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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19
SOLDIERS INSURANCE.

Atlanta. Ga, December3 3l-The
discharged service men who have
allowed their Government insur-
ance to lapse, can not reinstate 1t,
nor secure insurance of any other
kind.
For this reason the American
Ked Gross, through its home SER
vice section, is endeavoring to
communicate by letter, by person.
,al touch and in every way possible
with former soldiers and sailors
before this date to get them to pay
tup their premiums before it is toe
late.
If man was discharged more
yth an eighteen months ago, he has
only until December 81 to REIN
state his insurance If he has al
lowed it to lapse through 1non-pay-
.ment of premiums. After that
time be must have q physical ex-
animation, and IL he does not pass
it, his insurance is "6nee." IF he
does not pass the Government ex-
animation for insurance, he CAP
not pass the examination for in
surance, he can not pass the exam
iuation for other kinds of insur-
.auce.
This ruling viii apply as well to
men who Are unable to pass the
examination on account OF wosnds
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19
A WARNING
TO FARMERS

The attention of this Office has
recently been called to a peculiar
disease appearing among horses
aud mules on several farms in the
western part of the~State. Upon
investigating these cases we have
found the trouble to be forage
poisoning in every instance.
This is not new disease, bav-
ing appeared from time to time
but with greater prevalency dur
ing some years than others. 1t is
commonly spoken of as "blind
staggers. The appearance of this
trouble is invariably associated
,with the feeding of mouldy grain
or roughness.
On account oftheunsatisfactory
results in treating this disease, it
becomes very essential to rely on
preventative rather than curative
measures. Consequently we are
cautionipg farmers to avoid feed
ing anything to horses and mules
which, has become mouldy. The
fact that you have fed monldy
grain or roughuess duringprevious
years without bad restlts is not a
satisfactory argument to justify
its continuation. Stop feeding
bad feed to horses and mules and
thereby stop losses from forage
poisoning.
NJ. JACoB,
State Veterinarian
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19

The annual agricultural short
course at the>University Of Ten
nessee will begin January 2. The
course will last six weeks and it is
open to al persons interested in
agriculture, both men and women,
old and the young No fees are
charged and no entrance require
ments are made
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19

The Supreme Court in session
at Knoxville recently handed down
an opinion "that County Judge
has no power or authority to vote
on questions acted upon by the
Quarterly Courts over which the
Judge presides. The court held
that the statutes treating the office
of CountysJ Judge has not made the
Judge q member Of the Quarterly
Court, and has not vested him with
the power to vote as a member; but
reversed the further question of
whether such power could be con-
stitutionally vested in the County
Judge, the Quarterly Court being
constitutional court.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19
THE BANK ERS'
INTEREST GROWING

Bankers, although heretofore
taking little interest in coopera-
tive agricultural work, have been
aroused into enthusiastic leaders
for improved agriculture. Tangi-
BILE results are apparent in each
division of our State. The farm
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19
FARM FOR SALE.

283 acres, 6 miles from court
square Memphis, Tenn. Gravel
road on three sides; several tene-
ment houses; no overflow; 1886, 900
E, w. Rauscher, Erin, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19

Inst-A small size Swiss brace
let watch crystal broken } between
Sulphur Springs and Mrs. Dinwid-
dies ON Camden Road Novembe-
20 w. e. Wyatt, Camden, Tenn.
vii pay reward for .its,-eeoP4rs,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19

Buy Red Cross Christmas Seals
and aid the cause of better health
in Tennessee.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19
NJ. .,IAOOR.

State Veterinarian
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-12-19

= 2ioopy red bags. tidy
gedei1s, ksnGsomcpound
and hdlf.pcund Tin hun,i-
eiors- Gnd-taaf classy,
przcfi.tsf l5oan1 crystal
siosa hunidc- with
sponge ploisfcnsr foo that
Keeps the tobacco an ssscls
perfect coadition.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
s>>> >~~>> 80

