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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
Consolidate the Schools.

The public school at HUI rricane
which has recently closed a most
successful term of ten months, fur
nishes n striking illustration of the
benefits to be derived from a cOncen-
tration of school interests. Mr.. b. s..
Thomas and his fellow directors in
that district have been advocates of
the consolidation idea from the be
ginning. Some year or so ago Mr..
Thomas, assisted by the people of
the district, built a cOmmOdiOus
school building at Hurricane, which
is about the center of the district, and
provided it with all the modern i'm
provements for teaching. They en-
ployed Prof. DOdson, a teacher of
fine ability and large experience, and
efficient assistants. 1t Is now the
only white public school in the dis
trict, and is receiving the united
enthusiastic patronage of the people.
The attendance has grown from the
beginning and is gratifyingly reg
ular. The teachers are paid the good
salaries which their abilities COM
mand, and yet the school continues
ten months in the year. The advan-
tages of this course over the old way
of having a half dozen pretenses of
schools in district, are too obvious
to dwell upon. If every district in
the county would follow the example
of the Fifth, the problem of public
education would be solved. 1t is the
only feas ible solution. Directors are
beginning to make their arrange
ments for the district schools now.
Let them consider this consolidation
idea and see if they cannot carry it
into effect in their districts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
TENNESSEE MIDLAND.
the Editor of the HERALD:

To the Editor of the HERALD:
notice in the daily press that the
Tennessee Midland is about to issue
several millions in bond to extend
their road. I understand that their
objective destination is NOrfOrlk, Va,
via Knoxville or Bristol, and pro-
pose to build via Nashville. Now by
looking on the map and drawing a
line from the Tennessee River Ito
which the road is finished) to Knox
vile, the road would run through
Columbia, and be a good deal shorter
than TO go by Nashville. Moreover,
the road would pass through splendid
timber, great abundance of iron ore
and coal. and also through one of the
finest agricultural sections in the
State, insuring the road splendid
local business, sufficient to pay a
handsome revenue.
The writer thinks that Memphis
would be largely interested in having
the road built via Columbia instead
of Nashville. If built into Nashville
it opens up trade to Nashville now
exclusively occupied by the Memphis
merchants. But if built via Column
bia, it opens up a vast section of coun-
try to Memphis from which she is
now absolutely excluded. The writer
believes that Columbia and Maury
County would do the handsome thing
by the Midland if they would build
through Columbia. The right-Of-way,
terminal facilities, etc, could be Sc
cured for the Midland.
Will Carmack, of the Commercial,
look into this question? He is ia
miliar with the ground and the re-
sOures of this section and can give
the officers of the Midland some
valuable information. Very truly,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24

