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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
INHERITANCE TAX
ON FIELD ESTATE
FORTY YEARS. PosTPoNEHENT
N COLLECTING IT THE PRo5A-
BiLITY CONFRONTING STATE

CHICAGO. Dec. 21-The POSSIBLE
postp0nement for forty years o. the
payue-t b. The Marsha $50 ---p-e
y the inheritance tax on Ss5 O09 900
of trusreed wealth under q decision Of
J-dee Rirake~ created an unprec-
sented situation This great estate
IS il trust until the grandchildreu Be
come 81 years old. and the court held
thar il vas impossible 10 tell now Eho
The berefcisries Of the trust win De.
for the grandchildren may die before
heir become benefciaries II there
are DO children Of the grand children
then the estate viii have To be distrib-
uted in another manner and il cannot
BE- told today 70 whom any part Of the
millions eventually will Be paid
The court held that. not knowing
the benefciaries. no order for the pay
ment Of the tax could be entered and
meanwhile Illinois will whistle for the
money II the money is paid to the
grandchildren. Marshal Field. third. and
Henry Field. the tax will be l per cent
on all Of their share above $4,000
The question will be raised whether
the state is entitled TO the interest on
the postponed payment. a most impOr-
tant matter. as the sum involved is
so large and the term of interest may
be so long. The estate has paid
something over $4,000 inheritance
tax on known legacies, and this sum
for forty years would multiply sever
al times at even the lowest rate Of
interest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
SCORE ANOTHER
FOR PROHIBITION
BIRMINGHAM HAS THE OulETEsT
CHRISTMAS IN ITS
HISTORY.

I BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. Pct
becomes more and more evident as
the campaign progresses that the race
for Goyernorship is going to marrow
down between Col. H. S. D. Mallory,
Of Selma. and Col. Emmett O'Neal. OF
Florence.
1t looks as If the state political
campaign opened In earnest. The
State Executive Democratic Commit
tee meets on Jan "a, and already the
agitation has been started for an early
primary. The Age-Herald, a leading
factor in opposition to the prohibition
amendment which was voted down on
Nov %, has come out editoriaIly IA
yoring an early primary. Gov. Conner,
however, strongly urges late primary
at some date in August The State
Committee is said to be friendly to
the Conner administration
Birmingham experienced one of the
quietest Christmases in its history. No
violent deaths have been reported, and
the police and Sheriff's office state
that the arrests were below the pre-
vious companies the celebration Of
this season of the year appears to be
missing. There was no Sc
rious fights with the exception OF the
assault upon Lucius D. Lea, well
known young civil engineer, by ne
gro porter in hte Empire Building Fri
lay night Young Lea was badly cut,
and is now in the hospital in a serious
condition
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
INCONSISTENCIES
ARE DISPOSED OF
TRACTION LINES ~ ILLINOIS CITY
UNDER NEW COMPANY, s7o,ooc.-
600 BEING INVOLVED.

CHICAGO. Dec z7--Announeemeni
vas made here today Of the purchase
OF the J. Pierpont Morgan interests in
the City Railway Company and other
traction lines BY Chicago nnanciers
ard the organization Of a new oompa-
n q be known as the Chicago City
and Connecting Railway Co, a deal in
-olrine $4,000 900.
The purchase IL the h-st step in the
-lan q unifcation q all local trans
rtation lines. surface and elevated
The deal vas engineered BY Ira II.
CODE. President Of the Assets Reali-
zatin Co. Other Chicago fnaneiers
who hgure in the transfer are James
g F President Of the First Ma
tionaI Bank. John T. Mitchell. Presi-
dent Of the Illinois Trust & Savings
Bank: Samuel insult, President OF the
Commonwealth Edison Co, and John
a. SpOor. President Of the Union
stock Yards & Transit Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
BREAKF Asst GIVEN
BRYAN In HAVANA
MEETS DISTINGUISHED cU5ANs
AND EXPRESSES GOOD WISHES
FOR ISLANDS FUTURE.

