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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22
LOCALS.

Prof Van R. Carpenter, the aero
naut, was in town Wednesday arrang-
ing the details of his performance,
which took place this afternoon from
Mr.. Towards lot, east of the water
tower. The balloon is a large one, 80
feet in diameted and the padachute is
80 feet from the bottom of the balloon
itself. There is considerable danger
in making such ascension but the Pro
fessor is an old hand and understands
his business perfectly, so has had few
accidents.
Farmers say that the wheat crop is
unusually fine, and that rye and oats
promise large yield.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22

ents objected, as ! understood, on ac-
count Of her age; we lived with my
parents at first; later on for few
days with her parents; then with my
parents; then at my fathers place in
the country; then on the corner of
West Sixth and High streets; after
that with my parents, up to the time
we went to St. Louis.
Q.-Up to that time had you had any
trouble with her, or any suspicious of
her?
A.-No.
Q.-She had made you good and
faithful wife up to that time?
A.-So far as knew.
Witness admitted that he drank,
but denied that he had cursed his wife
or his father when intoxicated at thu
Fair Grounds, or at any other time.
He denied that he had ever
been brought home from MI
Pleasant in an intoxicated condition.
He denied that he drank at all while
! he was in st. Louis He said the first
time he caught them going out togeth
er he simply suggested to her the inn
prudence of it, and that night they all
went to the Fair together. Several
days after that when he caught them
out so late together, he simply told
them it had to stop right then and
there. Witness said they made some
tweak excuse which he did not believe
and fowler left the next day. Asked
if these were the only times they went
out together witness said he thought
not. but these were the only times he
caught them.
u Asked regarding the correspondence
witness said that he suspicioned his
iwife, and laid OFF from work and watch
ed her three days. He found that she
was not getting her mail at the house
where they were boarding, but hac
, private box at another station. He
saw her go there and get her mail
saw that she got letters every day
but she kept them locked up in hel
: trunk and he could not get hold o
, them. When he thought it had gone
t far enough, and he had all the evidence
J he needed, he brought her home; ant
{ when her trunk was brought from ti'
: depot he opened it and made her r9at
a the letters she tried to destroy therl
r bue he would not let her; when sh'
| had finished reading them he took TIT
2 letters and sent her home to her par
$ ents. Here witness repeated agaiI
l some of the contents of these letters
g Said in one of the letters the write
q proposed to employ a lawyer in 81
n Louis to obtain the divorce, at III
o own expense; and said that in neal
n " all the .letters he was abused.
+ Asked concerning the damage su:
and the compromise, witness repeate
that he always opposed the settlement
: Coming down to the night of tn
!. difficulty witness went over the state
O ment in general substantially the sam
S as he had told in his examination l
Ichief. He denied meeting Meredlt
S King at the time King said; said Kin
8 had gotten mixed up: that he net ~
g earlier in the night He said Towle
e had two pistols; of different size; n
It wounds were of different size: 4
= showed them to the jury. He wei
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22
G0PDON ASSAULT
CASE TRIED
aued from Page Seven.