A tag day for the benefit OF athlet-
les, was held on Delta Day at the
Hotchkiss fair, and goodly sum was
netted.
Constitutions are being drawn up
for the Dramatic Club and the Girls
and Boys Debating Clubs, and the
work for the year in rhetoricals will
soon be started.
Due to the serious illness and death
of her mother. Miss Phillips is de-
tanned at her home in Topeka, Kansas.
Her classe are being conducted by
| Mrs. Floyd Harding.
Football practice has begun and a
number of boys turned out. Equip
ment has been ordered and the boys
are being put through some very hard
work each night. A schedule of games
will be arranged shortly and Delta
| high school, backed by citizens of Del
ia, hope to see champion team.
In order to further the spirit of
athletics, and to give to boys more
| definite idea of the athletic plans for
the year, a tag party will be held
tomorroy night in the Lincoln build
| lIS. SfttNHtS Will Dt
inent men, pep will be aroused by
cheers, and quantities of watermelon
will be served as refreshments.
The third week of school finds ev-
erything running smoothly and the
students settled to the work of the
year. Due to the large freshman
class, and comparatively small in
crease in the other classes, an un-
usual problem presented itself, which
required practically the first week to
adjust The limitations of the present
high school have been felt more keen
ly this year than ever before, and it
is hoped that the next school year
will find the high school installed
in a new building, large enough to
permit the expansion of courses so
necessary to the progress of modern
school
II was with a considerable degree
OF satisfaction that the Delta High
School saw the Commercial Course
successfully placed in the curriculum
with an approximate enrolment OF
ninety (9O). Briefly. the course con-
sists of Gregg Shorthand for the Sem
ior class, typewriting for the Junior
and Senior classes. Commercial Geog-
raphy followed by Commercial Law for
the Junior year, business spelling, and
penmanship followed by Commercial
Arithmetic 1st year. In putting the
| commercial course in the high school
curriculum, the school feels that It is
meeting community need which is
in keeping with the universal move
ment to create side lines of vocational
education all through the Junior and
Senoir high schools. We hope to
make this department entirely ade-
quate to meet the needs of the COM
munity for trained help in general of.
flee work
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

ia Sunday evening after spending Sun
day with her parents.
Misses Ruth and Margaret Hunsick-
er and Miss Marguerite Forrest left
Monday for Boulder to attend school
The new library in the basement of
the church opened Monday. While it
does not yet contain many books We
are in hopes that before long we will
have quite library.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

Suffering from Typhoid
Esther Daniels. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. K. o. Daniels, is suffering from
TYPHOID fever but is reported improving
nicely at this time.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

A scarehead in contemporary news
paper says: Association for the
protdltion of American rights down in
Mexico" And still they claim Mon.
trose is dry
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

To Visit Her Mother
Mrs. Lee Goodwin left Sunday for
her mothers home at Arapaho, Okla.
homa, where she will visit for a month.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The COLORADO STATE BANK

at Delta, in the State OF Colorado. at
the close of business Sept IL, 1919.
Resources
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

Mrs. E. E. Simpson is living in the
old Hudson house and is cooking for
apple harvesters.
Miss Gladys Jarvis returned to Del
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25
Judge Newman Displeased
With Last Road Meeting
Continued From Page ~

all county judges suggest to you at
any time anything that will have
tendency to help our cause / would
suggest that all OF us work together
tremendously in an effort TO carry
out the expressed will of the organiz-
alton and to have all feasible propos-
ed routes inspected as quickly as pos
sible and urge all to make the neces-
sary financial arrangements and then
request Mr.. Wiley to designate the
best route. There has been no fric-
ton in the organization except when
efforts have been made to exclude
from consideration the so-called back
counties and to commit the organiza-
ton to some route following more
closely the Ohio river as against the
so-called back counties. Daviess
county has always voted against all
efforts to eliminatesor ignore the back
routes, or any route, and to give all
a fair and equal chance and expects
to continue that course until Mr..
Wiley makes final designation.
81 note your last sentence: The
/ hSNt hlCCtilB may OF inlay not De
held in Owensboro, KY Whether
IT is or not of course depends on your
action. Apparently you do not con-
slider yourself bound by the vote TAX
en- on June 18th. am sure that |
speak for all the citizens of Ovens
boro and Daviess county when | say
that we have never requested that
any meeting be held in Owensboro
in order that we might procure any
selfish advantage. When, at the first
or second meeting of the organization
] extended to it an invitation to meet
at Owensboro at any time, had no
thought other than to offer the hos
pitality of Greensboro whenever the
Organization should desire to meet
here. We will be glad to have the
next meeting held here. We thought
that the vote taken the other day in
Dictated desire to have it here; but
| if you believe that the vote did not
voice the sentiment of majority of
the counties of the organization, and
lif you satisfy yourself in any proper
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25
q TAX LAWS
NJ Justice CAROLS Proposed
amendment An Increase In
Hevenue and No Increase In
Makes

