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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
FIRE MARSHAL
LAW INvOLED
DEPARTMENT IS PROCEEDING
AGAINST ABSENT WITNESSES
IN THE COURTS.
INVESTIGATING NIGHT RIDER;
Judgments For $3.50 Against Each OF
The DeInquents is
Entered.
Special to The Herald.

! Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 19.-An
interesting investigation inaugurated
by the insurance Department of the
State of Tennessee under the new fire
marshal law passed in 1907, is under
way. The fire being investigated is
that which destroyed the Tobacco
warehouse of w e. Wall & Son at
Fredonia, Montgomery County, Tenn,
on the night OF August IA, 1907. Sew
en- witnesses living in Montgomery
county, have been summoned by DepU-
ty Insurance Commissioner Leigh
Thompson to appear in his Office and
give testimony All seven of these
men ignored the summons and failed
to appear. Conditional judgment for
$3.50 and cost have been entered
against each in the Circuit Court of
Davidson county, on motion OF Mr.
Thompson and scire facias has Issued
against each.
They have been ordered to appear
in the Circuit Court here on next
Monday to show cause why such judg.
ments should not be made final The
seven men involved are as follows:
Vaughan Bennett, George Myers,
Robert Albright, Oscar Albright,
Marcellus Rheinhart, Hardy Williams
and Robert Williams This is the
first case In which the authority of
the insurance department. to compel
the attendance and testimony of wit
nesses in an Investigation of fire under
the 1907 fire marshal law has been
ignored and interesting developments
are expected.
A further fact of interest In connec.
ton with the case is that the store
and residence in question, so reports
sent out from Montgomery county de-
elared was the work of night riders /
rhe insurance department is repre- T
'ented in the investigation by John J.
lertress, w O. Verhess and Thomas +
i Malone, Jr,
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REVENUE AGENT
AFTER BACK TAXES
JETToN WANTS $4,000 FROM
NASHVILLE STREE RAILWAY
COMPANY FOR 1908.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec 19-The
collection of large amount of taxes
| is sought by James r. Jetton. State
Revenue Agent for Middle Tennessee,
in proceedings. started before w. Il.
Norvell, County Trustee, against the
Nashville Railway & Light Company
Mr.. Jetton have moved the County
Trustee to back assess the property of
the Nashville Railway & Light Com
pany for the year 1903, and the case
was set for hearing on Wednesday,
but was continued until Jan. 10. The
motion to make the back assessment
was made on Dec. 10, and will doubt
less be the basis OF one OF the most
important back tax controversies In
this county In long time.
The property of the Nashville Rail-
way 4 Light Company was assessed
at 81, $780, 900 In 1909, while II is under
stood that II will be insisted that it's
properties and securities were of the
value of s6.oo0,o0o If the matter
should terminate in favor Of the con-
tentjon Of the State Revenue Agent
this would mean the collection OF
taxes to the amount OF about $4,000
for the one year
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
CONFERENCE OF
sore HEADS"
THAT rs THE WAY THE EVANS
FOLK SPEAK or THE
TAFT CLUB.
LIST OF THE MOVING SPIRITS
is Given BY Postmaster Jackson,
With Some Very interesting
Comment.

