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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06

Washington, Nov. 2-The president
Saturday issued his annual Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation in the following
terms:
BY the president of the United States
of America.
A PROCLAMATION
The season is at hand when, accord
upon the president to appoint a day
of praise and thanksgiving to God
During the last year the Lord has dealt
bountifully with us, giving us peace
at home and abroad, and the chance
for our citizens to work for their well
fare unhindered by war, famine or
plague. 1t behooves us not only to
rejoice greatly because of what has
been given us, but to accept it with
solemn sense of responsibility, realiz-
ing that under Heaven it rests with
to use Alright what has thus been in
trusted to our care.
In no other place and at no other
time has the experiment of government
of the people, by the people and for the
people been tried on so vast scale
as here in our own country in the open
ing years of the twentieth century.
Failure would not only be a dreadful
thing for us, but a dreadful thing for
all mankind, because it would mean
loss of hope for all who believe in the
power and the righteousness of liberty.
Therefore, in thanking God for the
mercies extended to us in the past, we
beseech Him that He may not withhold
them in the future, and that our hearts
may be aroused to war steadtastly for
good and against all the forces of evil,
public and private. We pray for
strength and light, so that in the COM
ing years we may, with cleanliness,
| fearlessness and wisdom, do our allot-
| ted work on the earth in such man
ner as to show that we are not alto
gether unworthy of the blessings we
have received.
Now, therefore, 1, Theodore Roose-
welt, president of the United States,
do hereby designate as dav of gen.
eral thanksgiving Thursday, the 26th
of the coming November and do rec
ommend that throughout the land peo-
pie cease from their wonted Occupa-
tions, and in their several homes and
places of worship render thanks unto
Almighty God for His manifold mer-
cies
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF
/ the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
31st day of October, in the year of our
Lord 1908, and of the independence OF
| the United States 12S
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
! By the President:
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
ANOTHER FEUD EXPECTED.
Soldiers Pursue Jim PinkertOn, Who
Killed John Garrett After
Escaping From Jail.

Owingsville, KY, Nov. 2-Another
feud outbreak is expected in Breathitt
county, according to the reports re-
ceived here. Last night John Garrett
was fired upon from ambush and in
stantly killed by Jim Pinkerston, who
escaped from the Morgan county jail.
The killing occurred at WiIlurst, ten
miles from Jackson. There has been
bad feeling between the relatives OF
the two men for years, and further
trouble is feared. Soldiers from jack
son are pursuing.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
A. o. U. w. Grand Lodge.

The grand lodge of Tennessee A.
0. q. w. met in Nashville last
week with a large attendance. The
new guaranty and beneficiary rates
recently promulgated by the supreme
lodge were adopted. The deputy
system was abolished, though a res
olution was adopted empowering the
grand master workman, grand re-
corder and finance committee to en-
ploy one or two deputies after JAN
uary l for extension work.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Greater Tennessee Idea.

The chamber of commerce of
Knoxville at its annual meeting last
week laid a foundation of plan to
advertise Tennessee and secure a de-
sirable class of immigrants. The
chamber wants to see an organiza-
ton organized on the lines of the
Greater Georgia Association. 1t
hopes to interest all the commercial
organizations of the State and
through them the legislature for an
appropriation to advertise the State.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Tennessee Raftsman browns.

Paducah, KY, Nov "A body sup
posed to be that of Dan Keeney,
raftsman of Danville, Tenn, was found
in the Tennessee river three miles
above here Saturday afternoon. He
was last seen aboard the Clyde and is
supposed to have been drowned. He
was a raftsman and has here a raft OF
logs worth 1,400, which he had gone
up the river to meet. Papers found
on the body indicate that it is Keeney.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Choked Bow to Death.

Houston McCorkle, aged 60 years,
an inmate of the Warren county
poor house, whose mind is unbal-
anced, is accused of strangling a
crippled 16-year-old boy, also an in
mate, to death. McCorkle had been
in the habit of carrying the boy
from place to place. Yesterday he
took the youth out for little exer-
else and returned in a short time
with him on his shoulders. The
body was lifeless and it was found
that the boy had been choked to
daafb
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Woman's Missionary Society.

