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The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
GOOSE OIGEsTS GOLD
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4 Pew days ago the family of G. G..
Taylor. of Bellefonte, Pa, decided to
feast upon . goose that they had pur-
chased from a farmer. The goose was
killed and in preparing it for the oven
Mrs. Taylor felt some very hard SUBJ
stance in the fowls gizzard. Now this
aroused her curiosity, and when she
cleaned the gizzard she made close
examination and found piece of yell
low metal about the size of nickel.
Curious to know what it was she
took it to the Bellefonte Trust Com
pany where it was decided that it
was what remained Of SIS gold piece.
It was worn entirely smooth on both
sides and all the milling was gone
from the edge, Inasmuch as the goose
was only about sixteen months old
and it could not have swallowed the
money before it was almost full grown,
it is evident that the constant grind
in a goose's gizzard will reduce al
most anything in due time.
AS a matter of dollars and cents, the
coin will be sent to the Philadelphia
mint for appraisal to find out just how
much of it's valuation remains, and then
it will be up to mathematicians to cal
culate just how much gold that goose
used in it's digestive functions daily.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
One U-B0AT crime
proves TO BE- HOAX
1attooef Sailor Disappears Aitee
lection Excitement u1
sng|ande

T1& SnssS hoaB 9os maNY gears %as
perpetrated during the election cam
paign in Great Britain and many
prospective members Of Rariam3ns
5eeA rathef sore on the subject.
On December statement appeared
in all the newspapers that b man
named Barton MayberrN ship fire.
man, had arrived at Newcastle bearing
on his cheeks tattoo marks represent
ing the heads of serpents, which he
alleged had been inflicted by two sail
ors on the orders Of a German sub
marine commander in mid-Atlantic in
April, 1917.
Naturally full play was made by the
candidates Of this outrage in their
spunish Germany campaign and pic
lures purporting to show the mans
disfgurement were published in The
illustrated papers. The crime story
appealed strongly to the doubtful vote
ers and many votes were changed.
The first intimatioA that the story
was q fake came when . few hours
after the polls haA closed tive news
paper geaders compared copies OF The
picture 1eceived frorD differene parts
Of the country. Both pictures repres
sented the same side of mans face
but the design Was different iD each
ease.
The Prisoners Of Was Committee IN.
vestigated the matter ana ascertained
that on Novemoee 13 Mayberry applied
for registration as . seamaD prepara.
tory to offering himself for employment
IN the British mercantile marine and
that in making his application ne
stated that ne Mad mad 40 previous
sea experience. On being notified that
his Registration certificate was ready
he disappeared and Aas been nissing
Avae 0inc0
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
MAKING new FACE
Hospital Surgeons Working Upon 4
Small Boy.

Hospital Surgeons Working Upon a
Small Boy.
Winnipeg hospital physicians are
making q new face for nine-year-Old
Edgar Forbes of Rathwell, Man. The
boys face was reduced to pulp when
he was run over by a sleigh. Every
bone was broken.
The experiment will be success,
according to the physicians. The bones
were reset and will mold, they say.
Four dentists, after days Of expert
menting in the hospital laboratory,
completed an artificial palate for his
mouth.
When the boy was brought to the
hospital his face was unrecOgnizable.
Every bone was sunk in. Both eyes
were sunken. The bridge bones Of his
nose were smashed in many pieces,
and after an X-ray examination were
found lodged in his throat.
The boy will be able to see again,
although at present he is blind in one
eye and scarcely able to distinguish
objects with the other. The eyeballs
were not injured.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
CORN THROUGH ROOF
Grew Up From Heap Of SCOT and
Dirt in Garret,

For several weeks farmers observed
green substance on the roof OF an
abandoned house on the La Gale farm
near Gaffney Falls, N. Y. They
watched it grow until it attained a
height of five feet.
Jabez Montow invited the village
president, H. E. Shotts, and two 9TH
ers to accompany him to the house for
an investigation. There they found
two stalks of corn six feet in height,
with two large and well-formed ears of
corn in each stalk, protruding from
the roof The men entered the garret
of the house and found the hill of corn
in mass of SCOT and dirt, an accumu-
lation of years.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
SS4O More in Refuses House.

