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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
LIBERAL GIFT TO
TRAINING SCHOOL
DR.. A. S. PAGE DONATES $1,000 TO
WORTHY INSTITUTION OF
HIS CHURCH.
METHOHlsTs FOR STATEWIDE
Quarterly Conference Appeals For The
Passage Of The Holiday
Bills.

DR.. A. S. Page, one of the most
prominent Methodists of the city and
the Treasurer of the Board Of Stew
ards of the First Methodist church, has
set an example for generosity to the
interests of his church that is deserve
ing of praise and is well worthy OF
emulation. At the meeting Of the
First Quarterly Conference OF the.
church on Monday night DR.. Page an
nounced a gift Of $4,000 to the Meth
odist Missionary Training School at
Nashville. This school was estab-
lished for the purpose of training mis-
sionary workers and bible teachers OF
the Southern Methodist church.
Some FIVE years ago DR.. Page de-
termined to set apart and dedicate to
religious purposes one-tenth of his In
come. He has religionsIy kept this
resolution and the $4,000 contributed
Monday night is the fruit of it. But
DR.. Page did not stop with the de-
termination to give one-tenth to the
cause of Christ, but he has been lib
eral all that time In his contributions
to the church, to charity and to the
cause Of civic righteousness. God has
prospered and blessed him and he has
made steady advance during the ten
years that he has practiced his pro-
fession In this city.
At the session on Monday night the
conference by unanimous vote dl-
lrected the chairman to send tele-
gram to the Senate Liquor Trafiic
Committee urging the passage at once
of the State wide prohibition bills.
This was done by Chairman Turner.
considerable routine business was
transacted and the financial reports
were very satisfactory, much better
THAN they were a year ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15

Without a dissenting vote the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee of Maury
county went on record in emphatic
protest against the efforts OF the State
Democratic machine to perpetuate the
liquor traffic in Tennessee. The i'm
mediate abolition of the traffic, the
passage of mandatory primary law;
the taking of all power over the cleo
lions from the Governor and the pass
age of law to elect all governing
authorities by direct vote of the peo-
ple, were demanded by the committee.
The Governor was scored because OF
efforts to dominate the Legislature and
the action of Senator Greer and Rep
resentatives Galloway and Lipscomb
in refusing to go into the caucuses
was expressly approved.
The Committee met at noon and was
The Committee met Monday and was
called to order by Chairman SmlseT.
The roll was called by Secretary Fin
ney and the following districts an
swered present: First, Second, Fifth,
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Four
teenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nine
teenth, Twentieth, Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth.
Messrs. Looney and Gregory then
offered the following resolutions,
which we're unanimously adopted:
THE members of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Maury Coun'
ty in session at Columbia, this, Jan
uary IL, 1909, hereby declare and re-
solve as follows:
I'VE protest against and condemn
in unmeasured terms the action OF the
so-called Democratic State Committee
in entering. into an open, brazen and
unholy alliance with the whisky power
of Tennessee. The opening OF head
quarters in Nashville for the purpose
of influencing the members of the Leg
islature to violate their sacred pledges
| to the people IN the ihteroSe VI '">
liquor traffic was an act OF party
perfidy unparalleled in the history Of
Tennessee. We do hereby denounct
the action Of Gov. Patterson in prosti
tuting the powers and patronage o.
his Office for the purpose Of influencing
members of the Legislature to sur
render their constitutional rights ane
functions into the keeping of the Gov
ernor.
1.-THE effort of the administration e
dictate legislation and to name TIM
officers of the Legislature In defianc'
of constitutional safeguards is de
serving of the severest condemnation
of every Democrat in Tennessee. Ant
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
RINGING RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING EFFORTS
oF. PATTERSON MACHINE TO PERPETUATE
WHISKY POWER UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED
COUNTY COMMITTEES URGES PRIMARY AND PARTY Re-
FORMS AND ENDORSES THE COURSE OF SENATOR GREER
AND REPRESENTATIVES, GALLOWAY AND LIPscoMs
STATE COMMIT SCORED.

