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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
CUT THE ACREAGE
HOLD THE COTTON
THAT ADVISE is GIVEN TO The
PLANTERS OF SOUTH BY
HARVIE JORDAN.

ATLANTA, Ga, April SIN
signed statement to the farmers Oh
the South. issued today, Haryie Jor-
dan. President of the Southern Cotton
Association. urges a reduction in cot
ton acreage of 33 per cent Unless
this is done he says prices Will be 10"
newt fall. Mr.. Jordan also urges
growers to hold to what remnants OF
cotton they have.
eat no time in the history of cotton
production in the South has 1t ever
been more imperative to reduce the
cotton acreage throughout the cotton
belt and increase the staple food sup
niles ON every farm, than this spring
with a shortage in the worlds supply
of cotton amounting to $4,5Ooooo
bales. due to bad seasons last year.
the price of spot cotton continues 10
90 steadily down. American mills
have been for some time curtalllng
the manufacture of cotton goods, que
- trade depression, and the condition
Of the foreign trade is none too DrlghC
at the present time.
'Gf the same acreage is planted IN
cotton this year that was planted IN
1907 and followed by good seasons in
America. India and Egypt, the grow
ers will find but little or no profit IN
the harvest next fall.
"These are facts and should be serl-
or,1v considered To those who are
still holding a portion or all OF thelr
last years crop, l wish to say that
General cooperative efforts are now
being made all over the South to Tie
nm This remnant of the 1907 crop re-
naming unsold until prices nave
reached much higher levels. Every
bale Of cotton now in the hands Oh
snot holders will be needed by the
mills Of the world before next sep
tember. The portion of the crop no"
remaining, unsold is small and can
no held and financed for three or four
months longer if necessary WITHIN
that time if the sale of cotton is abso'
tmte,y checked all along the line tne
nrice of the staple must advance 70
much higher levels. Let every cot
TON planter cut this springs acreage
% ner cent and good prices will be
received next fall. Let every spo'
blder in the South refuse to marker
any cotton for the next few months
and the remnant Of 1907 will be mar
l.ated at remuncrative and satisfac'
tory prices -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
IMPROVEMENT IN
MAURY'S HORSES
THIS FACT WAS FoRcl5LY DEM
oNsTRATED IN THE DISPLAY
HERE ON MONDAY.
ARE BUILDING UP The BREEDS
Great Effort To Improve The Quail
ity Of Draft And Coach
Stock.

The improvements that have oeen
made in the breeding of Maury county
horses has been marked within the
mast few years. This fact was forci-
blv demonstrated here last Monday In
the magnificent display of stations
that were the outcome of these en-
beavers on the part Of the breeders
MANY new bloods have been intro
duced into the stock of this section
and it has been done with an eye TO-
ward the betterment of the home
stock.
We have here in this county the Hal
stock of horses, the Wilkes, a rev
Morgans and one or two other Dloods
that have been in the county long
before the war, and there are no bet
fer families of horses in the world
than the Halls and Wilkes as harness
horses. and the Morgans as saddle
horses. but new blood must be IN
fused to any class of stock to prevent
TOO much inbreeding and TINS mas oeeh
done in a way that We have not low
cred the speed of our stock, but have
kent it UP and have produced some OF
the prettiest and toppiest horses that
the county has had for many years
The Direct blood has added materially
to the looks of our horses. John II
Gentry, though only a short Time
among us is doing much toward inn
proving the stock. And not is thls
only so with the race horses and SAD
die horses, but there has been grea'
effort made to build up the coacl
bor.es and draft horses.
Maury county today has the oes
class of horses she has had for TWEEN
tv years. and the stock is being I'm
proved every year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
OPEN MEETING OF
LOCAL W. c. I. U.
DIR. GEO. II. MACK WILL DELIVER
AN ADDRESS OF PROHIBITION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