he had opposed the compro-
&c arly; that he never wanted
-..-.a hat way; that he never real
49,. led to it; but that he allowed
- 10 be overpersuaded by his
-. md attorneys to sign the re-
s-i,, which he signed without read
ing
,,. hack TO the st. Louis trouble
.u.ir and the witness made the fol-
,.u.ica statement, in substance: When
: Taft here | thought fowler was my
.-isn5 He wrote me, and l secured
so,rf for him in the house where |
.os and when he first came there l
.v+er5ed him every courtesy and hos
.f.Iity could. was working for the
9. 1o1is Transit Co.; working about
x hours a day. Usually got home
n, about ten o'clock, sometimes later,
.ora+frnes earlier. Some two or three
days after fowler came, I came from
~, work rather earlier than usual, and
sonrd that he and my wife had gone
ont together. They came in about s
o'clock. and when we had gone to our
room I requested her not to do sc
again: that I thought it imprudent
FOWLER spoke to me about their going
ont together: said considering our long
acouaintance, it was foolish for me to
obiect. but / did object to their going
alone but consented for them to e
in company with other ladies of the
house Several days after that, how
ever. they went together alone, anC
did not return until II o'clock at night
Then my suspicious were aroused, ant
entered a very emphatic protest, ant
he left for Columbia the next day.
went to the electric car with him
About the next day, or the day after
she was taken i'll and had to com
home. She wrote me that she had gon
to her fathers instead of my fathers
for fear my father would censure he
for coming home 1 did not like tn
tone of her letter, and took the mex
train for home myself. Came home
took her to the home of my parents
where we remained few days, the
returned to st. Louis, both of us. Whe
went after her the day reached her
from St. Louis, I met fowler comm
across the bridge from that direction
and when / reached her fathers nous,
found nobody there but her. Ate
we returned to st. Louis she began
receive letters from fowler almos
daily; sometimes two day. (Witnes
here related some of the contents {
some of the letters as heretofore gi
en-, to-wit: That if he had not been
coward he would have killed Towlt
in ST. Louis; that if his wife woul
come to him (Towler) he would TAX
care of her and treat the child as h
own; that his (Gordon's) father d
not know anything about it, becau'
he treated him (Towler) too nice
the street; 1T is too late to tut
back or, I'VE have gone too far
turn back" ETC., and witness was the
turned over to the State for crosse
animation.
Defendant Cross Examined.
Attorney General Garner began f
ing a volley of questions at the defe
dant which may be understood by Il
answers, which were in substance
follows:
Il do not know how old she WI
when we were married; yes, she vi
in her teens; yes, it was against Il
wishes of her parents; at Judi
Looney's residence; no, they did n
allow me to come to their house; pa
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22
SOCIETY.

Miss Emma Brown, of Columbia,
was the guest of Mrs. w. H. Kittrell
today and will attend the dance at the
Frierson House this evening.
Misses Louise Brown, Maud McAllis-
ter and Mary Pillow, of Columbia, are
here to attend the lawn party and
dance tonight.
Miss Elizabeth Adams, of Louisiana,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22

ing him to wait for him, he would be
back That he saw the defendant af-
ter the difficulty. He was wounded in
two places. He went with the defend
ant to the home of his father and
spent the night with him. One of de-
PENDANTS hands was blackeled and APP
peared to be powder burned. That he
saw the wounds of defendant dressed,
both at the drug store and at his home
and one of them appeared larger than
the other.
Cross-Examined.
The witness said the front wound
was round and the wound on the side
was long in shape. Asked if the shape
of the side wound was not caused by
the bullet being turned by striking
package of cigaret papers and entering
side WAYS, he said he did not know.
Asked if bullets, when they came out
of pistols were not round, he said he
supposed So He admitted to Capt
Fnsseu that he had never seen a bull
let emerge from a pistol barrel and
hoped never to see one.
John CIopton.
Witness said he was at the hotel
the night of he shooting and saw
Gordon in the pool room. That he
went home soon afterwards and did
not hear of the difficulty till the next
morning. Said he did not see the de-
PENDANT when he left the hotel and
did not know whether he left by the
side or front door, but heard him say
to some friends before leaving, to wait
for him. he would be back before the
pool game was over.
Mrs. J. H. Shuneman.
Mrs. Shuneman testified that her
home is on Sixth street almost direct
" opposite to the fire engine house.
That on the night of the shooting her
sister was visiting her and had com
, many. That she and Mr.. Shuneman
had retired, but were not asleep. The
company had left the house and hei
sister was in their room, standing be
: fore the bureau when they heard the
shots. That they all rushed to the
: front door and by the time they
;, reached there the shooting had ceased
, That she saw one man running IRON
d the fire engine house towards the
4 scene of the shooting, then saw an
e other. man leaving about where the biz
r gate to the city pound is, following
in a more leisurely manner, and in ;
: few minutes saw a man, whom sh'
q took for Ed Morgan, come out OF tn
fire engine house and follow the othe
$ two. That she could not tell whethe
=; or not the first two men were police
n men. but if they were they did not ge
> to see any of the shooting. That tn
first two men either came out of tn
city pound, out of the engine hous
n or out of George owens next door
It Cross-Examined.
e The witness said she did not get t
g her front door TILL the SnooIlnS Wd
s over. That the shooting occupied onl
II little space of time. That she di
e not know where the first man cam
s. from; he was running up the stree
when she first saw him. That tn
d second man was at the engine hous
r ate when she first saw him. That sh
ID could tell Ed Morgan because sh
y, heard him talking, but did not kno'
ID the other two men.
" The foregoing is all the material ev
e, dence in the case. The evidence wi
Id be completed this morning and the
Or the argument will begin The cas-
rs will probably reach the jury Saturda
to morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22
MOUNT PLEASANT NEWS
Como Ucted by II. D. Nave.

