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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
STREET SPRINKLING.

In discussing public questions, the
HERALD always looks to the great
est good of the greatest number.
What, now, can you think of, would
bring more comfort, more pleasure,
more benefit to more people in this
corporation of Columbia than more
general system of street sprinkling?
We had an article on this subject
some time ago, and the only argu-
ments we have heard made against
sprinkling is the expense of it, and
the further fact that everybody
would want it, and those who did
not get it would kick.
Now as to the last proposition,
there are always kickers; and the
general public, which fares badly
enough at best, would fare miserably
indeed, If public monies had to be
spent by a unanimous vote of the
people. Timid, time-serving office
seekers too frequently allow these
kickers to control them; but consci-
entious public servants vote as they
think right and best, regardless OF
the kickers.
However, we do not think these
DIRECTORS would be nearly so nu-
merous as they are imagined to be.
No reasonable man could expect
every street and by-way and alley
sprinkled; any more than he could
expect an electric light at every
mans door. And the people, we
think, are as reasonable as their ru-
lers, and never make much disturb
ance over any sensible, just and i'm
partial law, made and enforced fol
the public good.
AS to the expense, that should be
considered in connection with the
blessing. Electric street lights are
expensive, and yet we have them
Fire protection seems high and
don't always protect; but nobody
would want to give it up. The water
itself is no cheap thing, and yet W.
are all willing to pay our taxes fol
it. And so with the street sprink.
ling; the dust is an offense and {
nuisance to everybody; it is no re.
specter of persons or places; it set
ties itself upon the velvet carpet OF
the rich and the bare floor of the
poor; and when disturbed it flies
into the eyes and up the nose of the
first passer by. 1t produces throa
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
Personals Culled From Exchanges.

Miss Margaret McEwen has re-
turned from Chattanooga. Miss
Ethel Hatcher, of Columbia, is visit
ing her.-Nashville American.
Miss Susie Belle Moore, of Spring
Hill, was the guest of Miss Lillian
McGavOck last week.-Williamson
County News.
Mrs. E. w. Carmack and little son
left Thursday night for Columbia,
Tenn, where she will spend the
summer with relatives and friends
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Miss Dorset, of Maury County, IL
visiting her sister, Mr.. Otey Walk
er.-Franklin Review-Appeal.
Miss Elizabeth McLemore, of Co.
lumbia, who has been attending
school in New York, stopped over a
day or two last week while en- route
home, to see her aunt, Mrs. Chas
w. Smith.-Pulaski Citizen.
Rev. s. NJ. Gupton, of Columbia
spent last Sunday night with Rev.
DR.. Price in Lewisburg.-Marshall
Gazette,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

THE water pressure at the fires
Saturday night and Sunday morning
was all that was needed; and the
fires, which had gained considerable
headway,were quickly extinguished.
If the pressure had been no better
than it was at the City Grain Com
pany's fire, or the Pump Factory fire,
there is no telling where this fire
would have stopped. Hence the
Importance of plenty of water and
open valves and everything ia readi-
ness. We hope Columbia's recent
expensive experience will teach
both the Water Co., and the city
authorities to keep themselves and
all their paraphernalia for fire tight
ing, in the fine condition they proved
to be last Saturday night and Sun.
day morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.


In London, the greatest city of the
world, there is no Sunday newspa-
per. Recently the two largest papers
in the city attempted to have Sun
day issue; bat after few weeks
trial they abandoned it as fruitless
and expensive experiment. The peo-
pie there, who enjoy Sunday as a
day of recreation and rest and wor-
ship, would not consent to be bored
by great big blanket paper, and of
course the advertisers would not
patronize what the people would not
read; hence the failure.
This experiment and failure has
brought about again discussion of
the Sunday newspaper in America ;
and it is no less surprising than en-
cOuraging to note the general dissat-
isfaction there is with these great
big bunglesome so-called newspa-
pers, that few people, comparatively,
trouble themselves to read land fewer
still enjoy. OF all the papers in the
week, the most inane, the mushiest,
the most Improbable and unenter-
tanning, is the Sunday issue. 1t is
possibly glanced at by more people,
but actually read by fewer, than the
paper of any other day. And yet
publishers continue it, because their
competitors do, and because it is
thought to be the proper thing.
Some of the church papers are
availing themselves of this opportu-
nifty for word in season, and hurl-
ing their criticisms at the publisher
for violating the Sabbath by work
ing on Sunday, and at those who
neglect their religious duties to stay
away from church and read such
trash. But a better point of attack,
1t seems to us, would be to aim their
darts at the good old elders and dea-
cons and stewards who reserve Sun
day for special advertising day. The
paper alive in America, is the extra
demand made on it by the larger ad-
vertisers; and four out of five Of
these advertisers are men whose
names may be found on some church
book.
Now what is the use of preaching
to a worldly publisher about observ-
ing the Sabbath, while good brother
in the church is tempting him with
the filthy lucre for space in his Sun
day edition? How can you expect
poor benighted heathens, Injured
to seven days work in the week,
to reform, when they are con-
stantly being tempted not only by
the world, the flesh and the devil,
but by the saints of the church as
well? The church, through its iAdi-
vidual members, needs to get right
before IL may reasonably expect to
accomplish the glorious purpose for
which IL was established.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

