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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
FROM THE -HICKEYvILLE
CLARION.

In this day and age It is a good plan
to get all you can, and can all you
get.
Before a feller's married he buys her
chocolate drops and after he is mar
ried he buys her peanut crisp.
Elmer Sp!nks says he is goin' in the
gas nttin' business, but I don't se
how he Is goin' to hold It still lonk
enough.
You kin probably flnd here and there
a baseball players that don't chaw to-
hacker. but they amt been In the bust
ness very long.
You kin always tell a married CON.
pie In q cafe, for she u always lookin.
out the winder and he 10 iookin' a
some other woman.
There may be fellers who know more
than the CLERK In the cigar store al :
town OF 1.3o0. but they have never
come across my range Of vision
Lem Higgins = takin' . -correpoonA.
ence school course In love ma nnd
expects to grab on something north
white In the matrimonial market g ~
near failure.
Mr.. Hanks Purdy thought che hard
. burglar In the houss the othae a6gAt
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07

BY actual tests two horses weighing
l.eo0 pounds each can pull 3,760 pounds.
which 10 $50 pounds more than their
combtned weight. One elephant weigh-
lng 1900 pounds. can pull also pounds.
weight. Fifty men, a~ggreRatine 7.600
pounds in weight. can pull $3.50 pounds.
which 70 the score OF the elephant. Il
viii be observed that the men also null
more than their own weight.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07

Ihe effect Of lightning on concrete.
which has long been Q matter Of am.
pute. has been observed BY . LEADING
member Of b American Society 81
Civil Engineers. who has q reinforced
coacrete water tank on his country es-
tate. This was struck BY liehtnfnrl
which caused no injury. but chanred
M texture OF the concrete In places
RON granular TO vitreous. The tank
WaO heavily reinforced.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
yAAN.THE.SPUR>
@UF.
Wy By ROY K. MOUITON.
K. MOVLTON.

saved up and used for the imitation Of
automobile tires.
There are believed to be no less than
400 Oldest Odd Fellows in the
of the late George Washington, died in
Virginia in n week recently.
The marriage marathon race between
Lillian Russell and Nat Goodwin IL be-
lieved to be on its last lap.
Paris green will stop a headache.
WHEN GRANDPA FOUND THE
DISHRAG IN THE STEW.
oh. the family they was all around the
table.
oh. they was a very happy sight to
see.
Oh, the relatives had came, those who
were able,
And everything went smoothly as
could be.
But suddenly there was an awful clat-
Oh vd :. was a sad event. l say to
When Grandpa po.sed around upon the
platter
And found the old wire dishrag in
the stew.
CHORUS.
When Grandpa found the dishrag in
the stew.
He thought it was a dainty dish so
new,
And he ate the gol dun thing.
And the sorrow it did bring
When Grandpa found the dishrag in
the stew.
Oh. he was a good old man, the neigh
bors say it.
He was a perfect gent. and that's
no lie
And wner ed owe a bill he'd surely
pay 1t.
Although he sometimes did 1t with
a sigh.
That wire dishrag somehow was his
undoing.
He ate. then he had a quick relapse.
Twas not the sort of rag he e'er been
chewing.
And that may be the cause Of 1t.
perhaps.
CHORUS.
When GRANDMA found the dishrag in
the stew.
The neighbCrs passed round slowly,
him to view.
And they carried him with care,
To the churchyard over there.
When Grandpa found the dishrag in
the stew.
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL NEEDED.
Want ad in q contemporary paper:
/: MISUNDERSTANDING. Three /:
children in the family. No wash /:
(: ing. :
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07

