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Arizona republican., 1921-11-20

without motor truck is a possibility but it is certainly hard life" says Mir. Robertson.
 Our store is located at Webster which is nine miles from the nearest railroad. All our supplies are hauled from this point. Besides these daily trips for supplies we have to haul some of our goods from another town fifteen miles away. We use a G M c truck for this purpose as we'll as for making deliveries so that it is kept fairly busy.
 Were we to replace our truck with horses it would require two teams to do the work which would cost us at least s5 more per day and besides this we would have difficulty in keep ing these teams going during the hot weather, and might not be able to get our supplies on time.
 "The truck saves hiring extra help to tend the store. In country store like this most of the trade is in the evening after six o'clock. When we were using teams it was often after ten or eleven o'clock before the boys returned from their daily trips. Now they get back early in the afternoon and can help us in the evening.
 ''This G M c being dependable truck, has considerably frightened my burdens, enabled me to keep my stock replenished. increased my service to customers without ad- ditional work or worry on my part.
 ''There must be thousands of store keepers like me all over the country who are up early and late taking care of horses or waiting for them to come poking in from a trip when dependable truck could be saving time and money for them as it has for me"
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
Giues Apache Trail
 Thoro' Up-'n-DolUn

Bill McManus, manager Of Ed Hu- dolph's tire department has just re- turned from a trip to Globe over the Apache Trail for the purpose of in- specting the service which Oldfield tires are rendering on the Union Auto stage lines.
 McManus states that he has never seen tires that would stand the gaff the Oldfields are undergoing on this rought and rocky road to Dublin, ' and he states further that every man back of the drivers is an enthusiastic booster for Oldfields. Less grief. less delay, less religion lost" is the way they put it, says Mac.
 Upon Macs arrival in Phoenix, the telephone rang and Chicken" George. the taxi man, was on the transmitter end. Hello. Mac! I have just been conversing with the rank and file of Union Auto stage drivers about tires, and they tell me that Oldfields are the one best bet on the market. Shoot me over several 32-4s-cords."
 "They're all that way" declared Mac upon hanging up the receiver If a tire will stand the ordeal it runs into on the Apache Trail, it will deliver the goods anywhere else on this broad, green, fertile earth
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
Stephens Tire
 Store Nearly
 Ready To Open

Alterations have ben completed at 341 West Washington in the building to be occupied by the Stephens Tire Stores Company. and the large stock of tires is now being installed. Man ager McFal received a much larger stock than he anticipated and had not provided the facilities for han ding the additional stock. How ever, he immediately got busy with his carpenters and provided the nec- essary racks and bins for the excess tires.
 The Stephens Tire Stores company selected Phoenix as a branch after much investigation, and paid a big tribute tosthis city in so doing. Stores are maintained by this mammoth concern in cities all over the coun- try. The policy of the concern has been manufacturers to consumer direct. A large tire factory is in op- eration near Kansas City and a large accessory plant is also operated by the company.
 The company's Phoenix branch will be stocked with the complete Ste phens line. The date of opening will be announced by MT. McFall early this week.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
IF TIRES SHOWS SIGNS IF ACTUAL BEDROCK

With the announcements of the various tire factories of substantial reductions in prices it looks very much as though the final rock-bottom of tire prices has at last been reached. Firestone. Goodyear and Kelly Springfield have already announced their cuts and have lent force to the movement toward final reduced tire prices. A great deal of attention. has been given by the various rubber concerns to the matter of tire prices. Among the causes for the reductions, it may safely be stated that the chief one is the lack of stability in tire prices. The market had become remoralized, and definite action became necessary to give foundation to the business.
 In the reductions of high priced in- ventories, there have been instances, it seems, when tires were deliberately put out to meet a price, and this fact has added to the general confusion. Then again, tires which were bought by automobile factories were repur- chased by various interests which dumped them on the market. This action operated to give dealer or a standard brand low-price competi- ton right on the line he handled, and this situation in several parts of the country had become intolerable.
 The get-together of the big men Of the rubber industry has had the effect of producing uniform action toward stabilizing prices and eraai- eating bad merchandising. Although this means a direct loss to each factory, it is felt that it would be better to make the sacrifice at this time for the sake of the future of the tire business.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20

A real dry storage battery has ap- cared in San Diego.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
MOTORS
 A|R-COOLER |s
 COMING ALONG
DETROIT. Nov 19 (specian

