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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27

James S. Evans contributes the fol
lowing to the New York American:
Senator Carmack's death, due to his
advocacy Of prohibition, recalls a trag,
edy. almost forgotten now, happening
in Mississippi in 1886, of infinite more
horror. creating more excitement, d.
viding more families than any event
IN the South since the Civil War It's
/ ashes are yet to be wholly smothered.
Sam P. Jones, the evangelist, whose
| recent death on a Pullman car in
Arkansas shocked the Methodists Of
the nation, carried prohibition into his
country. II was an uphill fight. The
people OF Georgia did not believe in
making the temperance movement a
political one. Supmtuary legislation
was repulsive. But Jones made war.
After having carried several Georgia
towns dry" he entered Mississippi
1t was not long before he had a mill
tant organization. 1t appeared early
in the year OF 1886 that prohibition
was likely to sweep many of the little
towns. So to combat the inroads be-
ing made by the Georgia evangelist, |
there was formed an AUTHORIZATION |
League. Colonel Jones S. Hamilton,
then the richest man in the State, |
president of the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad, lessee of the State convicts,
State Senator from Kinds County-of
which Jackson is the capital-and
chairman of the State Democratic or
ganizatiOn, was placed in charge OF
the anti-prohibition movement
At about that time a trio of young
men, none above the age of twenty
our, established two newspapers at
Jackson-one called the Sword and 3
Shield, the other the Mississippian !
The proprietors were John H. Martin d
gifted writer; T. Dabney Marshall,
descendant from the house of Louis L
Nv, and from the Virginia Marshalls,
nd Roderick Dhu Gambrell son of o
he most eminent Baptist divine in Y
he South and the crack pistol shot n
America. They espoused prohibit >
on; they attacked the personal as g
ell as the official record of Hamilton, m
that time the most popular man u
Mississippi and slated to be the W
ext Governor. ca
One night on lonely bridge, there 10
as fusilade of bullets. When the oil
,lice arrived Gambrell was dead and Ct
amilton' lay on the bride near by tn
It'll three wounds in his body There liy
ere no eye-witnesses to the tragedy.
Iicklv the Prohibitionists charged on
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
ERA OF BLOODSHED IN SOUTH
USHERED In PROHIBITION WAVE

assassination. Hamilton was taken
to his home. and while he was veeov
eTing the Governor thought II best
TO hold two companies of militia In
readiness. Temperance advocates
from all over the State fiocked In on
special trains and threatened to lynch
not only Hamilton but some of his
friends.
! Hamilton lay in jail a year. On
trial he was acquitted During that
same week General Writ Adams, Post.
master at Jackson who had testified
to Hamilton's reputation, was crit.
I eised by Martin in his newspaper, re
minding the General that character.
like charity, should begin al home
Five hours after it's publication Mar
tin and Adams met, and when the
firing was over both were dead.
BY this time Mississippi was aiame.
Every man carried a pistol, and there
were smaller street duels and dirk
encounters so bloody and that lasted |
SO long that finally the pulpit and the
politicians pleaded for peace 1t came
moderately; it has existed moderately |
ever since. But meantime Mississippi /
is spirituously" as dry as a covered
bridge From the Standardization
tragedy for the prohibition propagan-
da began to spread. Now two-thirds
Of the South has wiped out the saloon.
Hamilton, once the prince of enter
-ainers, as chivalric as any man who
ever lifted hat to lady, died almost in
poverty. The day that the Gulf &
Ship Island Railroad was completed,
lis SOM who, he told his wife on the
lay of his birth, should, upon the a
ccession to his majority, come into
of a railroad, was killed by
switch engine on that road as he Il
ras about to escort some of his
riends to the Gulf terminus. D
Of Marshall? Removing to Vicks-
urg, he was elected a State Senator CT
While a candidate for reelection his
oral conduct was attacked by United c.
tates Deputy Marshal Dinkins. To So
ether with two of his cousins, young OF
en- by the name of Fox and Coleman.
inkins was cruelty shot to death be
ithout warning This happened bT
rly one Wednesday morning in al
95. That afternoon they were in. CT
cted. Next day they were arraigned. ma
they were sentenced to
e penitentiary for their natural Sc
es. on
However, the three were subse. 81
emily pardoned. ne
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
CONFER DEGREES

