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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
Every Rat Costs the Nation So, a Total
Of $2o0,ooo,oo0 Annually.

veloped by the biological survey,
should be employed. In %furthering the
destruction Of the rat, community or
civic organization is of the greatest
Importance. 1t does no good to drive
the rats from one cellar into the next
If they are allowed to breed un-
molested in their new quarters. When
the campaign is made general the pest
is allowed no rest and no opportunity
to intrench in a new position. If one
pair of rats is left they reproduce the
original number in a little while, as
rats breed five or six times a year
with an average Of ten to the litter.
In connection with the extermina-
ton campaigns, preventive measures
should be employed against the rodent.
all food supplies. This is of prime
importance. The removal and destruc-
ton Of refuse is the next step N pre-
ventiOn, as abandoned dumps and piles
Of waste material furnish excellent
shelter and food for the rats that have
been driven from the houses and eel
lars.
Building Should Be Rat Proof.
All buildings should be r~at-proofed
by the liberal use of cement and tin.
Rat-proofing should be a prominent
specification in all new construction
and it should be applied to older build
ings in the form of repairs. All drain
outlets should be sealed with wire
cages, or similar protective devices.
With the food supply locked away
from him, and his shelter gone, starva-
ticn and exposure will add to the eff
tectiveness OF work with traps and
pOisOns and the menac OF the rat will
cease to he a real hazard against
American lives and property.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
He Meant No Harm.

Sir Herbert Tree was 0ccoSted by
a stranger one day in the Haymarket.
Aren't you Beerbohm Tree?" asked
the stranger.
mo" replied Tree. anxious Il hide
his light under q bushel.
I'm sorry, thought you we're. You
look uncommOnly like him."
are mistaken"
"WeIl. | certainly did think you
looked like him" said the stranger.
"I'm sorry. l didn't mean to insult
YOU"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
The Demand for Scientists.

Plans for the establishment of a
first-grade school of technology with
accommodations for about 700 men
have been announced by Oberlin col
lege. The college is in the heart of
a rapidly growing Industrial district
and insistent calls are made upon the
college for scientifically trained tech.
meal men.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
For the Sake of Realism.

For the Sake OF Realism.
You are worth a million I'm your
own right, are YOU nOt?" the aspiring
young author remarked to the beau
tiful heiress he had somehow man.
aged to meet.
why. yes" was the colIly surprised
reply.
All! then marry me:"
MOI
"Of course. | didn't expect you to"
he said with a little sigh.
Then why did you ask met"
"Why. I've a character in MY latest
story who loses a million dollars in
the market. and l was jusr trying to
find out how a chap would really feel
losing such an amount"
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in the poisoned, impoverished blood.
When this is 80, you need an in
ternal remedy, n that will take
out the impurities that are tortur-
ing you, one like famous S.S.S.,
which has relieved thousands Of
cases Of rheumatism all over the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

You have doubtless
rubbed on outside treat
ments; most rheumatism
sufferers have. Some Of
these take the edge of
the terrible pains for 4
few hours, but they do
not strike at the cause,
which nearly always lies
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only us lUid in each
package OF genuine Bayer Tablets OF
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during u years. and
proved safe ny millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. II you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets. you can
Headache, Neuralgia. rheumatism.
Enrache. Toothache. Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes OF twelve
tablets cost few ents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark Of Bayer Manufacture Of
Observation-Disclosures OF Salicylicacid.-
Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
Wanted the Dearest.

Clad in fine raiment the English
man who had inherited a fortune ell
tered the chemists shop.
II want one o. them plasters to
stick on yer back" he explained.
yes, SIR" replied the chemist, po-
litely hiding q smile. You mean a
porous plaster
The customer drew himself erect,
till the glittering new watch chain
hall marked on every link-Whlch
crossed his middle. threatened TO snap.
What do you mean he Snorted.
"Poor 'ouse plaster, indeed. | want
the very best you've got.'-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

