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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
SURRENDER WAS
THE WATCHWORD
TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES, ONE
THOUSAND STRONG, INVADE
THE CAPITAL

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. IA
Temperance advocates. one thousand
strong. marched through the National
Capitol today in support Of the 5nI
introduced by Representative Weber,
of Ohio. to rid the District Of Colum-
bia Of the liquor trafic. Men, women
and children representing a score of
total abstinence orders and the lead
ing churches OF the district formed
the procession which moved through
the capital for more than two hours,
while Representative Weber and 9th
er prohibition advocates were speak
ing before the House Committee on
the District Of Columbia In an effort
to secure a favorable report on the
bill.
Only fifty of the temperance advo-
Gates were able to get into the small
committee room, but the army OF pro-
hibitionists moved constantly past the
open doors of the room and lent their
support to the arguments against the
sale Of liquor. Repeatedly, the crusa-
ders moved about the rotunda under
the great dome of the capitol.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
PEABODY BOARD
Ex-GoV. PORTER OFF FOR WASH.
INGToN FOR THE MEETING.
Will Be Held Today, the Expectation
That the Nashville College viii
Get lie Big Endowment az
Result.

Ex-Gov. James ID. Porter left Sun
day morning for Washington to at
tend called meeting of the Peabody
Board. The condition made by the
Peabody Board that the State should
appropriate $25O,O0O before the Uni.
versity of Nashville should receive the
amount apportioned to 1t from the
Peabody Fund has been met The
money will be placed under the super
vision of a Controlling Board which
shall be composed chiefly of Tonnes
scans, but which shall also include
representatives of all the Southern
States and the work towards the es-
tablishment of the George Peabody
School for Teachers will at once be
undertaken, says the Nashville Amer
lean.
The school will be one of the great
est of its kind in the South and its
establishment means a great forward
step for Nashville as an educational
center. The improvements to be made
and the ne wgrounds to be acquired
and the plan of operation will be APP
proved by the Board and it will then
cease to exist. 1t is composed of the
most prominent men in the country,
including the President and ex-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland.
The Controlling Board which In the
future will act as the trustees of the
part of the fund apportioned to the
Nashville school, will be named at
The meeting of the Board. The meet |
Ing will be held today and it is proba- |
Bile that the Board will adjourn sine !
lie. The Board has been in existence !
since the death of George Peabody and |
he great fortune left by the philan-
.hropist has been for all that time ,
lnder its control It Is expected that
he Peabody College will get between
me and two millions. Gov. Porter
will return Wednesday.
China's Good Record.
1t is 100 years since a bank failed
n China.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
BUCKET SHOP BILL
Reported to the Senate Without Rec
ommendatlon.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. A.
There were no lurid effects over the
consideration of the bucket shop bill
by the Senate judiciary committee last
night, the session being almost tame
Bernard Suttler, editor of the Cotton
Journal presented his views.
Senator Talbert asked IL the grades
of the Memphis exchange we're stand
ard. Mr. Suttler said they were stand
d, and praised Southern exchanges
generally because they kept better
grades than the New York exchange.
W. H. Williamson, of Nashville,
appeared before the committee on be.
half of the Credit Mems Association.
A vote was taken on the bill by the
committee, resulting in tie. Senator
Cox moved to report the bill without
recommendation and it was so order
ed.
Selden r. Williams, of the Farmers
Union, says poll of the Senate justi-
fies the claims of it's friends that the
bill will pass by a good majority,
though the opposition Is making
strong fight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
PREPARING FOR
THE RECESS
JUNkETINc COMMITTEES IN
CREASED TO TEN. MARR AND
COOPER MAD OVER
MISSING BILL.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. I5.-II
the House this morning Mr.. Lipscomt
called up the bill TO abolish the char
ter OF Columbia. The Senate bII on
the same subject was substituted and
passed.
The House took up consideration OF
the Memphis charter bill
Gov. Patterson returned to the
House with his official signature of
approval the bill appropriating $S5, 900
for the purchase or construction of a
Governors mansion. also the bill to
prevent the spread of communicable
diseases among domestic animals.
Messrs. Cooper and Mari taking the
floor on a question of personal privi-
lodges charged that the original copy
of the MARI pure food bill had been
taken away by some unknown party,
another and materially changed bill
having been substituted and printed
for the original. Mr.. Cooper roundly
denounced the guilty person.
The Senate used up large portion
of the morning session today getting
ready for the recess. There we're
numerous resolutions concerning junk
citing committees providing for en-
Dloyees Of the two houses to accom-
pany committees and fixing the rate
Of pay Of porters and pages. The
most important action along this line
was with reference to increasing the
size of all of the recess committees.
The Senate yesterday rejected
House joint resolution to increase all
these committees to ten members,
four senator's and six representatives,
but today reconsidered and concurred
In the resolution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
CHURCH DOORS
NAILED Up
Outcome Of Controversy Between C. p.
and Presbyterian Congregations.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb 14.-Mem-
bers of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Owensville, Ind, today nail
ed up the doors of the church to pre-
vent the Presbyterians from worship
ping there. Since the consolidation
of the two churches the two congre-
cations have been using the same
church on alternate Sundays, as they
refused to consolidate. The Cumber-
land Presbyterians say the church be-
longs to them, and they will not per-
NIT the Presbyterians to use the build
ing again. The Presbyterians say they
will break down the doors of the
church Sunday. A clash is expected,
and the officers will be on hand to
avoid trouble II possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
LYNNvHLE
REJoicEs AT GETTING RErNcoR'
PoRATED.

