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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05
MRS. TOM THUMB
Was One of WORLDS Most Famous
LiliputianS.

lIlIputlanS.
Countess Primo MaGri, known TO l. :
public rs Mrs. Tom Thumb, one OF
The best known Liliputians in the
world died recently in her nome
in Mfddleboro, Mass, at the e..-t!ss age .!,l ol
scycntv-scVcn years. says the Now
York Evening Post. She had travelled
around the world several times end
for many years, with her first huS-
band under the management OF J.. T.
.Barnum. Count Magri survives her.
Born in Middleboro, Mass, the
Countess MARI outlived all OF hei
professional associates. Her parents
were of .largc stature and with two
exceptions, their chillrcn were OF
normal size. These two were Lavinia
Warren cher right namc) and her Sis
ter Minnie. who was even smaller
than Layinia and died thirty-ilV'
rCars ago. At her birth she was oi
lvcragc size. weighing six pounds.
She crcw very slowly until she was
nine wears old and was - inches hiEh
md weighed 20 pounds when Sho
stoppcd growing altogether. Her ilrS'
4ppcarancc in public was at the az"
Of seventeen years under The m&naEcN
mcnt Of Il cousin who operated
floating palace Of curiositieS' on lh'
Ohio and Mississippi rivers before lh'
war
I'm 1862 she met i. T. Harnum ana
her long public career began, which
occupied over fifty years, her last app
ucarface having been at Luna i'arE
Goncy Island. the Liliputian Village,
, rcw years ago, where #hc lived on"
ummcr with her husband, Count
Magri. \ grcy-hairCd, l"vahlc old lady
who charmed tho younger generation
with her pleasant manners and her
soft, sweet voice, brought back
memories Of their youth to the Older
generation who attended her rcccp-
tions and listened to her tales OF
travel.
While I.avinia and her SISTER Minnie
we're travelling with Barnum she mot
;on. Tom Thumb and they were mar
lied and lived many years together.
lie died thirty years ago, and mum
hcr Of years ago she married Coun;
Magri of Italy. also u dwarf who be-
anne u naturaliHcd American citizen
hcroro his marriage. She amaSSCd =
considerable fortune and had lived .
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

a CalIinu Not a Job.-If a teacher
gives up his work simply because ne
cannot squeeze a decent living out ot
his salary and must turn to something
else in order to get living, he Is per-
fectly justified, both as teacher and
as a citizen, in thus resignin5. For 1t
Is his duty to secure a decent living
for himself and for his family, IL ne
has a family, by means of whatever
honest work he can obtain. But If he
resigns and goes into other work
simply because he can command a big
ger salary in the new line, it shows
that he is not fit person to he a
teacher Of our youth. Not only, In
this latter case, is the teacher Justl-
fed in resigning. but he would not be
morally justified in continuing to teach.
no matter what salary the public might
nav him. His motive would show that
money HaS his vocational yardstick
and that for him teaching was not
calling" but a job. And whatever SILL
aries Massachusetts may sec fit to au-
thorizc, certainly she does not want to
encourage that sort of motive among
public school teachers; for should she
do so, she would. indeed, pay too high,
in more than money.
1t is to retain and to attract just
the opposite sort of men and women
that the more permanent educational
policies of this Commonwealth should
aim.-Boston Transcript.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

that Virginia was going to win foot
that Virginia was going to win that
they were perfectly willing to back
their judgment with some of their
shekels and | was so sure that their
Judgment was bad that didn't object
to backing mine with a few OF my
own. The score proved that Virginia
hackers showed d judgment. Hotel
bills, railroad eXrA 'es and incidentals
which included 25 cent cigars and other
things came to me gratis. Some of my
old school mates remarked to me that
| had evidently undergone change OF
heart because | was passing around
good cigars and other things rather
freely. / told them not to give me
credit for it because really some of the
Virginia fans around Glover were the
ones who had loosened up"
A Freak of the Hunt.
"a funny incident occurred to me In
with hunt some time ago,
said a well known York county sports
man the other day. 81 had been down
in Western York county after birds
and as l was returning to 4orkville
late in the afternoon riding along IN
buggy, l spied rabbit in the Temple
ton woods just below the overhead
bridge. | got out and took a shot at
him and he keeled over. | picked the
animal lid and noticed that it was not
only wounded in the side from which
| had shot; but on the other SIDE as
well. couldn't understand 1t at all
because | know good and well that one
cannot shoot a curve. | put the raDplt
in NV bag, however, and started on TO
town. Before | reached my destina-
tion ran upon another party OF
hunters and mentioned the circum-
stance of the rabbit to them. They eX-
plained that one of their number had
shot at a rabbit in the SAINT vicinity
and hit it; but the ANNA. got away
was then convinced that it was the
same rabbit that 1 had killed. Ihe
animal would have ultimately bled TO
death from the fifst wound had l not
happened along. The mystery OF the
wound on the opposite side from which
shot would still be a mystery had II
not been for>my coming upon the other
hunters"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

Continued on Page Seven)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

n Thorite, a mineral found princi-
pally in Norway, has been found to
possess some of the chrapeutic pow
crs Of redium and to serve as less
expensive substitute for it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

~ A large amusement park company
succeeded in eliminating glare from
its concrete sidewalks by spraying
them with mixture Of creosote and a
dark green mineral dy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05
The Boys Paid for 1t.