TENNESSEE has three Prison Com
missioners, one appointed from each
grand division of the State. By the
expiration of the term of DR.. Morrow
there is a vacancy on the Board
from the Middle division, and among
the applicants for the place is Maj.
John II. Williamson of Maury. No
man in Maury county has fought
more battles for Democracy than
Major Williamson; no man has a
cleaner record, private or public
political or personal; and ia present
ing such man for the office, Maury
does so with an earnestness born OF
the hope of success. Up to the pres
ent. Governor McMillin has not re-
membered the Democracy of Maury
in the makeup of his cabinet.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
F. D. LANDER, Editor.

MAYOR DUDLEY IL having the Sun
day law enforced in Nashville, and
the law breakers are making the
usual fuss about it. We need one
more law on our statute books; one
making it grounds for impeachment
ofany officer who knowingly or care
lessly allows any law to be violated .;
and such impeachment should rem
der such officer incompetent to hold
office for life; and any citizen should
have the right to prefer the charge
and prosecute the case. Our laws
are good enough. but their enforce
ment is miserably and disgustingly
partial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

THE rainy season has begun, and
it begins to dawn upon the Admins
tratiOn crowd that the Filipinos are
not half whipped yet. They are
like these wheel and turn" BOOSTERS
you may read about in our friend
Lipscomb's "Dixie Game Fowl" in
that they are easy to run but hard to
conquer. They are easy to drive
from the open field but hard to dis
lodge from the wild Businesses of
their ambush retreats. But when
they are all killed or conquered,
then what? We will have overpuw-
cred and subjugated, robbed and
murdered, an unoffending, helpless
people, against whom we had no
cause for quarrel, and for whose pos
sessions we have no earthly use.
Taking it all in all, this is about the
biggest fool war that ever was ragged.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

LEwIsBURG has abolished its char
ter and will reorganize under new
one, so as to get the benefit of the
four mile law, which applies to towns
under two thousand inhabitants.
The temperance people should at
tempt to amend the law at the next
session, and make it read ten thous-
and, instead of two; and year after
year force such amendments, until
every saloon in the state is closed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

troubles, eye troubles and nose tron-
bles, and Is altogether a most dis
comforting, disagreeable nuisance to
everybody. F.
Now for the city authorities 20
sprinkle the public square, and Main
street from Sixth to Eleventh, and
Garden street from Fifth to Elev-
enth, and High street from Sixth to
Eleventh, and West Seventh street
from the public square to West End
street; for the city authorities to do
this sprinkling and pay for it by pub
lie taxation, would be just and fair
and equitable, for the public at large
would receive the benefit; and, in
our opinion, the "kickers" would be
few.
This sprinkling would not be done
for the especial favor or benefit of
those who live on these streets; but
because they are the main public
highways of the city, and because
nearly everybody who has any bust
ness at all, some time during the
day is forced to travel one of these
streets.
Going to or from South Columbia,
or the depot, or the cemetery, or
West End, or church, people are
compelled to travel one or more of
these streets; and dry weather like
this, they breathe dust from the time
they start until they reach their des.
tination. To abate the dust nuisance
on these main thoroughfares would
be the most welcome thing this Board
could do, in our Judgment, and the
most popular; and If they will not, we
hope the people will remember next
November to elect Board that will
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

