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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
UNION TENT SERVICES.
Fine Congregation Listens to an
Excellent Discourse by Rev.
J. w. Cherry.

A splendid congregation attended
the Union services at the tent Sunday
night. There were probably 700 or
more persons present, representing al
most every congregation in the city,
and every part of the town, besides
quite number of country people liv-
ing from one to three miles from town.
In the absence of Rev. E. E..
Hendricks. who failed to arrive Sunday
morning, Rev. j. w. Cherry delivered
the sermon, and it was a very fine
effort. His subject was "Selfshness. >
He dwelt on the meanness and little
ness of the selfish life, and .extolled the
virtues of the unselhsh life. Selfish
ness, he said, was sin. and all sin
had its root in selfishness. Referring
to the scripture where God commanded
the people to give meat and drink and
raiment to the poor, he said 'God not
only expects us to help the physical
wants OF our fellow men, but to min
lister to their spiritual wants as well.
When child is led to Christ, it is the
duty of christian people to look after
the child, and remove from its path
whatever obstacles may get in its way. -
The church, he said. was confronted
with great work along this line.
Not only should the church feed the
poor, but it should rescue the poor from
their bad environments-the novels of
sin in which they live. All God asked
for was an unseltish heart, chris
tian heart When we come to the I
Judgment, he said, we are going to Ee |
judged by our hearts; not according to |
our clothes, or our profession, or our
talent or eloquence; but our
characters as God sees them by the !;
light of the great white throne.
The sermon was listened to with
profound attention.
1t has been decided by the pastors of
he city not only to continue these meet
ngs at the tent every Sunday night
Turing the summer, but also to have
Union prayer aud song service there
very Wednesday evening, In lieu of
heir reg llar prayer meeting services.
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SAM SAGO CAUGHT.
One OF Road Supt. Sellers Assailants
IN jail al Nashville.
WILL MARTIN STILL AT LARGE.

Sam Sage, one of the negroes whC
committed the murderous assault OF
County Road Superintendent Andy
Sellers Tuesday morning, has been cap
tured and is now behind the bars Of
the Davidson County jail.
He was arrested on Front Street il
Nashville about 2 O'Clock Wednesda J
morning by two policemen. At the
time, he and his associate in the as
sault. Will Martin. were standing or
the street together. The officers saw
them and went up to see who they
were and what they were doing. On
questioning them, the officers became
convinced that the negroes were bad
characters, and when one of the poll &C.
men spied pistol in Sago's pocket
started to arrest them. The negroes
resisted and fight ensued. Martin
was knocked down, but Sage pulled his
pistol and was trying to shoot the
officer he was engaged with, which
forced the other officer to leave Martin
in order to prevent Sage shooting his
brother policeman. Martin ran off
down Front street and escaped, while
Sage was overpowered and taken to
the city Jail. Wednesday afternoon
Constable VIM. Goad and City Marshal
Love Webb went up to Nashville and
got mittimus and took Sage out of
the city Jail and lodged him in the
county Jail. Wednesday night Deputy
Sheriff Claud Goodwin telephoned the
Columbia officers at Nashville not to
bring Sage back here, on account Of
mob talk. Andy Sellers, of Columbia,
who is cousin of the assaulted Road
went to Deputy God
win late Wednesday night and told
him that he had heard threatening
talk and he advised against bringing
Sage back. Accordingly, Officers Goad
and Webb were telephoned to leave
Sage In Jail at Nashville. The officers
this morning.
So far as the Herald is able to learn,
here has been no talk of mob here
IN the CITY, though it is very likely
hat if the negroes had been captured
Tuesday, they would have been in
Hanger Of summary vengeance from the
citizens of the neighborhood
where the assault occurred, for feeling |
an high there that day. When it
,ecame known, however, that the |
3oa Superintendent was only badly |
,eaten up and was in no danger of dy- |
ng, it is doubtful it anybody would
AVE seriously contemplated taking the
aw in their own hands.
County Judge W. o. Gordon on
Wednesday offered reward of $50 for
he capture of Martin.
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g n SE O II T.
Bears the a The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature "a IxHAzzZx
ANDREWS.