Sunday was an unusually dreary day,
but the average attendance at Sunday
school was good and a full congregation
was out to hear Rev. J. G. EOwler'S ser
mon at IL O'Clock. At night the attend
ance was poor.
The Trustees orthe Cuueo>a Academy
met Tuesday morning to see about sup
plying a teacher for next year. Rev. J.
J. RansOme met with them, and some
propositions were made, but they came
TO no agreement.
Barclay Shaw, who has been teaching
at Rock Hill, is now at home.
Will Williamson has arrived at home
after spending d successful year at the
Vanderbilt.
William Meek, representative Of Kirk
patric Il Co., of Nashville, was in town
the first of the week.
Misses Sue Wilkes and Vash;i BeilGn-
FAINT made the writer a visit last week.
Mrs. Marthy Smith, of Pulaski, i the
guest of Mrs. NJ. b. Smiser.
Mrs. q. G. Taylor and daughters, Of
Columbia, arc visiting the family OF
Clabe Taylor.
Misses Howard and Parsons are at
Miss Minnie Hewlett cau.a home
Saturday from Walter Valley, y here
she has been teaching for the past Io,.'
month.
Miss Lillian Love is at home after
pleasant visit 10 Pulaski.
Mrs. Mat Sheriff. has returned 70 her
home al Bee Springs.
Miss Virgie Tomlinson spent SatUr-
day and Sunday with Miss Lucy Bra
den at CampbeF station.
Benson EVius and Sam Withers were
ouJ Sunday. Sam says be doesn' get to
see his girtotteu-oniy once or twice q
week.
Miss Macon left last Thursday for
Admission, Ala, to visit her brother.
Two Of our young ladies are taking
lessons on the violin, and if they con
tinue to make such rapid progress they
will soon be skillful performers.
ar. 4. Wilkes and son and BeytOn
Eubanks spent Monday in Columbia.
The mention of the hOrebac< ride Sue
Wilkes and Laura Taylor took last
their cheeks, and the blue and brown
eyes seek the carpet in sweet confusion.
Why? Because, in their seemingly aim
less, rambling ride over the hills, they
found the cavern of some Ofthe Gecend-
ants of the "Witch Of EndOr," and
PLY portrayed. Watch out, certain
young men, the fOrtune-teller came so
"neaT home" that we doubt if these fair
maids let Leap Year pass without put
ting the predictions of the sold woman
in the wood" to test.
Thanks are due to one Of the CulleOka
boys for a good "POtatO story Not
satisfied with being a candidate Tor
"dude," he aspires to rival Russell
Sidney" OF Democratic fame. Hore Is
his story Just as it was given to US, eN-
cept that it is abridged as time and
space demand. "RObeIt Ingram claims
to have found on j. S. Cowden's farm
forty-seven potatoes in one hill" Not
knowing the number of hills, we Will
not make an estimate of the entire crop.
Maybe there was only one hill.
BARBARA.
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED YARDS.
Is About the Quantity of Nice Lawns
White Grounds, COlOred Figures, Per-
fectIy Fast COlOrs, That We Haye
Placed on Sale at Five Cents
Per Yard,

Ladies will find these goods ex-
ceedingly nice for wrappers during
the hot weather. They will go quick
ly at this price.
We also received a new line of
French Pineapple cloth, made by the
q eatest French manufacturers in the
world. They are very sheer and
gauzy, thirty two inches wide, elegant
patterns and the usual retail price of
the goods is forty cents per yard.
The knowledge of being we'll dressed
goes a long ways towards creating
satisfaction with a customer, and we
offer these goods with the knowledge
that they are absolutely the newest
things for hot weather wear.
We have had great deal of
trouble in supplying the demand for
our $3.50 Oxford Ties, but we are
promised another big lot of them in a
few days. There is absolutely no
Oxford Ties offered for sale in this
town at the price, that come within
gunshOt of the quality of this Tie. If
you paid $3.50 per pair for them you
would get every cent of it back in the
wear.
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Morning Dsily Herald.

The HERALD during the July races,
will be converted into a morning pa
per. Arrangements are being per-
fected as rapidly as possible toward
this end, and by July 18th. we will
issue the first morning daily ever
printed in Columbia. Our object in
doing this is to serve to our readers a
full account of the occurrences of the
previous afternoon, and a complete
list of the races that will be run.
This movement should meet with the
hearty approval of our people, and
they should rely on their home paper
for full information relating to the
July meeting. Parties desiring to
get the HERALD during that week in
July should hand in their names
early, in order that they may be
placed upon the proper list. Our eff
forts to give to the people first-class
daily paper should meet with re-
Spouse now, that will indicate the
pride the people of this city have in
home enterprise, and their willing
ness to sustain it. To the business
man this change will afford a most
excellent medium for placing your
name before the large crowd that will
be here daily.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
SummertOwn Tenn.

