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The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-09-11

button Of the common property or In
coma aud those which have succeeded
best have usually rested upon q rell'
glous rather than upon an economic
basIs.
Cooperation Must Be Voluntary.
In any attempt 10 apply the teach
lngs Of Christ 10 an economic state, II
must he remembered that bis religion
begins with a regeneration OF the hui
man heart and with an Ideal Of life
which makes service the measure or
greatness. Tolsto who repudlates SO
ciallsm as substantial reform, con.
tends that the bringing OF the ndividu'
nj into harmony with God is the all Inn
portrait thing, and that, this accom-
blished, all injustice viii disappear.
II " much easier 10 conceive OF a
voluntary association between persons
desiring 20 work together according
to the Christian Ideal than to conceive
Of The successful operation OF system
enforced by law wherein altrulsm IL
the controlling principle. The attempt
to unite church and state has never
been helpful 20 either government or
religion aud II Is not NJ all certain
that human nature can yet be trusted
10 use the instrumentalities Of govern
mcut to enforce religious ideas The
prosecutions which have made civil
Eatlpn blush have been attempts 10
compel conformity 10 religious beliefs
sincerely held and zealonsly promul'
gated
Human Seliishness Ever Present.
The government, whether II leans to-
ward indlyiduallsm or toward social
ism. must be administered by human
beings. and It's administration will re-
1ect the weaknesses and lmperfectlOns
OF those who control It, Bancroft de-
clares that the expression OF the uni
versal conscience In history Is the
nearest approach TO the voice OF God
aud he is right IN paying this tribute
TO the wisdom OF the masses; and yet
we cannot overlook the fact that this
universal conscience must find gov.
ernmental expression through frail hu'
man beings who yield TO the tempta
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-09-11

reasoning upon the object must be
confined 10 the Theory, and theory
needs TO be corrected by experience
As in mathematics no one can caleu'
late the direction OF ~ resultant with
out knowledge OF al the forces that
act upon the moving body 80 In estl'
mating the effect ofa proposed sys
TEN one must take $40 consideration
all the Influences TINT operate upon
the human mind and heart, and who
Is wise enough 10 prcllct with certain
~ the result OF any system before II
has been thoroughly trledy lndlvidn'
allsm has been testet by centuries OF
experience Under \ there have been
progress and development That II
has not been free frbm evil IL not n
aufhcIent condemnation. The same
rain that furnishes IN necessary mols-
ture for the growing crop sometimes
hoods the land aud destroys the mar
vest; the same san. that coaAeS tue
tiny shoot from MOlher Earth some
times scOrches the blade ana plHs's
the maturing stalk. The good things
given US by our heavily Father otleh,
IN not always. hays.an admiXture OF
evil TO the lesseulug Of which the ln'
telllgence OF man must be constantly
directed. Just pow here are signs OF
an ethical awakening which Is likely
10 result In reforming some OF the evlls
which have sprung fiom ndlyldualism,
but which eau be corrected without
any Impairment OF he principle.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-09-11
AItruism Necessary.

