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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10
DR.. A. n. SAVERS KILLED.
Two Shots Fired Into Body of the Young
Physician Cause Instant Death.

AS the elimination of an enmity that
existed between DIR. A. H. Sayers, q
prominent young veterinary surgeon of
Northfork, W. Va, and Wesley w.
Wilkes. we'll known young insurance
man of Bluefeld, the former was shot
dead on passenger train at Keystone,
w. Va, on Thursday of last week, two
bullets entering his body just below the
heart
1t seems that several weeks ago MIR.
Wilkes appeared as a witness before a
committee of the Elks' Lodge at Blue
field, in fraternal charge against DR..
Sayers, and it is said that his evidence
led to the Doctors expulsion from the
order. This caused DR.. Sayers to threat
en- violence to Wilkes, and since then
friends of both men have feared some
thing similar to what happened Thurs
day.
DIR. Sayers and Mr.. Wilkes were boch
passengers on train No. the day of
the tragedy, having boarded the train
at Welch, but were riding In separate
4
stone, DR.. Sayers left the coach in
which he had been riding and went for
ward into that in which Wilkes was sit
ting. Approaching Wilkes he spoke a
few words to him, then caught him in
the throat with one hand while with the
other he struck him several blows. In
the struggle that followed Wilkes drew
a pistol from a leather bag which he
had swung around his shoulders, and
fired two shots into the body of DIR.
Sayers, the bullets entering about four
inches below the heart, death ensuing
almost instantly.
Immediately after the shooting Mr..
Wilkes surrendered himself to an officer
and at a preliminary hearing before
Justice of the Peace, was dismissed
from custody.
DR.. Sayers was son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Sayers, of Barren Springs,
Wythe county, Virginia. He was
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10

Order your School Books and School
Supplies from Jackson's.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10
A CAMPAIGN
OF TRAVEL
Republican Candidate Will Make TOu,
Of East ard West.
LEAVES TRAIL OF SPEECHES In OHIO
Mr.. Taft Tells Hearers at Sandusky That il
Elected he Will Devote Best Energies
to Furthering Roosevelt Policies
Of Business Honesty.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 8. That Judge
Taft will make a complete and extep-
slve tour of the East and West in the
United States before the November
election may be announced tonight as
the personal determination of the can
didate. Judge Taft will rely on the
record made by himself today as proof
complete of his ability to make good a
campaign of travel.
Besides his physical capacity of speak
ing from north to south through the
State of Ohio, Judge Taft today made
himself the aggressor in the political
hight. He said in his first and principal
speech of the day at Sandusky that if
elected President he would devote his
best energies to constructive recommen-
dations to Congress for legislation
which would clinch the Roosevelt poll
cies OF business and honesty.
Judge Taft, who is comfortably en-
sconced at the home of his brother.
Chas. ?. Taft, began the day with an
address to the veterans who are QUAR-
tered at the soldiers home at Sanduskv.
linen came the principal speech of the
day to an audience which filed the San
dusky opera house. At 2:4O the start
was made in special car for Cincin-
natl.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

