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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11
CITY COUNCIL is
AGAIN INDICTED
MAYOR DEDMAN'S ADMiNISTRA.
TON BEGINS 4TH TERM--IM-
PROvEMENTs ORDERED.

Besides rejecting w. P. Boyd. u.
H. Foster and w. 5. McFall as mem
bers of the city board OF education,
B. G. Dedman as city attorney and
DR.. P. D. Biddle as city health off,
Ger, and electing Will Baird as a MEM
Der of the fire department, the board
of mayor and aldermen were them
| selves indicted into office for their
new term, all of the members having
been reelected last November The
board as sworn in by City Judge r.
E. Erwin is constituted as follows:
]. M Dedman, mayor; w. o. Cher
ry and T. B. Forgey, aldermen first
ward; c. J. Akin and w. D. Cameron.
aldermen second ward; F. D. Chat
fin and j. N. Pigg, aldermen, third
| ward.
Improvement ordinances on the
third reaG.ng were adopted for the
paving OF Sixth street from the east
side of North Main to Armstrong
street, also for laying a sewer ON
Sixth street from Armstrong to Dun
nington street. for the paving Of High
street from Railroad to the south side
of Sixth street; the paving of Eighth
street from the west side of Garden
to the east side of High.
A committee composed of MessrE
Erwin, Forgey and Chaffin was ap-
pointed to draft memorial resolutions
on the deaths of w. G. Harlan and
e. S. Calender, member of former
city councils.
| Resolutions of thanks were voted
for Miss Rebecca Rosenthal for the
splendid work she has done in raising
money for the relief of the poor dur.
ing the extremely cold weather.
| Construction of concrete walks was
ordered in front of the Kings Daugh-
tiers hospital and vacant lot owned
by FIG. Smith on West Ninth street.
and On Tenth street from High to
School street. The construction Of q
sewer on Huntington street from
Sixth to Seventh street was ordered.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11
DISTRICT BoARo DECISIONS.

Numbers in first column are
classes claimed by registrant; num-
in second clomun is class given by
local boards: number in third column
is class given by district board)
w. NJ. Anderson, Williamsport. 4 4 l
Alfred Wilkes. Glendale ...... 5 l
F.. III. Stacey, Carter's Creek As II
Francis Frierson, Columbia -. 2
W. Alexander, Carter's Creek. As ]
J. NJ. Roberts. Columbia ......
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Question: Ny mother wants mo 20
NssS her with the dishes. How can
Do it when am considered beautiful?
Answer: don't know. Yours is
\ difficult problem. You might take a
chance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11

Impure blood runs you down
aakes you an easy victim for disease.
FOR pure blood and sound digestion
3urdock Blood Bitters. At all drug
stores. Price $1.25. adv.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11

Optimism was expressed, however
that the enemy would not be able tt
inflict the same degree of damage
upon the allies as he has sustained a.
the hands of the British during the
last year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11

For regular action OF the bowels:
easy, natural movements, relief Of
constipation. try Dosn's Regulets. soc
at all stores. adv.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11

When baby suffers with Group, ap-
ply and give DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil
at once. Safe for children A little
goes a long way. zoe ana Gee. AT
all drug stores. adV.
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ident Of the institution.

ident Of the institution.
"Mr. Carr continued to discharge
these duties until last October, when
his health forced him to give up all
active work, and he returned to his
old home at Columbia, when the end
came Saturday.
Mr.. Barr was an enthusiastic golf
or. member for many years of the
Chamber Of Commerce, member OF
the Country, Roebuck and Southern
clubs. He was unmarried, and re-
sided in Birmingham In bachelor
apartments at 1891 Summit avenue
until forced to leave the city.
Personally, Mr. Barr was OF very
retiring disposition, and although =
genial companion, rarely allowed any
one to pentrate his reserve. Regard,
ing his personality. Sixty One-Ons'
says:
Personality OF Barr.
The difficulty of obtaining per
sonal data from Mr.. Barr is proven
bal. Data he will furnish, certain
| ly, if persistently importuned, the
exact date of his birth of his coming
to Birmingham and Of the successive
promotions by which he assembled
step by step from a clerkship in a
Columbia, Tenn, bank, to chairman of
the board of the First National--mere
tables of figures, as interesting to the
average layman as the statistics of an
insurance company. Pressed for more
than this, he will smile Quizzically,
and assure you that he has never done
| anything sufficiently spectacular to
interest the public-that he has just
been an ordinary working man all his
life.
"a welcome addition to exclusive
social functions, he is delight to
| those chosen ones who are admitted
/ into the inner circle of his friendship.
which, with him is not synonymous
with easy popularity but the slow,
almost imperceptibls weldiA: togetA-
or of kindred Spirits
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11

Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. o0c at all stores. adv.
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IN THESE DAYS,

tits as useless as the fifth wheel
to a wagon"
"That adage is out of date. Al
automobiles carry extra tires"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11
In NEW YORK.

