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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-01
KILLED ny THE TRAIN.
Jim sparks. White Carpenter. Run
over At Birmingham.

Jim Sparks, a white carpenter, was
run over and killed bya freight train
dt Lynuviie " ednesday. Sparks home
was in Birmingham. He jumped of a
train going north. and as he did 50 was
struck by south bound freight.
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A Long Distance Telephone,

Nlil enable you to communicate with
3O'O0O,GOO people. will put you in one
on trial. w. Il. NAFF, Mgr.
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RUBBER TIRES.

am prepared TO rubber wheels with the
Rubber Goodyear Rubber Tires, the best
made All orders filled without delay. |
give my friends aud customers all Cis-
counts. and pay freight or express one way.
] don't make my charges for removing old
tires 4. II. BRowNISG,
If Pulaski, Tenn.
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The RaGke
OUR FRLL STOCK is 71:, .;1lvln

OUR fHlL SlUGk i. fast arriving
we now have "A big line Of Child
ren's Cloaks all colors, nicely
trimmed from -. S5c to So
Infant wrappers and coats 10. 2l
to 49c each.
Infants and children wool hose
g. 10 and 10 cents.
20 dozen wool fascinators' all
colors, big values for Zoe in
braided and plain; better and
larger ones 30, 40 to 74e each.
Ladies' fine dress skirts in brown
and gray, $500
Ladies' fine black dress skirts
from $l.00 to $50 each.
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Buggy ana Carriage
CENSUS ENUMERATORS.

harness, largest assortment in the city
If See SATTERFIELD & DODsON.
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AMERICAN TROOPS.

They win be Removed From Cuba I'M
mediately.
Special to THE HERALD:
WASHINGTON, Nov. %. - Secretary
Root says that General Woods recon-
mendation about removing Americ IN
troops from Cuba will be acted upon
Immediately.
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OUR Line OF

Children's, Misses and Ladies'
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Children Jersey Ribbed and
Mems pants and vests 10, 10, 10
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Misses and children's Union
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Crates.

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Compound Bubble Blower,

Compound Bubble Blower,
blows a bubble within a bubble
within a bubble.
1t amuses the children and en-
tertains the old. Bring your
children to see the boys blowing
bubbles in our window.
With every bottle of Peerless
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HllOr"

Mond men OF NasRe gd to b him. II he will turn his attention to
handing his book @ 9 trains lie IS now figuring With Chqgo men on the
yet At Sevan where he wrote the book and where INST became famous he
been the behalf
summer The book entitled Love- CouhP aud Marriage Il is
Cine
n q
A.
Of Tce ia u,lt 3D. for
IN his ournal
he will appear his ordinary . unor his Rheto
cal ENTressi1ns.'
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
HE JURY.

Comrades, remember that this is now the
Jury before whom we must file all evidence
that we have regarding the administration
of the Pension Bureau by Henry Clay
Evans:
Col. r. B. BROWN, GAINESVILLE, o. All
communications, etc, from Ohio, West
Virginia, Indiana and Michigan.
COL. ii. B. CASE, Chattanooga, Tenn
All communications from comrades
residing south of the Potomac and Ohio
RiyerD.
CoMRADE CHAS. CLARK ADAMS. 111
Water street, Boston, Mass. All Com.
munications from comrades in the Nev
England States.
GEN. JOHN PALMER, Albany, NY. All
communications from comrades in New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl
yania, and Maryland.
Col. JOHN ". BURST, Sycamore, Ill. AL
communications from comrades in I'LL
nois, Wisconsin, and the country wes
of the Mississippi.
Upon the representations of these fiy,
comrades to the President, and their repor
to the National Encampmcnt, will depend
whether Henry Clay Evans is retained, ant
the present odious policy of the Pension
Bureau continued. Present your eyidenct
to them. comrades.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
THE UNION VETERANS, UNION.

