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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-11
MARY MEPEDiTH,S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

/ am coming for advice. | am N
love with a girl l have never seen.
and [ love her with all my heart.
She said in her letters that she loved
me dearly. L am twenty-five years
I'D and she is nineteen. Please ad-
wise me what to do. 3. E. j.
ANSWER: How can you know
that you are in love with her,
She may be totally different
from what you imagine her to
be. She will even look differ
ent. Go to see the girl, get
really acquainted with her, and
then, If you still feel that you
care for each other, it will be
safe for you to marry her. But,
ucertainly you should know each
other personally before proceed
ing further with your affair.
I am a girl of seventeen. 1 am
greatly troubled. l have been talk
ing to a widower of twenty-four. We
are engaged to be married when
am eighteen My people do not like
HIM because he is a widower. He
is a nice boy. He has also been
engaged to another girl, but l do not
think he really cared for her, though
my brother says he does. The BOY
says he loves me dearer than his
life. L think [ love him, too, and
would be happy with him, though if
h., loved the other girl and his wife
too, l know he doesn't love me, for
[ do not believe that anyone could
love more than twice. I would not
Ike to marry a man who has loved
81 i.lcS no ho bn
me. l told him, when l promised
to marry him, that if l met anyone
L loved better, L would not marry
him. My people talk first for us, and
then against us, and they keep us
in such a tangle that I don't know
what to do.
NO NAME.
ANSWER: You ask for a per-
sonal reply, yet signed no name,
and sent q perfectly blank,
stamped envelope. So l am forced
to answer this through the paper.
The only solution of your prob
lem is to wait until you are old
enough to know your own mind.
1t is evident that you do not
really love the man, so why
marry him. You will just be
unhappy.
1 am a girl of fifteen years. My
mother died when L was small. My
father married again, but my STEP
mother does not treat me right. She
will not let me go to see my moth
er's people when my father doesn't
object. Do you think she has right
to object? She is cross and does not
nnnnOh nor 70
quarrel at me when my company IS
here. Do you think it would be right
ter me to leave home, and live with
my mothers people? Or could l get
a job and make my own living?
LONELY ORPHAN.
ANSWER: Couldn't you per-
suade your father to send you
away to a good school? There is
a very fine one near your home
the tuition is not at all heavy,
nd there are ways in which you
may make it even lighter. You
should have a good education and
the school to which I refer is
one of the best in your part of
the state. 1t is a boarding school
and is open eight, or nine months 4
in the year. This would be by
far the best thing for you, and
/ am sure your father will see
it that way. If it isn't possible
for you to go to school, perhaps
your fathe" would consent to
your living with your people.
1 would talk it over with him.
I am sure that he loves you and
that he will see your side Of the
case.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-11

p. ST inclose 90 cents for the sweet
F~nnch kid Please print my letter. Aunt
Julia, and / will writ" acain.-L. I. F.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you al
of you cousins. live on a farm. and like farm
life fine. have been silent reader of the
Letter Box for quite while, and enjoy the
chidren's letters fine.
As my letter is Getting lengthy. | had bet
ter describe myself and go: I am feet 6
inches tell. weigh 100 mounds, have blue
eyes. light hair, fair comnleXion and age he
tween eighteen and twenty-five. Listen. !
c. p. ALEXANDER.
Farburn. Ga.
P. Sind incIosed 10 cents for tina
French baby. will answer all letters re-
ceiYed,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-11

Whoa! Whot! Is not this the letter boxP
| thought so. How are you all this morn
ing? Yes, it's raining and / am real glad
for 1 was tired of picking cotton. Yes, /
am another country hoodlum, and have
plenty to do for pastime, such as cook
keep the house straight, milk the cow, feed
the hogs, attend to my young chicks and
get my little sister off to school, but still
have time to read the letter box.
Luther Huff, why not write more often?
We all like your letters.
l wonder how many cousins will attend
the fair in Atlanta. I surely want TO GO
| know you cousins are glad to see Aunt
Julia mention American children for the
coming year.
Annie Keiff, what's the matter with you?
Ruby Jordan, of Aiken, S. c., write Ruby
Jordan of Atlanta Ga, 612 North Ashby
street. She is young girl and something
of shut-in. She is not helpless, though
she cannot go about alone. Wonder if
you are related to us? Yes, lookout; there
he comes. 1 know, for he got before
Yes, it's Mr. w. B. himself.
Everybody write. Love to all. Please
pardon, me, Aunt Julia.
JE-U'TTLI JNDnA>
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-11

nd was so bad
could not
st at night
: o u d / / e
w a k g and
ct so nervous
would have to
ct up ana
Walk around
n d in t h e
torning would
e all tired
ut. | read
bout Lydia E.
inkham's Veg
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-11

