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The Adair County news., 1920-08-25
Big Elm.

Rev. P. D. Compton is lying
very low with an old cronic dis
ease he contracted in the civil
war, as a soldier. He has not
been able to work since the war
but has been drawing a large
pension for long time. His re-
ligious views are with the second
day adventist.
Mr.. Ira Blanksnship, and two
sisters, Hilda and Pearl are on
an extended visit to LaWson's
Bottom, Cumberland County.
their former home. They moved
to this section last spring with
their father, mother, and other
children. They are a good family
of people. They bought a part Of a
the celebrated farm known as
the G. W, Stevenson farm, for
$4,000.
When Gov. Cox and other good J
speakers get the campaign open->
ed in the east, Roosevelt, Bryan(
and others in the west, you justl
watch the republicans climb
trees.
This section Of country was
blessed with a fine rain on thel
ninth. One more good rain in
eight or ten days, and we Wilt
have one Of the best corn crops
We have had for many years.
We had no rain in. June, corn
and garden stuff was nearly
ruined, but the July rains have
brought out the corn and every
thing wonderfully.
The wheat crop is threshed
out in this section with a bad
turnout. Some crops fell below
the estimate one half, one far
mer had been making 300 bu.
made 128 with same amount
sown, and one farmer made 80
and so on.
The Adair County news., 1920-08-25

has been on the sick list for sew
eral weeks, we are glad to re-
port that he is able to be out on
the stage of action at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Flowers,
of Columbia, who have been vis-
iting at Red Lick for a few days
passed through here Thursday,
en- route for their home.
L. C. Hindman, the we'll
known tobacco man, of Colum-
bia, was in Qua midst a few days
ago, and while in the community
bought several crops of tobacco,
paying from 5 to 12iscents per
ID.
So far as we know the Dem
ocrats are all satisfied with their
nominee for Congress jim their
district and we Judge will get
the hearty support of all.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Walker, of
Columbia, spent a day with their
relatives in our city last aweek.
Mr.. Walker is a great roadlman,
and he informed US that's if he
could get the labor and smaterial
in the next ninety days, the pike
from this placei to Columbia
would be completed. We were
were all glad to hear this kind
of report.
Strong Hill is putting a new
saw mill, near Portland. AS we
get it, AlfrediParson will have
control of the plant land viii
push things right to the:Efront,
This will be a great convenience
to the people of that community
for they are all enterp rising far,
mers and believe in building ur
their community
Judge N. H. Moss, Ewho has
charge of this end of the:IbuiId
ing of the pike from to Colum
bia, knows what to do with a lot
of hands to get work out of then
He is getting along exceedingly
well, considering the tools anc
road that he has work.
We are glad to report that the
best school that was ever taught
at this place and the largest at
tendance We ever remember o.
is at the present time our schoo
is taught by Misses Cundiff, O
Columbia and they are certainly
know exactly what to do in thr
school room, and the children a
we'll as the patrons should b
very thankful for securing ser
vices Of these good teacher. Tn
The pupils are advancing rapid,
with their studies and their
not a discord in the communit,
in regard to the mode of tn
teaching of these good teachers
Rev. Bedford Turner, of Mi
Springa, is assisting the pastor
Rev. K. L. Pillow, in protraet
en- service at this place. Rev
: Turner is a fine preacher and W
are all certainly glad to hav
him with us. The prospects ar
fine for a great revival which
IS badly needed in this community
The Adair County news., 1920-08-25

According to dairymen, you
get out of a COW what you put
into her," But the water COM
planned of in milk is not the
water that got in via COW.
The Adair County news., 1920-08-25

Worry is mental lost motion.
The Adair County news., 1920-08-25

Select your tires ao-
oordins to the roads
they have TO travel:
In sandy or hilly coun-
Try, wherever the going
Is apt to be heavy-The
y. 8. Nobby.
For ordinary country
roads-The y. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels
The u. S. Plain.
For best results
eVeryWhers-U. s.
Royal Cords.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
What a Real Pearl 10.

