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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
KILLED AN EAGLE.

Mr. T. A. Stanley of Carriers Creek,
while OF, hunting Wednesday killed
in eagle. 1t measured thirty-two
inches OH. tip of bill to tip of tail:
sever anL one-half from tip of Ole
claw ~ tip Ct opposite cl1w and vas
three feet seven inches from tip 20
Zip of wings.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
INTERURBAN WRECKED.

: South-bound interurban, which
leaves Nashville at IL pm, was
wrecked near Franklin Sunday night
Traffic was delayed about two hours,
though no one was hurt Several
Columbians were aboard and reached
home at three o'clock this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
SAELBYvILLE WANTS
A new DEPOT

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn, Jan. r.
A petition already numerously sign
ed is going the rounds here asking
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
LAW PRONOUNCED
) UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
JUDGE HART RETURNS DEClS-
ION RELATIVE TO A GAMB-
LING LAW.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 49,
Judge Hart of the Davidson County
Criminal Court today decided the
law providing that saloon keepers
shall report gambling about their
premises, unconstitutional. The case
will go to the Supreme Court
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
Mechanism Harness & Collar Co

Wish to announce that they have opened up
wholesale and retail harness and. leather goods
store No. 20 South Main street, next door to Wat
sons Livery Stable, and il lou want to
ey and buy first class Wagon and Buggy Harness,
Collars, etc., call and get prices. We have
some bargains in leather Collars at s. 90 each.
We always in the market for dry and green
hides. Bell Telephone 81.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
WALSH AND CHICAGO.

Accepting John R. Walsh as a type
of our modern flnancier, Golfers in
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
TONIC Treatment
Weak Stomach and Sick Headache
Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

The symptoms of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have q ravenous
appetite, others loathe the sight OF food.
Often there is a feeling as of weight on
the chest, a full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses OH the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease. Sick headache is q fire.
quent and distressing symptom.
A weak stomach needs n digestive
tonic and that there is nc better tonic
for this purpose than DR.. Williams Pink
Pills is shown by the statement of Mr..
A. O. Merrill, a mining man, of Oneals,
Calf, n veteran of Battalion O, Third
u. s. Regular Infantry.
81 had never been well since I left
the army" he says, "always having had
trouble with my stomach, which was
weak. l was run down and debilitated.
Gould keep nothing on my stomach,
and ct times had sick headache so bad
that l did not care whether l lived or
died. My stomach refused to retain
even liquid food and I almost despaired
of getting well as 1 had tried so many
kinds of medicine without relief. Then
l was bitten by n rattlesnake and that
laid me up from work entirely for q
year, six months of which 1 spent in bed.
Zone day n friend recommended DIR.
Williams Pink Pills to me ana I began
taking them. They cured me when all
other medicine had failed. l have
recommended the pills to a great many,
for during my recovery every one asked
mo what was helping me so and l told
them DR.. Williams Pink Pills. l can.
not speak too highly of them"
If you want good health you must have
| good blood. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood and restore
| shattered nerves. They are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, soc. per box, six boxes for
$3.50 by the DIR. Williams Medicine
| Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
TOLD OF THE TITLED.

The sultan of Turkey is a great COLI
lector of canaries.
Lord Tweedmouth, first lord Of the
British admiralty, is an assiduous COL
lector Of old china.
President Diaz returned the other
day from a hunting trip with three
mountain cats and II deer. Mexico's
president is only &c.
Prince Khilkoff, formerly minister
of railroads in Russia, and builder OF
the Trans-Siberian road, intends to
make a TOT of inspection of the rail-
roads of this country.
Frederick VIII, king Of Denmark.
Is said to be in the habit of inviting
editors OF leading political organs to
visit the castle to discuss the different
political issues Of the day.
Prince Kotchoweff, a Russian, has
been ordered by the Berlin courts to
pay $3.50 a year for life to a waiter
whom he assaulted during the Russo
Japanese wal in a Dresden hotel.
King Alfonso OF Spain is devoted
keeps a cook up until four In the
morning. Five meals are served In
the "a hours at the Escurial palace.
Sir Edward Clarke, the brilliant
member of parliament who Is making
his presence felt by ~denouncing the
idea of a tax on meat or corn, start
ed as a jewelers. assistant in his ia
theirs store.
In appointing his son., Lord Bruce,
as his private secretary, the earl OF
Elgin only followed the example OF
the late William E. Gladstone, who,
when he became prime minister in
1880. appointed Herbert Gladstone.
then a young man Of 20. to a similar
position.
The duke Of Norfolk is a man OF
simple tastes. and yet he Is the pos
SCISSOR of the most extravagant cos
tune in England. The uniform which
he wears as earl marshal represents
an outlay Of over 1880 exclusive OF
Jewels. Seventeen thousand yards OF
embroidery are worked into the coat
IN gold lace until but little of tho
original cloth Is to be seen. His
grace feels more at home in his old
clothes. Ho
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

