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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
ROAST" GOV.
PATTERSON
MICH HERALDED FAIoL EY-FRAW-
LEY DINNER RESOLVES IT.
SELF INTO A BOOST FOR
SENATOR cARMAcK
FOR GOVERNOR.

: CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, June l.
The much-heralded Fraidley-Fawley
dinner to the members Of the city anG
the county democratic executive com
mittees. which was held here this at
ternoon, resolved itself, from all ap
pearances, into an anti-Patterson pc
litical gathering. Probably $50 dem
ocrts Of Chattanooga and Hamilton
county gathered around the board
and it was a roast from beginning
to end for Tennessee's present chief
executive.
The dinner was scheduled TO take
place for the purpose Of healing old
sores" Whether this was accom-
plished remains to be seen.
Messrs. Frawley and Fraidley had
the Endorsement of the city and the
county committees for election com
missioners. Gov. Patterson, it is said,
smashed this slate by having appoint
ed w. B. Royster, formerly of Mem
phis, and A. j, Glenn, member Of
the city council.
The dinner started OF this after
noon with a selection by a quartette
entitled "Mr. Patterson, Shame on
YOU sung to the tune of Mr.. John
son, Shame on You" T. P. Mcmahon,
said to be the representative in East
Tennessee of the Washes of Mem
phis then introduced a resolution ask
ing Senator Carmack to become a
candidate for governor. 1t was passed
with one man voting in the negative.
That was Henry Peck Frye. Mr.. Nc
Mahon announced the passage or the
resolution, adding that he was glad
that Gov. Patterson had one vote in
the assemblage. Every mention OF
the name of Senator Carmack brought
forth applause. At the plate of every
guest was laid a lemon. This no
doubt referred to the non-appointment
of Messrs. Frawley and Fraidley as
democratic members of the county
election commission.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
TENNESSEE PEARL
HUNTER TALKS
Mr.. sTRINGFELLoW, OF WHITE
BLUFF, TELLS OF WEALTH IN
SOUTHERN STREAMS.

WHITE BLUFF, Tenn, June O.
r. M. Stringfellow, of this place, has
for the past twenty years devoted his
entire attention to the promoting of
the fresh water pearl industry OF the
South. He says that recently he has
made tour of inspection of the riv-
ers of Georgia. and is enthusiastic
over the prospects of that State be-
coming the greatest pearl producing
one in the Union. if the people can be
induced to become interested in the
business and begin searching their
home streams for the valuable gems
He says that every stream in the
State, and especially Flint, Ocmulgee
and Oconee Rivers, are teeming with
the two finest pearl bearing mussels,
the "Muckett" and "Washboard,' and
that every farmer living along these
streams stands chance of picking up
small fortune at his door, as large
pearls are found every summer in the
rivers of Tennessee and Arkansas that
brings from $1,000 to $4,000 each.
He says that pearl hunting has been
carried on extensively and profitably
in the rivers of Tennessee, for the
past twenty years, and it is claimed
that the CUMBERLAND and Caney Fork
rivers have produced ON an average
of $4,000 worth of pearls each year
for twenty years, yet the most profita
BILE pearl hunting that has ever been
carried on in the United States has
been on White and Black Rivers, in
for the past five years.
That many pearls are found there
each year that sell for $4,000 and
So, 600 each, and it is not infrequently
the case that many people, both rich
and poor, can be seen pearling on the
river, and sometimes between $4,000
and $4,000 change hands for pearls
in one day during the summer season.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
BIGGEST PERSON
TN KENTUCKY
MARTHA JOHNSON, WHO WEIGH
ED FIVE HUNDRED AND ELEv-
EN- POUNDS, DIED AT
LOUISVILLE.

LOUIS, KY, May 31-Martha John
son, whose weight is 511 pounds, died
early today of heart failure. She was
81 years old and believed to be the
largest person in Kentucky. The un-
dertaker who was called said that fluid
sufficient to embalm six ordinary per-
ons was necessary in preparing the
woman's body for burial The casket
is six feet long, three feet wide and
twenty-one inches deep. Twelve stout
negroes have been selected as pail
bearers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07

BRISTOL TEST OF
PENDLETON LAW
CASE CALLED IN THE cHANcERY
COURT THERE THIS MORNING.

