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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28
TENNESSEE CENTRAL

On the front page of this weeks is
sue is an article from Geo. N. WEIGH
Railroad Commissioner, in which he
severely criticises twelve of Putnam
county's leading Republicans for issu'
ing and distributing circular detri
mental to the people of this mountain
section of country.
According to Hr. Welch's article
the Tennessee Central is in very bad
time. The road is assessed at $4,3S2,.
875. The indebtedness of first mort
gage bonds to the Illinois Central
amounts to 100000 with accrued in
terest amounting to $722,000 The Il
linois Central would be glad today to
sell these bonds for fifty cents on the
lollar. Other Indebtedness will amount
to nearly half million dollars, and
the road so far this year has a deficit
of $4,000 including interest. The
road cannot pay taxes and interest,
money being borrowed last year to
pay the taxes.
The property is all in very bad re-
pair and no money in the treasury.
The road can no longer render ef-
ficient service to the travelling and
shipping public.
A breakdown in the Tennessee
Central railroad which. is probable
most any time, will be the greatest
calamity that could possibly happen
n plIfnonn IF tho rnad chnr1d
cease to function, our towns would
be deserted, our farms would be
worth no more than barren wasted
land. Our citizens would be COM
PEELED to move to more favorable To-
cations-Putnam county, with her
rich farms, her vast timber and coal
lands, her poultry and mule markets
would be valueless. The picture is
not being overdrawn. With no rail-
road facilities it takes no magma
tive mind to figure out what will hap.
pen. All this mountain country owes
its great development to this road,
and now when it can hardly give
half service, when it cannot pay it's
taxes, it's assessment has been in
creased one-third. These twelve gen.
tlemen tell the farmers of this coun-
ty that the road is not paying its
just taxes. What remedy have they
to offer? Should ALT Taylor De eject
ed Governor? According to his plat
form we would gather no taxes from
the Tennessee Central. He has
travelled over the state telling the
people that he advocates a tax law
is which only property earning a
dividend will be taxed. Such a law
if put on the statute books would
yield no taxes from the Tennessee
Central
The time has come when all citi-
zens, whether they be Democrat or
must give the Tesnes-
see Central all the moral support |
possible. To lose the road would de- !
stroy us.
The Railroad Commission of which |
George N WEIGH, one Of our own
is a member, would not vio-
late their oaths of Office, and they |
have assessed the Tensessee Cntral |
at it's cash value according to law.
That is all they can do.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

We understand the government is
getting ready to install forty thous-
and dollars worth of machinery for
the school of disabled soldiers here
in Cookeville. They must have cleo
tricity to run this machinery.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

With the presidency getting away
from the Republicans, Mr.. Clouse is
indeed sacrificing himself upon the
altar. While there was hopes of
Harding, Clouse would have been
taken care Of We feel sorry for him
but he is young and vigorous, and
can stand it.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28
REPRESENTATIVE

BILLINGSLEY-W are authoriz-
ed to announce F. N. Billi1gsley as a
candidate for Representative of Put
nam county in the next general as
sembly Of Tenn, subject to the &C
ton of the voters of Putnam county
IN the regular election on the End
day of November, 1920.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

A letter addressed to directors OF
big corporations from Republican
Headquarters has fallen 1sto demo
cratic hands and is published by
Chairman White, to show that the
Republicans in their extremity would
sell out the Nation to gain the presi
dency. The letter reads in part as
follows:
viii you, therefore determine
promptly what the value OF republi-
can success means to you, and your
corporate interest. Make your finan.
cial pledge accordingly and mail the
iuclosed card, with remittance, to-
day."
Did anybody ever see such brazen
tactics? How can any honest Ten
nessea1 vote with such a party?
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

Congressman Hull's majority of
former times is expected to be doub-
led in this election by the votes of
the good Democratic women of the
Fourth Congressional District.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

1t is absolutely necessary for ev-
cry Democratic woman to go to the
polls and vote the entile Democratic
ticket next Tuesday.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

Every since the dawn Of civiliza-
ton men in great crises turned IN
stinctively to their women folks to
save the day. The Democrats Of
Putnam county must have the votes
of their women to win next Tuesday.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

