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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-13
MUCH MORE DONE
THAN REALIZED.
WORK ACCOMPLISHED ON PANA.
MA CANAL ROUTE TOLD OF BY
SECRETARY ROOT.

PUTIN BAY. o., July 11-Secre-
tary TAFT, in his spe' ch this afternoon
before the State Bar Association.
talked upon the Panama Canal, giving
reasons for the selection by the Gov
eminent of the Panama route and ex-
planning the apparent delay in the
actual work of excavation
The necessity of imp owed sanitary
conditions being established before the
actual work of construction was
actively commenced was strongly en-
phasized. and it was shown that the
nearly %, 600 employees had in reality
acco npllehed more than any one
realized in the building and equipment
OF railroads, the construction OF
water supply and building of thou
sands of homes for those engaged IN
the work. 1t was pointed out that the
actual excavation WAS much less OF
profile n than was what 10 GO with
the material when ii was taken out,
mucn or when had TO ne carried Ut
teen miles requiring the building of
over 300 miles OF spur track. he
question of obtaining sufficient LABOR
was shown 80 he a serious one. aud it
had been necessary = employ large
numbers of natives and cinnamon,
three of whom would do less than an
average American workman.
The estimated cost of the Panama
route WIS placed at $3.50 000, 600, ana
the time of completion abou seven
years, as against Il cost of $500, GOO, COO
and seventeen years for the con PEE
ton of the work had TIE Nic,rfpuan
route pesn chosen.
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READY FOR
BUSINESS.

The new plant of the Mt. Pleasant
Fertilizer Company is about ready for
business. Their building is completed,
and so soon as their supply of sulphur
acid arrives, and it is expected daily,
operations will begin in earnest.
The main building is an immense
structure, three stories in height, and
covering nearly an acre of ground.
1t is fitted thoroughly with the most
modern machinery, substantially
built, and capacity considered, will be
second to none in the country. The
capacity will be 200 tons per day, re-
quiring the labor of more than $50
men.
The company is laying six inch wat
er mains around the building and will
erect a water tank of 10000 gallon ca
pacity, and will install the latest fire
fighting apparatus.
Lodging houses for the foreman,
night-watchman ETC., have been erect
ed on the premises.
The motive power will be electricity
and electricity will also be used for
Illuminating the different buildings.
The cost of the plant is greatly in
excess of $SO,0O0 and is a credit to
both the city and Maury County.
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ISLANDER.
(Milf0rd Rard
A'A AAOA u
What is Islander?

What is SANDER?
'Tis an assassin at the midnight hour,
Urged on by Envy, that, with footstep
soft,
Steals on the slumber of sweet limo
cence,
And with the dark drawn dagger OF
the mind,
Drinks deep the crimson current Of
The heart.
It is q worm that crawls on beauty's
cheek,
Like the vile viper in a vale of flowers,
And riots in ambrosial blossoms there.
1t is a coward IN a coat of mail
That wages war against the brave and
wise
And ike the long, lean lizard that will
mar
The loins sleep it wounds the noblest
breast.
Oft Lave I seen this demon of the soul,
This murderer of sleep with yisage
smooth.
And countenance serene as heavens
own sky
But storms were raging in the world
of thought.
oft have | seen smile upon its brow;
But, like lightning from stormy
cloud,
1t shocked the soul and disappeared
in darkness.
Oft have | seen it weep at tales of woe,
And sigh as 'twere the heart would
break with anguish;
But like the drops that drip from
Java's tree,
And the fell blast that sweeps Arabian
sands,
1t withered every fow'ret of the vale.
I saw it tread upon lily fair,
On one of whom the world could say
no harm,
And, although sunk beneath the NOR
tai wound,
1t broke into the sacred sepulcher
And dragged it's victim from the hal
lowed grave
For public eyes to gaze upon. 1t hath
wept
That from the earth its victim passed
away
Ere it had taken vengeance on his
virtues.
Yea, have seen this cursed child of
envy
Breathe mildew on the sacred fame of
him
Who once had been his country's ben
efactor;
And on the sepulcher of his repose,
believed with many a tributary tear,
Dance in the moonlight of a summer
sky
With savage satisfaction
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Policeman Pack is with his family
at Columbia
Hon. John D. de Graffenreid, Of the
State Mining Department at the CAPT
tai is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ A. Freeman Of
Madisonville, KY, are with friends
and relatives here
Mrs. T. P. NowIin is visiting rela
tives 1t Bigbyyiile.
Mrs. Chas. Colvert is entertaining
Misses Fannie and Willie owen, OF
Columbia.
Mrs Fretter and sons, of Louisville
Ky. are visitors here
Mrs. Earl Bailey and Mrs. John Nc
Cormick, of Nashville, are guests OF
Mrs. James Bailey at Mt. Joy.
After a visit to Mr.and Mrs. Lee IT.
win, Mrs. M. S. Meacham and grandson
have returned to Franklin
Mr. and Mrs. CRANBERRY Jackson and
son have returned to Nashville.
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PERSONALS.