Andrews, July 90. Miss Ruth Scott
is visiting relatives at Mooresville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilburn Patterson and
baby, James, of Bryant's Station,
we're with relatives here few days
recently.
About sixteen young ladies and gentle
men with Mesdames Porter and Loftin
as chaperones enjoyed a hay ride
to the ice cream supper at MIR. Caskey g
home last Friday night.
Miss Fannie Mai Tucker has returned
to Columbia, after several days stay
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Butler and
children, of Bear Creek, spert Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. j. o. Cheek.
Young Mr.. Gilmore, who was slightly
hurt while at work in Columbia last
Week, spent few days with his parents
here the first OF the week.
School is progressing nicely here;
there are about thirty pupils enroll
led s-.ss
Misses Dovie Sowel and Aline Led
better, from Columbia, are spending
this week with Miss Irene Sowell.
Miss Sara Scott enter tanned the fol-
lowing friends very pleasantly Sunday
afternoon: Miss Nell Loftin and Mr..
James Kinnard, Miss Maurye Irwin
and Mr.. George Caldwell, Miss Belle
Dslmwood and Mr.. Henry Loftin
and Mr.. Van Tankersley from Bear
Creek, Mss Mabel Jones, Misses
Emma, Nina, Bessie and lore Sowell,
and Mr.. Orville Baxter. Fruits and
lemonade we're served during the after i
noon. CAROLINE.
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OUR CORRESPONDENTS,
PARKS STATION

Parks Station, July 10 The pro
tracted meeting which commenced al
Philadelphia church Sunday, July 10
closed Friday night, with four comics
sions and three RESERVATIONS. We have
never had better attendance. Bro.
Spivey, who did the preaching is a
sound gospel preacher, and presents
the unvarnished truth plainly and
forciblv.
Mr.. Walter Gillian is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Fanny Sowell, Miss Lizzie May
Fogg, and little Miss Sallie Scribner,
of JACKSON, are the guests of Mr.. j. L.
Whites family.
Mr.. Ben Mckee and sister, of Camp
bell Station, are visiting at Mr.. John
Smthson's.
Miss Leona Burcheen is in Colum-
bia.
A series OF meetings will begin at
Flowers Chapel the fourth Sunday in
August.
The children, grandchildren, relatives
and friends of Mrs. s. A. Branch are
expected to meet ar her home, Tuesday,
the 10Th, to celebrate the S5th annlver-
sary of her birth.
Mr.. Andrew Park. very aged citizen
of this place. IS quite feeble and is
not expected to live many days. He is
about 80 years old.
Mr.. Tolbert Gillian and family will
move to Leftwich tomorrow, to reside.
This neighborhood regrets very much
to give them up.
Miss Jennie Smithson entertained
party of young people at home
Saturday night, complimentary to Mr..
Ben and Miss Monte Mckee. Ice or cam |
was served.
Mr.. Earnest White, of Leftwich,
is visiting home folks at this writ
ing.
Mr.. John Dooley, candidate for
tax assessor, from Andrews, was in this
last week.
Mrs. Fannie Nichols has returned
to her home in West Tennessee, after
spending several days with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Watson.
THELMA.
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SOUTH COLUMBIA NEWS.