ORDER HYGIENIC FEATHER BED.
Right from this adj. Absolutely no risk. "
have $500 deposited with Security Saving,
Bank, Charlotte, n. c., to guarantee salts
faction or money back. All new feathers
Best ticking. Beds, 25-lh., 5000; 30-lb.
S11 20; 35-lb.. SEAS. Pillows, pair. 5-lb
S1.S0: Glib, $3.50. Order today. or write
for cataIog. Dept. Y, HYGIENE Bed Go
Charlotte. n. c.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
PHOENIX BANK
BUYS BUILDING
NOW OCCUPIES
THE COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS
AGREES UPON PURCHASE OF
PROPERTY ON w. SEVENTH.
FRONTAGE SIXTY-SIX FEET
In Line With Progressive Spirit and
Increased Business Bank Plans fo,'
Larger and More Convenient Quar-
ters for its Customers.

| Arrangements have been completed
| by committee of the board of direc-
tors of the Phoenix aNtional Bank to
purchase the building now occupied
by the bank on the corner of Court
Square and Seventh street and also
l'the adjoining property occupied by
the Mcmahon Jewelry Company, the
purchase to-oe come effective on Jan
1. The consideration was $4,000.
This purchase will give the bank a
frontage on West Seventh street, the
most popular business street in the
city, of sixty feet and will enable it
to add materially to its banking space.
The growth of this bank which has
been phenomenal in recent years, has
long made necessary an increase of
its banking space. 1t will also have a
frontage on court square.
The purchase of this property is in
line with the progressive spirit of
thC pohh, WHICH Hdu Tie ulSlluCllUH
of being the first in Maury comfy to
have a surplus fund equalling it's cap
ital stock. While the bank has no
plans for the present for new build
ing, it could exsend over a hundred
thousand dollars for that purpose if
| the directors so desired without touch
ing dollar of the capital as the sur
plus and undivided profits now large
ly exceed the capital stock. In the
course of time it is expected that a
building commensurate with the size
and business of the bank will be erect
ed. -
1t is expected that the purchase of
the property will be approved by the
directors at the next meeting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
SPLENDID ROAD IS
RESULT PUBLIC SPIRIT

One of the best examples of road
buildinsothrough cooperation of the
neighbOrs is the road leading from the
Nashville pike just beyond Neapolis
to the Spring Hill and Kedron pike
by way of Oakmont. When the gravel
is placed on about 400 yards this will
be one of the best pixies in the county
and it has been constructed almost
wholly through the generosity of a
few people The rights of way, grad
ing and metalling has been largely
through private subscription. Al
ready more than 2,400 loads of fine
creek gravel have been placed on the
road. If similar spirit were mani
tested on other roads, the county
would soon have magnificent system
OF highways.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
FARMERS HEAVY
BUYERS OF CORN
IN THIS COUNTY.
IN SOME SECTIONS MORE ARE
BUYING STAPLE THAN THERE !"
ARE SELLING 1T. se|
ARE TO FEED MANY LIVE STOCK
Many Causes Have Contributed to In
crease the Number Who Are Finish
ing Beef-Condition Not Merely Lo-s
cal As Statistics Show.

