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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
GREAT PROGRESS
OF TENNESSEE.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DUR
ING THE PAST TWO MONTHS
SHOWN BY CHARTERS.

The industrial development Of Ten.
nessee during the present year has
Deen truly remarkable and is very
gratifying to all who are interested in
the progress of the Volunteer State
along business lines. The number OF
charters granted by Secretary of State
John w. Morton during the month of
January was eighty-three in all, rep
resenting a total capitalization of
$3,159, 800. These figures did not show
she increased capitalization of num-
Der of Tennessee concerns.
During the month of February just
passed, there were sixty-six charters
granted by the Secretary of State rep
resenting a total capitalization of $4.-
sO2.9S0. From the above it will be
seen that while the number of charters
issued during February showed a de-
crease when compared with. the month
preceding of seventeen, the Febru-
airy capitalization exceeded that of
January by $1,343,4S0 This may be
partly accounted for by the fact that
several large concerns were chartered
last month, one having $1,500,000 cap
HaI stock and another $1,O00,O0O,
while there were several capitalized
Al 100000 or over.
During the first two months Of the
year there were total of 149 new Ten
nessee concerns chartered represent
ing a total capitalization of 1882, 400,
truly splendid showing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO
MEET PRESIDENT,

Mr.. Bodawitz, of Ardmore, l. T., a
prosperous merchant, will have his
name preserved in the pages of his.
tory as the only person who has ever
declined to meet the President of the
United States when 1t was the easy
and natural thing to do. Mr.. Boda.
kitz went to Washington to prefer
charges against an applicant for
Federal job. He succeeded in knock.
ing out his man and while calling at
the White House Secretary Loeb
asked him If he would like to see the
President. Mr.. Bodawitz looked at his
watch and replied: ut is now u
o'clock and I have an appointment
over at Arlington in three minutes"
Couldn't you drop around in the
morning?" asked Secretary Loeb when
he had caught his breath. NO" replied
Mr.. Bodawitz, Il am going down to
Mount Vernon in the morning and will
take the o'clock train for the West"
Mr.. Bodawitz simply did not have any
curiosity to see the President and no
reason to believe that the President
wanted to see him.-Hartford Con
Post. !
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
NATURAL GAS WELLS
IN NORTH ALABAMA

HUNTSVILLE. Ala, March g.
The New York Alabama OIL Company
has had examination made Of its gas
wells at Hazel Green. by William
Barley. an oil and gas expert from
Nebraska. who says two of ttem. Nos.
and 8, are the finest he has ever seen
anywhere and their product is esti-
mated at 2 900. 900 cubic feet of gas a
gay. The New York Alabama Com
pany has raised money to establish a
pipe lire to huntsville. and the direc-
tors expect to be in position to do
this in a short time. Another drilling
outfit has been purchased. and several
more wells will be sunk during the
next few months.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
BOARD OF
EDUCATION
HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING
MISS KATE WRIGHT ELECTED
TEACHER.

At the meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation held Tuesday evening the prin-
ciple business before the Board was
the eie.,lon of a teacher to fill the
mace of Miss Carrie Walker, a hall
teacher, who has resigned her position
on account of i'll health. There were
four applicants for the position, Nlisses
.lary Ashton, Lucy McGregor, Iona
Sowell and Kate Wright. Miss Wright,
who is daughter of Mr.. John Thomas
Wright, was elected.
Quite a discussion arose regarding
the question as to whether the Board
had the power to elect, or whether 1t
was the duty of the Principal of the
school to appoint. 1t was finally, how
ever, decided that the Board had the
power until the first of June next.
= matter of Importance was the ap-
pointment of Mr.. H. Z. Figuers as
Committee of one to draft an ordi-
nance to be presented to the city re-
peallng the ordinance now on the
books, which provides that no teacher
can be elected who has not been a res,
!dent of the town for twelve months
preceding the election. The new ordi-
nance will provide that the teacher
shall reside in the town, but does not
require any previous residence.
Another unique question was discus
sed as to how to prevent the negroes
in town from adopting negro children
in the country and bringing them to
the city and educating them. Some
eight or ten cases of this character
were mentioned, where negroes living
in the town had adopted children from
the country simply in order to put
them in school.
The Board also took into considera-
ton the question of the necessity of
repairing and putting into better shape
the inside and outside of the public
buildings formerly known as the
Athenaeum.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