Mr.. Henry D. Nave, former mana
ger of this department, left Monday
for his old home in Charlottesville
Ind.
H. ]. Trigg has severed his connec-
ton with the Record and has gone to
his home in Birmingham, Ala.
Mr.. Maury VOORHEES,, Government
Phosphate Inspector has returned
from Franklin.
Miss Virgil Sherrod, of Florence,
Ala, is with her aunt, Mrs. F. NJ Rick
etts.
Miss Edna Roth, of West Nash
vile, is visiting her sister, Mrs Tom
Alexander.
Miss Erma WEIGH is spending a few
days with Hampshire friends.
Mr.. Chas. Burns is in Franklin in
the interest Of the Blue Grass Phos-
plate Company
DR.. Brice Hughes, of Nashville, is
in Mt. Pleasant on business.
Miss HILL of Columbia, is the guest
OF her cousin, Miss Mona Hill
Miss Mary Barrow has returned to
her home at Columbia after visit to
Mrs. John Rhum.
After a few days with Miss May
Register, Miss Elizabeth Bauguss has
returned to Sandy Hook
Misses Virginia and Marion Rick
etts are with Miss Annie Hall Acuff
this week.
Misses Mamie and Laudie Brown,
of Williamsport, are guests of the
Misses Rogers.
Mrs. Nathaniel Brown, of Jackson
vile, Fla, is with her father, Mr..
Mumford Smith.
After visit to her aunt, Mrs. Sallie
Simms, Miss Mary Anderson is at her
home
Mrs. H. W. Bevins and daughter,
of Tampa, Fla, will spend the summer
with Mrs Joe Jones.
Miss Nolie Estes has returned after
a visit to her sister, Mrs Robert Jen-
nings, of Franklin
Miss Grace Nowlin is visiting in the
country this week
Mr.. Tom Kraus has returned from
Lawrenceburg.
Mr. John Rhum has returned from
a business trip to Nashville and Co
lumbia.
erwin Yoss, of Columbia, is with his
sister, Mrs Walter Griffin.
Mr.. Bob Goodloe has returned from
Nashville.
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Didn't Know ANY PRAYERS.

Helen, aged 4, was spending a night
away from home. At bedtime she
Eaelt at her hostess knee to say her
prayers, expecting the prompting.
Finding Mrs. I unable to help
her out, she concluded thus:
Please God, '4use me: 1 can't
member my prayers and I'm stayin'
with a lady that don't know any,
Chicago News.
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Mount. Pleasant
Department
"oUR WORST ENEMY