'I'riday evening June IL, one of the
most enjoyable social affairs of the year
was held at the Summit House in honor
of Miss Enza Foot of Grand Rapids
Michigan, and Miss Eta StOckard of
Napier, Tenn. Never did the young
ladies lOOksprcttie" or more lOvable-
never the gentlemen more manly. At
ii o'clock the bell sounded the banquet
hOur-what feast. Turely, Prof.
Renick and his beautiful, gifted wife are
familiar in the arts to please the appe-
tite. Nothing was lacking, all ate
drank and were merry. All went away
regretting that "OId Sol" was climbing
the eastern sky so fast. All give the
host and hostess their. best wishes and
also Mrs. John Bond who assisted Mrs.
Renick. The following couples were
present.
Mr.. Tom Barns-Miss Abby Potter;
Mr.. Geo. NiXOn-Miss Anna Kidd;
Mr.. l.. L. Gates-Miss Flora Bloom;
Mr.. Walter Craig-Miss EnZa Foot;
Mr.. j. ID. PattersOn-Miss Dora Petty;
Mr.. L. Wright-Miss Eta Stockard;
MR.. Garner-Miss Maggie Stewart;
Mr.. ID. NJ. Ribble-Miss Susie Patterson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
INN Mnnh EmclislI.

Says a crank in Clark'5 Horse Re
view, speaking OF saddle horses and
how to ride horse back properly:
Again, the pressure exerted while
trotting by two riders Of equal weight
upon each stirrup varies surprisingly.
If a rider Of average weight rises up the
length Of the thigh, each Stirrup sup
ports a pressure of nearly seventy
pounds, the weight alone of the leg up
on the stirrup being twenty-five pounds.
But if he raises himselfupOn the sLlrrup
without strengthening the thigh, the
pressure will reach and also exceed 100
pounds; il is more than doubled. 1t
can therefore be seen that rider weigh
ing 100 pounds can fatigue a horse more
than a rider weighing 200 pounds.
If there is anything in the world
that strikes the average TennesseRn
as q useless expenditure Of leg mus
Gle, it is to see some big fellow who
thinks he knows how to ride horse,
bobbing up and down in the saddle
because sit s English" Having no
saddle horses in England, ard as a
kind of park show oil, they learned TO
ride for short distances in this bob
bling manner over there. But put
one on horse and send him twenty
miles after a bunch of cattle and his
bObbing would give out before he
reached the first toll gate. This
whole thing is intensely English, you
know, and belongs to the legitimately
bang-tailed, trappy gated park horse,
and is only INTENDED for short spur
to shake up John Bulbs beef soup
and show off the seat Of his breeches
to bis admiring friends. John does
that because he has 40 saddle horses
in England, in the first place; and in
the second place, because the fourth
Duke Of Ulster, Jim Crow Connaught,
over one hundred years ago, got on
high-cock. "a forum and park horse,
and knowing his reputation for
dignity and veracIty were at stake,
aud that he couldu'J sit straight in
the saddle if he tried, he gave full
vent to the disposition on his part to
appear unsteady in the saddle, wob
bled and bumped about TIL he reached
home, where he explained to his lrate
mother-in- law, who had come down
to the front steps to assist him in
alighting while she exercised her
m0therly prerogative in other mat
ters, that the whole thing was "a new
style of riding Just gotten out by the
prince, you know" That settled 1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
Onr Lnh Dennrfment.

We desire to inform our friends
that we have ut the head of our job
department, Mr.. Chas. II. Munger
late of Huntsville, Ala.
Mr.. Munger is Il man of extensive
experience in this, as well as every
other department connected with a
newspaper. As an artistic job printer
he is second to none in the State, as
his work will testify.
Our facilities for artistic job work
are better than they have ever been,
and we are prepared to turn out all
kinds of printed matter on short
notice. We make specially of large
orders, and are prepared to execute
them with skill and dispatch.
Mr.. Munger will visit the business
men of the city, from time to time, in
the interest of this department, and
will be prepared to give prices and
assist parties in drawing up the de-
signs they want. Parties wanting
any kind of job printing will do well
to give the HERALD an opportunity
to show them how completely they
will be satisfied.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
Don't Delay.