THE Act Of the recent Legislature
changing the time of holding the
courts in this Judicial Circuit raised
a rather perplexing question as to
the time of holding the next term of
courts. The next term for Maury
county under the old law would be
the second Monday in November;
while under the new law it would be
the first Monday in September; and
owing to the bungled phraseology of
section ID of the act, it was doubtful
when this change should take effect
At meeting of the Bar called for
the purpose of constituting this sec-
ton, the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed, and while at first there was
some difference of views, it was
finally concluded, by an almost
unanimous opinion, that one term
should be held in each county at the
times heretofore fixed by the old law,
and the next terms thereafter should
be held at the times fixed by the new
statute; and Judge Holding has de-
cided to hold his courts accordingly.
Consequently, the next term of the
Circuit Court for Maury will be held
on the second Monday in November
as heretofore, instead of the first
Monday in September as at first an
nounced. But, after the next term
the regular terms for Maury county
will be the first Mondays in January,
May and September. Some cases
had been set for the Septic mber term,
under the idea that the next court
/ would be held under the new law
but these cases have been reset for
the Novemb err term, and litigants in
this county should take notice of
this change.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09

ONE of the good laws passed by the
last Legislature, but one which has
received but little attention, was
that providing against secret marri-
ages. The law requires County
Court Clerks to record each marriage
license as it is issued, and keep the
book open for inspection.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
Last Week and
The Week Before

We had killing in mems So.
suits. No such bargains were ever
offered to the trade before, and of
course the eighty-seven suits adver-
tised didn't last but a few days.
Not few of our customers asked us
to have bargain sale of boys knee
pant suits. So looking through that
line we found just
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
Greenway's
Dyspepsia Tablets

will be found beneficial and give i'm
mediate relief when suffering from
dyspepsia, indigestion, heartburn,
sour stomach, constipation, etc.
Sold by WOODBRIDGE & IRVINE,
If Druggists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
See Dale RrOS..

For millet seed and land plaster
Lowest prices on record. Phone 40
1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
Forty-one Suits

and the sizes were this way; 2, IL;
4, 10; 8, 8; II, s; II; and Z, 6. Forty
one in all.
Now good mothers, this advertise
ment is intended for you. These suits
are the incest productions of the
best mills in this country; absolutely
all wool and the former prices ran
from $3.50 to $3.50 per suit. The only
objection raised against them is the
color, all being light color. Now
until the next HERALD day we say
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-06-09
MeKe33o3, H3dQrSo2 { Foster.
ne We close at 6:I5 p. M, Except Saturday. III
Dut Down Eight and Carry Twenty.


Dut Down Eight and Carry Twenty.
Sounds like school marin talk but it isn't This refers
to Twenty Cent Organizes at Eight Cents Yard, and
it comes about this way New York Jobber had several
OF these pretty shear, printed Organizes left but
when he to examine the styles, he found only fVe
styles in the lot So in order sell many and
few Styles he made price of little less than half and
only risk you is in getting dress like your neighbor
But that doesn't you get for Eight Cents what you
would ordinarily pay cents for.
One style on Navy Blue ground.
One style Black ground
Three styles White ground
Next Monday Eight Cents Yard
COOred Printed p X at Lee Yard.-Twentyfve pieces
left of nearly evenyve that started with They
be 12c yard but bought the pieces that could
yard and this little lot of sale Next
Monday Morning at 1-2c Yard.
Plain White Organizes at 17c Yard-A fraction under 900
yards "a nch plain White Organizes very thin and sheer and but
for the fact that people prefer the wde 6Sinch Organdes this
little lot wouldn't have been here sale Next Monday Morn
ing at 17c Yard.
More White Quilts at Soc Each-u se heavy weight
slight mpecon oil spec& keeps them
the ST rs class. Next Monday SOC Each.
Ladies' Strap Sandals at soc Par.-Ony 16 pairs hardly
enough MENTION but its getting rid of small lots of odds
and ends Sizes p Il; q a. d; 34 S;
and Most of them $ooa pair Next Monday soc Pair
June Reduction in Ladies' Muslin Underwear.-Lades Ele-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06
EX-SENATOR HARLAN DEAD.