Mr.. Bryan's appeal to the farmers
Tor campaign contributions has proven
a nat failure. Now he is trying to fry
the fat from the poor workingman.
whose dinner pail he declares is empty.
Mr.. Bryan claims that he is the le0it-
innate political heir of President Roose-
velt. This is too unnatural to be true.
Even the strenuous and ingenious Theo-
dore could not possibly be the progeni-
tor OF the versatile freak, William Jen-
nlngs Bryan. He has just sprung up
spontaneous" like.
In his speech at Jonesville last Mon
day. Mr.. j. Cloyd Byars gave his un-
qualified support to the dishonest cleo
tion and suffrage laws of Virginia and
the disgraceful manner in which a new
constitution was forced upon the State.
That Is enough to damn MIR. Byars with
the honest voters of the district.
Mr.. Hearst says that Gompers want
ed to put organized labor in basket
and try to peddle it to the Republicans
or Democrats. That's what Gompers
did. He tried to dispose of organized
labor to the Republicans at Chicago.
and because he couldn't get his price
there, he went to Denver and peddled il
to the Democrats.
Ihe Richmond News Leader and other
Democratic papers continue to urge
that every dollar the Virginia Demo
Gratis can raise should be sent to the
Ninth District. What for? The Vir-
ginia Democrats must be very poor or
lliberal or they expect to be able to use
great amount in the Ninth. Do thew
think they can buy Republican votes?
They will be disappointed if that be
their expectation. Do they want to
prevent the Republicans from buyina
democratic votes, as they assume the
Republicans have been doing? Mistaken
again, gentlemen. You may pile your
dollars into the district, but they will
be absorbed by your healers, as that is
about all the use they can he put to.
Personally, we regard the remarks of
Hon. E. M. Carter on Mr.. Taft's re-
llgion here Saturday night as unfortu-
nate. Men who cannot conscientiouslv
vote for Mr.. Taft on this ground have a |
right to their views and should not be
censured, but we do not think it is the |
proper thing for speakers to bring this
subject into the campaign. Mr.. Bryan
has not done it, and we have no idea
he will do it. AS to voting for a Uni
tartan, that is a question for the indi-
vidual to decide, and the church, as an |
organization, should have nothing to do |
with the matter.-Norton Free Press.
This man Carter is pretty thing to
be objecting to the religious views of a |
Christian gentleman like William How
ard Taft. We hear that Carter belongs
to the gang of political crooks of which
w. D. Smith is the leader in Scott
county. The church member who would
be influenced by such talk from such a
man would be as arrant hypocrite as the
man who utters the sentiments.
We invite all who attend the fair to
visit The Big Store.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10
WHEAT YIELD OvERRATEO.
Story Of Fabulous Yield Of Alaska Grain
Is Officially Declared Misleading.

Anticipating inquiries caused by ar
ticles going the rounds of the press rel
ative to the so-called Alaska" wheat.
the bureau of plant industry, depart
ment of agriculture, at Washington, is
sending the following statement broad
cast over the country:
"a variety of wheat under the name
Alaska is being widely advertised as
capable of yielding at the rate of 200
bushels to the acre under ordinary soil
conditions, and even better under ex-
ira conditions. 1t is stated that this
variety was found growing wild on the
eastern coast of Alaska, and claims of
the most extrvagant nature are made
Tor 1t In consequence of this notoriety
the department is receiving many re-
quests for seed. This type of wheat has
been known for many years, both in this
country and in Europe. 1t has been
tried at sevral state experimental sta
tions Ia the Western United States dur
the past fifteen years, but nowhere have
the yields been high enough to merit
attention. The wheat has been grown
to very limited extent on certain heavy
undrained lands in France for many
years. In such locations it is said to
yield rather better than ordinary wheat,
but as it is one of the poorest wheats
known for making flour, it is never
grown where the ordinary varieties of
wheat will thrive"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10

graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute, at Blacksburg, and had practiced
veterinary surgery at Northfork, w.
Va, for about three years. He was
about twenty eight years of age, and as
fine specimen of physical manhood as
one ever looked upon. His remains
were taken to his old home in Wythe
county where interment was made on
Saturday.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10

The County Harness Race this year,
for county owned horses alone, will be
one of the most exciting at the Fair.
Shafer, Steele, Crockett and Thompson
each own a stopper that he fondly hopes
will step little faster than any other
piece of horsefiesh ever owned in Taze-
well. Watch 'em gol
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10

We invite all who attend the fair to
visit The Big Store.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
VALUE OF WIVES
In MAURY COUNTY
WRIT OF REPLEVIN IN CASE HERE
CREATES MUCH INTEREST
EVERYWHERE.

The local news story published
about ten days since in The Herald
regarding the young man who replev-
ined his wife and was required to give
bond for $40 or twice the estimated
value of the property he sought to re-
cover was reproduced by papers all
produced by papers all over the United
States, and number of Columbians
have received inquiries asking if the
story was true, and if $40 was the reg
ular value placed on wives in Maury
county.
OF course $40 is not fair average
value to place on Maury county wives.
In fact, it is generally admitted that
many of them are worth more than
this amount. Some of them are worth
their weight in gold or precious
stones, while in other instances, if
one is to Judge by the manner in which
some husbands behave, they think the
$40 estimate is a bit high
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
TO OPEN MILL
ON SEPTEMBER |
CATiNA & SON WILL MANUFAC-
TURE GRITS, MEAL AND 9TH
Err CEREALS.

