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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-26

The Herald will pay $40 in cash to
lead to the arrest and conviction of any
person caught stealing copies of The
Herald from the premises of our pa
irons THE HERALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-26
THE CITY

Strangers are invited to visit the OK
hibit OF California products at the
Chamber Of Commerce building, on
Broadway, between First and Second
streets. where free information will be
given on all subjects pertaining to this
section.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-26

II you want TO go east. G. Haydock.
Agent Illinois Central R.R.. l1s w. eth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
MT. PLEASAN DEPARTMENT
Continued from Page Nine.)


Judge F. NJ. Ricketts, has purcb,s.a
the Strayhorn home On Wasbip,,..
Ave. and will move his family in ~
onos.
w. D.. Strayhorn has sold to Arrs
Emma Ricketts, house and lot IN 49,
third ward. The consideration uas
$4,000.
A very glowing report comes fror.
Mr.. Price, who is travelling in Ka,
lucky in the interest of the new for
tilizer factory, he having sold IN ~
average of IT'S thousand tons a veal
He has been out four weeks.
News has been received from Dr.
Wash Long, who is spending q fa,,
weeks at Bailey Springs, that he il
greatly benefited
Mr.. Clark arrived with his car of
bananas this morning, so our Deonla
are being greatly supplied with this
fruit.
The number of drummers that waro
seen on our streets goes to show that
our town is in flourishing condition
The first samples were shipped ont
from the Mt. Pleasant Fertilizer Far.
tory Monday morning.
Mr.. D. s. Estes, of the 18th district
had on exhibition here Monday a n.
mato that will doubtless not be ey.
ceeded or equaled in this vicinity #
weighed exactly one pound and four.
teen ounces. The variety is not
known.
Fishing" for rattlesnakes is nos.
sibly the latest industry in operation
near here. A man from the rural
district brought one in Monday that
was actually caught by a pole and
line which he had baited. The exact
age of his snakeship is not known, but
1t is very immense and lengthy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
LAND SALE.
]. NJ. Goodloe,
]. P. Goodloe, ct. al.

In the Chancery Court, at Columbia.
Tennessee.
Pursuant to a decree entered in
above styled cause at the April, term,
1906 on minutes at page 155, will on
Monday, the 18th day of August, 1906,
at II o'clock noon, at the Court House
door in Columbia, Tennessee, sell to
the highest bidder, the land described
in said decree bounded and described
as follows, to-wit: Situated in the
(old) 18th Civil District of Maury
County, Tenn, known as the Dabney
NJ Goodloe farm, and containing about
200 acres of land, bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Bounded on the
north by Jones and Conner; on the
south by Goodloe and CRANBERRY; on
the east by E. Hoge and on the west
by the lands of S. ]. Bingham.
Said sale will be made subject to
all the rights of w. J. Lancaster, who
has the farm rented for the year 1906.
TERMS.-Said sale will be made on
credit of six, twelve and eighteen
months. Sale free from the equity of
redemption. Notes bearing interest
from date of sale with good personal
security will be required of the pur-
chaser, and lien retained to secure the
payment of the purchase money.
This the 18th day of July, 1906.
jul13-4t A. N. AKIN, G. & M.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

In manner Belt was quiet, courteous
and unassuming. No hint of the finan-
cial genius which he possessed was
obtainable from casual contact with
him, and his personality was extreme
ly deceptive. A summary of the way
Millionaire Belt impressed those who
met him casually for the first time is
contained in a letter military auth
GRITTY who came across him in South
Africa few years ago, wrote home.
THAT he is millionaire and a great
financier l am informed on good au-
thority and take for granted" wrote
the army man. Had | been in ignor-
ance of his identity | should have TAX
en- him for a nonenity, and certainly
not have given him credit for being
either millionaire or financier. He is
a most unassuming and transformations
man of wealth and as kindly, quiet and
courteous as it is possible to be. Very
ordinary and meager in his ideas and
commonplace in his conversation, he
is one of the last men I should have
picked out of crowd as able and ca
pable."
Yet this was the man who was ca
pable of making one thousand million
dollars.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
CUMBERLANDS
In NASHVILLE.