is the guest of Miss Edna Gregory
during the lawn party and dance
Miss Nellie Williamson. of Column
bia, is visiting Miss Eleanor Gregory.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22

The way for widow to get over be
ing one is to be rich.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-09-28

farmers, those with ordinary
holdings, a quarter of q section,
and wheat raisers farming from
q 600 to 2, 600 acres annually.
have seen the engine and thresh-
Eer at work and they have been
forced to admit that the practi-
#cability and utilization features
are no longer d theory that the
Transit thresher and engine pos
7sesses both and, pre-eminently
there stands out in great prorni-
hence the solving Of the labor
problem
In company with Hon. e. j..
Lord Of Cando. the correspond
5ent of The Forum was driven by
j Lyons Of Steele, to a sec
ton of the big Elk Valley farm,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-09-28

teeth frame. The teeth and ele-
waiting mechanism are operated
by levers. The machine is head
ed for a shock by starting up.
the horses. the teeth gathers the.
shock and simultaneously they.
are elevated to an angle which
deposits the sheaves into the rack
and SO it travels from one shock
to another. When the rack is
full it is hauled to- the side Of
the separator nearby where the
shocks are unloaded by a Dump
/ ing device. AS the shocks are
moved from the field the engine
and threshing rigs are moved
nearer the shocks. With a good
team the loader can easily keep
the thresher well supplied and
not go beyond ordinary activity
LOT labor at the time Of thresbing
and the two pitchers are kept
fairly busy feeding the thresher
whichEis done from the ground.
In the feeding of the separator
There seems TO be no limit, it,
may be done as rapidly as the
men care TO toss and there is no
apparent taxing Of the engine in
| the least. The high speed Isl
regularly maintained and there
/ Is an entire absence Of jerking.
On the field where it was
working one section OF 90 acres
LOT wheat, with exceptionally
heavy straw was threshed with
little less than ~ gallons of gas
Eoline.
Aside from its utility for
threshing operations in transit
1.-THE engine is splendidly adapted
| for attaching to d blowing RID.
lt has double the horsepower
lover any other traction engine iii
proportion 10 its weight. Iii this
particular TOO It's stead Illness has
lbeen admitted to be nearly per
feet.
The n1anual force for the per-
Exect operation of i Transit en-
lyme and tlagesEser with Il capa-
lefty Of 800 busa els d day con
sisks Of engineer, separator man
1.-TWO pitchers and shock loader
man and team.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-09-28

| Operation there is no comparison.
AS to the grain saved the Transit
rig saves a great deal more for.
the simple reason that the grain.
AS handled a great deal less. 1t.
Will thresh other grains just as
well as it will wheat. The en-
Igine and the uniting of the sep
larator are the ssentials, in the
separator there are q few modi-.
lfcations for the purpose Of adopt
ling it for CONTINUOUS travelling
lover the fields. The rig can be
moved and stopped instantly. just.
as readily and easily as with q.
team. B:
The Transit rig consists of a
four cylinder gasoline traction.
engine with detachable separa-
tor hitcned behind and so belted.
| as I'd travel thro ugh the field and
tthresL as it travels. At the side.
LOT the separator is the grain
tank which is aitched by simple
1 and convenient devices SO it
moves with the RIG. The sepa-
rator and grain tank may be de-
|tached III half q minute, and
hitched to a blowing rig If re-
Iquired The engine weighs 1000
pounds and develops SO horse
power in the traction. s..
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-09-28

New baled hay SO cents per
bale For sale BY @. il. Baker
phone ~
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
SENATOR FLAYS MAGNATEs.
Hansbrou@h BIameS Them for short
age of Freight Cars.