He Was Secretary OF tho Interior in
Lincoln's Second Cabinet.
Des Moines. Oct. e. Ex-United
States Senator James Harlan died yes
terday at his home in Mount Pleasant,
Ia. The end was not unexpected. q
collapse having taken place last Sun
day. Tho immediate cause Of death
was con gestion Of the lungs. compli-
Gated with liver trouble. Over exer-
ton in attending the sessions Of the
Iowa Methodist conference last week
aggravated his naladies and caused
prostration. His daughter. the wife
of Hon. Robert T. Lincoln. Of Chicago,
was present at the bedside.
James Harlan was born In Clarke
county, Ills, Aug. 25, 1920. He gradu-
ated at Indiana Asbury university in
1845 and became a lawyer. He was
elected the first superintendent of pub
lie instruction Of Iowa in 1s47; was
president of Iowa Wesleyan univer-
sity, at Mount Pleasant, in 1853; was
United States senator from Iowa from
1855 to 1855; was secretary Of the in
terror in Lincoln's second cabinet,
1S65-G6, and was United States senator
from Iowa from 1885 to 1873.
In 1882 Mr.. Harlan was appointed
chief Justice Of commissioners of Ala
bama claims, which position he held
four years.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06
RESCUED FROM THE WRECK.
Thrilling Experience of the Crew Of
the Schooner Carrie A, Lane.

Thrilling Experience of the Crew or
the Schooner Carrie A. Lane.
Norfolk, Oct. G.--The British steam
ship Rhodesia, Captain Bates, from
New Orleans to Hamburg, arrived at
Lambert's Point yesterday, having on
board the CIV of the schooner Car
RE A. Lane, OF Bath, me-, who were
picked up in the gulf stream, ship
wrecked, Tuesday The crew Is COM
posed of Captain j. Frank Skofleld.
whose wife is with him, and eight men.
Their experience was a most thrilling
one.
The Lane, which was a three mast
ed schooner sailed from Apalachicola
for Noank, Conn.,, on Sept. 10, with
load of lumber. and had good weather
up to about Tuesday Of last week,
when northeast winds set in. She la
bored heavily in the sea afterwards,
hut had no accident until Saturday af-
ternoon. All hands were at dinner
when the vessel suddenly shipped a
heavy sea and shifted her deckload Of
lumber. She Immediately began to
leak, and when the pumps were first
put to work she had II inches OF wa
ter in her hold. At 8 o'clock Saturday
night there were seven and half feet
of water, and the crew took to the
detk house. Here they remained until
Tuesday morning, when a lifeboat was
sent out from the Rhodesia and they
were taken aboard the ship. In the
attempt to hoist the lifeboat to the
deck, after the party had been rescued,
1t was smashed by the heavy rolling
sea and lost. Most of the Lanes crew
reside in Baltimore.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06

No Ebay horse, 8 years old This is an
extra nice horse, well broken and good &C tor
No. Ebay horse, 5years old, well broken
and good general purpose horse.
No. 8-Brown horse, 8 years old. well brok o
and good worker, single or double.
No 4-dray horse, 3 years old, well broke,
good and extra fine in any harness
No. 5-Biack mare, 8 years old. A good
chunk, works fine single or double.
Nos Bay msre. years old, chunky build
No: 7-Gray horse, years old. extra good
chunk. and works and drives fine.
No. 8--Sorrel mare. years old good bone
and feet and extra good mare,
No. l0-Roan horse, 6years old. This 10 .
nice breezy horse, well broke.
Nos. II and 12-Pair of bay horse q, years old
This 10 one OF the greatest teams we ever own
ed. Colby built, well broke single or double.
Any one wanting fine pair OF cobs should
moi miss seeing this team.
No. B-Bay mare, years old, well broke,
single or double. and good useful mare.
Nos. IA and 15-Pair Of gray mares, 5 years
old. pure bred PercherOns. This is an extra
good big team well broke and regular show
No. l8-Gray horse, years old, well broke,
and an extra good general purpose horse.
No. l7-Bay horse q yea"s old This is asure
good one and you don't want to miss seeing
No. 1s-sorrel mare, years old. This is a
nice smooth made mare good driver and very
snowy
No ls-Gray horse, years old, good bone,
and an extra good horse for heavy work
Nos 20 and 3l-3iack team, years old, both
mares l51a hands high, ard perfect pair Of
Eeauties, well broken, single or double. win
road 10 miles an hour. Fearless of all objects,
and the greatest little team in the state.
This is an extra good lot selected by oursel-
yes for this market Anyone wishing good
horse should attend this sale. Sale positive.
Credit Of 50 days with interest Second hand
horses taken In exchange
JESTER g. MCDANIEL.
+. G. Stidham. Auc. o3
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06
cARNEsie COMPANY SPREADING


