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The Washington times., 1909-05-19
ELKS HARD AT WORK /
FOR RURAL JUBILEE
Members of Executive Committee
Enthusiastic Over Prospects.
Lodge Meets Tonight.

There was a big attendance at the
regular weekly meeting OF the ex-
ecutive committee for the Washing
ton ElFs' Rural Jubilee and Barn
Dance, tQ be held at the Benning race
track Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri
day, JuGe Is, II. and is. The com
mitteemen met in the Elks' Home on
III street, and at the close Chairman
Fred J. Mersheimer stated that his
confreres had started on their work
with the utmost enthusiasm.
Following a general discussion OF
ways and means, the committee ad-
1ourneG to hold subcommittee meet
ings in various parts OF the big Eli
building. John J. German, who heads
the country circus committee, is no
tably enthusiastic He has declared
an intention to secure a list OF all
star acts for his circus. He took a
train for New York last night, and
oday will be delving in the great
marts Of cireusdom and mena gerie in
Gotham.
There will be hig meeting of
Washington Lodge, No. Is 3. p. O..
Elks. tonight. when announcements Of
great Importance viii be made.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
Died.

ADY-On Saturday. May f5 1909 ar his
home, In Fort Worth. Tex. J. LAURENCE
ADY. formerly Of Washington. D. g
EELLY-On Tuesday. May IS 1909 Al q
M. at Colonial Beach, Va, LAURA /
KELLY, only and beloved daughter OF
Richard 5. and Mary II Kelly
Funeral on Friday. May u al 2 o m.
from residence OF her parents Ii2 7th street
southeast. Relatives and friends respect
fully invited 20 attend. Internent private.
IT.
WALL-on Tuesday. May IS 1903. MAR
GARET J. WALL. wife Of j Henry VVaft
and daughter Of the late Charles b. Clus-
kew
WALSKY-On Tuesday, May Is, 1909. at 1870
m. after a brief Illness ABRAHAM
WALSkY, a. his daughters residence
Mrs S. Ginsoerg. 1116 Fifth street north
west
Mr.. WalslCy WIS a retired merchant He
had been resident OF Washington FOR the
past fifty years. and a charter member Of
the Adas Israel Synagogue. Three daugh-
teTs. Mrs. S. II. King. Mrs. l. Ca uer. and
Mrs. Simon Guisbury. and two sons Harry
and Lee waisky. survive him.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
DEMANDS GOVERNOR
RETRACT ASSERTION

TALLAHASSEE. FLA. May BIN the
State senate Senator BrOOme announced
that if Governor Gilchrist did not with
draw the statement contained in his in
auguTal message TO the Legislature. in
which he referred to Washington. Lee.
and Lincoln as the three greatest
Americans" he proposed 10 introduce
a resolution, demanding that the gov
ernor rescind those words. He said that
it was a reflection upon StonewaH Jack
son and others
Governor Gilchrist. in his message.
urged the Legislature to set aside Feb
ruary u, the date of Lincoln's birth
day, as a holiday. No action has been
taken upon the suggestion.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

The advantages of copper coil water heaters
over the old style iron heaters are so numerous
that their superior qualities and construction
cannot fail to interest you.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

Actual tests of our Copper Coil Water Heat
substantiate claim that Garland Water
Heaters for the amount of gas consumed give
a higher efficiency than any other of their
size ever introduced.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
KILLED BY TRAIN.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, May I9.-James
Conner, aged about forty years. a Jlm-
herman, who came here from HambIe-
ton, W. Va, with Roger Roberts, of
Pine Summit Columbia county. Pa,
was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio
passenger train and was killed.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

The Garland" burner is of the two-piece
type, the upper half being removable, so that it
may be easily cleaned when necessary The
lower half is cast in, and forms part Of the
condensing plate which catches and absorbs the
condensation formed on the coils when the
heater is ii i lighted
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

The Garland" is constructed of two g
rate spiral coils of q Inch seamless copper
ing; the external coil is Is feet 10 inches
length, and the internal y feet 10 inches. T
of these are connected at top and bottom
brass fittings brazed TO the coil, preventing
slightest possibility of leakage at these point
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
Girls Inspire Cadets.
GETS EIGHTEEN YEARS.

ANNAPOLIS. May 19.-John T. Ed
wards, colored. was sentenced TO
eighteen years in the penitentiary. hav-
ing been convicted Of murder I'm the
second degree for causing the death of
Isaac Marvin, also colored
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
$500. .ooo FIRE DAMAGE.

