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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-11
The Government Of Canada

Gives absolutely
FIRE E to every
settler one hum
dred and sixty
acres Of lard in
Western Canada.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-11

Ash hrs Pnkhams Woman Best Understands WOmaRs s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-11

I've. One i0c package colors all fiber.
How to Dye. Bleach and Nix colofs.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30

purposes. The opinions of experts
were called for 1t was the consensus
of opinion that Il pressure of 800 volts
would enable the same plant to be used
for lighting and traction ana that
there would be Il distinct gain as re
CARDS first cost. management. economy
and surplus power attained by com
binatlon. 1t was therefore decided t.
erect two large power stations.
Each station has a capacity of 20,
600 horsepower. but so great las been
the demand made on them that new
ones are needed, and some have already
been constructed. England has learn
cd to use the refuse swept from the
streets for fuel. Several small power
StHtionS dcrivin" their power from the
burning of the refuse are now in sue
ccSSftl operation. and it is expected
that the total supply from this source
Will reach 10000 horsepower. \ few
years ago Liverpool spent large sums
of money for Tie purpose of throwing
this material and its stored NJ energy
away. When the plant passed from
tie control of the private company its
output was less than 3.O0O.0pO units
1t las grown in seven years to tea
times that amount.
When the city Purchase tie under
taking from private interests the rat"
charged for lighting was -. pence pc,
unit and for power > pence per UNI.
At the present time the rates are i
pence for lighting, = pence for street
li.hting. pence for power NJ to 3,uDG
units per quarter and ~ pence there
after The charge to tie tramWayS i
- pence per unit. In Other words. the
price has been more than cut in half.
ANA ills has been done despite the fact
that TIE price of coal. oil ami every
item of expense has decidedly in
creased since the city took control OF
the plant.
Liverpool has invested $T.500000 in
her electrical plant. The profits for the
year ended ON jan. l. 1903. were in
round figures SIOO.ONO. After meeting
all CHARGES ana setting aside IL liberal
amount for renewals and depreciation
the electrical department made Il con
tribution Of SGo.UDO To the tax fund. 1t
also paid $:;";'.00o as its share of tie
taxes. The amount written off for bad
debts was less than S1.IOO.
AT the present time it is likely that
I.ivcrpooIS Investment in its combined
tramway and electrical plant will
reach $.O.OtOOD. Liverpool is an OK
ample of what II is pc 'sible to accom-
plsll in Il short time. 1t is only seven
wears aga that the city cSSaycd this
stupcnlGus OK, efimcnt in public own
ers!4ir 1t is only fair to observe that
the benefits derived from reduced rates
and improved services far outweigh
the direct money profits. As the inter
est charges decrease steadily year by
year il is tie settled policy of Liverpool
to yet further decrease the price of
tramway tickets and the rates fixed for
light and power This Is rendered obi
gAtory by clause prHluding the pay
ment of more than Il certain amount to
the relief of taxes.
Liverpool is Il rich and a great city,
with broad, well paved streets. magnifi-
cent public buildings, beautiful parks
and n progressive and cnterpriSing ad-
ministration 1t is one of the worlls
most opulcnt property owners. EXclu-
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30

HluDUS lDt IllUllltlIttl IIDDItllS
now commanding attention in
Great Britain. Liverpool was one of
lhe pioneers in tramWay construction,
though ii was only recently that the
municipality came into full possession
Of tramWay properties. Its cNpcriCnc"
with the boosted English conservatism
Is fairly typical. After George Fran
els Train and other Americans had
demonstrated At Birkcnhead. II suburb
of Liverpool. the practicability of
tramways Tin. city authorized Il com.
pany to use its streets for that pur-
pose This was IN ls6o. -Four years
later the service was so insufficient
that the city served notice on the com
pany to remove its tracks. SuhS"
Qucntly Il compromise was made by
which the city reconstructed the lines
at the cost of the company. In 1879
the company entered into an agree
ment with tie city under which the lat
ter purchased the existing lines for
$l5o00O and completed various other
lines. leasing the whole system to the
company at n rental of ~ per cent on
the purchase money from the date Of
construction. tie lines to be maintain
ed at the cost of the city. In lS95 the
city made lease to the company cX-
tending until 1919. but reserved the
right to purchase under certain condi
tons.
Two years later the patience Of Liv
cd no
utterly failed to properly manage its
affairs. Its rates were eXtortionatc
and its service worse. 1t absolutely re-
fused to Introduce mechanical or cleo
trlcal power. and after due deliberation
the city decided to acquire and opcrat"
the undertaking. Parliament granted
the power, and in 1897 the entire
system passed into the hands Of the
municipal authorities. the purchase
price being about $500, 900.
The city went about the tramway
enterprise in thorough business way.
1t proceeded to engage the services of
{. X. Bellamy, one of the foremost of
English civil and mechanical engineers.
man fully conversant with the sci
ehcc and practice Of transportation on
both sides Of the Atlantic. In two
years time the hundred miles of horse
car tracks had been Transformed to
electrical traction, and in addition
there had been laid forty miles Of new
track
The citizens were delighted with the
change. In the place Of filthy. i'll light
Ell AMI slow moving horse cars, run
hlng at long intervals, there was in
Stalled Il system which in all respects
compares ftvorably with the best mod
'rn lractice in the United States or on
The continent More than that, the city
hade sweeping reduction in the
rates Of fare
1t re iucri the hours Of its con,.ucto"'
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30

