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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16
SICK WOMEN
HEAR NE
You Can Be Free from Pain
as l Am, if You Do as | Did.

a n d such a bear
ing d o W n feel
ing that l coulo not
stand on my feet.
] also had other dis
tressing symptoms.
At times | had to
& i've up work. l
tried a number of
remedies but Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did
me more good than
ANYTHING else. / am
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

Tu.wiler-The public school at this
place opened with an attendance of
$50 and prospects of totaling $50 be-
fore the year ends.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16
Eoxptlan Mummy cloth.

The extraordinary durability of the
ancient Egyptian mummy cloth is be-
lieved to be due to the fact that 1t was
finished with a vegetable glue derived
from the African locust-bean tree.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

Kilmichael.-The ninth annual ses-
sion of the Montgomery County Agri-
cultural High School opened here with
an unusually large attendance.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

4azelhurst.--T Copiah board of
supervisors advertised for the sale of
IS GOO school bonds in the Pleasant
Valley School District, but it is said
that no bids are coming in, as the rate
offered is only 6 per cent and the banks
and bond buyers are wanting in ex-
cess Of per cent for all bonds they
are buying now.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

Natchez.-in the special election
i.eld here to fill the vacancy in the
office of county superintendent of ed
ucation caused by the death of the
late M. c. Montgomery, ]. H. Owings
was elected by a majority of almost
four to one over his opponent.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16
In the EertlIe caucaeus.

The richest part of Caucasian Ar
menia is the valley Of Arax, which.
with artificial irrigation, produces ex-
cellent grapes and other fruit and veg
'etables, as well as rice, cotton and
corn.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

Dodson's Liver Tone is personally
guaranteed by every druggist who
sells it. A large bottle costs but a
few cents, and if it fails to give easy
relief in every case of liver sluggish
ness and constipation, you have only
to ask for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tastino cprelv vegetable remedy,
iren and adults.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

torpid liver prevents proper food as
1lnilation. Tone up your liver with Wright's
tnaian vegetable Pills. They act gently
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16


bressmakers, Attentions: HemstitchinR e-g6
d. Pleating and Buttons Covered Peerless
sutton Wks.. 100 Univer. Pl. N Orleans La
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16
proper Thing.

Proper Thln9.
.How viii you have your new work
on photography bound sir?"
"Why, suppose 1t would be appro
prlate to have 1t spelIbound, wouldn'i
itY'
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16
The Charitable View.
EATONIC Users
DO This Get the
Greatest Benefits

Chicago, Ill.-Thousands of reportf
from people all over the U. S. wht
have tested eatonic, show the greatest
benefits are obtained by using it for 6
few weeks, taking one or two tablets
after each meal
Eatonic users know that it stops
Belcbing,. Bloatlng, Heartburn, and
Stomach Miseries quickly, but the
really lasting benefits are obtained By
using eatonic long enough to take the
harmful excess acids and gases entire
~ out of the system. This requires a
little time, for eatonic takes up the
excess acidity and poisons and carries
them out of the body and of course,
when 1t is all removed, the sufferer gets
well, feels fine-full of life and pep.
If you have been taking an eatonic
now and then, be sure and take IT. regu-
larry for title and obtain all of these
Wonderful benefits. Please speak to
your druggist about this, SO that he can
tell others that need this help. ADV.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

Every druggist in ownyour druggist and everybodys drug
gst has noticed great falling off in the sale of calome They
all give the reason Dodsons Liver Tone taking its
place
Liver Tone perfectly safe and gives better results" said
prominent local druggist
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-09-16

Oulf05 oIrr
eoHa,nissioner
Porter go{tl-
Germany a.lI
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
RIVER OF CARS
DELUGES CITY
Reports Show $4,000 Au-
tos Enter Manhattan
Every Day.