More wealth was unearthed at the
humble home at Parkersburg, pa, of
an old recfuse, Edward Moore, who
died recently, following a stroke which
came on when he decided to count
his moEey. While cleaning out an
old fireplace in the hermit's home Con-
stable William Hawk found tin box
which contained $40 in S. gold pieces.
The money was turned over to the
bank, which, it is said, has $4,000
previously found in the old mans
home.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
Wafchind for Treasure.

Captain Kidd's supposed treasures
along the New England and. Long Is
land coasts have parallel in the an
thracite coal banks of the Lehigh field
in Pennsylvania. Several huge culm
piles, reported to contain buried chests
of money stolen nearly 80 years ago
in nearby villages, are being run
through washeries at Drifton and
Yorktown. Close watch is kept by
the workmen as the stuff is put
through the screens and chutes, but
nothing has been discovered except
the bones of mules.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23

might be firing another torpedo which
would take him and his part of the
crew into eternity.
1T was bit Of a strain" he said
Il rather wanted to know what he was
up to-" At last, slowly, slowly, they
had sight of her moving into the
line of vision. I had look from an
other slit, and the gun layer had
look, but it was too clancy to open
out. In this job you must get your
bird dead or there is big trouble. At
last he was right. He suspected moth
ing. | wanted to be quite sure, but at
any moment he might go down. He
didn't. We hoisted the colors and let
go when he was $50 yards away in a
position, SO that we could get both
guns on him almost Immediately. The
first shot got him aft the coming tow
er. The second shifted the coming
tower bodily over the side. blew the
commander up in the air. The Sec
ond gun came in and blazed away on
the hull. We got II shots into him.
The submarine seemed to shake him
self, and then settled down by the
stern, his bow coming out of the water.
The last shots put him down altogeth.
err
Crew Saw the Show.
The abandon ship party, the spec
tators of the drama, then returned.
The wounded, who had been hurriedly
bandaged, got further attention, and
everything possible was done to save
the ship. The man held down under
the dismounted gun had been told that
he could not be released for a time.
All he had said was "An right, sir.s
The whole time of the affair was five
hours. and the time from the torpedo
ing of the ship till the submarine vene
down was SO minutes.
'The crew was mawdousS 0e
commander said, "as it Fay in that
intolerable so minutes.s Officers anA
crew were violently sick from che
gases of the torpedo explosion o1 the
small vessel. The ships books went
overheard in the explosion, ana one 0f
the crew jumped over the side and fes
cued them, knowing their value to the
Germans if they had Sallen int &heiD
hands.
Meanwhile the eollie1 gaS settling
down. Two trawlers haa come ap, hav.
ing heard the firing ana the woundeA
were transferred. The eommandep
carried on till they got in sight of land,
with the ship rapidly filling. Ten miles
off land the ship was awash to the
bridge; the commander and his first of.
fcer remained on board till five mins
utes before she sank The whole ships
company arrived safely in England.
The submarine and it's crew had gone
to the bottom.
The commander received V. G. and
high decorations went to officers and
men. There is no finer or more sue
cessful deed in the splendid annals Of
Britain's anti-submarine warfare.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23

President Wilson during visit to
his mothers childhood home at Car
isle, England, shaking hands with
Thomas Watson, native Of Carlisle,
who attended the Sunday school con-
Quoted by President Wilson's grand
father, Doctor Woodrow, many years
ago. Mr.. Watson, who is ninety years
old, is the only surviving member OF
the class taught by Doctor Woodrow.
President Wilson was greatly inter-
ested in the old mans description OF
his grandfather and the Sunday
school.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
Found Weddinu Rinu.

Mrs. Edward M. Davis % years ago
lost her wedding ring on farm now
occupied by Benjamin Krouse, near
Seyfert, Pa. Recently, while Misses
Laura Krouse and Esther Haltman
were in the peach orchard on the farm
they found the ring. still fairly we'll
preserved. The ring was forwarded TO
the owner In Reading.
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
Aoed Strong Man.

