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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-27

1eudal arlSIOcracy. With dauntIeSS courage
and undying faith in God and in the princi-
pies Of right, these brave pioneers went to
work to carve from the trackless forests
land that would indeed and in truth be the
land OF the free and the home of the brave
Oppression followed them to this new land
and to throw off the yoke, the dogs of war
were loosed and her hills and valleys ran red
with blood. The young American eagle tri-
umphed over the British hon. Thus, in the
sacrifice of their life blood, our ancestors
founded this government that they meant for
all time to be the model form of government by
the people and for the people.
For a time the wise counsel of jefferson was
followed, and ruled the nation. The people
were free and happy. Gradually two great
parties grew up, and both became corrupt.
new party-the Populist Party
sprang into existence, more powerful than any
of its predecessors led by a man more force
full, more honest and more patriotic than any
the reform movements had ever had before
In the bitter years that followed never once
did his faith grow less or the light of liberty
burn low. In the face of fierce defeat each
time he arose stronger and greater than be-
fore. Everything possible was done to crush
out his own political life and the life of the
great principle for which he stood. Driven
away from the hon0rs and emouments of Of
flee, he has forced the whole world to recog-
nize the business Of his political ideas. Forced
to go upon the lecture platform. he is today
recognized as one of the most brilliant Of
that great coterie of lecturers now on the
American PLATFORM Driven into the field of
literature by circumstances, he has become
the greatest living writer. Five hundred years
from now, when the bitterness of partisan
politics has died away, the historian who shall
come to write of the age we live in will ac-
cord to him his proper place-the greatest
writer, the most eloquent orator. the profound
est thinker, the wisest statesman of this age.
Such man it is now my pleasure to present
to you, the chosen candidate of the Populist
Party for president Of the United States, Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, of our own native stae.
Mr. Watson seemed deeply touched by the
magnificent ovation given him.
Always eloquent, always
forceful and always magnificent, he was at
his best. The closest attention was given him
throughout, and time and again the audience
went wild with enthusiasm He was in best
of trim and voice. Not a word was lost by
that vast concourse of people. For two hours
he held their undivided attention. A very
touching incident was witnessed by those
nearest the stand when a number of the old
guard of Populists broke down and wept tears
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-27
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-27

The bill passed by the Legislature providing
for the payment Of pensions to the old soldiers
in lump, instead Of quarterly sums, has been
approved.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-27

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-27
DR.. Durham'S Liver Medicine

purely vegetable medcineuseul in ali conditions arsi
from deranged DISQUALIFICATION, BiliouSneS Con-
Stipaton,. Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, etc.
made according to the formula Of
DR.. Durham.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
CHANGES In
c. M. A. TEAM
CADETS ARE HARD AT WORK
AND WILL MAKE BETTER
SHOWING.

Captain Lex Stone is getting down
to business these days with his foot
ball team at the C. M. A., Every day
numbers of cadets are seen on Acad-
envy Field and the practice work is
hard and earnest. Owing to several
accidents which have happened to
the team, it has necessitated several
changes to be made in the formations
and line up.
The date set for the playing of Bat
tie Ground Academy here was the 31st
of this month, but an effort is being
made to have this date changed to
Friday the 30th as the circus will be
here on the 31st. Captain Stone says
that the boys must and will win the
game from B. G.. A. and also from
Branham & Hughes, regardless of the
bad luck in which they have played
for the entire season. Black will pos
sibly go back on one of the ends, and
several other changes will be made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
MERCHANTS NEED
MORE GOODS
BUSINESS is IMPROVING IN ALL
LINES AND LARGE STOCKS
WANTED:

