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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-10-30
LAW.

1.-THE supreme head OF all rule and
authority under the system of republi-
can forns of government, municipal
and otherwise, as instituted and
nrom ulpated BY the American people.
eentlemen of the City Council, is law
"a ruler as impartial as justice itself
ONE whose every mandate In form
and declaration is the ''Vox Populi
sDnken from the accepted throne OF the
American freedom. Hence call upon
You gentlemen. and through you every
Official and citizen In Nashville 20
aocept the written law as laid Gown In
eur statute books and b. governed Dy
them without exception, which Is put
eur reasonable duty az authors ana
beneticiaries of the same. have no
DISPOSITION whatever to press or aous
any class or condition OF our Fellow
citizens, but would cheertully aid
them In every legi Innate enterprise
consistent with law and order.
but as Tar III my oath OF ofiice I'M
poses, and the laws Of the city dictates,
ana my ability permits, Will execute
both the letter and spirit.
~ trust, however, the iaw-apidin3
element Ut ou- people will go predomi-
nate as to destroy absolutely the ais
pesition upon the part OF a few VINO
may be inclined by selfish motives 70
disregard 1t, and the necessity OF
invoking the strong arm OF force VIII
not EXIST. Mayor Willims to the City
Council of Nashville.
II Mayor Williams was called 10 his
telephone by citizen OF Nashville
and politely told that the law was
being violated at certain time and
place, Mayor Williams. we take 1t,
would not reply. You tend to your
husin ess and I'll tend to mine. !"
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THE SICK.

A letter has been received by her
parents from Miss Bessie Craig. who
is aI AN intirmary In Ohio, stating that
she is much better. She Is now able
to SIT up.
Mre. w. T. Branch is quite sick at
her home on Twelfth street.
Mathews Gordon has been confined
to his home for several days by sick
ness.
Mr.. R. G. Irvine is much better today,
and is able to sit up.
Mrs. Annie McLemore, after long
illness here, was carried to st. Thomas
hospital in Nashville, last Saturday.
Very many friends follow her with their
prayers and tenderest sympathies, and
wish for her complete recovery to her
wonted health.
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The Bothersome Treasury Surplus.

The announcement of Secretary
Shaw that he will presently deposit In
st. Louis BANKS some 81. 900, O00 OF the
surplus moneys now accumulated on
the United States treasury, so that
those banks may the more readily meet
the demands of world S fair expendl-
tures, must open the eyes OF people
who have been indifferent to the
accumulation of funds in the treasury.
Today the revenues of the United
States government vastly exceed It's
expendltures. The necessary result of
this is that millions of dollars are
withdrawn from use in the business
world and locked up In the treasury.
Then there is currency famine ana
the secretary of the treasury Is
appeaIed to for relief. Two methods
are open to him-the purchase Oh
United States bonds in open market,
or the depositing OF national Iunas
without charge for interest. Inc
latter course has been the favo'lte
expedient of the present admlnistra
ton, and the treasury statements snow
that there 10 now $3.50. OOO, OOO or the
peoples money thus being used Dy
national banks without return 70 tho
government. If the banks lend it out
at an average of four per cent,
the ruling rate of interest Is mucn
higher, they are enjoying bonus OF
IS. 400, 900 at the expense OF tine treas
ury. But even this Is bat or than to
have 80 colossal q sum Withdrawn from
circulation altogether.
Ii is perfectly apparent that the
power of distributing public money to
needy banks or localities may be or
tremendous political advantage 20 the
party possessing it. To distribute
WITHIN q lew weeks of election some
$40. 600, 900 among country banke In
doubtful state In lots of $50, UOO each,
would be political lever worth using.
And it's employment Dy any secretary
of the treasury having the power
which Secretary Shaw now wields Is
ntirely possi ole. T he situation is not
a new one 1t existed In Preside mt
Cleveland first term, and the admin
istration then was bitterly denounced
for favors granted to pet banks.
Indeed. the evil was noted ana dis
cussed as far back ss the days Of
Andrew jackson. Today, however. 1t
has a significance greater than ever
before. because 1t becomes acute
during an administration which
opposes any effort to reduce the
surplus Dy reducing taxation. Out OF
this condition arises the difficulty in
keeping the currency question as
dead as the financial organs with.
With the treasury continually locking
ND money, it is natural that
currency strlnsency arises and
propositions for asset currency.
.interconvertible bonds" and-the ike
continually crop out to distress the
financial community ana give tina lie
to the cheerful optImis,s who say that
the money question died with the
defeat of free silver. 1t is a matter OF
history that surplus revenues during
the Cleveland administration, first
made the currency question acute.
This history may repaa, itself. True.
it would be better 10 expend a surplus
in pubic WORKS than IN lend it to
BANKS without otner return tnan the
political fealty of the baker. But
the real cure Is TO reduce taxation, so
that the money may stay where IL
belongs--in the pockets OF the people.
The Pilgrim.
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Relief in six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder DIS
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great south American Kidney Cure"
II is a great surprise on account OF lie
promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, In male
or female. Relieves retention OF water
almost Immediately. Ii You want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. Soio
by A, B. Rains, druggist. feDI-ly
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Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