There was a conference in the Tn.
lane Hotel Friday between several
prominent members of what is termed
the "loyalists' faction of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, among those
present being the following: Judge
William Reister, of Evansville. Ind:
j. H. Russell, of Columbia; T.
A. Havron, of Jasper, editor of the
Cumberland Banner: J. N. Parker, of
Dyersburg; and Judge w. B. Clark.
of GAINESVILLE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
RELIGIOUS.
~s%- z..

~1@ ----A tdN u Il
Union services were hello at the Pres
byterian church Sunday evening,
There was a very enthusiastic meet.
ing of the recently organized Christian
Endeavor Society here Sunday night
The meeting was presided over by MI
LanieT, who gave instructions to the
various members of the different com.
mittees in regard to their duties Tn,
members manifested a lively ineres,
and seemed to be greatly encouraged
for the future prospects of the society,
which means the members and othe's
will derive no little benefit from thei:
work and influence
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
PERSONALS.

Quite numDeI from this place
attended the burial of MI. James
Howard at McCaius Sunday.
Mrs. Woods and Miss Fette-. OF
Louisville. are visiting their brother,
T. K Fetter. on North Main street.
Henry Blackburn lett this morning
for Decatur. wher4 he has accepted a
position.
Miss Nell Weaver who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Hopkins at
Rockosle, returned this morning.
John Ruhm, Sr., of Nashville, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. S
FrIerson.
Mrs. Camilla Afford has gone to
Wayne to visit relatives.
Miss Elizabeth Powell, who has been
visiting Miss Emma Ricketts, returned
to her hons in Flore ace Saturday.
Miss Helen McMillin left Monday
to visit her father. who is sick at his
home IN White Sulphur Springs, Va.
Prof j. R. rhompson. of Tho np'on-
vile, KY, who was elected principal
of Hay Long College. arrived Monday
morning.
Miss Virgie Sherrod has returned
home for visit to Miss julia Warhe!d
10 Columbia
Mrs. SAIlie Slmns, Ut Lawle3cc.
burg, arrived Saturday afternoon to
visit her brother, Dr. J E. Anderson
for several weeks.
Mrs. Lem Thompson and daughter
have returned home after a visit to
her sister, Mrs. S. D. Patterson.
After a visit to the Misses Gregory,
Miss Adams has returned to Birm-
ngham, Ala
Miss Maud Burns, of Columbia, is
he guest of Mrs. English.
Mr.. Chas Berry, of Pittsburg, Tex,
s the guest of Mrs. and Mrs. Joe
English.
Mr. Geo. Henderson is the guest
If friends at Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs Roland Frick spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Matthew'S :,
Mr.. Alex George, of Lawrenceburg,
5 in town.
Frank Long left Wednesday to ac-
ept position in Georgia.
Mrs. Simpson Irvine has returned
rom visit to relatives in Columbia.
Mrs s. E. Ricketts,, of Culleoka, is f.:
listing relatives here.
]. Overton Ewing, of Florence, Ala, .
J in the city.
Miss Ethel Ross and cousin, Miss
larry Dodson, will spend the week in
lie country, the guest of Miss Annie {
cuff.
Miss Kate Long goes to Bigbyville {
to be with her brother, Arch, .
no Is sick at the home of his father. :.
Mrs. Sallie Simms, of Lawrenceburg,
no came up Saturday afternoon, re-
rned home tonight on account of
e illness Of her daughter, Alice.
Mrs. John Frierson, of Montgomery,
the guest of Mrs. Tate Jenkins.
Mr.. A. DeCasembroot left Monday
ternoon to join his wife, who is Q
ending the summer at Lookout.
-.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
SHOOTING SCRAPE

There was a shooting affair near
town today A Mr.. Boshears imbibed
a little too freely and went to the
country store of Mr. G. w. Hicks and
started trouble. He also made threats
regarding Hicks family and when he
started toward the house Mr.. Hicks
took a shot at him Boshears then
came to town and had him arrested
for disorderly conduct
Boshears made bond and was re-
leased but he was later re-arrested
charged with drunkenness
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
4: THE DEAD CROESUS Il

Alfred Belt, who died Monday, was
by far the financially greatest Of those
amazing multi-millionaires who have
raised themselves on mountains of
money from the gold and diamond
mines of South Africa. He was meal
culably richer than Barney Barnato,
intellectually richer than Cecil Rhodes,
and he was the wealthiest mine owner
the world has ever seen, unless it be
that King Solomon's mines conferred
vaster treasures upon their possessor,
says the Chicago Record-Herald. Prob
ably Belt himself could not have stated
within millions of dollars the exact
amount he was worth, but the figure
most generally accepted by financiers
as representing his fortune was 81 ,OOO,-
100000, though some estimates run as
low as S400, 100000. 1t has time and
again been declared on good authority
that Belt had long since graduated
from the ranks of the mere multi-mil-
yionaire and was genuine millionaire.
This in itself is sufficient to indicate
that he was a remarkable man.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
A Birds Eye View.

