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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25
A Yeteran,s Story.

[Capt. M. 3. Pitcher in Tullahomh Guard
ian.
In the fall of 1868 the State of
Tennessee was virtually in the
hands of the Federal forces. Not
withstanding this fact, while we
were in winter quarters at Dalton,
Ga, nearly every man of the Ten
nessee troops re-enlisted for the
whole war, the close Of the three
years enlistment being near as
hand.
While in winter quarters, and dur
ing the great one hundred DAYS
battle from Dalton to Atlanta, the
Tennessee boys twitted the Georgia
boys about the poor character of the
land, and reverently and lovingly
referred to their homes in Tennes-
see as being in Gods country"
After Gen. j. B. Hood assumed
command he planned a march
around Sherman's army. which
took US through Georgia, Northern
Alabama and a portion of Tennessee;
while as for Sherman-weH, he kept
right on with his march to the sea.
Georgia was bad enough, but Ala
bama was even worse, and as the
boys from the different states would
pass and repass one another after
camping for the night, the remarks
about the country were anything but
complimentary.
At last we reached the Tennessee
liue, entering what is known as the
"Barrens," surely as little like Gods
country as one could imagine.
What place do you call this?"
some Georgia boy would ask de-
risively.
"This is Gods country" would be
the sarcastic shout from some Of the
Alabama boys. All the Tennes
scans could say was, "Wait until to-
morrow and we will show you"
In the afternoon of the next day
we came to the edge of the high
table-land, overlooking the valley
leading up to Columbia. The sun
was just declining behind the hills
in the distance. A sharp turn in the
road to the right exposed to view as
magnificent a sight as the eyes of
man ever beheld. The writer was
at the head of the column, and sat
waiting on his horse while the army
passed by, to note the effect on the
boys. Tennessee had the right of
line, and, as regiment after regiment
filed around the sharp turn, hats
went up and shout after shout rent
the air. The Georgia and Alabama
boys echoed and re-echoed the
shouts from hill to hill. The step
became lighter, and while there
were joyous smiles on all faces, here
and there could be seen tear trick
ling down sunburned cheeks.
In camp that night, and the next
day as we passed the beautiful
homes of the Folks and Pillows,
there was but one sentiment ex-
pressed by the Alabama and Geor-
gia boys-that the half had never
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got a chance, they returned the
favor by making rush to Courtney
and nominating him.
When the report of the committee
on Credentials was adopted, reduc-
ing the Columbia district to four
votes, the slate makers began to see
the hand writing on the wall. Then
when it was decided to ballot for
one representative at a time and
prevent swapping, it was all over
but the shouting; the caucuss crowd
knew then that they had won.
The Spring Hill district split at
the start and stayed split to the
finish. Messrs. Ben S. Gary and J.
A. Grigsby were the delegates.
Grigsby voted for Ragsdale, while
Gary voted for anybody to beat
Ragsdale. Mr.. Gary claimed to be
voting the instructions of his dis
trict.
We have ticket of good men and
they are under binding and good in
structiOns.
Several sets of resolutions were
handed into the committee. The
ones adopted were drawn by Sam
Holding, Esq. They have the RICH t
ring and their author deserves the
thanks of the party for his fore
thought in preparing them.
1t was sober and orderly conven-
ton. And while there was more or
less of partisan strife, fairness and
harmony prevailed.
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me SECOND Convention.

Mr.. Greenlaw then called the con-
vention to order to select ndidates
for the lower House, and stated the
object to be to name candidate for
Floater, and two representatives for
the county proper.
For temporary chairman, the
names of Messrs. lessee Tomlinson,
Jno. w. Fry and j. Q. VOORHEES, were
put in nomination. Mr.. Fry's name,
at his request, was withdrawn. The
vote being taken between the other
two, Mr.. Tomlinson was elected by a
large majority. On motion Messrs.
]. NJ. Foster and Sam Williams were
made temporary secretaries.
On motion the Chair was in
structcd to appoint the committees
on Credentials and Basis of Repre-
sertation; on Permanent 0rganiza-
ton, and on Platform, Rules and
Resolutions. The Chair appointed
the follwing:
On Credentials and Basis of
Representation, Ben. S. Gary, DIR.
X. S. Hewlett and Jno. NJ. Grove.
On Permanent Organization, Jno.
T. Akin, Henry Martin and E..
Yoest.
On Platform, Rules and Resolu-
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the temporary organization be made
JOHN II. AKIN.
II. A. MARTIN.
+. YoEST.

