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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21

Floor plan of storage room in cor
ner of basement. The arrangement
of the shelving and bins may be
changed to suit conditions. While
the construction of the wall may be
varied, it must be tight.
enough to admit barrels, boxes, ETC., a
good size being 21s feet wide by 61a
feet high. Set the studs on either side
of the door 30 inches apart, which will
allow for the door and the frame. Put
inch for the frame and seven-eighths
of an inch for the sill at the bottom.
Set the studs against the walls where
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &c
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21

the cellar walls and storage room walls
meet. Care exercised in making the
frame square and plumb will enable
the builder to get the structure tight
with a minimum of labor. A good
room is made by covering the studding
on the outside with tongue and-grOOve
material, but better way is to sheathe
the outside with plain lumber, tack
building paper on this, and side with
tongue-and-groove material. This con-
struction in connection with lath and
plaster or wall board on the inside
makes an excellent room.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21
PRINDIE DEAL OFF

The deal on the Roy Prindle farm has
fallen through and the purchaser,
Frank Helvig. has decided to lose the
$1,000 paid as earnest money it neceS-
sary There seems TO be some misun-
Outstanding about the deal, but none
at all about the deal being off.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21

George LarneX. who came here from
Chicago last spring. and moved onto
a piece Of wild land he bought eight
miles northwest of this city is going
about the building up of his new farm
i'll a busineSS-like way. This spring
he cleared. plowed and put to crop 10
acres He built Il new house and barn.
and moved Il house out to the farm
from Crane for one of his sons. This
job took Il lot of time and held the
clearing job back. Mr. LarneX and
sons will have their whole farm cleared
and producing crops in short time.
They use Il team Of horses and Il Ford
tractor in their clearing and farming
operations
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21
RUSK COUNTY FARM ITEMS
News That Will Interest Our City
Readers as Well as the Tillers
of the Soil

Louis Rice. of Conrath. was in Lady
smith Saturday and has his name
placed ON our list as a regular paid-in-
advance subscriber. Mr.. Rice owns
ten acres of land in Conrath, and has
Z acres cleared and seeded. He has
some small buildings and divides his
time working on his place and work
inc at other work.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
DUTY OF GRAND JURY.

When the grand jury again con-
venes on December IS it is announc-
ed that the committee appointed by
local lawyers will appear with proof
of the misconduct of the attorney gen.
eral of this judicial circuit This will
be in pursuance of the instructions
given at the meeting of the bar last
week. The duty of the grand jury is
plain. Under the instructions Of the
court the grand jury should at once
enter upon an exhaustive inyestiga-
ton of the charges made against the
attorney general and if the proof justi-
fies it should not fail to return indict-
ments.
The grand jury as now constituted
in this county contains some Of the
best citizens of the state. The Her
aid has confidence in the personnel OF
the jury. 1t believes .aat under the
proper directions from the court this
jury can he depended upon to DO IT'S
whole duty to the state and to the
good citizens of the county. 1t be.
lieves that the members of the. jury
will be duly impressed with the gray
ity of the situation and will not hest
tate to act upon the evidence regari-
loss of the consequences
The members of the bar of Column
bia are to be commended for taeir
prompt and courageous acton. They
could not ignore the conditions that
exist without a reflection upon the law
yers as officers of the court, for the
ali of it's several parts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
ARoLlshlNe A COUNTY.

Voters of James county, one of the
small counties of the state, have de-
cided in an election held under spec
ial act Of the legislature, to abolish
the county and annex it to Hamilton
county. If the courts finally sustain
the annexation and there is sure TO
be litigation the number Of counties
in Tennessee will be reduced to nine
ty-five. The territory of Hamilton
county will be measurably increased
and 5000 population will be added TO
Il.
An attempt was made many years
ago by the legislature to abolish this
county and annex it to Hamilton, but
the supreme court declared the act
void as the people of the county were
not given an opportunity to express
themselves. In that decision some
doubt was raised as to whether or not
county could be abolished even il
q majority of the people voted to do
SO. 1t is to be hoped, however, that
the supreme court will not adopt this
holding when the case again comes
before it. Manifestly it will be adj
vantageous for the people Of James
county to become residents of Hamil-
ton. The county Is too sparesely set
tied and the taxable wealth too small
to give the people all of the conven-
fences that they should have.
There are number of other coun-
ties in the state that should be abo.
lished. and the territory and popula-
ton added to>more populous counties.
It would make for efficiency in gov.
eminent to do this. Modern trans
portation facilities have annihilated
distance and there is no longer the
same reason for small counties that
existed in the early days of the state
when journey of over ten miles to
the county seat was a real hardship.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
THE COLUMBIA HERALD FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1919