Bird S. Coler says he would not be
surprised to see Mr. Roosevelt nomi.
nate William j. Bryan in the next Dem.
ocratic convention.-Hou Post
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

business and technical genius of the
American Nation, and wherever he
acquired new interests he passed by
men of his own and adopted Nation,
German and English, and obtained
Americans. Wherever Belt enterprises
were found, in South Africa, South
America, Australia, Korea, Siberia or
the man in charge of the
work was an American engineer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

Belt went to South Africa with
everything in his favor to undertake
the work he began shortly after he
reached the diamond fields He had
plenty Of money and was we'll backed
Belt was not Millionaire who sprang
from pauperism. He was the son of a
large merchant in Hamburg. where he
himself was born in 1853, and he was
destined for position as partner in
the old-established firm of his father.
Belt was given an excellent education,
sent to university and then taken
into the Office of his father. Just as
he began his business career, however,
there was sudden commerce with the
new South African town of Kimberley.
This commerce promised such devel-
opment that this firm decided to send
a representative into the new marvel
land TO see if the resources of the
country justified the big credt- which
traders in all maner of supplies and
machinery were demanding from the
Hamburg merchants. While diamonds
had been found in the Orange River
country in 1867, in 1870 reports came
of even greater diamond finds in Kim
berley, to the Northwest. There was
stampede to the place and by 1875
diamond mining had assumed huge
proportions. It was in this year that
the young German set forth, going by
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

Although a man of simple tastes,
Belt lived in very good style in Lon
don, where he knew some of the very
greatest men in the kingdom. Among
Belts friends were the Duke of Fife
and the present King of England, at
the time when he was Prince of Wales.
Another intimate was Prince Adolf
plus of Teck, while Belt also used to
be seen several years ago with Lord
Rosebery, who is said to dabble oc
casionally in Kafir stocks. Belts ex-
penditures in London were about
$4,000 a day, besides which he gave a
good deal of money for charitable pur-
poses. He lived in Park lane, known
as a thoroughfare of millionaires, and
his house spread over a large amount
having attached to it also a winter
garden.
No man in London was more tenn
perate than Belt. His tipple was ice
water and his hard drink tea At din
ners he slipped claret but often fell
back upon the water carafe Belts
if he had any, were in the
line Of smoking, and it used to be said
he consumed numerous cigars, of the
finest tobacco and specially made, ev-
cry day. Belt was much below the
average height, blonde, with promi-
nent eyes of steel blue In apparel he
was so dapper as to be almost a dan
ly, yet he dressed in good taste. He
little in London.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

Can't Blame Pittsburg MiIIionaires.
Secretary Shaw wants wider cir.
of fve-dollar bills.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

In his appetfteS Belt was said to
have been none epicurean and almost
anything" satisfied him. Nevertheless
he had one Of the most highly paid
chefs in England, and kept a superb
table. Belts chief amusement lay in
music, and he subscribed large sums
to musical entertainments of various
kinds. He also had a taste for art,
and Bets collections OF pictures was
one Of the finest in England. His
whole Park lane house showed every
evidence of artistic taste.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

The basis of Belts wealth may be
summed uD in very few words-the
organization of the South African dia-
mond industry It was Alfred Belt
who perceived, on his arrival in South
Africa in 1875, that fabulous fortune
awaited the man who would organize
the industry, gather into one combina-
tion a controlling interest in the dia-
mond properties and become master
of the diamond market of the world.
Although the credit has frequently
been given wholly to Cecil Rhodes, it
was actually Beit-who arrived in
South Africa years before Rhodes
who first combined and then systema-
tiled the diamond mining industry.
This statement is not to be taken as
implying that Rhodes did not have a
large part in the ultimate close corpor-
alton result-a result which means a
genuine trust in diamonds. Rhodes
did have great part in that
achievement. But young Belt was the
first In the field, he was the first to
realize that diamonds might become
so cheap as to be profitIess to mine; i
he was the first to begin the quiet I
buying un of scattered and conflicting
claims; the first to see that there was
wealth beyond the fables Of antiquity
only in the event that the production
Of diamonds could be kept down to the
point where they would be freely alb
sorbed by the Nations at the old
STANDARDS prices 1
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

