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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
COL. EDGERTON TO
PLAY In BIG GAME
FAMOUS STAR OF THE GRIDIRON
TO TAKE PART IN CHARITY
CONTEST.

Col. ]. E. Edgerton, of the Column
bia Military Academy, and one time
star football player Of Vanderbilt Uni
yersity, will participate in the great
Harvard-Vanderbilt all star game at
Nashville on December 20. The Colo
mel is in receipt of a letter from Dan
McGugin, the Vanderbilt coach, ask
ing him to take part in the game. In
this letter the famous coach says:
III you can play even but a few
minutes 1t will help the crowd. A
lot OF people here think you are the
real thing and have begun to think
1t myself, that you must have been
able to dig up the dust as I have had
1t hammered into me all the time that
have been in this burg. You have
world Of friends here and If you will
take part even for few moments so
that the papers may refer to 1t, It
will help the crowd considerably.
expect to play a little myself, which /
VIII be pretty hard on the game, but ,
which may bring a few dollars for
;harity."
Col. Edgerton has agreed to play
nd this fact will doubtless very
argely increase the attendance from
Columbia. He won great fame as
ullback in the early nlneties aud is
ecognized as an authority on the
anne.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
RUNAWAY OF
The ISOM HACK
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE TO
VEHICLE OWNED eY WHITE
SIDE BROS.

Tho Isom hack was in a runaway on
Garden street early this morning.
Theteam became frightened aud after
running short distance broke loose
from the hack, considerably damas-
Ing the harness There was L. one
hurt IN the accident The runway
occurred near the intersection OF Gar
cen and Eighth streets.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
FOR CONFERENCE
OF PATTERSONITES
SEVERAL LOCAL FOLLOWERS OF
THE GOVERNOR GO TO
NASHVILLE.

It is rumored here that there viii
be conference of the followers OF
Governor Patterson in Nashville to-
day, and to that end several of the
Patterson men have gone from thia
county to attend. 1t is said that the
organization of the next Legislature
will be discussed, and plans laid
the Patterson men may
place Themselves in control Of that
body.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
GOES TO ATTEND A
SHERIFF'S MEETING
GOODWIN WILL REPRESENT MAU.
COUNTY AT NASHVILLE
CONVENTION.

Sheriff Claud Goodwin left this morn.
Ing to attend meeting OF Ate sher.
IFS OF Tennessee at Nashville. which
convened at the Capital city this
morning. 10 was accompanied by
Jailer Harmon.
While che Sheriff ia away the JAN
win be in charge Of Deputy Z. u.
Hight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
SMALL BLAZE ON
THIR fFENTH STREET
HOUSE OWNED eY HENRY FRlER.
SON CATCHES ON THE ROOF
IN MORNING.

A small ere broke out in the house
on Thirteenth street occupied by II
p. wontland, an engineer at tho row.
er house. There was not very
great amount of damage done. how
ever. as prompt action on the part os
by ISLANDERS before the arenen arrived
on the scene. The total amount OF
damage eill probably not exceed SIS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
DAUGHTERS MAKE
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
BOXES OF ORANGES TO ORPHANS
HOME AND MONEY TO SOL
DIERS HOME.

At recent meeting Of the Winnie
Davis Chapter of the Daughters NJ the
Confederacy 1t was unanimously vot-
ed to send box Of oranges to the
Tennessee Orphan Home and also to
send s15 to the Old Soldiers Home at
Nashville as the Christmas present of
the Chapter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
BIG SHIPMENT OF
CHRISTMAS TURKEYS
MRS. MATTE HARRISON SELLS
LARGE NUMBER FOR EXCEL.
LENT PRICE.

Mrs. Matte Bardison, OF Leftwich
Bridge, has sold seventy-Six turkeys
Tor the Christmas trade The price
paid was 15M cents per pound. and
the total amount realized was over
5000. This wan an average price OF
t2e0 each
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
KEEP BABYs SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
tiKable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which 30 often result from the neglect
Of minor eruptions IN infancy and
childhood. With but a little care and
the use OF the proper emollients. baby's
skin and hair may be preserved. puri-
fed and beautified, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
tosturing. dishguring rashes. feelings.
irsitations and chafings dispelled.
To this end. nothing is so pure. 80
sweet. so speedily effective as the con-
slant use OF Cuticura Soap. assisted.
when necessary. by Cuticura Ointment.
Send 10 Potter Drug q Chem. Corp.
sole proprietors. Boston. for their free
32-page cuticura Book telling all about
the care and treatment OF the skin.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
WILL TRAIN GIRL
As RAT CATCHER
FAMILY FOR -FOUR GENERATIONS
HAS WORKED AT exrsRMl.
NATION or PESTS.
DAUGHTER TO SUCCEED HIN
XII jarvis, Aged Seven. win Take w
Her Fathers Work az a Roden,
catehsr-hs Traps 1000 In Thre,
Nights.