SiVe OF lis streets. parks and its inter
est in the miles of docks. it owns prop
crty which has Il market price of be-
tween $S5.O00,000 and $90,000000.
One may be born in a Liverpool mu-
nicipal hospital. be educated and train
cd in its schools and colleges may earn
n living by working for it in score Of
capacities: he may live In a house tho
rent of which goes to the city as his
landlord; he may retire on a munich
pal pension. may die and be cremated
Mt public expense, or his bones may
rest in a municipal burial ground All
of this is possible despite the fact that
no city in the United Kingdom offers Il
better field for individual effort. nor is
there any community where private en-
tcrpriSe is SUrer Of material rewards.
The uninquisitive stranger never real
ICES that so many services are admin
istcred by the representatives Of the
taxpayers and in their behalf.
Liverpool has It's "old city" the same
rs London. and that ancient corpora
ton still has special privileges and de-
riveS vast profits from grants and es
tntcs which have been handed down
for hundreds of years. But. like Lon
don. the nominal bcneticiarics do not
dare to appropriate TO themselves NOR"
than a motcSt share Of these tthes,
and they are awaiting the inevitable
tine Wien the sccDter If ownership
wi I've taken from them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30
HOW BRITISH CITIES MANAGE

Public Utilities. .-Livsrpool's Experience as
Owner and Operator of Its Street Rail.
WAYS AMI Electric Lighting industry By
Fred erick Upham Adams. Copyrighted
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30

IN Act to amend sections , and 6 of
IAN Act to provide against the adul-
iteration of food and fraud in the sale
thereof: creating a state board of
food commission. defining their
duties and prov ding for the APPOINT
mcnt of an officer to be known as the
state dairy and food commissioners:
providing for The enforcement of the
law and liking penalty for violation
thereof: making an appropriation,
declaring an emergency. and repeal
INC An act to provide against the
adultera ion OF food. approved March
-. 1899, " approved March Ii. 1891.
BE it enacted by The legislature Of the
state Of washington
Section |. That section ) of an Act
10 provide against The adulteration of
trod aud fraud in he saie thereof: Gre
atirg IA state board of foo commission,
defining their duties and providing for
the appointment Of an officer to be
known "a the state dairy and food COM
missioner; providing for the enforce.
ment of the law and fixing a penalty
lol violation thereof: making an apprO-
priatiuII: declaring an emergency, and
repeating an act to provide against the
adulteration of food approved March
Is. $780, approved March Ii, 1901. is
Hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. .. 20 session by any person, firm
Continued on Page 81
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30
NEW PURE FOOD MEASURE

As Amended and Passed bv the Ninth ses-
son OF the State Legislature it Wild
Effect Manufacturer Dealer and Consumer
A Measure That all Should Understand.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-30
V

~ EYOND all question transpor
tation occupies first place
~ among the municipal problems
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
SHOT AT The
HAC:KMAN
Felix KittreIl Becomes En-
ragged At HaCkman Walters
And Seeks Revenge.

Felix Kittrell, who was arrested
some days since by Deputy Saeritf
Dodson on a charge of shooting with
intent to Kill, was released Tuesday on
So 500 bond
1t appears from the various state
ments of the case that Kittrell, who
was in Columbia in an intoxicated
condition, got on Walter hajk with
the Intention of riding out the Theta
pike to his home. Mr.. Walters objects
to carrying intoxicated passengers, and
especially when he has lady passengers,
as he had upon this occasion. 50 ne
placed KittreIl on another hack, on
which no ladies' were riding.
This ,rag4i KittTell, and having
reached home before Mr.. W tiers back
arrived, he got his shotgun and took
shot at the hack man as he passed ny.
PsIt of the load, it IS said, struck the
s9at on which Mr.. Walters was sitting
and part struck one of the horses.
Mr.. Walters swoIe out state war
rant and the arrest followed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
THE SICK.