+ Chief Justice John d. Carroll's plan
~ taxation Is to exempt lands and
town lots from all state taxes. Coun-
lies will not be required to assume
~ OBLIGATION now taken care Of by
(1e state. The state will have as
much or more money as II now has
and win use 1t for the same purpose
hat II is now used.
$4,000 will be taken of of real
estate and $4,50O,OO0 will be collected
annually by the state in the place OF
g from other sources, as follows:
4. Franchise tax-paying corpora
(Ions banks and trust companies, will
pay all taxes except for graded schools
and municipalities to the state, but
the total taxes. paid on this property
thall be not more than is now paid.
The additional revenue from this
source will be not less than $2,0OO,O00.
2. All intangible personal property
viii be assessed. Not less than $1,0OO,-
OuO additional will be collected from
dis source
g. The state will save more than
800 900 which is now paid for assess
ing and collecting taxes on real estate.
4. An adequate system for collect
ing Inheritance taxes will enable the
state to collect not less than $400, 700
additional.
Z, 3. BY q, revision Of the license tax
laws, more than 100000 additional
can be collected.
a Q. Elimination Of useless expenses
Tor salaries and other purposes will
ave the state not less than 100000.
Political Advertisement
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25
U. s. RAILROAD ADMINISTRATIONS
General Of Railroads
LOUISVILLE HENDERSON ST. LOUIS RAILROAD
The A B C of Road Maxine

The essential requirements of good road
may be condensed into the following rules:
Cut the high places down grade not exceeding in
2O fill flats low places to have minimum grade of
1 in 200.
q Construct subdrains carry away all seepage water;
also make enough drains dispose of surface
Make the subgrade firm and solid and give it the
curvature as the surface of the finished road
Spread the bottom of evenly then roll and
add little fine material for binder and continue the rolling
until the stones sink and creep front of the roller
Spread the second and roll it with the addition
of binder and until the whole surface hard and
SMOOTH carefully filling with stone dpressons that may
appear; then finish the whole with of three quarter
inch stone and screenings This be soaked with
and rolled until the surface is hard and unyiedng Always
be careful to the rolling the sides and gradually
woI toward the cener by doing the the
will be preserved If this work is well and thoroughly done
the result will be road that is smooth hard and convenient
for travel at all of the year.
For farming community the width of macadam need
be greater than twelve feet The width of
face should oe sufficient take of all the travel
road but the other hand should be great
qure unnecessary expense the maintenance of the road
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25

this letter of explanation seems to be
due from me both as chairman of the
meeting held on the 11th., and as a
citizen of Owensboro and a represen-
tative of Daviess county. Owens
boro Messenger.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25

way that majority of the counties
prefer to meet at some other place
then however disappointed we may
be we wilt not offer a word of protest.
Il may have misconstrued the spirit
of your letter; but as | understand it,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25

Continued on Page y
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-06-25

NOTE
Moisture-proof
package keeps
them firm and
fresh, whatever
the weather.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11

tion takes refuge in a general way be-
hind the state statutes, that provide
for separate cars, but at the same
time pronounces in favor of adequate
accommodation for both white and
Colored passengers"
Not long ago, while in Nashville,
DR.. Scarborough tried to get berth
to Cincinnati, but failed on account of
his color, and yet at the same time
this man was doing all in his power
to help the War Department get the
best in his race for the officers train.
ing camps and for service overseas.
He was Inundated and greatly en-
barrassed. Others holding similar po-
sitions, and who represent the best
in our life, have been likewise humili-
ated. DR.. Scarborough writes Mr.. Nc
Adoo, begging for relief from such
embarrassment, and believes that he
as railroad director will lend hand
to change conditions.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
DIR. PHILLIPS ELECTED DELE
GATE TO WORLD CONFERENCE