Isaac Staley, eighty-three years OF
age, claims to be the champion
strong man Of his age in Ohio. Every
day at his home in Marysyille he chops
IL cross ties-a hard days work for
q man fifty years younger. Hard out
door work is the secret of long life"
he says. u---A.---.------
The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
Dies Eron, Crankin1 Cae

Springfield, Iii.-Exertion in crank
ing his automobile caused Theodore
II. Bollinger's death, according to
coroner's jury. The strain resulted
in dilation Of the heart and he died
ten minutes later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-17

Foul BoaIS-buCKhanHOn, JOnhsUHI
in 8; Charleston, Gaines, 4 in S.
The Fairmont team and fans re.
turned to this city on Sunday morning
at 2:1O o'clock. The tournament IVES
great success and the attendance
eclipsed that Of any one thus far held.
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! new disease is exactly defined"
Dr. Bassoe is professor OF nervous
and mental diseases at Rush Medical
college.
"Encephalitis," DIR. Bassoe told me,
lis an acute nervous disease. 1t af-
fects both sexes, all ages and colors.
1t is not contagious, and is not always
fatal. Most cases recover. The i'll.
ness may last few days, and In
stances are known where patients
were in a stupor for two months"
Don't mistake it for the socalled
sleeping sickness Of Africa. It is not
caused by the bite Of the tsetse BY.
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formed me, was bitter, but the patient
allowed it to trickIe down her throat
as she would have so much tasteless
water. 1t was the same with food. the
nurse explained; evidently the taste
nerves are silenced.
"She had influenza last fall" the
doctor said. This followed"
What is this new disease, doctor?"
l asked.
Go and see Dr. Peter Bassoe," he
suggested. "Dr. Bassoe knows more
about It than any other American ply.
stefan. He has written a book on nerv.
GUS and mental diseases in which this
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Vienna and the celebrated Austrian
physician Won Eeouomo, coined the
nsIne 'eneephalttts letharEica,' having
baen impressed BY the prominence OF
letharEy In the cases, A similar cpl.
denic occurred in England and France
IN the following year. starting IN Md.
winter and ending in late spring. The
death rate vas highest IN England, IS
per cent: and lowest in Austria, lees
than two per cent, dying.
There Is no reason for American
people % b frightened. A dou6t e
the spread of the disease VII -
wide"
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There IS . worEd Of differenee.

"Encephantis follows influensa. 1t
is q winter and spring disease, and VIII
probably affect one in ten thousand
persons who had influenza. 1t may
attack those who had light attacks OF
influenza as we'll as those moro Sc
verely i'll. It followed influeaxa hero
Is years ago, but was diagnosed as a
form Of meningitis. m Europe then
1t was called mona and there follow.
ed influenza epidemieS.
Under tie name 'enooDAAlttiE' the
disease has been known oOly since
early In 1917. when Il appeared IN
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Reasons for This
Removal Sale

We are going to move to our New Building at
221 Monroe Street as soon as improvements are
completed which will require another two weeks. In
order to reduce our stock so that moving will be an
easy NATTER we offer you Real Furniture Buying
Opportunity. We prefer to give you the Biggest
Savings you have ever known about rather than
pay out our profits for moving to the new store and
You Can't Afford to Stay Away From This Sale if
You Need the Smallest Item of EErniture at Your
i H01Ss 70 per cent of on everything means sub
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-17
GAME ON WEDNESDAY,.

The Fairmont Independents and the
Miller school basketball teams will
clash on Wednesday evening in the
gymnasium Of the Miller School at Z
o'clock. An admission of ten and fif-
teen cents will be charged.
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CHARLESTON HIGH
WINS TOURNAMENT
Dark Horse" Trimmed
Buckhannon, the Pre-
dicted VictOrs.

