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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04
PROFITEERs-PLUs PLAIN LIARS

Newspaper people usually SO busy boosting other
peoples games and fighting eveybodys battles except
During the the government asked publishers to
curta the amount of paper they were usingwe presume
it to insure the thousand and publicity depart
ments of the government adequate supply Being
simple, all hick publishers did were told. The
paper barons at discovered shortage existed and
the price went up and up. What we used to pay five
cents per pound IA cents laid down Stafford
Paper statesmen, when the price began to SOAR were
very cocky with their printer customers They all had
sterotyped line of talk-they still have cOnsistng Of
1--WE don't whether you buy it not there is great
shortage of print pape-we have orders now for more
than we can deliver
All of which is plain bunk.
The paper mills have great gobs of paper boarded
away The who sells the paper knows it. He also
knows the publisher is the victim of crowd of bandits
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04
PARENTS BELIEVE WEDDING
ANNOUNCEMENT OF DAUGHTER
TO BE APRIL FOOL JOKE

DOUGLAS, April Miss Beulah
Bryant. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Powell. 726 Twelfth street and
Frank Maxwell. who resides at the
same number on Fourteenth street,
were married yesterday morning at
II O'Clock by the Rev. w H. Fowle.
Returning a short time after to the
brides residence to announce the
wedding, they had difficulty in get
ting the brides family to believe I.
They thought it an April / joke
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04
SEVEN PINNED UNDER
OVERTURNED CAR. BUT
ONLY ONE rs INJURED

PHOENIX, April with the ex-
ception Of a bruised wrist. not
single person was injured yesterday
when a Ford car owned by the high
school board and driven by s. J. Hol
singer, 2214 West Adams street. col
ington street with a Ford truck be
longing 20 the Constable Ice and Fuel
company The truck was driven by
Arthur Leath. Holsinger and six
high school boys with him were pin
ned under the overturned Ford car.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04
MAY BRING NEW CHARGE

PHOENIX, April 2.-According to
a letter received yesterday by Sher-
If Montgomery from Sheriff Nc
Donald OF Cochise county. Rene Mis-
iron. who is serving a six months
jail sentence in the county jail. will
face a felony charge in Tombstone
when his term is FINISHED here. On
April ne will appear in the cour,
of Justice Wheeler 90 answer char--
es OF passing a s25 check with insult
ficient funds in the bank.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04
HATS OFF TO MONTANA!

Montana led all the in the percentage OF battle
deaths in the World War; according to Stars and Stripes,
Washington, ID. c. For each one thousand Montanans
who to the coors 112 gave their lives in action
the result of wounds The Inference that the Mon
tanans where the fighting hottest 1t is a
glorious record However, it does not reflect by
pason other states whose soldiers would have gone
just readily where many Montanans went Arizona
stands in the list of states percentage of
casualties from deaths in action the result of wounds
sustained in action
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04
kENDRiCk BILL is
OkEO BY NEW MEXICO
CATTLE GROWERS

ROSWELL, y. NJ, April 2.-rhe
Kew Mexica Cattle and Hors
Growers association on the last day
of It's annual convention here ycstcr-
dav passed a resolution endo-s ne
Ire substitute Kenyon-Kerdrics bill
and the New Mexico congressman
was urged TO vote for it.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-04-04

going to be job entirely big for the brains repre-
sented in the Douglas county removal clique of poll
teal porkers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

United States made Monticello his
chief objective point. He must see
"the Sage" 1t cost the Sage money,
of course.
The chambers occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferson are most interesting.
jefferson, q radical in all things, a
progressive in an age that was not
particularly progressive, had ideas of
his own with regard to household fur
niture. Heretofore people had slept In
massive, cumbersome beds, with great
posts or frames at the foot and head.
Jefferson changed this, for himself
and wife. He built two rooms, con-
nected by a wide archway. In this
archway he placed the Jeffersonian
bed, which was merely a large couch
of simple design, minus the unneces-
sary foot and head work. The bed
closed up the archway. there being no
other communication between the two
rooms. In one of the chambers Mrs,
Jefferson made her boudoir. In the
other Thomas Jefferson studied and
wrote When Mrs. Jefferson was ready
to retire she disrobed in her boudoir
and climbed into the bed from her
side. When Mr.. Jefferson sought the
refreshment of Morpheus he disrobed
in his study and climbed into the bed
from his side. 1t was all very handy.
Jefferson's Monument.
The epitaph on the original monu-
ment over Jefferson's grave was writ
ten by Jefferson himself. 1t reads:
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of indie
pendence. of the Statute of Virginia
for Religious Freedom, and Father Of
the University of Virginia"
1t thus appears that Jefferson was
more proud of these three achieve
ments than of being president Of the
United States. as he does not even
mention the latter distinction.
From a hilltop near Monticello one
may see the birthplaces of three men
whose work and wisdom added to the
United States nearly one-half of its
present territory on this continent.
These men were Jefferson, George
Rogers Clark and Meriwether Lewis.
Through the efforts Of CLARK the states
of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin
and part of Michigan were added to
our domain. Meriwether Lewis. with
a younger brother d$ George Rogers
Clark, was sent by Jefferson on the ia
nous trip of exploration and discov-
cry which, many years later, resulted
in giving Uncle Sam title to the Pa
cific Northwest.
Copyright. 1890, Western Newspaper Union-]
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25
BY RosERTUs LOVE.