we do rejoice that these efforts have
been unavailing and we congratulate
the Democratic party of the State that
the people have elected Legislature
that is immune to such unworthy ap-
peals. Especially do We commend the
course of our Senator, Hon. John A.
Greer, and our Representatives, the
Hon. w. T. Galloway and the Hon. A.
A .Ldpscomb, in refusing to yield to
the dictates and behests of the con-
scienceless and corrupt machine In
the organization Of the General AS
sembly. They have stood true to their
oaths of office and have kept the faith
Their example is worthy OF emula'
ton.
For two years Tennessee has been
in the grip of ruthless and desperate
machine bent upon its own perpetual
ton and the perpetuity of the liquor
traffic. This machine must be crushed
land the liquor power forever DESTROYED
liz the Democratic party is to be pre-
1 served to fulfill it's high mission, there
fore we demand:
Il. The immediate abolition OF the
LIQUOR traffic in Tennessee.
q. The abolition of the infamous
county unit primary or convention
and the enactment of direct, maDda
tory primary nomination law for the
! nomination of all candidates.
"3. The enactment of election and
ballot reforms so that all power II
| appoint election officers or contr0
elections in Tennessee shall be taker
from the Governor and restored TO th'
people from whence it was taken ant
to whom it rightfully belongs.
i "a. The enactment of law provid
ling for the election of all party govern
! ing authorities, State. County and DIS
| trict by direct primaries, and forbid
ding any member of such committees
4 holding any office of profit or trust b!
appointment of the Governor or an.
department of the State government
The enactment Of such measure will
prevent the building up of another cor
rupt machine should this State ever b.
|, cursed with a venal administration o
the character of that now in power.
1.-THE enactment of these reform
will restore the government of Tennes
see to the people; bring peace AM
happiness to thousands OF homes AM
be the means of salvation to thousand
of souls. Member sof the Genera
, Assembly who vote for these reform
will reflect the best sentiment OF tn
people Of our State and rest assures
of their lasting gratitude"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
WILL GIVE BREAD
TO .ITY'S POOR
LOUIS LOEB WILL FEED THOSE
WHO ARE IN NEED EVERY
NIGHT.

Columbia's enterprising and liberal
baker, Louis Loeb, has announced that
.->e will give away bread to the poor
W Perry night at ten o'clock at his place
AA,f business on South Main street. Mr..
Loeb viii give away the bread that he
has carried over from the. day before,
belt one loaf or a thousand loaves.
All that the people are asked to do is
10 come to the bakery and get what
he has for them. This is generous
act on the part Of Mr.. Loeb and shows
that he has to heart the welfare and
care OF his fellow man.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
TILLMAN PLEADS
FOR PROHIBITION
LATE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
SAYS REPUBLICANS SHOULD
ALL VOTE FOR MEASURE.

Special to TIL eTIerald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. s.-Hon'
@. N. Tnlman IN an interview today
says Republican legislators should
stand by the party platform and vote
for Statewide prohibition without at
tempting to secure anything else for
SO doing. He adds that fair election
law Is needed and that the law In force
would enable the party in power to
perpetuate itself
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
LEAVES PROPERTY
TO HIS SISTER
WILL OF LATE A. w. MAYEs 10
ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN
COUNTY COURT.