DETROIT, Nov, 19 (Special)
 P. s. Du PoEt, president of the General Motors Corporation makes the following announcement regard ing the air-cooled type of motor which the corporation is developing.
 .The General Motors Corporation has been experimenting for several years past with air cooled types of motors. as also it has been developing other types of motors and improve ments incident to automotive practice.
 This work is conducted by a sub- sidiary of the corporation known as the General Motors Research Cor poration located at Dayton Ohio, under the direction of c F.. Kettering.
 "The development of the air-cooled motors has reached a point where experimental models have been com pleted and exhaustive studies and tests are now being conducted. As to when production will commence, what manufacturing divisions of the corporation will develop and sell this model; also this must of necessity be held in abeyance until such time as the experimental de- velopment work is finally completed and the corporation is assured that these new products, which I must ne 5sarily stand sponsor for are everything that might be desired"
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20

To sell an automobile, you must have faith in 1t. At least. that is the attitude of practically all the men engaged in the marketing of auto mobiles. Tn fact no salesman can sell any make of car unless he has convinced himself of it's merits and advantages over competitors.
 That this holds true of the Rudolph sales force is attested by the fact that nearly overy one of Eds sales men owns his own car. And it is a Ford coupe or sedan, too. This pie ture shows them all lined up with
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
BATTERY FILLER.

Many car owners have suffered the annoyance of trying to pour distilled water into their storage batteries and having much of it sIop over. Here is little device that makes this operation accurate and easy. Drill hole in the cork that fits an ap- propriateIy sized bottle. Into this hole thrust a quill or glass tube. Next drill a small hole in the neck of the bottle, just about where 1t swells out into the body. The flow of water can be regulated by covering and un- covering this hole. which admits air to the bottle.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
Says Horses Cost Much More Than
 One-Ton Trucks

Cal Messner. distributor for G M c trucks. states that the fame of the G NJ c one ton truck is by no means confined to the larger centers of population. It is helping solve the transportation problems in rural com munities as the experience of Thomas Robertson, Scribner. Nebraska, country storekeeper indicates.
 Keeping an inland country store
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
FORD SPARK TESTER

Here is home made instrument qesigned to test the spark given off py all four ignition cables of the T ora at once. Five nails are driven through square board, four at the corners and one in the middle. The corner nails are then bent so that
 their ends come within an eighth of an inch of the center nail Slip the
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20
CoMPRESsION TEsTER

The shell of an old spark plug fin conjunction with a tire makes a very handy compression tester. The porce- lain of the plug is removed and a washer is fitted at the bottom. The gauge is next inserted and the pack ing is tamped in around it. The pack ing nut forces the packing down around the base of the gauge until a perfectly tight joint is made. This instrument is screwed into the spark plug hole and when the engine is turned over by hand the compression is registered in pounds.
 Wrap asbestos cord around ex- haust pipe to prevent fire
 A real dry storage battery has ap- peared in San Diego.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20

ends of the four ignition cables over the four corner nails, turn over the engine and the sparks will show at the center ail if everything is all right.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20

In the last fiscal year the United States received S100, 100000 in auto mobile taxes.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-20

their nifty demonstrators. comfort able alike on these wonderful. snappy days and in the hot, dusty days of summer
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
FORMER CITIZEN
OF COUNTY DEAD
REMAINS OF w. o. BRANDON TO
BE BROUGHT HERE FROM DY-
ERSBURG FOR BURIAL.

w. o. Brandon, former Maury coun-
tian, died at his home at Dyersburg,
where he was prominent business
man, on Wednesday. He was seven
ty-eight years of age and had never
been married. He moved from Column
b.a, where he was born, when young
man to GAINESVILLE where he was one
Of the founders Of the Tobacco Leaf.
wenty-eight years ago he went to
Dyershurg where he had been very
SURGE ssful and was president and gen.
eral T. anager of the Dyersburg Ice ard
Coal Company. He was an active
rleml @. and official of the Methodist
church end was an exemplary, and
very popular. and useful citizen. He
has large number of relatives il this
county Aa
The funeral services were held a.
Dyersbnrg today and the remains
will arrive here tomorrow ON L.. & n.
train No. s and will be taken at once
TO Rose Hill where the interment will
take place, DR.. w. B. Taylor officiat-
ing. The following named will set
as pail bearers: W. B. Trousdaia,
Sol Maxwell, Hubert Hindman, Sam
II. Wiley, C. T. Looney and w. P.
Woldr:Gge,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
. = Q . . . . . . = . 8 o 2 O.
) PERSONALS.
D Z ox o= O. oEoMo=

