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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
Notice of Executive Committee Meet
ing,

A meeting of the Democratic Elk
ecutive Committee of Maury County,
is hereby called to meet at IL o'clock,
a. M. Friday. December 81, 1897, in
the Circuit Court-room,in Columbia.
for the purpose of considering what
action should be taken on the cleo
ton of county officers, and for such
other business as may come before
the meeting. Every committeeman
is earnestly requested to be present,
and to post himself as much as pos
sible as to what is best for the Demo
cratic party. ]. T. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY "NEMo."

1t seems strange that Time should
be represented as an infirm old man.
Rather, he is youth, sprightly and
hurrying beyond all imaginings. Time
never grows old. When childish plans
are as many as our minutes and our
whims innumerable, then he does in
deed lag little and our violent hands
come near numbering him sometimes;
but as soon as we get definite purposes
in life, the rascal takes to his heels, and
eager though we may be to catch up
with him, we nevermore see anything
but his twinkllng feet in the distance.
And at last as our steps begin to drag
and falter, he circles round and round
so fast that we are sick with dizziness
and eager for rest. old Father Time,
forsooth! Those who call him 'old'
know not that Time is ever young.
What we call the olden days were the
new days to those who lived in them ;
and our day is in advance of theirs, and
theirs was in advance of those who pre-
coded them, for progress in some form
has been the order since the beginning.
All who pine with backward looking
eyes miss the present; for each new
moment is as bright as any that have
gone before. 1t is full of new oppor-
tunities, struggles, appointments,
triumphs. A charm fingers around the
new; new chances have not been spoiled,
new toys have not been broken, new
knowledge has not become trite, new
hopes are still full of buoyancy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31


Here once more is the end of an old
year and the beginning of the new, and
though do not lay much stress upon
New Years resolutions, l can quite
understand how they seem to help those
who do not yet regard every day as
equally sacred against waste. Now do
many of us, like the boy who is puzzled
in arithmetic, wipe our states clean and
start again? Admittedly the ploblem
still remains to be solved, but the very
idea of clean slate helps the mind by
taking out of sight the confusing figures
that have misled. Our problem, how
ever, is more difficult than that of any
boy; it is to take one short life, so di-
vide it that results shall be multiplied,
and nothing be left over save goodness
The terms are confusing enough, par
ticularly when each one must cipher
out the matter for himself. Alas! what
a sorroy lot of scrawlings some of us
have made. We have taken life as ouI
dividend, irresolution as our divisor
and the quotient is nothing and much
over in the form of frazzled, wasted
hours.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

JUST as we'll have no legislative
primaries or conventions, as not to
have them for county offices. The
object of the nominating system is
to keep the party organized and
thereby give it strength. If the
Executive Committee DISCREPANCIES
it by throwing the doors wide open
for county offices, they will find it
hard to close them In time for the
legislative primaries. When people
get in the habit of voting as they
please they have mighty way of
keeping 1t up.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

THE County Democratic EXecu-
tive Committee Will meet to-day to
determine whether or not they will
call any nominating primary or
convention for county offices this
year. Or rather they will meet to
make public their determination,
for, according to the best obtainable
opinion in political circles, they
have already determined not to.
Why they propose to betray the
party in this manner, we are at a
loss to know. We have not only
opened our columns to them for
their reasons, but have specially in-
vlted and insisted that they make
them known to the public. But
thew have remained as dumb as the
oyster and as sly as the fox, and
though we have inquired of several,
we have yet to find the man
who is manoeuvering the other side.
! The HERALD has no personal M
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
n M M II ~.

