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Water Valley progress., 1902-08-16
THE ASCENSION
OF RICHARD.
BY BELLE MANIATES.

BY BELLE MANIATES.
Dick was fdgety. Dick was always
fidgety when the occasion demanded
repose. He was squirming and wrig-
Cling about in one of the uncomforta-
BILE, hard and high-backed pews of the
church at Carydon Corners. His
eyes were as rowing and restless as his
body. Now they strayed up to the
pulpit which was reached by wind
ing stairs and stationed on the side of
the wall where it chung for all the
world like swallows nest. His wan
dering glance went from here to
Effie Lane, who sat a few pews in
advance of him. Then they alternat-
ed between the organ and Effe, the
stove and Effie, the painted window
and Effie, with Kaleidoscope velocity.
His angle of vision only took in the
back Of Effie's head and the top of her
shell-pink ear, but since he had been
a very small boy he had been coming
to church and sitting in this self-same
pew for these precious glimpses.
He could only recollect one Sun
day absence. That was when he had
arrived after services had begun. The
sight of the old sexton snoring peace
fully in the vestibule and the KEYS on
the bench behind him proved too
much OF temptation to Dick to re-
sist. He locked the people Sc
curely in the church and from be-
hind neighboring barn had
watched with glee the combined
struggles of Deacon Hyglover and
the aged sexton as they lowered the
congregation from the windows.
The reminiscence even after all
these years, caused him so much
amusement that he laughed.
The old parson gave him stern
look. Dick did not mind that, but he
felt some compunction at seeing
Effie's evident embarrassment al
though he enjoyed watching the
wave of scarlet extending to her ear
and neck.
Church over, he escorted Efie home
as was his usual custom. They
walked in silence for few moments.
"Dick," said Effie, abruptly,
''mother says ! can't go with you any
more"
Dick drew up his head with jerk.
"Why not?" he demanded. 81
haven't any bad habits and l have
steady work"
Il know it, Dick, but she says you
are not religious enough"
Religious! Haven't | been as reg
ular in attendance as the parson him
self?"
Yes, but she says you have never
done anything for the church, and
that you are irreverent, and now you
must go and confirm this opinion by
laughing aloud to-day
Il couldn't help it, Effie. But what
are you going to do? Are you going
to follow your mothers wishes?0
Il don't know" she replied, hesi-
tatingly.
There was another silence in which
she seemed to feel all the stubborn
ness and rebellion that were gather
ing within him.
She slipped a little confding hand
into his big, brown, unyielding one.
Il know this much, Dick. / am
not going with any one else"
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-16
BURIED TREASURE.
Statements of a Paper Read Before the
British Archaeological Society.

British Archaeological Society.
A paper by Mr. W. J. Andrews, en-
titled Buried Treasure: Some Ira
ditions, Records and Facts, twas read
by Rev. H. J. D. Ashley, according
to the London Athenaeum. Tradi-
ton without truth is worthless, and
verification of ancient tradition and
record is as remarkable as it is in
teresting. On account of a tradition
which must have survived from the
bronze age, at least, the missing treas
ure chest of Buckton castle - an
earthwork following the natural lines
of the summit of that hill near Moss
ley-was in 1870 the object Of dill
gent search with pick and shovel. The
tradition is, as usual, in rhyme. Al
though the search then was unsuc-
cessful, yet about century ago acci-
dent disclosed some verifcation of the
legend, for in making the road at the
foot of the camp quantity of gold
beads were discovered, and examined
on the spot by the grandfather of
the writer, who was much interested
in such antiquities.
Two ancient traditions still hang
over the old world town of Ribches-
ter, some nine miles from Preston.
One of these is that it's great Roman
camp was finally overthrown by the
Picts and Scots and burned over the
heads of it's defenders. Recent exca-
vations have in measure given sup
port to the story, for masses of char
coal remains Gn some cases inter-
spersed with human bones) were met
with in all quarters of the camp, and
Is months ago Mr. Garstang came
upon the granary, the whole contents
of which appeared to have passed
through the ordeal of fire. The other
and better known tradition, viz:
1t is written upon wall in Rome,
chichester was as rich as any town In
Christendome."
somewhat taxes our credulity; nev-
ertheless, it is curious that here
should have been found the finest
specimen of its kind, in Roman
bronze workmanship, ever discovered
either in this or any other country,
VIZ, the so-called helmet, now in the
British museum, which, however, is
not helmet, but the head of a statue
wearing a helmet.
The old rhyming tradition of Rib
chester's wealth may have also re-
ferred to the vast treasures of Cuer-
dale, discovered only about seven
miles from the town. Here, in 1910,
the remains of leaden chest were
found, containing some 10000 silver
coins and about 1000 ounces of sill
yer ingots, Danish treasure, for the
great bulk of them had been issued
by the Danish kings of Northumbria.
At Nottingham, in 1880, remark
able discovery Of coins was made
which is intimately connected with
q passage in the continuation Of Flor
ence OF Worcester's Chronicle" re-
garding what seems to be the very
incident which explains the loss of
the treasure. A peculiar feature of
this Nottingham find is that all the
coins have been subjected to intense
heat, and are blistered and cockled
by fire. They were found in tie base
ment OF an old building during ex-
cavatlons for enlarged cellarage, and
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-16
An Easy Way to Learn.