William Lloyd, one of the leading
members of the Laundrymen's Nation
al Association, was discussing the won
derful laundering machinery that has
of late appeared.
But is not this machinery harder
on linen than the old-fashioned hand
work was?" said an interviewer.
quite the contrary" said Mr..
Lloyd. Send your linen to a good,
up-to-date laundry and it will last
longer than 1t would in the hands Of a
washer woman"
But so many Complaints"
"Oh, az for complaints. Mr.. Lloyd
interrupted, you hear them every
where. In every big business house
complaint department must be main
tanned. But for every loud complaint
remember that there are thousand
silent concentrations. Otherwise the
business could not succeed.
"Proprietors of big concerns get ac-
customed to silent commentator and
out-spoken complaints. They are a
good deal like a certain restaurant
manager.
ITO this manager a patron said one
afternoon:
"'Where did you get that beef that
you served me for lunch?
"And the manager, confident that
complaint was forthcoming, said hot
ly:
"Well, sir?, what was the matter
with the beef?'
Nothing said the patron. That
was the reason why 1 asked kan
sas City Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
SMALL ASSIGNMENT.
H. w. MCKEE, A GROCER ON EN-
BARGo IN DIFFICULTIES.

Il. W. Mckee. doing a small grocery
business at the corner of Ninth and
Embargo streets, has filed a deed of
trust, naming j. I. Mcknight trustee.
The assets consist of the stock of goods
and fixtures and the liabilities amount
to $349. %. distributed as follows:
Cheek g. Sen. Nashville, 1852 IS, J.
A. Sloan Co. 1926, Will Barker
1856. 90, Ewell Mills $53 30, Calender q
20. $14. 90, s. Fl. Voss $3.50, ]. e.
Hough g Son, Manchester, 81. SO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
A CARD OF THANKS.

With grateful hearts, we offer our
sincere thanks to the many sympa.
thetic friends who so kindly and so
lovingly assisted in caring for our
dear sister, Mrs. A. B. Harris, during
her last Hines.
May our Heavenly Father ever deal
tenderly with you, and richly reward
you for your every act of kindness.
P. A. DAWSON.
j w. DAWSON.
A. v. DAWSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
GAS WELL
BURNING.
FLAMES CAN BE SEEN FORTY
MILES AWAY IN THE
NIGHT TIME.

KANSAS CITY, March 5.-The
great gas well, FIVE miles from here,
in the Indian Territory which has
been burning since February %, when
it was struck by lightning, continues
to roar today. The flames forced $50
feet into the air, were visible forty
miles away last night The fire prob
ably is one of the worst of it's kind
gas men have ever had to combat.
An effort to drop an immense iron
cap over the well was made, but the
cap, weighing 5000 pounds, was turned
to white heat when within twenty
feet of the well.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
MIXED WIVES.

In the early part of the last century
there lived in an old New Englanl
town a Mr.. Church, who in the course
of his earthly life was bereft of four
wives, all of whom were buried in the
same lot. In his old age 1t became
necessary to remove the remains to
new cemetery. This he undertook
himself, but in the process the bones
became hopelessly mixed. His New
England conscience" would not allow
him, under the painful circumstances,
to use the original headstones, 50 he
procured new ones, one of which bore
the following inscription:
Here lies Hannah Church ami prob.
ably a portion of Emily"
Another:
Sacred to the memory of Emily
Church, who seems to be mixed with
Matilda"
Then followed these lines:
Stranger, pause and drop a tear,
For Emily Church lies buried here,
Mixed in some perplexing manner
With Mary, Matilda and probably Han.
nah"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
COTTON

We have plenty of seed from first
pickings to loan farmers who con.
template planting. This may be the
year for Maury county growers. A
late season in the South would en-
courage the boil weavil, and with a
decrease of Is per cent, both in acre
age and fertilizer, the prospect seems
good for big prices.
COLUMBIA COTTON MILL co.
2-23-tf
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
BUSINESS CHAN e.

l have bought the interest of my
father and brother in the livery
" business known as Watson's Sta
= BILE and will continue the business.
. will add several new horses and
= new buggies to the stable and also
moving van and will move fam
" lilies to any part of the city or
" county. Call me when you need
= anything in my business.
" w3mo GUS WATSON.
.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
A WORD TO STOCKMEN.