to produce the commodities so badly
needed. There Is obviously short
age OF labor. That shortage is still
further emphasized through the short
hour day and the five day week. The
remedy is more labor through longer
hours and constant effort
In the recent message of the pre-
sident be again INDUCES in some
beautiful platitudes about the rights
of labor, but he does not stress as he
should the duties of labor. No man
can claim any rights unless he is
willing to perform his duties and
shoulder his responsibilities. Every
man owes an obligation to society to
work. No man, physically and menr-
ally able to do SO, has any right to
refuse to work, to loaf on his job.
Labor of some useful kind, either
physical or mental, is the duty of all
mortals qualified to perform it. To
continue to stress the fact as the
president does that higher wages and
shorter hours must be enjoyed by
those who labor, means that there can
be no reduction in the cost Of living,
but production will constantly grow
less.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
COST OF LIVING.

According to a statement just is
sued by Bradstreet's the cost of liy-
ing last month was the highest ever
known and more than double what it
was before the recent war. This
statement coming more than three
months after the pres dents cost of
living message to congress and TIE
efforts of the federal administration
TO reduce the cost of living amply
justifes all that The Herald said at
that time of the futility Of attempt
ing TO cure fundamental conditions by
legislative fiat.
The law of supply and demand is
tco old and too vigorous to be easily
set aside by presidential messages CT
departmental Investigations. The eff
fort of the department of justice to
reduce the cost of living, has in
more than three months of trial had
two results. one to penaliEe producers
Millions of dollars on certain staple
products, without any corresponding
benefit to consumers. and the other
to provide a hoarde of inspectors and
investigators who must be raid from
the public treasury and who have
done nothing but harass the business
interests of the country.
The farmers of Illinois recently
furnished the most sane and practi-
cal suggestion so far made for re-
duction in cost of living. They pro-
posed that during this emergency and
in order to restore the world from the
ravages OF war the basic day Of all in
dustry be made ten hours. In other
words the crying need Of the world is
increased production It takes labor
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
ENDING COAL STRIKE.

Although the miners have asreed to
60 back to work it will still be a long
time before normal conditions prevail
again in this country. 1t VII take
months to repair the damage that has
been done to capital and industry and
TO ls bor.. There will be partial paral-
ysis of the nations activities for
several months to come.
The strike was wholly unjustified
exhibition of power. At time when
the nation needs more than it ever did
an increase in production in all lines
its activities were halted and the bur
den of the cost of living. weighing
heavily on the middle classes. was in
creased. The strike proved. il proof
were needed. that the nation is sim
ply living from hand to mouth" 1t
has no reserve stores whatever
At best the strike is doubtful rem
". II is an appeal to brute force. II
Guild not be the means by which de-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
STARTLING CHARGES.

That the attorney general or TINS
judicial circuit Iooney B. White, was
drunk on at least two occasions in
open court, and that during the trial
OF d case involving the highest Of
tense known to the law, was the
charge made by Hon James c. Voor-
HES, one of the most active practi'
TONERS of the local bar, at meeting
of the lawyers of Maury county called
to act upon the misconduct OF the at
torney general.
Ii these charges are true and they
we're made with a dedniteness as TO
time and place and circumstances
that add to their weight. and made by
a reputable member Of a high and
honored profession, assuredly every
thing that The Herald has said during
the past week has been amply justi-
fed. Not only that but its insistence
upon judicial inquiry into these
charges has been 1ully suslaiheu. ih!S
paper has insisted and insists now
that conduct of this character upon
the part of the states chief law OF
ficer in this judicial circuit cannot
be ignored by court, by lawyers or by
good citizens. They cannot be hush
ell up or lightly brushed aside.
There should be one law for the Of
fetal and for the private citizen, one
law for the humble and for the high
and mighty Justice, the integrity OF
our whole judicial system, the honor
of the State of Tennessee and the
majesty of the, law, all cry out for
some action that will end conditions
that are simply iatolerable.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
SENATORIAL SPEECHES.

Newspaper reports state that Spna-
tor Mcclellan with an air of disgust re-
Gently concluded speech with the
statement that he did not inte1d to
speak TO empty benches" If that
rule should be universally followed by
Senator Mcclellan and large number
of other senators business Of The sen
ate would be very much NGXpnlli ed
An examination of the congressional
Record since congress reconvenel on
Dec. J. shows that it has been an ex-
ccedingly difficult matter % obta,n a
quorum in the senate. Time aud again
during the consideration Of the lai!-
road bill there have been long delays
while the sergeant at arms went scur
rying about the capitol to bring in t1e
absentees.
Although the railroad legislation IS
Of tremendous Importance to every in
terest of the nation, perhaps the most
ilHpOi lSsHI DiSCG VI icSlo
!ation pending in congress the MAORI
ty of the senators have given its
consideration no attention. Even
while Senator Cummins was engaged
in his very luminous and instructive
and exhaustive explanation of the bill
fathered by the interstate commerce
committee it was hard matter to Sc.
cure the attendance of quorum.
Many senators speak altogether for
home consumption. Under rule OF
the senate, unlike that of the house. a
senator must actually deliver his
speech before it can be printed in the
Record. No one can blame senators
for refusing to listen to some of the
speeches that are made, but unques-
tionably they ought to spend moro
time in the senate chamber.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
TIE PATH OF DUTY.