At a special meeting of Lafayette
Chapter, Number 4, Royal Arch Ma
sons, Monday night Judge s. O..
Weatherly, G. T. Curry and w. d.
Carter of Carter's Creek, were ex-
allied to the august degree Of the Roy
al Arch, Major ]. T. Williamson Of
ficiating as High Priest. The cere-
mony was concluded without any Of
the candidates sustaining broken
leg, and was followed by an oyster
supper served by Brother @. H. John
son. The attendance was unusually
large.
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THOUGHT CARRIE
WANTED WEE NlF

NEW YORK, Nov 2l-Ca'i'c =,
Nation, American champion Cater
catch-can wrestler with demon la =.
boarded the Anchor line steamer y
lumbia today en- route for ocoN
which she is billed for a continue
bout. -
AS she stepped into her Spae'
second cabin stateroom she pauseu
the threshold and shifted the a~
phere ominously. Tracing the a'u III
phere footprints with unerrlng a. .at
who followed the tracks to 'ne IN,
cund countenance Of Sandy Mco, NM
assistant steward, who was ass"
her with her luggage. ,ts
$50 you mean to tell me- sDe ., -
severely, that this is a rgP snp'
Nav num-" said Sandy "
ship"
Il mean, do they cell rum y"
vessel?"
q dinna ken. mum, but ! can &c
4 wee drapple a. bonnie sco'0' m
kee,' said Sandy with an e''
wee tip.
"This is outrageous" decIa'eu
amous saloon wrecker. Eve! v"
go this cure follows me-
top this" 81, cmd
II ken how It is meself sa'u 81
"me bre'n'" q
he same way. He cud ma s"F
Ie gang to a sanltarIum
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New Case in New York

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov, Pa case "
foot and mouth disease in Yates OOuD
ty was reported to the State Dep','
ment of Agriculture today hAp''"
will be sent to investigate.
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Canada Is Alert,

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 23.-lne Va
madam quarantine against live S'o'A
has been extended to animals dH4
hides originating in New Jersey
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SPRING HILL
PAYS TRIBUTE
Continued from First Page.

sided over by W. C. Branham.
Program of Memorial:
/. Hymn, Congregation Standing
"All Hail the Power OF Jesus
/ Name"
?. Scripture Reading and Prayer
Rev. T. B. Fisher.
3. Lead Kindly Light"-Quartette
4. Introductory Remarks and Bio
graphical Sketch-By the Chair.
man.
). Nearer Ny God to Thee"-Con-
gregation Standing.
6. Address, Senator Carmack and
the Nation"-A c. Burkholder.
Z Solo-AIiss Susie Belle Moore
8. Address-Mr. F. P. Brumbach.
9. Solo-Miss Critz.
10. Our Cher rantland Rice.
II. Solo-Miss Nell Roberts.
u. Senator Carmack and Tennessee
Mr. William Hughes.
13. Hymn, Sweet BY and By-Congre-
cation Standing.
IA. Address-Mr j. H. Sedberry.
Is. Resolutions-Mr E. H. Ayres.
is. Doxology.
IL. Benediction-Rev ]. H. Nichols. !
The following resolutions were
adopted:
In the name of mourning COM
and before a nation bowed
n sympathetic grief, we come today I
o pay this tribute of love to the most
llustrious son of Tennessee, the late
senator Edward Ward Carmack, and
o do honor to his memory by the
doption of fitting resolutions. There
ore be it resolved:
That to his grief-stricken wife and
tile fatherless son we tender our
armest and tenderest sympathy, and E
ray that to each may be given an
oundant share in the protection and I
ire of kind and merciful Father Il
That we condemn the cruel and t
'wardly manner in which he was as Il
lied and murdered on the streets of d
II capital city. II
That the majesty OF the law must 81
upheld at all hazards, and the guilty b.
ought to justice, and be made to
swer for this, one of the greatest
ines that has ever stained the fair
me of Tennessee. W
That in the untimely taking Oft of III
nator Carmack, the nation has lost III
e of her greatest men, and most tn
ted sons, the state of Tennessee an
: best and ablest statesman, the ad
Use of morality nad civic righteous lis
IS her brayest and most heroic Gr
der, the community her most ex- th'
I'd type of citizenship, and his wife an
child most devoted husband and ort
Ter. Ju!
That as true and stalwart men, del
loving and faithful women we VIII
firm our fidelity to that grand
glorious cause in which ne was the
leader and for which he gave his OF
S blood, and pledge our highest acc
Or, and best efforts to continue the ma
t against this fiercest foe. until for
Dry shall dwell upon our spotless resi-
lers, and until every legalized sa- era
dramshop, brewery, distillery, of full
tever name or order be driven hes
| the borders of our beloved state, nec'
the American nation as well.
hat we point our sons with pride
lie peerless life of this one of the q
test and best, as full worthy of nadl
ation,-a life true to honor and has
/, answering to duty, faithful to hide
lotion, just, honorable, and cour-
us in all of it's adjustments and 4,
ions with his fellow men, eoo+
hat a copy of these resolutions =.
to the Tennessean, and -,
y papers for publication, and a Ill,
to his grief-stricken family"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-24
Railroad Man on Trial.

