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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
ED TURNER
PAYS PENALTY
CHATTANOOGA WIFE MURDERER
ExPlATEs DEED At END
OF ROPE.
MURDERED HIS GIRL WIFE
Cut Her Throat And Left Body
On The Side Of Lookout
Mountain.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Feb. 81
At exactly 1853 o'clock this afternoon
Sherin Ship sprung the trap and let
the body Of Ed Turner drop to its
death. and sent the soul OF Lille
Turner's murderer into eternity.
Seven minutes and two seconds la
ter a committee of physicians noted
the last pudse beat, and Ed Turner
was dead
Ie had paid the penalty of his dark
deed Of April 2. 1907, when he cut the
throat of his Kentucky wife and left
her body lying upon the side of Look
out mountain to be found by stran-
gers.
Goodbye" was Turner's last word.
He said it to DR.. j. A. BailOr, pastor
OF Centenary Methodist church, who
had just uttered a prayer for the re-
pose of the condemned mans soul.
A young theological student start
ed Rock of Ages" The ministers
and Turner joined in the singing, the
latter all the time keeping time with
pat of the foot. DR.. Bailor prayed
for the repose Of the mans soul and
committed him to the mercy of God.
With a call for silence on the part
of the crowd present Sheriff Ship
directed completion of the prepare
lions.
With bowed head, he stood in ST.
lence while the two deputies adjusted
the black cap. The sea-grass rope
that has done duty in other cases OF
capital punishment, was placed about
his neck. The knot had already been
tied.
Turner had approached the scaffold
with all these grim preparations in
full view. If he quailed in spirit or
failed in nerve there was nothing in
his demeanor in indicate; a touch of
his legs showed that he was standing
without tremor.
May God have mercy on your
soul" spoke Sheriff Ship as he
grasned the lever The trap fell at
4:53. He was cut down eleven min
utes later The body was sent to his
Breathitt county home in Kentucky
tonight
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NARROW ESCAPE
FOR ALCORTA
DlsLoYAL SUBJECT CASTS a
BOMB AT ARGENTlNE'S
PRESIDENT.

BUENOS AYRES, Mch. 1.--Presi-
dent Alcorta of the Argentine Repub-
lie. had a narrow escape from death
today when a dynamite bomb which
was hurled at him while he was out
driving failed to explode. -Four ar
rests have been made, but thus far
the police authorities refuse to give
out details concerning the plot.
4 1T is believed that today's affair is
the outgrowth of the recent unrest in
this country, due to the issuance on
January rs Of an order decreasing the
extraordinary sessions of congress,
and putting into effect for the current
fiscal year the budget Of 1907. This
extreme measure was made necessary
by the obstructive tactics of MAORI
~ in the senate, which made impossi-
BILE the passage of the budget or other
legislation, leaving the government
powerless to meet ordinary expenses.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
TOBACCO MEN
ARE THREATENED
FARMERS TOLD THAT THEIR
CATTLE WILL BE KILLED IF
CAN'T RAISE TOBACCO.

MOUNT STERLING, KY, March l.
Several members of the Society OF
Equity in this Montgomery county
have received threatening letters re.
garding the raising of tobacco. The
letters bear the postmark of the local
Office. J. M. Bigstaff, president Of the
Traders Bank, large land owner,
got one of them 1t reads:
This is to notify you if there is
any beds or any tobacco destroyed in
Montgomery or Bath counties this
1908, you had better look out for your
own property. Tenants"
Harve Prewitt, Lucian Bridgeforth
and other tobacco and cattle raisers
got this notice:
IF We cannot raise tobacco you
cannot raise any cattle"
The Equity people turned the let
ters over to the postal authorities
and 1t is said the matter viii be
probed to the bottom This is the
first instance where equity members
have been threatened.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
LICENSE LAW HITS
BREWERS HARD
,ENGL AND'S NEW LEGISLATION
PLAYING HAVOC WITH STOCKS
AND SECURITIES.