Mrs. Austin Owen and children are
visiting Mr.. Ovens parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Owen.
Mrs. Bradley and daughter are the
guests of Mr.. Marshall Bradley.
Miss Dora Ward has gone to Pitts.
field, ILL.,, TO spend month with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Blair Hays. of Lewisburg. is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Grimes.
Mrs. W. A. Howard, of Nashville, is
the guest of Mrs. Moses Mcclellan.
Miss Aline Ledbetter has gone to the
country to spend week with the Misses
Sowell.
Mrs. Charley Speed is quite sick with
typhoid fever.
Miss Eba Powell will leave tomorrow
to visit Mrs. James Zucarillo, at
Pulaski.
Mrs. Mort Taylor is visiting relatives
in Nashville. MORE ANON.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the polls
will be opened at the regular voting
places in each of the several Civil Dis,
tricts Of Maury county, Tenn, on Thurs.
day the 4th day of A ugust, 1904, for the
purpose of electing Sheriff and 4
Trustee for said county. Also for The
election of Constables, Tax Assessors
and School Commissi6ners for each al
the several Districts as the Law pro.
yides; also for the election of q Justice
of the Peace for the Fifth District
OF said county to fill out the unexpired
term of Il. Smith Thomas, resigned.
T. G. HUGHES,
JOHN G. SowELL,
w. w. DYER,
Election Commissioners of Maury
County. July 8-4t
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BlGBYvILLE NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hanna, Of Knox
VILE. are visiting Mr.. Jas. Hanna.
Mrs. Mollie Giddens and daughter.
Miss Ethel, OF Buford's Station, are viz
iting relatives here. :, 49,.
guest of Miss Lillian Terry.
Mics Mary Trousdale, who mas 3een
teaching at Dot, KY, has returned to
snend her vacation here.
Miss RHINE Alexander has returned to
her home at Thompeon's Station.
Mrs O. +. Thompson and daughter,
MICS Rsasie. OF HUNTSVILLE, are visiting
the family OF Esq. NJ r. Holden.
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was visiting near our village last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fleming, of Mt.
Pleasant, was visiting Mr.. James Pigg
and family recently.
Misses Annie and Lillian Kinzer are
the guests of friends in Columbia, this
week.
Mr.. Ellis Woody and wife. of Santa
Fe, spent the latter part of last week in
our midst, as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Kinzer.
Mr.. Blackburn and Miss Rebecca
Waters have returned home, after a
pleasant visit with relatives near Saw
dust Valley.
Mr.. Young, of Union, is sick at the
home of Mr.. Robert Pigg.
ORESTRA.
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CA - TO H Z n.
''s, "a ZfZZzzm
ANOTHER LETTER FROM TEXAS.

Editor Herald:
!, OF course, our Tennessee people have
heard much about Texas, and they
have had the picture both magnified
and minified. But as old Maury county
has so many kind folks in Texas they
would like to read letter perhaps &C.
casionally from the state from Maury
county man. Texas sometimes makes
its failures, but it does not usually
! make failure in everything the same
| year. Year before last corn was a COM
plete failure. Many of the farmers did
not go to their fields to gather the corn,
as there was none to gather. But this
year she seems to be doing her very
best in every thing. In this part Of the
State, Hill county, they are threshing
from 20 to 35 bushels of wheat per acre;
and from 40 to 100 bushels of oats. The
CO: n is now getting hard and will make
fine crop without any more rain. The
farmers are calculating on 80 bushels
per acre, and from what | can see
don't think they will be disappointed.
This farming country would remind
you of the country between Columbia
and Mt. Pleasant with The exception of
the nice buildings and fine forest trees.
But can see, since my first trip to
Texas, great improvements have been
made in the homes.
This is, indeed, as fine a country to
farm with ease as any country | ever
saw. But few people walk here and
pillow. They ride in breaking their
land and cultivating their crop
One man or boy can easily pillow ten
acres of cotton a day. And they don't
think of putting less than 30 or 40 acres
Of land to each hand and many of them
do more than that. You might think |
from the big farms they have and the
abundant harvest of corn, wheat, oats
and cotton, that everybody ought to be
rich or get rich in short time. But
here are some other things to be con-
,idered. Many Of these people struck
Texas with almost nothing and with all
he improvements ahead to be made.
Therefore they had to go in debt, work
lard, improve their farms and feed and
,lothe their families, and it took a long
lard pull to do this, But they are now
asst coming to the top; towns and cities
re growing rapidly and railroads are
letting to be net work all over the
tate,
[ have Just closed one meeting
{ MCGOWAN, Texas, over which we all
ejoiced because OF it's success.
The people have been 80 good and :
ind to me and opened their hearts with ..
liberal contribution to hold my hands :.
D in the great and good work in our
lasters Cause.
The liberal manner in which these
eople open their pocket books Is
,ough to make a etingy man feel mean, q
nd that bis rusty gold and silver will a
. a witness against him 10 the great
Idgment day. +. y. SOWELL' ,
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The Minstrel Show.

The minstrel show given by local
talent at the opera house Tuesday night
for the benefit of the Columbia Base
Ball Association was attended by a fair
sized audience, which seemed to appre-
ciate the performance very much. Con-
sidering the fact that the entire pro-
gram was arranged within one week.
and that only five practice rehearsals
were had. the performance was ex-
tremely creditable.
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WATER VALLEY.

