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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
SHOULD BE MODIFIED.

The state committee ought to meet
and modify the rule concerning the
qualification, of voters In the forth.
coming primary.
The state committee has an oppor.
tunity right now to erase this suspi-
cion from the public mind. A meet
ing to modify the rule, 30 a. TO permit
all known democrats who viii pledge
themselves 20 support the nominees
OF this county unit primary. will DO
the work. Failure to 30 modify the
rule will be accepted as evidence that
the real purpose OF the majority OF the
committee 10 TO disfranchise several
thousand democrats throughout the
state. What is the committee going
20 do about itf--Chattanooga News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
THE STATE CONVENTION.

The State convention will contain
1881 delegates, making 665 necessary
to a choice. Shelby county has the
largest vote, 81, while Davidson comes
second with n delegates, Hamilton
third with 33, and Knox county has 81
votes, the combined vote Of these four
being 229 or about 400 less than
enough to nominate.
The following will be the vote Of
the several counties In the State con,
vention: Anderson, s; Bedford, 81;
Benton, IA; Bledsoe, Is; Blount, s;
Bradley, Z: Campbell, 8; Cannon, 10;
Carroll, Is; Carter, 4, Cheathan, 10;
Chester. 8; Claiborne, 10; Clay, s;
Cooke, 6; Coffee, IA; Crockett, IL;
Cumberland, 4; Davidson, II; Deca-
tur, 8; DeKalb, II; Dickson, Is; Dyer,
Is; Fayette, TO- Fentress, 3; Frank
lin, %; Gibson, 30; Giles, 81; Grain
ger, 6; Greene, 81; Grundy 6; Ham
blen, s.; Hamilton, 80; Hancock 4;
9; Haywood, 10; Henderson, 8; Henry,
"a; Hickman, ~; Houston, s; Hum
phreys. IL; Jackson, IL; James, 2;
Jefferson, 4 Johnson. 2; Knox, 80;
Lake, 5; Lauderdale, 80; Lawrence,
13; Lewis, A. Lincoln, 81 Loudon, a;
Macon. s; McMinn, 10; McNairy, 70;
Madison, 26; Marion, 7; Marshall, %;
Maury 81 Meigs, g.: Monroe, IA;
Montgomery, II; Moore 8; Morgan,
d; Obion, 26; Overton IL; Perry, 8;
Pickett, 3; Polk, z; Putnam, 10; Rhea,
8; Roane, 5; Robertson, %; Ruther-
ford, %; Scott, Q; Sequatchie, 4;
Sewer, 3: Shelby 81; Smith, 16; Stew
art, 13; Sullivan, 81, Sumner, 81 Tip
ton, 10; Trousdale, s. Unicoi, 1; I'm
lon, 8; Van Buren,. 4; Warren, 10;
IS; Wayne 4; Weakley,
30; White, II; Williamson, 10, VIII
son, "a.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
majority who approved his formeI

majority who approved his formeI
course.
It looks like politics had played al
important part in working the chang
Of position on this question. 1t mai
be that the President has become
alarmed at the opposition of the me-
groes to this choice for the PrestI
dency, Secretary Taft, and this eleTI
enth hour decision to "about face" on
the question is prompted by desire 81
mollify the dusIyy element of his par
ty. It is apparent, however, that til
opposition OF the negroes cannot de
feat the nomination OF Taft It nigh
be though that the President fear
the result In November should thu
solid negro vote in the doubtful States
where they hold the balance OF power
be cast against the Republican nom
lnee. Looked at from any viewpoint
he course pursued by the President u
not creditable TO him or 70 his higi
,fnce.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
The BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.

1t will be difficult to assign a laud.
able reason for President Roosevelt
action in recommending that the ne
gro soldiers who "shot up" Browns
vile, Texas, be permitted to re-enlist
in the army. 1t has been only little
more than a year since Mr.. Roosevelt,
in his customary spectacular manner,
summarily dismissed these soldiers
from the army without honor. The
situation has not changed since that
time II their conduct was repre-
hensible and deserving of the severest
censure and punishment that could be
inflicted upon soldiers of the regular
army in 1906. It is equally so in 1908.
The only change since the muster
ing out OF the soldiers is the change
that President Roosevelt has made.
His conduct In this matter was OF the
most praiseworthy character. He has
been sustained by a committee OF the
Senate, which made q long and ex-
iaustive investigation of the outrage;
10 has been sustained by the public
sentiment OF the South, and his for
ner political enemies have not hest
ated to approve his course. Bat in
eeldng TO undo what he has done
'e IL certain TO lose the good will and
he good opinion OF the overwhelming
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

