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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Cooks Revenge.

In the peaceful quietude of a sum.
mer evening, red-faced cook put
her head out Of the window of sub.
urban house and shouted: Thieves
Police!" at the top of her lungs.
Instantly all was confusion. The
neighbors left their houses, and a per-
spring policeman came reluctantly un
the steps Of IN area opposite and com.
menced search for the marauders.
But not soul could he find. Every.
thing in the house was in spple-pie or.
der, and, after looking about for some
time, he left in disgust.
Martha why in the world did you
give that false alarm?" her mistress
asked her afterwards.
ITO have my revenge on the police.
man, ma'am," Martha candidly CON
fessed. "The brute's thrown me over
for the cook across the way, and he
was just sitting down to supper there
when called out 'P0llcer and made
him run. Now the grub will be cold,
and |, know from experience, ma'am,
that If there's anything on earth that
makes Robert wish hisself dead, it's
cold rabbit-pie !"-Tit-Bits.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
T.P. HAYS Dead


Il T Hays, a grocery merchant,
led at bis home 10 Irrelevant last
Monday night at $50 O'Clock,
sitter an illness of several months
with consumption. He had re-
SIZED in Trezevant three or four
rcars and was a citizen highly es-
t"emed By those who knew him.
He was 81 years old. member of
TIE Baptist church and an upright
nan. He is survived by his wife
and six or seven children. The
nlrial occurred Wednesday at
Eon in the Twenty second dis.
tftct, after funeral services con-
ef.lcttd by Rev. Mr.. jackson, of
Gleason. The bereaved family
ave the sympathy of the entire
ta Sn and community.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
curtiss Builds yep Chaser.

A Zeppelin destroyer has been test
ed at the Curtiss AerOplane company's
flying grounds in Buffalo, Reports of
its performance, remarks the Philadel-
phia Ledger, say it is the most remark
able machine ever built for pursuit
and airshlp chasing. Victor Carl
strom. the long distance record holder,
was the pilot and tested the aero
plane under all conditions, remaining
in the air for more than an hour and
landing with ease.
The aeroplane is a tractor triplane,
and was developed in answer to the
demand for an aeroplane which could
leave the ground, overtake and de-
stroy a raidlng Zeppelin. The new
machine made maximum speed OF
120 miles an hour and throttled down
until it made As miles an hour. The
chief feature of the new 'triplane model
is its ability to climb. At the trial it
assembled 10000 feet at the rate Of
1000 feet a minute,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
LIVING COST A CENTURY AGO
Sugar Was 27 Cents Pound and a
Coffin Sold for $3.50, According
to Old Ledger.

I Chester Knipe has compiled some in
fsresting data, collected in this sec
l.nn, setting forth what it cost our
fqrefathers century ago to live,
writes North Wales Pa) CORE
spondent of the New York World. At
Tat time potatoes sold at 80 cents a
hashel, coffin was made for $3.50
and 20 cents was charged to mail
letters.
Some of the data are obtained from
al old ledger kept by David C. Kulp,
founder of Kulpsville, near North
Wales, from 1913 to 1884.
Some Of the interesting prices shown
follow: In 1913 sugar was 20 cents
q pound; in 1915 it was q cents a
round; coffee was % cents pound
and molasses SIPS n gallon. Calico
was 30 cents a yard, cotton flannel,
80 cents and handkerchief cost 50
cents. Shoes for adults cost $1.20 a
lair and for children 80 cents. Trous-
ers sold at 33 cents, suspenders AZ
cents, stockings Gil cents writing pa
per cents sheet, candles % cents
& pound, tobacco 1919 cents pound.
About 1915 oats sold at so cents a
Elushel, straw cents bundle, powder
q cents a pound. Eggs sold from 6
e. IL cents dozen and butter brought
from 10 to II cents a pound Tea at
that time sold at $1.O2 pound. Meats
were exceedingly cheap. Pork was
cents, veal 5 cents, beef cents a
pound. Flour was 4 cents a pound.
Anent labor, it is shown a farm
hand was paid 80 cents day except
iHg in the harvest season, when 60
cents was paid hand. Mr.. Kulp
charged 6 cents for cutting a pair of
trousers. The entries show that he
'laade a new frOck for Polly Rina-
waltz for 81 cents. Snuff was used
extensively then and the price was II
cents pound. The village stOrekeep-
er paid 81 week to have his mer-
chandise hauled from Philadelphia to
kulpsville. The records show Mr. Kulp
was mlllner and charged 40 cents
far altering bonnet"
In 1916 Kulp paid David Meschter
$50 for making a coffin for his father.
Potatoes sold at 30 cents bushel
and bricks cost $3.50 per thousand He
WAS allowed 5 per cent discount on
Elanknotes, paying 50 cents for dol.
lar bill.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Close Observer.

