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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-07-25
Delicate Mechanism

Despite its scope Swift g
Company is a business Of in
finite details, requiring infinite
attention.
Experienced men must know
livestock buying with a knowl-
edge of weight price, the amount
and quality of meat the live
animals will yield.
Each manufacturing operation must
be done with expert skill and scientific
precision. "A highly perishable product
must be handled with speed and care
to avoid loss.
Chemists, engineers, accountants,
and other specialists are required to
take care of our intricate problems.
Alert wisdom and judgment must
be used in getting stocks Of goods into
the open channels Of demand through
our four hundred branch houses.
Branch house organizations must
show activity and energy to sell at the
market in the face of acute competi-
ton from other large packers, and
hundreds Of small ones.
/ AL theserequirements ofintelligencc,
loyalty, devotion 70 the task, are met
in the personnel of Swift & Company.
Yet the profit is only fraction of a cent
per pound with costs at minimum.
How can the workings Of this deli.
cate human mechanism be improved
upon7
Do you believe that Government
direction would add to our efficiency
or improve the service rendered the
producer and consumer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

BY AHEARN

DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS OF PERTH AMBoY:
I told on Granny and vol Shadow friends would be back again
here W Q are!
Let M introduce N OF my gay@t and most popular paymates Miss
her fluffy skirts twinking hersknEul leg jsta as h does OF the
tag or thu circus platform Shesa remarkable dancers!
And then. when Betty Ballet switches off the scene-on frisks Sam
my Squirrel.
Mr. Squirrel rche his long, bushy tail n goes shutting all over
the val for a ut Therei He's o md one! And u if to- tuck it
in the deep shadow hole in the bedcaothes. Now he'll stay there,
all curled up and o o sleep!
Goodnight, dears GRANNY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
Doctor Tells How To Detect
Harmful Effect OF Tobacco.
Tn These SIMPLE TESTS

New York: Doctor Conner, formerly
of Johns Hopkins hospital. says
men who smoke, chew or snuff
necessarily and who are seemingly
are suffering from progressive
organic ailments. Thousands of them
never have been afflicted had
it not been for the use of tobacco. and
would soon get well if they
would only stop the use of tobacco.
The chief habi forming principle OF
tobacco is nicotine, a deadly poison
which. when absorbed by the system
and vital organs of the body.
The harmful effect of obacco varies
and depends on circumstances. One
will be afflicted with general debility,
others with catarrh of the throat. in
digestion, constipation. extreme ner-
sleeplessness. loss of mem
DRY. lack of will power, mental cenfn-
sion, etc. Others may suffer from
disease, bronchial trouble. hard
ening Of tina arteries. tuberculosis,
blindness or even cancer or the CON-
affliction known as tobacco heart.
If you use obacco in any form you
by making the following simple tests.
aloud one full page from a book.
If, in the course of reading your
voice becomes muffled, hoarse n in
distinct, and you must frequently
clear your throat. the chances are that
your throat is affected by catarrh and
1t may be the beginning of more Sc
rious CUB Next, in the rni
before taking your usual smoke. walk
three flights of stair at q regular
pace. then stop. II you find that you
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
Today's Story
For Children
BY THE STORY LADY.

Peter was sitting on the front porch
IN deep thought when Mama came out
on the porch.
what are you thinking about
DEAL? 2" she asked.
II was like yours. Her lips was red
ference in grandmothers. Percy-s
mother made him go to see his grand
mother. She give him a quarter to go
and he give me a dime to go with him.
His grandma was havin' a woman
fool with her lair and just told us 10
sit down. When we first went in her
hair was the color of my grandma'S
and when we was ready to come away
II was lie yours. Her lips was red
der n yours and she asked Percy how
he was and about the folks and told
him not to call her grandma u
Mother Lansing. Then she said that
she had to rest for the party tonight
and for him to run on home and come
back some day. She gave him a hve
dollar gold piece and pecked him on
the cheek and told him to run along
and come by himself next time. And
when we got outside Percy said,
Thank Heaven! That's over for an
other three months.
WELL" said Mama, (which kind of
grandmother would you rather
?"
TIL take hugs and kisses and cookies
every time, specially if they took the
money away from me and put it in the
bank like they do Percy's. He says
thinks they take it away from him
and give it back to his grandmother
and it's the same gold piece he gets
all the time"
Helen Carpenter Moore.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

