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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15
Who is Tie DQOSt Popular
Young Lady in Columbia ?

In order to ascertain this fact, we
offer a valuable and elegant Ladies' BIZ
cycle, which WAS ordered some months
ago through Messrs. Dobbins q Ewing,
of this city, to be made expressly for
this contest, and the manufacturers
have certainly done themselves great
credit in superior production.
The wheel is perhaps the finest ever
produced. 1t is work of art and a
model of beauty; being pure nickel
plate throughout with finest ball bear
ings, fender guards white china enamel,
and the latest pneumatic and tan col
ored leather seat.
1t is now on exhibition in one of our
show windows, and will be presented to
the most popular young lady in Column
bia OF Maury County. The contest
which we guarantee to be fair and i'm
partial-will be determined by allowing
one vote with each glass of our ICE
CREAM SODA, to be deposited in a
sealed canister provided for the pur-
pose, which will be cut open by a dis
interested committee on September %,
next, and the votes counted. The
young lady receiving the greatest num-
Der of votes being the winner.
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Bicycle Notes,

The first bicycle scorcher to be
dealt with by the courts, was at New
York, last week. He was fined $50
for fast riding.
There is now friction between cy-
clists and the Brooklyn Park Com
missioners, the latter warning the
former to keep off the main drive way
of the park.
We commend the above to the
favorable consideration of the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen of Column
bia. Tenn.
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STATE NEWS.

Coffee county is being settled up
rapidly.
The Chattanooga Pulp Mills are to be
established at Nashville.
Dyer County endorsed r. f. King, of
Dyersburg, for State Comptroller.
About 200 Tennessee quail have been
sent to Australia for breeding purposes.
Crops in DeKalb County are all good
except oats. Too much rain ruined the
oats.
The State Convention of the Dentists
Association was held in Nashville last
week.
The army worm is playing havoc
with the cotton crop in the Memphis
district.
The Williamson County Butter and
Cheese Factory, at Franklin, is now in
operation.
The State Homeopathic Association
held its annual session in Chattanooga
May ll-12.
In some portions of Dyer County the
army worms have about wiped out the
wheat crop.
Frank Buford, OF Giles county, re-
fuses to make race for reelection to
the lower house.
Sumner county people are going to
purchase bloodhounds for the speedy
capture of law breakers.
The chinch bug and army worm are
getting in their deadly work in real
earnest in Williamson county.
Eugene Debbs will be in Nashville
May 80 and 81, and will deliver an ad-
dress the night of the 3Oth, either at the
Tabernacle or the Grand Opera House.
The Franklin, Tenn, Press has been
sold to Graham Egerton, who will
move the plant to Dickson, Tenn, and
continue the publication of the paper
there.
The Giles County Record issued 5000
extra copies this week, over and above
their regular edition, containing a full
report of the test concluded at Lynn
vile of DR.. Snoddy's Hog Cholera
Specific.
In the recent hail-storm at Harpeth,
Williamson county, the stones were as
large as partridge eggs and covered the
ground over an inch deep. For half an
hour after the storm cleared, large hail
stones could be picked up.
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Machinery VS.. Man.

One nail machine has taken the
place Of 1000 men.
One man does the work now of
so weavers, which were required at
the time of his grandfather.
By the use of machinery in load
ing and unloading ships one man
can perform the labor of 1000 men.
Out of 500 men formerly employed
at the long saving business, 499
have lost their job through the in
PRODUCTION of modern machinery.
One machine, with one man
attendant, manufactures as many
horse-shoes in one day as it would
take POO men to make in the same
time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

OUR attention has been called to
the fact that marauders at Rose Hill
Cemetery are constantly stealing
flowers from the graves. This COM
plant has been heard more or less
for years, but the offenders seem to
be growing in numbers and bold
ness. We suggest to Mayor Nichols
that he detail a secret detective to
watch for these petty thieves, and
whoever they may be, or however
seemingly respectable, have them
arrested, tried and publicly dis
graced.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