Richmond, Va, November 29.-The trial
of Alexander E. Gilbert. assistant freight
agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road. charged with violation of the inter
state commerce laws in giving special re-
bates to shippers of grain and packing
house provisions, began today in the
United States circuit court for the East
ern District of Virginia. Judge Waddill
on the bench. Gilbert is charged with
issuing false transfer slips for shipments
originating in Richmond, which made
them appear to have originated at some
point beyond Richmond, and therefore
entitled to a through rate. The ship
ments so made were carried by the At
lantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air
Line railroads, which connect the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad with the south,
at a rate much lower than the local rate
from Richmond
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NEWLY FORMED
ORGANIZATION

Denver, November 23.-The new rail-
way employees department of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, organized in
this city last Saturday. held a brief ses-
sion today, completing its organization
and then adjourned TO meet in chicago
the second Monday In January.
H. B. Perham, president Of the Order
of Railroad photographers. was made per-
manent president, and P. J. Flannery,
president of the International Associa-
ton of Freight Handlers, secretary.
The constitution and bylaws will be
completed at the Chicago meeting.
President Kirby outlined in his address
today the work accomplished by the de-
partment. The treasurer's report shows
the organization has received about 5000
and expended $1,000.
President Gompers spoke for the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and he advised
the delegates not to do anything during
the course of their deliberations that
might injure the cause of the trades union
movement, no matter how much it might
advance the cause of some individual
trade organization.
Nothing could be more serious thar
the weakening of the bonds of unity
among the laboring men, said Mr.. Com
pers. "Once let the employer understand
that the spirit as well as the fact Of
union has been destroyed and he will
soon have one employee pitted against The
other, as we'll as organizations as a whole
! have every confidence that nothing will
be done that will not strengthen th'
building trades
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Kaiser Did Not Sign.

Berlin, November 23.-The Kreuz
Zeitung says that Chancellor Won Bue-
low took with him to Pottsdam last
Tuesday, on the occasion of his inter
view with the Emperor, document TO-
the Emperor to sign, which has not yet
seen the light. The Tageblatt has
ascertained in parliamentary circles
that this was pledge to impose self
restraint upon himself in talking with
strangers, and especially Journalists
but apparently the Emperor failed te
afflx his signature.
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and preserved in tiny vases Of crystal.
They are used afterward as medicine,
for they are thought to have wonderful
healing power.
During the service each mourner
keeps his sponge ready, and every tear
that wells into his eye is sopped UP
before it has z chance to escape. The
undertaken tiptoes politely about, he
extends tentatively the crystal vase,
and those who have anything to add
to its contents squeeze their sponges
solemnly therein.
Then, with a bow of acknowledge
ment, the undertaken tiptoes on his
way, extending the vase politely now
to the right. now to the left, murmur-
ing in his gentle and soothing voice:
"Haye you shed, sir?" Madame,
have you shed?'
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A Multiplicity of Fathers.

