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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
AGAINST A WALL.

secretary Houston, of the treasury
department, has frankly confessed tc
o committee of the senate that he is
against WALL in his efforts to find
new sources, of revenue to meet the
seadily mounting expenses of the fed
eral governments. Nearly everything
is now taxed and taxed heavily. He
tells the committee without any sol.
der bonus appropriation it will re-
quire four billions of dollars a year to
meet the current expenses of govern
ment for the next four years. That is
forty dollars a year for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
The average family must therefore
contribute 5000 to the expenses Of
government. There is no magic wand
whereby money may be converted into
the treasury without taking it out of
the pockets Of the taxpayers. Govern
ment never did and never can create
wealth for itself; it may by granting
special privileges materially contrib,
ute to the wealth OF certain classes,
but every dollar that it. puts in the
treasury is taken from the people Be-
cause of our indirect system of taxa.
ton that prevailed for 50 long in this
country very few people realized the
truth OF this statement, but it cannot
be denied.
Secretary Houston gives increased
evidence daily of his fitness for the
office that he holds. He was not an
ideal secretary of agriculture. He is
TOO much of a cold blood intellectual
ly for place where sentiment and
sympathy should be big factors but
he hts into the treasury admirably. |
He has moral courage, business acu-
men and keen mentality. He readily
grasps situation and he will not
yield to popular clamor. He discusses
various raids that are proposed on the
treasury without reference to the Don |
ular clamor behind them. He is frank
~ opposed to the soldier bonus and
asks the committee where it is to get
the two billions or more of money to
pay it. The treasury could not pro-
vide the funds without a tremendous
increase in taxes and another big bond
ssue. with current issues selling far
below par and financial depression
prevailing all over the country. is not
% be thought of. The able secretary
gave the committee plenty of food for
thought. He also indicated quite
plainly that there must be a halt in
expenditures else the government
would soon be upon the rocks of f.
'ancial disaster. The burden of taxa
ion is already heavy enough; it must
lot be increased.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
WOULD SETTLE ALL
HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS
ROAD BOARD WILL BE IN SESSION
ALL DAY FRIDAY NEXT FOR
THAT PURPOSE.

tFrom Wednesdays Daily Herald)
Every effort is being made by the
county highway commission to get all
OF the road accounts of the county set.
TIED before the close of the year. On
Friday, Dec. 81, Superintendent Frank
a. Butler sewers his connection with
the board in order to accept a lucra
tive place with the Nashville Bridge
Company and after that time he can
not approve the accounts for the
board. Under the regulations of the
board all bills for labor and materials
are first approved by Superintendent
Butler before they are paid. Persons
who have claims against the board for
labor or materials will therefore find
it to their interest to file the same on
Friday.
The county highway board will re-
main in session all day Friday to re-
celve and pay the bills that are fled
The board realizes that soon after the
legislature meets new system will
90 into effect and it is the desire of
The members to wind all of the affairs
before that time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
COUNTY EDUCATION
BOARD TO MEET
Only ROUTINE BUSINESS LIKE.
lY TO COME UP AT SESSIONS
NEXT MONDAY.

The county board of education will
meet next Monday in regular session.
There is nothing out of the ordianry
to come before the board except the
building program for the school hous.
es heretofore authorized 1t is expect
&C. that all of the preliminary arrange
ments for the issuance OF the bonds
viii have been complet ed by the date
OF the board meeting and that early
in the year the bonds will be sold. Ac.
tual construction work viii not begin
until the spring.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
COUNTY TEACHERS
TO MEET JAN. 9TH
SESSION POSTPONED FOR ONE
WEEK BECAUSE OF CHRIST
MAS HOLIDAYS.

There will be 10 meeting of the coun.
ty teachers association on next Sal.
urday, due to the fact that the Christ.
mas holidays are not yet over and
many OF the teachers will not be bach,
from their homes. Instead the meet.
ing viii be held Oh the second Sat
urday. January g. That is the ami
Fersary of the battle Of New Orlpan =
and quite day in American annals
Frof Graham will announce the rro.
gram for the meeting in a few days
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
THE TARIFF.