Much has been written and said up
on the subject of eyes and glasses by
the HERALD sufficient for those who
have closely followed such writings
to have gained some intelligence up
on so important a subject. DO not
wear glasses unsuited to your eyes.
Do not wear frames untitled to the
face. Do not wear sPectacles il they
hurt your eyes. Do not put them on
unless yOn either cannot see to read or
do close work without them, or cannot
see at distance, or that even when
you do see to do such things the use
of the eyes is attended with distress
from use, or a feeling of weakness,
blurring of the letters or apparently
running one into the other, then put
them on; but they must relieve such
difficulties or improve the sight 9th
erwise you do not need glasses. But
above all, do not trust your eyes in
the hands of incompetent persons.
Go to DIR. Matthez, at the Bethel
House, and have him examine your
eyes. 1t will cost your nothing for
the trial; he does not experiment;
his actual work deserves admiration.
Those who fail TO gee him will have
reason for regret. Do not delay.
His stay is limited TO p. m, OF Sat
urday next, June %.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
PERSON

Lynch Perry is III Chicago.
J. NJ. Sheppard, Jr., is in Chatta-
no0ga.
Mrs. Ezell is visiting relatives in
Pulaski.
Mr.. a. n. Akin has returned from
Chicago.
Miss Louise Frierson is visiting in
Nashville.
Mr.. J. p. Hood of this city, left for
Chicago Sunday.
Miss CaIIie Duncan is visiting in
Lincoln County.
Geo. w. KilIebrew has gone to
Montgomery, Ala.
NJ E Bradley, of Nashville, was in
the city this morning.
Mr.. J. ?. Street and Miss Lucille are
visiting in Danville, Ky.
a. S. james the popular Jeweler is
visiting in Florence Ala.
MIS-. J. *. Farrell is visiting rela-
tiVes in Williamson County.
r. G. Sparrow left this morning for
a husiness trip to Louisville.
Miss Pet Andrews, of Nashville, is
visiting relatives in Columbia.
Miss Pattie VOORHEES,, of Pulaski, is
=
II. \. McLcmore left this morning
for business trip to Kansas City.
Miss Emma Hughes is visiting
Miss Nettie Granbery Al AshwoOd.
Mr.. Leon Gross, of Fort Worth
Texas is visiting his parents on Sixth
street.
Miss Nellie Kerr, of Rockdale, is
visiting Miss Susie Hart, Twelfth
street.
Mr. +. L. Hart, of CORTLAND, Ala,
is visiting relatives on Thirteenth
street.
Miss Mamie Rupe, of South Union,
Ky, is visiting her brother, DR.. Rupe,
ut Lipscomb.
Mr.. J. G. Carroll, of Louisville, ac
companied by Master Robert Pike, is
here on visit.
Frank Davis, of the Maxwell
House, Nashville, spent Tuesday
with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. p. Figuer5 and
little daughter, Mary Dale, are visit
ing at Dark Is Mill.
Aaron Johnson has returned to
Shelbyvllle after spending several
days with J. Rosenthal.
Mr. and Mrs. G. =. Bryan, of Ala
bama, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. f. G. Mack, West End.
Mrs. L. G. Aldrich and daughter,
Il visit to relatives in Louisville.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Caperton and
Misses Bessie and Louise Hendley
have gone to Beaver Dam Springs.
Col. a. NJ. LoOney, LoOney Murphy
and Abe LOOney Walker have gone to
Lawrence county on a fishing trip.
Mrs. S. V. Wall of Franklin, after
a pleasant visit to Mrs. a. +. SOwell
and Gus, j., has returned to her home.
w. NJ. NewboId, superintendent of
the North aud South r. R, and wife,
of Birmingham, are at the Bethel
House to-day.
Mrs. Annie Barnett Hoffman, and
two little children, Of Fort Worth,
Texas, are visiting Mrs. j. +. Peters,
on South High street.
w. J. Hanna, formerly of the HOtf-
man Lumber County, but now of
Nashville, came down last night to
spend a short visit with friends here.
Mr.. A 3. TaveI who has been in
our city for the past three days estab-
fishing n Ruling of the Fraternal
Mystic circle, las retu ned 10 Nash
vile.
The Hon. W. : Abbott, of Chi
cagO, has been here in the interest of
manganese and to see Judge NJ. a.
Martin and !. f. Sowen. He is con-
sidered the mining king of Arkansas.
Miss Helen Smith, who has been at
tending school at the Athen@um,
left this morning for her home at
South Bend, Ind, accompanied by
Miss Emma d Smith, who will spend
tLta GIIunplar az that ,,Iapa
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
Getting Back from Chicago.

