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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
AUCTION SALE
HORSES MULES AND CATTLE.

HORSES, MULES AND CATTLE.
At Caldwell Bros. store on the Bear
Creek pike, miles from Columbia
will take place on
Thursday, October 18th
on which occasion we will offer IS
head of 2-year-old mules (broke), 3
brood mares, 1.-TWO of them good har-
ness animals) three-year-old mules
(broke) $50 shoats and probably sew
eral cows. At the same time we will
sell a number of farming implements.
Terms will be annoWced on day OF
ale.--CALDwELL BROS. & BoRUM.
2octtf
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
Mrs. Jim wilkins.

Mrs. Jim Wilkins died Saturday at
her home near Williamsport. The
funeral and interment took place Sun
day at IL a. m. at the Methodist
church at WiIliamsport with services
b Rev. John Hight Deceased is sur
vived by her husband. two sons and
two daughters. She is sister-in-law
OF Mrs. J. B. Wilkins of Columbia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
TAKE NOTICE

The registration books will be open
Oct 10th, 18th and 18th, 1908. Regis
trars will call and get their books.
r. S HOPKINS,
Secretary Maury County Election
Commissioners 24-2thurs&w2t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
RELIGIOUS.
0e00eeeSo0G oaseaeO0ae

Revs. O. A. Utley of CeRtreville and
w. T. Ussery held meeting of five
days at Knob Greek last week, which
resulted in thirteen conversions and
closed with swelling interest.
s.
At a meeting of the Woman's Home
Mission Society of the First Methodist
church on Monday afternoon 1t was
decided to give dinner on the public
square on the First Monday in JAM
uary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
NOMINATION FOR
SENATOR ACCEPTED

In an open letter to the members of
the committee appointed to notify
him, Capt. j. H. RUSSELL accepts the
nomination for Senator from the bolt
ing or Patterson convention at Hohen.
valid last week
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
Catherine Foster.

Catherine, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Foster, died Saturday
at the parents home near Cross
Bridges The funeral and interment
took place Sunday at II a. m. at Nebo
with services by Rev. Eeay
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02

The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Morgan died Wednesday night at the
parents home at McCains. The fu-
neral and interment took place this
afternoon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
RIVERSIDE MILLS co..
DESTROYED BY FIRE,
To Be REBUILT AT ONCE
PLANT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK, CON
CRETE AND METAL AND WILL BE
MUCH LARGER THAN BEFORE

HY JANUARY 1T EXPECTED THAT
OPERATIONS WILL BE REsuMEo-PLANs CALL FOR
EXPENDITURE OF s2oOo-oEscRIPTloN
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sessasaas soseessea5sese.
DEATHS HARVEST.
seaaaeaaeeeaeeeeeeeeeoees

The two-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pony Sharp died Friday night at
the parents home near Groveland.
The funeral and interment took place
this afternoon at o'clock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-02
Thursday, October 18th

subsorIbs tor Ths lisraId.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27
80 nr,Donr w4LrxE5 rRk RACE ar OLI"Hc

more to the eye and ear than to the
mind. Who cares whether there is a
plot or not, If the girls and scenery are
pretty and the voices are good. One
wants to be amused, not educated, in
the good old, warm old, dusty old,
patience-trying old summer time.
The favorite spot in Olympic Park
for young men and maidens is the big,
smooth, shining dance hall, where a
good orchestra booms out the latest
popular hits and where Mary and John
can glide or hop. spiel or jig, do the
Merry Widow languid or the Coney
Island glide. just as they please.
There's also q good, old-fashioned to-
boggan slide, several varieties of pic
ture galleries. a merry-go-round, a
Just think of the latest park amuse-
ments In all their glory, and you'll
know what to find at Olympic Park.
At one end, in turkey red and Chi
nese yellow, with spangles and BAN
giles and dingles and bangles juggling
all over her, Is a seventh daughter of
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27