The day was windy. Her skirts
We're short. Likewise they wereesilken
and made full at the hem. Her waist
was cut low.
"Thers goes a girl" said Traffic Pa,
lrolman Brown, "that ought to be made
to wear more clothes. It's scanda-
lous. But l don't know as the law
could make her do it,
mo, you can't pinch her for that"
agreed his friend, Patrolman Mike
Kirby, in the noon comment at the
meeting Of the beats, "but l tell you
what You could do"
Kirby surveyed her ankles of pin
like slenderness obviously.
"YOu might pinch her for having no
visible means of support" st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
JUVENILE CLUBS GOOD WORK
Their Operation Can Be Tremendously
Effective in Keeping the Country
Boy From the City.

An Illustration of the great impOr-
lance of the attitude OF parents toward
the work Of members of the Boys Ag-
ricultural clubs, which have been or
ganized throughout the country by the
department of agriculture, Is found by
specialists in cooperative demOnstra-
ton work in two cases reported from
the same state. The incidents are ac-
cepted as showing the value Of paren-
tai sympathy and consideration, par
ticularly in the solution Of the problem
Of keeping the members of the younger
generation on the farm.
In one case it was found that the
boy of the family was helped and en-
couraged from the time he first joined
IL corn club His father permitted the
use of one of the best acres on the
farm, gave him barnyard manure, and
allowed the use of the necessary
horses and machinery. The young club
member produced more than hum
dred bushels of corn on his single acre
the first year, and has been consistent
ly successful since. He has even
established a reputation as a breeder
Of fine seed corn. During the four
years Of his membership in the corn,
pig and other clubs, he has won more
than $500 in prizes, and, with his
profits, has acquired ownership of
seven head of purebred DurOc Jersey
hogs, six head of well-bred cattle and
Il horse. The home is said to be ideal,
the father and son being reported as
"chummy as schoolbOys." The boy
has no thought of taking up life in the
city, but is planning a constructive
future on the farm.
In the second case the results have
been wholly different, The young son
OF this family joined a katir club, but
when the crop was gathered the grain
was placed in general farm bin and
he received no value from it. The
following year he joined pig club,
and when his father called attention to
the lack OF feed, he hired himself to
neighbOring farmer to secure funds.
The money which he earned was, how
ever, pocketed by the father Wholly
discouraged, the young boy shortly
afterward ran away from home, and
is now working in city of neigh
boring state.
The incidents have been used by
the state demonstration agent of the
state in which they occurred as the
text for an urgent appeal to all par
cnts to encourage their children In the
constructive work they are undertake
ing in the clubs. One factor which
will be helpful, 1t Is pointed out, is
permitting the young people to receive
the full financial profits of their in
dustry.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
AeropIanes to eulde shlps.

Aeroplanes for sighting icebergs and
!cefields, to enable a ship to steer clear
Of them, are being seriously consid.
cred by Norwegian steamship com
pany that has mary difficulties from
ice. The steamers of the line ply ia
Siberian ports by an Arctic ocean
route, which Is badly blocked by ice
iloes in some seasons.
Under the present method when
foes are sighted by the lookout, the
steamer has to cruise back and forth
until it finds way through or around
the foes, and much time is thus lost.
The proposal is to have an aero.
plane on each steamer and to have one
of the crew trained to fly. When ice
is sighted the aeroplane would 60 VI
and the airman could in many in.
stances see that in a certain direction
the water was clear, or perhaps even
determine the entire extent Of the
foes. His report would then enable
the captain to fix the shortest route
round the obstruction.
Methods of launching an aeroplane
from the deck Of vessel are still i'm.
perfect, and other obvious difficulties
appear; but the company has the idea
in mind and hopes 1t may find 1t feas
iblc.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
aYPSIEs WHO LIVE ON WATER
Fifty Thousand Nomads, II Has Been
Estimated, "Run the Banks"
Of the Mississippi.

