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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
Theft of Auto
Tires Cleared
Up BY Marshall

After spending ten days in an ef-
fort to clear up the many mysterious
thefts of autombile tires in Columbia,
City Marshal Tom Mclean believes
colored, the mystery has been solV-
ed. Mitchell was arrested in MUIR
freesboro by Rutherford county Off
cials upon information furnished by
Marshal Mclean, who with officer
Tom Cook left Columbia in an automo-
bile at | o'clock Tuesday afternoon
for MurfreesbOro, and arriving at
home with the prisoner at l o'clock
this morning, after trip rich in expe-
rience. Marshal Mclean said that
Mitchell had confessed to the theft of
automobile tires from Albert Wright,
and these tires together with two 9TH
ers have been recovered by officers
and returned to their owners.
For the past several days thieves
have been Systematically robbing au-
tomobiles of the extra tires carried,
and Marshal Mclean has been using
every effort to apprehend the guilty
parties. He feels sure that in the ar
rest of Mitchell he has reached the
solution of the problem.
The trip back from Murfreesboro
last night, was not only a cold and
disagreeable one, but a dangerous one
as well According to the chief the
| fog was so thick that it was impossi
BILE to see the road for more than a
few feet ahead, and the car had to
travel almost at a snail's pace, and
when he reached here with his prison
er he was thoroughly worn out.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
I. D. CROW IS HERE
FROM WASHINGTON
FORMER MAURY COUNTiAN IN
GOVERNMENT SERVICE Is
NOW AT HOME.

Mr.. and Mrs. It. d. Grove, of Wash
ington, d. c. are here to spend the hol
idays with their brother, Squire J. A
Grove, at Rally Hill. Mr.. Grove has
been in Washington in the govern
ment service for a quarter of cen
tury, and now holds a very responsi
BILE position in the postoffice depart
ment. During all the time he has
been away he has never failed to visit
Maury county once a year and is 6
constant reader of The Herald. He
nearly always comes home to vote il
important elections.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
MRS. HENRY RUSSELL
ENTERS into REST

Mrs. Henry Russell, aged IS years.
died at IL o'clock Tuesday night at
her home on East Hill. after an i'll
ness of eighteen months. Mrs. Rus
sell was member Of the Presbyter-
ian church. Prayers were said at the
residence at O'Clock this afternoon
by Rev. d. d. Little Interment was
in Greenwood cemetery The Maury
Undertaking Company was in charge
OF the funeral.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
ORPHAN CHILDREN
VISIT old SANTA
FIFTEEN CHILDREN OF The
HOME SEE THE SIGHTS OF
CHRISTMAS.

Mrs. Cochran brought about fifteen
of the sweetest, brightest faced little
ones from the Tennessee Orphan
Home down town Tuesday afternoon
to see old Santa Claus and the many
pretty Christmas things that are
shown in the shops of the city. lt
was a sight to do ones heart good to
see the eager look Of anticipation
upon the faces of the children, hHt II
Ia an open question which enjoyed
Santa Claus most, the children or
Mrs. Cochran. The latter's pleasure
In the pleasure of her little wards was
good to see.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
SHORTEST DAY
OF YEAR PASSED
MINUTE MORE OF DAYLIGHT is
ADDED TO EACH WEEK UN-
TIL JUNE %.

Tuesday of the present week was
ti1e shortest day of the year The
days grow longer, by one minute each
day until the twenty-second of June,
the longest day of the year The days
and nights are of equal length on
March %. II will not be many more
weeks until the increasing length OF
the days will be noticeable, and well
come, especially to those living in
the rural districts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
BILL M'KEE BACK WITH
THE WESTERN UNION

Bill Mckee is back at his old job
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company. Formerly private secreta-
~ to William Barker, later on with
the telegraph company and then with
the Chero-Cola Company, he is again
back at the old first love- The patrons
of the telegraph company have given
Bill a cordial welcome for he always
gets there with the messages.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
BIRMINGHAM HAS
DISASTROUS FIRE
MACHINE SHOP SUFFERS 100000
AS RESULT OF BLAZE EARLY
THIS MORNING.
(By United Press.)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec 24.-Fire
early today in the plant of the Bir-
mingham Machine and Foundry Com
pany resulted in 100000 damage, The
origin of the blaze is unknown, Fire.
men were handicapped by the heavy
fog. No one was injured
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-26
VIRGINIA SOLON
DIES AT CAPITAL
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Repre-
sentative W. A. Watson. of Virginia,
died at local hospital here today of
Mastoiditis. He had been a member
of congress for years, and was elected
last November without opposition
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
ScHooLBooks OF LONG AGO
Ancient Tablets Show That Children
Of Past Ages Studied Much as
Do Those of Today.