whisky, and so it came about that
then and during the remainder Of the
month of April Betsy sold nine bar
rels of the stuff, some of It in Polk
county, some in Rutherford, and some
over the line In South Carolina. But,
although she kept in touch with her
business all the while, she showed up
at the term of Polk county superior
court the second week in May, es-
corted always by a party of her moon
sinner friends. She wore a different
dress and q different hat on each of
three days, this being the most i'm
portant event in her existence to date.
Got Cases Continued.
There were three indictments
against her, but she contrived, on one
plea or another, and by means of a ire
mendous lot of swearing by moon
sinner friends, to get the case contin-
ued, always putting up a cash bond for
appearance. She thus invested 5000.
Then the attention of the judge was
directed more particularly toward her,
and he found the extent of her work
and The damage she was doing in parts
of two states, in her open violations
of the law. She must have felt In
the very air that something was wrong,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Authorities Feel They Must Have Recourse to Strenuous
Action to Restrain Betsy Simms.
YOUNG, FEARLESS, AND IDOL OF OUTLAWS
In Prison for Dealing in Whisky That Had Paid No Revenue, She
Severely Cuts Janer in Attempt to Escape-Three
Indictments Now Against Her.

Much as has been written of the
ways and doings of the mountaineers
of North Carolina, any person at all
familiar with the lives of the inhabit-
ants OF that romantic region cannot
but fee that the half has not been
told.
Loyal to a degree that holds life
worth nothing If a friend can be
served, an enemy punished or a traitor
put to death, the mountaineer is typi-
cal of a state of existence the world
has long outgrown.
The average mai of more sedate
temperament and cooler blood leaves
the %avenging of his wrongs to courts
of law and the judgment of his fell
lows, but in the mountains each man
is a court of law unto himself, and is
not satisfied with the slow methods Of
justice with which other commune
ties arc conversant.
1t has been found a matter of mon-
umental difficulty to impress upon
these people that there is wrong in the
making of 'moonshine" whisky. To
them the product of the corn they
grow is theirs, whether it is converted
into the staff of life or the d%electable
liquid of the worm and still. The eff
forts Of the "Revnooers' to put a stop
to the distilling Of the juice of the
corn necessarily, therefore, are not
looked upon with favor, and conflicts
with the officers of the law are fire.
quent. Just now the federal officials
have a complication to deal with
which is more than usually knotty.
"Queen" New in Jail.
The best looking gal in the noun
tains!" Betsy Sims, "Queen of the
Moonshiners," is languishing in the big
and lonesome Jail at Columbus, the
high-up little mountain town which
is the county seat of Polk, n of the
smallest and most isolated of the
| North Carolina counties. What to do
with her is the problem puzzling the
authorities.
Betsy, though only %, is as daring
and well versed a woman, both in the
ways Of making whisky and of SELL
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

sprang upon the TALLER, who had a bnd
quarter of an hour, for not only was
Betsy a good wrestler, but a star hair
puller and s%cratcher. Not satisfied
with these accomplishments, she
whipped u a knife and cut the jailer
five dimes. He was compelled to
knock her down and then to tie her.
burning a hole therein, through which
The matter was at once reported to
the judge, who ordered that she be
placed in the strongest cell and close
ly watched, end at the next term Of
court she will be indicted for an as
sault with intent to kill, not to speak
of another indictment for attempt to
escape. Some of her moonshiner
friends have in a quiet way made
threats that she will not stay in Jail
long, but the county authorities say
they can hold her.
Betsy's exploit in the Jail has given
her an added Importance and value
among her associates.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