.I saw the University of North Caro-
lima beat her old time enemy the Uni
vcrsity of VrginiaNin the annual foot
ball game at Chapel Hill Thanksgiving
day" said big Thad Clinton Of Glover
who is an alumnus of the University
of North Carolina. "About 5000 of us
saw the game and it was worth seeing.
| had a big time and the beauty of II
WAS il didn't cost Il thing heraus" som"
of the boys of Glover who wcr" Sun"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

81" The youngest girl ever to appear
in concert at the metropolitan opera
house. New York, is Madelaine
Brard, Is years old, who played the
piano at n recent Sunday night con-
cert.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

g \ plan is apparently assured +"
form an American chamber of COM
mcrcc at Havana similar to Organl-
ZatiOnS of this kind at Paris, London
and several other cities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05

- In Il German steck works a hYdrau-
lie press that can exert a pressure of
II OO0 tons has replaced 4 steam ham
NOR that shook the earth for Il long
distance every time il was used.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
TO RELEASE $4,000
MILES FROM
TICK RESTRICTIONS
Alabama Leads in Territory
Released as Result of
the Statewide Tick
Eradication Law

Washington, November 2s.-Nearly
50, 600 square miles of territory in the
south will be released Monday from
the federal quarantine against the
movement OF cattle. this territory hav-
ing been cleared of the cattle fever
tick. the worst enemy of live stock in
the south.
In making this announcement today,
the department of agriculture said the
total area released this year would be
sos square miles, divided among six
states. Alabama leads the list, with
1891 square miles placed in the I'M
restricted area. The others are Louisi-
ana. with 9299 square miles; Texas.
SS47 square miles; Arkansas, $3.50
square miles; Georgia. 6942 square
miles and Oklahoma, 1855 square miles.
No releases are ordered in Florida or
North Carolina, where active work is
going on in preparation of strong at
lacks next year
"Alabamas work this year. resulting
in the state leading in territory re-
leased, is credited to the operation OF
the state wide tick eradication law
which became effective last spring.
said the departments statement I'm
Louisiana, only seven parishes are left
under quarantine. 1t is expected all
of them win be fully cleaned up next
year, and that thus the tick free high
way to the gulf made when Mississippi
drove out the tick, will be greatly
widened.
In Texas, gains have been made in
number of areas, including Tarrant
county where the Fort Worth stock
yards are located
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and
never suspect It.
Women's complaints often prove to
be nothing else but kidney trouble, or
the result of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition. they may cause the other orr
gans to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back,
hedache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, ir-
ritable and may be respondent; it
makes any one so.
But hundreds of women claim that
Or. Kilmers swamp Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be Just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions
Many send for a sample bottle to see
what swamp Root the great kidney.
liver and bladder medicine will do for
them. BY enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. 2, you
may receive sample size bottle by par
eel post. You can purchase medium
and large size bottles at all drug stores.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

oil, gas, coal and phosphate land leasing
bill, the Edge foreign financing corpora
tion bill. both of which are in confer
ence, and a few minor measures.
The regular session of Congress, COM
ing on the heels of a special session,
bears out many recent predictions taat
the national legislature now faces v,rtu-
ally continuous service. The extraordi-
nary session lasted six months and many
leaders expect the regular session to
run until next October.
fore the next presidential campaign.
Although adjournment sine die next June
is the goal of some leaders in prepare
tion for the campaign. few expect that
the legislative programme could be COM
pieted by that time.
The annual supply bills will have right
of way in the House as they are com
pleted. Republican Leader Mondeil, in
a statement, gave economy as the watch
word of the majority.
Other pressing domestic matters to be
dealt with include formulation of perma-
nent policies for the army, the navy, the
merchant marine and revision of taxes
and tariffs.
In addition to the German peace treaty
the Senate has pending the French pro-
tective treaty, the Polish treaty, and
that with Colombia growing out of the
Panama canals Acquisition. Transmits
sion to the Senate of the Austrian peace
treaty is expected soon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