The Union Veterans Union has con-
cluded very successful National En-
campment at Des Moines. An increase of
II Commands and 5000 membership was
reported. In his annual address, Com
mander-in-Chief Dyrenforth declared that
pension claims on file at Washington are
ignored in order to cause delays and keep
the appropriation from reaching above the
S140, 100000 mark annually. He de-
nounced this alleged policy bitterly, and
called on all members of the Order to use
their influence to secure fairer treatment
for the soldiers.
Chief Dyrenforth received
the well-deserved compliment of reelection
for the ensuing year, and it was decided to
hold the next National Encampment at
Washington, D. C. Minneapolis, st. Louis
and Boston were also candidates for the
honor
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
CONCLUSIVE FIGURES.

1t is impossible for any thinking man tc
examine the reports of the Commissioner
Of Pensions without finding the most con-
elusive demonstrations of Mr.. Evans's
cruelty harsh policy toward the veterans.
Plain figures everywhere, and all the time,
give the lie to Evans's industrious and
plausible sophistications about his fair
treatment to the veterans. For example,
let us examine the number of those on the
roll under the act of June 81, 1890, and
find what proportion of them are receiving
the highest rating allowed by law-$12 a
month.
Let US premise that this rating was IN
tended by the trainers Of the law to be
granted to every man who was disabled in
any considerable degree. And it must
inevitably follow that, with the premature
aging Of the veterans, every year must
greatly increase the proportion of those
who are legally entitled to the highest
rating.
At the time President Harrison retired
AAOhA oiAiSS, III lcooJ were ,Aoo
veterans on the roll under the act of june
p, 1890. OF these 2o4, 900, or "a per cent,
received s12 a month. When under Com
missioner Lochren there were 392, 40 on
the rolls. of whom only 165, ,7S3, or 43 per
cent, received S12 per month. Evans
cut down the ratio still farther. In 1898
there were 413,9O9 on the roll, of whom
but 163,367, Or only 3ssper cent, received
s12 month.
That is, carrying out the rightful irtent
and purport of the law, Commissioner
Raum gave 51s men out Of every 10 the
maximum rating. Commissioner Lochren
cut down this proportion TO a little over 4
men in every 10, and Commissioner Evans,
though the veterans are six years older
than when Gen. Raum was in office,
much more broken down, and consequently
legitimately entitled to higher rate
reduces it even below that established by
the much-denouncedL Lochren.
These figures are convincing as to
Eyans'S animus
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

won't be till we go out and hunt 'em up
agin. You've come near spilin' the spring
with your tormented foolishness. Go up
higher there and fill your canteens from
where the waters clear. Be slow and care
full, and don'trile the water. Say, | see some
nice sassafras over there. | always drink
sassafras tea this time o. year. 1t cleanses
the blood. Pm goin over and see if | can't
git good root while you're film your
canteens."
81 walked out some distance in front of
them, pulling as he walked some of the
tender. fragrant, spicy young leaves of the
sassafras, and chewing them with gusto
Arriving at the top of a rise he selected a
young shrub, pulled it up carefully loosed
its root from the mulchy SOIL and cut it off
with his knife. His careless deliberation
calmed the overwrought nerves of the boys,
and when he returned they had their can
teens filed, and walked back composedly
TO the fires; when they suddenly remem-
bered that they We're as hungry as 81 and
Shorty, and fell TO work cooking their sup
pers.
'Is that the way with the rebel cavalry?"
asked Monty Scruggs, with his mouthiui
of crackers and meat. do they come like
a hurricane, and disappear again like an
April shower"
"That's about it," answered Shorty dis
dainfully. That's the way with all cav
airy, dad-burn 'em. They're like passel
O flee pups. They're all yelp and bark,
and howl and showin' o teeth. They're
jest goin' to tear you to pieces. But when
you pick up stone or a club, or git ready
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
WE MUST FIGHT NOW.