make corn whisky in the shaded and
well-hidden hollows in the mountains,
through which run streams whose wa
give the distillery worms the right
touch.
Capture of Betsy.
Betsy has year by year become
more and more daring, and o
beautiful. A few months ago she be-
came extremely bold in her sales of
whisky, going to and from the stills,
sometimes alone, and sometimes with
male companions. Finally the state
authorities decided it was time to
stop her, so they sent three deputy
sheriffs for Betsy. The deputies had
the good fortune to find her, on foot,
and very near the South Carolina line,
which she knows perfectly well.
When she saw the three deputies
coming, she knew they were not her
friends, and made a bold dash for the
line. AS a sprinter she is a success,
and her running was like that of the
Grecian girls who competed in the
ancient Olympian games. The depu-
ties did not stop to admire, however,
but gave chase and dashed across the
state line, coming up with and taking
hold of the stout and charming Betsy
about a hundred yards over in South
Carolina.
Betsy was nearly out of breath
from the run, but had voice enough
left to give a signal, which brought
out of the thick bushes near by five
tough-looking moonshiners, any one
Of whom was ready and willing to
die for Betsy any time. Betsy had a
good-sized revolver slung about her
waist, and very poorly concealed by a
checked apron, but her moonshine
friends made no concealment what
ever of the pistols which they had
in hand, and while they fingered
these, they parleyed with the detain-
ing deputies, letting them understand
that they were willing to pay cash
for Betsy's appearance in cot" and
that they were "willin' to put up $25
in greenbacks if Betsy could be sot
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
Pretty Picture Of Congeniality Be-
tween Animal Instinct and
Human Reason.

Broadway was very interesting to
the tenderfoot from the west, but she
hadn't expected to find such a demon
strative new friend there as she ran
across recently. On n Of the busiest
corners, where the crossing is as dan
gerous and as difficult as any noun
tain pass was in the old days, she
was walking into the jaws of death
with the fearlessness and confidence of
ignorance. She was snatched almost
impatiently from the passing dangers
by a mounted policeman. who, by the
way, wasn't mounted at the time. His
horse, a fine, spirited specimen of the
equine race, was patiently standing at
the corner by the curb, watching the
passing throng and his master. Said
master hurriedly thrust the dazed ten
derfoot to the sidewalk out of harms
way. She bumped into the horse.
Both were surprised, and both begged
pardon in their W ways. The girl
said, rapturously:
"Oh, you beauty"
The horse whinnied softly, as If she
were an old and beloved friend, rub
bling his nose against her sleeve. Then
the girl started across the street once
more. When she was half way owe
She felt a light touch on her shoulder
and at the same time heard several
men laughing. In surprise, she looked
to see what could be happening. There
stood the policeman's beautiful steed,
looking pleadingly at her. The next
instant she had that horses head in
her arms and her face against his
glossy head, tears of pleasure in her
eyes. Around this odd pair flowed the
stream of traffic, for this was a busy
center, but many people stopped to
see the strange sight. The next In
slant the gruff officer had ~brusquely
called to the horse. and when, the
horse failed to come to his call he
quite rudely grasped the rein and
took the horse away from the tableau.
which Immediately dissolved as the
girl went her way with moist eyes. q
happy smile and a longing in her
heart for her beloved home In the
far west ard the horse she loved 20
! well
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
REASON OF His CRUDGE.
And 1t Was Good and Sufficient, Ac-
cording to His Con-
struction.