Evans Republicans are in no way
alarmed over the efforts OF the Brown
low followers to be the first In the
Taft bandwagon. They are not az all
disconnected over the conference OF
the followers of the erstwhile easy
boss at Nashville on Wednesday,
which they declare was an aggrega-
ton of soreheads and disappointed
ofhce-seekers. who hope through the
medium Of the Taft boom 10 get back
into power.
In discussing the conference. POST
master Jackson. the leader of the
Evans faction in this district, said:
Although it was announced that no
Office holders would be invited To the
meeting, as a matter OF fact ele-
grams were sent to Brownlow office
holders all over the state, inviting
them to attend Despite these efforts,
however, there were actually present
just seventeen persons.
TO show the character OF the
meeting it is only necessary to give
a list OF the moving spirits in the So
called State Taft Club. Here are
some of the "has-beens."
Horace Mann dismissed by Hale
from position OF private secretary;
Jesse L. Rogers. defeated for congress
ana also turned down as an applicant
for postmaster at Knoxville; John G..
Houk, defeated for congress and also
turnd down when an applicant for
the Knoxville post Office; A. A. Strong.
defeated for postmaster at Chatta-
nooga; r. H. Williams. disappointed
applicant for u. s. District Attorney;
Foster v. Brown standing candidate
for Federal Judge, who has never been
able to land; Jesse M. Littleton, de-
feated applicant for U. S. District
Attorney; Ernest Coldwell, removed
from the internal revenue service,
John e. Oliver, removed from internal
revenue service; e. w. Burrord, post
master at Lebanon and seeking re-
appointment through Brownlow; G. r.
Taylor, postmaster at Union City and
seeking reappointment through the
same channels; Harry Anderson OF
Memphis, candidate for u. S. Dis
trict Attorney, member state Commit
zee, candidate for delegate and
'or member OF the National
Daniel Cooper Swab,
Mr. Brownlow's late candidate
or Railroad Commissioner; j.
: Jones. who through Mr. Brown
ow. had his SON in-law appointed
postmaster at McMinnviIle and who
wants to keep him In Office
This is sample of the Republicans
n Tennessee who are trying to create
he impression that they are the only
riends of Mr.. Taft. They are simply
rying to use Taft's name in an effort
> get back into power But they will
OF succeed
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MORE PAY FOR
FOURTH REGIMENT
BOYS OF TENNESSEE oRGANlZA-
TON WILL GET NICE SUM
FROM UNCLE SAM.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 19.-Gen
Harvey Hannah today received tele
gram from Hon. T. w. Sims, Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Eighth
district, stating that the comptroller
of the currency HAD allowed $12,226
for back pay for the Fourth Tennes.
see regiment for services in the Span
ish-American war. The. fourth regi-
ment was up from different sections
Of the State.
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll that will go to sleep and stove
and vessels, some nuts, apples candy
and dresser. From your little friend,
CHARLOTTE SCOTT.
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MoNoNeAH DISASTER
Five More Bodies Are Recovered.
Making 334.

With the recovery OF ave more from
the mines Of the Fairmont Coal Com
pany. OF Monongah, W. Va, the total
to date is 3s4.
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Dear Santa-Will you please bring
me a football and pair of gloves
and chest of tools and pair of
cloth leggins and little train and
a track, and fire works of all kinds,
candy, oranges and all kinds of fruit.
will close now Yours truly,
JAMES WEST.
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
little set of dishes, a don, some
candy, bananas, oranges. live near
BroadView. Don't forget mamma and
papa. have one brother, don't for
get him, he is only fourteen years old
and my little sisters. Katie and Oracle
Wiley Don't forget grandpa and
grandma Your little girl,
ANGIE WILEY
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Lap Robes

Nothing nicer for your Xmas present.
1t Elicit, Harlan, Dodson q Co.
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
little doll oranges, peanuts, candy
apples. / am a good little girl only
four years old. Your little girl,
KATIE LEE WILEY.
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Dear Santa Claus-we are two little
GIRLS, who live Ave miles west of Mt
Pleasant on West Fork creek. We
don't want you TO forget us Xmas
Please bring ms lots of nice things to
eat and one nice toy apiece, and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me a
doll, Teddy bear and doll carriage.
Please bring Fannie Thomas doll
bed, doll and Teddy bear Bring
Lucille a carriage, doll and Teddy
bear. Bring Rosette a cradle for her
doll that you bring her her and a
Teddy bear. Please bring Paul a
Roman candle, fire crackers and a
train. Your little friend,
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Nj. Pleasant. R. R. No. l.

