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New Britain herald., 1919-12-19
ANNIVERSARY ()F \ PILGRIM FATHERS
Founders Of Nation Landed Here
 300 Years Ago

New York, Dec. 19.--The 30Oth an- 3liversary of the Pilgrim Fathers, ten Sative plans of which have just been l Announced here, will include celebra- lions in England, Holland and the Emitted States and will continue from May to December, 1920.
 A four day program in Leyden, Am Bterdam and Rotterdam, whence the Pilgrims sailed three centuries ago to Ehe American wilderness where they might find Freedom to worship God, |Will start on August 30, when commit tees from the United States and Eng land will be received at the Univer- slty of Leyden. Addresses comm em O. latlVe of the occasion will be deliver ed by scholars from the three coun- Irles including the rector of the uni- ersity, Dr. Rendel Harris of Man hester, England, Viscount Bryce and
 famous American who has not yet
 cen designated.
 The next day, August 31, the birth
 ay of the queen of the Netherlands,
 ill include, besides a congress in the PWn hall, a religious memorial serV- ce in the Pieterskirk in which Rev.
 ohm Robinson, who led the separa- ionists from the Church of England
 the Pilgrims) to Holland in 1909, was Buried.
 One of.the features of the holiday at Nm msterdam on September l, will be a meeting in the Rijl1smuseum, the un- Telling of a memorial window in the sagijnekerk and a reception. The lext day there will be an aquatic pa
 eant in Rotterdam, the visitors trav-
 ling in the morning from Leyden to oelftshaven, if possible, by boat along
 he way the Pilgrims went. Then
 here will be trips to the religious ha-
 ens of Rotterdam, a memorial service II the church at Delftshaven and al i D. m. the English and American con-
 ingents will depart for Southampton.
 The celebration in England will start in May, 1920, with meetings ir scrooby, the home of Robinson, Aus |erfie1d, Boston and Sheffield. From August to September 20 there vii be ceremonies in Cambridge, London Southampton and other places, culmi- hating in the sailing of the new May. Flower, which will carry the returning American committee and British anC EDutch delegations who are to partici bate in the program on this side of the |Atlatic.
 Main events of the American cele. Ebration will be in P1ym outh, Mass. and Boston, where historical pageants will be held, followed by a big recep
New Britain herald., 1919-12-19
AMERICANS INVEST HEAVILY
Largest Single Deal in Mexican MIn- ing Property Made by United States Interests in Rosita Coal Mines.

Mexico City, Dec. 16.-Amerlcan capitalists are reported to have 1n- vested heavily in mining property Ill the northern part of the repubnc' the largest single deal having been naoe by an American smelting and re- fning company for controlling inter- est in the Rosta coal mines in Coa- h1iIa for which a million and One- half nesos were paid. The Rosita fields m the past have furnished the greater part of the coal supply of the country and the new owners are said to contemplate enlarging the field and placing Coahuila coal on the United States market.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-19

tion in New York. Vice President Marshall is honorary chairman of the committee having the local program iI> charge. The foreign visitors will then be taken on 8 tour of the United States On November 24, 1920, there will be a universal observance of Thanksgiving day in England, Hol~ land and the United States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09
PIETRO MASCAGNI
HAS WRITTEN NEW
OPERA ON FREEDOM

Rome, July .-(Correspondence Of
The Associated Press. )-Pietro Mas
cagni known to everyone as the COM
p Dser of Cavalleria Rusticana and nu-
merous other musical works, has writ
ten a new opera, III Piccolo Marat",
which is characterized here as dis
tinctly a revolutionary step in opeerat-
iC work 1t contains no personalities
as characters in the story but it sub
stitutes for them symbolic representa-
tions of virtues and ideals similar to
the American pageant.
Il expect to produce my new opera
next winter in Rome" said Signor
Mascagni to The Associated Press cor
respondent. The theme is found GA
the conflict of ideas between the auto
crat between oppression and freedom.
The time of it, of cource is not limited
to any one period. The opera is sym
tolic of many periods and would just
as rapidly apply to the stirring times
OF the American revolution as it would
to the French Revolution, or the Rus
sian. of the Bavarian.
Il have no characters in the produc-
ton representing any particular per-
sonalities. There is no Napoleon, Met
ternich or Garibaldi My characters
represent the ideas for which men have
striven and also the ideas which have
endeavored to keep man in subsection
There is a character for Justice, for
Truth, for Freedom, and, on the other
hand, for Tyranny. for Ignorance, foT
Wrong. The plan did in my new work
has been depict in song the evolution
of man from a slave to free man
through the fundamentally of charac
tiers representing the abstract qualities
for which man fought and on the con-
trary, the qualities he fought against"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