Horace Catina G. Son, proprietors
of the Maury Cereal Mill Co., will
have their mill completed and in oper-
alton by the first Of September. They
will manufacture pearl meal, cream
meal and granulated meal The mill
will have a capacity of 1000 barrels.
In addition to the manufacture of
meal the min will manufacture pearl
grits and hominy Mr. Catina has
been in the mill business for a number
of years and is thoroughly acquainted
with the business. His son, Horace
Gatina, Jr, who has been in Louisville
for several years, will be associated
with him in the business. The plant
will be one of the best equipped mills
in the country. The power will be
furnished by an eighty-horse power
engine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
L. & N. OPERATORS
DOWN THE "CUBS''
SOUTH SIDE PARK SCENE OF
VERY FAST GAME OF BASE
BALL.

One of the fastest ball games of the
season was played Wednesday after
noon at South Side Park when the L.
G n Operators 1owned the Columbia
Cubs by a score of Z to 5.
The game was exciting from start
to finish. Both sides played good ball
and fought hard for the victory
Up to the eight inning the game was
tie, when by an error the Cubs
scored. This looked rocky for the
Operators but in the ninth inning
they proved that they knew how to
rlay ball, for with two men down,
Lamar started the fire works with a
three-bagger, Pate and Voss each fol
lowed with a two-base hit each, MAX
ing the final score 7 to 5.
The feature of the game was a fly
caugh by Mr.. Finney, after long run.
Tinp-1p.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
PENNSYLVANIA IS
FOR HER OWN SON
QUAKER STATE REPUBLICAN CON-
VENTION ENDORSES PHI
LANDER c. KNOX.

HARRISBURG, Pa. April 29.-The
PENNSYLVANIA republican state con
vention here today was decidedly a
Knox gathering. The platform adop
ted endorsed hi m for the presidency
and the delegates to the national con
vention was instructed to vote for
him so long as he shall consent to
stand"
Conservative tariff revision is adj
yocated, and the plank was written
principally by Senator Knox himself.
As there was little state business to
transact there was nothing more than
a Knox boom gathering.
In the platform President Roosevelt
is lauded for having passed step by
step the scope of the existing legisla.
ton.
The riatform also urges increased
federal appropriation for waterways,
recommends to the legislature the
election Of United States Senator Pen
rose, commends Gov. Stuart's admin
istration and applauds the prosecution
If the capitol grafters.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
DAMAGES SOUGHT
FROM WATER co.
CASE or HARRIS & COLE BROS.
RESULTING FROM FIRE is
ON TRIAL.
TURNPIKE SUITS DISPOSED OF
injunction Against County by colum-
ba e. Mt. Pleasant Pike Is
Dissolved.

The suit OF Harris & Cole Bros. vs.
the Columbia Water & Light Co. is or
trial in the Chancery Court and viii
probably hold over til tomorrow. This
is srit Tor damages and has been
pending fer Sc, eral years. The plain
tiff claimed that on account Cf insult
fcient water pressure at their mills
south of town they suffered heavy
property loss at the time of the fire
which destroyed large part of the
plant some years since. They are
seeking damages in sum approx
mating $4,000.
A number of turnpike cases, which
have been pending in court for some
years were disposed of Wednesday.
In the case of the Columbia and Mt
Pleasant Turnpike Co. VS.. Charles
and Alex Colvert, in which the defen-
dants were enjoined from tearing
down or opening the gates of the COM
plainant, the case was dismissed and
the costs divided between the de-
PENDANTS and the plaintiff.
In the suit of the Mt. Pleasant &
Columbia Turnpike Co. VS.. John H.
Thomas ct al, the case was dismissed
and the defendants were assessed
with the costs.
In the case of the Columbia & Mt.
Pleasant Tunl Ike Co. VS.. Maury Coun-
ty and others, in v hich certain parties
were enjoined from passing through
the gates of the complainant company
without paying toll, the case was dis
missed and the costs assessed to the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
FORAKER CROWD
MADE TO RETREAT
AT POINT OF PISTOLS THEY ARE
FORCED TO LEAVE THE
CONVENTION.

