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New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
STATE BOWLERS
 PLAN TOURNEY
Arrangements Under Way to De-
 tornine St3tG Championship

New Haven. Feb. 1S.-Right on top of the announcement that New Haven i" 10 he represented in the American Bowling congress at Cin- Cinn9ti. comes the naWH that ar rangCmcnt@ arc row u~dor way to stago mammoth tournament to de- eide tho individua! state dut%pin championship. The iGea Was con- ceived at . rccent Informal meetingI of the leading alley owners ni the state and plans will nn Hrshed right, away t. bring tho tOU"Namcnt to al successful head. Circular lcttnrs will be placed in the mails to6ay by-] Charles Johnson. president of tho All gonouin alleys of this: city. giving fu'1i particulars of the coming mect<
 The idea Of tho tournama~t is I dot""mino tho re9l duckDi1 rhnm pio Il Of the state. Ever since the duckpinl game came into prominence in thisj state several years ago there had@ never been an undisput"d titIc holder.1 several boWlors have laid claim toI the title which, Of course. vas alwaySa open to dispute. Now the alley own-a CTS are determined to settle the issue ' and sco ius+ who's who.
 According 10 the present plans thea tournament will be oDen to any bowlf CT who resides iN tAi. etat". An enlA trance fee of not logs than S25 muste be pOSted prior to the ara 0@ing ofy tho schedule to 2ss:u"o th7 eptrant'ss Darticipa tion iu all scheduled games Suitable cash p~izfs will he awarded for hioh SoCroe in the variOUs events a The winner will receive cash prizdJ as W"ll as q handsome medal suitably cnpraved. !
 New Haven. it Is expected. will bf represented by three and pcrhap1 four bowlers. Charles Johnson anjN Joe Porto, who are recognized as the best Of the local collection of stars have already $iGnified 9 desire tS en ter. There is also a pOssi h;litTth Jim Mckay, Herman 7rickenhau5 Charles Kerr and George Morris cn tern@. All wore members of the To cal team which recently won higl& NonorS in the state league.
 Hartford will probably be roprc sentcd by such stars as Mccarthy Carman and StefanO. Waterbury vii present men like Sheriff Bob Stone Stokes and Harper. Naugatuc% wi
 pin it's hopes on Fred Teller nnf Franchini, while Southington's bes, let will be Barbour. Bridgeport ha E. Connie Lewis and Mort LindSe2& among it's prominent stars, whil] Meriden, New Britain and New LonW c3on will undoubtedly come forward with one or more representatives,.
 This tournarent looms far ibovN anything Of it's kind cvcr attempte N in this state and is expected to prov successful from every standpontN The popularity of duckpins in tha& section was well attested in the
 cent match between Stone and T
 when nearly 2,000 people watcha
 pins fall.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
DARTMOUTH PLANS GAMES.

Hanover. N. H. Feb. 1S.-COm- mencing this week the annual series of interclass novice meets at Dart mouth will be run off under the dir ection of Coach Harry Hillman, who intends to use competitors as method of unearthing new material for the varsity team this spring, Practice for the new men who are planning to enter the events in these meets has already been started, and more than 200 men are expected to appear before the first meet.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18

which the one-time Princetonian has already attained in aviation and why he is the first American f1ier oper- ating under the Stars and Stripes to bring down an opponent in fight in the air.
 Only two United States aviators have so far been brevetted from the highest schools of France. The two, who are graduate "pilots de chasse' from Avord, Pau and Cazau, are "Hobey'' Baker and Edwin Post, Jr., Of New York city. Of these two Lieutenant Baker made the better shooting average and Lieutenant Post the better flying performance
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18

'I4reur de'eHte." That is what they call Lieutenant Baker or the United States army aviation section over in France; "Hobey" Baker, as he is known in the sporting world, formerly the captain and star of the Princeton football and hockey teams. No one who remembers Hobey on the gridiron or on the ice or his won derful nerve and eye will be sur prised to hear that his shooting was the wonder of his instructors and that his average was declared to be astounding.
 If explains the prominence to
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
WESLEYAN TANK MEN WIN.

MiddletoWn, Feb. 1S.-W eaeyan mermen defeated Springfield Y. M. C.. A. college in a swimming meet at Fayerweather gymnasium Saturday afternoon, by the score of 34 to l6. Springfield was strong in the dive and plunge but Wesleyan captured the other events, including the relay, which was closely contested. No rec ords were broken.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
MCLEAN BREAKS RECORD.
skating Champion Travels Half-M
 in 1 Min. 15 Seconds.