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For the elimination of poisons due
TO impaired kidney action, Warmers
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years before this woman so judicious-
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09
FINNS
ADOPT A STRANGE
ATTRACTIVE FLAG

Archangel. Correspondence of ;he
Associated Press One of the strang-
est flags ever designed was adopted a
while ago by a regiment of karelian
F inns serving with the allied forces
on the Thurman railway line near KEN.
Russian Lapland
The flag, designed, it is said, by re-
quest of the Karelians. who have am
billions TO form an independent state,
included the national color of the
Karelians. a bright orange and their
flower. the Karelian clover.
The result was a startling reser-
tlance 20 green shamrocks upon an
orange background.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09
Kidney Remedy for 40 Years
A Pronounced Success

When kidney diseases have been
successfully treated for a period Of
more than forty years, it is reason
able to assume that the remedy there
fore must possess unusual merit.
Such is the remarkable record of
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Remedy Without its ability to give
relief and benefit it's users so that
they would continue its use, 1t could
not have existed 40 months, much
less 40 years of it's enviable record.
Many letters have come TO us to prove
that it has been a household remedy
for years and years. Here Is what
one grateful woman has recently writ
ten:
Il wish to say that your remedies
have been used in our family for fiji
teen years. We are never without a
bottle of Warmers SafeKidney and
Liver Remedy in our home. and it
hassaved many a doctors bill 1t IS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

bott, because this name looked good to
the tyrannical head matron. As the
real action OF the picture is opened.
July (played by Miss Pickford) is seen
offering TO the little toddIers around
her the only kind words and really
pleasant treatment they have.
The first half of Daddy Longlegs"
is filled with the doings of the little
parentless children, clad in stripes like
as many little criminals. and fed upon
soup and prunes. They are seen at
work. and at machine-like play pre-
scribed for them; covering before the
matron and the more grabbed OF the
trustees; always hungering for the love
and attention which is denied them:
occasionally. as every child must,
acting naughty"
The most appealing baby types We're
selected to be actors in Daddy Long
legs" and with Mary Pickford among
them acting the part Of a little girl as
only she can. the ever moving action
becomes a series of the most laugh
able and touching pictures of child life.
Marshal Neilan, who directed the pic
ture, shows himself a master of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09
NO PRINCIPAL
YETFOR SCHOOL
AT GONZALEZ
OF J. LEE SMITH
HELD UP BY STATE DIRECTOR
FERRY PASS TEACHERS GET
SALARY INCREASE. tGSl,R

Decision on the application of j.
J Lee Smith the principal Of the
| Smith Hughes agricultural school at
Roberts-Gonzalez was held up by the
| board of public instruction last night
Instructions from Shelton Phillips,
| state director of schools that no au-
| thortty was given the county to name
| a principal without the approval OF
| the state board of education and the
absence of one of the members,
John H. Pace, caused the matter 10
| be deferred until Saturday night.
Mr.. Phillips has recommended John
Wilkerson. a graduate of the state
agricultural school for the position.
He states that he has little expert
ence in teaching. but possesses SPLEEN
did executive ability and has the
proper vocational training to fit him
for the leadership of the institution.
Quick decision was asked so that in
formation might be obtained by Fri
day when state educators meet No
mention of the salary question w.ich
has been agitating the local board,
was made.
Mr.. Smith was assistant farm
dernonstra ton agent for Escambia
county from February to June when
the appropriation was exhausted. He
and stated frankly his experience and
qualifications. He has been a teach
er for 10 years, acting as principal at
union high schools at Laurel Hill
and Freeport and holds a first grade
teachers certificate from Walton
county. He agreed from the start
to the $500 salary allowance decided
upon recently by the board who
failed to get the principal at first de-
cided when he held out for s240C
yearly. When questioned as to his
religion Mr.. Smith stated that he was
a Presbyterian.
Ferry Pass Teachers Get Increase
After Protest.
Protesting the decision of the board
to cut salaries of teachers for the
coming year a delegation OF Ferry
Pass citizens and women. lead BY |
State Representative ]. r. NJ. Gates |
appeared before the board In let |
ter addressed to trustees Superintend- |
ent Edwards had previously notified |
them that the SIS. s65. $50 allowance
for teachers would be reduced to |
basis of $50 and SIS. Before they left |
the board had agreed to salaries Of
$50, So and $50 which will be supple |
mented by small amounts from the !
district funds.
IL something ISM QOlDR When We |
come back" Mr.. Gates told the board |
when reference was made to a possible t
extra teacher we are going to keep |
coming back. The school was 50 |
crowded last year that some of the /
children almost had to sit on the |
stove and now we have a compulsory |
education law which will make con- |
gestion greater. AS it is the teacher |
can hardly look around to see who |
is doing right or wrong. We are go |
ing to have good teachers too or none |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09
Novel Revenge of Orphans Creates
Humor in AsyIum