LYNNvILLE. Tenn, Feb. H.
There was considerable rejoicing here
when II became known that the bill
re-incorporating Lynnyiile had receiv-
ed the Governors signature. and due
credit was accorded Representatives
Morrison and Meadows for the sue
cessful passage of the measure. A
similar bill was defeated two years
ago owing to local opposition, which
has since been overcome. both factions
having jointly petitioned for the pres
ent measure. The charter was abol-
ished seven years ago to get rid OF
saloons, and the town has since been
without any kind OF local government.
Realizing that the future growth OF
the place depended on rules and reg
ulations to suppress lawlessness OF
various kinds, enforce sanitary rules,
street improvement, ETC., all OF which
will naturally be neglected without
corporate rules, the citizens decided
several months ago to take steps for
Incorporating. The Board OF Alder
men we're selected at a recent mass
and the Town Marshal Is to
be chosen by this Board. II Is ex-
pected that everything win be in read.
mess for the beginning OF the new
government within The next ten days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
AN OBJECT LESSON.

Here is an object lesson for those
who favor saloons for revenue only"
In the little city of Cleveland three
years after the abolition of saloons two
hundred and fifty homes have been built.
the tax on which is long way more
than the saloons ever paid into the
city treasury. Two hundred and fifty
honest, virtuous homes paying their
share into the city treasury which is
a greater blessing to the city than all
the saloons and dirty dives in the
State.-Jasper Statesman Democrat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
SMOOT TO PLEAD
HIS OWN CASE
EFFORT TO EXCLUDE HIM FROM
U. s. SENATE COMES TO VOTE
WEDNESDAY.

/ WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Appro-
priation bills will, during the present
week, continue to command the great
er part of the time of both the Senate
and House, but they will not be allow
ed to crowd everything else to the
wall in either chamber. The House
will begin the week Monday by pass
ing several bills under suspension OF
the rules, and II the present plan pre-
walls the last two days Of the week
will be devoted to the ship subsidy
bill
In the Senate the resolution provid-
ing for the expulsion of Senator Smoot
will be voted upon at p. m. Wednes-
day, and there will be considerable de-
bate ON the resolution before the vote
Is reached. Senator Smoot himself is
on the programme for an extended adj
dress in which he is expected to out
line his attitude as between the Nor
mon Church and the National Govern
ment and he will be supported in
speeches by Senators Dillingham; and
and Foraker, the latter clos
ing in behalf of Mr.. Smoot The final
in opposition will be made
by Senator Burrows. 1t is admitted
that Senator Smoot will be sustained
by large majority.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
"AS SOLID AS THE
ETERNAL HILLS
Engineer Stevens on the Foundations
For Gatun Lock At Panama.

WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-THE 18th.
milan Canal Company has received
from Chief Engineer Stevens. for the
use of the Senate Committee in Inter
oceanic Canals. samples of borings
made at lock sites at Gatun and Pedro
Miguel. In a letter which accom-
panied these samples, describing the
locations from which they were taken,
Mr.. Stevens said:
The drills have passed through
nothing and encountered nothing ex-
cepting the material have described
and the samples of boring which /
have sent you.
Nothing in any investigation which
has been made during the last year
and half has tended to show but that
the foundations of the Gatun locks will
be as solid as the eternal hills. and
any statements to the contrary are
either products of diseased magma
tions or wilful Hes"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
EVANSVILLE CHAUTAUGUA
BLACKLIST la TOILETTE
Declines to Invite Him to Speak De.
cause of Attack or Hemenway.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 17.--Gov
Joseph w, Folk, of Missouri, has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an adj
dress before the Evansville Chautau'
qua on July 4. The directors refused
to sign United States Senator Robert
M. LaFolette, of Wisconsin, this year
because of what they term his attack
on United States Senator James A,
Hemeway OF this State. at the Chau-
tauqua last year. Senator Hemeway
presided at the meeting and intro
duced Senator LaFolette and the lat
ter then proceeded to denounce Heme.
way and all other Senators who voted
against the LaFolette amendments to
the Railroad Rate Bill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
CHANGES MEET
ING NIGHT

1t was decided at the meeting last
night of the Modern woodmen OF
America to change the meeting night
from the first and third Friday nights
to every Wednesday night. II is
thought this will be more satisfactory
to large number of the members, as
several other orders meet Friday even
lngs. The next meeting night will be
Wednesday, February n.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
To Bring Out Au..ralI.n Vote.

Modern democracy can we'll plume
itself on the latest piece Of progress
sive' legislation introduced by the
Victorian Premier This Is q bill en-
towering the returning ofhcer to hne
any one on the RON who does not vote.
Melbourne Liberty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
FEST JURY
COULD NOT AGREE AND WERE
GIVEN MORE TIME.
General Opinion That Twill Be a
Hung Jury or UnfavorabIe TO
the Defendant.

Judge w. M. Hart announced at
4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon that the
jury sitting in the case of J. Herman
Feist on trial in the Criminal Court
on the charge of numbering Mrs. Rosa
Mason Mangrum, had failed to agree
and wanted more time for deliberation
After Judge Hart made the announce
ment the Criminal Court adjourned
until 8 o'clock this morning, and the
large audience, which had been sitting
in the court room for more than an
hour, awaiting a report from the jury
in the celebrated case, filed out A
large number fingered in the court
room to discuss the case. The grave
demeanor of the members of the jury
was not thought by those who have
closely watched the proceedings in
the case to be favorable to the de-
PENDANT, says the Nashville American.
Observation of the jury could con-
vince any spectator that the members
have been deeply absorbed in the tes-
timony of both the prosecution and
the defense, and that they were care
fully weighing the facts presented.
The twelve men who will pass on the
are as follows: A. e. Tompkins, A.
B. Davis, r. P Horton, w. G. Dabbs,
J. l.. Sawyers. W. S. Pilkington, r. II. |
Brown, Mike Diveny, R. B. Calhoun, G.
ID. Carter. J. A. Baker, s. d. Bowers
Large Audience Present.
There was large audience in the
court room at 8 o'clock on Friday |
morning, it being expected that Judge
Hart would deliver the charge to the
jury at that hour Judge Hart made
the announcement that the case was
one having 80 many phases and 1t was
necessary for him to present the the
cries of both the State and the de-
tense, and for that reason 1t would be
impossible for him to get his charge Il
ready before 2 o'clock in the after
noon. Before court adjourned Judge
Hart announced to the audience that
the court room belonged to the peo-
pie, and II they wanted to remain I'M
I'll 2 o'clock they had the right to do
SO, but incidentally n any of those
present had any business they would
have until that time to look after It,
Court reconvened at . O'Clock. at II
which time Judge Hart delivered the
charge to the jury. The charge con-
sisted OF an explanation of the differ
emit grades of homicide and a clear ]
statement Of the theories of the State G
md prosecution. That Judge Hart was d
lair and impartial In delivering his q
,harge was shown by the fact that {,
here was not a word OF exception by n
,ither counsel for the defense or prose n
sutton. Mr.. McConnico handed Judge q
Hart a request for special charge y
hat the fact that the defendant did !,
,ot go on the witness stand was not n
o be considered against the defen- A
aht in the presumption Of his limo a.
ence, and that was added to the =,
barge. n,
Judge Hart was an hour and ten -
ainutes in delivering his charge and
he Jury had had the case an hour and
steen minutes when II was announced
hat more time was wanted for delib-
ration.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
MEMPHIS CHARTER
BILL FAILS

