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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
entertaining,

Let that fellow Jim Jeffries' garru-
lousness or loquacity take the place
of his fists and he has Jack Johnson
alphabetically defeated; but, vice YER
So let him step into the ring, in flesh
and blood, and Johnson has him-al-
low us to use this expressive street
rhrase-"skinned a mile" Jeffries
may strut, brag and blow, but, mind
YOU, he will never enter the ring with
the new champion as his antagonist
He will forever and for aye side-step
such an issue. Take what Jeffries has
TO saw with pinch of salt-even then
it is indigestible.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

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will be gladly corrected upon being brought
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Thursday is press day.
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despair. In all probability had Attor-
General Caldwell been a victim of
the assassin's bullet, instead of easing
UP the situation, it would have been
complicated and intensified The At
torney-Ceneral was doing his duty
in prosecuting the nightriders, yet it
was decreed that he should die because
of that very fact. The friends of the
indicted men are overlapping them
selves by such course.
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NEGROES OF GEORGIA.

The Negro citizens of Georgia have
prepared a memorial to present to
Congress, asking that bill whose pur-
pose is to gerrymander them from the
jurisdiction of Judge Emory Speer's
judiciary district The memorial
reads in part as follows:
The undersigned representatives of
the colored masses in this country do
earnestly offer this our petition and
protest that you will not pass the bill
to create a new judicial district in
south and southeast Georgia so as to
withdraw the largest colored popula-
tion in the state from the protection
of the court of which the Honorable
Emory Speer is Judge.
Like the true Southern gentleman,
he has been from his youth upward
just and kind to the colored people.
When he was a young man as District
Attorney in the Northern District of
Georgia he prosecuted and convicted
the night riders who disguised them
selves as Ku KluX and cruelty beat
many of our people in their lonely
homes because they had voted, and
the Supreme Court of the United
States sustained the convictions
After his appointment as Judge by
President Arthur in 1885, his 20 years
of humanity to the people have been
marked by no differences between the
black and white. He has had no juries
in his courts except men who give to
all men their legal rights without re-
gard to color He has decided that
the laws against peonage are consti-
tional, and he has done all in his DOW
er as Judge to protect our people from
these crimes. Many men of promi-
nence in his district have been con-
victed, severity punished, and paroled
during their good behavior If this
crime is persisted in, it will result in
the hopeless degradation of the col
ored men. Our race needs judges on
the bench like Judge Speer, who will
allow us only our just rights.
This move on the Negro people of
Georgia is both sensible and timely.
1t also evinces the fact that they are
keenly alive to the purport of the bill
and what it will mean to them if passed.
They know that whole scheme is to
deprive them of the benefits to be de-
rived from a court presided over by a
just and conscientious judge. The
memorial deals with the situation in a
straightforward and intelligent way,
and expresses a splendid tribute to a
worthy man.
There are many more white people
in the South, besides Judge Speer.
who have not bowed their knees to the
Baal of rampant and unreasonable
prejudice, such as include all manner
of crime and i'll treatment toward the
Negro. He is not seeking any SUI
premacy of the whites, and the pigmv
politician that cries Negro DONNA,
ton" or INDUCES in any such der1a.
gogy to reach the goal Of his ambition
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The attempt to assassinate Attor-
ney-General Caldwell on the night of
January was inspired by the desper-
alton OF the nightriders' cause. It in
itself aside from the damaging evil
dence piled up against them, shows
that they have been driven to the last
ditch Their efforts to establish alibis
nave proven abortive, and nothing re-
mains now but the hopelessness Of
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tray in their Sunday-school lessons
the Ethiopian in a dark skin. This
book has for it's editor, Rev. R.
n. Boyd, d. d., LII. D., and as asso-
clate editor Rev. w. S. Ellington,
B. A., D. D. They seem to have won
derfully outstripped the times and
have evidently commended them
selves to the Sunday-school.
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The remaining days of the "Strenu-
ous One"-less than siXty-are reellng
themselves off the distaff of Time, one
bv one with great rapidity. The in
cumbent of the White House, with
bag and baggage, will soon step down
and out. March the 4th, 1909, marks
the day What then? Africa and the
lions!
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VIII Possibly Remain in the South
Western Part of the State
II the Winter.