All you have to do is to think a
little and keep your eyes open and
you will find out great many things.
Washington (Ia.) Democrat.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-16
His grasp frightened.

you'll not turn me DOWN."
"No, Dick"
He went home wondering what he
could do in the way of serving the
church.
A painter had been engaged from a
neighboring town to give the church
a new coat of drab paint with somber,
decorous brown trimmings. The
money for this improvement had been
raised by the members Of the "Wom.
ans Circle" each contributing dol
lar that had been earned in some
unique way. A social was given for
the purpose of listening to the ex-
periences and eating ice cream and
cake. After paying for these refresh
ments it was found that the fund was
not quite sufficient to make the pay
ment to the painter which had been
agreed upon.
81 will manage that part" said Mrs.
Lane, loftily.
She forthwith explained the situa-
ton to the painter, ending with an
exhortation in which she urged him
to donate the shortage to the cause
Of the Lord.
The painter demonstrated, offering
the argument that business was busi-
ness at mill and meeting; but Mrs.
Lane stood pat to her convictions.
you'll take this or nothing" she
decreed.
''Then I'll take this" replied the
painter, shortly, pocketing the
amount she rendered.
When she had gone her way he re-
lieved his mind by the expression of
certain inaudible imprecations.
''It's chilling day." he muttered,
"when J. Henry Swain gets beat by
a Woman's Circle. That old gal
didn't tumble to the fact that the
steeple lacks second coat. I'll just
leave it unpainted, and I won't take
down the scaffolding nor the old
paint pail and brush. As soon as it's
dark I'll light out and take my lad
der with me. I'll bet there amt an
other in this burned old town that's
long enough to reach up there. If
they want my services bad enough
to turn over the balance due me
they'll know where to find me-"
j. Henry Swain carried out his
revengeful threat, and dire was the
CONSERVATION in Carydon Corners
when the villagers beheld their
beautifully painted church sur
mounted by the dingy dull steeple,
looming darkly and forbiddingly-a
blot upon the community with the
disgraceful accessories of scaffolding,
pail and brush.
Not having the painter to call to
account, they selected Mrs. Lane for
their object of reproach. She was
given to understand that it was all
her fault, and that until the steeple
matched the church in color and was
stripped of its worldly adornments
she would be in a very bad odor in
the Woman's Circle.
Poor Mrs. Lane was distracted. J..
Henry SWANS surmise as to the re-
sources in ladders of Carydon Corners
were correct. No one could be found
who would venture to reach the roof
of the church and trust his weight
to that shackly scaffolding. She de-
termined to send away and procure
a painter-not J. Henry Swain, but
another-at her own expense. Alas!
she knew not where to send.
81 will go and see Dick. He'll
know where to find one" said her
daughter. 8
Effie came to her lover and ex-
planned the state of affairs. ''They
are all blaming it on mother" she
concluded.
Its up to your mother all right
to see that the job is fnished,0 he
said. 'Well, I'll see if | can hear Of
anybody in the paint business"
Effie was visibly disappointed at
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-16