In placing your advertising for the
coming season please remember that
the Weekly Herald reaches more
peorlo. gives more stock news and
viii give better returns to the adver.
tiser than any medium you can use
When you need stock bills you will
find our prices reasonable and our
work first class. S-tf
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

WANTED: -Gentleman or lady with
good reference, to travel by rail or
With rig. Salary $1,072.OO per year
and expenses; salary paid weekly and
expenses advanced. Address, with
stamp, JOS. A. ALEXANDER, Colum-
hia, Tenn. 1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
NOT so BRUTAL.

he struck his little wife, and they
Had been wed but a week;
And yet he struck her, sad to say!
Now wasn't he sneak?
He struck his fragile wife, alas!
This tale is very sad
How come such happenings to pass?
How can men be so bad?
And yet the second thought, you know
His was not bad intent;
His little wife possessed the dough
And he had not cent.
He struck his little wife, tits true,
Within a weeks brief time,
But there was nothing else to do
He had to have a dime.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
BARN AND HORSE BURNED

The barn of r. E. Mccormack, To-
Gated near Carter's Creek, was burned
early Friday morning, together with a
valuable horse, some feed stuff and
harness. The loss is about 500, with
no insurance. Mr.. Mccormack does
not know how the fire started.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

Among the distinguished visitors to
Sarcoxie this week may be mentioned
the Hon. Jack Frost, the chaste and
beautiful Miss A. Snow and Mr.. and
Mrs. Coldernthunder, who were ac-
companied by Messrs. B. Low Zero
and l. c. Winds.-Sarcoxie Record.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

Young Doctor-He seems to have
every confidence in my ability to save
him.
Old Doctor-Is he delirious on other
subjects also?-Judge
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

Wiseman-I was uncommonly lucky
the first time l ever played the races.
Drumley-Simply couldn't lose, Ell?
Wiseman-Wrong! l did lose and
never played again.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

Stella-They say that at twenty she
was the observed of all observers.
Bella-Yes, and now at sixty she is
the preserved of all preservers =
Town Topics.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

Jaggers: Congratulations, old man,
on your being able to swear of.
waggers: Nothing at all; I've done
it dozen times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

A man must be a good deal of
pessimist not to like the world when
he imagines people envy him.-New
York Press. ,s
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09

MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Charley Reedy TO Miss Myrtle
Cookey
One can see a big field through q
small crack in the fence.
Will Padgett to Miss Effie Holcomb.
D. A. Petty to Miss Ethel Brown.
Andrew Walker to Miss Axle Ken.
nedy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
REPUBLICANS MEET
AND ADJOURN

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March Z.
The Republican State Committee
held two hours session today and
adjourned about one o'clock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
The Value ola Bank Account

think bank valuable bank
Not While the account of
valuable to the individual he has money
deposit the of which captaI
the bank; the burglary dishonesty
officers guaranteed fur
nshed by the bank to the individual free of
system points
made with safety and without the individual
your business for
ninety days, the bank furnishes
recommendation letter credit advice gives
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
DYNAMITE. SHIP is IN PORT.
Crosses Atlantic With Cargo Frauens
With Dire Peril.

