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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-05
NEGROES URGED
TO SUPPRESS CRIME
BY BISHOP PARKS
LEADER OF HIS RACE SPEAKS
ELOOUENTLY FOR LAW
AND ORDER.
CONFERENCE CLOSES MONDAY
Rev. J. C. Caldwell Calls Attention
To Necessity For Proper Training
of the Youth-.Appea For Better
Sanitation.

LET us join the better class of
white people in putting down crime
and criminals in this country, or the
future of our country is dark were
the words of Bishop H. Blanton Parks,
to the Tennessee Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal church
at the opening of the fourth days SEES
sion this morning in st. Paul A. M.
e. church.
CAS- ministers of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the highest calling to man, we
stand for law and order" continued
the Bishop "and we stand ready to
do all in power to reach the GRIM
inal element of our race. Every man
who violates the law should be pun
ished without any reference to the
color of his skin or the texture of his
hair Life and property have been too
cheap in this country and it continues
to grow worse. l have no favors to
ask for any man because he is ne
gro. Justice to all mankind is all l
ask.
I'VE are reaching the closing part
of our conference, and l want to urge
each of you this morning to turn your
attention to the right. l want you TO
make friends. want you to study
and that hard, because we are having
demands for educated ministers"
Rev. T. d. l.. Leadbetter, conducted
the song and prayer service at the
opening this morning, He led the
conference in singing Il Love Thy
Kingdom Lord and made the OPEN
ing prayer.
The Rev. DR.. j. A. Jones, President
OF Turner Normal College, Shelbyville,
Tenn, delivered an address In which
he appealed to the ministers to take
active part in the education work of
the conference. Our boys and girls
are looking up to us today for inspira-
ton and help. We must train them
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-05
DR., BIDDLE Is AGAIN
CHOSEN MAYOR BY
A LARGE MAJORITY
ADMINISTRATION TICKET MAKES ALMOST
CLEAN SWEEP, ONLY ONE CANDIDATE
BEING DEFEATED.
A. MALLIsTER WHO DEFEATED YoEsT, ONLY SALVAGE SAVED
FROM WRECK OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTY-REsuLT
CAUSES LITTLE SURPRISE AND is GRACEFULLY
ACCEPTED LOSERS

gether probable that he would have
been elected mad he not received a
negro vote. Estimates of the total
negro vote vary from 125 to $50. or
this number there were those who did
/ not properly mark their ballots and
doubtless a few voted for Guest, so
that it is altogether probable that Bid
die received a majority of the white
votes cast. But the negro vote was
necessary for the success of one or
two of the Aldermanic candidates.
However, it was not so much the ac-
| tual negro vote that counted against
the law enforcement people as it was
the presence of that solid mass which
paralyzed their efforts and discour-
aged them.
Joe M. Dedman led the ticket for
Aldermen He was only twenty-five
votes behind DR.. Biddle. A large num-
Der of the supporters of the Guest
ticket voted for him. This is the
second time in the past two years that
Mr.. Dedman has demonstrated his abil-
Iity as a sprinter in political match.
! Although defeated c. D. Park, of the
Third Ward, led the Guest ticket. lie
received one vote more than Meal
lister, but the latter defeated E. Yoest
/ by majority of twenty-one votes.
Geo. w. Hayes received the smallest
vote that was cast to the very great
surprise OF every one.
The forecast in yesterdays Herald,
which went to press three hours be-
fore the polls closed proved to be an
accurate one. The election of Biddle
and a divided Board was predicted
and the above figures show how cor
rect this estimate was. The almost
certain defeat of Yoest was forecasted.
Just score another for The Herald as
an up-to-date newspaper.
When the polls closed yesterday ev-
ening at 6 o'clock there were very
few Guest supporters to be found who
really believed that success had
crowned their efforts, although many
professed to believe that at least three
of the Aldermanic ticket would win.
After the last vote was cast recess
of forty minutes to enable the hungry
clerks and officers to eat supper was
taken. The counting of the ballots
commenced at GAS o'clock From the
very first Biddle was a safe leader
i and not until the count had progress
! ed for some time did it appear that a
single member of the Biddle ticket
would be defeated. But McAllister
steadily gained on Yoest and finally
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INSOLvENT NOTICE.

Having suggested the Insolvency OF
the estate Of Albert r. Porter, colored,
deceased, all persons are hereby noti-
fed to file their claims duly authenti'
Gated, with Hardin w. Thomas, Codn-
ty Court Clerk, on or before April 16,
1910. All persons indebted to said
estate will please call and settle with
me. KATE PORTER, Admtx.
d1t&wkly22-29nov6
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-05
JUDGE TURNER
HIGHLY PLEASED
VERY MUCH GRATlFIED AT HIS
CORDIAL RECEPTION BY VoT-
Frs OF HICKMAN.

