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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
HE SLABS SPIDER ON WOMAN
Whisky Soaked Imagination Leads
Oregon Man Into Police
Court.

Portland, Ore.-It wasn't a pink
elephant or a purple snake that John
Dick thought he saw upon the shout
der of a woman pedestrian on the
downtown street, but the bibulOuS
Johns whisky-soaked imagination in
veigled him into believing that large
crimson spider was crawling stealthily
upon the wOman's coat, near her
throat.
John crept slyly upon the woman
and his fist came down with undue
force where he thought the spider
was crawling. In another instant the
woman called for help, and rev
moments later John was aboard a pO-
lice patrol on his way to the station
In the police court John admitted
he had partaken too freely of a bottle
Of ''white mule" moOnshine. He was
surprised to learn that the blood red
spider was but a figment Of his whisky
soaked brain, but he sorrowfplly al
mitted that the liquor had been pO-
tent enough to produce almost any
result.
| Judge Rossman prescribed SlU
fine and seven days in Jail as fitting
treatment for his ailment.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
FARMER OUT $4,000
Falls for Scheme Of Mysterious
Stranger.
Would Cut Ice at North Pole, Dump Il
In Kansas and Sell Il
There.

Minneapolis, Kan.-ViSions Of af-
fuence gone and with them $4,000
hard-earned cash, Homer HOgrath, a
farmer near this town. applied for a
warrant for Gallileo GrubinO, alias
Gallileo Grub. alleged participant In
the discovery of the north pole and pro-
motor for the Aurora Borealis Ice
company"
One blazing hot day last July CALI
leo appeared on the Hograth farm. He
was equipped with an apparatus SINH
lar to those used by surveyors. He
seemed busy and preoccupied, continu-
ually looking toward the skies and
gesticulating, as If absorbed in cal
culating some obstruse problem in
mathematics.
Finally, Hograth says, the stranger
suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "This is
the spot, the very spot" Then Gallileo
offered to buy the farm, but Hograth,
seeming a mysterious fortune. refused
| to sell.
Upon his fouth visit Hograth says
Galllleo agreed to take Hograth into
partnership for $4,000. He explained
that he had accompanied Peary to the
north pole, and that the pole was real
ly steel projection. He had in
vented, he told Hograth, a mighty
scoop, to be attached to the pole
and to be run by electricity. In
the process of the earth's revolution
Galllleo explained, the scoop would dir
into the ice of the arctic, and as the
eaith revolved the scoop would grad
ually tip and Its contents fall to thu
earth in the exact longit 1e and lati
tude of Hograth's farm.
Hograth, after paying the $3O,OOO
agreed to remain on the farm and taxi
care of the ice, while GallileO woult
return to the pole and harness MI
scoop to it.
Gallileo is still at the pole.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

has been closed and Polly is pris-
oner and will remain one for a long
time If Mrs. Metz has her way.
Polly's downfall occurred on a re-
cent afternoon.
For several weeks Polly has been
in the habit Of picking twigs from
the trees, grass and other things from
the lawn and carrying them into the
house. Mrs. Metz would scold Polly,
but it did no good. On the afternoon
alluded to the parrot was in the gar
den. Mrs. Metz was attracted by her
chatter. She went to the door and
spoke to Polly, leaving the door OPEN
Pretty soon Polly few into the house
with long, sQuirming object dangling
from her mouth, and entered the par.
lor, followed by Mrs. Metz. When
Polly dropped the object Mrs. Metz
fed from the house.
The object was brown snake two
feet long. The woman called her hus'
band, who was working in the garden
Metz secured a club and found the
snake behind a chair. He struck al
it. missed it and the snake crawled
under the carpet. He tried to drive
it out, but it would not move, Metz
called a neighbor, John Boots, whC
came at once. The men removed thu
furniture, took up the carpet, rolled
the snake up in it, carried 1t outdoor
and there killed the snake.
Meanwhile the bird set up a screech
ing and frequently shouted: Hard
luck, Polly; hard luck, hard luck"
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
GARRY ON"!
If Constipated, Bilious
or Headachy, take
"Cascarets"