Many axes are being whetted On
the Rialto. Seems dramatic critfe
has written play"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11
EoR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

he Herald is authorized to announces
w. s. FLEMING. JR.,
Is candidate for Acknowledgement
II the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, sub
'ect 10 the action Of the democratic
arty. d&W
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS
circun Judge.

Circu> Judge.
ne Herald is authorized to announce
w. BRUCE TURNER
, candidate for re-A> ctiOn as Judge OF
The Eleventh Judic~,i circuit, subject
% the action of the smocratic party
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-15
Jules Verne Twenty Cor Thirty Years After

plausibility he gives TO his most fantastic
bed and puts it to sleep with Il few hyp-
motto passes He tells you with the per-
fcctly straight face of the master liar
where every part of Captain Nemo's sub
the date, the metal, the way it was trans
ported. He smOthers your creduEty with
detail piled on detail He sews you up in
his wild fiction so completely that You do
not know after you have finished the book
whether to shrek at him Master! or
Faker! And that is his triumph.
From the Earth TO the MoOn-"direet
in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes,
and trip around it's the same bag Of
wonderful tricks. In this tour de force
which preceded H. G. Weiss The First
Visitors IN the Moon by so many years
Ferne's Imagination glows in all its co!Ors
How far did he outrun his lime in this
storyi 1t is no doubt bigger job 10 get
10 the moon than to invent.a submarine a
la Nautilus.
Probably the moon will never he
reached in the manner that Verne con-
ceived of reaching if. We have a theory
of our own that some one will some day
bring the moon TO us-by means of 4
magnetic ray, containing all the hidden
secrets of the Photographic lens with the
telescope lens. Attach it TO your window,
sit in your armchair and study the
dead(?) satellite within five feet of your
eyes. If radium can annihiIate solidity
Of matter, why should not there exist n
substance in natures unexplored realms
that will annihilate spacef Both matter
and space are ideal And if we cannot
get TO Mars, We may some day bring Mars
10 us.
If you are suffering from war maps
Verne will cure you.
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UN-
DER THE SEA. BY JULES VERNE.
Charles Scrihner s Sons so cents.
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. RY
JULES VERNE. Charles Scribncr's Sons.
so cents.
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ought 10 make US very, very careful what
We say and how we say it. Purged Of
Prussian autocracy, the world has now 10
keep itself clear of the curse of Bolshev-
ism. Loose thinking and loud talking are
The perils Of the next day. And here is a
book that would have been stronger had
it been less emphatic.
The publishers say 1T is interesting. and
rather a striking fact that this plea c'-',"S
from the rector of one of the veal +.
most conservative churches on Fiiti. a.,-
nue., New York" There are sub .
here. And when Dr. Grant asks:
rich Americans aiding Americanizaiio
there is implication in his manner that
rich Americans are an wrong" because
they are rich. He bids us IDEAL gently"
with our rich men; they are "a natural
American product" But they pay
heavy price in blindness, hatred and
fear Pity the poor wight who, being a
rich wight, and therefore friendless, wan
ders over the world in his yacht, suspect
ing every one he meets" 1t seems fairly
to be inferred from the text that it is the
fault of the rich that "cities are funeral
pyres for human bodies and souls" This
is at least very simple explanation of
the existence of conditions which MANY
earnest and honest persons, deploring,
have thought to be Car more complex and
battling.
The Rev. DR.. Grant is unhappy-joy-
ously unhappy. He revels in pessimism,
like the map who enjoyed" bad health.
Swimming in a sea of gloom which after
all is but bathtubful drawn from faucet
he turned on with camoufaged glee-
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world, the brain of the poet. The future
is like that side of the moon that we
never see, tina: can only be seen from an
other star. The Imagination is that star.
On the cold moons of future "facts" it
casts its incandescent light and reveals
and the unimaginative man in the street
pronounces his crucifying anathema,
Hes a nut, can him. Twas ever thus.
The Present is the shop clothes of Master
Gradgrind. The Future is the peplnm Of
the poet.
From Charles Scribners Sons come two
books. eternally old and significantly
young-TUenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon,
by Jules Verne. They are in the Series
for Young People But Young People
is phrase that has never been defined,
Charles Lamb was very young man
when he died; SO was William Blake.
Shakespeare was quite a kid toward the
last, and that bouncing. red headed
cherub, Swinburne, was still rolling the
golden hoop of his fancy over the stars in
the eos. Whereas We believe Lindley
Murray and Paul Elmer More were born
middle aged, and the man (who was he?)
who wrote A Theory Of Rent and that
other who gave US in two volumes The
History of the NomiHdtire Case were
brought forth shppered and DOING.
Young People is condition, not an age
However, here is the grand old French
wizard, Jules Verne, before us twenty Tor
thirty, maybe) years after. And we went
10 him as poilu takes to chocolate. Like
the angels of Swedenborg, We travelled
back to the spring time of our youth, Ia
that day when We first fell upon Around
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-15