a seventh daughter, who, according to
what you will give her, will tell your
real name when your wife or husband IS
likely to die, whether or not you will
be rich (and you generally will, If you
take the dollar advice; the 50-cent ones
are usually doomed to poverty, and
whether that dark man or woman VIII
win your sweetheart from you.
Many 20 to this oracle for fun, and
they are the ones who have no faith.
Others proclaim loudly that they do
not believe in such things. and then,
when they think you are not looking
| will sneak In, and with eyes bulgfnB
and heart beating overtime, VIII de-
mand to know the worst. Funny how
gulllble the most Of us are, Isn't 1t!
Good old Electric Park, the first To
enter our midst. Many and many are
the kinds of amusement which 1t pro-
vides for us. Just now we are watch
ing with interest and enthusiasm a
varied and excellent vaudeville Dill
AS soon as il is oyer we chase out TO
the beautiful electric fountain, where
with mouths open and chins
we watch the pretty fountain maids
nose classically or dance modernlyi
: according to the prompting Of the
manager, while lights of varied hue al
cast over them with effect which /.
simply gra-a-nd," to quote one en-
thusiastic miss of few summers ano
fewer winters.
There is always fun in front of TIT
, shooting galleries. Along will come {
chesty young mar with a f1uffy-ruf1e
mathematician bit o
femininity hanging on his arm, witt
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27

most wonderful laugh-provoker you'd
want to see. You approach, o watch,
you decide to try. On you get, and you
smile with satisfaction as you wonder
why the others could not manage 1t.
Your musings are cut short. You slip.
You start to move. You grasp wildly
at nothing. Their is nothing to grasp.
You land in a surprised, crumpled and
unhurt heap on the floor surrounded
by equally surprised, crUmpled and I'M
hurt strangers. 1t strikes you funny
and off in a gale goes the whole party
but your merriment is suddenly cut
short by another bunch, which, not
from reconsideration, but because the
wheel made them, lands plump on top
of you. When breaths are regained you
all sally, or rather SILLY" forth to try
again. It's comical how often o yet
the same result from such varied effort
You ought to see the way some OF
our prominent citizens lose their dig
nifty under the influence of this limo
cent-appearing wheel.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27
Hillside, Olympic and Electric, the Popular Antldotes Tor MIG
summer Madness, Ever ThrOnged by Merrymakers.

eyes big and round as the p~roveroiai
saucer. and mouth open with astonish-
ment and appreciation.
Eyes" you heal him say in a beau
tifully off-hand way, II used to be a
crack shot at such-and-such a place
Had all of the fellows green with envy.
Why II was nothing for me to down a
half dozen flying frogs with one shot
But it's nothing to brag about" this
last in a modestly deprecating tone.
Here's a place. Want to see my try
my luck?"
Eyes, yes" with a squeeze of his arm,
so IN he goes. He turns down three
guns. lust to show his discrimination.
and then he poses. n he poses. n
he fuses. while the little white ducks,
and the men in canoes n the teeney-
weeny ducks for the crack shots sail
on. and on and on, as comfortable as IT
thew had no fear of being knocked out
of sight until the manager could set
them up again.
"Why don't you shoot?" she asks at
last.
I'm just goin' to-" says he. and the
posing n fussing begins again.
Then there comes a shot, and another
and another, and yet another. He lays
/ down the gun sheepishly andd begins to
talk at a lively rate about a sprained
wrist which left him weak, for not q
duck, or a man in a canoe, or a teeny-
weeny one has fallen.
And these are but a few Of the many
varied funny things o find in tn
pleasure parks, where grown-ups cut
| capers and forget that there an
troubles anywhere.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27
Cartoonist Harmony and Adeline Stanley Carrick Tour the Parks
and Give Their Impressions in Picture and Story.

conscious. because everyone else is fool
ish along with them; where they can be
the ''just kids" they all are at heart.
All work and no play makes every
Jack a hull boy, and the brighter the
Jack the duller he is liable to get in
time. unless he learns how to relax
To know how to forget your worries in
E. good, big hearty laugh, in kid fun'
is to have done with patent medicines,
pocket-emptying nerve cures ana
sanatoriums. The nan who plods along,
never taking any rest, Is liable to plod
to the end of the chapter. He who
varies his work by an occasional play
time is the one who gets results.
But let us get into the parks.
hillside. Olympic and Electric, the
summer Fairgrounds of Newark
workers.: one can &C to each and fin
enough to keep him amused for a long,
long time, and when he gets tired OF
watching the wonderful mechanical ano
electrical care-dispellers he can watch
| the crowd, which will never tire him
so funny, so ever-changing, SO JoAy
and so Kaleidoscope is its bulk
"Come on, fellers, life's short, ane
| we've got no time to lose. Let's Of
| bappv while the chance is with us" Il
it's spirit, which spreads all over rgh'
out to the gates where weary ones ap'
nroach languidly, and all of a suddei
find themselves on the alert for any
thing which might happen.
TN in Hillside there is a round
amooth. innocent appearing surface
"a sbioned of fine boards and elevate
a little above the ground. It Is ~
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27

