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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
HELD BACK BY A MAsHoUr.
Georgia and Alabama Passengers,
Uncomfortable Experience.

uncomfortable Experience.
The Georgia and Alabama train, which
left Columbus at 11:25 o'clock Monday
morning, did not arrive here until after s
o'clock yesterday morning. about eleven
hours late. The delay was due to the
condition of the roadbed on account of the
heavy rains. A washout, near the Ocmul-
gee river made 1t necessary to transfer the
passengers across the river bridge at night
on a hand car. The transfer was made in
a drenching rain and the darkness is said
to have been like pitch. The experience
is one which the passengers would not care
to repeat. Every care was exercised by
the railroad company, the passengers
stated, TO prevent accidents, the track be-
ing continuously patrolled all along the
line,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
TO TALK ON SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Field Worker J. II. miller in savan-
nah To-day.

Mr.. ]. II. Miller. field worker of the
Georgia Sunday State School Asso-
citation, will spend to-day in Sa-
vannah, and viii give "chalk talk" and
talk back meeting for Sunday school
workers. in the Sunday school room of
the Independent Presbyterian church at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Miller is an interesting talker and
everything he says on Sunday school work
is of interest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
Poslponed UntiI Tuesdny.

The formal opening Of the Metropolitan
Clothing Company. which was TO have
taken place yesterday, has, on account OF
the rainy weather. been postponed until
Tuesday next. March 30.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24

-severe-"As a Lenten penance." said
the spiritual director, Il recommend that
you scrub the steps OF the church ediace /"
How lovely" said TO herself the frivolous
lady Of high social standing.
"At the same time, It is essential that
not newspaper shall be notified"
The light Of high resolve faded from the
beautiful brow, leaving the lady In drear
gray mood.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. II soothes the
,hild, softens the gums. allays all pain.
cures wind cole, and Is the best remedy
'or diarrhoea. twenty-five cents bottle.
-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
TOO TIRED 10 SLEEP.
Fake Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

The WEAKNESS from brain work and
nervous excitement is the most enervat-
ing fatigue there Is. Horsford's Acid
Phosphate quiets the nerves and induces
sleep.-ad. flasr Nrta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24

Anheuser-Busch's Malt-Nutrine gives
appetite, and aids and promotes digestion.
For sale by all druggists.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
HIS ATTORNEY COULDN'T ATTEND
The Mendel suits Before Justice
Reynolds Again Postponed.

HeyhOIUs AShIh FostpOncd.
The two suits against Mr.. Jonas Mendel
as treasurer of the Citizens Club, which
were set for hearing yesterday before
Jutices Reynolds, were postponed at the
request of Mr.. A. A. Lawrence, attorney
for Mr.. Mendel. MIR. Lawrence stating that
he had been called out of the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24

IT YOU WANT GOOD MATERlAbI
and work. order your autographed ans
printed stationery and blank books H"''
Morning News, Savannah. ca.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
enc PeopIe Are Conrinccn

when they read the testimonials OF cures
by Hoods Sarsaparilla. They are writ
ten by honest men and women, and are
plain, straightforward statements of fact
The people have confidence In Hoods gar.
saparilla because they know Il actuaiiv
and permanently cures, even when other
medicines fail
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24

Hoods Pills are the only pills TO take
with Hoods sarsapar!lla. Easy and yet
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
Let's Make il the Best.