Mr.. A. n. Akin, one of the COM
mittee who went to Chicago to in
vite speakers to our Arsenal Celebra-
ton on the 18th of July, has returned
and reports encouraging prospects of
our securing any of the great speak
ers the committee may select. He
says that the whole Tennessee dele
CATION are very much interested and
will assist our committee by any
means in their power.
The Columbia contingent had good
hotel accommodations and were not in
the crowd of 5000 Democrats who
could not gain admission into the
Hail. They had good seats we'll to
The front. You may always depend
on Marry County to get what she
earnest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
AROUND TOWN.


Tho building formerly occupied by
the Columbia Banking Company, on
the corner of Seventh and the Square,
is being elegantly remodeled and re-
furnished, and will soon be occupied
by the Second National Bank.
Something New. A magnetic Ring
that will cure rheumatism and Neu-
raIgia. We guarantee you to be bene-
fitted or money refunded.
JAMES Bros.
june17-2t.
The Equalization Board has adj
journed until next week. Next week
will be the last sitting Of this board.
Mrs. W.D. Harrison's night bloom
ing cereus, mentioned in the HERALD
a few days ago, had two handsome
blooms Sunday night and one last
night, and will have two more to-
night.
Capt. J. Il. Craik, who accidentIy
got hurt at q rock quarry near Car
ter's Greek few days ago, is able TO
be out again.
Brisket Roast at cents q pound.
jun7 d st wilt w. J. GUEST & Co.
Lubricating oils. Black, Golden,
Machinery, Cylinder, and Lard oil,
E. w. GAMBLE GROCERY Co.
june3-1t
Trustee NJ. S. Kuhn and Deputy
Cathey are very busy making out
statements for the next session of the |
quarterly court.
Umbrellas and Parasols repaired
at x. SamueIs. iune1O st.
The Water Works Company are
having some large pipes layed near
the Pump Factory and will put in a |
new water plug for the benefit of the |
factory in case of fire.
Try cake of Grandpa's Wonder
Soap.
myi3-tf CIV. GAMBLE GRO. Co.
The sOuth-bOund passenger train |
No. 3, was delayed about five hours |
to-day by the wreck az Wales Station |
this morning, causing all of the pas
sengers to stay over in the city for |
dinner, and giving the hotels |
an increase of business.
Try our Magnetic Ring for Rheu-
and Neuralgia.
JAMES BROS.
iunel7-2t
The Main street Cumberland Pres
byterian Sunday-schOol will have
their annual picnic next Saturday at
Sluart's Springs.
The pavement on the east side of
North Main street is being repaired
to-day by a new curbing being built
down the side.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
]. ROSENTHAL.