There will be an open meeting OF
the local Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union at 8 o'clock Friday after
noon at the Sunday-school room OF
the First Cumberland Presbyterian
church. Dr. Geo. H. Mack, the able
young pastor of that church will de
liver an address on prohlbltlon' II
is hoped that the people of the city
will take advantage of this invitation
and that the pastor will have a gooc
audience as he will have theme thai
is of paramount Importance in Ten
nessee at this time
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
IMPRISONMENT FOR
DEBT IS REVIVED
JOE DILLIN, WELL-KNoW REPu5-
LIcAN LEADER, TAKEN TO
JAIL AT NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April Sin
evidence that contrary to general opin-
ion. even among lawyers, a man may
be imprisoned for debt, Joseph W, Dill
lin former Surveyor of Customs at
the port of Nashville, ard under IN
dictment on the charge of emoezzle-
ment of Government funds, was re-
arrested Wednesday on distress
warrant issued by the Solicitor CT tie
United States Treasury, and sPen'
Wednesday night in jail. Mr. Dunn
had an embezzlement charge returned
against him at the last session OF the
Federal grand jury, and the distress
warrant in issued orders his imprlS'
onmen+ until the amount he IS alleged
to have embezzlod, more than $6'5oO
Is maid The case is the most remark
able that has been brought up IN the
local courts for many years, ana was
the tonic of general discussion among
tho attorneys and others at the Gus
tom house wednesday. The arres'
andIlS tisonment was made by Depu
tv MARSHAL Duggan, on a Government
warrant. which quotes certain sections
of the Revised Statutes of the ohiteo
States.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
Dr. Frank plnwiddie.

DR.. A. G. Dinwiddie received a tele-
gram Tuesday announcing the
death of his Youngest son, DR.. Frank
Dinwiddie, at Camden Point, MO
Dr. Dinwiddie had been sick all WIN
ter but the news of his death was
sad blow to his parents and to his
sister Mrs John Carpenter, at TINS
place. He was young physician ana
one of the most promising in his nome
town The funeral will take place al
Cambden Point. 1t has not been de-
cided whether any of the family here
will 90 to Missouri or not.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
BAD NEGRO IS
LODGED IN JAIL
DEPUTY WHITLEY RETURNS WITH
MACY BUTLER WHO CARVED
HARRY CRoWLS.

Deputy Whitley went to Nashville
this week ard brought back Macy
Butler, colored, and lodged her In
Jail Mocey is a bad citizen. she
carved up Harry Crowls, colored, on
East Hill and the Grand Jury indicted
her for assault with intent to commit
murder in the first degree. Before
the officers could place her under ar
rest she departed for a safer locality.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
R -=
NEW PREMIUMS

The Catalogues illustrating our line of Premiums
for this year are now ready. We will be pleased to
give one to anybody who will call at our store We
have studied long and earnestly collect line for this
year that will out-do any former selection 1t Is our
aim to have those things which almost everybody would
like to have and yet don't feel disposed to buy How
well we have succeeded in meeting everyone's wishes
remains to be SEEN To the line looks better than
we have ever had. Our experience in making these
selections for the past few years has been worth
great deal to
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
LOOK

For the next Is days everybody 'ha'
bovs from MS we are going to give a
nice present Don't forget to see ua
for nricps before buying. --MEhONh !
g. GRAFTON the easy term Furni-
49, - 2S.eod-tf&w
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10

DEATHS HARVEST.
David Osborne.

David Osborne, son of Mr.. J. q.
osborne died Thursday night at his
home on the Theta pike from append
ciAis. Young Osborne had been at
school at Spring Hill and was good
student and a most promising young
man. He was nineteen years Of age.
The funeral will be at the residence
Saturday morning at II o'clock and
the interment will follow in Rose Hill
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
julius Fauntleroy Scotch.

Julius, the little son of Mr.. and Mrs
J. o. Scotch, died at the home OF
his parents on North Garden street sat
urday afternoon at 1925 o'clock, after
an illness of a little over two weeks
He was four years, two months ana
thirteen days old, and was the idol OF
the home. Interment Sunday after
mon at four o'clock in Rose Hill Gem
etery with services at the grave by
Rev. ]. P. Slayden.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
SIX THOUSAND
DOLLARS OF CATTLE
STUART FLEMING CLOSES DEAL
WITH PERRY, LESTER & CO.,
FOR ITO HEAD.

Stuart Fleming has sold to Perry
Lester & Co. of Nashville, ITO head OF
fat cattle for delivery between June
18th and July LIST. Sixty of the best
and heaviest cattle were sold at 5A
cents pound and fifty of the lightest
at Az cents a pound, and the total by
time of dilvery will be about $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10
CANNON PAGE, A CANDIDATE.

Cannon Page, of Roberts Bend, is
candidate for the free scholarship to
the G. NJ. A. given by McKennon'
Anderson & Foster and earnestly asks
your support. II
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-10

Since a limited express going at
half speed struck Cleveland girl and
merely bruised her, the term weaker
sex" has been ellded from the language
in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
Indians az Soldiers.

