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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
MOTHER! MOVE
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Hurry, motherl Even a sick child
loves the 'fruity" taste OF california
Fig Syrup" and II never fails to open
the bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent a sick child tomorrow. II con-
stipated, bilious, fever!sh. fretful. has
cold, collie, or II stomach is sour.
: tongue coated, breath bad, remember
good cleansing Of the little bowels Is
often all that is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children OF all ages
printed on bottle. Motherl You must
say california" or you may get an
imitation fig rup.-Advertisement.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Submarine Invention Passes Sal
wage Test Of the British
Admiralty.
LIFTS 16 TONS OF METAL
Believed That Much OF Steel and
Metals Lost Through Operations
Of German Submarines May
Be Recovered.

London.-Fishing with submarine
magnets for allied ships which strew
the bottom OF the North sen und the
English channel may be attempted on
a large scale I'm the near future IL an
invention recently placed at the dis
posnl Of the British admiralty proves
To be practicable In deep-sea salvage
operations. II is believed that the de-
vice may recover much of the loss 10
steel and metals caused by the subma-
rines. II Is also probable that & ~.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
People Of Birmingham Cannot
Escape Bills and Rent by
Old Expedient.
MUST REPORT ALL TRANSFERS
Ordinance Requires Owners OF Vans
or Other Vehicles to Report All
Moving to Poiice-HeIpfui
to Authorities.

Birmingham, Ala.-ThOse who find
II cheaper TO move than TO pay rent
or meet other bills, are pretty well re-
formed In this city. or are In process
of being weeded out In ei,her case by
means Of an ordinance So riveted that
Offenders cannot escape. The ordi'
nance requires the owner of every
transfer or other vehicle TO report
promptly all moving to the chief of po-
lice, and e.itries of the same are ut
once made In book duly alphabetical
and dated, and the book is always
open for the inspection Of any ana
everyone who may ask TO see 1t.
or course one who plans to turn
delinquent will try TO conceal his iden-
tity while In the act Of moving, but
the ordinance makers fOresaw that
Impulse and attached penalties for
false names or misleading reports.
which fairly shut out that form OF
trickery. Altogether the ordinance has
worked so well that Birmingham has
been solicited by other cities for copies
of the act and for the experiences un-
der IL which have made II a magic
cure for billevaslon. II Ia a fixture
In Birminghem.. for IL has been In
force since March Of 1913.
Generally Helpful.
Its enactment came abou; In that
year through the Retail Furniture
Dealers association. At the ensliDg
election IL had an able enforcer in
Commissioner OF Public Safety Arlie
Barber. who thoroughly believed In IL
and kept everybody concerned up to
the scratch. He found that some Of
the colored laundresses had fashion
Of suddenly changing their addresses
when well stocked with the linen Of
their clients; that In some districts
overdue gas bills gave sufficient cause
for families to vacate quarters. and
dellnquents for rent and for trades.
mems accounts were common In all
districts. The Telephone company he'd
occasion 10 compliment the commits
sioner ON the accuracy and completes
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Laughed at Undertaken.

Martins Ferry. O.-Mrs. John Bobe
entered the room where her husband
lay III. Believing him to be dead. she
telephoned an undertaken and some
one gave his obituary to newspaper.
When the undertaken arrived he was
greeted with laugh from the sup
posed corpse. who was sitting up talk.
ing to friends.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Find Buried Treasure.

Berlln.-Twenty million marks
worth 81 gold and silver. which In be-
lieyed 10 have been hidden by Ger
mnny's legendary Capt. KIDD
Claus OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES just been
dug Up near the North sea coaS, said
a Hamburg dispatch to the Neus Boz,
liner Zeitung.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Case Of pemonstratItIs.
81 nm thinking Of buying n car

81 am thinking Of buying n car"
"why buy1 Have you had demon
STATIONS from them allr'
"Not quite. but the demonstrators
nren's quite so dcmonstrntive as they
were nj first. The last one fhnt took
me shopping wns even more unenthu-
slastic than the one that had taken
me calling the day before. I think he
was the one who put the demon In
demonstratc."-lietail Ledger. PILLS.
delphia.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Proved.

Rasper-I think narried men are
more Imaginative than single ones.
Harper-why do you say that?
at has hsen estimated that during q
married life of 30 years man will
answer the question Where have Won
beenr 1855 times. Surely that sig
nlfies the marvellous fertility of a mar
ried mans mind."-London Answers.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Not He.

look here. sir !" ominously demand
ed old Festus Poster, who had been
disturbed by queer noises in the night
"Do YOU play the saxophoner
"No." removing his hat and expos
ing a very bald head. replied the man
who had recently moved in next door.
Ell lost my HAIR In the natural course
of events Kansas City Star.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Paper From Eucalyptus.