Bobbing up strong Charleston High
developed such strength that 1t
Ne tled the championship honors
sway from Buckhannon High at the
sixth annual basketball tournament,
which came to a close at Wesleyan
college, Buclchannon, on Saturday
night the score Of the game in which
the teams clashed was Is to %.
Charleston was reported to have a
heavy team, but nothing especially
Sensational and it was rather a sur
prise, that this dark horse" won out.
Buckhannon, Clendenin and Clarks.
burg were doped out as the probable
winners OF the tournament. Charles.
ton managed to win its preliminary
games, but reserved force and viGos
for the eleventh hour and on the
strength Of this slid in and got away
With the honors.
Winners OF the various annual tour.
Iiament here were as follows: 1914,
Eikins; 1916, Charleston; 1916, Park,
erBburg; 1917, Parkersburg; 1918,
Ciendenin; 1919, Charleston. This,
J q the foregoing shows, is Charleston's
second victorious year.
Fairmont won the Fleming loving
cup for cheering. 1t was presented to
FaiEmont and Fuzzy" knight re-
cetYed It on behalf Of the rooters, max
Ing a clever little speech. Fairmont
won it in 1917 and by winning this
year 1t will remain here permanently.
Troxell, forward, of Fairmont Highs
team, was presented with wrist
watch for having scored the largest
number Of points in single game, II
having been the one in which Fair.
mont met VITA WEIGH.
Fairmont Loses.
1t kept Duckhon1on High busy 70
beat Fairmcrt by the score Of 20 to Is.
Ross, Of Buckhannon, played a bang
MP game for Buckhannon and scored
tive field goals.
The line up follows:
Btiekhannen, 90, Falrnont, 49,.
Weaver ..........F........ Knight
Ross ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Troxell
J Stanley ..s.......C....."..... Hill
j. RohTbough. -. .G.....n. HamiltU
Flanagan ......G......,.. Brown
sub2titutions = Buckhsnnon, John.
son for Weaver, Fairmont, Wolfe for
fIpxell.
Field goals-Ruckhannon, Ross 5;
Flanagan, 8. Fairmont, Knight 2;
Brown. i.
4 Foul goals Buckhannon, Ross 4 in
& 9; johnson, in 2. Fairmont, Hill, 6
I'm IA; TToxell, / in 2.
Semi Finale.
semi-finals resulted as follows:
Buckhannbn 20, Fairmont 10; Charles.
ton 10, Clendenin II; Wellsburg "a,
Richmond 81; Clarksburg IA, Wheel.
ing 20.
After the elimination process Buck.
harmon trimmed Wheeling, 90 to IS,
and Charleston cleaned up WeIlsburs,
4to IS,
Charleston Won.
IN the final clash of the nighr
Charleston trimmed Buckhannon for
the state championship honors by the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-17
score Of 2s to %. 1t was a great game
and bristled with interest.

son. S; Ross, 3. Charleston, Ohley, i;
Calbish, 4; Gaines, 3; Heisler, 2; Mar
tin, l. >
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will Clash Today.I

Miller School and the East Side
school will clash in the Grammar
School Basket Ball League this after
noon at AIS o'clock.
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Gnarh

Field goals: Fairview, Taught II;
Toothman 6, Underwood Austin 2;
Pennington, Hupp /, osburn 1. Goals
from fouls: Fairview, Toothman / out
Of 6. Subsututions: Pennington Os-
burn for Hupp, Hupp for Montgomery.
Referee-Miss Mary Moore Of Fair
mont High.
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THE WOMAN pAvs

Howard-DOes your wife take to
bridge?
Coward-Yes, every cent she's got.
Judge.
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SLEEPING SICKNESS
Continued from page one,)

sleeper, talking to her the while. She
did not answer.
Finally her eyes opened, but she
said not word, A twitching muscle
was noticeable. That ended when the
nurse allowed the sick woman to lay
back her head upon the pillow and
resume her sleep.
Medicine given her, the doctor in.
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Most Everybody Knows

erste ssry in 1918 and We came back D in Feb s
ruary of this year and II 9Echased it. The pleasure
Of meetingaI our old ffieHds and patrons is hoped
for and nlahy are coningSin every day as they did
when we YeNe originally fhe prOpIetors. We sim
ply want Nipwn, boweYer, that we are back here
at the same 9dSta1d doing business h the same old
Bargains and Fiji Treatment for all. Frank A.
Lloyd, the v I'll ht pwn Paint and Wall Paper man is
associated th uA
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Fair7iew High Girls
Defeat Pennington

The girls basketball team Of Fair
view high won an easy victory over
the girls Of Pennington High By the
score OF 40 to 4 at Fairvew on Friday
night. The lineup and summary fol-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
COLUMBIA BAR
HONORS MEMORY
OF CHANCELLOR
COMMITTEE WILL DRAFT RESo-
LUTioNS AND REPORT BACK
AT MEETING JAN. 10.
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE NAMED
Family Thanks Local Bar for Prevail
ing Upon Chancellor Bearden to Re-
turn to His Home on Account Of
Health Several Weeks Ago.