There are 200 Indians In the Thir-
ty-seventh. Being a rural corps the
Haidsmands are weak in strength and
considerably more than half OF them
are red men, second or third year men
almost without exception. At the
time OF the Toronto inspection in
1901 the Thirty-seventh had but seven
companies or his own Initiative
Capt. Johnson, an Indian himself.
came forward and organized com.
pany OF red men from the Six Nations.
Today his captain OF as keen body
Of recruits as there is In the whole
camp. His son Is a lieutenant In the
same company. Lieut.. Smith, who
was one OF the two natives OF North
America who went to the coronation
from the Thirtyseventh. Is an officer
in the third company. He Is a full.
blooded Mohawk. All these servants
OF the king are wellset officers OF
military bearing and clean-cut. express
sive features.-Toronto Globe.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15


Lads from the high schools. almost
children. go out on exploring expedt-
lions. ready TO kill, just as they used
TO 60 hunting.
You say you commit all these hor-
rors 10 restore peace and order
By what means do you restore them?
BY the fact that you. representa-
tives Of a Christian authority. leaders
and teachers approved and encouraged
by the servants OF the church, destroy
the last vestige OF faith In morality In
men by committing the greatest crimes
lies. perfidy, torture. or all sorts,
and the last. most awful OF crimes. the
one most abhorrent 10 every human
heart not utterly depraved-not just a
murder, single murder. but murders
innumerable. which you think 10 JUS
tify by stupid references to such and
such statutes written by yourselves In
those stupid and lying books OF yours
which you blasphemously call The
Laws.
An Old Mans Defiance.
1t Is impossible to live SO! I, at
any rate. cannot and will not live so.
That Is why | write this and will
circulate II by all means In my power,
both I'm Russia and abroad: that one
OF two things may happen-either that
these inhuman deeds may be stopped
or that my connection with them may
be snapped and put In prison. where
| may be clearly conscious that these
horrors are not committed on my be-
half; or, still better ESQ good that |
dare not even dream OF such happi-
ness), that they may put on me. as on
those 20 or IL peasants. a shroud and
cap and may push me also off
bench. so that by my own weight. |
may tighten the well-soaped moose
around my old throat
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
DETROIT'S POPULATION
ESTIMATED AT 424,8os

According to figures compiled by
the water board from the annual cen
sus OF water consumers. a gain of 20,
l16 was made in the city's population
during the past year. bringing the to-
tai up to 424.S98. The water boards
system is to multiply the number OF
families using water by 4.6o2, which
Is the most accurate system OF esti'
mating population outside OF the gov
eminent census. On July /. 1908, there
were 92.329 families using water in
Detroit, an increase OF 4.676 over last
year. At this rate OF increase Detroit
will reach the half-million mark In
three or four years.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
CURRENT PALAVPR
OF The POLITICIANS

The election commission has secur-
ed the Light Guard armory for the
three days after the fall primary and
the three succeeding the election.
Three hundred clerks will be used
In each shift in counting ballots.
John c. Nagel has become one Of the
most enthusiastic members Of the
Democratic strategy board since his
appointment as assessor. AS head OF
the city committee, he will have a
very important part in the fall cam
paign.
William II. Green received q remenl.
brance Tuesday from 10 Detroit
Shriners who are In st. Paul. The
bunch" who sent their pledge of al.
legiance on a souvenior post card are !:
Lou Hall, Ed Wildman, w. NJ. Per
rett. j. F. Boydell. j. j. King. E. II
Fox, w M. Krug, r. II. Waller, <. w
Grace, w. j. Gallon.
There may be Democratic contest
In the primaries after all. Alexander
Tolsma and Anthony PETE. Jr., are
both mentioned for the nomination for
sheriff and each has a host Of friends
AS the strategy Of the party Is rather
favored by having no contests, one
or the other may get the official In
dorsement Of the city hall administers
ton and the other drop out.
Senator J. c. Burrows, who stopped
over in Detroit Tuesday on his way ia
attend meeting Of the senate com
mittee which will consider currency
reforms, says he will stump for Taft
After the campaign starts. Senator
Burrows will be almost continually on
the stump. He declares that the nom
ination OF Kern for vice president does
not give the Democrats a cinch In In
diana by any means.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
DETROIT NEARLY BAGS
NEXT ELKS' CONVENTION