The Covington Leader takes the
following sensible view on the Con-
stitutiOnal Convention question:
1.-The making of constitution is
the work of the people, and the pro-
posed convention is a reference of
proposed changes in the organic law
to the people. The people select the
delegates who draft the constitu-
ton, retaining the right to accept or
reject it. If all the evil things the
timid tremble and apprehend may
get into the new instrument, should
be incorporated in it, have not the
people sense enough to reject it? In
regard to cost, a State that can af-
ford to pay its judiciary $2l ,250 m ore
than two of its most progressive Sis
ter States Ombined-GeOrgia and
North Carolina-certainly can af-
ford to invest between $4,000 and
100000 once in a quarter of a CEN
tury in an effort to improve its or
ganic law. This movement will de-
velOp a great many economists who
will talk about cost, ETC., yet the
price of a convention is probably
each year given to the sine-cures of
coal oil inspector at Nashville and
Memphis. This is taken indirectly
1t is true, but nevertheless it is taken
from the people. We don't hear of
any briny tears being shed over this.
The people are now offered an OPP
portunity to improve the organic
law at what we consider a trifing
cost when compared to the great
material interests Of the State, and
we have yet to see the man who
does not admit some changes would
be beneficial. Let us not take cOun-
sci of our fears and apprehensions
but examine carefully and see, and
if we have not the best constitution
let US make it so. Tennessee should
not be in the rear guard of States in
progress and development"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

the old time posies; for instance the
purple eyed violets that grew in
wild profusion in the woods where
our cows were wont to Craze. You
know my most ardent admirer when
we were young was the good, big
hearted, freckled-faced boy who
used to drive the cows home, and
always brought me big round
bunch of those same royal beauties.
That has been many years, but his
delicate loyalty to me fingers in
memory unto this day. Kind friend
of my young days, Tou have enjoyed
the flowers in eel, stial bowers many,
many years
1t is sweet custom, and worthy
of all cOmmendation, sister dear, to
strew Gods smiles upon the
graves of the dead, yet how much
better if we had given little more
thought to the subject while they
were living. Did yCu ever think
how many flowers could have been
strewn upon their pathway? AS a
bud plucked and given shows a
kind thought of one, SO a cheering
word, IA kind act Il helping hand,
are so many flowers strewn. There
is not a soul So dead to all the sweet
cOur, ,esies of life, that cannot appre-
ciate IA word of encouragement.
Can you fad person living that
does not relish "a compliment?
Then why withhold SO small a
thing, when so much could be ac-
complished, even by hint or word l..
If a man makes Il good speech, tell
him so; it will stimulate him to eX-
cell. Don't wait until he is dead e,
then say good things about him. If
woman does II noble act, looks
well, or sings we'll, tell her so. 1t
will give YOU pleasure, knowing that
you have made her so. A child
knows "A smile from a frown, and a
servant will by your words of praise
be encouraged to please you.
Sister mine, | think the world
would move smoother if the small
courtesies (that mean so much, y were
more in evidence.
| knew Il woman that actually
starred to dcdh, hungering for lit
tie atfectionate demonstration from
her husband. A woman true, lives
upon the smiles of her husband.
Then why refuse 50 little thing?
Writing in this strain ! feel in
spired to bore you with IA little poe
try. Though teebly expressed, the
! idea is what | feel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
HELENE MURRAY,
Writes Another Letter From Chatter
town, Gossip County.
CHATTERTowN, GOSSIP, Co.,

town, Gossip County.
CHATTERTowN, GOSSIP, Co.,
June II, 1897.
SISTER MINE:-Having waited
until the virtue of patience has
ceased, for an answer to my last let.
ter, L am as usual jotting down my
thoughts to you, trusting you may
take as much pleasure IN perusing
them as | do in the iotting.
The flowery month has gone out
from US with its wealth of bloom and
sweetness, though her sister June is
rivalling her in her gorgeous array
of blossoms. | think L never saw
the roses more beautiful than they
have been since the middle OF May.
Speaking Of flowers reminds me of
one morning in the long ago. Twas
in June, and | wandered in an old
fashioned garden. The lazy sun
had barely kissed with his yellow
smile the leafy tops of trees and
sloping hills. Birds twittered noIse-
lily in their yine-clad nests, ,gossiping
with each other from limb to limb.
A light breeze that seemed as sigh
of nature as she was about to renew
her energies for another day, played
about, setting leaf and shrub a
trembling. The dew had not died,
but fingered in each cup as if 10th to
meet into the blue above. How still
the hour! One could almost hear
the bursting of bud and twig as they
grew to delight the eye and heart.
A sense of perfect content and rest
stole over me for an instant, and it
seemed to me that | alone of all the
world was awake. JOhnnie-jump-
ups turned their little faces to me 1;
looking so cunning and intelligent.
(Sister dear, bed of these same
sweet flowers always remind me of
thunder cloud. Isn't that a strange
fancy?) Close scented pinks were
there; blue bells, purple shades,
and sweet bed of chamOmile.
Thyme and other old fashion herbs
seemed not out of place, but held up
their heads as high as any of them.
Then the maiden's blush rose and
| the hundred leaf and the lovely
white lilies that are not .fdsbiOHdbie
now. All these were there, and
many more. As / have SO often
| said, Sister mine-times are not as
| they were. We now see every flow
er and bush cut and trained accord
ing to style. "Such and such a
flower is the rage &c. Give me
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