Mr.. John Marshall, on Thirteenth
Street is quite i'll with malarial fever.
Luther, the little son of Mr. and
Mis-. A. L. Thomas, has been critically
Ill with membranous cIo1p but is I'M
proving.
Harris PHryear. who has been quite
sick for the past few weeks, is again
at his post in the County Trustees
office.
Recorder Erwin is on the sick list.
Mrs Ethel Cathey is very ill at her
home on 9th street, ana 6n operation
will be performed some time this we9F.
Miss Lizzie Schotts mas recoversd
from her recent illness and is at WORK
again as operator al, the Citizens Tele-
phone Exchange
Mr. r. S. McCaity, who has been i'll
for week, is back at wOrk.
Miss Ella Wood, who has been i'll for
long time, at the residence of her aunt,
Mrs. Eliza Gordon, on West Fifth
street, was removed Wednesday to
DR.. Pillows Infimary.
Mrs. F. d. Lander has recovered from
a rather severe attack of tonsilitis.
Frank Britain is i'll at his home on
South Main Street.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
WOLDRIDGE's
AROUND TOWN.

Ed. Guest is back at HARLAN & Rit-
ter's.
Will Goad and family have moved
into the Brewer building, on Embargo
Street.
Miss Jean Hesthcote, OF Chicago, al :
rived Monday TO further introduce the
Ferndell goods, sold by Turner, McFall
& CO.
Smith Thomas, W. H. Harrison and
Alex Mckay have shipped their horses
to Florence Ala where the Fair opened
this morning.
Mrs Mamie Wilkes and MISS Mollie
Baird, who have had rooms with Mrs.
Mary Watkins during the summer,
have moved back to the Institute.
John Russell, one of the workmen of
the Vaughn Manufacturing Co., got che
fingers of one hand caught in the ma
chinery this morning and very painfully
mashed.
Mr.. A. B. Rains has sold to Frank
Leonard, the old nIicK building and
lot, corner South Main and 9th streets
for $3.50
G. j. Davis has sold to Walker x
Jones. one acre of land at Ashwood,
fol- $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller Britain are hap
py parents of II fine boy.
Pink CARRIER is fittlng-up the house
recently occupied by T. j Tucker & Co
and will move his stock OF dress goods
into that house and use his other store
exclusively for clothing He has also
cut an entrance on South Main Street
so that customers can enter his store
from there as we'll.
Frank Moore, who has been with T.
N. Figuers, has accepted a position
with the Capudine Chemical TO-. of
Birmingham, Ala and will travel Ten
nessee and Kentucky.
Messrs. Alex Titcomb and John
Thomas have purchased the vacant lot
on Ninth street. between Garden and
South High street fIom j, Rosenthal,
and Will erect two tive-room cottages
thereon. Mr.. Thomas will occupy one
rs a residence and the other will be for
rent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
DEATHS HARVEST.
Mrs. India Coleman Jones


A good woman, one we'll known and
greatly beloved by many Maury coun-
tians, passed away when Mrs. India
Coleman Jones, Of Williamson county,
was called by herMaKer to rich re.
ward. Mrs. Jones was daughter of the
late Col. William Coleman and Jeanette
Frierson, OF the Zion neighborhood,
and was the wife of Mr.. Tom Jones, of
Williamson county, who, With two
children, Mrs. Katie Pope, of Mobile,
Ala, and Will Jones, survives her.
For many years che made her home
near Zion, and was member of
the Zion Church. Her kindly, sympa-
thetic heart led her always to the home
of sorrow, where che never failed to
brighten the darkest hour. and yet ker
bright and sunny nature caused her to
delight to meet and rejoi.e with them
that did rejoice. She was in her 9th
year, and with her husband and family
had been making her home for the
past score of YEARS III Williamson coun.
ty. She fell gen ly 10 eieep on Thurs
day, Sept. 9TH.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22