Ahe Father of His Country was
"eorse Washington, but the Father of
me Fourth of July was Thomas Jeffer-
'on, Jefferson wrote the Declaration
u independence, which was adopted
snu signed on the fourth day of July,
it'o. Forever thereafter that day
was and will be "the Glorious Fourth"
Inc Declaration of Independence was
special plea for the rights of the in
4irlouai., The whole life of Thomas
le.terson was a protest against the
vlu-tlIhe tyranny which sought to limit
uie development and action of indi-
''uuai man. Jefferson loved liberty
and despised despotism. He was the
principal pioneer of democracy in all
.le world. On this account all that
ue u'd and said and wrote, his man.
uef or living and working, his home
anu MS surroundings, are of interest
10 the world.
=, 90 lar as real human interest goes,
Tue nome of Jefferson was and is more
Iu'etul OF entertaining anecdote and
,ehlhiscenee than the home of Wash
nstoh. Both homes are in Virginia.
sehersons home. which he called Mon
asello divided with Mount Vernon the
ference and homage of Americans
uo nave inherited the priceless bless
as ss OF Republican government for
, "n'en Washington fought with his
sword and Jefferson with his pen.
sacred to Lovers OF Liberty.
nohticeiio is one of Americas
ss .ihes OF pilgrimage. The house.
,a aO"h below. Is three miles from the
''"n OF Charlottesville. ALTERNATE
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

not get through until they sent Cen
eral Agnew around with 200 men and
attacked the Americans from the rear.
treat. Aided by General Bell, he
fought on until his horse was shot.
His foot became entangled In the stir
rup and Tory rushed up.
You are my prisoner" he yelled.
Not yet" Arnold said. He shot the
man dead. remarking that one live
soldier was worth ten dead ones. He
then ran to Israel Putnam's camp,
now Putnam park, twelve miles away,
after astonishing the British by his
reckless courage.
The British marched on up the viii
lage streets, which are now as they
were then. But the wounded of both
sides were taken into Miss Sarah
Stebbins' house and tenderly cared
for. Her house stood near where Miss
Mary Olcott's does now, and the old
buttery door, pierced by many shots
and a cannon ball. is at the Olcott
house. The soldiers who died on the
field or of their wounds were the ones
to whom the stone was raised.
Tryon knew that he was not popular
with the most of the Ridgefield viii
layers, so he plundered good many
of them. taking everything they had,
and they had to appeal to the general
assembly for help. His men also
burned the Keller grIsf mill and scr
fire to several houses.
In that day the old Keller tavern
was the favorite inn on the way to
Boston. Tryon heard. moreover. that
the patriots were making ammunition
in 1t. So he mounted his guns In the
Episcopal church and fired at the tav-
| ern.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

Until five years ago the battle of
Ridgefield was unmarked and existed
only on one of the seldom-loOked-at
pages in the histories, though the an
cient and well-cOnditioned hickory
tree designated the graves. And by 1t
Miss Mary Olcott reckoned where to
place the monument.
When this battle was fought most
of the men of military age were away
with Washington, Lafayette and other
generals. They had no home guard
such as parade in full rig about the
station grounds of Friday afternoon.
Indeed some historians say that most
of the six hundred were men seeking
adventure under Benedict Arnold. For
he was then popular hero, and he
directed the principal defense against
the British.
No one has ever known the names
of the Eight Patriots. And perhaps
some English mother in lTT7 won
dered at just what spot in the wilder
ness somewhere in America they had
buried her boy. The British were all
DuTleu III OlS SidNCs IiiC E4AHSi lSuiS IA
another The tablet pays equal honor
to each. And It is placed only "For
the Strengthening of Hearts,"
On that Sunday morning in April.
1777, the colonists needed some def
mite sign of success in their struggle
with the enemy and with the stubborn
wilderness from which they had to
hew their homes. Indeed ii was but
three years afterward that Washing
ton was inquiring whom he could
trust.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25
BY CHLOE ARNOLD.