A great many people laugh at the
man who says that liquor causes nine
tenths OF all human misery and suf
fering, call him a crank, and say that
it is impossible to ever absolutely pro-
hibit its manufacture and sale. How
ever, the fact remains, that the liquor
traffic is the greatest evil of modern
times, and is damning the souls of
thousands, each year, rendering once
happy homes wretched, and breaking
many a loving mothers heart 1t is
a crime to make it, sell it or use it,
and the man who votes in favor of
licensing others to sell the accursed
stuff, is as guilty as the man behind
the bar, and he knows it. Will God
consider a father innocent on the
Judgment Day" who has never pro
tested against the sale of that which
sent his boy to He'll? A man under
the influence of liquor is no longer a
man but beast, and in that state COM
mits the most horrible crimes. which
he would never be guilty of in a sober
state. The innocent must suffer with
the guilty, and therein is the pity of
it. We pay large salaries to officers
of the law, to judges, magistrates,
policemen, etc, and great deal of our
money goes to maintain the peniten-
tiaries, insane asylums, etc. Ninety
per cent of all our criminal and insane
population were made thus, either di-
rectly or indirectly by liquor. We are
more foolish than the man who tries to
hold water in sieve, for we pay out
our good money to secure law and
order with one hand, while with the
other we hand a license to a saloon
keeper to sell the whiskey, which
creates lawlessness and disorder. Five
cases of law-breaking are reported in
Fridays Herald and four at least of
the offenders are known to have been
drunk or drinking 1t is not necessary
to go outside of Mt. Pleasant to prove
the statements made in this article.
The same condition of things prevails
all over this land of ours. north, south,
east and west, and the day of awaken
ing must come soon. In the days of
the past, men fought for religious and
civil liberty, and to shake off the
shackles of tyrant kings Will the
day ever come. when they will fight
shoulder to shoulder TO save them
selves from the hideous tyrant Of in
temperance? The chains that bind
captive slave can be broken, but the
inyinsible bonds that fetter the slave
of strong drink, cannot be broken, and
he carries them with him to the grave.
and throughout torments of eternal
ruin and despair. God speed the day,
when men shall realize the truth and
fight this implacable foe. until it shall
be driven from the earth. to appear no
more, forever. HENRY D. NAVE.
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ing men and women: while those need
ing servents and laborers are sending
agents out of town in search of them.
*
Mr.. d. W. Shofner. President; Ell.
Gregory, Vice President; John Garrett.
Treasurer, and Herman D. Rhum. were
the officers elected at the meeting
held by the incorporators Of the
Brown Rock Phosphate Company
Monday afternoon.
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LOCALS.

A visit to the Touring mills reveals
that the several rains of the past
week has not materially interfered
with wheat threshing in this vicinity.
Loads of wheat are coming into town
steadily, and the farmers show no dis
position to hold their crop for a raise;
but seem willing to sell at the prevail
ing price which is about rs cents per
bushel
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g eOsosoeee 6 . . o Q o .
SNAP SHOTS.
o o @ o 0 0 Q o o . Q @ o 8 o o o

He is a wise politician who can tell
the band wagon from Salt river
steamer. -Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
The Hohenzollerns certainly do not
seem to be possessed Of any race sui
eide tendencies.-Ch Record-Her-
aid.
Newport society has been talking of
bathing suit banquet. If Newport
needs anything it is bath.-Releigh
Times.
1t was plumbing contractor who
paid % cents for meal and got $500
pearl in a clam. Them as has, gifts
Chicago Evening Post.
The weather mans as tickle as
lady-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Next thing for the 400 will be the
Garden of Eden party .-Natchez
Democrat.
Never spend any of your energies
trying to pull the other fellow down.
You have all you can do to boost your
|self.-Gadsden Journal
A man in politics has the same hag-
gard look that woman has when she
is engineering rather unsuccessful
love affair.-Atchinson Globe.
This life is mostly made UP Of peo-
pie who imagine they were intended
to do something better than their
present Montgomery Adver-
tiser.
Federal District Attorney Tillman,
of Tennessee, is after the tobacco
trust. You can't keep these Tillmans
off the trusts.-C Charleston News and
Courier.
Congress added nearly 1000 laws to
the number already on the statute
books. It's so much easier to pass new
laws than to enforce the old.-New
York American.
=
The president of Guatemala is be-
ing fed by his mother. Lots of grown
sons are enjoying the same free board
in this country and they are not in
prison, either.-Birmingham Age-Her.
aid.
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Rough On Tempers.

John Philip Sousa objects to the
photograph because he fears that it's
metallic whine is injuring the Ameri-
can voice. There is not so much dan
ger of that is that it will injure the
of the neighbors of the misguided per-
sons who own machines and are in the
habit of touching them off.-Terre
Haute Star.
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SOCIETY,".

Master George Killebrew entertain
ed number of his young friends at
the home of his parents Monday night.
Refreshments were served.
~
Mrs. George Jones is entertaining
her neice, Miss Reece, of Spring Hill.
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1t is Carrying a Lot of Weight.