II was Gen. Hancock democratic
nominee for president forty years
ago, who said that the tariff was a
local issue. The truth of Gen. Han
cocks observation becomes apparent
with the passing Of the years This
is one issue that has been In Ameri-
can politics for more than a century
and is never settled" and in the very
nature of things never will be be-
cause it too vitality affects the COM
It,. imeree of the country and its relations
,,,o,,o,5th the nations of the world
49, Nominally and additionally the
80 democratic party is party OF a '1ow
/, ~ friff." In fact is has repeatedly de-
seed in, national conventions that
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
TREE
BRINGS JOY TO
HUNDREDS TOTS
ELkS ANNUAL TREE AT CLUB
ROOMS WAS ONE OF BEST
EVER GIVEN IN THIS CITY.
MANY GIFTS ARE DISTRIBUTED
Shoes, Stockings, Clothing in Addition
10 Fruits and Toys GLADDEN. Hearts
OF Children Who Attend the EIks
Tre9.
From Mondays Daily fieraldD


Tho Elks Christmas tree, held Sat.
urday at the Club rooms. was one of
the best in the history of the local
ledge. More than one hundred little
children of The city, whom Santa
Claus otherwise would not have visit
cd, were made happy by the Elks
Kris Kringle.
The Christmas packages distributed
by the Elks this year were larger and
contained more real Christmas cheer
than ever before. Many of the pack.
ages contained shoes and stockings
for the little ones, others contained
articles OF clothing, but all contained
come real Christmas cheer. fruits.
nuts and toys, and how those little
eyes did sparkle and shouts of eler
ascend when the presents were hand
ed them.
The number of children present at
the Elks treo~this Christmas was NOT
nearly 80 large as that of the wears
gone by, but investigating commit.
tees from the lodge made an earnest
ehort to ascertain the names of those
VINO should be remembered by the or.
der, and to these a cordial invitation
was extended to be present
Several hundred dollars was ex-
pended by the lodge 70 bring cheer
and happiness into the homes which
'therwise would not have known
'heer Of the yultide season. and there
S not a member who Witnessed the
distribution of the presents, who does
'ot leel that the money expended
vas for a great and noble cause.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31
SENSATIONAL CHARGES.

One or the speakers representing
the national farmers council, which
is the radical organization of the
farmers and is in no sense to be cen.
fused with the American Farm Bur
eau Federation with which the organ.
ization in Maury county is to be aft.
| lated, recently declared in a public
address that criminal conspiracy
| exists to put down the price OF farm
products" Statements like that are
not only not true but they are calcu-
lated to do great deal of harm
What would it profit any business In
terest to engage in conspiracy to
artificially depress the value of farm
products? Surely ii would not help
the bankers nor any aggrcgat on Of
business men to invite a financial
s,r.ngcncy and business depression
which inevitably follows in the wake
of below cost-of-production prices for
farm products.
Farm products during and follow
ing the war went to prices that were
over 200 per cent above pre.war av.
GRACE. That was due to the waste of
war and the imitation of currency
and credit by all of the belligerent ma
lions of the world, In recent months
the denation of currency and
credits has appreciated the value of
money and a recession of prices was
inevitable. In a world sense there
has been no. overproduction on the
farms. There is need in the war
wasted places of the world for all of
the surplus grain and stock and cotton
grown in America, but the people of
those countries have neither money
nor credit with which to buy and for
commercial purposes they might as
well not exist. The worlds lack of
purchasing power has contributed to |
price depression. Conditions that ex-
list here are not peculiar to America. |
For example, the producer of raw |
silk in Japan has seen his product |
shrink from SIT to So. The coffee
planters of Brazil have suffered as sell
we're decline as the cotton men. Crude
rubber has fallen from fifty.tive cents
&c eighteen cents.
1t is not so much the decline in farm
against which we protest.
That was inevitable. No student of
history could have reasonably expect
I'd the inflated values of the postwar
lays to continue indefinitely. But it
las been the inequalities of the period
If readjustment which have Justly
lroused the resentment of the produc.
RS. They have suffered without any
pparent resulting benefits to the con-
umers and at the same time they
ave seen transportation rates, fuel :
rices and other items that enter into I
heir cost of production advanced I'M |
er governmental agencies, while 9th. {
r departments of the same govern. {
lents were engaged in frantic drive /
D beat down" the prices Of farm pro- '
ucts. Quite naturally this unfair dis. {
of the burdens OF re-adiust. 4
tent has angered the farmers. I
The short sighted policy pursued u
y some governmental agencies in de-
berately encouraging increased costs
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31