One hundred and fifty-four thou
sand seven hundred cars and trucks
enter and leave Manhattan daily,
according to three recent traffic
surveys. The motr vehicles cross
ing the bridges total 139,90O, those
reaching New York by ferry num-
Der 1886.
The average number of passen-
gers carried per car is 27, and the
trucks have an average load of LA
tons. Manhattan and Queensborough
bridges have the heaviest motor
traffic, which at times reaches as
high as 1,344 cars per hour. Over
the Manhattan spans the daily
travel rate is 20,214 motor vehicles,
and over the Queensborough con-
nection the number of automobiles
totals 1884. Seventy eight per
cent of the bridge vehicle traffice is
motor driven.
The extent to which traction lines
are relieved by passenger cars is
shown by the fact that 100000 per-
sons use the latter method of travel
daily. This motor traffic is equiva-
lent to nearly one-third of the
Interborough Subway business,
which averages 270,s36 passengers
daily in its peak periods. The pas
senger cars figures take account
only of vehicles entering or leaving
the city and do not include trips
made within the city borders.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
TRUCK ESSAY
WINNER NAMED
Massachusetts, Boy Given
$1,000 Scholarship for
Writing on Motors.

The committee appointed by Com
missioner of Education Claxton to
examine 100000 high school essays
written in conection with the recent
national ship by truck and good
roads week observance, have COM
pleted their labors and announced
the winners.
John NJ. Donovan, jr., of Turner
Falls, Mass, won the $1,000 Univer-
sity Scholarship offered by the Re
public Truck Sales Corporation of
Alma, Mich. builders of the Yellow
Chassis Republic motor trucks.
Donovan graduated from the Tur-
uer Falls High School last June.
The prize essay fully justifes the
reward. He revealed an unusually
keen perception of economic re-
quirements. His analysis of the
| Importance of motor transportation
upon public highways and his COL
lating motor transportation with
railway service, proved a clear un-
| derstanding of the scope covered
| by both mediums of transport. His
paper showed the incalculable bene-
! fits which the nation will derive
through fulfilling the road building
program authorized by Congress
! and the several States.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
African Alcohol
Makes New Fuel
For British Autos

London, Oct. 9.-Natalite, a new
motor fuel so called because of its
discovery in Natal. South. Africa, is
being put to various tests by the
British admiralty and a British re-
search committee.
This fuel, which has been in use
in Natal for some time and has been
spoken of highly by its users, is
said to be a by-product of the Natal
sugar industry. II is a mixture of
power alcohol and ether. The large
tracts of waste vegetation in South
Africa are looked upon as the future
source of this fuel.
The research committee investi-
eating natalite Is already at work
trying to denature it to prevent its
use as an intoxicant, and making
regulations concerning its use as
motor fuel.
At the same time, the British
admiralty has been experimenting
with the fuel on motor boats. Sew
eral trial tests have already beer
! made, the results of which have not
yet been made puhlic.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

man beings in face of a whitening
fire were able to scale the precipi-
tous slopes and engage and drive
the defenders in hand-to-hand com
bat is but another evidence Of the
desperate nature OF engagements in
the great struggle.
We alighted beside rearing
monument Of Seneca red rock con-
stituting the memorial to cores
pondents and artists of the Union
and Confederacy. 1t is built in the
form of the entrance to a medieval
castle, the main structure pierced
by a great arch and fanked with
battlemented parapets. Through
the gateway arch the view lies out
over the fertile country traversed
/ far back.
The work is known as the Army
Correspondents Memorial and was
designed by John L. Smithmeyer in
accordance with plans fostered by
, George Alfred Townsend, himself a
correspondent with the Union forces
1 and founder of a great estate near
! by now unoccupied.
Tablets recite the deeds that made
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
JOURNEY MADE
TO ELK RIDGE
Charms Of Half Forgotten
History Hang Over
Countryside.
SCENE OF STERN FIGHT
Atmosphere of Civil War
Thrills Modern Tourist
On Stony Hill.
SCENE OF STERN FIGHT

