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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

The Nashville Banner. speaking OF
the proposed electric car line from
Nashville to Mt Pleasant, says 1.-THE
promoters seek an expression Of the
people along the proposed line. to know
if they want it built and viii supper.
il after il is built If there is no
more business than that behind the
proposition. il is all wind. OF course
the people along the hne-with here
and there an antiquated exception
want it built. and of course they will
support it when they want TO, and
not when they don't want to. That
much may be taken fof granted; more
than that the promoters have no right
to ask or expect. Indeed it sounds 50
unkusinessliKe. that it lessons our faith
in the enterprise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

their taxes. that reduces our income,
does it not1
The tax on saloons being already re
dueed, amounting in the aggregate &c
about eighteen hundred dollars. that
viii produce another shortage in in
come. viii il Eotr
If we erect new school buildings
that will increase our gross expendi-
ture. viii it notf
Well. if we reduce our income from
the liquor traffic and the Railroad, and
increase it for the schools. what must
inevitably happenr A HIGHER TAX
RATE AND A HEAVIER BURDEN
UPON THE INDIVIDUAL TAX
PAYER.
1t is so much easier foI Board of
Mayor and Aldermen TO create deficit
and debt of twenty or thirty thousand
dollars than it is for the tax payers to
pay it, that we hope the tax payers
will busy themselves while they may
in trying to dissuade the Board from
saddling a new depot debt upon them.
IAN ounce of prevention is worth
pound of cure 4" Preventive influences
now are worth far more than kicks
hereafter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
GIVEN FIFTEEN YEARS.
Verdict OF the Jury in the Case
Against DR. Burnett

Chicago, March 2.-The jury in the
case of DR.. j. Orville Burnett, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Charlotte
Nichol, of Nashville, Tenn, returned
a verdict of guilty today and recon
mended that Burnett be sent to the
penitentiary for fifteen years.
The verdict was surprise, as Judge
Bakers instructions to the jury were
considered favorable to the defendant.
The case was one of the most unusual
that has ever been tried in the Cook
County Criminal Court. Burnett, who
is young dentist, and for whom Mrs.
Nichol had conceived an illicit love,
was charged with being accessory
before and after the fact to the death
of Mrs Nichol, even though it was
admitted by the prosecution that Mrs.
NichOl had committed suicide. The
State endeavored to establish the point
that Burnett and Mrs Nichol had
agreed to commit suicide together and
that the man weakened. allowing the
woman to go to her death alone. The
defense disputed that there had been
any agreement between the two to end
their lives together, and assert that
Mrs. Nichol had taken her own life
while Burnett was lying intoxicated
ut her side.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

High. Garden and Main streets; and
in addition thereto. if you win buy
the land 10 open other streets for our
use and convenience: and if you will
be responsible for all the damage we
occasion to other property. and defend
all the lawsuits we provoke, and pay
the lawyers fees and court costs.
WE will build passenger station for
ourselves
We submit that brief synopsis for the
''calra investigation of our readers
In conclusion. The Herald does not
intend to keep up this fight. unless
the tax payers take hold of it and
keep it up for themselves. We
have done what we conceived to be
our duty in the premises. Now if the
business men and tag payers, each
waiting for the other TO move, and
all urging the Herald to keep it up, >
are willing to sit supinely down and
permit this railroad depot debt to be
added upon tbem-if that is their
dea of business and economy and
government-why, let it go
It that.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
IF YOU IT'S so.
N|!rKennpnl, Anderson & Foster.
. Mckinley on Recommendation.