country just this way.
Get S.S.S. from your
druggist today, and after
starting with it write us
= history Of your case,
addressing Chief Medical
Advisor, 877 Swift Lab
oratory, Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
RAT IS SERIOUS
ENEMY Of WORLD
No Other Animal! Or ASeSt b 50
Dangerous and Persistent
n -eoing karNL
n,fuCTS IMMENSE DAMAGE
Value Of Foed and Property Destroyed
Annually by Each Individual
Rat 10 Estimated at S2-Is
Efficient Germ Carrier.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of A%griculture.)
The necessity of a campaign of un-
varying efficiency against the common
brown rat. Is IN outstanding M No
other animal Or insect Is so dangerous
and persistent al enemy, and no other
enemy succeeds in inf1icting the dam
age that the rat annually imposes up
OF humanity. The rat population OF
the United States Is at least equal to
the human population, and the same
ratio holds true for practically every
country under the sun. The bureau
Of biological survey. United States
Department Of Agriculture. places the
value Of the food and property de
stroyed annually by each individual
rat at s.. Keeping wei within the
boundaries Of conservatism this means
that each year. in this country alone,
we produce $20O,NOO,0N worth Of food
to no other purpose than to feed our
rats. In another way. 100000 men in
the United States are devOting all
their labor to the maintenance OF 1OO,-
900 600 rats
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
Oh How Glorious 10 Be Free
From Rheumatism's Torturee!

Just suppose you could be free
from your deepseated, agonizing
rheumatic aches and pains, your
stiff joints and unsightly swellingsl
Wouldn't you give anything to get
rid of them?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

Luck usually strikes up an intimate
acquaintance with hard work some
times not.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

Guard your influence. After it goes
out. you can ever catch up with II.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

Many Il man knows from experience
that ii is far easier to find Il wife
than it is to lose her.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

Honest poverty ranks as high with
some people as dishonest wealth does
with some others.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08

Look a difficulty sQuarely IN the
face and II will run.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
is Efficient Germ Carrier.

But the rodents enmity is far from
being satisfied by this huge economic
injury. A frequenter Of all the places
that are vile and loatbsome, the rat
is Il most efficient germ carrier. The
germs OF the dreaded ''black death"
have killed more human beings than
all the a of the worlds history,
and these germs are introduced into
the human system by the bite OF a
rat flea. In India. no longer ago than
1896. the bubonic plague killed 9,OOO,-
600 persons. In Europe. during the
Fourteenth century. 1t is believed to
have brought death to 25.OOO,OOO hu-
mar beings. Other diseases, almost
as dreadful, are traced to the common
rat. Thus. from the standpoint of
public health. as we'll as from the ne
cessity OF controlling the drain upOn
the public purse. it is essential that
the rat he exterminated. Once the ex-
termination is complete, or as nearly
so as modern methods will permit. ey-
cry ~precaution must be taken to pre-
ven the rat from multiplying and re-
gaining lost ground.
xterminafiHn pfana
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-08
~Exterminatifq Plans.

Trapping should be done continuously
and Systematically at all rat-infested
places. Rat pOisons, especially barium
carbonate preparations as recently de-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
SLIGHT CHANGE
IN ASSESSMENT
The RAILROADS
REDUCTION OF 100000 MADE ON
THE NASHVILLE TERMINAL
PROPERTY.
CERTIFIED TO The COMMISSION
Collections VIII Have to Be Made on
the 1919 Assessment Because of Lit
igation Enjonino the Increased Val.
uations.

From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 22.--The
assessment of railroads and utilities
in Tennessee for the biennial period
1922, has been certified back to the
railroad and public utilities commits
sion by the state board of equalizers,
with but few changes. The railroad
and utilities commission is now engag-
ed in certifying the assessment to the
various counties. In reviewing the as
sessment as made by the railroad com
mission, the board of equalizers re.
duced the assessment on the union sta
ton here from 100000 to 100000
and the assessment Of the Kansas City
and Memphis railroad bridge Com
pany from $1,453,735 to $1,25O,OO
On account of litigation growing out
of the assessment of certain railroads,
the board of equalizers only certified
the 1919 assessment on the properties
of such roads. The 1919 assessment
on these properties will be certified
by the railroad commission, pending
the disposition of the litigation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
GAME SHIPMENTS
MUST Be LABELED
ALL PACKAGES CONTAINING
GEESE, WILD DUCKS, ETC
MUST BE MARKED.