The twenty-second annual meet
ing of the board of managers of the
Women's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
met in Chattanooga last week. Over
200 delegates from all parts of the
United States were in attendance.
Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk of New York,
president, presided over the meet
ing. Leading missionary workers
were present, and the meeting was
characterized by much enthusiasm.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Farr in Custody.

William Farr, formerly president
of Nashville College of Law, where
diplomas, it is charged, were widely
distributed simply for a fee, was ar
rested in Washington last week,
charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. He gave bond
in the sum of $1,000 for his appear
ance November Is. Fairs victims
have been complaining to the post
Office department for some time. He
had been indicted in Nashville, but
went from there to Washington,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
A Literary Mosaic.

1t is not often that one sees a poem
that is literally a literary mosaic
more especially is it true that most
of those that do appear are wholly
without merit. The one published be-
low is a gem that recently appeared
in the Unique Monthly. The author
spent many months of toll in working
out and perfecting the compilation,
which was a very difficult task indeed:
Why all this toll for triumphs of an
hour? (YOung).
Life'S a short Summer-man is but
flower (Johnson).
By turns we catch the fatal breath and
die; (Pope).
The cradle and the tomb, alas! how
nigh (Prior).
To be is better far than not to be
(SewelD.
Though all mans life may seem a
tragedy. (Spencer).
But light cares speak when mighty
griefs are dumb, DanieD.
The bottom is but shallow whence
they come. (Sir w. Raleigh).
Thy fate is the commonest fate of all;
Oongfellow).
Unmingled joys here no man befall;
(SouthweID.
Nature to each allots his proper
sphere, (Congreve).
Fortune makes folly her peculiar care.
(ChurchilD.
Custom does not reason overrule,
(Rochester).
And throw a cruel sunshine on a fool.
armstrong;.
Live well; how long or short permit to
heaven; (Milton).
They who forgive most shall be most
forgiven. (Baily).
ri 1Ia i al
see its face; (French).
Vile intercourse where virtue has not
place; (Somerville).
Then keep each passion down, how
ever dear, (Thompson).
Thou pendulum betwixt smile and
tear. (Byron).
Her sensual snares let faithless Pleas
ure lay (Smollett).
With craft and skill to ruin and be-
tray. (Crabbe).
Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to
rise; (Massinger).
We masters grow of all that we be-
spise. (COwley).
oh, then, renounce that impious self
esteem; (Beattie).
Riches have wings, and grandeur is a
dream. (Cowper).
Think not ambition wise because 'tis
brave; (Sir VIM. Davenport).
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave. Gray.
What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious
cheat, (WiliS).
Only destruc I've to the brave and
great (Addison).
There are in London more Scotch
men than in Aberdeen. More Irish
than in Dublin, more Jews than in
Palestine, more Roman Catholics than
in Rome, and more than 700 Amer
icans,'' says William E. Curtis, the
noted correspondent Of the Chicago
Record-Herald,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
HE TOOK THE GAS ROUTE.
Suicide of WILDER Perry Guenther,
a Former Washington COrre-
spondent and PrOOfreader.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1.-Wilber Perry
Guenther, aged "a years, who was a
Washington newspaper correspondent
and proofreader, known in many
cities, committed suicide, Saturday,
by inhaling Illuminating gas. He had
been despondent, owing to i'll health.
Guenther was a native of Champaign
county, III.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
DOLE SUCCEEDS JUDGE EsTEE
George II. Carter, Former Secretary
of Hawaii, Is Appointed Gov
ernOr, to Succeed Dole.

Washington, Nov. 2.-ThG president
Saturday made the following appoint
ments:
Sanford B. Dole, to be United States
district judge for Hawaii, 10 succeed
the late Judge Norris M. Estee George
R. Carter, secretary of Hawaii, to be
governor of the same, to succeed Gov.
Dole.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Several Prominent Young Men OF
KnObnoster, Mo-, Charged With
With killing BrendaI.

