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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
AS TO HOUSEHOLD PETS

anyhow? It seemed to me that per- fectly safe place would be in the sun parlor among the ferns, because nobody ever bothers with them-and what did that fuzzy poodle of the McCarthys-"
 "Good" cried her interested husbanl. q never did like McCarthy-he beats me at billiards. Its good for him"
 But it was Mrs. Mccarthy When Eff came rushing out from the sun parler with Jeremiah draped over his head Mrs. Mccarthy became perfectly distracted, and so was I, because she seemed to think that I should remove the snake. Neither of us dared touch Eff and he kept plunging at us and we had the fire tongs trying to get Jeremiah off. Jeremiah finally fell off. He was per fectly exhausted and I don't wonder so I tonged him quite easily and got him back in the box.
 Mrs Mccarthy never will quite un- derstand-"
 Why expect it?"
 "So," proceeded his wife q spoke to Jimmy very firmly and told him he must take Jeremiah back to Chucks house and let his family wrestle with the problem, whether they liked it or not That was when JeremsSh chose to get out of the box and disappear I didn't dare tell you and you never will know how my heart went into my throat for two days, every time you put on a shoe or ram- med your hands into a pocket.
 "Yes we found him fnally-in the brass jardienere where you are con stantly dropping cigar ashes. He was thoroughly nieotined when he came out too. Jimmy was to take the box right 1 over to Chuck's house-at least, he i promised to. but I presume he was late l to his skating party and thought it wouldn't hurt to put it off for a day ] 1 think it shows tremendous reasoning 1 power on his part to pick out the drawer that holds your summer neckties, Hem | ry Nobody in his senses ever wants | summer neektie in January! If you had kept out of that drawer" "In a minute" said her husband, "you will have proved that the whole thing is
 my fault anyhow I'm going to sit
 right down here till Jimmy gets home and removes that monster from my chif. | fonier And then I shall gently turr his attention toward canaries, butter
 flies and other wonders of nature that ht ! has been negIecting. g."-chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING APRIL 17th, 1920
 10,6l5
VOTING BY CHECKLIST.

Few are the occasions when the people assembled i1 town meeting are called up on to vote by checklist Such instances are few and far between, but invariably when such method is followed there are many desiring to vote, long delays necessary to get chance to vote, to say nothing of the crushing. pushing, sweat inr and fighting for position that is caused hy those who want to get their vote cast and away.
 There can be no question but what the ahccs list was the proper method of get l.n- thc expression of those entitled to vote on the matter before the special town meeting. II permitted of fair rxureseion hy both sides. but more time was required by tha voting than was oc- -un.cd in thc presentation of the facts lo the meeting and with 1t went all knds or discomfort especially for those who wen. anxious to vote and yet could not wat uuu tH1 line had thinned out m hour and Ell- or two hours after gia voting started And a number who Esre caught Ia tle. uncomfortable crush Fere women.
 This situation which seems bound to occur whenever the checklist is used, .Il-rt 90 ls relieved Fortunately it is DO. cons .Ierat necessary very often, but snen feo- occasions do arise it would tfm advisable 10 provide some facilities
 -r se.lre uo the work
 No complaint can be made relative tc . re work ar th. checkers Tuesday night i. T.ry a.i..I I long. hard and furious, but
 would som possible 10 provide at sucl ..l Ion. tHh'Hs checkers. and boxes al ..irTarsr- points 'H the town hall SO tha a 1lHos. Hr One respective voting district! lraI r0 fs re table for their district m r.. way sIE votes would be taker --a ben. one is checked under the plan il t4Eue.
 I1e lor- tedious process of voting b. lls. H m need of some such sim a.lc- lon. It is due to those who wan .o vote but who don't like to get int
 .uch a crowd ard who don't feel the. gan stal an night.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
rhe Town 1Ieeting Result

Mir Editor: The town meeting proved another victory for regular constituted authority and a death blow to govern ment by any special class. What is the use of government when a few self seekers can hold it up for their own selfish advantage? The people still rule and shall rule. Boston told her police men that and Norwich told, her teachers the same thing. The common sense of the community was out in force to crush the agitators ard did it. It is too bad for the h7'~ rho were Satis- d with their treatment to have to share the a..Ia -u the agitators brought upon them. The next thing to do is to get the schools back onto district management with central supervision. We will have half the taxes, more efficiency and no disturbers.
 Let other departments which may be entertaining foolish notions take heed from this example.
 LOWER TAXES Norwich, April 21, 1920.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