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, February 15.-
The Memphis charter bill failed to
pass in the House this afternoon for
want of a constitutional majority.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22

Soothes itching skin Heals cuts or
burns without a scar. Cures piles,
eczema, rheum, any itching. Doan's
Ointment. Your druggist sells it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
FEST GUILTY
OF MURDF R
JURY RETURNS VERDICT IN "a.
NOUS NASHVILLE CASE.
Special to the Herald.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, February 16.-
The jury in the case of ]. Herman
Fiest, this morning returned a YER
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree. The prisoner was sent to jail.
A motion for a new trial was enter
ed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22

Cheapest accident insurance--Dr.
Thomas Eclectric oil. stops the pain
ana heals the wound. All druggists
sell II.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22

china's Good Record.
1t is 100 years since a bank failed
m China.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
THE SETTING OF
CORNER POSTS

One of the requirements for the sta;
bility of corner post is that it should
be large and secondly that it should be
set deeply in the ground. Other aids
to maintaining the upright position are
shown in the illustrations. In Figure
! the post is. large enough to square"
nine or ten inches and eight feet long.
Dig large post hole. Nail 2x4's at
the bottom of the post at right angles
from the way the fence runs and put
some boards on top of the 2x4's. This
boxes the post up, then set in the
ground and lamp dirt on top of the
box around the post good. The post
should be in the ground four feet. A
brace nine or ten feet long fits into
the corner post, not quite at the top.
and just above the ground line at the
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19

nourishment in the carbon that the
plant can use. 1t must have some part
of its mycelium in the wood before it
can develop. The charming must, there.
fore, be so complete that it will pre-
sent a complete barrier between the
natural wood fiber of the wood and
the spores of minute plants outside.
At the Wyoming station the expert.
ments above mentioned We're begun
In 1891 and continued till June of this
year. At the beginning, so pitch pine
posts were selected, care being taken
to have them all as nearly alike as
possible These were divided into is
lots of five posts each. Only the lower
ends of the posts were treated and
some of the lots were not treated at
all, that they might serve as a check
to the others that were. Dipping in
crude oil, dipping in tar, dipping in
crude oil and burning, We're the prin-
cipal methods used. The best results
were obtained by dipping in crude oil
and burning. The advantage over
dipping in tar and burning was that
the oil penetrated the wood more
thoroughly than did the tar. All the
posts were dug up and examined last
June. The upper picture shows lots
S and 9. The treatment did not give
good results. In lot there had been
band of oil placed around the post
and burned off, but 10 inches of wood
below the band was untreated. OF this
lot four had rotted off and one would
last but two years more. Lot 9 had re-
ceived no treatment, and of this lot
three had rotted off, one might stand
year longer and one might last from
five to ten years longer. The lower cut
shows lot 6, which had been dipped in
oil for the lower 30 inches and then
burned off. All five posts were prac-
tically as good as new and could be
depended on to last at least IA years
more. Lot Z was dipped in coal tar
and the tar burned of. OF these one
was as good as new and the rest
would last four years.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
A PAGE FOR THE FARMER