Hon. w. B. Turner returned Friday
night from Hickman county, where he
has been for the past two weeks in
the interest of his candidacy for Judge
of the Circuit Court He made a
complete canvass of the county, speak
ing at one or more points in almost
every district His reception was
very fattering and he came back very
much gratified over the outlook. Mr..
Turner. will visit Wayne and Law
renee counties at an early date.
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HONOR ROLL OF
THE SIXTH GRADD

The following is the honor ~"
the Sixth grade: lana
Carrie Dooley, Mable GamolI, nM
Martin, Nina May Martin, CaII'e ,,
Robertson, Macy Roach, Edd'e +
Freda Mcclellan, Annie Speed .
Whitfield.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-05
GREEN LANDS ARE
SOLD UNDER HAMMER

The w. T. Green farm In the Fifth
district, was sold under the hammer
by County Court Clerk Thomas Monday
morning, the purchaser being s. O.
Thomas, and the price paid $S05.0O
This tract at a previous sale brought
$3.50. Bids were re-opened. The
tract includes AZ acres and is
said to be we'll worth the price paid.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-05
Stops L.ameness

Much of the chronic lameness
in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not al
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the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating = goes
right to the spot relieves the
soreness - imbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
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Cures backache and irregularltles NJ. Jt
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
TWo.cENT FARES.

The United States district court has
ruled that the two-cent maximum rate
flaw now in force in Missouri is con
fiscatory. The decision Is far-reach.
ing one, as It strikes a death blow to
the attempts Of the state to regulate
the prices to be charged by common
carriers for passenger transportations,
IL sustained by the Supreme Court.
While only Missouri is directly eff.
fected many other commonwealth are
indirectly effected. But Missouri will
not stay whipped. The fight for cheap
passenger rates will be continued with
the hope of eventually winning out.
1t is very difficult Cor the state to
prove whether or not any given rate
Is confiscatory. The burden of proof
is upon the state, and the complicated
schedules are so difficult to figure
that laws can be made to appear con-
fscatory that are far from being SO.
Naturally, with the railroad in posses
sion of all the secrets of its trade 1t
is very difficult for the state to ar
rive at inside facts. In one particular
at least, the roads have decided ad-
vantage. Cold figures do not show, by
the ordinary methods OF computation
employed in railroad suits, the in
freight traffic resulting from
stimulated passenger traffic. It is
very probable that the loss in pas
senger receipts by the reduced fare is
overbalanced by the gain In freight
receipts. The contention of the roads !
that the two=cent fare did not bring !
he expected increase in travel is rem
iered more illogical by the fact that
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
SULLY ORDERED
TO PAY BACK

NEW YORK, March 11.-Judge
o'Gorman in the Supreme Court Wed.
nesday gave a judgment of $4,000 TO
Mrs. Grace w. Savage of 151 West
One Hundred and Nineteenth street.
in her suit against Daniel j. Sully
formerly called the Cotton King"
Mrs Savage testified when the suit
was on trial that she intrusted $4,000
to Sully in May, 1906, to invest in cot
ton. Instead of investing as he was
ordered, Mrs. Savage declared that
he invested 1t in soap concern. In
his opinion Judge o'Gorman says:
From the beginning of the transac
tion the defendant acted in absolute
disregard of his duty to the plaintiff
Sully denied responsibility for the
loss of the money and stated that Mrs.
Savage had frequently changed her
mind as to what she wanted done
with the money.
The Sully and Savage families were
socially on intimate terms.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
WELL DONE.

The General Assembly has At lasl
reached the recess stage. Usually
this comes earlier in the session, but
this year certain solons have been
recalcitrant and the unprecedented
flight OF the thirteen delayed the re
cess for a number of days. Another
thing which kept the lawmakers hard
at work for a longer period than usual
without intermission was the enaction
Of certain laws which the majority
deemed of too much Importance to
permit Of failure. While as a rule
the recess comes before the session
is half over, the various causes Of de-
lay are responsible for most of the
seventy-fve days allotted by the con-
stitution having already expired.
Reviewing the work which the Leg
islature has so far done it is easily APP
parent that this has been the most
momentous session ever held by Ten
nessee's law making body. Few laws
have been enacted but those few are
of vital importance. The two state
wide bills, the one banishing the saloon
from Tennessee and the other Danish
ing the brewery and distillery are laws
of the land. The election reform bill,
the most forceful blow dealt the ma
chine since the whiskey ring and al
lied corporate interests attempted to
dictate the policies Of the state, are in
force. Election commissioners have
been named and the right to govern
has been restored to the
whole people.
Too much credit cannot be given
hose representatives who stood every
est and overcame every obstacle. The
seventeen members of the Senate and |
he fifty-six members of the House
Who have answered roll call whenever
Iuty demanded are heroes of the |
Iighest type. Their course meets
nth the APPROVAL of the general public
nd they deserve the reward which
heir service entities them to. Repre-
Lipscomb and Galloway
nd Senator Greer have been at the
orefront of the battle, and in this
Iaury county is honored. OF them as
( their colleagues who stood nobly
/ a good cause it is mete to say
Well done thou good and faithful SER
ant"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
PRESENTATIONS PATTERSON.

