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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
MRS. CUMMINS PRESENTED WITH
A WRIST WATCH

One of the most enjoyable times of
the season occurred Friday evening,
September 23d, when a reception was
rendered, following the regular meet
ing of the Daughters of America, to
the retiring State Councillor, Marian
S. Cummins and her staff of delegates
from Holly Council, Elsie Phillips,
Marian Nu%neviller, Elizabeth Schlecht
and Eva Brunell. The hall was deco
rated by Mr.. Cummins with ferns and
cut flowers. After Mrs. Cummins and
her staff had been escorted into the
room to the strains of America, Coun-
cilor Ella Henrick gave a welcome adj
dress which was answered by Mrs.
Cummins, thanking the Council for the
beautiful gift of a wrist watch which
had been given by the members of the
Council, and presented to her at the
State Session in Trenton, September
q, 1921, by Mrs. Phillips, and for their
loyal support during her term of Of
fee as State Councillor of the Daugh-
ters of America of the State Of New
Jersey, which had been a most sue
cessful one, having gained 10 new
Councils and over 1900 new members.
This is the largest gain in n year
since the State Council was instituted.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
Wood VS.. Heat.

1t is not generally realized that wood
Is a splendid nonconductor of heat,
says the American Forestry Magazine
of Washington. Tests have been made,
showing the properly built wood house
is exceptionally warm in winter and
cool in summer, and that a wood roof
Is superior in this respect to slate or
almost any other material except tile
laid with air spaces. The single roof
also has an advantage over slate and
tile in that it is light and does not re-
quire such heavy o. expensive support.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
By Richard Spillane
In the Public Ledger

Stories of the swindles practiced Oh
Nebraskans in the period of imitation
would challenge credulity if it were
not well supported by evidence. The
facts have been presented to the Grand
Jury of Douglas County by G. A. Davis
attorney general, with probable indict-
ments against 100 or more persons
among them bankers who heretofore
have been held in high esteem.
1t is estimated that the sharpers
took $25O,O0O 900 out of Nebraska.
They combed the state and missed no
section.
Some of the things they put over
were queer indeed. There was a
wagon factory in one town capitalized
at $4,000. They turned it into a So
called potash plant with a capital OF
SO, 600, 900 and sold stock without much
trouble. There was a ~so-called rubber
tire establishment in Brookings, S. D.
1t was in a hayloft and employed two
men. 1t was moved to Omaha, capital
lied at $10,0 900 and millions of dol
lars Ol SlOCh SOlu. II never u1dHuAdC-
tured a tire.
Oil companies were formed through
out the state to drill for oil in Okla
homa, Kansas and Texas. The stock
purchasers have nothing but worthless
shares for their money.
There was a big project for the
building of a great bank structure.
All there is of it now is the paper
shares.
A music house with $4,000 capital
was launched as a photograph factory
with $2,500, 900 capitalization, and SO
we'll was it boosted that some of the
shares sold at SIPS.
There we're cattle loan companies
that loaned no money, but evaporated
with the investors cash, and packing
house projects that did no packing ex
cept of the money of the credulous.
1t is alleged that bankers advised
the swindlers Of good prospects
They now are termed bird dogs" Tor
they flushed the game for the hunters
Men heretofore of excellent reputation
are among the accused. Various OF
them have gone to other parts OF the
country.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
NanoIeon Dreaded cats.

Napoleon was deathly afraid of cats.
Not long after the battle of Wagram
and the second occupation Of Vienna
by the French, an aid-de-camp, when
passing the door of Napoleon's bed
room on his way to bed, heard re-
peated calls for help. Rushing into
the room he was astonished to SCI the
greatest soldier of the age half UNI
dressed, making furious lunges with a
sword through the tapestry that lined
the walls, behind which a cat had SCI
GREETED herself.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
Derivation of April.

Authorities on derivation of words
state that the word April, the name of
our fourth month, was derived from
the Latin verb, "aperio," l open, and
that the month was so named because
1t is the time when the buds of trees
and flowers open IF this were the
case, it would make April singular
among the months. for the names OF
none of the rest, as designated in
Latin, have any reference to natural
conditions or circumstances"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30

Read the Journal dds.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
Remarkable Book.

What is said to be the most curious
book in the world is the property OF
the family of Prince de Ligne OF
France. It is neither printed nor writ
ten, the letters of the text being u
out Of each folio on the finest vellum,
then interleaved with blue paper, max
ing 1t easy to read.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
AMERICANS SHOULDBE
PROUD OF WORK BY
near EAST RELIEF"
Says American High Commits
sioner. Congress Is Told of
Great Accomplishment

Washington.-The annual report
Of the activities of the Near East Re-
lief organization, filed with Congress
by Charles V. Vickrey, General Sec
rotary, constitutes the modest history
of one of the greatest pieces of phil
anthropic work ever undertaken and
carried through by American men
and women, according to we'll in
formed persons in the capital. Ad-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
One Less Customer.