The maiYldualist,I while cOntending
that the largest and broadest develop
ment OF the individual and hence OF
the entire population. Is best secured
by full and free competition. made lalr
by law. believes In a spiritual force
which acts beyond The sphere Of the
state. After the government has Sc
cured 10 the individual. through COM
petition, a reward proportonate to his
effort, religion admOnishes him Of his
stewardship aud OF his obligation TO
use his greater strength, his larger
ability and his richer reward IN the
spirit OF brotherhood. Under lndIvld'
uallsm we have seen constant IN
crease In altruisnl, The fact that the
individual can select the objects Of his
benevolence and devote his means TO
the causes that appeal to him has Civ.
en- an added stimulus TO his endeavors.
Would this stimulus lac as great under
socialism,
Probably the nearest approach that
we have TO the soclalstic state today
Is TO be found In the civil service. II
the civil service develops more useful
ness and more altrulstIc devotion to
the general welfare than private EN-
ployment does, the fact IL yet 10 he
discovered This Is not offered as a
criticism OF civil Service in so far as
civil service may require examinations
to ascertain fitness for office, hut il is
simply a References 10 a well known
fact viz, that life position in the
government service. which separates
one from the lot Of the average produ'
Ger Of wealth, has gwen no extraordi'
nary stimulus 20 higher development
II Is not necessary to excuse or Ia
defend competition carried TO Il point
where II creates Il submerged nth, or
even a submerged tenth, TO recognize
the beneficial eject Of struggle and
discipline upon the mon and women
who have earned the highest places in
industry, society and government
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
TENNESSEE
BANKERS
TO starr THEIR MEETINGS TO-
MORROW.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June A.
Meetings OF the Tennessee Bankers
Association will be held at the Inn
Wednesday and thursday. Wednes,
day night Feetus ]. Wade, of st. Louis
will deliver an address. Mr.. Wade,
besides being President of one of the
largest trust companies in the United
States and President of the trust
company section of the American
Bankers Association, is very dis
tinguisshed man and able speaker.
The First National Bank has arranged
to give a supplementary trip to all
of it's employees to hear the address
of Mr.. Wade, and it is expected that
most of the employees of the other
banks in the city will attend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
ROOSEVELT
VIII Be Asked To Show His Author
ity For investigating the Chat
tanooga Lynching.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June g.
Senator James B. Frazier, of Tennes-
see, will introduce a resolution in
the Senate during the coming week
calling on the President for the au-
thority on which Secret Service men
of the United States were sent to
Chattanooga to investigate the Ed
Johnson lynching. Recently Senator
Frazier has called on Judge Mickey
nolds, who was the trial Judge in the
Johnson case, for detailed information
concerning the crime, the arrest of
Johnson, his trial, appeal, the habeas
corpus proceedings that finally
reached the Supreme Court and the
later tragic developments. All this
information has been furnished and
the resolution will be prepared in &C
cordance Herewith.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
WANT cox In
STATE SENATE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jnue s.
Friends of Gov. John l. Cox at Bris-
toll have determined to nominate him
for State Senator from the Second
District, composed of Sullivan and
Hawkins counties, provided he will
accept the nomination, and it is be-
lieved that he will if the people insist.
Gov Cox passed through Knoxville
this morning en- route to Bristol,
where he will spend several days on
private business. He had nothing to
say for publication except that he did
not authorize a statement sent out
from Nashville shortly after the NOM
ination of Patterson concerning the
methods employed in the nomination
of his opponent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
BRYAN AND
CARMACK.

William Jennings Bryan for Presi-
dent in 1908, and E. w. Carmack for
Vice President would make a strong
and winning ticket One from the
West aud the other from the South.
1t is time the South was letting it be
known that they are entitled to recog-
milton and participation in National
affairs other than supporting the nom
inees of the Democratic political con-
vention, no matter who he may be.
We have better and more unselfsh
Democrats in the South and West than
they have in the East, anyway, and
we are decidedly in favor of having
our candidates for 1908 from some
other section rather than the East
their Democracy has been below par
in the minds of many men-McMinn-
vile New Era.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
NOTICE..

On June 2, 1906, the Republican
State Executive Committee met In
Nashville and decided to hold the
Gubernatorial Convention in the city
of Nashville on July 18th, 1906, and
that the different counties hold their
conventions on June the 2Sth to elect
delegates to said convention.
In obedience to said decision, the
Republicans of Maury County are
hereby called to meet in mass-con-
vention in the city of Columbia in the
court house on June 28th, 1906, at 1
o'clock, to elect delegates to said con-
vention and to transact such other
business as may come before said
committee.
JOHN w. JACKSON. Chairman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
HON. 7. W. SIMS
Declared the Nominee for Congress in
the Eighth District.

AHS IISIlbii DlSeIISA'
The Democratic Congressional Com
mittee of the Eighth District met Fri
day and declared Hon. T. w Sims the
nominee of the party for the SiXtieth
Congress. At a meeting of the Exc
cutive Committee held in Lexington
on Dec. &c, rules for the government of
the primary election to be held August
2 next were adopted. These rules
provided that candidates for the NOM
ination should declare their intention
to become candidates and deposit $50
to defray the expenses of the cleo
ton Mr. Sims announcement was
the only one made, and in a ocordance
with the rules the Chairman declared
him the nominee, and the primary pro
vided for will therefore not be held
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
DIVORCED BY A PREACHER.

