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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16
IMPORTATION OF
IRISH POTATOES TO
THE UNITED STATES
YEAR 1912 SHOWED HEAVIEST
OF ANY IN HISTORY OF
COUNTRY.
PRICES FROM Al CENTS UP
Production In the United States Was
Small As Compared With Other
Countries of Much Less TiIlable
Area and Less Population.

Special to The Herald
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Recent
discussions with reference to impor-
tations of potatoes into the United
States lend interest to a statement
compiled by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce Of the depart
ment of commerce showing the i'm
ports and exports of this class of
merchandise during long term OF
years. 1t shows that the largest i'm
portation of potatoes in any single
year occurred in the fiscal year
|1912 when the total quantity imported
was 1871 million bushels, the next
largest was in 1909, S1s million bush
els, and in 1902 7 2-3 million bushels.
The tolta quantity imported since
1900 is practically 81 million bushels
and the quantity exported in the
same length of time, 16 million bush
els, the total production in the United
States during that period having been
lover 4 billin bushels, or an average
|of approximately 300 million bushels
per annum, the figures. of recent
years averaging about 800 million
bushels per annum except in years of
|abnormally short crops.
The largest importations of pota-
toes naturally occur In years of short
crops in the United States. The high
record importation, that Of the fiscal
year 1912, 1871 million bushels, fol-
lowed short crop in the calendar
year 1911, when the total production
was but 292 million bushels, against
349 million bushels in the year i'm
mediately preceding; and that Of the
fiscal year 1902, 7 % million bushels,
followed a crop of bue 1873 million
bushels in the calendar year 1901,
against 211 million in 1900. There
have been five occasions since 1900
on which the imports of potatoes ex-
ceeded / million bushels per annum
and seven years in which the exports
have exceeded / million bushels per
annum, those of 1911 and 1918 ex-
ceeding million bushels.
The average import price of the po-
tatoes imported has ranged from Al
cents per bushel in 1902 to $1.09 in
1907 and $1.0S in 1911, the average
price in 1912, the year of the largest
importations, being So cents per bush
ell and in 1918, SO cents the average
farm price, according to the figures
of the department of agriculture hav-
ing ranged from 43 cents in 1900 to
80 cents in 1911 and SO cents in 1913
Potato production in the United
States is small, compared with certain
other countries having much smaller
area and much less population. The
product of Germany in 1911 was
1893 million bushels; Austria, 426
million bushels France, 424 million,
and the United States, in the year in
question, 293 million bushels. The
production in the United Kingdom,
from which our chief importations are
drawn, is considerably less than that
of the United States, having been 281
million bushels in 1911, of which 1873
million were produced. in Ireland, 100
million in England, and Sc million in
Scotland.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16
FORCE BEGINS WORK
Of REWRITING TOWN
FOR BELL TELEPHONE
NEW SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALL.
ED WITH NEW BUILDING IN
SPRING..
NO RINGING FOR CENTRAL
Shifting From One Exchange to tn.
Other viii Be of No Inconvenience,
to Any Of the Patrons Of the Ser
vice.