From the Delineator
Ardyce had been learning. to sing
America at school and was trying to
teach ii to brother Wayne One morning
IT'S TaTfIeT heaTu STTUu trf1S57 f1stfSf
where my papa died, land where my papa
died.
Ardyce interrupted, "Oh. no Wayne. not
that way It is Land where our fathers
died.
Wayne's expression could not be de-
scribed as he tipped his head sidewise
and in a very surprised tone gravely
asked, Two of emf"
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CAMPAIGN IN ATLANTA
IS HOTTEST IN HISTORY

Atlanta. November 23.-The most excit-
Ing political campaign in the history of
Atlanta was marked tonight by a mon
ster mass meeting in the interest of the
candidacy of Robert f. Maddox. indie
pendent candidate for mayor against
James G. Woodward the regular demo-
cratic nominee. Several hundred sup
porters of Mr.. Maddox marched to the
meeting with burning torches and the
capacity of the theatre IN which the
meeting was held was taxed. Samuel M.
Inman presided at the meeting Mr..
Maddox addressed the large audience on
the issues of the campaign and was re-
ceived with deafening applause. He was
followed by c. 7. Ladson, general coun-
sci for the Georgia State Federation of
Labor Charles W. Bernhardt, former
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All Waiting for Cannon.

Washington November 23.-The arrival
of Speaker Cannon at the capital tomor-
row or Thursday is awaited by his friends
to an end the report that the President
elect, Mr. Taft, will oppose his reelection
to the speakership. 1t is believed that
he will make his position on the tariff so
clear that there will be a complete un-
derstanding reached between the speaker
and Mr.. Taft in regard 10 revision.
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Relief Party Sent.

Little Rock, November 23-In
resopnse to an appeal for aid from
Piney a relief party including three
physicians. left Knoxville Ark, late to-
night for that place. The message re-
ceived here stated that number of
persons had been injured and others
killed, but nothing can be ascertained
as to the numbers. Piney, is populated
mostly by Germans engaged in clear
ing the adjacent land.
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uolIand,s Venezuelan Policy.

The Hague, November 23.-In the second
chamber today at the opening of the de-
bate on the budget of the ministry of for
egn affairs the president of the cham
Der reiterated the governments appeal not
ing the presentation of the official papers.
NJ. Van DORM liberal deputy, severely
criticized the governments reticence, not
only with regard to Venezuela, but in
other matters of Importance.
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Severe Rain Storms.

st. Louis. November 2S.-Specials to the
Globe-Democrat say that severe rain
storms prevailed throughout western
Arkansas today and that traffic on the
Kansas City Southern lines between Fort
Smith, Ark, and Beaumont, Tex, is
completely demoralized.
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Official Vote of Kansas.

Topeka, Kas., November 23.-The state
canvassing board today finished its can
vass of the election returns. The total
vote cast in Kansas was 375,S95, as fol-
lows: Taft, 1916; Bryan, 161 ,20S; Debs,
1920; Chain, 5os2; scattering, IS. Tafts
nlIralitY Is 81
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Rartnett Out on Bail.

San Francisco, November 23.-W alter
]. Bartnett, convicted of embezzlng
securities belonging to the Cotton estate
from the vaults Of the California Safety
Deposit and Trust company. and SEN
fenced to ten years in San Quentin, Sc
cured his release on bail today, pending a
decision in his case by the appellate court
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VIII Not Display Trophies.

Seattle, Wash. November 2S.-President
Roosevelt will not make a display at the
Alaska ukon- Pacific exposition of the
trophies of his African hunt, accord
ing to a reply received to a formal re-
quest today.
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Roosevelt Accepts.

London, November 23.-President
Roosevelt has accepted the invitation
of the president of the Royal Geo
graphic society to deliver an address
before the society on his visit to Lon
don about April, 1910.
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ARCHITECTS OF
THE OIL COMBINE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE -

CONTINUED FROM PAGE IL
-~-~----~------~~--------
with our plants We ran the Clark
Schurmer & Co., the Clark, Payne &c
Co, Hanna, Bassington & CO..
independent Concern.
Mr.. Rockefeller said the Acme Oil com
pany undoubtedly was operated as an in
dependent concern until after 1882 and
after that John d. Archbold managed it
for time. He did not know when Mr.
Archbold became a stockholder in the
Standard. He had nothing to do with the
negotiations for the purchase Of the Amer
lean Lubricating Oil Co. and the Mica
Axle Grease Co., of Cleveland, but
these companies became stockholders In
the STANDARD.
Whatever stock in the Empire Trans
portation company was owned by Some e.
Fleming was purchased by the Standard
but Sene & Fleming continued to operate
1t as an independent concern. The wit
ness said he thought the stock OF the
Camden Consolidated Oil company was
purchased by exchange or stock with
the STANDARD and stock of the American
Transfer company was obtained from J..
A. Bostick in the same manner The
Standard also secured stock of the United
Pipe company
The trust agreement Of 1879, Mr.. Rock
efeller said was made to hold those
stocks for the benefit of the individuals
for whom they had been acquired. Mr..
Kellogg asked whether the stocks were
held for the Standard or for individuals
and Mr.. Rockefeller said he should Judge
that the Standard Oil company held the
certificates In the name OF individuals.
All of the companies were managed by
their own managers and each was doing
an independent business.
Distribution of Stock.
n "The agreement provides that trustees
Shall distribute the stock to the individ-
ual owners" said Mr.. Kellogg
at turned them over to the Standard
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Ohio Counties Go Dry.

Columbus, O., November 23.-By ma
jorities, respectively, of 100, 600 and
975, Jefferson, Sandusky and Clermont
counties today voted dry, knocking out
210 saloons One county went wet
by 15
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heney Rapidly Receivers.

San Francisco, November 23.-Fran-
els J. Heney has SO far recovered from
the wound inflicted by Morris Haas
that he will probably be able to go to
the C1EJntTy to recupef ate III few
days.
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The Funeral SPONGE.

From The New York World.
II you attend a Persian funeral they
hand you at the door a small, fine
sponge. BY means of these sponges
all the mourners' tears are collected
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Barber junction Derby,

Charlotte, November 23.-The derby,
under the auspices o. the Continental Field
Trials club. start tomorrow at Barber
Junction with % starters. The winner of
the futurity stake will be among the start
ers.
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Rniirnad Man Dead.

Richmond, Va, November 23.-Judge
William Josiah Leake, former president
of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomae railroad, died at his residence in
this city late today He was s. years
o. q
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president of the Atlanta Federation of
Trades, and other prominent speakers.
The large audience was made up of all
classes Of Atlanta citizenship.
Tomorrow is the last day for register
ing for the election, which is to be held
December 2, and indications are that the
registration will exceed by 1900 that Of
any previous state or municipal election.
Mr.. Maddox has the support of every
daily newspaper in the city and in every
ward clubs have been organized in the
interest OF his candicacy stenographers
and others being employed in the head
quarters of each ward.
Atlanta is in a fever of excitement
over this campaign and some gitterness
has been engendered by the partlsans Of
the two candidates.
mass meeting in the interest of Mr..
Woodward will be held tomorrow night.
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ready been established?" said Mr. Kel-
logg.
oh. I should think not" replied Mr..
Rockefeller
Adjournment was then taken until to-
morrow.
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Seaboard = On Time-L Line
Wide-awake route. Four hours
and f1fty-five minutes to At
lanta. The quick way.
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n 'tThe agreement provides that trustees
Shall distribute the stock to the individ-
ual owners" said Mr.. Kellogg.
at turned them over to the Standard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-21
Closing Of Fishing Shores.

The fishing shores down the Potomac
which operate big haul seines for shad
and herring. are winding up operations
although the fishing season is, now only
about half over. The shore at Windmill
point. operated by Capt. Faunce, cut on,
In the latter part of last week and the
Fowkes shore. near the lower side of Po-
tomac creek. will cut out this week. The
reason assigned. for the. early CLOSING
down or these shores is the scarcity OF
shad. which bring good price. aud tile
fact that herring which they are CATCHING
bringing SO small price as not to pay
for the handling OF 'thrm: At the fish
wharf 1t is stated that unless the catch
OF shad becomes larger several of the
other haul seine shores will be forced to
suspend operations before the season
ends. Herring are being caught at al
the shores In large quantities. but yester.
day the best of them sold at 81 per thou.
sand. with light demand.