The bureau of biological survey, of
the United States department of agri-
culture. calls attention to the fact that
under federal law all, packages in
which wild ducks, geese and other mi
gratory game birds are transported
must have the name of the shipper
and of the consignee and an accurate
statement Of the numbers and kinds of
conspicuously marked on the outside
thereof. Sportsmen shipping game
birds without proper markings are
liable to prosecution in the federal
court and the birds to seizure and con
demnation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25


had been no errors in counting the
ballots cast. He declared that the sub
committee had the power, and II was
its duty under the primary law of 1901
to count all the votes cast and to de-
clare the nominee.
In closing Mr.. PEBBLES made an ear
nest plea that the committee carry out
the law which governed the primary
held. He declared that no matter
which way the committee decided
upon the petition that he was "a yell
low dog democrat" and would support
the nominee, and that he did not be-
ieye that Bob Jackson wanted any
thing that was not coming to him, and
that he knew Mr. Cathey did not, but
the recount asked for was simply for
the purpose Of relieving the minds of
all concerned as the possibility of
errors where the majority of the win
ming candidate was so small
In closing the arguments for Mr..
Jackson, George t. Hughes, Jr., laid
particular stress upon the great cost
of contest, declaring it would place
heavy burden upon Mr.. Jackson, and
one which he was not able to bear at
this time.
After the arguments had been com
pleted the committee retired from the
county court room, where the hearing
was held to arrive at decision. This
was announced at $3.50 o'clock by
Hugh Lee Webster, chairman of the
subcommittee. Mr.. Webster in rem
dering the decision said: 1--WE the ma
jority of the democratic primary COM
mittee have decided that we have no
power to recount the votes as asked
for in the petition"
Adjournment was taken until IL
o'clock noon on Monday, November 2S,
when the committee will re-assemble
to canvass the returns and tally sheets
as sent back to Columbia by officers
of the election.
The hearing attracted a large num-
Der of friends of both candidates to
the court room, and intense interest
was manifested in the decision of the
committee.
1t had been eXeected that charges
of irregularities would be made, as it
is known that republicans voted in all
sections of the county, and that many
voted without poll tax receipts, but
these charges were not made, the petit
ton presented by Mr.. Cathey's coun-
sci merely asked recount in the in
terest of accuracy, in view
of the narrow margin separating the
winning and losing candidates upon
the face of the unofficial returns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
BALLOT BOXES
ARE SI|l[ OUT

tFrom Tuesdays Daily Herald)
When the democratic primary com
mittee met on Monday to canvass the
vote in Saturdays run off primary it
was found that three ballot boxes had
not been returned to the court house
as required by law. The boxes out
were Fixes Mill, Sandy Hook and
Sawtiust Valley. These boxes had not
been returned at o'clock this morn
ing but it was expected that they
would be brought in before night.
The law governing the return of the
ballot boxes states plainly that they
must be returned on Monday following
the election. ..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
ANDREW B. EWING
NATIVE V|RG|N|AN
BUT LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHERE
HE HELD OFFICE.
(From Mondays Daily Herald. J

tFrom Mondays Daily Herald.)
Andrew B. Ewing, democratic nom
inee for sheriff, was born in the Old
Dominion state sixty-ive years ago.
When three years of age he moved to
Williamson county, this state,
with his parents where he
grew to manhood and lived until his
removal to this county sixteen years
ago.
Mr.. Ewing, while a new factor in
Maury county politics, held RESPONSE
BILE Office in Williamson county. He
served three years as mayor of Frank.
lin and made an enviable record as an
executive. He served one term as
clerk and master of the chancery court
of Williamson county. Although he
has always been active in the dis
charge of his duties as citizen, since
coming to Maury county Mr.. Ewing
has not been factor in politics.
For the past four years Mr. Giving
has been bookkeeper at the Columbia
Stock Yards. He is a member of the
church, he is married and
has four children. Mr.. Ewing lives in
the country and is engaged in the-
dairy business. 1t is said that he fail
ed to deliver the products of his dairy
on four mornings only as the result Of
lis canvass for sheriff. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
KINGS DAUGHTERS APPEAL.