The Republicans are spending five
times as much money as the Demo
Gratis, but with all this great amount
they are loseing ground fast MT.
Harding stands for nothing, promises
nothing the weakest candidate that
has ever made the race for the
Presidency
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

The Democratic party will welcome
any good, conscience stricken Repub-
Hcan and give him the baptism Of
JeffersOnian Democracy.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

The last days of the campaign
finds the Republican boat headed for
Salt River.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

Lost, lost, lost, to the Republican
pie hunter, all of the postoffice jobs
for another four years.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

To be away from the pie counter
for twelve long years, certainly is
making 'em lean and hungry.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

o. o. Mabry and family were in
Cookeville last Friday, enroute to
Double Springs to attend the funeral
of a relative.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

Miss Charl Williams delivered
great speech last night. She certainly
fiaeyd the Republican party.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-28

A No. l pony and buggy for sale
See D. B. Burgess.-Adv.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17

thereby avoid violent price fluctua-
tions, to protect the producer against
losses through unreasonably depress-
ed markets and to assure the con-
sumner of good meat and meat pro-
ducts at fair prices. .--
One of the chief obstacles in the
path of this project is the fact that
in some Substantially Minnesota
the membership in farm bureaus is
so scattered that it will be hard to OBJ
tain reliable data. In Illinois and
Iowa, where practically every farm
er is affiliated, it can be carried on
with scarcely a ripple on the surface
of the organization
Such a survey has been in the
minds of farm leaders for years and
they have repeatedly pointed out the
necessity of such data, but it remain
ed for the farm bureau movement to
get away from the talking stage
and do. something. The program
was launched at meeting in Chicago
recently which was well attended by
farm bureau leaders from Illinois,
Missouri, South Dakota, Indiana,
Nebraska, Ohio, Michigan, Ken
lucky, Kansas and Minnesota. Wis
consin was also represented, despite
the fact that the farm bureau move
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17

Federation's Board directors real
ize we humst have more members" !"
said F. L. French, secretary, "and
that is why we have taken up that
phase of the work as our first major
project. This live stock reporting
service, which Mr.. McKerrow has
been working on, is only one of the
many good things that this move
ment can bring to oru farmers.
The opportunity to put this PROPOSE
tion over and put it over big, as it
should be, is at hand. We must have
the support Of the individual farmers
or we will be working in a shell. 1
hope the fact that Minnesota now
finds itself unable to get into the
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17
ment there is in it's infancy.

ment there is in it's infancy.
w. A. McKewow Secretary of the
Minnesota Central Live Stock Ship
pers Association was the Minnesota
delegate, he having been authorized
to represent the Farm Bureau
Federation because it's regular Off
GERS were devoting all their time to
membership work.
The plan, briefly stated, involves
the sending of questionable to
every farm bureau member in the
section to obtain from him conf
Dental report on the number of meat
animals he has on hand, the number
of feeders he expects to buy, when
he expects to sell and where. These
blanks, where returned to the state
headquarters, where the data will be
! recapitulated and carefully guarded,
will enable the farm bureau chiefs
to give well founded advice on the
general live stock situation. Plans
for regulating the live stock flow
have not been devised as yet, as it
was the opinion of the conference
that perfection of the machinery for
gathering the data was of greatest
importance.
The result of the Chicago confer
ence must be submitted to the board
of directors of the national organi
zation for ratification, but it now
seems certain that some plan will be
authorized promptly and the first
qusetionaires will be sent out by
July 1st and the information made
available early this fall.
Thus, the American Farm Bureau
Federation, only a few months ago
an in fant in swaddling clothes, had
pulled on it's first pair of long pants
in it's avowed program to represent
and wrok for the men who have their
feet in the furrow.
The manner in which the undertak-
ing probably will be handled in Iowa
shows the value of an intensified
farm bureau membership. The
blanks will be sent to the man
whose business it is to look after
farm bureau activities in each two
sections. He knows every farmer in
his neighborhood and will be in a
position not only to see that the
blanks are properly filled out but
that the data are authentic. He will
send the returned blanks to the
township chairman who will for
ward them to the state head
quarters. There the information
will be studied and when the recapit-
ulation is complete the state and
national offices will know exactly
where the live stock entry stands as
! far as the producer is concerned; !;
something that has been recognized
as a necessity to farm progress for
years
The need for practically unani-
nous farm bureau membership is
found, not so much in using this data
as in gathering it. The whole pro-
ram is simply an elaboration of idea
of community cooperation, except
hat it is not possible to spread it
over a whole section of the country,
with prospects for results that are
eyond understanding.
"This proposition, says Mr. Nc
Kerrow, who is recognized as one of
he most progressive live stock lead
,rs in the state, "is one which no
,armer can afford to overlook. We
have had a lot of talk about such
things and if this falls through, the
farmer will have no one bu himself
to blame. would like to see every
Minnesota farmer make it his per-
sonal business to see that we have
the backing that is SO necessary to
success.
1The Minnesota Farm Bureau
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17
FARM. BUREAUS. TO :.
MAKE STOCK SURVEY
NEED FOR INCREASED MEM.
BERSHIP NATIONAL FED
GRAFTON SHOWN.
BETTER MARKETS OBJECT
FARMERS WILL BE ASKED TO
FILL OUT IMPORTANT
QUESTIONABLE.