Miss Charlotte Lockridge has re
turned from Nashville.
MED Carmack was in Nashville Sat
urdaS.h,cca 7a ~
81 Mrs! Brownie Friel was in Nash
VILE for the weekend. SAt''
"a Prof. JohniA. Harris spent the week.
end with ffiends in Nashville.
Mrs. J. Trim Mcknight was in Nash
vile and Franklin for the weekend
Mrs. E. H. Hatcher has gone to Hot
Springs, Ark, for stay of a couple
of weeks
Miss Agfes Moran. of Bowling
Green, KY, spent Sunday with Miss
Brownie Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashley B. Sowell en-
joyed the weekend at Nashville where
they saw "lightnin'."
Mrs. H. "A. Moore is at home in
Mayes Place after visit to her par
ents in Mississippi.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
BIG REDUCTION
MADE. PRICE or
FORD's TRACTOR
ONE HUNDRED AND sixTY-FivE
DOLLARS LoPPED OFF cosT
OF THE FoRDsoN.
Machine Power on the Farm Is Not
Only a Necessity butt Marks De-
cided Advance, Declares Barney
Fry, Local Representative.

Zone hundred and sixty'flve dollars
has been Topped off the price of the
|FNordsono tractor effective here at
once. Discussing this drop, G.. G.
tBarney) Fry, eftFry Bros, the Ford
representatives heres said,
"The price of the Fordson tractor
has been reduced from $4,000 to
s6.250o effective Immediately.
This price change has been made
possible through lowest costs of ma
terials and the fact thatltwe are now
located in our new tractor plant with
greatly increased economic manufac-
turing facilities in immediate connec-
ton with our foundry and machine
shops and large astsfurnaces where
lirpn is poured directly from the ore,
giving us maximum ~ efficiency with
the power to- reduce the cost Of pro-
duuction, andlcdownt comes the price
inf1ine withaburp policy tosfnarket our
Eproducts at thasl lowest possible fig
lure without in anyway affecting our
high standard of quality.t'
1As"We are particuuiarlys pleased in
being able to bring about this big re-
duction in price at this time because
the farmer needs all the help we can
give him and this big cut in price will
be the means of placing valuable
power unit fithin the reach of practi-
cally every one of them, not to men
ton industrial and commercial con-
Germs which likewise have benefited
through its use and are already realiz-
ing, to a much greater extent, It's val
ne as a power and hauling unit. But
particularly. has the Fordson tractor
proved most valuable factor in the
saEina Of farm labor at the same time
increasing the per acre crop yield as
well as making possible a utilization
Of previously, pneultigated land, to say
nothing afTemaYing no end Of drudg,
|eEy.@0' 1ot liAgpa hss9ae8
| fTbae,ds no duasubnt that the use
Of machine power onathe.farm is the
greatestadHancementsmade' the de.
Yelnpment of agriculture mot only in
money saving and rfnJnesrmaking re-
suits, asswell as raising the standards
ofrHying on the armitofacmuch high
ef level, albut because. of fits proven
value in making every type of land
more productivity, and Consequently
desire Etosplaoe ,thesF ordson within
the reach of sail. ls1li9ai@ ss.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
ENSIGN PA0GETT
AND MISS SANDERS
| PADGETT-SANDERS WEDDING A
SOCIAL EVENT IN WASH
INGTON. ii

