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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
A Surprise Wedding.

Quite a surprise was given the people
of Culleoka Sunday. Numerous friends
were invited to the home of Mrs. M. f.
Tay lor, of that place, presumably to wit
ness the marriage of Miss Laura Taylor,
to Mr.. M. d. Irvine, of Franklin. When
the guests were all assembled, however,
Miss Georgia Taylor, sister of the bride,
made the announcement that the mar
riage had already occurred, having
taken place on March 3lst, in Nashville,
at the home of Mrs. j w. Showers.
Rev. A. P. Walker then read the mar
riage certificate signed by DR.. w. L.
Raggard, who performed the ceremony.
After the friends of the young people
had recovered from their surprise, con-
CALCULATIONS and good wishes were ex-
tended, and Mr.. and Mrs. Irvine left on
the evening train for Franklin, where
MIR. Irvine is connected in business with
a leading drug firm of that city. Miss
Taylor is the eldest daughter of the late
George G. Taylor, of this county, and
was one of the most popular young
ladies of the Culleoka neighborhood.
McGahey Dennis.
Mr.. Tom McGahey and Mrs. Bette,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
Two Suits Against Railroad.

Two suits have been entered in the
Circuit Court by j G. Gillespie q Son,
against the l.. & N. Ry. Co. for $4,000
end 81, 900, and another suit by j. l.,
Hutton and Gillespie e. Son against the
railway company for $1,000. 1t is I'M
derstood that the damages asked for are
for the death of some jacks which were
shipped by the defendants and which
died. it is claimed, as the result of being
sidetracked for some time during the
cold weather.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
ATOWeI In Addition.

There is no use going to the dry goods
store to buy your towels when you can
oct a good 60 inch towel by buying
Is 10 sack of CLIFTON Hour. Wnen
YOU buy CLIFTON you not only get the
best -four made, but you get the tower
=, add;t;on. CHAFFlN BROS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
Lawrence Iron Co..

The annual meeting Of Stockholders
of the Lawrence Iron Company for the
election Of Directors and transacting OF
such other business that may be pre-
sented, will be held at IL a. m We'd
nesday May Goth, 1903, at the Maxwell
House, Nashville, Tenn.
}. HILL EAKIN, Secre tary.
apr24 1T
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
The KentuckIan's Boast.

Kentuckians boast their fast horses,
fine whiskey ard beautiful women ou'
every housekeeper in this city who use'
CLIFTON flour, made OF native Ken
tuoky wheat, knows that this grea'
state possesses another product OF un
excelled merit. CHAFFlN BROS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24

Miss Mary Embry, MISS TRACE behle'
Misses Lena B. and Lillian smith,
Miss Virginia Brown.
Miss Hatcher entertained again IN tlie
evening, having as her guests several
of her young lady and gentlemen
friends.
Miss Mary Dale Fig uers will com 9
ont from Nashville tomorrow evening
to snend Saturday and Sunday at home,
and will nave as her guests for these
two DAYS. Misses Rose Dickinson, flora
Keen and Ethel Howell. Miss Figures
nIaved at a public recital at Belmont
Eollepe few evenings since. In the
audience, unknown to the young musl
clan. was well known New YORK
musical critic. He was charmed with
Miss Figures talent, and stated after
the recital, that he had attended many
recitals since leaving New York, but
had heard 10 one who had the
talent or had achieved such perfection
as had the young Columbian, and that
there was nothing in music lmpossl bic
for her.
Miss Figures will give JOINT
niano ana violin recital IN Nashville IN
about two weeks.
The Winnie Davis Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, Will meet
FRIDAY afternoon at 4 O'Clock with
Miss Lucy Williamson. Mrs. Fowler
viii be present and arrangements VIII
be perfected for the entertainment
TO be given next month by the
chapter.
The "As You Like 1t Club' was enter
ta;ned Tuesday afternoon by Mrs f. M.
Real at the Arsenal, and reorganization
for the -Lenten season was effected.
Progressive euchre was played at three
tables and IA luncheon was served atter
the play.
The Students Club will meet at ~
o'clock Saturday morning with Mrs
Mary Hine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24