II is stated that a Gutenberg cngin.
esr has invented a new building ma
terial much cheaper than and in some
respects superior to brick. The cost
OF a wall built of the new material
is less than qurter OF one made
of brick. The material is easy to saw
or chis"l. has great bearing capacity
and twice the heat isolation efficiency
OF wood.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-12-31

Herald Cheap Column Ad. Pay.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28

for the purpose of selecting the players
and arranging the schedule.
Preston Lattomus, resident of STATE
Road, is suffering from an infected eye
DIR. b. M. Allen is in attendance.
Thursday will be the last day whereby
the county tax payers will have tho adj
vantage of securing from Collector Will
liam w. Leach the 5 per cent rebate.
Abner Wiley of Milford is spending
several days as guest of his son, Frederick
Wiley, on the Strand.
Elmer Ranker, chief of the guards Of
the Bethlehem Steel CO., is spending
several weeks as guest of relatives and
friends at Wrightsville, Pa.
Wilber johnson is spending one month
at Wildwood, N. J.
Misses Mary and Margaret Wright spent
yesterday as the guest of relatives and
friends in Philadelphia.
Zacariah Gemmill, who has becrfspend-
ing several days rs guest of relatives and
friends in Washington, has returned home
Michael ]. Devlin, who has been con-
fined to his home for several days, suffering
from illness, has resumed his duties at the
plant of the American Manganese Steel
Co.
:. Hatty Clewell Of jamestown, Cal, is
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Manual Training Course Has Been
Extended to All Branches of
the High School.
Nr~-iai Covrcspcndcnce Of Every Evening


New Castle. Sept 2S--Henry f..
Snavely, superintendent Of the local
schools, assisted by the teachers Of the
High School, has completed the schedule
whereby the upper classmcn will have the
advantage of taking manual training,
az well IS the members Of the Freshman
and Junior classes The total number in
this class, not including the students
who are taking the agriculture course
number 26 The period for this is in the
morning from TO 1890. Prof Hadley.
the instructor in tins subject, is well
pleased with the interest shown by the
hoys. No arrangements have been COM
plcted for the home economies class, but
II is expected that final arrangements
viii be made this week. Much more inter-
est is shown in the agricultural study and
an increase of so per cent is shown over
the class of last year.
Harry G. Clark & Sons Of Delaware
City, who have the contract installing a
cement gutter on Delaware street, begin
ming at the postofiice and continuing to
Second and Delaware, will begin the work
tomorrow.
The u. s Engineer tug Camden, ac-
companied by lighter from Fort Sauls-
bury. arrived atDelaware street wharf
last evening and left this morning for
Hog Island.
The ladies n the Parish Guild Of I'm
manuel Church nrc working diligently for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
the old and new sale, in the Parish House

on October q.
Rev. Joseph II. carp, rector of I'm
manuel Church, desires those who wish
to attend the conservation Of Rev. Philip
Cook, d. D., AZ bishop in Baltimore, on
October ID to give him their names inn
mcdiately, 80 that tickets may be pro-
cured.
The members Of the Good Will Fire
Co. have four dozen dolls left from the
carnival which will be offered for sale this
evening in front Of the Court House.
Two men and one boy were arrested on
the shore near the Strand on warrants
sworn out by residents in that neighbor-
hood for fighting and shooting crap. Mayor
Eclles imposed fine on each of IS.
Manager James McDevitt of the Penn
Seaboard baseball team is desirous of Sc
curing challenges from Elkton. Dover,
Delaware College or any ether team with
III the state.
Last evening tbhe memers Of Seminole
Tribe of Red Men entertained the QUOT
teams. A handsome Bible WAS received
for winning the championship for the year.
Arrangements were completed at the
meeting Of the various COMMITTEES at
Diligent Council of the Jr Order United
American Mechanics, in Wilmington,
and QUOT league was formed
Rally day will be observed in the Meth
odist Sunday school on Sunday October
10, beginning at 10 o'clock.
The Dover corn cutting party is still at
work on various farms in this locality
cutting and shocking corn. The men ac-
complish over an acre per day and receive
SIS per and board for 10 hours work The
party has increased to "a and has COM
pleted work on the farm of Walter Rash,
Wilkinson Z. Cranston. Frank Burris,
Claud Lester, Frank Biddle and Charles
Downey. They have booked IL more
farms. The farmers are well pleased.
The members of the New Castle High
School Athletic Association will form a
basketball and football team. The or
ganization will hold meeting this week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
Half Price Shoe Specials in the Subway Ste
Mems IS to 81 Shoes