More than 100 persons were indict
ed by the grand jury for failure to pay
the tax levied upon their dogs. SO far
so good. The dog law is a good law
and like all laws should be enforced
but it cannot be argued that poor
inoffensive citizen should be made to
feel the full weight of the law mere
ly because he did not pay the tax upon
his dog, while high court officer
through his own misconduct neglects
the duties Of his responsible and i'm.
portant Office should not be hailed into
court. To suggest such a thing does
violence to ones sense of justice.
That the people of this county are
aroused over the revelations made by
The Herald and the members of the
Columbia bar is made evident daily
through the messages that come to
The Herald Office. The petition sign
ed by fifty well known and respecta.
BILE citizens asking the bar to take
action on the conduct of the attorney
general IL sufficient evidence of itself
that there is healthy public sonti-
ment behind the investigation. Hun
dreds would have quickly signed the
petition had they been given an oppor-
tunity. Scores have so expressed
themselves. The signers Of that petit
ton are not law breakers. They are
aCtuated BY the same motive that
prompted The Herald's demand that
the court institute an investigation
Of the attorney generals conduct, that
is the promotion Of the public inter
ests.
This journal has confidence that the
grand jury will yield to the demand
made for an investigation and will act
fairly and justly upon the evidence
that President Webster and his COM
mittee will submit. But if tn s conf
dence should not be justified the effort
made to have the attorney general
duly impressed with sense of his
duty to the public will not cease. The
court is given the power to remedy
any wrong and this paper is sure that
the court WILL if necessary, invoke
any power needed for a v.ndication of
the majesty Of the law However. as
stated. the grand jury of this county
is made up of substantial, law abiding
citizens who hold to an unusual de.
gree the confidence of the people and
can be depended upon to follow unfal.
teringly the path of duty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

mands are granted. 1t entails hard.
ships and losses on too many who are
wholly innocent, who have had no part
in the bringing about of conditions
against which it is a protest. At this
time in America it is wholly indefens.
ible and should not be considered.
Labor has never been more generous
ly rewarded or found more ample EN-.
ployment than it has within the past
two years in America 1t has opportu-
mites here that are enjoyed nowhere
else in the world. Strikes are almost
as destructive of wealth as wars.
Some way must be found to avoid
them in the future.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
SOUTH AND LIVE STOCK.

When the three grand prizes were
won by the South, two Of them by Ten
nessee, at the great live stock classic
at Chicago all doubt as to the suita-
bility of this section for the roduc-
ton of live stock was removed. Par
ticularly should Tennesseans be graft
fed This section Of the state should
become in the next generation the
England of the United States so far
as live stock production is concerned,
Here climate, soil, water, grass all
combine to produce conditions that in
many respects are remarkably similar
TO those of the tight little island
that have made 1t the foremost coun'
try in the world in the production OF
live stock.
Within a few years Tennessee
should become again famous for us
Jersey herds, for its breeds OF beer
cattle. Its Herefords and Angus and
Shrothorns should be the best in the
land. Nowhere do sheep thrive better
or produce more satisfactory profits
than in Tennessee. This is true OF
hogs. Cattle, hogs and sheep should
be the foremost staples of Maury coun-
ty farms. Not merely these animals
of q kind but they should be OF the
hest that the breed will produce under
the most favorable conditions.
Live stock agriculture means q per-
manent agriculture. 1t means soil
conservation and soil Improvement
In the future, with land as high as 1t
ID and labor as scarce and hard to OBJ
tain, the farmers must engage in the
kind of agriculture that not only re-
turns a profit on investment but that
will keep the soil at it's highest point
of productivity. In the past proflts
shown in farm operations in this sec
ton have largely been at the expense
OF the virgin richness of the soil IL
the farmers were charged with the
plant giving matter that has been tax
en- from the soil it is probable that
many of them. would be astounded at
the deficit that would be shown where
they had figured profit.
Grain farming is necessary and
should be part of the scheme OF ev-
cry farmer but this section is not
adapted to the growing of many grains
that can be more profitably produced
elsewhere. 1t is, however, an ideal
place for the growing and develop
ment if live stock. The farmer who
does not make live stock production
his principal endeavor in Middle Ten
nessee is neglect!ng the great oppor-
tunities given him by nature.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
If ToU e IT liz
our AID IT'S SO