Perth.-Good paper can be made
from the common eucalyptus, expert
ments ta that effect having been made
In West Australia. Various state gov
ernments and private interests have
contributed upward OF 100000 for
the erection OF plants and the install.
lation Of machinery for further inyes-
tigatlOn into the matter.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Lonesome.

"You concede that our city Is beauti-
full. has clean streets. healthful sur
roundings and good governmentT
"Of course" said the former
New Yorker.
"You have established a good busi-
uess hereg-
"Oh. yes"
Then why can't you be happy
among usI"
you have no rush hours"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28

issue OF constitutionality. The Su-
preme court ruled that 1t was both
constitutional and reasonable. Minor
changes were made In II, not inter
fering at all with its efficiency. and
II is here to stay. with the approval
Of every reputable interest.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28

"He hit me on de koko. yer honor"
"What do you mean by thatY
"Me knob. me top-piece."
"Your headT"
"Yes. yer honor"
"Why don't you speak the English
ianguagef"
81 do. yer honor. never wuz out
of dis country In me life."-Birming.
ham Age-Herald.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
To Have a Clear Sweet skin

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching. IL any. with Cuticura oint-
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse. dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum TO
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere &c OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
The foolish man 7Oho built
his house ON the sand

He gave example In folly which anybody
can understand
II isn't 30 easy however, TO the mistake
Of trying to build the body on foods which lack
essential nourishment.
Here. again. 10 Q foundation Of sapd which
gives way when the test comes.
Many q food that tastes good lacks honesty
Of nourishment to equal It's taste. Thus Il tempts
the appetite into mistakes that often are costly.
Grape-Nuts is q food which helps build bodily
endurance for LIES stress and storm The full
nourishment OF wheat and matted barley together
with the vital mineral salts 90 necessary TO bone
structure and red blood corpuscles. with phos-
pilates for the brain, 10 retained IN Grape-Nuts
The long baking process by which Grape-Nutss
made gives the food q natural sweetness and m
unusual ease Of digestibliiy and assimilation
Served with cream or miH, Grape Nuts 10
fully Dourshing. and whether eaten q cereal st
breakfast or lunch, or made into a pudding for
dinner. Grape-Nuts has a particular delight for
the appetite. Sold by grocera
Grape-Nuts-the Body Builder
There's Reason"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
Veteran Served Sentence
of Man Who Saved His Life

Because his. buddy" saved his
life in France. Harry w. Haley,
known as general prisoner No.
22102. assumed his name. and is
serving a six months sentence
In the United States disciplinary
barracks, Fort Leavenworth.
Kan, for desertion. alleged TO
have been committed by his
friend.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28

Coal has been found valueless In the
best porcelain furnaces. the fumes dis
colorlng the ware.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28

Except for nm occasional funeral
some men would never see the Inside
~ church.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
May Use Magnet
to. Raise Ships

to some extent. replace the deep-sea
diver.
The submarine electro-magnet" 10
octagonal In shape. three feet In width
between the opposite sides, two and
half inches In depth. weighs seeen
hundredwelght. and Is strong enough
TO lift 10 tons OF metal. In salvage
work three magnets will be employed
simultaneously. In order to get a good
hold ON the larger sections Of armor
plate.
Gigantic searchlights will first he
turned on the wreck, and after the
vessel has been blown to pieces by ey-
plosives the magnets will 20 down to
search. for anchors, chain cables and
pieces OF metal. The power will be
sufficient to raise all fragments Of
metal. even though they be encased In
wood
- mechnnlcal divers possibilities
w. 6omonstrated recently ut nm ex-
- ~ ID the Albert docks. Silver
o o1to nded by representatives Of
Admiralty, the Port Of Lon
N and the salvage and
companies. Into % fest
e bDrs thrown several steel
Uc15hing two tons. some gNs
G ~ castings, q section Of rail-.
wa 1U1tch and other metallic objects.
Brought Up oIrders.
SWING BY u crane, the magnet div.d
and 10 the amazement OF the wit
neaeca came up with the steel Orders
glus1 20 Its under side. The operation
was repeafed until the last piece Ut
metal had been raised.
At one stage of the demonstration
there was lively competition between a
human diver and the diving magnet.
The steel railway switch. owing TO its
peculiar shape. could not be located
until diver had gone down and placed
the magntt IN contact with the rails.
"The magnet III not intended to sup
plant divers" said Mr.. Neale. head Of
the Neale Magnet Construction COM
pany, In charge Of the development Of
the invention. 1T will be Of value
chiefly In eases Of wrecks In deep wa
ter, or siited up. where divers cannot
go.
ut will also be used for loading and
unloading vessels, dischargIng metallic
ores, lifting machinery and loading
steel sections from rolling mills. A
current of 10 amperes. at pressure
Of 30 volts. supplies the power"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28
She Couldn't De Sure.