trap and was conveyed to the EX-
position grounds to take part in the
exercises of Cincinnati Day.
The exercises attendant upon the
dedication of the Cincinnati build
ing came up to the expectation of
the commissioners in point of bril-
liancy and grandeur.
The exercises We're opened with
the rendition of "American by the
Marine Band, after which Mai
Thomas introduced Gen. w. H.
Jackson, who made a short speech
of welcome.
Mr.. VIM. b. Melish, Chairman of
the Committee on Arrangements 4;
Robert Laidlaw, Chairman Of the
Cincinnati Commission; Mayor
Caldwell, of Cincinnati, and Gov.
Bushnell were the speakers of the
occasion.
The President held a short recep-
tion, after which he and his party
were conducted to the Illinois State
building. Passing through this
they went to the Negro building,
where a concert was given by the
Jubilee Club of Fisk University in
honor of the President.
The party left on their special at I
o'clock Saturday night and spent
Sunday in Chattanooga, going from
there direct to Washington.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
GIVE ME MY FLOWERS NOW.

Give me my flowers now.
Why should you wait It'll death
Has silenced my beating heart,
And lips denied their breath,
And eyelids down,
Low in the ground?
Give me my flowers to-day.
Why wait the coming morrow
Where the burden of life assumed,
May bring but pain and sorrow,
A sorrows crown,
When youths laid down?
Give me my flowers, when
Life's downward slope | tread,
Looking back DER years of toll,
And mistakes of heart and head;
'TwOuld heal the wound
or every frOwn!
Give me my flowers now,
A wreath al bursting with bloom
OF acts, and words of love,
Heav'n most found, no dread of gloom,
Tlllay me down
Low in the ground!
HELENE MAURY.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
CITIZENS TELEPHONE.
4 Coming Great Convenience For the
Progressive Farmer,
Aud an Aid to Him in Disposiug of His
Wheat, Corn, Potatoes, And
Other Crops.