A most curious marriage tangle
came to light in Camden yesterday,
when Wesley N. Monroe made charges
of bigamy against his wife, who was
jeanette B. Miller. The charges were
made before Justice of Peace Barr,
and brought to light the following odd
divorce" decree purported to be
signed by Paul H. Gresson, a Camden
local preacher:
THE marriage | performed between
Wesley n. Monroe and jeanette B.
Miller is hereby declared null and
void"
The girl was married to Monroe in
1905. Her father, Rev Mr. Miller,
also a local preacher, objected to it,
as she was only 16 years of. age. 1t
is asserted he told Rev. Mr.. Gresson
there would be trouble unless the knot
was united. The remarkable note was
thereupon written, ON the strength of
which it is alleged that Mr. Miller
himself officiated at the marriage of
his daughter last December to Roy L.
Quinn.
On the advice of Prosecutor Lloyd,
Justice Barr held the girl under $500
bail for further hearing. A search was
made last night for Mr.. Gresson, but
he could not be located. 1t is thought
that he issued his peculiar note of
separation under the impression that
he girl had obtained legal divorce
Record
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
Indoors EMENT is
POiNTEDLY MADE
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS CHEER
THE NAME OF BRYAN IN THE
STATE CONVENTION.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, June s.
What is generally regarded as the
most significant feature of the Demo
cratic STATE nominating convention
held here today, was the pointed and
absolute Endorsement of William j.
Bryan for the Presidency in 1908 by
David R. Francis, of st. Louis, former
Governor and Secretary of the Inte-
rior in President Clevelands Cabinet.
The nominations made by the con-
vention were RUDE Ogleshy, of War
rensburg, for Railroad ana Warehouse
Commiss .oner, and H. A. Gass, of JEFF
fnrson City, for Superintendent of
Schools
A new State Committee was select
ed.
Early this morning charges began
to circulate that bribery had been
attempted to influence delegates. 1t
was openly charged that an attempt
had been made to buy four delegates,
the sum of $3.50 being offered for each
vote.
Temporary Chairman Rubrie de-
clared that the Democrats would nom
mate Bryan for President in 1908 and
was cheered and applauded for five
minutes.
Former Governor Francis said that
that have divided the De
mocracy exist no longer. He describ-
ed Bryan as "a sincere lover of hui
manity and a patriotic citizen of the
United States"
He eulogized both Bryan and Cleve-
land amid profuse cheering.
An invitation was sent to the Cap
itol asking Gov. Folk to address the
Gov. Folk responded and
was cheered when entered the hall and |
the rostrum. He declared |
hat Bryan would be nominated for |
President in 1908 and would be elect |
ed. He said the principles which
Bryan had advocated in 1896 were
hen considered anarchistic, but now
ire considered the acme of patriot
SIN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
Gen. Patterson
Friend of Racing

While not an issue in the vaoor.
gubernatorial campaign which ended
in the nomination of Hon. NJ r Pot
terson, the racing people of the state
think they have a friend in the demo
cratic nominee, says the Nashville
/ Banner. The law passed by the 1ast
Legislature prohibiting betting On
horse races in the state was declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, but it is well-known fact that
those who were instrumental in lie
passage will endeavor to have another
bill passed by the Legislature to he
elected this fall which will stand the
scrutiny of the high tribunal. Just
what part Mr. Patterson will play in
the matter, in case of his election. is
not known, but Memphis horsemen
are hopeful, as indicated by the fol.
lowing special which appears in the
Enquirer:
'The nomination of Gen. Malcolm
B. Patterson of this county as the
Democratic candidate for the next
gubernatorial race, which is conceded
from returns at this hour from the
convention at Nashville, is regarded
by turfmen and race track people in
general as the most encouraging piece
of news received since the attack on
racing and breeding interests was
commenced more than a year ago.
Politicians and breeders alike have al
ways regarded the original attack on
the sport in this state as originating
from party differences between poll
ticians in this county. Present Gov.
Cox, who was a candidate against
Gen. Patterson, had publicly an
nounced himself against horse racing
and pool selling. on races. Gen Pat.
-erson has made no announcement,
out he is generally regarded as being
l friend of the sport"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
HIS THIRST
FOR BLOOD
INSANE WIN. AKERS' MURDERoUS
MIDNIGHT JOURNEY.
Clad in Night Clothes and Barefooted,
He Walked Two Miles to Stay His
Daughter, But Failed.