the World an Eighty Days. tRemember
that tremendous gas bill that Passepar
tout was responsible for?-and there were
no Public Utilities Commissions in Paris
in those days. Gas was the radium Of
that time.)
Jules Verne stands in relation TO this
time as Camille Flammarion, that great
PTospero of the Stars, may stand in rela-
ton TO the future. Verne had the scien-
fife imagination par excellence, excelled,
it is true, by that great master of French
prose, Villiers dc rIsle Adam, who pre-
ceded Wells with his time machine story
and who put Edison to verbal music in his
NetC Eve.
Verne was journalistic, and wrote only
with the intention OF amusing. But-es-
nccially in around the World ~ Eighty
Days and in Tuenty Thousand Leagues
Under the .Sed-hc amused better than he
knew. He did not point a moral, but he
unfoIded tales that became true. Captain
Memo of the Nautilus was the prenatal
ghost Of Won Tirpitz. There he stands
on his fantastic submarine, taking the al
titudc Of the sun, shooting at naked say
ages or scanning the seas for sail rugged
Lusitanias.
Strange and vivid character IS this Cap
tain Nemo--a deep sea Marat, mute
and murderous Byron. Only one man
could have handled him better than Jules
Verne, and that was Victor Hugo. But
Hugo's imagination was perpendicular.
while Verne's was horizontal. Hugos
imagination was ornamented with zodiacS.
Verne was content with the earth, the
moon and balloon.
Verne fascinates through the air of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-15
BY EDWARD N. TEALL.

THE Rev, Dr. Percy Stickney Grant,
Il with his appeal for Far Play for
the HOrkerS, may move you TO smiles of
approval or tears of wrath, but unless YOU
are aioof from mundane affairs as sky
sealing Aldebaran he will not leave Won
unmoved. He has the merits and the de-
merits OF an assertive personality. He
brlstles with verbs, good strong Anglo
Saxon verbs, and he sheds adiectives
freely. lie SAYS things. Good.
He says, for one thing: Exit Calvin
exit Nautilus Adam Smith; enter
Jesus Moderate minded persons may
think that sensational. but their real dis
taste is likely 10 be for the form rather
than for the substance. But DIR. Grant is
not trying either TO tell us that religion
must be regulated by economies or to turn
economies into religion. He is using
acid words TO etch into public conscious
ness his belief that practical Christianity
and the applied theory of economic rela-
tons can be advantageouslv mixed in
everyday life. The proposition is Ger
iainly Interesting though hardly novel.
The question TO which Dr. Grants book
must be put, since it hangs upon this
proposition, is whether it expounds the
proposition cOnstructively and to a use
full conclusion, and then whether it does
equal justice TO the two sides which this,
being an honest proposition, must have.
1T seems TO us that DR.. Grant leaves "the
other side' to take care of itself.
The terrible but stimulating experience
through which the world has Just passed
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he will splash like a small boy on Satur-
day night. The people are not only ig-
norant but held in ignorance by tyran-
nous society using democracy as a cloak.
If they elect Legislators TO represent them
the superior courts strangle the legislation.
Politically independent, they are indus
trially helpless. Oh boy-oh joy; isn't it
hell
4 few wears ago Dr. Grants book would
lave been a dangerous book. Now it is a
most useful book. The winds Of war have
blown away the miasmatic mists from the
!owIands. Where before we saw darby
we now have clear vision. If we were east
down, We now are exalted. We have suf-
fered for a justice anything but "ab
stract." We have paid big price for a
splendid possession, and we shall not
lightly let it 90.
Some of the evils pointed out by the
reverend doctor are fanciful; these We
shall overlook. Some do not exist; his
alarm over them confirms our confidence
Some arc not 10 be denied, and these We
shall study-ahd correct. We have stood
at Armageddon and battled for the Lord
and instead of the end Of all things we
find we are but at new beginning. 1t is
a great and glorious prospect that opens
before us, new country that we are go
ing TO explore and develop So let the
new generation of pioneers read DIR.
Grant, and then press on to the new tasks
full Of courage and confidence.
FAIR PLAY FOR THE WORKERS. By
PERCY SrIrKSlEY GRANT. Moffat, Yard
& Co. $1.6O.
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By BENJAMIN DE CASSEREs.


