davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12


to that time | had supposed that no living
could emit 50 terrific a sound. Balser too s.
up frightened, and then we laughed at each
other till the tears came. | threw stone
into the tree, and the owl flew away. 1t
did not 60 far, and soon again it began to
sing, and kept up the serenade at inter
walls all night.
After a time the mournfu1 notes of a
whippoOrwill came to us from the limbs OF
a dead tree a short distance up stream, and
now and then the voice of a waketul turtle
dove would come in its sad, cooling cadence
through the balTny, star pierced blue OF
the silence laden night. Once in awhile we
heard the Peep, peep, peep of drowsy
bird rOosting IN the branches above us,
and ever the fitful signing of the wind,
breathing on the leaves set them whisper
ing, till we fanced that the air was full of .
fairies and the fairies full of song But at
last we went to sleep.
After a few hours we awakened Just
before the dawn. The night concert had
ceased, and the silence could almost be
felt We plunged into the creek for a bath,
and Just as emerged from the water
the sun shot its first messengers of light
over the eastern edge of the world. Then
you should have heard the morning con
cert break forth like a band of thousand
pieces.
The owl and the whippoorwill were
silent; but, bless your souls! you should
have heard the meadow lark trying to ruin
have heard dear old Bob White whistling
for dear life, evidently under the impress
sion that he was an animated tite. Robin
Redbreast screaming for JOY, probably
thought he was a COrnet or trombone.
Redbird too tried to burst his throat in his
efforts to convince the world that he
flute: but above all came the marvellous
voice Of the conductor He played all the
instruments from the fife to the trombone. al
exquisite was his music that the very hi
seemed TO hasten forward to catch even the St
notes of the mocking bird No man knows
much happiness there is in the world till he
the birds of the wildwood sing at dawn
XTE travelled along for two three days wit
w adventure; but on the evening of the
day dark clouds began to gather in the south
The day had been terribly hot, and the air W
still that it seemed to be dead, for ftfu
of wind that came and went at times, like the
of a bat.
"'WeIl have terrible storm tonight said
SER and it will come up pretty quickly. L.
halt and unhitch.'
I'm agreed, said l. and we drew rein il
open, as far as possible from a tree.
Trees, it is said draw lightning, and we
that the fireworks of heaven would soon begin
hitched and fed the horses. and prepared our
inside the wagon Near us was a low gro
thornbush covered with a great tangled ma
wild grapevines At first thought of set
under it but we changed our minds and concl
to use it as a shelter for fire
q Soon after we had eaten supper the wind
to rise The lightning in the black clouds tC
southwest PLAYED wildly and the thunder II
as if it was a genie trying to trighten the t
When the rain began we climbed into the W.
For a long time we listened to the fierce pate
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
NEGROES AFTER
SECRETARY TAFT
COMMITTEE ISSUES APPEALS TO
coLoRED VOTERS TO SUP
PORT FORAKER.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-An ap-
peal was today issued by the Coioreo
Campaign Vigilance Committee TO
voters of the Southern States to Sc
cure the election of delegates to the
Republican National Convention at
Chicago who will case their votes Tor
Senator Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio
for the Presidency. In case OF the
failure to secure Senator Forakers
nomination they are urged to unite
upon Vice President Fairbanks or
Senator Robert M. LaFollette, OF WIS
consin. They are urged also to OPP
pose the nomination Of Secretary Tart
on the ground that he was party 70
the dismissal from the army OF the
colored soldiers involved in the
Brownsville incident.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
WOULD NOT FACE
COURT MARTIAL
PRISONER JUMPS FROM FAST
MOVING TRAIN RATHER THAN
BE DlSGRACED.

CHICAGO, March 6,-Rather than
face a court-martial at Fort Sheridan
and military disgrace and imprison-
ment, Daniel F. Keller, former cap
tain in the 27the United States infan-
try, hurled himself from fast moving
train early this morning while he was
being brought to Chicago a prisoner,
and sought to escape in the wilds OF
Wisconsin.
The daring attempt to break from
the soldiers who had him in custody
was the newest chapter in the histo' :
of the sensational arrest on II
charge of stealing QuartermGste
checks for more than $4,000 trol.
Fort Sheridan.
The train was stopped, but II was
two hours before he was run dcuu
and placed in irons and the journey
resumed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
TWO CONVENTIONS
IN WARREN COUNTY
THIS TIME THE 5RoWNLoW
CROWD DOES THE 5oLTlNo
AND HOLDS SIDE SHOW.