aMystic Cure" for Rheum atism and
Men. algia radically cures in To 3das s.
Its cti IN upon the system is renar ka-
BILE and mysterious. ltremoves at o' &c
the cause ana the disease Immediately
disappears Tie first dose greatly be u
efits 75 cent aud sl.On Sold hy Il.
Rains, ID. uggist, Columbia. octl6 emo
While running at the pump factory
Saturday, Walter Mclean stumbled
ana fell, breaking two fingers ON his
left hand.
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HoM --M4DG FILI1R.
Simple and Economical ContrfVahce
for Ipsur;nw Purity OF
the Water.

A simple filter fer domestic use is
made as follows, says the New YORK
Tribune: Procure a wooden box three
feet high and foot square. open 1T on
one side. and have shelf not far from
the bottom with a space beneath 1t large
enough tn hold small pitcher On ts>r
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BEAUTIFUL Compilations

Are spo,led by using any kind OF pre-
naratio., that fills the pores OF the skin.
The best way to secure clear COM
plexion ftce from sallowness, linPies,
blcirh,s etc is 80 keep the liver in good
order. An occasional dose of Herbine
viii cleanse the bowels. regulate The
liver snu 50 Q shlish clear. healthy
r.,mnls xion. soc a, A. .. Rams.
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Hurt i'm a Runaway.

While Mr.. and Mrs. Tonch Nicholson
were coming to town SATURDAY, un'a
horse took fright at something over o.
riverside anu ran for some distance
throw ing the occupants from the puss,
Mrs. Nicholson was severely bruised o..
cut about the face and on the handS,I%
tlnat, ly no bones were broken n,
Nicholson was brought to town ana ~
Forge, dressed her wounds and sue
resting quietly now. MIR. Nicholson W"
not hur,.
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The Ohio and Kentucky campaigns
are lurid, somewhat exciting and more
or less interesting, but there is not
much hope Of Ohio going Democratic,
or fear OF Kentucky going Republican.
Kentucky is naturally democratic and
ne believe Ohio wound elect Tom john
s II If 1t were not for Mark Hanna's
boodie anu the Republican counting
machine. Bnt that is a mighty big
ri
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O a - II g r. Z "A.
Bear, the 1Tha Kind you Have Nxays Bought
$50 6: !; :; AM|4;!zl'z3::N;;3,' K -

We paid $50. 600, 600 for the Philil :
pines and now the JOINT Army and
Navy Board has estjms' ed tn Il 1t WI l
cost $50, 200 00J TO fortiIy aud defe ia
them IL costs quite pond deaf -
have the flag stay put where it
sn Jnld never have been put. anat a
pity that Dewey ever entered Manila
bay. Or that having entered ne did
not coal and steam away.
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DAIRY" butter is now manufa su u",,
in Holland from" Philippine COG an n,
and Is shipped to ali parts ol
world. This statement is made ~ lin.
bulletiu Just published by tine Ina ~,
pine 81 r au of Agriculture, wh'V Ana
been making a special STUDY 9 .,ard
ocoabut INDUSTRY in our
possessi ons across the Paciilc'
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
A REPLY TO JOHN B. STEVENS.
BY J. w. BARTON.

