The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-07-22
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

Judge Holding, the regular nomi-
nee of the Democratic party for
Judge of the 9th Circuit, has been
for several days shaking hands with
the people of Giles. The Judge is
not permitting any great amount of
grass to grow under his feet-Giles
County Record.
What beautiful thing is the flower
of courtesy that sometimes blossoms
in the very heat of human carnage!
When Admiral Cervera sent flag
of truce to announce the salty OF the
heroic Hobson aud his men, all the
world applauded his action; and
when, on the fateful third Of July,
the gallant Lieut.. Wainwright re-
ceived the same unfortunate Ad-
miral on the "GIoucester," congrat-
ulated him on the superb courage
that he had shown, and courteously
offered him the use of his private
cabin, all the world again felt the
thrill of a noble action. Magnanim-
ity is greatness. We should be
sorry to think that the day might
ever come in which there should be
no such deeds to mitigate the hor-
rors of war.-Christian Advocate.
We learn just as we go to press
that at meeting in this city on the
18th inst. of : OF the 10 delegates
from the Tennessee Conference to
the General Conference of the NJ. K.
! Church, South, they adopted pa
per, based on the recent action of
the Bishops and the report of the
Senate Investigating Committee, re-
questlng the Bishops to call an eX-
ira session of the General Confer
ence at the earliest day practicable.
They also adopted resolution dis
senting from the reasOnings and con-
cluslons of the Book Committee as
to the innocence of the Book Agents.
-Zion's Outlook.
Tennessee's S orator, Reece Calhoun
! DeGratfenried, the gifted Congress.
man of Texas, whose fame has
spread over the country, isanephew
Of the late Robt. w. McLemore, who
died in this place last November at
the home of Mrs. Chas. Smith. Mr..
DeGratfenried was born aad reared
near Franklin. His father, Gen. NJ.
+. DeGratfenried, at the beginning
of the late war. was one of the
wealthiest and most aristocratic
men in the State, also one of the
most cultured.-Glles County Re-
cord.
The Washington Post has car
tOOn which represents Uncle Sam
halting where the wavs divide, or,
as they say in the popular parlaace
of this part of the country, at the
forks of the road. One way is la
beled, imperialism, and the other,
Monroe Doctrine" The picture is
apt. That is where the country
stands now. Both of these ways
can't be pursued. We can't shut the
rest of the world out of the Western
hemisphere and at the same time
appropriate Asiatic territory for
ourselves.
McMillin's canvass of the State as
the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor will remind the old politi.
clans Of the stirring campaigns of
years ago by the interest which he
will develop among the masses.
His power as a speaker, coupled
with his knowledge of public affairs,
will draw large crowds at his
every Observation-Disclosures
New Era.
How would it sound-"President
of the United States aud King of
Hawaii?" Other additions may
come later on: emperor of the
Philippines, Prince of Cuba, Duke
of Porto Rico" etc. There is nDth-
ing like getting ready for the sur
prises which our Republican friends
at Washington appear o be prepar-
ing for the American people.-Fay-
etteville Observer.