That business is good and is getting
better all the time in Maury is proven
by some new indication every week.
The banks say that money is plentiful,
real estate is active and is constantly
advancing, both in city property and
farm lands, there is a gradual i'm
provement in phosphate business,
houses are going up all over Column
bia, Mt. Pleasant and Spring Hill, and
the smile is gradually returning to
the faces of the merchants with some
evidence of permanency.
AS an indication of the way the
merchants feel, some of the buyers
are preparing to go again to the east
ern markets, and Mr.. George E. Nc
Kennon of McKennon, Anderson &
Foster, has already gone to New York.
This firm Is particularly we'll pleased
with present business and with the
future outlook and have found IT,
necessary TO increase the general
stock and TO buy more extensively
for the Christmas trade hence Mr..
recent departure.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
DR.. CLEMENT
COMING BACK
WILL BE RETURNED AS PASTOR
OF FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH HERE.
REV. KERLEY, PRESIDING ELDER
Committee On Temperance Issues
Strongest Report In History
Of Conference.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
McMINNCILLE, Tenn, October II.
DIR. A. E. Clement will be returned
to the pastorate of the First Metho-
dist church Of Columbia and Rev. T.
A. Kerley will be returned as Pre-
siding Elder of the district is the in.
side information obtained today at the
meeting of conference. This decision
will meet with the approval of prac.
tically all the members of the church
and the Methodists of the district,
and was the request of the delega-
ton sent here.
The feature of today's proceedings
will be the report of the Committee
on Temperance, which will be the
strongest report on the subject ever
presented to conference The tenn
peranec committee this year does not |
contain a single preacher, all men,
bers being laymen, yet these laymen
see the necessity of an aggressive |
temperance movement on the part of |
the church and will report according
ly. This report will declare that it
Is the duty of christian voters to sup
port the applicants for Office who are
to the liquor traffic, irrespec-
tive of their political affiliations. The
report goes further and takes up the
subject of 'The preacher in politics"
and declares it the duty of the pastors
rs we'll as their right to take part in
political affairs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
TROUBLE OVER REELFOOT LAKE FISHING
ELIMINATES IN DREADFUL TRAGEDY
BYMASKED MEN
GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD MURDERERs WHO NUM-
Der THIRTYFWE AND TROOPS MAY TO
SCENE OF ANARcHY-ALL TENNEs-
ACTION.

| kerosine half mile to the stores and
then at the point of reVoIvers com.
PEELED the store-keeper to set fire to
the stores.
The first news of the murder last
night was received at Union City at
S o'clock this morning when Mr.. Ward
Of Wards hotel, phoned Sid WaddeII,
a stakeholder In the West Tennessee
Land Company. According to this re-
port the night riders, thlrty-five
strong, lined up in front of the hotel
and called for Taylor and Rankin.
The two came out and were covered
with revolVers, surrendered and
seized. Nothing more was known Of
the fate of the two men until this
morning. Some believe that Judge
Tayor's body was thrown into the
Lake.
Gov. Patterson teIephoned early this
morning from covington to Secretary
Scruggs, instructing that reward Of
$4,000 for the capture and conviction
of the person or persons guilty Of the
crime be issued Immediately, which
was done. There is talk of sending
troops to the scene.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
SUES RIDERS
FOR AN ASSAULT
LULA GREEN WANTS $4,000 FOR
INJURIES INFLICTED BY
BAND.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct 16.-Lula
Green filed her declaration in her suit
for $4,000 damages against Ned Rid
ings and eighteen other Humphreys
county men yesterday, telling the de-
tails of the manner In which she was
whipped by nightriders. near McEwen,
Tenn. She is now a resident of DAY.
idson county. 1t is stated in the dec
laration that while she was sleeping
about forty-five masked men came to
her home, dragged her from her bed
and out into the yard. There one Of
them struck her on the head with
some heavy instrument, and she was
dragged further away from the house,
where she says she was numerically
beaten with sticks, whips and switches
they had brought with them. She
says that the blows rained upon her
in quick succession, and that her flesh
was terribly torn and bruised. After
whipping her she was warned to
leave the county on peril Of cnother
visitation. She claims that, IN addi-
ton to her bodily injuries and tho
shock to her nervous system, her rep
utation In the community was greatly
Injured by the occurrence
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
GOOD CROWD
HEARS KANNARD
DEMOCRATIC ELEcToR FOR THIS
DISTRICT MAKES GOOD
SPEECH.

Hon. w. T. Kannard, the elector for
the Seventh Congressional District,
addressed fairly large crowd of
Democrats in the Circuit Court room
Saturday at one ocolck. w. j. Web
ster, Esq, introduced the speaker in
a few remarks.
Mr. Kannard in his speech roasted
the Republican administration fore
and aft. He took up the Democratic
ticket from Bryan down and set forth
many reasons why It should be elect
ed He was well received by the
crowd assembled and made an excel
lent speech. Mr.. Kannard is quite
young man, being only about thirty
years Of age and is prominent law
yer in his home town, Dixon Station.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
PARABLE OF
FATTED CALF
DISCUSSED BY REV. JOHN CAN
NON AT ST. PETERS CHURCH
SUNDAY.