and she was 50 scared that all OF Aer
hair. which wal han9in' in the cl0tAs
press. turned white.
T. Wellington Hanks q borrowed
two sofy pillows from his mother II
put in the shoulder Of his sweater and
cut six inches off'n the bottom of his
pants, and is now all equipped for -
other successful year at college.
They say that butter is going to be
so cents a pound before the winter ~
over. but that will never affect ths
Huttel H~ickeyville, as the pound tho
bought last month will tide them over
until spring.
Miss Mary Ann Nudge, of our VI
lage. who used to shoot biscuits in b
Huttel Hickeyville, has changed her
81 .5OO a week on the vaudeville stage
now giving representations of Eva
Tanguay which look and sound Hike
May Irwin.
Miss Pansy Tibbits has returned
from a finishin' school to spend the
summer and she has changed SO her
folks hardly knowed her. When she
went away she was shaped like an Old
fashioned decanter, the same as her
mother, but when she returned ske
was top heavy and looked something
like an ombreller.
Uncle Ezra jerks bought a postage
stamp at the postoffice last November
intendin' to write to his brother out In
Arizony but he never got around to It
and last week he tried to Sell 1t back
to Postmaster Tibtitts. but the latter.
refused to buy 1t back because Uncle
Ezra had carried it around In his
pocket so long the stickum had air
wore off'n it.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07

Nothing detracts so much from our
enjoyment at concerts and oratorio
production" says K~untswart. las the
dress of he SOLOS s. The dress coat,
tail collar. white cravat and the rest of
the ball or opera costume place the
singer with his audience. How much
better II he wore a distinctive rob- OF
classic design Their is no suggestion
as to how this "%slipovcr" robe should
be fashioned. but the writer hopes that
artists will give the ma ter attention
and submit designs. THAT this COM
cert robe shall entail additional
pcnse is o Of the question" he adds.
expense han he vas when he sat in
Judgment wearing ii .frock costume
The concert o b should be as simple
as possible. and it's effectiveness will
depend on graceful cut and quiet COLI
ors."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
Patent po.t hole, n.ye ,onr been nu-

Patent post heles nave long been M.
morously referred 70 in connection
with machines for grinding smoke, left
hand w~heelbarrOws and other imagin-
'oTy tnventions. 1t has remained. how.
ever. for q Budapest inventor to make
what 10 probably an important Inn
'provement relating particularly TO post
holes. seeking to thus preserve the
wood OF the posts. Instead OF applying
l~Dreservattves to the wooden posts, rail-
road ties. sieepers or other wood ex-
posed to the action Of the earth, he
treats the earth which surrounds the
wooden post in such a manner as to
destroy all insect, germ and fungus
lie by soaking the earth with a suita-
Die sterilizing liquid. The process is
termed "Peristerilization.' IL Is
claimed to be especially useful in rural
n other remote districts in which 1T
~ to obtain wood which
q been treated with creosote or sim
liar p~reservativp.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
F.,therhood.

F%atherhood.
I could net tread the path you wen last
night,
% my beloved. with your eyes of awe:
1t was a time when my protecting might
Could bring no shield between you and
LIES law!
I could not even guard you on your way.
Nor share one little mite OF all your
pain;
1 could but iceland hopc-and dumbly
pray
That you o safely come to me
to know
/ am q father. All INV thoughts
outpour
To you. who last night felt the under
tow
Safe in the haven of my heart once
more!
Edwin Garlic Litsey.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
Copyright. 1911. by c. N. Mather.)

There's no on in
this whole wide
world who knows
a S m u h a s
grandpa does.
I sometimes think
that he must be
the wiset man
that ever was.
He can predict the
weather better
than the reg lar
weather mar,
He doesn't always
lint then. no other
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
THE WHOLE MATTER SETTLED.

