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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06

The three year old son of Eugene Gent
| ly fell down stairs Saturday and broke
both bones in his arm below the elbow.
George Afford left Monday for New
York, where he will sail for England to
visit his sister, Mrs. James West.
Mrs. Emma Gushing from Fairlee is
visiting at Loren Ayers.
Eugene Gentley has rented Joe Lucia s
farm in Westmore and is moving there
this week.
Mrs. John Dashney is visiting relatives
in st. Johnsbury.
May Gibson spent Sunday with rela-
tives here.
There will be an entertainment under
| the auspices of the Epworth League,
Fridagevening, Sept. Is.
Little Margaret Godding, who has
been quite sick with bowel trouble is
, better.
Scott Stafford and Charles Lane were
calling on old neighbors here the last of
the week.
Miss Ethel Amidon of st. Johnsbury is
spending week with her cousin, Mrs.
Bessie Harris.
Miss Ruth Holmes of Watertown,
Mass, is stopping at Albert jenkins.
Carrie Humphrey has been obliged to
leave school at Barton and return to
her home here on account of ill health.
Mrs. Susan Walter is stopping at J..
B. Jenkins.
George Eggleston has bought a store
at Canaan, n H., and will soon move
there.
Mrs. Mark Grassett. who has been
helping Mrs. W. H. Jeffrey, returned to
her home Saturday.
J. B. Jenkins is working in the OAR
ling's dry house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06

c. R. Kluger, the jeweler, 1860 Vir-
GINA Ave, Indianapolis. Ind, writes: Il
was so weak from kidney trouble that l
could hardly walk hundred feet. -Four
bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared
my complexion, cured my backache and
the irregularities disappeared, and l can
now attend to business every day, and
recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all
sufferers, as it cured me after the doctors
and other remedies had failed"
c. c. Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06

Fall colds are quickly cured by Foley's
Honey and Tar, the great throat and
lung remedy. The genuine contains no
harmful drugs. c. G. Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06
EAST BURKE.

Mrs. Frank Mcdonald is having a
serious time with felon on one hand.
Mrs. Heon, nurse from st. Johnsbury,
is caring for her.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06
Don't Neglect That Cough i!

1t certainly racks your system and
may run into something serious. Aliens
Lung Balsam will check it quickly and
permanently. For sale at all druggists
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06

Ayers Hair Vigor, as now made from our
new improved formula, is the latest, most
scientific, and in every way the very best
hair preparation ever placed upon the
market. For falling hair and dandruf it
is the one great medicine.
Made by the J. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass. ---
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06

Mrs. G. H. Caswell has returned from
market and will have her millinery opening
of fall and winter styles Oct. 9TH and Sth
cordial invitation to all.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
EXCESSIVE SALARIES.

II developed IN the recent campaign
in Nashville that the Trustees once
of Davidson county pays the incum-
bent over $4,000 a year or at the
rate IF nearly one and a half thousand
Of dollars a month. The Trustee EN-
nloys three deputies at an average
salary of about $1,000 each, which
leaves him a net income OF approx
matalv $4,000 a year or upwards q
e. ooO a month. It is safe to say that
Davidson county has not had Trus'
toe in a quarter of a century, II II
ever had one, who could COMMAND
be1f that salary or even a quarter Vi
it in a private capacity. Then why
should the county and the State pay
moro for the same services than they
would be reasonably worth to PIT
vata cornoration or business hrm!
No wonder this is the most eXtrava-
cant government in the world. But
for the wealth and prosperity OF us
neople there would long ago nave
been an empatic howl against the
waste and extravaganza of its admin
istration.
Tho laborer is worthy of his hire
The government, city, county state
and National, ought to pay salaries
that are commensurate with the
dnties responsibilities and dignity
of the various offices. but there Is no
justification for the payment OF ex-
horbitant compensation. There is
nrobablv not a Tennessee corporation
which pays its President as mueh as
s17 600 e year. There is not law
yer in the state who gets so large
fee for representing a corporation ana
n surely will not he argued that 1t
requires more ability and greater
nronaration to receipt for and
nav ont taxes of the people of David
son county than It does to advise
great corporation.
Salaries in this state are all out
Of proportion. The Trustee and Coun-
~ Court Clerk of Davidson county
receive from three to four times as
much as the Justices Of tho Supreme
Court get. They are raid better
salaries than the Justices Of the SUI
nreme Court Of the United States and
there is no complaint that the com
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