I do not believe in newspaper
controversy, but I am drawn into
the matter and shall say a few
things.
am, a prohibitionist, up one
side and down the other, when l
can get prohibition. I have done
more for prohibition in Georgia
than Mr.. Stevens. Ihave always
voted for it, every time thee copper
tunity has presented itself, In
the last election in this county,
| spoke one hour and forty-fve
minutes in favor of prohibition.
That is more than Mr.. S. can say,
and I not living in the county at
the time.
/ had a great deal to do with
the election of Rev. B. E., Wilcox
as senator from this district, a
prohibitionist, against Col. B. B.
Cheney, an anti. made a speech
in our association during that
election in favor of Mr.. Wilcox,
on the ground that he was a pro-
hibitionist, and the county gave
him 500 majority. Mr.. S., what
have you done for prohibition?
Mr.. Stevens in his so-called
argument for saloons does not
touch the question involved. 1t
is not question of prohibition or
dispensaries. IF so, I would be
in favor of prohibition. When
the question of prohibition or dis
pensaries was sprung in Halle
hurst, | fought the dispensary,
and carried the election for pro-
hibitIon nearly two to one. Pro-
hibition is not in this issue, it is
Eliminated from the question. II
every man in the county wanted
prohibition just now, we could
not get it. You cannot have a
prohibition election under three
years. So the question at issue
lis, shall we have eight saloons re
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
Insurgents Claim $4,000 Men.

Sofa, Aug. 31.-The Mace
DOMAIN leaders here claim that
an aggregate of 1000 Bu1garians
have crossed the frontier, in small
parties, and joined the insurgents
during the last ten days. Gen.
: Zontcheff, the president of the
Macedonian Committee, and Col.
Jankoff, one of the revolutionary
leaders, who are now in Macedo.
MIA, send word that the insurgent
forces total 10000 men. They
expect that a general insurrec.
ton will be proclaimed this
week.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
LOCAL = OTHERWISE.

Nearly everybody expects cot
ton to go lower.
Cotton may not be king, but
it's next thing to cash, and that's
better.
A nice residence on south Lee
for sale; also two lots on West
Central, Call at this Office. If
Miss Leila Hicks came up from
Waycross this m orning to spend
Sunday with her parents here.
Hon. Jno. F. DeLacy, the pop
ular solicitor-genera1 of the Oco-
nee circuit is in the city today.
Mrs. l.. w. Howe has not been
able to take her place as teacher
in the public schools on account
of sickness. 1t is hoped she will
be able to take charge of her de.
partment Monday,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05

failing whiskey for three more
years, or shall we cut them down
to three?
Who are the leaders against
dispensaries? The saloon keep
ers and ra bid prohibitionists Mr..
Stevens, a prohibitionist, the Sec
rotary of the anti-dispensary
committee, composed of saloon
keepers, you have joined with
the saloon keepers to get prohi-
bition. When will you get pro-
hibition with that gang? Mr..
Stevens your company for prohi-
bition is bad.
I stand for anything that op-
poses open saloons. First, for
prohibition, if lean get it. If not
the next best thing to it, which
is the dispensary. Any man who
votes against the dispensary in
this election votes for open sa-
looms. Anyone voting against
dispensaries, casts his vote to
continue nine open saloons in this
county for three years. With
the dis2ensary system we
would not have over three or four.
Mr.. Stevens works to keep six
saloons in Fitzgerald, open night
and day, for three years longer.
There is not day in seven that
you cannot buy whiskey in the
saloons in Fitzgerald. Men go
from Ocilla to Fitzgerald on Sun,
day and come back Sunday night
drunk. Why? They cannot get
it here. They go there after it,
A man who votes against dis.
pensaries in this election votes to
keep saloons in Fitzgerald that
have in connection with some Of
them houses of i'll fame and
gam bling dens, that run sever
days in every week.
| Mr.. Stevens how do you like
the company you are keeping
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
PARDON FOR MAMIE DECRIS
Will be Considered by Prison
Commission Next Week.

Atlanta, Sept. Along with
other applications for executive
clemency the Prison Commission
will take up next week the app1i-
cation for pardon for Mamie De
Girls of Savannah, sentenced for
two years for thefts of diamonds
and jewelry. There are petitions
in her behalf from Irwin, Sum-
ter, Muscogee and several other
counties in the state, besides a
large number of letters in her
behalf. The opinions on the
subject are various.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
Rev, c. W. Minor at Rochelle.

Protracted meeting is in prog
ress at the Baptist Church. The
meeting is in charge of the pas
tor, Rev. F. M. B1a1ock. The
preaching is being done dy Rev.
C. w. Minor pastor Of the BaptisU
church in Fitzgerald. There are
two services each day Mr.. Min
or is an. able, earnest gospel
preacher. We trust the meeting
will result in great good. -Ro-
che11e New Era.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
CHASED BY
KANSAS
LYNCHERS
NEGRO BROWNS HIMSELF
Assault on a Woman Enraged The Whites.
Seeing That He Would be Caught and
Lynched, the Negro Elected
to Destroy Himself.