M'MINNVILLE, Tenn, June s.
Later reports from the scene of the
tragedy in the southwestern part OF
Warren County last Saturday night
when William Akers attempted to
annihilate his entire family and then
committed suicide, show the incon
ceivable barbarity of human being
bereft of reason.
Investigation developed the fact that
Akers left his home and went to the
home of his wife's sister about 9
o'clock Saturday night, evidently with
the intention of killing his daughter,
Hattie, who had gone there to spend
the night with her aunt. At the in
quest 1t was noted that the dead mans
feet and clothes were bedraggled with
mud and dust, as from walking in the
dew. Search revealed the fac. that
he had left home in his night clothes
and barefooted and his bare tracks
were traced to the home of Mrs.
Swoap his wife's sister, and Several
times around the house
Mrs. Swoap and Akers' daughter
heard repeated noises about the prem
Uses about o'clock and were very
much frightened, but did not go to as
certain. 1t is satisfactorily ascertain
ed that the noises were made by Ak
ers in attempting to decoy his daugh-
ter into the yard to kill her Being
unable to get her to come out of the
house, he returned home and proceed
ed to destroy the rest of the family
there.
The father and two sons were bur-
led in the same grave Monday after
noon. The wife died at o'clock Mon
day night and was buried Tuesday. |
The eldest daughter, whose head was
crushed in several places, is still bare |
ly alive and will doubtless die tonight |
The youngest daughter, who escaped |
injury at the hands of her insane
father, has been in state of collapse
ever since she learned of the terrible
tragedy and is in very critical con-
dition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
HIGH PRICED
ANGEL CAKES
Uncle Sam is Baking Them Right
Along at $4,000 a Cake.

There is a sort of angel food which
Treasury experts are highly skilled in
preparing. 1t is made, appropriately
enough, of gold, or of silver, and has
to be baked in an oven for eight hours
before it is properly cooked. You may
see it in process of manufacture al
any time in any of the mints or assay
offices 1t loks just like angel cake
and the chief in charge will tell you
that each cake of gold is worth about
$25 900, and that the silver ones are
valued at $500 apiece.
These cakes, which are twelve
inches in diameter and three inches
thick,are of gold, or of silver, SO pure
as to contain hardly so much as a
thousandth part of any foreign sub
stance. Their material is the product
of scientific refining-which in the
case of the silver, is accomplished by
putting the crude stuff, as it comes
from the mine or from the dealer in
old metal, into boiling nitric acid
The silver, treated in this way, in
stantly disappears, the acid looking
like so much water, but the addition
of little common salt, later, causes
it to fall to the bottom of the tank in
fine white powder. When the acid
has been drawn off, the powder, which
is chloride of silver, is moulded under
above described.
1t is the same way with the gold,
after it has gone through similar pro-
cesses. Freed from all impurities, it
looks like nothing so much as red
gravel of fine texture. If one saw
heap of it by the roadside, one would
not, even after close examination,
think it worth while to carry off a
pailful. Moulded under hydraulic
pressure, however, it makes very
pretty cakes, which, like the silver
ones, are baked for several hours to
SCI ~ VI Tic u lul1S dHlOuuL VI Wdl6I !
hey still contain.
The assay offices and minis will buy !
I'D gold and silver from anybody, in
OTIS worth not less than $10O, and, odd |
hough it may seem, the raw material |
or our coins is obtained largely from
he thousands of dealers in second
land precious metals who are scat
cred over the country. 1t is wonder
III how all the old scraps of such
tuff, even to spectacle rims, are gath
red up eventually and utilized The
ase of the watch you are now wear
ne will almost surely find its way
nto one of these Government work
hops, and if you have a tooth pulled,
on may be certain that the gold fill
ng it contains will be extracted by
he dentist and sold to Uncle Sam.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
Turbulent Teddy,