Everybody who loves baby Is des-
tined 10 treat when they see Daddy
Longlegs." the first Mary Pickford
Company super-feature. which will be
presented at the Isis today and tomor-
row. More than a score OF the cutest
Riddles on the screen aid Miss Pick
ford in this screen version OF the ia
nous novel and play by Jean Webster
The earlier scenes are enacted in a
great orphan asylum where dozens of
children. wee pathetic charges without
father, mother nor near relatives. are
supported by the bounty of John Grier.
who obtained his ideas of how chart
table institution should be run while
directing convict labor. Grier left be-
hind the big gray building as a memo
rial TO his whispering conscience, but
he undfd any good which may have
been in the act by placing cruel domi-
neering women. with no sympathy for
children. in charge.
Into this institution there comes. at
the opening OF the picture. baby diff
ferent from the rest. She grows to a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

atall. If it takes all the appropriation
for good teachers for four months
Wei have four accomplish something
If you haven't the money you'll have
to do like l do-dig and get it,"
Refuse Land Offer In Lieu Dormitory
Plan.
The board refused the offer of a
five-acre tract OF land with an s.
room bungalow for $4,000. the proper
ty of a. j. Mackey, and six acres in
the Eggart estate for $500. offered by
T. j. Dawson for agricultural extern
sion work and quarters for teachers.
When Chairman Beggs of the board
explained that If this were done the
dormitory plan would have to be Civ
en- up. Mr.. Dawson left in a huff, say
ing, Then we shall have only the
little red school house and no longer
a Roberts-Gonzalez agricultural in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

child of twelve, being named Judy Alb
humanity interesting in his handling OF
his child actors particularly.
One of the most humorous bits is
that in which Judy an da freckle faced
little boy decide TO lead the orphans
in "prune strike" Out-witted by the
matron they are driven into the yard
without food. They find a jug of hard
cider and some sandwiches which. in
nocently enough they consume, where
upon they both become gay. and get
into all sorts of mischief.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You
know what YOU are taxing as the
formula is printed on every label,
showing it is Quinine and Iron in
a tasteless form. The Quinine drives
out the malaria. the Iron builds up
the system. SO cents
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

1t is estimated Ihat is half the
acreage which is now occupied BY
hedgerows in England and Wales
were sown with wheat there would
be a yield sufficient to provide bread
for over a 100000 people for
whole year
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

stitution. The 40 acres now used are
considered sufficient for cultivation
purposes. Further, the board is no,
disposed TO set aside the dormitorv
plan for an additional year, as Mr.
Dawson would have them do. when no
further funds are assured. 1t is main
tanned.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-09

The condor is the only bird which
keeps its offspring in the nest for
year. The young cannot fly for
twelve months after being Matched.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
Columbia Has Class of III Enrolled
For Red Cross Health Course Here

One class in the Red Cross Health
Course has already been formed at
soon to organize other classes here
and in the numerous auxiliaries. The
members of the local classes are: Mrs.
l.. s. Duke, Miss Blanche Roberts,
Miss Sadie Scott, Miss Sammie
Church, Mrs. T. c. Mccormick, Miss
Annie Bratton, Mrs. Frank Nicholson,
Mrs. Geo. e. McKennon, Miss Bessie
Hutchings, Miss Elizabeth Whitthorne
and Miss Ruth Fleming. Instruc-
tons will be given by a trained Red
Cross nurse to be sent here by the
Southern Division.
A recent bulletin of the Red Cross
touching on this work says: Eight
hundred thousand men--one out of
every ten, disqualified in the draft for
physical unfitness. Three hundred
forty thousand lives lost from 'influen-
"a in the United States. A tight
year" in tuberculosis fatalities only
10000 deaths These are a few of
the reasons why the people need in
struction in public health measures
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11

