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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-30

AT last, we have discovered the air-s!ip liar
His name is Johnson, and he is the Wichita
correspondent for the Kansas City Star and the
Topeka Capital. He is an accomplished liar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-30

Ir is now stated that John Sherman will re-
sign his place in McKinley's cabinet, October
1st, and that Whitelaw Reid will take John s
place as secretary of state.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-30

THE Topeka State Journal says Arthur Cap
per will CONTROL the destinies of the Republi-
cans of Shawnee county during the ensuing
year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-30

THE STANDARD Oil Company is reaching out
after sugar, lead, tobacco and whisky, and has
eobbled up the gas interests of New York and
Chicago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
SOUTH COLUMBIA.

Henry Sowell has returned from
Nashville, where he has been fol
several months, greatly improved
in health.
Mrs. G. w. Nichols, of Livingston
Ala, is visiting her parents, Rev
and Mrs. w. T. Ussery.
Mr.. Jas. 1. West, who has been in
Texas for several months, has re-
turned.
Mr.. Owen Cameron and little son
of Sheffield, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. w. D. Cameron this week
Mrs. Fred James, who has been
visiting her parents here for several
months, left this week for her home
In Indiana.
Mr.. w. b. Burnett and family, oil
st. Louis, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alb Addison.
Baxter Mclean has returned from
a visit to relatives in Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Witt have re.
turned from Virginia, where they
visited relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. w. d. Wendell have
returned from Conference az Shell
byville.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29


Mr.. LAZARUS voted to repeal the
school law, and Aunt Charity, she
straddled. Now the reason Aunt
Charity straddled is because she did
uot understand the question; and,
under the circumstances, the strad-
die was both natural and right. The
ordinance under discussion was an
ordinance to repeal the ordinance
providing for public schools and a
Board of Education. The ordinance
plainly, unequivocally and unmis-
takably in it's terms raDealed the
first ordinance and left the town of
Columbia without any Board of
Education or any public schools.
Mai. Williamson and Ed Wilson
understood it to mean just what it
said, and therefore opposed it. Mr..
Lazarus $50 he says now understood
it to mean what it did not say,
and therefore he voted for it. There
being conflicting opinions between
these opposing factions, why Aunt
Charity, misunderstanding the twee-
dle-dum from the tweedle-dee she
straddled. Which was perfectly nat
ural and right. But it was none
the less a dangerous hour and a
close call for the school interests OF
Columbia, and the people should
be careful hereafter 70 put men
in Office who know how to
read and write and can understand
and interpret plain English. The
minutes of the Board of thai
date-the record in the case-says
that Mr.. Lazarus voted to abolish
both the Board of Education and the
public schools. Mr.. Lazarus says be
did not mean to do that, and Aunt
Charity, not understanding, she
straddled. Now we submit that the
school interests are not safe in
the hands of men and ole
ladies who do not know what
they are doing, who vote to dc
something when they mean to dc
something else, or who, not under
standing, strike an undignifieC
straddle when important questions
are propounded. They might make
the same mistake again. If they
may be so easily deceived, mistaken
or nou-plussed about so plain {
matter, might they not be hood
winked by anybody at any time? Mr.
Lazarus has made a financial sue
cess in life, and in his line of bust
ness is a good business man. Blu
both by the record and by his owl
confession, as an astute law-mak er
he is a failure. And Aunt Charity
though she didn't mean any harm
by straddling, either before or afte
the election, still her vote might b,
needed sometime, and the schoo
interests needs somebody there VIII,
will know upon which side to vote.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
How many stores in this State,

the 7Vh0le State, that show letter like this?
Hardly one, we venture to say This letter helps
to tell you the goodness Of Shoe Department. Shows
the satisfaction that you will by coming here for your
shoes And away this pair Of shoes has gone from one
continent and for thousands of miles the rackess
ocean another continent far toward the rising sum- Truly
a well satisfied customer is good advertisement.
But here's the letter:
- RUE De CHEyREgsE PARIS FRANCE October 18th, 1897
IL Columbia,
with this will find three dollars $780, and
durable
being clumsy Thanking
much appreciated, am Very respectfully MISS l.
the Ahen@um wv
We do not give the young adys full for the
that she did know that her letter would be published
Don't this speak well for our shoe department.?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