more lies mangled and bleeding in the
house OF its abode.
F'cr these reasons we again call at
tention to the fact that it is just as
essential that the people should have
one in the Governors office whose
sympathies are with the law as it is
10 nave fearless prosecutors and up
right Judges Tho raN'r case is merely
cumulative proof of the charge that
The Herald has often made that Gov,
Patterson has small regard for the
law and little sympathy for those who
are honestly and faithfully endeavor-
ing TO have it enforced as it is written
upon the statute books. The great
issue, the overshadowing question be
fore the people of Tennessee today
is that of law enforcement. Before
it all other issues are of minor impor-
lance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
NOT ENCOURAGING.

The expected has happened. Farr'
the Knoxville hotel keeper prominent
citizen and "clubman." has been par
doned nv Gov. Patterson and will not
serve the sentence imposed by the
Sunreme Court for bootlegging. NO
one ever expected Farr to go to the
work house. although, after fair trial
before Jury of his peers he was
found guilty and sentenced to SIX
onths. The SUI rene Court careful
Nv considered the case and found no
error The verdict of the jury was
affrmed. And yet it is TACT that
ttere was not a man in Tennessee
who ever for one moment expected
Farr TO darken the days of the Knox
county bastile.
To such a pass have things come;
so little confidence have our people III
the machinery of the law; SO small is
their faith that justice will prevail
that they readily assumed as matter
Of fact that one of the prominence
and standing of Farr would not sufrer
for his violations of the statutes OF
the land. 1t is true that the law
makes no distinction; that all are
equal in the courts; that justice Is
presumed to throw its protecting
mantle around all without regard 10
their station in life. Yes, theoretlcal-
H. the law is no respecter of persons.
That this doctrine has no practlcai
effect is evidenced by the attitude OF
Ire public toward the Farr case. Oth-
erwise there would have been sur
mise and Indignation expressed when
the Governor gave him an uncondl-
tional pardon.
n Is because the law is a respecter
Of persons; that there is law tor
one class and no law for another, that
we have the mob. 1t is Tor these
reasons that the hideous monster OF
anarchy has stalked abroad In the
land Peorle have lost confidence in
the courts: they have despaired OF the
administration of that equal and exact
iustice of which orators pirate when
they are candidates and which they
forget as soon as they don their Off
cial robes. In the case in point the
courts did their duty. The Attorney
General the jury, the trial Judge and
the Justices of the Supreme Court
we're all inspired by the highest con-
eertion of public duty But their
.rorts are OF no avail. But one stroke
of the pen of the Governor has set
aside their findings and justice once
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
JUSTICE LURTON.

That President Taft is very much
impressed with the peculiar fitness of
Judge Horace II. Lurton for the SUI
creme bench is evidenced by his hav-
ing violated all precedent to make the
appointment. Judge Lurton is the
oldest man ever appointed to the SUI
creme Court of the United States, so
Did that many ere inclined to doubt
he wisdom of the selection uTon this
ground alone However no one Is
better able to pass upon the qualifica-
ions Of the Tennessee jurist than the
President, who served with him on the
Circuit Court of Appeals for several
years.
Objections upon grounds other than
those of extreme age have been maze
70 the select ton of Judge Lurton. chief
among the number being that he has
shosl too great partially for vested
interests in dealing with the great
trust and similar prob
lens. There is some warrant for the
that Judge Lurton's sympa-
thies are not altogether with the efforts
Of the government to restrain and reg
ulate these giant combinations and
his services upon the court of last
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
IF YOU SEE IN OUR AID ITS SC