Kansas City, September A.
An unknown negro, caught in
the act of strang1ing Mrs. Mar
garet Gerahn, a white woman, in
her home at Armourda1e, Kans.,
a suburb, this afternoon, escaped
to the Kansas river, where he
drowned himself rather than run
the chance of being 1ynched, a
crowd having chased him to the
bank of the stream.
The women was seriously hurt,
but will recover.
Mrs. Gerahn is a widow IS
years old. Her husband, who
was a packing housAemp1oyee,
and son we're drowned in the
great June flood and she lived
alone.
The negro, who was about 80
years old, called at the house
about noon and entered stea1thi1y,
locked himselfin. He surprised
Mrs. Gerahn at her work and de-
manded her money. When she
insisted that there was none
about the house the negro threat
ened to kill her and Selling her
by the throat, began choking her.
She became unconscious and he
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05

already six snakes in his yard
and |, with the rest of the county
are trying to get five of them OIL
for you, and you say, well, Il
can't get six out, just leave ther
all. You accuse me of Coz
demning the whiskey bushes
and now propose to go into til
business as a citizen director arr
profit sharer." This is untrue
l do not go into the dispensar
business as a citizen any NOR
than 1 was in it when we had tv
bars, paying the town $500 Il
year. / am not now any more 81
it as a citizen under the di
pensary, than you are in it as
citizen under the saloon systen
The difference is, the town he1
gets all the revenue, and you "a
a part.
The man who refuses to vot
for a dispensary adds anothe
vote for saloons.
Which side will the preacher
take?
BY voting against, or refusinS
to vote for dispensaries you take
your stand with the saloon keen.
ers, the gamblers, the LEVIED ele.
ment of the town, the negro ele'
ment, which will constitute three.
fourths of the votes cast againa
dispensaries, and a few misguid
ed good people.
l am not a director in the busi
ness, neither am I a profit sharen
I have no property here, or chi
dren to school.
You can get prohibition for the
county if we elect dispensaries,
because in the city elections WI
can elect a council which will MOI
ask for dispensarY, and by Thu
method we get prohibition 81
next January, 1904. When You
can't get a vote on it otherwise
in three years.
ask in conclusion will the 70
tiers of Irwin county by theiI
votes continue nine saloons in ths
county, run by men for gain anf
nothing else, or will you cut then
down to three or four?
Remem Der this is not a pro
hibition fight.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05

locked her in a closet. When
she had revived he dragged her
from the closet and upon her per-
sistent refusal to tell him where
she kept her money, the negro
repeatedly choked her.
Neighboring women broke in
to the house after Mrs. Gerahn
had been in the power of the ne
gro for three hours and found
him standing over the PROSTATE
woman sinking his fingers into
her throat. The negro hurried
from the house and ran to the
Kansas river some blocks dis
tant, where he hired a boat and
ordered the owner to row quickly
to the Missouri shore. When
the boat had reached midstream
a crowd of excited men and boys
had gathered at the bank and
shouted to the owner of the boat
Is return to shore.
He started to do so, when the
negro stood up in the boat and
with the remark. II have lived
too long to die at the end of a
rope" dove into the water. He
drowned before the spot could be
reached and his body disappeared
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05

If the sheriff of this county ar
rests a LEVIED negro woman in
Fitzgerald, she is released by
some of your saloon keepers.
The dispensary has removed this
stencil and blot from Oci11a.
There has not been an arrest for
drunkenness here since March
21st. The dispensarv sells about
half as much as the two bars we
had last year.
Mr.. Stevens position would
drive every preacher in the world
out of the pulpit. Because he
says if you can't stop all sin at
one time, don't stop any. Any
saloon in this county becomes a
blind tiger on Sunday, for every
one out of the nine will sell it if
they get the opportunity.
Drunkenness in this town has
been reduced three-fourths since
the dispensary opened. Any
citizen in this community knows
that.
Mr.. Stevens if you haven't got
six legalized saloons in Fitzgerald
and the town getting the taxes
each citizen getting his part of
it-what have you got? Your
council was elected by the people
(and you could not elect one that
would not 1egalize it in your
town. So you are all partners
in the business, getting the reve-
nue. to run your town. If you
had the dispensarY you would be
getting ali the profit, the house
closed at shutdown, opened at sun
up. No minor could buy a drop.
Yet they can get it in any saloon
in your town. I would rather
have one 1ega1ized snake in
my town than to have six like
you have it. Our boys are not
so apt to get bit by one, as they
are by six.
Mr.. Stevens when you try to
write again on some subject,
don't you write until you have
something to say.
Mr.. S. says: That it is not a
question of destroying snakes in
my yard, but one of permitting
you to put one there" Mr.. S.
rs very much mistaken; he has
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
SPEEDING ABOUT ON BICYCLES.
Residents of Fitzgerald Ride Over Il
Americas.