Christmas seals or stamps. Every
effort TO stop the rayages of the
dread white plague is deserving of
support. Particularly is this true in
Tennessee, said to rank second among
the states in the number of victims
of consumption annually. According
to statistics there are nearly $4,000
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

cases of tuberculosis in this state all
the time and the death rate from the
disease is alarming. Science has
demonstrated that tuberculosis is not
ineurable but preventive measures are
more effective than cures. The funds
secured from the sale of the seals are
used to prevent the spread Of the dis.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

CLEVELAND, O.--The hunting sea.
son opened inauspiciously here.
Only two persons were shot in the
first day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
BUY. CHRISTMAS SEALS.

There should be ready response
to the appeal made by the Anti-Tuber.
culosis Society for the purchase of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
Shoes Make Coed prac-
teal Xmas Presents

ANY man, woman or boy and girl
would be glad to get a new pair
shoes for Xmas present. All the
new things in Ladies black and color
cd Shoes and Slippers.
Ladies and Mems House Slippers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

Pneumonia killed more men than
battles in the war just ended.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
Each kind of orchid has its own
lind Of insect for pollinization.

The red cardinal is the nightingale
Of the warmer parts of America.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

ease. Packages for Christmas should
bear these seals.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
The Notion Department
Has Some Beautiful
Xmas Presents
Fancy Toilet Sets
Beaded Bags
Velvet Bags
Fancy Hand Bags
Silk Hose Are Very Ac-
ceptable Xmas Preacnts
Christmas Spirit Woven
In The Designs OF
Beautiful Rugs

And what would be more practical
OF more desirable Xmas present.
Administer Rugs
Brussels Rugs
Crex Rugs
Congoleum Rugs
Mating Rugs
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
Mouse Furnishing Things
Make Nice Xmas Presents

Fancy plaid Blankets
Beacon Blankets
Crib Blankets
White and colored Counterpanes
Fancy Bath Towels
Bath Sets
Infants Bath Sets
Table Linens and Napkins
New-York tribune., 1919-09-12
D'riam m a
Grace George Seen in '''She
Would and She Did, at
the Vanderbilt
By Heywood Broun

Durlng the present theatrical season
we nave usually been asked to consider
tne case OF the young man found at
the beginning of the first act with IL
Knle In his neck, a bullet in his chest,
or rope about his throat. 1t came
then, as something of surprise to
ind that "She Would and She Did"
was tiree-act drama built entirely
around the fate of a young lady who
TOOK few divots out of putting
green with mashie in a fit of pique.
mat, of course, was only the beginning
OF the play. The big climax of the
when the greens committee met in full
view of the audience and decided to
BUY a gasolene lawn mower.
we nave rather suspicion that
"She Would and She Did" must neces-
sarlly he play for q limited public,
since at least rs per cent OF any New
York audience thinks of green's only
as something which you eat with
boiled ham. And recognition OF a
mashie is even more difficult. But
even If given an audience no memh4r
OF which was handicapped at moN
than 6, "She Would and She Did,
would still seem an oversight play.
Not only is it too slight in theme, but
integrates without any ingenious solu-
tion
The only thing to be said for the
production is that it gives Miss Grace
George an opportunity for a brilliant
light comedy performance. For a time
during the second act it seemed as If
the sgrcat skill of the star might be
sufficient to breathe into the fragile
comedy sufficient gusto to make II 90,
but in the end the task was beyond
mortal power. 1t could not have been
lifted out of the slough with nib
lick
The play is the first dramatic COM
position of Marks Reed, a young pupil
of Professor George Pierce Baker of
Harvard. The play was written just
before Rced went to war, and he re-
turned to find ii accepted There are
moments ~f sprightly dialogue in the
play, but t4spiece OF such delicate tex
ture mustcke all sprightly and so much
az that eaiihot be said for She Would
and She Did" There is at least hint
of dramatic talent in the play, and Ii
1T should prove that Mr.. Reed has
failed he need not feel too much down
cast, since he has experimc with
the most difficult form in the theatre.
Almost any good journcyman play
wight can DO something with a defi-
mite story, but it takes a genius to
make 4 D'ay out of nothing That is
almost what Mr. Reed has tlied TO do.
A good play must haye some thread
which coaches avcraecAnunian expert
errsc. A iav divots on the eighth green
Us teo snSll a section OF The univccsc e.
be dealt with successfully III the the
atrc.
Almost ali the acting honors went to
Miss George, bat there were good per
tormrncos, also, by Ned Burton and
John Stokes