The Cumberland Telephone Compa
ny is giving employment to q large
force of workmen in Column just
now, and with the coming of spring
it is expected that the new building
will not only be ready for occupanc!
but that an entirely new system will
be installed, together with new wiz
ing, cables and poles throughout the
city.
J. G.. Green, construction foreman
arrived in Columbia Thursday witt
a large force of linemen, and at once
began the work of rewriting the city
This work will include the construc
ton of new cables, running of new
wires on all the poles in the city
setting of new poles wnere needed
and the installation of an entirely neV
switchboard, which board will be ol
Grated under the new system know
as the common battery or flashligh
system. N
Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the new building on Garden stree
that is to be occupied as soon as CON
pleted, and the contractors contem
plate its completion as early as Apr
10 or Is. This new wiring and cab
ling will engage twenty to thirt
men regularly in addition to the reg
ular line, repair and operative fore
kept on duty here all the time, an
these will be continued in the servic
until the work is done. 1t is the eI
pectation of the construction fore
to have all the lines ready and b
shape to be tied in on the neV
switch board by the time the buildinI
is in readiness to receive it. TIL
shifting of the exchange from tn
old system and old builing to the neV
system and new building will be
uO Inconvenience " euO PcbSA oAo Va tA
telephone service. They will know
nothing of it. The clipping of th
connections and the re-tieing will
but a matter of moment when al
is in readiness. Operators will b. 4
at both places and as the change
from one board to the other are made
by the construction force the calls /
will be registered at the new eT y
change.
When the new exchange is installed
it will not be necessary to ring to get
attention from central. All that will
be necessary will be to raise the re-
ceiver; this will complete an electric
circuit which will show light at the
switchboard exposing the number de-
string attention, and the bells will be
used only as call to the patrons
and not as a call from central or the
operators.
This work will consume a tremen-
dous amount of material in the way
Of poles, wires, cross arms and various
other necessities, and when the work
men turn it over to the company the
system will be second to none in the
South. Columbia will have system
that will be as good as the best and
It will then be up to the patrons and
the company to make it as satisfac-
tory in Columbia as elsewhere.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16
NEGRO TEACHERS
HOLD MEETING

The negro teachers of the county
held their regular monthly meeting
at the court house this morning. The
was somewhat smaller
than usual on account of the inclem-
eHt weather.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16
ANOTHER RECORD
FOR MAURY FARMER

Mrs. d. v. Mitchell, of Glendale,
with one COW and few turkeys and
a small flock of hens, sold during the
past year butter, eggs and poultry to
the amount of 1924, and had plenty
for the use of the family.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16

Woman loves clear, rosy COM
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitters is
splendid for purifying the blood,
clearing ten skin, restoring sound d.
gestion. All druggists sell it. Price,
$1.Os. (Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16

Eczema spreads rapidly; itching
almost drives you mad. For quick
relief, Doan's Ointment is we'll re-
commended. SOC at all stores.
(Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-16

For Group or sore throat, use DR..
Thomas Eclectic Oil. Two iszes,
25c and soc. At all drug stores.
(Advt.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
JAILED
WHENHEP AWNS
HER $500 RING
Bankers Son and Woman Com
panion Arrested on Wine In
porter's Theft Charges.

RICHMOND, March Thomas L.
Tyson. son OF well-to- banker
and planter of Isola, Miss. Is in Jail
here awaiting trial on the charge OF
making away with a $500 diamond
ring belonging to Chasle Trafieri, a
wealthy wine importer of this city.
Tyson admits that he pawned the
ring for 800 after getting possession
of 1t from Mrs. Laura Brewer, a
young woman almost girllsh in APP
pearance and beauty. who came here
several months ago from Biuefeld,
W. Va.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Brewer met
Traheri and admired the diamond on
his finger. He let her look at It,
he says, and she kept it. Later, when
he insisted that 1t be returned. he
learned that It was no longer in pos
session Of the young woman.
He thereupon swore out warrant
charging her with theft Of the dia-
mond. Detectives located 1t In a
pawn shop, where 1t was learned that
Tyson had disposed of it. He was
arrested a few days later in Indiana
and was brought back to Richmond.
Though she at first threatened to
give damaging evidence against Ty-
son, Mrs. Brewer after his return to
Richmond, declared that she would
stand by "Tom, now that we are in
the same boat"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
KENTUCKY GIRL
SLAYER To GET
ANOTHER TRIAL
States Best Legal Talent in Ar
ray for Second Hearing Of
Copeland Case.