Dear Santa Claus want you to
bring me knife. harp and lots OF
pretty candy, some Are works, or
anges, apples and don't forget my
sister, bring her pretty tsery book,
and bring my brother Everett knife
and some fire works and lots of candy
and don't forget papa and mamma.
Dear Santa | win tell you where we
will be, we will be at grandpa's at
Santa Re. r. r. No /. Don't forget
where he lives. from
ZET.NOR MARSHALL JOHNSON.
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
harp, a piano, little doll bed pea
nuts, candy, apples, bananas, and a
doll some apples. Don't forget NAM
ma and papa and my dear old Aunt
Bet Workman she lives near Mt.
Pleasant. / go to school at Sulli.
vans school. | like my studies very
much now. Your little girl,
Oracle WILEY
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll and a little piano and lots of
good things to eat and many ether toys.
Your friend, EULA COFFEY.
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LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll that will go to sleep and a stove
and vessels, some nuts, apples candy
and dresser. From your little friend
CHARLOTTE SCOTT
81
Dear Santa-Will you please bring
me a football and pair of gloves
and chest of tools and pair OF
cloth leggins and little train and
a track, and fire works OF all kinds,
candy, oranges and all kinds of fruit.
will close now Yours truly,
JAMES WEST
s.
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
little train, bugle and some fire
works. Please don't forget my little
sister Joe Gertie, bring her rat
tier. Your friend,
GEORGE MERRITT FOSTER, JR
g.
Dear Santa Claus want big
wagon, and some oranges and lot OF
candy and anything else you think
want Your little boy,
GILMER GREENLAW.
Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me
a bus, train pair Of leggins and
gloves and watch that will tell time.
Your friend, ULNER LEE COOK.
49,
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
bus, train pair of leggins story
book and anything else nice for a
good little boy. Your friend,
JAMES ALLISON COOK.
Dear Old Santa claus want you
to bring me sleepy doll, a ring and
plenty of nice things to eat, and bring
my little brothers, who have the
measles, some toys. Your little
friend, SALLIE FOSTER.
s.
Dear Santa Claus-I want you to
bring my little sister Martha two gold
pins for hers Xmas present. And
want you to bring my little sister a
family of dolls, doll plano, doll trunk,
work basket, doll house. ] am a little
Girl years old and have the meas
les. but hope will be up by Exam.
Your friend,
RACHEL. LEE CLEMENT.
f.
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
little broom and doll and lots of
good things to eat.
JESSIE COFFEY.
-
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll bed, set of doll dishes, some
apples nuts. oranges figs, raisins,
bananas. candy, roman randles and
fire crackers. Don't forget sister she ,
waits POST cara aiSafh and gold
watch. Don't forget papa and man
ma and little Martha Goodman, bring {
them s6methiRS Hfee, hoo /,
MATTE LOUISE KIRKPATRICK, :
.
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
a wagon, a toy horse, some candy,
apples, oranges, raisins, bananas. hgs,
nuts. Roman candles and Are crackers.
Don't forget pa and auntie and grand. b
ma, she lives with US. Little Martha Il
will be at our house that night, bring a
Der nice dining chair. r
WILLIAM CALLIE CATHEY G
-
Daar gantn Clauz-we ara two littla A..
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URA LEE OAKLEY.

Columbia, Tenn, Dec. 16, 1907.
Scar Santa am a little girl
years old. VIII you please bring me
doll and a doll buggy and doll chair
and chair for me to sit In. And
bring me some good things to eat.
Don't forget Papa Dave and Helen.
Eve bye. Your little friend,
NELLIE NICHOLSON PAGE.
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LOUISE DoDsoN.

Dear Old Santa am little boy
13 months old, and have 10 teeth.
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Will you please bring me rubber cal
that will cry, little red wagon Sc
brother can ride me in 1t, and great
big red stick of candy. Goodbye.
BLONNTE WILKES DODSON.
q, -
Williamsport, Tenn, Dec. 16, 1907.
Dear Santa Claus PLEASE bring me
an air gun. story book. candies, nuts,
fruits of all kinds, a horn watch, some
coloring pencils | wish you merry
Christmas. Your friend,
McLIN CH0ATE.
3
Dear Santa Claus am a title boy
FIVE years old, live near Santa Fe,
n. F.. d. No. T. want street car,
steam engine, and all kinds Of good
things TO eat. have been a good
little boy. now Santa don't forget
grandma. for she is good to your little
boy, BURTON PIGG.
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NELLIE NICHOLSON PAGE.