twenty years. She will return home
about December lst.
WANTED TO BUY Car load fresh
milk COWS and good heavy springers
Call Bell Phone BOO
HOUSTON THOMAS.
18-Mon2tu2t
! Mr.. Jack Nelson, of East TAnr ossee,
visited relatives at Enterprise, this
week
Mr.. and Mrs $. G. Davis, who have
been guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Martin, have returned to their home at
Huntsville Ala.
Mrs. q. G. Frlerson, of Sumner,
Miss. has returned home. after a visit
at Monteagle and in the Zion neigh
bOrhoOG.
Mr.. Carl BeasIey, OF Culleoka, is
dangerously Ill at DR.. Douglas In.
Urinary, where he was operated upon
recently for appendicitis.
Sam Hsrdison, of the Rally Hill neigt
borhood, had an encounter with a big
rattlesnake Wednesday, and came eli
first best. The snake had fourteen rat
ties and button.
Mr. Will Southsll, one of the promi
nent citizens of the WilIiamsport neigh
borhood, has been brought to DR.. Pill
lows lntrmarv to heve an operation
performed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
WHAT Mr.. WITTE DID.
(New York SUM

Ihose who watched what Mr.. Witte
accomplis he'd at Portsmouth must have
been reminded of what Rosamond says
to Orlando in the play: Sir, you have
wrestled we'll, and overcome more than
you wot of Not only did he succeed
in making peace upon terms that long
seemed to be unattainable, but to a con
siderable extent be regained for his
country the sympathy with which she
lsed to be regarded by Americans He
labored under the disability of not
speaking the English language. HIS
eye spoke for him, however His steady,
open direct and kindly gaze went
straight to tie heart ana touched what
is best in American manhood.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
OVER THE COUNTY.

Photos &c each, at YOUNG'S.
Miss Bessie Scott, of Beech Grove, is
! visiting her parents here.
Mrs. Cliff Charter, of Hickman
county, is visiting Mr.. G. ID. AdkIs-
/ sob and family.
| Mr.. Bruce Pickens has returned to
MooresVille after visiting friends
here for ten days.
| Mr.. Marvin Brooks, of Dallas, Texas,
Is visiting Maury county friends, for
the next ten days.
Miss Myra Thompson, of Spring Hill,
left for Wesson Miss, Monday, where
she will teach school.
FOR SALE-White Brahma Chick
rs. old and young. Fine specimens
AND thoroughbreds. A. W. BECK
WITH. Sr., Spring hill, Tenn. 22-4t
Miss Lucille Mccormack has returned
to her home at Carter's Creek, after a
visit to Miss Louise Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l. Alexander have
returned to their home at Duck River,
after visiting Mrs. r. b. Polk.
Mis- Minnie Brooks has returned to
her home at Brewton. Ala. after two
month s visit to Mrs. Ned Davis.
WANTED-To buy a. once twenty
(20) Jersey COWS and haifers. j. w.
SHREVE, at Columbia Stock Yards
cav
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Mcdaniel and
Mrs. John MCffett. of Lewisburg, were
visiting relatives here during the Fair.
ESQ, Frank II. Smith has been APP
-
Miller, minor children of John Miller.
deceased.
MIR. Z. l.. Armstrong has sold his =
interest in 175 acres of land IN the 10Th
district to Mr. Horace armstrong, for
So, 655.
Carl g Gardner, son of Mr.. and
Mrs E. G. Gardner, of the Dark
Mill neighbpIhood left Tuesday to
enter Vanderbilt
Mr. s Anderson and family, of Gen.
trevlle, ara vieiting here a few days
before going to Birmingham, Ala. where
they will make their home.
STRAYED OR STOLEN-One bay
mare, black name and tail, plump and
fat Liberal reward for return or any
information to j. II. PEOPLES. 1t
Will Harris has sold l40 acres Of land
near Glendale to John Fox for 81 900 90
The deal was made through Blocker q
Moore. Mr.. Harris is preparing 80 move
TO Texas.
Misses Alice and Clara Falls, Mr.
and Mis-. Buford Gldoens and MIR. and
Mrs. B F. Giddens, of Bnford Sta
tion. were guests of Mrs. Sidney Estes,
last week.
The new revenue agent for this sec
ton of the state is enforcing the 1870
penalty on business men who allow
their merchants. or privilege licenses
to lapse. Better see when your license
expires and pay promptly.
Mrs. NJ B. Smiser and Miss Charlotte
Smiser, of Culleoka, will leave next
Tuesday for Santa Monica, Cal. where
Miss Charlotte will spend the winter for
her health. While 10 California Mrs. |
Smiser will visit her sister, Mrs. R. T
Harrison, whom she has not seen for |
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
MANY PUPILS
IN ATTENDANCE