Although only year past his major
ity, Belt was excessively level-headed,
self-poised, clear-sighted. He watched
the madmen and their acts asd meth
DDS for a time, until he understood the
situation in detail. Then the cool
young man said to himself two words
combination, systemization. Those
two words intimately spelled billion
aire for Belt. He set to work in his
quiet, thorough way, to buy up and OBJ
tain control of many properties; he
welded these into one organization; he
introduced the most modern and scien-
tific methods of mining; he handled
his diamond output so that prices were
the foundation of the diamond trust.
Later Cecil Rhodes came. Barney Bar
nato came. Both entered into diamond
Barnato owned mines in Kim
berley and he and Belt became part
ers. Rhodes obtained control of vast
in Griqualand. Then began
the titanic diamond war of Rhodes vs.
Belt and Barnato, which finally culmi-
mated in the De Beers consolidation of
all the diamond mines held by the OPP
ponents. 1t was this consolidation
which was largely due to Rhodes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

bullock team across Cape Colony, the
Free State, the Transvaal to Kimber-
ley.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

He found a city of madmen. Thou
sands upon thousands had rushed in,
taken up or bought land, and were
working the wonderful blue or yellow
clay, filled as a pudding with fruit,
with the dull stones which could be
cut and polished into jewels for which
fortunes would be given in the cities
of the world. Everything was in the
widest state of confusion. There was
chaos in the laws. chaos in the man
ner of working claims, chaos in the
trade, which competition had already
nearly ruined; there were enormous
losses from thefts; the 81. D. B." bus
iness-illicit diamond buying-had
grown to scandalous proportions. Belt
was not carried away by the fever
and madness and turmoil and wealth.
He kept cool He began to think.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

Belt, however, by no means confined
himself to diamonds. There was gold
to be mined in South Africa and gold
mines to be consolidated Belt turned
to the yellow metal. He obtained alb
solute ownership or control of most Of
the chief holdings In the johannesburg
gold fields and made a consolidation
under the name of the well-known
Rand Mines, limited. At one time it
was said Belt contemplated the forma-
ton Of gold trust, similar to his dia-
mond trust, and he was reported to
have made overtures to American gold
mine owners on the subject.
Belt further secured control of the
big copper mines in Rhodesia, while
one of his firms held 100000 acres of
the most valuable agricultural and
mineral land in the Transvaal Belt,
however, did not confine his interests
to South Africa, and his possessions
extended all over the world. He owned
gold and silver mines in South Ameri-
ca, Siberia and Korea; he bought the
Oneida and Mariposa mines in Cali
fornia, and from Mrs. Hearst her share
in the Anaconda copper mine at Butte,
Mont. He also owned controlling in
terests in electric street railway sys-
TENS in South Africa, Mexico, Chill
and Portugal
Belt had the highest regard for the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

But Belt was remarkable for other
reasons than that he possessed one
thousand million dollars. He was note
worthy because he had no point of SINH
larity with those numerous wealthy
men who have made great fortunes
largely through chance, through specu-
lation or through acts which come par
ticularly close to the sloughs of graft.
Belt was not one of these. He made
his money by sheer ability-the ability
to see a situation, the ability to con-
prehend what he saw and the force to
make his vision become fact.
In addition to being remarkable for
his ability and for the fact that he
made his money because he had genius
rather than luck, Belt was remark
able because of his comparative OBJ
security. To say that a Millionaire is
obscure sounds like paradox, but in
Belts case it was a fact. Belt was the
least known of the worlds very veal
thy men, and not one person out of
10000 in London where he lived, could
recognize Belts photograph, and
great proportion scarcely knew his
name Belt did not concern himself
with fame or notoriety Or advertising.
He let his friend and partner, Cecil
Rhodes and Barney Barnato have
these. Mr.. Belt concerned himself
strictly with getting money.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27

