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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-12-09

THELMA KELLY.
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Dear Santa Taus:--
| am mothers little man, two year,
old, with blue eyes and golden curls,
know you will think [ am awfully nice
and quiet when | tell you what / want
only Billy" that l can drive myself
Your little man,
HARRY COOK.
No. IA Eight st.
Hurry and tome on to my house,
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Dear Santa Claus:-
l am little boy 6 years old, please
bring me some candy, ornges, aPles,
nuts, raisons, toy horse and pleas San
ia don't forget to bring little brouther a
doll and knife and wagon.
HUBERT HAYWOOD.
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Columbia, Tenn. Dec. s, 1904.
Dear Old Santa Claus:-
Please bring me writing desk and
some candy. nuts, and oranges and
lots of fire works
CHESTER LEE SOWELL,
95 s. Garden st.
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Columbia. Tennessee. Dec. 8, 1894.
Dear Old Santa Claus:-
Please bring me writing desk and
some candy and nuts and oranges and
fire works good night.
your little girl,
NELLIE MAI SOWELL.
Dear Santa Claus
| am little girl five years old, and l
want you to bring me a nice big doll
trunk and doll dresser and little era
die and bride doll, ana some nice story
books, some oranges, candies and nuts.
Your friend,
KATHERINE COPYRIGHT.
P. S--P]ease don't forget the old
maid at our house.
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Dear Santa Claus:--
I am little girl seven years old. I
want you to bring me bride doll and
two nice games and two nice story books,
some oranges, candies, and nuts.
Good Bye. your friend,
MILDRED COPYRIGHT.
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Dear Old Santa Claus:--
am little boy ten years old, and l
want you TO bring me lot of nice games
and foot ball and some nice story
books and little nice steam boat and
some oranges, candies and nuts.
Good Bye. your friend,
HAROLD COPYRIGHT.
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Columbia, Tenn, Dec. 8, 1904.
Dear Santa Claus:--
am a little boy six years old, want
a few toys, collar, tie. oranges, nuts
and candy. That is all I want this
Christmas. Please oblige your friend,
BENNIE WITT FERGUSON, Jr.
No. 3. 9th st.
*.*
Columbia, Tenn.
Dear Santa Claus
Please bring me an air gun. a pair
Of rubbeIs, some gloves. and every
thing nice to eat, and bring baby
brother carriage and lots of nice
things, and please don t forget that
have little visitor from Austin,
IexaS, bring him something too.
Your little friend.
FRANK IRVINE WHITE.
So
Dear Santa Claus:--
am little girl eight years old,
living in the country on the road run
hing from Columbia to Isom. want |
you to bring me. some apples, oranges
bananas, raisins, nuts. figs and doll
ind doll buggy. Please remember all
he poor little children this Christmas,
ring them something.
Your little friend.
MATTE ID. KIRKPATRIC.
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Dear Santa Claus:-
Bring me pair of kid gloves No. 5,
ONE hair ribbons. and some pretty
and good things to eat.
nary AGNES SINCLAIR GLASS,
$50 $. High ST.. Columbia. Tenn.
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lear Santa Claus:-
/ am little boy six years old living
q the county on the road runningI
ON Isoin to Columbia. I want you
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-12-09
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The western Way.

TUNER, MoFALL & co.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

cepting for a temporary solourn,
at that season of the year when ma
ture is at her best in the country
and worst in the city. With good
roads neighbors would be more neigh
borly, churches more prosperous, and
the school districts would be en-
larged, so as to enable them to have
better school houses, better school
teachers, and better schools.
Now that these facts regarding
bad roads exist, no person denies.
And naturally the question arises,
Can these conditions be improved?
There are many ways in which this
can be done, but to do it right every
body admits hat it can be done only
by the expenditure of money and
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

on account of impossible roads.
whereby both the producer and the
consumer are losers. Both pay the
penalty for bad roads. Such occur
rences are by no means infrequent
in all parts of the country. Good
roads also promote social inter
course, enable the farmer to take
his family to visit his neighbors, at
tend church and to keep his children
in school during al seasons of the
year. The inconvenience experienced
from the lack of good roads is N
of the reasons why so many persons,
particularly the young men, become
discouraged with country life and
leave for the city, and why so few
give up the city for the country, ex-
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

most deplorable condition, infinitely
worse than those of less progressive
countries, is quite apparent. Especl-
aIly is this the condition of affairs
during the winter season, when those
living in the rural districts are com
PEELED to use the roads in marketing
their products and in the education
of their children.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
MAKING GOOD A