The real pearl-thai is the fine.
spherical, iridescent GEMS not a
product Of the mother-of-pearl or nacre
lining of the oyster shell. rs are the
barocque and seed pearls. bur Is form
ed In the gills aud never grows in
size. They begin as small blister
containing hyaline fluid which con-
denses slowly and gradually hardens
In concentric layers. The iridescence
Is due TO the minute films of air or
gas that are contained between the
layers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
RIVALRY HAS GOOD EFFECT
Connection Of Towns In Showing
Community Progress Worked Won
ders in West Virginia.

Cities at least have the stimulus to
make improvements whether they do so
or not. The village and rural com
munity lack the stimulation that comes
through contact with the outside
world. 1t is not surprising to find
them narrow and unprOgressive.
unique experiment along the line OF
community betterment has been in
progress for two years in % small
West Virginia communities. A sys-
tenn of points Is used to score cOmmu-
nifty progress, 1000 being perfect
score. Nine general headings are used
to cover the field Of community devel-
opment-history, government busi-
ness, farm, clubs. homes, schools,
churches and health. AS examples Of
the way II works, the absence Of
gaudy and ugly advertising signs
scored two points; increased use OF
school building for regular school
work and as social center. four
points, and one point each for better
housekeeping, as the results of activi-
ties Of the farm women's clubs, in
stallation Of bathrooms, and running
water In kitchens, and extension and
Improvement in the rural telephone
system. The experiment has produced
no Utopia, but has raised standards in
the communities invOlved-Leslies
Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
.ss*'&ss.:Is $~+~s<. .
CHRISTMAS THINGS FOR BOYS
Youngsters Like Presents That A.
ford Amusement as Well as Being
Of Educational Nature.

NV Il rs to be wondered II the
I'M u small boys taste and tenn
STlN29 permanent are really and
SAtpSS truly considered when buy
ing gifts that are meant to
appeal to his inventive mind, or wheth-
er we simply purchase for him some
toy or object of entertainment which
we in our never-failing judgment think
fit that he should have. 1t happens
oftentimes that the boy who would
give half his little kingdom for the
Humpty-Dumpty circus that some
other small youth received as his share
from the Christmas pack receives a
necktie, pair Of gloves and books,
and vice versa. With the host Of
wonderful inventions for the enter
tainment and education Of childhood,
why not study the boys bent and give
him something with which to develop
his bent?
One boy, In fact many, would prize
a box of tools, and these very desirable
outfits may be had In any size desired;
another lad Of the spirited age Of ten
or twelve, would like a football and a
suit to play in; the mechanical mind
Just revels over the mechanism of a
wonderfully constructed railway, a min
iature airplane, or just SIM
pie engine that can be made to run
gives hours of pleasure; then there Is
the popular pushmobile, the wonder
full Joy everlasting, while snow and
Ice lasts, sled and Ice skates. If the
young man is a collector of stamps,
large packages of foreign postage may
be had, and the nearest approach to at.
tending moving picture show is to
give the boy postcard protector with
which he can have picture show Of
his own and invite the other boys II he
wants to.
To these few suggestions may be
added games, boy scout stories, numer-
Gus articles Of wearing apparel and
possibly a wash. an Indian or some
other masquerade outfit. a wigwam
and so on through an indeterminate
list, but give him something he wants.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Home buIl|
! : Helps Y !
VINES GIVE FINISHING TOUCH
Hardly Too Much to Say That House
10 Not Really Complete With
out Green Growth.