That the farmers of this county are
going more and more to live stock Is
shown in the remarkable situation
that obtains in the local corn market.
The demand for corn by farmers is
said by dealers to exceed anything
that they have ever known at this
season of the year. An unusually large,
number of cattle are going to be fed
this year and great many farmers
are buying whereas in the past they
have been selling corn.
1t was stated by E. J. Park, of the
Culleoka Produce Company, at Guile
Okla, which is one of the largest ship
pers of corn in the county, that this
fall there were actually more farmers
in that section of Maury and Mar
shall counties buying corn than there
were farmers selling corn. This is
unique situation. The receipts of
corn in Columbia from the farms have
been remarkably light. Many farmers
have actually offered over the market
price in order to get corn.
That the farmers of the nation have
an increased interest in beef cattle Is
shown in the fact that this year there
has been an increase of over twelve
per cent in the number of cattle that
has gone through the stockyards to
the farms over the number going that
route last year. Recent advances in
beef cattle have stimulated feeding
It has been found also that the finish
ed cattle are much more certain Of a
stable market than the unfinished sort.
This movement to live stock is due
to many causes. 1t is in part reac-
ton from the war. During the war
under the appeal of the nation the
farmer sacrificed soil maintenance
and crop rotation to produce bumper
grain crops. Now they are faced with
the necessity for again building up
the lands. This can be done more
profitably with live stock than any
other way
The scarcity and high cost of labor
has also been an important factor in
encouraging live stock farming. 1t
requires much less labor to feed and
pasture cattle than it does to grow
so much grain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
SCARCITY
HAMPERS TURKEY
DEALERS HERE
NEVER BEFORE HAD SUCH Diff
GUILTY IN GETTING BIRDS
PICKED AND PACKED.
WORKERS MAKE GOOD WAGES TOO
Estimated That the Crop of the coun-
ty Will Run Around a Quarter of a
Million Pounds and Will Be Worth
About $4,000 to Farmers.

Great difficulty is being experience
ed by the produce dealers here in OBJ
tanning labor for picking and packing
the Thanksgiving turkey crop. W. S.
Beasley, of the Columbia Produce Co.,
said that while the countys crop of
the national bird was not quite up to
the average of past years, twas not
altogether an unfortunate thing, be-
cause otherwise he did not know how
they would be taken care Of
All of the dealers agree that never
before has it been so difficult to Sc
cure pickers. Many of the pickers,
who are experts, have made as high
as SIS in a day. But many of them do
not care to work full day as they
are paid by the turkey, in consequence
they do not have to work full time in
order to make several dollars. But
that fact cuts down the output.
With the major portion of the crop
of the county marketed at around thir-
ty cents a pound, those farmers who
were fortunate enough to have tur-
keys have received splendid rewards.
It is estimated that something close
to quarter of a million pounds of tur-
keys, live weight, will be marketed in
the county. At thirty cents per pound
that would be seyenty-five thousand
dollars For a side line on the farm
that is not bad. Equally divided and
it would give an average of SIS to
each of the 5000 farms estimated to
be in the county. 1t is nearly 81 for
every man. woman and child in the
county. Then there is the Christmas
crop to come, but that seldom equals
the output at Thanksgiving.
The market is slightly weaker than
1t has been and no higher prices are
expected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
M'LEAN GOES TO ATTEND
MEETING AT6KNOxV|LLE

Prof. Z. 4. Mclean. county agricul
tural agent expects to leave this even.
ing for Knoxville, where he will at.
tend the convention of agricultural
agents of the state Mr.. Mclean re.
ports Maury .county's agricultural
prospects for the coming year bright
He is advising the sowing of alfalfa,
as one method of combating the scar.
city Of labor, and the high price of
farm labor. The business men of Co
lumbia. as in other cities are begin
ning to realize what an important
factor the county agricultural agent
is in the development of the farming
Interests of the county, and Mr.. Nc
Lean is being given more and more
the cooperation OF the business peo-
pie of the county.
For the past several days Mr. Nc
Lean has been at work preparing his
annual report to he submitted to the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington. It will probably be several
DAYS before this task will be cOmpiet-
ed. and it is thought that the sum-
mary will show a splendid advance
ment made by the farmers Of this
county during the past year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
RASCALS
Biliousness, Headache, Colds,
Constipation. driven out
with "Cascarets"


Why take nasty cathartics, sichen-
ing salts, or stomach-turning oils to
drive these rascals out? Let gentle,
harmless Cascarets remove the liver
and bowel poison which is keeping
your head dizzy. your tongue coated,
your skin sallow, your breath often
sive, and your stomach sour. Get a
box of Cascarets at the drug store
ard rid your liver, stomach, and bow
els Of the excess bile, poisons, and
waste which are keeping you miser-
able. Cascarets never grippe, never
sicken, never inconvenience. They
cost so little and work while you
Sleep Advt) 8
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
BUTTER FAT SCARS AS WORK ON
CREAMERY HERE is COMMENCED