Professor Langdon of Oxford, Eng,
has discovered that one group Of the
famous Nippur tablets stored at The
University of Pennsylvania are in re-
ality the Oldest schoolbooks known to
exist. They show, says the Christian
Herald, that the children Of the an
clients learned much that the boys and
girls Of today have to study.
According to these tablets the chill
dren of 4,200 years ago were taught
arithmetic, geography, history and
grammar just Ike the children Of to-
day.
The multiplication tables are re-
markably distinct, and fn plain num-
erals show the incontrovertible fact
that three times one are three and five
times one are five.
On one tablet the school boy has
been given lesson In phonetic signs
corresponding to the shorthand Of mod
ern times. The Sumerians, the au-
t6ors of these tablets, also invented
the use Of writing sylfaDles and COM
bining them into words. being the first
step toward the alphabet
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14

Strange, unknown flowers are
springine up In shell holes and dug
outs over Che SCARED surface Of No
Mans land, and many ars the conjec-
lures concerning the strange phenom-
enon.
Botanists who have studied the
strange plants have come to the con-
clusion that they have sprung from
seeds buried in the earth for many
decades. A well-known London botan-
ist In a recent discussion said:
ut is known that seeds have been
buried for upwards Of 90 years with
out losing their power Of termination.
Seeds Of corn and wheat buried with
Egyptian mummies thousands of years
ago have been planted out In the 20th
century and have terminated in the
ordinary way. It is quite possible
that strange Towering plants-that is,
strange to the local inhabitants-are
now Towering in the French battle
fields. The heavy shell fire which has
torn up the earth may have created
conditions for their growth after lying
dormant so long"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
vERMIN OLD PEST OF ARMIES
Reference to Them Found In Writings
Of the Romans, and In English
Literature.

The newspapers have had much to
say about the "delousing" Of the re
turning troops. Philip Hale writes in
the Boston Herald. The word is not
a pretty one and II is not to be found
in the dictionaries, but the war has
brought with it many new words, some
of which will disappear, some of which
will soon be regarded as orthodox and
of good and regular standing.
No soldier need be ashamed of nee
essary submission to the process. II
may console him to recall the case of
Thomas Otway, an Oxford man. the
author Of "Venice Preserved" and
'The Orphan" AS cornet In a regi-
ment of horse, he joined in 1878 the
army under Monmouth In Flanders
1t was reported that he came back
from Flanders ''mangy and covered
with vermin." Rochester taunted him
with this In his Session Of the Poets. y
It should also be remembered that
when the troops were disbanded and
recalled, the money voted by the com
mons for their payment was misap.
propriated. The soldiers were paid
only by debentures, and the credit OF
these was so low that they were hard
ly salable
It was observed in the sixteenth cen.
fury that 'lce cometh also Of thai
cloth that is trained in the wool with
the fat or grease of a horse or OF 9
swine, and therefore the northern
cloths worn of sweating body dc
breed lice In II hours" The "humor'
of an individual had much to do witt
the character Of the pest. Lice gen
dered of sanguine humor were red ant
great; of phlegmatic, white; Of choler
ic, yellow, long, swift and sharp; Of
melancholic, ashen colored, lean ant
slow in moving. Anyone Of these pests
"grieveth more In the skin with the
feet and with creeping, than he dOtf
with bitin. And the leanel
that louise is, the sharper she bitetf
and grieveth." There were many ap
proved remedies even in the elder
Pliny's time, thus: ''The old skin OF
slough that snakes do cast of in thu
spring, whosoever drinketh In his or
! dinary drink, 1t will kill all the yer
min of the body within three days"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Story OF Doo