No farmhouse Is complete unless II
has something green growing over the
pOrches or beside the doors. II you
happen TO have house Of brick, stone,
or concrete, you can use clnglng
vine, like the Virginia creeper. FOR
the northern states you had better use
Ampelopsis Engelmannii, which is
particularly hardy. You can also use
Euonymus vegetus, a remarkably nne
climber, which takes the place In the
North Of the English ivy, the latter
vine not being hardy. 1t keeps It's
green leaves all winter, and when well
grown produces a large number OF at
tractive berries resembling bitter
sweet. When you have a wooden house
you can make choice among many dlf-
ferent vines, like bitter sweet. Gle
mats paniculata, Halls honeysucKle'
Akebia. Dutchman's pipe, and varl-
Gus roses. Indeed. some Of the climb
ing roses are almost Indispensable.
This does not necessarily mean the
old-fashioned Red Rambler, for some
of the newer sorts are cleaner ana
better. Among the good hardy kinds
are Excelsa, American Pillar-one OF
the finest Of all Dorothy Perkins
Lady Gay, Taussendschon and Amateur
BleirOt.
Now that peace is returned there Is
a notable tendency TO grow more flow
ers and Towering plants. This means
that great amount Of planting Will
he done. and ii should mean the i'm
provement of country homes every
where throughout the country.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Garden Cities.

To those who really understand
what garden cities mean, who have
seen them in actual being, and maybe,
lived in their midst, there are few
things that appeal as more utterly
right than this new development in
the great scheme Of the worlds hous-
Ing. The ease with which ugliness is
avoided and beauty attained; the gen
erous way in which nature, at every
turn, enters into the plan, responding
at once to the smallest touch OF art
with a quite superabundant generos-
fly; the wonderful outflow of public
spirltedness from all concerned. once
the way is opened up, these and hun
dred other welcome graces are to be
found everywhere within the garden
city.-Christlan Science Monitor.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Pure Air Vital.

People grow old and die fast enough
In the purest of air. A smoke-laden
atmosphere strikes years from the cal
shdar Of the average life. Yet the
average person does not know IT, and
goes as complacently to an earlier
death as do the cattle to the slaugh-
ter pen.
The air Of every city can he made
pure by being kept pure, and II is the
function of engineers to bring this
about. Not only is It their function
TO keep city air pure, but II is pc
culiarly their duty to arouse the pub
lie to authorize them to apply their
knowledge.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
WHY SHE BELIEVED IN HIM
Kills Two Birds With One Stone
Engagement Ring for Christmas
Present.

[ T3N 1cFORE opening the slight
RS\9&RE Christmas token have
EXd{s brought you, Miss Clara"
LGS& said Mr.. MacNerve, as he
took from his inside pocket
small package and handed II to the
young lady in question, II think 1t
best to acquaint you. In my imperfect
way, with the state of my feelings.
To come TO the point In as brief and
practical a manner as possible, sparing
you all the unnecessary details, may
as well tell you at once that l love
you. From the moment that / first
met you was fully aware that this was
inevitable. The more / set my mind
against II, the more l struggled to con-
troll myself-to be strong-the more
hopelessly / became involved. You
will naturally ask at once why
should struggle against passion
which is admitted by all TO be the
source of the greatest happiness
known to humanity. But l could not
regard the matter in selfish light. II
was done, Miss Clara. because l have
doubted all along whether a man In
my circumstances had II in his power
10 make a girl like yourself, who has
been reared In such luxury, entirely
happy in the new and changed con-
ditions that matrimony leads to. Was
II right in me, | said TO myself, to
jeopardize your happiness by asking
you TO share the lot of one, who, while
his present salary is fairly COM
Portable one. is not at the same time
prepared to say positively that he will
succeed? | have now put the case
before you. | know you to be senSi-
BILE girl, and one whose intuitions I
am sure will lead you Alright. After
this brief explanation l beg of you
therefore to look at my gift, and. II
your heart tells you to do so, accept
it from the man who loves you above
all Others"
Hastily breaking the seal the young
girl he addressed gaZed for a brief
interval at the beautiful object that
lay in her hand. Then advancing
swiftly to where he stood she threw
her arms around the neck of the man
who had so worthily won her, ex-
claiming with q glad cry:
Dearest, how can l doubt you!
Any man who is cute enough to kill
two birds with one stone by giving q
girl an engagement ring for her Christ
mas present cannot help but succeed"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Sun HaIos.