BRISTOL, Tenn, June 1.-THE case
of E. Gougem VS.. T. J. Burrow, Re-
corder, recently instituted to test the
constitutionality of the Pendleton law.
will be called on the docket at the
term of the Chancery Court which be-
gins Monday morning. The whisky
people have retained former Republic
can Gubernatorial nominee, Judge HI.
T. Campbell, and ex-Attorney General
E. K. Bachman, and will carry the
case to the Supreme Court if they lose
below.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
COMPTROLLER IN
STRUCTS THOMPSON
WANTS CERTAIN MEMPHIS OF
FIcIALs AND COMPANIES
PROSECUTED.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. June l.
State Comptroller Frank Dibrell To-
day addressed letter to John b.
Thompson, newly appointed revenue
agent for West Tennessee ,instructing
him specifically to prosecute SUITS
against certain Memphis people, which
his predecessor in office, Bate Bond
in ONCE.
had failed to prosecute. These de-
signated are, Jerome Richards, Grim
inal Court Clerk OF Shelby county, the
Memphis Street Railway Company and
various book companies.
The revenue agent is also instructed
to investigate Richards predecessors
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
QUADRUPLFS BORN TO
ROANOKE, Ind, WOMAN

HUNTINGDON, Ind, May 31.-Mrs.
Frank Croxton, aged 43 years, and the
wife of section foreman ON trac-
ton line living near Roanoke, gave
birth to four children last night. There
were three girls and boy. The COM
bined weight OF the four was eleven
and one-half pounds. Two Of the chill
dren have since died.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07

RICHMOND, Va, May 31.-The sec
ond day of the greatest reunion in the
history of the United Confederate Vet
Grams has been rainy and cool, but the
bad weather did not seem to dampen
the ardor of the gray-clad visitors.
Excursion trains crowded with sight
seers have continued to add to the
throng. 1t is estimated that there are
between 10000 and $4,000 visiting vet
Grams in Richmond and between $4,000
and $4,000 sightseers.
At Camp Gordon, the tented place
of entertainment for the old-time war
riors, 10000 meals were served yester-
day, and last night two blankets were
issued for each cot
At Grand Camp Hall this morning
proceedings we're opened with music
by the City High School Choir, which
rendered Dixie and Aud Lang
Syne,' the veterans joining in the
chorus with enthusiasm.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee presided and
prayer was offered by Rev. j. W..
Finley, a wartime chaplain The
Committee on Credentials was an
nounced and it was stated that there
we're 1859 camps represented in the
convention, the total number of votes
being 1857.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
CROWDS THRONG
RICHMOND
REUNION THE GREATEST OF ALL.
NASHVILLE WILL PROBABLY
BE NEXT MEETING PLACE.

RICHMOND. Va, May S1.-Nash-
vile, Tenn, will probably be selected
for the next reunion of the Confed-
crate Veterans Association, according
to the indications tonight. The de-
olson of the committee having the
matter in charge will be announced
at noon tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

arc ind the visitors left end with the
ball. 1t WAS simply great. Yes sir.
great"
And the fire.
"''h" score at tho end Of the first half
Was III t. in favor Of US. Well. Of
course 7 had to get Interested in the
fir" AMI naturally I began to worry
by the time the sixteen cotton mills.
tW";!ty-th"c" wooden millS-and not one
of them in the trISt-twolvc streets of
tenement houses settled into their Gel
Lars
well I should say as much
You might have said more. The
firer,el from the several towns ] have
named arrived in good season but ir
bad form. L told them they hurried
too fast. BY this time the fire had
tackled and was snawing into the heart
OF the best residential part Of the city
Like the sweep Of the Scythc as the
grass falls before it. 50 fell mansion
uuon mansion, shade trees and things
We're beginning to look blue. As is
customary-as L understand it-all the
engineers who reported for duty went
to our chief and requested to be set at
work. In order to get at the most
satisfactory manner of operation the
engineers held a joint convention be
hind the trotting park fence and dis
cuSsed ways and means. Chief
ScrCggingS of Mercer read a long ah-
stract from speech delivered by some
famous chief engineer at some famous
convention and this was thoroughly
discussed before taking up the next
number of the convention program
Chief SwanSdown of Smithfield spoke
for nearly an hour on the best method
of tackling an incipient blaze like that
which was then in progress. He said.
We must get under it. over it or
around it That appeared to be the
sense Of the meeting. When Chief
Stringer of Oakland had delivered a
speech of many minutes and Chief
COmOnOw of New Sharon had read a
long address taken from the Fireman's
Standard. Chief Bolter OF the Fairfield
contingency CHANGED to think of the
fact that chief engineer somewhere
out in Alaska had died and Eolter
thought it the proper caper for the
convention to adopt resolutions of SYM
pathy and send to the family and fell
low craftsmen in that Heaven forsaken
zone A committee was chosen con-
sisting of three fire chiefs and after
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
lEeoND BURNING OF ROME.
Continued From Page Eleven)