H. A. MARTIN,
+. YoEST.
The report was adopted without
o. lection.
The Committee on Platform and
Resolutions was then called for and
reported. The report was signed by
the full committee, consisting of j.
NJ. Foster, J. G. Sowell, Jacob Bark
or and b. S. Thomas. The resolu-
tions were the same ger bdtjm as
those adopted by the Senatorial con-
ventiOn, with the following addi-
ton:
ReSO{Ued, Further. that we favor the
candidacy of w. J. Whitthorne for Con-
gress from this the Seventh Congress
sional district
Mr. b. S. Thomas moved that the
majority rule should prevail. On
motion the vote was taken by dis
tricts, and was carried by small
majority.
On motion the candidacy of DR.. ].
w. Stockard, nominated by Lewis
county for Floater, was endorsed.
Then began the real fighting. The
foregoing had been preliminary
skirmishing in which the slate MAX
ers bad been worsted at every bout.
Now began the fighting in dead
earnest. Nominations were called
for.
Mr.. B. S. Gary first took the floor,
and in graceful style, fine voice and
well chosen words, placed before
the convention the name of l.. P.
Padgett.
Mr.. B. S. Thomas, the king bee Of
the 9TH district followed, and in a
forcible manner presented the claims
of Henry Ragsdale.
Following him came DR.. X. S.
Hewlett, who proved himself to be
a good talker and handy convention
man. In his manly, earnest though
conservative style he presented the
name of Mr.. ]. III. Courtney.
Then without remarks the names
of Nat F. Hickey, Mumford Smith,
r. G. Gordon and Maj. James T..
Moore were presented. The first
ballot resulted as follows:
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been told and that this was indeed
Goods country
And to-day, as the stranger looks
for the first time on the scene that
presented itself to those tired and
worn boys in gray, he can hear
echoed from the far off hills Gods
country
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]. c. VOORHEES,, Esq, stated that
he was requested by Mr.. Padgett to
say that he did not know his name
would be presented, and to request
its withdrawal. The Chair repeated
the statement to the convention, but
announced that the office this time
was seeking the man, not the man
the office.
The roll was called for the second
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Afternoon Sessinn.

Upon reassembling at 3 o'clock,
the committee on Credentials re-
ported as follows:
1--WE, your committee on Creden-
tials and Basis of Representation,
beg leave to report that we favor as
the basis the gubernatorial vote of
1894; but we further recommend
that each district shall have one full
vote, and that the districts casting
over 100 votes shall have one vote
for each fractional vote over fifty.
Upon that basis we report the fol-
lowing list of delegates and the votes
by districts. To-wit
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The convention then proceeded to
the nomination of second man to
complete the ticket, and Mr.. Court
ney's friends who had left him
temporarily 10 vote for Mr.. Smith,
CALAMITY returned TO the fight.
The ninth ballot stood:
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"THosE who apply the name AN
archist' to the bone and muscle of
this country are doing more to over
throw the government than any an
archist who ever carried a red flag"
William Jennings Bryan.
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w. p. BRowNLOw is the regular
Republican nominee for Congress in
the first district of this State, but
having announced that he was a
free silver man, the gold-bug Repub-
licans in the first, gives hope of the
election of }. ]. Lawrence, the Dem
ocratic nominee for Congress.
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THE Democrats of New York have
nominated John Boyd Thatcher, a
goldite on silver platform. If he
is not defeated he ought to be, and
the chances are he will get his just
deserts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25

The Democratic party in all the
Eastern States has come into line
with ringing endorsements of the
platform and nominees.
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Dig down to the cause Of your sick
ness, if you want TO get we'll and stay
we'll. Most likely it's indigestion. The
irritating poisons of fermenting, pu-
trid food, left in the stomach by in
digestion, cause headache. neuralgia,
nervousness, dizziness, stomachache,
nausea, irritability, and all the other
well-known symptoms of indigestion.
They also cause many pains and disor-
ders which are often laid to other eaus-
as soon as the poisons are removed, all
these symptoms and disorders disap-
pear, because there is nothing left to
cause them. Nothing succeeds in this
like Shaker Digestive Cordial, because
it prevents the undigested food from
fermenting in the stomach and helps
the stomach digest its food. Sold by
druggists, price 10 cents to 81 per bottle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25

THE boiling Democrats have be-
gun to have that lonesome feeling.
They are altogether too good to af-
filiate with any established political
organization, and they are altogeth-
er too few for any established politi-
cal organization to desire their af-
filiation.
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Mr.. Smiths friends, recOgnizing
that he was within one and a frac-
ton votes of the nomination, APP
plauded this ballot, and awaited the
result of the next call with intense
interest. The result of the eighth
gave Mr.. Smith the nomination, and
the convention cheered Justify. The
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tions, J. NJ. Foster, Jno. G. Sowell,
Jake Barker and b. S. Thomas.
The convention then took recess
to give the committees time to re-
port, and the delegates time to eat
dinner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25

COMPLETE returns from the Ar
kansas election show the majority
of Jones, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, to be Alps. In 1894
the Democratic majority was only
22,732. This election indicates that
the Populists are coming to the
Democrats. In 1884, the Populists
voted 24,54l, while this year they
only polled 1868.
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Fearful Gale.