asked, curiously, as she saw him ap-
preaching, dragging ladder after
him.
"Going to climb up there and paint
the steeple if there's any paint in the
pail"
"Oh, Dick! Pm afraid you'll fall"
He laughed at this idea. He could
climb like squirrel. There wasn't
a barn, chimney or building in Cary
don Corners whose height he had not
scaled. He placed the ladder against
the church and climbed to the top
rung. By the aid of friendly light
ming rod and by much scrambling he
made the roof; Effie standing mean
time with tightly shut eyes.
Cali right, Effie!" he called.
She looked up and beheld him
standing placidly by the steeple.
ooh, Dickp she cried. 'How
grand you look up there. Monarch
OF all you survey.
81 will be, in truth, before | come
down." he replied, knowingly; "but,
I say, Effie, what luck! Here's paint
enough to cover the steeple all right"
and he commenced vigorously plying
the brush.
He worked quickly, whistling the
while, and in a short time had COM
pleted his task. Effie applauded and
called up to him to remove the deco
rations. He took from his pocket
some stout cord and fastened an end
OF it to the handle of the now empty
pail.
'Put the brush in the pail and let
it down to me and | will unite it;
then you can pull up the string and
let down the pieces of scaffolding.
He considered moment.
Not yet!' he replied. sYou go
and fetch your mother here"
"She will be so pleased" and Efie
fastened home. While she was gone,
Dick occupied himself by taking the
scaffolding from the steeple. There
fore, when Mrs. Lane appeared upon
the scene, her vision was gladdened
by the sight of an unobstructed stee-
pie painted to match the church.
s"Oh, Richard, you dear boy!n she
cried, overjoyed at the restoration of
the steeple and herself to the esteem
of the Circle. 'sHow nice it looks!
It's SO good in you!"
"You can't say now that | have
never done anything for the church"
he.asserted
'No, indeed! You have done a
good deed for the church, and for
me, too."
swell, that was the only objection
you claimed against me. Now that
is removed, will you give me Effie?"
Il certainly won't forbid my
daughters going with you after what
you have done to-day she replied,
appeasingly.
tie looked at her warily. He re-
membered her contract with j.
Henry Swain, and how it was broken
He was as devoid of faith in the
stanchness Of the Circle as j. Henry
had been.
Il am business man, Mrs. Lane,
and | want it down in writing. Just
write out that you give your consent
to Effie's marrying me and sign it. /
will let down the pail and youcan put
the paper in and send it up tome.0
why, don't you trust me, Dick?"
well, / want receipt for my
services, and that will do
"But | haven't any writing ma
terials," she pleaded.
Il have,' said Effie, producing an
envelope and pencil from her pocket.
"You know / can't see without my
glasses replied the mother, fret
fully.
"Pll write it" said Efie, cheerful
ly,s she tilyscribbled promisory
note. "You can see well enough to
sign"
Il am not going to do any such
The daily sentinel., 1902-08-01
Weather Report.

Tho maximum temperature yesterday
was 100 degrees and the minimum this
morning was "a degrees.
Forecast for this section is:
Fair tonight and Saturday.
The daily sentinel., 1902-08-01

Leon Chapman left for Mesa lakes
this afternoon to be gone about one
week.
A. @. Newton is confined to his home
by sickness, tho result OF the recent at
tack made upon him.
The daily sentinel., 1902-08-01

This Office just completed today 5000
Elk emblem cards for the members Of
the Elk organization in this city, to be
used by them in Salt Lake and here at
home, whom meeting visiting Elks.
The daily sentinel., 1902-08-01

For Sale. at a bargain. desir-
able piece Of business property on
Main street between 4th and 5th
streets. Inquire Of J.H.Ackerman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
SAINT John The Baptist's Day.

The Masonic Lodges of Maury
county will celebrate their thirtythird
annual Saint John the Baptist's day
in Columbia next Tuesday June Gath
1902 with the following interesting
program
Ten o'clock in the morning. annual
meeting of the jackson College Board
Of Trustees in the Masonic hall
Four clock in the afternoon exhibit
ton drill and athletic field sports on
the public square by Company X. of
the Third Infantry.
Eight o'clock at night, raising a
Fellow Craft to the sublime degree OF
Master Mason in the Masonic hall. !
Columbia Lodge No. 81. held stated
communication: in the Masonic Hall
last light at eight o. clock and completed
the necessary arrangements.
The Lodges are Columbia Lodge, No.
81 Saint James Lodge, No. 105, Will
Transport; Benton Lodge, No. Ill;
Santa Fee; Spring Hill Lodge No. 1874;
Pleasant Grove Lodge, No. 1873, Guile
Okla; Bigbyville Lodge. No. 1877; Mer-
riwether Lodge, No. 1879, Hampshire.
Rock Spring Lodge, No. 818. and Mt
Pleasant Lodge, No. $40.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
What She Needed.