Feel grand! Be efficient! Don't
stay sick, bilious, headschy, cOnsti-
pated. Remove the liver and bowel
poison which is keeping your head
dizzy, your tongue coated, your
breath bad and your stomach sour.
Why not get small box of Casca-
rets and enjoy the incest, gentlest
laxative-cathartic you ever expert
enced? Cascarets never grippe, sick
en- or inconvenience one like Salts,
oil, calomel or harsh pills. Casca-
rets bring sunshine to cloudy minds
and half-sick bodies They work
while you sleep.-adv.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
"GhoSt" Taken Alive
From Gotham Chimney

New York.-Occupants Of a
Ridge street tenement house
were almost correct when they
reported to the police that
groans Of a ghost had been an
noying them for two days. De-
tectives and firemen dug a hole
in a chimney In the house and
extracted David Cohen, a push
cart peddler, who said that, bus
mess being bad, he had decided
to end his life by jumping down
the five-story chimney, He wal!
taken to a hospital suffering
chiefly from hunger and ex-
haugtion.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

At last his perseverance was rewarded
and he discovered the little lad who
had disappeared hy asking his name
and whether or not he was lost.
Returns Lost Child.
The little sleuth returned the lost
child to his mother and was greatly
praised for his good work, which ne
had done all alone without the aid
Of Watson. But alas for the small
detective, the child disappeared from
home two days later and he was not
called upon to ind the lad, who later
returned to his home Of his own ac'
cord.
If anyone desires the services OF
q good twelve-year-old detective who
has so well proven his mettle. he VIII
do well to call upon young Master
James Alexander Hill, Jr.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

All children troubled with worms have an un-
healthy color. which indicates poor blood, and as
mile there Il more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVES TASTEIESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood I'M
prove the digestion and act as General Stfenetn-
enine Tonic to the whole system. Nature VIII tnen
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child VIII De
in perfect health Pleasant to take. 6Oc per bottle
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
PARROT BRINGS
SNAKE IN HOUSE
Re- endorsements Needed to Re-
move Reptile From Under
the Carpet.

Kellerton, N. Y.-Mr. and Mrs
Adam Metz of this village have a
parrot. Polly has been allowed the
freedom of the house. The door of
her cage has always been left open
for her to come and 60 when she
pleased. The bird has enjoyed out
door life all summer, but her vaca-
ton is over. The door Of her cage
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
BELC|ANS DO NOT !
FIND old HOMES
All Landmarks 0bIiterated by
Shell and ShrapneI Fired
in War.
new SURVEYS NECESSARY
Lont Series Of Disputes and ComplI-
cations Likely to Arise-old Boun-
daries of Farms Are Completely
Wiped Out.

Ypres, acknowledgements OF Bel"
gian families probably never will find
their former homes in No Mans Land.
All means Of identifying them have
been shot away.
They will find homes, Of course,
somewhere in that desert waste, per-
haps on what used to be somebody
else's land. But the exact location OF
their own sacred bit Of ground may
forever remain a mystery.
Nearly FIVE years Of ceaseless bonn
bardment has obliterated the land
marks upon which the pre-war land
surveys were based. The old bOunda-
ries which distinguished one farm
from another have literally been
pounded into the earth--toO deep for
resurrection.
New surveys will come in time, prob"
ably more scientific than the old. Ev-
eryone who once owned part Of the
great battlefield will receive some
thing, equal in size and as near as pos
slble to where his former home Is
thought to have been.
Peace Of Mind Vanishss.
But in another sense this can never
compensate. Nor can the old peace Of
mind ever fully return to folk so at
tached to their own little piece OF
earth that nothing less than certain
death from shell fire-and sometimes
not even this-could induce them to
desert 1t.
This is one phase of tomorrow's hue
man story in that vast, cratery DESC
lation which reaches here beyond eye
range in every direction-Once one Of
Belgium's most beautiful farming dis
trictS.
AS vet, very few homeseekers have
returned. OF these, some took one de-
spairing look at the miles of water
logged shell areas and climbed back on
a train for the place from whence they
came--to wait few months more un-
til the process Of reclamation has had
time to make little progress.
Others are still searching among the
ruined trenches and shell holes, filled
with marsh grass and Stagnant water
for clues to their homes.
Landmarks Are Demolished.
The big stone at the corner bound
ary-and from which, perhaps, all sur
veys for the entire neighborhood were
made-the we'll in the front yard, the
house, the barn, the shade tree over
the gate-all have simply disappeared
under wars terrible effacement. Moth
ing remains to indicate where thee
once were.
What will happen when the real van
guard of the exiled Arcadians finally
arrlves2 Opinions here differ.
Some predict general scramble u
stake out plots on the most desirable
or, rather, least NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
a mild restaging of some Of the Incl
dents in our own American history
such as when the squatters rushed in
to the Middle West.
And then a long series Of disputes
and complications when others arriv'
who believe themselves the rightfu
owners of the Claims" with probabI!
years Of legal entanglements in court
For it is easily conceivable that unde
prevailing conditions it might be en-
tremely difficult to dislodge a CLAIM
Jumper.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
MANCHESTER PASTOR
LEAVES FOR MARTIN