In view of the fact that the United
States authorities have adopted the
recommendation policy in the Phillip
pines, some of the things which
Mr. Mckinley said on this subject will
be interesting and instructive at this
time. In his message Of December 6,
1897, referring to the recommendation
policy in Cuba, Mr.. Mckinley said:
The cruel policy of concentration was
initiated February Is, 1896. The pro-
ductive districts controlled by the
Spanish armies were depopulated.
The agricultural inhabitants were
herded in and about the garrison
towns, their lands laid waste and their
dwellings destroyed. This policy the
late cabinet of Spain justified as
necessary measure of war and az a
means of cutting off supplies from the
insurgents. 1t has utterly failed as
war measure. 1t was not civilized war
fare. 1t was determination. Against
thi % abuse of the rights Of war l have
felt constrained on repeated occasions
to enter the firm and earnest protest
OF this government In his message
on April II, 1898, Mr.. Mckinley said:
Recommendation adopted avowedly
rs a war measure in order to cut off
the resources of the insurgents worked
it's predestined result As said in
my message last December, it was not
civilized warfare; it was extermina-
ton. The only peace it could beget
was that of the wilderness and the
grave. - These are stern words and vet
hey are as true when applied to the
reconcentration policy in the Philip
,ines or IN South Africa as they were
when Mr. Mckinley applied them to
spain policy in Cuba. If the recon
lot civilized warfare, if it was ex-
if "the only peace IL
ould beget was that of the wilderness
md the grave" what shall we say of
he same policy adopted bv Great
Britain in South Africa and by the
United States in the Philippine islandsf
The Commoner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
CAPT. hOBS0N HERE.
He Stops Over tor a Short Visit TO
His Friend, "TrotwoUd."

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson,
the "hero of the Merrimac, was Co.
lumbia's distinguished visitor Wednes-
day. He arrived Tuesday evening on the
north bound train, and remained
until Thursday morning. when he
left for Bowling Green, KY.
Capt. Hobson was the guest of Mr..
John Trotwood Moore at Mr.. Moore
pike. Some time ago he wrote Mr.
Moore that he intended making v isit
to the "D'mple of the Universe, but
this is the first opportunity he has had
to carry out his intention. While he
made only short stop this time,
he has promised to come again at his
earliest opportunity and make more
extended stay.
Capt. Hobson and Mr.. Moore have
been friends for number of
years. They were bonn and reared
in adjoining counties in Alabama,
and their families have been friends
for long while. Mr.. Moore was a
member of the examining board
which conducted the examination of
Capt. Hobson when he went to
Annapolis and began his naval career.
While Capt. Hobson is native of
Alabama he has the blood of dis
Tennesseans in his veins
His mother was granddaughter of
John Williams, who represented the
Old Volunteer State in the United
States Senate from 1916 to 1923, and
q great granddaughter of Hugh l..
White. who was United States Senator |
from 1926 to 1910, and who was one of |
the strongest debators of that day and |
time.
Inclement as the weather was, Mr..
Moore carried Capt. Hobson out on
good long drive Wednesday morning
md the Captain expressed himself as
)eing delighted with this country. That
afternoon he spent an hour or two at
Mr.. Moore's residence attending to
ONE official correspondence. Later in
he day Mr.. Moore brought his guest to
own, and quite a number of the
Captains admirers, learning of his
presence in the city, met him at the
'ethell House, where an informal re-
option was held.
Capt Hobson has been on duty re- {
emily at Charleston, S. c., and came s
ere direct from Summerv;lle, S. G.
lie lectured at Bowling Green yester
ay and will lecture at Memphis today,
nder the auspices of the Y. NJ. G. A.
both places. 1t is to be regretted
nat his stay in Columbia was short
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
Local Option IN Taxation.

The Colorado legislature at its last
regular session proposed an amendment
| to the constitution. providing that
once in four years the voters of any
county in the state NAV at general
election exempt or refuse to exempt,
| from all taxation from county, city,
town, school, road, and other local
purposes, any or all personal property
and Improvements on land but neither
the whole nor any part of the full cash
value of any rights of way, franchises
in public ways, Or land, exclusive of
the Improvements thereon, shall be SO
exempted. Provided. however, that
such question be submitted to the
voters by virtue of petition therefor,
signed and sworn to by not less than
100 resident taxpayers of such county,
and filed with the county clerk and
recorder not less than thirty nor more
than ninety days before the day of
election.
The object of this amendment is to
permit the trial of the single tax idea
in any county where majority of the
voters so desire. An effort is being
made at the called session of the legis
lature to withdraw the amendment
from consideration. The amendment
is supported, first, by the advocates OF
the single tax, and, second, by those
who, although they may not believe in
the single tax, are willing that the
people of community shall have the
privilege of adjusting their system of
taxation to suit their own needs and
ideas. Those who have faith in the
doctrine of local self government and
who believe that the people of a COM
munity are capable of determining
what is best for them, will find it
difficult to oppose the amendment. In
the first place the experiment cannot
be tried unless majority of the people
Of the county desire it, and after it
has been tried the people of the county |
have a right to determine whether
the system shall be continued or
changed. What objection can the
people of one county make if the
people of another county favor the
Every good citizen is
anxious for the ultimate triumph of
,very correct principle, and the Ger
'ectness of principle can only be de-
ermined by experiment. A theory
must be tested by experience before
{ can secure any extended indorse-
nent If the single tax theory proves
o be good one, it will spread. If it
proves unsatisfactory, It will be
but whether it spreads or
8 abandoned, good and not harm will
ONE from the amendment which has
,een submitted to the people of
To withdraw it now would
Indicate either fear that the people
will not act wisely In their own mat
ers, or fear that the single tax prin-
iple may. If tried, prove successful. :,
he democrats and populists of Colorado /
annot afford to entertain either fear.
The Commoner. Il
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
Result of a Game Of Pool.