Marathon races in the woods will
never become universal for the reason
that speed and stamina like that Of
Buell. Crannell's dog are not universal
in the four-footed hunters" says War
wick s. Carpenter. secretary Of the
conservation commission. Mr.. Gran
nell lives at West Glens Falls, and
while hunting near there recently his
dog picked up fox track. The dog
was picked up next day near Gran
berry lake. more than seventy miles
away.
Accounts do not state whether the
dog was still going strong or whether
he might have taken the fox back to
Mr.. Crannell, but simply that identifi-
cation of the dog was made by the
conservation commission license tag
and that Mr.. Crannell went after the
dog.
1.-THE moral Of all this is that If one
owns a dog good enough to run fox
through two counties she should sure
ly be protected by an Identification
disk."-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
the fanfare Of the pageant, ''DucE,

the fanfare of the pageant, DUCK,
Sammy!"
Sammy ducked-and the razor-like
claws of Caliph missed him by the
thinness of whistle as, the snarling
beast hurtled through the air. There
was whirl of tawny, black spotted
bodies and horrifying scrambling
and snarling; an agile flashing of
pink; one, two, three rapid blank
shots in the faces of the frantic cats
and, like a jack out of his box,
Sammy emerged from the rear door of
the cage, slamming in the hasp behind
him. In two jumps he reached the
sidewalk
There was no interlude. Can
have my Job back?" he demanded of
Hartman
You can," replied Hartman. In
just five seconds Sammy Edwards had
quit one job and secured another.
Come on, Kitty" he breathlessly
urged, gtasping that almost fainting
young woman by the arm; IN borrow
a raincoat in Ferguson's and we'n go
somewhere and have little talk. You
can't kid me after the look that was
on your face just now"
Kitty might, of, course, have told
him that she'd have felt Just the same
about perfect stranger. But-oh,
what was the use? She was too glad
to have him back alive.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
SOME EXCUSE FOR FAILURE
But Civil Service Candidate Who
Could Not Place ooofusburg Did
Not Pass His Examination.

Now that the government depart
ments have begun to cut down their
forces, examinations are the order of
the day. Incidentally, the civil service
commission is finding that many
grades are unusually high, for about
half the woman war workers who came
to Washington originally left Jobs of
teaching the young idea how to shoot.
Hence, they just naturally tie the av-
erage civil service question into q bow
knot and hang the whole works on the
line In no time.
Every now and then, however, the
commission manages to dig up Ques-
tion that no one can answer. Such a
one was found recently for constit-
uent of Representative Ayres of Kan
sas.
Drivhg through Maryland, a few
days ago, With tits particular constit-
uent, the congressman was somewhat
obfuscated when his friend pointed
out one ramshackle house, standing
ih the middle Of cOrnHeld, and ask
ed:
"Can you name that county seat for
me, congressman"
mo, can't, "Ayres said. "and don't
think any one else can"
"Oh, yes, it can be done" came the
reply. THAT Is Goofusburg."
"Well," responded the congressman,
"that may be true, but 1t doesn't ap-
pear that Goofusburg has been func-
tioning for some time"
"Quite right" continued the unfor-
tunate constituent 1T went out of
business as a county seat right after
the Revolutionary war. believe, but
that didn't prevent the civil service
commission from asking me to locate
1t recently. failed"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
PARTIAL TO LAMB
Armenians Make Meat Staple Ar
ticIe of Diet.
Methods Of Preparing II Seem Strange
to Those Accustomed to Western
cooking-EggpIant a Favor.
lte Vegetable,