The "cigar-box' senatorial primary
saws the Memphis Commercial Ap-
peal. was a fraud; the proposed gu.
bernatorial primary ordered by the
state committee is a "cigar-box' af-
fair, pure and simple, therefore it is
likewise fraud. It will not do any
good to the governors cause for his
organs to try to confuse the issue
with any fine-spun theories and en-.
plantations. The governors primary
is to be a 'cigar-box" affair and In
to that It is so contrived that
in certain cumstances-which II Is
expected the machine will ingeniously
create-the candidate receiving the
smaller number OF votes may be de-
ciared the nominee. attanooga
Times.
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BUSINESS LETTERS.

All business letters or communities
tons intended for The Herald. should
be addressed to The Herald. not to
any individual connected with The
Herald. II addressed to The Herald.
they will receive prompt attention. II
addressed to an individual delay may
be occasioned by his absence from
the once. from sickness or other
causes, az personal letters are not
opened except by the person to whom
they are addressed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
Mr.. cARmAcK's EVE.

Senator Carmack is confined to his
room with a badly infiamed eye; the
result Of cold settling in it. His doc
tor says he win not be allowed to
read or write for Q week. But he has
friends who can read 10 him, and he
can talk to his stenographer. and there
Is nothing the matter with his thinker,
and he will be good and ready when
the word is given to go" '
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

Man is a social animal; be loves
company. There is something In his
nature that draws him TO his fellows.
A majority OF men love the excite
ment and the society and the attrae-
tons which are found in the eenters
OF population. On no other ground
can the rush from the country to
the cities be accounted for. People
leave the country where they have
plenty Of fresh air. the birds and the
flowers. cheap and comparatively easy
! living. TO crowd into the hot. stuny
and unsanitary tenements of the cit
les.
With all the thousands OF acres Of
forests and plains and commons that
have never been occupied in this
country people are crowding into New
York at the rate OF over 1000 to the
acre. There are forty blocks in Man
haitian below Fourteenth street
which have a population OF over 1000
to the acre, and in one acre there live
1907 people. At this rate the pres
ent area of the city Of Nashville |
would contin NOT less than 1884 900
people, or more than eight times the
population of the entire state at the
time OF the last census.
II Columbia was as densely popu-
lated as this one New York acre It's
present limited area would contain
a population of more than a million
and a half souls, or three-fourths Of
the present population Of all Tonnes
see. One can hardly imagine the I'ov-
erty and misery and insanity condi-
tons which must obtain in a settle
ment where 1000 souls are packed
INTO a single acre. If all New York
we're so thickly settled as this one acre
It would contain 2O0,O00,OO0 people
,r almost as many as there are En-
,lish speaking people in all the world 4
oday.
In a section of lower Manhattan
ninety-six acres there are
living today over 10000 children Of
chool age or more by fifty per cent c
nan there are in all OF Maury county.
n Manhattan and the Bronx there s
re 1855 factories and 481 800 work b
RS. The death rate in the congested
reas is nearly twice as great as it
} where the population is not so "
ense. s;
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
IS IT FAIR?

1T is as fair for one as for the
other" is the stock argument Of the
Pattersonites, in speaking Of the bogus
primary their chieftain has loaded
Upon the Democratic party of Tonnes
see. For that matter, if no one was
concerned except Carmack and Pat
| terson, matching nickles or drawing
straws or splitting at crack, would
be as fair for one as the other. We
we're about to say that throwing dice
would be as fair for one as the other;
but that would not do If the Patterson
gang had a good chance to load the
dice. But waving all that, what of
the peoples rights? Is it fair to them
to take the appointment Of the cleo
ton officers out of their hands, and
turn it over into to the hands of a
partisan Patterson committee?
Is 1t fair to the people that Mr.. Pat
terson should not only appoint the
election officers, but also count the |
fOIO dHu UcCldIC Tic ECSuIJ. vi
course no fair man can contend that |
that is even fair to his opponent; but |
leaving that entirely out of the ques-
ton, is the method adopted by the
Patterson committee as fair to the
People as it is to Patterson? Is it
entirely fair for the people to do the
voting and Patterson to do the count
ing?
That is the whole trouble with their
mean and dirty method Patterson
overlooked, ignored or entirely forgot
that the people had any rights to be
considered or respected, and regarded
he matter as a purely personal one
between Mr.. Carmack and himself
And that is how he offended the peo-
lie so grossly that they will never
orgive him. He may explain, and
Explain and explain, but when the
eople once turn against a man for
ause, he had just as well step down
nd out, and save himself the embar-
assment of humiliating defeat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
A NEW FOOD IN INDIA.