The win of the late A. w. Mayes OF
the zion neighborhood has been admit
ted to probate in the county court. All
property is left to his sister, Miss Al
ice Mayes during her life, and at bis
death is to go to HIS sisters, Mrs.
ophelia Orr and Mrs Jennie Watkins
and to his grand-nephew,- Theodore
Hendrix.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
SENATE PASSES
HOLLADAY BILL
STATEWIDE MEASURE RECEIVES
TWENTY VOTES TO THIRTEEN
AGAINST 1T.
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE TABLED
Result is Greeted With The Widest
Enthusiasm And Senator HolIa-
day GETS An Ovation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 13.-By
the emphatic vote of twenty to thir-
teen the Senate on yesterday after
noon passed the Holiday prohibition
bill without amendment. The vote
came at sos O'Clock and the announce
ment of the result was the signal for
the widest burst of enthusiasm that
has been seen in the legislative halls
Of this State in many years. Senator
Holiday had closed the debate on
the bill and demanded a vote when
Senator Cummings offered an amend
ment that the bill take effect on Dec.
81. 1910. but the amendment was voted
down 20 to 10.
Other amendments to give the liquor
dealers a further lease on life met the
same fate; all of them having twenty
votes against them. In the debate
which lasted from IL o'clock until
after 5 O'Clock nearly every Senator
took some part. The principal speech
es in the interests of the liquor deal
ers we're made by Senators Summings
Cox, Mckay, Fort and Banks. Ell
| Gov, Cox took a long time to try &c
explain his inconsistency on the tenn
nerance question. He was greeted
with Kisses from the gallery more
than once.
Among the Senators who spoke FOL
| the bill were Greer, Askew, Cooper
Mansfield, Huffaker, Baskerville anc
Sells. The speech of Senator Greer
was an extended argument for tht
bill. Holiday aroused the Creates
enthusiasm, almost every sentence ut
tered by him being the signal for thu
widest applause from the galleries
and after the vote was announced
and motion to reconsider had beer
llaid upon the table he and senatol
Mansfield were given a tremendous
Ioyation The following is the vote II
detail on the passage of the bill:
FOR The Bill.
| Askew, Madison county; Basker
vile. Sumner county; Blackburn, Gile'
county: Cooper Knox county; Fisher
smith county; Greer, Perry county
IHord, Rutherford county; Holiday
Putnam, county; Huffaker. Knox coun
lty. Lane, Williamson county; McNn
ney. Carroll county; McRee, Obiol
county: Mansfield, McMinn county
Neal Rhea county; Parham, Bloun
county; Sells, washington county
Swab, Claiborne, county; Thomas
Benton county; Ward. Dyer county
Kinney, Haywood county.
Against The Bill.
Banks, Franklin county; Cox, Sulli
van county; Cummins, Hamilton cour
ty: Fort, Montgomery county; Howst
Davidson county; Kelly, Shelby cour
ty. Kimbrough, Upton county: Mo
Kay, Shelby county; Matthews. Day
ieson county; Muse, Bedford county
senter. Gibson county; Sugg. Lincol
county; Turner, Humphreys county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
no ACTION ON
/ ROAD QUESTION
IsouiREs DISCUSS MATTER At
LENGTH, BUT WITHOUT ANY
RESULTS.
NUMEROUS PLANS ARE PROPOSED
county Health OFFICER Given Small
Raise in salary For Coming
Year.

Maury county's special road law
came in for prolonged and apparently
useless discussion at the afternoon
session Of Quarterly Court Monday.
At times there were two or three mag
istrates discussing the question at the
same time, and the only motion re-
sulting from the discussion was tabled.
DR.. VOORHEES, appeared before Court
4 to get two negro boys sent to State
Blind School,
Judge Gordon stated that Legisla-
ture 70 now in session and If Court
thinks additional tax should be levied
under County Road law for roads,
Court should make the levy. SAID
aynenses of county roads under pres
ent law was simply enormous. About
s26. 200 in cash raised and~this Gdded
to the combinations amounted 10
about $4,000, spent for roads, Tine
Judge said he thought the Road law
should be so amended that the court
would have the say in the matter
That the work house was costing
about $1,000 annually and this must
be continued, but that there Is some
room for economy. Said he thought
the special highway tax OF o cents
should be repealed.
SQUIRE Church thought the law
should be SO amended that the Road
Commissioners should be under con
troll of the County Court.
Judge Erwin moved that commit
tee be appointed to confer with the
Senator and Representatives from
Maury with regard to changes needed
In the road law. The speaker said
that enough money should be levied tc
bnild roads. That there was no need
of road commissioners unless they
were given money to work with.
SQUIRE Hayes asked that the Legis
lature be petitioned to amend the law
so as to give the County Court the
right to levy the Special Highway
fund.
A motion to table carried.
G. C. Denton read the report OF th'
Poor House Commissioners, which
showed the average per month for thf
quarter per inmate was $4.32.
A number of men were released
from poll tax and road duty and Others
were given permission to hawk ant
peddle.
Squire Church moved the Worl
House guards be let to lowest bidder
A motion TO table prevailed.
Judge Gordon read a report from
bridge firm stating that Duck rive
bridge is in bad condition.
DR.. ]. L. VOORHEES,, County HEATH
officer, stated that duties OF OHIO
becoming more burdensome and aske'
that salary be raised from $12.b6 Z
1856 month.
On motion of Judge Gordon an al
lowance of $4,000 year for ex offici'
service beginning January LIST, wa
made.
Court adjourned sine die.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
NUISANCE CASE
UP FOR HEARING