1t happened rather oddly that the
day Bill Cumming went away l dis
covered the monument. After all. that
day was quite like Barrie play: so
humorous, and pathetically sweet that
1t left one feeling like laughing and
crying at the same time.
Bill was the first boy from Ridge
field to enlist in 1917, when his coun-
try called on her sons, and he was
going into camp at Mantle, Conn. In
an American household from Scotland,
such as this is, of course the 'meenis-
ter" came to supper that Sunday
night. That was as inevitable as quo
tations from Burns poems at table, for
Burns is a hero here, just as Roose-
Welt and Joffre are.
Everybody talked a great deal and
ate little. The minister told of how
a descendant of Hannah Dutton, that
heroine dear to the hearts of all young
readers of history, had helped serve
meals In a Rhode Island summer ho-
tel. where he had spent his vacation.
Bill talked about automobiles.
Then the time came for him to go.
He had said beforehand that he want
ed to take his bag to the station
alone. He had seen the departure of
his company from the Bridgeport ar
mory the day before, and he saw that
a farewell cannot be too quiet.
Just as he went off the veranda the
minister took his hand. God bless
you, BILL" he said. very low. but we
all heard 1t. And 1t made the moment
a little more solemn than we could
have liked. There was mist In Bits
eyes for moment. But nobody no
ticed that any more than they did how
his mother went into the house very
suddenly. However. those who under
stand will understand all about how
this was.
Just then ! set out for the post of
fee. For those who love rustic air
and the mild monotony of the night
insects songs few walks afford more
quiet delight than the saunter down
for the evening mail. 1t is a broad
thoroughfare arehed with naples
whose leaves are silver In the moon
light. You may meet some townsman
you know, perhaps, a driver of some
delivery automobile. and he will pass
with you staccato greeting. Smooth,
flowing conversation seems somehow
out of place at this time of day.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

county, lis miles from Washington.
Fewer persons visit it, because it is
much more remote from the main-trav-
eled roads than is Mount Vernon, al
most within sight of the national cap
ital.
At Monticello Jefferson lived nearly
sixty years. Within a stones throw
he spent his entire life, for he was
born on the estate, and though he was
absent for several years in France
as American minister, and for eight
years as president of the United
States, and also in the occupancy of
other offices, that was always his home.
He loved it above all other spots on
earth. from the cradle to the grave.
There was rocked his cradle and there
his grave was made, when after 81
years of labor for the rights of man
he died on the Fourth of July, exactly
so years after the signing of the Dec
laration of Independence. 1t was CIV
en- to him to experience half a CEN
fury of the fruits of his own efforts
toward a more equitable form of gov
eminent, something new to human So
ciety.
History of Monticello.
In 1869 Jefferson began the con-
struction of his mansion on the noun
tain above Charlottesville. On New
Years day of 17T2 he took thither his
bride, the beautiful young Widow
Shelton, whose husband, Bathurst
Shelton, had died when she was in her
nineteenth year, leaving her consid-
cradle fortune. She was about TWEEN
ty-three when Jefferson married her.
Mrs. Jefferson was singularly beau
tiful woman, with auburn hair to
match the red locks of her famous
husband. She lived only about ten
wears after her second marriage. JEFF
ferson never took another wife. His
daughter was the mistress of Month
cello and likewise the mistress OF the
Executive Mansion when Jefferson
was president of the United States.
Jefferson survived his wife A years.
For the last so years of his life JEFF
ferson was hopelessly insolvent. From
time to time his precious estate and
home were in imminent danger of being
sold over his head. His debts were
due TO various causes. For one thing,
he nut his name on notes for friends
and was held responsible for large
sums. Then he was an extravaganza
entertainer. His house was perhaps
the most commodious and manorlike In
America. He was famous in two con-
tinents. Every person of distinction
who came from Europe to visit the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

pass 1t every day would hardly have
noticed 1t; whereas those who pass In
their long, steady journeyings to the
mountains by motor would never
dream that the little hillock was once
the scene of a bloody battle.
The monument is inserted in an old
gray stone fence which was put In
place by the patient hands of the col
onists in the stern old times. And it
sturdily defends intruders from its in
closure to this day. The carved let
tiers seemed to stand out more on this
particular Sunday evening. and l read:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