Too many large men, OrtOO many small o1ec0ats 7vhich?
Anyway here too many small sizes in overcoats a. "a
and IS. So nest Monday, we'll pick dozen of these
small Sizes in the best $1,000 blue and black Kersev over
coats, and you can take them at 5000 each
-Four styles of mems sack SUITS 80 to 49, that have
been $25o $500 and $780, and good clothes for these
prices. Monday, our price for this lot, $8 so suit
If you see it in our ad. it's So
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

Mr.. BENTON MCMILLIN voted for
the unconditional repeal of the sill
yer law of 1890, while William Jen-
nings Bryan, who was in the same
Congress voted against it, and said
that the repeal of that law twas to
drive another nail in the coffin Of
silver
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
So
NEW

Some ofsyou have wasted much time
the past year. You spendthrifts Re-
solve and act against this for the year
to come. Wake up to the fact that
time spent is time recoverable. How
much Of it do you think you have?
Not more than thirty years, probably.
And if by reason of strength some re-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
bis Monnds ProreA FntaI.

The unknown negro who was shot
week before last by Jake Sanford,
a negro living on the farm of Mr.. f.
]. Armstrong, near Ashwood, died
this week from the effects of his
injuries. Sanford was tried before
the negroes death, and bound over
to the Circuit Court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
TuRLEY AND McMILL1N.

The HERALD is done fighting the
war; entirely done. But we are not
done rewarding those who fought
those battles for us; and so long as
one of them lives-and is worthy the
Office he seeks-we never expect to
be. Other things being equal, the
HERALD is for the old Confederate
soldier every time.
Thos. B. Turley and Benton Nc
Millin were both born in the year
1916. They were both 16 years of
age when the war of secession be-
gan. They were both going to col
lege at the time. Mr.. McMillin re-
manned in college those four memo
rable years, never firing gun,
albeit the last year or two of the
war the Confederate army was
largely made up of "boys" younger
than he.
At the very beginning of that
bloody struggle, when not yet II
years old, Thomas B. Turley en-
listed as high private in the first
company of the first regiment that
went out from Memphis. He served
all through the war, and was in
every battle in which his regiment
was engaged. He was twice wound
ed; once at the battle of Shiloh, and
again at the battle of Peach Tree
Creek, near Atlanta. He was in the
battles of Missionary Ridge, Chick
amauga, Perryville, Franklin, Nash
vile; and in all the battles from
Missionary Ridge to Atlanta. He
was with Hood on his raid into
Middle Tennessee, and was cap
turned at Nashville, and after doing
slime" in the Nashville peniten-
tiary, was given "ticket of leave" to
Camp Chase.
That was what Tom Turley was
doing from 1861 to 1865, while Ben
ton McMillin was studying Latin,
French and Greek, and polishing
himself in the graces ofpolite litera-
ture. Of course we have no special
complaint to make against Mr.. Nc
Millin for doing this. We are not
opposing him on that ground. We
do not like him less, perhaps, but
only love the soldier boy more.
Perhaps Mr.. Turley would have
gotten an earlier start in politics, if
he hadn't lost the four best years OF
his life fighting for "a cause, though
lost, still just"
And that act of his boyhood days
was characteristic of the man
Though in far less important mat
ter, he is showing the same char
acteristic now. This extra cal
would never have been made if he
had said mo-" in the beginning
He could have postponed the issue
until January, 1899, at the regular
term, knowing full well that every
, day of delay was to his interest
, But without hesitation, and ever
against the advice of more timorous
| friends, he risked his personal in
2 terest-his whole political future
the goal of his ambition-for wha
! he conceived to be the public good
/ That's the sort of stuff that Sena
, tors ought to be made of. That's til,
r kind of men we need in public of
: fee. And we respectfully commend
) to Representatives Courtney anC
} Smith, who were themselves sol
! der boys, aud to DR.. Stockard-th'
son of soldier-and to DR.. Dabbs
this man, who from his early you'll
r to this good hour has proven him
self equal to any and all emergen
: cies; the soldier, the jurist and til,
) statesman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va, was
frightfully burned on the face and
neck. Pain was instantly relieved by
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which
healed the injury without leaving a
scar. 1t is the famous pile remedy. a.
b. Rains, "
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

To- MORROW begins a new year.
Let the hates of the past be buried
to-day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
But In All Your Giving Did You FORGET Anybody?