ELIMINATION and abuse are the
weapons being used against nearly
every man who has taken any prom
ineDt part in the Reform movement.
That is the penalty always paid by
men who attempt to improve public
morals. But no good mans char.
acter is ever hurt by it, and no truly
courageous man will be deferred by
it. Every mans true character
stands an unimpeachable witness in
his behalf, and the public will not
be misled or deceived by malicious
false rumOrs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
Personals Culled From Exchanges.

Arthur Elder, who has been spend
ing the summer at Huntsville, pass
ed through Pulaski Monday on his
way to Murfreesboro, where he goes
to open a hotel on his own account.
Pulaski Citizen.
Miss Lazinka Brown has returned
to Spring Hill after visit to Miss
Mary Bass.-Nashville Banner.
Miss Dorsett Of Columbia, is visi-
ting her sister, Mrs. Otey Walker
Miss Alice Bond has returned home,
Mt. Pleasant, after a short visit to
her uncle, Capt. F.. NJ. Hearn.-
Franklin Review Appeal. "a
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
WEDDING BELLS.

Tuesday evening at o'clock, at
the residence of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Wilson, in South
East Columbia, Miss Nettie Anne
Wilson was united in marriage to
Mr.. Wash Taylor. There were a
number of invited friends and rela-
tives in attendance. and the cere-
mony was said bv Rev. d. T. Way
nick. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor left the
next day for Nashville, where they
will spend several days visiting
These young people have many
friends who wish them we'll.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
a NJ M VI *.

Twenty-six who wiling to shoes with point
ed toes get bargains here next Monday morning.
MATERGAL-Calf Skin and Enamel Calf. WIDTHS
Mostly E. SIzEs-/om 5 to 10, except and
Prices zOeye $780, and te7g pairs $3.50. TOES
Pointed; cabS STYLE-Lace. Price next Monday morn
ing, So. Is a pair.
EVERY SUIT OF CLOTHES we sell, Mems or Boys,
makes us fast friends. Man buys suit, shows it
neghbor; neghbor here for his suit He has
other neghbors They come and thus the spreads
No longer any for buying shoddy clothes Good all
wool suits here at $3.50. Splendid for $1,000 and up.
Looks like selling nearly all the clothes that sold
in People like way of selling clothes like do
dr., goods at dry goods profits.
Ifyou see it in our ad. it's
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

"SoNGs AND STORIES FROM TEN
NEsSEE," is the title Mr.. John
Trotwood Moore has given his book,
copy of which lies upon our desk,
The compilation is the best of what
"Trotwood" has written for the
HERALD, for Clark's Horse Review,
and for his own pleasure. 1t is a
delightful little book, and one
of peculiar interest to those who
know and love the people and
peculiarities of the Middle basin of
Tennessee. "Old Mistis," 1.-THE
Lilly of Fort Custer" and several
other selections, are singly worth
the price of the book, which is only
$l.25, and may be found on sale at
Woodbridge & Irvine's drug store.
Its intrinsic merit is enough in it.
self, but besides that, this communi-
ty should encourage such a genius
and talented writer as this author.
"Old Mistis" is a sketch worthy any
of the old writer's, and will live
when all of us are dead.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

THE United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy will serve dinner next
Monday in the vacant store next
door to Sol Gross Bee Hive, the
proceeds to go to destitute and de-
serving X-Contederates. Certainly
this cause will appeal to all South
ern hearts, and all those who SYM
pathize with the cause should patro-
nize this dinner. Let the town peo-
pie and country people alike, who
are in Columbia on that day, take
dinner with the Daughters of the
Confederacy. You will not only
patronize a worthy cause, but you
will get good dinner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