Warrensburg, Mo-, Nov. John
Brendal, mashal of Knobnoster, ten
miles east of this city, died, Friday
morning, from the effects of an as
sault made upon him in that town last
Saturday evening, and William Rob-
erts, Thomas Roberts, Logan Roberts.
Finis Hama and Billy Lemly are in
Jail here, charged with his murder.
The young men all belong to promi-
nent families in the vicinity Of Knob
noster.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Rural System for Knox.

Knox county is to have a complete
rural delivery system just as soon
as carriers can be provided by COM
petitive examination. There will
be forty-fve carriers in that coun-
ty alone and total of one hundred
and forty-two in the Second con-
gressional district.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
First lime in Memnhis.

For the first time in the history of
the Presbyterian Church in Ten
nessee, the State synod met in Mem
phis last week, a large number of
delegates being present. This ter
ritory has only recently been added
to the synod. 1t now comprises all
the synods in the State.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Deaths From Diphtheria.

A number Of cases Of diphtheria
are reported in the country near
Humboldt. Two deaths have al
ready resulted. They were May and
Lenden, the 12-year-old daughter
and 7-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Stallings, of near town. The
disease has not yet appeared in
Humboldt.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
ARREST ILLINOIS BANKERS.
Charges of EmbezzIement Preferred
Against President and Cashier
of the LockpOrt OII1 Bank.

Joliet, ILL.,, Nov. 2.-PresidEIt Charles
N. Bacon and Cashier Andrew H. But
Ier, of the defunct LockpCrt bank,
were arrested Saturday on warrants
charging emzczzlement. 1t is charged
that the officers of the banF received
deposits when they knew the institu-
ton to be insolvent. Both found bonds
men. Bacon has been state senator and
has been four times mayor of Lockport.
The hearing is set for tomorrow.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Precipitated Over a Bluff.

While driving along the top of
mountain near Butler, Johnson
county, last week, Carl Fletcher and
Edward Weatherby were precipita-
ted over a bluff, falling forty feet.
Weatherby was instantly killed,
while Fletcher's injuries are inter-
nal and he is not expected to live.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Coal Creek Resumes.

After a months shutdown on ac-
count of the walk out of four hun
dred miners, the mines of the Coal
Creek Company resumed last week
with small force. The company
has posted an order that it will en-
ploy none but non-union men.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Granted a Charter.

Secretary of State Morton has
granted a charter to the Bluff City
Clothing Company. of Memphis,
with 100000 capital stock. The in
corporators are S. B. Thomas, Will
liam Wheeler, D. S. Ballard, W. L.
Carr, w. T. Adams, R. S. Thomas
and A. j. Brown.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Lumber Plant Burned.

The large lumber plant of W. G.
McKain & Co., at Neva, Johnson
county, was almost totally destroyed
by fire a few days since. While a
large quantity of the lumber was
saved from destruction, the loss was
over $4,000, partially covered by
insurance. The cause of the fire is
uOkDOwn
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Courthouse Contract Let.

Harrisburg, Ill, Nov. AT special
meeting of the board Of supervisors OF
Saline county here Saturday the con-
tract for building the new courthouse
in this city was let to Robert King
and B. Ford for $1,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Son Kills His Father.

Paducah, KY, Nov. John Roberts,
aged So, was slot and killed Saturday
by his son. Owen Roberts, at Bandana,
KY, 20 miles from Paducah. The ia
ther had chastised younger son, and
when the elder arrived drew knife
on him and was shot twice
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Assets Amount to So.

The Tennessee Iron and Metal
Company of Chattanooga filed pc
tition in bankruptcy last week, in
which its liabilities are scheduled
at $39,316 and giving the assets at
$8. The creditors include Cincin-
natl, Chicago and other Northern
firms
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Anti-saIoon League Indorsed.

The Baptist State Convention, in
session last week at Murfreesboro,
enthusiastically endorsed the work
of the Tennessee Anti-Saloon
League, and the convention went on
record as supporting the movement
for temperance legislation.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
HAWAIIAN APPOINTMENTS.
Gov. Dole Named as District Judge
and Secretary George II. Car
ter Promoted to Governor.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The presi-
dent, Saturday, made the following
appointments:
Sanford B. Dole, to be United
States district judge for Hawaii, to
succeed the late Judge Morris M.
EStee.
Geo. R. Carter, secretary of Ha-
waii, to be governor of the same, to
succeed Gov. Dole.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
Strange and Unnatural Story.