HAVANA, Dec. 27.-William Jen
nings Bryan, en- route to jamaica, ar
rived here this morning. He was
entertained at breakfast by the Amer
lean Minister, Edwin V. Morgan. The
guests included the Vice President of
Cuba, Alfred zayas, Brig. Gen. AS
bert. Governor of Havana Province;
Col. orestes Ferrara, president of the
House of Representatives, and other
Cuban officials, as we'll as prominent
members Of the American colony.
Mr. Bryan made a brief address, ex-
pressive OF the cordial good wishes of
the people of the United States toward
Cuba. Afterward he was presented
by Minister Morgan to President
Mr. Bryan left tonight for
Santiago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
MURDERER, The
VICTIM OF MOB
SLEW MAN EN- ROUTE TO CHRIST.
MAS TREE AND WOUND
Ed WIFE.

| HURLEY, Va, Dec 26.-Followini
the killing here on Christmas Eve O
Samuel Baker and the seriou
wolrding OF his wife and two children
by the formers enemy, Henry Pen
ningtOn. a mob OF 100 citizens late las
night took Pennington from an impro
/ +. ed Jail. where he had been inear
i ceFated. under heavy guard. ana
hanged him to a steampipe.
/ Pennington who. il is alleged, had
been drinking, quarreled with Baker
and shot him while the latter was on
his way to a Sunday school Christmas
tree with mis- wife, two children and a
friend. Wyatt Meadows. Seeing that
he had killed Baker, Pennington start
I'd 10 run away. Mrs Baker called
after Pennington and implored him to
help her take the body home.
The ruse worked, and Pennington
went back to the spot where his victim
lay dead Bent upon aYenging the
deed, Mrs. Baker grabbed Pennington
pistol from his pocket and shot twice
at him Her aim was bad, but she
succeeded in wounding him in the
hand and thigh Pennington recov
cred possession of the pistol and then
shot the woman and ATTEMPTED TO kin
Meadows, who was running away, it is
said and the two children
Pennington then fed, but was sur
rounded by posse on the outskirts of
the town later in the night He vas
CAPTURED after an exchange Of shots
With the officers, who badly wounded
him Being too week to stand the
Journey to the Grundy Jail fifteen
miles distant, over mountainous coun-
try Pennington was locked up in a
boarding house under strong guard. |
Last night band Of about 100 citi- |
zans quietly overpoWered the guard |
ard Pennington was taken to the en-
gine-room Of a lumber mill near by
and hanged to steampipe. The body
vas riddled with bullets and was then
eft hanging until O'Clock this morn
ng, when it was cut down
Bakers funeral was held today, but
lis VIE ~as too badly wounded to
ttend. Baker was a son-in-law of
Aunt Betty" Justice and a brother-in-
aw of George Meadows, two of the
ictims of the famous sextuple muir
er here several months ago, for
hitch Howard Little has been SEN
anced to death in the electric chair on '
an. 6.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
SOCIETY SENDING
OUT SPELL BINDERS
FROM THE EAST NOT WANTED
RY sUFFRAcETTE LEADERS
IN THE WEST.

SPOKANE, Wash. Dec 26-"So-
ciety spell-binders from the East and
Vassar girls are not needed in this
State to assist in the battle for the
ballot" said Mrs. May ArkWright Hut
ton, of Spokane, President of the
Washington Political Equality League,
when advised that Mrs August Bel
mont and Mrs. Clarence Mackay are
TO be asked to send Eastern women to
the Northwest. Il do not approve Of
that plan" she added we shall en-
ploy only Western men and women
to present our side to the electors of
the State of washington. There is
some talk that Mrs. Mackay and Mrs.
Belmont have selected Miss Inez Null
holland, of New York, a graduate of
Vassar, to come to this State as one
Of the chief speakers in the campaign
10 be made in 1910. We may ask for
speakers from Idaho, Utah and Colo
ado and other States, but we do not
believe that Eastern women will aid
,ur cause just now"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
THE YOUTH CRY.

Must we cover to anger's scathins
blow?
Shall we greet our approach as FRIEND
and foe?
Why blood and insults, or injuries old
Why count their sum till the total if
told?
Have we not long enough hatred kept
As envy arose while harmony slept?
Has love indeed forgotten its lore?
VIII it allow Incidence to carry its
wages before?
To stun and torture our youthful
minds
And scar them with yengeance's sad
decline?
How often have we heard your harsh
dispute,
AS we stood gasping, for peace, in
silence mutei
Now alas! its poison, dangerous, vile
and wan,
Has stolen into our peaceful juvenile
clan,
Till we alike must guard more close
than ever
It's sordid vows and tricks so clever.
What though from heavens limped
view,
Those eyes might see their vissage
through
discern the thoughts that in our mind
doth dwell
)urs, to whose please he often said,
well"
Would he augment, or would ne erase
hat tickle which caused our memory's
cruel deface?
h. twas for our peace, and that
alone, p.
lis blood was split on Nashville's !
cobbled stones.
nd oh, that we might today, Il
'ipe the entrighe malice away,
hat peace instead in our hearts might
lave.
5 his body slumbers in the watery
grave.
Ira e. Wall.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
MILLIONS GIVEN
TO SWEET CHARITY
FAR IN EXCESS OF PREVIOUS
YEAR, WITH LATE JOHN 8. KEN.
NEEDY HEADING THE LIST.

