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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
STATE NEWS.

Silver Democrats OF Montgomery
County have called u convention to
nominate a successor to J. NJ. H.
Graham, the negro member of the
Legislature, who was unseated.
Gov. Turney holds that it does not
lie in the mouth of the Republicans
to reproach him with an abuse of
the pardOning power, since 80 per
cent of those to whom he has eX-
tended executive clemency are Re-
publicans.
S. f. Rankin, prominent attor-
ney of Milan, and formerly president
of the Peoples Bank at that place,
committed suicide last Saturday by
shooting himself in the head.
Shelbyville has passed law max
ing it unlawful for hogs to run
at large on any Of the streets, alleys
or thorOughfares of that town.
A robber entered the residence OF
DR.. r. A. Young, in Nashville, last
Saturday evening while the family
were at supper, and stole diamonds
and jewelry to the amount of $2,45O.
Mrs. Susan Dechard, of Bristol,
has confessed to having killed her
husband. She said she killed him
because she feared him, and intend
ed to cut his head off with an AK.
Murfreesboro had a fire last Mon
day, in which the business houses
of John V. White, grocer, G. w.
! CowthOrn, timer, w. II. AimOn,
plumber, r. r. HollOwel, grocer, and
Sweep Gordon, butcher, were COM
pletely destroyed.
Congress last Saturday passed an
appropriation of 5000 for the Cum
berland Female College at McMinn-
vile. Tenn, for the use of the col
lege building during the civil war.
Gov. Taylor has appointed Prof.
Price Thomas to be State Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
Fowler Acquitted.

State VS.. John NJ. Fowler, for muir
der in the second degree; Judgment
of the lower court reversed. Fow-
Ter shot and killed Marion Ingram,
four miles from Columbia, up the
river, on Nov. I, 1895. At the jan
uary term of the Circuit Court, 1896,
Fowler was found guilty of murder
in the second degree, with mitigat-
ing circumstances, and was sem
fenced to the penitentiary for ten
years. The Supreme Court thought
the facts did not sustain the verdict
Of the jury, and acquitted the de-
tendant.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

NASHVILLE, Jan. 25.-The sudden
fall in temperature announced by
the weather man for yesterday
morning arrived on schedule time,
but luckily most of the citizens OF
this section of the country had
pinned their faith to the weather
mans diagnosis and were ready fol
the fall.
The thermometer registered at 6 a
IN. ~ degrees above zero. But as
the day became fully awake, il
seemed to become abashed at rating
itself so high, and by 8 o'clock had
taken a tumble Of ( degrees.
After that it was the same ole
story of the easy fall. At 8 O'CLOCK
the weather was off 8 more degrees
BY noon % degrees yet remained be
tween the mercury globule and thu
zero point. At2 o'clock 20 degree,
had been reached, and from tina
on to 10 o'clock the hourl!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
X. T.. Ward vs.. l.. a y. II. II.

This was an action for damages in
which plaintiff recovered $l,075 and
costs for personal injuries, and an
appeal was taken by the railroad
company.
Plaintiff was engaged by several
parties to load cars standing on the
sidetrack at Mt. Pleasant, and for
convenience the cars were removed
to another place. Plaintiff, at the
request Of a brakeman, went on top
of the cars to assist in moving them,
and at that time an engine struck
the cars with such force as to pre-
cipitate plaintiff to the ground and
his foot was crushed by the cars.
The contention of the railroad
was that it had sufficient crew to re-
place the cars and that it was UNI
necessary for plaintiff to assist, and
that in 50 doing he was a mere
volunteer, or acting under the un-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
CONTINUED from Third Page.)
MOWI).