are out of breath. your heart beat Is
forced, trembling or irregular. you
may be a victim of functional OF or
ganic heart trouble If you feel that
must smoke, chew or snuff to
quiet your nerves. you are a slave to
the tobacco habit and are positively
poisoning yourself with the deadly
drug, nicotine. In either case you
have Just two alternatives-keeu on
with the self-poisoning process ire
spective of the dangers and suffer the
escape the dangers. You can over
come the craving and stop the habit
in a very short time by using the
Following inexpensive formula. &c to
drug store and ask for Nicotol
tablets and take one tablet after each
meal. and in a comparatively short
you will have no desire for to-
baccos the craving will have left you.
With the nicotine poison out of your
system your general health will quick
|ly improve.
Note-When asked about Nicotol
tablets, one of our leading druggists
said: TT is truly a wonderful remedy
for the tobacco habit; away ahead of
we have ever sold before. We
are authorized by the manufacturers
fed customer. and we would not per-
init the use of our name unless th9@
|renedy possessed unusual merit" Nj
|cotol tablets are sold in this city un-
der, an iron-clad money-back guaran-
tee by all up-to-date druggists. in
|eludlng Anthony H Seaman and DR..
IChas. l. Sifk.-Ady.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
AmfNdfureW 0nderful?

Actors refuse to applaud present
theatrical performance. Turn the
tables by walking out on the audi
ence. Change the acts to strike
scenes and make the whole show
game an intermissipn. Well give
'em a hand but when the curtain
goes up, us audience should stage a
strike. The terms well compromise
on will be-mechanical device to take
the place of box office snobs. No
chorus men. Nc European juggling
acts. No actor shall wish himself
back for an encore, when once was
too much. No jokes or sketches on
prohibition, especially acting a soft
drink drunk. No xylophone acts. No
bedroom farces or pajama-clad prin-
cipals. No ballet, barefoot or Rus
sian dancing. No mind reading acts.
No posing acts. Nc toy balloon cho-
rus. No grownup child imitators. No
blackface comedians who talk white
face. No grand inales.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
Boy Stories by Dan Beard

leads to a lean-to built against a big
Iallen tree. There are blankets at each
end and the main shack made OF
boards swiped from some fence.
he makes me go inside and asks
some more questions. mostly about the
country round this section. Well
pretty soon here comes two other fell
iers bullying in under the blankets at
the other N of the lean-to. Then /
was scared. They are rough looking
customers and both have big revolt
vers. l guess they were in the lean-to
and heard me and Whiskers coming
along and they cleared out of the 9TH
er end of the shack to see what was
coming off. Anyhow they chatters
with Whiskers and he chatters with
them in some kind of lingo 1 couldn't
understand no way. 1t wasn't French.
or wop, or German, and I don't know
what it was. Then Whiskers tells me
to go on and not hang around there
AID not to tell anyone I'd seen them
or else he'll take me back to the dairy
men. Wei you bet I just beat it for
all I was worth. I went to where I
was to meet the fellers with the Mary
Anne but that was too close to these
foreigners, l thought, as they might
have traled me a piece. So I just
made a few signs in the sand for the
fellers to follow me by and then I
hiked down here"
Mr.. Anderson asked Squinty to de-
get close to their camp and then rush
blanket. He did so. They are the
men, all right, Mr.. Powers" said An
sderson turning to one OF his compan-
ions. N question about it. How
hall we proceed, Chief" said Mr..
Powers. THE only thing to do Is to
get close to their camp and then rush
them" answered Mr.. Anderson.
Say, that would be dangerous"
Squinty interrupted, those fellows
could see you before you got close
enough to rush them and they'd plug
you. I think I know q way to flush
them out of their nest like q flock OF
quail and they'll run right Into your
arms
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
squinty Tells Of His Adyenture.
SQUIRREL FOOD