The lower Mississippi river Is one Of
The greatest hOusebOat play regions Of
the United States. Beginning in the
early autumn, people who dread the
cold and who seek long winter rest
leave Ohio and upper Mississippi river
towns and seek the thousand miles Of
flowing road from Cape Glrardeau to
the Gulf Of Mexico. This fall migra-
ton of humanlty-this wandering Of
river. gypsles is one Of the strangest in
the country.
It is said there are more than fifty
thousand people living on the hundred
thousand miles of navigable streams
in the Mississippi basin. These are
the shanty boaters, who dwell In vari-
Gus ways on the rivers and rubbing
the banks" Besides these river people
there are large numbers of sportsmen
and temporary residents afloat In mo-
tor boats and households, making a
population of perhaps one hundred
thousand not including the steam
boaters," who scorn the shanty boat
ers.
Between the two classes of river
people is a feud that dates from the
old keelboat days, when steam power
deprived the huge rowboats of their
passenger and freight traffic.
The shanty boatcrs are strange float
ing nomads. They have many kinds
of boats, which they call "cabln boats, :"
and which range all the way from a
"hogpen on a raft" to luxurious gaso-
line-driven households Of large size
and beautifully equipped. An iceman,
whose factory is in a lower Ohio town,
slips away at the end of his season
and cruises in the low Mississippi dur
ing the winter months, accompanied
by hunting dogs, a deckhand, and a
motor engineer He Is Il real shanty
boater, because he knows all the old.
timers and dwells in amity with them,
though he drives a $4,000 houseboat
and some of his good friends live In
driftwoOd scOwS covered with a tent
of old canvas patched with tar paper
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
horsa Holds rs own MelI.

"The horse is doomed. If the peo-
pie keep on buying automobiles, the
horse will soon become a rare animal,
seen only in geological gardens and
museums" We have heard some such
prediction thousand times. What is
the fact? Reports of the department
of commerce show that in the last Is
years the number of horses in the
United States, far from decreasing,
has increased over so per cent In 1915
1t was estimated there were more than
81 100000 horses in the country, valued
at $2,0OOO000OO. Manifestly, the
horse is not so easily crowded out as
some of us thought. Notwithstanding
the fact that racing is less popular and
automobiles multiply beyond all count,
the horse more than holds his own.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
His Promise.

A Mobile man who was continually
hard up had so many notes at the
bank he could net leave town except
on Sundays and holidays. He had a
note falling due every banking day.
He dropped into bank one day and
spoke genlally to the president.
II came in to fix up that little matter
of NINE" he said. I'D like to renew
it for a time"
The bank president had the note on
his desk. He picked it up and studied
Il carefully. "Jim," he finally said, Il
don't think this note is made out prop
erly."
'Why notY' asked the alarmed bor-
rover
at reads: 4 promise to pay'-not I
promise to renew Saturday Eve
ming Post.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Small Screw Made Trouble.

A dlminutive screw worked loose In
one of the big steel safes in the treas
ury department of Cincinnati recently
and dropped into the mechanism OPP
Grating the combination. Thereafter
there was trouble, says the Popular
Science Monthly Magazine. The screw
took its tumble on Il Thursday night
and it was not until the following
Tuesday that the safe was opened. On
Friday morning, when 800 persons
were standing in line waiting for S25,-
900 in pay envelopes reposing behind
l6 inches of steel, the paymaster dis
covered that something was wrong.
He asked the people to wait until he
found a Jimmy Valentine.
After several men who admitted
that they knew uncanny things about
opening safes were tested, the big
safe was just as obdurate as ever, and
the line of watchful waiting ones was
dismissed.
Friday night the safe was ordered
drilled open. A crew of four men
worked from that time until Tuesday
morning before they undid the mis-
chief caused by that one little screw
when it dropped out of its allotted
place. The additional work cost the
city $75, besides the patience of 500
citizens.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
CUPID IN DISGUISE
SMALL GIRL PROVED AN EFFl-
GENT MATCHMAKER.
Not Quite So Taetful as the Little God
Of Love Would Have Been, but
Her Methods Were as
Effective.