The Hillside menagerie is q great
place. 1t is always filed with adults,
who go there ~ostensibly to take the chill
dren, but who stands just in front of
the cages. absorbed and interested? Who
blocks the passages SO effectively? Who
jumps several feet every time the lion
roars? is it the children? Guess
again.
There's a fine wild West circus show,
and a splendid skating rink, where
loves young dream flourishes in spite
Of the occasional bumps of ambitious
~amateurs-of course, l mean amateurs
on skates.
At Olympic Park you'll find the same
sort of a crowd, jostIng, pushing, josh
ing. laughing, never still, ever grinningr
and always worth while. The capacious
theatre Is always well filed, n the
| operas are so chosen as to please the
spectator without making him tax his
brains to keep track of a more or less
! hazy plot. The summer opera appeals
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27

Oh, sing me a song Of beauty! I'm
tired of the stressful song.
I'm weary Of all the preaching, the
arguing right and wrong.
I'm fam to forget the adder that under
the leaf lies curled,
And dream of the light and beauty that
gladdens the gray old world!
Oh, sing of the emerald meadows that
smile all day in the sun!
The ripple and CLEAN of the rivers that
on through the meadows run!
Oh, sing Of the signing branches OF
trees in the leafy woods,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27

stead Of the tears Of woe,
And let there be clinging kisses, of lips
for a time that part,
But never a tristful shadow to darken
a trustfuI heart!
Ay, sing mo a song of beauty-away
with songs of strife!
Away with the spectre of sorrow that
saddens the most of life!
Though under the leaf the adder OF
death and of doom lies curled.
Oh, sing, for n space, of the beauty that
gladdens the gray old world!
Denis A. Mccarthy In New York Sun
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27
A SONG OF BEAUTY

And the balm for the heart that's hid
den afar in the solitudes!
The birds-let them sing In you sing
ing and fash through the lines
you write,
Tho lark with his lit In the
the nightingale charming the
night,
The butterfly over the flowers that
hovers on painted wing
All these, let them brighten and tighten
the beautiful song you singl
And let there be faces of lovers, and let
there be eyes that glow,
And let there be tears of gladness in
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27

Do the park patrons go in for the m
movement of their intellect during men
vacation moments? Do they ateenu
classical concerts to learn the meahiLs
of depth and tone and power IRON the
old masters? Do they do anytnlns
which might be registered as sensible
and '1mproving?"
Far be it from them. They HE them
sslves to places where business is not,
where cares have no foothold' anu
erouches are unknown; where hey car
exnand their lungs in good oid-Iash,
toned yelis and cut caoers inherited
from their medieval ancestors; whete
thew can be foolish without being sell
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-27
ny ADELINE STANLEY CARRTCK.
70 W N-UPs

~ r o w NJ PS
" are grown
ups only as
long as they are
o C C upie d i h
grown-up Q S;
when they have
time to relax they
become children.
For proof positive
of this, do as Artist
Harmony and I did.
Go on a tour of in
~vestigation to the
local summer pleas
ure parks. and dis
cover how Newark
ers amuse them
selves. Coney ISL
and hasn't much
on Newark" Har-
mony a Y agree
The daily tribune., 1908-06-16
Republicans Of Nation Assem-
BILE to Select Presidential
Candidate Taft Favorable.
EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED
IN BIG COLISEUM
Taft WIN Be Nominated by Rep
resenfafive Burton During A
Twenty Minute Speech--RH-
nors of Coalition.

