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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
RECORDS BROKEN
IN WEIGHT PIGS
SHOATS MARETEkD THAT AVER.
AGED 232 POUNDS AT LITTLE
MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS.

CFrom Saturdays Daily Herald)
r. c. Dillehay, who Ii, es on the4rGn
Bridge road, today marketed prohably
the heaviest five months old pigs that
nave been marketed here in long
tine He sold five shoats that we,e
larruwcd On June % that averaged 232
pounds each These five shoats were
from a, litter OF eleven and all OF
Of which were raised, Mr. Dillehay
having kept the other six for his own
meat.
These shOats were raised on SIX m
milk from Mr.. Dilehays dairy and IN
September he commenced to feed
them corn and fed during the period
from September until the hogs were
marketed an average Of three and
half barrels of corn each. The ho 4
were sold at six and half cents a
pound or $15.0S each. This gave him
more than 81 barrel for his corn
even at the low price at which'the
hogs were sold. Mr.. Dllehay oper-
atcs a dairy and sells his cream. The
skim milk is used for the feeding of
tiga and he has found that nothing
equals It in making growth. This
proves that pigs and COWS together,
are about the most profitable animals
- the farm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
BETTER MARKETS
CRYING NEED OF
FARMERS--PORTER
THAT FEATURE OF THE NATION
AL FARM BUREAU MEETING
IMPRESSED HIM MOST.
MAKES REPORT TO COMMITTEE
Also Sends Copy of observations on
Atlanta Conference to All of the
Farm Councils OF tho State-1igh
Personnel of Cody.

From Saturdays Daily flegald)
President joe f. Porter OF the Ten
nessee Farm Bureau Federation, has
prepared and mailed to every mem
Der Of the state executive committee
ana to all of the county councils OF
agriculture, report of his attendance
At the recent meeting Of the National
Farm Bureau Federation held in At
lanta. Some very interesting obser
tlrions are made by President Porter
In this report.
Discussing the question of market
Ing, he says:
one of the most important ques-
ljon& discussed at this conference
Was that of improving marketing con
GlliunS of agricultural products. 1t
appears that according to the recog.
nized status of the farmer it has been
his to produce. and to study produc-
ton that he might not only feed MIN
sell, but those who are employed III
other lines of industry and that the
sale of his surplus is to be his income
II appears that those dealing N farm
products between the producer ana
the consumer. commonly known as
the middle.man, is in much better pc
lion to influence prices than is the
PRODUCER or consumer, being fewer in
number they are in position to orsan-
ne and thereby to control their bus
ness more effectively. There appears
10 he at beast two serious conditions
lMat -hAYe arriNal as q result of the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
ANOTHER EFFORT
BERRY GROWING
ABOUT CULLEOKA
PLEDGES FOR THIRTY ACRES
ONLY NEEDED TO MAKE is A
STRAWBERRY CENTER.
cANTfl0upE CLUB FOR BOYS
Prize OF $25 offered by the Culleoka
Produce Company to the BOY Who
Grows the Best Quarter Acre Of
Famous Melons.
(From Fridays Daily Herald

tFrom Fridays Daily Herald.)
Efforts to secure a sufficient acre
age to Justify the growing of straw
berries at CulleOka on a commercial
scale have not been abandoned by
those behind the movement. II the
promoters of strawberry growing can
get pledges of thirty acres additional
it VIII mean that the Culleoka section
VIII take its place with Gibson county,
west tennessee, and the Pembroke
section of Kentucky, which have
grown rich in the commercial grow
ing OF Strawberries. &c. j. Park w.
q. Larsen and M. Phineas Murphy
are committee of three to push the
campaign until the necessary number
Of pledges have been obtained
1t is also expected that the canta-
oupe acreage for next year will go
beyond 200 acres. If larger acreage
can DO secured it will bring buyers
to Culleoka and there will be more
active competition with consequently
better prices. 1t would aslo be prof
table in that event to station a repre-
sentative in the North to watch the
fluctuations Of the markets and if adj
yisable divert the shipments to more
favored places.
In order to encourage the growing
Of cantaloupes among the boys the
Culleoka Produce Company has offer
ed prize of $25 for the boy who
grows the best quarter of an acre of
cantaloupes. 1t is expected that this
will cause large number of boys to
plant this famous fruit, because with
anything like favorable season
quarter of an acre will pay them from
S25 to $50 profits and in addition the
winer would get the bonus of twenty
FIVE dollars. Experienced growers will
give their services to assist in select
ing the proper land and supervising
the cultivation of the crop.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
FORD'S SPECIAL
TAKES Y, LEAVES
THIS CITY OUT
FOLKS or TOWN AND COUNTY
DISAPPOINTED AT FAILURE TO
COME TO STATION.
DOES NOT STOP IN THE COUNTY
Train Barely Slows Up AS 1t Passes
Through the Phosphate City Carry
ing Great Auto Magnate and World
Famous Inventor.
(From Saturdays Daily Herald