Secretary Taft's boom should beware
of making such a burst of speed in the
first quarter that it will have no
strength left for the stretch.-Chicago
News.
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Mr.. B. A. Brown, former merchant
of Mt. Pleasant and groceryman of
much experience, has accepted a po-
sition as travelling salesman for the
firm of ]. j. Hill, of Nashville. He
will cover the territory adjacent to
Mt Pleasant.
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It pays to advertise in the Herald,
pays Mt. Pleasant people as well as
other people Mr. John Rhum, Sr., of
Mt. Pleasant lost his pocket book con-
tanning a sum of money in Columbia
Sunday The finder naturally adver-
tised in the Herald, and as the Her
aid reaches all sections and most of
the homes in Maury county, Mr.. Rhum
soon had his lost property.
If
If some good fairy would come to
Mt Pleasant and solve the servent
problem if would certainly prove a
God-send to the house-keepers. And
it seems that city law against va
grancy is about the only way out of
the trouble, as it is like working
Chinese puzzle to walk from the square
Broadway to the depot. Elk
cept when the sweftering rays of the
sun forces them to seek shady spot,
The street is swarming with idle, loaf
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-13

The president of Guatemala is be-
ing fed by his mother Lots of grown
sons are enjoying the same free board
in this country and they are not in
prison, either.-Bfrmingham Age-Her-
aid.
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Newport society has been talking of
bathing suit banquet. If Newport
needs anything it is bath.-Releigh
Times.
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Congress added nearly 1000 laws to
the number already on the statute
books. It's SO much easier to pass new
laws than to enforce the old.-New
York American.
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Federal District Attorney Tillman,
of Tennessee, is after the tobacco
trust You can't keep these Tillmans
off the trusts.-Charlesto News and
Courier.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08

Itreuuires no starvation process. You can eat
all You want. II makes muscle, bone, sinew,
nerve and brain tissue out OF the excess fat, and
quickly reduces your weight to normal. II takes
off the big stomach and relieves the compressed
condition and enables the heart to act freely
and the lungs to expand naturally and the kid
neys and liver TO perform their functions IN
natural manner. You will feel better the first
day you try this wonderful home food. Fill out
coupon herewith and mail to-day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08
Was q .sNonYmons,, Letter.

A certain Congressman from Vir
ginia has long retained in his employ
colored man by the name of Ezekiel
One morning the master started fol
the Capitol, leaving behind him letter
he had forgotten. Sometime in thu
afternoon. he remembered the com
munication, and, as it was of some i'm
portance, he FASTENED back home only
to find that the letter was nowhere to
be seen in his library. He had dis
tinct recollection that it had been left
on the table. He summoned Ezekiel
and asked if he had seen it.
''Yassah, yo' lef' it on yo' table. :
"Then where is it nowi"
Il mailed it, sab
'eYou mailed it, Why Zeke, | had
not put the name and address on the
envelope
"Jes' SO, sahl | thought 1t was one
of dem nonymous communications
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08
ExiLed Oneen RanaYaIo.

Among the members of the ruling
families of the orld, most of whom
have known many sorrows, there are
few figures so pathetic as that OF
Ranavalo, the ex-Queen OF Madagas-
car who is now on visit to Paris,
and who since 1897 has been queen
without Jnrone, living in Algiers on
the charity somewhat grudgingly
vouchsafed her by the French Govern
ment.
Ranavalo is now forty-four, and, AL
though her complexion inclines to q
dusky shade, she is by no means UNI
attractive. She possesses a distinctly
good figure, dresses with much taste,
and wears her clothes with distinction.
She ruled over Madagascar for four
teen years. and, like the two queens
who preceded her, became the wife Of
the Prime Minister. When she began
her reign the country was at war with
France.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08

Then he remembered that she had not beer
/ In the best hum0r, and decided that she
would probably enjoy the sport as much a.
sHeilois' called a voice. where are yer,
Mr., Caseyf" II was the voice Of Two-bifs
and Il was sweet music il his ear.
Right this way, 1wo.blLs,. he answered
Have you brought heips
She came to the other side Of the gulf
and thrusting stout plank out toward hin
she drawled.
was a-goin ter give yer away ter the gangi
Yer would never a-heard the last Of IL. !
guess we ken make IL all right with this
here Then, making sure the plank was was
Now, git spry, and don't waste no time,
Hop across, tell yers'
AS they came TO the last crevice where
the board was necessary, George paused.
waited, with arms akimbo, this Is the last
one. Yer goin to give up nowf II yer do,
III leave yer fer good, dead sure
''TWO-bits," said George, and there was
considerable pathos in his voice; Two
bits" he repeated will you forgive me for
calling you a coward? YOu are the brayest
girl l ever knew, and you've been real kind
to me tonight VIII you forgive meY'
Jaw, come along with yer, said the girl,
greatly embarrassed. Its my pinion
yer fellers in the east jist talk ter hear
yer heads roar half the time, and don
They neared the town, walking side by
side The board had been thrown away
and from their appearance no one would
have known that anything out of the
ordinary had occurred. AS be left her at
her own door he pressed her hand tightly,
and said:
''You are a brave girl-a regular little
heroine"
Next day she found a pony tied to the
post In front of her mothers house, and on
the beautiful saddle which 1t bore, was
pinned a note which read:
fThis is Nickel, present to TwO-bits,
the brave little girl who was good to a
coward"
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&c NewesL Weariag AppareL