resort will hardly be enlisted in the
governments efforts to enlarge ana
extend the scope of the statutes
for the regulation and humiliation OF
trusts. His opinions have likewise
shown little genuine sympathy for Ia
Dor in its struggles to reach a higher
plane.
Tepnesseans generally will rejoice
at the appointment of one Of the
States sons to the highest judIclal
tribunal in the world. The nine JUS
tees of the Supreme Court OF the
United states WELD a Fower that no
other tribunal vi on earth exercises,
This is the third time that a son VI
this state has been called 10 lH"'
court. Judge Catron, like Judge Lls'
ton, once a member OF the STATES
court of last resort. was the firS' anu
Howell F. Jackson was the secon''
The latter had been a member oi Tue
Senate of the United states anu IN
Judge of the United States CiTcu'
Court. He was succeeded upon ln'
latter court by Judge Lurton. Ana ~
is also worthy Of note that Judge jag"
son and Judge Lurton, both De'D'
crats. were appointed TO the SuiFen'.
Court by Republican presidents in'
former was appointed By the Ia,,
benjamin Harrison just before ne ''''
the Presidential office in 1892.
President Taft deserves ronRr''uo
lions and the thanks Of the na'ou
upon his evident determinai'''
have n non.partisan iudicior1 NV
fact that he passed over members
his own party eminently qaa''H'u ''g
selected nominal Democrat Is ''.
Of the sincerity Of his ofireNe'',s
declarations for Judiciary that "on''
not be susceptible to partisan '""'
ences.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
eRgvENrAsLE NINE DISASTERS


Although for years the mining laws
of Illinois have been pointed 10 as the
model of their kind in America II de-
les th~. 'Ge horrible catastrophe
AT Cherry. which cost the lives OF over
2o0 men could have been prevented
with ADEQUATE regulations properly en-
forced. OF course no law. unless It Is
enforced and its rules followed by
those vho are responsible for the
safety Of the mines, will prevent acct
5erts Bur there is no good reason
why there SHOULD not be as stringent
regulations upon this subject in this
country as tie older countries Of Eu-
rome have. Our disasters are alto
gether too frequent and the toll III
human lives is too great. Mines can
not in the very nature OF things De
made absolutely safe, but their dan
gers can be and should be minimized
nv adequate legislation properly en-
forced II the model laws of Illinois
have rroven insufficient what must be
the state of affairs in the other COM
monwealths where less rigid rules are
provided for the regulation OF mines
Commenting on the facts developed
at the investigation of the Cherry dis
aster the Chattanooga Times very cor
Ohoorvaa.
In these days Of progress and in
yentive ingenuity it is astonishing
that there should be such waste OF
life in mining disasters. Disaster
after disaster is reported in the press
DISPATCHES. Every state has mining
Isws that seek to conserve the safety
Of the workers under ground, but as
we Droved in the case of the Cherry
mine horror. the regulations are In
e.uate and not nearly sufficiently
it'd though Illinois now promises
mat her mining statues shall soon De
.oase effective in reducing the danger
If this occupation. Necessarily the
york is hazardous and it ma be I'M
,ossible to prevent fires, cave-ins and
&c idents of various kinds, but there
iced not be such ruthless waste OF
lie. such criminal carelessness as
low exists. It will not do for owners
md operators to say that mining can
- no made safer. Railroading also |
IS a dangerous work, but England,
With her record of not single pas
,enger killed last year. and the casual I
les among employees uniformly small .
p than those among American train
aen demonstrates that care, good
management and strict regulations
an make this occupation comparative
' safe. Mining can be made SO II
ne authorities, operators and the men
themselves would cooperate to that
nd"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

Lewis Hits victory for Circuit
Court Clerk in Nashville was victory
for sanity, reason and justice. Having
managed the campaign for the late
Senator Carmack the Patterson follow
ing undertook to defeat him for Sec
ond term. although no charge was
made that he had not faithfully, hon
estlv and conscientiously administered
the duties of his Office. 1t is tribute
10 the intelligence of the citizenship
of the capital city that they rebuked
those who attempted to ride into once
upon prejudice and hate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

The usually accurate Nashville Ban
ner missed history very far when IL
stated that Judge Lurton was appoint
ed to the Supreme Court by Judge
Turney in 1886 when the latter be-
come Governor. Judge Turney did not
become Governor of Tennessee until
1929 anil he appointed the late Judge
WIKI as his successor. Judge Lur-
TON was elected a member of the Su-
,,ren,o Court in 1886 and served with
Judge Turney for more than six years.
He was elected Chief Justice IN 1898
70 succeed Turney, when the latter
became Governor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
SUPPRESS NE CHURCHES.