In a measure the Kings Daughters
of Columbia take the place of more
highly organized charities in other
cities. For more than generation
this organization has been doing char
ity work in the city. Its members
have become experts in finding desery-
ing or needy cases and in supplying
succor to them. The very high char
acter and disinterested services of
the good women who administer re-
lief through the Kings Daughters are
a guarantee that every cent placed in
their keeping will be properly applied.
Ii is the custom Of the Kings Daugh-
tiers at Thanksgiving season to appeal
to the public for the funds and necessi
ties with which to carry on their mis-
sion of mercy The annual appeal
has been made. The Herald trusts
that it will meet with that generous
and cordial response from the public
which it so richly merits. That char
ity is needed in Columbia is not "a
pleasant thing to admit, but we have
always had Gods poor with us and
probably will have at the millennium.
We would all of us abolish poverty
just as we would have no more wars,
but it is probably an idle cream to
expect to realize either visa. Assur
eddy there will be poverty as long as
there is crime, as long as men and Wo-
men dissipate their health and their
means, as long as they are imppvi-
dent and as long as they are the vic
Tins of misfortune. Many are the abb
solutely innocent victims of misfor-
tune and of poverty They are in no
way at fault, but whether or not that
be the cause Christian people in this
community cannot afford to permit
suffering that they can relieve.
Without any very great sacrifice
lieve all of the want and suffering in
Columbia There is no more appro
pirate time to do this than at Thanks
giving when our hearts should be
overwhelmed with gratitude for the
blessings we have had during the year.
In no way can a Christian manifest
his protested love for the Giver of All
Good save through service to man
kind. He makes but hollow and emp
ty professions when he proclaims
from the house tops his devotion to
God and at the same time withholds
the help that he might extend to Gods
needy creatures here on earth. Let
us show our sincerity by right
hearty<response to the Kings Daugh-
ters appeal. '
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
JOSEPH |. HAGEY
WILL SELL GOODS
HAS ACCEPTED POSITION WITH
THE COLUMBIA HARDWARE &
FURNITURE COMPANY.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
Joseph Lafayette Hagey has accept
cd a position with the COLUMBIA Hard
ware & Furniture Company and will
enter upon his new duties Wednesday.
Mr. Hagey is quite popular and one
of the most hustling young men of the
county. He is affable and will no
doubt make good in his new field.
Mr.. Hagey will sell all over the store,
but his speciality will be victrolas. He
will also have charge of the outside
Victor work for the firm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
EWING EXPECTS
FULFILL PLEDGE
MADE 70 PEOPLE
DECLARES THAT HE EXPECTS TO
ENFORCE LAWS TO BEST OF
HIS ABILITY.
ONLY SINGLE PROMISE MADE
Assumed No Obligation Whatever In
the Campaign Except That Which
viii Be imposed Upon Him When
He Takes the Oath of Office.
(From MONDAYS Daily Herald. !

(From Mondays Daily Herald.)
please thank all those who voted
for me. especially the good women
who manifested such an interest in my
election and tell them that | ran on a
law enforcementp platform and that
when | assume the duties of the office
of sheriff, will to the very best of my
ability, carry out my pledges to them,
SO help me God"
This statement was made Saturday
night by Andrew B. Ewing. democrat
ic nominee for sheriff, when apprized
of his wonderful victory. And every
man and woman in Maury county
knows that this modest, unassumng,
sincere Christian gentleman means
every word that he says. There is a
ring of sincerity, an earnestness of
manner that carries conviction to any
statement that Mr.. Ewing makes.
The remarkable victory of the dem
ocratic nominee, perhaps all things
considered the most remarkable ever
won in all the political annals of Maui
ny county, will be talked about for
years to come. Running without a
semblance of political organization,
wholly without means, he distanced
one of the most popular men and for
mer Officials the county ever had in
the first test and ran away with the
nomination in the run off primary.
Until Monday afternoon following
the first primary there had never been
a meeting, caucus, a conference or a
of the Ewing supporters. A
few men from each district were hur-
riedly summoned together and an or
formed with James A. Eng
fish, of Mt. Pleasant, as chairman and
Claude Nichols, of Columbia, as secre-
Lary. Committees we're appointed to
get out the vote in each district and
volunteer cars for that purpose we're
called for. The result was an album. |
lance of cars everywhere. Nearly all
he men in the meeting we're amateurs
n politics, but they were earnest sin
'ere men firmly convinced that Ew-
ng's election would mean the reign of /
aw in Maury county and they went to /
work.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
PORTER WILL ATTEND
FEDERATION MEETING
NATIONAL MEETING FARM Blu.
REAU FEDERATION BE HELD
IN ATLANTA SHORTLY.