LONDON, March 1.-Seldom has
the promise of legislation worked such
havoc with trade as has the licensing
bill with the brewing interests.
Stocks in all the breweries, including
the foremost companies, went down
on Friday and Saturday, to amazingly
low rates, until they could not be sold
at any price The shrinkage in the
nominal value of brewing properties
il estimated at about $250,0OO,00O.
The stocks in the leading companies
have fallen as much as so per cent,
some more than that, in two days.
Naturally there is panic among
the brewers and they and the public
house proprietors are sending up a
strong outcry against the bill. Many
among the laboring classes are sup
porting them, but the temperance so
cieties are highly pleased with the
situation.
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MUCH BUSINESS
BEFORE SENATE
LITTLE DOUBT THAT ALDRlCH
EMERGENCY BILL WILL
PASS SOON.

WASHINGTON, March Mail
subsidies for steamships plying on the
the Pacific ocean and touching at
American ports on the Pacific coast;
the, AIdrich emergency bill; the in
vestigation into the condition of the
American navy by the committee on
naval affairs the indian appropria-
ton bill and the report Of the com
mittee on military affairs, sustaining
the President for discharging dishon-
orably negro troops in the Twenty
fifth infantry the Brownsville affair
are questions which the senate will
undertake to settle this week.
The mail subsidy bill win come up
for discussion tomorrow and Senator
Gallinger, who has the bill In charge,
hopes to have II set down for vote
not later than Thursday next. There
Is little doubt that the bill will pass
the senate and that the minority from
the democratic side can submit its
argument against the bill by that
time. No time has been reached BY
the republican leaders as to when =
vote win be taken on the Aldrich DIT.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
ANDREW HAMILTON
IS NO MORE
INSURANCE TRUST LEGISLATIVE
AGENT DIES SUD-
DENLY.

ALBANY, N. Y, March ANDREW
Hamilton, celebrated for years as
chief legislative agent for the New
York insurance trust, was found dead
in his bed today He had retired
early the night before to get rest for
conference with Anthony N. Brady
for whom he had been acting as coun-
sci against Contractor VIM. J oliver
and syndicate of southern railway
magnates.
About 1920 o'clock this morning
his daughter, who was about to start
for church, discovered him lifeless in
his chamber. Physicians declare that
he had expired during the night of
neuritis of the heart. His death
shocked all who knew him.
Until last Wednesday he was in
Chattanooga, Tenn, prosecuting a
suit against Oliver and his associates
for breaking contract to dam the
Tennessee river.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
DIRECT OR
INDIRECT PRIMARY
HAY TAYLOR OF MAURY COUNTY
BRINGS OUT A STRONG
POINT.