The Red Cross is eager to give THU
instruction.
Health is not heritage; disease
is not designed; knowledge of health
laws must be attained. knowledge
does not follow the need for it.
"The Red Cross classes in home
care OF the sick and dietetics will
give this knowledge fully, accurately
and practically.
Hygiene protects agains. disease
diet is fertilization to strengthen thu
citadel of health. If illness comes, de
spite all precautions. it is we'll to pre-
pare to care for the sick. The Red
Cross includes these lessons in It'll
classes.
There are already hundreds of Wo
men in the Southern Division takine
these Red Cross Health Courses. Add
Your name to the class.
'The home must be protected BY
the home.maker, Woman's part ii
the home is to protect 1t from at
tacks of disease, disability and death
The Red Cross wants to help in this
great work"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
FINAL EXERCISES
OF GRAHAM SCHOOL
CERTIFICATES WILL BE DELIVER
ED BY JUDGE WHiTTHoRNE
AND. PROF. GRAHAM.

: " T. G hN ~ Va ~ 70
Commencement exercises Of the
Graham School will be held this week
and next week. The exercises will
begin Friday night. April IL, with a
play Pygmalion and Galatea. On Sun
day, April 10, the commencement SER
mon will be delivered by Prof. C. s.
Austin, Of Mt Pleasant, at 2 o'clock.
On Wednesday night, April 16, the
miscellaneous program will be given
by the grammar school. On Thurs
day night senior class program will be
rendered Judge w. C. Whitthorne
will deliver the tenth grade certifi-
Gates and County Superintendent Ora
ham will deliver the eighth grade GER
tificates. Both win deliver brief ad.
dresses to the classes.
On Friday nuight, April Is, the final
feature will be liven when the mem
bers Of the eighth and tenth grades
will gather at the banquet board The
banquet will be informal.
This, the second year of the Ora
ham school. has been, despite all of
the obstacles. most successful term.
Influenza sadly crippled the school,
but on the whole pupils and patrons
have cause for congratulations.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
ELEVEN CABINETS SOLD
/. I. 4 ON BIG OPENING DAY
SALES MANAGER SAYS RECORD IS
EQUAL TO ANY OPENING DAYS
IN LARGER CITIES.

1.-THE biggest opening days sale !
ever held, in city of this size" said
M. J. Fogerty, this morning in speak
ing Of the kitchen cabinet demonstra-
tion now In progress at the Columbia
Hardware & Furniture Co. THE
sales Saturday were equal to any OF
the opening days held in the larger
cities" said Mr.. Fogerty in speaking
of the matter.
This demonstration of the Sellers
kitchen cabinet was advertised exclu-
sively in The Daily and Weekly Herald
and all day Saturday there was a
steady and continuous flow of inter
ested buyers and lockers at the store
of the Columbia Hardware & Furni-
ture Co. and eleven Of the cabinets
were sold and delivered to the house.
keepers of Maury county.
This sale calls for a car load ship
ment, or to be exact fifty Of the cabi-
nets, nearly one-fourth of the ship
ment sold the first day. The demon
stration is advertised to last through
out this week, closing next Saturday
night, but at the rate they were sold
Saturday four days will wind up the
car load and telegraph message will
have to go into the factory for a car
load shipment by express,
Both Mr.. Fly, manager of the Co.
fumbia Hardware & Furniture Co. and
Mr. Fogerty are greatly pleased with
the success of the demonstration. and
the people that buy the cabinet seem
to be more pleased with the purchase
than the merchant is with the sale.
The kitchen cabinet seems to be the
solution of the troubles of the house
keeper in the present day, when so
much is being required Of house
keeper.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
HUB M'kIDD0N WAS
INvINCIDLE SATunDAI
HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATS PETERS
BURG 10 TO 4 SAT-
URDAY.