The case Of the state vs.. Colvert
Bros, charged with maintaining
nuisance, is pending in the County
Criminal Court. Simon Jackson,
charged with assault and battery, was
fined $500 and costs. Clarence odell,
charged with petit larceny, was found
not guilty. Colvert Bros we're later
found not guilty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-15
aalEnsPrsgyv :. q -
GOVERNOR SspLEA. -
TO LEGISLATURE
PATTERSON WILL SUBMIT LONG
MESSAGE FOR SALOONS THIS
AFTERNOON.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 11.-Gov.
patterson It is said. has prepared a
lengthy message opposing Statewide
nrohibition, which will be submitted to
the Legislature when it meets this az
ternoon. The message, II is alleged
will make strong argument against
the pending bill and urge high license
aud strict regulation instead.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
Ch.rnDionfnS the Worm.

An incident that occurred som,
years ago during a session of I'll,
British parliament furnished an anus
ing illustration of the power Of satire
to bring about results that sober argu
.ment often fails to accomplish.
There had been introduced a bill de
signed to prevent cruelty to wild ami
mails in captivity. 1t was opposed OF
the ground that. if passed. it woult
endanger certain kinds of Legitimate
sport.
When the Earl of Kimberley arose
argument.
There can be no doubt" said he
that the bill would put an end to fish.
ing with worms as bait. 1t is a bill to
prevent cruelty to wild animals in
captivity. The schedule states tina.
the word animal shall be held to IN.
clude reptile. A worm may be held to
be a reptile. A worm impaled on :.
hook must certainly be held to be il
captivity; therefore the angler VIII
uses a live worm for bait would b.
guilty of cruelty to an animal in cap
tivity."
The laugh that followed at the ex
pense of those against the bill robbie
the opposition Of whatever force it ha
and carried the measure to a SUI
cessful issue-Ci3c.nnati Commerciai
Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
WHEN WE PRAY,

As tired children go at candle-light-
h glow in their young eyes
~quenched with the sun,
Almost too languid, now tina play
is done,
To seek their father's knee. and say
Good night
SO, to our greater Father out of sight,
When the brief gamut of the day Is
Defeats endured and petty triumphs
We kneel n listlessly His care invite.
Then with no sense of gain-no tender
thrill,
AS when we leave the presence of a
friend,
No lingering content our souls to
steep
But reckoning our gains and losses
still,
We turn the leaf upon the dull days
end,
And. o~arless, drift out to the sea OF
sleep.
May Riley Smith.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17

phrase no sanction from experience? And though a
mother be "a slave to her children has a father no
parental cares? Are there no households in which a
father has to sink his Individuality" and preferences
and wishes-allow his meals to be fixed, where he shall
live, when and where he shall take his holidays and
even how long he shall remain in harness-"for the
sake of the children" Is a devoted husband" merely
a contradiction in terms? AS to the comparative losses
and gains of entering the marriage state, does the man
standing at the altar surrender nothing and incur no
responsibilities from which he would otherwise be free,
and does the woman acquire nothing but the burden OF
fresh duties and a gold ring OF q somewhat monotonous
pattern?
| apologize for the elementary and homely character
of these heterogeneous. But the fact that they arise
out of a current controversy shows where that contro-
versy is taking us. And so l put the question, as a mat
ter for timely discussion. Who gains most by mar
riage, man or woman? And that question cannot be
answered without answering the deeper question: In
the interest of which sex (apart altogether from the in
stitution of home and the entity of fanily) is 1T most
necessary that the institution of marriage should be
preserved"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
MDW[Ny[l&AR 6


If Yellowstone Park be left out vi
consideration, California ranks as the
first State in the Union in respect to
the number and variety of its springs
Wireless biography has driven the
carrier pigeon out of the French navy,
the government having decided to
cease supplying the birds to war yes.
sells.
Perry Island, in the southern part
of the Bering Sea, which was born OF
the time of the San Francisco earth.
quake in 1906, has sunk beneath the
sea again.
Until recently there has been no
age of fish. 1t has been shown that
mere size does not indicate h age.
Messrs. Reibisch, Heincke and Others
have discovered that many Of the
bones, scales and otoliths of fishes have
annual & rings, resembling those
in tree trunks, and by means of these
Doctor Wallace and others have deter
mined the rate OF growth OF plalce'
showing hat some specimens attain
the age OF 25, or even as much as ~,
years Age can now be correlated
with size and weight, although it APP
pears that the sexes have a different
rate of growth.
The great advantage of the electrical
methods fer the study OF the properties
of matter, says Prof. J. J. Thompson.
is due to the fact hat whenever a par.
ticle is electrified it is very easily iden-
titled, whereas an unchanged molecuie
is elusive. The smallest quantity ut
unelectrified matter eve detected is
probably that of the rare atmospheric
gas, neon. The volume of neon In n 9
twentieth of a cubic centfmeter of air
is half a millionth of a cubic cent?
meter, and this quantity can be de-
tected by the ~spectroscope. But this
amount of neon contains 10000, 000.-
OO0, 900 molecules, and by electrical
methods the presence Of only three or
four charged molecules . be detect
Cd. Rutherford has even shown that
! singh alpha particle which Il :
chStm6safon ~ ha3ipm. y u datnet..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
Needles. Sacrifice Of Life.