LAST Tuesday about noon, when
the pavement was crowded, two
young ladies, on their bicycles, left
the street at the Racket corner and
rode on the pavement to the public
square. Every few feet the one in
front would ring her bell, thinking
no doubt she was entitled to the eX-
elusive right of way. Whereas, as a
matter of fact, she had no right
there at all, and the police should
have dismounted her then and there.
The police, as we understand it, are
elected to enforce the laws, and not
to decide when and against whom
the laws are to be enforced. 1t is
bad enough to be forced to dodge
reckless bicycle riders when you
wish to cross the street. 1t is worse
to be run over by them when you
are on the pavement. The law regu-
lating bicyclists is good one and
should be enforced against men, wo-
men and children alike. But il
seems impossible to teach the police
that they are not responsible for OIL
the judges of the laws, but public
servants employed to enforce them
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

IN SHELBY county they have
adopted the Mississippi system of
nominating candidates. The plan is
to hold regular primary election.
If any candidate receives a majority
of all the votes cast, he is declared
the nominee. But if no candidate
receives majority of the whole
vote, but a plurality only, then all
the candidates are withdrawn ex-
cept the two foremost ones and they
are made to run the race over. The
plan strikes us as a good one and is
worth considering in this Congress
sionai district.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

The Democrats in convention
assembled at Nashville last week,
did their work thoroughly and we'll.
The platform and the proceedings
not reported last week, we give Ia
this issue. Every line of that plat
form we heartily endorse, and the
distinguished nominee of that con-
vention we will most cheerfully sup
port. This platform and this candi-
date will bring out the largest DEM
ocratic vote Tennessee has had for
years, and we have not the slightest
doubt but Tennessee in both State
and National affairs will go over
whelmingly Democratic at the No
vember election.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

FOUR years ago when the State
was re-districted, the chairmen of
the several county democratic exc
cutive committees of this Pictorial
district met and agreed that Giles
should have the Floater for the first
term, Williamson the second, Maury
the third, Lewis the fourth, then
Giles again. According to their
agreement Maury gets the FlOater
this term, ard announcements are
now in order.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

THE oddities place Virginia in the
doubtful column. About twenty
counties have held their cOnven-
tions, and with the exception of two
or three straddles, they have all de-
clared for silver.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

In one line the American applauds
the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, and in the next criticises his
platform. But perhaps that is as
well as could be expected until the
Receiver finds out where he is at.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

THE Maury National Bank ha S
another statement in this issue. 1t
il refreshing these hard times to
read such splendid statements.
When the country gets free silver the
Maury National will have to enlarge
its vaults.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

IT is not putting it at all too
strong when we say that the best
speech made in the convention at
Nashville last week, was delivered
by DR.. E. E. Hoss, editor of the
Methodist Christian Advocate. 1t
was not only the best speech, but it
was given the closest and most
courteous attention. DR.. Hoss was
asking that the platform should be
made to contain local option
plank. His remarks were greeted
with frequent applause, and we
verify believe that if the question
had been sprung upon the cOnven-
ton at that time it would have car
ried. Instead, some one moved
that the request be referred to the
committee on platform and resolu.
tions, and that motion prevailed
The friends of local option failed tC
follow up the good lead they haC
made, and by some mistake, neglect
or oversight, the resolution was not
presented to the committee. DR.
Hoss' argument was that local OPP
ton is pure Democracy, in that i
gives to every community the RICH
to manage and control its own af
fairs. And who can gainsay this
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

