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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
A WONDERFUL RAT.
Passes Away In the Midst of Many
Luxuries at Mrs. Eddys.

"A wonderful rat died the other night
ut the reslden 9 of Mrs. EDDY, at the
corner OF High and Eighth Streets.
For the past mouth Mrs. Eddy has
been TRAPPING for noisy and mis-
chievous Sfaf5 That disturbed the whole
household at night with its gnawing.
Finally she put out Paris green, and
Yesterday Mr.. Eddy heard the rat s
dying groans penetrating from the
ceiling overhead. So he got Mr.. Tom
Neeiey, the carpenter, togo to the
house and saw through the floor of the
second story. On taking UP a PLANK
he monster rodent was found dead in
his bed, which was made out Of
burlap SACK, and In the bed were
found the following articles: One
bushel of walnuts, mostly huIls; one
peck OF hickory nuts, two water
buckets full OF Irish potatoes, one
water bucket full of onions, one busnel
or more of biscuits and bread, and
ther articles w.
This story was given to ussby gen.
tleman of unimpeauhable character,
Mr.. Aleck Mckay. esas
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
THE GUNBOAT VICKSBURG.
Corea, to Give Protection to
COreO, to Give Protection to
Americans There.

Washington, Dec 27.--Rear- Admiral
Stirling, temporarily in command OF
the Asiatic station, cables the navy de-
partment announcing the departure or
the gunboat Vicksburg from Shanghai
for Chemulpo, Corea, where she has
been ordered at the instance of Mr.
Allen, the American minister at Seoul
The local riots at Chemulpo recently
endangered American life and proper
ty, and the dispatch of ship was
thought necessary.
AS the marine guard of the Vicks-
burg does not exceed half dozen men
Rear-Admiral Sterling has been in
Btructed to send a company OF ma
rines from the Philippines to Chemui-
pc on board the transport Zafiro. The
marines will go aboard the Vicksburg
at Chemulpo and it is stated that they
will not be landed unless American
interests are further threatened.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
LEFT MONDAY.
DIR. and Mrs. j. 7. Meadors Move
to Nashville.

DIR. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meador,
left Monday for Nashville. where
they will MAKE their future home
DIR. Meadors mas been a resident of Co
iumbia for the past eight years, com
ing here and locating after be grad
uated from Vanderbilt, and during his
residence here be has met with fine
success. As dentist he Is recognized
as one of the best In Middle Tennessee,
and at the State Dental Association
meetings his papers and opinions are
always given close attention. Nash
vile being his old home his many
Columbia friends are confident that
even a more brilliant future awaits
him IN new home.
DR.. Bowen K. Bowen, the former
partner of DIR. Meadors, will continue
his practice In Columbia, and will
have his Office over Woidridge's drug
store. the same rooms as those formerly
occupied by tie firm of Meadors and
Bowen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
The Old and New
BY PAUL P. HARRIS

He was young man. tall and well
made; that much was noticeable to the
pedestrians who thronged the brilliant
ly-lighted street on New Years eve.
Many smiled in cynical way as thev
stepped aside to avoid his Keeling form;
others looked the disgust they felt. and
few, indeed, were they who by word OF
look evidenced a spirit of charity.
The young man needed not; he could
summon to his whirling brain but one
picture. He saw the CHASTITY faceAof the
corpse he had left, but few moments
before, at the morgue. The body was
that of a companion in the days de
bauch, stranger in, the city, one of the
thousands of unknown. He had lost his
life in an alteration over cards. says the
Radford Review. j.
He drove his way through the thick
est of the crowd as though the exercise
relieved him, and occasionally he
pressed his palms To his thobbing tenn
pies or brushed the damp hair from his
hot forehead He strobe on across the
bridge and far into residence portion
of the city beyond. Twice he stumbled
and fell, but was quickly up and on again.
He turned into a side street and ap-
preached a well-lighted church. The
services were about to begin and tht
Young man concealed himself in an oh.
seure niche and waited. He was breath
ing heavily. The organ prelude came
tremblingly to his ear. He knew whcss
fingers touched the responsive keys and
he groaned aloud: The barriers! Oh
were it not for the barriers!" The music
rose to ecstatic bursts, then softened
again in plaintiye diminuendo. II |
seached his heart and a flood of tears
at last moistened his fevered cheeks arc |
assuaged his agony. His head was bowed |
down as he listened to that prayer in
song.
Later, he staggered on to a bushes
and into private room al
4 favorite haunt. There, throwing him.
self into chair, he buried his face in his
hands His thoughts reverted to the
CLASSY eyes, and wishing to dispel the
mage, he ordered a whisky straight, arc
filing the glass to the brim, was about
o turn the contents down his parchec
hroat when the spirit of the song prayer
anne back to him. He placed the whisky
glass upon the table and drained tht
'elrzer glass instead. He heard num-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
POOR WERE REMEMBERED
Christmas Made Measurably Merry
For the Poor of St. Louis.
Provident Association, EIks, Volun-
teers OfeAmeriea, salvation Army
and the Press Helped.