LILLE. May 19.-Several warehouses
on the docks here were destroyed by
fire. the damage being estimated at
$4,000. One life was lost.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
ROARING FLAMES
THREATENED LIFE OF
SLEEPING WOMAN
MRS. BLUE HAD NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DEATH AT MT.
PLEASANT.
YOUNd MEN SOUND THE ALARV
DAVIS Frierson, Jr., and A. N. Lord Re
turning Home When Blaze is Die
covered-House Burned to Th
Ground-Some Insurance.
Cstan Correspondence

MT. PLEASANT, Tenn, Aug. 13.-s
Fire originating at about 11;15 o'clock
completely destroyed the residence Oh
Willard Blue on Washington Ave.
Thursday night. The house was q
frame structure, valued at about eight
hundred dollars and contained furnt.
ture and clothing which increased the
loss considerably. Practically nothing
was saved. There was six hundred
dollars insurance in company rep
resented by Mr.. Ernest Irwin.
It was not the intrinsic loss, how
ever. which SO excited the citizens Oh
Mt, Pleasant as was the exceeding
danger to which Mrs. Blue was subject
ed At about 11:15 Messrs. DAVIS FTier.
SON. Jr.. and A. n. Lord were walking
along washington avenue. when one
OF them noticed a particularly orighs
light about a block away and the Two
proceeded running in that dlrectlon'
When they reached the place, half OF
the house was already ablaze, but no
person had yet discovered it except
the two young men. They at once
went up on the porch and called "hre
at the tops of their voices, but there
was no response from within. The
rear of the house was cracking on the
verge of a cave-in and the flames were
fast leaping around the sides to the
front of the house. Frierson ana
Lord began beating on the front door,
intending to break it down, when SUD
denly one long, terrified, piercing
scream from womans throat re-
sounded against their ear-drums ana
Mrs. Blue frantic with fright and sur
prise. rushed to tht door and out into
safety. Had she not been sleeping In
the front room, or had not the young
men happened b. just at this time the
result might have been too sad 10
relate. Mr.. Blue, it was learned later
was out of the city.
Lord FASTENED to get out what fur
niture be could and Frierson ran at
full speed to ring the fire bell, but by
the time the fire department reached
the place, the dry frame structure
was completely enwrapped in flames
and the efforts Of the fire ladies were
of no avail. Only few small pieces
Of furniture were saved.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
MT. PLEASANT DEAL.

MT. PLEASANT, Tenn, Aug. ID
Tho International Agricultural Corpor-
alton of New York has taken over the
,bosnbate lands in the Mt. Pleasant
district valued at about $5,O0O,OOO.
The deal is the largest ever recordeu
in Tennessee phosphate properties
being on six of the largest and most
modern plants. 1t is estimated that
the tonnage of brown rock included IN
the deal is 1000, 900 of grade OF sew
enty.fve per cent. or better. rms IS
nrobably one-half of the high-grade
brown phosphate in Tennessee.
The firms included in the deal are:
The Middle Tennessee Phosphate Co.
the Jackson Phosphate Co., the Blue
Grass Phosphate Co., Richland Phos-
nhate Co.. Wiley H. Harris, the T. q
Meadows & Co. lease of the j. D.
Friersop property (including the ne"
pIant bnilt thereon, France & Co. TN
clnding property here, at Mt. Pleasant
and at Southport, Ruhm 4 Gregory
Ruhm r. Barrow, H. D. Runm d Co.'
all Of the Fry & Alexander" interests
these interests control the Maury
Phosphate Syndicate Co., located
here at Mt. Pleasant, and also proper
ty at odd Fellows Hall, Giles county
Darks Mills, and Carriers Greek
Maury county, Mallory, in Williamson
county, and at Brentwood, in David
son county,.
The T. c. Meadows & Co. property
at Wales, in Giles county, is also IN
cluded.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
NASHVILLE DEAL.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 13.-lt is
understood ON good authority that
deal has, at least, been pending be-
tween the international Agricultural
CORPORATION. which has been taking
over extensive phosphate interests IN
Maury county, and the Interstate Fer
tilizer Company of this city, by Wnlch
tho latter is to become the property OF
the International concern. Rumor al
81 has it that the National Fertilizer
Comnanv. one of the largest concerns
of it's kind in this section OF the coun-
try. is to be bought by the same COT
noratioD. Oficials of the National
strenuously deny that any deal is on
and state that they know nothing
whatever of it. Those of the inter
state Fertilizer Company also state
that no deal has been closed, though
II is absolutely certain that a deal is
nending. and w. D. Rhea, of this com
pany. will leave for New YORK TO-
night 1t is naturally presumed thaI
his trim has to do with the sale OF
the Interstate.
It is said that the international
Agricultural Corporation has also pur-
chased the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer
Company at Florence, Ala, and otner
similar plants located at Montgomery
Ala Atlanta, Ca, and Athens, Ga
II is not improbable that others nave
been purchased, but those named are
the only ones that are reported y
have been purchased in the South
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
REMIT
CARMACK FUND
WHO HAVE SUBSCRIBED
SHOULD SEND IN MONEY
PROMPTLY.