One day, while travelling for a whole
sale house, l visited n of u Gus
toners in a small town, whom I knew
well. AS / was passing through the
outside Office | noticed an extremely
u~nattractive clerk.
After entering the private office, /
said, "Say, Smith, that ste~nographer
of yours is about the homeliest girl
rye ever SEEN"
"She is my daughter" said he
Exchange. :
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
An Offset.
Exchange

1.-TWO hundred dollars! That's a
large fee for your treatment. doctor"
mot at all. You save that amount,
at least, in the diet 1 prescribed for
you"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-30
ODDS AND
ENDS
By B. c. Forbes
In the New York American

In the New York American
Vincent Aston is a most serious
looking young man. He doesn't look
as ii he got an exhuberant amount
of happiness out of life. l happened
to sit very near him in a restaurant
the other day. / noted: That he
didn't smile once; that he had a very
grave, almost sad-looking counte-
nance; that he ate a modest lunch;
that he was very unostentatiously
dressed; hat he wore no jewelry;
that he didn't spend more than half
an hour in the place, although in adj
dition to eating his lunch he contrived
to look at two evening papers which
he went out and bought-the first thing
he turned to was the editorial page of
the New York Evening Journal.
He lounges around no fashionable
club at lunch time. He eats regu-
larly at this quiet, substantial, not
at-all-lashy restaurant, usually alone.
He doesn't roll up to it's entrance in
any costly limousine; occasionally, on
very bad days, he rides in a very mex
pensive a showing signs of wear
and-tear.
Our two richest young men, John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Vincent Astor,
both go in more for %purposeful work
than for pleasure-seeking. Young
Rockefeller eschews society alto
gether, and young Astor doesn't bother
with it more than he can avoid. His
wife also is more interested in the
things that count than in frivolities.
Incidentally, one never hears Vim
cent Astor's name connected with any
high jinks in the stock market. APP
%parently, he attends strictly to his own
vast business affairs.
Curious, isn't it, how one man will
pass another in life's race? Not so
very, very long ago the manager of
one of New York's most notable hotels
had a very Industrious secretary. His
boss is still filling the same position,
but the secretary is now at the head
OF a whole string of great hotels.
Among hotel men, he has the reputa-
ton Of being a giant of giants. He is
l.. M. Boomer.
Said a hotel man to me the other
day: One of the greatest treats of
my life has been to sit in Mr.. Boom
er's office and watch him work. He
knows how to handle all classes of
people quite as well as he knows how
to handle business. The humblest en-
ployee can go straight to his office
and see him-very different from most
hotel managers. He gets through
work like lightning. Nothing seems to
upset him. All kinds of questions and
difficulties and tangles are thrown at
him n after the other, but somehow
he finds a way to set everything right.
A young man could learn more from
working in Mr.. Boomers Office for six
months than he could learn in four
years at any business college,"
l once asked Coleman dupont why
he was investing so heavily in hotel
properties. He instantly replied:
Because l have a man who knows
how to run hotels the right way and
at a profit-Boomer."
The late George Boldt ran only two
hotels. Mr.. Boomer is o only run
ming Mr.. Boldt's two notes.-the
Waldorf and the Bellevue-Stratford, at
Philadelphia-but half a dozen other
great establishments.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
JUNIOR COUNCIL
ELECTS OFFICERS

(From Fridays Daily Herald) y
At the regular meeting OF Maury
Council No. 275 Junior Order United
American Mechanics, held last night,
much important business was trans
acted in addition to the election OF Of
ficers for the ensuing year.
Reports showed that the lodge mas
made most satisfactory progress dur
ing the past year, and stu further
success was predicted nr
Officers were elected as follows:
Councillor, w A. Reaves; Vice Coun-
eiIor Herman Jones; Chaplain, w. +.
Griffin: Assistant Recording Secre-
tary. ]. II. Woods; Conductor, c. NJ
Jones: Warden, NJ. N. Foster; Inside
Sentinel. H. d. Nesbit; Outside Senti-
mel. ]. E. Patterson; Junior Past Coun-
cilor, F. r. owen; Trustee, c. M. Ed
wards: State Deputy Councillor, F. c.
Sowell.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
WOMAN III
ENTERS into REST
.MRsf 10y ETA ,LANGDoN DIES
HEREaLAsT NIGHT AFTER I
LONG ILLNESS.

