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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24
WITNESSES SKIPPED
Aud Uncle Sam Failed to Make Out a
Case Against Finley Lindsey.

Rather an amusing case came
before United Staets Commission
er M. F. Fry Tuesday, and one that
put the laugh on United States
Marshal w. i. Morris, says last
weeks Carroll County Democrat
Itseems that Mr.. Morris, acting
on information from Bob Redick
and J. w. Redick of Benton Coun-
ty, had placed Finley Lindsey of
that county under arrest charged
with selling whisky without IL
cense. All parties were directed
to be in Huntingdon Tuesday.
Tuesday morning young Lind
sey, accompanied by his father, r.
W. Lindsey, B. f. Akers, John r.
Hawkins and Joe Picker, promi-
nent citizens of Benton County as
character witnesses, and j. A.
Clement of Dickson as attorney,
appeared before Commissioner Fry
and announced ready for trial,
Mr.. Morris began to look around
for the Redick boys, witnesses for
Uncle Sam, but failed to locate
them.
1t developed that they came to
Huntingdon Monday morning on
an early train from Mckenzie and
spent most of the day here. Dur
ing the day Sheriff McMillin re-
ceived word that house had been
broken into at Henry, and meeting
these partieson the street and rec
ognizing them to be strangers, be-
gan to question them as to how
they came to Huntingdon, and he
asked if thsy came by Henry.
The sheriff passed on, and the
boys were seen shortly afterwards
to leave the town at a rapid gait.
They were not seen here any more,
and of course did not appear at the
trial. The case against Lindsey
was consequently dismissed.
The Redick boys do not stand
the highest in the world where
they are known. It is claimed that
Bob served a term in the Kentucky
penitentiary for se-breaking,
and has been out of the pen only
since August, 1904. The friends
of Lindsey claim that he is inno-
cent, and that the charge against
him was hatched up by the Redick
boys through spite.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

Governor Taylor complains that
Governor Frazier failed to carry
out a contract made in 1902 under
the terms of which he was to be
appointed Senator when General
Bate died. It seems that his pas
sionate appeal to "the people" is
made now only after Frazier
preached that contract in the
making of which the people had
no part and we're not consulted.
In other words, he runs before the
people for the Office only after his
effort to trade for it had failed.
In convicting Frazier he condemns
himself. Manchester News.
Isn't it about time for Governor
McMillin to do some complaining?
Governor Taylor made promises,
you know, when Senator Harris
died and left vacancy to be filled
by Governor Taylor.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

Governor Cox seems to be MAX
ing good governor; why not let
we'll enough alone? It has been
the custom and usage of the De-
mocracy to give a second term to
officials who perform their duties
.acceptably as all endorsement of
their administration. Why make
an exception in the case of Gov
ernorCox?-Tullahoma Guardian.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

Wesley Tate, a farmer living
near Cold Branch in Humphreys
County, committed suicide last
Thursday night at his home by
shooting himself twice in the head
with pistol, one ball entering
back of his left ear, the other en-
tering just above the eye, glancing
above the forehead. He was about
forty-fve years of age. Financial
troubles caused him to take his
own life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24
In a crowd of Henry County

In a crowd of Henry County
farmers going via the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Rail-
way to attend the West Tennessee
Farmers Institute last week, a
poll was taken for United States
Senator and the results showed "a
for Carmack and Ia for Bob Tay-
lor. Carmack is growing and will
continue to gain votes until the
10Th of May, next.-Lexington
Progress.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

Meanwhile it would be in order
for the people not to become too
much excited ever the gubernato-
rial and Senatorial campaigns to
overlook the great Importance of
securing a higher grade Of legis-
lative timber. Franklin Review
Appeal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

A man has recently been arrest
ed in New York for appearing on
the streets naked, and if some Of
our delinquent subscribers and
other debtors do not soon "come
across" the editor of this cold rag
of freedom" will be arrested on the
same charge. Adams Enterprise.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