Gun-metal c,if. patent coltsh1n and tan An
sizes In the lot None sold to dealers and not
over two pairs to q customer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28

corri.ng to Mrs. Albert Rob.n, chairman,
all Of the committees have expressed the
button A. large ~ possible. Final reports
will be submitted at the dinner, and two
committees, which raised large amounts
during the bazaar, are now working strcn-
uously 10 increase their contributions To
the highest possible figures before the date
Of the dinner. IL y thought that other
committees have similar plans.
Workers from the different booths viii
be grouped together at the dinner. Women
from the novelty booth will have one table,
those Of the tho Rod Mems committee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28

spending several days ~ . guest Of rel
atives and friends hero.
Mrs. Thomas Smith il spending several
days MS a guest OF relatives and friends in
lower Delaware
Woodward Alfrce, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frnnk Alfree, is seriously i'll.
victrolas and records. -Bridgswatcr' .,
ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
To Attssd Meeting Of Mayors

Mayor William q. Tsyi<r hA~ reosyci
N invitation " attend . n~~tsr.v n
mayors called by Mayor Moorv n Phlla-
delphiA At the City fall ~ that us.n,ci.
patty ON Monday, Octolcr 4. Ths - ia
anticipA&snn M tbs nrr,ans u .l~ At
lantic DeeFsr Waterway Conwution a.
Atlantic City later ia the ~.ek
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
p. = s. HOSPITAL DRIVE.
Cllmay Will Come 1t Dinner on October
IL at Hotel du Pont.

A dinner viii be given tho workers for
tho Phydcians' and Surgeons Hospital
bazaar at o'clock on the evening OF
October 13 in the ballroom Of the Hotel
du Pont. All croeds and nationalities have
becn working for the nov contagious dis
easc hospital, at Chestnut and Broomc
streets, and there will be full representation
at the dinner.
No long speeches are scheduled Fre
or Sx hundred guests are expected. Ac-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
Women's & Misses SIZE
$40 Coats. ~
Women's & Misses
$40 Dresses, STATS

Of tricotine or serge in navy
blue. Long lines and Russian
tunac effects. Have silk girdles
or string belts, beautiful braid
trimmings full length sleeves
and round necks.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28

: second, and ~ on. Each N ths commit
tess H church women that 0oducted th>
nIppen will also have s1Asste tabLcs.
Tables will also be tsovidssi for us man
aQcmcnt Of the hospital aud friends.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28

Wornens $50 to 81 Shoes O
! Oh :
Chldren's 81 so to 81. so Shoes
\
heels.
/ s.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28

Uf WOOL Jersey m hez
have inverted plaits or
fancy stitching, notch or
convertible collars.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
Alpovco Club Dance.

The opening Of the Alpowco Pleas
ure Club will be held October in the
New Century Club.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
Women's & Misses
$3.50 Suits S24.75

OF fine quality sarge in navy
blue and black. Strictly tai
lored or braid trimmed Silk
Innings
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-01
BAD Gueaa

Tho fellows who thought that It
was no use 10 make the trip to
Princeton to see the MountRtneers
battle the Tiger, thinking Prince
ton would WIN about 400, got sad:
" fooled. 1t was q real football
game, the best the MounLaineers
hnve played all season. The boys
were fighting mad, and made a mis-
cradle afternoon for the Tiger. Ho-
near Martin found himself in the
Tiger game and played the best
football OF his career. He was
greatly peeved when he was called
out OF the contest with an intulc cd
foot late in the battle But what
pleased the writer most, was the
TACT that West Virginia played to-
gether better than We have ever
seen them this season. 1t was not
o onc-mGn team, or a two-man
team, OF three, but eleven men
fighting together in a common
Cause and displaying more football
common sense than ever before
this year. West Virginia lost, but
they did NOT give the game away
like at Pitt and Yale; they did not
flop around like 4 chicken with its
head of. and it took the best
Princeton had with a little FORUM
ate break in the game thrown IN 10
make q Princeton victory.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-01
work our
FOR BIG GAME
Varsity VIII Work Out at
Charleston on Fri
day