PADUCAH, March THE double
trial on charges of the murder of
May Copeland. 10. and her sweet
heart Lucien Turk. both Of Ballard
County. will be called for the second
time at Mayfield on March II. The
case is the most sensational here in
years.
Both were indicted for the murder
of Hugh Atchison, May Copeland's
brother-in-law The girl assumes all
blame, saying she shot Atchison in
his own home, where she had gone
for her clothes at midnight one night
last July. At the time, she maintains.
Turk was in buggy outside.
In telling her story on the stand,
Miss Copeland claims that Atchison
attacked her some time before the
killing, when she was living with the
Atchisons She left their home. and
insists that following her departure
Atchison threatened to kill her II she
should tell of his guilt.
The girl claims that on the night of
the shooting Atchison arose from his
bed and started toward her as she
stood waitin~ for her sister. She ran
from the room, and. with Turks gun,
fired over her shoulder. Atchison fell
dead. She then fed from the scene.
There were no eyewitnesses to the
deed. Turks story substantiated that
of the girl.
After a bitterly fought trial last
in which the best legal
talent of Western Kentucky was OPP
posed, hung jury resulted. Since
then new evidence has been unearth-
ed and will be presented.
Turk is the son Of wealthy land
cwner. He and the girl have been
apart since the first trial, though both
are out on heavy bond. Miss Cope
land is an especially attractive wom-
an. Upon her testimony, particularly
regarding the alleged assault, the de-
fense relies. The prosecution will in
troduce evidence to show that Atchi-
son was physically incapable Of the
crime charged.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
A Staple Medicine
for Every Family
No Self Respecting Group
of People Should be With
out a Good Family Laxative

1t is inconceivable I'm this day Of
general intelligence that any fam
lily would be without a simple rem
edy for the minor ills of life, for
often by giving such a remedy in
time a serious disease can be frus-
trated and a life saved.
For example, if at the first sign of
a cold simple laxative tonic like
DIR. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin were
given, the beginning of a serious
lung affection or of a typhoid fever
might. be avoided. And also in
headaches, nervousness, etc, a small
dose of this remedy would relieve
the congestion and replace distress
with comfort. Mothers give it to
tiny infants and little children, and
grown people take 1t with equally
good effect.
Thousands of good American
homes are never without it, among
them the home of Mrs. G. A. Wright,
1881 Pasadena Ave. Long Beach,
Cal. She had considerable trouble
raising little Lawrence, three years
old, but after regulating his bowels
with small doses of DIR. Caldwell's
syrup Pepsin he began to thrive,
and she has had no further trouble
with him. They use it generally in
her home.
Syrup Pepsin saves the health OF
the family, and ii saves doctors
bills. II is guaranteed cure for
any form of stomach. liver and
bowel trouble, constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness, gas on the stom-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

Don't worry and give up hope. You
can secure easily, quickly, harmlessly
the very hope you desire If you really
wish to remove pimples, blotches, skin
discolorations, biackheads, RASH letter
etc.
No matter upon what part Of the
body the blemishes occur Stuarts Cal
ciun Waters will rosily tint your. skin,
give YOU better, purer. stronger blood,
and thus rebuild your entire body, for
blood Is the secret OF all health.
Calcium Sulphide contained In these
pleasant little waters Is the strongest
blood purifier known. 1t abolishes PIN
pies. etc. in just a few days, while In
a week or so the change in your COM
plexion win actually astound- you.
The beauty that comes after using
these waters Is so extremely gratifying
TO women that they can not speak too
highly OF their changed appearance, and
hence II is that Stuart's Calcium
Waters enjoy the greatest patronage
Of any remedy sold.
Building and purifying the blood
builds up all that women so much de-
sire--faoe, skin, nerves and body tone
Thus It Is that when one uses Stuart's
Calcium Waters the entire system is
glad, and responds In q manner that
Is quickly felt and speedily seen by
others.
Go to your druggist, no matter where
he may be located, and obtain a box
OF Stuart's Calcium Waters. Price, so
cents.--Advt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
Child Wife Of Old
Man Wins Divorce

NEW YORK, March The kindly
voiced Advisory Master of Chancery,
c. S. Hartshorne, leaned forward and
said with sympathy in his tones;
And so, considering all the cir
cumstances of the case, / shall recon-
mend the granting of the cross-peti-
toners plea for divorce and dismiss
the suit of the petitioner. I will hear
argument for alimony later"
A slim girl at the counsel table on
the left gave little gurgle of delight.
She was Mrs. William H. Preese, wife
Of a well-to-do manufacturer of Ar
lington, N. J. At the time of her mar
riage. in April, 1910, she was Leona
Simpson, l6 years old, a shopgirl.
Her husband was almost half a CEN
turp her senior
The decision yesterday meant for
her the triumphant end of years of
litigation, which began soon after she
fled from her elderly husbands home
two months after marriage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
Morton, 90, Begins
Tenth Prison Term
Perpetual Convict Away From Home
When Out of Peni-
Tertiary.