Minnesota is among the eleven
Corn Belt and North Central States
in which, under the auspicies of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
a quarterly or semi-annual survey of
meat animals on farms of the live
stock growing section of the United
States will be taken The object Of
this great cooperative undertaking
which will be farmer-owned and
farmer-controlled, will be to steady
the flow of stock to markets and
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17

crop reporting project as it should,
will be a straw IN the wind that will
make farmers who are not aware of
the real significance of this move
ment sit up and take notice. Or
course, we will be in in this PROPOSE
tion, but how much better would it
be if we had every farmer in the
state back of us,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17
Look Out for Both Of rhemI

Look out for the one who talks most
about liars. His own words need to
be weighed carefully. He is brother
to the one who rushes through
crowd crying -thief'-he needs watch
ing-and catching. Both fellows raise
q dust for a purpose
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17

and rub In lightly with fingers:
add water slowly until Of right
consistency to roll out. Divide IN
halves; roll out one half thin;
put ON In small pieces haff re-
naming shortening; fold upper
and lower edges in to center;
fold sides tn to center. fold. sides
to center again: roll out thin and
put on pie plate. Repeat with
other half for top crust.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17

By all means get the new
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Contains these and 400 other
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Free for the asking. Write
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-06-17

IL cups flour
" teaspoons Royal Baking
Powder
u teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
4apples, or quart sliced appfes
2 Tablespoons sugar
teaspoon milk ~
Sift flour. baking powder and
salt: add shortening and rub in
very lightly; add just enough
cold water to hold dough to-
gether. Roll half out on f1oured
board. line bottom Of pie plate:
fill in apples, which have been
washed. pared and cut into thin
slices; sprinkle with sugar; ia
vor with cinnamon or nutmeg;
wet edges Of crust with cold
weter; roll out remainder Of pas
try; cover pie. pressing edges
tightly together and bake in
moderate oven 30 minutes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-24
Ruby knight and Mrs. j. E. Wood
u,a-5 ,,1a-a IN o,,;rcS, Safurdav

Ruby knight and Mrs. j. E. Wood
ward, were in Quincy Saturday.
II. P. Russell. who has been head
dairyman at the Hospital for several
years, has accepted position with the
Thomasville Live Stock Company, and
will move his family TO that place at
an early date.
Miss Addie Stewart, of Milton, Is
visiting Miss Hattie Layne this week.
Mr.. Vanlandingham. of Quincy, has
been spending a few days with w. L.
Vandlandingham and family of this
place
The ladies Of the community are taxi
ing much interest in the election and
most of them know more about the
democratic ticket today than the av-
erage man.
Revival services win begin at the
Baptist church by Rev. J. F. Grant,
the pastor. next Sunday night
Frank Whiddon. who is employed
with the State Board of Health at
Jacksonville, is here this week visit
ing his parents and other friends and
relatives.
Mrs Hattie Layne and Miss Addie
Stewart motored to Tallahassee
Wednesday and spent the day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-24