Rev. John B. Cannon, rector of the
church of the Holy Comforter at Mt.
Pleasant, filled the pulpit at st. Pc
teIs church Sunday morning and de-
llyered an able address. Mr.. Cannon
took his text from the fifth chapter
OF st. Luke, which was one of the
lessons for the day. In the sermon
Mr. Cannon laid particular stress on
the 18th to the 32nd verses, which
are devoted TO the parable of the son
which was lost to the father, but re-
turned and the father had the fatted
cal. slaughtered for the occasion and
Toasted and made merry. At this the
eldest son was wrathful and would not
come in and the father went out after
him.
This parable, said the speaker, was
taking place here. in our lives every
DAY The heavenly father was rejoic-
'Ng and making merry In heaven
When one OF his children which was
lost Is found. There is more rejoic.
ih9 In heaven, said the speaker, over
Oh" one tlat is lost and found than
There is over the ninety and nine that
a'a already In the fold Mr. Cannon's
delivery was good and held the audi
ebee TO close attention. The music
az .he morning service was good.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
STRONG APPEAL
BY W. c. 7. U.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE
CONVENTION IN CHAT
TANooGA.

At the recent convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance I'm
ion at Chattanooga, the following reso
luton was adopted:
Believing that the time has come
to drive the entire liquor business
from Tennessee, and believing that If
the men and women who love the
cause will vote and work and pray as
they should, we will get statewide
prohibition when the Legislature
meets in 1909.
Therefore, be it resolved:
Il. We, the Tennessee Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, in con-
vention assembled, do most earnestly
urge the men of the State to vote on
3rd only for men for Office
in our State who are in favor of the
absolute prohibition of the liquor
traffic in Tennessee.
"2. We most earnestly urge our
all over the State, to make
November 3rd, day of
prayer We want them to ask that
God will move the hearts of the men
Of the State to vote for the men for
office on that day who are in favor of
the manufacture and sale
If liquor in Tennessee"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, October 90
Judge r. z. Taylor, aged so years, and
Capt. Quintin Rankin prominent at
torneys Of Trenton, Tenn, were taken
from Wards Hotel at Walnut Log,
fifteen miles from Union City, Tenn,
last night by masked night riders and
this morning the body of Capt. Rankin
was found riddIed with bullets, hang
ing from tree mile from the hotel.
Efforts to locate Judge Taylor have
been futile, but it is pretty we'll es-
tabIished that he was also killed.
Judge Taylor and Capt. Rankin
were incorporators and organizers of
the West Tennessee Land Company,
which controlled the ReeFfoot lake
fishing. The company endeavored to
collect a percentage from all fisher
men and were defied. The West Ten
nessee Land Company secured an in
junction prohib ting fishermen from
operating on the lake without written
permission.
Six months ago night riders visited
Reel Foot Lake, reused the sleeping
STORE keeper, forced him to carry
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
LIST OF VOTERS
IS INCREASED
HEAVY SUPPLEMENTARY REGIS
TRATION IN SOME OF THE
DISTRICTS.

AT the recent supplemental regis
tration, which came to close We'd
nesday it is reported that there were
heavy registering in some parts of
the county, while in others II was
light. At Gravel Hill and Timmons,
the new second district sos registered
ana In Columbia $50 registered. As
n matte . s-ot portion of these
were removals. All Of the books have
not been brought in as yet and an
exact report cannot be given, but viii
be later on. The Patterson leaders
made an effort to have every support
or OF the Governor registered
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
SPECIAL TERM
QUARTERLY COURT
CALLED FOR NEXT MONDAY TO
REFUND THE PUBLIC
DEBT.
BONDS MAY Be ISSUED
At Four Per Cent To Take Up SIX
Per Cent Bridge and Court
House Warrants.