You mend it quickly by New Years token of some
sort Our Holiday Department will likely have just what
you And if you'll promise the gift and wait till Mon
day before you buy it, you take anything in Holiday
Department for just half ofmarked price.
All the Dolls all the pretty Medalions, all the Fancy Col
lar and Cuff Boxes, Mirrors, Jewel Boxes Indian Tables
ETC., etc. to be nest Monday Morning, January 3d. Just
halt price. But ne cannot pick them out and lay them
aside till Monday.
Big selling has left of Remnants of Wool Dress
Goods SikS Cotton Goods etc. Bright women can con-
ure lots Of good things of these short pieces
And the prices Half and less. Ready newt IMonday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

GArWOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. b. RAINS
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
YEAR.

Turn away from the noisy, thought
less crowds and bend your ear to the
summons of life. The world moves
Forwards" human growth is "For-
ward;" the mighty swing of the uni
verse in all its unmeasured extent is
Forward" Let your feet fall into the
marching time of imperishable con-
quering power, Forward and Up
ward!w
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31
Another Broken
RECORD.
And We Thank you very
much for helping us
to break it.
The month just closing,
December, has passed all rec
ords, for any one month dur

ing business in the volume of business done.
And every dollar for cash.
If there anything wrong about way of doing bust
ness you would have found it before now and results
would be different.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

Last in the march of months there
comes December,
A solemn stately sage who says, Gre
member,
| sing, alas, the dreary dirge of death,
| bear the pail; vet, with my dying
breath,
Another year is born, and, ere go
| shed my silent mantle of pure snow
To hide tines scars and wrinkles, and
to make
A gentle cradle where the heir can
wake,
And hear the soft receding strains that
cheer
The final feast that speeds the fading
year."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-02
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
supt. Dyer Submits His Regular Monthly
Eeport


Superintendent Dyer of the city schools
submitted his regular monthly report 10
the members of the school board last
night at their regular meeting. The
meeting was quite uneventful. and aside
from this there was very little new de-
veloped- Everything is running smooth
~, and the board express them
selves well satisfied with the work be-
ing done. Mr.. Dyer's report is as fol-
lows:
Superintendent report TO the board
of education for the month ending Jan
uary l., 1897. together with some points
Of information for the past two weeks:
FOURTH MONTH.
Enrollment-Boys 2.G34: girls 2.104: to-
tai Abs Enrolment close of fourth
month last year 4.3l4. Loss this year,
l7s. Number remaining 10 date. boys
1876; girls I947; total 3.S23.- Number re-
naming to date last month, 5. 793. Gain
80.
Gain on enrolment over third month,
1A. Percentage of attendance for the
city, SS. Number OF visitors i.14l The
large number of visitors is accounted for
by the holiday exercises. held in the
various buildings.
Number OF tuition pupils: High school
IL, S24; Grammar s SIC; Primary .. 81;
normal l, $3.50. Amount due per month,
s45g5
Within the month / visited and in
soected all the schools Of the city one or
more times. The work is progressing i,
a very satisfactory manner. The CORPS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-02