McMINNvILLE, Tenn, March g.
In the delegated Republican county
convention here today the Evans
Faulkner faction controlled ten civil
districts with 80 votes, and the Brown
low-Jones faction six districts with
20 votes,
A motion prevailed to allow no prox-
les, but delegates present to vote the
entire strength of their respective dis
tricts. On adoption Of this, the
Brownlow delegates, led by w. H.
Hammer walked out and organized
another convention.
The Evans convention passed reso-
lutions indorsing Roosevelt's Admins
tration and instructed for Hale for
National committeeman; Sanders,
Haggard and Essary delegates from
the state-at-large to the National Con
vention: H. Clay Evans and J M
Taylor, delegates from the Third Con
gressional District.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
GYPSIES TO
INCORPORATE
WILL FORM NATIONAL ASSoCIA-
TioN or AMERICA WITH
A CHARTER.

CLAYTON, MO, March 6.-Attor-
ney T. s. Burnett, of Clayton, today
fled an application for a pro lorna
degree of incorporation in the 81
Louis county circuit court for the Ma
tional Gypsy Association Of America.
The first officers, according to the
petition, are to be Joe Adams, king Tor
life; Adams, secretary, and John NJ.
Adams. treasurer. Its purpose as set
forth are TO encourage greater har-
mony and more permanency of resi-
dence of gypsies, to induce them to
take out naturalization papers and be-
come citizens. bear their portion OF
the burden OF taxation and other gov
ernmental obligations as citizens OF
the United States.
st. Louis is to be the national CAPT
tai OF the nationalized gypsies.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
GLOOMY VIEW OF
PANAMA CANAL
WON'T HELP TRADE ANY, SAYS
VICE PRESIDENT OF EAST
ERN RAILROAD.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 81
John F. Stevens, vice president OF
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, and former chief engi-
neer of the Panama Canal, has issued
a statement regarding the latter en-
terprise, in which he prophesies fall
ure of the undertaking. =
Mr.. Stevens says that the canal VIII
not help the United States in its trade
with South America, as practically all
of the inhabitants of the Southern
continent are on the east Of the An
des. Mr.. Stevens says also that our
commercial relations with the Islands
of the Pacific and the Far East Will be
little benefited. Our coal and wheat
centers are inland. Their products
have to be started on their way by
rail. When once loaded on cars IL
would not be cheaper to ship to the
Atlantic and then ship to the East Dy
the way of the canal than 1t would be
to send directly to the ports on our
Pacific coast and then get on board
ship. Furthermore, Mr.. Stevens De-
lieves that our coal supply Is fast d.
minishing, and that China will be the
source of future coal supply. Siberia,
he says, will be the wheat country OF
the future, with India a close second
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
THIEF REPENTS
RETURNS MONEY
TRYING TO REPAY ALL PAR
TIES FROM WHOM HE
STOLE.

ANDERSON, Ind, March CT
stole the money here and have called
to return It. l was a professional bur-
glar when I got the money, but have
been converted, and am now trying to
find all the parties robbed in order
to return their money"
With that remark an unknown we'll
dressed man about 35 years old, hand
ed $3.50 to Joseph Van Camp at his
home in Main street. Mrs. Van Camp
had answered a call at the door, and
was asked by stranger If she was at
the Van Camp home, and If Mr.. Van
Camp had missed any money year
and half ago.
Mrs.van Camp called her husband,
who said his trousers were stolen from
his bedroom and $3.50 taken from
them. The stranger returned the
money, declining to give his name.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
ANOTHER BLOW
AT MACHINE
HICKORY CLUB DEMANDS THAT
PLAN FOR SELECTING DELE
GATES BE CHANGED.
BRYAN Men ONLY FOR DENVER
Movement Launched to Leave The
Ringsters at Home in This
state.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March TO-
Pit none but Bryan democrats on
guardl
That was the sentiment at the
meeting of the "Old Hickory Demo
cratic Club" last night and steps were
taken to see that a solid Bryan dele
cation goes TO the democratic national
convention at Denver in July to cast
Tennessee's vote.
Not only will the delegation be In
structed before 1t leaves home to vote
for Mr.. Bryan, but the personnel OF
the delegation will be looked after, 10
the end that none but Bryan demo
Gratis shall be chosen as delegates,
and that the "bushwhackers," as Mr..
BRYAN recently called those who
stayed In the party's councils in other
campaigns and then secretly stabbed
him. shall not have a chance to do 1t
again.
A resolution was offered by Judge
John A. Pitts, which was unanimously
adopted, calling upon the democratic
state executive committee to recon
vene in this city at once and formu-
late a definite method for the selection
OF delegates to attend the state con-
vention which convenee here June
IT, to select delegates to Denver.
The resolution sets forth that the
method named by the state committee
is vague and indefinite.
In Offering his resolution, Judge
Pitts referred to the recent warning
to his friends by Mr. Bryan, In which
he said a movement was on foot to
send delegates to Denver who would
be unfriendly to him.
Judge Pitts said that even though
the states might instruct for Mr..
BRYAN. IL antiBryan men we're named
as delegates they would cause en-
barrassment He said nobody ought
to be allowed to go to Denver who is
continually predicting that Mr., Bryan
cannot be elected; that men ought to
be selected as delegates who are Bry-
an men: who believe in his principles,
who believe he is going to win this
year, and who would vote for him
without having to be instructed to
do 80.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
GOOD RESULTS
OF HERALD AID.