ST. Louis, Dec. 27.-The poor and des-
titute of ST Louis were made happy
Christmas day by the generous dona-
lions of citizens and the efforts OF
charitable organizations.
The st. Louis Provident association.
st. Vincent de Paul society. and other
societies took pains to see that those
on their dependent lists were furnished
good dinners. and that other neeGI
we're supplied
The st. Louis Elks made their an
nual tour and distributed baskets of
food among deserving families wh8
were in want, and supplied money in
extreme cases.
Dinner was furnished at the coliseum
to $4,000, whose wants had not been
reported to the charitable organiza-
tons, and / 300 baskets of food were
sent to as many families. The proyi-
,sions we're paid for out of fund do
mated by the public, through the ef-
forts of the Dispatch.
The orphans in the various institu-
tons were supplied with toys candy
and books out of a fund raised by the
st. Louis Star.
The Volunteers of America, from
their headquarters, sent out over 5000
Christmas baskets to poor people. e oh
basket held good, substantial meal
for from five to eight persons. Six
wagons and 80 members CT the corps
were engaged in the work, under the
direction of Adjt. l.. B. Smith.
The Union mission gave away about
200 baskets. They were filed with
good, wholesome food.
The Salvation army raised fund or
about 81 900 with its strcet-corHer ket-
lies during the ten days preceding
Christmas. A dozen Of these kettles
we're swung on the downtown street
with a soldier in charge at
Zach. Much good was done with the
money collected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
A BLIZZARD.
A Biting Wind, and ThermOm.
eter Fell to 8 Degrees
Above Zero.

A regular blizzard struck Columbia
christmas afternoon, and il came as
unexpectedly a. a cyclone comes. The
day bad been beautiful one up to
about 80 o'clock. The sun shone our
warm and bright, and overcoats really
were burden.
At about the hour above named,
however. a biting wind began to blow
out of the north. 1t cut like Dalnas-
Gus blade. The sun quit shining ana
the weather got colder very fast. You
could almost see the mercury dropping
in leaps and bounds By eleven
O'Clock ii had fallen TO below 20, and
at 8 O'Clock Saturday it was only 8
degrees above zero. 1t was by several
degrees the coolest night of the year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01

Der of his maudlin comrades enter tn,
bar and he arose and boltcd the door t
his private room.
When his friends were gone, HI
thought again of the organist and TIE
last words she had spoken to him;
when you have satisfied yourself thai
rue happiness lies only in the paths OF
righteousness and are prepared to pray
Tor absolution from guilt and sin, theI
and then only, may you come to me.
shall be waiting, Fred" and he recalleo
o mind now the calm. deep love-lighi
hat shone through the mist of tears IL
he blue eyes had reminded him of pic
he recalled how often since he hat
nerved himself to do better things, anc
hen he thought of the barriers.
He thought of her as he had frsl
Known her, a girl of ten, and how he
lsed to sit in the family pew In the ole
her wealth of dark brown hair and Ions
to Irvine his fingers in It,
Toying with the whisky glass, he said:
I'm this is the power to carry me on tc
he loss of self-respect, loss of manhood
md loss of everything that life holds
dear and, perhaps, ultimately to the
morgue, where my CLASSY eyes may be
seen in their cold death stare, while my
soul starts on its endless journey In thu
bottomless pits of the inferno; and do J
hesitate, while still am invited, by tn.
Iovelight that shines in pair of heav.
emily blue eyes, to the life that will lead
me into green pastures and beside still
and give me strength to gay:
Yea, though | walk through the val.
ey of the shadow of death. will feai
10 evil do / hesitate while the spirit |
If my angel mother beckons me on?"
A few moments later the young man |
was rushing wildly up the winding stairs
If the church on the side street to the
Dom above the belfry, where devoted
title band was wont to gather on New
'ear's eve to watch and pray, as the old
ear passed out, the new year In. He
ell beside one of the kneelers and cried:
Margaret, have satisfied myself that
rue happiness lies only in paths Of
Ipra. for dissolution"
~N0-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
KILLING
In WILLIAMSON.
Tenn DAVIS Shot Through the Liver
by Ed NackIIn, at CarlIsle's
Store.