the city this week.-A. c. Clewis, of
Tampa, spent a few says in ITALIA
hassee this week, looking after bust
ness interests. While in the city he
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
BetheI-R. B. Huffaker. of Barlow,
was in the city Monday, on business
before the Supreme Court.-Mrs.
Crosby Dawkins is conyaIscing after
her recent illness, at her home on
West Park avenue.-Miss Mary
Gwynn returned home Friday, after
an extended visit Of several months
with friends in the Carolinas.-F. C.
Elliott, chief drainage engineer, re-
turned Friday from a two weeks
business trip to the Everglades.-Rev.
John G. Walker, of Green Cove
Springs, spent several days in ITALIA
hassee this week, on business.-Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth MacGowan of
Quincy, spent the weekend in ITALIA
hassee. the guests of Mrs. C. c. Le-
man, at her home on North Calhoun
street.-The state railroad commits
sion which is composed of Hon. r..
Hudson Burr. chairman, Hon. N. A.
Bitch and Hon. r. C. Dunn made Of
fetal visits to Madison, Mariana,
and Milton this week.-Governor Sid
ney j. Cats spent Tuesday in De-
Funiak Springs, where he transacted
business.-Mrs Milton Parker and
children, of Carrabelle, are the guests
of Mrs. Parker's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. NJ Holloway, at their home
on South Adams street,. A. VIII.
ney of Fort Myers, returned to his
home Friday, after visit of several
days in Tallahassee. p. Durham
development agent and Mr.. Geo. H.
Walker. official photographer of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-24

Seaboard Air Line railroad company,
spent few days in the city this week
on business.-Hon. J. H. Drummond,
of st. Andrews, spent several days
in the city this week, in attendance
upon the annual meeting of the North
Florida Chamber of Commerce.-Mrs.
H. E. Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Cochran, Jr., Mrs. c. NJ. Ausley and
little Miss Helen Ausley motored to
Thomasville WednesSay.-Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Scarlet of Chipley re-
turned home Friday after visit of
several weeks, the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. A. Kay.-Mrs. L. d. Yon, of
Pensacola, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Will Yon, at their home on
North Bronough street-Mr. and Mrs.
L. NJ. Lindsay of Quincy, were visitors
in the city Thursday.-Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Grant and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p.
S. Houstoun have returned from st.
Teresa, where they spent the week
end.-R. C. Kinard, of Union Springs,
Ala, has accepted a position in this
city, with the Yeager Rhodes Hard
ware Company.-Miss Jane Nichol-
son, of Havana, recently arrived in
Tallahassee to take up her duties as
head nurse in the Silver Cross hos
pitaI Miss Nicholson is well equipped
for this responsible position, and has
many friends in Tallahassee who will
extend to her a cordial welcome.-J.
F. Cope and John Odom, of Cara
belle, were visitors in Tallahassee
last Friday.-Hon. w. n. Sheats,
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, spent ia few days in Tampa this
week, the guest of relatives.
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For the Junior department OF Trim
ity Methodist Sunday school. de-
lightful Halloween party Is now be-
ing planned by the teachers which
will take place in the recreation rooms
Of the church Friday evening. Octo-
Der twenty-ninth- There are about
one hundred and twenty-five mem
bers of the Junior department. which
is composed of the beginners. pri-
mary and elementary departments.
The hour OF the party will be from
five to six, and the event is being
happily anticipated The teachers of
the Junior department are: Miss Allie
Yawn, Miss Mary Davis. Miss Jennie
Mcintosh, Miss Fannie Blackburn,
Miss Mary Terrell, Miss Juanita
Forbes, Miss Effie Rolls, Mrs. L. A.
Proctor, Mrs. E. G. Rivers, Mrs. Alma
Burns, Mrs. w. NJ. Mcintosh, Mrs.
Marvin Mcintosh, Mrs. Sam DeGarmo,
Mrs. B. B. Lane, Mrs. T. f. Jones.
Mrs. Fred Carroll. Mrs. Brooks, Mrs.
iTheo. Proctor and Miss Lottie Lawler
Monday afternoon, Mrs. Sam De-
Garmo entertained at a theater par
ty and after the pictures, the guests
were invited to tea at the Exchange
tea room. The guests included: Mrs.
Fred Pierson, and her house-guest,
Mrs. Mart Coleman, of New Market,
S. c., Mrs. C. M. Ausley. Mrs. George
w. Saxon. Mrs. James A Ball, Mrs
H. E Palmer and Mrs. Walter Love.
At the home of Mrs. Paul Cars
well, on Duval street, a pretty So
cial event took place Wednesday aft
ernoon. when Mrs. Carswell enter
tanned the members of the young ma
irons club. This marked the first
meeting this season of the club
which is composed OF about twelve
members.
Mrs. Malcolm Mcneil was the
charming hostess to the members of
the young matrons' club and other
friends Friday afternoon, when she
entertained at her attractive apart
ment on Bronough street. The Hal
lowe'en idea was artistically carried
out in the decorations and refresh
ment courses. Mrs. Mcneil is de-
lightful hostess and this affair proved
one of the most successful of the fall
season.
Mrs. w. A. Rawls, of Pensacola,
returned to her home Sunday, after
a visit in Tallahassee, the guest CT
her daughters Mrs. Frishie Chitten-
den and Mrs. Dexter NJ. Lowry.-John
G. Trice. of Aaran, was visitor in
the city Wednesday.-Hon. David
Sholtz. of Daytona, state attorney for
the seventh judicial circuit, spent a
few days in Tallahassee this week,
looking after business interests.-Mr,
and Mrs. B. w. Helvenston. Jr.. of
Live Oak, were the week end guests
of Mrs. Helvenston's mother, Mrs
Frank Damon, at her home on North
Calhoun street-Mr. and Mrs. Burt
Pero, of Thomasville, Ca. spent the
weekend in the city, the guests of
Mrs. Frank Damon, at her home on
North Calhoun street.-Hon. w. j..
Oven, spent the week in Apalachicola.
in attendance upon the fall term of
circuit court.-F. B. Winthrop. Ben
jamin A. Meginniss and Fred III.
Davis motored to Monticello Friday,
whore they transacted legal business.
Harry l.. Bethel, who has been con-
fined to his home on North Adams
street on account of illness, is con-
valescing Judge j. Irwin Walden. of
Arcadia, was among the visitors in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-24
Why Telephone Material Is So Scarce