Lake Placid, N. Y. Feb. 1S.- worlds record for skating 9. h@f m was made yesterday by Bobby McLe of Chicago, worlds professional cha, Dion ice skater, who covered the d tance in one minute and 15 seconds
 a special trial held under the auspi, of the Lake Placid Skating assoc
 ton. The former record was 1:16 made in 1897 by John Nilsson Montreal.
 Mclean lost a stroke on hxs fI lap. preventing him from making e1 better time, because of the splenl condition of the ice, the skater tr1 to better the time of 3-5 seconds 100 yards, made by Morris Wood 1903. but took g 7-1O seconds.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
PENN IN LEAD
Red and Blue Basket TosserS Look Like Winners in Intercollegiate Lcague-Sweeney is Best Goal Get ter.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 1S--Ha> ing already won half of it's schedule ten games, the University of Pennsylvan- ia basketball team looks like a sure winner in the intercollegiate cham piOnship race. The Red and Blue has played each of the other entrants in the league race and has made a clean sweep to date. Cornell holds second position, with three victories and one defeat. Sweeney, the Penn forward, leads in Individual scoring, with 53 points, as a result of field goals and 37 shots from fouls. The standing:
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
LYNCH TO BOX EGGERS,

Providence, F., l., Feb. 18-Joe Lynch. the lad who stopped Kid Will jams recently, has been matched to box K o. Eggers here the first week of March in a fifteen round bout.
 Jack Bulger, who represents the National s. C. of this city, stated last night that the winner of the Lynch Egoers bout would be matched to box Billy De Foe of St. Paul at the National S C.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
Games This Week.

Tire schedule at the Aetna alleys Ehas week is as follows:
 MonfHy-Stan1ey Works league; open leagme for Class A bow1ers.
 Wednesday, Rockville vs. New Britain- Corbins vs. Russell 6 Er- wius Landerss vs. Union Mfg.
 Thursaay-Stanley Hardware vs. New Britain Machine; New Britain Colts vs Berlin: Skinner league; Girls league.
 Brfday-Stanley Works vs. Skin- ners: Universal league.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
KALAMAZOO GRAND CIRCUIT.

Kalamazoo, Mich. Feb. 1b.-SlS early closing events for the Grano Circuit harness meeting at kalama- zoo in July, were announced oatur- day The events comprise the Paper- mill purse of s10,000 for 2:oH tro'' 2:13 trOt, purse $2,OO0; Z'V' p|r"' purse $2,000; EOS pace purse N-'- 900, and two sweep stakes eVchts'
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
MICHAELSON ROLLS 628
Cincinnati Bowler Turns in Fancy
 Score in the American Bowling Congress-Visiting Teams Start To-
morrow.

Cincinnati, Feb. 1S.--Cincinnati in- dividual and double teams held ex- elusive use of the sixteen alleys at the armory yesterday in the second days rolling of the American Bowl ing Congress.
 In the singles bowling the highest three-game score rolled up was 62S, made bv R. Michaelson. High score in the doubles, 1174, was rolled by Hoffeld and Geisting.
 Not until Tuesday evening will any out of town bowlers get into action.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
BOSTON HIGH VICTORS.

Boston, Feb. 1S.-Ihe Boston High eo1,oo1 of commerce won the Y. NJ. c. interscholastic track meet here Saturday bv half a point over Wake field High school. The Boston team scored 1 3 points.
 Moses Brown High school of Provi- denCe, R. l., finished III seventh posi- ton with 1-2 points.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
NAVY ATHLETES BEAT PENN.

Annapolis Md, Feb. 18-Navy won the dual gymnasium meet. with University of Pennsylvania Saturday by the score of 39 1-2 to fl 1-2 and also won all the wrestling bouts but one, the point score standing navy 72 Pennsylvania 4.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
M. |. T. BEATS AGGIES.

Boston. Feb. 1S.-Massa chuse Institute of Technology swimmers ( feated Massa chusetts Agrcultlu college in a dual meet by a s.yro go to If hero Saturday night
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
YALE SWIMMERS BEAT "PENN''.