. StN4 -S[ = ~. sAs.
H(From Tuesdays Daily Heraldo NJ
j Mrs. Lou Eta Langdon, aged TWEEN
tyeiak years. Aftes Oh q. 4s Lahgaon,
died at 9 o'clock Sunday night at her
home 205 Fourth street, after an i'll
ness etseveral I mouths MRS. Lang
don vas a member 81 the Christian
church and Yas an excellent young
woman, beloved by all who knew her.
Deceased is survived by her nus
band and one child, four sisters, Mrs.
E. w. Frasier, of Nashville; Mrs. Dew
ey, Waldrop, Misses Ellen and Jennie
PRICE, of Lanton, and five brothers,
Walker Price, tof Alabany, Ala. Guy
Price of Clinton, KY; Shrigley and
Dock Price, of Nashville, and J. H.
Price, of Lanton.
The funeral was conducted this af-
.tefhoon at Lanton by Elder F. C.
Sowell. Interment was in the Bunch
cemetery. HeE fsurssbrothers, Isaac
Langdon and Dewey Waldrop served
as pail bearers. Funeral arrangements
by the Maury Undertaking Company.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
NO CHANGES TO
Be MADE REALTY
VALUES OF CITY
ASSESSMENT MApEs BY LOCAL
%TASRiTlEs RsT YEAH
4 W,,w'sk. iss STAND.
PERSONALITY WILL Be ASSESSED
Cannot Be Definitely Determined the
Ampunts0ff T axaRate Necessary to
Run the Govsfnmentr Until City
Board Of Equalization Acts.
(From FRIDAYS Daily Herald.

- 'ohA 1Aihoy iIaiiy ilSio4u,D
No tax assessor Tor the city of Co.
umbia has yet been elected to assess
the personal property and changes in
the real estate for this year. The
city will nor follow the example of
the state. ,accordinga to- statements of
officials and resassess the real estate
this year, but allow last years assess
msnt to stand for two years. This
has been the custom here as we'll as
with the stateNuntil this year when the
Legislature because of big deprecia-
tion in land values, provided for new
assessment this year.
But the city will assess any i'm.
provements made ip the gsaf dtate
since the assessment of last year and
also the personal property. 1t is an
ticipated that the assessment of the
latter win show a decrease from last
year due in part to the investments
made in tan exempt securities and also
to a depreciation in the value of per
sonality. &4 ~
1t was planned by officials OF the
city to haves woman make the as.
sessment of the property for this year
and it is said that a most excellent
business woman, familiar with val
ues and an ardent advocate of equal
suffrage, was importuned to take the
place. But for. satisfactory reasons
she was forcedsto decline the honor.
Last year it will be recalled that
woman served on the city board of
equalization for the first time in the
person of Mrs. Margaret c. Brown
and her services were so satisfactory
and her efforts added so largely to the
property values of the city, that it was
throught that woman could make an
improvement acting as city assessor.
The city tax rate cannot be fixed
definitely until after the assessment
has been completed. But it is believed
that 1t will not be materially. different
from that stlasts year when AZ was
fixed at $1,15 on the 500. However, a
decided falling off in the values in the
city might result I'M a slight advance!
of the tax rate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
FINE PROGRAM
FOR MEETING
on SATURDAY
FilNdkiTTRELL WILL BE PRINcl.
pAlsaEAkER AT MEETING EN-
J, ~ TERPRIsE tEuss
BOYS ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED
In Addition to aIksi6pMr. klttr.u
and County Agent, Several Other
Interesting Speeches VIII Be Made.
Expect Reports.
From Tuesdays Daily Herald.


Hint Kittrell, cashier of the Farm.
ers & Merchants Bank of Mt. Pleas.
ant will be the principal speaker at
the meeting of the Enterprise commu-
nifty club, to be held next Saturday
night. Mr.. Kittrell's talk will be of
especial interest to boys. He will
discuss what the boys of the county
may do for the upbuilding of their
communities, touching upon what has
been accomplished through the clus
work in the county.
County Agent Alternately win also
oe one of the speakers, discussing in
general the farm work of the coun.
ty, and recounting what is being done
through the organized communities.
1t is expected that several of the
leading citizens of the community
will also be speakers, and reports will
probably be made on the progress
that is being made for the big com.
munity fair to be given at Enterprise
this fall. ~
The Enterprise community is plan
ming one of the biggest community
fairs to be held in the county, and
among the speakers invited is Cover
nor A. A. Taylor, and other speakers
of wide reputation.
The committee of the Enterprise,
club, which will assist in the prepare
ton of the county councils exhibit
for the state fair has entered active
ly upon its work, and it is expected
that the Enterprise community will be
well represented in the exhibit.
1t is expected that Saturdays meet
ing will attract practically the entire
membership Of the organization in
view of the interesting program that
has been arranged.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
INTERESTING CASE
IN CRIMINAL COURT
GEORGE JETT STANDING TRIAL
ON CHARGE OF CRUELTYTO. 49,.
ANIMALS TODAY.
lFrom FridaY,s Daily HeraI