(From Saturdays Daily Herald)
There were hundreds of Column.
bans and Maury c0untians disappoint-
ed this morning when Henry Ford,
the great automobile magnate and
Thomas A. Edison, the worlds great
est inventive genius, failed to pass
through Columbia. 1t was expected
that their car would be brought into
the union station here and transfer
red to the Lawrenceburg and Mt.
Pleasant train, but instead the change
was made at the "Y' west of the city,
and the train did not come nearer
than a mile of the station
1t became known this morning
through the railroad officials that the
change had been made, but the infor
nation was not circulated in the cOun-
Try and there were large number
from various places in the county t.
see the train and get Il glimpse Of the
gre1t men en- route to inspect the big
plant at Muscle Shoals. An effort had
been made to get Ford and party to
uaEe a brief stop at Mt Pleasant, but
his proved ulavailing. The train
udly slowed up as it passed through
the phosphate city Ell route to the
Shoals. However, Or. G. Y Clarke,
of Mt. Pleasant, had "A letter from Mr.
Ford stating that in the event he Sc.
cured the lease of Muscle Shoals from
the government he expected at a later
date to inspect the phosphate fields
of this county.
Ford and party went through on
special train to Florence and in the
private far of Mr. Ford. A special
car was added to the train at Nash
vile bearing IA delegation from the
capitol city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09

present system to-Wit: the producer
receives too little: the consumer pays
too much. One of the big problems
before the American farmer today Is
to correct this as far as he ca!- there
fore he is compelled to take a more
active and Intelligent part in the mar
keting of his many products as the
present prices paid TO him IN most
cases are below q reasonable cost OF
production, ii condition that will re
suit disastrously to the farmer and ia
ton. il allowed to continue
That the delegate from Tennessee
was duly impressed with the high per
sonnet OF the convention is shown by
the following extract from his re-
port:
9Th greatest regret that your rep
resentative had was that every mem
Der Of the county farm bureau o.
councJ of agriculture in Tennessee
could not attend this convention, that
he might not only hear the discus
sion by agricultural leaders, by the
repCrts from every state in the Union,
TO feel the tinge Of pride as he sits in
a body Of from one to three thousand
all farmers. and hears the chairman
,ca,, the report from Maine, then Tex
as California Rhode Island, Wyo-
ming, New York and all the rest ana
see the delegates respond as though
il were district reporting to a'coun
~ chairman, and too, these reports
were restricted to ten minutes strict
Nv each permanently organized state
is allowed one delegate TO twenty
thousand members or fractional part
thereof of course Tennessee did not
have a vote as she is not permanent
~ oreaniZed and has paid nothing INTO
the treasury of the A. F. b. f. A great
number of those attending OF COURSE
Maid their own way or more l.kel,
were sent by their county farm bu
reaus. There were 115 present from
OHIO ana large delegations from oth.
or states showing interest IN TINS
GREAT work all over the nation. one
could but be impressed with the type
of men and women attending this con
yention. tillers of the soil all Oh theh'
All committee sessions were open, th'
sessions were open, the usual conveh
tion wire workers" and grand stahu
nlayers we're conspicuous in the abno-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
". S. FLEMING, JR.
IS ELECTED MASTER
OF COLUMBIA LODGE NO. 81 r. &
A. MI. n. MOFFETT ELECT
ED SENIOR WARDEN.
(From Fridays Daily HeraldD