The Herald advertising man called
on one of The Herald's customers to-
day for a change Of his ad. and was
informed by the customer that he be-
lieved he would let the ad. stand for
one more insertion as he was getting
good results from 1t, having sold the
night before several large bills OK
goods direct from the results Of the
ad. Il do not as q rule" said the adj
vertiser, like for my ads. to run
more than twice, but as this one 10
doing such good work, will work It
a little over time, making three times,
but be sure and call on me for
change Friday, should I forget about
it, as I believe in changing the ads"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
JOE M. FOSTER
KILLED BY TRAIN
continued from First Page.

picked up and placed On the train and
carried to his home. perhaps a quar-
ter Of a mile down the track. The en-
gineer is said to have stated that he
saw the men when within about TWEEN
ty-five feet OF them, but thought Of
course, they would step out Of the
way, and about that time glanced at
his watch to see how many minutes
he had to reach Columbia When
the train struck, he Immediately
stopped and reversed his engine.
Few men were more generally
known or more generally liked in
Maury county than Joe Foster. In
the service of The Herald for the past
ten years he had visited every home
practically in the county and where
ever he appeared was welcomed by a
cordial greeting. a hearty hand-shake.
He was one of natures noblemen,
true diamond in the rough. Rugged,
honest. faithful, true to himself, his
friends, and the faith he learned at
his mothers knee, he inspired and
held the confidence and friendship OF
all with whom he came in contact
Human in every fibre, whole-souled
and warm hearted, he had to contend
with the frailties Of human nature, and
knew how to forgive and condone
the failings of others. His faith was
his bulwark. he knew his Bible as
few know it and his face was ever
turned with love to the Master. And
when the last hour came, and he knew
the end was rapidly approaching, he
faced with braveness and fortitude
the verdict of a just God, confident
of the plaudit, well done, thou good
and faithful servant; enter thou into
the joys of thy Lord"
AS he had faced and discharged the
obligations and duties OF citizenship
nobly and bravely, so did he face the
enemies of his country in the four
dark years he wore the grey of the
Confederacy, and no Drawer or better
soldier ever went out from the bor-
ders of Maury.
In the home where his loving kind
ness had kindled and kept burning the
fire CT love, where his energy had sus-
tanned and provided and his example
had beer and will always be a pre-
cert. he will be sadly missed. The
wife, who has travelled life's pathway
through many years, sits bereaved.
While two sons, Nick and Eugene, and
three daughters, Miss Joe, Mrs. Elder
of Florence, Ala, and Mrs. Dortch, OF
Hawkinsville, Ca, have lost kind
father and a gentle, loving compan-
ion.
The funeral and interment took
place Thursday at IL a. m. at Lasting
! Hope church where the deceased had
long been a consistent member.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
bHN R. GENTRY ALL-ROUND
CHAMPION OF USEFULNESS
nAruReD HORSE. a RACER AND WINNER he Is WITH
EQUAL