Consul General William H. Michael
writing from Calcutta, sends the fol
lowing account of a new food that Is
proposed to be used in India:
There is to be found in the jungle
a seed called 'befri,' which was dis
covered on the west side Of India
during the last famine, and was
mixed with food grains with excel
lent results. 1t is now suggested that
an effort be made to gather this seed
in large quantities and hold it for
use when the famine conditions are
fully developed. The chief medical
officer of Baroda State made the dis
covery of the seed, and one familiar
with its value as food has written to
a Bombay paper as follows
1.-The seed contains 21.13 per cent.
Of albuminoids, whereas their proper
ton is 1876 per cent. in India wheat
and 16 in oatmeal. In other words,
Defri is 65 per cent. more nutritious
than wheat and 80 per cent, more so
han oatmeal. The reporter on
economic products to the Government |
las pronounced it to be good food.
Is scarcity, If not famine, is likely !
o prevail l would in the interest of
he public, suggest that befri might
e collected in the jungle and stored
ID for the future"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

New York is stuck up about having
caught a brace OF bandits In Central
Park Kentucky counts her banditti
by the regiment. Some Of them are
burning barns. and the rest OF them
are pillaging the State treasury and
county treasures in the capacity OF
an auxiliary branch Of the Night
Riders Union.-Courier Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

reward. it would be a shame upon the
good name of the Capitol city If he
did not win out.
Afinities will flock together: and
that is why the friends of Carmack,
Johns and McCarn will carry David
son county, e-a-s-y.
Nashville, Tenn. F. d. L.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

My how the old discredited L. 4 N.
American and ally Of the liquor inter.
ests did vince at the applause given
the Nashville Tennessean by the tenn
peranoe people OF Nashviilei
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

Gov. Patterson's proclamation meth
cd OF dealing with the lawless night
riders In the tobacco district will
doubtless prove about az effective o"
the famous proclamation issued
Dutch Governor OF New Yorh !.
approach OF the conquering Il
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

Here are some very special extras
for next Saturday and Monday that
it will pay you to investigate prompt
~.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20

Strictly man-tailored skirts, IL
new Greek tunic flare and box plat
at less prices almost than you'd ps
for materials.
s4-lNcH BLUE PRINTED, zoe sun
INGs, 15o A YARD.
These are bran new piece dyed SD
ings on the order OF French Perd
and are said to wash like Linen.
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
Something New in Summer Rusi
Genuine Koshinna Japanese Cott|
Rugs, size 80 by so inches, in a
riety Of designs and colorings, sill
each.
Splendid Brussels Rugs, size S1|
feet, $3.50 each. value $500.
Elegant 9x12 Administer Rugs
Oriental and floral designs, $500 al
$3.50.
China and Jap Mattings in a spld
did lot OF designs and qualities.
SPECIAL
Splendid quality China Mating, ID
a yard.
Extra Heavy China Mating in gOc
designs, special, at zoe a yard.
BOYS CLOTHING.
Final closing ont prices on all u
Boys Clothing, to which we hav
added all the Spring Suits that VI
lad packed away.
377 Suits I'm all-Knee Pant Suit
or ages 4 to 16.
BEGINNING NEXT SATURDAY
MORNING
Is $500 and $2.50 Suits, 800 a Sui
121 $500 ana $3.50 Suits, $3.50
uit.
rs $500 and $3.50 Suits, $500 Sui
rs $500 Suits, 1925 a Suit.
81 $500 and $3.50 Suits, $500 Sui
80 $3.50 and $500 Suits, $3.50 Sui
Buy Suits for the boys now and Id
lem grow up to At the Suits.
SHOE DEPARTMENT.
The new spring Oxfords for Ladies
isses, and Children, Boys and Mer
q ready in Black and Tan.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
400 YARDS OF YARD-WIDE WHITE
UNION LINEN suITING