Wilmington and Davis streets. The
lanes leaped far and wide and then
sept on As mayer Of the city I or
aered the chief engineer to send out
here to sWatervillc for help. Inc
'nef-his name is Tom Higgins went
TO- the TELEPHONE office and found the
HES were all busy by reporters send
i'g out detailed reports Of the football
game. He went to the telegraph
Olice anu found the operators busy
Al'ig long reports Of 4 marriage i'll
Manila. Ey the time he got Il hole
'Houeh and had received the promise
'"n chef Somebody or other over
'ere That help would b" sent out as
IN as i wreck was removed from the
Ia'NS Of the Maine Central near oak
AIl III" IRE had done som" big stunts
"NaFd the center Of the town"
rates were against You, apparent
~ was against us. At one fell
''"'p-l believe that's popular-down
''at SIX churches. FIVE hotels. 4 dozen
'AS of commercial houses and "a
-.lfed harronnls. At 4.19 p. NJ. the
81 tarinG flames reached the dome
Tue Rome Daily Howler building
ST was magnificent structure. 1t
me pride of the city. 1t stood
shs its copper covered cupola
s"-tnree stories with four base
AUS toward the evening skies. But
~. ~'lted away rs do the shades OF
t' cat before the brilliant luminary of
H. nay | got that from your paper
"a, 'ulef day. Pretty amt it,"
~, n1' good heavens man. why didn't
~. oaii on the other towns for as
h. ~ After We had got out our bal
M section of our fire department and
a c.a''ooas had lifted more than half
e,ni1 ,"' pond to point where it
,aI,, ne dumped onto the blaze. we
sl,s "r help from Sinithfield. Nor
Icas . Mercer. New Sharon, Bel
~, anu Fairfield. Norridgewock
inv very bit Of apparatus she has.
In III are good accommodating crowd
Ian way but they can't play foot
L.. Say it would have done your
S,0naso od to see Jimmie Dantes wade
>" tackle and guard and skip
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

hal: an hours dcIibcratiou tho com
mite" reported that there WAS no au-
thcntic report of the Alaskan chiefs
death. had Just missed the chief
engineer "f orr department ana had
begun to b"li"V" he WIS buried S,nn-
where in the ruins when tho ,.onven-
ton adjourned sine die"
''Thc fire chiefs were worry deliberate
{" say the least
th they ar" always very careful.
Tr'y always make certain they are
right before they 20 ahead"
THAT IS very apparnnt."
Yeah The Cosmopolitan Motel. .hc
big Mcssalnnsk"c Tavern-Yor know
Billy F'Hrr- the Antrim. the Alcade. the
somerset the kcnne bee, the bronson
The Larson. the Stcmingway ard half
z hundred other hoSteiricS Gale
JoncS'S automobile factory--t019 hands
thrown out Of work tho roller skating
rink III" splendid clubhouse Of the
treat Pond .rnoW.shc" club. the Lower
hotnani Wh'"!: works. the HigginswOrti!
hr"Weri"S-: thirteen acres laid Iowa
dozen scytm" fl"tori"s. axe Shops and
miilWright mills vcra snoulderinc
! VII. H''.i tii;' I've look another slant.
1t came down from tn" northwest Iill )
q racehorS" running away. When the
fire reached CA monwealth avenue il
- Sr"rd that eutIalled the
wrath of J." -iGrncc multiplied by ten
thousand. ! forgot to tell Won that
the Rome Daily HoWlcr building was
built by Hi ~ Ni.ldcr the biggest con-
tractor Of his day. He was the eldest
son Of old Sim kiddCr who vas the
second son of Revolutionary hero.
He married Mary Ann Fitzsimmons-
no relation to Bob and they had five
sons and tv:" daughters. The sons all
turned out we'll except Jim. He sort
of fell by the WaySide and went -
writing fables for !.olitical newspap-
erS'
And the ire
"Oh she got aioE. mighty well con-
sidering tho help she had at the
start. When tho fearful fianc< swept
down into tho poor quarter | began to
feel reel L3d Some Of those poor pco-
pie had lived there all their lives and l
could 500 where their land would be
bought uo b. The real estate men and
new AMI bigger homes would rise from
the ashes that We're fast making.
Down Drury Lane the flames advanced
like a mountain avalanche, stunning
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
An AUGUSTA Teacher Abroad Letter No. :.