Pursuant to a call issued by Chair
man VIM. J. Webster the Columbia
bar met at II o'clock this morning at
the court house to take action upon
the death of Judge Bearden, venerable
chancellor,
A committee was appointed to draft
resolutions and to report back to the
adjourned meeting of the bar to be
held on Saturday morning, January
10. This committee follows: w. j.
Webster, chairman; w. c. Salmon, c.
P. Hatcher, w. S. Fleming, Sr., and
Judge w. G. Whitthorne.
The memorial committee is COM
posed of three members as follows:
J b. Garner, ]. II. Dining and ]. S.
Coffey
Chairman Webster conveyed to the
bar an expression of gratitude from the
family for the action taken some
weeks ago in prevailing upon Chancel-
lor Bearden to return to his home on
account of his health, and also for the
beautiful floral designs sent by the
local bar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

tablished for this section an automo.
bile mail route from Nashville to
Lawrenceburg, as our mail facilities
were very inadequate and most unsat-
isfactory; this route has given most
eminent satisfaction, but we hear that
there has been a movement started
to have it discontinued, and | write
in the interest of this whole section
to ask you to use your good offices in
having this service retained. Mr.. Pad
gett already knows of this attempt
to discontinue, and is in favor of hav-
ing it retained, and we trust that you
and Senator Mcclellan will feel the
same way about and do what you can
to help us to keep this route on. Our
mail service is OF the worst imagin-
able now, with few trains, even when
they are all on, and the cost of this
truck route is so low compared to the
good rendered, we feel that it would
be an injustice now to deprive us of
il.
Thanking you for what you may
do. and with many good wishes, l am,
Yours very truly,
&c. Y. CLARKE"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19
County
Farm Sold for
$50 Per Acre

G. D. Loveless has sold his farm in
District No. 2, containing 165 acres to
r. J. and w. H. Sellers for the splen-
did price of $3.50 per acre. or $24,750.
which is one OF the largest realty
transfers. of the present week, accord
ing to the records Of County Register
Pogue. here has been only one trans
fer this week which has exceeded this
amount, that being the sale Of land by
the Central phosphate Company to
the Ruhm Phosphate Mining Compa-
ny, land and fixtures in District No.
7, for $4,000.
These two sales run approximately
$4,000. The sales of realty on the
first two days in December approx
mated nearly 100000, and since that
time the total has been added to con-
siderably by small sales until the to-
tai for the month is probably now over
the 100000 mark, but in order to
equal the record made in December,
1918, it will be necessary for Register
Pogue to add another 100000 as sales
for the corresponding month last year
amounted to 100000 which was re-
cord of all time.
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MOTOR SERVICE
GREAT benefit
SAYS DR.. CLARKE
AT LOSS TO UNDERSTAND HOW
INSPECTOR COULD MAKE AN
ADVERSE REPORT.
WRITES TO THE U. S. SENATORS
Without the Truck the. Mail Service
Would Be Just About as Bad as
Could Be Imagined Declares Mem
Der of the State Senate.

Il am utterly at loss to under
stand upon what the inspector who
recommended the discontinuance of
our motor truck route could have
based his conclusions" said Senator
c. Y. Clarke, of Mt Pleasant, who was
here today. "Assuredly the service is
beneficial, it is appreciated and is not
too expensive therefore | am unable
to understand this opposition to it."
Senator Clarke got busy just as
soon as he heard of the movement to
have the route discontinued and has
written to Senators Shields and Nc
kellar on the subject. His letter to
Senator Shields follows:
"a short while ago there was es-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-12-19

but the delays were caused by the ter
rible weather of the past week or two.
Since this party left Chicago on Au-
gust Is it has flown over the states Of
Wisconsin, Minnesota, 1owS Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ten
nessee and has delivered thousands
of packages of gum to the people to
whom it was sent directly by the com
pany.
There have been only few minor
accidents Notwithstanding the nature
of the weather. The latter has SO far
done nothing more serious than to de-
lay the party. After spending the
morning here the party leaves this
afternoon for the Wrigley properties
at Lyle, Hickman county, where a
brief inspection will be made and
from thence to Jackson and Mem.
phis.
The trip out from Nashville was
made in forty-two minutes, which, III
view of the weather that prevailed, is
considered splendid flying time, being
a little more than mile a minute. In
the party are the following: John n.
Hammond, manager; J. w. Schroeder
and e. l.. Partridge, pilots, and A. j,
Adams and William McNicol, nechaa-
les.
After the landing was .uale here
the first visit was to The Herald of.
fee where Pilot Schroeder personally
delivered to the editor of The Herald
the package of gum that was put up
and especially addressed for The occa-
sion He then went to the two whale.
sale grocery houses and performed a
similar mission.