News reached here Sunday afternoon
of a shooting which occurred that
afternoon just over the line IN Will.
hanson county from Theta. which
Will probably result in the death OF
Tom Davis, as result of wounds in
ficted by pistol shots fred by Ed
NacklIn. Both men are farmers.
and for two or three years past bad
blood has existed between them.
They have had several quarrels, which
resulted IL two or three lawsuits.
Sunday afternoon they met at
Carlisle's store. about two or three
miles across the Maury county line, in
: Williamson county. and, 1t is supposed,
were drinking. They became engaged
in a quarrel and the shooting followed.
One report says that the shooting
was very cowardly, while another
says that it was In elf-defense. The
latter version is that Davis was ad-
vanclng on Nacklin with knife when
the latter pulled his pistol Another
report is that after the shooting.
Davis grappled with his opponent and
twisted the pistol out of NackiIn
hands. but aid not attempt to fire 1T,
simply saying: You've shot me. 2
To which Nacklin replied: Il hope
not Davis was taken TO his home
after being shot by some men who
were standing by. and physicians were
telephoned for. DIR. Robt. Pillow, OF
this city, responded to call for his
services. He returned this morning.
He says the wounded man is des-
perately shot, ana ne is very doubtful
of his recovery. One shot went
through the liver, which will probably
prove to be the fatal wound, and
another one went through an arm.
The shooting occurred about 3
O'Clock in the afternoon. Nacklin
walked off after the shooting ana no
attempt was made to arrest him. He |
went toward Franklin, and may have
gone there to surrender himself.
Davis lives just on the line between I
Maury and Williamson counties and
lives about seven miles beyOnd
MIN. Carlisles store is about middle
ways between them, In the second
district Of Williamson comfy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
KRAFT TO BE SURRENDERED
President Diax of Mexico Has Deter
miGed to Surrender the st.
Louis Fugitive.

st. Louis. Dec. PA special to the
Republic from the City Of Mexico says:
The department of foreign relations
has informed Judge Rojas, of the Qua
dalajara district court, that President
Diaz, acting upon the request of the
American ambassador and upon hear
ing the evidence submitted in the case,
had conceded to the United States au-
liberties the extradition of Charles
Kratz.
The department further advised the
judge to expect at an early hour a
formal order to turn the prisoner over
to the United States officers awaiting
the decision OF the case at Guadalajara.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
TO STOP Price CUTTING.
Manufacturers of Patent Medicines
Will Put In Force ~ Plan to
Stop Price Cutting.

New York, Dec 27.--Soon after the
beginning Of the year some of the
largest manufacturers of patent med
icines will, it is stated, put into eff
feet in this city new plan 10 stop
the cutting of prices ON such articles
by druggists and department stores
This will be the first time that the
proprletors have taken direct In
terest In the solution OF the cut rate
problem. Heretofore they have sup
ported movements conducted by 9th
ers, notably the National Retail Drux-
gists' association to stop the practice
II is the intention to have . fired
price list below which the manufactrr-
ers win not allow their goods to DO
sold at retail. This will apply 10 the
department stores as well as TO an
retail druggists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
COMPANY "K'
TO MANILA.
Columbia Soldiers Will Sail on April
1, for Two Years Service in
The Philippines.