"Sir," we said to the stranger whom
we were e~ndeavoring to enlist in our
society for the preservation Of Niagara
falls, now that we have outlined the
motives and principles Of our organi.
zation will you not put your name in
the rolf"
mot by a long shot," he growled,
relates Judge.
But, sir" we argued, surprised at
such a callousness toward the beauties
OF nature, surely you, like all other
patriotic citizens, wish to see this ma
jestic spectacle of grandeur preserved
from the ruthless hands of CONNER
cialism."
Don't care a boot about it." he
muttered, turning, as though to leave
us.
We clutched at his coat lapel and
begged him to wait a moment.
"Do you mean to say" we continued,
that you do not care If this mighty
cataract were changed from a marvel
Gus. inspiring, awe-compelling sight to
a measly, factory-dotted cliff"
"As I told you," he answered, shak,
ing himself loose, 81 don't care a con
tinental cuss what becomes Of Mag
ara. l went there en- my wedding
tour"
Then we noticed a large bump where
his bald spot Is growing toward his
neck.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

ing 1t, as m could find in that wild
country, even in a full days ride, and
she 10 as pretty as she is adroit and
daring. with a killing pair of eyes.
bright and well-flled cheeks and hair
which defies conventionalities, Betsy
has cut no little figure in Polk county
since she was 16, for even at that early
age she began her work as a seller of
c%ontraband whisky. She made herself
such a figure. In fact, that ven the
older moonshiners began to look up
to her and in their rude way to idolize
the plucky girl, who had been bred
all her life to think the selling OF
whisky was an act Of the very best
sort, and that the "revnooers' were a
race of people who deserved only
death and who were sent out as OPP
pressors of the people. Such is the
faith which is literally the backbone
OF Borsy's point OF view. and that OF
her moonshiner companions. who
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

for when the judge took his seat on
the morning of the fourth day Betsy
failed to show up. The judge issued a
bench warrant for her, and she was
found at the home of a mconshiner not
far from the little town, brought back
and tried, and the judge decided to
make an example of the bold young
creature by sending her to jail at Co.
lumbus for four months.
Astonished the Mconshiners.
The moonshiners were simply par
alyzed by the sentence, for some OF
them thought that Betsy bore a
charmed life, SO to speak, and one OF
them, in an outburst of admiration,
had said on the third day hat she
would come clar," and that mo jedge
an no jury can tech her, in my min"
But Betsy had not quite reached the
limit OF her our The Jail at
Columbus is an old-fashioned barn OF
a structure, three stories high and of
brick, and is generally SHINY tenant
ed. It happened that when Betsy
first entered its walls a mar vas there
on his way to the penitentiary to serve
IL months for the practice of the gen.
tie art of manslaughter, he having in
some kind OF miX-up slain a fellow
mountaineer with a knife, and "gittin'
off light" as the other side of the
case put 1t. Betsy was put on the
secono floor of the Jail, this prisoner
whose name is Chalmers, being on the
floor above. A rather rude flight OF
steps leads from the second to the
third floors, through a well-locked
trap-door of wood.
How She Broke Jail.
The weather was cool, and there was
a fire in Betsy's She did not
feel equal to the task of getting out
of jail unaided, so she sought the COM
panlonship OF Chalmers. They talked
to each other, commonplace while the
jailer was anywhere within hearing
but business when he was out of the
way, the business being the best means
Of getting out. Betsy was the more
resourceful OF the two, and so, taking
. chunk Of fire." she went up the
stairway AMI set fire to the trap-door
Chalmers descended. He and Betsy
after passing the compliments Of the
day, for they were acquainted, decided
on the mode of action, and then Chal
mers fell to work to make a hole
through the side of the jail, while
Betsy made a rope gu of blankets ant
bedding, and arranged such goods ant
chattels as she had with her in shape
for quick removal. Chalmers, will
true ga,lantry, decided that 1t was bes
for him to go through the hole first
thus testing the latter, and, incident
ally, the rope below. Out he got ant
fitted away.
Nearly Vanquishes Jailer.
Betsy was going. too, but as sh'
was halfway through the hole sh,
felt the rude hands of the jailer upoI
her, and was hauled back into thu
room. This aroused her fighting instinc
to the limit, and like a lioness sh'
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

a common soldier attacked a fellow
soldier with a razor. A general mix
up resulted and a lieutenant ran to
the scene Fortunately he was armed
with a pistol. He drew it and fired
at the %malcontent, but, as it happened.
missed him altogether and killed an
innocent bugler who was looking on.
This only made the affair livelier, and
at last M strong fellow pinioned the
ruffian. T%hereupon a sentinel, who had
caught on from his post, fired away.
and hit in the breast the brave man
who had the ugly one down.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
oRACULAR