lffOn friday lJdiy Herald
At the annual election of officers
for Columbia Lodge No. 81, Free and
Accepted Masons, W. S. Fleming, Jr.,
was accorded the honor of being elect
ed to fill the station in the east or the
Master of the lodge for the next
twelve months. Mr. Fleming has yery
faithfully and capably filed the chair
If the senior warden and his election
means that there will be no let up in
the activities OF Masonry in Colum
bia.
l.. IT.. Moflett was elected senior
warden and X. G. Alexander was
elected junior warden. John A. IIar
fis was elected to the station of Sc
Nor deacon and Mike Loopofsky was
reelected to the station of junior dea
con. John N. Pigg was reelected sec
rotary and ]. e. Littlefeld, re-elect
ed treasurer.
Tuesday night, Dec. 9th, being st
Johns night, the annual installation
Of officers will take place. There was
quite good deal OF other business
brought before the lodge, which was
transacted with dispatch
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
COUNCIL NAMES
THREE MEMBERS
SCHOOL BOARD
DR.. e. A. TlMMoNS AND LOUIS
BARKER ARE ONLY NEW MEN,
BEERS ELECTED LAST NIGHT.
SWANSBURC new COMMISSIONER
Former Owner Of Racket Store Is
Elected to Succeed Henry n. Porter.
Meredith 6. King Elected Alderman
to Succeed Barker.

(l'rom Saturdays Daily tlerald)
! Meeting ON the last regular meet
Ting night before turning the affairs
Of the city over to their successors,
the board Of mayor and aldermen last
! night elected Frank Swansburg, well
IRnoWn business man, to succeed Hen
r. A. Porter on the fire and police
commission.
The terms Of w. II. Turner, Ashley
| 4. SOweI and w. G. Salmon having
expired as members OF the city board
of education an election was gone
into. Judge Tuner was elected to
succeed himself Or. Il, A. Timmons
and Louis Barker were elected to sue
coed Judge Salmon and Mr. Sowell
Mayor Cherry suggested that Judge
Salmon be reelected. but the board
paid but little attention to his sug
gcstion.
Prior to his election to the board of
education Louis Barker, alderman
from the first ward rendered his resig-
nation, and this was accepted without
:, dissenting voice by the board. Mr..
Barker retired from the council cham
her and Immediately thereafter was
selected as member OF the school
board
Meredith S. King was unanimously
elected to fl out Mr.. Barker's unex-
jired term as alderman from tie first
ward.
Aside from the above elections, lit
tie Of more than ordinary interest
TRANSFERRED at the meeting. Reports
OF the several committees were made,
but these reports contained nothing of
extraordinary interest to the public.
In order that city employees might
be paid before the Christmas holidays,
the meeting was adjourned until De
comber 20, when the board will prob
ably meet in final session before its
meeting on the first Friday night in
January when the reins of municipal
will he turned over to the
newly elected Latta board
There was no hint or intimation in
last nights meeting that any kind of
an effort would be made to embar-
rass the newly elected board in the
of city affairs, but on
the contrary members of the retiring
board seemed glad that they would
shortly place the burden of city gov
upon other shoulders
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
cAlOMtt USERS
take AWFUL RISK
Very Next Dose Of Treacherous Drug
May Start Terrible Salvation.

The next dose of calomel you take
may saliyate you. IL may shock your
liver or start bone necrosis. Galomel Is
dangerous 1t is mercury, quicksilver.
Ii crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomel
attacks the bones and should never be
put into your system.
If you feel bilious. Eeadachy, con.
situated and all knocked out. just go
to your druggist and get a hottie OF
Dodson's Liver Tone for a few cents
which is a harmless vegetable substl-
tute for dangerous calomel. Take a
spoonful and il it doesn't start your
liver and straishten you up better and
quicker than nasty calomel and with
out making you sick. yen just 90 back
and get your money.
Don't take calOmel, II can not be
trusted any more than leopard or a
wildcat. Take Dodson's Liver Tone
which straightens you right up aud
makes YOU feel fine. No salts neces-
sary. Giye'it to the children because
il is perfectly harmless and can
not saliyate.-( Advtg
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
ALLEN FARM TO Be
SOLD At AUCTION
FARM OF $50 ACRES ON BEAR
CREEK PIKE WILL GO UNDER
THE HAMMER.

