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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

with those natives This man who
claimed that he had been on earth
three hundred and some years said
that when he was a young man of %
he weighed $50 pounds. He kept at
about that weight until he reached the
age of 80. Then he gradually COM
menced to dry up. He had then COM
menced on the preserving period.
When he was 100 he weighed only
200 pounds. When he was 125 he
weighed $50. At the age of $50 he
had shrunk until he weighed only 100
pounds. At 200 years his weight was
80 pounds. When he reached $50 years
his weight was only go pounds and
when | saw him he weighed only 40
pounds One of the Egyptian num-
mics looked fresh and plump beside
him, but he seemed to be feeling we'll
and good for another hundred years.
He had dried up till his bones rat
tied when he walked and when the
nights were cool he didn't need any
blanket. He had so much more skin
than he needed to cover up his dried
up frame that he could wrap it round
him like blanket Of course, this
man may have been liar, but he of
fered to show me tree that he had
put his mark on when it was sap
hing which has 800 rings on it now,
one ring for each year that it is old"
-0-
Ruttar Wropnars ~ 49, T.J a.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03
COUNTING THE pRoGREssIvEs

Some of the Idaho Democratic
newspapers that worked overtime
during the campaign in encouraging
the Progressives are now telling Pro-
gressives that the Republican party
is under the control of Cannon and
Penrose in the nation and are urging
them to leave the poor old stranded
wreck and pull for the shore in the
Democratic life boat. Would not this
be just too lovely for anything?
In politics, as in the other affairs
of this life, it is better to bear those
ills we have than to fly to those we
know not of. The Progressives are
in harmony with the Republicans on
the tariff and other fundamental prin-
ciples of present day politics, so that
it will be much easier for them to Sc
cure any results they desire through
the medium of the Republican party
than by joining the Democratic party.
Idaho Republicans are not respon-
sible for Cannon and Penrose, who are
neither better nor worse than Per-
kins and Flynn of the Progressive
party, or Charley Murphy and Roger
Sullivan of the Democratic party. The
only just standard by which to meas
ure political organization is its
principles and the record Of its ac-
Measured by this
standard, the Republican party today
offers more hope to the Progressives
than any other political organization.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03
HEROES.

Have you ever noticed that in ev-
cry football or any other game there
is always one of the players who
stands out prominently in the eyes
of the public? He is the one who is
expected, and does, bring victory to
the home team, and he is the one
who is looked upon as little less than
a hero.
Then there is another kind of a
hero who lives in every town. On
Saturday night he takes his wages
and gives them to his mother. He
hasn't time to play football or go to
the games. He is busy keeping the
wolf of cold and hunger from the
door of that patient mother, AT night
he stays home and keeps her COM
pany He doesn't know touchdown
from soda fountain. But he sees
the gray hairs of that mother and
notes the burrows in her brow. He
knows that her slowing step and bent
form comes because she worked for
him when he couldn't help himself.
He is trying to pay her back. He new
er tells about it nor does he claim
any credit to himself for what he is
doing. He is making his touchdown
away from the eyes of the crowd and
applause of the multitude, but he is
winning victory the like of which
will never be seen on field where
physical prowess takes sway There
are different kinds of heroes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

called to render your accounts. Death
may come to you when you are asleep
or when you are at work in the field
or in the store or when you are riding
along on railroad train. l once
heard of young man who neglected
to embrace salvation when he had the
opportunity. A few days after that
he was riding along in railroad train
with head stuck out of the window
when the timber of bridge struck his
head and knocked it clean off,"
"Thank Godr shouted the elder.
"Now who will be the next?"
81 see," remarked Old Bill Misgiv-
ems, "that some of these health ex-
perts predict that the time is COM
ing when people will live to be $50.
They are probably right about that,
but they are behind the times. Down
in the edge of Arizona and Lower
California | ran across natives who
told me that they could recollect cir
that happened when they
were kids $50 years ago. One old
rooster claimed that he was 300 and
looked the part. The air down there
is so dry and pure that it destroys
all deleterious germs and then these
natives gradually dried up like so
many dried prunes or well dried beef.
Now when beef is thoroughly dried
it will keep indefinitely. Same way
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03
Why They Recommend Foley's Honey
and Tar.