glad 10 ,ny i"od-byc to Chester ana
hasten 10 Wales On that ride through
Western England and Wales we had
the compartment to ourselves. and let
ting down the windows in the doors.
we leaned out and watched the ever
changing Sccne. Now it was some old
ruin that we passed. then a. village
with its low rcd-rGofed houses WOULD
come into view, now we were down in
some valley, then again riding past the
mountains.
We were t" devote this trip to Mil
ton. and as We rod" on we recalled his
description in the Ccmus of this very
place
And all this tract that fronts Tie falling
sun
a noble Peer Of micklc trust ana power
Has in his charge. with tempered awe t,
guide
An old AMI naughty nation. proud in
AIMS
The object Of our journey was Lud
low. where in the old historic castle. tho
Mask Of ConuS WAS performed
September 20. 1854 and by 4 coinci-
d"ncc it WAS September 10Th when we
Ntit ttitlt- u more " Eltdl Nti-ll
town than Ludlow is not to be found.
The people We're very hospitabic.
bringing out the best they had in their
larders. lending US guide-books. and
giving us the history Of the place III
their graphic and picturesque language.
They dwelt at length on the beauties
of the castle of which they are so
proud. ard they gave us careful direc-
ti"ns for reaching it.
The castle was not far off and we
We're soon walking up the pleasant
river path TO the entrance. At the
hour when we We're there we We're the
only visitors, and the custodian who
was poor forlorn man tried to keep us
with him while he poured his woes
into our ears. For some time we were
chained there as he told US of his
wrongs. pausing every now and then
to wipe his inky pen on his tongue.
When we could at last tear ourselves
away from him. we hurried to explore
the old round chapel built in Henry
lis reign. and modelled after the
holy sepulchre in Jerusalem. We
stood in the very room where Comus
was given. saw the place where the
two young princes. who were
smothcred by Richard III, lived before
they were removed to the tower If
London. and at last we climbed I'D the
"i'iH acceSSlole tower remaining.
mere on one side, the little town OF
Ludlow lay spread out before us with
llS parish churcn OF y. Lawrence
prominent IN the foreground. On the
"ther the beauty OF the Neich country
t"rSt upon our view: Win ltS hl%n
cnnS ana the woods beyond where IN
Aiiitoil 5 words ColnuS
AT last hetakes him to this ominous
wood.
imhnwered
,1ierlnS L" every weary tr'veH,.f
r. N' U,.He ul"U, IL, 81 80; ID e''nH'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

tn" car with its tremendous roar
think I got that ont Of = school book
and @oon many acres of little dwellings,
We're no more. People came in from
il" outside and began to talk about
plouGhin- 4 furrOW around the city to
prevent the fire spreading 10 other
parts Of The world. but I paciii"d them
l'v SAYING the boys appeared to have
tho thing well in hand.
This then. was practically the soc
rnd burning of Rome"
why. Ncro's hrc WAS nothing but Il
stage tablcau beside our blaze.
Right in the midst of the heated term.
saw Jack Darrell our halfback spring,
into the second story window of a
dwelling and disappear in search of a
baby which had been left inside.
Jack made q great run around the
cneny's right end in the first half ANA
it looked very much like a touchdown
for Il few seconds Jacks father play
cd football in Scotland"
Ibid he get ito"
'Thn tGuchdrwn?"
NO, the BABY
We'll now 7 couldn't say positively.
We made seven touchdowns though
in the first ten minutes of play"
and the fire.
Yeah. When the firemcn limbercd
M this noon the ruined district was
bounded on the north by the Smithtield
town line, on the east by the farming
section. on the south by Great pond
and on the west by Hardscrabble
mountain. Loss us millions"
"Pr0cprtv insured -
'MOst'v"
The mayor Of Rome grabbed mis- hat
and started to catck q WatcrvilIe &
Oakland electric which now appeared
nj distant corner. As he started for
I'll" door he handed out an account Of
the fire written on a postal card and q
story of the football game covering
thirteen pages of closely written copy
He lodged out of the side door but he
had no move than crossed the threshold
than he turned and said:
THE final score was lis to IN favor
of u.s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