HalOs around the sun are good
weather signs, and many weather prov
cribs based upon the observation Of
halos are founded upon sound scien-
tific principles, according to writer
in the Scientific American. Studies Of
the relation Of halos 10 rainfall show
that during the summer months 80 To
CD per cent of all halos are followed
by rain within SO hours. During the
winter months 20 to 80 per cent are so
followed. Precipitation follows sooner
in winter than in summer because
storms move more rapidly then.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
HsrVia 3ss

kneel In their stalls while by holy
miracle all the beasts are able to Con-
verse together. But II Is mortal sin
for man to attempt to overhear them |;
a sin punishable with sudden DEATH"
Holland has many festivities, promi-
nent among them. skating or Ice
carnival. In Switzerland the ski and
toboggan hold sway.
An interesting practice takes place
In Serbia on Christmas Eve. The
younger men and boys of the family
early in the morning go to the forest.
After crossing themselves three times
as is the custom of the Greek church,
or saying a prayer, they select tree,
then known as the Badnyi. They
greet It. Happy Badnyi to you" Then
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24

are legal holidays in the city and
there is much merrymaking, but II Is
not to be compared to what one wit
nesses In the country. In many dis
tricts of Sweden and Norway. among
the peasants and farmers, these con-
tinue for thirteen days and are called
the "tretten Yule days" (thirteen days
Of Yule).
The day before Christmas. In the
afternoon. everything is ready for the
big feast. The house has been thor
oughly cleaned, and leaves of juniper
and fir are strewn on the floor. When
the work Is finished the family gener-
ally go into the bakehouse. which has
been made warm. and each member
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24

takes a thorough wash from head to
foot. or a bath In large tub. This is
the only bath many take during the
whole year.
In some places old-fashioned ways
still exist. Young men often paint or
blacken their faces, put queer crowns
on their heads or hats, wear large
stars on their breasts. and generally
carry long wooden swords. One man
Is furnished with large pouch. and
the men then visit each farm and so
Ilcit contributions for a frolic. Now
and then they indulge In great mis-
chief and fun. n they find out that
young fellow loves a girl of the village
they visit her house and sing 10 her
the old Herodes song.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
R11Eaia saS

of the ever-ready hospitality that the
English offered to all Corners.
In Russia on Christmas Eve every
one dresses--or at least they used TO. II
is hard TO say anything definite about
bolshevist Russia-for a gay mas
querade. Each one was supposed TO
represent some animal. the idea be-
ing to commemorate the fact that
Christ was born in q stable among
the humblest of the animals.
Peasants among the Bulgarians,
Germans and others have legend
that animals are conscious on Christ
mas Eve. Some people believe that
lat midnight the sheep awake and
march in q procession. that the cattle
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
YULETIDE FESTIVITIES
IN OTHER LANDS

one throws handful of wheat which
has been brought for the purpose on
ii, another chops 1t down very care
fully as the tree must fall toward the
east just as the sun god rises. II is
then cut into two or three pieces. The
first chip that falls Is brought home
as particularly precious.
Then the logs are taken home, one
to each side of the door. The mother
breaks on the longer log a small wheat
cake of unleavened -four. called poga-
cha.
The day passes in preparation for
the feast the following day. At sun
set one of the men. fitted out with
new wooden gloves. brings In the log.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
G1talar,d So

which still prevails to some extent, a
small gift of money was given 10 post
men and other delivery men the day
Boxing Day."
In 100 Henry | granted charter
TO London, making ii a city and the
Christmas celebration. it is recorded,
consisted of feast for rich and
poor. The people gathered in the
streets around blazing bonfires sing
ing and dancing, after feasting upon
oxen, deer, ale and mead. The wassail
bowl, spoken of so often in many
books describing England at the time
Of the crusades. was another evidence
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
The Perfect CoIor-

Green Is restful color. Oculists
say that of all colors green is the
most friendly to the optic nerve. In
lands where eternal SHOWS or eternal
white sands flash up their glaring re-
Elections, men have to shade their
eyes or 60 blind. But green grass
never bothers the eye. One can stare
forest i'm the face all day with i'm
punity. Natures greens never get on
your nerves, and they never quarrel
with any other of natures colors and
tints.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24