Again has Patterson in his pride
and presumption attempted to thwart
the will of the people. His latest
contribution to public literature is the
remarkable statement issued Wednes-
day proposing a compromise to state
wide democrats. In this effort the
only thing which Mr.. Patterson did
that was at all new was to rob
the Honorable Austin Peay of the
rights and prerogatives due the head
of the state machine. The Office of
governor of the whole people and
chairman of a political party have
heretofore been divorced. The COVER
nor of Tennessee 10 presumed to at
tend to the affairs of the state, and
compel the execution of It's laws. In
his last pronunicamento Governor Pat
terson assumes that Austin is lacking
in capacity and that factional bur-
den has been thrown upon his own
shoulders. Statewide democrats have
contended for a principle. They have
demanded the removal of the liquor
traffic from politics and the reforma-
ton of the election sytsem. Governor
Patterson has not seen fit to bow to
the will Of the electorate as expressed
at the ballot box-for that will was
unquestionably that the saloon and the
should go. He has arrogated
to himself the right to define democ-
racy, to assail the purposes of others
and to impugn the motives of repre-
sentatives responsible alone to their I
AS consequence he 6
finds himself stranded high and dry, t
his ambition to serve the machine as s
United States senator becoming more
every day, and the public
demanding that all this
'Quabbling cease and the people be r
permitted to rule. RI;
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during the past year the passengr haul
was greatly reduced by the financial
panic. The comparison for this
reason was necessarily in favor of the
common carrier.
The demand of the hour is for lower
passenger rates. The iron rails have
rendered San Francisco the suburb of
Boston; Florida the neighbor OF Maine.
They are fast reducing sectionalism
by hurrying the population on to cos
Travel increases pro-
portionately as distance is conquered
by better transportation facilities and
schedules are reduced. Sooner or
later the two-cent fare will be uni
versal. Perhaps lower rate even
will prevail. For cheap transporta-
ton is a necessity Of the, age. If
steam fails to meet the demand of
progress then electricity will be har-
messed for this end. The inevitable
will come.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
MICH TO DO.

When the General Assembly recon
venes at the expiration of the recess
the law makers will be confronted
with an accumulation Of business
that at first glance is almost appalling.
But little legislation has been at
tempted so far with the exception OF
the passage of the statewide and
election bills. The appropriation
bills, which are absolutely necessary,
must be passed, as well as the gen;
eral educational bill and number OF
others Of much consequence. There
is but eleven days left Of the seventy
1--WE days accorded by law for the SEES
sions of the solons. While the con-
stitution permits the legislature to-
remain in session after the expiration
of this numper of days it also stipu-
lates that its members shall receive
no compensation for such service.
For this reason it is very probable
that the task of keeping a quorum
WOuIQ DC d4lCt hAO PO"N@ - 1
coercion had dwindled. Members
who voted for the salary grab would !
be reversing their positions to serve
the state gratis. During the hegira
of the thirteen the House transacted
much routine business. The Senate
being a far more composite body can
dispose of this accumulated business
and at the same time transact an
amount of new business equal to that
by the House. However,
it is very essential that the two houses
should display some energy in order
to as far as possible make up for the
time lost by the silly skeedaddle of
the undignified to the tall and I'M .
trimmed. '
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
SPRING HATS
ARE ON DISPLAY
MAURY MILLINERY OPENING
PROVES PRONOUNCED
SUCCESS.

While the day is not very spring
like, still the opening of spring milli-
merry at the parlors of the Maury Mill
merry Co. this morning attracted very
many of the fair sex, and the express
sions of admiration at the beautiful
offerings must have been most crafty
ing to Mrs. Elicit and Mrs. Butler.
We say beautifully advisedly. To
mere man the large shapes which pre-
vail this season might appear grotes-
que, but the ladies say they are beauti-
full and that settles it. One OF the
fashionable shapes is the Flower pot"
another 1.-THE Samlome," but the same
style with variations prevails In all
the fashionable offerings, and some
what resembles an inverted washbowl
OF course no lady would dare to
be questionable, and Mrs. Elicit and
Mrs Butler have the very latest that
Dame Fashion calls for, Judging by
the orders and the admiration Of the
day. Take pretty girl, however. and
place her under one of these flower
pots" and even the masculine writer !
Of this will admit that the general
effect is most satisfying.
"Come into the garden, Maud" will
no longer be necessary adjunct for
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
NERvY PATRICK.