Muci>lc- Mouthcd Meg. taken just at
the moment when Scott of Harden is
being introduced to her. Scott him
self has told the story of this ancestor
of his with some pride. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Scott Of Harden was brought before
the judge for stealing cattle. and for
this nisdeed he was condemned to die
either on the gallows or marry Meg.
Making a very wry face when he saw
her he said he preferred to die, SO he
was put in prison where Meg visited
him every day. and at the end of a
week he decided that he would rather
live than die. and so he married
Muckle Mouthcd Meg, the daughter Of
the Judge, and these two. Scott OF
Harden and Meg are SCOTS ancestors.
ON we went from Melrose to Chester,
and while 1T Liverpool waiting to go to
Chester. we saw for the first time the
sign "Be ware OF pickpockets." and
the joStlng crowd was more like
America than sedate England.
The first thing tourists usually do
Wnen in Chester is to pay homage to the
walls, the marvellous work of the Ro-
mans, but we first saw the Dee and its
waters tempted lis. so early SATURDAY.
morning we were out on the river to
enjoy that bit Of English life. which
Jerome X. jerome has 50 well
described in his Three Men in a
Boat"
1t seemed strange to he Obliged 10
keep % tho right side of the river GO
inS down. and the right side coming
up. on we went carried along By both
wind ard current. There on the banks
We saw men fishing in typical English
fashion. They do not believe in hold
ing their rods. but casting their lines
in the water. they either set on the
poles or rest them on a stick. and wait
4 whole day ii need be. while they sit
leaking dreamily into space We sue
c"e,la6 in stopping several steam
launches. Getting into their path we
did not dare to move either side for
fear of violating, ii" English laws and
again W" could not as the current was
80 powerful it carried lis on in spite
OF ours Ives. so we simply drifted
along eHjoyins the river banks. while
I'll" steam launches kept on footing for
~ !, t...t ,,,t Il. ,i,, ,,-,, ,,l ~ uoo
ri" on tn" decks q Sticulated wildly
and shnut'-.l /" Us to move aside, arc
from tho injury tones. .I,, ,.,.,+ inv,
their voices ,l,, .!,.f NJ. ,ii1 rnt b,,r
distinctly all that thy 81 a. W.
might hav" hn'a Snrrk".i
90 " "'''H' ~ '''+ II
''t - N'' w. ~" 49, ''
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ra
90 =
W. W." w "'0"
- mover was our row. Ni'' W. vent
farther than We lhf"nr"'. arr'ving at
f-t"n nan. III" r'St'th r "i me Mar
gus "f Westminster 'f"l" N""S dis
t3ht from he'S''i- ti"rr HnlH - f1'
~naci''is Gr'unhS thni cover '''r'r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

Tho laws which govern the camphor
down tree for champion which is less
than 50 years old. Inside of 50 years all
the old trees will have been felled. and
in order to avoid n possible shortage the
government is planting 1Jo.Wo trees each
year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

Til" fourth letter will be on STRAIT
I"rn-"r Avon and London
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-30
The Great Problem of Charity.

By JACOB lonare YokBa
:" HAT to become of the population that is com
N ing shores FROM EVERYWHERE? What is
~ to be its fate when this of prosperity begins to
recedel Are inviting suffering? And how arc
W going o relieve it
THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS STAND TOGETHER
Those who have opposed the federation charities have the
moment gained the day do doubt charity these per-
but for believe that federation plan that can
combat the ERA OF SUFFERING that is upon us
am not pessmst, am l aarmst but want to say
we have GRAVE UNDERTAKING our hands The time
coming when will have support charities in much larger
than doing What DOING in the way of
relieving the suferngs of mankind that to sit in oar
paatial maisonsl Are GOING OUT to relieve the sufr
around