Company *" of the Third RegI.
ment, which has neen stationed at the
Columbia Arsenal for the past two
years. will leave some time during the
latter part of March for San Fran
CISCO. where II viii sail on April for
Manila, Tor two years service in the
Philippines. The entire Third Regi-
ment, most of which is stationed at
Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Will sail
Company ks leaving will cause
general regret to Columbians. as the
officers and most of the privates have
become we'll acquainted with our
people during their two years stay
here and many friendships have been
formed. Capt. Beall and his family
especially will be missed In the city's
social circles, in which they are so
popular. And Lieutenant Bathiany
also, who has made himself very popu
lar with all classes by his democratic
manners and jolly good fellowship.
And also Lieutenant Ewell, who,
though he has been here only a few
has proven that he is thor
oughbred representative of his illus
trious state-Kentucky. And "Ad-
White, of the Hospital Corps,
always good fellow and whom every
BODY likes-the Dewey of the Regi
ment so-called locally, because he is
the best dressed man In it's there
1ne with soul SO dead who will refuse
4 copious tear to shed at his going
Not in Columbia. Ana Sergeant Pet
titt, the ball tosser, gentleman as
we'll as soldier, and several others |
who are highly esteemed.
Company TX will not return to !
Columbia. On its departure April l,
t will be succeeded by company !
rom the Goth Infantry, now stationed |
It Cebu. in the Philippines, but
which will be ordered home WITHIN
he next few weeks
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Sam Warren to Miss Annie McCand.
less.
W. A, Aldridge to Miss Maggie
Roberts.
E. l.. Martin to Miss Mary Lane.
A. P. Mcknight to Miss Annie An
drew.
A. l.. Walker to Mics Lizzie FItz-
gerald.
E. E. Fraser to Miss Ella Hinson.
Jesse Sharp to Miss Maggie
Shumake.
Oscar W. Nesbltt to Miss Virginie
LocKhart.
Lonnie Nesbitt to Miss Kate Lock
hart.
lack West to Miss Evelyn Wakefield.
f. Cox to Miss Susie Mash.
Sam Parteet to Miss Eta Adams.
G'Orge CARROLL to Miss Eta Nc
Clauahan&
Wallace N. Sargent to Miss Eliza
beth Sanders.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
SOCIETY WOMEN
As Well as the Housewife and Professional Women Endorse
Peru-na as Specific for Winter Diseases

f! brane into the lungs where 1t will be
! followed by cough, night sweats, rapid
loss of flesh, and the other dread symp-
toms of consumption.
To all such people DIR. Hartman's
treatment comes as great boon. 1t is
only necessary to send name and address
to DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O., and COM
plete directions for the first month g
treatment will be sent free.
Not only is it more successful in cur
ing catarrh than the treatment Of ca
tarrh specialists, but it is in the reach
of every person in this land.
A medicine which is the principal part
of DR.. Hartman's treatment, known as
Peruna, can be bought at any drug
store, and is q remedy without equal for
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chitis, consumption, and all climatic dis
eases of winter. Each bottle is accom-
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| Address The Peruna Medicine Co., of
Columbus, Ohio, for a copy Of their latest
catarrh book, instructively illustrated,
and contains Ga pages of the latest in
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A Housewife Who Suffered 25 Years.
| Mrs. ALA Schwandt, Sanborn, Mimi,
writes:
az have been troubled with catarrh
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I can sleep and nothing bothers mo
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My mother wrote me to take DR.. Hart
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Mrs. Jennie Gable.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
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Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
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Ohio.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
STATE NEWS In BRIEF.

One white man killed and four negroes
wounded is the result of an ARRAY in
Haywood county Friday after
noon.
Franklin suffered 81, 400 fire in her
negro quarters Christmas morning.
Some little boys were shooting
Roman candles near the barn of j. j.
McClintock, OF Cornersville. and set
it ahre The loss was about 5000.
Deputy Sheriff J. J. t1ndley shot at
a prisoner named John Onley in the
Memphis Jail, when the latter hurled
cuspidOr at the officer for refused to
allow some Christmas whiskey.
Santa Claus caught fire in Christ
mas celebration at Lexington, but tb
old fellow 8 qulcB ness in getting o, t
of his clothes saved him from bell &
burned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01

Far away over the turbulent. sin-In-
tested city. a bell began to ring its mes
sage. and from belfry to belfry the goo1
word hew along till the night air re-
sounded with the mad chorus. The
young man looked south toward thu
morgue here the cold. silent body lay,
and he breathed a prayer for them who
would watch and wait and. pressing her
burning, tear-wet face to his. he said:
I'VE have rung out the old. it's now The
new. it's now the new"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
TWO KILLED, SIX INJURED.
the Cincinnati Southern mt
WiIIiamstosvn, Ky.