horse in single harness, but also In
double-harness, and hooked with Rob
ert ]. has a polerecord OF 2:OS; Gen
try was also at home on h-mile
track where he has race record Of
2:04z; this, with his mile-track race
record OF 2:O11h, keeps him still a
champion stallion with the fastest
combination racerecord.
John R. Gentry was, also, an I'M
beaten horse show horse, always won
the blue ribbon everywhere, including
Madison Square, New York, where he
won LIST prize, beating Direct Gen.
try is also a model road horse, has
been driven by young lady, and was
often seen in Central Park, to wagon
or sleigh before coming to Ewell Farm,
where his stud life only really began.
In 1907 Gentry's oldest foals bred
in Tennessee were 3-year-olds; Ono
yua Gentry was trained, and took a
race-record of 2:14A; Make Gentry
was trained, and took a race-record
of 2:15, and beat all the best 3-year-
ODDS in the Southern Circuit.
Both these FLIES we're foaled at
Ewell Farm. Five of the get of John
r. Gentry took standard records in
1907, thus placing Gentry in the table
NJ successfIl sir0g.
That a horse could be colt-winner;
a matured race-wipner; an enduring
campaigner, a champion among the
greatest champions; road horse, IN
the park, ON the speedway, or on the
show path; that a horse could be-
beautiful in form, gait and manners
have so many good qualities in com
! bination, and not transmit some OF
them to his progeny, is not worthy a
moments thought.
+, This is no dream--this will become
a fact. Some man in the South, and
/ probably from some Hal mare, will
raise a colt who will do what John K
Gentry has done-gain 10 worlds rec
ords. and earn 100000.
! GEO. CAMPBELL BROWN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
TURNPIKE CO.,
CAN'T OPEN ROAD

The County Turnpike Commission
ers have notified the officials OF the
Columbia and williamsport Turnpike
Co that they have inspected the road
way and can not allow the company TO
resume taking tolls until they have
complied with the law by covering
the metal with dirt, sand and gravel
They state that good work has been
done on the roadway in the matter OF
new metal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
WIFE MURDERER'S
TRIAL FOR MICH. 81
FRANK CLICKS CASE WILL PROB.
ABLY NOT BE HEARD
THIS TERM.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 1.-THE
case of Frank Click, under Indictment
on the. charge OF numbering his young
wife. Mrs. Ruth Bilbo Click, has been
set for trial on March 81. 1t Is prac-
ticaIIy certain that the case Will not
be tried at that date, and 1t is proba-
BILE that It will go over to the next
term. When Click killed his wife he
fred a bullet into his own brain. He
is now in Jail, and while ordinarily he
seems to be rational, Jailer Shelby
Johns says that at times his acts are
rather peculiar. The jailer says that
several times during the week Click
has got up about or 3 o'clock In the
morning and not returned to his bed
any more until the next night.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
PADGETT MOVES
UP ANOTHER NOTCH
BECOMES RANKING MINORITY
MEMBER OF NAVAL AZ
FAIRS COMMITTEE.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March TO-
Congressman Padgett, since the death
of Mr.. Myer, OF Louisiana, has be-
come the senior member of the Naval
Affairs Committee. Mr. Padgett. with
the rest of the members OF the COM
mittee, has been invited to be present
at San Francisco at the reception
given by the city to Admiral Evans
feet when 1t arrives in the port dur
the month of May. the date not
stated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
NEGRO SOLDIER In
ARMY
CAPT. RoBT. D. SMITH READS IN
TEREsTINo PAPER TO MAURY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