Europe abounds in shrines whose
very remoteness and loneliness en-
hance the tradition perpetuated and
lend solemn dignity to the commem-
Grating structure. America is pos
sessed of but few such treasures.
Broad highways roll to our places of
historical significance and guides
and tourists vie with each other in
number and eagerness, the former
to get their money for the showing.
and the latter to get the showing
for their money.
To the mOtorist of Washington
and vicinity who would commune
with the spirit of bygone times un-
interrupted and unjOstled. a trip to
Crompton's Gap, at Elk Ridge, Nd, is
commended. Alone. atop the stony,
tree-thronged ridge, he can breathe
in to the accompaniment of unbrok-
en- silence the atmosphere of civil
war days when the gap was fiercely
contested by Federal and Confeder-
ate forces. Markers tell of the stern
struggle Of September IA. 1852,
which formed a fitting prelude 70
bloody Antietam. Arches of stone
loom overhead, dedicated to the writ
ers and artists of North and South
who fell in the tragic years of the
SOS And a fitting sense of endless
rest lies over all.
1t was to this place that the path
finding party of The Washington
Herald took their way last Wednes-
Jay. The journey Of about 1856 miles
was made in a New Jackson Six, pi-
lOted by Max c. J. Wiehle, president
Of the Potomac Sales Company, Inc,
OF 1927 Fourteenth street northwest.
The machine was new not only in
title but in service, the speedome-
ter showing but ten miles covered
when the pathfinders set out. In the
Initial loOsening-up process the
Jackson faced and overcame many
difficult grades and a goodly stretch
Of picturesque but lumpy road up
and down the ridge. On the return
to Washington she was running with
the clOckhke regularity and nigh
the resiliency of e~csr Thoroughly CO.
ordinated by service.
1t was a rOomy touring car, done
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Overcomes Steep Grades
And Lumpy Rosdbeds
With Great Ease.
FINE AUTUMN OUTING
Rich Harvest Fields Present
Film of Rural Pictures
To Autoists.

on the left-at S6.7. about seven
miles from the ELK Ridge, it gives
on to the tarred highway leading TO
Frederick by Middletown. Again
replenishing the inner man at the
later place. the party picked Up it's
heels, as it were. and scooted for
home.
The jackson Six-3S, claimed by its
makers to embody a great number
Of postwar improvements secured
by research and prohting by war
time lessons in auto construction,
showed itself a capable and versa
tile performer throughout the run
The trip to Crompton's Gap should
be a feasible one at any time except
in really severe weather. The
climb and descent Of the ridge are
not long and the rest Of the road is
OF that excellent variety laid by the
State road commission. II IL we'll
to be sure OF gas and oil before
leaving Jefferson. however, for
there is little mechanical help for
the stranded thence on.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

OF the l57 varieties of passenger
cars manufactured in the United
States, thirty-five come from the
State of Michigan. Indiana is next
in line with twenty-three passenger
car factories Ohio has twenty
two. New York has fifteen, with
Illinois and Pennsylvania tied at
ten.
These figures were supplied by
the Lafayette Motors Company Of
indianapolis. Although Michigan
holds a big lead there are l22 con-
Germs in other States making pas
senger automobiles.
Everyone who visits the LaFay-
ette factory at Mars Hill, suburb
of Indianapolis, remarks that the
Slavic and Italian elements are
conspicuously absent and the work
ers are almost 100 per cent Amer
ican-born. This is substantiated
by looking over any of phe time
cards at the various factory clocks;
practically every name is easily
pronounced. This skilled and intel
Iigent class of labor is given by
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
MORE MARYLAND VIEWS
FROM PATHFINDING TOUR

We're rough bunch" of the youthful Babe
Ruths composing this from Middebrook School
Rockville and Damascus. But it's pretty fair specimen of
american boy and The teacher is Miss Ann Ruth
Gay: 50 80 : --,t-H --s.t.".
Silently sinking into decay this outbudng George
Alfred Townsend estate at Crompon Gap is representative
all the the
g. The New Jackson Six in which the made
snapped Jefferson Wiehle president of the Po
Sales Co, a the wheel.
4. Correspondents Memorial al Crompton Gap.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

stopped to replenish the Jackson with
gas and oil. preparatory to the true
trail-breaking to come. Catoctin
Run or Middle Creek was passed by
the quaint covered bridge and we
commenced to describe a long circle
necessarily followed in approaching
Elk Ridge from a southerly direc-
tion. Sighting Petersville at 72.2,
the party turned right at 1875, leav-
ing the tinely-kept highway for q
State ROAD that started out ambiti-
ously ina partially-surfaced mac
adam and graduating to loose dirt.
plentifully interspersed with loose
stone. The country changes from
rolling gentleness of contour to
rugged formation; the people from
an almost metropolitan type to
mountain-folk with the Quaintness
of frontiersmen ;and the houses
from a modern type to chinked and
whitewashed cabins. That. at least,
Is the predominating style of dwell
ing and many are deserted. The
Transformation in a short ten miles
Is a startling one.
Though it is by no means archaic,
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