Cincinnati, Dec. 27.-Two were killed
and six injured in rear-end collision
at Wllliamstown, KY, on the Cincin-
natl Southern railway, Saturday. A
wrecaing train that was backing up
from Mason, KY, was met b, a freight
train. The relief car and two ca
booses on the wrecking train wers
wrecked, and afterward took fire. This
cars burned SO quickly that James Lux
and Flodence Crawley, two workmen.
persisted. Two others in the relief car
were badly injured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
THE DEAL is
COMPLETED.
Old Kite-Shaped Track Bought by
A. L. Blocker for $500, From
Norman kIrkman,

a DIAL WAS completed Wednesday.
whereby the old e-shaped race track
property, situated just OUTSIDE the city
on the Hampshire pike, became the
property of Mr.. A. L. Blocker The
purchase price was $500. The prop
erty was owned by MIR. Norman
KirKman, of Nashville, and contains
l4415 acres.
Mr.. Blocker Will have the property
cut up into building lots and Will sell
them out for residence property.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
A Quiet Christmas.

Christmas Day in Columbia passed
off quietly. There were services of some
sort in nearly all the churches. There
was we're little drinking and no rowdy-
ism, not single arrest, so far as we
have heard, having been made. The
holiday was generally observed. all the
stores closing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
AMONG The COLOatD PEOPLE,

Hugh Merrill is very i'll at his home
on North Frlerson street.
Luther Miller, who is In Roger Will
lams University, is spending Christmas
with relatives here.
j. W. johnson, who IS teaching at
Martin. Tenn Is here 4 with his
brother, r. q. Johnson
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01

{. j. t. and John Reed. of Missouri,
white, father and son, charged with
burglar1zing the home of j. W. Linton
near South Harpeth, securing about
$50 worth of property consisting of SIS
In money. silver spoons and clothing,
and who were arrested by Constable
Smith. OF Davidson County, at Nc
Even were given preliminary trial
Franklin and held for the Circuit
Court under 81 900 bond each. They
were remanded to jail
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-01-01
Late News AC0mment.

Nashville g literary magazine, The
Olyhpian, has suspended publication
after the issuance OF twelve mum Ders.
Because OF lack of public apprecia-
ton the magazine failed to pay
expenses.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-07-28

small blocks Of the two railway stocks.
The market was strong. ana All oner.
lnga we're eagerly absorbed. IN three
days he had sold ore hundred thou
sand shares OF each stock. and the
market was stationary. He wired the
fact 70 John Burt and received in
strpetiona. The following day he be-
gan the caBh sale OF the stocks and Sc
curlties. When half OF them were
sold the market began TO weaken.
On Thursday morning he received
a cipher telegram which, when trans
lated, read as follows:
sell remainder OF securities at
market price. and then offer railroads
A and B In ave thousand lots.
u. B."
Beneath the weight Of these ofer-
ings the market trembled and then
broke sharply. Late In the afternoon
came the news OF the resignation OF
powerful directors on railroads A and
B; the organization OF a competing
line, and the passage Of a resolution
for enormous bond issues.
When James Blake went 20 bed late
Saturday night it was after fifty hours
OF work without sleep. He had prac-
tically concluded one or the most de
cisiye campaigns ever waged on the
street Before turning out the lights
he again read a telegram received a
few hours before. and his handsome
face flushed with pleasure as he read:
Accept my congratulations on your
superb handling OF our campaign. Mr..
Hawkins joins In salutations and we
drink your health. J. B."
our campaign" said Blake. half
aloud. That's the highest Of COM
plIments. John must have won Tor
tunes. and I'm a millionaire at last
Wonder II / ran sleep. Here goes.
He dropped into a slumber deep and
u~ntroubled as that OF a child.
James Blake found himself the Wall
street hero of the hour. He was 40
claimed the young financial giant from
the Pacific slope-a market Ivanhoe