1t is said that the politicians in
Pennsylvania are running over
each other to get into the reform
band wagon. Don't politicians
love to run with the big crowd?
We see evidences of that in Ten
nessee-Carroll County Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

Within week or ten days ex-
Governor Taylor will begin his
campaign speech making for the
Senatorship at Nashville. Of
course "Our Bob" will have an
immense audience to listen to his
opening speech. That it will be
a "corker" no one doubts.-Wa-
verify Sentinel.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

Governor Herrick of Ohio says:
"The people of Ohio, by substan-
tial majority, have defeated me
for governor. Ibow to their will" I"
Thus it will be seen that necessity
is also the mother of acquiesence.
Nashville Banner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

When you want the best flour
buy Hopkinsville supreme at W.
S. Weatherly & Co.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24

We will accept stove and heater
wood ON subscriptions for The
CHRONICLE.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24
If Patterson had spoken twice
in Memphis what would Malone's
majority have been? says the Car
roll County Democrat.

Richard A. McCurdy says that
insurance companies were not or
ganized to enrich the policy hold
ers. Evidently. AtlantaJ j ournal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-11-24
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

by the most cursory observer:
"There are a few professionals
in every community who make it
their business to "run things" "
They gather livelihood by run
ming things. Sometimes, accord
ing to the measure of their skill or
audacity, they get very well off in
this worlds goods by levying trib-
ute upon the public. Thus poll
tics, which is a noble game, is
prostituted to ignoble uses, and
the people are robbed under the
cloak of party
Echoes of the recent elections
in several States show that the
press is quick to recognize the
cause Of the political revolution
going on. The American people
will endure wrong long time, but
when they once become aroused,
when they feel like they are being
imposed upon, the unexpected gen.
orally happens.
"Parties in control of State and
National governments" says the
Carroll County Democrat, "some-
times presume too largely upon
the people and are made to suffer
by their corrupt dealingsand high
handed methods"
Notable examples of this was
manifested in some of the cleo
tions week before last.
Take Pennsylvania forinstance.
The plurality for Roosevelt last
year was 505,000. In the election
justhe the Democraticcandidate
for State treasurer was elected by
majority of over 100000, and in
Philadelphia, beyond doubt the
most corrupt city in the world as
result of "Quayism," the reform
ticket made clean sweep. Graft
and corruption marked the record
of the political bosses in Pennsyl-
vania. The party in power had
become corrupt, and the people
registered their disapproval by
taking from it an Office it-had held
for a generation.
Take Ohio. Roosevelt carried
the State by 255,000. This year
the Democrats carried it by about
10000. The Republican leaders
of Ohio failed to carry out their
| pledges to the masses and the peo-
| pie arose in their might and Cox,
the "great" Republican boss of
Cincinnati, Herrick and others
were ''put out of business"
It is the same thing in Massa-
chusetts. Roosevelt carried the
State by $4,000. This year the
Republicans held the State by the
narrowest margin. The tariff was
the principal question in Massa-
chusetts, where they are feeling
the burden of protection"
Party lines were cast aside in
New York City. Mcclellan, the
Tammany candidate for mayor of
Greater New York, and Heart, the
reform candidate, are both Dem
ocrats. The Republican nominee
for the same Office was a poor third
in the race. William Travers Jer-
ONE, who had proved himself a
friend of the law and the people,
was elected city attorney.
The picture is so graphic that it
needs no Interpretation. No par
ty is invincible when the people
take hand in affairs. 1t is only
question of time when these
professionals" as they are some
times termed, peter out and there
are none left to do them reverence.
The "gangsters" and shylocks
have seen their day in Tennessee
politics, for the people have regis
tered a righteous decree to that
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