Dennis, of Columbia, were married by
Rev. F. j. Tyler, at his residence We'd
pesday afternoon The wedding was
quite a surprise. Mrs. Allen Adcock
entertained the bride and groom at
dinner Thursday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24

Mrs. V. F. Helton, of Columbia, has
filed a suit in the Circuit Court
against her husband, J. II. Helton,
asking for divorce. She alleges
failure to provide, and abandonment,
abuse, habitual drunkenness and
another charge Of very unusual
nature. The couple were married in
1899.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
WEDDING BELLS.
Ray burn Taylor.

Mr.. George Rayburn and Miss Win
ME Taylor were married Wednesday
afternoon at the home of the bride s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Martin Taylor,
In South Colum bla Father Nolan,
of Franklin, performed the ceremony.
The bride was we'll known young
lady of South Columbia and the groom
is connected with the l.. u N. Rail
road at this place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
Don't Forget

Our new goods for Bridal presents,
also handsome cut Flowers, at all
all times. JAMES BROS. II 2t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24

It's the little colds that grow into big
colds; the big colds that end in CON
sumption and death. Watch the little
colds. DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
The Problem of Farm Help.

The plight of the farmers of the western
states is becoming serious They are rails
Ing good crops, but can get no help for the
harvesting. They have sent word to all
the cities announcing that they will pay
high wages for laborers but can persuade
few men to leave their usual haunts for
the wheat fields. This has been the state
of affairs for several years. and the marvel
Is that 1t continues. Yet 1t seems to grow
worse instead of better. Indeed so desper-
ate are some of the wheat growers in Kan
sas that a party of forty of them. accord
ing to dispatches. held up passenger train
bound FOE the coast the other night and
searched the cars for possible farm hands
All men who looked as though they might
be laborerS were told of the advantages of
stopping off few weeks In Kansas. Wages
were rendered ranging from $2.5G to So a
day. and even higher In a few cases Eight
men accepted the offers and left the train.
This is a remarkable and an instructive
spectacle. Men are starving in the cities
for the lack of food and yet within a few
miles of them farmers are begging, almost
compelling. men to enter their fields and
work for good wages. Surely there is need
of readjustment. The farm work is hard
to be sure. but 1t is healthful and decent
and honest. The wages earned can be al
most an saved In the three weeks of the
average harvesting a man could lay aside
fully $50 at the rates offered by the train
shoppers In Kansas Yet able-boded men
will prefer to loaf around the street cor
ners In the towns waiting for congenial
jobs to be rendered them while this labor
market is open for them at unprecedented
rates. In some cases close at hand.
The farmers have learned the value of
cooperation in several lines. In some CON-
munities In the grain regions of the west
they have formed joint stock companies
for the storage of grain, for the purchase
OF implements and for the marketing of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
The Tariff.