GONE wears ago we plotted out on
~ paper a stupendous work, some
thing that had never been done to our
knowledge and something that was neces-
ssry 10 do-a History Of the Human
Imagination, in ten volumes. There were
10 he sections devoted TO the Genesis Of
the Image, the Birth Of the Word To-
naorroT, the Abstract Imagination, the
Erotic Imagination, the Metaphysical
Imagination, the Musical Imagination,
the Historical Imagination, the Religious
Imagination, the Diabolicdl Imagination,
the Mystical Imagination, the CGtaleptic
Imagination, the Mathematical Imogind-
fioT and other forms of the chameleon
chimera that sits atop both lobes of mems
brains, ending with dithyrambic canticle,
entitled The Hdrem Of Ideals.
But as we couldn't find an angel to pay
our board and keep us in red wine, VIC
gave it up. We hope TO resurrect the idea
III another and less hostile dimension.
For 1t Is not the truth that shall make
US free-but the Imagination. The human
soul finds It's supreme and only release
from the tombs of drudgery and cant at
the opera, before great painting, read
ing a great poem or living in the Prester
John Land of jules Verne, H. G. Wells,
Lord Dunsany, Edgar Poe or Lewis Car
roll. Not forgetting Jimmy Barrie,
either
The Imagination is prophetic, as poets
always precede the scientist. The mosaic
image may he thus the highest form of
trutll-a wireless message from the future
TO the highest receiving station in the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-15
The Largest Unexplored
White Spot in
the World

Far off in the Northwest far
west of Greenland far north
OF Baffin's Bay. lay the largest
unexplored white spot on the
surface of the globe one half a
million square miles in area.
That was the goal which Donald
Macmillan set out for in the
year 1913.
They felt that before them
lay two years of uncertainty, OF
blasted hopes, Of adventure, OF
wonderful and strange sights, OF
extreme happiness and abject
misery" but the two years
stretched to four with triumph
at the end. The story of these
four years is told with remark
able modesty by Donald Mac
MILAN in his new book
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ParsolR.


Miss Margaret ,Marison is III at her
home OF Chickenpox.
Harold Pepper who has been visit
ing relatives here, has returned to
his h1me at Salem,
Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy have
returned from Pittsburgh. Mr.. Muir
ply WIN retun to Pittsburgh in . few
days y
MS. Helen Holbert and daughter.
Sina, of Edgemont were visiting
friends In town Sunday.
Miss Helen James who has been
visiting In Bethlehem has returned
to MononEah.
Mrs. Abe Hustled and daughter.
Mary Dorothy, Of Fairmont were call
ing town Monday.
Mrs. Mary Cassidy and daughter,
Irene, were business callers In town
Mrs. James Deem has returned from
a visit to ClarksburE.
MRS. Kate Swanson Is 81 at her
home In Brookdale.
BIZ Hamilton OF Fafrmont was
Calling In town Sunday.
Mrs. NICK Smith and daughter MI
dred were calling In Fairmont
Mrs. K. Z. Thomas has returned
nom a visit with relatives In Rowies-
Ms. Howard Merideth Vas shopping
In Faimont
TlSE. -. y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-05
UNITED WAR WORK
OFFICE IS OPENED
Col. A. Howard Fleming
WIZ Be in Crage at
the Fairmont.