Now that the contract for the Gar
mack Memorial at Columbia has been
lot il is the desire of the Executive
Committee that all subscriptions 10
the monument fund remit to the Sec
retary for their subscriptions. Tne
work of raising the subscriptions and
making the arrangements for the mon
nment was one of love on the part OF
the committee, but they do not feel
that they should go ahead and sign
up the agreement for the erection oi
the monument and take the tnanclal
responsibility Of the work on their own
shoulders, though they do not antlci-
nate that any subscriber Will fail 10
remit for his obligation.
Let every subscriber, therefore VINO
has failed to pay his or her supscrip-
ton remit to the secretary at Coium-
bia Make all checks payable to b.
R Farrell, Secretary, and don't await
a nersonal notice, as it takes lots OF
work to send out a personal notice TO
each subscriber, and the secretary
should be relieved of as much OF TINS
work as possible.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20

proaching at fast pace. BENG Oh
the Ieft-hand side of the ROAD, the
negro pulled his horse and Dueey
across the road, intending to cross
the road. but he had not taken into
consideration the speed of the auto.
previous to this time the chauffeur
had broken his emergency brake near
a toll gate, which did not open IaS'
enough to suit him, and there was no
way to stop the machine. He MT the
buggy with terrific force, and WIN
the above results. Mrs. Regen was
thrown up on one of the side ooors
Of the car and Miss Dobbins was Sc
yerely jolted but remained INSIDE 'ne
tonneau They waited until another
car could reach them from NashViiie
and went on to that city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20

~ can say authortatvey going over the
80 n.r reports Of the nterna
corporation the properties mentioned are aP
correct reports have been submitted by the ap
until after the meeting OF the
Nashville report to the effect that the ne'
. AGRICULTURAL Corporation will certain fertilizer plants
properties will be purchased y
but nothing definite will be known until the directors meet
the '0"''"''' " FRY"
Agricultural Corporation Inc ~
I vas made by questioned to the accuracy OF print
phosphate lands and leruhzei
pending and all probability VIII De cons
d at the meeting of the International Agricultural Oop
- Mr. Fry VINO was recently
million dollar concern VIII aenu ne
meeting of directors taking of these properties Is pai'
Agricultural Corpoaloh Which
in Florida MauTy county ana
and which win operate chain o. ferthzer ~ 80
Jndge his partially connmAuly S''
Nashville and are REPRODUCED mere
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
PHONE SERVICE
WAS ROTTEN
GILES COUNTY CITIZENS COULD
STAND 1T NO LONGER AND
GOT BUSY.

Special to The Herald.
PULASKI, Tenn, Aug. 16.-Glles
county was treated to telephone SEN
aaAAsm ~ Wesk when leading citizen
circulated a petition to the general
manager of the Cumberland Company,
Leland Hume, at Nashville, request
ing relief from the service that
had been given. The petition was
signed by nearly fifteen hundred peo-
ple and was forwarded to Mr.. Hume.
AS a result two experts from Nashville
were sent here and went to work
Strengthening out the kinks. They
nromised first class service within ten
days.
The telephone service here has been
very unsatisfactory for some time
FINALLY it became so bad that the CIT
;zens decided that the only way to OBJ
I tain relief was by taking the matter
! nm with the General Manager. 1t was
an easy task securing signatures u
the petition and wonders were
wrought thereby.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
BOAT IS SWEPT
OVER THE DAM.