PhlIadeIphia, Feb. 1S.-Yale de- feated the University of Pennsylvania in swimming match, 35 to IS, here saturday night. Pennsylvania won the water polo match, 30 to 12, tying Yale for first place in the race for the intercollegiate championship.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18
BOSTON LOSES HOCKEY GAME

Pittsburgh, Feb. 18.-The Pitts burgh Athletic association hockey team defeated the Boston Athletic Arena septet here Saturday by a score of to 2
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18

guages, would leave within the next few weeks, for her home in Norway, and hence Would not compete in the woman's indoor championship tour ney, are unfotlnded. Marvellous Molla has denied them herself, and she an ticipates being a contender again for the crown that she won two years in succession.
 The great Norwegian has been play ing sensational tennis at the Heights casino in Brooklyn and threatens to sweep the courts once more in 1918
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18

z:ssssz zs;,'s,.: z.-s !!. stanley Works .--1 !400 47o Berftn Con- .-.-~ 10 .sss 454 1Tnto4a Mfg. ....\4 8 .333 452
 Ki1duff. 150; Kilduff. 345; R. & F., 534s R--& E.. 1903.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-18

Score-Senecas 40. Ramblers 35; field goals, Sandberg 2, Sechrest $, Peterson f, Walters 6, Norfeldt 4, Ab- rahamson ?, Olson, Kelly; fouls, Se- chrest 5, Norfeldt 4, Kelly 2; referee, Slater; periods, Is minutes; two extra five minute periods.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
" Sold Out" Record
Columbia Office

sold out" was the information
given at the Columbia postoffice this
morning in making a report on the
sales OF thrift and war savings
stamps. More than $4,000 worth Of
stamps have been sold and the de-
mand during recent days has been so
great that the supply was quickly ex-
hausted and a telegraph order was
sent this morning for more. They are
going like wild fire and the campaign
of education that has been waged for
sometime throughout the county is
beginning to have its effect.
One rural NAH carrier out Of the
Columbia postoffice has good chance
to beat the Giles county carrier out OF
first place in the record of rural car
riers throughout the United States.
Many of the purchases Of stamps
are being made voluntarily. while 9TH
ers are coming through solicitors and
rural mail carriers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
Columbia Merchants Adopt NeU \.
Daylight SdDing Plan Patriotic

I'VE endorse the action OF the
Congress OF the United States.
and our great President. in the
enactment of the daylight law,
and all other measures that they
have seen fit to promnlgate and
any that they may see fit to pro-
mulgate in the future that 10 for
the good Of this country in fight
ing the tyranical and blood thirs.
ty German government"
The above was the gist of the
action taken by the Column
bia Retail Credit Association
at its meeting Thursday night
held for the purpose Of dis.
cussing the day light law" and
the best methods Of observing 1t.
After discussing the matter for
several minutes, one member OF
the association rose and stated
that it was just 2 matter Of NOV
ing up the clock one hour and still
continuing the business by the
clock time as all have heretofore
been doing, and a motion was
made to comply with the law and
1t carried without dissenting
vote, --
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05

Every man present, and there
was q goodly number Of the mem.
bership present, was thoroughly
In harmony with the movement,
and win carry out the spirit OF
the measure to the letter. The
merchants want the ladies' Of
the town and county to assist
them In doing this. Come to town
earlier and do the shopping. The
stores will close % usual, 6:l5.
but by the sun time 1t win bs
Sis. Every patriotic merchant In
the city will abide by this time. ~
1t is law Of the United States,
and it behooves every merchant
to abide by the wishes Of this
great and powerful government.
The women Of the county are
great workers for the govern.
ment. They are doing Red Cross
work, war kitchen work, war gar
den work. Y. M. C. A. work and
many other kinds Of work for the
country. and they will do .hias
with the same patriotic spirit
they have entered into all other
branches Of the war work agsinst
the Hun. $50 .ai
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
MOTHER! DON'T take
CHANCES IF. cH|lD's
q
TONGUE IS COATED
iEe cRoss, FEvERisH, SICK, Bill.
N.aa GUS, CLEAN LITTLE LIVER
si'0 AND HOWELS.s 9iii ~ a9'

A laxative today saves Q sick child
tomorrow, Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which. become clogged up with
waste. liver gets sluggish stomach
sour. # ttaQA aasesl Ejd1uj &sus
Look at the tongue, Mother! II
coated, or your child is listless. cross.
feyerish. breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full OF cold or has sore
throat or any other children's ailment.
give teaspoonful Of California Syrup
OF Figs" then don't worry, because It
is perfectly harmless. and in . few
hours all this constipation poison. sour
bile and fermenting waste will gently
move out OF the bowels, and you have
well, playful child again. A thorough
inside cleansing" is oftimes all that
is necessary. 1t should be the first
treatment given in any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for . BEETLE
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown.ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that 1t is made by the .Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Compatibility 4
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
CARRIER TANNER THANKS
PATRONS OF ROUTE THREE
LEADS IN SALES OF THRIFT AND
w. s. s. STAMPS-HAD MANY
EXPERIENCES.