DALLAS. Tex. July 15.-Detroit
lost the next Elks' convention, but
gave Los Angeles. who won 1t. good
run for her money, needing only 76
votes to win. Los Angeles majority
was 1874 votes.
The election OF officers OF the grand
lodge resulted as follows:
Grand exalted ruler, Rush l.. Hol-
land. Colorado Springs; grand es'
teemed leading knight, John @. Shea,
Hartford. Conn: grand esteemed 10y
al knight. A. M. MacElwee. Fort
Worth, Tex; grand esteemed lectur-
ing knight, Warren @. Sayre. Wabash,
Ind: grand treasurer. Edward Leach,
New York; grand tyler, Charles +.
Decker, Minnesota; grand trustee. AL
fred T. Holley. Hackensack. NJ j.;
grand secretary. Fred c. Robinson.
Dubuque, Ia; and grand inner guard,
A. NJ. Taylor, st. Augustine. Fla.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
sPANIsH.AMERIcAN VETS MEET

KALAMAZOO, Mich. July 10
Especial. )--Saginaw Is making efforts
to land the next meeting OF the Michi.
gan Spanish-American war veterans.
now meeting in this city. While De-
troit is said to be a receptive candi-
date for the place. no special effort
will be made by the states metropolis
to land II, II ia understood. There
are nearly 200 veterans at the encamp-
ment here, and before the day Is over.
IL is expected that the number VIII be
increased 90 more. This morning a
parade OF the veterans and the local
militia company, attracted much at
tention The entire afternoon will be
given over to a picnic at Long lake.
In the evening there will be banquet
at the Hickman hotel.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
Lake Huron Resorts-Grand Trunk
Railway system.

Tickets will be sold Thursday. July
S0th, valid returning until Aug. 10th.
Kincardine, Port Elgin or Southamp-
ton, $500: 10 Goderich, $3.50.
Special printed circulars covering
these charming summer resorts AM
full particulars furnished on applica.
ton to city ticket office. 124 Wood
ward,ave. Telephone NIB.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
BY LEO ToLSToI.


Seven death sentences; two In
Petersburg. one In Moscow, two In
Penz. and two In Riga. Four execu
one in Odessa.
This daily repeated In every newspa
per and continued, not for weeks, not
months. nor for one year, but fol-
years, And this In Russia and the
same Russia where the people regard
every criminal as a man to be piled
and where till quite recently, capital
punishment was not recognized by
law.
take up todays paper.
Today. the ninth OF May.
The paper contains these few
words:
Today, in Kherson on the Strel-
bitZky field, twelve peasants
were hanged for an attack made
with intent 10 rob on landed
properties estate in the Elizabet-
grad district.
Twelve or those by whose labor we
live, the very men whom we have de-
PRAYED and are still deraving by every
means In our power-from the poison
of vodka 10 the terrible falsehood oi
a creed we do not ourselves believe
In, but impose on them with all our
might--twelve OF these men, strangled
with cords by those whom they feed
and clothe and house. and who have
depraved and still continue TO deprave
them. Twelve husbands. fathers, sons
from among those on whose kindness
industry and simplicity alone rests the
HI a. ,nt1 I'm
prisoned and shackled. Then their
hands were tied behind their backs
lest thay should seize the ropes by
which they would be hanged. and they
were led to the gallows.
A Hollow Mockery.
Several peasants similar TO these
who are about to be hanged, but arm
ed, dressed In clean soldiers uniforms
with good boots on their feet and with
guns In their hands, accompany the
condemned men. Beside them walks
q long-haired man. wearing stole and
vestments or gold or silver cloth, and
bearing a cross. The procession stops
The manager OF the whole business
says something; the secretary reads a
paper. and when the paper has been
read, the long-haired man. addressing
those whom either people are about TO
strangle with cord. saying something
about God and Christ.
Immediately after these words, the
hangmen dissolve some soap and hav'
ing soaped the loops in theacords that
they may tighten better. seize the
shackled men. put shrouds on them
lead them to a scaffold and place the
well-soaped nooses round their necks
And then. one after another. loving
men are pushed of the benches, which
are drawn from under their feet, and
by their own weight suddenly tighten
the nooses round their necks and are
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
NUNS the Word.

A Scottish parson. still on the under
side of forty. was driving home from
an outlying hamlet when he overlook
young woman. He recognized her
as the maid OF all work at farm
which he would pass, so he pulled up
and offered her lift. Mary gladly
accepted his offer and they chatted
pleasantly all the way to the farm
gate.
Thank you, sir" she said, as she
got down.
Don't mention II, Mary. Don't
mention It." he told her politely.
mo, won't" Mary obligingly as
sured him.--Everybody's.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15

line OF goods IN your store which you
| desire 20 sell The goods which can
not be probably advertised cannot
be probably carried
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
MARINE
VESSEL PASSAGES.
DetFoit.