chicago, June III Nearly all OF
the / 900 seats in the big Coliseum
were occupied at noon today, when
the Republican national convention
was called to order by Chairman Har-
ry S. New. A wave of enthusiasm
swept over the vast assemblage when
Chairman New rounded his desk with
a gayel made of wood from Fort
Dearborn, and formally announced
that the momentous CO invention was
open. The excited buzzing lapsed
into profound silence when Bishop
II. ]. Muldoon began fervent
prayer. in which he invoked Divine
guidance for the deliberations of the
delegates.
Following the reading of the call
of the national convention by Score.
tary Elmer Dover. United States Sen
ator julius @. Burrows, of Mich-
gan, was introduced rs temporary
chairman His address was received
with applause. especially from the
sections where sat the delegates who
are still faithful to the allies, since
Senator Burrows is looked upon AS an
anti administration man.
The most important action of the
afternoon will be the selection of the
various committees. including those
on temporary organization, rules and
order of business. credentials and
resolutions, The latter is most i'm
portant. since it will draft the nation.
al party platform. The chairman
ship will probably go to Senator
Albert J. Hopkins of Illinois.
1t Is defini tely announced that tie
platform will take radical and adj
vanced ground on the tariff, Oh con-
troll of the trusts. on the amending of
the Sherman law on the currency and
on the question of limiting the power
OF injunction. 1t will stand squp rely
in other regards on the policies which
have been features of the Roosevelt
administration.
There are predictions In some quar-
ters that there will be difficulty in
framing the tariff plank OF the ple.-
form but that view is not entertained
by the men In control OF the party.
They assert that the tariff plank
will follow closely that adopted by
the Ohio state convention, and than
to Republican, with the possible ex-
ception Of few extreme stand
patters," will object to that. Two
Il years ago Secretary Taft. address ng
m audience at Bath. Me. declared
hin self In favor Of tariff revision,
and he has never swerved from that
position. having reiterated his con.
viction on several occasions. The
party leaders are too wise to stul,if y
Themselves by nominating Taft and
then asking him to stand on r. plat.
form not in harmony with his we'll
known convictions on this subject.
Taft boomers aro more confident
than ever Of the nominal ion OF theiI
candidate. now that the convention
Is In session and declare that only
one ballot will be required. It IL
believed that there will DO no with
drawals Of rival candidates nov
actively In tho running before tho
first ballot In tho convention tomor
row, although IL Ii entirely likely
that several "fnvorite son" delega
tions will change their votes before
tho result Ia announced.
\ william II. Taft will be the FRS
The daily tribune., 1908-06-16

man placed in nomination before tie
national convention. When the roll
call of tie states for nominations
begins Alaba ma will yield her place
to Ohio. and Representative Burton
will nominate Taft in speech which
those who known Mr. Burton's abil i.
ity expect to fire the convention
with enthusiasm. Then will follow
Knight, Senator Dolliver and other
slcakers of exceptional power and
ability. and pee will have bee n
set which other orators will find it
hard to maintain.
1t is announced that Representa-
tive Burton will consume about TWEEN
ty min utes in his nominating speech
his is more time than has been
tilen by the orators who have deliv-
oiou nun HhtiHs hhnftsss- WHlCn
have become classics Colonel Rob
ert q. Ingersoll, whose speech nom
mating Blaine as the "plumed
knight, is considered the most
notable In Republican history. used
but ten minutes aud Roscoe Conk
ling's famous nomination of Grant
for third term consumed but twelve
minutes.
With Taft's nomination now al.
most certainty, interest is conferred
in the contest for the vice presiden.
tial nomination. Rumors of coali.
tion between tho Taft aud Fairbanks
forces. which will result in the selec.
ii on of the Hoosier statesman us Il 6
tail of the Taft ticket. are still in
the air.
Thousands of visitors. Ia addition
to the tlrougs which arrived yoster.
day, poured into the city this morn.
ing aud the hotels are crowded a.
never before. Rooms at all the big
hotels are Mt premium aud Mt the
hosterlies near the Coliseum IL is Inn
auy price, unless they have been re.
served long In advance Marching
clubs aud bands from NIL over the
country pnrsded the streots this morn.
ing. but those Of the Taft clubs out.
numbered and overwhelmed all the
rest.
The convention period will not be
without IL, so iial features. as many
notable women are hero. Foremost
among those IL Mrs. Taft. who
since hor arrival. has been veritnbly
showered with i,yititi ms to al
sorts OF social affairs by tho so iety
leaders OF Chicago. Mrs Nicholas
Longwortli is also center of femi
nine interest, aud Miss Helen Cannon
has n host OF devotees Among othoi
women hero are Mrs Beveridge. Mrs
Depow and Mrs Foraker.
Arrangements made by the local
committee for the cou vcntion mr.
declared to DO more nearly perfec
than mt HDy previous national con.
vention. BY tho system OF boo
The daily tribune., 1908-06-16
Hat Chat

10 accompany blue Serge Suit a nice
sailor or Panama hat would be the proper thing,
We also show fine assortment of telescopes in
all shades and prices
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-07-15
A, G. Schieb. of st. Louis. transact
ed business in this city Saturday.