WE can no more expect bad men
to make good laws, than we can eX-
pect figs to grow on thistles. Not
only will bad men not make good
laws, but neither will bad men
select good men to make their laws.
The gubernatorial question is virtu-
ally settled. We have made our
platform and nominated our candi-
date, and must and will elect him.
We should now turn our attention
to the Legislature and to Congress,
and the people who are interested in
good morals and good governm ent
should take the matter in hand and
choose men for these places whose
political records, whose business
habits, whose moral characters and
whose private lives recommend them
for these places of trust. If such
men do not hunt the offices, the
offices should hunt the men. Sober,
honest, upright, christian, moral
men, instead of decrying politics
and abusing political parties for
nominating unworthy men, should
rise up-as they have the power to
do-and defeat such applicants and
prefer worthier men. The next Con-
gress will try mems souls, and every
man who has his price will find a
purchaser. The next Legislature
will have before it such questions of
paramount Importance as COnsti-
tutional Convention, a Mandatory
Railroad Commission bill, Local
Option law and a Centennial Appro-
priatiOn grab. Maury County is en-
| titled to four members this time
the Floater, the Senator and two
Representatives. Will we allow
the political trimmers and tricksters
and buns to choose their kind, OF
will the true men of Maury do theil
duty to themselves and their pos.
terity by taking the elections il
hand and choosing representative:
of their kind?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

SPEAKING of harmony, the Demo-
cratic convention that met in Nash
vile last week was the largest and
most harmonious one that ever as
sembled in that historic hall.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

HENRY CUYLER RUNNER, editor
of Puck, died at his home in Nutty,
N. j., last Monday, from consump-
ton. Puck is more famous for its
cartoons and its humor, than other
wise, but Mr.. Bunner was brilliant
writer and an editor with strong
convictions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

FRANK GRAY, the Nashville hat
ter, one of the oldest houses in the
city, made a general assignment last
Monday. One by one the oldest
and best business houses fall beneath
the blighting influences of the gold
standard.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

BICYCLE riding is becoming a
profession" That is, they are be-
ginning to have professional meets :"
and gamble on the fastest rider.
Pity the gamblers can't be shut out
from something.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15
aGoon.RYE MY LoYEK.6

When therepOrt of the committee
on credentials and basis of represen-
tation, was adopted, fixing the basis
on the vote of 1894, which reduced
Shelby's representation from SO to
81 votes, the boys in the convention
sang the following refrain:
Goodbye, Josiah,
Goodbye, Josiah,
Goodbye, Josiah, goodbye;
Goodbye, Josiah,
Goodbye, Josiah,
Goodbye, Josiah, goodbye.
By-bye, Josiah,
By-bye, Josiah,
By-bye, Josiah,
Goodbye, Josiah, goodbye.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

CARDS calling on men to run for
office, or cards from candidates, will
not be published in the HERALD UNI
less paid for in advance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15
August Election.
For Sheriff-LOVE WEBB.
For Trustee-J. Il. GRANBERY.

WE never doubted but the Sun
would knock the American out, but
we hardly expected to see it done
SO dead easy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

A NEW fad has broken out among
the very young girls of some towns.
1t is to tattoo the palms of their
hands with their sweetheart's
initials. Their mammas ought to
tattoo the girls with the palms of
their hands.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

THE Nashville American has
been forced to take refuge in the
hands of a Receiver. Its bonded
and floating debts are enormous.
All the gold bug organs will be
forced into the hands of Receivers
next November.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

CLAY EVANS is already showing
the white feather, and is trying to
dodge the Republican nomination.
This is just like Clay. The battles
he fought during the late unpleas-
antness, were with raiders on the
commissary department.
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RAINS, THE DRUGGIST,

WE notice that idle Boy" the
Democrats correspondent from Nc
Gains, has more nerve than the pro-
prietors of said paper, and is dis
posed to question the HERALD's
claim that it has twice as many sub
scribers as the Democrat. We ad-
mire the pluck of idle Boy" 1t is
not only the privilege but the duty
of correspondents to stand up for
their own paper. And idle Boys"
stand up suggests new idea to u.s.
He says he knows how many sub
9cribers the papers have at Nc
Gains and Bigbyville. Doubtless
the correspondents at the several
post-offices over the county know or
can find out at their respective
offices. We suggest that they do so.
That they inquire at their several
post-offices together. and each re-
port the result to their favorite pa
per. All we want is the truth, and
perhaps this is as good way to get
it as any. the HERALD is willing
to stand or fall, by the truth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

Trust not a woman when she weeps,
for it is her nature to weep when she
wants her way.-SOcrates.
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Contest Now Open.