And yet if this menace had not ex- isted, the camphor forests would have disappeared long ago. Thanks to the head hunters, there are still large tracts of virgin eamphor forests in Formosa.
 "Camphor trees grow best on mod crate, well-drained slopes, not over 4,00O feet in elevation, where the suns rays can reach them.
 Nowhere else in the world have these trees attained such height and girth as in Formosa. In the past. trees with basal circumference of from 35 to 40 feet have been noted, but these have inevitably fallen victims to the woodman's axe. Perhaps in the un- charted forests, where the savage still holds sway, more of these noble spec imens still grow unscathed. At pres ent a camphor tree with basal cir l conference of 20 feet is considered a very ample specimen.
 Tn point of view of value. few trees can rival the camphor. An average tree, say with a basal circumference of 12 feet, will yield about 50 piculs of camphor Approximately 6,660 pounds), which, at the present market price, is worth about s5000.
 Strictly speaking, there are nc camphor forests, as the eamphor laure' is only one of a number of trees grow 1 ing together The camphor trees are unusually beautiful with shapely
 trunks and wide spreading branches profuselv covered with graceful leaves of a soft green.
 Native stills are scattered here ant
 there throughout the districts where crude canphor is collected, packed il
 tins, and carried down -precipitou
 mountain paths on coolies backs t the nearest railway line, whence i
 goes to the refinery at Taihoku. ''The stills are operated in a simpl manner Camphor chips are placed i chip retort over boiling water, an, as the camphor vaporizes it passe
 through pipes into submerged vat: which are. so arranged that cool wate from mountain stream can run oye
 them to accelerate specialization l After the camphor has crystallized tn
 vats are opened, and the product l placed on wooden troughs to allo'
 whatever free oil there may be to drai
 off. This oil will yield 90 per cent ( crude camphor in the process of re
 fining."
 !, If the average married woman ha it to do over again she would reclin
 an introduction to her husband.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

ported in 1919 having been s1.esf against 2s.osB in 1914, these figures in- eludiBg both passenger and commercial machines Locomotives also fhow a large increase in number. sl9 in the cai- endsr year 1919 against ss3 in isit steel rails s52.0o0 tons in 1919 asainst 33s.O00 tons in i3is; wire nails 2ei.eee.- oo9 pounds in 1919 against se.ooo.Ooo in 1914.
 wire. including both barbed and other iron or steel wire. shows in 1919. after the special demands Of the war had end ed. a total eKportatian Of 705.0e0.000 pounds against 37s.00o.009 in the year before the war. Steel plates exported in 1919 amounted 10 1890 o00. 900 pounds against 35s.oo0.o0o in lsis: tin plate. 45S. 0oo. .0oO pounds in 1919 against 1es.- 00O. .000 in 1914. In other and some what unusual classes there are also large increases. including incandescent lamps of which the eNportations Of 1913 are 17.c71.ooo against less than l. O00.0O0 in 1sIl; and 2,5is.ooo.ooo fir 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
Five Minutes a Day
 With Our Presidents
SECOND PREsIDEN
Copyright 1e2o-By James Morgan