Worl; of actual construction of the
walls of the new building for the
Dimple Ice Cream and Creamery Com
pany was signalized today by an adj
vance in the price Of butter fat to
the highest point ever quoted in Ten
nessee. The company is Offering sew.
enty cents pound. This was an adj
vance of four and half cents and is
three cents above the previous high
point.
The brick work is being done by
the Richardson Lumber Company and
with favorable weather it is expected
to complete the walls by Saturday
night. It has been impossible to OBJ
tain cream coIored brick so it was de-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
Walter Direct
Is Once More In
Mau,.y County

Walter Direct 2:05a, Maury coun.
tvs most famous sire of speed, arriv.
ed in Columbia Monday from Indiana
where he had been purchased by w
NJ. Tolley, owner of the famous Tolley
Farm, the home of the Halls. Walter
is looking just as good as ever, and
the lovers of good horses are glad
that he is once more back lin the dim
pie of the universe in the land OF
his nativity
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
NOT SICK
AND NOT WELL
In The Peculiar Situation Described,
zIn0N Iron Tonic Is Found Helpful.

II often happens that the organs Of yout
body do not function properly, for some
reason or other. There is nothing really
wrong, and you are not sick. But GER
family you are not well, either.
II you are in such condition, read
what Mr.. VIM. M. Bass, ri. l, Crossville,
Ala, did, and try Ziron Iron Tonic, as
ne did. MIR. Bass says:
II am nearly always pretty well a1t
strong and do not need much medicine
excepting for headaches. But, recently,
when | had not been feeling very well
for a while, | knew | needed some sor1
OF medicine to make me all right.
ltook Ziron and it made me strong ano
well again."
Ziron puts iron into the blood, and, by
doing this, may prevent serious attack
OF illness, which you are liable to "catch''
at any time il your system is weakened
or your condition below par.
Ziron has we'll proven its value as
tonic. Try it when you feel the least hi
out Of sorts, not quite as good as usual
tired and weary.
You druggist sells Ziron on a money.
back guarantee. ZNio
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
DEATH COMES IN.
MIDST REJOICING

After their home had been gladden.
ed on Sunday morning by the birth of
a son, Charles Alfred inexpressible
sadness came today to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Thomas when the little life was
taken. The beautiful child died at
10 o'clock this morning after So
iourn here of only two days The bur
ial will take place tomorrow at 1890
o'clock at the home in Riverside. In
their sorrow made the more poignant
because it came in the midst of the
congratulations of scores of friends,
Mr. and Mr.. Thomas have the sin.
cere sympathy of the entire commu.
nity.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
THREE CHANCElLORS
PRESIDE THIS WEEK
SEVERAL CASES ARE DISPOSED
OF BY JUDGES WHITTHoRNE,
TURNER AND HOLDING.
DAILY Herald, Nov. $50

There have been no less than three
chancellors presiding in the chancery
court this week. Judge Turner, OF the
circuit court, has heard number OF
cases and then when he went to Pu'
1aski to try cases there Judge Whit
thorne of the county court, took his
Mace. One case, that of j. Z. Voor
HES VS.. R. NJ. Williams, was tried by
agreement with Judge Holding as
special chancellor. The court declded
the case in favor of the complainant
Mr.. VOORHEES,.
An interesting case decided thls
week was that of Alternately against
Scott from the Culleoka section and
involving the right to road Inc
complainant sought to enjoin the de-
fandants from the use of a right OF
way. The court not only refused the
Injunction but decided that the SCOTS
were entitled to right of way perpet'
ually over the lands in question.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
SMISER'S ASSISTANT
ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN
ALASKA SLAIN WITHOUT
WARNING.

Maury coutians will be interested in
the news from Alaska that Steven
Raglan, assistant to United States Dis
trict Attorney James A. Smiser, has
been assassinated. He was shot
down without warning according to
the story in the Alaska Daily Empire
published at Juneau, Alaska. 1t Is
thought that the assassin was dement,
ed and imagined he had a grudge
against the slain man who was high
ly spoken Of.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21

For the purpose of buying all the
waste paper, old newspapers, maya
zines and wrapping paper in this sec
tion the Maury Waste Paper Company
has been organized here. w. W. Jones
will be president, s. w. Witherspoon
manager and Joseph NJ. Hayse secre-
tary and treasurer. Messrs. Wither-
spoon and Hayse are well known
here while Mr.. Jones does not live
in the county but is furnishing a good
deal of the capital.
This company believes that there
is a decidedly good field for a concern
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
MRS, WILLIS JONES
SELLS TO lee MURPHY
A PORTION OF THE LATE JUDGE
GORDON FARM AT DARkS FOR
SIPS PER ACRE.