NEW YORK, Dec 27-The total
benefactions in the United States dur.
ing the past twelve months was SAL.
100000 s4O,OOO0OO greater than any
previous year, according to a New
York newspaper.
The principal benefactors in 1909
have been the late John s. Kennedy,
of New York, $2655O,OOO; John d.
Rockefeller, $12,S25,OOO, and Andrew
Carnegie, s6,05O,551.
A third was given specifically for
educational work.
The total benefactions in the United
States in the last seventeen years add
up to S1,1OO,150.OOO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
LIGHTHOUSE HIT
BY SCHOONER AND
DESTROYED BY:FIRE
THIMELE sHoEL BEACON ~ cHEs
AFEAKE cay 4 COMPLETE
WRECK.
TWO KEEPERS GET AFAY SiFEL
Appalling Loss Of Life On tire Shore
Of heW Engisnd-FiVe Asste5
Senocrer Is Reported Probably
Lost-Teissraph Wires Down.

NEWPORT NEWS. Dec. n. Hav
Ing been rammed and almost cut IN
two b. the four-masted schooner Nal
colin Baxter. u. the ThimbIe Shoal
Lighthouse, located abo four miles
alnost due east OF Old Point Comfort
and near the tail CF the Horseshoe In
Lower Chesapeake -, caught fire
and was totally destroyed at $3.50
O'Clock this morning. Keeper Hud-
gins and his assistants. J. 3. Thomas
and T. l. Fsulcher. put OF in life
boat and we're subsequently, picked up
by a rescue crew from the United
States cruiser Birmingham, now an
chored in Hampton Roads The men
were taken TO the cruiser and landed
al Old Point Comfort late this even
Ing. The schooner was inward bound
for Hampton Roads in ballast and
was proceeding under sail
The strong westerly wind and swift
tide threw her OF her course and with
out warning she crashed into the
frame lighthouse. The house crum-
bled before the vessel like box and
in the smash-up the stove in the light
house was overturned. The hot Goals
set the building on fire and all efforts
Of the occupants to extingulsh it were
futile Seeing that the flames must
destroy the building. the lighthouse
men lowered a boat and set out for
shore.
After the collision the Malcolm Bax-
ter veered of and anchored, but was
later towed to Norfolk for repairs.
The vessel was damaged about the
bow. Immediately after the flames
broke through the roof of the building
a launch from the Birmingham
steamed for the lighthouse at full
speed and picked up the men from
the lighthouse.
A request has been made to the Light
house Board that lightshiD be placed
near the wreck until new lighthouse
can be built
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
SHERIFF CHAINS
UP PULLMAN CAR
FASTENED TO THE TRACK AT CO.
LUMeUs, o., IN AN EFFORT
TO COLLECT A BILL.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 27.-Since
Nov. 20 the Pullman palace car Eufau-
la has been chained to the track at
Newark o.. under Sheriff's attach
ment Today the Pullman Company
nled suit for $4,000 damages against
the three men instrumental In having
claiming job done. They are Melville
Gillette, who got out the sheriff's at
tachment. because he claimed he could
not get payment for s12O worth of
clothing alleged TO have been stolen
or lost from a Pullman car; Sheriff
Linke, who served the attachment,
and Frederick W. Black, an attorney.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
A THRILLING RESCUE.

How Bert R. Lean, Of Cheny, Wash,
was saved from a frightfuI death Is a
story to thrill the world "A hard
cold, he writes, sbr aght on a des-
perate lung trouble that bafed al
expert doctor here Then ! paid SIC
to SIS a visit to a lung specialist in
Spokane. who did not help me Then
] went TO California, but without bene-
fit At last I used Dr. Kings New
Discovery. which completely cured me
and now ! am as well as ever" For
Lung Trouble. Bronchitis. Coughs and
Colds. Asthma, Group and Whooping
Cough it's supreme SOC and s100
Trial bottle free Guaranteed by GEO.
8. ALCORN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
SUICIDE OF
RATTLESNAKES
NAY SCORPION on VERoNoUs
ANIMAL CAN NOT STING IT.
EsLF TO DEATH.
The Cosmos