County Court will meet next Monday
in special session to further consider
the matter of bonding the county
debt. The call below, sgned by I'VE
of the prominent members of the
court is warrant for the meeting and
is the basis of the call issued by
Judge Gordon.
Since the regular quarterly meeting
of the court, when the matter of re-
funding the county debt was deferred
until the January term the question
has been a live one and has been dis
cussed from one end of the county to
the other. There is mo unanimity
Of opinion on the subject, though it is
safe to say that the majority of the
business men of the county favor
funding the debt at 40, and thus saw
Ing some $4,000 year in interest.
Other citizens and business men favor
a special tax of about 25c cents on the
500 property valuation and say that
by this method the debt can be dis
charged within six or seven years
and that the only way to pay debt is
to pay it. This argument is met in
part by the statement that the debt is
a debt of the tax payers and that the
tax payers should not be forced to pay
So for money to pay their taxes or
this additional tax with, when the
debt can be funded at AZ and be grad
ually discharged without increasing
the burden of taxation.
1t is further argued that the bonds
can be sold now at par with a COM
paratively small expense attached,
while later on there might be no sale
,or them and they could not be is
sued. While part of the present inter-
EST bearing debt is held in the county
Ind the county derives some taxes
rom it, large part of it is held out
tide the county and some of that held
n the county pays no taxes What
ction Court may take remains to be
cen, but from the signatures for the
all the indications are that the debt
viii be funded, The call is as fol-
ows:
Columbia Tenn, Oct. 8, 1905
To the Hon. w. O.Gordon,
County Judge of Maury Co. Tenn.
I'VE the undersigned Juctice of the
eace hereby request you to call a
Decial term of the County Court for
[onday morning, Oct, &c, 1908, to con-
der the funding of the county debt,
nd to transact such other business al
lay properly come before us.
Respectfully,
''R. H. GUEST, ]. P.
&c. w. HAYES. j. P.
81. F. FARISS, J. P.
"E. E. ERWIN, J. P.
IN. T. VOORHEES,, ]. P"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
CHIEF OFFICERS
ARE REELECTED
BAPTISTS SHOW
GOOD GAINS AND ARE
THRIVING.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 17.-Rev. A.
U. Boone, pastor of the First Baptist
church, was for the fifth successive
term elected President of the Tennes-
see Baptist Convention today His
nomination was applauded, and his
election was unanimous. Rev. Edgar
E. Folk, of Nashville, was unanimously
elected a Vice President DR.. NJ D.
Jeffries, of Jefferson City, President
of Carson and Newman College, was
also elected Vice President by unan-
imous vote.
w. ]. Stewart, of Nashville, was
elected Secretary to succeed himself,
the Rev. Fleetwood Bali, of Lexington,
being named as Statistical Secretary,
a position which he has held for years.
w. NJ Woodcock, of Nashville, for
years Treasurer of the convention,
was again nominated and elected.
C. B. Waller, of Chattanooga, a
member of the Programme Commit
tee announced that while the commit
tee was arranging its report, which
would not be ready to submit for
some time, the time remaining until
would be taken up with
he reports on state mission work
For every $4.76 expended during
he past year by the Baptist State
Mission Board a profession of faith |
las resulted according to the report
If w. C. Golden, Secretary of the
Board The report showed also more
han 1,6O0 baptisms during the year,
,,275 sermons preached, 1920 profess
ions of faith obtained.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
ST. JOHNS
MEMORIAL ASSN.
DECIDES TO IMPROVE HISTORIC
CHURCH PRoPERTY.-NEW
LAND SECURED.
BRIEF HISTORY OF CHURCH
Was Established BY Bishop Leon
idas Polk In Slavery
Days.

The St. John Parish Memorial AS
ISOLATION met in the parlors of the
|NCentury Club Friday morning will
the following members OF the associa
ton present: Col. H. c. Yeatman, of
Ashwood, president; Dudley Gale, Of
Nashville, secretary: George Camp
bell Brown, of Spring Hill; Rev. W.
B. Capers, DR.. w. P. Woodbridge and
DR.. W. NJ. Biddle, of Columbia. Robin
Jones, of Nashville, the treasurer, was
unavoidably absent.
The purpose of this Memorial As
ISOLATION is to look after the church
property, both the building and the
grounds, and was incorporated about
a year ago with the same gentlemen
given above as the incorporators.
A charter was issued, which charter
grants these gentlemen the privilege
of taking the matter of the church
property into their hands and making
such changes and improvements as
they see fit and necessary. Recently
the Association acquired an addition
to the grounds and it was for the pur-
pose of deciding what to do with this
new property that the meeting was
called
It was proposed and accepted that
the new grounds be taken into the st. |
John cemetery and be fenced in,
divided up and sold to any one who |
desired them for burial purposes.
After this matter was disposed of |
it was further decided that the church |
building be recovered, which will be
done at once with tin shingles, and
next spring Spring the Association
bores to be in a position to do some
valuable and needed repairs to the
interior of the church.
Of. JUN ) CnuTCH WdS Du1It dDOuI |
the years 1S4S, by Leonidas Polk and
members of his family, and was for
a number of years almost supported
by the Folks, as the parish was large
ly made up of the relatives of the
Bishop Bishop Polk not only used
this edifice for the Episcopal Parish
of st. John, but also used the church
for the upbuilding of the christian ]
faith and education of the slaves in {
he Parish. The church is fitted out
With the old slaves gallery. {
The church contains a large brass :
abet, which is memorial to Rev. i
Dr. Newell, who was the only rector
If the Parish, which place he held 2
or a number of years. Before COM +
ng to America, Dr. Newell was one i
# the Chaplains to Queen Victoria. q
Tbs proposed work by the Memo
tal Association will be commenced V
t once, both the laying off of the
lots and the covering of the church.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
GREER DEBATES
WITH RUSSELL
LARGE CROWD HEARS Senate
RIAL CANDIDATES AT COURT
HOUSE.
ATTACKS The CAPTAINS RECORD
Perry countian Confident of LARGE
Majority In The Coming
Election.