P. A. Efrd, Conejo, lif-because
ait produces the best results, always
cures severe colds, sore chest and
lungs and does not contain opiates or
harmful drugs" DIR. John w. Taylor,
Luthersville, Ga.-because 81 believe
it to be an honest medicine and it sat
isles my patrons" W. L. Cook, Mel
hart, Mont.-because at gives the
best results for coughs and colds of
anything | SELL" Every user is a
friend. B. B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03
Tales of the Town

Considering the number chased by
dogs, very few cats are caught.
No matter what happens, nobody
ever complains of the cost of whisky.
Turkey seems to have also joined
in the march Of European civiliza-
ton.
There are germs in kisses, it is said.
We are great people for taking
! chances.
When a man is able to brag on his
furnace and the woman boast Of her
beautiful fern, there you find happy
home.
If flies could only be educated so
they would punctuate in the right
place they would >be valuable asset
to editors.
Considering how hard church wo-
men work for the church, isn't it queer
that there is church in the world
that is in debt?
You may have noticed that the Eel
low who hasn't any motor car is the
one who pokes the most fun at the
low priced machines.
Boobies mother had just taken out
her winter garments. "Ma," said the
observant little fellow, what did
moths live on before Adam and Eve
wore clothes?"
Harry" said the teacher, "you
may give us sentence in which the
word understanding is correctly
used" And Harry, nothing daunted I
by the size of the word, answered.: {
"The man wore his pants out, but
Notwithstanding. {,
/
An Emmett man called on farmer I
not long ago and noticed that he $
mad exceptionally fine teeth. The next i
time he visited the man he did not I
nave tooth in his head, and the Wis T
tor inquired about it. eve only have t
me pair said the man, "and my old c
woman was up before me this morn e
n.y." I
A schoolboy asked his mother to n
lelp him with a problem starting, D
If woman paid her grocer so cents S
dozen for eggs" "Gracious me-"
aid the mother, 81 wouldn't work r.
UGH problem. Fifty cents dozen t,
or eggsl No woman would pay it, r,
nd think it's scandalous to ask such D
they teach one extrava-
'ance." a.
Have you ever noticed the resem- q,
lance between business and wheel h,
arrow? The thing that makes both W
is the possibility of ego" b,
nd they both go by man power. 1t az
lkes two eyes, two hands, two legs tn
nd a lot of push to do anything
orth while with either. Neither has 10
self starter-when the man stops, ar
9TH will stop. pl
nc
"In the face of the German voleys il
lie Cossacks crept up the hill on all sb
'urs, firing their rifles almost con- TO
and holding their horses by mi
single rein. The Cossacks did not bb
cunt until within three hundred sh
lrds of the enemy's position. Then
ey swept irresistibly across the in pu
enchments. Associated Press dis ut
itch. And yet Cossack has only I'M
70 hands. he
TT
An Emmett father took down he,
that had been hanging in moi
e yard all summer. The following est
ticles were found under where the Iri
hung: Thirteen suspender 9
ttons, II toothpicks, shoestrings, cor
rings, buckles, | hair eurfer, 43 .
ppermint lozenges, empty tobac- =
sacks, packages of cigarette pa !,
&c a hair ,;hhon- < colia, h,+4ox. cal
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

~ Y friend, Private Mulvaney,
N told me this, sitting on the
Nv parapet of the road to Dag
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

Butter wrappers at Index Office.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

A certain presiding elder of the
Methodist church was holding an ex-
perience. "Now, brethren and sisters"
said he, "let your testimony be brief
and to the point" One old brother,
however, forgot the elders admoni-
ton and started in on long winded
story of his experiences and also
added what he had heard and read.
1T is fearful thing, brothers and
sisters" said the old man, "to refuse
salvation. None of you know at what
minute or at what hour you may be
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

An Emmett man called on farmer
not long ago and noticed that he
had exceptionally fine teeth. The next
time he visited the man he did not
have a tooth in his head, and the Wis
itor inquired about it. eve only have
one pair said the man, "and my old
woman was up before me this morn
ing"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

A schoolboy asked his mother to
help him with problem starting,
"If woman paid her grocer so cents
dozen for eggs" Gracious me, y
said the mother, 81 wouldn't work
such problem. Fifty cents dozen
for eggs! No woman would pay it,
and think it's scandalous to ask such
problems, they teach one extrava-
gance.'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