The Boston Herald, casting glance
backward and then forward, has this to
say:
politicians propose; events dispose
Seven years ago the scheme was carefully
devised to choose William Mckinley Presi-
dent on the tariff issue. Inc poiltl N;i
canvass came and the election was held.
but before that time the tariff issue went
out of sight with the voters. Why! SIMPLY
because the issue of the currency had
come I'D to displace it. This state of af-
fairs had been so little foreseen shortly be-
fore the election that Mr.. Mckinley had
taken the wrong side of the currency ques-
ton, and had to take the right-about-face
to put himself in harmony with his party
on that issue. 1t is so now. The tariff is
the natural and the legitimate issue Tor
next year, and the attempt is being made
to put 1T out OF sight.
I The scheme devised for making Mr.. Nc
Kinley President did not miscarry. He
was chosen at the polls on the tariff issue
The only voters with whom that issue
went out of sight were the gold demo-
Gratis, who refused to support Mr. Bryan
because of the money question. They sup
ported Mr.. Mckinley, and tried to comfort
themselves by shutting their eyes to the
fact that he was the apostle of protection.
But the republicans dwelt throughout the
campaign on the policy of protection. and
they cnr1SCeneu MI. Nlchiley lOI the GAIN
paign the Advance Agent of Prosperity"
the reference being to the promise that a
republican triumph would be followed by a
revision of the tariff on protection lines,
and to the prediction that such revision
would in turn be followed by general and
profitable revival of business.
Mr.. Mckinley'S campaign speeches all
dwelt upon the tariff. The wage earners,
who fiocked in clubs to Canton, heard a
dozen words about protection and a full
dinner pail to one about the perils of cheap
money And after the victory had been
won and Mr. Mckinley installed in office,
he promptly submitted the tariff question
to Congress and asked for full redemp-
ton by that body of his party's campaign
promises. The Dingley law was the an
swer, and a good one.
The tariff question cannot possibly be
ignored next year, though the reason for
recognizing it will be the very opposite of
that which forced 1t to the front in 1896.
Then we needed a bracer all along the
commercial line. Business was all but at
Orders are on the books for months ahead,
and in some directions the tariff schedules,
as the result of this phenomenal prosperity.
need lowering. Such need 1t will be low
cred and there is every reason why the
work should be done by the party of pro-
lection. Everything looks well for tariff
revision. The standpatters have surren-
dered two-thirds of their case in at last
conceding that tariff schedules are not
sacred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
The Hulls of the Cup Yachts.

Right on top of the reports of the ease
with which Shamrock III has been beating
her predecessor of 1899 comes the an
nouncement that she is to be hauled into
dry dock to have her hull moved. A
growth of three inches of grass, it is said,
has formed on her under plates, naturally
impeding her progress through the water.
Is it possible that Sir Thomas wishes it to
be clearly understood that his newest
Shamrock is a record-breaker even with
this handicap? OF course, if Shamrock 1
is also grass-grown conditions were equal
between them and a bad beating by the
new boat would be more than bad
beating after all, and not a basis for com
pairing her with Reliance Now, if Mr.. Ise-
lin could find some big barnacles on the
bottom of Reliance he might be able to send
American stock up somewhat, especially in
view of the fact that the new defender re-
Gently sailed a race in faster time than was
ever recorded for this class of yachts. But
barnacles or grass, the fact remains that
both sides have produced their best and the
question of which best is best of all can be
answered only after the final races in Au-
gust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
Peonage and Suffrage.

The peonage probe wherever inserted
reveals revolving state of affairs. Ne
groes are not only held in bondage but in
the most cruel bondage. Hard labor is
seasoned with hard lashes. and the victims
live in hell. The whole arrangement shows
care and thought. 1t cannot be charged up
to brutal ignorance. From the so-called
officers of justice who seize the helpless
creatures and sentence them to the pros
porous planters who receive them and do
the rest we find every man performing an
appointed task. Some of the instruments
in the game are. it is true, low creatures
The constables who trump up the charges,
and the "squires" who fix the penalties.
are of small consequence in the social
scale. But they are under the guidance of
men of local influence. and the responsible
ity rests with the men at the top.
Need these disclosures. revolving as they
are. surprise anybody? Are they not but
the agricultural expression of wholesale
Acknowledgement run on race lines? Does
not peonage follow by a given logic the ap-
plication of the proposition that the negro
Is incapable of managing his own affairs.
and therefore unworthy of a voice in the
management of the country's affairs? Does
not the planter in this matter guide by the
machine politician? When he sees the
negro robbed of his suffrage with impunity.
and high office and political control result
from the outrage. does he not feel encour-
aged to apply the principle to his own af-
fairs and his own profit? In turn he robs
the negro of his liberty. and puts money in
his own purse. The politician pleads in
justification of his course that the negro
is not qualified to participate in popular
government and therefore must have a
master The planter. quoting this. pleads
in justification of his course that the negro
is lazy and incapable creature and needs
a master. The two tyrants steer by the
same chart.
1t is suggested in some of the dispatches
that the politicians in the south are trying
to stop the inquiry into these matters. on
the ground that the dominant party is
being injured by them. The report is by
no means improbable. But the politicians
it is to be hoped. are not in control of the
situation. Men of the character and firm
ness of Judge Jones and Prosecutor Reese
are not at the beck and call of machine
bosses; and only a few such are needed to
uncover and punish every rascal who is
holding men and women in slavery in that
section and filling his pockets with the re-
turns from their hideOus seryitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09