CHARLESTON, Nov. Tho
hundreds who will come TO this city
a day before the game will have Il
chance 10 see the strong West Viz
ginla University eleven practice at
,Laidley field. Friday afternoon, Pc
fore the big game With the WASH
ington and Lee warriors on the fol-
lowing day, This will be the first
opportunity that innumerable fans
in this section will have to watch
Coach McIntyre'S 1920 machine.
Tho Mountaineer squad will
leave Morgantown next Thursday
night In a special sleeper coming
here via PGrkersburg and Hunting
ton, having lunch at Huntington on
Friday and arriving here Ct $50 p.
M, on the same day over the c. and
o. railroad. Shortly after their ar
rival the team will be taken 70
Laidley field in the automobiles o.
members or the Alumni, where the
short workout to timber up muscles
will be held.
Already preparations are being
made by West Virginia Alumni!
here for u big affair to be held Fri
day night at the Plaza Theatre,
which has been secured for the oc-
casion. West Virginiaus have The
reputation Of always doing things
up brown" and they promise to do
something big this time. Both the
Washington and Ice and West Vtr-
EiniG football squads Will be guests
at this affair.
on Saturday night a big dance
at which the Mason Dixon Seven is
supposed Z o function VIII be given
by the Alumni committees. THIS
promises to rival the affair of the
night before in every respect, Il
Alumni OF both schools are wager
ing that it will be celebration OF n
victory of their team.
So far about five hundred dollars
has been raised by u joint com
mittee selected from the Alumni
of w. and L. and w. V. L. us q
part Of the entertainment fund,
which will be spent to show the
visiting clevens how Charleston
cares for her guests.
Word has been received hero
that ut least one extra sleeper will
come from Morgantown on the
same Itinerary as the team. These
extra cars will carry fans from the
University town who want TO see
Lheir fhvorites clash with the West
Tirgiulans. There is considerable
interest In the game in the north
ern section OF the state. although
The holhed is located in and around
this city.
Many members Of the West Vtr-
girIa Alumni will renew friendships
here. because this city has better
facilities to handle n crowd than
Washington, Pa, where tho Noun
taincrs play ". and ]. this season.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-01
West vIralnIa Wire

Down in the press box at Primes.
ton Saturday, the telegraph opera
tors were all on needles and pins
until they found out who was to DO
the goat" and work the West Vir-
glnfa wire. It seems to be a hard
circuit. When the goat was nom.
mated all the operators gave the
nominee the raspberry. "All aboard
for Pittsburgh, MorGantown, Graf
ton, Clarksburg, FaiTmOnt and way
stations" they announced to the
hope you get back before dark"
and don't let 'em break In on
you" were Sonic Of the sweet say
ings directed to the West Virginia
wire man. But with the aid OF
Harry S~tansbury in getting copy
out III a hurry, the West Virginia
wiro operator cleaned up just n
minute or Two behind the short
haul" fellows.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-01
One Native Spider
Had Deadly Sting

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Nov.
l.-"The general impression that
there are no poisonous spiders in
West Virginia Is entirely wrong
says DR.. 4. NJ. Reese, professor
zoology at West Virginia UnIver-
5ity, In fact, the BLACK Widow"
Il small black spider that is found
all over this state, is one OF the
most dangerous spiders known to
science. The only way OF identify.
Ing this spider is by "a brilliant red
spot about the size Of a pea. which
is on the under side Of the aldo
mon. The scientific name OF this
specimen Is Latroditug."
DIR. Reesc's classes are making
q study OF this spider and many
other subjects that are dangerous
to mankind. a live specimen or
this spider In n small jar Is one OF
The most interesting objects In DR..
liccsc's office. u
1t Is particularly interesting In
this connection to note that the
brother Of a faculty member died
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-01

Il has always been the custom for
ErsduRteB Of the University. to SET
81 least one day during the fegtball
gess0n 10 held an Internal reun-
ION and THANKSGIVING Ahd A9rs
Eantown are HehefRlly The, time and
biRCa respectively but since the
VARSITY Will not play at home THIS
season hundreds will come here In
the hopes Of meeting phSmS q col
IL leg SSntaY@F I 3 anSy hs Ml5, a ma Vii YIifI y.
40 bo trsStsI 10 what gives proHisu
Of belng a Bitter battle. Much do.
ponds on tho OUTGOING Of the game
and both tORrnB are being pointed
for tho nll.tmportRnt game,