XXXIV-THE SECOND PRESIDENDi
 TO DIE IN OFFICE
 1S49-March ,. Zachary Taylor In-
 augurated 1lth President,
 aged GA.
 1850-July Q, Died in the White
 House, aged So.
 In the election of General Zachary Taylor is one more proof that soldiers are popular, it is also one more proof that war is not popular in this country. In the nids of victory in the Mexican war, the party in power lost congress sional elections, and on top of tri- psnphal peace, it was turned out alto getheF. War never pays in American politics.
 After boldly denouncing the Mexican war and tamely voting for it in con- gress the whigs nominated for president one of its military heroes Once more Webster and Clay were in high dudgeon to see an old soldier preferred to them. The Massachusetts statesman exploded with anger at the nomination of what he unfairly described as "a swearing, whisky drinking, fighting frontier col onel." The Kentue1 statesman sul1ed in his tent. where he hugged to his bosom tre consolation which he had offered himself for Harrison's first nomination | over him in 1886: T would rather be right than president.
 In his belated letter of acceptance Taylor announced that he was a whg, l but declared to the amusement of the country that he was mot an ultra whig." On all the principal questions of the time he afterward candidIy admitted | that he had only crude impressions" 1 TWO Minutes with presidents l hi eJa 1,o11 CT and his opponent, Lewis Cass of Mich | igan, being the first of the line of north erR democrats with southern principles, , l the two old parties flattered themselves | that they had effectually shut out the question of slavery. But the Free Soil party sprang into existence as a protest 1 against this conspiracy of silence and nominated Martin Van Buren.
 Il Webster said that for the leader of the free spoiP' party to become the leader of the Free Soil party was a joke tc
 shake his sides and mine" Many balE. ed at Van Buren's nomination, in doubt of his sincerity. Nevertheless he was disciple of Jackson, who challenged the slave power at the outset of it's aggres sions, and he himself had always beer under suspicion among the extremists a the south. He had broken with the Poll administration long before his nonin atiol | by the Free Soilers, the regular demo
 crats denouncing him and his follower as "barnburneFs,' after the lengendar Dutch farmer who burned his barn to ri VI it of rats.
 In the election the "Barnburners" out
 ran the 'Hunkers'' in New York Wit . the same division existing among tn h democrats in the other states, Taylor success at the polls was a foregone con ' clusion.
 For the second time the whigs ha
 elected president; for the second tim :. they had won with an old soldier, wh was too old to bear the strain of tn presidential office; for second tim
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
The Last Straw
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Formosa Gives Us Camphor,


 First of a series of bulletins issued by the National Geographic society on Where our imports come from is that dealing with the camphor indus try in FQrmosa, now owned by Japan. ''F'ormosa holds a practical monopo- ly in the worlds market of this valua- ble drug" says Alice Ballantine Kir- jassoff, writer of a communication to The Society on this subject.
 The life of a camphor worker is in- deed an adventurous one; he is never safe from the Formosa head-hunters Although a woodsman with an axe never moves except in the company of an armed guard, there is always dan ger of an ambush.
 Tales of the camphor workers re- call the days of our pioneer fathers in the times of the tomailawk, the poi soned arrow, and the scalping knife.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
ernments handicapped by such a situa-

ernments handicapped by such situa- tion.
 Sir Auckland Geddes in the statement which he made on arriving in this coun try, said what might be expected of a representative of Great Britain. It didn't avoid the burning question regarding Ireland and it didn't appear to be oblivi- ous to the need of better conditions
 With the arrangements made for his meeting the secretary of state, it can hardly be urged at this time that the presidents illness is such as to prevent him being received and given 8 chance to present his credentials, in view of the fact that the president is now able to hold cabinet meetings.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

they had gained power without a plat form of any agreement among them selves; for the secondhand last-time they went to wreck on issues that they tried to dodge,
 As Taylor's supposed superiers in statesmanship prepared the Compromise of 1850, this southern slave holder in the White House showed a most uncom- promising determination to uphold the Union. Some southerners telling him that they would secede if California was admitted as 8 free state, he bluntly de- nounced their talk as reasonable and warned them that if they attempted to carry their words into action he would put down their rebellion with a strong hand. The slave interests claiming all of New Mexico east of the Rio Grande as part of the slave state of Texas, they threatened to drive out the federal troops from the disputed territory With Jack sonian vigor, the president replied, Then I will command the army in per son and hang any man taken in treason l" This vigorous stand gave rise to the fear in congress that the great com i promise which Clay, Webster and the rest were planning might meet with a veto. Death intervened. Overcome by 1 a long exposure to the blazing sun, at
 the laying of the corner stone of the 1 Washington Monument on the Fourth
 of July, 1850, the president died four 1 days afterwards, having served only
 sixteen months, or just one-third of his | term
 Il Webster believed that the death o- the second president to die in office and. the latest to die a natural death, 1 though seventy years have passed-de l livered the country from civil war
 Possibly that catastrophe might hay,
 been averted by Zachary Taylor, al Jackson averted it when he boldl,
 challenged nuliifcation in South Caro
 lima and nipped disunion in the bud
 Tomorrow: A seeond-H Hand President.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
Stories That Recall Others
Price Mark