President VIM. S. Fleming presided
at the regular meeting Of the Maury
County Historicals Society Tuesday
night. Geo. W. Hayes presented sew
eral numbers of Gen. d. H. Hills mag
azine. The Land We Love" publish
ed in Charlotte. n. C., 1886; also
volume of the Laws of the o. s., 1896,
with the autograph of Geo. w. Camp
bell. This work had been in the libra
~ of President James X. Polk. many
volumes of which were bought by Mr.
Hayes.
The paper for the evening was by
Capt. Robt. D. Smith on the abortive
attempt to use the negro as a soldier
in the Confederate armies. Capt
Smith gave full and interesting par
ticulars of noted meeting at Gen. 10
seph f. Johnson's quarters on the sec
ond of January, 1864, when Gen. Gle
burne presented a carefully drawn
statement of existing conditions, and
suggested the freeing of the slaves
and their enlistment in the depict
ed ranks of the Southern armies.
This statement had the approval and
signatures of many high Confederate
officers. but the Richmond authori-
ties thought it best to suppress the az
itation of the question at that time.
On March 10, 1865. President Davis
approved an Act of Congress author
izing the enlistment of three hun
dred thousand negro soldiers, but the
surrender of Lee and Johnston few
weeks later prevented any practical
results. The discussion OF the paper
brought out much diversity of opin-
ion among the members present.
BY request Maj. John T. William
son gave an account of the meeting
of the Chapter of the Daughters OF
the Confederacy at Lynnville, at
which he had read paper on his ex-
periences as a Confederate soldier
and copy was requested for the
archives of the society.
A letter was read from Mrs. Ellen
Friel Baker promising copy OF her
address before the Ladies State HIS
torical Society, on early Times and
Residents in the History of Column
ola" 49,
DR. William A. Smith was specially
requested to read at the April meet
ing of the Society sketch OF the
Maury Rifles, Company B, of the Sec
ond Tennessee Infantry
The Secretary stated that Capt
Cooper of Mt. Pleasant, had some
years since prerared a sketch OF the
: Maurv county ''Forty-Niners," who
left here for the geld fields OF Call
fornia just after tie Mexican War;
he was directed to request Mayor w
d. Cooper or Percy S. Chandler to
give this at some future meeting.
The discussion of the history OF the
| Maury Light Artillery was appointed
for the May meeting
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13

Tho reason selected John R. Cen
~ cross on our Hal mares. was
account OF the alLaround useful
80 Of this horse. No other cham
don has done so many different things
nd done them 50 well.
To begin With, Gentry was a clever
oo,t He won every race in which he
ztarted as a 3-year-old, and took q
record Of 2:1S.
AS a Matured Horse.
He won his first race In the Grand
Circuit in 200; and he kept on win
ming till he had race record OF
1.O11b: and only two other, stations
have ever taken as fast race record
as John, r, Gentry.
He rak d for 5 years, and only four
horses Yer beat him at all Just
think of meeting SO many of the old
ones. and so many of the new ones, In
years, and out of this vast number,
only being beaten by just four horses.
Joe Patchen was his most persis-
tent competitor; Joe Patchen beat
John R. Gentry IA times, but John r.
Gentry also beat Joe Patchen IA times
These two stations we're foaled the
same year; they won and lost, the
same number Of races from each
other; and each has the same race
record, 2:011s.
On mile tracks, Joe Patchen has an
exhibition record OF 9:01A and John
R. Gentry an exhibition Of 2:OO1k-
timed by May Overton, and many
other experts, in just 200.
FOR a Race
record of 3 fastest consecutive heats
Star Pointer still has the worlds rec
ord for stallion; and John r. Gentry
comes next to him in supremacy
These two stations never met eacf
other but 4 times, and this is a verJ
remarkable fact-John r. Gentry came
In ahead three races out of the four
John R. Gentry was not only grea
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13

Frank Boyd Gary was born March
Q. 1860. He is nephew of the late
Gen. Mart w. Gary, graduated from
Union College in 1881 and is lawyer
by profession. In 1890 he was elected
to the South Carolina House OF Rep
resentatives and served as a member
Of the Constitutional Convention III
1895. In 1896 he was elected Speaker
OF the House and served In that ca
pacity for Ave years. He was a can
didate for Governor in 1902.
Mr.. Gary is a supporter of William
J. Bryan, stating today that he be
lieyed the Nobraskan would be nom
mated by the Denver convention. Hill
strongest opponent. Legrand @. Walk
err favored the candidacy of Gov. JOIN
A. johnson, of Minnesota.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
K. P. LOFTIN BUYS
SPLENDID FARM

X. P. Loftin has purchased Of M. L.
Adkins and DR.. A. s.. Horsley, the
HorsIey farm of SS acres on the Iron
Bridge road, near Columbia. The
purchase price was $4,000 and the new
owner win take charge June LIST and
make that his home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13

Woman loves a clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters purines
the blood, clears the skin, restores
ruddy, sound health. '
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13
SOUTH CAROLINA
ELECTS SENATOR
FRANK q. GARY WILL SUCCEED
THELATE AsRURY 6, LATiMER
IN NATIONS COUNCILS

COLUMBIA, 8. c., March 6.-Frank
B. Gary, Of Abbeyille. was today cleo
ted to succeed Asbury G. Latimer In
the United States Senate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-13

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