1t was 1899 that this diamond trust
was formed, still spoken of as one of
the boldest financial feats of modern
times. For time the risks taken and
money borrowed were sufficient to
spread ruin over all South Africa if
the deal had failed. But it did not
fail. The final decision to form the
De Beers consolidation was taken at a
famous all-night meeting of four-the
four richest white men in South Africa
which lasted about twenty hours. At
that meeting were Belt, Rholes, Bar
nato and one other, and when it ended
the diamond war had ended with 1t,
and the control of the worlds supply
of diamonds lay with the De Beers
Company. The Company was capital
lied at $40,000,000, and has for years
paid huge dividends. It's capitalization
has since been enormously increased.
OF the three chief men at that meet
ing, Rhodes died worth about $780,
100000 and Barnato died worth about
the same amount; 1t was Belt alone
who went into the billion mark
Rhodes, dashing, sensational. be-
came the chief figure in the public
eye when that eye sought South Afri-
"a; and all the time, at work for the
greatest amount OF money and the
amount of notoriety, was the
irm Of Wernher, Belt & Co., guided
~ Belt. Now and then Belt did some
hing to amaze the trade-but not the
publican example being the occasion
IN which he had a pure white 42S
'arat rough diamond cut to 22SH
arat finished stone and exhibited in
little shop window in the Rue de la
safx. Paris. tie luxury capital OF the
World, as "a sample of our goods"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
See the colored quartette and
buck and wing dancers Monday eve.
SUNDAY SERMON

In anci 9nt times cities were in
variably surrounded with walls and
battlements for protection and de-
fence. Constructed of earth or
brick or stone those walls resisted
the battering rams and scaling lad
ders Of invading armies and de-
Tended the inhabitants in the time
OF war. Such was Jericho besieged
and captured by Joshua, Babylon
taken with strategy by Darius and
Jerusalem Overthrown by Nebuc-
hadnezZar with assault and famine.
These great generals are noted for
their ability to tear down and de-
spoil. Nehemiah on the contrary
stands forth upon the pages of
history as the builder and the
architect and the military governor
par excellence. He was both a
soldier and a civil engineer, he
could handle sword and WELD a
trowel, he could direct military
tactics and superintend stone
masons, he could fight Toronto,
AmmOnite and Arabian and he
could manage plumb line so that
his stone wall would rise without
the variation of a hair from the
perpendicular. Nehemiah is an
example worthy of all imitation.
The coat of arms of every earnest
man is a sword and a trOwel.
Character building is no holiday
task. 1t is hindered and opposed
from the time the first course in the
foundation IS laid until the capstone
is hoisted to it's place. The de-
cendants of Sanballat the Toronto
and Sobiah the Ammonite and
Goshen the Arabian, who attempt
to hinder the work by ridicule,
bribery and open opposition are a
great host. Nothing will do for
them but the sword. They have
no object IN life but to destroy every
good work and they are beyond the
pale o. reason. Nothing but a dis
play Of arms and the exercise OF
eternal vigilance will keep them at
a proper distance. The man who
builds spiritual Jerusalem soon
discovers that there are some things
IN this world that deserve no treat
ment but the sword. They can
neither be reformed nor improved.
They are incorrigible enemies OF
righteousness and must be exter-
minded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
COUNTY NEWS

It is reliably stated that the mine is
a non-paying proposition and that
work will lot be resumed.
FL. McKnown and Jack Murphy
are back from the south.
The Empire (Gates) hotel is for
sale. Asked, $4,000.
Walker Whiteside and his COM
pany, in David Garrick's Love, >"
Monday evening, was the best pro-
duction ever seen IN Platteville.
Mr.. Whiteside's portrayal of Eng
lands most famous actor would
haYe done credit to David Garrick,
himself.
About two-thirds of the city taxes
have been paid.
Jim Gardner, it is said, will be
a candidate for the nomination of
mayor, democratic ticket.
The Congregational church serves
supper Friday evening.
The eight grade Of the public
schools has been divided. Miss
Doolittle of Belleville, Ind, is the
new teacher.
Mrs. Morton Eastman expects to
go to Mobile, Ala, in the near
future for short stay.
Lester Smith has gone to Buffalo,
where he has a government posi-
ton.
Roseliep Bros. have let the con-
tract for their ice plant. Work will
be started at once.
W. H. Elgar died Wednesday
after an extended illness. Mr..
Elgar was one Of Platteville most
substantial citizens.