Jack CHM. the noted Kentucky
politician Of not altogether savory rep
utstion. announces that he will intro
duce a bin to prevent discussion Of the
temperance question in the pulpits Of
that stat s-cme tired OF
the activity of the preachers for pro
hibition and viii curb their meddling
tongues By legislation. To think that
this advocate of the sacred gospel OF
personal liberty" would be willing 10
muzzle the ministers Of the land.
Col. Chinn's idea is good one and
should appeal with peculiar force to
all the emissaries of the devil and the
advocates OF evil. The churches are
a menace to the liquor traffic, there is
no denying that fact The ministers
have been active, persistent and con-
sistent opponents Of the saloon. There
fore they ought to have their mouths
shut. The church and the saloon can
not dwell together in peace and har-
mony; that has been too often demon
strated to admit of controversy. One
or the other must triumph. The peo-
nile viii hardly hesitate to choose be-
tween the two, consequently the
preachers should be forbidden under
penalty Of death without benefit OF
clergy to discuss the temperance ques-
ton.
The preachers cannot deny that
very much of the sentiment against
the saloon that has manifested itself
in the elections OF nearly every State
during the past five years has been
due to their pestiferous propaganda
and now they should meekly confess
the error of their way and promise
never again to wage war upon per
sonal liberty otherwise they VIII
have to sacrifice their own personal
liberties" But what do the "llber-
ties of the church amount to any way
when compared with the liberties OF
the sacred liquor traffic.
Col. Jack Chinn's legislation don't
on far enough. We have noticed that
there is a disposition upon the part
Of the churches to wage relentless
warfare upon the brothels; that the
ministers. are constantly urging people
against patronage of the gambling
bells and warning them of their al
legged evils. Now it is evident that
unless the churches and their servants
afe restrained by law the business OF
the brothels and the gambling dives
will he very seriously crippled by this
relentless persecution" hence ere
long we shall have a demand for addi-
tional legislation. Why not, there
fore. kill several birds with one bill?
Future legislators will have other
similar problems to deal with me
ministers are every day creating
stronger sentiment against thleVery
and graft and adultery and murder and
various and divers other evils, improp-
arlv so-called. and in consequence
making more precarious the existence
of the sacred tree of personal liberty
II is manifest that the church is at
war with all these things. The call
for legislation of this character comes
clear and strong and cannot be mis-
taken. 1t may be bit whisky laden,
hut II is loud and insistent.
Down with the churches! Up with
tho Devil, That's the Chinn battle
crv from now and henceforth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

pensation of the latter is not ade-
ouate. The trustee of Davidson coun-
t. gets as much as our Ambassadors
10 England, France and the other ma
tons of the first rank. The whole
fee system is wrong. Every othcer
should be paid an adequate salary
but no more.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
"a, Kiaa EoH EFFEcT.

Although the American Bar AssociA-
zion has declared that q lawyers duty
70 his client does not require that ne
shonld do more than exhaust every
effort TO get the truth Of the case al
bar there are still many lawyers who
stand high in their profession who do
not carry this admirable doctrine into
practice. There are too many lawyers
xho. in their zeal for their client. give
EXPRESSION to sentiments that are di-
rectly AZ variance with their duty TO
society.
No LAWYER should for one moment
forget that his highest obligation IS
IN the state. 1t should be his su-
premest EFFORT to see that justice is
done and not that it Is defeated.
There is nothing in the ethics of his
profession that requires him to make
demagogic appeals to the jury; to
array class against class or 70 blind
with passion and prejudice in order to
secure a verdict that will be favorable
to his client
LAWYERS have stood in the temple
Of Justice and in their zeal FOR red
handed murderer have raised the
bideous figure OF anarchy and exalted
it before the eyes of the admiring
multitude. Certainly the legal pro-
fession. one of the most ancient and
most honorable known to mankind,
does not require any such sacrifice
from it's members. They have In
bursts of impassioned eloquence de-
uounced classes and inveighed against
law and order. They did not believe
what they said. They would have
heen Mortified to read what they ut
tered in cold type. But lawyers should
remember that there are always those
in their audience who do not know
that they are merely talking for erect
and that the lawyer who gives vent
to dangerous doctrines would be the
first tn fee from the dread results that
wonld follow their establishment.
There are always those in an audi
ence in a criminal court room VINO
are ready and willing to applaud any
statement that seems to be a chal-
l2nge to organized society and de-
NAL Of legal restraint. Impassioned
ntterances Of skilled attorneys, made
merely for their effect upon the jury
in the case at bar, are eagerly seized
nv those of this class. They are maze
an excuse for law violations. 1t Is
therefore essential that lawyers should
ayor remember their higher duty to
the State.
Ever since time began the lawyers
have been the most influential of all
professions in the domain of public
arairs This was natural. Their
training. their knowledge and thelr
tastes inevitably lead them into an
active participation in the affairs OF
government. They have been law
makers from the origin of free gov
eminent. They have been the leaders
n their communities. And rieht
vorthily have they discharged their
dnties to the state. 1t is to them that
The Deople look for counsel and advice
+ times Of political crisis. For these
.o,ao,s LAWYERS dutv to his client
never compels him to fail in his higher
duty to his State.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