Ponder no longer upon what to get
the loved one for Christmas. Do net
rack Jour brains and pace up and down
the floor worrying over the advertise
ments. We have settled the whole mat
ter for you by arranging the following
list. Each item is guaranteed to give
satisfaction and all you have to do IL
to go and buy them and hang them
on the Christmas tree. Following Is
our approved list upon which we stake
the remnants Of our reputation as G
picker:
For Wife-An electric Limousine.
For Daughter-A baby grand piano.
For Son John-A diamond ring.
For Uncle Peter-A seven passenger
touring car.
For Aunt Matilda-A sealskin coat.
For Father-A block of Standard Oil
stock.
For Mother-A pianola.
For Son Willie-A Wright biplane.
For Baby-100 shares Of United
Steel.
For the Janitor-A house and lot.
For the Nadia watch and chain.
These suggestions are offered absp-
lutely free Of charge. All you have 10
do now is to get the presents the same
way.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07

S0RSA oOyo OA4O0 0NICdU Ol84886.
Perhaps he refers to the chicken end
the c~hickenpox.
You can't always tell by the watch.
Many an honest Waterbury beats be-
meath a broadcloth jacket.
There is nothing in the world much
cheaper than writin' ink. and nothiNx
that kin spread o trouble.
Honesty may be the best policy, but
there are quite q few who speak favOr-
aol OF the 20-year endowment.
Another ex-president. whom some
people don't know what to do with. le
woodrow Wilson. ex-president Of
Princeton.
The Ladies' aid Of the Hardshell
church expects to give an oysterless
supper at the parsonage next THURSDAY
evening.
It begins to look as though flying N
the air ts almost as dangerous as stay
Ing on the ground and riding in Oot-
mobiles.
La Toilette says he would rather be
right than president, but some of tie
standpatters do not believe that he WIN
ever be either.
Outside of pianists who can't play
the o numerous thing in his cOun-
try is the author who has never had
anything published.
1t isn't proper for anybody excepting
Ia vaudeville performer to wear q dress
suit in the afternoon. A vaudeville pep
former kin wear anything or nothing.
Mr.. Edison has written an article to
the effect that sleep Is unnecessary
Not only that, but with his phon0-
graph he ha made 1t well nigh imp0D-
sible.
You can't touch Lem Higgins folhs
with a 10-fo0t pole. They are right
In style now. because their daughter h
going to marry q title. She IL ia marry
an n. ID.
Hank Purdy says IL It wasn't for Tie
uniform. he wouldn't play the bass
drum In the Silver Cornet band. Il e
too much like workin' ut the boiler
maxim trade.
Every q c in . while. sometime
happens which upsets all preceden6.
Now the papers announces that . poor
Boston young mar will marry . r3eh
English heiress.
President Tart rays IL more peopso
don't take up farming there % going -
be . famine IN this country and no6o1H
looks upon . famine with moro apDv0.
henolon' than he does.
Every time Hank Tumms goee ~
ing ho stops On his way at the moek
market and has the butcher throw q
nice trout at him. Then ha can -
that h caught II
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
ISN'T 1T QUEER?

That a woman will spend two hours
arranging her hair and then put on a
hat that covers it all up so that no.
body on earth can see it.
That a man can always find all Of his
dress suit filings In time IL he is go
ing to a musical comedy, but always
has a monkey and parrot time finding
anything at all If he is goin to a
reception.
That a man will call his wife a lit
tie dear when his pockethook tells him
h is much dearer than a little.
That most of the articles giving add
vice to mothers are written by old
maids.
That a never keeps a pen
that anybody but herself can write
with.
All. THE PNEUMATIC GENT.
One Of the recent want ads:
I: FOR sALE-A pneumatic gen. !:
/: tleman's bicycle. {:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

John D. Rockefeller started out il,
life a barefooted boy. But, SO did all
the rest Of us.
a bee can sting you only once, in
which, by the way. the bee differs
widely from the book agent or the
man who sells you muskmelons.
One of the best known representatives.
of pneumonia is the red flannel shirt.
A corncob pipe is just in it's prime
when it is 10 years old.
There are 1S,9S3,432 microbes on the
twenty dollar bill. but the death rate
among poets from this cause is very
light.
The first mustard plaster was used
in 1911 and the man who wore it prob
ably carried it with him to his grave.
At the present writing, there are
1873 ways to get to heaven. Each one
of them is right and all the others are
wrong
The only agency which has caused
more bald heads than marriage is the
Derby hat.
There are now two expeditions on
the way to the south pole. and the mar
crop Of 1912 promises to be unprece-
dented.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-13