The problem of the milk supply for
the babies is one that has to be solved
all the year round. The mortality from
gastro-intestinal diseases is heaviest
during the summer, but the babies
need pure milk quite as much in the
winter. The eventual wrecking of
countless baby lives is inevitable. The
city fathers who make no provision for
the supervision of the sources of the
milk supply are not only virtually
asleep, but reckiessly e~xtravagant. DR..
Goler's estimate is $500 a month for q
city the size of Rochester. Put oppo-
site this amount the economic loss, due
to the appalling waste of baby life. 1t
is estimated that 375,O00 babies under
one year old died in this country last
year. Economists put the financial
value of each of these babies at $50, so
that the total loss. expressed merely in
dollars and cents. amounted to $685.
10000. And yet physicians say that
at least one-half of this waste could
have been prevented by the adequate
supervision of the sources of the milk
supply.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17

flying machines has resulted in tho
production of motors weighing only
about -four and a half pounds per
horsepower, instead of from 10 to
10 pounds, like the engines usually EN-.
ployed for automobiles. 1t appears
that these light, powerful motors are
applicable to motor cars, and a recent
experiment in such application is de-
scribed in the London Times En-
cheering Supplement" A French
aeroplane motor of 80 horsepower.
maximum, was substituted for the 30
horsepower engine of a motor car.
The result is said to have been sur
prising, the transformed car develop
ing an astounding uphill speed" 1t
is said that the expense of making the
lightweight engine is less than for
the heavier type. in spite of the In
creased number of cylinders and the
introduction Of copper water jackets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
ETHEL WHARTON, HEROINE.
Pretty Welsh Nurse Won Medal and
Fame saving Baby's Life.

Pretty Welsh Nurse Won Medal and
Fame Saving Bnby's Life.
Miss Ethel Wharton is the nurse
heroine of Wales, and the first British
woman to receive the Carnegie medal
for heroism, the London News says.
All Great Britain knows of the valo.
Of her deed. but in Wales she is Ell
shrined in the heart of every mother
for she risked her life and became q
cripple to ave a baby.
Nur1a Wharton was staying not
long ago at the Jersey Beach Hotel
at Aberavon when a great fire broke
out. The hotel was full of visitors,
but in the panic of the moment the
rule was every one for himself
and the baby was left behind in an
upper room.
n that ca1dron of smoke and flame
sred Nurse Wharton, her face envel-
oped in a wet cloth, her head close to
the floor. She gained the staircase
and CROPPED her way through the fire,
how she annot tell, but at last she
reached the baby and, wrapping it ii
a blanket threw it down to the ex-
Si'ou oAiooheiS III me street. DGlOW,
who held a sheet to receive 1t.
hat saved the baby, but the plight
of the rescuer upstairs was desperate.
Firemen tried to reach her. but all
their escape ladders were too short,
and every moment brought the flames
nearer and nearer to the nurse, while
the crowds outside trembled with the
horror.
AT last the fremen decided to hold
out the same sheet that had received
the baby-it vas the only one avail
able-and the nurse stepped out to
the window sill and jumped toward it.
Unfortunately, the sheet was not
strong enough to withstand the force
of her leap from such a height. She
fell through it, and struck the pave.
ment with sickening violence. Strong
men wept as they carried her to the
hospital, where she lay for weeks hov.
ering 'twixt life and death, with all
classes making pilgrimages of inquiry
day by day to learn the latest tidings
of her condition.
Skilled surgeons from all around
attended her, and at last, almost by a
miracle, her life was saved. But she
will be a cripple for life, and her
working days are over.