400 YARDS OF YARD-WIDE WHITE
UNION LINEN suITING
That was damaged slightly from
getting wet in the hold OF a vessel In
coming over from Belfast, Ireland.
The damage is very slight, and
shows only in a few spots. 1t was
brought over in what they call
webs" about a hundred yards in a
web and we secured only four of these
webs The value is 40c a yard. On
sale next Saturday and Monday at
29c yard.
MORE OF THOSE SPLENDID
SPRING GINGHAMs AT Toe
A YARD.
The styles are good and quality first
rate.
3e-INcH FLAxENE, 18c a YARD.
F1axene is the best imitation Of an
all Linen Suiting yet produced. 1t
takes a good Judge to tell 1t from an
ali Linen Suiting For Skirts and
Suits.
A WONDERFUL BARGAIN IN
SPRING DRESS GOODS.
About 20 pieces Of the best SOC Suit l
ngs in plaids and light grey mixtures.
WOOL and part wool, SO inches wide.
Sold everywhere at SOC a yard.
Our price for this lot next Saturday
md Monday, Csc yard.
AIDES TAILOR MADE SUITS AND
READY MADE SKIRTS
A couple of dozen bran new models
n Ladies' Tailor Made Suits are just
a.
Very swell Suits in Navy, Black.
|rown and Copenhagen, Shadow
striped Panama, $4,000, $500 and IL
5000.
LADIES' READY MADE SKIRTS
New models that are just in at M
800, $500, $3.50, $1,000 and $3.50. al
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
'HUMPTY SAYS HIS
GANG GOT $4,000
IN new YORK LOOT
Robbed ~IngersOll Watch, Iver-
Johnson and Gold Pen Co.'S,
Essex Prisoners Story.

George C"Humphy") Williams, under
arrest here on a charge of breaking
and entering and carrying burglar
tools, has confessed to the police that
he and the men under arrest with him,
Martin Tiffany and Richard Vaughn,
were robbers of the Ingersoll Watch
Company. the Iver-Johnson Company
and the Diamond Gold Pen Company,
New York business houses, and that
they carried away at least $1,000 in
cash and goods.
"Humpty" has persistently refused to
talk to the New York detectives con-
corning these robberies, fearing that he
and his fellow prisoners might be ex-
tradited and tried in New York. He
says he prefers to run his chances with
Jersey justice. The trio will be ar
raigned before Judge Davis in the
Court of Quarter Sessions on Friday.
They say they will plead guilty.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
In Court or Street He's Ready to
Back Up Printed Attack
on ElOpers.
COMPTON, ONCE NEWARKER,
THINKS HE'LL COME AROUND
Bride Shares M~arketman=Hus-
bands View Despite obituary
That Stirs BernardsviIIe.
Especial to the Evening Start

BERNARDSVILLE, Aug. 31.-Follow-
ing the bonfire charivari of the elooing
daughter of the town editor and the
village marketman. the people Of this
town are planning a big serenade to
demonstrate their sympathy for Young
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w. Compton,
who have been strongly attacked by
the brides father, L. r. Trumbull,
through the column of his newspaper,
the Bernardsville News. Both Young
people have many friends in Newark.
Miss Florence Trumbull, 10 years old,
eloped with Compton, whom her father
disliked, one week ago., and in the cur
ent issue of his paper the editor de-
ounces the couple under the heading
obituary.
loBernardsville residents have sided
sflth the, young couple, and Saturday
hight friends of the Comptons built a
a.oon-fire in front of the hotel where they
were having dinner. and now are plan
ming the serenade.
The obituary" notice In the News
which has aroused the town reads in
part:
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
Decorated China

t5c, toc, CSC Plates at loo.
i5c Tea Cups and Saucers, 10c.
SOC to ACC China Plates, 25c.
6oc to csc Tea and BouilIon Cups
and Saucers, f9c each.
$50 to csc Berry Sets, 4oc.
s2.25 to S275 Chocolate Sets,
$3.50.
Decorated China Salad Bowls, Cak.
Plates, Chocolate Jugs, Cracker Jars,
Celery Trays; regular prices o9c to 9Sc,
at 4oc.
s4.9S Tankards at $40.
Decorated China Fancy Dishes, Cake
Plates, Bonbon and Olive Dishes, Berry
Sets, Cracker Jars, Chocolate Jugs, SyrupS
and Condensed Milk Jars, at soc per
cent. below regular prices.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
Hills, but the only minister not asleep
there said drowsily: Come in tomor-