Dear Santa Claus-I am little girl
6 years old, above all desire this time
a large size piano and black headed
doll with curls that will close her eyes.
and all the good things that you can
spare me to eat Please do not forget
my buddie and sister and papa and
mamma and John. If have asked
too much, just send me what you can
spare. will try to be satisfied with
II JIMMIE PAULINE PIGG.
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
q little train, bugle and some FIRE
works. Please don't forget my little
sister Joe Gertie, bring her a rat
tier Your friend,
GEORGE MERRITT FOSTER, JR.
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Dear Santa Claus--Here comes
three little children that want some
thing good to, eat such as apples
oranges, candy and bananas. You can
bring us some toys If You have any
that viii suit two little girls and
little boy Don't forget auntie and
papa and mamma Your little friends,
FANNIE and SAMUEL
VyINun pAurnnN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20

The Herald am a little boy SIX
wears old, want YOU to help me out
with Santa Claus
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Dear Santa Claus--I want you to
bring me a watch and horn and drum,
little wagon. pocket-book, necktie,
apples, oranges and nuts Of all kinds.
Please bring me story book. ! will
close, wishing you merry Christmas.
p. CHOATE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20

Dear Santa Claus-I want you to
bring me a large doll with black hair
and a doll trunk. a set of dishes, q
picture book and lots of good things
to eat and don't forget my little sis
ter. she wants a doll thai viii go to
sleep, doll trunk and little stove
and locket and chain, lots of good
things to eat Your little friends,
LEAH AND VIRGINIA PEYTON.
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Oracle WILEY

Dear Old Santa would like for
you to bring me doll and doh bed
and little table and two little doll
chairs Also some little dishes and
lots of good things to eat. Don't for
get my sister Eunice and my brothers,
Leslie and George. Your little friend,
LAURA DAVIS KINZER.
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Dear Santa Claus--I am q little girl
years old have light curly hair.
Santa will you please bring me a doll
dressed in red. doll bed and a little
picture book, doll stove. and lots Of
good things to eat. Don't forget pap
pie Edd, he wants a good pipe, | broke
his other one Goodbye.
LOUISE DoDSON.
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Dear Santa Claus Please bring me
little piano, a set of dishes and a table
and six chairs, doh with golden hair
and blue eyes, and lots of nuts, can
dies, raisins. oranges, apples and any
thing else YOU think little girl would
enjoy, and don't forget my little
friend, Annie Ruth Johnson. Your
friend,
GLADYS LUNETT HUTCHINSON.
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Dear Santa Claus-I have tried to
be good little girl, please bring me
set Of brown furs ana some fruits
Bring Ben Wilson a req yelocipede
and some fruits. Your little boy and
little girl.
EUGENIA JACKSON AND BEN WILL
SON JACKSON.
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Dear Santa Claas-I thought lived
so far from town that you could not
find me. live on the Santa Fe pike.
want you to bring me doll and a
Teddy bear, some candy, oranges, rails
ms and my little brother Richard a
wagon and lots of good things to eat
and little Roxie a doll and some good
things to eat, so that is all | will ask
you to bring, Oracle HOOD.
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Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
wagon. toy horse, some candy.
apples, oranges, raisins. bananas. hgs.
nuts. Roman candles and Are crackers
Don't forget pa and auntie and grand.
ma, she lives with US. Little Martha
will be at our house that night, bring
Der a nice dining chair.
uuIJAM CAIIIE CATuEY
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Spring hin. Tenn.
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Dear Santa am little boy almost
eight years old, my school is out,
my teacher was MISS Lucille Roberts,
I liked here very much. have neith-
err brother nor sister to share my
Xmas things, but / can divide with
mamma and papa and my cousins that
are coming to see me. Your friend,
JAMES KNOX ADAMS.
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Dear Santa Claus want big
wagon, and some oranges and a lot OF
candy and anything else you think I
want. Your little boy
GILMER GREENLAW.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
WILL MOVE TO TEXAS.
Wetumpka Will Lose One of Its Bus

wetumpka Will Lose One of Its Busi-
 ness Men.
 Wetumpka, Jan. S.--(SpeciaL) )-After a week of comparatively dullness sue ceedingthe holidays, trade has again be- gun to quicken. Wetumpka's business circles will lose one of it's most suc- cessful merchant, L. W. Farrow, who has been in business for a number of years in Wetumpka is retiring from the firm of Farrow and Austin and will move to Texas on account of his wife's i'll health.
 Professor L. l.. Vann has arrived from Sweetwater, Miss. to assume the presidency of the Fifth District School. He has met with a cordial reception and seems to be ready to carry affairs on with the same degree of proficiency as Professor H. J. Willingham whose resignation was reluctantly accepted.
 w. P. Ward. familiarly known as Uncle Billy" was thrown from his buggy Saturday and severly injured. AS the horse was running down hill Uncle Billy was tossed high in air and then landed on his head suffering severe, bruises His scalp was torn back, the skull was not fractured.
 Mrs. W. M. Gamble has gone to Bir- mingham to visit her aunt, Mrs. Beers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
- - =
 WEEK OF PRAYER.
Dr. stakIey Conducts Midday Services
 At Central Church.