e'er we begin to write upon the unsullied
page af the future
We feel thai amid many perplexfties
and weaknesses Gods own hand has
held the Rescue Home, fiand His great
| arm OF love and protection has been
| thrown around it 10 shield from danger.
| to comfort and sustain. The Lord of
hosts is with Us, the God of Jacob Is our
refuge.
This work cannot be carried on by the
| few who are giving their entire time TO
| il, but every one who aids US with sym
| pathy or prayers, money or prov isiOas,
| has part and lot in i.
! May God bless every one VINO has
| helped TO make the Home a possibility.
During the past year thirty-nine girls
and women and a number OF children
| have been sheltered in the Home for
! longer or shorter period of time OF this
number twelve have been restored 10
| relatives or friends, four are domsstics.
| four are married three have gone back
into sin, eight are still in the Home, and
| the whereab bouts OF seven are unknown
to US. Twenty-six Of the thirty-aine
professed conversion. twenty-three OF
them We either know or have good rea-
son 10 believe are living az least moral
( lives al the present time.
A large number Of street and slurn
meetings have been held in connection
with the Home work. resulting n the
conversion OF some souls. and We rest
upon the promise that He that goeth
forth and weepeth, bearing precious
seed, shall doubtless come again rejoic-
ing. bringing His shears with Him.
We shall not soon forget a death-bed
scene in the slums a few months ego. 4
poor colored woman. who had been one
of the lost ones, and whom the Home
workers and other Christians Of the city
had labored with. was converted on her
dying bed. Her cry for days had been:
Lord have mercy on met and as We
looked upon her face a few hours before
her death, we saw that the answer had
come: Daughter, thy sins are forgiven
thee, go in peace" She was too weak 10
speak, but recognized us. A sister bent
over her and said: You are almost
home" The look of peace intensified.
and with more than mortal strength she
lifted her poor wasted hand heaven
ward. and in that dingy room come a
wave Of light and glory from the unseen
which filed US with joy unspeakable
What wonderful Savior IS Jesus. my
Jesus, what a wonderful Savior is, Jesus,
my Lord"
At business meeting held September
IS, the board of trustees was enlarged
from six to twelve, and at a subsequent
meeting the name was changed from
Home of Redeeming Love" 10 Wichita
Rescue Home"
The cash receipts FOR tie year were
sl,01S.41; cash expended 81 .0023S: cash
on hand sl6.03. Estimated value of sup
ply donations received s50S.I6 Total in
cash and other donations S1.52s57 In
addition to this, physicians have given
us considerable service free of charge
We ask the sympathy and co-opera-
ton of all of Gods people for the pres
ent year. upon which We have entered.
BELLE STAPLES. Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-02
The aota 1aily guesaay Hornmg Eebruaru 1897

as a whole, are labcring faithfully for
the best results, not only to advance the
pupils in the various studies but also to
conserve ali the elements which go TO
make up the best men and women.
While satisfactory work is being done,
we never hope to reach the degree of
perfection where nothing more is de-
sired. If We are moving in the right di-
Tection, and moving with proper degree
of progress, il is source Of encourage
ment
The High school-Percenfage of at
tendance 90; enrollment-boys l53, girls
1873; total So. Enrolment az close of
fourth month last year, 327; gain this
year %.
The work Of this department is max
ing its usual satisfactory progress. The
seniors closing work is under way, and
will be distributed over sufficient time 10
be done with best advantage to the
class.
The following books have been added
to the reference library during the
month: Botanical studies. United States
census. Farms and Homes, Beacon
Lights Of History volume s, Geological
Atlas Of United Stases. All free except
the volume Of Beacon Lights. Also the
following pictures nave been donated by
the pupils: Freshmen, section C. to
room 3. THE Court of Honor" Fresh
men, section A, to room 2, 'St. Marks
and Julius Caesar"
We have S25 pupils remaining to date,
with an average daily attendance OF
1851.
Normal school-Enrollment boys 1,
girls 10; total II. Remaining to Date II.
One new pupil has been admitted since
last report.
This school was called upon for seven
days of substitute work during the
month.
y very satisfactory condition prevails
in both the theory and training depart
ments of this school.
The grade school which ranks first in
is Lincoln; second Cleveland,
Harry and Washington; third, Emer-
son, Irving, Mccormick and Park.
First in punctuality, Webster; second
Paramount; third, Burton.
Owing to a defect in the boiler Irving
school held continuous session on jan
uary 2s.
On January %, the first, second and
third OF Washington school were ad-
journed until noon. The building was
warm enough for school with an hour
after adjournment. The lack for heat
was not attributable to any cause aside
from the extreme cold.
During the recent cold weather our
attendance has been reduced considera-
bly,, especially among the smaller chill
dren. Many others are compelled to re-
main at home during the cold weather
for reasons over whose circumstances
they have no control.
Ine visiting committee, whose report
Is que tonight, will doubtless give addi-
tional information, which has not been
upon by this report
Inc national superintendent con-
vention VIII be held in Indianapolis. |
fepruary 16 to Is. 1 shall arrange to at
Iend this meeting, with your permits |
sion ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-02
SILVER NOW Is LONESOME
Cat at Police Headquarters Goes to Jimmy
Hearns