and established the precedent; and as
precedent is all an Euglishman lives
or dies by, it's been the custom ever
since. Now saddle-hOrse is q horse,
as the small boys composition says,
"made to set on when you ride him. -
A trotting horse is not a saddle
horse, because you can't set on him
when you ride him. About half the
time you are in the air. And il
should be subject of the deepest
cOngratulatiOm that we now know
that if we rise to the length of our
thigh we only weigh half as much as
we would If we failed to rise to such
glorious possibilities. Thus men
who desire to get fat will please bear
this in mind; stop your cod-liver oil
and whisky; get you a park horse
and-dispOse OF your thigh.
On one thing, however, we agree
with the writer. We can easily see
how some men weighing only 100
pounds may fatigue a horse more
than one weighing 200 pounds. We
will go even further, and say that
we have seen extremely young men
weighing from ten to twenty pounds,
fatigue an entire hOusehOld-let alone
a horse-more than all the other
members, including the cook who
wanted to leave, put together.
But why do we wish to follow an
English custom? Did not our George
Washington give them padding,
using a strap with a sounding board
attachment that twas heard round the
WoTld?" Did not our Andrew jack
-1H and his tennessee Tiliemen clean
thcin up at New Orleans? Have they
ever had a Worlds Fair, or ever pro-
duced a man rs big as Grover Cleve-
land? What do we want with their
trappy-gaited, bang-tailed frauds that
for style look like Napoleon crossing
the Alps, but for speed can trot all
day in the shadow of an oak tree ?
And what do we want with their fool
way of riding? Our Tennessee saddle
horses have been bred for years to go
five different saddle gaits or he
couldn't be registered, and where is
the horse that doesn't want TO be
Tegiste ed? ii has been our boast
that you may take Il "niggeTN with
bowl of buttermilk on his head,
mount him on "A Tennessee saddler
and send him thTee-minute clip and
not drop of the milk will be spilled.
Let us stick to the Tennessee horse,
the negro, the buttermilk and an easy
seat, and let the Englishman's custom
a Ipua
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
TROTWO0D'S TALK.
Interesting to Farmers, Breeders and
Dairymen.
Facts Figures and Information OF
General Interest to the Country
Gentleman
Good Roads.

After clipping our article on the
pixies, of two weeks ago, Kell's Iowa
Turf adds the following:
1--WE would like to see the newspa-
pers of Iowa in general take up the
subject; and not let up until the peo-
pie take hold and do something. The
breeders and hOrsemen of Iowa, in
particular, should be interested in
the matter of better roads; and Iowa
Turf would like to see them do what
they can in their respective localities
to agitate the subject. Tie farmers
as well are interested, in fact, they are
more interested than anybody else,
and now that those who are less direct
~ interested are doing what they can
10 secure something that will be a
lasting benefit to the State in general.
and to everybody who travels the
roads, 1t is certainly the duty of all
to lend their aid to the cause.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
SOCIETY.

\ card party was given Tuesday
by Miss Fletcher Fariss, compliments
~ to Miss Alice Long, of Huntsville,
Ala. Those present We're: Misses
Mary Pickard, Maude Church, Lula
Keefer Annie Irvine, Annie Bunch,
Mary Ruttle, Alice Long and Fletcher
Fariss; and Messrs. Ulna Foster, DR..
Porter, Yves Evins, Herbert Latta,
John Dexter, G. Collins and Hugh
Fariss. y number of others would
have been present if il had not rained,
but those who were enjoyed n very
pleasant evening.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
FIRE FIENDS.
An Attempt 80 Burn tbe Columbia stool
Yards.

An Attempt 80 Burn the Columbia stock
Yards.
Wednesday night at S O'Clock, Mr.
Mosley, who lives on Thirteenth
street near the stock yalds, dis
covered light moving about
in one of the pens, which are
being ueed for making potato bar
rels by J. w. Howard " Go. Think
ing it was some OF the hands with
lantern, he paid but little attention
to it until the light seemed TO increase
and appeared at two places, blazing
up about six or eight feet high. He
notified some of the neighbors near
by, and they Immediately ran down
and extinguished the fire.
On examination they found that
some one had picked up lot of the
tarred Irvine, that had been used to
tie up the barrel slaves, and had put
one bundle in trough with aslot of
shavings and near some hay. AnOth-
er bundle had been placed on the
ground, about ten feet away, under a
pile of slaves, and fire set TO both
places.
No clue to the guilty party has been
found.