Henderson rushed into the dingy
suburban railway station much the
same as he rushed about his business
affairs. AS he closed the door he was
greeted by four of his college friends,
all returning after a vacation.
While engaged in conversation with
his friends an elderly man approached,
stretched out his hand in greeting and
asked if Henderson was returning to
the college town. Answered in the af-
irInative, the man requested favor Of
HendersOn-that he assist his daugh-
ter, who was a schoolteacher in the
college town, to her home.
With visions of a scrawny, bespec-
tacled, elderly scho0lma IN, Henderson
0bligingly accepted the duty of escort,
agreeing to report soon to meet the
teacher.
He put off the meeting until he
heard the train whistle for the station.
Then he made his way to the wOmen's
waiting room, where, to his surprise,
he beheld a bright and vivaciouS girl
of twenty-three years, with a merry
twinkle in her eyes.
Henderson's surprise was manifest
in his cOuntenunce when introduced
and his eyes clearly conveyed his
thoughts-that the girl was good to
look upon.
Boarding the crowded train, 1t be-
came convenient for them to sit togeth
er and soon they found much to talk
about of interest to both.
Then 'Buss" appeared on the scene.
BUS" was a little girl about four
years old. Her real name vas Mar
garet, but because she kept up con-
tinual chatter her mother had called
her "Blss." She manifested keen
interested in Henderson and the teach
er. Finally she broke away from her
mother and crowded into the seat with
them.
Turning her large brown orbs upon
Henderson, she asked; do you like
herr" The question proved disconcert-
ing, to say the least, but finally Hem
derson managed to stammer that he
did. Then the same brown Orbs turned
to the teacher with the same inquiry.
BluShing profusely, the teacher STAN
mered much the same answer MS did
Henderson.
Then "Buss" acted. She took the
teachers hand and placed it into that
of Henderson with this exclamation,
Nov you are married"
Then her mother took her away with
Il severe reprinanding. But the mis-
chief had been done. After landing his
charge safely in her boarding house,
Henderson tried to forget it all, but he
was not successful.
Then came a day when he met the
teacher face to fuce on the street.
Both smiled and Henderson accompa-
MED her to her boarding house. When
he left some time later he took with
him her promise to attend the theater
two nights later. There were other 0c-
casions when they met and frequent
ones, too. They married two years Ia
ter and have lived happily ever since.
"Buss" was the agent of Cupid
Chicago Tribune.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
ChanCery Sale of Land
Mrs. Sarah I. Dancey
VS.
Albert Wells
Albert W ellis

In obedience to a decree Of the
Chancery Court at Huntingdon
made in the above styled cause, |
will on Saturday, January 9th
1917, at l O'Clock p. M, at the
east door of the court house in
Huntingdon, Tennessee, sell to the
highest and best bidder all the
right, title, claim and interest of
Albert Wells, who is tenant by
the entirety with his wife Oslo
Wells, in the tract of land de-
scribed in said decree, being stu
ated in the 10Th civil district of
Carroll County, Tennessee, about
6 miles east Of the town of Hunt
ingdon and about / ~ miles from
the village of Rosser, bounded on
the north by the lands of Grooms;
east by the lands of Grooms; south
by the lands of Mebane; and west
by the lands of Mebane, contain
ing by estimation 80 acres.
Said sale will be on a credit of
- months, and in bar of the equi-
ty of redemption. Note drawing
interest from the date of sale with
approved personal security will be
required of the purchaser; and
lien will be retained on the prop
ertt sold for further security.
January lst, 1917.
E A. BRYANT, g. & NJ.
BY Gordon w. Browning.
ID. G. 4 M.
j. W. MURPHY,
Sol. for Cmplt.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Russian Coal Supply.