Thep rogramlne Tor the next nScai yes
is thus announced:
(a) Prepare the foundation in Golfers
Nos l and of the dam and to lay con-
crete as rapidly as possible there.
(b) To complete the construction bridge
across the river.
(c) To install all construction plant.
Cd To prepare for construction OF all
remaining COFFEE dams.
(e) To complete the Golfer dam around
the powerhouse area, and begin operations
therein.
60 To connect the south end Of the
work with the tracks of the southern
railway by rail
(g) To prolong the tracks on the north
side to a point on the river below the
Florence bridge and at that point to in
stall transfer bins and plant for the
transfer of sand and gravel
Chi To procure the necessary floating
plant for obtaining sand and gravel and
put it in operation.
% To complete the acquisition of flow
age land and all other necessary land.
Ky no compIete the excavation for the
upper lock.
~ To complete all general plans for the
work: all with view of accomplishing
the maximum possible of work before the
end of the calendar year, 1920, and with
the general object of raising the dam ana
getting four power units into operation at
the earliest moment that reasonable econ
omy in the concuct of the work VIII per-
nit -,
1t is estimated that the funds VIII De
expended at an average rate of $4O,o' per
month, which will exhaust the FUNDS on
hand between July 1, 1921. and January Il
1922
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
New Cattle Price Records

Aberdeen, october 15.-W What are claimed
to be new world records in cattle prices
were established at the Shorthorn safes
on the opening day of the Aberdeenshire
show. Buyers were present from as far
away as Argentine and Hungary A bull
calf, bred by william Duthie of Collyne
sold for $500 guineas (nominally more
est price ever paid for bull calf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
LARGE AREA FREE
FROM CATTLE TICK

Washington. November 90. Especial }
The cattle tick lost dominance over
5055 square miles this year and that
area will be released from quarantine
December 1, the bureau of animal in
dustry announces.
The area released is confined to six
states, with Alabama's 1891 square
miles more extensive than that Of any
other state. Louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas, Georgia and Oklahoma follow.
Mississippi is tick free and Florida
is making progress, 1t Is announced.
Alabama counties released are But
Ter. Covington. Chiffon, Escambia
Franklin, Geneva, Lawrence, Marion
and Winston, the remainder of Perry
and Marshall and portion of Calhoun,
Cherokee, C1eburne, ST. Clair, Mobile
Shelby and Bib.
Choctaw and portion of Houston
were requarantined because the law
was not properly enforced according to
the report.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
NEGROES ATTEMPT
TO SAW OUT OF JAIL
Prisoners Confined in the
County Jail Saw Bar
Half in Two

A Jail delivery at the Jefferson county
Jail vas averted yesterday when one OF
the negroes confined there repored to In.
side Warden f. NJ. Erwin that two negro
prisoners, Lee johnson and Richard Ma
son, had been seen saving one of the
bars of the outer enclosure.
An immediate investigation by CHIEF
Warden John Harris showed this report
to be true, and he found that one of
the bars on the second corridor had been
sawed half through. Hidden in the cell
occupied by one of the men was an old
hack saw.
According to the wardens, the negroes
had been saving on the bar for some
time, doing their work while the Others
We're at dinner. 1t had been noticed that
on several occasions the negroes had pre-
tended sickness at the meal hour, and
the supposition is that they were saving
on the bar at this time.
The bar that was sawed was one of the
bars. surrounding the main enclosure en-
circling all the cells on the second con-
ridor. Should this have been completed
before detection. it was stated that a
large number of prisoners might have
ESCAPED from the jail.
Immediately following the discovery a
welder was sent for and the bar welded
together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Gold Dollar Is Worth
rs Cents in Tien Tsin
BY Associated Press

Washington, November 2s.-The pur-
chasing power of an American gold
dollar in Tien Tsin, China is only 70
cents, American army officers reported
today to the war department. Tien Tsin
bankers were said to be dtsposing Oh
American gold coin as rapidly as pos
sihle for fear of further depreciation
in local value by Christmas
Army officers in China are paid In
gold and they reported five-dollar
gold piece now brings only $3.50 on the
exchange, which formerly orougnt
$3.50 in Chinese money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

washington, November 29-Alabama:
Fair. much colder, sunday: Monday fair;
moderate northwest to north winds.
Georgia. Clearing and colder sunday.
much colder at night; Monday fair, mod
crate to fresh southwest to northwest
winds
Mississippi: Fair. much colder, Sunday;
Monday fair, moderate northwest to north
winds.
Tennessee-Fair much colder, Sunday;
Monday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

report OF the CHIEF of engineers, pub
lished today.
OF the commerce, Is per cent consist
ed of coal and SIS per cent of logs and
lumber. Thirty -four hundred and
twenty-nine passengers were trans
ported.
The report announces the practical
completion of the project, and that de
liveries on regular schedule are being
made at Mobile and New Orleans.
During the fiscal year treated, only
$S4,7SI was expended, the sum going
into maintenance and settlement for
lands submerged around lock II. Dur
ing the next fiscal year, available funds
amounting to $259.591 will be expended
in further settlement for submerged
lands, in building three fishways.
widening the channel wherever practf-
cable to $50 feet, placing permanent
flashboards on dams and building lock
nm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Muscle Shoals Expense
toBe 500, OOOMonthZy
Programme for Coming Year Announced by Chief of En-
gineers-Figmes Given Out Warrior River
Traffic for Fiscal Year
~ HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, November 29-(Special) -Expenditures in
completing nearly possible the gigantic operations
Muscle Shoals will be made at the rate of 100000 month";
available fund will become exhausted between July and
year according the annual the chief
of engineers published today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
REPORT ON RIVER
COMMERCE FOR YEAR

