also distinctly uninyiting as dish
and if a moth were placed in an all
tight box with some crushed laure
leaves the poisonous fumes would
kill the insect st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Not aHer First Choice.

He was excessively fond of dane
ing, says a writer in the Utica Trib-
une; also hes was very clumsy, and
like a good many other people, he
was fondests of doing the thing he
did worst.
She, too, was excessively fond OF
dancing, with the difference that
she was the personifcation OF
grace. But now she was suffering
Already he had torn her train with
his ungovernable feet, and her dain-
ty slippers bore the marks OF his
shoes. Atylast she could stand il
no longer.
sIet u.s. sit out the rest of this
Dance" she suggested. II am tired
He was reluctant. 81 thought
you said you could die waltzing?'
he said.
$50 / could" she replied, Sbut
there are pleasanter ways of dying
than being trampled to death"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
A Lonq Time DYING.

Mr. Fred Terry told this anecdote
of the death scene in The Heel of
Achilles"
'One day. he says, 1--WE were re-
hearsing this play. and member of
my company came in from the street
and asked the call boy how far the re-
hearsal had got.
Mr.. Terrys just dying replied
the boy.
GOOD I've time to smoke ciga-
rette before my entrance
presently the actor returned and re-
peated the question.
".Still dying answered the boy.
"'Oh. I'll go and have another ciga-
rette, then
Back he came and only got the
same reply from the call boy.
FINALLY. after smoking five ciga-
rettes. he asked, little YEARLY, how
far the rehearsal had gone.
"'Still dying answered the call boy.
"'Great Scott.' gasped the actor. He
must be immortal" = London An
SwerS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
WASTE OF THE FARMER.
Agricultural Reform the Most Urgent
of Modern Problems.

George T. Powell recently wrote
letter on 1.-THE Farmers Wastefulness'
which, was printed in one of the secu-
lar daiies. He declares that 1.-The most
urgent problem before our nation to-
day is not the tariff. but the proven"
ton of the great waStefulneSS IN agrl-
cultural methods that occurs every,
where in the United States and the dis
semination of scientific information
that shall lead to soil restoration and
Improvement" The proposition is IT.
REPUTABLE.
Responsible authorities have estimat-
ed the amount of the food bill of the
American people at little more than
S12.OOO000.000 a year. That both the
first cost and the retail price OF most
of the articles on the list could be and
should be materially reduced there can
be no question.
AS Mr.. Powell declares, very few of
our farmers have even vague notion
Of the cost of the products. The max
ers of farm implements. of clothing,
hats, shoes, furniture and other arti-
cles bought by farmers, know to the
fraction of cent the cost of the mer-
chandise There are and there can be
no wasteful or haphaZard methods In
manufacturing or in commercial bust
ness The inevitable penalty of indif-
ference to cost in those lines is failure.
Except in rare instances. no other
methods are followed on the farm In
that industry it is not the producer
upon whom the penalty falls. The con-
sumner pays for the waste, Indifference
and ignorance of the producer
Because of sundry legends handed
down from generation to generation
there is a general belief that farm
er's life is of arducus and poorly re-
Quilted toll Much of that belief is ut
ter nonsense The average farmer
works harder today than does the av-
erage man in any other line of indus
try. His reward is determined chiefly
by the intelligence which he applies to
his operations
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Elm Has a Cancer.

The famous Bertram elm in Salem
Mass, has a cancer. 1t was noticed
for some time that no cavities showed
on the elm. This was proof to the ex-
perienced eye that there was decay in
size the tree.
An investigation showed that the elm
had cancer on the inside, which, if
allowed to grow, would kill the tree
in a few years. Incisions were made
and portions of the inside were found
to be punk. Tiny roots had begun
spreading inside this growth Efforts
are now being made to remove the can
Ger.
This elm is famed for its size and
beauty The trunk measures twenty
seven feet in circumference, and its
age has been reckoned as 100 years.
The estate was formerly the home of
Captain John Bertram, one of Salen's
famous merchants of olden days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
The Life Plant.

A creeping moss is found in ia
maica, in Barbados and in certain
other islands of the West Indies
which is called the 'Slife tree or,
more properly, the .slife plant. .
The powers of vitality of this
strange freak of nature are said to
be beyond those of any other known
plant. 1t is absolutely indestructi-
BILE by any means except immersion
in boiling water or by application
of a redhot iron. 1t may be cut
and divided in any manner, and the
smallest shreds remaining will
throw out roots, grow and form
buds. The leaves of this eXtraor-
binary plant have been placed in a
closed. air tight, dark box, without
moisture, for the purpose of testing
its vitality, but invariably without
effect on the plants duration of
life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Irish Potato ss.

Late Irish potatoes can be planted
in July. No potato crop yields more
bountifully than the late Irish potato
crop when the months of August and
September have good rainfall In
fact. one good soaking rain the first
part of September will insure good
crop of potatoes. The fall grown po-
tatoes are much more prolific and
freer from strong and oftentines
acrid taste than those grown in the
spring. A frequent practice among
potato growers and Il very injurious
one to potatoes is u put strong. fresh
stable manure in The furrow when the
potatoes are dropped before covering
them with pillow Such an application
not only produces scab on the pota-
toes, but often makes them waxy. i'm
pairing their flavor and reducing their
quality for the market and for home
consumption as well.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
The First LANGUAGE.

No che of the existing languages has
any legitimate claim to be considered
the original of the family of languages
standing to the others as Latin. for
instance. stands TO italian and French
OF an original primitive language OF
mankind the most patient research
has found no trace. All of them-As
syrian. Phoenician, Hebrew. Arabic
are sister languages, pointing back to
an earlier parent language. which has
long disappeared. Since the historical
period man has done little in the way
of the absolute creation of language
The work had already been accom-
plished ages before the birth OF writ
ten inscriptions.-New York American
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
She was Pleasantly Surprised.

Miss H. E. Bell, wausau. wis.,,
writes: Before I commenced to
take Foley's Kidney Pills had
severe pains in my back, could not
sleep, and was greatly troubled with
headache. The first few doses of
Foley's Kidney Pills gave me relief,
and two bottles cured me. The
quick results surprised me, and /
can honestly recommend them." O..
W. Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
EnqIand's Lotteries.

It was not until 1926 that gov
eminent lotteries were abandoned
in Britain. For the thirty years
preceding an average annual profit
of over $1,725, 900 had accrued, one
contractor alone spending $4,000
in advertisements in single year.
The money thus raised was usually
for a particular purpose, such as
the improvement of London, the
purchase of TomEins' picture gal
lery or the repair of various har-
bors. From the seventeenth CEN
fury to the reign Of George ~. the
crown repeatedly drew considerable
revenues from, such sources.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
Too Uncertain,

The travelling salesman had look
ed at Mrs. Dolan's third floor back
and found it neat and attractive.
s'I'll take it for two months" he
said, "and always pay as I go. ]
suppose that will suit you
at will not" said Mrs. Dolan
firmly. "There's times I'm not in
the house whin folks goes. They're
liable to be called off student whin
I'm out O. the way. My boarders
pays whin they come-or else they
don't come"