EDITOR HERALD:
Since the general principle on
which the above cooperative institu-
tion is run has been fully stated and
discussed, both written and orally,
| will now undertake to show what
a great convenience and advantage
it is going to prove to the thrifty,
progressive farmer.
Every farmer should keep up with
the prices of his produce, as much
as the man who buys it to sell again.
Now do you know of a quicker way
by which farmer can get present
prices on his produce, than by the
rapid current of electricity?
Here is a farmer who wishes to
send his wagon to town to bring out
something. He doesa'twant to send
it empty; he has a variety OF pro-
ducts to sell, but doesn't know
which will bring the highest price
to day, until he gets to town:
Therefore, whether to send LOAD OF
wheat, corn, potatoes, OF something
else, is purely guess work with hllh'
But let him have a telephone
What then? How easily ana CON
veniently he can get the highest
market quotations on all OF his pro-
duce, even before loading his wag-
on; and he will know just what to
send, or whether to send anything.
In this way he can find out VINO Will
pay the highest prices for MS pro-
duce, and thus have it engaged De-
fore leaving with it. What great
Inconvenience is prevented lie
doesn't have to drive all over town
trying to sell what he has, ana theh
probably not sell at all. The pro-
duce is sold before it is loaded Tor
the market. Or if the merchaht or
miller is needing the produce before
it is offered on the market, now
easily the merchant or miller can
make his prices to the farmer tor
his (the farmer's) produce.
Again. Suppose some one of MS
family gets sick. He doesn't have
to run all over the lot during a rainy
night, after an old contrary horse To
go for the doctor. Simply steps TO
his telephone, and the doctor will
have to do the running.
Or again. How convenient it is
for the friends of one neighbOrhOOd
to converse with those of other
neighborhoods, as if face to face.
Numbers of other conveniences
might be mentioned, but these are
sufficient to show the advantage.
The Citizens Telephone has now
over two hundred and thirty instru-
ments in operation in Maurv County
and is still rapidly growing. Ar
rangements are being made to eX-
tend the line into Nashville, as well
as to other prominent places.
Scarcely since the year siXty-one
has anything caused as much talk
in our county as this patriotic insti.
tuition. 1t shelters our citizens
from the common pressure of mo
nopolism, and it they have fully
agreed to protect. 1t offers tele'
phone to every one at cost, each pay
ing his prorata only, and invites all
to come to its support. Ge who
would like to see your country pros
per, should support your country''
enterprises.
Yours for this prosperity,
ERNEST A. TINIMONs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
Road to DishonOr and Disgrace.

Some people have got the notion
in their heads that economy is mean
and niggardly, and that lavish ex.
penditure is the true sign of a gener-
Gus nature. If any such should hap
pen to read this journal, we beg to
assure them that they are laboring
under a delusion. 1t is doubtful
whether even wealthy people have
any right to scatter their money in
personal indulgence, and 1t is GER
tain that no one has any right to
live beyond his means. The end of
that road is dishOnor and disgrace.
Better is even the hardest and most
closely-calculated economy than the
vulgar dishonesty which clothes
itself in purple and fine linen that 1t
is not really able to buy, and fares
sumptuOusly every day on delicate
viands that somebody else pays for.
Christian Advocate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
CHEAP TELEPHONE SERVICE.
Lincoln County Would Like to Have al
Independent Line.

Lincoln County Would Like to Have an
Independent Line.
The Fayetteville Observer of last
week says:
"Mr. +. H. Hatcher, of Columbia,
was in town this week and talked
freely of the telephone war that is
going on in his town between the
Cumberland and Citizens compa-
nies; and he also scattered lot of
circulars bearing on the fight. Mr..
Hatcher is enthusiastic for the Citi-
zens' telephone, and says it has over
two hundred subscribers, twice as
many as the Cumberland, and is
saving annually $4,000 to $4,000 to
the people. The Cumberland for
merly charged SO, 81 and So a month
for phones, but is now offering to
put them in residences at soc a
month. 1t offers no terms to busi-
ness houses because the business
men organized the Citizens eX-
change and began the war. Mr..
Hatcher states that his exchange is
as satisfactory and gives as good
service as the Cumberland, and the
subscribers, or stockholders, get the
use of the phones at cost.
Fayetteville and Lincoln county
pay between $1,000 and $4,000 an
nually to the Cumberland Telephone
Company, and if the people could
get the service for a third or half
that amount they would like to have
it. If the Citizens company can
win out against so powerful a
monopoly as the Cumberland, il
will be great victory, and then
Fayetteville and other neighbor
towns will no doubt organize CO.
Onerative exchanoes ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
For Sale.