cabled McCawley an order to return on the next vessel.
 At Social Helm.
 Since Novembir %. 1899. Major McCaw- ley has been at the social helm. Per haps it is fortunate that the quarter master has innumerable other assistants and does not need Major McCawley's ser vices, for he Is compelled to spend all his waking hours planning reception lists arranging dinner parties and even giving advice about costumes. It is not uncom- mon for the phone on his desk to jingle and for a sweet feminine voice to plead with the gallant officer to come right over and decide which one of her gowns will go best with the floral decorations chosen for her dinner party.
 Since the Roosevelt regime, Major Me- Cawley has reached the pinacle of power. It was he who planned the cotillion on January 3. 1903. for Miss Roosevelts de- but-a function which was brilliant so- cial success. but which caused more heart-burning and feuds in Washington society than any other event in it's his- tory. On that occasion Major MeCawley had the honor of leading the dance with the Presidents daughter, which was
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for an Arkansan by the name of Harry Mccarthy who, 1t is stated, published the words on his bills when he was trav- cling with a bird and minstrel show through the south in 1862. It is also averred that while Mccarthy lived or to be more specific, till 1874, no one thought of questioning his authorship of the song, These are sweeping assertions, but details are conspicuously absent and lit tie effort is made to substantiate the claim here boldly set forth. Unfortunate ly for your correspondent, his assertions run counter to facts and the records of the copyright office at Washington
 "The original Dixie was composed by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859. This is not only proven by his own statement, in which a detailed account Of the circum- stances under which it was written is given, including the place where it was first sung, but 1t is also substantiated by the testimony of numerous contempora- ries. including the Bryant brothers. through tine later sos and earlier eos, proprietors of the Bryant minstrels. at 470 Broadway, New York, for whom the song was first written and under whose auspices it was presented to the public.
 First Published in 1860.
 'The song was first published in New York. under the title I Wish I Was in Dixie Land As I write l have before me piece of sheet music with the im- print of Firth, Pond & Co.,. 547 Broad way. New York, bearing the title and the copyright date of 1860.
 'The song was afterward brought out under the title Dixie Land by William
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
How Wood Is colored.

Report of United States Consul Bergh,
 Gottenborg, Sweden.
 The colored wood industry began in Italy in the seventeenth century, and wood coloring works came to Sweden dur ing the Thirty Years war, but until quite recently the method was used on a very small scale.
 Now. by the method invented by the Austrian Joseph Phister in 1901, the wood is cooled when fresh. The tree Is cut while the sep Is in action, and in the coloring process the dye is forced under heavy pressure into the wood and re- pleces the sap. The manufacturers can color to a length of thirteen feet.
 Birch, beech, alder, maple, elm and bGsswood are the best kinds of wood for the purpose; oak is not good on ac- count of the tannic acid, and in spruce and pine the color cannot be made uni- form.
 The wood looks best when polished. The prices are yet comparatively high on account of the waste. but improve ments may follow. It can be used in furniture. panels and doors. also in out side work in order to avoid painting. It Is especially good for fitting ships and tram cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

the White House, the champion leader of coalitions, purveyor of exclusive gossip and final authority on mooted questions of precedent. ancestry and correct attire. In fact, the recognized and undisputed Beau Brummel of Washington society.
 What Harry Lehr is to the smart set of Newport, so is Major McCawley to the upper social strata of the American capi- tai. But ne is more than that. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt could not give successful levee were not this gall lant soldier of the seas there to arrange the details. to blend inharmonious ee- ments and to direct the progress of the fete. Such has been his mission for the past six years No man possesses such social power as this marine no man ex- ercises his perogatives in more auto cratic manner. Yet he Is neither rich, brilliant, aristocratic nor handsome. His salary is something over Sso00 year. He is not of particularly distinguished an- cestry. His father is Colonel Charles McCawley former commandant of the marine corps. and the family has no riea nor influential connections. Yet he prac- tically makes the success of Washing ton bud and determines the status of ev-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
wooed Through Mothers Cakes.