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 28.-A large
gathering Of citizens were out Tues
day night, and in cooperation with
the members of Lane Tabernacle, C..
M. E., and other representatives of the
C. M E. church of Missouri, Dr. Chas
Henry Phillips, Jr., was unanimously
elected a delegate to the Worlds
Peace Congress that convenes in Eu-
rope shortly. DR.. Phillips was not
present at the meeting, and when in
formed of his election he expressed
the wish to go, as we'll as his gratitude
for the unique honor. DR.. N. l..
Smith, the pastor. and the Rev. ]. w.
Jacobs, presiding elder of the Missouri
district, were authorized to foster the
movement and interest the citizens
generally. Word was Immediately
sent to the national headquarters at
Washington, D. C.
The action of that enthusiastic gath
|ering was in keeping with organiza-
tions and people all over the country
who are selecting Negroes from vari-
ous sections to look after the inter.
ests of the American Negro and all
African peoples at that monster as
The National Negro Race Congress
lis responsible for this advanced step
and has at its head the well known
DR.. w. H. Jernigan, president, and DR..
N. j. Coils, secretary.
The following telegram has been re-
ceived by DIR. Phillips. which is self.
explanatory:
Washington, D. c., Dec. Is, 1918.
DR.. Chas. Henry Phillips, Sr. Louis,
Missouri:
Delegates to France expect to leave
about January 2. Will be glad to have
you associate them. Cost of trip ST.
900. Write DR.. Jernigan for informa-
ton in regard to passport, etc.
H. ]. COILS, Secretary.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
LYNcHINc BEE IN VIRGINIA
Especial to The Tribunel

\Op0Cldl 10 Inc IT1DuQoJ
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. = News
has been received here of a lynching
in Culpepper county, the first to oc.
cur there for forty years. 1t occurred
last Sunday night Allie Thompson
a Negro, was in Jail on the charge of
assaulting Mrs. Leila Sisk of that
county.
Two men went to the Jail and car.
ried man bound in ropes. Jailors
Upton and Herndon believed the story
that they had man to be jailed They
opened the Jail door, and just then
fifteen masked men stepped in and
overpowered the jailors, took their
keys, located Thompson in cell and
quietly carried him off.
There was no disturbance, but at
sunrise the body of Thompson was
found dangling to tree on the Cul-
pepper. Coroner Chapman summoned
a jury and held an inquest, but there
was no evidence on which to base the
identity of the men composing the
lynching party.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
FAMOUS "WAcERs" OF oLpEN
DAYS

To the betting giants of the good
CID days" the wagers made by the
'pikers' of today would seem trifling
and lacking in ingenuity In former
times freak wagers were much more
frequent than now, and often exhib-
tied much more originality and imag-
ination. The craze for betting in
England in former centuries was in
dulged in by the high and low, and
an account of the famous bets would
fill volume.
Queen Elizabeth was an inveterate
gambler, and the wagers she made
covered wide variety of subjects. On
one OCCASION she made a bet with Sir
Walter Raleigh on the question of
how much smoke is contained in a
pound of tobacco. A pound of the
weed was burned, and then the ashes
weighed. The matter of the weight
of the smoke was held to be salts
factorily determined by the test, al
though a schoolboy of today would
laugh at such method and point out
its fallacy.
| A classic example of old freak wa
gers is afforded in the young man
who bet considerable sum of money
that he could stand for whole day
OF London bridge offering sovereigns
fresh from the mint for a penny
apiece and find no buyers. He won
the wager.
The sack" coat worn by men to.
day is said to have resulted from a
ager made by Lorn Spencer, an 18th
century fashion arbiter. He bet that
if he cut off his coat tails such
mutilated style of garment would
soon attain general POPULARITY, and he
was right.
In the middle part of the 18th cen
tury King George II of England hal
as his master of the revels one Held
egger whose ugliness was a by-word
throughout the kingdom. The king
himself, it is said, joined in a wager
that an uglier human being than
Heidegger could not be found in all
London. Several weeks passed be-
fore a candidate was found in the
person Of an old bag and a committee
OF artists were called upon to decide
the issue. Heidegger good naturedly
consented to the test. At first the
judges were inclined to awrad the
palm to the old woman, but one of
them suggested that it was her hid
eous bonnet which gave her the pre-
eminence. The bonnet was then placed
on Heideggers' head, and the result
was so ludicrous that he was immedi-
ately declared to be the uglest person
in the kingdom.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
A LEeUM1NoUs RESURRECTION