Mrs. Willis Jones has sold portion
of the late Judge Gordon farm at
Darks Mill to Lee Murphy for S125
per acre. This portion of the farm
contains PA acres, making the total
purchase price $33, 900.
Mr.. Murphy owns on two sides of
this tract already and with the addi-
ton of this 264 acres it gives him one
Of the best farms in the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
Fine Cattle Are
Sold to Farmers
r0n1-LQUrence

Maury county continues to hold her
place in the sun as the home Of fine
horses and pure bred cattle. Yester-
day large party of live wire" farm
ers of Lawrence county, headed by
Prof. G. C. Wright, agricultural agent
of the county, came to Maury to make
purchases of fine dairy cattle. They
did not come in vain, purchasing from
George Campbell and Sam Warren
two bulls for $500, two heifers out Of
registered cows for 5000, two grade
Jerseys for 5000 and one registered
Jersey heifer for $3.50. The party was
accompanied to Spring Hill, where the
purchases were made, by Prof. A E.
Mclean, agricultural agent of Maui
ry county The party of visitors was
very much impressed with the splen-
did progress that is being made by
the beef and dairy interests of Maury
county, and are planning to further
these interests in Lawrence county.
1t is believed that within another
year there will be a considerable
surplus of milk and cream in Law
renee county as the result of the cam
paign, and an effort will be made to
work in conjunction with the local en-
terprise, the Dimple Ice Cream &
Creamery Company.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
SUGER PROFITEERS
SENTENCED TO TOMBS
(By United Press.)

NEW PORK, Nov. 1.-Two COM
mission merchants were sentenced
to serve sentences in the Tombs today
by the feredal court for attempted SUI
gar profiteering. 1t is claimed that
they bought sugar for 1915 and at
tempted to sen 1t for $3.50.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21

cided to use the brown brick and paint
the front rather than delay construc-
ton. High hopes are entertained that
the building will be completed by the
middle Of next month and the ma
chinery installed by Christmas. or
course these plans depend largely for
their successful contamination on the
weather conditions between now and
that time.
The building will be 102 feet by six
ty feet. Contracts have already been
let for the finest machinery obtaina-
Bile. The plant will lack nothing in
equipment. Since the recent publica-
tion of the list of stockholders a num-
Der OF others have been added.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
CLARENCE ALEXANDER
BUYS TRACTOR OUTFIT

Fry Brothers delivered today to
Clarence Alexander at Mt. Pleasant
a complete Fordson power farming
outfit composed of Fordson tractor,
Oliver disc pillow, and Roderick-Lane
disc harrow. Keith Denham and
Owen Burton are demonstrating this
machinery on Mr.. Alexander's farm
today.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
LOCAL CONCERN WILL BUY ALL OF
WASTE PAPER IN THIS SECTION

Of this kind The officers are persuad-
ed that with the increasing scarcity
of paper the waste that is annually
lost in this section can be utilized to
the profit of those who save it as well
as to the profit of the company.
The headquarters of the company
will be in the rear of the old Depot
Hotel. Business houses, schools, etc.,
are asked to communicate with the
company about their waste paper.
heretofore practically all of the waste
paper in the county has been lost but
this company expects to make 1t
worth saving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21

Don't suffer, A tinty bottle Of
Freezone costs but few cents at any
drug store Apply a few drops on the
corns, calluses and hard skin on bot
tom of feet. then lift them OF.
When Freezone removes corn from
the toes or Calluses from the bottom
of feet the skin beneath is left pink
and healthy and never sore. tender or
Enthusiastically
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21
NEGRO ACQUITTED OF
CHARGE Of ARSON

In the circuit court on Monday a
verdict of not guilty was returned by
the jury in the case of the state
against Doss Clagett, colored, charg-
ed with arson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-21

Let "Danderlne" save your hair and
double it's beauty. You can have lots
of long, thick, strong, lustrous hair.
Don't let it stay lifeless, thin, scrag-
ely or fading. Bring back it's color,
vigor and vitality.
Get a 35-cent bottle of delightful
'Danderine" at any drug or toilet
counter to freshen your scalp; check
dandruff and falling hair. Your hair
needs this stimulating tonic, then it's
life, color, brightness and abundance
will return-Hurry !-( Advt) 4