"San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 2, 1909
Battle arrived this morning safe.
Feeling fine-O. j. Carter" This is
the telegram which was sent from the
metropolis of Texas, better known as
the Alamo City, on the day after
New Years, announcing the arrival
of the Editor of the Nashville Globe
in the person of Mr.. ]. o. Battle, who
left for that point December 81, 'OS.
Mr. Battle was forced from the city
on account of too much work. He
must needs be away from the strenu-
Gus work for change. 1t was cal
culated that the delightfully."- mild eli
mate of the counties of Bexar, Boerne,
and Kindall, in which are situated
three of Texas important health re-
sorts, would contribute a great deal
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not paid for the paper in two years.
On being informed of the state of af-
fairs, Mrs Printup remarked, 81 could
have said that l did not get the Globe
regularly, but it has been received
every week, and l will settle the bill
now. / like the paper and expect to
be a paying subscriber as long as l
live"
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Added to the horror of all the ruin
and chaos in the stricken earthquake
district of Italy is another horror
more horrible still, and that is the
wor1, of the human vampires in rob-
bling the dead, dying and helpless
Such soulless devils, human vultures'
should be shot without mercy or par
ley.
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Senator TiIlman of South Carolina
sometimes dubbed "Pitchfork Till
man." smells rat, it is said, in COM
pulsory education for Negro children
and Mr.. Taft's solicitude with regard
TO the South. Well, Tillman will be
Tillman, that's all there is to it. Be
hind every bush, real and imaginary,
he sees the towering ghost of the ris-
ing. advancing and progressive Negro.
State-widers should credit their vic
tory and ability to organize the Cen
eral Assembly to the assistance of Re
publicans.
The coils of the law are tightening
around the nightrider suspects on
trial at Union City.
Remember those New Year resolu-
tions!
MRS. PRNTUP AND THE GLOBE.
Mrs. Anna Printup, of 5O7 Quarry
street, called at the Globe Office last
week. to make inquiries about her sub
scription. The clerk looked over the
books and found that the lady had
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Remember those New Year resolu
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No Notice taken of anonymous contrlbu-
tons.
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
RESULTS OF TAG DAY.
FOR SUNSHINE"
Gold Rings Earned by Girl and Boy
Saturday.

The tag day" of the l. S. S. Octo-
ber 16, was a grand success. The
children flew about like autumn
leaves in the wind and sold the tags,
two or three apiece to all sorts and
conditions of men and women. AL
most everybody wore at least one be-
fore night and almost all wore smile
also.
We think the little red badges were
magical and lighted with sunshine the
faces of the wearers. Kindliness was
in the air and good will in every
heart Ninety-five dollars were col
lected for investment in the sunshine
factory of the l. S. S. Airline Ashley
collected thirteen dollars and eighty
cents and received the gold ring
promised. Merle Roullard had col
lected about seven dollars and he was
given a ring also as the ladies decided
he had earned it.
Wednesday, October 90, a dinner
and supper were served in G.. A. r.
hall by the ladies, the proceeds to go
to the society. After supper the chill
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
THE MAINE ASSOCIATION
OF TEACHERS
Program for Meeting In Lewiston
October % and 30.

The executive committee of the
Maine Teachers association has ar
ranged one of the strongest programs
ever presented by that association.
The meeting will be held in Lewis
ton Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
October 20, 20 and 80. Prominent
among the speakers is Dr. Frank
Dewitt Talmage, who will deliver the
address on Thursday evening.
There will also be addresses by
Supt o. ]. Kern of Winnebago coun-
ty, Illinois, DR.. Frank e. Spaulding,
superintendent of schools at Newton,
Mass, Ossian Lang, the we'll known
New York educator, Principal e.
Graeme Graves of the North Adams
State Normal school, A feature of
the kindergarten department will also
be the folk dances" by pupils Of the
Lewiston Training school.
Other speakers will be Helen e.
Cleaves, assistant director OF manual
training In the Boston schools, Fred
erick Whitney, art director of the
Salem Normal school, Supervisor
Lucy c. Bedlow of New Bedford,
Mass, and Prof. Myron T. Scudder Of
Rutgers college, a we'll known author
and lecturer.
Some of the State speakers assign
ed to the program are State Superin-
tendent Smith, Supt. D. w. LaRue of
Augusta, Supt. C. M. PenneN of Bid
deford, Supt. H. j. Chase Of Rumford,
Miss Lillian /. Lincoln of the Farm
ington Normal school, Principal Ade-
laide " Finch of Lewiston, Supt. Will
liam l.. Powers of Fort Fairfield, end
Supervisor Ralph E. Rowe of Port
land.
Several exhibits will be made at the
convention. There will be a special
exhibit of work of representative
country schools of the State. The
State Board of Health will display its
exhibit representing methods of fight
ing tuberculosis An exceptionally in
teresting exhibit will be that of show
ing model school playground adapt
ed to country or village schools.
The Association of Preparatory
Schools and Colleges promises an un-
usually good program opening Fri
day morning, October 30.
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
Y. NJ. c. A. Notes.