Nav York. Aug. 14.-Voyaging mere
from Hamburg with enough dynamic
and detonators in her hold to pioW up
a squadron of warships, the rusty-siaeu
900 tom Danish bark BonaVlsta, WIN
the red flag Of danger floating laZlly
from her fore truck, poked her brine
washed nose thru the swash channel
to anchorage in Gravesend bay In the
wake of a noisy harbor tug. She had
been forty-rine days on the voyage,
and score of times had narrowly es-
capped being run down and taking hef
foe with her to kingdom come
Had one of the great ocean liners,
close to which she passed on her run
thru the fol, belt on the banks, struck
the tiny bark, nothing would have been
left of either vessel to solve the mys-
terry of the disaster.
But there was nothing in the placid
faces of Captain Christionserl and his
crew of five Swedish sailors as they
stood on the deck of their floating mine
to tell of the awful dangers they had
faced in that long trip thru storms and
Gains and fogs. In violation of all
precedent the crew stood on the quar-
ter deck with the captains calmly
smoking their pipes, the smoke trailing
over the stern.
CAPTAIN Suspends Rules.
1t was easy to- learn what caused
this invasion of the captains exclusive
domain. The crew did not dare to
smoke anywhere else with the vessel
swinging at anchor for fear of sparks
from their pipes, and the captain sus-
pended the rule for the comfort of the
men who had risked their lives to
bring over the dangerous cargo of the
Bonavista.
'sWe hattened the ballast below and
put the dynamite on top of it after
we had made cushion for it to rest
upon,' said Captain christensen. I'VE
screwed the dynamite boxes to planks
that rested on the ballast then put in
brush wood and then another layer of
planks and dynamite boxes.
Often Near a Collision.
But in spite Of all this precaution
I would not have given much for any
vessel that struck us during the trip,
and l do not like to think of how close
we came to 1T off the banks. AS for
the bark, collision would have made
powder Of u.s.
I'VE wouldn't have sunk. We would
just have f1oated off like SO much
DUST
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14

in both houses, the proposition Will be
raised to rewrite the corporation laws
of the state watch it has been recog-
niZed for some years has been needed.
Steps have already been taken looking
TO that direction. AT the annual con-
vention of the county attorneys asso-
citation III this city the matter was
brought up and discussed and it was
generally admitted that there is now
no way of reaching the exorbtant
charges of the ice men. for instance,
and practically way of reaching any
number OF combinations of corpora
lions that 1t Is desired to limit and
spohibit
The matter of rewriting the corpora
ton laws was discussed to a limited
extent by Legislators at the last session
of the legislature. but other more
pressing matters and the fact that the
friends OF the corporations controlled
absolutely the senate made 1t imposs
BILE to take the matter UP with any
hope of having a successful revision of
the laws. 1t will be pressed to sue
cessful conclusion at the next session.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
kynes- 9rh1irup NlarstaItnm,, annu Ar4yst "a 1906

have returned from their visit in Ce-
dar Falls.
III. b. Clifford left Sunday night fol
Michigan and points further east. nc
will be gone a month or six weeks.
III, Jackson and wife left for the eas'
yesterday They will visit friends an
relatives in New York, and Ne"
Hampshire.
A. j. Breeder and wife left las'
night for Redlied, S. ID.
Miss Hattie Perry concluded her Wis
if at the G. n. Perry home and re
turned to her duties in the state treas
ureres office yesterday.
Wesley Manatt left last night 1oi
Chamberlain. :. -.
Miss E1ffie Wlnilnuth OH ROCK IS
land, is visiting Grinnell relatives.
w. Il. Brooks has purchased thF
Dunlap restaurant on Main street
and expects to open photograph gal-
lery there.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. z. Peck are enjoyins
a visit from their daughter Mrs
Blanche Johnston. Of Sheridan, Wyo.
John Ramsey left for the g. A. X
encampment at Minneapolis yeste"-
day.
Miss Blanche Hensell of Iowa CITY
is visiting Mrs. =. A. McMillen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
State Center News.

Special to Tunes kepuhlcan.
State Center. Augi 14.-Mrs. L. III
Schaper and children are visiting will
the formers parents at Spirit Lake.
Mrs Nellie Olson arrived here Sat.
urday, for visit with her mother
Mrs John GutekuntZ.
Mrs b. S. West and daughters ano
Mr.. and Mrs. u. II. Schilling and chill
dren left yesterday morning for an out
ing al the lakes.
Miss Jessie Brown is visiting ole
frient.s here.
lMr. and Mrs. William Nelson are the
proud parents of daughter, born las
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Whitehill lef
yesterday morning for Minnesota
Miss Olive Moberly. Of Des Moines
is visiting with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Reed.
Mr.. e. p. Snyder went to Minnesota
yesterday.
DR.. Ball went to Holden. Mo-, las
week to visit with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C
Dakin His wife and children, who
have ben visiting there for some time
will accompany him home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Guile are visiting
relatives in Eagle Grove.
Mr.. A. P. Woolston and daughter
Florence returned last evening from {
weeks visit at Sutherland.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
Wife No. 1 Assisted As Witness
at the Third Marriage of
Her Husband
HAD NOT OBTAINED A DIVORCE
Also Came Long Distance to Nurse
Wife No. 8 Thru Serious illness
Apparently Had Not Lost Her Love
for spouse-second Wife Dead-The
General News.
Special to Times-Republlcan