JEFFERSON CITY, NO. Feb. 2s.
Frank Morton received at the peniten-
sins his tenth term n Oh priscD Is s.
and has spent more than one-third of
his life either in jail or the penitentiary.
Morton's offense in each case has been
burglary. He has had q mania all OF
his life. he says, for breaking into
houses.
He has been sentenced each time IN
der a different name, but admits that
Morton is his right name.
Morton has not yet reached the high
record established by Charles Meier,
better known as Dutch Charlie" who
served thirteen sentences in the peni-
Tertiary. Meier, however, was well
along In the seventies when In the
prison last.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

sne skin. My hair fell out gradually and
looked dead. was disfigured very much
ana | certainly got tired of people asking me
"nat was the matter with my face. lost
. good many nights' sleep. The disease
sot SO far along it didn't look ike ringworm
DIS frightened me. They said it was bar
Der itch.
| was advised to use --- which
YOU'D stop it. but on the outside Of the
ing It would soon appear again leaving the
SKIN rough and scaly. l was given treat
rnent but it did not do any good. Then |
began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
"ssnlng with the Cuticura Soap then ap-
plying the Cuticura Ointment three and four
times day and at night. In little less
man two weeks was cured Of that skin
trouble" (signed) W. II. Nail, June 3, 1913
Cuticura Soap csc. and Cuticura Ointment
ooc. are sold everywhere. Liberal sample OF
each mailed free. with sep. Skin Book. Ad-
afess postcard "Cuhcura. Dept. T, Boston.
~ Men who shave and shampoo with Gu
ucura Soap viii nndit best for skin and scalp.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
PUBLIC OFFICER
DEFENDS POOR
IN Los ANGELES
Young Attorney Appointed to Bat
tie for Weak in Courts
Free of Charge.

LOS ANGELES. March Los An
geles County has taken another step
in its series OF reform experiments by
the appointment OF Public Defender
and the creation of the widows and
Orphans Department of the Legal
Profession"
The purpose of the new department
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08


ach, headaches, drowsiness after
eating, etc. Have no hesitancy
about giving it to any member of
the family. however young or old,
for 1t contains nothing injurious to
the youngest person.
A bottle can be obtained at any
nearby drug store for fifty cents or
one dollar. The latter size is more
economical and is bought by those
who have already convinced them
selves of its merits. Syrup Pepsin
users learn to discard pills, salts.
cathartics and purgatives generally,
as they are too great shock to any
average system.
Families wishing TO try a free
sample bottle can obtain it postpaid
by addressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell.
419 Washington St, Monticello, Ill.
A postal card with your name and
address on 1t will do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
Two Confess Murder,
Each Accusing Other

PORTLAND, IND, March lone
or both of two men held in the county
jail here murdered Wilbur Phillips, of
Lima, Ohio, November 30, by their
own confession. made to local officers
before a Justice of the peace.
Levan Baker and George Baker,
though they denied the crime when
separated, acknowledged completely,
declaring, however, that the other
was the actual murderer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
Plans Last Fight on
Two Year-0ld Blaze

MARTINSBURG w. VA, March IA
last big effort is now being made to
quench the fires that have been smol-
dering, Ike a pent-up volcano, in the
mountainous cinder piles that have for
years been accommodating on a dump
near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
here. For two years these fires have
been burning, and all ordinary means of
extinguishing the blaze have failed.
The railroad has installed stationary
engine, with powerful pump, and
thousands of gallons Of water will be
thrown onto the seething mass.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
8-Inch Steel Hatpin
Removed From a Dog