Mr. FIGUERs, the Reform Party
candidate for Mayor, is greatly dis
appointed that the Peepuls Party
candidate will not meet him on the
stump in public debate. Mr. Fig
ures is for the ten o'clock law, and
he wanted to ask his opponent
whether he was for or against it.
Mr.. Figures is for the strict enforce
ment of the Sunday law, and he
wanted to ask his opponent his
views on that important issue. If
his opponent is against any of these
things, then Mr.. Figures wants to
Join issue with him and publicly
discuss the merits or dement's of
these laws passed by the Reform
Board. If his opponent is not
against them, then Mr.. Figures
wants to know why he nominated
himself on the Peepul's ticket, and
where he is at, nohow.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
A CHILLY DAY.

Little Willie from the mirror
Sucked the mercury all off,
Thinking in his childish error,
1t would cure the whooping cough.
At the funeral Willie's mother
Smartly said to Mrs. Brown,
''Twas chilly day for William
When the mercury went down."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
SOME VOTERS, noN,rs.

Don't make loud declarations and
neglect deeds.
Don't boast of freedom and independ-
ence unless you really possess it.
Don't forget to think of your child
ren's children, for whom by your watch
fulness,-please God There shall still
stand a government worthy of pride.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
Miss Nellie Carroll

Announces the completeness of her
Fall stick, which has been select
led with great care from among the
leading importing houses in the
country. The latest creations and
the choicest novelties shown. - f.
ENTRANCE through store of McKennon,
Anderson q Foster.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY "NEMO."

To VOTERS II have no doubt that in
a general way you agree with the state
ment that "the people" can be trusted {;
perhaps because the phrase sounds
familiar, as nearly every one asserts it,
But like our assent to a great many
scraps of proverbial wisdom, we too
often agree to statements without think
ing Of all that they imply. Please look
with me a little deeper; not that l
would shake your faith in the people
but rather that you may have your faith
in them increased.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

If a good man or your personal
friend lends his name and influence
to bad cause, you should admOn-
ish and persuade him of his error If
you can; if not, then rebuke him by
your vote. 1t is never right to
help friend do wrong.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

PAUL DANA, son of the late
Charles A. Dana, will succeed his
illustrious father as editor of the
New York Sun. Heretofore Paul
has been unknown to fame; now we
shall see what he will do with the
great opportunity chance has
thrown his way.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
MCKennon, Anderson & Foster.

a convocation and worked in the
Past Masters degree. Next Tues
day night at I O'clock, De Molay
Commandery Knights Templar will
hold a stated conclave in the Ma
sonic Temple. The stated meeting
of Columbia Lodge. No. 81, is next
Thursday night at o'clock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
Masonic.

Last Monday night at a called
meeting, Columbia Lodge of Masons
conferred the Entered Apprentice
degree. The same night Lafayette
Chapter of Royal Arch Mas0ns held
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
Barber-HuIlard.

Mr.. j. r. Barber and Miss Pearl
Billiard were married at the resi-
dence of Rev. A. G. Killheffer on
Thursday night of last week, the
ceremony being performed by Mr..
Killheffer. Mr.. Barber is an en-
ploye of the L. & n. Railroad, and is
an industrious young man. The
bride is daughter of Mr.. George
Billiard, and is quite popular and
fascinating. They have the we'll
wishes of numerous friends. . 81.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

THE HERALD gives its sincere
sympathies to our friends driven
from home by the yellow plague,
and extends to them one and all a
most cordial welcome to this favored
spot where the deadly germs cannot
live
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

IT is only the truth that hurts.
Malicious stories only reveal the
character of those who circulate
them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
Here's another piece Of good luck for you.