next matter for consideration Ii the
efficiency of the schools and adequate
housing for the pupils. Salaries for
the teachers are too low and the build
ing are in many case unsuited for the
purposes for which they are used
But there Is no doubt that with an
ever increasing sentiment for the
schools and every day practical demon
STATIONS OF their value these improve
ments will soon come. A country
that lives in ignorance Is not free.
No free government can endure II it's
citizenship is ignorant and corrupt.
Citizens of a Republic must be taught
the duties and the responsibilities Of
citizenship and ignorance and pre-
judice are the greatest enemies OF
enlightened government. Educate
the people and the mists of prejudice
will be dispellel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-13
ADJUSTMENTS
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The coming of THE Squaw Man"
announced announced for local pre-
sentation at the Grand Opera House
on Monday, Jan. Is, is like a fresh
breeze waited from the West. This
dramatic gem from the pen of Ed
ward Milton Royle, one of the worlds
foremost dramatists, had its first pro-
duction at Wallack's Theatre, New
York, with William Faversham in the
stellar role. 1t had the distinction
of capacity houses for a whole year
and duplicated this record at Her
Majesty's Theatre in London. Since
that time it has been seen in all of
the larger cities of both continents
and translated into eleven languages.
And the reason for this tremendous
success is easily explained. The bet
ter informed a dramatist is of his art,
the less time he has for artifice and
device; consequently we have more
detail, character, atmosphere and
truth in "The Squaw Man" than has
been depicted in any other play DUR
ing the last two decides. The details
of character, manner and speech are
too minute to convey by description,
a proof of the genuiness of this very
successful. touching and powerful
drama. 1t is play full of surprises,
laughter and heart-throbs: play that
will live forever.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-13
SHERIFF'S FEES.

1t is stated that the Sheriff's Asso-
citation of the State is busy arousing
sentiment for the proposed increase
in the allowance for feeding prison
ers. This measure appears to us to
be just and warranted by the enorm-
ohsly increased cost of living during
the past decade. But the activity of
the association would not be neces-
sary had Patterson thought as much
of the peace officers of the State as
he did of feathering his own nest four
years ago. Although the Governor
approved a bill that practically doub-
led his own salary, and signed an
other that gave him a mansion rent
free. he could not approve an act that
increase. the allowance for feeding
unfortunate prisoners twenty-five per
cent And in this connection il is
interesting to note that Sam Borum,
the President of the association and
Claud Goodwin, the Secretary, are and
have both been ardent supporters of
the Governor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-13
EQUAL SCHOOL TERMS.

In making provision for an equaliza.
ton of the school terms in Maury coun.
ty the County Board of Education &C.
complished the greatest achievement
in the history Of popular education In
this county Equal terms for every
school in the county regardless Of the
property assessment of the locality
or it's proximity to the centers of pop
ulation is an end which The Herald
has sought for years. Time and
again it has urged that the school
terms be made of equal length SO that
every girl and boy in the county no
matter whether they lived in a hut or
4 palace, whether In town or country
could have an equal opportunity to
receive the benefits of good common
school education. There should be
no discrimination in Tennessee In the
matter of education but the schools
should be opened to all upon terms Of
perfect equality. The Herald natu-
rally feels no small degree of gratiflca.
ton and pride at the accomplishment
OF this reform for which it has la
bored in season and out. And it ten
ders to County Superintendent Ora
ham and the members of the County
~ hnn VI " 20
lions upon the success of their plans
That Maury county is to have an
eight months term for every school
In the county is the most gratifying
intelligence that we have received
these many days. Eight years ago
the average school term In Tennes
see was only about eight months.
Gov. Frazier made his first campaign
for Governor as an advocate Of six
months terms. That then seemed al
most a Utopian dream, and an eight
months term for the rural schools
was out of the question, Now the av-
erage in the state Is more than SIX
months and Maury county comes to
the top of the list with eight months.
No such progress has ever been made
in a corresponding period of time
since the public schools were first or
ganized under the act of 1878. For
the first time in Tennessee and es-
peoially in Maury county every boy
and girl has an opportunity to obtain
at the expense Of the county a com
mon school education.
Thus encouraged The Herald win
continue its fight for better schools.
The terms are now long enough the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-13
no coMpRoMlsE PosslpLE.