Florence, Ala, March Al. c. Nc
PETERS was shot by John Phillips
today in Kilburn's poolroom, and died
an hour later. They quarreled yester-
day over game of pool. Phillips hit
McPeters with beer glass, and then
fled to escape trouble. They met today
and McPeters began firing. Both men
emptied their pistols, McPeters receiv-
ing two bullets in the breast, and
bystander. Van White, being shot in
the leg. McPeters was barber and
Phillips is a carpenter. Phillips was
arrested. but it was clearly q case of
self defense.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

If the article ON our first page, from
the New York World, telling of the
transaction between ex- Secretary
Gage and the National City Bank of
New York City-alias the Standard
Oil bank, alias j. Pierpont Morgan S
bank-does not show a clear case of
deliberate, determined, premeditated
looting of the public treasury we are
fain to admit that we do not know a
hawk from hand saw. If plain,
ordinary rogues had been caught in a
conspiracy like this they would have
been tried and punished for grand
larceny but as it involves cabinet
officers, bank officials and millionaires,
it must be spoken of-when spoken of
at alias an unfortunate attack of
grand Kleptomania. The corrup-
ton and rottenness in high places in
this government, 'stinks high unto
heaven.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
NOT POLITICS, BUT BUSINESS

The Herald is accused of being preju-
diced against the Louisville 81 Nash
vile Railroad Company. We plead
guilty to the soft impeachment. Nc
man in this community, who loves his
country and his people-unless he re-
ceives money or favors from this cor
poration-can help being more or less
prejudiced against it.
The Herald is accused of being preju-
diced against the present Board of
Mayor and Aldermen. That is not
true. We have no sweetly scented per-
sonal bouquets to throw at them, but
we stand ready and willing, without
prejudice or favor, to approve any good
thing they may do.
These trifes out of the way, we hope
our readers will weigh without preju-
dice what we may have to say in behalf
of the tax payers of Columbia.
You frequently hear the expression,
columbia needs new depot R" Co.
lumbia needs nothing of the sort. 1t
is the L. & N. Railroad Co., that
needs the new depot.
That more comfortable and COM
better ventilated and cleaner
kept passenger station is needed, is not
to be denied. But the law plainly and
specifically says that the Railroad
Company shall provide that. And,
instead of paying them, we are in
'avor of compelling them to conform
% the law.
A large, handsome, ornamental,
luxurious depot is not needed at Column
,ia. We have no objection to the
Railroad building such an one if they
hoose; but we do object to those
Who do not need it and cannot afford
t, being taxed one cent for it.
The passenger station is not really
he trouble. The passenger station is
icing used to popularize the scheme.
me trouble is, the Railroad Co. wants
more yard And not only the Railroad
o., but certain large shippers want
nore room. Now to make ourselves
clear we have not the
lightest objection to the Railroad and
hese large shippers, having all the
DOM they can buy and will pay for.
tut we do protest against tax payers
Tho will not be advantaged in the
east by this change, being compelled
} contribute to it.
Under the law the Railroad Co., is
equired to build passenger station
lrge enough to accommodate the
'avel. If it is large enough, why
lould it be made any larger? And if
lie law requires that of the Railroad,
by should Columbia help pay for it?
o make it larger then is large I
nough; and finer, and more luxurious
I'd ornamental, is an extravaganza L
which Columbia tax payers cannot
ford to indulge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