Price Mark
 Willie aged three, while watching mamma giving his little sister her morning bath, noticed a birthmark on sisters little back and exclaimed, Mamma, see, God forgot to take off the price mark
 The Last Straw
 Her home was one of the most beau tiful and was furnished from top to bottom in the best taste. The house was surrounded by a lovely yard with a ter raced lawn. But the door was the masterpiece. mahogany with exquisite carving.
 Imagine her surprise when one of her flippant young worshippers, just back from Europe, called out to his buddy, who had neglected to shut the precious door on entering: Say, Jack, go back there in the hall. You forgot to put the board back in the hole"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

With the Czechs and Japanese fight ing in Manchuria it doesn't look as if the right kind of help was being given to get the Czechs home.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

It is well to have in mind the fact that daylight saving goes into effect Sunday and the clocks should be pushed along an hour Saturday night before re- tiring.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

Trouble seems to be developing swiftly and plentifuily for Carranza down below the Rio Grande. He knows he cannot expect much from this side of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

If some styles are followed the adop- ton of calico to meet the high cost of dress goods ought not to mean a heavy drain on the market.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

The man on the corner says: Goat skins may become stylish but that doesn't mean that being the goat will ever become popular.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

The town school board got the endorse ment which they deserved and which they had a right to expect as the result of conscientious effort
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

Canada is adopting the overalIs idea but they will probably be more popular couple of months from now than dur ing these cool spring days.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

Whatever is done now in the way of increasing prices is simply contributing 10 the vicious spiral instead of getting relief.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

The paper shortage due to transporta- ton and other trouble makes newspapers look like ghosts of their former selves.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

Some of the political gas is costing much more than even the illuminating product and is far less effective.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

Carranza finds he cannot rely upon his forces any more than this country can rely upon Carranza
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

Of course the people of the country wouldn't like to see anything done to those who are out to bring about the wrecking of the government through rev. .olution.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

April is speeding along much faster than it is warming up.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-22

If the average married woman had it to do over again she would recline an introduction to her husband.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-12-30
.DAIRYING now Big
PAYING INDUSTRY
IN MANY COUNTIES
Is Encouraging Sign of Prog
ress In Tennessee arming
Many Creameries Are
Being Operated

One encouraging sign Of progress IL
crease In creameries and in dairy in
dustry generally within the past few
years. The State Dairy Commissioner,
w. T. Magruder, Jr., reports that from
twelve creaneries in Tennessee on
January l, 1919, the creameries have
grown to twenty-nine now in operation
and all doing good business. On
January /, 1919, there were only TWEEN
ty-four cream buying stations in Ten
nessee. There are now 256. There
are elghty-four licensed ice cream
plants, eight cheese factories, ten city
milk plants, five of these having been
started in the past two years.
For the year 1916 the state manu-
factured 1,141,922 pounds Of creamery
butter.
For the year 1917 the state manufac-
tured 1,666,713 pounds of creamery
butter.
For the year 1918 the state manufac-
tured 2,l62 106 pounds Of creamery
butter.
For the year 1919 the state manufac-
tured 3,932,6o0 pounds of creamery
butter.
For 1920 the state will manufacture
over 100000 pounds.
For 1918 the cheese factories manu-
featured 39,9O2 pounds of chedder
cheese.
For 1919 the cheese factories manu-
factured> -S9,202 pounds of chedder
cheese.
For 1920 the cheese factories will
manufacture about $4,000 pounds.
There is no region better suited for
this manner of industry than the CEN
trail basin Of Tennessee, and 1t can be
probably conducted in all parts of
the state The industry has taken on
an impetus that promises to develop
greater growth In the future. 1t
will add much to. the agricultural
wealth of the state.
Three creamerles Make Fine Records.
April II, 1910, to October, 1920, the
Robertson County Creamery paid 1884,,
S60.4S to the farmers for cream This
is unusually well for a county stu
ated rs Robertson is, In the tobacco
section where dairy interests are low.
The creamery made 107, 691 pounds Of
butter during the time mentioned.
County Agent Jones has done excellent
dairy work In his county.
The Bedford Cooperative Creamery
during It's first year Of operation made
153.44T pounds Of butter. The cream
cry is going to put in refrigerating
system. which is a sign Of Its pro-
gress. They will he enabled By this
to handle more business and the quail
ity Of the butter win be improved.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-12-30
Jasper.