Until the boiling members OF the
House of Representatives come to
their senses and agree to abide by the
law they are not in position 10 be
treated with by the members who
have taken the oath. AS 1t Is they
are now in the attitude of being out
laws. They have refused to perform
their duty and have been recreant TO
the solemn obligation which they as
sumed when elected to membership
In the Legislature. Their course Is
revolutionary, without precendent
and wholly without justification. To
talk about compromising with them
is to. concede that tire Is merit
in their position.
The regulars" have defied their
constituents, they have defied the
law and they are entitled to no con-
sideration until after they have taken
the oath as members of the House.
Suppose that a burglar should meet
a peaceable citizen in the highway,
hold him up at the point of a pistol
and tell him that he would take only
half of his valuables II the law abid-
ing individual would only agree that
there should be no prosecution. Would
any law abiding citizen commend
offense be in any wise minimized
the course of the burglar or would his
offense be in any wise minimized?
The regulars having put themselves
without the pale Of the law they
have no right to expect considera-
ton from the Democrats and Republi-
cans who have abided by the law.
No matter what sinister designs
the fusionists may have, no matter
what wrongs they may intend to per-
pretrate it is the duty of all Of the
Representatives of the people to take
their seats and there make the fight
against masures which they ! deem
improper. But there is no justifica-
ton for a course that II persisted in
must stop the wheels of govern
ment. The truth about the matter
ID the Patterson followers are play
ing "hold up" game. Beaten be
fore the people, beaten in the House
because the fusionists remainded
truth to their constituents, they are
now seeking some advantage by law
less tactics. There should be no
compromise with wrong. The fu-
sionists should remaiu at their posts
and let the responsibility for fail
ure to legislate rest where 1t belongs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-13
THE STATE HIGHWAY.

The great Translate highway
from Bristol to Memphis proposed by
Gov. Hooper is going to be built Sew
eral counties have already petition
ed the Legislature to grant authority
to issue bonds for the purpose of aid
ing in the construction of the road.
Commercial bodies, automobile asso-
Citations, county courts, city councils
and individuals have pledged aid to
the enterprise. It is going to be
built. That much Is already assured.
Those who stand in the way Of it's
construction are going to get short
shift from the people.
The natural and logical route for
the road is through Maury, Lewis and
Perry counties to the Tennessee riv-
er. From Nashville to the South
western line of Maury county, dis
lance Of sixty miles, not mile of
roadway will have to be constructed.
Any other route will necessitate the
construction of a road almost as
soon as the Davidson county line is
passed. But the Hickman county
people are aroused. They have
shown public spirited determination
to bring the great highway through
that county. They have pledged the
labor and the money necessary to
construct the road And the road
will be diverted from it's natural
course through Maury county unless
the citizens of Columbia arouse them
selves from their lethargy and show
that they are interested in the con-
struction of the road. There should
be no argument necessary to con-
vince the people of this section Of
the value of this road and of the
necessity for bringing it through
the county. That Id a proposition
that admits of no argument.
The Board of Trade through it's
officers has already endorsed the
proposed highway and pledged sup
port but there has been little inter-
est masifested by the members of that
or by the business men
generally. Now is the time to act.
The question will be live subject at
the meeting of the Board of Trade to-
morrow night. Every citizen who has
the welfare, of the city and county
at heart and who believes in progress
should attend the meeting.