Crompton's Gap historic. 1t was
here that the commands OF Mai.
Gen. w. B. Franklin, L. S. A. and
Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaw, c. S. A,
fought for possession OF the ridge,
one of the key positions TO Antie-
tam, seven miles further westward.
Franklin's Sixth Army Corps won
undying fame by dispOssessing the
COnfcdcrates who had already TAX
en- Harper's Ferry and seriously
menaced other large units Of the
forces with whom they Joined bat
tie at Antietam. the turning point
| in Lees first invasion of the North.
on October II, 1852. three days later.
1t was down the western slope OF
the ridge and into Pleasant Valley
that the Confederates were forced.
! The valley is peace itself, but the
ridge still shows the tangled Un-
D couthness which existed at the time
Of the battle.
The Townsend estate seems to be
/ rapidly deteriorating, Untensnted
and uncared-for as il is. The frame
manse and outbuildings are weather
1 worn. How long il has lain unoc-
| cupied by its masters may be told
! from a sign displayed on a gate
/ post: NO hitching on trees OF
! fencing" The Correspondents
/ Memorial was dedicated Sept. "a
1896. thirty-four years after the
/ battle. 1t is said that generous Of
/ fers have been made for pUrcha Sc
| and renovation of the Townsend
! holdings but that the owners refuse
| to sell. While a property loss is
! entailed by continued unoccupancy
| the atmosphere about the memorial
| is rendered far more artistic by the
| absence of the formal order.
| Leaving this little-krown memor-
ial spot. the pathfinders took a diff
| ferent route down the ridge, bear
ing to the left. The same olden pic
turesqueness obtained as in the as
cent. but the plain once regained
Maryland's superlative farming con
ditions reasserted themselves snC
we were back in the Twentieth Cen
tury.
The road leaves South Mountain
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

in the unobtrusive shade Of light
green now so popular. that rolled out
Of the Potomac Company's sales
through the hills of Maryland, cele-
brated by Whittier in Barbara
Frietchiel' and more recently disttn-
guished for fine roads, chicken din
ners and blooded stock.
Going west to Wisconsin avenue,
We turned out this thoroughfare,
thus avoiding detours existing on
Connecticut avenue near the District
line. We passed through the Ban
nockburn golf links and Bradley
lane and headed north on the Rock
Vile pike.
Tarrying not in the Montgomery
County seat. we proceeded to Da-
mascus and Ridgeville. turning left
toward Frederick. The start was
a late one and the noon hour
brought yearnings for a square
meal. but though the way to Ridge
vile is fianked by tempting offers
of dinner for reasonable consid-
Grafton and though one member OF
the party noted each one tearfully,
we held on until Frederick was
reached. having COmplelely IN" "dIl
ed imminent starvation. the party
in the Jackson threaded through the
county fair throngs and took the
Jefferson road which runs to Har-
pers Ferry.
Here the green walls of Mary
land beckoned us into their
charmed circle. and we stopped long
enough to take in the ensemble
OF as fair a scene as the neighbor-
ing State could present. Fertile
farms on which corn-shecks ranged
in serried ranks and which gently
follow 'the roll of hill and vale
stretched miles away to the bases
of South Mountain and the other
inclosing elevations. blue and green
in the mellow afternoon sunlight.
So fully is this whole section util-
ized for agricultural and stock
raising purposes that the tracts are
laid out in veritable checkerboard
fashion. There are no untitled
areas of timber or brushwood and
no scoring ravines 1t is all in
startling contrast with the vistas
about Elk Ridge where the wild
and the antique resist the -onmarch
Of sc-eh-tfic. SOIL development.
At a garage in Jefferson, where
the meter showed 65. miles, we
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Michigan Leads, Indiana Next
In Passenger Car Production

E. c. Howard. vice president OF the
Lafayette Company, as one OF the
principal reasons for locating iu
the Indianapolis suburb
In addition to Lafayette the Mar
mon, StUtz, Premier, National
Cole and H c. S. plants are located
in the Hoosier metropolis.
The standing by States in the
passenger car race is as follows:
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
LOG OF PATHFINDING TRIP
OHISTORIC CROMPTON GAP