IF two men run for the Legisla-
ture in Maury County, and one re-
ceives $500 and the other 2501 votes,
the latter represents Maury in the Leg
islature. If Carmack should receive
1000 votes in Maury and Patterson
1899, the delegates from that county
must vote in the convention for Car
mack. If Patterson should receive
the majority of votes, the delegates
would have to vote for him in the con-
vention."
The above clipping is from an edi-
torial in The American of Sunday,
Feb. 20. The American confounds the
primary problem. The election of
members to the Legislature is coun-
ty matter; that of Governor State
procedure The American, to be con-
sistent would favor that a member of
the Legislature from Maury County
be selected as a Democratic candidate
by each civil district sending dele
gates to a county convention, Just as
the present plan is for counties to
send delegates to State Convention
regardless of the popular vote.
The plan ordered by the State Com
mittee is not Democratic, for candi-
date receiving minority of the popu
lar vote might be, and is, likely, to be
declared the nominee for Governor.
Do you believe the people of Maury
county will be satisfied with minori-
ty candidate for the Legislature? The
whole scheme seems too much of a
hocus pocus affair. 1t is not Demo-
cratic.
have not been able to understand
those who favor the county unit plan.
What they write and say is jargon
to me. 1t is not Democratic for
candidate to be declared the
nominee. There is too much circum-
locution.
Columbia, Tenn, Feb. rs.
Hay Taylor in Nashville Ameri-
can.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
MR.. BRYAN
IN MEMPHIS
THE coMMoNER CORDIALLY Re
cElVED IN TIE BLUFF
CITY.
POLITICAL LEADERS MEET HIN
Lectures On "The Prince Of Peace
Introduced BY Mr..
Carmack.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 2S.-For six
teen hours today VIM. ]. Bryan was
the guest of the city Of Memphis.
From the time he lett his car on the
Rock Island railroad in the morning
until he nodded a farewell to his es-
eort from the rear Of the midnight
Illinois Central train, he was the cen
ter of sustained interest and the re-
cipient Of numerous attention. His
mission was to deliver a lecture for
the benefit of the Central Methodist
church and incidentally he came in
touch with the most important politi-
cal leaders of West Tennessee.
Loud Cheering.
Scattered crowds condensed them
selves into a conglomeration group as
the Bryan train pulled in. Hats were
removed and the sight of the Com
moner." as he descended from the
Pullman. was the occasion for loud
burst of cheers. The gentlemen OF
the committee hurried the Nebraskan
to a waiting automobile in front OF
the station. AS he reached the car
rage. in response to the cheers, Bry-
an removed his hat and saluted the
clamoring crowd.
From the station Bryan, Mayor
1sz1 Cooo+o. Norr,o oh and CO1
Carroll proceeded without delay to
the latter's home on Central avenue,
where breakfast was had.
In the afternoon Mr. Bryan appear
ed at the Bijou theatre, where he de-
livered his lecture on THE Prince of
Peace" The same committee who
received him at the station were seat
ed on the stage, and Mr. Carmack in
troduced him.
In his speech before the Two Dol
lar Democratic Dinner at Hotel Gay
osa tonight, Mr. Bryan took occasion
to dip into Kentucky politics when he
deplored the defeat of former Gov
Beckham for the United States SEN
ate. Col. Bryan strongly condemned
the action of the four democrats whom
he said had been instructed by the
people of Kentucky to vote for Beck
ham and went back on their trust. He
said that all four of them should be
rebuked by the constituents whose
trust they had violated.
Mr.. Bryan drew strong moral for
his ideas on popular election of Uni
ted States senators from the incident
at Frankfort.
The remainder of the speech fol-
lowed closely the lines of other re-
cent political deliverances.
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every muscle OF the body lie absolutely
necessary in the attainment OF health
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Tired brain workers especially need
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
BRADLEY WILL
Sc SENATOR
CHOSEN IN KENTUCKY OVER
5EcKHAm AMID Widest
SCENES.
THE VOTE WAS 81 TO So
And Election Was The Result OF
Clever Political
Trick.

FRANKFORT. Ky, Feb. 2S.-For
the second time in history Kentucky
has republican senator. Amid
acenes which amounted to almost
riot Ex-Governor. w. o. Bradley, re-
publican. was elected senator, receiy'
ing "a votes against 63 against him
The deadlock of weeks was thus
broken. Ex-Gov J. C. w. Beckham
democrat. whose victory yesterday In
having passed the county local option
bill seemed to presage victory for him,
was defeated. 1t is said the liquor
interests threw all their strength
against Beckham for this action.
clever Politics.
II is declared to have been one OF
the cleverest political games ever
manipulated. The democrats were
caught in a trap and unable to es'
cane, If the democrats had known
what was coming they could have
broken a quorum, as they did yester'
day. as several republicans were ao'
sent and paired.
The republicans laid low until
enough democrats had voted to In
sure quorum then Charlton (Dem)
of Louisville, got up and changed his
vote from Campbell, also McNatt OF
Louisvile =, democrat, voted for Brad
lev. Then the democrats knew they
were up against it. Representative
Lillard. Of Boyle, and Muller, of Louis
vile. both anti-Beckham democrats
voted for Bradley and that clinched
his election.
When the roll was completed Brad
ley had Ga votes, Reckham go, Allen
/ and Blackburn !.
Tried to Turn to James.
A recapitulation was demanded by
the democrats who then bolted from
the house in body in an effort to
break the quorum. They returned a
moment later and their leaders made
strenuous efforts TO have all the
democratic votes turned to Ollie
James, democrat, instead of Bradley
and Beckham.
On the recapitulation votes were
cast at random and there were many
changes. At 1:55 all the changes
were complete and the clerks begun
footing up the totals. At 2 o'clock
it was announced Bradley was elected
by vote Of GA to 60.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
BAPTIST STARTS
NOVEL METHOD