Manchester, Tenn, Dec. 20.-Eld-
err /. C. Hoskins, for the past year
minister of the Church Of Christ at
Manchester, left this week for Mar
tin, where he will serve the church
as pastor. Elder Hoskins and fami-
" have made many friends in Man,
chester, who regret to have them
leave.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
Bird, Smoking Cigarette,
Sets College on Fire

A cigarette-smoking sparrow
set FIRE, to Geneva college at
Beaver Falls, Pa, and this fact
will be duly recorded in the Off
clal report Of Fire Chief Rich
ard Timmons Of the Beaver
Falls department when he makes
il to the state.
A student threw the butt Of a
lighted cigarette from a window
to the grass. A sparrow pOunced
upon 1t and scared to his nest
IN the caves of the dormitory.
Next came fire alarm. Not
much damage was done.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
SHORT COURSE IN AGRI-
CULTURE AT UNIVERSITY

County Agent Ellis tells us of the
exceptional advantages Of Short
Course in Agriculture, such as is to
be had at Knoxville, Jan. 6, lasting
six weeks, and which Mr.. Shanklin,
Of Latham, is taking advantage of.
Mr.. Ellis strongly recommends this
course to all boys not in school and
young farmers who can possibly
spare the time. The tuition is free
and board can be had for SIS per
week. What say you, boys aHH
young men?
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
BOY DETECTIVE
/. MAKES A RECORD
Stories Of SIeuth Work inspire
+ Texas Youth to Remark
able Deeds.
FINDS MISSING CHILD
Starts Out to Be Second Sherlock
Holmes and Finds That His Track
ing and Deductive Theories
Work Out Successfully.

Ell Paso Textile youngest sue
cessful detective in the world has
been discovered
After listening to the stories OF his
father about the work of the detective
department, James Alexander Hill
twelve-year-old son of "Jim" Hill, jail
er at the city Jail, emulating the adj
ventures Of Booth Tarkington's Pen.
rod, declared that he would become .
"sleuth." Contrary to all expecta-
tons, in accordance with all tales OF
youthful fiction, the amateur dick
made good at his first attempt AT
''tracking."
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
Opportunity Knocks.

When a mother told the lad that
her young son Of six years had disap-
peared, young Hill decided that this
would be a good chance to try his
tracking and deductive theories and
started out to be a second Sherlock
Holmes. He fully determined to find
the missing child, even though there
was no reward offered-for he was
not going to be mercenary In his
work, but would labor for the love Of
adventure.
Young Detective Hill wandered
about the streets looking for the
missing child. His sense Of deduc-
ton told him that the boy had not
been kidnapped, and he inquired OF
passersby If they had seen a child OF
the description the mother had given.
He also asked every small child that
he met whether or not they were lost
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

pages unworthily filled. The irrevoca-
bleness of life ought alone to be mo-
tive enough for incessant watchfulness
and diligence. Not a word we write
can be changed. Nothing we do can
be canceled.-J. R. Miller.
TIME everyday cares and duties,
which men call drudgery, are
the weights and counterpoises
of the clock of Time, giving its
pendulum a true vibration, and its
hands a regular motion; and when
they cease to hang upon the wheels
the pendulum no longer swings, the
hands no longer move, the CLOCK
stands still.--Henry w. Longfellow.
mo NOT dare to live without
some clear intention towards
- which your living shall be bent
Mean to be something with al
your might.-Phillips Brooks.
'"HAT great mystery of Time
were there no other; the il
= limitable, silent, never-restinl
thing called Time, rolling
rushing on, swift, silent, like an all
embracing ocean-tide, on which WI
and all the universe swim like exhala
tons, like apparitions which are, ant
then are not: this is forever very lit
orally a miracle; a thing to strike u
dumb-for we have no word to speal
about it.-Thomas Carlyle.
~ EAUTIFUL is the year in 1t
| coming, and in its going-mos
- beautiful and blessed, becaus
it is always the year Of GU
| Lore" Lucy Larcom.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