Up--Tampa, Adams, Omaha, Gilchrist
o: McWilliams. $40; Wyoming. IL; Iro-
quois. IL; London. 1876; Genoa 1913
Gary. 8: Toltec 5:l5; Vail and barge
wind, Hubbard Phipps. Hoover. Mason
Polynesia, Stackhouse. Z
Up-Mariska. s; X. Emily and barge
s15: Badger state. Clement, $40; North
King 8; Mary MacGregor. 9:15; Castle
Rhodes.
Down--Sahara. Pringle and bargcS
e:l5: Bunsen, $40. Boland, 10. Rose
dale, 1890; Malietoa. Major, 3:40; Ball
4: M A. Hanna. 4:30; Caldera. Pickands
and barge. T.
Down-Harlem, Michigan. 1910.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15

painfully strangled. Men. alive a min
ute before. become corpses dangling
from rope; at first slowly swinging
and then resting motionless. ~
The thing il awful
Speak Of Executions as Of Weather.
OF executions. hangings, murders
and bombs people now write and
speak as they used to speak about the
weather. Children play at hangings.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
In Socie ty

The Presbyterian church OF the
Covenant will give its annual excur-
sion TO Bots Blanc. Thursday. July l6.
Friends of the church are invited to
Join with the congregation In the Gel
ebrati6n.
"Dolan," said Mr.. Rafferty,, as he
looked up at the city postoftice. what
does them letters MDCCCCVlt
nance"
They mean eighteen hundred AM
ninety.seven."
"Doian," came the query after a
thoughtful pause; don't yez think
they're overdoln' this spellin reform
o Washington Star.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-15
T0LSTO| APPEALS
To WORLD TO STOP
PEASANTS MURDER
AGED RUSSIAN I AUTHOR AR
RAiGNs THE CAR IN CRUSHING
ARTICLE POINTING TO GRIMES
OF THE GOVERNMENT

LONDON. July l5.-Count Leo Toll
stoi. the famous Russian author and
humanitarian, driven to anger by the
awful executions OF peasants now
sweeping over Russia. has written a
powerful appeal to the world un2er
the caption, Il Cannot BE Silent" Ii
was necessary for Count Tolstoi To
send the manuscript secretly ont Df
Russia 10 his agents In London and IL
has been forwarded from there 10 the
United States. The impassioned words
OF the author form terrible aIraign'
ment OF the car and the landed pro-
prietors forming the aristocracy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-07
JAIL SENTENCES
of Ten Days Each Imposed on
Train Riders Who Are
Suspected Fugitives.

John Ramsey. the white man, and
Ben Mauplns. colored. who were ar
rested in the local yards OF the Bal
tlmore & Ohio railroad Sunday morn
ing rides on a freight train. were
given hearings for the offense in
Magistrate Gordon's court Monday
night and found guilty Fines OF s.
and costs each were imposed but the
defendants couldn't pay them an they
were sent to Jail for ten days each.
These men are the ones suspected
by Lieutenant T. L. Powell. or the
y. & o. police force, OF being impll-
Gated in the murder OF a telegraph
operator at Welcome week or 50
ago, because their appearance taIlies
with the descriptions OF the fugitives
wanted for the crime. Railroad Of
ficiais arc comforting with the author
titles at Welcome concerning the ar
rest OF the two suspects here. II nc
action is take by the Welcome au-
thoritIcs, however. Ramsey and Maui
phins VIII be released here at the ex-
pfration Of their sentences.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-07
ALL WANT IN
Twelve Cities and Towns Are
Seeking TO Get Into the Pro-
, posed Big Race Circuit.

on Friday of this week a meeting
viii be held in Parkersburg for the
purpose of organizing a racing cir
cult on which occasion there viii be
delegates from the following cities:
Portsmouth, Huntington. Charleston.
Wheeling. Fairmont, clarksburg. Ell
kins, Marietta and Parkersburg.
The circuit win be formally organ
lied at that meetingy and the date for
the race meeting OF each OF the above
places to be represented win be de-
cided upon. The place OF holding
the meeting has not been definitely
determined upon. but will probably
either be held at the office Of Judge
Reese Blizzard or the Biennerhas-
sett Club.
Other matters pertaining to the
new circuit viii he passed upon a,
that time. The circuit win comprise
the best towHA in this state and else
where.