TIE Eenoms Of serpents. fishes
SCI zpicns. eentipedes. spiders. bees
etc. a. Fen as the blood OF the eel
0ve their virulenee 70 the presence
/ q toxins. similar 70 those which are
seFered by bacteria In both cases
rhe toxins are specific products Of
TIE activity u living cells They are
very poisonous. non-cry slallized col
lcids. u unknown chemical consu-
tuition The venom toxins are very
sensitive to the action OF heat and
light are easily destroyed BY diges-
tire ferments and consequently are
inn0cuOus when swallowed. There
is great variety Of these toxins
Snake poison alone contains half a
dozen distinct toxins. each OF which
exerts L specific action on the nervous
system the red or the white blood
.corpuscles, etc.
Il is possible 70 produce in suy
animal an artificial condition OF i'm
munity TO the effects of any animal
venom. This is accomplished by the
repeated injection of the venom in
doses, each OF which is too small to
cause death After large or smaller
number Of injections the animal ac-
quires the power to resist the action
OF many times the quantity Of venom
that would suffice to cause death if
il were injected into the veins Of a
nonimmunized animal The blood of
the immunized animal now contains
a new substance, an antitoxin which
has the property Of neutralizing the
toxin Of the venom, and this blood
for rather its watery part. or serum
may be employed TO combat the toxic
action OF the venom ma nonimmun-
lied animal.
The ichneumon, The hedgehog and .
some other animals which deyour
genomous serpents exhibit an ex
resistance to the effect
If their bites. This natural immunity
8 explained BY the presence of anti
oxins in the blood of these animals
5erpents are also little affected By
heir own venom In general it is
almost impossible TO kill a venomous
,nimal BY inoculating it with the
.enom Of its own species, Of which
t can Ipport very large doses with
mpunity. IA
These facts demonstrate the alb 7,
urditv- OF the stories Of rattlesnakes
nd scorpions committing suicide by ;
means Of their own venom. It is as /
erted that a scorpion or a rattlesnake !
Imprisoned in a circle Of red hot Goals
I'm sting or bite itself to death This :
phyri i impossibility
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
WOMEN WHO ARE ENvlEp.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be like
them. A weak, sickly woman will be
nervous and irritable. Constipation
or Kidney poisons show in pimples.
blotehes. skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion. For all such, Electric
Bitters work wonders. They regulate
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify
the blood; give strong nerves, bright
eyes, pure breath, smooth, velvety
skin, lovely complexion. Many charm
ing women owe their health and beau.
ty to them. SOC at GEO, s. ALI
CORN'a.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
BY-GONE DAYS.

By-gone days, so sweet and dear,
Their ancient bells have runl
To sepulcher the oh dead year
The year whose songs are 'ng
With tear and requiem. needl 3,
Their car vans sadly tread
And in the dismal darkness
/ OF silence leave the dead.
o. within those Christ-like souls
Are joys and hopes and dreams
And shrines where lover holds,
All trimmed. the sacred fame;
And souls our hearts have guided
With cheeks our lips have kissed
Promise, too. with tear confded
Of home and future bliss.
To some they gave ambition,
To all they gave their light;
Some souls were saddened with dam
nation
For weakness in the fight
For every seeming sadness
Something brighter to behold
But those who lived in blindness
Are robbed of glory YET untold.
But whether weak or brave.
Or lost from Him on high,
All, now, are in the grave
To await the final cry;
While from that breathless struggle
OF dead unheeding things
Rises hope that lives eternal
Which bids US rise and sing.
30, sadly, lonely, solemnly, We tread
Ger the bodies of the dead
rom the influence of those lives
Let us live forever wise;
md let US turn the tear-stained anna"
or dead past yesterdays.
md on the verge of New Years pahe''
Cherish-Love and Hope always
EARL H, WEST
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
Devastation on New England Coast


NEW YORK, Dec 27-with tht
news Of the probable loss Of the biz
fve-masted schooner Davis Palmer
with her crew Of twelve men, OF Bos
ton Harbor, and Of the wrecklng Of
nine other vessels along the Massa
chusetts coast, the opening chapter OF
the toll taken on the sea b. the great
storm which swept New England Sat
urday night and Sunday was barred to
the world today.
Care Cod Is still cut off, and with
the restoration OF communication
there, it is feared that a tale Of ma
Tine disasters and storm damage IN
equalled in years will be related.
Wreckage borne into Boston Harbor
today is believed to be that Of the
Davis Palmer A signal box among
the wreckage contained burgee with
the Palmer's name, as also did quar-
ter board found nearby. The wreck
= itself has not been located.
The three-masted schooner Nantas-
ket was hurled ashore at Scituate.
Volunteer life savers, with the breech-
es buoy, rescued her crew of ten men.
The schooner Belle Halliday is
ashore at Brant Point, Nantucket, ex-
posed the fury Of the sea. The fate
of her crew is unknown but 1t is be
lieved that they have been rescued
On the rocky shores of Martha's
Vineyard, two waterlogged schooners
are being swept by every sea The
crews of both have been taken of.
At Provincetown the sloop Sonito is
aground and on the fats Of Plymouth !
harbor are four small schooners sim
ilarly distressed.
The work Of filling the gaps in tele
graph wire system and in railroad and
trolley lines which had been opened
by the blizzard is proceeding.
Southeastern Massachusetts,. Cape
Gods Peninsular particularly, and
Rhode Island suffered most from the
storm and are still in the most demon
allied condition as far as wire and
telephone service go. Many places In
Massachusetts have not
witnessed the arrival OF a railroad {
train for two days. New Bedford and
Fall River have been cut off from tele- s
graphic communication from the out {
side world since Sunday morning b
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
WIFE KILLED AFTEK
HUSBANDS BURIAL