(From Fridays Daily Herald.)
One of the most interesting and
hardest fought CAGES tried in, Soupty,
criminal court in rhaky shiohthsfs that
of state, against Gearge yett, charged
with crdeltSsto animals, iths pTpsecu-
tor in the case being r. M. Whitworth,
a prominent farmer of the Culleoka
community. 1t is alleged that Mr.
Jett struck a milk COW belonging to
Mr.. Whitworth on the leg with an axe,
breaking it. Many witnesses have tes-
tilted, and the tr.il has consumed a
greater part of two days. 1t was ex-
pected that 1t would go to the jury
this afternoon.
The prosecution is being conducted
by Pride Tomlinson, newly elected
county attorney, assisted by w. S.
Fleming, Jr., while PEBBLES & Forgey
are representing the defendant Jett.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
ELECT TEACHERS
RURAL SCHOOLS
OF THE COUNTY
,ovsoRY BOARDS OF DISTRICTS
SUBMIT MANY NAMES TO AD-
JoURNE0 MEETING.
f0NTRAcTS FOR THE BUILDINGS
n,Ieaations Appear to Discuss Plans
for the New Houses to Be Erected
From the School Bond 'lssue-Meet
Again on First Monday.

From Saturdays Daily Herald.)
: Teachers for the county schools,
contracts for the new buildings to be
sracted from the school bond issue,
discussion of the budget for the COM
ing wear and routine matters are en-
saging the attention of the county
board Of education which met this
morning in adjourned session.
All of the members of the board
were present when Chairman Russell
called it to order, as follows: Messrs.
Haywood and Hardison, Richardson
and Clarke, and Secretary Graham
A delegation from Cross Bridges ap.
Deared before the board to discuss
the awarding of the school contract
at that plate.
Advisory boards in all of the dis
trcts submitted reports but they did
not include recommendation for
teachers for all the schools, as the
local boards have not been able as
yet to secure satisfacpry steachers
within the limits of the budget.
One member of the board stated
this morning that he. had received
more applications for places as teach.
srs that he had had in several years,
but that nearly all of the applicants
wanted more money than the budget
would allow.
1t is expected that the board will
be engaged until late this afternoon.
At the regular July meeting, one
week hence, the budget required by
The recent act of the legislature will
be prepared and approved for sub
mission to the county court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
Seeking Compel
Il WserDunce' or
LightiContraci

NJ (From Fridays Daily Herald. y
Suits to compel the observance Of
contract have been filed in Chancery
court by several citizens of the Bryant
Station section against the Southern
Cities Power Company.
1t is set out in the bills filed that
the defendant company for right of
way across certain farm lands in that
section, agreed to pay the property
owners certain sum for each pole,
and guy wire on the place, and also
to furnish the owner of the property
with electric current at the same rate
furnished the citizens of Mt. Pleasant.
1t is alleged that the Power Company
has not complied with the provisions
of the contract, and suit has been in
stituted seeking to force this compli-
ance. ThosH. who. have instituted suit
aresJohn. S9ark T. w. McCandless,
MI Eliza Mitskll, L, H.. Mayberry
AIN wfaega4srdH MayberrysfW. A.
Denham, R. G. Bryant, George Bryant
and S. J. Reavis. Major Horace Frier-
son is solicitor for compliments.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
Prof. llF' Tanner .HIEAbs '.l'I
MT PLEASANT SCHOOL
HARTMAN EDUCATOR ELECTED
SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY
AND COUNTY SCHOOLS.
(From Fridays Daily Herald

Prof. Dudley S. Tanner, of Harri-
man, has been elected superintendent
of the city schools of Mt. Pleasant and
principal of the county high school
at that place. Thes4ocal board has Sc
lected the entire faculty, the high
school teachers being nominated sub
ject to the, appk6yal of the county ~
board. Prot. Ta5her is college grad
uate and has'haK a long experieaH ii IL
teaching and the membegsp OF the
board of education feel fortunate in
having been able to secure his SER
vices. The high school at Mt. Pleas
ant has attained a high standard, and
with additional equipment, which will
be provided under the recent bondis-
sue. viii have an even greater eff
cheney. ~ As
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
ssoTT @fs7 So aeifRsi'e
WHEAT AND FLOUR - /. =
ARE LOWER TODAY
FORMER, HOWEVER, OPENS ON
THE LOCAL MARKET AT SIPS
AS FoREcAsTED.