Increasing Interest In Better Highways
"A Popular and Growing Demand for
National Aid in Building Country
Roads-Practical Suggestions al to
Road Making.
Messrs Editors The people of
the United States are becoming
more thoroughly convinced of the
evils of bad roads and the benefits
of good roads. Good roads are con-
ducive to peace, prosperity and
Christian civilization, while bad
roads are the ear-marks of poverty,
ignorance, superstition and barbar-
ism. The fact that a great majority
of our public highways are in a
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
COST OF BAD ROADS

Good roads enable the farmer to
haul more produce with the same
expenditure of horsepower, and also
to ave time and wear and tear on
horses and wagons. An abundance
of surplus fruits and vegetables are
annually left on the farm to decay
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
OUR DEFECTIVE ROAD LAWS.

LAS SHOWH SUCH IDeranTy IN apprO
priating enormous sums of money
for rivers, harbors, railroads and the
building of country roads in our
newly acquired possessions in which
the masters have but little interest.
many are of the opinion that Uncle
Sam might we'll afford to lend some
assistance to u own people, who
pay all these expenses, by co-operat-
ing with the State, county, township
and individual contributors in the
improvement and maintenance of
our common highways. By this meth
cd the burden of expense would be
more evenly distributed and no one
would be injured, but all materially
benefited. To make this plan efec-
tive, much agitation and education
among the people will be necessary.
Already considerable progress has
been made along this line through
the public press, the organization of
good roads associations and other
! wise, and as an evidence of the in
cSeasing popularity of this plan, reso-
lutfpns of approval are being adopt
ed By many State Legislatures, po-
Neutrality-suspicious. and by various in
dustAiaR and labor organizations in
all partk of the country. The result
of this agitation and organization
on the part of the farmers and bust
ness men 0f the country has led to
the more Serious consideration of
this important question by the law
making powe&, not only of the sew
eral States. hut of the nation as
well. Many SIXTIES have already pro-
vided large SUMS of money for the
betterment of their roads, and now
the general Government is being ap-
pealed to for assistance. About one
dozen bills were introduced during the
Fifthy-eiohth CoAgress asking that
one-half of the cost Tor the I'M
of the common roads of
the country be paid 5ro mthe Nation
al Treasury SO as to facilitate the
delivery of the rurah mails and the
general traffic, and nope are meetlng
with more popular favor than the
one introduced by Senator "A. y.
Latimer of the Palmetto State. MT.
Latimer is a good roads enthusiast
and does not intend to irelax his eff
forts and energies in tPls dlrectlon
until something has bee4 done by the
National Government to assist farm
ers in the improvement DIT the COM
mon roads of the countryl
GROWING POPULARITY OF NATIONAL
The demand for this action comes
from all sections of the eountry,
and is therefore not a sectional nor a
political movement. The e~xpoh2ents
of this measure agree that no inter
nal improvements would more maS
terially benefit the country at large
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