To Expsnd Seven to Eight MINI
Dollars in Improvements.
Pittsburg, Oct. THE CaRnalo
Steel company, limited, win imH1n16
ately commence the construction =
Rankin Of two blast furnaces. each ~
which will have a capacity Of 100 49,
per day more than any one Of the In.
naces at Duquesne. The Duquello
plant was put in operation In nj
and with an average production N1!
2.400 tons per day has steadily LED -
blast furnaces of the world in the 800
ufacture of Iron.
The two proposed stacks will hasD1
a capacity Of 1.400 tons Of iron 10 -
hours-700 tons per stack. These fu1-
naces will be the largest In the wpflA
in every detail. The stacks viii -
LOG feet high, with a diameter II -
feet in the bosh. The building q
these tive furnaces will give Aiis-
gheny county q total of 80 stacks, with
an aggregate capacity Of 1856, 900 grsag
tons, of which the Carnegie company
will own 10. with a total capacity NJ
2,700, 900 gross tons, or about 10 pr
cent of the entire producing capacity
of Allegheny county. Extensive -
ditions will also be made at once 10
the Duquesne works Of the Carnsgis
company. The estimated cost Of the
improvements outlined will be between
$780, 900 and 100000. The con-
pany will have within q year . pre-
ducing capacity over 100 per cent
greater than any other concern In tn
world. W
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06
DISAPPOINTED SPECTATORS


Witness tho Victory OF tho Amphitrite
Over the Josephine.
New York. Oct. 6.-While returning
to the city from the yacht races yes
telIay there was spirited race be-
tween Colonel Oliver H. Payne's
splendid yacht Amphitrite and P. A. B.
Wideners recently built Josephine.
The race started off the buoy which
marks the finish of the International
contest. With Mr.. Widener on the
Josephine were 40 or more friends, in
Guiding Harry Payne Whitney, Colo
mel Payne's nephew. The race was
over course about "a miles long. The
boats were right alongside Of each
other while the race was being ar
ranged. Just before the signal to
start Harry Payne Whitney called to
his uncle from the bridge Of the Jo-
sephins:
Were going to beat you, uncle.
I'll bet you $500 we beat you"
Make 1t a thousand and I'll &C.
cept." called Colonel Payne.
"Ill make 1t $4,000" came back the
answer.
"Tll make 1t $4,000" called Colonel
Payne.
Lets say $4,000" called out young
Whitney.
Colonel Payne said $1,000 was
enough, and this amount was agreed
upon.
For the first IL miles 1t was a regu-
lar see-saw race, but just after the
sixteenth mile the Amphitrite began
to crawl ahead and the Josephine was
unable to catch her. When off Gov
ernor's Isalnd, the finishing line, the
Amphitrite was mile In the lead.
covering the distance In an hour and
fifty minutes.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06
IkAyIoiI ~, .....sE.
A sixteen-1 ear-Old Giri's Testimony
Before the Mazet Committee.

A sixteen-1 sar-Old Girls Testimony
Before the Mazet Committee.
New York, Oct. 1.-THE Mazet COM
mittee resumed its sessions yesterday.
Evidence was brought out concerning
the unlawful sale of liquor by tenants
Of buildings owned by the city in the
parks in the borough Bronx. Gussie
Storm, a l6-year-old girl. testified that
she was drugged and assaulted by
Samuel Leiht. She was subsequently
found in his apartments, and both
were arrested. She was taken to the
district attorneys Office on June "a
and was asked by District Attorney
Grady, brother of Senator Thomas
F. Grady, the Tammany orator, not to
press the charge against Leiht. Mr..
Grady promised, she claimed. that If
she would not press the charge he
would see that Leiht was punished and
that she could 60 free at once. Other
wise, he asserted, he would make it
bad for her. A letter purporting to be
from her was sent to the trial Judge,
stating that she herself was not al
together faultlsss. The witness claim
ed that she had never written such a
letter. Lsiht's brother-in-law, Joseph
Lapidus, showed her similar letter
and tried to get her to sign 1t. When
she refused he told her that others
would fix 1t up. The letter was sent
and Lehit went free. Grady Is now
dead,