amount growth will take place. II
there Is u large amount more there
will be large growth in the plants.
If there is good supply during. the
early stages of growth, but not enough
to last until the crop natures, there
may be large growth of stalk and
foliage and small yield of light and
inferior grain.
Experiments have shown that, even
in favorable seasons, a difference of
5 per cent of moisture in the first four
feet of soil at the time the grain was
forming would give an increase in
yield of corn CT nearly one-half. The
greatest factor in controlling the
amount of moisture in the soil is the
vegetable matter that it contains, or
should contain.
AS between a native soil and one
that has been continuously grain
cropped for 20 to 80 years, the moist
ure holding capacity of the latter has
been reduced about rs per cent.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19

out on the studding with the lightest
galvanized iron.''
1t will be observed that in all cases
the air is admitted to the stable at or
near the ceiling, and may be allowed
to enter the ventilating flue near the
floor or ceiling or in the center of
the ceiling, thus giving variety of
means OF controlling the air current
and securing more perfect circula-
ton and mixing of the air.
Prof. King points out that good
ventilating fue must have all the char
acteristics of good chimney. 1t
should have as nearly air-tight walls
as possible; should rise above the
highest part of the roof, so as to get
the full force. of the wind should be
as nearly straight as possible; should
be located near the center of the
stable, and should have an ample
cross section. A few large fues are
more satisfactory than large num-
Der of small ones. 1t is estimated that
when properly constructed one flue
two by two feet, inside measure, will
serve 20 COWS, this number of ami
mails being housed in space not
much less than 90 by SO feet, with
ceiling eight feet in the clear.
According to Prof, Page, round
due is preferable to a square one, be.
cause 1t has greater carrying capacity
and no dead" corners; smooth walls
are better than rough, because they
present less resistance to the current
of air; f1ues on the south side of the
building receive more heat from the
sun and are more efficient than those
on the north side; sharp angles should
be avoided since each right angle re-
duces the velocity of the current one
half; flues should be SO constructed
that they can be kept clean in every
part; very long flues are generally
useless unless artificial heat is used
to produce circulation of the air;
drafts are best prevented and more
perfect ventilation secured by having
numerous small inlets rather than a
few large ones.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
lMPOVERISHMENT OF
SOILS
BY j. j. Edgertor,.

1t has been found by comparing ma
tive soils with those alongside of
them that have been continuously
grain cropped for several years that
great as is the loss of vegetable mat
ter the decrease in soluble plant food
is still greater. On other farms that
have been under cultivation just as
long, but where good system of rota-
ton has been combined with an oc-
casional dressing of manure, there is
no decrease in either vegetable mat
ter or soluble plant food.
OF farms lying side by side, under
cultivation the same length of time,
and originally of equal producing ca
pacity, but conducted the one under
a good system of rotation and the
other under that of continuous grain
cropping without making any return
Of vegetable matter to the soil, those
of the first class are found to yield
just as large crops as when they were
first broken up, while the returns
from those of the second class have
gradually been growing less from year
to year until,in some cases where they
have been under cultivation for rs or
30 years their producing capacity
has been reduced over SO per cent.
The results of some rotation expert
ments, recently conducted on lands
that have had their yields very much
curtailed by continuous cropping,
showed, at the end of the first COM
plete rotation, a decided gain in the
percentage of vegetable matter in the
soil and a still greater increase in the
amount of soluble plant food present.
While in check plots that were con-
tinuously cropped there was a still
further decline, both in the percent
age of vegetable matter and soluble
plant food.
The amount of moisture in soil is
of no less Importance, in crop pro-
duction, than the amount of plant food
there may be present. A shortage in
crops is much more frequently due to
lack of moisture than to lack of avail
able plant food. A certain amount of
moisture in the plant is necessary be-
fore there will be sufficient circula-
ton and translocation of materials to
produce any growth.
If the moisture in the soil is suf-
acient to supply more than this