Remember the vote costs you moth
ing. Come early and often and vote for
your faVorite.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

You are not responsible for what you
are, but you are for what you do with
yourself.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

There isn't wisdom enough, put it all
together, to tell what makes one apple
sweet and the next one sour.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

AS TO whether the gold or silver
men will control the National Demo-
cratic COnven ton, depends, as beth
sides admit, upon Kentucky, Illi-
nois, Indiana and Iowa. These,
they have called the doubtful states,
the battle ground. But the result of
conventions in Illinois and Iowa
this week have practically taken
these two out of the doubtful and
put them in the silver column. So
the only hope Of the gold men now
is Kentucky and Indiana, and they
must carry both of these solid to
win. Really, getting down to ground
facts, they have precious little hope
left.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

IN the death of Capt. Robt. A.
Mitchell, which occurred at Lynn
vile last week, this section of Ten
nessee loses one of its most gallant
sons, one of it's truest friends, one of
its staunchest Democrats, one of it's
most deservedly popular men.
There are comparatively few men
who combine more noble traits of
character than Capt. Mitchell.
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oar lila

the peculiar combination, proportion and
process used in preparing Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and which give it merit peculiar to
itself. This is the secret of its wonderful
power, of its wonderful sales, of its Won
derful hold upon the confidence of the
people. This is why it cures Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Catarrh, Rheumatism, all
Humors, Kidney and Liver troubles, Dys-
pepsia, That Tired Feeling, builds up the
nerves, creates an appetite and strengthens
the whole system. Its merit, its sales, its
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

To select candidates for the legis-
lature will come up next. Usually,
the men who ask to go are not the
men who ought to be sent. We
devoutly wish that the moral, sober,
tax-paying, business men of Maury
would take this matter in hand and
call for men who are competent and
courageous. Let's have done with
whisky heads, libertines and politi-
cal tricksters, and choose men of
worth to represent us.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

LITTLE JOE WASHINGTON of the
Nashville district and your Uncle
Josiah of Memphis are in training
how to fall easy. 1t is given out
now that if the silver men win at
Chicago, these doughty champions
of the gold dollar will not stand for
reelection. Whether silver wins
or don't win at Chicago, neither
Washington or Patterson will be
returned to Congress from Ten
nessee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15

FOR COURT OF CHANoERY APPEALS.
Hon. S. #. WILSON, OF Sumner.
Hon. II. NJ. BARTON, OF Hamilton.
Hon. Nj. NJ. NEIL, OF Gibson.
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.Mczennpa, Anderson & Foster.

and if we are to Judge by offerings of similar
nature the distribution of these lots will be of his
tory after these two days.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR FLEeToR SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
T.. f. ESLICK,
of Giles County.
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Entered at the post-office at Columbia Ten
nessee as second-class mail matter.
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F. D. LANDER. Editor.
The record-union., 1896-08-09
One Crow at a Time

"A ticket seller in a theater once owned
a parrot that was quick at learning to
repeat the phrases he heard. Thus.
among other things. he was soon able
to eXclaim, 'One at time. gentlemen!
one at a time, please!" for this sentence
was constantly in the mouth of his
master. The ticket man went to the
country for a summer vacation and
took the educated parrot along with
him. One day the bird got out of the
cage and disappeared. His owner
searched all about for him, and finally
toward evening found him despoiled of
half his feathe~s sitting far out on the
limb of a tree. while half q dozen crows
We're pecking at him whenever they
could get a chance. And all this time
the poor parrot. with his back bumped
up. was edging away and constantly
eXclaiming. One at time, gentlemen!
one at time, please! e!"-Harper's Round
Table
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Told i'm Confidence.