BOULDER. COLO. March IA
steel hatpin, eight inches in length,
was removed from the valuable bull
terrier of James P. Mann here by DR..
8. A. Ferguson, and the dog still lives.
spots" had been suffering severe
pains for three months and physi-
clans had diagnosed the case as rheu-
matism.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

la Rue writes "For many years have
suffered with stomach and bowel trouble which
has been caused by q severe case Of catarrh
My blood Is also in poor condition. What can
be done for msS"
Answer; II you follow the directions given be-
low you should be wen and strong again. Oh
tain the following from any well stocked drug
store and mir hy shaking well, then take tea
spoonful four times daily; Syrup sarsGaaEilia
comp. I osa. comp. nuid baimwort ! o.. mud
ext buchu, / o.. Use in connection with this
the following local treatment: Get 2-oE. pack
age Of antAeptic yllane powder and make ca
tarrh balm BY mixing one ounce Of lard or
vaseline with a level teaspoonful Of the powder
and use in the nnstriis daily. Also make q
wash Of one pint Of warm water and ono-hah
teaspoenful Of yilane powder and use two or
three timss a day until the nos,riis arc thor
oughly elssnssd and your trouble should soon
be gone.
Elsie NJ" writes. II hare such short. strinEy.
struggling hair and my scalp is fun Of dandrun.
Please advise me what Ia do"
Answer The hest advice can orer Is sim
pie. Get at q well-stoehsd drug store q t-oz. jar
Of plain yellow minyol, directions accompanying.
and use It regularly. II promotes healthy.
vigorous growth Of hair and skates dandruf. Itch
Ing scalp. lustrsiess hair and stops falling hair.
II the hair IL harsh and struggling 1t restores
a soft. huny appearance. and brings back the
inssnss natural color,
''HaEens'' says: II would certainly sppreci-
ats Anmsthins that would increase my weight and
take away that lansuid feeling which am sub
ieot TO most Of The time Ny blood is weak and
watery and my appetite Is poor"
Answer; Your condition Is very easily ever
come II you viii follow the directions given be-
low. ASK your druggist for s-Eain hypo-nuciane
tablets and take according to tho directions and
your weight should increase. These tablets pro-
mote assimilation. absorption and aid digestion.
transform the complexion and figure They are
prescribed by physicians and are perfectly good.
They should be taken regularly for several months
and you should depend upon gaining flesh and
thai ianstid fssiias viii vanish completely.
ID. z. a." writes: Ny rheumatism is get
ting worse all the time I am getting so stir
that 1t makes 81 very hard for me to get around !"
Answer Do not worry about your rheumatism.
a. that can be very easily controlled by using
the foIlowins Get at the drug store the insre-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
Pimples Are
Signals Of Distress
And by Using stuart's Calcium Wa
fers They May Be Removed Quick
lv, Surely and Harnllessly.

Before the blood becomes entirely inn
poverished IL tells man Of its condi-
ton. II warns him repeatedly. These
messages are conveyed by pimples,
blotches, liver spots, eczema, letter,
symptoms one runs the risk of perfna-
nently diseasing the blood beyond hope
Of cure
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

Just kept spreading until it
began to look serious. It
first appeared on my face as
a small spot itching and burn
ing and It gradually spread
until it got over my face and
head. Wherever It went it
would leave the skin with
white scales. Twas compelled
to scratch and that irritated
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

is to appear in court in behalf of
those who have not sufficient funds
to make a defense against a criminal
charge, to protect the property of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

those who, while in the right, are
financially weak.
To the position OF Public Defender
has been assigned Watson J. Wood. y
young member of the bar.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
SCALY RINGWORM
ON FACE AND HEAD
Kept Spreading. Itching and Burn
ing Hair Fell Out. Disfgured
Very Much. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Cured.

R. F. D. No. ], Pocahontas. Tenn. -
took something resembling ringworni
and thought IL would anon 0et we'll hut il