Columbia High School began the
baseball season. with victory Satur
day at Petersburg against the schod
there ny a score Of 10 to I. Hub Nc
Ribbon was invincible and except fol
poor support in one bad inning would
have held the Petersburgians to an
errorless victory.
The Columbia boys played good bal
and gave indications for 4 winning
team. The lineup for c.. H. s. fol
lows: Seagrayes, 9. Fl; Gregg, r. F..
ADHESION, Il ~ II. McKibbon, 2b;
Finney, 1b; Maxwell, s. g.; Cheek, 3b.
Hawkins. c.; Hub McKibbon, P.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
PATRIOTIC SONGS At
CLOSING EXERCISES
IMMENSE CROWD ATTENDS PRO-
GRAM AT ETTATON SCHOOL
FRIDAY NIGHT.

The closing exercises at the Eetta-
ton school Friday night were attend
ed by large crowd that filed the
school building and over-fowedi into
the yard, A feature. Of the program
was the lusty singing of Dixie, Z
THE Star Spangled Banners and 9TH
er patriotic songs. a1 S,s
Scholarship medals were presented
to Alton McKissack Of the ( Sixth
grade, Russell McKissaek of the
Fourth grade and Amy Foster of the
Second grade,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
MRS. SUE COX SuSTA|Ns .
INJURY BY AUTOMOBILE
Hn
ACCIDENT HAPPEN NED This MORN
ING AT THE WEST ENTRANCE
OF RIVER BRIDGE.
wednesdays Daily Herala.)

Mrs. Sue Cox, aged eighty-one years,
was struck by an automobile this
morning at the west entrance OF the
bridge across Duck river on North
Main street and received a broken
arm just above the left wrist, a cut on
the face, an injured limb and her right
hand was cut.
1t seems that Mrs. Cox was in the
act OF crossing the street to get on
the shady side, when Mrs. j. l.. Voor-
hies and her daughter, Mrs. J. L.
VOORHEES,, Jr, called to her to come get
In their car and as she stepped around
the car another automobile driven by
John Marshall Roberts came up ON the
other side of the VOORHEES, car and be-
fore the parties knew what had hap
pened Mrs. Cox was knocked down
and received the injuries stated above.
g5lt was just one of those peculiar ac-
ciednts. Both cars were on the right
side and Mr.. Roberts did not see Mrs.
Cox, nor did Mrs. Cox see the ap-
preaching car. In the Roberts car
were John Marshall Roberts, driver,
and his father and two sisters, Misses
Blanche and Bessie Roberts. They
live In Reversible and are neighbors
OF Mrs. Cox, who makes her home with
her daughter Mrs. Matte Holman.
Mrs. Cox was Immediately taken to
the home Of her daughter, Mrs, Hol-
man, in Riverside, where her wounds
we're given every attention, and while
she Is suffering great deal, she is do
ing nicely considering her eighty-one
years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
WALTER FRASER WON
AS AN ADVERTISER
RESULT OF SALE SHOWS HIM
VALUE OF PUBLICITY IN
THE HERALD.

II was never believer in advertis-
ing before, but now | am converted,
said Walter Fraser, former liveryman
who has quit the horse game to de-
vote his whole time to the taxi bust.
ness, as he paid his bill for advertis-
Ing the sale of livery equipment. 81 al
way thought money spent for advcrtis-
ing was wasted he said, "but that
was because | never tried it, My sale
Monday was a great success and / dis
posed of lot of stun that would rev-
er have found buyers for except by
advertising. am satisfied. Here's
your money"
Mr.. Fraser advertised exclusively in
The Herald that he would sell all of
his livery equipment. His statement
tells the story of what it was worth
to him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-11
SENATOR CLARK uPHOLDS
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
OPPOSES ANY CHANGE IN BoARD|
THAT WOULD REMOVE DR..
oLiN WEST, SECRETARY.

While spending the week end at his
nome in Mt. Pleasant, Senator c. Y.
Clarke told The Herald that he was
energetically opposing bill tha
seeks to reorganize the state board
OF health and is especially champiOn.
ing the administration of Dr. bin
West, secretary and executive offics
of the board. He said that he had
done all in his power to maintain the
state board as it is now CONSTITUTED
and thought that any change in 4
would be a misfortune. Being a doc
tor himself, Senator Clarke is profes.
sionally capable of passing upon the
merits of the board and the admins
tration of DR.. West.
Senator Clarke is also opposing The
s5O.OOO.0OO road bond bill and expects
1t to be defeated. He with Senate
Etockard Of Benton county is Ieadlus
the fight in the senate against the biz