Ae he passes the threshold the mother
throws at him handful of wheat
from a bowl in which also the chip
has been kept all day.
Then the log is lighted and imme-
diately the young folks run out and
celebrate" noisily by firing off guns
and pistols. 1t is important to keep
the log burning all night.
There are no holidays in Scandi-
navia to which both young and old
look forward with so much pleasure as
the days of Yule. These days in We
olden times, were also celebr;>d by
the followers of Thor and Odin.
Christmas and the days following
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
HEAD STUFFED FROM ,
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.
y.saaa.s4..sasss.s4ss4@#+4s4

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
ciogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking, snuff.
fling, blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of the
head, soothes ipfamed or swollen
.ncous membrane ana{elief comes in
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed.uP
With a cold or nasty catarrh.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
SULPHUR DRIES UP
P|MPLEs AND RASH
Says Sulphur is Quickest to Clean
Up An Ugly Skin

Any breaking out of the skin on
lace, neck, arms or body is overcome
quickest by applying Mentho-Su
phur. The pimples seem to dry
light up and go away, declares q
oted skin specialist.
Nothing has ever been found to
AXE the place of sulphur as a pimpie
emcver. 1t is harmless and mex
pensive. just ask any druggist for q
small jar of Mentho-Sulphur and use
it like cold cream.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Women of Nepal.

The women of Nepal have no purdah
system. the false modesty of covering
the face with a veil. They freely move,
and share the burden of maintenance
of the family. They often wear kind
of short skirt and bodice made OF cloth
from their looms.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Home Means Everything.

Home is where the idealism Of the
race is nurtured. 1t is such a place
that endears the soil to the man who
lives upon 1t. II is strong bond
which links him to the community. II
deepens and makes sweeter the whole
family life, and il forms a background
Of pleasant memory for his children
which will endure.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24

country, III EngIISn RtnlIt-
man always invited his neighbors and
tenants TO his great hall at daybreaS
on Christmas morning. There they
were RECALLED upon toast. sugar, nut
meg and good old Cheshire cheese"
The house was decked with ivy and
other green's.
Under the title of christmas
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
First Negroes In America.

The first appearance of the negro
In the English colonies in America
was in 1910 when cargo of negro
slaves were landed at jamestown. In
1870. when the first census was taken.
there were 757 POS negroes in the Unit
ed States
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Impossible to Resist Influence.

II is quite impossible to resist the
sweet influence of the coming holi-
days and not to feel a thrill of SYM
pathetic delight over that which serves
TO gladden. all mankind. The very air
seems to have caught the inspiration
of the hour. and no one can fail to per-
ceive. as he hurries through the
streets, when Christmas Is drawing
near.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Death in the Midst Of cayetv.

Richmond, Ind.-Myrtle Biddle, aged
eighteen. tried on her Halloween party
costume to shov II to her two little
brothers. Sparks from burnt cork she
was using to blacken her face set fire
to Il and she was burned TO death.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
No Sympathy From Him.

During a recent oil tank fire, while
the city was enveloped in dense black
smoke, Richard was told by his mother
that the oil tanks were burning; a
playmate suggesting that II was castor
oil, Richard said; Let II burn"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Travel 5000 Miles SO
Child Will Be American

Omaha, Neb. - Fearing to
leave any question as to the
citizenship of their expected
: child, Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
Byam came to Omaha from Mon.
tevideo, Uruguay, and-=little
Joeann first bllnked bE eyes In
an American hospital 10 this
city. Mr.. Byam is manager of
the Morris Packing company
plant In Uruguay and accom-
panied his wife on the 5000
mile trip.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24

n ENGLAND, Christmas
celebrations of three or four
hundred years ago charm us
with their quaint and simple
jOllity. The English always
remembered everyone from
their neighbors down TO
their servants. in the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24
Brazilian "vamint" CAUGHT.

Shelby, Ky.-A Brazilian marsuplal
an animal the size Of rat but re-
sembling a 'possum, was found in a
bunch of bananas here and Is on ex-
bibition. ~-4- .----- .-~-,.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-12-24

t rs to be wondered If the
small boys taste and tenn
permanent are really and
truly considered when buy