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The mar
riage of Miss Frank Armstrong San
ders, of Washington, to Ensign Lem
uel Phillips Padgett, U. S. N, took
place Wednesday afternoon at the
residence of the brides mother, Mrs
Mary Quitman Sanders. The ceremo
ny being performed by DR.. Ernest
Smith. An informal reception for rel
atives and a few friends followed.
The bride wore for the ceremony a
gown of brown taffeta, with small
brown silk hat and corsage bouquet
of orchids. She was attended by Miss
Esther Copeland, as maid of honor
who wore brown velvet with a large
brown velvet hat, and a corsage bou
quet of rosebuds. Ensign Geo. P
Kroker, U. S. N, was best man.
The young couple will go to New
York. where the Tennessee, to which
Ensign Padgett is attached, is at an
Choir. Mrs. Padgett will return to
Washington, when the Tennessee sails
in March,. and will remain here while
Ensign Padgett is at sea.
Mrs. Padgett is the daughter of the
late John b. Sanders and is a great
granddaughter of Gen. B, Quitman
Sanders, of Mexican war fame. En-
sign Padgett is the son of Represen.
tative, and Mrs, ,Lemuel r. Padgett
and graduated from the naval tacade,
my in 1920. III
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
Mr.. AND mrs. ]. !, WOOTtk
leave .F0R. new YORK
Mr.. WOOTEN WILL SPEND MONTH
OF FEBRUARY IN GREAT MAR.
kET CENTER OF NATION.

John T. sWooten, buyer for the
Maury Dry Goods Co., accompanied
by his wife, Mrs. John T. Wooten, left
Sunday for New York City where they
will be for the whole of the month Of
February buying goods for the Maury
Dry. Goods Co. Mrs. Wooten will as
sist Mr., Wooten in his selections of
the ladies ready to wear and frills
and foloies. M. .u14
d, They will also attend. the great In
ternational Silk Exposition to besheld
February Z to II, and other fashion
shows, Mr.. Wooten stated to "a Her
AID reporter before leaving for the
great, metropolis that he expected to
devote more attention to his buying
for this spring sale than he has ever
done before, and that he. was going to
buy the things that his trade needed
most.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
o=oEO=eEoE Q : Q : 0 Il
0 DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
SEeEs=eEeE : o : o :
Mrs. Edwin Jones.

News was received here Wednes-
day announcing the death of Mrs,
Edwin Jones at Boulder, Colo. which
occurred Wednesday morning The
remains are en- route to Columbia and
are expected to arrive Saturday morn
ing, but owing to the uncertainty of
the railroad connections no definite
announcement can be made as to the
funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Jones had been nj Colorado
for several years on account of her
health. She was the sister of Mrs.
Eastin Littlefeld of this city and a
daughter-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
is Jones. She was splendid woman
and has many friends who will re-
greet 10 learn of her death.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
FRANK f (. SPARKS Al Ks. is.
WIRELESS EXPERT
GRANDSON OF THE LATE PETER
HANSON, OF THIS COUNTY.
MANY RELATIVES HERE.

(F,rom Mondays Daily Herald.)
I The cpllman Democrat gives quite
deal of space to the achievements
of Frank Sparks, of that city. son OF
Mr., and Mrs. Eugene, Sparks. Mrs.
Sparks was before her, marriage Miss
/ Matilda Han Hanson of this, County, and
is the sister Of Mrs. George M. Daim-
wood, Of this county. hsi9o,a
Young SPARKS .ihlas for the past sew
eral years been dsyoting his time to
wireless telegraphy,al and, has made
some wonderful improvements in the
art. He has, now in operation one of
his machines at his fathers home in
North Cullman, a radio plant, and
takes messages from all over the
world. He receives messages from
Washington, and has picked up num-
Der Of messages from ships out at
sea. Inn
Young Sparks is a grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs Peter Hanson, who
lived in this county, and has number
of relatives here who will be glad to
learn of his achievements.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
LIGHT RA|NF ALL ..
DURING JANUARY
MONTH WAS WARM
PRECIPITATION FOR MONTH TO.
TAILED EIGHT INCHES SNOW
AND 2.1o INCHES OF RAIN.
INTERESTING COMPARISONS ALREADY in EFFECT HERE
Report Of Weather observer Shows
Coolest January on Record Was in
1918; Warmest in 1907; Wettest in
1918, and Dryest In 1914. @