This was true even during the period
when the Government was in possession and
control of the telephone properties of this
country.
The greater part of the available tele-
phone equipment and materials was sent to
France, none of which was ever returned
On August LIST, 1919, when the telephone
properties were returned to the owners by
the United States Government, the avail
able supply of equipment and material was
so small and the needs of the telephone COM
panies in this country so great, that all the
telephone factories in the United States,
working day and night, could not within
three years have furnished the equipment
and materials necessary to restore the facil-
tiles to the pre-war status.
The equipment and material required By
this Company to complete its 1920 con-
struction program, will equal 1,600 car
loads of freight, averaging 10000 pounds to
the car, hauled from different parts of this
country and delivered at hundreds of places
in the five states in which the Company
operates. This is equal to forty trains of
an average of forty cars per train, or 1000
tons of material.
Every business man knows what this
means
Freight shipments from the industrial
centers of the North and East ordinarily
were delivered within two or three weeks;
now much longer time is required.
The Western Electric Company is the
largest manufacturer of telephone equip
ment and materials in the world 1t has
representatives in all the markets of the
world 1t buys its raw materials in vast
quantities at the lowest possible prices.
The Western Electric Company furnishes
this Company with the bulk of its equip
ment and materials and acts as our Supply
Agent.
1t did not accept any contracts from any
foreign government prior to the date the
United States entered the war and only
then at the instance of the United States
Government. 1t thus held itself in readi-
ness to serve at its maximum efficiency the
needs of the telephone industry in this
country.
1t has capacity for much larger out
put, but strikes, shortage of productive la
Dor, lack of fuel and shortage of transpor-
tation facilities affecting the securing of
adequate raw materials-has curtailed its
output.
We have not relied entirely on the West
ern Electric Company, but have placed or
ders with other manufacturers where they
could promise deliveries Each manufac-
turer with whom we have placed orders is
confronted with the same problems in Sc
curing his supply of raw materials.
In the face of all these difficulties the
manufacturers are turning out In excess Of
what was their normal output