Absolutely the strangest and most
unnatural story that ever found de-
velopment in the State of Tennessee
is that which has just come from AL
lamont, Grundy county. 1t is the
story of a woman who was divorced
less than two weeks after she had
married, who tried to kill herself for
love of another woman, and who
then, on the afidavits of court Off
GERS and reputable physicians, had
her sex changed and married wOm-
an. AS woman the girl was named
Kate Upton. Today this same per-
son is living in Altamont, and is
known as Carl Crawford. Alta
mont is a little community nesting
up among the Cumberlands, some
ten or fifteen miles from any rail
road. The facts date back more
than year ago, but have just come
to light. In substance, they are as
follows:
Some six years ago Kate Upton,
a pretty mountain girl of about %
years, was wooed and won by a
mountaineer. AS husband and wife
they lived together for less than two
weeks, when they separated and a
divorce soon followed. Kate Upton
continued to live in Altamont, and
not long after the community
learned one day that she had tried to
commit suicide, sending a bullet
from SO caliber revolver into her
body. For a long time it was
thought that she would die, but with
care she was restored to health, and
it then developed that she was in
love with another woman, and on
this account had tried to take her
life. About four years ago she went
to Texas, remaining there some
twelve months; then returned to AL
lamont, still as Kate Upton. Again
she went to Texas, and a little more
than a year ago returned to Alta
mont, this time as Carl Crawford.
1t developed that she had been ar
rested in Texas for masquerading as
a man, and either made bond and
got away or took French leave. Carl
Crawford, the former Kate Upton,
presented a sworn affidavit from the
County Court clerk, the Circuit
Court clerk and one of the best
known physicians in Grundy county,
that he formerly she) had the right
to be known as a man and to stand
in the community unmolested as
such. Prior to this Kate Upton,
or Carl Crawford, was accompanied
to Texas by a school teacher, a
young woman living near AftamOnt.
It was this which led to the arrest
in Texas. With the establishment
of the court records the school teach
er went to live with Carl Crawford
as his wife, but a divorce followed
in something like two months. Carl
Crawford, formerly Kate Upton, is
now living in Altamont, and is rec
ognized as a male citizen of that
place. The name Crawford was
that Of the father, taken after the
change of sex.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
BY RUTLEDGE SMITH.

he has any doubt about any company
for which he is asked to act as agent,
he should communicate at once with
the insurance commissioner.
"The citizen, as stated before, can
not be too careful as to the company
with which he places his insurance
policy. If there are not sufficient as
sets behind the policy to guarantee 1t,
or if there are no assets, he will find
when the contingency against which
he has undertaken to insure arises,
that he has been paying out his money
in premiums and has really been get
ting nothing in return. If a company
is duly licensed to do business in the
State, that fact is evidence that 1T has
complied with the requirements of the
law and is regarded by the insurance
department as honest, safe and sol
vent. Every safeguard is thrown
around the conduct of the business to
give the public means of protection.
For instance, as above stated, in addi-
tion to obtaining license, every COM
pany must make application for and
obtain from the insurance department
a certificate of authority for each
agent who represents it. This is in
addition to the privilege tax of $40
per annum, which each agent is per-
sonally liable for. Every agent who
represents a company, even though
the company be authorized, without
having a certificate of authority from
the insurance department to represent
such company is guilty of a misde-
meanor, and the punishment is both
fine and Imprisonment.
Every agent should carry his GER
tificate of authority with him when
he goes out to solicit business for his
company. And if any citizen is asked
by the agent to make a contract in any
company and is in doubt as to whether
this company is licensed to do busi-
ness in the State, let him demand to
see the agents certificate of authority
to represent that company. If the
agent has the certificate it will indi-
cate that the company is duly Ii
| censed, for no certificate can be grant
| ed to an agent to represent company
not authorized. If the agent fails to
produce this certificate, and claims to
have left it somewhere, l suggest that
| the citizen politely tell him that he
| would prefer to see the certificate be-
| fore discussing insurance any further.
| Then 1 suggest that the citizen write a
| line to the insurance commissioner, at
Nashville, and give the name of the
agent and the company he claims to
| represent. The commissioner will at
| once respond, giving all Information
about the company. If it is a fraud,
the letter will probably result in the
agents arrest, and other citizens who
are not so careful as the one who has
written will be saved from the possi-
bility of being caught in his snare.
I'm this connection 1 want to i'm
press upon the people that the insur.
ance department was created, for their
protection, and that the information
which the department is required to
obtain, was obtained on their behalf.
The department will promptly furnish
upon application at any time any in
formation regarding any company to
any citizen"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
LIFE OF BURNING GIRL SAVED