All the news Of all the county all
the time. u
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

The Enterprise countrywide
publicity. IT
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02
Year Thoughts

. VERY first of January that we
n arrive at is an imaginary mile
- stone on the turnpike track of
human life; at once a resting
Mace for thought and meditation. and
4 starting point for fresh exertlon in
the performance of our journey. The
man who does not at least propose to
himself to be better this year than ne
was last, must be either very good or
verv bad, indeed! And only to pro-
pose to be better is something; IT
nothing else it is an acknowledgment
of our need to be so, which is the trst
step towards amendment. But. IN
fact. to propose to oneself to do wen,
is in some sort to do well, positively
for there is no such thing as a sta
tionary point in human endeaVors; ne
who is not worse today than ne was
yesterday, is'bettar; and he who IS not
better. is worse.--Charles Lamb.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

The Enterprise covers Weakley
county like the dew of heaven tt
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

Of II. We have learned to look 4tor
kindness and goodness in all our
paths, and so we go forward with glad
hope and expectation.
1t is always serious thing to live.
We can pass through any year but
once. If we have lived negligentiy
we cannot return to amend what we
have slurred over. We cannot cor
rect mistakes, fill up spaces, erase
lines we may be ashamed of, cut ous
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-01-02

WYE ARE on the threshold Of
w a new year. We do not
w know what the year holds
for us, but we are not afraid
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
BIueberries on Worthless
Soil Means Bio Success

Luscious blueberries - many OF
which are three-fourths of an 1nch
in diameter-that sell FOR SlO
bushels! Such is the product secur-
ed by a New Jersey grower, whose
principal business has been growing
cranberries but who more recently
has taken up the cultivation OF
biueberries. At present he has ~
acres which he has. planted, in part,
with carefully selected wild blue
berry stock and, in part with NY
brids furnished by, the burea ~ OF
department of agriculture. Not only
are the berries, on this track OF very
high quality but the yield is pro.
life, the older plants producing at
the rate of nearly 100 bushels to the
acre. The plantation is situated at
Whitesbog near Browns Mills.
The success of this grower Is but
one instance of what is being done
commercially by men who are ut1liz-
ing the information supplied by the
department of agriculture scientists:
The latter have made study oh
BURBERRY culture for several years
and are able to furnish data regard
ing the best varieties and the most
suitable soils. Of particular signi-
ficance is the fact that blueberrles
thrive best on peat and sand soils,
so acl, as to be considered worth
less for ordinary agriculture. Thus
through BURBERRY culture 1t IS pos
sible to utilize many tracts which
have been regarded as especially
hard and unpromiSing.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
Dancer Leaves Theater in Trunk
To Save Her Baby in Divorce Suit

waiting outside and flashing, his
badge, "as big as a pie plate" (says
Mrs. NeiD. he strobe past the man
at the door.
The first person he bumped into
Politely raising his derby he asked
Neil, and If she would please point
out Mrs. Neil to him. Did she tell
him where she was? She flew up
stairs.
Slowly glimmer of suspicion be-
gan to dawn in the mind of the be-
wildcred sheriff. Up the stairs clop-
ped his No, IFS. Into the dressing
room he burst-and found two at
tendants. packing things up. No
where was there any sign of the
elusive Mrs. Neil. The burly at
tendants picked up trunk, brushed
past the sheriff, lugged it down
stairs and dumped it on an express
truck While the sheriff was still
looking behind screens and under
carpets the truck drove off, deliver
ed the trunk and Mrs. Neil popped
out of 1t in her own room.
The ruSe was SO successful that
Mrs Neil adopted it as her regular
means of travelling from the theater
to her home. 1t was not exactly
comfortable on very hot days, but it
was safe. .e.-.-
said Mrs. Neil, with a laugh, land
the Officers didn't get wise"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
Dasheen Comes to Aid of
Potato, Sold for ! SC Pound