improvement been so widely and en-
Enthusiastically discussed as at the
present time. In the capitalization
of public sentiment for the better
ment of our highways, the Office of
public road inquiries at Washington
has proven a most important factor.
This work is being accomplished by
collating and disseminating informa-
ton, publishing and distributing lit
erature on the subject, testing road
building materials, and in co-operat-
ing with other allied forces of con-
struction of object-lesson roads in
various sections of the country. The
interest manifested in this question
is by no means confined to those
within the rural districts who are
supposed to be the greater bene-
fciaries, but all classes of our citi-
zens are directly Or indirectly inter
ested in this great movement and
therefore should be free to express
their opinions and lend their assist
ance wherever opportunities present
themselves. !
In this age of enlightenment and
progress all agree thatft is necessary
to adopt other and more modern
methods of improving our highways
hsrhe-pEurftfTe method of "warn-
ing out the hands"-male citizens be-
ween the ages of eighteen and forty
five years in proximity to the road
to be improved. This has proven en-
tirely too effective, especially with
the rapidly increasing population of
the country and the constantly in
creasing volume of traffic on the
road. Were every person liable to
duty to work with pick and shovel
a few days annually, as required by
law, but little more could be accom-
plished than to fill the worst chuck
holes, and by so doing ease their |
conscience and relieve the over
seers of the embarrassment of being
indicted in the county court. No
system of working roads is a just
one if labor is compelled to bear the
entire burden of the cost and at the
same time property enjoy equal bene-
fits by it's enhancement in value.
AS previously stated, money is the
necessary requisite for the improve
ment of common highways, but
the perplexing problem with our peo-
pie Is show to get it." Day by day
the public is becoming more enthusi-
astic upon the question as they study
it in it's various phases, and are of
the opinion that, as the roads are a
benefit to all, the burden of cost of
their construction and maintenance
should be borne by all. There are
various ways by which this may be
done, but like the accomplishment of
all great movements, the co-opera-
ton of all allied forces is essential.
Within the past few years many
NJ L
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

provement of the common roads of
the country, and many counties have
issued bonds for the same purpose,
with equally as good results. Funds
for this purpose have also been
raised by direct taxation and by in
dividual subscription, but the limited
amount collected is generally too
small to scarcely make a beginning
on the great number of roads to be
improved.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

labor, as in all other internal inn
provements. The most economical
plan is not always the best and
wisest to pursue. The better high
ways the better services they render,
and greater will become the value of
property adjacent thereto.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
STRIKERS ON PICKET DUTY
TO RETURN TO CHICAGO
STOCK YARDS.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-Practically every
striker at the stock yards is on duty
as a picket, all working under thor
oughly organized plans. Each squad
has specific territory and each man
has a specific portion of a division. A
largely increased number of policemen
were assigned to the clearinghouse
district by the chief of police.
The first person arrested by the po-
lice was Thomas Stroker, business
agent for the Meat Cutters union,
who was endeavoring, as strike
picket, to prevent nonunion men from
entering the yards. He was charged
with disorderly conduct, notwithstand-
ing his protests that he was acting
entirely within his constitutional
rights.
The railway trains into the stock
yards, usually crowded, were only
partly filled, showing a great falling
off in the number of strike breakers.
This Is considered largely due to the
shooting of Saturday night, when one
man was killed and several others
badly wounded. 1t is estimated that
fully 1000 strike breakers who went
out Saturday failed to return to work
Monday, but there were a few new
men employed.
Former Judge Moran appeared be-
fore Judge Brentano during the after
noon and filed bill for an Injunction
restraining the city OF Chicago from in
terfering with the housing of strike
breakers in the stock yards. The bill
is brought in the name of the G. H.
Hammond company.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
CONSIDERS 1T IMPROPER,
:,
Judge Parker Will Indulge in Very
Little Speechmakinq.

Esopus, N. Y, Aug. 23.-It was made
plain at Rosemount during the day
that there is no certainty of Judge
Parker making any speeches in the
West in connection with his St. Louis
trip or at any other time or place. The
principle on which Judge Parker will
act in the matter was learned from an
intimate associate of the Judge, who
said:
Judge Parker has no faith in the
utility of speechmaking for it's own
sake and will make no speeches any
where for the mere purpose of appear.
ing in any given locality. He believes
stumping tour by presidential can
didate to be improper and he will un-
dertake no such tour. The only condi-
ton upon which he will make any
speech anywhere will be the fact that
he has some definite thing to say and
that he is convinced by his own rea.
son that some given time and place
best suits the saying of it there and
then. You may say with the utmost
confidence that under no other condi
lions will Judge Parker make any
speech anywhere"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