''In the face of the German volleys
the Cossacks crept up the hill on all
tours, firing their rifles almost con-
tinuously and holding their horses by
a single rein. The Cossacks did not
mount until within three hundred
yards of the enemy's position. Then
they swept irresistibly across the in
trenchments.' Associated Press dis
patch And yet Cossack has only
two hands.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

Have you ever noticed the resem-
blance between business and wheel
barrow? The thing that makes both
interesting is the possibility of ego"
and they both go by man power. 1t
takes two eyes, two hands, two legs
and lot of push to do anything
worth while with either. Neither has
a self starter-when the man stops,
both will stop.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
BLIND STAGGERS~
IN MAURY COUNTY
ONE FARMER LOSES TWO FINE
HORSES AND SOME ALARM
is FELT.

Farmers of Maury county are con-
siderably concerned over the preva-
lence of blind staggers" among hors-
es in the state. While conditions
here have not been as alarming as
have been several horses to die from
the state, at the same time there
they have Been IN other sectfUns Of
the disease. In the fifth district last
week one man lost two horses in as
many days, one Of Them being an es-
pecially fine young animal for which
he had only a short time before re-
fused over 5000. Blind staggers is
disease due to eating inferior or
deteriorated grain. There is more
than the usual amount of smut and
rotten grains among the corn crops
of the county this year due to the
drouth. However, with proper care
in feeding, by giving the closest at
tention to the corn, inspecting every
ear to see that no rotten grains are
on it, the dangers from the disease
can be very much minimized.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
that BURSTING
HEAD
Probably is the Result of an lnac.
tive Liver

Too frequent one forgets his liver
and then he must pay the penalty
in the form of headaches, indiges.
ton, constipation and other symp-
toms. When this happens, you must
go back and help nature eliminate
the accumulated poisons, cleanse the
system Of bile and the results will
quickly disappear.
GRIGsBYS LIV-vER-LAx ia ran.
idly displacing the use of calomel in
this section, not only because it does
the work more effectively than clo-
mel, but because it is easy to take
and has no disagreeabIe after effects.
Get SOC or $1.0O bottle of this
wonder remedy from your druggist
to-day, 1t is sold only under guaran-
tee. Every bottle bears the likeness
OF L. K. Grigsby, who guarantees it
through STEPHENSON BROS.
'Ao't) 2I5t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
THE GREENFIELD
NOVELTY SHOW
MEMBERS OF THE CAST ARE
ALL THE BEST LOCAL
TALENT.

The Greenfield Novelty Show
which is to be put on at the New
Grand on Jan. 80, for the benefit o.
the Columbia band, is composed Of
all local talent, and it will be well
worth seeing.
Practically all of the cast will be
Of the same superior character as the
shows put on heretofore by local tai
ent, which gives assurance of a most
excellent entertainment. The mem.
bers Of the cast are hard at work
making preparations. The program
will contain many musical numbers,
and as it is to be band benefit it
is most deserving of the encourage.
ment of the public.
The progress of the band and Or
chestra Is a matter of much favorable
comment and it will be only a short
time before Columbia will have a
band and orchestra equal to that Of
any city in the state. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
DAMAGE SUIT IS
FILED IN CIRCUIT
| COURT THURSDAY
ALL THE PARTIES ARE RESI-
DENTS OF THE PHOSPHATE
CITY.
ALLEGATIONS Are SENSATIONAL
Banko & Son Are Made Defendants
by Mr.. and Mrs. chas. colvert, All
Being Engaged in a General Butch.
er Business.
ALLEGATIONS Are SENSATIONAL

A suit of rather sensational fea-
! lures has been filed in the circuit
court citing the defendants to appear
at the February term. The parties
to the suit are all residents of the
city Of Mt Pleasant and are well
known here.
The style Of the suit is Mt. Pleas
ant Meat Market VS.. Banko & Son
The owners of the Mt. Pleasant Meat
Market are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Col.
vert, while the defendants in the case
are G. Banko and Fred Banko, also
engaged in the meat business. The
suit is brought under a charge of H.
bel and the damages asked is $4,000.
The allegations are that in some man
ner that is not shown in the papers
in the case that Banko & Son came
into possession of the mail intended
for the Mt. Pleasant Meat Market,
and by this means obtained informa.
ton of business importance. With
this information in their possession
1t is further alleged that defendants
then undertook to impair the credit
OF the plaintiffs by writing letters de-
signed and calculated to injure the
standing of said plaintiffs. These
letters are in the possession of the at.
torneys, and it is stated will create a
sensation when they are made public.
Charles Colvert is brother of John
Colvert, who Is in the meat business
In this city.
The attorneys are J. C. VOORHEES,
,or the plaintiffs and Holding G. Gar
aer or the defendants.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
REAL ESTATE
PAST TWO DAYS
NUMBER OF SMALL DEALS
SHOWING CONSIDERABLE
ACTIVITY IN MARKET.