The rather nashly-dressed woman
took her fourteen.year-old daughter TO
the domestic science teacher. IL want
her 90 learn 10 cook and sew" she
said $50 that she can get n husband"
For one minute the teacher stared
al the woman. Then n twinkle came
into her eyes. ooh. don't know
about that being so sure way" she
laughed. "You see ! teach both and
| haven't yet obtained n husband"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28

It's seldom selfishness that prompts
n man 10 keen his troubles to himself.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-28

Ignorance is the inspiration Of all
argument.
The New York herald., 1921-11-15
SUBURBAN TRANSACTIONS.

Frederick r. Gates has purchased
from Mrs. Helen w. Cary the eleven
room dwelling at 80 Plymouth street,
southwest corner OF Wilde place, Mont
clair. n. j. The grounds comprise
nearly half an acre. with n garage. The
sale was negotiated by the Frank
Hughes Company. The same brokers
sold to Russell c. Gates for Joseph
Hodgson his ten room residence at 10
Prospect avenue. on the mountainsdc
The plot is t09x200 and contains gar
dens and a garage.
Clifford Towner of Bloomfield has
purchased from c. d. Massey his nine
room: residence with garage At IS Edge
mont road, Montclair. Simpson Mer-
ritt Company were the brokers.
Robert E. Farley Organization and
Fish & Marvin sold for the Union and
New Haven Trust Company a large
plot in the Nepperham Heights section
of Yonllers. y. y, to Joseph H. Durrell
of Yonkers, y. Y.
Burke Stone, Inc. has sold for John
Borup a new residence in the Cedar
Knols section OF Bronxville to Ralph
Abercrombe of this city
Activity in lot buying and home build
ing at Hampstead. l.. T.. during the last
year has hastened the development Of
the outlying districts. such as the
Hampstead Manor and Lawn sections,
where more than / 900 sites have been
sold. and many homes erected since
January. The o. l.. Schwencke Land
and Investment Company reports sales
of three to ten lot plots 10 A. ana NJ.
Andersen. Alnsworth & HerbeclS. j. II.
Beers. NJ and A. Convery. Edith Digeie.
Feriole g. Kraus, r. IL Gelke, G. Hedk-
Kila. NJ. A. Kenny. Il. McLaughlin, W.
f. Melia. +. Meyers and T.. l.. Pullen.
The New York herald., 1921-11-15
BUILDERS BUY HEAVILY
AT AUCTION IN BRONX