After a weeks suspension all the
collieries of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal company resumed work
Monday
Severe rain and wind storms occur
red in Northern Missouri Sunday, DAM
aging small buildings, and fruit and
corn crops.
Senator Plat says that he has re-
ceived letter from Elihu Root abso-
lutely declining to be the Republican
nominee for governor of New York.
Mrs. Kate Chopin, we'll known as an
authoress, especially as a writer Of
stories of Creole life in Louisiana,
died Monday at her home in St. Louis
from hemorrhage of the brain.
The honorary degree of doctor of
sciences was conferred on Professor
Henry F. Osborn of Columbia univer
sity, New York city, at the Cambridge
(Eng) university Monday.
Sir Thomas Upton has opened nego-
tiations with the Dennys of Glasgow
for building the Shamrock w., pro-
vided George L. Watson accepts a com.
mission to design another challenger
for the Americas cup.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23

Russians Praise Stubborn Resistance
of Defenders.

st. Petersburg, Aug. Z3.-The storm
ing of Port Artnur, winch the folelgn
dispatches say Is progressing, is rIve.-
ing all attention. Tne D4ave ana stub
born resistance Whlth Genel al Stoes-
sci is maklhg is evonlng high praise
and the war Ouile officials and the
public are hoping almost against hope
that he will be abe to hoii out IN
spite of the heavy o,.us against him.
The latest news that the japanese a.e
unable to establish toothoid at GU
lisa bay. and at the most westerly fol-
of the inner defenses. is considered
encouraging.
An official dispatch from Rear Ad-
miral Prince Ouktomsky, at Port A.
thur, by way of Chefoo, says that only
two officers were killed on board the
ships which returned to the halo.
after the fight of Aug. TO-
The loss of the gallant Novik in a
fight against two Japanese cruisers at
Korsakovsk. island of Sakhalin, is not
yet known here, as the authorities are
awaiting the report of Vice Admiral
SkryGloff before making the news pub
lie. The cruiser by her exploits had
endeared herself to the whole coun-
try and her loss will create a more
sentimental effect than that of any
ship in the feet.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
TOLD BY CHINESE REFUGEES.
Reports of Recent Fighting Near Port
Arthur.


ChefoO, Aug. 23.-The Chinese Just
arrived, who bring the latest informa-
ton from Port Arthur, were employed
by the Russian authorities carrying
the dead off the field and also ammuni-
ton, which they say is plentiful. They
also confirm the statement that the
LiaoI promontOry was not assaulted
for the reason that it was impregna-
BILE from the seaside and the Japanese
are unable to move on it from the
north
The Japanese main attack has been
the heaviest against the Russian cen
ter and right, particularly against the
center, fronting which the japanese
have taken up a strong position at
Ehushiyen.
Pigeon bay had been the scene Of
fighting several days before the final
assault had begun, the Japanese never
being able to hold for long any terri
tory they might gain. Their attacks
were made mostly at night, during
foggy days and misty mornings
The Japanese believe that their SUI
perior physical conditiAl will win the
battle for them by the wearing of the
Russian garrison, which is constituted
of less hardened material. down to the
point of exhaustion By the persistency
of their attack and their refusal to &C
cept a repulse.
The temperament of the Russian
garrison is dOgged and determined.
The hospitals and Chinese houses at
Port Arthur are full of Russian wound
ed. The narrators say the dead, until
ready for burial, are stored in ware
houses and are then buried on the
outskirts of the town, quicklime being
used freely for the prevention of in
lection.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
~ LIST OF STORM VICTIMS
Details of the Disastrous Storm That Swept
Over the Twin Cities and Vicinity.

have distributed themselves ind taken
a more easterly course over the Mer-
riam Park, and st. Anthony Hill dis
tricts, covering tremendous area and
inflicting almost equal damage every
where.
Chi!dren's Dormitory Demolished.
At the House of the Good Shepherd,
north of University avenue, dormi-
tory in which fifty young girls were
sleeping was crushed like an eggshell,
yet the children in the little white
cots escaped, except for one. The
crushed and bleeding form of Viola
Robinson, twelve years of age, was
recovered by a squad Of firemen with
in an hour On Summit avenue, more
than a mile due south, the storm at
the same instant swept the finest resi-
dence street in America, demolishing
trees that are the work of half cen
fury, tearing up beautiful lawns and
causing damage which it will take
months to repair.
The tornado, during its course
through the city, was marked by pro-
nounced cyclonic characteristics. There
was tremendous suction in the wake
of the winds, which caved in walls,
broke every sheet of glass in dozens of
buildings and carried away the roofs of
many more. There was the same
crashing impact Of the tornado cloud,
followed by a brief lull, and a second
impact, which was even more violent
than the first. There was the same
crashing rush, over within few mo-
ments, revealing a work of ruin little
short of marvellous, considering the
time within which the destruction was
wrought. 4 = :
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
WHEAT MARKET FEVERISH
Wheat Prices Cover a Wide Range As
Result of Opposing Influences Market
Shows Slight Decline.