When Mme Ella Russell the English prima donna, was recently in Madrid she received every day at her hotel neat little parcel of cakes. They were good cakes but not out of the ordinary, and never once was there a line or word about the packages to give clew as to the sender This continued up to the last night she was to sing, and then came thd denouement
 As she left the concert hall she was accosted by q small but naughty man, who swung off his great soft hat with a flourish worthy of an ancient Castil- ian hidalgo.
 Think not, gracious lady" he an- nounced, while Mime. Russell stood silent in very surprise, that l have failed to see and honor your notice of unworthy me. For twenty nights your voice has charmed me. For twenty nights you have not failed to seek me with those won drous eyes Tn the topmost gallery. For twenty nights l have not slept for the thought of thee. My mother has a bak cry here in Madrid. I am my mothers s only son. And"-here he knelt in the street. hs hand upon his heart-"my life and fortune are at your feet"
 "Yet I went home.' said the songstress. From Success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
HISTOLOGY.
The Arabs Cultivated the Science
 With Great Ardor.

From the Chicago News.
 Owing to forebodngs of ill health and i'll fortune which a horoscope prophesied that the future held in store for him, man is said to have killed himself in Toronto the other day. The horoscope was made in Chicago and cost B. The maker stronly advised the unfortunate man that he should get a oroscope that cost $25. This sounds like a new story, but 1t is not. The tale Is age old and has come down to the present rom the ancient seers of all the lands and times of the past.
 A horoscope implies astrology. which means, 'the science of the stars The encyclopedia calls astroloGy "one of the most ancient forms of superstition. Chadeans, Egyptians, Hindus and Chi nese were given 10 it. The Jews became addicted to 1t after the captivity. It spread into tho west and into Rome at about the beginning of the Christian era. Astrologers played an important part al Rome. where they were called Chaldeans and "mathematcans." AL though they wete often banished by the senate and the emperors on pain of death and were otherwise persecuted, they con tinued to hold their ground. Even Ptol- emy the astronomer did not escape the Infection which in tir1e has become universal.
 Mohammedanism was well adapted to astrology and the Arabs cultivated the "science" with great dor from the seventh to the thirteenth century. Some of the early Christian fathers argued against astrology in it's earlier form and others received 1t modified to some ex- tent There is a hint of astrology some critics think in the story of the visit of the three wise men from the east to Bethlehem at the time of the nativity.
 Probably the palmiest days v1 astrology were the fourteenth and fifteenth cen turies. At two of the oldest universities in Europe chairs were founded for it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
HE IS STYLED THE
 PINK TEA DESPOT Washington Society Bows to Will of Major McCawIey WHITE HOUSE MAJOR DOMO His Position as Social Factotem of the President Makes Him the
 Beau Brummel of the Amer
 ican Capital.
WHITE HOUSE MAJOR DOMO
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

Washington, February 1z-(Speeial)- Every we'll ordered capital of Europe has functionary called the court chamber lain, whose duty it is to oil the social machinery and keep all the cogs in prop CT motion. When Washington shook off the thralldom of proyncialism and gave herself the airs of a world capital, the necessity for a social arblter became ur- gent. As in all other great crises of the country's history the man was there. He is Major Charles l.. McCawley. United States marine corps, the major domo of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
MOVEMENT BEGUN ID HONOR EMMETT Plan to Erect Monument to the
 Author of Dixie" NO DOUBT OF AUTHORSHIP Several Claims Have Been Made But None antlated-Emmett's
 Own Account of How He
 =. Wrote the Song.
 