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, Aug. 14.--The most re-
markable story of bigamy is that or
John A. Kelly, who not only accumu-
lated three wives Illegally, but actu-
ally induced wife No. 1 to stand up
with him as his witness at his mar
riage to No 3. Not only this, but wife
No. /, in response to call from her
husband, went to his home and nursed
wife No thru long illness back to
health. She seems to have done 1t all
out of love for her husband. The story
was told to Judge Page in police court,
where Kelly was brought on complaint
no thought of proceeding against him.
Mrs. Kelly No. / married her hus-
band in 1872 at Rockford, Ill. The two
lived happily enough until a few years
ago, when Kelly met and married Miss
AlZora Carter at Nebraska City, Neb.
For this he was arrested and sent to
prison. When he f1n1Sheu MS term ne
returned TO live with No. l at Ham
burg, Iowa There he met Miss Eva
Scott, aged 10, courted her and was
accepted Last month they were mar
ried by Justice Hook at Sidney, Iowa,
and ten days ago he brought wife No.
to Sioux City.
Kelly was married under the name
of Thomas J. Strupper. which he as
sumed during the civil war when he
enlisted before the legal age. Mrs.
Kelly, the wife of thirty years stand
ing. actually went to the court house
at Sidney to act as witness to help her
husband secure a marriage license, and
then went with him to the justice and
acted as witness at his marriage.
Not long after the marriage No. )
became seriously sick Kelly sent for
No. and she lovingly cared for No. 3,
with whom she seems perfectly con-
tented to share the affections Of her
husband.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
REVISE IOWA TRUST LAW.
The Progressives Have Majority ir
Legislature-Steps May Be Taken.

The Proqressives Have Majority in
LeqisIature-Steps May Be Taken.
Des Moines, Aug. IA complete re-
vision of the trust laws of Iowa is one
of the undertakings that will confront
the legislature which will assemble in
this city in January next. There is
every assurance now that the legisla-
ture will be strongly progressive. The
progressives had majority in the
house at the last session, tho the ma
jority was not large and was not often
put to a test. When the democrats of
the house combined with the stand
patters as in the seating of Whitmer a
democrat in the O'Brien, district the
combination formed majority. At the
coming session, however. this will be
changed There are six districts which
at the last session We're composed of
two counties each. Under the new law
every county is to have at least one
representative. AS the districts which
formerly We're made up of two counties
each are all located in The northern
part of the state, it means in each in
stance gain of at least one represent
tative TO the progressves and in some
instances where the district was rep
resented by a standpattel' it means a
gain of two. In the sena-e at the last
session there were twenty-one pro-
gressives, twenty-one standpatters and
eight democrats. Five more will give
the progressives the majority, and
there Is every indication that they will
gain this five.
With a clear majority of progressiyes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
The News of Grinnell.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to IlmeS- RepuDHGaH
Grinnell, Aug. 14.-The funeral OF
Theodore Crane who died Saturday
night was held this afternoon at the
family residence on Summer stree.
Mr. Crane never recovered conscious
ness after his apopleetic stroke last
Thursday.
V. G. Preston and family returned
from their California trip yesterday.
Mr. Preston was much benefited by
the outing.
H. T. Chaplin and family left Satur-
day for Minneapolis to attend the G.
A. r. reunion
Miss Jeanette Ruff left yesterday
evening for Des Moines where she viii!
visit a few days before proceeding to
Claremont, Cal. to assume her ne y
duties as secretary to President Geo
A. Gates of Pomona college.
Carl Kiesel leaves shortly for the
home of his birth in Germany. He ex-
poets to spend year abroad
Mrs. Jas. Simmons and children