Water Valley, July co. Wheat thresh-
ing is about over; the yield was good.
There is fine prospect for large corn
crop in this section.
Mrs. Thos. Harris and little son,
hubert, and Miss Olivia Letsinger
VIII leave Thursday for months visit
to West Tennessee.
Mrs. Sam Witherspoon, Of Santa Ne,
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FOR CONGRESS-.

In presenting my name to the public
as a Independent candidate for Con-
gresn from the Seventh Congressional
D stsrict, l do SO with the profoundest
sense of the responsibility OF the office.
My reasons for this course of action
will be apparent to all who will hear
me on the political issues of the day
on Monday, July 25. in the Circuit
Court room in the old jail, at II
o clock a. m.
Very respectfully,
wet d. w. DODSON.
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state ofohio, city OF Toledo, IS.

Lucas County.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of r. j,
CHENEY q Co., doing business in the City of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of falls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before nae and subscribed in my
presence, this the 9Th day of December, A.
ID. 1885.
SEAL. A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo-
malls, free.
FL. CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the lest.
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A little life may be sacrificed to an
hours delay. Cholera infsntum, dyson
terry, disrrhoea come suddenly. Only
safe plan is to have DR.. Fowler's Ex-
tract Of Wild Strawberry always 6n
hand. Is 49, .s7
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FARM ERS

:, Appreciate the best goods, that Ia why
the Mitchell Wagon is so popular. It's
night running and will wear life time Z.
SATTERFIELD & DO pSON.
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What's the secret Of happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels,
the stomach, the liver and kidneys
strong and active. Burdock BloodBit,
tars does it,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22

Diptheria relieved 10 twenty minutes.
Almost miraculous. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. At any drug store.
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FIRE Ar GAiNESBORO.
Early Morning Blaze Destroys $780,
900 Worth of Properly.

Special to the Herald.
Gainesboro, Tenn, July 2o--At an
early hour this morning fire broke
out in this city and destro, ed three
stores, the Gainesboro Bank, hotel and
exchange. Loss thirty thou
sand dollars, insurance unknown.
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W. A. BELL
NOMINATED.
Democrats of 23rd Senatorial
District Select Their
Nominee.

Special to the Herald.
Nashville, Tenn July 20. w. A. Bel.
was today nominated for senator by the
Democrats Of the Twenty Third Sena.
torial District in convention at Waverly.
Mr.. Bells preference in the Senatorial
contest will depend, it is said, on the In,
structions of his home county-Dicksou
which holds primary August 4th.
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Go to the Big Elevator

See Exchange proposition of cure.
Columbia Mill & Elevator Co.
july15 At
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22

81 lbs Blue Seal
First pstent) or 40 lbs best second
grade on market for every bushel wheat
at columbia Mill & Elevator Co
julyl5.4t
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-06

- sea mammals have layer Of
III blubber under their skins; it
varies in thickness, from one
inch in small creatures to twenty-five
inches i'll right whales.
Whale blubber is tough and elastic,
so that chains passed through and
under the blubber will generally hold
whale alongside of a ship during the
process of cutting in
The color of good, healthy blubber
is yellowish to dirty white, and a
peculiar pinkish tint seems to suffuse
it. Young whales have blubber that
is almost milk white.
Cutting in" a whale is decidedly
difficult piece of work, that has been
defined as fine example of ingenious
marine engineering. The whale is
held to the side of the ship by i'm
mense chains that pass to tackles high
up on the thick masts. AS the men,,
who climb down and stand on the
whale, cut into the blubber, the
tackles haul until they turn the whale,
very slowly, thus helping the men by
practically peeling the blubber off as
one would peel an apple.
The men are armed with weapons
that look exactly like spades. The
edges of these are kept keen by a
grinder, who is busy the whole time
sharpening the tools while the whale
is being peeled"
The blubber is cut in strips five or
six feet wide and twelve or fifteen feet
long, and as soon as such piece has
been loosened sufficiently, hook is
passed into it and the mass is hauled
on deck.
There the 'leaners' cut away the
pieces OF muscles that cling to it, and
with chopping spades they cut the
strip into what they call horse
pieces" which are two feet long and
six inches wide.
These are taken by other members
of the crew who act as mincers. The
strips are laid on nincing horse, y
and are chopped into small slices that
are held together at the bottom by a
piece of skin which is left uncut, SO
that the blubber piece opens out like
book.
In this condition it is thrown into the
try pots.
These are immense iron caldrons
set in brick work, which is built upon
every wha1er when the whaling has
been well begun Fierce wood fires
are kept burning under them, and
every little while the flames are fed
by pieces of whale fat.
1t is a wonderful sight to see a
wha1er at night with the tryworks 60
ing. The ship rolls in the sea with a
great, ruddy pillar of mingled smoke
and fire mounting higher than the
masts.
There is always great danger il,
this trying out, but the whalers are
singu1arly ski1fu1 in handling their
fires. Although they are SO hot that
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-06