The Institute opere1 Tuesday morn .
ing with sixty i've pupils and sever2l
mOIe boarding pupils will arrive dur
ing the week. In addition to this
fol ty are enrolled In the primary de-
PsrtmenT. The boarding pupils al
ready at the scnool are Miss GIeenIy.
lSreenville. Miss Miss Rosenthal
Seenville Miss Miss Carol. Vicks
burg, Miss Miss Witty, Winona,
Miss Miss Cooper, Trenton, Tenn. !;
"a So Marie smith, Louisville. KY.
Hiss Tiff Macon, Ga. Miss Eugenla
COppee, Gleenville. Miss. Miss Shelly,
Washington, d. q; Miss Eleanore
thompson, Philadelphia Pa: Miss
Carol THOMPSON, Philadelphia, Pa. :;
Miss jessie Andrews, Pine Bluff, AK
&Iss Celia Taylor, Fort Worth. Texas;
Hiss Ray Brooks, Sewanee; Misses
Fannie Mai Garner, Kate Sowell, Bes
zi0 Dawson, Digger, Douglass Irving,
Bowen, Maury County; Misses Mary
Ella FaTIis and Elizabeth Fariss. Co
mmbla.
Misses Greenly, Cooper and Julia
Eddie OF last years class, take the
Post graduate course.
Guests at tue Institute this week
Rre. Rev. Thompson, of Philadelphia
NTs. Tiff, of Macon Ga; MI. and
NE@ Greenly and Mrs Peurlce, of
GreeDyill5, have besn here two weeks.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
IN The COURTS

Will Walker, colored, who shot and
wounded 81 Swanson, colored, at Car
ter's Creek last April, was arrested Wed.
nesday ID Nashville and brought to Co
hnbia by Deputy sheriff Goad.
Pete Stockard, colored, was arrested
Thursday by city officers on charges of
ths larceny of pistol and of carrying
pistol.
Lewis Gordon colored, of the Zion
soighbovhood, was tried Wednesday be-
bore Esquire Smith, charged with the
larceny of pistol, and was bound over
TO Court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
MRS. ABB. ADHESION
PAINFULLY INJURED
While Her Little Grandson Is
Rendered Unconscious.

Mrs. Alb Adkisson, OF the Bigbvyille
neighborhood, and her little grandson
were painfully injured Tuesday AT
noon and had narrow escape from
more serious injury.
Mrs. Addison went cut to ring the
large farm bell, which was suspended
from nigh pole. When she pulled
the rope the pole fell and the bell
struck her on the back of the head,
cutting deep cash several inches long
and badly spIaining her right wrist.
The little boy, standing near by, was
struck by the falling pole and rendered
unconscious fol- quite while.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
Mrs. Thomas Reagan.

Mrs. Thomas Reagan, one of the
Oldest citizens of the county, dlea Sat
uIday at her home near KedIon. AT
the time of her death she had reached
the advanced age of 81 years and &
months. She was the mother of thir-
teen children and her grandchildren
and great great grandchildren mum
bered 307. She never woIe glasses and
maintained her mental faculties until
her death.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
A NIGHT IN
BOHEMIA
Delightful Musical Comedy To
Be Presented BY Local
ElkS.

Tie members of the Elks Lodge deci-
dsd at meeting Monday night to IRE
seat tine musical comedy, "A Night In
Bohemia, at the Columbia Opera
BOuse, between October 10th and 10Th.
Or. Ernest Sheppard is chairman of the
managing committee, and Mr.. I. b.
GetE, who is now putting on "Toodles
M Posterland,' in Nashville, and who
Dut on "a Night In Bohemia" in that
Iisy last year, will arrive this evening,
mad will have charge of the production.
The cast of characters will be composed
BDtreiy of home talent, and the affair is
ssre to prove social event as well as a
EOsGal treat. Rehearssls will begin at
91ce-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
FORMER MAURY COUNTIAN SUFFERS
HEAVILY FROM YELLOW JACK

Three mem bers OF the family OF T.
3D. Golf, formerly Ut the Bigbyville
Beighborhood, but now of Tullalah
La. have died of yellow fever and
two other children are sick with the
rraad disease. The following are the
fatalities:
MrA Minnie Addison Golf, died
Sept. ~, aged 81 years; Miss Minnie
Erwin Golf, died Sept ID. aged 10
years; Miss Florence Newman Golf,
aied Sept, IA, aged Is years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-22
CARD OF THANKS.

We take this opportunity to express
Fur deep gratitude to our friends and
neig hbOIs for the kindness and many
tAyoEs shown us during our little
Slaughter and sister recent illness.
Indeed, we feel that we are greatly
indebted to you and we thank you
heartily each and all.
MRS, ANNIE GARRETT AND FAMILY,