Dr. stakIey Conducts Midday Services
 At Central Church.
 The second service of the Week ot Prayers which is being observed In Montgomery this week was conducted nt the Central Presbyterian Church yesterday at noon by Dr. Charles A. Stakley. pastor of the First Baptist Church. Dr. Stakiey used as hts sun feet for the short lesson of the ser vice the theme which had been adop.. ted generally throughout the united states. 'The Gospel of Gods Son.
 Al strong point which pr. stakley impressed was that throughout the country at that hour there were mill lions of people engaged in like ser vice, representing every Protestant de-
 pr. stakley was assisted in the ser. vice by Rev. W. M. Cox. pastor or the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church; Rev. E. NJ Stewart. pastor or lne South Side Baptist Church; Rev. J. w. Reinhardt. pastor of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. pr. F. G. Railey' pastor of the First Presbytefian Church: Rev. J. w. OHara, pastor ot the Clayton Street Baptist Church, and Rev. W. M. Crawford, pastor Of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The subiect of the service today will he' "Christian Ministry." and will be cor : ducted by pr. O. c. McGehee. pastor of the Court Street Methodist Chnrca'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
ALABAMA PROGRESS
INC0RP0RATIONs DURING FIRST
 WEEK OF YEAR.
Twelve Steel Bridges, Court House fer Walker County, Improvement in
 Federal Building at Mont- ' gomery are Noted.

Columbus, Ga, Jan. s.--(Special)-- The incorporation in Alabama during the first seven days after New Years day of twelve new business organiza- tions, with total minimum capital stock of $450.400, will be reported to- morrow in the regular weekly issue of The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index.
 Twelve Steel bridges are to be con- structed in Jefferson County; . cotton mill at Eufaula, which has been idle for several months, will be placed in operation; a company with S100.000 authorized capital stock to engage in mining and to build steam and electric railroads; Walker County officials have awarded a contract for the construc- tion of a $65, ,000 court house; at Mont gomery company with capital stock of $100,000 will begin the operation of cooperage plant; Birmingham off, cials have awarded contracts for paw ing and other Improvements to cost over $50,000; Gadsden will issue s20,- 900 of school building construction bonds; a building is contemplated in Opelika and Hefin will have town hall.
 Among other things, The Index re- ports a bank, machine shop enlarge lnent, bottling plant, cold storage plant. ice factory, electric light plant, hotel waterworks plants in three cities, ten important contracts awarded and nu- merous business buildings.
 The Index says, that arrangements are being perfected for extensive i'm. provements of theSasederal building at Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
NEWS M BRIEF

The Montgomery Cooperage Compa- ny has notified the Secretary of State of it's incorporation. The ipcorporators are Richard Tillis. I. s. DowdelI and E. B. Joseph.
 The Buchman Abstract and Invest ment Company, of Cullman, filed a certificate of incorporation yesterday with the Secretary of State. It has a capital stock of $25,00O. Fred J.. Buchman, J. H. Buchman. John J. Buchanan, Mary Buchman and R. B. Thompson are the incorporators.
 The E. l. DuPont de Nemours Pow der Company, of Wilmington. Del, which is incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. with an authorized cap ital stock of $50.000,000, has filed a copy of its articles -of incorporation with Secretary of State McDayid. C. J. Perry, of Birmingham, is named in the papers filed as the agent for the company in Alabama
 Governor Jelks yesterday announced the following appointments:
 Notaries public-Wallace c. oJnes. and H. H. K. Jefferson, both of Bir- mingham; c. D. Jordan, of Florence. Colbert County; c. A. Pippin, of New ton, Dale County.
 Justice of the peace-H C. King. Of Florence. Colbert County.
 Notary public and justice of the peace--B. F. Bates, of Daphne, Bald- win County.