900 Herald Office, 427 Eleventh northwest
"a Wisconsin and NJ Turn right
55 Two forks. each.
~ Bradley
81 Rockville
172 Rockville Trails road
R.dgevie. TurnIe
55S Frederick West Patrick Jefferson road
65.1 Jefferson.
686 Catocin Run. covered bridge. up long hill.
$50 Right angle
761
1S3 Burkittsvile Up bill one
1871 Right angle Straight
SO1 Facing road
to return - -
Turn eft
$40 Fork Bear right Three-corners left
Bear
Fea
S48 Three-cOrners urn rig
s5.9
into tarh
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Racer Carrying
Bear Claw Wins .
Denver Contest

This Is the story of a claw taken
from the third toe of the left hind
foot of a black Rocky Mountain
bear.
Such a clay is the priced posses
sion of Otto Loesche who, driving a
Lexington Special, romped home an
easy winner in the annual Pixies
Peak Hill Climb on Labor Day.
When OF and his Lexigton Special
thundered up to the starting line. a
forest ranger rode up to his car.
Reaching dow n from his mount the
, ranger hung the bears claw, strung
{ on string, about Loesche's neck
and said
Take this, son, and you'll come
through a winner. The Indians set
vast heap of truth in their old
legend about a bear claw for luck
he crossed the line, twelve and a
half miles away-and a mile higher
-22 minutes and 20 2-5 seconds
later.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

architecturally speaking, a big dis
tillery formerly putting out we'll
known brand OF the liquid outlawed
by the Eighteenth amendment and
now apparently undevoted to any
production. fits in perfectly with the
general scheme of old-t time things.
This is passed at 1873, while the
handsome farmhouse of the owner
is seen a short distance further on.
Burkittsville is the last settle
ment before the ascent of Elk Ridge
IS begun. 1t was a rough road and
a steep one the party found con-
fronting them. The Jackson was
forced to go into second speed as
would any other car. But the pull
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

Kentucky, Oklahoma, Get
and Virginia have two escn,
States having single Wants b
South Carolina, Vermont TN
California, Alabama, Mississ lf
Louisiana. Delaware. Arkansas 8
Maryland
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
CEYLON MOTOR SHOW
PLANNED NEXT YEAR

The Ceylon Motor Show is now
definitely set for January % 10 2s,
1921. according TO Consul r. L
Keiser. at Colombo, and manu-
facturers desiring to make exhibits
should see that their shipments 90
forward in time to permit Of their
arrival in Colombo not later than
January l.
Cars sent for exhibition must be
right hand drive. Five or seven
passenger touring models are pre-
ferable and care should be taken
that chassis and body are in good
condition.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

up is possible to a good bicyclist
without much effort. This was at
tested by Jack Stowell. the phil
osophical camera man of The Her
aid. who now arose to remark that
he often had climbed Elk Ridge on
his bike when as a youngester he
roamed and ranged this section.
Luckily there was no wheel handy
and Jacks reputation as a one-time
cyclist remained untarnished.
The whole hillside, though Elk
Ridge deserves as much as many
Maryland highlands the title OF
mountain, was the scene of the civil
war engagement spoken of at the
beginning of this article. That hu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
When Everybody Rode Bicycle

From The Point of View" in Scribner.
 Was there ever any sport in the world that gave as much enjoyment and brought the open places so near as bicy- chngE It was sport for young and old, fat and lean, men. women and children All sorts and conditions of people, rich ana poor. pedalled smilingly along city or village streets all over the country, or betook themselves by train and ferry and boat to the roads that lead by green pastures, through new country byways or to the smooth suburban macadam that lured the speed-makers and the aspirants for century runs
 l was one of the many who took to the wheel with some misgivings, with some doubt of the glowing comments about it's irresistible Vaccinations once you had mastered the pesky thing. shall never forget, will you. reader?l the days of learning to ride. All the bucking bron- cos that ever bucked or twisted had
 nothing on" that first bike" It sim ply wouldn't stand still, wouldn't go ahead. wouldn't do anything but fall down and bark your shins with it's peca,s