The Princess gown occupies the
centre of fashions stage for spring
and summer, and win doubtless "gC
TO mill and to meeting during the
coming months. 1t appears in al
sorts Of gowns from the exquisite
creations for evening to the walking
skirt and its accompanying bolero
but there are those who cannot and
VIII not wear this style of garment.
and for these there are very pretty
skirts, cut circular, and fiaring widely
/ about the lower edge These skirts
are constructed from all sorts Of ma
terials, even to the thinnest of sum-
mer fabrics, and if properly made they
win not necessarily give much trouble
BY sagging. However, for the skirt
of washing stuff, the gored models are
much more satisfactory and patterns
for these can be obtained with the
modish flare about the bottom.
The vogue of the circular skirt has
led to the fashion for fat skirt trim
mings These sometimes take the
form of stitched bands of the material
or silk, while braids of one or several
kinds are often interlaced in design
about the bottom Another mode of
skirt trimming much used is con-
secutive rows of shaped fiounces, one
overlapping the other and often ending
at each side of the front panel. One
might almost say that the front panel
in unbroken length from waistband to
hem prevails in the majority of gowns.
When bands of the same fabric as
the skirt are put ON as trimming they
are usually piped with contrasting
color; the tunic and f1ounce being often
suggested by the manner in which
these are applied.
AS for coats, the bolero is in high
feather this year and figures in all
varieties of wear from the ornamental
to the useful. As an ornament it APP
pears in the negligee of the morning
as well as upon the evening toilette.
The little lace and embroidered boleros
are to be much worn with soft silk
and summer gowns and will prove
very fetching adjuncts to the toilette
Every woman ana girl will do well
to provide herself with several lin
gerie waists for nice wear These
little blouses are very important in
the wardrobe, no matter how meagre
or sumptuous it be. They can be had
in a great variety of styles and in all
of the sheer summer fabrics. Those
embroidered, or inset with lace, are
very dainty and considered quite suit
able for any occasion where one needs
to look well. On cool days they can
be worn over a slip of pink, blue or
lavendar and be very pretty ind be-
coming. Many of these waists are
made with elbow sleeves but they can
be had with the long sleeve--and some
of the newest imported blouses are
made with sleeves which end in a
long point over the hand.
In materials, no one will go astray
in purchasing wolfe and linen for her
spring and summer gowns. There are
linens Of all kinds from the sheer
qualities to the fine I'M
bleached linens. Then there are soft |
raw silks, mohairs and |
eoliennes as well as the immortal |
serge. White is promised much vogue
For summer, and mixed with black 1t
Is very smart for the new suits.
These suitings are mostly In small
,hecks, or stripes.
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Don't Be Fat.
TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE.

NY new Obesity Food, taken at mealtime
compels perfect assimilation of the food and
sends the food nutriment where il belongs
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08


room of the season, to be held May 20
at which she will present many Amer
lean women, some Of whom will be heI
guests.
Naturally. the presentation most i'm.
portant to the American colony in Lon
don this season will be that of Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, President Roose-
velt's daughter During their stay in
London, Mr.. and Mrs Longworth will
be the guests of the Reds at Dor
chester House. where the suite oc-
cupied by the ambassador and his
wife will be at the disposal of the
Longworths. To add to the attract
iveness of these rooms, some choice
boudoir furniture has recently ar
rived from France to lend a fresher
bridal beauty to theI4.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08
Chinchizras Becoming Scarce.

The chinchilla, the little rat-like ami
NAL which produces the popular fur, Is
in danger of extinction.
The chinehillas were formerly found
in great numbers in the high ranges of
the Andes. in Bolivia and Chilli, but
owing to the demand for their skins
they have been ruthlessly hunted, in
season and out of season, and the
Chilean Government finds 1t almost inn
possible to enforce a law which has
been passed for their protection.
The exports from Coquimbo, the
principal port for this trade, amounted
last year to twelve thousand dozen
skins, and the prices paid we're almost
double those of the previous year.