A storm near Ogden. Utah, last Fri.
day night, caused widespread disaster
All the fruit was blown off the trees
and much damage done to property.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25

THE New Jersey Democrats have
endorsed the Chicago platform and
nominees.
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BEN. S. GARY.
JOHN M. GROVE.
X. S. HowLETT.
The Committee on Permanent Or
was then called for and
as follows:
We, your Committee on Permanent
Organization respectfully suggest that
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THE boiling Democrats who have
made an effort to establish another
party, gave as one reason that they
wished to prepare a refuge for their
erring brothers. But now, since the
regular Democratic organizations in
every state have endorsed the Chi
cage convention, these same boilers
find themselves homeless and with
out a refuge.
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THE New York Democrats in CON
vention assembled last week, gave
the boilers hard slap in the face.
They declared that the Chicago
platform was the grandest Demo-
cratic platform that had ever been
written, and pledged their earnest
and active support to Bryan and
Sewall.
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NEWS AND COMMENT.

MCKINLEY is still harping on
protective tariff.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25

THE Rev. DR.. Dewitt Talmage is
for Bryan and Sewall.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25

THE excursions of employees of
various corporations in the East to
Canton, the home of Mckinley, are
the most transparent humbugs ever
perpetrated for political effect.
These employees are told to go, and
they know better than to refuse.
And then, besides, a free ride, a
holiday, a jollification, are not bad
things for those who are pent up in
mines and workshops. But, under
the Australian ballot system, which
prevails in these Eastern States, you
"may bring a horse to water, but
you cannot make him drink"
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Delegates.

Delegates.
DISTRICT. VOTES.
l-Nelse Woodland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l
2-William Cathey -. ..............
3-S. b. Hardison and Dick Campbell
4-Dr. II. l.. oliver ............... 90. /
5-B. S. Thomas ..... .. ....... |
Oh. A. Martin, Jessie TOmlinson . 2
TX. S. Hewlett, A. S. Boyd &c., :. l
SIS. e. Wright, It. H. Nicely
9-John Fry, Ed Fowler, George Nc
Fall, Tom Willis, E. Yoest, w.
G. Whitthorne, Jacob Barker,
Joe Cowley, Sol Gross, Sam Will
l0-Ben Lipscomb e. ............... l
lit. f. Benderman 49, go. l
l2-J. X. Orr, Nip Stewart, Webb Will
liams
Wiley Harris, Alex. Orr, William
14-J. P. Ghoate and j. P. Sowell.... /
l5-J. T, Akin, George H. Grimes 49,. l
16-T. II. Nixon, H. c. Kirk. ...."... l
ia. H. Forgey ............ ,...,...... l
l9-R. J. Mullins ........... l
l9-C. H. Mckay, J. NJ. Foster . 49,, l
2O-S. Il. Frazier, John West &. G.
Irvine ................. ......
2l-S. S. Mosely ....... 10. ...~..... l
22-J. A. Grigsby, Ben Gary ....".. |
zo-W. A. Glenn ..........,.....
N-J. M. Nicholson. ...... ...... l
&c. A. Hardison, j. A. Grove, A.
Hardison and j. M. Grove . l
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THE laborers are thoroughly alive
to the issues of this campaign. Six
thousand of them assembled at
Cooper Union, N. Y, last week, to
take part in a Bryan and Sewall de-
monstration. They declared that
the gold standard was incompatible
with the development of industry,
produced a. reduction in wages,
while at the same time it decreased
demand fer labor.
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Tor Bryan ana SeWall.
THE New Jersey Democrats have
endorsed the Chicago platform and
nominees.
The Democratic party in all the
Eastern States has come into line
with ringing endorsements of the
platform and nominees.
THE Democrats of New York have
nominated John Boyd Thatcher,
goldite on a silver platform. If he
is not defeated he ought to be, and
the chances are he will get his just
deserts.
"THosE who apply the name IAN
archist' to the bone and muscle of
this country are doing more to over
throw the government than any an
archist who ever carried a red flag"
William Jennings Bryan.
THE boiling Democrats have be-
gun to have that lonesome feeling.
They are altogether too good to af-
filiate with any established political
organization, and they are altogeth-
er too few for any established politi-
cal organization to desire their af-
filiation.
w. p. BROwNLow is the regular
Republican nominee for Congress in
the first district of this State, but
having announced that he was a
free silver man, the gold-bug Repub-
licans in the first, gives hope of the
election of j. ]. Lawrence, the Dem
ocratic nominee for Congress.
THE New York Democrats in con-
vention assembled last week, gave
the boilers hard slap in the face.
They declared that the Chicago
platform was the grandest Demo-
cratic platform that had ever been
written ana pledged their earnest
and active support to Bryan and
Sewall.
Urn ho1+inc Doroooro+s who hove
,nodoon o9ort 80 ostohIish orothor
nortr 100 90 ono rooson +ha+ thoy
wishod 70 nronoro = REFUGE for tboir
orrioo hrothors DIT noY, sinoo Tho
- no,1,aomo4i ~ 600 ,iaa4ions -
80 $500 havo ondonsad tbo Chi-
1900 ooo,rontion thoso soroo ho1tors
end thon,sai,oa hn,,ooIoss and ,,ith
onto nof,,no
CoNp1ETE returns from the Ar
kansas election show the majority
of Jones. the Democratic candidate
for Governor. to be 41128. Tn 1894
the Democratic majority was only
22,732. This election indicates that
the Ponulists are coming to the
Democrats Tn 1So4 the Populists
voted d 54I while this wear thew
only nolled 1853
T4r 1n,orars ara thororobIv oIiva
to the issues Of this camnaign Six
Thousand Of them assembled Of
Cooner Trnior N V last week 70
take mart in a Rrvan and Sewall de-
mopetration Thev decIorad that
the GOLD standard was incomnatihle
with tbe devaIonmant Of industry
nrodrced q. redpcfion in w,ges
while Of tho sono time il decreased
dop,ord for1ohor
Ex-PREsIDENT BENJAMIN HAIR
prso>, bos declined to All his dates
- - III. -, =
otner states he says VhaV MS PIT
waite aHalrs VIII prevent MS actIVe
participation IN the campaign; Du'
there are suspicious OF other reasons
Benjamin is good speech-haher'
but, evidently he does not care to
make any sacrifices Tor lost cause
-
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The Senatorial convention then
adjourned.
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EX-PREsIDENT BENJAMIN HAIR
RIsON has declined to fill his dates
for speeches in Illinois, Indiana and
other states. lie says that his pri-
vate affairs will prevent his active
participation in the campaign; but
there are suspicious of other reasons.
Benjamin is good speech-maker,
but, evidently, he does not care to
make any sacrifices for lost cause.
The oasis., 1896-06-06