A, G. Schieb of st. Louis. transact
ed business in this city Saturday.
Rev J G Meese. of Shepherd was g
pleasant visitor in the city Friday
Lena Bronson of Breckenridge. wa.
in the city FRIDAY calling on friends
Fresh Roasted Peanuts ten cents q
pound. Lucihni Bros Fruit store.
p. o. Malloy. of Mt. Pleasant. wa.
business visitor in the CITY Friday.
The Alma Is the best nickel cigar
offered for sale in Gratlot County
Try it K
Mr. and Mrs Leon Bates were guests
of relatives and friends in Shephred
over Sun day.
Misses Mabel Wynne and Winifred
Fookes spent the Sabbath with friends
in Mt Pleasant
Save money by attending the only
Genuine Overstock Clearance sale.
Mccullough g. Son. K
Miss Cleo Green of the Alma Springs
Hotel spent Sat urday the guest of her
mother in Saginaw
A. l.. Fisher has accepted position
as travelling salesman for the Reliance
Corset Co.. of jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs O. l.. Convis are
spending ten days guests of friends in
Henderson and Bancroft.
Miss Flossie Klienhaous left Satur-
day morning for two weeks visit
with relatives in Toledo.
Bruce McPhee. brother of our CITY
tailor. j. M. McPhee. has located
tailor shop in Shepherd.
Mrs. NJ Emsley and daughter. of
North Star. called on friends in the
city Friday afternoon.
Mrs Standard left Saturday morn
ing for weeks visit with relatives
and friends in Saginaw
Miss Valley Cameron. of st. Louis
visited her parents. ID Cameron and
wife in this CITY Fridav
Mrs Fred Ellicott and children left
Saturday for weeks visit with rela-
tives and friends in st Johns
Miss Helen Scattergood left Sunday
morning for weeks visit with rela-
tives and friends in Reading.
Mr.. and Mrs f. N. Chadwick left
SATURDAY. for few days visit with
thier son Claude in Ann Arbor.
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, ten cents
pound. They make the best peanut
butter. Luchini Bros Fruit store.
Mrs ID p Struble spent Sunday with
her husband in Elsie who is interested
in moving picture show in that city
Mrs. Stella Reed returned to her
home in Ithaca FRIDAY afternoon after
a short visit with her sister in this
CITY.
Erving Wood and wife of Brecken-
ridge. spent FRIDAY in this city guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. @. l..
Wood
Edmund Motfat now has two crews
working In the beet fields he has con-
trscted.to thin and weed. He has COW
cred about 90 acres and has fully that
much more to work. The men are now
working near Elwell.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-07-15

Minnie Purdy visited with friend
in the city Sunday.
Donald Mclean. of Alpena Sundaye,
with friends In this city.
Ike Fink. of st. Louis transacte,
business in the CITY Monday.
Mrs. Marv Lott left Monday for ,
short visit with friends In Ithaca.
FIovd Mclean. of Saginaw. trans
acted business in this CITY Monday.
Charles A Radford, of Marshal was
visitor lin Alma Monday on business.
A. NJ. Hudson transacted business in
the CITY of Ithaca Monday afternoon,
w. Nj. Hunt and wife. of Stanton.
took dinner at Hotel Arcadia Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Minnick spen,
Sunday the guests of friends in Crys.
tai,
Read the big ad in this paper. then
wait till Saturday. Mccullough &
Son.
Miss Mildred Bildson returned Mon.
day from a short visit with friends in
Ohio.
John Beland. of the Alma Theatre.
scent Sunday with relatives in Lud-
ington.
Landlord G. W. Miller of the Fern
Hotel was an Ithaca business visitor
Monday.
Harry Springer of Adrian spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with his wife and
daughter.
l Davis and John Mangold of Mer-
riu. were visitors in the CITY Monday
on business
w. j. Trott. of Grand Rapids, spent
Wednesday with his mother. Mrs.
Mary Trott.
w. A. McRea. a contractor of Mt.
Pleasant, was business caller In the
city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paskevicz. of Pittsburg
Pa. are visiting their aunt. Mrs.
George Clark.
ID L. Jonson and family are spend
ing the week camping at Grass Lake,
ner Vestaburg
Miss Hazel Hamilton. of Elsie. spent
in this city guest of Miss
Mabel Chapman,
Mrs Alice Smith. of Stanton visited
with w. NJ. Havalin and family in
this CITY Monday.
The Ladies' Union of the Baptist
church met with Mrs. Il. III. Walton
last FRIDAY afternoon.
Mayor Francis King and daughter
went to Detroit Monday afternoon for
q short visit with friends.
Mrs. NJ. J. Jones and daughter left
Monday morning for few days visit
with relatives in Ithaca.
Miss Cora Wood. of Ithaca. spent
Sunday in the city the guest of her
brother, u. Wood and family.
Twin Nelson left Monday for two
visit with relatives and
friends in Lansing aud Albion.
II. G. White and wife returned Mon.
lay morning to their home in Mt.
Clemens after a few days' visit at the
home Of ID. Geary and family in this
city.