Better than if you had found piece of money in
sleeps track.
FORTY STYLES 1925 yards of "Golden Eagle Strong
Cloths" good heavy twled cloth, % inches wide printed
in fast coors and the present time the wholesale price,
by the has been nc yard making the retail price
yard and they've been at that. On Monday
morning will place this entire lot sale at TIC yard
Makes nice va,m house 7OaPPeS and is like the old
fashioned CHintz Cloth than anything else. .a
Fifty Cents Dress Goods at S4c yard.-One piece
each red and black green and black and brown and black
bouce SO inches wide; piece brown French Serge A.
inches wide and four pieces all wool Fancy Mixtures 80
inches wide The Boucle have enough in them
to give them strength Pick from this lot nest M0nday
morning at SIC the yard
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

ATTEND the Opera House speak
ing tonight. Everybody cordially
invited, white and black alike.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

You are not voting for men, re-
member, but for morals, so vote the
Reform ticket straight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

MEN must be judged by the COM
pany they keep. II your friend is
on the wrong ticket, vote against
him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

AFTER the Centennial is over, it
is to be hoped that the Nashville
papers will publish some news.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

The figures in picture gain largely
by the kind of background they have.
National great-men gain by a similar
condition, and for them the background
is "the people" without a people to
lead and people to voice, where would
our great men be? The people are
those ordinary, Woodworking ones,
who continue their duties steadily un-
der this administration or under that;
always findable at that post of honest
labor. But these people differ largely
from the people of almost any other ma
ton, since our political institutions are
based upon their Wilson whims. The
necessity of their having right ideas is
therefore paramount, The necessity
also of showing them national dangers
is also extreme, since by their voices
and their votes, they are the arbiters Of
our national fate. Are we agreed 50
far?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

Disagreement for life by burns or
scal1s may be avoided by using De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great
remedy for piles and for all kinds of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

cuses and primaries-anl votes for you &,
then as a voter you are not to be trusted {.
You are the right, plastic material out
of which he shapes his selfish ends
Assuming you to be a good man, he
reckons good man INDECENT, as of less
weight than fly on chariot wheel |;
and so you unit in our national life
become mere cipher.
The precious staff of life to our ma
ton is that you and all like you should
have choice Of cdRdidates, but only a
loaf of husks is given you when you are
offered choice bet,0eeB candidates
after you have by your absence from
your primary left others to think for
you.
If you get the idea of party so firm
ly ground in your heart, perhaps be-
cause you were born this or that
that you will vote for a bad man in
your party rather than for a good man
in another, then as a voter you are not
to be trusted. You have not in any
sense risen to a comprehension of the
fact that you are first, last, and all the
time, custodian of national rather
than party health. In brief, the line of
voting cleavage is we'll, if it be between
man and man; and often liable to be
wrong, if it be between party and party
whose actual differences partsans
would sometimes find it hard to ex.
plain. would sooner trust an honest
man who differed from me, than the sly
and Snug politician who agrees to any
thing to get Office and then recks not
though the country ego hang"
*x*
AS man you know that a building
covered with ornaments is not rendered
thereby one particle firmer in its
foundations; you know that the color
Of a sail in stormy weather is of less i'm
portance than its qualities of strength
AS a man therefore l look to you to be-
lieve that neither money nor miles are
the things to make us as nation en-
dure forever. IT, you are relying on the
mere outer circumstances of national
life as your pride and your confidence,
you are voter who cannot be trusted,
since your view is too narrow and you
reliance too unreliable. The national
cohesive force is the character of the
individual. In the place of boastings of
wealth, lean upon men, men of morals
and men of mind, and be one of them
yourself, on the principle that national
charity begins at home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

A TRUE Reformer will vote the
straight ticket.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

Go to the Opera House tonight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

VOTE the Reform ticket straight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
F. D. LANDER, Editor.

FOR SORRIETY, GOOD MORALS AND
GOOD GOVERNMENT.
For Mayor.
II. p. FIGUERS.
For Aldermen, First Ward,
JOHN A.OAKES.
EUGENE RITTER.
Second Ward,
T. ]. REA,
w. A. RUTTLE.
Third ward,
S. p. PAYNE,
JOHN CANT.
Fourth Ward,
w. d. CAMERON.
ALLEN POWELL.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

Small pill, safe pill, best pill. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers cure biliousness,
constipation, sick headache. A. B.
Rains. ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