The Y. NJ. c. A night school is
growing fast. Last years enrolment
was about twenty but it bids fair to
be double that number this year. Mon
day night twenty young men had
recitations and last evening nearly
thirty were present. Glasses in read
ing. spelling. history and arithmetic
have been started and as soon as
teachers can be obtained, book-keep-
ing. grammar and geography will be
undertaken. 1t is rather hard to OBJ
tain teachers as the young men have
to spend so much time on their High
school studies, but they have respond
ed well thus far, and there is not
likely to be much trouble in that re-
spect. At present there are seven
acting in this capacity.
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
FURTHER REPORT OF
THE j. '. j.
Officers Elected for the
Ensuing Year
Resolutions ADOPTED by the Maine
Department

At the State encampment Of the
Department of Maine L. V. L Octo-
Der II and IA in this place. the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year
were elected; Jefferson Savage. de
partment commander; W. s. Oakman.
Of Togus, first deputy commander; L.
Z Howard of Foxcroft. second deputy
commander; Hannibal H. Cross of
Togus. surgeon general; J. E. True of
Auburn, department chaplain; \. L.
Meands of Auburn, adjutant general.
1t was voted to meet in Augusta next
year. The rest of the meeting was
devoted to general business and the
good of the order. The following
resolutions were adopted
Resolved. That We deplore the seem
ing tendency among the rising gener-
alton TO obiterate the distinction be-
tween right aid wrong. between
treason .AI loyalty as exhibited in
our civil war That while We can
fraterniZe with the southern private
soldier We can not condone the ac-
ton of officers educated by the United
States who violated their oaths and
fought against a government of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie. and We deprecate the erection on
|. S. property of statues and mem
orials 10 their memory.
Resolved. That we endorse all the
efforts of the National Tribune news
paper in behalf of the old soldiers
and recommend to all comrades 10
become subscribers to said paper
Resolved, That our thanks are due
to Abraham Lincoln Commandery No.
10, L. V. [. for the reception and
pleasant time accorded US during our
encampment at its headquarters, and
We also thank the Maine Central R. r.
for its usual courtesies
Charles Folsom Jones
George w. White
Osgood p. Martin Committee.
Z. T. Monroe
Charles F. Burr
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21

Court STREET Repairs Well Underway,

Work is well underway on the re-
pairs which the town voted to have
done on Railroad Square and Court
street. The sidewalk on the west
side of the street has been narrowed
TO four feet. the difference between
this and the former width OF the
walk being added TO the new side
walk which is being built on the east
side. II is to be regretted that both
walks could not be of the usual width
but because of the narrowness of
Court street this is impossible. As 1t
stands now, the street will be but 27
feet wide. 1t will probably take Com
missioner Webb and his crew month
longer to complete the repairs, but
when they are completed Court street
will be one of the finest thorough
fares In town.
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
"SKOWHEGAN CITY"
PRESENTLY
Committee Appointed to
Consider the Matter
Five of Names Cities are Smaller
Than the Town of Skowhegan.

Under the caption. "Skowhegan
City" the Daily Eastern Argus, Port
land, has the following interesting
paragraphs concerning our town:
1t looks now as II the time were
nearly passed for Skowhegan to be
called town. If all reports are true,
Skowhegan will soon assume the
name of city. The matter has long
been talked about and the question
has even been raised as to who would
run for mayor. 1t looks now as If at
the next town meeting vote would
be passed asking for a city charter.
A committee has been appointed
which consists of E. N. Merrill, Lewis
Anderson. j. w. Packard, L. L. Wal
ton, F. w. Bucknam, C. F. Ward and
E. E. McNeelie. This question meets
the approval of large number of
farmers and it is believed by a large
number of citizens in the village that
it will command greater prestige for
the place. Skowhegan is known to-
day to the Pacific coast and it is
known to the industrial world, but
the fact that it is a town lessons it's
dignity. Skowhegan is the second
largest town in the State being next
to Brunswick in population, and has
wonderful facilities for manufactur-
ing enterprises. 1t is steadily grow
ing in population and the mill hands
are coming here to make their homes.
They are building houses and buying
real estate and the banks show an in
crease each year of deposits from
these people.
Skowhegan is doing much building
and each month shows an increase in
the business enterprises. The new
Opera house Is an ornament to the
town that cannot be found in many
of the cities in the State. A new pulp
mill has been started in the last few
months by j. Savage. The largest
saw mill in this part of the county
has recently been started by Steward
brothers. Within the last year there
have been completed or are now near
ing completion, fve new brick blocks
on the main street. By recent sur
vey 1t was found that the water pow
er in Skowhegan can be developed to
about $4,000 horsepower. This facili-
ty surpasses any city or town in the
State of Maine and IL developed will
place Skowhegan the third or fourth
largest city in the State within the
next few years.
At the present time there are 20
incorporated cities in the State and
five of them are smaller than Show
hegan.
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21