the solder on the implements around
the furnace is melted at times, and al
though the caldron of oil would ex
plode in case a sudden lurch Of the
ship should permit wave to wash
into the boiling blubber, accidents are
rare.
When an accident does happen, as
when a sudden shower comes down
in the tropics and scatters the bub-
bling contents of the caldron, the ship
may be afre from end to end before
the crew can even lower their boats;
for the blubber no sooner bubbles
from the caldron before the fires of
the furnace catch it, and as a whaler
is permeated with oil, the decks are
swept by flame as if petroleum or
naphtha had exploded
Some of the most terrible tragedies
of American and British marine his
tory are those through which whalers
have passed when their ships took fire
in mid-ocean, giving them just enough
time to get into boats without a scrap
of food or a drop of water.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-06

" p HEN DIR. Karl PeterS made
XAI his famous journey, during
" which he discovered what
he says positively is the
Land of Ophir of the Bible, he had
some thrilling adventures with lions
and leopards.
He tells this story about one of
these encounters:
"a negro came into camp and re-
ported that three lions had been seen
entering a thicket near the river. My
companion, Blocker, and ! took Our
stations near it, he being posted down
the river and | taking my position
near a great tree.
"The blacks circled the thicket with
howls and yells and fired shots into it.
Almost immediately the bushes parted
and with tremendous, laundering
roar magnificent lion bounded out.
He came galloping straight toward the
tree and | fired without having the op-
portunity to take careful aim.
MY shot was clean miss. pre-
pared to give him the second shot out
of nv double-barreled rifle and waited
in order to get a good chance, But he
changed his tactics at the same mo-
ment that | gave him my first shot,
and sprang at me.
Pour blacks stood between me and
the beast at this moment, they having
rushed into the way at the critical mo-
ment. Hardly had they appeared in
his line of approach, before they were
down, struck-l low by the terrible fore
paws, with which he swept through
them like reaper using scythe.
Barely had they gone down before
he leaped straight to my side and fell
on fifth negro, who had stepped
from behind the tree He pulled the
man to the ground, ripped his talons
| into the body, seized his victim by the
shoulder with his mighty teeth and
shook him as if he were a mouse.
Il sprang aside far enough to get
into line to shoot; the lion was only
three feet from me now. At this short
range | sent my second bullet inte
him. l had to aim bit too high, as
| L feared to hit the man under him
AT the same time dared not aim hlgf
| enough to smash his, backbone. as
| feared that l might miss owing to tbs
| frantic motions of the furious beast
GAS soon as struck him, the liof
dropped his prey and turned at me
For a, moment we stood face to face
| He looked at me with his eyes greer
with rage. At this moment saw
from the: cornerrof my eye, that my
4 gun bearer was. running and witt
him went my cartridges. ! clubbet
my empty gun on the instant, to hgh
for my life, but little expecting tt
save it.
"The lion .crouched, roared and fel
| in his tracks Before I realized it, N
crawled toward the high grass ant
disappeared in it.
"FIe was dying, and little later w
found his body, only a few feet away
| but dying as he was, he still manage
to cripple another negro for life; TO
| as he crept into the grass, one OF tn
I beaters ran directly into him, and wit
one blow of his paw he tore the man
left hip clean off"