Wheat and -four tumbled today,
-four declining fifty cents barrel and
wheat on the July market being 10
cents lower for cash wheat and two
cents on July options. However. the
market here. as predicted Some. days
ago in The Herald. opened at $l.25 a
bushell and dealers are paying that
price. In view of the DECLINES at the
primady markets there rs no assur-
ance that the price will be- sustain
"a. t sdgq lHF ESQ 81 iRs yya
o slH5 ~ Liza Il1ia sht- ssaAss BssIi
p Hgtalps cheap cdfdfiksAdasPsss
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
FROM
ii, REGENT. COOPERATION

5aFrom saturdays DAILY Herald.)
John NJ. Burns, one Of tie co,nnty's
most prominent farmass, ind. father
of County Trustee j. Ross Burns, who
was operated on at the Kings Daugh-
tersl hospital, is reported recovering
nicely and his friends hope to see him
out again within, a'few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
BANKS WILL OBSERVE
:. NATIONAL HOLIDAY

On Monday, July 4, all the banks OF
Columbia will observe the 145th ami
yersary of the declaration of indie
pendence, which made America THE
Land, of the Free, and the Home Of the
BraYe." Merchants should take note
Of the patriotism of the banks and
should govern their needs according.
D.. The Fourth iof July Is national
HOLIDAY throughout the fehgtk and
blssdth n sAhseaEiess, :, : a'.'ss'9la'e2
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
RIsHc,fe.keRO3't
DEATHS VICTIM
RUSSELL WEBSTER, VALUED EN-
.,PloYE, OF COLUMBIA WATER
G. LIGHT COMPANY, DIES.

s. From Tuesdays Daily Herald.)
Russell Webster, highly respected
negro, who for the past fifteen years
has been in the employ of the Co,um-
bia Water & Light Company, died at
I o'clock Sunday morning at his
home in, this city after an illness Of
several weeks. Russ" as he was
known to. both white and black, was
one of the most substantial negro citi.
zeRs of the commsnity and numbered
his white friends by the score. -
The funefal 4illbe az ago ofIo&
TUESDAY at.ths Fitlt Baptist chefeh,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
,G|Rls!r B|ifA(E = e
= sObti MchB

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
tQaa bottle Containing three ounces
OF Orchard White, which any drug
store will supply for a few cents.
81 hke well, and you have quarter
PIT of the BEST freckle and tan 10.
ton. and complexion whitener.
s%sMassage this sweetly fragrant lem
on lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes bleach out and
how clear, soft and rosy-white the
skin becomes Advt.) 8
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
R[SRtafDlCHAtH,,, /.
! ENTERS INFO REST
UNCLE" JESSE CHEEK DIES IN
4 44RbisbN Mtts stk-iioN kKf
RIPE OLD AGE.
.4s;;Ess H.. I;:sSssst.Fgss Asi,H i

Jesse Cheek, aged eighty,nine years,
one Of Many cbsatss oldsst'aatf hiost
highely respected citizens, died Thurs
day at his home in the Hardison Mill
sections Uncle Jease. as he was wide
kn5wh,Aassohets the most beloved
men tof the county He was SPLEEN
aiiaf dtizkh and agaevo'as And. cdlise4
Grated church man. For nearly three
quarters of century he has been a
ruling elder of the Cumberland Pres
byterian church at old Bethlehem
fIfe isysuryiyed by three sons and
oneSdaughter Charles, j. o. and John
Cheek and Mrs w. Hardison.
The funeral will be conducted at II
o'clock Saturday morning at old Beth
lehem church, Marshall county, by the
pastor, Rev. C. NJ. Zwingle, assisted
by che Revs. j, NJ. Brown and c. NJ,
IHendrieks. IptelmeRt viii be in the
family lot.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-01
SUNDAY HOTTEST. VI.
DAY OF THE YEAR ,

Contrary to the general belief the
weather observatory at Ashwood
shows that Sunday and not yesterday
was the hottest day of the year that
is one degree higher temperature was
registered Sunday than on Monday.
However, Monday night was ahotter
night than Sunday night. The smereu-
ry at Ashwood Sunday at the highest
point registered 80 degrees. = a -.