From Saturdays Daily Herald
Joe Frank Porter, president of the
temporary organization of the Tennes-
see Farm Bureau Federation, and
president of the Maury county feder-
alton, is planning to attend the ma
tional meeting of the Farm Bureau
Federation, to be held in Atlanta No
vember 21-23. This is a most impor-
tant meeting in view of the organiza-
ton work now in progress throughout
the nation. Representatives from
each state which has organized these
declarations will discuss plans for the
coming year.
With the information which he will
receive at the national meeting Mr..
Porter will return to Maury county
better equipped than ever to carry on
the organization work in this state
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
THE ARMS CONFERENCE.

Despite the suspicious opening OF
the great arms conference, the ready
acceptance "in principle and spirit
of the naval program outlined by Sec
rotary Charles E. Hughes, there are
still great many rocks confronting
the conference and the way to peace
and general disarmament is narrow
Too much must not be expected at
once.s There are SO many conflicting
interests The spirit of nationalism
has been SO aroused in the sea OF
blood that flowed in the recent war
that it is going to require expert di-
plomacy and all the devotion that can
be summoned by the members of the
conference to get over some Of the
rough places.
Land disarmament is going to be a
more difficult problem than Nmita-
ton Of the navies of the world,
France with 100000 men under arms
is not going to readily agree to pro
gram for reduction of arms. unless
some assurance is given of support
in theeyent of another attack from Ger
many. Although France was the vic
tor in the recent conflict she suffered
great deal more that the conquered
Germans. Her exhaustion is almost
complete. Waste and desolation and
a loss OF man power that will take
generations to replace, were her por-
ton in the war. Whether or not her
fears of Germany are well founded are
open to question, but after the expert
ences of 1870 and 1914 one cannot be
too severe in criticism of frances ca
gerness to safeguard her future
against another German invasion. Had
the United States ratified the agree
ment made by France, Britain and
America for the protection of France
in the event of another invasion. it
would have been easy to convince the
French of the wisdom of disarmament.
But that treaty will never be ratified
in this country. America clings to her
traditional policy of freedom from al
liances. In the absence of such as
surances France fears that she alone
must face the next invasion Of a re-
stored Germany.
Although limitation of naval arm
aments will be glorious achievement
for the tax burdened peoples of the
world. in order to achieve real results, |
to guarantee future peace and restore
prosperity there must be very radical
in the number of men kept
under arms in Europe. How to har-
monize all the conflicting interests and
France and Italy. as well as
that their safety lies not in
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25

The women of the ninth district,
about 100, met on the same day and
formed a Ewing organization with Mrs.
e. II. Hatcher at the head. Commit
tees were appointed and the women
formed the first and actually the only
real Ewing organization of the entire
campaign. They made a house to
house canvass and they got out the
vote. While the returns probably
show that Ewing would have won in
any event, nevertheless great credit is
due the women of Columbia and other
places in the county for their magnif-
icent work and their fine organization.
They went about their task with that
lnseliish devotion that is the finest
characteristic of the sex Asking
nothing for themselves but that which
they would share with all other good
citizens they had no Interior interest
to serve and their work counted &C,
cordingly.
Mr. Ewing will go into Office next
September with but one single solita-
ry pledge and that was openly made
to all the people. He is under oblga-
ton neither express or implied to any
political clique or faction He has
made no private promises. If he re.
ceiyed the vote of single law break
err it was in the face of his solemn
warning that they need expect no ia
vors from him.