81 don't know what to do about my
daughter Lucy" said a perplexed
mother, who hao come to an out-spok
en- but kindly old physician for advice.
''She seems 80 listless, and does not
seem to have any interest in life, and
she's 80 irritable at times. l don
think she has exercise enough, and
want to know what you think about
my sending her to gymnasium or
dancing school. She's tired OF bel
bicycle, and the lawn tennis season ii
past. What would you adviser
"How old is she9'' asked the doctor
''Nearly nineteen.
"Can she cook9''
"Oh no. she knows nothing about
cooking"
Can she sweep"
"No; the maid does all the sweep
ing"
"Does she take care of her own
room, and make her own bedT'
mo, do that. Her room is next
to mine, and I've attended to tina
since she was a very little girl.
docs she have any part whatevel
| in the household dutiesl'
"Well, no.
"Then, madam, said the doctor
frankly, "your daughter has no neet
of a gymnasium in which to expend he
pent-up energies. l don t wondel
( that she is irritable and unhappy,
What would you adviser" asked tn
mother, weakly.
II would advise that you make he
feel that she has part and place II
your home life; that its duties mus
be borne by all of the members OF thu
family in common, and that she mus
do her part toward contributing to tn
general comfort Of the home. A CIR
of her age. with no home duties, M
responsibilities, no interest in he
home, needs more than a gymnasium
or dancing school. Wake EN- up.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

God and nature and opportunity had
done all for Albert ID. Marks that
could be done for man. He was the
son of a brainy and brave and illus
trious man. He was given the culture
and education of the finest colleges and
extensive travel He was naturally
we'll disposed, gifted and bright. he
married into family of great wealth.
social position and influence. And
vet he fills the dishonored grave OF
suicide and leaves furnished name
behind. Fast women, fast horses, fast
living, will undermine the moral
character of the strongest man and
blight the hopes of the brightest; and
suicide is but the end of the tragedy
when a strong man, disheartened and
undone, gives up the game. Dual
lives may be lived before men. but
God is not Knocked, and soon or late we
may be sure "orr sins will find us
out. +" LAS We SOW, SO shall ye reap.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
DRaUGHoN's BUSINESS COLLEGES.


They Are Schools of National Reputation.
Draughons Practical Business Col
leges. located at Nashville. ST. Louis.
Atlanta, Montgomery, Little Rock, Ft
Worth, Galveston and Shreveport, are
schools of national reputation. They
are strongly endorsed by business men
from Maine to California. Prof
Draughon, who is author of four text
books on Bookkeeping, and proprietor
of these institutions, doubtless expends
more money for securing positions Tor
his students than almost any one Busl-
ness College in this country takes III
AS tuition. He guarantees posi- tlons
under reasonable conditions, and VIII
allow student to deposit money for
tuition in bank till course is completed
and position secured Four weeks
course of Bookkeeping in his colleges
ia eoual to twelve weeks in any col
lege that does not employ his improved
methods of teaching. His colleges also
offer special advantage in Penmanshlp
Shorthand Typewriting, ETC. 1t is
generally conceded by those who are
in position to know that Prof
Draughon's success IN the Business
College work has been greater than
that of any one else His superior
course of instruction and his special
facilities for securing positions are
almost an offset to competition where
the merits of his work are known.
His illustrated catalogue will explain
all. Send for it. Address }: f.
Draughon, President, at either OF the
above mentioned places.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
Fine White Goods Close to Half
Price.
White Madras.

In stripes, checks and brocaded,
white Embroidered S"iss, etc. A few
of these were 3Oc yard, but most OF
them were 35c, 40c, 45c and SOC. All in
one lot for next Saturday and Monday
at 25c yard.
"Out of reason" prices on little lot
of Imitation Mechlin and butter colored
Val Laces and Insertion. Some of these
laces were DC, some were TIC, and some
were 1Oc yard. Price next Saturday
and Monday, 15c and 25c dozen yards.
These Ldces are put up either an
dozen or .trdtion of dozen ydrdS IN
q piece and aoiU not be cut.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