Four or five bicyc1ists hai1ing
from Fitzgerald, rode into
Americas yesterday and en-
ioyed ride over the town. They
are expert riders, and talk about
a little jaunt of a thousand miles
as they would a ride to the ar
tesian well. One of the party
stated that he had but recently
completed a bike trip to Michigan
and return, while another mem
Der inquired the best road to
Mississippi, as he proposed GO
ing there to spend a few days
Americas Times Recorder.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
WAR CLOUDS ARE LOWERING
OVER THE TURKISH EMPIRE
The Situation Is Thought To Be Graver at
The Present Moment Than at Any
Previous Juncture

ening aspects of affairs in the
Balkans seriously occupies all the
European capitals. What is 10
be done in Macedonia is anxious
1y discussed on all sides. The
censorship is active at CONSTANT
nople, for the only news thus far
of the landing of marines emana-
ted from Washington.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
Cotton Makes a
Surprising Gain
Statistics Bureau Shows Ave
rage Condition 1.2Against
1911 For August.

Washington, Sept. 8. The
monthly report of the bureau Of
statistics of the department of
agriculture will show the aver
age condition of cotton on Aug.
ust Is, to have been 81.2, as COM
pared with 1871 on July Is, 1908;
$40 on August 20, 1902, ia on
August "a, 1901, and ten-Year
average of 72.4.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
FRANCHISE Is VALUED
FRANCHISE REDUCED PROBABLY SIS 900, 900.
FOR THE SOUTHERN.
Arbitrators on Southern and Seaboard Roads
Make Big Reduction in Figures Of
Comptroller General.

The arbitration in heSouthern
Railway franchise case assessed
the franchise at $1,65O,O0O. It
had been assessed by the comp
troller-genera1 at Sc, 100000.
The Seaboard was assessed
by the sSbitrators at $1,25O,OOO
The comptroller-genera1 had as
sessed it at So, 997, 991.
On this basis the assessments
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05

which the comptroller general
fixed on all the franchises will be
reduced probably $18, 100000.
Attorney General Hart held
that the figures decided upon by
the umpire would have to be
agreed to by the other arbitra-
tors. Commissioner Pope Brown
and Judge SpencefR. Atkinson
dissented from the findings in
the Southern and Seaboard cases.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
RELIANCE WINS LAST
RELIANCE LEAVES SHAMROCK ABOUT ONE MILE.
RACE AND CUP SEPTE
American Yacht Sails Away From Compe
tor Again and Ends the Among Ships
Were Delayed in Starting.

New York, Sept. 3.-Re1iance
won the third raceand cup series
today, beating Shamrock by a
lead of more than mile at the
finish.
The yachts were late in start
ing, not being able to get off I'M
til o'clock in the afternoon. In
the early part of the day the fog
and calm which prevailed over
the course seemed to preclude
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05
Cleveland the Man to Defeat Roosevelt.


Abbeville Chronicle.
In an interview few days ago,
Charles F. Murphey, leader OF
Tammany Hall confirmed the
the statement of ex-senator
James Smith, Jr., of New Jersey,
that he favored the nomination OF
Mr.. Cleveland for president in
1904. Mr.. Murphey says: 1T
is true met Mr.. Smith and talk.
ed over the situation with him.
I told Mr.. Smith that in my re.
cent trip through the west and
northwest, I found everywhere a
strong feeling in support of Mr.
Cleveland, and everyone with
whom I'spoke, said that he is the
man to defeat Roosevelt. / told
Mr.. Smith that this was my
candid opinion and that l believed
that if Mr.. Cleveland should be
nominated he would be elected
Other prominent democrats If
all sections of the country are
giving expression to similar opin
ions. There is no man in The
democratic party that can carry
the democratic to victory if Gro
YER Cleveland cannot do it.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-09-05

London, Sept. 5.-The Vienna
correspondent of the Times re-
ports that in various competent
quarters the danger of a Turko-
Bulgarian conflict is represented
to be graver at the preeent mo-
ment than at any previous juno
ture. The increasingly threat