products They have solved a number of
serious problems by this means. But they
have not yet addressed themselves suffi-
GENTLY to the labor question. 1t may not
be doubted that in the course of few
seasons they will organize associations for
the procurement of farm hands from the
eastern cities, and perhaps from the lmmi-
grant stations. The railroad contractors
sufficiently enterprising to secure all
the men they need from such sources. but
the farmers have yet to take leaf out or
this book Probably thousands of families
reach these shores annually who couiu
with profit be secured by the western
agriculturists, husbands, wives and chill
dren. Unfortunately these in-comers are
imperfectly aware of the extent and char
acter of the country. Sometimes they have
been most cruelty deceived by the agents
of steamship and land companies. They
are apt to be wary of promises. But 1t
ought to be possible for the farmers, work
ing through responsible agents and in CO.
operation, to persuade efficient men ana
women of the fact that beyond the confines
of the cities lie opportunities far superior
to those afforded by the great human hives
1t is infinitely to the best interests of
the country that a larger percentage OF
these immigrants be turned out into the
fields. The city growth is serious prop
lem at best. without being complicated by
the constant influx of ignorant and unas-
simulated foreigners. The slums receive
them only to debauch and impoverish them
The fresh fields would give them their best
chance to develop. morally as well as in
dustrially The United States government
might profitably lend hand to turn por-
ton of this great tide into the grain re-
gions, where there is crying need today
for assistance of the very sort that these
European newcomers could give.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
Kill the Caterpillars.

The caterpillars are crawling upwards in
all parts of the city. Soon they will be in
the tree tops. out of reach. There they
will feast upon the leaves and spin their
cocoons and lay their eggs and breed new
generations of foliage destroyers. Every
caterpillar killed now means one less CO.
coon and several score less little cater
pillars So step on the crawlers. prod
them with cane or umbrella ferrule as they
progress slowly up the tree trunks. KNOCK
them off the wire netting where they often
weave their webs. Wage relentless war
upon them. keeping always in mind the
fundamental truth that the dead caterpillar
is better than the live swarm. Vigilance
on the part of pedestrians and household
ers, few kerosene torch applications and
some properly applied raw cotton bug-dam
will work wonders not only in the trees
this year, but in those of succeeding sea-
song
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
An Incidental Lesson.

An incidental lesson taught by the Wat
son defalcation is that of the wisdom of
closer cooperation among the District off,
Gals. whether Commissioners or subordi-
mates, and the danger of Withholding and
of refraining from seeking free inter
change of information and advice respect
ing propositions of public concern, no mat
ter under whose individual jurisdiction the
subject under discussion primarily falls
Mr.. Petty theoretically reproaches Commits
sioner mcfarland for not letting him
know that he (Macfarland) had Thought
for a long while that the system under
which the assessment and permit fund was
handled was not right" and Mr.. Petty also
complains that Commissioner West and
Major Sylvester. knowing Watson's pre-
vious criminal record, failed to communi-
cate the facts to him. On the other hand
the Commissioners reasonably find fault
with Mr.. Petty for his delay in inform
ing them of the fact of defalca-
ton In his office. holding that he should
not have waited until he could ascertain
the exact amount of the embezzlement, the
best item upon which to base an arrest or
the precise chances of restitution before
sharing responsibility in the matter with
his superior officers.
The immediate application of this partic-
ular lesson OF the efnDeZzement ueVeio1S
the suggestion for the Districts future
benefit that the Commissioners should give
one another and their subordinates Nthe
benefit of reliable information and DELHI
erately formed views concerning men and
things even though the latter are not
under their own immediate jurisdiction:
and that subordinates having knowledge OF
conditions which call for serious official
tinp and action ShOuld he uuic,s
to consult the Commissioners and to share
with them responsibility for the adopted
course of procedure in the case. In the
general precautionary overhauling now
going on in the local administration every
official. whether high or low, is entitled to
the benefit of all pertinent facts and all
sound and relevant conclusions. affecting
him or his office. which are in the possess
sion of his official associates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
A New MOSQUITO Remedy.