Builders were present in large num-
bers at the sale of lots for the Turnbull
estate in the Throggs Neck section Of
the Bronx conducted BY Joseph p Day
or. the premises Saturday afternoon.
The total price obtained for the 400
lots was S173.400. The properties front
on Randall. Lafayette and Philip ave-
nues. Throggs Neck Boulevard and ad-
jacent streets.
The sale started with the Offering of
the southwest corner of Randall and
Wilcox avenues which was purchased
by George T. Bernard. Mr.. Bernard
also bought the northeast corner OF
Philip and Vincent avenues. and several
inside lots his purchases also included
plot of three lots on which is located
a.. two story dwelling on Vincent ave
nue.. for which he paid $4,000, his total
purchases amounting to s7.775.
The largest individual purchaser at
the sale was Jacob Axelrod, whose plIr-
chases amounted to $4,000. The plot
on the southeast corner of Randall and
Ellsworth avenues. brought 81 1850, while
lots on Ellsworth avenue brought $475
each. The plot on the northwest cor
ner Of Randall and Wilcox avenues was
purchased for $4,000. Inside lots OH
Wilcox avenue ranged i'm price from
s625 to s525 each. Tho plot forming
the northeast corner OF Philip and Vim
cent avenues. sold for si.375. while the
opposite corner on the west side of the
averue brought $500. Inside lots cn
Vincent avenue ranged from $500 to
5000 each.
Two extra deep lots, running through
from the cast side of Clarence avenue
and Shore Drive, brought $2,375 each.
The southeast corner of Lafayette and
Vincent avenues brought s2,550. The
corner of Lafayette and Wilcox avenues
was purchased for $500; $4,000 was
secured for the plot on the southeast
corner formed by the Intersection OF
Throggs Neck Boulevard, Lafayette and
East fremont avenues.
Following is partial list OF buyers
l.. q. Henkel. Joseph Souramani. G.. r..
Bernard. Charles w. Koch. Mary Loner-
gan, George Swanson. o. Olsen, Edward
T. Hurley, y. Erucllner. ". II. Dell.
James NJ. Harrison. Elizabeth Malloy.
George Reuther. Elizabeth u. Lewis.
James r. Smith. Adeljne r. Wright,
Teresa Lenahan, Frank Nedball. S. Han.
ming. Or. +. Menchlng. Martin Anderson.
Roger NJ. Kennedy. U. +. Pollock,
William Y. Wheeler. Daniel G. Guercn.
Nathan Smith. Mrs. Kate Tompson.
Anna T. Quigley. Andrew Degnan. Henry
Herbert Cox. George G. Grossnrn. Hugo
Delaney. Patrick J. O'Connor. William
kenney. Patrick O'Connor. +. j. An
thony. John j. Fagen, John Madden.
Elizabeth Crofton. Mrs. Charlotte Scot
finG, and Alexander Parks.
The New York herald., 1921-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS LEASES.

Lewis L. Rosenthal Company leased
FOR twenty-one years for Mary a. Moore,
represented by Joseph Oatman. the five
story 10 foot building at 144 West
Forty-sixth street, near Loew's new
State Theatre. 10 Moses Bpchbinder.
! This property will be rebuilt into stores
studios and apartments end the rental
aggregates s105.000.
VIM. A. White & Sons rented TO p.
Capotosto store I'm II 70 % John street.
12xi25. at an aggregate rental or about
100000 for n term OF years. The ten
ant will alter the premises for shoe
repairing shop with a separate depart
mcrt for women.
VIM. A. White & Sons leased TO Quick
e Goldson second loft in 80 Fulton
street.
Duross Company leased TO the Amer
Jean Woodenware Company loft in liz
Murray street
Cross & Brown Company leased first
floor and basement In SIS West Fifty
seventh street 60 the Emergency Auto
mobile Towing Service. Inc.
r. NJ. Clear & co. leased store in so
Seventh avenue TO Frank Buc-ocore. Jr..
groceries and fruits. and. with Manson
Jacobs Company. westerly store in ~"
West Twcnty-scventh street to Irving
Nissenbaum. printing supplies.
Rice & HIN. Inc. leased store IN 7f2
Seventh avenue to Elsa Appolaur Tor q
pastry 9hop.
The New York herald., 1921-11-15
REAL ESTATE MARKET NEWS
BIG APARTMENT HOUSE
PLANNED IN BAY RIDGE
Brooklyn Market Registers
Brisk Trading.

Shampan & Shampan, architects, are
preparing plans for an apartment house
of 1856 rooms 10 be erected on the block
bounded by Fort Hamilton avenue,
Eighty-third street and Sixth avenue,
1Sox1Oo feet, to cost $4,000. for B.
Kowaloff. cap manufacturer In Man
haitian.
/. Salzberg sold for n. Lamport TO
Left Construction Company, eighteen
lots. 3G0x1o0 feet. on the north and
south side of Fiftieth street. between
Ninth and Tenth avenues. The buyers
with garages.
A. Mishkin sold for the Selby Realty
Corporation two story brick dwelling
on Avenue j.
a. j. Shannon Company. Inc. sold the
four family apartment building at IS
st. Johns place for Benjamin Beiser
and lsidore Lesensky TO Mrs. Helen NJ.
McCann.
b. +. Knowles Company sold 5sA and
so Rush street. two three story dwell
lings, for the +. Il. Company TO the A.
& G. Corporation.
Butler & Baldwin. Inc. sold for the
Alexander Frazer estate TO Louis Gold
finger the three story dwelling. 21.6x9e.
at 167 Division avenue. This is the first
sale of the property since 1866. II was
held at $4,000.
Martin Company. with Anthony Van
Bergen sold for the estate OF Edwin
Packard TO G. Girard the three story
dwelling with garage, at 241 Henry
street.
Nehring Brothers and Bryne & Bow
man sold for the Baldan Realty Com
pany to the IL. w. G. Realty Company.
Henry w. Gennerich, president. COS to
COS West 1920 street. six story, forty
two family, elevator apartment, between
broadway and Riverside Drive. renting
for $4,000 and held at s215,000.
The New York herald., 1921-11-15
RBONX CORNER BOUGHT
FOR THEATRE PROJECT
Operators ActiUe in Vacant
Land Market.