(From Saturdays Daily Herald)
On Friday, December 20, the Joe t.
Allen farm OF $50 acres on the Bear
Greek pike. about seven miles from
Columbia will be sold at public auc
ton This farm will be divided into
four tracts and sold separately and
then as whole. There are two sets
Of improvements on the land which in
clude timber. blue grass and tillab!
lands. Gen. John H. Jones. Of COlum
bin represents the heirs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
AUNTSMEK REPORT
GOOD QUAIL CROP
NiMRODS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF
FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT
BIRDS THURSDAY.
(From Fridays Daily Herald.)

tFrom Fridays Daily Herald)
Maury county sportsmen VINO took
advantage Of the first opportunity o.
the year to shoot quail yesterday re
port good success. There is good
crop of birds, and several nice kills
were reported
Srortsmen are pleased with the
hange in the law, which protects the
youns birds for fifteen days longer
now than it has in the past. This
gives the young cartridges chance
to develop and prevent the ruthless
Strengthening OF birds almost too young
TO fly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
DYED HER BLOUSE
SKIRT AND A COAT

Every package OF Diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple any
woman can dye or tint her worn, hrab-
by dresses, skirts, waists, coats,
stockings, sweaters, coverings, drap-
erie, hangings;- everything, even if
she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond DyeS-nO other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because
Diamond Dyes are guaranteed not TO
spot, fade, streak, or run. Tel your
diugist whether the material you
wish to dye is wool or silk, or wheth-
er it is linen, cotton or mixed goods.
-tAdVt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
MT, PLEASANT MAY
HAVE KIWAhIS CLUB
PROSPECTS ARE GOOD FOR OR
GANlzATICN IN PHOSPHATE
CITY.
FROM Fridays Daily HeraldJ

fFrom Fridays Daily Herald)
Another kiwanis Club in Maury
county is in prospect. Already some
thirty of the leading business men OF
Mt. Pleasant have indicated their de
sire to organize Kiwanis CLUB
at that place and it is ex-
reeted that before the end of the year
The club will begin to function. The
Columbia Kiwanians are enthusiastic
over the proposed Mt. Pleasant organ
iz,tion and will lend every assistance
m make 4 a real live wire.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
IF STOMACH IS BAD
LET DIAPEPSIN END
CAS- INDIGESTION

"Pape's Diapepsn" has proven it.
self the surest relief for indigestion,
Gases, Flatu.enCe. Heartburn, Sour
ness. Fermentation or Stomach Dis
tress caused by acidity. A few tab
lets give almost immediate stomach
relief and shortly the stomach is cor
reeted So you can eat fayorite foods
without fear Large case costs only
few cents at drng store Millions
helped annually.-(Adyt.J Z
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
Gov. Taylor Joins Party.
,ecial to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2.-iIen
ry Ford and Thomas A. Edison er
route to Muscle Shoals were met hei
this morning by large and cheering
crowd. There were no ceremonies
here, the stop being for only a few
minutes.
A special car bearing the Nashville
delegation, headed by Coy. Taylor
was picked IN by the train here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
ELECTED BY WOOOMeh

Girom Saturdays Daily HeraldD
Meeting in regular session last
night the Modern Woodmen Of Amer.
lea elected officers for the ensuing
var as follows:
Consul. " o. Witherspoon. Jr.;
adviser, W. r. Sullivan, banker, r..
D. Graham: clerk. s W. W1therspoon:
escort, Louis Barker: physician, DIR.
J. l.. VOORHEES,: watehman. NJ Tomlin;
sentry. o. n. Nicks: trustee three
years. Chas. G.. Sims.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
The "OLD RELIABLE
THEDFORD'S BLACK DRAUGHT
White Haired Alabama Lady Says She Has Seen Medicines Come
and Go Brs The "0d Reliable" ThediOfds Black Draught
Came and Stayed.

Dutton, Ala. In recommending Thed-
ford's Black Draught to her friends and
neighbors here, Mrs. L. F. Parks, we'll
known Jackson County lady, said: 81 am
getting up in years; my head is pretty
willie. have seen medicines and rene
dies come and 60 but the old reliable
came and stayed. am talking OF Black
Draught, liver medicine we have used
for years--one that can be depended up
OH and one that will do the work.
"Black-Draught will relieve indigestion
and constipation if taken right, and know
for tried it. II is the best thing have
ever found for the full. uncomfortable
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09

lutte absence. Not one time, either in
the auditorium lobby did we catch a
breath of whisky on any delegate or
convention visitor"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09

II once was used for good shampoo,
but now It's used for bad shambooze.
Butte Post.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09

feeling after meals. Sour stomach and
sick headache can be relieved by taking
Black Draugllt. II aids digestion, also
ssists the liver in throwing of impure
ties. | am glad 10 recommend Black
Draught, and dc, 10 my friends and
neighbors."
Thedford's Black Draught is 4 stand
ard household remedy with 4 record OF
over seventy years OF successful use.
Every one occasionally needs something
to help cleanse the system OF impurities.
Try Black -Draught Insist upon llled-
ford's, the genuine.
1t all druggists. Il M
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09