Then once more; who are "the peo-
ple"? You and 1, and others like us!
But as am writing 70 you and you are
reading; for the time being you-alone,
solitary, particularized-are "the peo-
pie" AS "the people" can you be
trusted; are your motives high; are
your political actions pure? Come now,
it is no use asserting to a general idea
unless you are willing to make genuine
application of it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

Erwin McEwen Goad and Miss
Nora Potts were married in vacant
lot near the railroad last Sunday
afternoon. T. E. Lipscomb, Esq,
performed the ceremony while the
contracting parties were seated in a
buggy.
Mr.. ]. r. Thurman and Miss Alice
Boatright, of Giles county, were
married in Judge E. d. Looney's
office yesterday afternoon, Judge
LoOney performing the ceremony.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

No scratching.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

If you are so wrapped up in your own
business,-which you are able to quiet
ly pursue under the protection of quiet
government,-that YOU do not take even
time to register and to vote, you are not
to be trusted, since you take all you can
of personal gain from our national con-
ditions and do not repay anything
You are selfish, yet there is one worse
than you-the difference between mega
tive selfshness and positive-the one
who holds office and administers it
selfishly. OF him we will say some
thing, because he is made possible by
lazy voters.
Ifyou delude yourself into the belief
that every man has an equal voice in
the destinies of the country, and then
give actual denial TO IL by surrendering
your independence of Judgment to a
boss who thinks for you, nominates for
you-because you will not attend eau
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
Ladies Wraps,
CapeS and Jackets.

this to buy Wraps Right as to style Economical as to
price. Not an old wrap in the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29

So BrOCaded VelvetS at soc a
yard. Just two colorings of heavy
Brocaded Silk Velvets, garnet and
brown, made to sell for $500 a yard.
For quick good bye nent Monday
morning, SOC the yard. Make ele-
giant cool weather capes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
McKe33o3, A3dQTso7 3 Foster.

EGGE3GE@@T=E=T=E NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-01-08

L'eau st Leon guerit l'indjges-
ton. s. J. Richardson, Agent, 30
90 Rue Sud.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-01-08
Appel a nos Lecteurs

Les maisons de commerce ci.
dessous ont leur emploi un bon
nombre de oompatriotes. ct meri
tent votre patronage. Files son:
sans oontredit, les plus aohalan.
d6es ct les plus considerables d. Ia
vills ct sont aussi reoommendables
sous tous rapports. Ceux de nos COM
patriotes qui y sont employees, sont
bien avantageusement oonnus ct sc
sont aoquis par leurs manieres af-
fables ct leur honnetet6, la confian-
CO de toutes les personnes qui ont
falt des affaires aveo eux.
Les danes surtout donneront une
preuve manifesto de pstriotisme
en- SO servant de la langue FRANCHISE
pour fsire leurs aohsts, meme ST le
commits au compton men COM
prena pas un mot, perslstez q par
Ter le franQsis ct les patrons ver-
ront gull est de leurs int6rets d'a-
voir des sommls de lsngue francai-
so pour servir leurs pratiques, ct
en- agissant ainsi vous rendrez SER
vices d vos compstriotes ct 4 leurs
families.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-01-08
Les Plus Fines Eponges

Bien que l'on trouve des epon-
ges dams toutes les mers, les plus
bellies ne go trouvent que dane
quelques endroits determines. La
M6diterranee ct surtout les para
Res des 1les grecqaes fourniss ant
les meilleures varieties d'epopges,
o'est de ID que viennent les fines
6ponges de Turquie ct on y trouve
presque toutes les qualities. Au-
tour des cotes apgsaises ct dams
les eaux fratches du Royanme-
Uni, on trouve aussl jusqu'a sept
varieties d'6ponges.
Plusieurs de celles-cl doiv Mt
etre cherch6ss : une grande pro-.
fondeur sous l'eau ct ne sont ia
mois q decouvert. Elles adhArent
aux coquillsgas, aux roches ct au-.
tres objets du fond de l'eau, par
fols meme aux etres vivants. On
en- q trouv6 une variAte qul ses de-
,veloppsit sur y dos q 'ahs scrsbs. II