Nathan Wilson. president OF the Occi-
dental Holding Company. has purchased
the southwest corner of Jerome avenue
and 176th street, vacant plot. 13sx10o.
on which he announces he will build a
theatre to seat 1900 persons. The seller
was Christian Schuciz and l.. Osborne
Smith. Inc. was the broker. The prop
erty is opposite the subway station on
the Jerome avenue extension of the Lex
fnston avenue subway and Sixth and
Ninth avenue elevated lines
Mr.. Wilson has also purchased through
the same broker from j. Clarence Davies
a one story taxpayer 59X1O0, on the
cast side OF University avenue 100 feet
p9rth of Featherbed lane.
Frederick Brown has purchased
through Nehring Brothers. for resale 70
builders in 100 foot plots. the plot OF
twelve lots having 800 foot frontage
ON the east side OF University avenue
beiween Brandt place and fremont ave-
rue. The lots are about five feet below
grade on n block res tricted against store
property at a point where University
avenue ia widest. The property was
held at $4,000
Alexander Selkin and David Mintz
sold for the Henlee Construction Conn
pany, Samuel Mnskoff president, 20 an
investor 2600 Creston avenue. q new
five and half story apartment consist
Ing Of 19f rooms. 129x112. This property
Is opposite st, Jamess Park. and is
fully rented at $4,000, and was held at
$3.50. 600.
The three story building with stores
ana the four one family dwellings, at
the northeast corner of Fulton avenue
and l6sth street have been purchased
from Frederick r. and Philip Fl. Fischer,
by Goldberg & Krakauer. woh are repre-
sented by Morris Berkowitz. attorney
They were valued at $4,000 and have
an avenue frontage of seventy feet and
street measurement of 211 feet Eight
garages stand in the rear. The property
Will be altered into a taxpayer.
Charles $. Levy resold through the
George Goldblatt Company the building
at the southeast corner OF Boston Road
and Union avenue, about 6S feet on Bos-
ton road and 40 feet on Union avenue.
The corner store Is occupied under long
lease by the T. w. Woolworth Company
Leone Mangaro. represented by Reit &
kaminsky. attorneys. bought from John
NJ. Susser two five story new law apart
ment houses, each 40x9f, at 540-544
East 1SSd street. between Third and
Bathgate avenues.
HERNIA Knepper bought the plot 100x
100 on the west side of Third avenue
129 feet north of l7lst street, which
| will be improved with a two story fac
tor3-, similar TO the one now being con-
structed on the west side of Third ave-
nue. near 114th street. Damiane &
Phelps were the brokers.
The vacant plot, 2f3.7xS3.3x105. at
the intersection of Southern Boulevard
and Prospect avenue has been sold by
the Ebling Company to the Whitehouse
Holding Corporation.
The New York herald., 1921-11-15
REALTY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Ret Realty Corporation (Rich-
ard y. and Natalie ]. Thibaut. John y.
Carroll and $. Stanwood Menken) Is
the new owner OF the property at 2Ss
and 271 Madison avenue, sold recently
The buyers will erect a fourteen story
office building on the site.
John Faulkner is the buyer OF 500
East 176th street, and Walter 4. Skeld-
ing OF 2S7S Bailey avenue sold re-
Gently.
Gertrude Gunshor Is the purchaser OF
l35 Ninth avenue. a four story building;
and julius and Jennie Fingerhut are the
purchasers of 223 West Fifteenth street
a four story house. both of which were
recently sold through the Duross Com
pany.
Christ Marsden, Jr., is now connected
with the Federated Realty Brokers. Inc
William Liss. Inc. and G. J. Brown
were the brokers in the sale OF the
Parkway Driving Club tract in Brook
lyn TO Henry Kornblum and Garden
Land Company. Inc, reported in these
columns last week.
Alfred II. Wagg vice-president Of
the NJ. Morganthau, Jr., Company. has
just been elected president of the newly
organized American National Bank OF
West Palm Beach. Fla. Mr.. Wagg is
acting as sales manager of the largest
townsite development in Florida. known
as Kelsey City and located just ono
mile north OF West Palm Beach.