A crisis has come in the affairs of the
veterans and their widows. For more than
two years they have endured the insults
and calumnies Of Henry Clay Evans. II
is now time for them to say that they will
have no more Of it. They are not paupers
or hirelings; they haveiearned the right to
some little say in the affairs of this Nation,
and in many communities they are shown,
as they think they deserve, not a little
respect and attention. Those of them
who were living in 1851 knew what to do
then, and the experience of a generation
surely has not diminished their ability and
capacity to defend themselves in contro-
versy of this kind, and give, if need be.
blow for blow. The comrades and their
friends realize that, h graphing with this
embodiment of malevolence and cunning,
they have engaged in death-struggle,
and that, if they can not win out in this
fight, they need not expect hereafter either
justice, favors, or consideration at the
hand OF any class or party.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

As far as his voice could reach, tho
rough soldiers. officers and men, stopped
to listen to him-tistened to him with cfnos
tions far too deep for the cheers that usually
fly to the lips OF soldiers at anything that
stirs them. The higher officers quit talk
ing of the plans OF the morrow; the minor
ones stopped, pen in hand. over their re-
ports and requisitions; the busy Surgeons
stayed their keen knives; the fussy Orderly
Sergeants quit bothering about rations and
details; the men paused. looked up from
their cards and cooking until the hymn
was sung through.
The voice was so pure. so fresh, so redo
lent of all that had graced and sweetened
their far-off past, that it brought TO each
swarming emotions for which there was no
tongue.
Bully for you. Alf; you're sweet singer
in Israel" said ST. brushing away sUs-
picion of a tear. Spread out Your blankets,
boys, and lay down. Git all the sleep you
kin, for there's lots o work for us to-morrer.
There goes tattoo"
ITO be continued) =
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

The Hoosier State (Newport, Ind. raps
the Indianapolis Journal over the knuckles
very sharply for training with the yellow
journals in support of Mr.. Evans. It says,
among other things:
"The journal thinks the most OF the
clamor about pensions comes from the
claim agents. The journal is either
ignorant or is trying to suppress facts.
There is scarcely Grand Army Post in
Indiana that has not passed resolutions
The State Encampment, held at Terre
Haute in May, passed resolutions demand
ing his removal The writer was present,
and out Of vote of between 700 and SOC
delegates, there was not a single nay vote
against the resolution. They were passed
by unanimous vote, and the Adjutant-
General ordered to send copy to President
Mckinley"
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

NATURALLY, the alien and unnatural
lied New York Times throws fit every
day or two over pensions. Naturally,
too, It is an enthusiastic admirer Of Com
missioner Evans. It threw a very severe
fit over what it terms
'@rhe impudence of the Grand Army in
sending q committee to Washington to
investigate the official conduct and policy
of Pension Commissioner Evans"
The Times represents constituency Of
unnaturalized foreigners, who focked to
New York after the rebellion, in order to
fatten off the growth of the country which
the veterans had rescued from destruction.
They have absolutely no interest in the
United States, except to make what they
can make, off it, and they spend their
earnings in Europe. They affect to de-
spise everything in this country. and It
enrages them to see dollar GO to a man
for having fought for the Government.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
GAR. Excursions From PHILADELPHIA.


lively:
ettysburg gand to
shington and return o Phiadepha-club of 16.
Batmore udreturn to hia--cub
Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and
steamer 'front.' thoepo
andre oPhladelphia--cubo Of
and desirable
Washington
ant dreturn o Philadelphia of 23
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
EVANS EXONERATED
Charges Against the Pension
Bureau Unfounded.
Report Of the G. A. R. Investigation
Committee.
Claims Allowed According to the Acts
of Congress.