cry the days clif-dwelers who
uries ago inhabited America Southwest They lived in rude
built shelves sides of cliffs different sections Of
Colorado New Mexico and Arizona which today remh
this people that gone The dwellings,
the American aparmenthouse the
present. various of dntegrton having been long
unnaned centuries it thought every instance Yet this
gap have been bdged which
until recently climbing kyward growth the
Diego Standard Oil station The lve direct
connection with bygone
Evidence found in the of these cfdwelngs such
implements domestic pottery
fragments material enabled with scientific minds
to reach conclusions regarding the former and afforded
understanding of their ways of living.
But left for Lay who ehnoogst anhrop
oogst but carpenter at San Diego make discovery that
should Boston folk Lay discovered the cliff dwell
es bean and made growbought back life mankind
after had lain dormant apparently for century
While vacation two Lay visited the cdwelngs
in the Verde Valley about twenty miles from
Arizona During the of his explorations according
account the trip he sealed with adobe
mud Curiosity prompted him force opening by dsodgng
some OF the boude and investigate Upon the he
confronted by three human Skeletons sitting position
This however did deter him making further
his immediate surroundings and his interesting discovery made
when he ped off slab Of rock that sealed pocket chsed the
solid rock wall There he found quantity of beans which cung
together in spherical seemingly having placed in
receptacle that subsequently deayed When exposed the the
fell and all of the beans cmbed the touch
of his fingers The that planted when
returned to San Diego and very few beans OBJ
tanned from the original plant but the proved remarkably
prolific
This clfdwelers bean which Lay had resurrected very
similar in the white bean that familiar every
American today but about twice Those
these BEANS that they
seedmen who have examined the bean all different
from they have handled familiar seems to
variety, despite its Several
Luther Burbank who acknowledging them
would be planted and the result watched for with great
Whether not Lays discovery important interest
ng to be Out here the
that have railroads built on
beans And still have all of those varieties
anything edible products and particularly beans on ac
count OF their food value thing of promiseSandard Oil
letn
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
BOYS DODGE SCHOOL
FOR SHIPYARD WAGES

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 31.-So
many boys under 16 years of age have
been kept out of school by parents to
work in the shipyards here at big
wages that the shipyards themselves
have taken up the problem.
On one day lis parents were in the
Magistrates Court charged with al
lowing their boys to work in the ship
yards in violation of the law.
81 should worry" said one parent
81 was fined $14 and costs, and Johnny
made $50 the last week he worked"
The decrease in overtime and Sun
day work since the armistice was
signed is already helping to abate the
evil.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
PRETTY GIRL ACCUSED
OF POISONING, BIeAMY

ROME, Ca, Dec. 31.-Pretty Mrs.
Pearl Russelps affairs are in a decid-
edly tangled condition. Following a
grand jury investigation Of the poison.
ing of her grandfather, she is held
pending action of the grand jury. Fur
'ther investigation indicates she may
be a bigamist. Her first husband en-
listed and is in France. His name is
Jerry Hughes. After his departure
she married Chester Russell after a
three days acquaintance. They soon
quarreled. Russell was first arrested
in connection with the poisoning, but
it is now believed he will be released.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-01-11
NEGRO, OVER 100, "JINEs
CHU'CH," QUITS ElDDI ING

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 31.-Will
Wright, a Negro over 100 years old.
was a witness recently in the divorce
court of Atlanta, testifying on behalf
OF his great granddaughter, who was
seeking alimony Wright, who was
known along in 1S4S as Fiddler Bill"
declared on the stand that, although
ne had called" at many a dance in
the old days, he hadn't fiddled any
since 1866, when he fined de chu'ch."