The boys. Mr.. Anderson and his
companions landed and went to where
Squinty was standing. The latter
showed no disposition to walk to the.
waters edge. Whats happened,
Squinty ?" Pickles asked as the other
boys tired a ~broadside of questions at
him. But Mr.. Anderson interposed
before Squinty could answer Let
him tell his OWL story without inter-
ruption and then he won't be likely to
omit anything" he said. The others
kept quiet while Squinty talked.
When the fellers left the Mary
Anne" he said. It went back to where
we ate our dinner and slung some
dead leaves and brush over the oven
so that no one would see it. Then 1
went to the bushes where the trail of
the guy who tried to steal our BOAT
led to. 1t warn't no trouble. hardly,
to foller his trail because he blunder-
ed right through bushes, breaking off
branches and steppin' in mud and
everything. Pretty soon the trail led
into a new path in the heavy woods
back from the river.
A l goes round a bend I ran right
smack into a big duffer with whisker
He was coming toward me and as It
was too late to hide I kept ON going
as though to pass him, but he stopped
me and asked where / was going. |
said l had been farmed out to a dairy
man back in the country by an orphan
asylum and that the dairyman was
mean to me an 1 was running away.
Whiskers talked pretty bum English
but l guess he understood me all right.
He asked a lot of other questions and
wanted to know if I had seer the big
launch com up the river and go back
a little while ago.. I said I had often
seen it and thought nothing of it be-
cause it belongs to 4 bunch of New
York millionaires who are camping
where the boat stopped.
Well he stopped asking questions
long enough to cuss all millionaires.
specially New FORK miIlionaires. AZ
ter h a he made me go back AZ
him the way he came and the path
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

Among "Us Girls"

Dear Girls:
When each mail comes in and
brings more and more new friends to
me and to you all, really, you can't
imagine Just how happy it makes me
feel. What I want is a constant In
hux of new correspondents, but at tht
same time 1 don't want any OF my
old friends to fail me. Let each one
of us feel that it is u personal duty
to keep this column going and one
letter a week or more from each one
will certainly compel our column to
make a good showing for itself.
We are having a few repetition Of
would appeal to you: ALI the girls
change their names, but to my new
friends, why not use something differ
ent instead of your first names. Some
will be the cause of much
amusement and at the same time will
be of such al nusua nature that
they will not easily become confused.
Remember girls I want you to
please sign your real names some
where on the letter. I will not publish
these but / must really know who you
are. Up to date / have published
some letters whose names did not APP
pear but / do not think I will CON-
tinue this practice so if you are a
new correspondent be sure and sign
your real name as well as your non
de plume and il you are an old friend
and I don't know your really truly.
name sign it on your mex letter.
HELEN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca, held their weekly meeting last
night in their clubrooms in Sayre
venue and arrangements were made
for a hike and outing which will take
place next Saturday night. The start
will be made from the clrrbrooms at 6
o'clock inc they will be accompanied
by Scoutmaster Jens Andersen. The
scouts will return Sunday evening.
It was decided to hold a special
meeting Friday night of this week for
final outing arrangements.
Saturday the scouts journeyed to
Englishtown in an auto truck and
brought back logs for the cabin
which they are building and resumed
building activities previous to the
meeting Last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
Sport Briefs

Many Of the star volley ball play
ers of the "Y" Business Mems Vol
ley Ball League have returned from
their vacations and judging from
their speed and ability to move
around quickly one would readily
conclude that their vacation had
done them some good. Goldberger,
Seaman. Stremlau and Robbins were
in the game again yesterday n
helped their teams to victory. The
results of the games showed that all
teams were evenly matched, with
Letters players winning and losing
one from Jack Klein's warriors while
in the meantime Shoes ponies
pranced around enough to take n
game from Menaker's players.
Present standing of the teams:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

I want to tell you one thing, Dim
pies, if all my correspondents in this
column were or will be as interesting
your letters nave made you to me
I wouldn't worry about its continued
So now Dimples 20 u and
get a new head if perchance that has
given you a wee bit of a swelled head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
who Claimed the FIowers7