The Bureau Declared to Re Essentially
n soldiers Rureau-Entire Organiza-
tion Controlled by Ex-Union Soldiers.
Not One Claim in n Thousand Reaches
Evans-Committee Obtains Statistics,
Laws and Decisions.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 13-The
special committee appointed by the GA r.
to investigate the charges which have been
made by pension attorneys, principally,
against the administration of Commits
sioner Evans is now at work on its report.
The report will be ready for presentation to
the GA r. at the Philadelphia Encamp-
ment. The investigation made by the COM
mittee elioited a great deal Of interesting
information about the manner in which
the National Government is caring for its
old soldiers, and finds that the charges
are without foundation. The report will
close with the following findings.
Then follows about two columns of a
pettifogging defense.
Comrade Brown, the Chairman Of the
GAR National Pension Committee, writes
as follows:
EVANSVILLE, o., Aug. II, 1899.
In answer to your favor of the 18th, it is
only necessary to say that not single line
of the report of the Pension Committee has
|
assurance that it will first be presented tc
| the National Encampment at Phladel-
phia. l have talked with no living mar
as to what the report will contain nor do
know myself what will be said.
Very cordially yours in F., c. and L.,
| r. B. BROWN.
Commander-in-Chief johnson and Com
rades Burst and Case, of the Committee
also Indignantly deny the report, and il
even stronger terms
This is the most astonishingly impudent
thing ever done by an officer Of the Govern
ment.
It is a gross insult to the Commander
the Pension Committee, and to the National
Encampment.
It alone demonstrates the absolute un
fitness of the man for his position, and is
sufficient reason for his removal.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

THE early bird is not in 1t with the raiser
of the early canteloupe. What Is getting
the fattest kind Of worm for breakfast TO
from $3.50 to $4,5oo an acre, which some
growers Of early melons have realized?
It makes even the Bartlett pear growers
turn green with envy. The Rocky Ford
canteloupe from Otero County, Colo, has
the call on all of them. 1t is only three
years old. but one grower last year cleared
S12, 900 on 30 acres of it.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

UNCLE SAM'n made more profit
able investment than the money spent IN
acquiring and cleaning up Cuba. The
value Of all property in the South has been
immensely enhanced by removing ths
fear of the annual invasion of the yellow
fewer
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

IT IS alleged, with some show of truth.
that Russian Vaccinations are helping
delay the settlement of the Alaskan boun-
Diary. More than anything else, Russia
breads a good, working understanding
tain, which will threaten her predominancs
in the Far East.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
FREE TICKETS
TO THE ENCAMPrIENT

We have arranged to give free tickets,
round trip, to the National Encampment as
premiums for clubs of yearly subscribers to
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
We append below a list of places, with the
number of yearly subscribers set opposite
each, which will be required to secure the
respective round trip tickets:
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once: $50 Pennsylvania Avenue N. ".
NATIONAL TRIBUNE HEADQUARTERS

The Headquarters of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE at the National Encampmeni
will be at Parlor %, ContAantal Hotel.
All veterans, with their wives and fami-
lies, are cordially invited to call on us there.
They are invited to make appointments to
meet their comrades and acquaintance,
and have their mail, etc., sent there. This
will be a great convenience TO them in the
immense crowd that will attend the National
Encampment
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

THE famous horse-raising district Of
Holstein is suffering severely from i'm.
portation of American horses. American
breeders have developed horse that com.
pares very favorably with the draft-animal
which the Holsteiners have been selling to
Saxony, Thuringia, and Brunswick, and
can sell it much cheaper in spite of heavy
tariff and freight rates.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

DURING the month of July there were
Y32 invalid claims under the old law ad.
Indicated, of which the appalling numbe,
of S34 were rejected. That is, man who
has pension claim for pension on ac
count of disabilities incurred in the service
has nearly nine chances to one against
him that it will be rejected. Can such q
condition of things be endlIredo
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

THERE were 124,000 rejections in the
Pension Bureau last year, and Of these
107, 900 were on medical grounds That
is, in 10 out of every12 cases the claim
ants had legally proved up their claims
beyond a doubt, and it became necessary
to defeat them by some cute trick of a
medical ruling.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