Chicago. Aug. 23.--Wheat prices
cavo:ted over a range of Az cents
during the day as a result of opposing
influences-low temperatures in the
Northwest and strong claims that the
Canadian crop was safe. September
sold at $1.12 and broke to $1.0SA;
December bounded to $1.14 soon after
the opening and sold at $1.09A dur
ing the session. Temperatures at
various places in the Northwest were
low enough to make fear of frost a
factor in the early operations, but
alarm over the ravages of rust was
less acute and still higher prices on
it's account did not seem to be conf
IDENTIFY expected. There was more dis
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT.
Hope Expressed for Recovery Of Sen.
ator Hoar.

Hope Expressed for Recovery Of Sen.
ator Aoar.
Worcester, Mass, Aug. 23.-The fol-
lowing bulletin concerning Senator
Hoar was issued at 9:45 a. m. by his
son, lockwood Hoar: 1.-The senator
passed fairly comfortable night and
took some nourishment. His general
condition remains unchanged and he
is resting easily"
DR.. Warren r. Gilman, in discussing
the case, spoke more encouragingly
than he has done for several days. He
said: .....
"The senator Ia still very weak and
in q critical condition, but think he
has shown improvement in the last
twenty-four hours" z.-.!.s t. =
Then the doctor added: IF he con.
tinues to take nourishment think we
can give bulletin shortly that will
cause the people Of Worcester to be
satisfied that their favorite son may
again be seen on the floor of the sen.
ate" 800. 3 ,s@s ..r.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
FOUR DEAD AT GLENCOE, MINI.
Tornado Did Great Damage to Grain
and Property.

Tornado Did Great Damage to Grain
and Property.
Glencoe, Mimi, Aug. pa tornado
struck the township of Rich Valley
and Bergen Saturday night about 8
O'Clock, killing four people, Mary
Q'Donnell, aged thirteen, daughter of
Patrick O'Donnell; the seven-year-old
daughter Of Anthony O'Donnell, Fred
erick Gross and his mother. .....g,
Thousands of acres of grain and
many barns, houses and sheds were
destroyed. The most complete wrecks
were the houses, barns, granaries and
grain stacks of William Bayland, An
thony O'Donnell and Herman Tekur.
Many others sustained heavy losses.
) The greatest damage was confined
to a section ten miles long and a mile
wide. The wind storm was followed
by hail and terrific rain lasting an
hour or more. Large groves of heavy
timber were leyeled to the ground.
Corn was completely stripped and
beaten into the ground.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-23
REvoLUTloNlsTs VICTORIOUS.
Paraguayan Government Troops Lose
in Artillery Battle,

Parasuayan Government Troops Lose
in Artillery Battle.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 23.-An artillery
engagement has been fought between
the San Jacimo battery of the Para
guayan army and band of revolu-
tionists, in which the latter succeeded
in dislodging the guns of the govern
ment forces. The losses on either side
are not stated.
The Paraguayan revolutionists have
captured the town OF Villa Reyes and
have captured the garrison, consisting
of 200 men, LOO rifles and one can
non, in addition to q quantity of am
munition.
The revolutionist general, Ferreira,
is encamped near Villeta, where he is
being Joined by many deserters from
the government troops, as well as re-
cruits from the inhabitants of Ascun-
sion.
The Paraguayan capital is suffering
from the scarcity of provisions. The
rations Of the government troops are
limited to six biscuits daily. General
discomfort prevails. ~