1t is well known that certain sustained
musical notes will cause dogs to howl as If
in pain. 1t is also a matter of common
knowledge that some so-called musical
notes. even when not long drawn out, will
give great agony to human beings and make
them wish to scream aloud, even though
they restrain themselves out of polireness.
Now it has been discovered" by some one
name not given-up in Massachusetts that
If musical note be produced at a certain
vibration all mosquitoes within its range
will suffer complete and immediate paraly-
sis and will die. This person, therefore, has
recommended to the Brookiine selectmen
that they install screecher for the ex-
termination Of the mosquito pest. Details
are unfortunately lacking on this most i'm
portant subject There Is nothing stated
as to the length Of time which the note
must be continued. how far 1t carries and
how often 1t must be repeated to cause the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
A Foolish Crusade.
From the Baltimore American.

Every summer brings Its follies. its freak
exhibitions and silly novelties. These have
a short life, generally an unsuccessful one.
then pass away and are forgotten. 1t is
not unfair to place in this category the
ridiculous and even harmful crusade OF
children, planned by woman who has
long been prominent as a labor agitator
and who has played conspicuous parts In
more than one troublesome strike. She ID
in earnest and doubtless means we'll, but
her judgment Is frequently at fault. and
more than once has her conduct delayed
prompt settlement of labor difficulties. She
is known as Mother Jones, and rarely
does a great strike occur in which she does
not take hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
A National Menace.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

Each lynching has made the next one
easier; public sentiment, at first shocked,
has grown more and more callous on the
subject, and now the practice assumes the
proportion Of a national disgrace that has
got to be stamped out X we are to retain
the respect of the civilized world. II we
clear our minds of cant. and look the sta
tistics Of American lynchings squarely in
the face we shall find that those who re-
proach this democracy with being the spe-
cial seat of mob law have q formidable
array of facts on their side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
The Lynching Craze.
From the New York Sun.

These acts of tumultuary violence for the
moment are directed against the negro
But they are dangerous symptoms. Every.
where the reliance upon law is weakening
Almost everywhere the germ Of mob mad
ness may be detected. A motorman runs
over child Lynch him!" yells the crowd
instinctively. The mob spirit. so ferocious
in Evansville. exists in quiet New Jersey
towns. Citizens OF Netcong tried to lynch
some Italians In Asbury Park, Monday
morning. mob threatened three negroes
who had ridden down young woman; a
mob of respectable farmers. II the girl
dies, they say. they will lynch the negroes
1t Is a fact that the lynching craze is every.
where. 1t must stop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
Too Lazy.

1 keeps my eyes wide open,
1 ism gwinter doze;
rs satisfied to stay awake
In comfort and reDose.
I feels so drefful lazy,
AS I'm sitting by the stream
1t ain no use to shet my eyes
Too lazy fob to dream!
I ism discontinued,
Although my earthly lot
Is principally noted
For what I hasn' got.
An when 1 goes a-fishin'
(NOt ketchin' any fish,
I leaves my cares benin ma
Too lazy fob to wish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09
American Dramatists.

From the Denver Republican.
If there were no call for the work OF
playwrights today no doubt a national
theater would be I-eeded, but under present
conditions it is apparent that genius needs
no additional inducement. Apparently the
only thing the playgoing public can do Is
to sit back and be bored by Indifferent pro-
auctions until the American dramatists de-
velop enough ability to satisfy the insistent
demands of the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-09

destruction of the entire family of mos
quitoes No demonstration is submitted
that the remedy is preferable to the evil.
1t would be painful to contemplate gem
eraI anti-mosquito campaign on the high
vibration basis The oil cure, offensive
though it may be to sensitive nerves, is far
preferable to series of nerve-racking
screeches up and down the mosqulto-bear-
ing sands