TIE significant fact develops that from
$50 to $40 men in each Of the 10 new regi
ments had been in the service before. This
shows how little foundation there was fol
the yellow" stories of ll-treatment, i'll
providing, etc.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

81 and Shorty return to their regiment,
which they find encamped on the side Of
Mission Ridge, near Chattanooga. They
were ordered to bring with them a batch of
boyish recruits, whom they succeed in
getting through, after some lively ex-
periences on the road. The recruits are
divided up among the companies-Co. Q
receiving seven.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

IF there should be such an accident as
some one telling the truth In the Dreyfus
trial, what pleasant variation it would
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
AN ABSOLUTE. uNrRurH.

Mr.. Evans has caused to be published in
all the newspapers favorable to him long,
pettifogging defense Of his administra
ton. This is headed as follows:
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
The Evening After the Battle.

Great Jehosephat, how hungry I am"
suddenly CALCULATED Shorty, stopping his
cheering, as the thunder Of the guns died
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
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Tarenty-frsf Coun

he has viliified the wives of survivors
Of the war Of the rebellion, wickedly attrib-
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

uting to them unworthy, mercenary mo-
tives in their marriages. not only in the
public press but in official reports, An
nual Report. 1881 and has sought in Con-
gress to obtain legislation to cut 1T ;a1s on the
pensioners.
The National tribune., 1899-08-31
Tpenty-second Count.

He has villified in the public press the
claimants whose just claims have been un,
Justly rejected by him, insinuating that
they are rejected because fraudulent, and
that every honest, lawful claim is granted
promptly and freely by him. (Associated
Press reports.)
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

His every official recommendation has
been looking to restriction and limita-
ton upon existing rights under the pension
laws, (Annual Reports. 1897, 1881 in glar-
ing contrast with those of most of his prede-
cessors. (AnnnaL Reports, 1887, 1891, 1892,
1898, 1896, and others.)
The National tribune., 1899-08-31

satisfaction in all that puts upon the pen
siol.ers the stigma of dishonor and dis
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-21
Auburn Accounts.

Bert Poulson moved to Penn's Grove
last Saturday.
Samuel Myers is spending some time
with his daughter, Mrs. Nettie Pediick.
MIS-. Joseph Roberts daughter and
son have been visiting in Bridgeton
this week.
David Tfumbull has moved into
Malachi Horner's house.
Omar Lippincott, has moved from
near Woodstown into Auburn.
Chas. Humphreys has had the mis-
fortune to loose two horses since he
came to Auburn.
Mrs. Selack returned home Tuesday
after spending two weeks in Whining
ton.
John Featherer ID on the sick list.
Mrs. Frank Wilson and daughter
Verna spent Tuesday with her mother
Mrs. Layton in Penn's Grove.
Mrs. Currens and son Floyd, of Will
mington, spent Tuesday with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Floyd, who
has been quite poorly for some time.
Rev. W. p. Tomlin says, "Our rad
isles are up" Nothing slow with our
pastor.
Capt Strobridge unload his boat of
manure at Swedesboro on Monday.
Rev w. 2. Tomlin will preach on
Sunday from Psalm 63:5. Sunday
School at 2.30; Epworth League at 7.15
led by Samuel J Strobridge, topic, How
Christ makes use of common lives, af-
ter which the pastor will preach. On
Sunday Rev. Enoch Chester, of Sharp
town will preach in the morning and
on Sunday May 7th Revs. w. z. Tom
lin and j. W. Davis, of the Baptist
Church., P~edricktown, will exchange
pulpits all day.
That young man of Swedesboro who
makes his weekly visits to Auburn to
see a lady has had his buggy all done
ND in style and when it looks like rain
and the roads are muddy he just comes
over in uncle Elijah's buggy, for he
doesn't want to get all the shine off
his new one. l think this young man
is certainly favored to have such a good
uncle. 1t is not every n that has an
uncle Elijah to fall back on.