a. the most important Ofnees under
the constitution. No man can JUSTIFY
This dlser. mination- TIE eommittee
hss declared that il Is a Law unto
Its.f,. that il viii exercise powers
alone defeated 70 the Legislature,
that OF fixing tie qualification for the
electorate Of the circuit
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
TO THE LITTLE FOLKS

In d recent letter from Santa Claus.
he said he would arrive in Columbia
Monday, the Goth at 70 a. IA. and
would make his headquarters at our
store until Christmas Eve, You must
all come in and see him every day and
bring the grown folks with you, as We
are sure they would like TO see him,
too.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

Every member Of the Democratic
Executive Committee should be pres
ept at the meeting Saturday and they
should come prepared TO name the list
OF election officers 30 more impor-
tsnt duty devolves upon the commit
tee than the selection Of those charged
with recording the will OF the party.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17

The Missourian who gave as Wv
reason why he would not eat whal =,
wife cooked for him that he anu"
want TO be in the attitude Of de'raua
ing the life insurance conn
must he n lovable companion
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
OTHER USEFUL CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS

OTHER USEFUL CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS
Ladies' Hand Bags. in Black Moroc-
co, soc 10 $500 each.
Fancy Collars, JabbOts, Tulle Bows,
in fancy boxes.
Ladies' Lace Dutch Collars, 75c to
$500.
Ladies' Silk Hose, s1.OO to $500 a
pair
Ladies' Mercerized Silk Finished
Hose, soc a pair.
Ladies' Handsome Umbrellas. with
Gold Handles and Mission Wood
Handles, up to $500.
One Hundred Ladies Umbrellas,
with fancy handles, s1.00 each.
GANDKERcHiEFs ARE ALWAYS
USEFUL XMAS PRESENTS
Fancy Xmas Boxes. Six Handker-
chiefs in a box $3.50 a box.
Ladies initial Handkerchiefs, 10c
each.
Ladies Kid Gloves, in Black, White,
Tan. Green and Navy, s1OO to $3.50 a
pair.
LINEN NAPKINS AND TABLE
CLOTHS
Linen Napkins are always good,
SEQ e $500 dozen.
4 hat would be nicer than a hand
some Linen Table Cloth, soc to $1.75
. yard
PRETTY CURTAINS AND RUGS
MAKE A USEFUL XMAS
PRESENT
Six large s2750 Administer Rugs,
S249e
Ten $500 Administer Rugs, 1890
Lace Curtains, soc to $3.50 pair
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-17
WARM BED BLANKETS

1T Blankets, $500 a pair
12--4 All Wool Blankets, 5000
pair.
SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Ladies' Black Cravenette and Black
Suede Button Shoes, $3.50 a pair.
New line of Black Cloth Top Patent
Shoes, $3.50 to $3.50 a pair
SOME GOOD GIFTS FOR MEN
Mems Kid Gloves, s10O to $3.50 a
pair.
Phoenix Mufiers. soc, all colors.
Mems Silk Muffiers
Mems Handkerchiefs. &c TO $3.50
each.
Mems Neckwear, 25c, soc and $I00
each.
IN THE CHRISTMAS DEPART
MENT
You will find everything useful and
interesting for the Children, Dolls,
Games, Doll Beds, Doll Furniture,
Trains, Books, Fancy Writing Paper
in box. &c to $3.50 a box. A B Books,