The active work of the United War
Work drive to raise $4,000 in Mar
ion county VIII begin shortly Head
quarters which were recently estab-
lished in the room in The Fa5rmont
hotel at the corner OF Jefferson and
Washington streets viii be kept cen
from now on until the Campaign is
completed. Col. A. Howard F;eming
is IN chareg OF the headquarters and
viii have a number Of assistants.
Two young woman photographers,
Misses Marie Shuttlesworth and Mar
guerite Dexter. are already on duty
and VIII aid in The clerical work of
the campaign.
An enthusiastic meeting OF war
wor workers was held alst evening at
headquarters when tentative plans
were discussed for putting oyer the
icampaign-
The coopertion OF Ill the clizenz
OF Fairmont dis solicited IN this CAM
Epadgn. especially the cooperation Of
The chnrch Qsople s : 80
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-05
SCHOOLS TO GUARD
AGAINST THEF[I)
Every Precaution Will Be
Taken When They
Reopen.

When the schools of Fairmont and
Union Inder -.dent districts recon
vene. having been shut down for
three weeks on account of the influ-
enza, every percaution will be taken
by school officials to see to it ti:at no
children who are i'll. or show any
symptoms of illness. or that have
sickness in their families. be admit
ted until conditions in their cases I'M
prove.
Teachers will question each child
applying for admission as t6 a:s ply
steal condition and as to that of his
or her family. and If there are any
cases Of illness the child will be sent
home. A close inspection VIII be
made Of the children and any child
showing any symptoms of bad colds
viii be sent home even after the child
has enrolled.
The buildings in every instance
have been thoroughly renovated and
put in sanitary condition. and 1t is
believed the opening Of the schools
g-ill be benefit rather than detr;-
! ment to the health condition. of the
city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-05
grrstIn Who Has Risen.
WrestIer, Who Has Risen
from Private TO Lieutenant,
Tells How Know1edge
Gained IN Army Camps
Fit American Soldier to
Help Win War = Every
American Should Support
, United War Work Cam
paign for $40, 500, coo, He
Declares.
By lieut.. EARL cAoDock
lWerid,s Champion Wrestler.

THE qualities that make good
wrestler are those that mako
. good soldier. Wrestling
keeps your mind and your body
active; makes you think fast and
wisely. Like boxing. wrestling
proves and develops boys game
ness and Eameness Is what is beat
INK the Hun. Expertness In boxing
makes the soldier q better bayonet
fighter: skin at wrestling viii en-
able the man in khaki to ward on
death when he comes to grips with
the Boche.
wrestling made a big hit with
the boys at Camp Dodge. Des
Moines. Iowa, where was stationed
for several months. With the aid
of the z. n. C. A, the *. Of c., and
che Jewish Welfare Board we were
able to put on a number OF good
shows. These Organizations rea-
Hing the benefit the boys would
get from the sport, urged me to
arrange shows every other night
Il I could. and We had some mighty
interesting touts. These agencies,
together with the z: w. G. A., the
War Camp Community Service. the
American Library Association and
the Salvation Army. which have
gotten together IN the United War
Work Campaign to raise $17o.500.-
900, deserve the support Of every
American.
To be a good wrestler you must
use your head as well as your
strength. There are many tricks in
%1,o .,oraa o1d 4 f3pd that fho soldier
boy learns them quicker than the
civilian. That is-because his mill
tay exercises and drills have put
him in good physical condition and
such a man thinks quickly.
The way the ordinary soldier boy
become interested IN wrestling Is by
watching the others. After several
weeks re tackles the game and 1t
ia surprising how quickly he learns.
His gameness has been tested from
tae very first. No coward sticks
TO wrestling. I pity the poor Hun
who starts to mix It up with us at
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-05
PERSONALS

NE: and Mrs. S. E. Polling. Of Cum
berland. Nd. were the guests ovel
Sunday OF Mr.. ana Mrs ]. A. Polling
Of 1905 Fairmont avenue.
Lieut.. r. J. Abbaticchfo. Of Wash
1mgton. D. c., connected with the Ord
nance department. Is here on a brie'
Capt. G. AZ. Alexander Of the o. S
Ordnance department. stationed II
Washington. D. c.. is here on briel
leave Of absence.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry P
Hoeh at their home In Virginia. 9
daughter. Mrs. Hoch was formerly
Miss Jennie Bo1linger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. DeBolt, OF Wheel
ing. spent the week end here with
Mrs. Forrest DeBolt at the home OF
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Minor
In East Park avenue.
The Rev. C. E. Goodwin was in Man
nIngton yesterday where he conduct
ed the funeral services over the body
OF Lee Pitner.
Mrs. JOS. Ford. Of the East side
who has been very III from influenza
s. improving.
Mrs. Elizabeth LeseIle has been
quite sick for a few days at her home
IN Carleton street