This is a vast political movement
that is now sweeping the land" re-
marked the st. Louis citizen
That's what it is" the delegate as
sented.
What do you think'll be the outcome
cf 1t all?"
The delegate looked him in the eye.
took him by the lapel of the coat and
led him over where nobody else could
hear.
You seem like a serious and upright
man." he said, and I'm going to make
a eonfidant of you. | am here because
il | do what I'm told expect to get an
appointment I'm letting the other men
take care of the outcome What I'm
looking for is an income" Washington
Star
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pardonable Distrust .

Say" whispered the man in the
broad-brimmed straw hat to the steam
boat clerk, give me some other state
room, please. The man you've put me
in with is manufacturer of pure
ground spices"
A few minutes later the manufacturer
of pure ground spices sauntered up to
the clerks desk
Say" he whispered, cant you let
me have some other stateroom? You've
put fellow in with me that makes
pure Vermont maple sugar. CHICAGO
Tribune.
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County.

Until 1883 Mr.. Leiws was Democrat,
but believing free trade. advocated by
the party, would be disastrous to the
country. he relinquished the political
1atth of his fathers and became a Re-
publican. He has twice been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans, but
his selection for the head Of the ticket
takes him out of the Congressional
campaign. Mr.. Lewis is married, has
two children and makes his home at
Clinton.
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Perhaps He Favored the Home Team

First Girl-She doesn't understand
baseball at ALL
Second Girl-No?
First Girl-No. Why. the other day
she went to game and fell in love with
the umpire.-Detroit Tribune.
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ROBERT Z. LEWIS.
The Republican Nominee for Governor
of riissouri.

Robert E. Lewis, recently nominated
for the Governorship of Missouri by the
Republicans, is only 80 years of age.
He studied law at Westminster College,
in Fulton, Galloway County. read law
at Clinton under Judge Grant, DEM
ocratic Supreme Judge. and was twice
elected Prosecuting Attorney of Henry
County.
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From the latest census it seems that
there are 2,141.949 gypsies in Hun
gary.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4S..

An Ordinance Regulating the Health
Of Domestic Animals and the Sani-
tary Condition of Dairies, Slaugh-
ter-Houses, Markets and Other
Places From Which the Food Sup
ply is Distributed.
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The creation of a thousand forests is
in one acorn.-Emerscn.
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lth of the State.
PROTECTION.

creased the population and taxable
wealth of the State.
PROTECTION.
Placerville Nugget: Give US protec-
ton from the pauper labor of Europe
and We viii soon have a bimetallism
that will be for the good of the people.
A bimetallism that win be interna-
tiona1. Protect the home industry, put
work in the way of the Eastern mill
ions and get into circulation what
money we have. Then We'll have pros
perity in the West, for our market Will
have been created.
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WHAT IS NEEDED.


WHAT IS NEEDED
Stockton Record: Free silver coinage,
with the Government wisely and con-
servatively administered, is one thing,
but free silver. the rallying cry for a
coalition that is infused with a thou
sand and one impracticable theories of
a revolutionary character is quie an
other. No doubt there are thousands
of Republicans in Colorado. as we'll as
in California, who would prefer to have
independent free coinage of silver even
to any delay for international bimetal-
lism, providing the Government during
the ordeal of change is under the aus
pices of tried and true statesmen in
whose judgment and resources they
have confidence. But these thousands
will not consent, even for the sake of
free coinage to surrender principles
which they have cherished for years as
essential to the perpetuity of national
honor and the welfare of the people.
Whatever may be their convictions re.
garding silver, they recognize that it
requires something else to run free pop
ular Government successfully.
MAINTAINING PRINCIPLE.
Colusa Sun: Sewall ought to commend
himself to Democrats generally when
they come to remember that he has
lived in Maine where the party has been
in a hopeless minority for half CEN
tury. 1t is easy to maintain ones prin-
cipleS when one is In the swim, so to
speak, but it is not so easy when one
never hopes for victory. But how un-
grateful the free silver Populists are.
Here is a Maine man. rich man and a
banker, going against all his associates,