London.-John Jarvis OF Gambler
vel has been appointed oflclal rat
catcher ~ the London county council
at salary OF s2i312 per annum. lie
10 a rat catcher not by profession but
by instinct
Since 1903 each male member of
his family has devoted his life &c
catching rats and so II was with the
greatest confidence that Jarvis the
other day issued a challenge TO all the
rat catchers cf the kingdom. Fur
thermore. he said that with the assist
ance OF his uncle. J. Dalton. he would
undertake TO catch 1000 rats in three
nights.
AZ Jarvis made these challenges he
fondled half a dozen tame white rats
while his seven.yesr-old daughter al
his side played with a couple OF fer
rets. Il have no son 20 carry on the
business" he said. but Kit there and
her younger sister both know pretty
well all there is 20 know about catch
Ing rats. KIT often accompanies me
on my hunting expeditions and she
very rarely makes a mistake. You see
anyone can kill rats. but very few an.
dersiand how 10 catch them alive
Dead rats have no market. but for
live ones can get from rs cents 20
81 a dozen.
THE means use for catching them
alive Ia n family secret, known only
20 my people for the last four genera.
lions. won't tell you exactly what
that secret ia. but don't mind letting
you know that Il acts very much In
the same way as ohloroform does on
human being. Chloroform Itself
would not do. because rats don't
like H.
The bait use Is even attractive
enough 20 waken a sleeping rat A
few moments after ! have laid the
stun down the floor swarms with the
yermin. One nibble Is enough &c
dope any Of them and all I have &c
do to revive them is TO dip their noses
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

in water Sometimes don't even
trouble 10 use the bait over my
back I fling a huge sack connected
with a trap door arrangement at my
side. Iwear noiseless boots and black
clothes.
AS I walk down the passages with
bulls-eye lantern attached to my
side the rats. scared by the light.
scamper past me. As they run I can
pick them up left or right hand and
drop them into the trap door. Gradu-
ally they work their way round 10 the
sack on my back. My how they fight.
Sometimes when I fancy have 100
I find half Of them are killed by the
time l arrive home.
mot only do they fight each other
but in the basement OF one OF the big
hotels a swarm OF them actually at
tackled and killed one OF the best dogs
l ever owned.
"once as ! CROPPED through the old
Gaiety theater huge rat leaped out
at me and. fixing its teeth in my arm,
worried me for five minutes. When ]
had settled him had him weighed.
lie turned the scale at one pound nine
ounces. That was the biggest one ]
ever found but In Wigmore street
lately have come across several
weighing over a pound. ! have had
as many as 5000 rats in my back
yard" Jarvis is employed I'm various
large buildings at fixed salaries
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
SHE QUIT
tst u Was a Hard Pull.

. hare TO believe that coffee win
person In such a condition as II
u Vaio woman. She tells her own
eia not believe coffee caused my
We and frequently said I liked
ven ! would not. and could not
uhAng II, but | was a miserable
'e' nom heart trouble and nerv.
EOs'fation for four years.
vas scarcely able TO be around,
!" Energy and did not care for any.
was emaciated and had a con-
pain around my heart until I
Wv ! could not endure e. Fo.
- ! never went TO bed excepting
y. W IN the morning. I felt as
was liable 10 die any time.
sSa'hily ! had nervous chflls and
as excitement would drive sleep
pa. sl' any little noise would upset
80 l was gradually getting
slul finally one time It came
:. ny and asked myself what's the
Uins sick all the time and
medicine so that | could in.
myself in coffee?
.., thought I would see II I could
'aAng coffee and got some
I'M /" help me quit. I made II
I - according to directions and |
H.. !. "u you. that change was the
N, ~ .l s,ep in my life. II was easy
n 'u o because had the Postum
10" like better than the old
so' w one the old troubles left,
n, am in splendid health,
| : M steady heart all right and the
km. t Sone' Never have any more
a ga Sa'lls' don't take any medicine.
s ~ my Homework. and have
la great l,ll deal beside"
-, The Road to MELVILLE" In
81, 'nere's Reason"
sp., "sd the above letter, .
ksnuln- it"aa time 10 time. The
aI "ue' sAd fsii sf humss
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
nelnIum Has No Navy.