The n ashville American comes forth
again with another batch of platform
suggestions. - One of the penny-a-
liners for this political pariah some
time since suggested" that the State
Democratic platform should 'declare"
for "the right of towns ana cities to
self government He must have been
IAN irresponsible subordinate" who
did this, and his rashness greatly
Jared somewhere along the line of
those who pull the strings and foot
the bills for this wanton old Journal
istic freak, for since then a suspicious
silence has lowered over the editorial
subject. But now that silence has been
explained. by another batch of plat
form suggestions. in which the local
option plank is conspicuous by its
absence. The old thing has not only
run from the position it took. but it is
even afraid to take any position at
Ill. It is now shouting for State sppro-
priations to State Fair and to the st.
Louis Exposition; two plain and
oalpable jobs that few Nashville
boomers, railroad agents and other
professional lobbyists are trying to put !
through the next legislature. Jobs that
he papers over the State are already
to purcture. There are
ONE clever, good fellows on the Ameri-
an, and we pity them for their en-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

Now the friends of the President are
SO shocked that they will make it
cost the Charleston Exposition thou
sands of dollars. Just like plebean
moneycrats. They cannot rid them
selves of the smell of the shop to save
their lives.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

Mr.. Roosevelt says he will ignore
the telegram from the Lieut.. Governor
of South Carolina He dare not. He
will accept the invitation it contained
to stay away from function to which
he had previously been invited. He
may not answer it; but he cannot
ignore it. His boorishness to Senator
Tillman proved boomerang to him
self, and slapped him full in the face.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
McKenaun, Anderson & Foster.
Wash Fabrics Opening
THIS WEEK.

One robin does not make spring, neither does
piece half dozen pieces of Wash Goods make stock.
Hence have waited place before full
line before making announcement. We pre-
pared show Wash Goods stock that any might be
proud Of They anazng lot; that is they Illustrate
efforts describe them To be satisfied, you
come and see Them
Printed Dotted Swsses Printed Muslins, fancy White
Goods for Shirt Waists White Piques, Baiste Claires,
French Lawns, Dimties Scotch Bingham, Mercerzed
Ginghams, etc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

Mr.. W. M. Bunting, who has been
editor of the Florence, Ala, Herald
for the past thirteen years, has ac-
cepted the position of business manager
of the Ell Paso, Texas, Daily News.
His brother, Mr.. r. F. Bunting, will
succeed him as editor of the Herald.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

Prince Henry of Prussia was in
Nashville Sunday. and not soul
from Columbia went TO see him. Isn't
that shameY Oh. the remorse that
comes from neglected opportunities.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
Local Option Defeated.

Frankfort, KY, March 8. A decisive
victory was won by the opponents of
the Local Option Bill in the Senate yes
terday when the measure was defeated
by vote Of ~ to Is.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
Specials for Saturday and Monday.

$I.oo Gold Belts Ioc Each.
One hundred Gold Belts, last sea-
sons styles, were sl.OO each, next Sat
urday and Monday 19c each.
Ten Dozen Ladies' Wool
Hose, CSC Quality.
Next Saturday and Monday 1sc
pair.
New Skirts for Spring.
Ten handsome Cheviot Serge Skirts
in navy and black, trimmed with folds
of Taffeta, So 90 each
Eight Walking Skirts in grey, blue
and black, $3.50 each.
Ten pair Wool Blankets, u 4, we're
$3.50. Next Saturday and Monday
rs pair.
Twenty pieces seamless China Mat
ting, the 25c quality Next Saturday
and Monday zoe a yard.
$500 and $3.50 Mems Pants
at $3.50 a Pair.
Fifty pair Mems $500 and $3.50
Kersey Pants, next Saturday and Mon
day $3.50 pair.
One hundred Mems $1.OO colored
stiff bosom Shirts, all sizes, IA to II.
Next Saturday and Monday 75c each.
SOC Stiff bosom Shirts, all sizes, la
to II. Next Saturday and Monday 35c
each.
Special Sale of Trunks and
Suit Cases.
Ten canvas cover Trunks, with
leather straps, splendidly made and
bound on every corner with either iron
or copper; sizes 80, 81 and 36 inches.
Next Saturday and Monday 81 80 each.
Twelve imitation leather Suit Cases,
$500 kind, next Saturday and Monday
$3.50 each.
-Four tan colored genuine leather
Suit Cases, 49, 80 each
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
Mr.. D. F. Gibson,