The real estate transfers for thu
past few days have not amounted tt
any considerable volume in dollar!
and cents, but the number of deals
shows considerable activity in &
small way. The addition, however
places the aggregate for the month
at $112,5OO, which is an excellent re
cord. The transfers follow:
Savannah Fleming to W. L. Wake
field, tract in 1st district, $500.
Geo. w. Killebrew to Frank Parks
lot in Mt. Pleasant, 1925.
Geo. w. Killebrew, to F. M. Rick.
etts, lot in Mt. Pleasant, $500.
Frank Parks to Susan L. Hoge, lot
in Mt. Pleasant, $3.50.
F. M. Ricketts, to Susan L. Hoge,
lot in Mt. Pleasant, 5000.
W.. Y. C. Grant to C. C. Morgan,
lot on Mooresville pike, $137.5O.,
w. Matthews to G. c. Morgan, lot
in Columbia, $500.
A. d. Sloan to J. A. Sloan & Co.,
in lot in 9th district, $3.50.
J. Lee Brown to l.. H. Collins, IS
acres in 3r district, $1,000.
Mary E. Surest to R. H. Jackson,
100 acres in 3rd district, $4,000.
R. H. Jackson to j. Lee Brown, 100
acres in 3rd district, $4,000.
w. G. Whitthorne to J. H. Robert
son, lot in 9th district, $685..
w. L. Harris to Ruhm Phos. Co.,
ract in 18th district, $3.50.
Sam Caruthers to Mrs. Hardy Skel-
ey, lot in End district, S65.
Mary E. Strong to L. T. Strong,
ract in 9th district, $500.
S. S. Fleming to Annie CARRIER, lot
n Columbia, $500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
EXPRESS RATE NOT e
YET ADVANCED SAY
THE COMMISSIONERS
RATE EXPERT DENIES STATE
MENT OF Mr.. BARKER TO
THAT EFFECT.
old SCHEDULE Is In EFFECT
And viii Remain So Until the New
Rates Have Been Announced by the
State Board Of Railroad Commits.
Observation-Disclosures in Atlanta.

That the express rates in Columbi
have been increased is denied by J
o. Hendley, formerly of Columbi
and at present the rate expert for tn
state railroad commission On tn,
contrary Mr.. Hendley writes to Pres
ident Parker of the Board of Trade
that the express rates in Tennessee,
are having the earnest attention ant
consideration of the commission an(
the old rates will remain in effect un
til such time as the commission
makes known it's decision.
The letter from Mr.. Hendley to Mr.
Parker follows:
Nashville, Jan. 18th, 1914. Mr.
Charles A. Parker, President Column
bia Board of Trade, Columbia, Tenn
my dear Mr. Parker-We learn
through Mr.. Barker that the good
people of Columbia are under the i'm
preston that express rates in Ten
hSooSS, VIA We oiu dHSSu VI rSUi udIJ
list, next.
1.-THE matter of the express rates
between points in Tennessee is hav-
ing the earnest attention Of the COM
missioners, and especially of Commits
sioner Frank Avent, under whose d.
rection l have for the past month
been devoting my entire time to this
one particular question of express
rates. -
There is to be conference of the
representatives of the railroad COM
missions of the southern states in At
lanta, Ga, during the week of Janua-
nv 10th, to consider a uniform plan
of state express rates, and as l have
been delegated to represent the Ten
nessee commission at this conference,
YOU may rest assured that Columbia
will not be overlooked.
The old express rates between
points in Tennessee will remain IN
effect until such time as this commits
sion's new schedule is announced,
which will be just as soon as it is
possible for the rates to be arranged
and compiled.
With best wishes for yourself and
the Columbia Board of Trade, I am,
Every truly yours,
~ V. HENDLEY."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
\ WARREN TITCOMB
GETS GOOD JOB
LOCAL YOUNG MAN ACCEPTS RE-
SPONSIBLE POSITION UNDER
SUPT. BROWN.