Metropolitan police cat No. "a was car
ried away from police headquarters yes
terday by Jimmy kearns. The cat has
made herself famous among the boys be-
ing trained TO do number of very c,eVer
tricks. She has also been the constant
companion OF Silver" who is all-round
man about headquarters. and he is nee
essarily lonesome. When Jimmy Kearns
picked pussy up she began 10 raise a row
as though she knew what was going to be
done with her. and as far as she could be
heard she was making a strong protest
against being taken away as a good
healthy metropolitan police cat of good
lungs and fighting abilities is capable Of
doing. The boys had quite a discussion
over who should get the cat, but she was
finally allotted 10 Jimmy Kearns as he
brought her 10 headquarters when she
was a small kitten, fed her during her
, kittenhood and saw that she had many
other comforts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-02

The city hall was thronged YESTERDAY
forenoon by people OF all shades, grade.
and coIors, all seeking a hearing befor.
the new board Of police commissioners
and all having the best of endorsement.
for the positions they sought. The com
missions having arrived, the new com.
missioners met.
At 10 o'clock yesterday the new board
of police commissioners were sworn IL
by Deputy City Clerk George Sewall.
Colonel S. E. Jocelyn was chosen presi-
dent. j. NJ. Furnish secretary Of the board
Their first act was TO ratify the instruc-
tons received from Topeka by selecting
Charles Hatton police judge, William
Campbell chief Of police, Pat Healy sani-
tary policeman, and then to carefully
follow the slate agreed upon Sunday i'll
Eankey & CampbelFs Office.
Captain j. H. Shields was selected as
FAY clerk, John Fisher as night clerk and
Charles Davis as turnkey, after which
The board adjourned till o'clock.
Al the afternoon the following patrol
men were chosen: James Derr, William
Keirsey, John Kerwin and ]. w Fox
The commissioners were forced to meet
The question raised by Labor Commits
sioner Bird that eight hours should con-
stitute days work, and the major por-
iiCn Of the day was spent IN discussing
the problem which confronted them. The
proposition 10 increase the force one
third and make three shifts Of the entire
io,ce one at u o'clock midnight, one at
J a. m, and the last al O'Clock p. m.
The commissioners claimed that all the
appointments made were but temporary,
and in case they decided to make the
oh hot rrr1cy Of ba
would be reduced n such a manner as to
lot increase the aggregate. II was final
" decided that Colonel Jocelyn should
visit the powers that be a. Topeka and
earn the true status Of the labor Ques-
non.
o. K. Stewart of the Fourth ward was
the only appointment made last night
OF the appointments made, six are
said to reside in the Second ward. The
Fifth and Sixth wards have been totally
snuDbed, Notwithstanding the fact that
these two wards gave the principal vote
ind are counted Pop wards To say
that the Pops are hot but mildly ex-
presses their disgust. Among those who
were willing TO speak out in meeting,
showing their feeling, a reporter for the
Eagle met:
Harry Sutton-I will hold my job,
James WoltZ-No one has worked
harder for the party than 1 have, and
they know ii. / viii continue TO fight the
Populist battle whether 1 get anything
cr not.
L. S. Butterfield-It seems that the
powers that be do not understand or ap-
preciate the work that was done. Even
my sacrifices were construed into bene-
fits Yet they will know better after
awhile. have no kick coming at all.
Judge Tucker have been told all
along that l was factor in carrying this
county, but this fact does not appear 10
have any weight in the making up Of
the jewels
Rev. Crease have given my earnest
efforts to the Populist party and never
asked but a small pittance at their
hands. They have ignored all my eff
forts and 1 now feel that I am free 20 do
as 1 On please hereafter.