Carrier ]. w. Tanner of rural route
No. led in the sale of thrift and w.
S. S. stamps from the Columbia post
office last month, his sales being
$500, Notwithstanding the fact. that
Route is not the wealthiest route in
the county. He has submitted for
publication the following letter OF
thanks:
/ take this method of thanking you
for buying SO many War Saving
Stamps in the month of March. Ru.
raj Route 3 is by no means the
wealthiest route out of Columbia Of
flee but l am proud to say No. 8
bought more Stamps than the other
8 routes combined for the month just
passed. Sales on Route being S..
$4,000. l have carried Route
seventeen years and have full conf.
dence in my patrons, also believe
they have confidence in me. / have
thought OF trying to get transferred
to some other route a few times as
| had served you so long but feel
more devoted to you now than ever
before while serving this route | have
had some various experiences, horses
to run away. buggies torn up. horses
to get sick, my ribs broken, and you
have always furnished me good
horses to take place of the sick ones,
buggies for those torn up. Also
bound up my wounds. I have receiv-
ed my nice presents including hams
OF meat.
And thank you from the depth OF
my heart.
Respectfully.
]. W. TANNER.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
REALTY TRANSFERS IN
MARCH SHOW INCREASE
MONTH. WAS Better THAN FEB.
RuARY AND BETTER THAN
MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

Realty transfers in Maury county
during March were considerably larg
er than in February and more than
twice as large as during the same
month of last year. according to the
records in the office Of County Court
Clerk Arch w. Lipscomb.
Realty transfers for March 1915
amounted to $216,43O as compared
with 5000 in March 1917. During
February 1918 the transfers amounted
to $l6s,700.
Mortgages during March amounted
to $65,480 and in February to ST..
760. There was no tax on mortgages
during 1917.
The county court clerks records
also show that 35 marriage licenses
were issued during March, 1918, as
compared with 80 in the same month
OF last year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05

Second division High School, lin
command) Prof. Duke.
Third division High School. lin
command) Miss Lottie wilkins.
Fourth division High School, (Ir
comnand) Mrs. Ewing Cannon.
Division No. 16. Mt. Pleasant High
School, lin command) Prof. C. F. Aus
tin. =
Division No. II. Mcdowell School
Qn command) Mrs. Tomlinson.
Division No. 10. woodrow School
lin command) Miss Odel.
Division No. 10. Postal Service, (In
command) Mrs. e. w. Carmack.
The c. M. A. cadets and band al
the head Of the parade will be in full
dress uniform.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
IT SHOULD MAKE A. 5laa sf. y
$40 pof MILLION FOR HIM
Cincinnati Man Discovers Drug That
Eeosens corns So They nso y
Lift Out. eJ F sis
mn 70 fIanla+S1a 10

Ant 10 raalla+Sra 4at1r ptrt !
Good news spreads rapidly and drug
gists here are kept busy dispensing
freezone, the recent discovery OF a
Cincinnati man, which is said to
loosen any corn SO It lifts out with
the fingers. ~
A quarter of an ounce costs very
little at any store which handles
drugs, but this, is said to be sufficient
to rid ones feet Of every hard or soft
corn or callus.
You apply just few drops on the
tender. aching corn or toughened cal
lus and instantly the soreness Is re-
lieved and soon the corn or callus Is
SO shriveled that it lifts out without
pain. 1t is a sticky substance which
dries when applied and never infiames
or even Initiates the surrounding skin.
This discovery will prevent thou
sands of deaths annually from lock-
Jaw and infection heretofore result
ing from the suicidal habit OF cutting
instability
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
MRS. BRYAN TO ASSIST
N BOYS CLUB WORK
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT
TO SUBSTITUTE DURING As-
SENcE OF Mr.. MCLEAN.