NO DOUBT OF AUTHORSHIP

DIXIE. God made dis worr in just six days, An finished it in various ways.
 CHORUS. Look away, look away, look away, Dlxie land.
 He den made Dixie trim an nice. When Adam called it "Paradise.''
 CHORUS. Look away look away, look away, Dixie land
 Den I wish I was in Dixie, look way, look way.
 CHORUS. In Dixie land I'll took my stan to lib an die in Dixie, Away, away away down South in Dixie Away, away, away down South in Dixie. wish I was in the land of cotton Old times dar are not forgotten,
 Look away, Sc. In Dixie land when I was bornn' Early on one frosty mornin',-
 Look away. Sc.
 CHORUS. In Dixie land the darl5ies grow, If white folks only plant der toe,
 Look away, Sc. They wet the ground with tobacco smoke Den up the darkey's head will poke.
 Look away, Sc.
 CHORUS. Buckwheat cakes and cornmeal batter Makes you fat or little fatter,
 Look away, Sc. But if you want to drive away sorrow, Come and hear dis song termorrer,
 Look away, Sc.
 CHORUS. Den hoe 1t down and scratch you grabble To Dixie land I'm bound to trabble,
 Look away, &c. Den hers de health to my old missus An all de gals dat wants to kiss us
 Look away, Sc.
 CHORUS. A movement is on foot to erect a mon- ument to the memory of the author of Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the cily of his birth and death. Upon the occasion of the death of MT. Emmett last June, the mayor of Mount Vernon, at the request of the lodge of Elks of that city, who had charge of the funeral, appointed a committee of prominent citizens to act as a memorial commission to solicit and receive subscriptions to the fund for the monument. Those desiring to subscribe to the fund should send remittances to the secretary of the commission, MT. J. D. Shoots, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, who will make acknowledgement of the same.
 Authorship Established. Shortly after the death of Emmett a claim was set up for another person, in the Baltimore Sun, as being the author of Dixie" c. B. Galbreath, the state librarian of Ohio, in a communication to the Sun brought forward conclusive evil dence that its author was Emmett. The original verses. as first written by Elm nett, are those given at the head of this article. Other verses were added from time to time until they numbered about twelve.
 Mir Galgreath in his communication, said.
 Your correspondent claims that honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

teaching-at Bologna and Padua. No princes court was compete without It's astrologer After the renaissance the study of astrology was vigorously opposed though for centuries men continued to be- lieve in 1t, among whom, at least to a certain extent. was Napoleon. The mer- ciless r.-ule of Swift had much to do with it's discredit in Lrgland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
Startling Result.
heChicago Tribune.

From theChicago Tribune.
 T think you told me Miss Thuttyfore was taking elocutionary lessons form Prof Rantwell."
 ''So she was, but they came to a sudden stop and the Professor has left town"
 What was the 'trouble?"
 "Why, it seems that he was showing her how to read the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and he did 1t so naturally that she accepted him .-o ore could stop her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
Something New in Anatomy.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 A tiny fellow was receiving his first les son in physiology. The subject was bones Touching the little neck so satin-soft in texture that it required a great deal of faith to believe there were any bones in 1t, his auntie said: This. Mimi, is your collar bone.
 'Is it?' he cried eagerly. well, where is my necktie bone?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
q Wish | Was in pixle.v

'On Sunday 1t rained necessarily, and with my wife was compelled to remain indoors. I thought over the walkaround all day, but could get no suitable in- spiration. 1 was standing by the win dow, gazing out at the drizzy, raw day, and the old circus feeling came over me. I hummed the old refrain, I Wish I Was in Dixie, and the inspiration struck me. I took my pen and within ten minutes had written the first verses with music
 "The old circus refrain Was given in a pitch that suggested meancholy yearn- ing. When 1 began to write I involun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

 tarily increased the time until it de- veloped the stirring rhythm of the march. I then took my old fiddle and arranged the orchestra narts. The next Monday evening I sang the song and 1t took with such favor that I sang no other song during the seven remaining years I was with Bryant The bands took up the air, and the south adopted 1t as its own. When the war broke out southern bands played 1t as a rallying air on muster day. and just before Picket made his famous charge at Gettysburg he ordered the bands to play Dixie
 "The original manuscript of the song was stolen from me years ago, and never obtained any clew to its where abouts. I have heard that Confederate society in the south has it, but don't believe it, as I have letter of request from nearly society there for the manu- script l sold the copyright to a publisher for $500, which is all ever received from the composition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
v;taI Statistics of a Back Town.

From the Barre Cvt.) Times.
 "There were three marriages, six births and twenty-two deaths in town last year. gloomy look. certainly So says tho newspaper correspondent one of our Vermont towns. It Is, indeed gloomy look" Not only is the old stock dying out, but there is no infusion Of new. Think of the proportion or plrths to deaths Where one child is born in this Vermont community there are four deaths. Little wonder that the states population is practically at standstill.