Many a good resolution quickly runs
down at the heel.
A pretty girl can teach a man most
anything but good common sense.
1t pays to look a mule in the face
when you have anything to say to
him.
About half of the things bought on
credit would not be bought If cash
were demanded.
Have you noticed that the bottom
of a cup of Joy that runs over is sell
dom far from the top?
It's a good deal better to think
poetry than to write it, and better to
write it than to print it.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

great mental depression. / was unable to at
tend tony house work, and life became a bur-
den to me. Twas confined for days to my bed,
host my appetite, my courage and ell hope.
II could not bear to think of an operation,
and in my distress tried every remedy which
/ thought would be of any use to me, and
reading of the value of Lydia E.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to sick women decided
TO give it a trial. ! felt so discouraged that l
had little hope of recovery, and when ] began
TO feel better, after tho second week, thought
1t only meant temporary relief; but to my
great surprise . found hat / kept gaining,
While the tumor lessened in size.
1.-THE Compound continued to build up my
general health and the tumor seemed to DO
absorbed, until, in seven months, the tumor
was entirely gone and l a we'll woman. l am
so thankful for my recovery that l ask you
to publish my letter in newspapers, SO other
women may lmow of the wonderful curative
powers of Lydia e. Pinhham's Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular or painful periods, weakness, dis
placement or liberation of the female
organs. that bearing-down feeling, in
fiammation, backachc, fatulence, gen.
eral debility, indigestion or nervous
prostration. they should remember
there is n tried and true remedy.
Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound at Cnce removes such troubles.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such q record of cures of female
ills.
Mrs. Pinkham invites ell sick women
TO write her for advice. She is slaughter
in-law of Lydia T.. Pinkham and for
TWENTY-FIVE years under her direction
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Deputies Made Terms.

Deputies Made Terms.
The deputies thought it wise to
temporize, and decided to take the
cash, which the moonshiners CALAMITY
put up, and Betsy retired with them,
looking back erchly at the officers,
her charming eyes sparkling with de.
fiance and the roses in her cheeks
deepening until they were like pc.
onies. Her face was framed In a pink
s%unbonnet of the type which is worn
OF week days by all the mountain
girls.
Betsy did not let her daring and
her adventures end with her capture,
but the very next day her moonshine
friends showed up with $3.50, they
having sold a horse for that sum.
There was a "big meetin'" not far
away, and it a thought it would
he a good time to buy an extra lot OF
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

1anguid, nervous and lame in the
morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me right away, and the great relief
that followed has been permanent"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

Thousands tell of
cures made by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
John G. Coleman, q
prominent merchant
of S~wainsboro, Ca,
says: "For several
years my kidneys
were affected, and
my back ached day
and night. | was
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

de reason" said Uncle Eben, why
de elephant IN de mule figures SO
much in politics is dat one allus wants
to he on parade an de other is ailus
ready t kick."-Washington Star.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
in Oregon.

Some palefaces recently from the
east have beer putting up fly screen
doors to their houses. The next thing
we know we will be having flies on the
bay.-Ncrth Bend Harbor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Poor Marksmen in Mexico,

A recent unfortunate occurrence in
army circles in Mexico indicates that
craftsmanship may be still further de-
veloped to advantage. 1t seems that
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

! The more experience men and wom-
en have in rearing children, the slow
err they are to give advice about rear
ing children.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?

Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Will
Never Return.
Only one way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause. the kidneys.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
INTERESTING LETTER
WRITTEN BYAN0TABLEWOMA
hrs. Sarah Kellogg Of Denver. Color
Bearer OF the Woman's. Relief Corps
Sends Thanks to Mrs. PinlSham.

The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
of 1928 Lincoln
Ave-, De n e r,
Col. to Mrs. Pink.
ham, Mass:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
For five years /
was troubled with q
tumor, which kept
growing causing me
intense agony and