JACKSON, Miss, April 29-The Re-
| publican State Convention held here
today was rather tumultuous, a lively
| fsticuff prece ding the opening of the
session when a number of those who
favored the selection of Senator For
aker for the presidential nomination
attempted to force their way into the
convention. which was controlled by
the supporters Of President Roose-
vedt and the policies of the present
National Administration. Quiet was
restored, however, when a special Of
ficer stationed at the door of the con-
vention hall drew his pistol and
threatened TO shoot anyone who at
tempted further to force an entrance.
The outcome was the holding of two
conventions, the Regulars endorsing
the National Administration and Sc
lecting delegates known to be favor
able to the policies of President Roose-
velt Delegates selected from the
state at Large are:
l.. B. Mosely. Jackson; J. 3. Vel
lewly, Madison; Charles Banks
Mounds, and w r. Mollison, vicks-
burg.
The boilers" elected a full list Of
delegates. adopted resolutions in de-
nunciation of the present National
Administration and instructed their
delegates to vote for Senator Fora.
5ef for the presidential nomination.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
v
MISS SMITH MEETS
TRAGIC DEATH
GRANDDAUGHTER OF LATE DR..
GARLAND, DROWNED IN
ALABAMA.

DECATUR, Ala, April 27.-News
has just reached here from Tusca-
loosa of the drowning of Miss Julia
Allen Smith, only daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. Eugene A. Smith, of the Uni
versity of Alabama, and a grand
daughter of the late Chancellor Gar
land, of Vanderbilt University. Miss
Smith accidentally fell from cliff
while gathering flowers.
w. A. Hinton happened to be pass
ing over the bridge near the place
and the noise Of the young lady fall
ing in the water attracted his atten-
ton, and he saw her sink the last
time and at once gave the alarm and
the body was recovered few feet
from where she fell from the preci-
pice Miss Smith was a member OF
the Tuscaloosa graded school faculty
and very prominent socially.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
TAKES LIFE OF
HER LITTLE ONE
RESULT OF MOTHERS ATTEMPT
TO KILL CHILDREN AND
HERSELF.

LEBANON, Tenn, April 29.-Last
night. in the home of A. j. Lyon, out
on the Hunter Point road, his daugh-
ter, Mrs Abner Boench, in fit of
grief and dependency over the re-
cent death of her husband, tried to
kill herself and two small children.
Ever since the death of her husband,
Abner Boench, in Nashville about a
month ago, she has been acting and
talking in a strange manner, but she
was not suspected of trying to do any
thing desperate. Last night after her
little ones had gone to sleep she adj
ministered chloroform to them and
pulled the sheet up and fastened 1t
down over their heads. The boy man.
aged to scramble out and was saved,
but the girl, three years old, died.
After doing this Mrs. Boench then
drank laudanum. but her condition
was discovered in time to save herl
life.
This morning she said that her rea-
son for her action was that yesterday
morning her husband called her tell
ing her to come TO him and bring the
two children with her.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
Score by innings:
APPEAL MADE FOR
OLD CLOTHES

Nelson Cherry, Captain of the Post
of the American Salvation Army at
this place, asks that all the good peo-
pie who have clothing of any descrip-
tion that they have no further use for,
to call him up over the phone at the
Columbia Ice Factory. He further
asks that if you know of any poor
people in the neighborhood who need
assistance to notify him of the fact.
He further wishes to express his sin
cere thanks for the liberal donation
that was made in clothing at the mis-
sion this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
COLUMBIA MAY
GET NICE SUM
n RAILROAD is NOT BUILT TO
NASHVILLE $1,000 WILL BE
FORFEITED TO CITY.
TIME LIMIT EXPIRES FEB.
Looks Very Much Like Road Will
Not Be Constructed BY
That Time.