CINCINNATI, o., Aug. 16.-m pe'
inc swept over the dam at Foster o.
on the Miami River, late Sunday AFTER
noon Louis Fox, of Northside' On.
c,nnati and Miss Cora Friedhoff' OF
Glendale we're drowned, They were
rowing and Fox was trying to see' II
T. said how close he could go to the
dam. ~.
He struck a deep current ana inc
hoat was carried over. Botn "eie
thrown out just as the vessel tlppeu
over the dam and were thrown ih'0
the river twenty feet below lneh
nodes have not been recovered.
Mr. Fox was draughtsman i'r tne
cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton
rbov were spending the day WIN
fr,ends at Foster, many of whom saw
the accident.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
SOUTH CAROLINA
HOLDS ELECTION
COUNTIES WILL
VOTE ON THE LIQUOR
QUESTION.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug 16.-Tues-
day twenty-one counties of South Car
DINA will hold elections, each county
for itself, to decide whether the sale
Of liquor under the county dispensary
system shall be resumed. The law
under which these elections are to be
held was passed at the last session OF
the Legislature after hard fight be-
tween the Statewide prohibitionists
and the local optionists, as sort OF
a compromise measure.
The act provides for a two weeks
period OF absolute prohibition before
the elections are held. 1t throws the
burden of voting in the dispensary on
the anti-prohibitionists, the whole
state being theoretically prohibition
territory until liquor is voted back by
the various counties. The counties
now dry do not vote on the question.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
LOCAL PEOPLE
IN AUTO WRECK
MISS JEAN Do1RINs AND MRS. B.
REGEN HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE.

What came near being another Sc
rious automobile accident happened
on the Franklin pike between mere
and Franklin Saturday afternoon. An
auto driver by colored cnauneui
named Sam. ran into buggy driven
by another negro in the employ Vi
Mr. Mayberry, who lives near 'ne
scene of the accident. The buggy was
practically put out of business anu
the machine, which had just undei-
gone a complete oyerhauling ana re-
pairing. was SO seriously battered up
that IL will. he sent to the factory for
repairs.
The car was a handsome slx-cyiih-
der Overland and was the property "a
Mr.. lnnis Dabbins, who left II hei .
to be repaired at the Gamble garage
with instructions TO ship 1t TO MS none
at Fulton, KY, as soon as the neces-
sary work had been done. II was ue
cided to run the car as far as NASH
Gle and ship it from there ana -
- entrusted to the above-nameu ne
gro, who has had considerable expert
ence as an auto driver. MISS jean
Dobbins and Mrs. B. e. Regen were
also in the car, but neither was III
jured by the accident.
The car was moving at a pretty
fast clip, when buggy going ~ ".
same direction was seen some uis'anN,
up the pike. The whistle was blow
several tines and the man 10 NV
buggy turned and saw the car ap
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20

CONTINENTAL FIRE INSURANCE.
co.-whsa It comes 70 iasursAre
the Best ID the Cheapest, irrespective
u cost, but the Continental charges ~
more for tn poEciss that ASeAts o.
many lesS responsible companies AsE
'or theirs. Farm bua.nsSs collected.
FARRELL q LIpscoMs, AaensA
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
RIG PHOSPHATE DEAL
IS NOW PENDING
FOR MAURY PROPERTY
,,rppNATIoNAL AGRICULTURAL CORPORA
TON APPRAISING VALUABLE HOLDINGS
AT MT PLEASANT.

.z Fry WILL LEAVE NEW YORK TO Attend MEETING OF
DIRECTORS AUGUST OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Az
THoRITATVE STATEMENT TO HERALD
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
ROBERT BERG
MATCHMAKER AND JEWElEh
And dealer in

Watches, Cheeks and je~eIry.
Fine watch and Jewelry
repairing q speciality
~.heli Block. COLUMBIA. TENN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20

supscr,ns ror The tisrxiG
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20

Many ills come from impure blood
Cant have pure blood with faulty al
gestion, lazy liver and sluggish bow
els. Burdock Blood Bitters strength.
ems stomach. bowels and li'er' ana
purifies the blood.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20
E. w. JONES

P sctical Maehinist. Gasoline Engine ana SseaIn
Exnert Circular Saws Gummed AZ linW q
Puilsys, Couplings and sliaftings in stock. All
trouble cases attended to promptly. lnsMinng
Engines Speciality. South High Street. Coiuhl-
bia Tenn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-06
Twenty-Five Years Ago.

Martin Gates died at his home in Al
bion on the End, aged sc years.
The harvesting of the early tobacco
fields has commenced.
The Edgerton Tobacco Mfg. Co. had
their second annual meeting, electing
Thad Cook, Jos. Marsden, O. P. Saun-
ders and Samuel Clark directors.
Mathew Croft has returned from the
Yellowstone Park, bringing with him a
fine line of mineral and geological spec
linens.
Frank Pease, E. G. Hopkins and Yves
Burdick returned from a trout fishing
trip to Boscobel with 100 speckled
beauties.
A reduction in postage on second
class matter to one cent for four ounces
has been made.
Friday, Aug. 8, 1884.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-06
Sentenced One Year for Forgery.