A very fine farm of about 500
acres, well improved; over 200 acres
in cultivation; situated miles
south of West Point, Lawrence Co.,
Tenn, in the forks of Fatory and
Shoal creeks. For terms, etc, write
JAMES PAULK,
Midlothian, Ellis Co.,
june4-2m. Texas.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

BRADsTREET's commercial report
for last week says: There are 256
business failures reported i'll the
United States this week, compared
with l27 last week, 234 in the week
a year ago, 232 two years ago, and
227 three years ago" Nevertheless,
he also says the gain in business
continues, and from present indica-
tions good times are surely
coming soon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
CINCINNATI DAY.
Smble But Appropriate Exercises
Throughout the Day.

Smble But Appropriate Exercises
Throughout the Day.
Saturday was Cincinnati Day at
the Centennial, and this, coupled
with the fact that the President and
his party would be present and take
part i'm the exercises, made the day
one of great moment, although the
crowd was not so large as on the day
before.
Quietly and in the presence Of not
more than l50 or POO people, Presi-
dent Mckinley stepped down from
the Maxwell House parlor early in
the morning and with President
Thomas, Director-General Lewis,
Gov. Taylor and others, stepped into
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

PROF. PRICE THOMAS, Il newly
elected Superintendent Of Public
Instructions, took charge Tuesday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

In Wisconsin, Monday, the
average heat was 100 degrees, and a
number of cases of suns'roke were
reported.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

BARNEY BARNATo, the famous
South African Diamond King
has committed suicide.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

A MAN was convicted in Paris,
Tenn, Monday, circulated his petit
tion for pardon Tuesday, which was
presented Wednesday, and he was
pardoned on Thursday. His trial,
therefore, was a useless expense to
the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

CLAY EVANS played the eXclu-
sive with the Mckinley party at
Chattanooga last Sunday, and the
people consider themselves snubbed.
Clay has an unfortunate habit of
doing the wrong thing at critical
times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY and his
party were delighted with Tennessee
and the Exposition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

j. FRANK ALDRICH, of Illinois,
may be General Lees successor as
COnsul-General to Cuba.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

THE American Railway Union is
dead, but President Debs has new
organization to spring upon the
laboring world.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18
NEWS AND COMMENT.

A TREATY for the annexation Of
Hawaii has been sent to the Senate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

CONSIDERATION of the test case as
to the constitutionality of the
cigarette law has been postponed
until June 81.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

NEBRASKA has asked for a special
day at the Nashville Centennial,
and VIM. J. Bryan will be a special
feature of that day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

The immigrant landing station at
New York was destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning, with loss of
nearly million dollars to the
United States government.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

MRS. EDITH BRUNO, an aeronaut,
while making an ascension near
Chattanooga, fell into the Tennessee
River and was drowned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

A FINE of $50 has been imposed
upon Hon. Hu l.. Brinkley for an
assault upon Col. VIM. r. Moore, at
Memphis.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

HOR. w. J. BRYAN addressed four
thousand people at Virginia Beach
last Monday, the subject of his lee
ture being "Bimetallsm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

THE twenty-seventh annual con-
vention of the Tennessee Press
Association was held in Nashville
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

SENATOR MCENERY (DemOcrat) of
louisiana, created quite sensa-
tion in the Senate Saturday by max
ing a speech in favor of protection.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

JUDGE FERRIss has established a
nursery for babies at the Centennial,
and you can take the little ones to
the big show, have them checked
for the sum OF % cents, and they will
give you no trouble at all. The
funds obtained from this institu-
tion will be given to the Day Home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

AN anarchist attempted to assassi-
nate President Faure, in Paris,
France, last Saturday, by throwing
a bomb at his carriage while he was
out driving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

THE Afro-American community
in New York is greatly worked up
over the recent epidemic of lynch
ings, both in the North and South,
and the negro preachers are contem-
plating calling a mass meeting to
make a protest and advocate strin-
gent Federal legislation to protect
the negro.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

WHEN the manager of the Van
derbilt place, near Asheville, n. c.,
announced that all of the Presidents
party would be received at Biltmore
except the newspaper men, the Pres
ident sent word that If the newspa-
per men, who were his guests, could
not come, he would not. They all
went.