CHICAGO Feb. 2S-The Rev. John
A. Earl invites babies specially to the
Belden Avenue Baptist church and
has made every provision for their
comfort, even to providing nursing
bottles and the like to keep them
quiet while their mothers are listen.
ing to the sermon.
The scheme inaugurated by the
Rev. Mr.. Earl Is an innovation so far
as Chicago is concerned.
The preacher hopes to have from a
dozen to thirty babies present every
Sunday.
One Of the ohuch pariors has been
fitted up as a nursery. II In presided
over by forty young women. who viii
work In relays Of ten at each service.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
PLUMBER ENDS
HIS OWN LIFE

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March Re
greet at having prevented the marriage
of his son several weeks ago, coupled
with the recent death Of his wife,
compelled Thomas Ferbroche, a
plumber, to end his own existence to-
day by inhaling gas. Ferbroche was
found this afternoon lying upon a gas
stove which had been turned on. He
clasped a picture Of his dead wife to
HE BOSOM
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
ON THE VERGE.
Many a Columbia Citizen Brought
Back From the Brink.

There are critical times In our lives
when It seems as IL we must let go,
But we cling to life with wonderful
tenacity. Many diseases are very de,
messing In their worst stages, and
we get to the very brink sometimes;
and yet the hope of survival Is great,
Doan's Kidney Pills have brought
many back from the verge and given
them a new lease OF life. The follow
ing case should interest everybody IN
Columbia. It Is the statement on a
citizen. and is easily proven to be
correct. Many q reader will And new
comfort and encouragement In tnis
experience:
D. ]. Digger. Garden Street, Column
bia, Tenn, says: Il suffered very se-
yerely from kidney trouble and my
system seemed to be in a dropsicai
condition. I doctored without relief
ana finally concluded to try Doan's
Kidney pills. | procured box at
Adams G. Martins drug store and soon
Knew that I had found the right rem.
adv. continued taking them and
thew nroyed OF more beneit than any
thing previously used. feel Detter
than IN wears and do not hesitate to
attribute these good results to the use
~ Doan's Kidney pills. MY mother
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
ANANIAS CLUB
IN CALLED MEETING
uAms AND HAMS: ONE IN NASH
VILE LARGER THAN DEM
ocRATIc PARTY.

Well. BOYS. said Brit, as he came
in after selling a poor widow a four
dollar tombstone for three hundred
and eighty-hve. that reminds me Of a
trade made up in Marshall county
was buving trees from man out IN
the countrg and We saw an old gum
off quite a distance that seemed to be
rotten and asked him what he would
take for it as il stood. and he said
Won can have Il for fifteen cents, as
If win fall to pieces when YOU cut It,
I took a couple of negroes to the tree
and we cut il down and we found
four coons in the hollow part at the
bottom: | sold the coon skins for
one sixty and gave the negroes half
for cleaning them, then l had the tree
sawed up and weatherboarded four
room house and. after renting the
house for IS a month for three years.
sold it TO the Methodists for $500 for
a parsonage and with this $4OO +
"WeTl let it go al u II" said Marse
Tom. think that Is pretty good inter-
est on a fifteen cent investment but
that wasn't near as large tree as l
built nv sixroom house out Of; this
was a big poplar and it took four oxen
and four mules to haul ore cut CT n
half mile to the saw mill and when
we got it there it was too big to go
under the mill shed and we had to
quarter saw 1t, and, actually boys, you
know I'm a pretty tall man, but l
couldn't see over one of those quar-
tiers and / think I lave mighty good
oversight too, as | nee saw an eagle
catch a humming bird and fly off to
It's nest on the bluff mile away ana
| watched it pick the bones of the
humming bird and
well, that is seeing some" SAID
Bruce, "but l saw spring in FLORIDA
that was large enough for ocean
steamers to turn around in and the
water was so clear that you could see
dime on the sand at the bottom thir-
ty feet below"
Excuse me for interrupting, said
the drummer, "but wish you fellers
would put me next to that bootlegger
if could get viol of the hair oil you
fellers are using to anoint your thorax
with it would be fortune to me on
the road"
Now boys" said Uncle Flaw, Il
amt much on yarns, but know Bruce
is telling the truth about seeing that
dime at the bottom of the spring for
I was there and | could read the date
on it and it was made in the year
1776."
Il didn't see that" said Spoon but
saw hog that was killed down In
the Frierson Settlement and after 1t
was killed and dressed one Of the
hams weighed 1913 pounds and this
ham was so sweet and good that 1t
would almost, melt in your mouth.
That tas nice ham, said Bluch, but
the American has Ham in Nashville
that thinks he is bigger than the
whole Democratic party
"You are all in pretty good form
this morning." said Brit, "bift you are
seeing SO many things THAT I see my
finish as President Of the Club If |
don't stop YOU. so the Club now stands
adjourned Aunty post norton"
'dt' BLUCH.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-06
BISHOP DUNCAN Z
GOES TO REWARD