Elsewhere in this issue we publish
card from the Hon. l.. P. Padgett an
nouncing his candidacy for reelection
to Congress. Mr.. Padgett was elected
in November 1900 and took his seat
in March. 1901 and without making
any invidious comparisons, but With
ont the fear of successful contradlc-
tion, we assert that he has done more
for his district these first fifteen
months than any new member from
this district ever did in the same
length of time. His splendid ability,
his untiring industry, his honest am
bition to do something for the people
who have honored him with this high
preferment; these qualities and quail
fications, goaded to their utmost by
the oyerreaching malelovence OF his
enemies, have made OF him most
watchfnl, active and efficient public
servant; and both for the sake OF the
| district, and the best interests OF the
people, as well as by all that is fair
and lust to a man who has done his
whole duty faithfully, efficiently, in
diligently, impartially and we'll; by
every rule of sound, business reason,
and by all that is fair and just and
right, he ought to be retained in his
present position for another term at
least And, he will be.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

The Smithsonian Insitate has decid-
ed on a novel plan TO trace the migrs-
ton of birds Its correspondents in all
parts Of the country viii fssten small
aluminium tags to the legs of young
birds before they leave the nest, the
tags being marked with date and loca-
ton. When the marked birds are killed
or captured the tag will be sent to the
Institute with data as to time and
place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

II is easy 10 kick man when he Is
down. And when a man has gone
wrong, and death has sealed his hips,
how easy it is TO trsduce his name and
pile ND crimes upon him he never
knew of. Somehow we believe this Is
true of Albert D. Marks That he
erred in life. is all too true; but that his
death may be made a scapegoat for
others seems not altogether improbable
He was a quiet. strong man. and what
he did and endured and suffered for
Others-for personal and family pride
and for the o rmastering love thar
WAS alike baneful and un wise; how
unselfishly he may have slnned. how
much of heroism he may have dis
played before he broke down and
plunged neadlong into a dishonored
grave, we know not, and the world
perhaps will never know, as there
seem none now so poor as to do his
memory any reverence. And yet there
is one, and for her we drop the tear
of sympathy his aged mother; the
honored widow of an honored man
the chaste, modest, proud, sensitive,
southern woman. While others
read the lines in the papers, she
doubtless reads between the lines and
feels that her son. caught IN the mael-
strom of fast, fashionable life and
wrecked upon the altar of..an irreconcila-
BILE religious creed and unholy love-
vet and Notwithstanding all. has bee
and is being more sinned against
that SHINING. The cruelest thing on
earth to the living, is TO SANDER the
name of their precious dead. And 70
this mother devoted, tender, loving
and loyal. so unprepared and crushed
by this unexpected cyclone of sorrow
to her, our heart goes out in tenderest
sympathy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
INDIAN ELooUENcE-

Chea- qua nee tab is an implacable
Inoian Of the ChreOKee tribe and has
no love for the white man To Gov
eminent agent who has been paying
certain sums OF money to destitute
Cherokees, Chea-qua -nee-tah. although
ragged and hungry. made the follow
ing declaration, in which there is not
only pathos and eloqueRce. but a deal
of hard truth. To-wit:
II will take nothing from the hand
of a white man. Search you the rec
ords OF our tribe. Did take cent
from the big payment No. Have l
not urged my tribe to resist to the
lastg Go to the council house at Ia
helauha. There read how Chea-qua-
nee-tah voted when the white man
showed his fawning or when he came
to us bearing gifts. Here are my two
children. Neither they nor their KIN
have asked aims from the race that has
been to us the curse from God. Soon
er than take one crust of bread from
those who have despoiled world
sooner than take one cent from those
who have driven us to the shambles
sooner than sustain life by accepting
a pittance from the white man gov
eminent that has robbed us OF a con-
tinent, / would, and my children
should follow me, jump into the depths
of wonder river and let the waters
hide us forever from the eyes OF the
children of men.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

OBJECTION AUGUST 7, 1902
For Sheriff-James Forgey.
For Register-T. E. Lipscomb.
For Trustee-Jdmes Fl. Ramon.
For County Judge-Ocey Gordon.
For Circuit Court Clerk-Willard P
Worley.
For County Court Clerk-A. l.
Thomas.
For Circuit Judge.
Sam Holding, of Maury.
For Attorney General.
j. B. Garner, of Lawrence.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

There is mighty little politics in
this neck of the woods this year. Har-
mony reigns supreme in Democratic
circles. there not being enough dis
senters to get up FUSS The Demo
cratic nominees are all taking it easy
and quiet, leaving the farmer to his
work and the town man to his trade,
knowing full we'll that their calling
and election is sure.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

The State Republican conventio n
convened in Nashville at noon We'd
nesday. These worthless do not expect
any state honors. They are a band
of federal patronage patriots and the
play is for place along that line.