If the big railroad men of the coun-
try would spend more time managing
their roads and less iH strutting about
the swell hotels in dress suits. there
would not be as many shortages of cars
TO cause suffering and death in the re-
mote parts OF the country" according to
Senator Hansbrough. of North Dakota
Senator Hansbrough had a talk about
the car shortage with President RoOse-
welt yesterday. and when he emerged
from the executive Office. spoke cut his
mind with great emphasis. After max
ing the dress suit remark, the Senator
said that be saw no way 20 relieve the
suffering through the Dakotas for some
time to come.
All we can DO now" he said. lis 10
investigate and Try TO fix the blame for
the shortage. We can't remedy matters
with the laws we have at present" added
Senator Hausbr0Ugh. Then he cOntin-
ued, If the Interstate Commerce Com
mission We're given authority to investi-
gate and the power 10 order cars from
one part of the country where they are
not needed 20 other parts of the Coun-
try where they are needed, thousands Of
ears would be at the disposal Of the peo-
pie who need them.
Then. I would suggest that the de
murraee Of 81 a day be abolished
which now allows a shipper or Consignee
10 hold car at a terminus or on q side
track us long as he pleases. OFTEN cars
are held this way for a month at d time
for it is cheaper TO pay 81 day
than it is to pay storage"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
GAS VERSUS ELECTRICITY.
Commissioners Hear Complaints
About Cleveland Park Lighting.

The substitution of incandescent gas
mantle lamps for the incandescent cleo
trio lamps in Cleveland Park was the
subject of hearing before the Com
miss.oncrs yesterday.
Gen. George II. H3Tries. IF the Potomac
Electric Power Company, said that al
though his company was unaware that the
service was proving unsatisfactory. au
order had been sent by Electrical En-
gineer ". c. Allen to take out their lamps
without previous notice. The company.
he added, is willing to install a better
lamp at the same price of the present
lamp. provided it is assured the service
viii be continued.
Mr.. Allen declared the system Of over
head electrical wiring to be unsatisfactory.
section in darkness. Instances Of made
Cuate lighting were brought 10 the atteu-
ton of the Commissioners. There are at
present forty-siX lamps in Cleveland
Park. and recommendation has been made
that this number be doubled regardless of
the style selected. The electric lamps are
Of . candlepower. while the gas lamps
are of 90 candlcpower.
W Riley Decide, Of the Washington
Gasligh5 Company. announced that his
company viii install the lamps by Janu-
airy /, if awarded the contract
The Commissioners announced that the
arguments would be considered before q
decision is made.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
FAYORS COLORED TEACHERS
DR.. Chancellor Makes Recommends
tons to Board of Education.
Department Official Wants to Know
Co What school 10 Send Fill
DinO Servant.

The report OF the much-discussed
Southern trip Of DR.. Chancellor. super
intendent Of the public schools. was read
AT a meeting of the board Of education
yesterday afternoon in the Franklin
School Building.
DR.. Chancellor begins by explaining
THAI a delay OF a week in starting and
the loss of two days through railroad
accidents made IL impossible for him 10
return 10 Washington by the opening Of
Congress, as was his original intention.
DR. ChancelIor's itinerary included the
Fiske University and the public schools
OF Nashville, the schools OF Montgomery.
Atlanta. Hampton Institute, and Tuske-
gee In summing up his trip. DIT Chan
cellor says.
There are only three conclusions that
I am prepared TO present as q result Of
my visit south. OF these, the first is
that we may probably increase the
amount Of trade instruction in the higher
grades of our grammar schools. also in
our manual training high schools A Sec
ond proposition is that we might proftd-
bly, enrich and extend the work OF our
normal schools.
In addition, ! am confirmed in the
general social opinion that for the pres
ent il IS best 90 nave all grades of in
structiOn and all kinds Of administration
and supervision in the colOred schools
Tigidly confined to coiOred teachers and
directors. and that there is now "a sufi-
Client body Of highly-developed talent
among the colored people 10 carry on this
work. Believing that both trade in
struction for those who can go farther
and the largest opportunities for those
who can pursue extended courses Of edu-
cation are both necessary for the colorcd
people, as they are for the white
Some little discussion was Occasioned
by letter from an official of the War
Department who desired 10 send Fill
pl1o servant TO the public schools and
Was in doubt as TO whether he could en-
ter him in the white or cOlored branch.
The case was referred 10 the committee
on teachers and janitors. as the board
seemed uncertain as 10 the proper dis2o-
siti0n OF the pupil
Several requests for appropriations to
DE entered in the urgent deficiency bin
We're passed on by the board among
which was one of $4,000 for the repairs
to the Central High School.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
PROTEST AGAINST MACHINERY.
Citizens Make Complaint Against
L. =. Express Company.