Hills, but the only minister not asleep
there said drowsily: Come in tomor-
ow.'
1t was then sc late that Compton took
his ffancee to the home of his parents in
Pluckemin, and they properly chap
eroned her for the night. The next
afternoon at 3 o'clock the couple and the
elder Comptons drove to the home of the
Rev. Thomas b. Wesley, and in the
presence of a few friends the ceremony
was performed.
Just as the last words had been
spoken, and MIR. and Mrs. Compton had
driven off for a honeymoon, Editor
Trumbull and his wife rushed up to the
parsonage and demanded their daugh-
ter.
TOO late; they've married and de-
parted" the Comptons told them.
Expects Father VIII ReIent.
While the couple drove about New
Jersey, visiting Trenton, Princeton and
other places on a honeymoon trip of five
days, the veteran editor was penning
his daughters Obituary
TT don't worry me any young
Compton declared today. Naturally
the old gentleman is a little bit sore
because / outwitted him. l guess he'll
get over it, all right"
I'm glad / married Fred. and 1
haven't a single thing to regret" was
young Mrs. Compton's view. Papa has
a dreadful temper, but he always gets
good-natured again"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
SEVERAL HURT IN CRUSH
TO SEE MEN OF FLEET.
MeIbourne's Welcome Better
Than Any, Says Admiral.

MELBOURNE, Aug. 31.-The throng
out to witness the formal entry of the
American sailors today proved too
much for the Princess Bridge. which
spans the Yara river. Its barriers were
overborne and as a result several per-
sons slightly injured.
In his speech of welcome the prime
minister. Alfred Deakin, said:
we can offer you nothing better in
the way of friendship than j hearty
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
KRUEGERS BACK
TONIGHT AFTER
BEST OUTING YET
Association Members and
Guests Will Gather in Bel
mont Avenue Quarters.

After spending one of the most enjoy
able outings in their history, which is
alive with memories of many of them,
members off the Gottfried Kruger
Association. who, with many invited
guests. went to Atlantic City Saturday
afternoon, are scheduled to return to
town tonight. The special on the Penn
~sylvania Railroad, which they boarded
when they left business behind them, is
due at the Market street station at I
o'clock.
Thu Kruger host will hold an in
formal reception upon their arrival at
their native heath and when they get
to their headquarters in Belmont ave-
nue. there will be something doing"
A fine dinner in the Hotel Rudolph
Saturday was one of the events of the
trip. Nearly 800 sat Town to 1t.
Mayor Haussling and Mrs. Haussling
are among those enjoying the outing.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31

Mrs. James Manson Fisk and her
daughter, Miss Charlotte Fisk, of South
Broad street, returned yesterday from
Maine, where they have been spending
the summer.
Miss Lillian Grey, of this city. and
Miss Cecilia Snyder, of Elizabeth, re-
turned yesterday from Portland and
Old Orchard Beach, Me, where they
have been fer a fortnight.
Miss Feiner, of Halsey street, is sum
mering in Maine, making her head
quarters at the New Lafayette In Port
land and enjoying hort trips to the
numerous nearby resorts.
Miss Strauss, of Quitman street, Is
with a party of friends in Portland,
Me.
Miss Mae Kern, of this city, is spend
ing her vacation at the Brunswick
Asbury Park. Later in the week she
will be Joined by her friend, Miss s..
~Sergenson, of 1863 Somerset street.
Mrs. Harry Geiser and her little
.uhuBnteT, MISS MlTlel, are a
few weeks in the Pocono mountains.
They are registered at the Mount Airy
House.
Miss Mary Foley, of 125 South Ninth
street, and the Misses Brady, OF g.
Sussex avenue, have returned from
Block Island, where they spent W
weeks.
Miss May McGrath, of Cabinet
street. and Miss Mollie Smith, of Ber-
gen street, are summering at the Adj
rondack Hotel, Rockaway Park.
Miss Florence Frazer is the guest of
Miss Margaret Clarke, of this city, at
the summer home of the Clarke family
in Martha's Vineyard.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bechtold and
Miss Lillian Bechtold, of Clifton ave
nue., have returned from Milford, Conn.
Miss Bechtold will go to Asbury Park
until after Labor Day.
Miss Anna Bosch. her mother, Mrs.