Notwithstanding these many and var
ious duties, MIR. Merrill finds time to
devote to the up-building of the moral
influences of his town. He is clerk of
the Solon Congregational church,
and for several years has had the su-
pervision of the boys club composed
of about 80 boys. AS Mr. Merrill is
still a young man he has before him
many years of usefulness.
Aug. 12, 1884, Mr.. Merrill married
Alice E. Wilson, also of Solon, and
has a family of two children, son
and daughter.
Mr.. Merrill has brought to the work
of Oddfellowship the same zeal that
has characterized his labors in other
fields He was made a member of
initiated in Table Rock lodge, No. 100,
at North Anson, remaining in that
body until the institution of Solon
lodge. No. 1913, which lodge was made
at Solon, Oct. 5, 1892, and of which he
was the first vice grand. He is a
member of Parmenas encampment,
No 49, and of Canton Somerset, No.
26, both of Skowhegan of which lat
ter body he has been captain. He is
also a member of Northern Light Re
bekah lodge No. 76 of Solon.
Mr.. Merrill joined the grand lodge
of Maine, Oct Is, 1895, where his abil-
tiles soon commanded attention. For
seven years he was district deputy
grand master of his district. In 1898
he was appointed grand conductor of
the grand lodge. In 1902 he was
elected grand warden deputy grand
master in 1904, and representative in
1905, and reelected in 1907. He be-
came a member of the grand encamp-
ment of Maine in 1906, and at the
same session, which was a rare oc-
currence, was elected grand junior
warden. advancing from year to year,
until at the coming session, where he
will be elected grand patriarch
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21

10 pull the other way. The night
decided for Christ. all hell pulled at
me but Jesus helped me and He will
help you. IL you mean IT. IL you de-
cided here tonight you might have TO
leave many friends. Oh Lord. pull
here tonight II any are half decided.
PLATE went through an idle perform
ance. He washed his hands. Mca 60
through many idle performances. I'll
tell you what they did for me. They
christened me. and when was four
teen. | talked with the bishop and he
said | was all right and confirmed me
and was a confirmed scamp. Sprink-
ling. confirmation. immersion are all
Idle performances unless we settle
the matter as to what we will do with
Jesus. The church makes much of its
communion and rightly but II is only
bakers bread and grape Juice they
offer you IL you are not right with
God.
Another thing about Plate was that
he despised the whispers of his wife.
do not know what kind of a woman
Mrs. Plate was but she gave him a
tip. Bless God for consecrated wo-
men. Harry Taylor, sharper, poker,
player, sinner lay reading one night
in his room while John Hatch prayed
in mission. My wife came into my
room and dropped on her knees be-
side me. Next night l went to the
mission. l listened to the whispers of
my wife. PLATE let somebody else
decide for him. He didn't ask Peter
or Mary or John. He let Christ's
enemies tell him what to do. Friends,
listen. II you ask some scoffer what
he would have thought if you had ris-
EN- tonight, he will say, you would
have made fool of yourself but your
godly old grandmother would not
have answered So Oh, the pity of
listening to bad men. Can we afford
to let goddess men decide for us?
need heaven, Christ, the power of
God. | want to meet my mother and
live with Christ eternally but | can't
if let evil companions decide.
Albany Smith sang, You Must Do
Something with Jesus" and there
were responses to Mr.. Taylor's earn
est invitation. Quietly the work
goes on and Christians are glad.
The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
SERIOUS ACCIDENT JUST
AVERTED
Three Men Nearly Buried Alive on
Friday.

a bad accident was narrowly avert
ed just before the 1880 train left for
the west Friday noon. AS has been
stated in this paper the Maine Cen
trail railroad is constructing a sewer
from the boiler house and freight
yard to the catch basin on Water
street, near the old telegraph office.
The crew were at work on the ex-
cayation when without warning the
side of the ditch nearest TO Court
street cayed in. Three men were
caught. These were Edward King.
Fred Gallant and Albert Murray. all
of this town. Murray was able to ex-
tricate himself without aid. the other
two were buried in the loose loan TO
their neeks. It was rather a perilous
position, but Daniel Jones, boss of the
section here, who was in charge of
the work, is a cool headed man and
the work of rescue was commenced at
once. After 20 minutes of toll by
willing hands the two men were
pulled out, little the worse for their
adventure. King was injured about
the arm and nose, the latter being
due to a shovel blow in the hands of
one of the workmen in his efforts to
liberate him. Gallant had bad
bruise on his side and was injured
about the stomach. Both men went
home for the remainder of the day.
The cave in was doubtless caused by
the rain wearing away at the bottom
of the drift. This undermined the
plank supports and with nothing to
hold it back the loose loan Of course
fell forward The scene OF the acci-
dent was at point just about oppo-
site the mems waiting room That
the men employed in the ditch were
not injured more than they we're is a
matter for congratulauon. 1t was
certainly a close call from suffoca-
ton.