Hon. John A. Greer, democrati,
nominee for senator from this the
Twentieth senatorial district, arrived
in Columbia Sunday from Hohenwald
where he addressed large and en-.
thusiastic audience Saturday.
Mr.. Greer spent Monday in
mixing with his friends and constit-
uents here and in arranging for his
speaking engagements in this county
this week. Asked about the situation
in Perry and Lewis counties, Mr..
Greer spoke enthusiastically. He said
in his home county, Perry, that his
friends estimated his majority over
his opponent, Capt. Russell, at least
$50, while the Russell men were
claiming Lewis by $50, which was not
conceded by the Greer supporters.
However, with the nice majority he
will receive in the two lower counties
and the very nice majority he will
receive in Maury, Mr.. Greer is in an
even and pleasant frame OF mind over
the situation
Mr.. Greer and Capt. Russell adj
dressed quite a large crowd in the
Circuit Court room Monday at noon. |
Under the agreement Capt. Russell
led with an hours argument, Mr.. |
Greer followed for the same space of |
time and then each man had re-
joinder of ten minutes. Both men |
were enthusiastically applauded by
their followers. Capt. Russell made
one of his usual oratorical efforts. Mr..
Greer did not indulge in much high
flown language, but devoted himself
TO good, common sense argument and
to find the Captains record
in affairs democratic as rather salts
factory and easy picking. Mr.. Greer
made fine impression on all who
heard him.
In fact it was the opinion of the
crowd that Mr.. Greer did the most
borough job ever put up in the Maury
county court house. The audience {
imply went wild as each keen thrust
aised the skin, and in fact left the {
aptain with no ground to stand on. s
Taking the democratic platform, {
lr, Greer said it was pretty good Y
latform and that he and Mr.. Russell !
greed on most of its clauses. They
ad not agreed, however, he said on 9
be liquor plank He wanted the sa-
1ons abolished from the state, while
apt. Russell stuck to the platform, F
hitch provides that the communities S
ffected shall decide the question. \
l the case of Nashville, he said ac- S
Ording to the platform and Capt Fus- a
ellis logic, Davidson county could not n
ote, nor could the people of Nash
lie, but only that little segregated
'ea beyond Broad street could de-
de whether the liquor business should
,ntinue In other words the platform
Id it's supporters wanted to leave it
the saloon keepers as to whether
not they should sell liquor. r
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
G. N. TILLMAN
IS COMING
WILL SPEAK AT THE DEPOT
NEXT TUESDAY
MORNING.

Hon. G. N. Tillman will speak at
the Columbia passenger station Tues
day morning at 9:45 o'clock, Oct. 81.
The speech will be of only thirty min
utes duration, as he will arrive on
the 9.45 train from Nashville and
will leave on the arrival of train No.
8, for Lawrenceburg.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-23
COUNTY JAIL
COST $21,45O
RECORDS REVEAL THAT COST
WAS LESS THAN WAS
REPORTED.

A search of the records of the Coun.
ty Court reveals the fact that the
present jail building did not cost s40,-
600, but that the amount paid the
contractors, Mcdonald Bros, of Louis
vile, was $21,45O. The work on the
building was begun June 10th, 1884
and was completed October 1st Of the
same year.