Lamb appears to be the basic item
by the number Of Armenian dishes in
which it plays a part. No less than
% ways Of using this meat are given
In a list Of typical Armenian dishes
prepared by an expert
Roast lamb with matzoon sauce and
lamb broiled whole are substantial fea-
lures Of Armenian banQuets. Then
there is boiled lamb, lamb roasted In
paper. lamb roasted with tomato,
whole spring lamb roasted, lamb stuff
ed with rice, steamed lamb, lamb broil
ed, hunter style; lamb grilled On skew
ers, braised lamb with wine sauce
braised lamb with currie, braised lamb
with tomato sauce, braised lamb with
onions and braised lamb in paper dish
es seasoned with peas.
KOuzou kapama is an elaborate
lamb dish in which the meat Is steam
ed with scallion and lettuce; kouzou
guyey is lamb roasted In an earthen
pot with rice and tomatoes.
Eggplant is a favorite Armenian
vegetable which is often used with the
lamb to make a delicious dish. Hun
kair beyendi is mashed eggplant and
potted lamb; patijan cheop kebab is
fried lamb and eggplant grilled on
skewers; eggplant stewed in lamb
broth and braised lamb and eggplant
are other savory dishes.
All sorts of vegetables and even
fruits are stewed in lamb broth to
give them that richness which is
feature of the national taste in cook
cry. Fresh peas. artichokes, string
beans, celery, leeks, spinach and
ounces are mentioned In Armenian
culinary lore as being the better for
simmering slowly for some time in the
lamb broth A variation dish Is nOhud
yahni, Turkish peas stewed with
onions In lamb broth.
Ouscoumri dolma Is an elaborate Ar
menian dish, composed Of mackerel
stuffed with onions. pinenuts and cur
rants, fried In olive oil and served cold.
Eggplant stuffed with rice and onions
and cooked In olive oil Is also served
cold. Fassouli pulaki is beans stewed
with vegetables and olive oil and serv-
ed cold.
Pinenuts and currants are fayorite
ingredients of stuff1ng, appearing not
only In the stuffed mackerel but also
with rice as a stuffing for turkey in
a dish called Hindi dolma. Harpoot
keofteh are delicious boiled meat balls
prepared with cracked wheat and stuff
ed with meat, pinenuts and currants.
Stuffed vine leaves, yalanji dolman
and yaprak sarma are; other favorite
dishes. The leaves of the grapevine
are used for the outer wrappings OF
these viands. In the yalanji dolman
rice and onions already cooked
through are wrapped in the vine leaves
and the whole again subjected to q
slow simmering process in olive oil
In the yaprak sarma the rice and meat
are cooked together or. rather. the rice
a. rnmarMa 9v v-seIz u$srik and thar
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14

this room and on the same day my
young mother died. The next week
my dad took me away and I've never
seen the place till now. Poor dad !
He never could bear to come back.
But I'm here at last, and just in
time to find you here. So the tradition
is fulfilled for the fourth time. Let's
put the house in order and live happily
ever after. What do you say?"
Alicia gave the fourth Caverly just
one instant's glance, and there was the
faintest, tiniest, remotest suggestion
Of the shadow of smile at one cor
ner of her mouth. But she looked
hurriedly at her watch, jumped to her
feet and replied:
Il say that I'm due at a garden
party at five and it's half after four
now. It's very interesting nonsense
you talk, but can't stay to listen"
"Oh, you don't have to-" briskly an
swered Pliny. I'll just go along with
you. You see I'm going to always go
along with you, through life. The
Caverly traditions, you know, always
come true"
Just taking things by and large,
what, think you, were Pliny's chances?
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Making Thrift Compulsory.

In the police courts of New York
state it is getting to be common
practice to sentence minor offenders
to term Of saving, and in Syracuse
last year 5000 was invested in this
way In War Savings stamps, all later
returned to the men or used to help
their families. At Niagara Falls, when
David Broderick was placed on prOba-
ton six months ago and ordered to
give the probation officer $12 week
for War Savings stamps, he COM
planned bitterly. At the end of six
months he received $2SO.5O worth Of
stamps, and he voluntarily placed HIM
self on indefinite probation, promising
to bring $40 a week to continue his
savings investIA1At.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Had Fallen Down.

When the Los Angeles boys got In
the other day. the papers said Joy
was unconfined, but they were wrong
At least there was one doughboy
whose face was not wreathed In
smiles.
Yes, the folks were there, and &c
was the one and only girl, but, espe-
cially with the girl. the doughboy
seemed embarrassed.
Gee whiz," whispered buddy In
his ear, why the shyness2 She's
crazy for you to kiss her"
NIX" walled our hero, She'll be
off me for life in minute. When
went away promised her the kaiser's
helmet. and amt got it, seeT-Los
Angeles Times.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Return Of the Wanderers.

"Fm kind of afraid of universal pro-
hibition," remarked Cactus Joe.
But Crimson Gulch has improved
visibly."
'Yes. When the Gulch went dry the
worst element Of our little burg went
on over to that nearby gin mill me-
tropOlis, Coyote Center. With univer-
sal prohibition they're all liable to
think they might be jes' as well OF IL
they came back home"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Savings Stamps make dollars grow
Don't stop buying Savings stamps.
sIanu is a Necessity.