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald).
The mean temperature for the
month of January just ended was near,
ly five degrees warmer than the aver
age January temperature, or exactly
AZ degrees above normal. During the
same time the rainfall was 2S4 inches
below normal.
The warmest January on record was
in 1907, when the thermometer regis
tered mean temperature Of 52.7 de-
grees. Flowers bloomed and great
quantities of meat spoiled.
The coolest January on record was
in 1918 when the mean temperature
was 25.5 degrees, the coolest day show
Ting a temperature of twelve degrees
below zero. During the thirty'ole
DAYS of the month the temperature
tumhled below thirty degrees twenty
nine times, and brought, 5.25 inches
,of,rain and 231a inchessof snowsY1b o.
in January, 1917, sleet fell one inch
on the 14th, and the next day another
inch of sleet fell. On the 18th nearly
an inch of rain fell, freezing as it fell,
covering the ground with an icy coat
which remained for week or more.
The greatest amount of rainfall in
January came in 1913, when the pre-
cipitation amounted to $50 inches.
The lightest rainfall came in January
of 1914 with only k,S2 inches.
The warmest days of the month just
ended were the 21st and 22nd, when
the thermometer read IS degrees.
The coolest days were the 10th and
9th when the thermometer register
ed IS degrees. The mean temperature
for the month was forty1four degrees.
During the month eight inches Of
snow fell, and the rainfall amounted
to but 2.1o inches, It rained for five
days of the month. There were. four
teen clear days and six partly cloudy
days, and eleven dark cloudy, days,
The temperature was below 80 de
grees thirteen times. The prevailins
direction of the wind was north.
These figures were compiled by Mrs.
I W, Fllemipnagy yoluntaer observer, q
the United States, characterised ser
vice at Ashwood,H .tu.tsg :. ..j.s-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
FALLING OFF SHOWN
IN MARRIAGE LICENSES

According to the books of County
Court Clerk Lipscomb, there was a
big slump in the number of marriage
licenses issued during the month OF
January, and the present month bids
to be but little better.
Up until 10 o'clock of the third
day of February, but one license had
been issued. The month of January
slumped nearly twenty under that OF
the corresponding month of 1919.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
Another Bakery
For Columbia
On South Main

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.)
"Holsum" Bakery is the name of a
new enterprise for Columbia. This
new bakery is being operated by v.
Stewart and A. H. Watson, at the old
bakery stand on South Main street in
the basement of the store occupied by
Boyd Andrews meat market
They have already opened and are
in operation. putting their first breads
and cakes on the market last satur-
day. They will have sales room in
Andrews store and win sen all kinds
of bakery goods. sis 7stta3
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
Brief Outline of Looney
Road Statute Chen
Continued from Page one).

judge the road superintendent and
district commissioners are constituted
the court for the assessing of dam
ages but damages in excess of the
amount appropriated BY the county
courts hall not be allowed in any year
The. county Judge, superintendent
and district commissioner shall have
authority to condemn rock quaries
and chirt beds.
1t is provided that ad valorem taxes
levied for highway purposes shall be
credited to the several districts of the
county in which they are paid and like
wise the wheel taxes levied on automu-
biles are SO to be distributed among
the districts proportionately. Howev-
er, the expenses of the county super
intendent are to be paid out of the
ufnds before they are prorated to the
districts The automobile tax is to be
paid to the trustee hereafter.
Fl The law provides that all funds ex-
pended on the district roads shall be
under the direction and supervision
of the county superintendent The
superintendent is also vested with full
control over the work house. He may
employ guards and If he thinks best
work the prisoners by contract
o. e.
All able bodied residents of the
county between Us and so years of age
are made subject to fifty hours of road
work a year, days work being fixed
at ten hours. He may commute by
paying $40 year. Every person own
ing or having in his possession wag-
D on and team must work the same on
the road designated by the district
commissioner for four days a year
or commute at the rate of 81 a day or
SIC.
The county judge is required to is
sue all road warrants and he shall
also act in conjunction with the road
superintendent in all matters affect
ing the general road working of the
county the purchasing of tools. mate
rails, machinery or supplies. Appar-
entity from a casual reading of the
law the county is to have two instead
of three road supervisors or commits
sioners as II has now under the pres
ent system.
Under the act the district commits
sionors will issue all orders for WORK
done in their districts on the county
Judge. Before these orders are pre-
scented the road superintendent must
audit them and write his approval on
the order After this approval is Cd
tanned the county judge issues his
warrant on the trustee charging the
amount to the district in which the
work has been done. 1t is made the
duty Of the road superintendent ana
the district commissioners to see tnat
all road taxes levied are collected ana
to prosecute the offenders against the
road laws.
The law expressly provides that II
shall take effect from and after us
passage except in so far as the wheei
taxes now levied are involved. The
taxes on wagons and buggies and auto
mobiles already levied are to remain