The minister who made the follow
Ing announcement seems to have been
prepared for untoward results from
his preaching. There are some fow-
ers here" he said, "for those who are
sick at the close Of this service
Youths Companion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

forgetting you. Won't 1t be fun when
we are old, we'll put on our specks
and read all the letters and to think
of our Dear Helen who started this
club.
"Conchita" I do wish you would
write n tell us about Cuba If you
would like to SEND Helen FOUR address
SO that she a forward it to me and I
will correspond with you.
i certainly do agree with you Lee"
in regard to the freshman rear not be-
ing a bit pleasant Keep on Lee and
books.
In answer to "Geneva's" letter.
Helen you said we could join the little
guessing party, SO now I'll begin. I.
cant imagine you a married woman,
don't know why" but the kind of a
girl one likes to speak of "big sister,
| think our hair is dark and you are
middle size not too thin nor yet too
plump, but just h right size.
Hoping 1 haven't criticised you too
Sharply, but as you say. it's all fun. 1
am, Lovingly,
DIMPLES.
I want to tell you one thing, DIM
pies, if all my correspondents in this
column were or will be as interesting
as you letters have made you to me
1 wouldn't worry about its continued
success. So now Dimples go out and
get a new head if perchance that has
given you a wee bit of a swelled head.
Perth Amboy.
Dear Helen:
/ have been a constant reader Of
your column and I admire it very
much. so in order to make it perma-
nent I will also contribute to it if you
will think it worth while to print my
letter. The idea of the Y. w. C. A. or
some sort of community house for
girls is just splendid. / hope in time
it will be more than just an idea.
Since o ave asked the girls to
give a description of you / will try and
I hope several other girls will try too
so we can compare descriptions. I
think You are quite young, say about
nineteen or twenty and a brunette. 1
think the latter because / am a bru-|
nette and they say that likes attract
likes.
I am thirteen years old and am just
entering high school,. I hope the soph-l
ignores won't look down on fresh
men IS n of the girls stated in her
letter.
I spent a week at Brighton Beach
and had a very nice time. 1 read quite
a lot and I hope you will publish al
list of books for US girls to read.
I think this letter is getting too long
SO FL stop, with success to Your col
umn or rather our column If you
like this letter I'll write again.
HARRIET"
So you are going to enter high
school. I remember when that sum
mer came when / was to enter high
school and it wasn't SO many centu-
ries g and I thought of all the won-
derfuI things that I was going to do in
A. 49, -.----i
were gone and 1 hadn't realized that
my castles had fled and the realities
were ven pleasanter than the dreams
So with you make your dreams so
high hat although your life itself
low the old adage Of Hitch your
wagon to a STAR then If you fall
short you will be higher than the per-
son that hitched hers to a tree top.
Think 1t over Harriet"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

The games in this summer league
viii continue until the fall league is
organized which will be early in
September.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20

z04 New Brunswick Ave. Tel. 1857 nj
Formerly beauty Pariors, CD Smith st.
combings made up into Switches.
Transformations of any stvie made
right here in parlor.
Human hair goods. our spe .ialty.
Switches from $3.50 rp
Appointments made by telephone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
Woodbridge.

Dear Helen:
This is my first attempt at writing
to you and our circle of friends. 1
think this idea of a column for girls
is splendid.
/ have read about the suggestion of
having a Y. w. c. A. center for Jus
girls and I can say that I heartily
endorse the idea and hope 1t shall
be come ~a-reality. I think perhaps
hat if we asked permission to use
the Y. M. G. A. rooms at first and then
we could organize and in that way
make a stronger appeal for help in
having a Y. w. C. A. center of u
own.
am a sophomore in the Wood
bridge High School, and Curly Locks
and Dimples are classmates of mine.
We ave enjoyed reading Curly Locks
stories in our English class in school
SO 1 think that you will enjoy them
in our column.
I also enjoy reading books and Il
this circle read a good DEAL.
l have read "Iaddie" and I think Il
is an interesting, wholesome book,
but of all Gene Stratton-Porter's
works I like The Harvester the
best. Those who enjoy reading books
about the wilderness should get The
Last of the Mohicans." I am planning
~ wv 2A0AA
School, but I shall have to work my
way through. I work during the
summer and ave money. This VIII
help me while in college.
1 shall close with a wish that our
column IA grow so largo that it
shall take up a sheet of newspaper.
"BAB."
Well, Bah, I sure ann glad to have
another Woodbridge lassie in our
midst. Another gin that I can really
call my friend for any book lover is
my friend I can assure you of that.
II have read sThe Harvester" many
times and enjoyed it more upon repe-
tition. I toO would recommend THE
Last of the MohicaHs" to any person
interested in nature Stories and any
of James Fenimore Cooper's works
will also be enjoyed equally as well.
Woodbridge.
Dear Helen and Girls:
Well, here I am again writing to
all of you. Helen If my letters ever
get tiresome just drop q hint and III
AXE it
You must not even speak Of us ever
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
West Parls.