During the absence Of County Farm
Demonstration Agent E. A. Mclean,
who is taking an enforced rest for his
health, Mrs. Artie ". Bryan, county
home demonstration work, will temp.
orarily have charge OF the boys pig
and corn club affairs. She will look
after the record books and assist in
getting the organizations under way
for this season. The demonstration
and cooperative work among the
men is being supervised by ]. M.
Dean, district agent, during Mr.. Nc
Leans absence, but he will not be
able to give as much time to 1t as the
county agent would, SO it is highly
important that the demonstrators and
co-operators be as diligent as pos
sible in their efforts. All letters and
inquiries win be handled through Mr..
Deans office.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
TWO COLUMBIA BOYS
SAFELY over THERE

Post cards were received this morn.
ing by members OF The Herald staff
announcing that Lieut.. Mead Frier
son and Sergt. Harry Happy viii.
liams have arrived safely overseas. II
was known by the friends and rela-
tives Of these men in Columbia that
they possibly were on their way to
France. but this is the first informa-
ton OF their safe voyage. Lieut.. Frier.
son was In a cavalry outfit before
leaving this country and sergt. VII
liams was with an artillery regiment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
10 CENT 'cAsclRtISs...
BEST LAXATIVE J FOR.
LIVER AND !. BOWELS b
DON'T STAY coNsTiPATED, hexp-
AcHY, BILIOUS, WITH sREATts.~
cad OR STOMACH SOUR. n. =

No odds how bad your liver, stom.
ach or bowels; how much your heSa
aches. how miserable and uncomfof.
table you are from cold. constipA.
ton, indigestion. biliousness and slUx-
gish bowels--you always set rsliSk
with Cascarets. go
Don't let your stomach. liver ~
bowels make you miserable. TxtA
Cascarets tonight; put IN end to.tAS
headache. biliousness. dtsslnes1 -
vpHsness, sick, sour, gassys stomach.
bad cold. offensive breath and Ill 9th
or distress; cleanse your inside ofSxnt
OF all the bile, gases and constipatsd
matter which Ia producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi-
ness and q clear head for months, Al
druggists sell CAscarets. Don't 'fofG1s
the children-their little instdes need
a gentle cleansing, too.-(Adft.i {
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
| am Sincere! Stop Ca|ome|!
Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone
Listen to me! Calomel sickens and you may lose a
days work. If bilious, constipated or
headachy read my guarantee.

costs but a few cents, and If it fails
to give easy relief in every case of
liver sluggishness and constipation,
YOU have only to ask for your money
hack. ls.r i4s-}
Dodson's Liver Tone is q pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy.
harmless to both children and adults.
Take a spoonful at night and wake
up feeling fine; J, no biliousness, sick
headache, acid stomach or consti-
pated bowels. Tt doesn't gripc Ill
the next day like violent calomel. !.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
WAR ACTIVITY DISPLAY
N WINDOWS OF STORES
- = (.
MADE ~ MEMBERS or wonEM's
COUNCIL or pEtENsE-. 40.
MiRED ~ CROWDS. (; &

Numerous displays OF war time
activities in the windows Of the stores
OF the city were admired by the great
crowd in Columbia Monday. These
displays were made by members OF
the woman's council Of defense and
home economics clubs. They called
the attention Of the public to the i'm
portance Of home gardening, consef-
walton Of food aud other means BIZ
which the people may contribute to
the effort to win the war. Tbs mer-
chants very periodically donated the
space in their windows for these a.
hibits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
Boy Scouts Work
Victory Garden

Columbia's Boy Scouts, true TO their
pledge of service, are now engaged
in working the victory garden Oh
the woman's council Of defense at the
headquarters, corner Garden ana
Eighth streets. The boys have plant
ed many of the earlier vegetables and
are making preparations to produce
a large crop of al kinds of food to De
used in demonstration cooking in the
"war kitchen" They are being supQr
vised in the work by DIR. 5. u. Logan
and Looney Walker.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05

Every druggist in town-your
druggist and everybody's druggist
has noticed great falling-off in the
sale of calomel. 1hev all give the
same reason Dodson's Liver Tone
is takin, its place.
"Calonel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone
is perfectly safe and gives better re-
SUITS" said q prominent local drug
gist. Dodson's Liver Tone is per-
sonally guaranteed by every drug
gist who sells it. A large bottle
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05

Save and buy w. s. s. for Victory
see r. F. d. Carriers for w. s. s."
"Maury county boys corn club,
we'll do our part YOU DO YOURS"
"A country worth fighting for is a
country worth PLANTING for. Get
busy Boys Corn Club"
Fight or Buy o Bond-Third Lib
erty Loan"
go across or come across-buy a
Liberty Bond"
I"Support the Army Y. NJ. C. A."
"Y. M. c. A. keeps the home fires
burning"
Little bits make blk totals"
&C. H. s. 400 strong for Wilson and
world wide Democracy"