OR a while it Jared i'll with the
tavern; but, as Innkeeper Keel
er said later, it was saved by
the grace of God and the strong north
wind. A Tory's house stood directly
south of it, which commenced to burn
merrily. This man got Tryon's per-
mission to put out the fire, but when
he told Keller whom he could thank
for saving his house Keller attributed
his good fortune to other sources.
Just as the cannon balls commenced
TO fly gayly through the tavern a man
was coming downstairs He howled
that he was dead man; that he was
killed. But like all who make such
spirited declarations of their death he
was unhurt and ran away to hide with
the rest
For a long time after 17T7 the
Keller tavern was kept and continued
in favor with travellers. Washington
and Lafayette are supposed to have
stayed there, though there is nothing
to prove II. However. for one old
house it has distinction enough. for
certainly Pickering. Comte de Rocham-
beau, due de Laucun-Biron, Oliver
wolcott and Lieutenant Governor
Treadwell, also Jerome Bonaparte
did enjoy its hospitality.
Altogether the old tavern's fortunes
are enviable. For It is now where
Cass Gilbert, the architect. spends his
summers. 1t is called Cannon Bal
house." and the main part is I'M
changed. even to the partition on the
second floor which they used to pu
up to make large ballroom. A wins
Is added in the rear and a fountain
from Giibert's hand makes more beau
tiful the end OF that fine old street.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

~ personal reasons had no
love for the trough" dra-
goons of Connecticut, was chosen to
lead the British expedition against
Danbury. He knew the country, and
he still remembered how the Connect
cut troops had upset the type for his
paper all over the streets of New
York. So with 1900 men he disem-
barked from the % ships the British
sent to Compo beach, near Westport,
and went off to Danbury, where the
colonists had collected their supplies.
While Tryon was passing through
Redding (where Mark Twain's house
still standS) he shot up church by
way OF something to do. But when
he met Arnold in Ridgefield he was
not hard put to It for pastime for a
while at least.
The British had 1000 men. the
Americans but 600. but Arnold's men
held out against them and they could
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-25

the main street in Ridgefield and
winds among the hills out of sight, the
monument has been erected.
It stands so unobtrusiyeiy by the
readable that the village folk who
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1920-01-08
LOCAL AND Personal HENS

home of F.. G. Bradford where. they
will reside. Mrs. Kennedy sold. her
residence on Fite Avenue to C. S.
Baker. AS soon as some remodeIing
and improvements are made, Mr.. and
Mrs. Baker viii move there.
News has reached Carthage of the
marriage Christmas Eve of Miss Mai
Dillehay and Mr.. George Massey
which occurred at Taft, California.
For a number of years Mr.. Massey
has been making Taft his home, and
the bride left the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Dillehay, only a
few days before the marriage. Friends
here wish, them prosperous life.
James Read, Dewitt Fisher and Will
Maddux McClarin and Webb Key have
returned to Vanderbilt, after spending
the holidays at their homes.
Misses Addie Crouch Read and Mar
garet Lyon have returned to Ward
Belmont after spending the holidays
at home.
Miss Mildred Gilbreath, music
| teacher in Carthage High School, is
| i'll at her home in Johnson City.
Clarence P. Carter, formerly with
Read Bros, has gone to Akron, Ohio
to engage in the automobile business.
| G. w. Carpenter was in Carthage
last week and spent day or two with
]. r. Curtis. Mr.. Carpenter was for
merly of Carthage, but is now resid-
ing at Hendersonville. The people of
Smith County congratulate him on
| the success he has made since being
there.
Mrs A. C Read has returned from a
two weeks trip to Bell Buckle, where
l~Ln n%%n-InI &h0 haI1sIa 1F ha~.
mother, Mrs. z. T. Crouch, who is now
convalescent.
Mrs. T. E. Ar1nistead is slowly re-
covering prolonged attack of Ia
grippe.
Judge John A Fite, President of the
Smith County Bank, came NJ last Sat
urday to attend meeting of the Off
GERS and directors of the Bank. Judge
Fite will leave his home in Lebanon
about the 10th of January for Clear
water, Florida, where he will spend
the remainder of the winter.
Joe Davis Merryman entertained a
number of his Riddleton friends Sun
day with a most excellent dinner. The
Grace Hargis, Mary and Kate Davis
Duchess KittrelI and Isham Duke.
Mrs T. Riley Davis and her two
little daughters, Ruth an Mary Dali
ton, have arrived in Carthage, having
Joined Brother Davis, who has been
here several days. In behalf of the
people of Carthage, the Courier ex-
tends to them cordial welcome.
Rev. T. Riley Davis will preach at
the Baptist church at this place Sun
day morning and evening, January
18th. All are invited to come out and
hear him.
! Esq. John Conditt of Elmwcod came
down Monday to attend court and
b stayed ever a few days with his son,
J. H Conditt.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1920-01-08
To MY MANY FRIENDS:

Friends, we have but one county pa
per and let US in the year of 1920
break the record of any county paper
in Tennessee We can not be pros
porous without it. 1t brings us the
news of our own neighborhood that
we would never hear otherwise. have
been reader of our county paper
for 80 years. AS it changes hands,
go from one to the other. We get the
news all over the county. These good
men have chosen this as their profess
sion and let US, as citizens Of the coun-
ty, give them our hearty support. lie
you are not subscriber, the thing
for you to do is to subscribe. What is
a dollar for So copies of good reading
matter? This paper is printed at our
county seat, but the county at large
have an interest in the beautiful little
city of Carthage, our county seat.
We are honored with the best law
yers in the state; the best criminal
judge and the most beautiful building
for our court house. We have one of
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1920-01-08

Mrs. Malissa Jones IS recovering
from a severe illness of several days.
After spending several days in Car
thage with his father, l.. a. Lyon,
Roy Lyon has returne,' to Jackson,
Miss, where he is representing Rand
McNally & Co.
D. M. Moore has purchased from W.
X. Webb the small residence on West
Main Street, located just below the
residence of F. p. McGinness. It is
understood that Mr.. Moore will erect
an attractive residence at this location
some time this year.
| Mrs. Sallie Williams and family
| have moved to their recently purchas-
ed home in Summer County.
Announcement was made Monday
| of an increase of one cent on the gal
Ion on gasoline and oil. Mr.. Rookie
fellow recently donated 100000, 900
to the cause of education.
John Dillehay and Banks Highers,
Jr., of Dixon Springs were recent Wis
itors in Carthage.
Mrs. Josie Kemp and family have
moved into the Riverside Hotel. Mrs.
Kemp recently sold her residence on
East Main Street to N. B. West.
Tom Highers has moved his family
from Turkey Creek into the residence
recently purchased from w. E. Nc
Clellan.
Miss Willie billiard had as her
guests first of the week Misses Lille
Mai Rose of Texas, and Thelma Rose
of Temperance Hall.
Friends in Smith County of II. B.
Highers of Nashville, congratulate the
Home Insurance Company of New
York in the selection of Mr.. Highers
as a member of their adjusting force
in their farm department. That Mr..
Highers will make the Home Insur-
ance Company valuable man goes
without saying, as he is recognized by
those who know him best as an able
and thoroughly reliable man, always
careful and just in whatever he under
takes. We predict for him further
promotion.
Harry D. Baird was in Gainesboro
two days last week making abstracts
in order to close loan made by F
G. Bradford.
F. C. Bradford has greatly added
to the convenience of his attractive
brick residence on Main Street by
steam heating.
Glenn Bradford and Ed High Fish
err and their visitor, Ebert Crozie1
of Massachusetts, after spending the
holidays in Carthage, have returned
to Columbia Military Academy.
Mrs. Ethel Kennedy and daughter
Miss Almeda, have moved into the
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1920-01-08
Fred Mvers was called to washing

Fred Myers was called to Washing
ton, D. c., last Saturday on account
of the illness of his sister, Miss Grace
Ragland, who is suffering acute rheu-
matisrn. Favorable reports have been
received, however, and it is thought
that Miss Ragland will be able to
return home in few days.
1t is understood that w. D. Young
has bought the residence on East
Main Street from E. w. Mcclellan
We have opened up blacksmith
shop on Spring Street, Carthage. and
will do Jan kinds of hlacksmithing,
horse shoeing, repair work, etc. We
solicG /your patronage and promise
satisfactory work.
BENNETT BROS.