Corner Ninth and High streets, has a we'll
which he buys cheap for cash, and sells
heap for cash: We hope his friends will
remember to give him trial. BellPhone,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

Said Tillman the Fire Eater to Teddy
the Bear Hunter, he who laughs last,
laughs best.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
1oc, 12ac and 15c Flannel
cites &C a Yard.

|
cites &c Yard.
Twenty five pieces, 10c, 1212c ant
15c Flannelettes and four pieces plaiC
cotton Dress Goods. Saturday and
Monday &c yard.
1oc Ginghams 7ac a Yard.
More of those beautiful new Spring
Ginghams in all the little blue and pink
stripes. and checks for children, and in
the elaborate designs for ladies' wear.
Next Saturday and Monday 71sc yard.
Ioc and 12ac Percales 7ac a
Yard.
Twenty pieces 1Oc and 1870 Per-
Gales, mostly light colors, just few
dark colors. Next Saturday and Mon
day TIC yard.
S1.oo and $I.25 Henriettas
and Dotted Alba tros
soc a Yard.
Ten pieces S1.00 and S1.25 Henriettas
and Dotted Albatros, grey hello, nile,
pink, castor. Next Saturday and Mon
lay 59c yard.
BLOC and S1.25 Hop Sacking
75c a Yard.
Two pieces s1OO and 1925 Black
Hop Stacking, so inches wide Splendid
or heavy skirts. Next Saturday and
Monday 75c yard.
New goods for walking skirts in |
old greys, blues, grey with white
tripes, etc, 81 inches wide at Sl.OO a
ard.
7 rd-wide Black Tafeta Silk
SI.oo a Yard.
We have the best yard wide black
'atfeta Silk that has ever been shown in
be town at $l.00 yard
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

Twenty five pieces 10c, 121ac and
15c Flannelettes and four pieces plaid
cotton Dress Goods. Saturday and
Monday &c yard.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
ard-wide Black Taffeta Silk
SI.oo a Yard.

We have the best yard wide black
Taffeta Silk that has ever been shown in
the town at $l0O yard.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-22
Globe Siahts.

There is no use of talking about hope
to man past 30: at that time. he has
usually parted with the nest egg.
Even a man who doesn't want to get
married. stands a little longer in front
of n mirror when dressing to meet an
heiress.
About the only time some men regard
their wives of any use in the world is
when they can put property in their
names. 9
An Atchison man is so worthless that
he will not drink coffee for breakfast
because it keeps him awake during the
day and he wants to take maps.
After you have waited hours at the
depot. YOU are in training to partially
sympathize with a young physician
who has waited years for business.
II q man has bad cold, and his wo-
men folks serve him onion Cruel, they
are as genuinely old fashioned as il
the label were blown in the bottle
1t is strange, and one of the things
father can never understand. but the
desire to save on clothes to buy some-.
thing for the house. Is never born in q
woman until after she . is married.
Atchison Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-22
NdlQ0yB Gossip
"lohnnY."

The world has finally made up its mind
to call him great;
His voice is gravely listened to within
the halls OF state;
The people turn to see him pass,
He has a lofty air.
But now and then he still is glad.
Deep in his heart to seek the fair
Old scenes his boyhood knew and hear
Them call him Johnny there.
He gravely signs his name in full hun
dred times a day
To documents made precious when he
takes his pen away;
A dozen secretaries stand
In line behind his chair
But far away q little town
Still nestles sweetly, calmly where
1t used to in the hills. and he
Is known as Johnny there.
'Tis well for people and for state that
mighty power lies
Within his grasp; 'tis well that Fate
has kindly let him rise.
For he whose power grows may not
Stray very far from where
His duty is who longs sometimes
To put aside his lordIy- air
And seek the fair old scenes and hear
Them call him johnny there
Chicago ecord-Herald.