Looking worn and worried, William
Nilsson, who forged eight checks on
the Creamery Supply company of Clin-
ton Junction, Wis, for whom he was
formerly employed as shipping clerk,
plead guilty in municipal court and was
given q sentence of one year in the
penitentiary by Judge Fifeld. He was
taken a few hours after by Sheriff
Schiebel. The unfortunate circum-
stances surrounding Missions case
called for clemency and the judge felt
that he had suffered enough mental an
guish to compensate for his illegal act.
This view is also held by everyone else
knowing the case, which has been pub
hshed. The maximum punishment is
seven years. Missions baby was re-
Gently killed in street car accident in
California and his wife is dying or dead
as result of being struck by the same
car which killed her child, whom she
attempted to save.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-06
Tobacco Notes

This Office has received from the New
York leaf firm of Rose & Wobbe map
of the cigar leaf growing districts of
the country. Each state is shown as
well as the localities producing tobacco,
the warehouse points and trade centers,
so one can gather at glance informa-
ton desired in this line.
To the tobacco men who are COM
mencing to keep tab on the growing
crop, the automobile is becoming quite
generally in use. In a two or three
days run the growing sections can be
very thoroughly covered and the ex-
pense of gathering this information
very much reduced over the old method
of travelling by team.
Martin H. Bekkedal writes to his
Westby family and friends that he is
having great sport travelling over diff
ferent sections of Norway, and espec-
tally gratifying to him is the fine fish
ing in the mountain streams. He writes
that it is mighty different from trout
fishing in this country. There he can
pull them from the clear waters about
the length of his. arm.
The Edgerton branch of the Ameri-
can Cigar Co. finished warehouse work
last week, having given employment to
100 hands six months. We understand
the company has decided to equip all
its storage houses with steam heat so
that the temperature can be held above
freezing during the winter months. It
is believed that much of the damage
will be obviated by keeping newly
packed leaf from being chilled after it
has been placed in cases.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-06
Drouth Broken at Last.

The drouth extending over the entire
month of July was broken by local
showers Sunday, August 1st. Two
heavy rainfalls came during the day,
the first just before noon from the
northwest, in which full half inch of
water fell in short time. Later, about
3 o'clock, another brief storm flooded
the streets so that the soil was thor
oughly saturated. Neither of the show
ers extended west of Madison, but
eastern Dane and Rock county were
within the limits of the rain belt.
A few miles west of town the storm
carried hail belt that proved quite
destructive along it's path. From the
lower edge of Wheeler Prairie south,
following the Catfish, the hail belt,
covering mile and half on either
side of the river, extended across the
towns of Dunkirk and Porter and into
Center. Between Hanerville and Full
ton the storm was most severe and. on
possibly half a hundred farms much
damage was done the growing crops.
Many of the corn and tobacco fields
have been almost ruined, for hail fell
until the ground was covered with ice.
+ AT Cooksville only moderate rain
fell, but on VIM. Lormer's farm south
west of Stoughton, the wind was strong
enough to blow down large, shingled
tobacco shed and corn bin, and here the
wind blew from the northeast. In
deed, the wind changed direction fire.
quently, and in some places was so Sc
we're as to break limbs of trees and
fiatten corn and other grain.
About Stebbinsville hail stones fell
so large as to kill focks of chickens
and crops were badly pounded and rid
died. Further south in the heavy to-
bacco growing district of Porter many
large fields of early tobacco have been
ruined, but the later may amount to
something. On the Earle homestead,
occupied by Rob Earle, five head of
cattle were killed by lightning and he
reports 100 acres of corn and 20 acres
of tobacco stripped by the hail.
It's hardly probable that where the
storm was most severe that the crops
are entirely ruined and there may be
chance for considerable recovery yet
John Bates, who claimed to have the
best 10-acre crop of tobacco on the Ev-
ansville road, says his field was SO bad
ly riddled that he sold the crop at
cents pound. The second farm west
of him suffered no injury nor did rain
fall west Of the Sperry place.
Another narrow hail belt, extending
from a point west of Cambridge south
east, passing north of Rockdale and
following the line of the Koshkonong
creek into Oakland, has been outlined
by people covering the district since
the storm. Hail is also reported COW
ering small district about Hanover,
accompanied by severe wind.