Arrangements are being made by West
Paris Grange for grange fair, to be
held on Friday, Sept. 20. There will be
Q general exhibition Of farm products and
fancy work. Field sports In the fore
noon. "Better babies" show at II A. NJ.
Horse pulling at II. Tug Of war by
grange teams ct / 80. Base ball game at
$50. Dinner and supper will be served
In Centennial Hall, and the exhibits will
be In Grange Hall. In the evening there
will be drama by local talent. Chair.
men of the several committees are:
General-Dana A. Grover.
Field Sports-Charles B. Stevens.
Horse Pulling-Clarence Richardson.
"Better Babies" Show-Mrs. d. A. Marley.
Rev. d. A. Markley has returned from
bis vacation, and services were again
begun at the Universalist church Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Briggs are NOV.
ing into DR.. Staples house, which be
has recently vacated when moving to
Norway.
Miss Gertrude Robbins is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Bert Day.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the Free
Baptist church entertained the Ladies
Aid of the N. E. church on Mrs. w. W.
Dunham's lawn last Friday afternoon.
A short program of music and readings
was given. Ice cream and cake were
served. About sixty were present.
Arrangements for the West Paris
Grange Fair are nearing completion.
Every effort is being made to have the
hall exhibit complete and interesting.
Many novel features will be introduced.
Cash prizes will be offered in pulling
matches, tug of war and other features.
Premium ribbons will be awarded for all
exhibits. All exhibits will be open to
residents of Paris, whether members OF
the Grange or not. Nature study collec-
tons are specially desired.
Samuel Z. Estes attended the Advent
camp meeting at Mechanic Falls, and
went from there to Auburn to visit bis
son, s. K. Estes, Jr., and family.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
Bryant's Pond.

The Fernald, Keene & True Co. started
up their corn canning business here Sat.
urday. There is prospect of fair run,
the crop being good in many fields.
Charles G.. Hill leaves Tuesday for q
months visit at Oswego, N. Y, with his
son Fred C. Hill.
Harry Ssnborn is building garage on
the Paris road near bis residence in South
Woodstock. He will put in gasoline
tank and use the place for general re.
pair shop.
Miss Lena NJ. Felt, who is employed In
Rumford, has just returned from her an.
nual vacation which was spent In ST.
John, N. B., and Prince Edward Island.
On the trip she visited the family Of
George Coffin, who formerly resided In
this town.
Our photographer, Walter Arkett, was
at Otisfleld last week taking pictures q,
the summer colony located near Pleasant
Lake.
Richard Farnum is to dispose of his
personal property at auction and early In
the fall move to South Paris.
Arthur A. Andrews, mail carrier on
route 2, is having a vacation and with
bis family is visiting the old home In
Albany. Owen R. Davis is taking his
place on the route.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
East Sumner.

The Sumner Soldiers Veteran Associ
atoms nineteenth annual meeting was
held at Buckfield on Wednesday the 9th
and about thirty memb ers were present
A royal good time it was. Probably the
Buckfield correspondent will report the
same. The next meeting will be at South
Paris.
The long job of we'll drilling at s. F
Stetson's was finally completed last week
About 100 feet was drilled, mostly
through ledge, and it is hoped that per.
msnent water supply has been reached
1t is thought that cord packing will
commence this week.
All autos will head for Canton fair this
week, and an unusually good attendance
is looked for, weather conditions being
favorable. Autos are being engaged fol
the county fairst South Paris, and big
crowd may be expected.
The high cost of living and the league
of nations will not materially affect the
fall fairs. But the proposed league may
affect our peace and prosperity at home.
We have heard the expression, "a league
with the devil" Are we to realize 1t?
go slow-look before you leap"