In reading over a bound volume OF
ST. Nicholas of 1883 for the amuse.
ment of my boy, I came across the
following article:
An Alphabet of Children" by Isa-
bel Francis Bellowh. Under the head
ing of T was the following:
T is for Turbulelt Teddy,
Who can never learn to be steady,
He'll skip and he'll hop,
And turn round like top,
And he's broken his word twice al
ready. Norfolk Landmark.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
MUCH LIKE OURS.
Democrats of Arkansas Hold State
Convention.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, June 5.-The
Democratic State Convention conven.
ed today at 1920 o'clock and after
a stormy session effected a temporary
organization with Judge j. w. Evans
of Boonville, Chairman, and Hugh
Cory, of Texarkana, Secretary.
For two hours during the afternoon
while plans were on foot for the tenn
porary organization, pandemonium
reigned and the presiding officer lost
entire control of the convention. One
speaker after another was recognized,
only to be howled down, with the spec
tators in the boxes and balconies TAX
ing part in the demonstration.
An accusation made by Hon. Jerry
Smith against the Pulaski County del
egation was the cause of the trouble
Mr.. Smith stated that two years ago
the Pulaski County delegation pulled
off their badges and stamped them,
then left the hall because they were
not allowed to dictate the policy of
the convention. Immediately Dele
gates Cockrell, Hicks and Williams of
Little Rock, were on their feet with
clinched fists, shaking them at the
speaker, and denying in loud voices
the accusation. 1t was then that the
convention became uncomfortable and
not until Congressman McRea appear
ed on the platform was any one allow
ed to be heard
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
Oldest Living Human Being.
(Kansas City Journal.l

Stuurman, a bushman, who lives in
Prieska district of Cape Colony
South Africa, is believed by scientists
who have seen him to be the oldest
living human being. 1t is known alb
solutely that over 20 years ago he was
very old man. He has a son who
is over 80. According to the wonder
full creatures own story he is about
40 years old. He has a wife-his
second-who has passed the century
mark.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
Sizinn un the Reformer.

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, 1T
pears to me like a reformer was one
O. deshere people dat has to talk two
hours an half to press one O. de
Ten Commandments. An dar warn't
no dispute bout dat in de frs place"
Star.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
PLENTY OF POLITICS
In Kentucky, and State is Democratic
Because of Bossism.
Washington Post.)

/
! It is pretty generally understood
that there is to be plenty of politics
in old Kentucky until the contest for
the seat in the United States Senate
now occupied by James B. McCreary
is settled. Governor Beckham is a
candidate for the place. Senator Nc
Creary is in no sense tired of it, and
the race is between the two. Both
are building fences and splitting rails
from the Sandy to the Mississippi.
The blue grass and the bear grass, the
mountains, the ''pennyrile" and "the
Purchase are all ablaze for every
son of the "old Commonwealth" is
not only Colonel, but a statesman.
Turn him to any cause of politics.
The Gordian knot of it he will I'M
loose
Familiar as his garter"
Last year Gov. Beckham caused the
defeat of Senator Blackburn, but
Blackburn's friends declare that the
Governor plowed with the Republican
heifer to accomplish it. This time it
it thought there will be straight
Democratic primary for Senator and
for state officers, with two tickets in
the field, one headed by the Governor
and the other by the Senator. They
had a primary four years ago. and it
did the party no good; but it was
demonstrated in 1899 that the Ken
lucky democracy could not get along
with a convention, and hence it is
agreed that it is to be a
primary
Both the Senator and the Governor
are consummate politicians, in the !
common acceptation of the term. The |
of each will be perfect, |
md will extend to the remotest school |
district. The Governor has the adj
1antage and the disadvantage of the |
machine" which is at once powerful |
md unpopular. Whether the time has
'ome for it to go the way of all po-
ftical machines, nobody will know
Until the returns come in from the
primary. This, however, may be de-
'ended on-if McCreary cannot smash
he machine, nobody else need try
IF course, it will be smashed some
ay, but that may be after Beckham
hall have been elected and re-elec-
ed Senator
Kentuck would have been Repub-
can state today but for the clumsy
ossism of Mark Hanna's henchman
l the state. The democracy was hope
essly divided-Goebel and anti-Goe- /
ell All the Kentucky Republicans
ad to do was to be decent, and, I'M |
for them and for Ken {
lcky, the party was charged with the
lurder of Mr.. Goebel and tens of v
believed it. /
That put the Republican contingent
1T of the political business in the old
commonwealth, except to stand at the Ii
e counter where the supply is all
10 scant The Kentucky Republican Ii
yout should have been there when d
e miracle of the loaves and fishes
ere wrought Fl
Kentucky will be in the Democratic
'lumn for at least another generation,
| because of Dossism. e