Special 10 me N.7oS.
Cool and cloudy weather seems
to be the order of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith
visited their mother Saturday
night and Sunday.
Jerry Holloway and Will Law
son are visiting home folks for
the past few days.
Heard a certain girl say that
Marvin Anderson sure looked
cute Sunday
Misses Jennie and Cora Law
son called on Miss Charlse Webb
Saturday night.
Earl Lofty called on Miss Dol
sic Smith Sunday afternoon.
Hubert Griffith called on Beth
ell Webb Friday night.
If you want to hear Miss Mary
Smith laugh just name going to
the Christmas tree.
Heard a certain girl say Joe
Templeton looked good at the
Christmas tree Friday night.
There were two weddings here
Chr; ltmas, Hugh Curtis and Miss
e! lie Webb and James Matthias
and Miss George McCabe, the
former couple Friday night. the
later Saturday night. Slim Jim
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-12-30
Union Grove

str1sgfs fat Msss,.
Rainy weather seems to be the
order of the day.
Oren and Robert Thompson
spent Sunday with Ted Barnett.
Emma Thompson spent Sum
day with Eula Barnett.
Hassie Murphy spent Sunday
with Ruby Thompson
Mrs. j. L. Dame spent Xmas
with her mother, Mrs. M. Minor,
in Chattanooga.
Patrick and Margaret Long
spent Sunday with Nellie jack
son.
If you want to see Flora Long
smile ask her what Ted Barnett
gave her Xmas.
If you want to see Ted Barn
EFT smile ask him who is sweet.
heart is.
If you want to see Emma
Thompson smile ask her who got
her pie. Brown Eyes.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-12-30
Non. Resident Notice.
Prigmore, Layne & Richardson

p Court. Yirtorla. Tenn.


In J. 2. Court, Victoria, Tenn.
The Plaintiff, PrigDore, Layne II
Richardson, special partnership con-
sistingof VIM. Prigmore, Lige Layne
and James Rich ardson, having obtained
from +. l.. Ashbur Justice of the
Peace, an original Attachment return
able before him at his Office in Victoria,
Tenn, on February the 1st, 1921, at
10 o clock, a. NJ, against the estate of
the said defendant, r. j. Holster, upon
affidavit of the aforesaid VIM. Prigmore,
that the SAID defendant was justly in
debted to said special partnership
above mentioned in the sum of $404S7,
for labor performed, and that she was
non resident of the state of Tennessee
and was fraudulently disposing OF her
property, and said attachment havin e
been levied upon defendants property,
and an order of pu blieation having been
made by the Court; now, therefore, in
pursuance OF said order, the publica-
cation is made, and the said defendant,
II j. IIoster, is required to appear be-
fore the said f. l.. Ashburn, j. p, at
his office in Victoria, Tenn, on Tues
day, Feb /, 1921, at 10 o'clock a. M,
and make defense to sad attach ment
suit, or the same will be proceeded
with ex parte. This Dec. 23, 1920.
f. L. ASHBURN,
Justice OF the Peace.
Printers Fee, So SO
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-12-30
Dade Co., Ca.

Sbe1iai 10 hb Mans
Bad weather seems to be the
order of the day, and people are
sure glad to see init.
Everybody seems to be very
happy after Christmas.
Sure saw lot of hunters X
mas but they did not have much
game, but sure had a good time,
believe me. Do not think they
were looking for game but most
ly for wild hogs. Sure saw one
guy shaking a leg yesterday at
ter a wild hog.
1t looks like it was going to
snow and | hope it will come z
feet deep, for us boys back in the
sticks sure would make the rab-
bits hop. Ha! ha!
E. W. Cloud, who has been
suffering with a burned foot for
a week, is now able to walk al
though still in a crippled condl-
ton.
j. F. Cloud spent Monday
night with his father. and moth
er and returned Tuesday to his
home at Higdon, Ala.
Clyde Raines spent Christmas
eve night with l.. A. Cloud. ]
sure bet they had some swell
time, for he is sure some funny
guy, believe me.
Grandma Rains who has been
sick for some time. is better,
Claud Avans had smile on
his face mile and quarter long
Christmas and must have enjoy
ed it.
Will Raines and wife and baby
visited his father-in- law. John
R. Tinker. Rambling Sam.
Kindly send name next time.
- Ed.