Warren Titcomb, one of the most
popular young business men of the
city, has received a fine position I'M
der DR.. Lucius Brown in the pure food
department of the state. This an
nouncement will be source of local
pride and congratulation, as he has a
host of friends here who are interest
ed in his business success and well
fare. The appointment was by civil
service examination, and of the six
teen who stood it, his name was Sec
ond in the list. This testifies to his
eminent ability to fill the position
with honor and credit to himself and
family.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
Wonderful Couch Remedy.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is known
everywhere as the remedy which
will surely stop cough or cold. d.
P. Lawson of Edison, Tenn. writes:
DIR. Kings New Discovery is the
most wonderful cough, cold and throat
and lung medicine ever sold in my
store. 1t can't be beat. 1t sells
without any trouble at all. 1t needs
no guarantee" This is true, be-
cause DR.. Kings New Discovery will
relieve the most obstinate of coughs
and colds. Lung troubles quickly
helped by it's use. You should keep
bottle in the house at all times for
all the members of the family. soc.
and $1.00. All Druggists or by mail
H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or
st. Louis. (Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
DAM BREAKS AND
HUNDREDS HOMELESS
IN WEST VIRGINIA
VAST VOLUME or WATER IN
STONEY CREEK is
RELEASED.
MANY TOWNS ARE INUNDATED
Latter Day Paul Reverb Rides Down
the Valley Shouting Warning Of
the Coming acknowledgements
Dot Hills for Seventy Miles.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. 49,
Huddled in rude shacks and obour
blazing campfiires, hundreds of refu
gees last night watched and waited
in the West Virginia hills while the
northern branch of the Potomac river
swollen to an icy flood, swept through
their homes in the towns that dot the
valleys below.
A wall of water starting from the
broken dam of the West Virginia
Pulp & Paper Co. on Stoney creek
moved down the Potomac, inundating
the town of Schnell, w. Va, where
the two streams meet, and started a
flood wave, laden with wreckage and
ice down the Potomac valley.
Warnings of the approaching food
were sent the residents of small
towns along the river scurrying to
safety in the hills, where from want
age points they peeped through the
darkness in an icy gale toward the
swollen waters below.
The flood wave apparently expend-
ed it's eulogy in mad twenty mile
dash down the vailed of the Stoney
creek, from the bursted dam to
Schell, This valley, however, was
uninhabited.
The big dam, which impounded a
lake of water five miles long and
which was sixty-five feet high, had
been weakening for several days.
Last night it began to crumble, and a
farmer from the mountain village of
Storm rode down the valley warning
The few inhabitants of the impending
break. A part of the big structure
gave way and the sweeping waters
carried away the greater part of the
ace of the dam. The released weight
If water swept down to Schell. There
he rOadbed of the Western Maryland
Railroad was washed out and traffic
IN the road tied up. H.. No.
The Potomac river was filled with
ce and this, with wreckage and log
looms torn from their moorings, add
ID force to the flood.
Fearful that the mass of wreckage |
Tile up and pen the rushing waters,
he authorities and railroad officials
ynamited several small bridges in
he valley which threatened to jam
he rush.
Along the valley the officials took
he utmost precaution to prevent the
Using water with it's burden of ice
nd wreckage from being jammed
ONE fear was felt because of a wood
n dam at Beryl, w. Va, where the
avage river flows into the Potomac
Officials here tonight estimated that
along the path of the food
ad been damaged to the extent of
bout 100000. To this was added
of dollars worth of logs
arried away by the water.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23
MAYOR GARRETT
BUYS FINE CALF
PAYS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
FOR FOUR MONTHS OLD JER-
SEY BULL.

J. W. Garrett, mayor of the city OF
Lawrenceburg, and well known
prominent farmer and business man
of Lawrence county, has just pur-
chased a four days old Jersey bull
calf from Patton Whitaker for which
he paid the sum of 500. This is one
of the finest bred calves that has ever
gone out Of Maury county and Mr..
Garrett ha. done much for himself
and Lawrence county in taking this
character of blooded stock there. The
calf is out of register of merit COW
of the AA class having produced 499
pounds of butter in one year without
forcing. The calf was sired by Emil
nence Premier, the bull that heads
the famous Whitaker herd, which has
always stood at the head Of any con.
tests in which they entered.