The first carload of American
grown dasheens recently arrived at
New York. They were grown on the
east coast of Florida. Owing to the
limited quantities shipped to market
at present the vegetable, which is
recommended as a substitute for the
potato in locations where that crop
cannot be grown, is high in price,
selling for as much as Is cents
pound in New York within the past
week.
The Trinidad dasheen, which is a
particularly fine favored variety of
the taro, is one, of 46,o2O foreign
plants introduced into the United
States by the department of agricul-
ture. 1t was brought here in the be-
lief that it would yield the south
a tuber crop which could be used
to supplement the potato 1t con,
tains SO per cent more starch and so
per cent more protein than the potato
Dasheens cannot be grown in the
north, but they are finding favor
among consumers in that section Of
the country Dealers in Washington
and New York report that they are
having difficulty in meeting the de-
mand for the new tuher, even at
jcrb nricpS
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
Save Time and Grain
= By Care in Use Of
Thrashing Machine

Even with the most efficient OPP
Grafton of thrashing machines under
the best field conditions it is prob
ably not possible to save all the
wheat, say specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
does not know just what the differ
ent parts of the machine are for, or
who does not watch them closely
while the separator is running, may
waste a great amount of grain I'M
necessarily. He will surely have to
make frequent stops for repairs and
adjustments. Every time machine
stops the whole crew, usually sey-
eral men and teams, must be idle
until it starts again, loss of time
to everybody concerned.
The waste of grain through 1nef-
ficient operation of the thrashing ma
chimes, though possibly not a ser1-
GUS matter to the individual farmer:
is a matter of perhaps millions or
bushels to the nation as Wnole.
When we consider that there are
6. OO0. 600 farms in the United states
# is evident that a waste of only a
bushel set would be an enormous
loss in the aggregate.
ANY standard thrashing machine
will do it's work with little waste
of grain or loss of time II kept IN
rood condition, adjusted properly Tor
gagged, furnished with the proper proper
amount of power applied correctly
and watched intelligently while in
operation. Nevertheless, it is true
that a great deal of time is lost and
q, large amount of grain wasted an
necessarily in thrashing. All thrash
ing machine. manufacturers have en-
deayored to make their machines as
efficient as possible. with the IDEA
of having the construction sucn tha ina
thew will give minimum Of trouble
there are SO many parts to thrash,
ing machine that it requires careIul
attention at all times, ana 1t nus -
work under such wide range OF
conditions that numerous adjustments
must be left for the operator to make
toll
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20

NEW YORK, n. Y.-When a wom-
an has something she wants, a man
must have wits, an over supply of
them. to get it, according to this
amusing story.
Rene Riano, eccentric dancer in a
life is Mrs. John D. Neil, has insti-
tuted separation proceedings against
her husband.
They both want Baby Jane Neil,
who is years old and more interest
ed in dolls than divorce court pro-
ceedings. Mrs, Neil has her and and
law or anything else. Mr.. Neil
thinks he ought to have her; ana
and the writ of habeas corpus.
For four days the t tr1 tY. 81 sheriff Ndd
Of a New York theater disguised in
derby hat and th i sole shoes mo No
Neil looked like increased the diff
eulties of his task And md, Mrs Mrs, Neil Ill
she knew he was there.
Finally the sheriff got tired of
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
Keeps Ban on Australian Sheep;
Won't Be Lifted Until Disease Stops

they may not serve as carriers" The
disease, he said, was only finally
eradicated from this country in the
early nineties, after the inauguration
of methods of operation which in
cluded the elimination of possible in
direct sources of infection, one of
which was believed to consist in the
possibility of sheep carrying the in
lection in their fleece"
"The department, therefore" the
secretary said, .'having, in view. the
responsibility imposed upon it by
law, of protecting the cattle interests
of the United States, has felt com
PEELED to decline to issue permits for
the importation of cattle, sheep, or
other ruminants from countries in
which either foot-and-mouth disease.
rinderpest, or contagious pleuro--
pneumonia of cattle exists, and 1t is
considered that until such time. as
the Australian authorities succeed in
graduating contagious pleuro-pneu-
monia from such commonwealth asslsot H.
given to the Importation of either
cattle or sheep from Australia"