Washington, November 2e-(Speciai1
Warrior river commerce for the fiscai
wear amounted to s71,4o5 tons, valued
at ss.1ss,975, according to the annual
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR CONVENING OF
CONGRESS MONDAY
Both Houses to Adjourn
ImmediateIyAfte Notify
ing President of Re
assemblage of Bodies

Washington, November 29.-Prepara-
ons for converting the Sixty-sixth Con-
PISS in its first regular session next
yonday virtually were completed tonight
18th most leaders of both parties already
|ere, although many members were de-
1iying their return until the last moment.
ne Senate and House plan to adjourn
most Immediately Monday after notify
re- President Wilson formally of their
|eassembling and receiving the usual
GOD Of appropria tions, departmental es-
mates and reports. Mr.. Wilson's mes
Hge, IN which interest is conferred on,
expected discussion of the German peace
|reaty and the Industrial situation is
|cheduled to be read to each body on
tuesday. Because of the Presidents ILL
ess the usual joint session to hear from
I'm in person viii not be held.
The Senate is expected to begin work
n the Cummins railroad bill and the
House on miscellaneous business when
|he session gets fully started. House
|ommittees will start work on the IS an
|ual appropriation measures TO be en-
|cted before July L
While the railroad legislation is before
|he Senate, negotiations toward disposal
Il the German peace treaty are expected
10 reach a head. but with leaders on
10th sides doubtful of final action be-
lore the holidays
ROAD LEGISLATION
FThe programme of legislation before
Inc Christmas vacation, expected from
bout December 20 to January ., Calls
tentatively for passage by the Senate of
he railroad bill or a temporary emer-
[ency resolution and final action on the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

bores of the Chicago Tunnel COMPANY,
used to deliver coal and remove ashes
from office buildings IN addition to the
transfer Of railroad freight, was tied up
today by the strike of several hundred
employees who demand increased wages.
Autom obile manufacturers in the United
States shipped in one month 62S3 passen-
ger cars and 1850 trucks to foreign coun-
tries
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-07-04

when the statement is made that the
building will be properly constructed,
for that man Lund knows all the sec
rets of the building trade and no con-
tractor is going to slip anything over
on him in the way of Sinking work
The ball club went down to Omak
Sunday. and also went down to de-
feat. Omak had the best of the argu-
ment by score of Z to 4. 1t is a sad,
sad story of bunch of overthrows by
performers who are not in the habit
of heaving the ball away, and the ex-
cess of energy in the throwing arm
accounts for the other fellows secur-
ing the big end of the score. The
home players are saying little about
the game, which would naturally in
dictate that they are not proud of the
record. But just the same it must be
remembered that Omak always sports
strong team and the club this year
has been putting up some swell ball,
so the downfall of the locals may not
have been wholly owing to raw errors.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-07-04

| able to close the deal at that t;ms
this paper did not care to arouse
expectations that might not be ful.
illied. nor be party to drawing a bie
crowd here under false representa-
tlohs. The aeroplane feature will be 4
drawing card and the exhibition will
De all that is promised in the small
bills.
Inc members of the Civic League
dancing club are now enjoying a SER
les OF SIX dances which are proving to
be far more enjoyable than any enter
tainment of like kind that has taken
place in town. Owing to the limited
capacity of the building in which the
functions are held the attendance is
restricted to ticket holders, and that
tnere are not more ticket holders is
owing to the fact that only a limited
number accepted the invitation to in
vest In season tickets at the time ar
rangements were made for the dances.
Aside from the pleasure derived from
the semi occasional social events the
League will SO far profit by the ven
ture that the receipts will aid mater
tally in lifting the debt the organiza-
ton has been struggling under ever
since the construction of the League
building and the identifying of the
premises.
The break in the flume of the irri-
CATION district that occurred last
Thursday morning did not seriously
interfere with the distribution system,
for the energetic Zeddiker, engineer
in charge, jumped into the breach,
and by evening had the damage re-
paired, but the damage done to the
railroad tracks was far more grew o;
By the time water was shut off a
horrible cash had been cut in the
earth from the foot Of the rocks upon
which the flume practically hangs to
the river. A hole 80 feet deep and 100
feet wide was washed out under the
railroad track and the rails and ties
were left swaying above the gap. All