except when used as herein other wise provided for, and to mako good to saidgrantccs or assigns an injury which may happen to any of said hydrants, when caused by the carelessncss or neglect of the town employees and hereby agree to pay the rents herein before stated in monthly installments. Hydrants can also be used for practice and test by the fire department.
 SECTION :. The Town of Nogales. on request of grantee or assigns, shall adopt and keep in force, an ordinance protecting the said grantee or assigns, in the safe and unmolested enjoyment of the franchise hereby granted, against the malicious pollution of the source of water supply. and also to carry into effect the provisions Of this ordinance and the contract there under entered into Sald grantee or assigns shall have power t0 make, adopt and enforce regulations not in- consistant with the law for the con- venience and security of said grantee and assigns, as we'll as that of the public, in the operations of said works, and shall have the right, at all reason able hours of the day to have access to the water pipes and meters of any water takers. to protect themselves against abuse and fraud, and repair, observe or remove the same, and re- quire all water takers to sign con-
 tract to all reasonable regulations as consideration for furnishing water.
 SECTION s. The said grantee or as- signs shall not charge to consumers during the continuance of the fran chise granted by this ordinance, ex- ceeding the following rates, which shall be collected in advance, aud
 the said grantee or assigns shall have
 the right at will, to supply consumers at meter rates instead Of at the
 assessed rates The connections
 between the mains and the con-
 sumer shall be made at the expense of
 the consumer.
 MONTHLY RATES.
 Tue rate of all users of water shall
 not exceed one-fifth of one cent per
 gallon.
 SECTION 9. In consideration of the , benefits which is derived by the said Town of Nogales and it's inhabitants from the operation of said water works aud in further consideration of the water supply secured for public use the franchise and license hereby granted shall remain in full force and 2 effect for term of two years and the said town hereby exempts the afore.
 said system of water works from muni- 5 cipal taxation during the term of this | franchise and for the same consider. r ation the Town of Nogales hereby 5 rents of said grantee or assigns for tho 2 uses herein mentioned, the hydrants hereinbefore described for and during the term of two years from the pass f age of of this ordinance.
 SECTION 10. At the expiration o 9 two years if the town does not pur chase the aforesaid system Of water 9 works, the grantee or assigns shal 2 have this ordinance renewed for { e period of two years more.
 SECTION If. This ordinance shal take effect and be in force from anC after it's passage and publication
 This ordinance shall be published al $ the expense of the grantee.
 n Passed by the Common Council 0 r the Town of Nogales this the 18th da. q of May. X. D. 1896.