Asserting thar the operating of ma
chinery i'm the garage Of the United States
Express Company. which is located in an
alley between Fourth and Fifth and II
and 7 streets northwest. is not only a con-
tinual nuisance but dangerous to life and
property, a delegation Of property owners
and residents Of that vicinity yesterday
appeared before the Commissioners with
the request, mat conditions be remedied
or that the permit be revoked
Theodore Living. 40 Third street north
west. spokesman for the protestants, de-
clared that houses within a radius of five
blocks are shaken by the vibration of the
engines when in full operation. The per
nit, he said. was issued with the under
standing that the engines would cause no
fumes noise, UdOr. or vibration. and the
right 10 revoke the permit was reserved if
necessary TO protect life and property.
The report of Assistant Building Inspec-
tor Lawson, in which il was stated that
the conditions described were not exag-
gerated, was submitted to the board
a. A. Birney, attorney for the express
company, challenged the right of the
Commissioners to interfere. declaring the
case to be one for the courts to settle.
The Commissioners said they would take
the matter under consideration before
announcing their decision.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
Trained Nurses Graduated.

a class of trained nurses was graduated
yesterday from the School Of Nurses of
the George Washington University at the
regular Wednesday noon assembly. This
is the second section OF the class of zssG
The first class was graduated last spring.
Those who received their certificates Were
Misses Edna May Henson West Virginia i;
Rachael Christian Trimble Virginia; Re
becca Il. Blue. West Virginia; Mary Eliza
beth Stevens Hardy. NiTginia; Mary eliza
beth Morgan, Virginia, and Florence
Estelle Miller. New York The order OF
exercises included vocal solos 7by Miss
Helen Macleod, of Columbian College.
Miss Evans accompanying. An address
was made by Dr. William A White, SUI
perintendent of the Government Hospital
for the Insane. The graduating class re-
ceived their certificates from DR.. Need
ham. president Of the university. They
were presented by DR.. Phillips rs super
intendent of the hospital
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
FRANK HELPS SANTA CLAUS.
Express Company Courtesy Comes to
Rescne of Exhausted Exchequer.


Rescue of Exhausted Exeheque=.
The day before had been pay day. The
Washington man stood at his desk
There remained just two little packages
He had been shopping; bought presents
for all his relatives and friends. All OF
them. except the two, had been started
on their way
He felt in one pocket. There was a re-
ceipt for one OF the recently purchased
gifts. He felt in another pocket. There
was another receipt Nothing more.
Then he began a systematic hunt through
his clothes from his waistcoat teu his
overcoat. There was everything but the
real thing-mOney.
He looked at the packages. They
seemed to stare him square in the face.
They must be sent at once to arrive by
Christmas Day The last cent had been
spent for the two little. innocent looking
packages and their contents. The express
charges had been overlooked.
4 friend came in. Questions developed
that the friend was in the same fix
broke. Another arrived. He. too. had been
shopping and was penniless. fourth
came on the scene and saved the day.
The others We're mOneyless. but ne had
an idea 70 save his friend from disgrace
He had an express frank. and amid cheers
the giver of gifts rushed TO + street and
toward an express office The day
Christmas-had been saved
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
FEARS TO LIVE WITH HIM.
Lillian b. Getchen sues for Divorce
on Cruelty Grounds.

Lillian B. Getchell. through her coun-
sci. Campbell Darlington, began suit In
the District Supreme Court yesterday
against Harry Clarke Gethen for lin
tied divorce. GetcheH is employed by
the government at a monthly salary OF
$780, Mrs. Getchen says she Is afraid
% live with him. She also charges
cruelty and non-support, and claims that
be has said to others he would go 70
some other city for the purpose Of de-
frauding her claim for support The
Getchells were married December p. 1903.
Justice Gould granted William Il. Bos-
Well an absolute divorce from Addie BOs-
well on statutory grounds Campbell
Darlington and s. d. Truitt represented
the plaintiff
Martin Mueller began suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against Jennie Muel-
Ter for a limited divorce and the custody
Of his infant child. Mueller, who is rep
resented by W. D. Sullivan. alleges that
his wife deserted him July IS last. and is
addicted 10 the use Of intoxicating drinks.
and is not fit to take care Of their in
FAINT child The MueIlers were married
January e. 1886