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March a.
bishop W, W. Duncan of the M. q.
Church, South, died at spartanburg.
s. c., this morning at $40 o'clock.
He has been in III health for some
months.
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We are commanded by the postal
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will you pay, or will you compel us to
stop your paper, according to the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28
Drennen Go.
Drennen Go.

The Mill End Sale will close Tuesday night Our a3th Semi-Annual Sale has been OUT great est. The people from every part Of the county came AeneralIy every day. No criticisms marred it. Only bOundIess praise was heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

spair of having an inexpensive and strik- ing garb for the red man. An ideal spot for the picnic Is a nearby field or the wooded lawn surrounding country home
 If possible, have some musicians stationed at the gate these may be costumed, tool playing as they proceed on the march In Indian file to the darkest and most remote corner of the grounds, which should be illuminated by many torches, these mak- ing the boundaries of an Indian village. Wigwams, tepees and totem poles must be scattered at intervals through the space. Besides the torches red lights dis played in many places will add greatly to the effectiveness of the scene, as the wierd shadows are thrown on the ground If wished and it is not too warm, camp fire of twigs, cones, and so forth. will be picturesque. Shooting at mark with bows and arrows, an Indian dance and a charmed circle while the men ''smoke the pipe of peace' and both men and women tell dream tales of more or less startling or weird nature can be the entertainment.
 Refreshments, such as are generally used at an evening reception would be ap- propriate and may be served on tables
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

wouldn't take the alternative of getting out and tackling real hard labor For all his cleverness and his education, in fact, largely because of them, he preferred his neat and easy job at S20 rather than to earn two or three times as much at some unpleasant work outside.
 In the meantime, he did as the rest of the young negroes were doing, took a civil service examination. Months went by and suddenly one day a notification came that George B. had been appointed elevator man in one of the public build ings at a salary of $75 a month. He gets one months vacation with pay each year and can take sick leave up to limit of one month, also with pay.
 Well, he was as delighted as white man would have been with an appoint ment as bank president. He will probably hold that identical job for years and will bring up his children to the nurture and love-not fear of the government service.
 So long as the negroes are occupying only the so-called manual places there Is no complaint, of course. There is no opeE objection to them, anyway How can there be? But almost every chief Of d bureau knows that the presence of ne- groes in the clerical branches of the ser vice causes more or less friction.
 The whites are inclined to resent the presence or the coloreu Hldil, anu 'io eoi- o-ed man is apt to try to demonstrate his conviction of his right to be there by a touch of aggressiveness which only makes things worse. Old employes-white, of course-shake their heads over the matter and even an occasional bureau chief will admit that there is danger of a race prob : lem to the government service. In the meantime the negroes are peacefully pre- pairing for the examinations.
 When it comes to presidential appoint ees the negroes certainly have no cause to reproach the present administration. Roosevelt has adhered to persistent policy of appointing colored men to offices to which, in his opinion, their skill and services entitled them. He has put them into the customs, into the immigration service, into the postal service.