The total coal output Of Russian
mines in the year 1913 was $4,000
tons. The best coal in Russla-partly
anthracite-is obtained in South RUS
sia in the Donetz basin, and these
mines and those of Poland give nine
tenths of the Russian supply. Even
SO, however, Russia does not produce
enough coal for her own use; in 1913
the number of tons imported was
9,51000O, most of which was brought
from England.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26

Lieutenant Kingston Of the United
States marines in Haiti to determine
the staying powers Of his men, 11S
men, ranging in age from nineteen to
dfty-two, and carrying the regulation
field equipment were given the test of
ascending a steep mountain path, APP
proximately eight miles, within two
hour limit.
Eighty-four men accomplished the
feat in the prescribed time, and OF
those 20 per cent were veterans of
A years and over. The average age
Of those who succeeded was twenty
nine years, while the percentage of
tenderfOot recruits among the losers
reduced their average to twenty-fcur
years.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
cltv Of Rethune h History

Bethune, which is on the road to
Peronne, is French town with fas.
cinating history, and is now in the
thrOes Of the great struggle, as the pos
session Of these two towns means the
gaining Of the German defense Of Pr
card. Bethune is situated on rock
facing the river Brette. Until 1913 1t
was Of Flemish occupation, and in the
early ages the Scottish family Of Be
thune Is said To have gone from here
tosEnglapd With William Of Normandy.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Listen Farmers

There is prospective buyer for
! )ur land behind almost every
b lsh. Ii YOU want to sell, list
X ar property with some real es-
t4te firm and let them help you
>pll it. 1t is a matter of fact that
va hive property listed that we
haven't sold, but we have sol d a
large per cent Of the number list
ei Your property might be the
y xt sold.
johnson Land Co.
~ Mckenzie, lei n
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Club Has Unusual Rules.

Unusual rules have been adopted by
the ThimbIe Bee club of 20 members,
OF Florence, Pa Any member who is
a musician and does not bring her fa-
vorite instrument or song to the meet
ing is to be fined. All must have their
fancy work, the membership of the or
ganlzation being limited to young
women.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
cettin, Away With II.

An amusing incident happened the
other day while Decatur cOunty's con-
tribution to the centennial parade in In
dianapohS was on its way to the capt.
tai city. Their float was miniature
of the famous courthouse tower ut
Greensburg, with the maple tree grow
ing on 1t. Roy G. Kanouse, its design
err and builder, left Greensburg on a
truck at 8 80 a. m. with the tower.
Now Greensburg has been infested
with petty burglars and their activities
are known even outside the county and
just as day was breaking and the men
were entering Shelby county they
passed two farmers on the road when
one was heard to remark "LOOka there.
by gosh, them fellers hez stole the
Greensburg courthouse tower EN- air
gittin' away with it, too. "--Indianapo'
lis News.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward lot
any case of Catanh hat cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known F. J
Cheney for the last firteen years, and be-
Ieve him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free. 7se
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
sannd y Guns EoreteIIs Weather.

A Sussex (Eng.) farmer who lives
ven within range Of the sound of the
guns In France, says that the sound
Is as trustworthy a weather prophet
Ms his barometer. Whenever" he
SAYS. "the wind is south and the boom
of the cannon Is unmistakable, It is
sure to rain tomorrow-and 1t does"
Xxx wrnR
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
A Texas Wonder.
j. W. MURPHY,
Sol. for Cmplt.

The Texas wonder cures kidney
and bladder trouble, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, weak and
lame back, rheumatism, and all
lrregularity Of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women,
regulates bladder troubles in child
rem. If not sold by your druggist
will be sent by mail OIL receipt of
$L00, One small bottle is two
months treatmnntan seldom fails
lo~prrfect cure. Send for 'lrn
nessee testimonials, Dr. K. "a.
Hall, 1926, Olivestreet, st. Louis
Mo. Sold by all druggists.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Growth Of Esperanto.

The literature Of Esperanto has in.
creased from ~ books In 1850 10 2,50e
In 1914, and during The last three or
Four years six full-length original ncy-
lis have been published. in he lar
suagc,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-26
Endurance of Marines.

In test Of endnraeee conducted by