''My friend" said the fussy old gem
tleman, "why do you say you must
'toddle alongY You are In the prime
of life and walk with the easy tread
of banker"
"Sir," said the faeetious citizen, ''if
everybody were as particular about the
choice of words as you are, book re-
viewers would write up baseball games
and heckling the umpire would be-
come a lost art Birmingham Age
uorald
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Advertise in ''The News

wrapped in the vine leaves and sim
mered In oil.
The names of these Armenian dishes
cannot be translated according to their
sound, for hashiama is not an effort
to orientalize the well-knOwn board
Ing house Wand of lamb hash, but
plain boiled lamb, and shish lebab In
stead of being Turkish form of INT,
Is mild and savory dish of lamb
grilled ON skewers.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Valuations

"Why does a woman value pearls
and diamonds so highlyT'
81 dunno" replied Farmer Corn
tOssel. II guess maybe it's for some
thin of the same reason these sum-
mer girls think more Of a four-leaf
clover than they do Of whole load Of
hay"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-11
) Root Volunteer In
formation to Sen, ~ )
Committee.
RED CROSS WORKER
BROUGHT OVER COPY
Root Claims Henry p. Dawson Secured
Copy Because He had Risht to Il and
Made il Public Because There Was
No Secret About Its Contsnts--Mor-
gan and sanderlip Ignorant OF
Trsaty or Contents.

washington, June ll.-Elihu Root,
former secretary of state, appearing
today at his own Suggestion before the
senate foreign relations committee in
vestigating how copies OF the peace
treaty got into the hands of persons
In NeM York testified that Tor several
weeks he had had copy given TO
him by Henry r. Dawson, of the Nor
gan banking house.
Chairman Lodge at the opening OK
the hearing read a telegram from jacob
Sch!ff. saying he knew absolutely
nothing directly or indirectly regard
ing the treaty, and then called MI.
Root TO the witness chair. explaining
that he came voluntarily and had re-
quested To ue neaSa.
Publication OF the desire OF the COM
mittee to learn how copies OF the treaty
reached this country" said Mr. Root.
In beginning his statement, led me TO
feel 1t was proper. II not a duty, for
me to come here and give the commit
tee certain knowledge. on the subject
which have
treaty have had IL for several weeks.
1t was sent to me by Henry +. Davi-
son. chairman of the International Red
Cross League. ! stand upon my right
to have 1t. l assert the entire propri-
ETY., OF his giving 1t to he. He had II
because Of his legitimate ,interests in
the Red Cross. involved in the treaty
-, Had Right TO Copy.f. I s5tss,
Mr.. Root said be understood Mr..
Dawson had the copy in, Paris in c0n-
nection with Red Cross affairs and
brought 1t away with him. there .be-
ing at that time no Injunction against
bringing copies to the sUnited, States.
1T was not a secret document"
continued Mr.. Root. parts of 1t. not
ably the covenant of the league OF na-
tons. had been published"
Mr.. Root remarked that the German
government had made the treaty pub
lie in detail. adding
1t thereupon became public prop
erty.
Mr., Root Was questioned for half
an hour and then J.IP. Morgan took
the stand.
Mr.. Morgan said he had not seen q
copy of the treaty.
Frank A. Vanderlp, former presi-
dent Of the National City Bank, fol-
lowed Mr.. Morgan on the stand, tes-
tifying that he had never seen the
treaty. .l..... .....
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-11
ELks TO MUscAriNE IN 1890
Marion Gard, Of This City, Elected
Trustee.

Dubuque. June 1.-THE states con-
-vention of Elks ends Wednesday night
after two days of celebration. Musca-
tine has been voted the 1920 conven-
ton and the following officers were
chosen: ....t ..
DR.. V. 4. McGuigan, Dubuque. presi-
dent: James Murtagh. Waterloo. first
vice president: l.. G. Bronner Musca-
tine second vice president: Fred
Jameson. OeIwein, third vice presi-
dent; Bert Forgrave. Dubuque, secre-
tary: Julien Fecht Ottumwa treasur-
er; Il. J,~Schwind. Dubuque: Marion
Gard. Marshalltown. and Harry Lewis,
Iowa City, trustees.
A parade with $500 in line including
eight bands. was Il feature today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-11
atiaii,term IN Davenport.

Davenport, June liza hailstorm Of
unusual severity battered in windows
and ridd,ed vegetation In the eastern
section of the city at p. m. S
Il Hundreds OF Tpanes OF glass in win
dows that were iSDot protected by
screens were shattered. About 20
banes in the south side and east end
Of st. Francis hospital were broken.
All tho unprotected panes on the
south side tof the H B. Cropper home
II. i +. 5 were shattered Many
other homes In Highland In Linden and
along Beach sstreet suffered from the
effects OF tke halt. Stones ar large as