MowD, Jan. 25.-After several weeks
Of silence / come with few more lines
for the HERALD.
The cold wave was quite unexpected
to some, especially to those who had
prophesied that we were to have no
winter.
Mrs. Bette Ralston of Marcella Falls,
Lawrence county, visited relatives here
last week.
Mrs. Linda Galloway and little ones
of Theta, spent part of last week in
our midst.
Mr.. Albert Goad, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, we are glad
to state is improving.
Mr.. A. j. Marshall of your city, is
spending this week with his sister, Mrs.
ID. c. Walters.
Miss Hula Walters is sick with la
grippe.
J. w. Vestal, after five years stay in
Texas, has returned to Maury county
and was welcomed by relatives and
friends in our midst last week. Jess
joined the Christian Church during his
absence and is now minister of the
gospel
span of black ponies, owned but
controlled by Arthur Church, was pass
ing this way to-day; suppose he staid
longer at Santa Fe than the horses
liked.
Sorry to hear of the recent illness of
Mr.. VIII Irvine.
Mr.. J. c. Goad, who was appointed to
wait on the court, is at his home sick ;
hope he will soon be out again.
Miss Bette Virgins, after having
spent the summer and fall with Miss
Callie Brown, has returned to her home
in North Carolina.
1t IS with sadness that we speak of
the death of our beloved sister, Mrs.
Robt. Mckee, who died at her home
near Dark's Mills January s, of measles.
She leaves husband and six little ones
to mourn her untimely death. Also an
aged father and mother, brother and
sisters, who will miss her CHEEKY voice
and loving smile to brighten their lives
here below. But we would point you to
a SUMMER cline where smiles are more
radiant and voices are full of music.
oh keep the sunshine of living faith
in your hearts and lives and the nights
of sadness will be followed by mornings
rejoicing on the other side. May the
Father who saw fit to remove the moth
er from the home, guide the feet of the
little ones along the pathway of lite and
make smooth the rugged path that the
lonely husband must trod. And may
heavens choicest blessings rest upon all
the sorrowing ones, is the sincere wish
and PRAYER of SYLVIA
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The
Weather Bureau issues the follow
ing:
The temperature has fallen in the
South Atlantic and East Gulf States
and Tennessee and it has risen slow
ly in all other districts. 1t continues
below freezing in the Southern
States, except Florida, and is below
zero in the Northwest as far South
as Iowa and Northern Illinois. Snow
prevails tonight on the Atlantic
coast north of South Carolina GEN
orally very clear in the gulf States,
Mississippi Valley and thence west
ward to the Rocky Mountains.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
IT'S HERE AT LAST.
From Greenland'S ley Mountains
Come Winters Chilly Blasts.
Mercury Takes Tumble All Over the
Land-Way Below Zero in the
Bleak Northwest.

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-According to
the records of the Weather Bureau
this was the coolest day in Chicago
in twenty-five years. At 10 time
since the Chicago station has been
established has there been so low a
maximum temperature recorded.
BY midnight the thermometer
registered II degrees below, having
dropped I degrees since O'Clock
The cold is made more intense, as it
is accompanied by Il brisk sharp
wind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
WAY Down Below.

ST.. PAUL, Jan. 24.-The coolest
weather of the winter thus far was
experienced in this section last night
and to-day, the mercury being way
down in the minus figures, from 20
to 30 degrees below, thermometers
varying in various parts of the city.
Bismarck, n. D., reports a severe
blizzard prevailing all day, with the
mercury 81 degrees below zero and a
high wind blowing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
House.

The following bills were intro
duced:
Bv Mr.. Emmert-To prohibit the
manufacture and sale of snuff for
use in the State.
By Mr.. Cothran-To compel rail
roads that run trains through incor-
porated towns and cities not to run
them at a greater rate of speed than
ten miles an hour, through said
towns or cities.
By Mr.. Norheet-To compel tn c
circumcision of all male childre n
before they arrive at the age Of 10
years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
At indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24.-The cold
wave has this city by the throat to-
day, the thermometer at the wealth
er Office registering below zero at
Z o'clock this evening. The natural
gas pressure was very low, and as
all residents depend upon it for fuel,
there was great suffering.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

By Judge Caldwell.-Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company VS.. r.
F. g. Bennett, appeal from the
Maury County law docket. This
was an action for damages for per-
sonal injuries received at the hands
of the railroad company. In the
court below verdict for $1,000 had
been rendered. Affirmed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The intense
cold has moderated IA trihe in the
lake region, but not to the extent to
be appreciated by anything except q
thermometer. In all parts of the
West and Northwest the cold wave
continues in full force. In Mime
sofa the lowest temperature reported
is at Virginia, where the mercury
touched As below; at Duluth 1t was
%, MOOrhead %, FaribuIt 81.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