The annals of crime do not contain
the name of man more nervy that
Albert Patrick. the New York lawyer,
J who. sentenced to death, the sentence
afterwards committed to life imprison-
ment, now contends that he should be
given liberty or the original sentence
executed. Patrick as lawyer ranked
as one of the best of the country.
When he was convicted after a pro-
longed legal struggle of the murder
of millionaire Rice the world was to
some extent astonished. 1t was
doubted whether the prosecution
could so entangle the brilliant legal
light in the web of the law as to have
its severest penalty pronounced. But
Patrick was game. He went to work
and procured the Communication of his
sentence to life Imprisonment. Then
he raised the technical question as to
whether or not life Imprisonment was |
a severer sentence than death. On
this ground ne appeared Defor ethe
Court of Appeals and asked that the
sentence be set aside, asserting that
the law had been violated in the i'm
position Of a severer penalty than the
one originally prescribed. 1t is very
likely that Patrick did not care to be
aiken at his word. He would in all
likelihood be disappointed if the SEN
ence to die were carried into execution.
But this does not detract from his
,rilliance as a lawyer nor obscure the
lerve of the man who has asked for
Ieath or liberty. The pity is that he
lid not use his natural gifts to some
,ood advantage.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
REELFoor LAKE.

The Legislative junketing commit
tee named to visit Reelfoot Lake with
a view to the purchase of the property
by the state for the purpose of con.
verting it into a common fishing pre-
serve has an important mission to
perform. This sunken hole in the
Western portion of the state has been
the cause of more contention than
possibly any other strip of land
and water of ten times its
size. The right to possess the
pond precipitated the night rider out
RACES and placed Tennessee before
the world in an unenviable light. No
portion of the globe is scarcely remote
enough to have escaped the knowledge
of the deed that left Capt. Quentin
Rankin hanging lifeless corpse from
a tree. The question Of proprietor
ship involves much. 1t should be
looked into carefully and if the state
,an purchase the property reasonably
t should become a public domain. Be-
'ides the settlement of the night rider
question, to which there is two sides,
although there is but one side to the
murder that was committed, the prop !
'rty would prove valuable acquisi-
ion to the public lands AS the state
rows in influence, wealth and pop
lation, the demand for such a game
nd fish preserve will be felt more.
IS an investment the lake will prove
roftable. 1t is to be hoped that good
erms can be made with the owners /
nd that Reelfoot Lake will pass into
ne possession Of the state of Tennes-
ee y,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
BuLLocK,s WORK.

Judge Earnest Bullock, chairman OF
the statewide committee that has
successfully piloted the prohibition
and election reform bills through the
Legislature, has closed his office in
the Maxwell House and fitted away
to the confines of his West Tennessee
home. There was no ostentation in
his departure. Yet it meant much in
the history of Tennessee. 1t signifies
that the work which Senator Edward
Ward Carmack begun and for which
he gave his life has been successfully
consummated. 1t marks the COM
plete overthrow Of the liquor forces,
the downfall OF the ban" machine.
while these are various factors that
combined for the success of statewide
plans, many individuals forming the
links of the chain that never slipped
a cog, 1t is due Judge Bullock to re-
cognize that his leadership was of
that splendid kind that inspired every
friend of temperance to stand square
ly for his convictions. Quietly the d.
plomat OF the Maxwell House perfect
ed his plans, and without exception
they were executed perfectly.
There is honor enough for all and to
Judge Bullock is due large portion.
His deeds merit any reward which
the people have the power to bestow.
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McKsaapa, Anderson & F,s.r
A Great Carnival of New Spring Good,
Begins Here This Week

whatever may sPRp
REIGNs WITHIN STORE
Our buyers from the Eastern VEN
head centres of syewhere every trend
times go right merchandise via
every incoming Express Freight packages
coming
How many of our customers cases
as
Take the top from the Silks alta
oece-shimmeng radiant cinging-Quaites that ns
clinging Medieval Styles.
Some Foulards perhaps yardwide
yard Printed FOulards Sos
handsome shower proof
shades $OO And these
all by any stylish Silk san
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
IF you SEE 1T IN OUR AID IT'S SO

tete-tete with all the harmonious
surroundings, for Maud will carry her
garden with her: Flowers will adorn
her hat, but not only fiowers-berries
and fruits-the larger fruits-and in
some extreme cases vegetables,
though the hats at the Maury Mill
merry do not go to the vegetable ex.
IRENE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12

Sullivan county has expressed an in
tention Of spending 100000 on her
public highways this year. This is
an example that other Tennessee coun.
ties should follow. The construction
of better public roads should be the
ambition of every county.