Present indications are that the
fore, ight of tie Board of Mayor and
Aldermen. when they granted an ex.
tension OF he Nashville & Columbia
Interurban Railway franchise in Feb
ruary, 1907, will result in the city
picking up an easy $1,000 next Feb.
ruary.
On the date named the Board grant
ed an extension Of min ty days on the
fran. hise of the projected railway.
but required President H H May
berry to make bond that The road
would be completed and in opera ton
from Nashville to Mt. Pleasant within
two years from February 26, 1907, or
he would pay into he city treasury
the sum of $1,000
Work was started on the railway
and considerable grading was done
between Nashville and Franklin, but
for several months now ell operations
have been discontinued ard it is
stated that the enterprise will be
abandoned, at least for the present
The city can easily find use for the
$1,000, and the experience in this in
stance will doubtless prove of value,
when others come seeking franchises
from the city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
CHILD VICTIM OF
HORRIBLE MURDER
DONE BY A FANATIC IN PENNSYL.
VANlA WHILE IN RELIC
IOUS FRENZY.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, April 2S.-A re-
port of a horrible manner by a relig-
ious fanatic in the borough of ALI
ance, near her, reached this city to-
day. Councilman Henry Smiths lit
tie daughter was killed by the formers
brother-in-law, Robert Bachman, Of
Nazareth, Pa, while on a visit at the
Bachman home.
Bachman was the head of a new
praying band, and last week he got
the Smiths interested They went to
Bachman's house last Sunday, prayed
and held services, and then decided
to remain until the spirit told them to
leave. Last night, under Bachmans
direction, Smith, in fighting the devil,
broke three doors, kicked in the foot
board of bed and jumped on the bed,
smashing it Meanwhile, Bachman
was in an adjoining room with the
Smiths only child, May Irene, who
would have been years old today.
When Mrs Smith entered the room
she found her daughter dead on the
floor and Bachman on his knees along
side her in religious frenzy. The
Mortified mother snatched up the
bleeding corpse and ran swrieking
from the house. Later the father and
mother took the body to their home,
eight miles distant The forehead and
upper portions Of the child's body were
bruised and scratched. This after
noon Bachman was arrested. His
wife told the Coroner that the child
had been killed by God, and that her
husband was God. The belief is that
Bachman, in his frenzy, unwittingly
killed the child.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
BELOVED TEDDY
GETS PRAISED

BURLINGTON, Ia, April 29-The
republican state convention elected
four delegates to the Chicago con-
vention III instructed.
The platform approves the policies
of "our beloved President Theodore
Roosevelt and urges their cor tinu-
ance; favor ship sub"idies, and a
more elast c currency Us m, and de-
clares for revision Of some of our
taariff schedules with the principle of
home protection always kept prom
inently in mind
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
TO PRISON FOR
NINETY NINE YEARS
SECOND LIFE SENTENCE BY COL
BERT COUNTY, ALA, JURY
RECENTLY.

TUSCUMPIA, Ala. April 29.-The
second life sentence, or a term of
ninety-nine years to be returned by a
Colbert county jury within the past
four days was that in the case Of Ed
Pride, a negro alleged to have beaten
to death his 13-year-old daughter,
Josephine, in a VIOLENT rage of temper
at his home near Barton, this county,
last September. The jury was out but
fifteen minutes before reaching ver-
dict.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
APPEAL MADE TO
STATE OF ALABAMA
TO AID THE STORM-STRICKEN
s.-GoVERNoR'S PRO-
CLAMATION.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 20
Gov. Conner issued a proclamation to-
night calling on the entire State to re.
spond to the call for aid at Albertville
and other parts of the State, but more
especially for the stricken Marshall
county section
The call is based on a report made
by Col r. A. Mitchell, in charge of
the soldiers of the State at Albertville,
which shows that the demands are
beyond the power of the section near
the stricken territory to meet
Remittances may be made to Hogan
Jackson, Treasurer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
HONOR ROLL AT
MCDOWELL SCHOOL

The following is the April honor
roll at Mcdowell School:
Fourth Grade-Luther Loftin, Mary
Grant, Marguerite Bunch, Bertha Tan
ner Bessie Anderson, Ruth Burns,
William Mayberry. Robert Stokes,
Brownie Mayberry.
Third Grade-Elmer Johnson, Will
lie Davis. Clyde Johnson.