CARTHAGE, Mo, Dec. % MT"
Chas. Ship, widow Of the Chief Of tl'
fire department here, was Killed T"
falling through a trap door on the Sec
ond floor OF an enginehous- toda"
Ships funeral occurred yesteFda''
and Mrs. shipp had gone to the ov
partment headaartars TO collect n7'
husbands belongings.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
COULD NOT BE BETTER.

No one has ever made salve, oint-
ment, lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers,
Eczema, Salt Rheum For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands it's su-
preme Infallible for Piles. Only Csc
at GEO. s. AICORN'S.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-31
TRoURLE Makers ousTEp.

When a sufferer from stomach trou-
BILE takes DIR. Kings New Life Pills
he's mighty glad to see his Dyspepsia
and Indigestion fly, but more-he's
tickled over his new, lne appetite.
strong nerves, healthy vigor, all be-
cause stomach. liver and kidneys now
work right. Csc at GEO 8. AL
CORN'S.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-09
AMERlCANitiS--CAN 1T BE CURED?

Hurry is the devil" says all Arabian
proverb. Although we understand that
the Oriental has a constitutional prejud-
ice against haste, it might be we'll for us
to consider the above proverb seriously
applied to ourselves as a nation. The
morning paper gives us a daily list of
deaths by suicide, apoplexy and insanity
-tncn in The prime of life rushing into
eternity, desperate because they are left
behind in the race, or driven mad by the
rush Of the business world.
What is the matter! Is it the chang.
ing climate that stimulates the nervous
S stem to abnormal activity Is it the
struggle for money? Is it the desire to
emulate others, or is 1t habit?
A distinguished foreigner in writing
his impressions of us says that we are
not accomplishing anything more than
If we were quiet; that we are doing it
merely 10 give the impression of activity.
We take ourselves too seriously. The
woman Who hutters about, creating con
fusion, is not the one who is doing
the most work in the world.
Hurry means physical tension some
where, and exhaustion afterward.
Hurry suggests bad planning or careless
execution. Hurry means loss of dignity
aid power. Hurry means fear, and fear
is the greatest enemy to success.
Can we stop hurrying' Some answer
that We must keep up with the process
sion or drop out entirely. Let US see if
we can not conserve our strength, at
least IN snail ways. Let us take thought
aud begin to reform. As tension express
SEES Itself in bodily movements, we must
first learn muscular control. Relaxation
means letting so, and while we are learn.
ing to let go we are getting ourselves
trained to take hold again when the time
comes, for relaxation teaches far
than rest.
In vain, people try to attain n calm
manner with a tense body. When we
have relaxed the muscles at will we may
easily become quiet i'll manner and peace
full in spirit. The bodily condition is the
basis of real rest.
We will not hurry when we know the
danger to the nervous system; when we
realize fully that We gain power by work
ing quietly; when we believe that we are
living in Eternity now.-Theodore
Dresser in THE DEL INEAToR for Septem-
Der.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-09
ONE GOOD LAW IN FORCE.

On the 18th Of this month one HUI
dred and fifty coal oil Inspectors lost
jobs and Rush c. Lake, as state coal
oil inspector, with several assistants,
is now doing what they were suppos-
ed to do. The new coal oil inspect
ion law is one of the few good meas
ures Governor Hadley was able to in
duce the Democratic Senate to agree
to, and the only reason it agreed to
that measure was that it would de.
prive the governor Of the privilege of
appointing me hundred and fifty Re-
publicans to Office. The result will
be that the state will receive about
500, 900 a year in fees where it has
been receiving but $4,000 to 1000;
and yet the Democratic newspapers
charge that Governor Hadley is a
partisan politician who is trying to
build up a political machine.-State
Press Burcua.