Herald Cheap cOlunn Ads Pay.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-14
Wl1an K Ealia

When e falia.
L INT true that men win Do Ap0
thing Cor money. Some won't wol9
for M.-Pstt6burgh Gazette Times.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-14
SALVATION ARMY WARNS
AGAINST IMPOSTERS

A warning against impostOrs who
wear Salvation Army uniforms and
make house to house and street cor
ner collections in various parts of the
United States for their own use, has
just been issued by Brigadier Herbert
Roberts, of Cincinnati, commanding
the Western Ohio and Kentucky di-
vision of that organization.
Thousands of dollars have thus
been collected during the last year.
eral cases to make arrests.
Through it's Home Service Pro-
gram plan the Salvation Army is try
ing to raise its budget this year,
without resorting to tampourine and
house to house collections. BY means
of one intensive "drive" in each
community the Salvationists hope to
realize their quota, without submit
ting the public to the annoyance Of
continuous collections.
Community Advisory Boards have
been organized in seventy cities and
towns in Brigadier Roberts terri
tory, with about so more to be form
ed. These are additional to the
thousands of Boards already success
fully functioning in other States.
The Community Boards are the con-
Meeting link between the city and the
country whereby the Salvation Army
intends to extend it's expert services
to the rural regions, which hereto
fore have benefited by the Saliva
tionists only indirectly.
Members of thes Boards, who are
the leading citizens of their commu-
mites are raising funds for the Saliva
ton Army and acting as it's repre-
sentatives in reporting to it cases
which they are unable to solve at
at home.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-14
NEWS OF FIRST IMPOR.
LANCE IN PAPER"

"a mans home town should be
the most important place in thu
| world to him and if it is he wants
to know what his neighbors are do
ing" James M. Ross, managing ed
itor of The Lexington Leader, told
the Kentucky Press Association at
it's annual midsummer meeting In
Danville. He spoke on the subject
1.-THE Importance of Local News"
Mr.. Ross led a round table discus
sion on the subject during which
the editors present expressed their
views.
In his talk, Mr.. Ross expressed the
opinion that local news is the most
important news in it's actual value to
the newspaper and commonly declar-
ing that everybody is more concern
ed with what occurs in their own
town than what is going on in a
State thousand miles away"
He said in part: "a mans home
town should be the most important
place in the world to him and his
family. IF it is, he wants to know
what his neighbors are. doing. His
only way of learning is by reading a.
newspaper. Therefore, the newspa-
per must tell him the happenings.
Members of this body-everyone
of them-print items in every issue
of their paper which to an outsider
are not worth using. but to the per-
son or family to which such items
refer-to their neighbors, to every
body who knows them-are of much
interest.
eff Bill Jones puts some paint on
his barn and the paper prints 1t Bill
Jones will be interested in seeing
his name in print; his neighbors will
talk about the improvement, while
among the advertisers there are
those who will read such an item
and reach for a date book to have
Bill Jones seen i'm regard to his pos
sibilities as a customer for more
paint, for pillow, for an automobile,
for a monkey wrench, or possibly rs
to buying his wife new dress and
SO on through the course of all hui
man activity,
"All over the country, there is
tendency on the part of the most i'm
portant newspapers to play up local
news. Stories are placed on front
pages that are not worth that i'm
portant place in the final summing
up of news values, but because they
will interest people of the town and
community. Everybody is more con-
cerned with what occurs in their
own town than what is going on in
a State a thousand miles away. or
in q country thran thOuSand miles
distant. OF course, all important
news of such States and countries
must be given, too, to make COM
plete newspaper, but it is the home
stuff that people want"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-14
EARTH NOT SUCH BIG PLACE AT.
TER ALL!

DR.. Harlow Shapley, astronomer
who recently came to Harvard from
the Mt Wilson Observatory in Cali
fornia, announces that he has made
certain discoveries that reveal the
universe to be 1000 times greater
than ever before conceived of by sci
entiStS.
By so doing he has relegated the
earth to place 1000 times less i'm
portant than it has heretofore occu-
pied, and instead of being in the
center of things" as has been I'M
derstood heretofore, he now estimates
it to be something like 360,000,000,-
000, 900, 200, 100000 miles from the
center of the universe.
DR.. Shapley is a comparatively
young astronomer, yet he has won a
high place of authority in the science.