By Judge McAlister-James Hugh
Brown, by, etc. vs.. ID. f. Watkins ct
al, appeal from the equity docket of
Maury County. Judgment of lower
court affirmed.
The bill claimed that f. H. Wat
kins, about the year 1873, made a
verbal gift of what is know as the
Webb place, a tract of $50 acres in
Maury County, to his daughter, Mrs.
Alice G. Brown, wife of d. M.
Brown and mother of James Hugh
Brown; that d. M. Brown and wife
went into possession under this YER
bal gift and remained in adverse
possession for about seventeen years
when Mrs. Alice Brown died, leav-
ing James Hugh Brown as an only
heir, d. NJ. Brown surviving. A
short while after her death, f. H.
Watkins, in 1890, wrote to ID. NJ.
Brown that since the death of his
daughter their relations had
changed, but that he might, having
prepared to make a crop, re-
main there during the year 1891,
rent free. He did so and
left in January, 1892. F. H. Wat
kins resumed possession and devised
this land at his death to his eXecu-
tors, d. F. and r. w. Watkins, for
themselves aud Mrs. H. G.. Evans.
Soon after the death of f. H. Wat
kins in 1895, James Hugh Brown,
who was a minor, claiming that the
pOssessory right Of his mother had
descended to him, went upon the
land with his father and uncle
during the absence of ID. f. Wat
kins from the premises, filed a bill
claiming the land, and obtained an
injunction to prevent d. f. and h.
w. Watkins from entering upon it.
Upon motion this injunction was
dissolved and they were restored to
the possession. The defendants
claimed that F. H. Watkins had
never given the land, verbally or
otherwise, to Mrs. Brown, but that
she was then, with her husband,
merely as tenant at will of F. H.
Watkins.
The Chancellor dismissed the bill
on the ground that, even if all of the
facts alleged in it were true, they
would give no right to James Hugh
Brown, and therefore it was unnec-
essary to hear proof as to the alleged
gift. The Supreme Court affirmed
the Chancellor's decree and dis
missed the suit.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
A Genuine Norther.

DALLAS, TEX, Jan. PA genuine
norther made its advent here early
this morning, and the mercury
dropped from 46 to Is degrees above
zero, and it is hourly growing cold
er. Snow is falling tonight, and
the indications are that winter has
set in in earnest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
TRADE PALACE,
7, g, PETRI, Proprietor.

Mr.. George Priest, of Cross Bridges,
is visiting relatives here at this writing.
La grippe and measles are prevailing
throughout this part of the country.
Misses Evie and Vestal Dodson spent
last Saturday and Sunday with their
cousins, Misses Nora and Belle Dodson.
SCHOOL GIRL.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
GladneSS Comes

With better understanding of the
Wv transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease. but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
" removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which il acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase. that YOU have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laXatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease. one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS
senate.

Wednesday was an uneventful day
i'm the Senate, as was also in the
House.
Mr.. Smithson's fellow servants
bill was laid over until Feb. s.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
House.

The Estes fee bill came up as un-
finished business, and nearly the
whole of the session was taken up
in discussing it. 1t was left over
for further consideration until We'd
neSdaV
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

Burt Oats, Timothy, Red Top
Orchard and Blue Grass, at
ia22-2t) SATTERFIELD & DODsoN'S.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

authorized Invitation of the brake.
man and hence became a fellow ser
want with him and was not entitled
to recover.
1t was claimed by plaintiff that il
was to his employers and his owr
interest to replace the cars, and it
was necessary i'm order to more
etfectually carry on and hasten
their own work, and therefore, he
was not servant with the com
pany's employees.
The charge of the trial Judge was
to the effect that If they found that
Ward had voluntarily assisted the
brakeman and had no interest in the
work, either for himself or employer,
then he could not recover for the
negligent acts of the agents and SER
wants of the defendant, unless their
conduct was so grossly negligent as
to show wantOn and reckless dis
regard for his safety; that it was to
be determined by the Jury whether
plaintiff went on the car, prompted
by desire to promote his own in
terest or that of his employer and
expedite his WOTk, OF SIMPLY TO
assist the servants of the defendant
as matter of accommodation. In
the latter case he could not recover.
In the former case, if his acts were
reasonable and prudent under the
circumstances and he was injured
by negligence of defendants SER
wants, he could recover.
The question of facts as to whether
plaintiff was volunteer or whether
he was acting in his own interest or
that of his employer, was properly
left to the jury.
The question of negligence in the
servants of the railroad company
was also left to the jury, with in
structions that under no considera-
tion could the plaintiff recover un-
less, from the negligence of the rail-
road company. The opinion of the
court being that the matter had
been properly submitted, affirmed
the decision of the lower courts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29

readings of the DEPARTING ut were
10, Is, II, II, IS, 10, IA and Ii degrees.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-30
THE PRICE OF ICE.