By the President:
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06
A GENERAL THANKSGIVING
The President Issues His Annual
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.
Calls on the Nation to Cease Their
Occupations and Render Thanks
For blessings Received.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The president
Saturday issued his annual Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation in the following
terms:
BY the president of the United States
of America.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-06

There are in London more Scotch
men than in Aberdeen. More Irish
than in Dublin, more Jews than in
Palestine, more Roman Catholics than
in Rome, and more than $4,000 Amer
icans," says William E. Curtis, the
noted correspondent of the Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Washington times., 1903-10-15
Manned Veterans Habe
Seats Nearest Statue

About the base Of the statue In two
sections TO represent the right and left
fanks were two hundred soldiers who
had fought and been wounded
civil war. These men were a Of
honor about the bronze effif
leader under whom they h
forty years ago. No other
were permitted nearer the st
they.
All the veterans in these tw
ments were residents of the
which added another feature
to their participation in the
They were as follows.
William o Neill r H. Evans, -
iel Freeman Norris II Merrill. Roland
&. Cheesm3n. John r. Brady, H II
Brewer, Merritt Lewis, Charles Rhodes.
J. 3. WILDER. AdolDh Derndinger. John
Mccarthy. Colonel Brady. Andrew Day.
i. c. BrOwnley. A s. Stevens, Joseoh
+. Allison. Dennis Lee. H e Warner
Z. b. Dich lson. NJ F.. Robinson. n r.
Perkins. ! Wis II. Roth w A Rogers
l.. r. KNAPP. W. B. Shaw c. II French
Luke Kelly. Dennis O'CoRnor, James
McNully. Hiram j. Penrod. James B.
Royce, Homer Riggs James GOwans z.
A. Pratt. E B. French. William Grif-
fin. J. r. SiddS1e. IT. +. Wilkins. Roger
@. Bells, Richard Bennett. John rres-
nahan. J. 9 BurViu. p. w Coleman. T
Wy~SaltOn, J. y. Ehle. NJ ]. Forte, w.
Continued On seventh Page.)
The Washington times., 1903-10-15
RUMOR AGAIN KILLS
MACEDONIAN LEADER
SaTafoff Said to Have Net Death
Fierce Fight With Turks in
Mountains.

PRAGUE. Bohemia. Oct. 15.-The
newspaper 'Narodnf Listy' reports that
Boris Sarafon. the Macedonian leader.
and two other leaders were ambushed
and killed near Pusa. I'm the Monastir
district
The peasants are said to have recog-
nized Sarafon by his two horses. sad
died in European fashion, and his other
belongings, including a Bulgarian gem
erals cap.
Two Of the corpses We're carried away.
but the third was left lying in the field.
Some credence is given the story. be-
cause Of the fact that Sarafoff was ex-
pected at Pusa on Tuesday last
The Washington times., 1903-10-15
TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN.

Therefore, this occasion of
EeTo surrounded by
im efforts attain his exalted military prennenee
of eoque poetry
representative and commanding this
done with the feeling that in hnorng
the American citizen who does his duty with
Washington graouy hospitable at
the of the
the site of the statue The broad Avenue Fifteenth
end dveways aborhe White House ese bore the
ground except In
bur of completing preparations for the dedication The
combined with that inevitable
thousands
nature kind.
1t sentiment rather than pageant and emOnyeuOty
the crowd and minge with ha drew thousands the
they could close
the words of euogy spoken by those who participated
The had saue-had
demnaOn but the displayed seemed bear evidence
for the time barred the Washingonans