The people of Salt Lake CITY nav too
high a price for their ice: they nav a
price that is at least double what it
should be; they pay price for their ice
that is simply an outrage. Ice at 81
hundred pounds is an extortion; vet
the people of this city submit to it
without complaint or protest. Why
should they pay this extortionate, this
outrageous price for ice? It has become
almost as much of a necessity in sum-
mer as coal in winter is Yet they pay
four and five times as much for ice as
for coal. Isn't it seandalous that they
should? The price is prohibitive to
people who have to depend upon their
days labor for the daily bread of their
families. In the scorching hot days a
little ice would be a godsend to many
a poor family, but that poor family can
not afford it. Other cities get cheap ice
and why cannot this city have it? Its
facilities in this direction are unsur-
passed, yet it is impossible to get even
reasonably cheap ice. The people of New
York get ice at half the cost the people
Of Salt Lake City do.
In the New York Tribune of last Sun
day there appeared a long article on
the ice trade down to date. In that
article man who had spent nearly
life time in the ice business was quoted
as saying: The price per hundred
pounds is % cents to stores and 40 cents
to families, just the same as the
average of the last fifty years, but you
see a possible shortage was guarded
against by opening up immense fields
in Maine in good season, where big
houses are always established"
There is no good reason why the
people of Salt Lake City should not
have ice as cheap as they do in New
York.
Let the people of Salt Lake City have
cheaper ice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-30
THE NEED FOR ECONOMY.

The people feel that the tariff policy
of the country is fixed for the next four
years, and this is a relief to them. They
will have something definite on which
to base calculations, and this of itself
is much. The change in the tariff comes
so early that it means a four years
trial Of it, and without any threat of
change.
One consequence of this will be that
there will be some revival of industry
how much, of course. no one can say:
it may be great, bringing in its train
widespread prosperity; or it may be
small, affording but, comparatively
slight relief. But whatever the meas
ure Of prosperity it may bring. be it
great or small, it viii be of no partic-
ular benefit to the people unless they
are economical in all things. The viz
tue of economy has almost been lost by
the people, and without it no prosperity
can long avail them. 1t is essential in
private as well as in public matters.
People and governments-city, state
and national-have contracted the bad
and vicious habit of spending their in
comes before they have them in hand,
and of spending more than they
amount to when in hand. That means
the piling up of debt and the taking
away of all incentive to economy. And
then this is followed by times of great
depression. Much of the evil times from
which people suffer is directly attrib-
utable to their own folly. For years
and years they have been proceeding
on the theory that it is possible to
have ones cake and eat it, too 1t is
impossible.
With renewed activity in the var
ious branches of industries times will
be improved, to what extent no one
knows, but whatever prosperity may
come it cannot possibly last any length
of time unless accompanied 10y strict
exercise by the people of the virtue of
economy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-30
A TARIFF TIT FOR TAT.

So great is the devotion of this coun-
try to the principle Of protection that
it should feel hattered whenever any
other country follows its example and
adopts the same principle. And the
higher the rates of duty imposed. the
more flattered should the country feel.
Our northern neighbor. Canada, has
been following our illustrious example
in the matter of protection. and now
it covers that land like the mantle of
charity
A dispatch from Victoria, B. c.. SAYS
there is a crowd of indignant gold
seekers in that town. Two hundred of
them have gone there from Seattle
with their outfits to take the steamer
Islander for Dyae. Upon arrival at
Victoria they learned that not d pound
Of goods would be allowed to enter the
Klondyke district without paying the
regular Canadian duty Some decided
to pay the duty at Victoria. while 9TH
ers viii SO on with their goods, hoping
to evade the duty when they arrive a t
their destination. This they will hardly
succeed in doing. as customs officers
will accompany them on the Islander.
and will have along with them force
Of constables whose duty it will be to
assist the mounted police.
Why should these goldseekers who
bought supplies in Seattle for consump-
ton in Canada kick at the Canadian
tariff? Have they not lived on tariff
in the United States all the DAYS of
their lives? Do we not preach to the
world that a high tariff is a blessing,
and put Our preaching in practice? Is
it not cardinal doctrine of the protec-
tionists that the foreigner pays the
tax that is, the foreigner who sells the
goods? This being so, the foreigners in
Seattle paid the tax, and the Canadian
tariff will not be felt by the gtldseek-
ers. They kick without cause.
For years and years this country
has been sowing high protective tariff
wind, and now it is just beginning to
reap some high protective tariff whirl-
wind.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-30
BROWN UNIVERSITIES CON-
TEMPTIBLE COURSE.

Not all the papers of New England
endorse the course of the trustees of
Brown university in their course in
forcing the resignation of President
Andrews. Thus the Democratic Bos-
ton Post says:
The forcing of the resignation of
President Andrews of Brown university
is shame and humiliation to New
England.
Our institutions of learning have
been proudly held heretofore to be the
bulwarRs of free government. Wis
dom and knowledge says the consti-
tuition of Massachusetts, "as well as
virtue, diffused generally among the
body of the people, are necessary for
the preservation of their rights and
liberties But the committee of the
corporation of Brown university,
charged with the contemplate duty of
disciplining the distinguished scholar
at the head of that institution, de-
clare that reasonable freedom of speech
cannot be tolerated when it tends to
the displeasure of millionaires who