Belgium is, perhaps the most pros
porous state in Europe. as well as the
most thickly settled. The late kings
reign was at least marked by an enor-
nous advance In wealth and social re-
form One Of the country's special adj
vantages Is that its international neu-
tralization permits II TO dispense with
a navy. while the Belgian army is main
tanned on very small and inexpensive
basis.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Chicago.--A water spaniel named
Tootsie saved the family OF Emil
Decker, 1861 North Kedzie avenue.
from suffocation In fire. When smoke
rising from the basement. where the
fire originated from an overheated fur
mace. filled the family's apartments.
tho dog leaped on the bed and awoke
Decker, who aroused the rest OF the
family and turned in an alarm which
brought the fire engines
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
compsrlson Stunned.

you didn't cry at all at the matt
nee"
NO" answered the reposeful girl;
II couldn't think OF such a thing"
But the young woman with you
wept copiously"
"Of course Her lace handkerchiefs
are ever so much more elegant than
mine. Washington Star.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

with duh pain be-
cause there IA in
Illumination within.
You can't be rid OF
the ache until you
cure the cause.-The
kidneys.
Doan's Kidn ey
Pills cure sick kid
neys. q. 8. Warren.
1917 No. 7th st.,
Boise. Idaho. says:
AN injury to my
back years ago left
me lame. ] had to
use a cane. and II
hurt me terribly to
stoop or lift. The
kidn ey secretions
passed too frequent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Books Worth Having.

Supplementing their factory for the ma
king Of specially ruled and printed blank
books and loose leaf devices, S. c. Toof
4 Co., Memphis, Tenn. now carry in stock
standard blank books in variety Of bind
ings and in papers from the cheapest that
is good TO the very best. Write for price
hist aud mention this paper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reacs
the seat Of the disease. Catarrh n blood or const-
tutionsl disease and IN order 70 cure you must take
internal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure y taken In
terualy add acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure Il not Quack medi-
cine II prescribed by one Of the best physicians
In this country for years and Is regular prescription.
IL Il composed OF the best tonic. known. combined
with the best blood puriners acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF the
two Ingredients n what produces such wonderful re-
suts In curing cataFrh. Send for testimonias free.
F.J. CHENEY a CO.. Props. Toledo. q.
3od BY Druggists. price 55c.
Take Halls Family Pulls Tor constipation.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Fatal cournr-


Ha'fon who was visiting her for.
bone city. and was. uader full
uy With the seemingly endless
hg q questions usual In such a
|Ahd Jour sisters daughter violet!"
Hked
Iolel Is married." the friend re-
liceed' Ny, How time does ny.
ply married. / trustY"
~ Gear. MOI My sister always hui
r. her you know" was the re-
f. and the poor child was per.
II TO marry the man she was In
Sunday Magazine OF the
FtlAhd Leader.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Yres 10 Our Readers.

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chica-
90. for ts-page illustrated Eye Book Free.
Write all about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as TO the Proper Appli-
cation OF the Murine Eye Remedies in
tell you that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes.
Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn't Smart.
soothes Eye Pain. and sells for soc. Try
II IN Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for
ReAlx Eyslids and Granulation.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
These knowIno children.

"Come here. Mamie. dear. Look at
this beautiful Misty girl. Isn't she
lovely? don't think Misty ever drew
a more charming fgureW
do you think, papa. that this is
the model that used 70 sit on
Mr.. Misty's knee?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
A Thouoht Reader.

so you are studying telepathy?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum;
my object in life has been to find
what people are thinking and then
say II first. Any reliable system
would simplify my labors immensely"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Wedding Invitations

Announcements. calling cards and
all copper and steel plate engravings
for social and business purposes In
correct styles are made at s. c. Toof
q Co. 1922 North Second Street.
Memphis. Tenn. Write for style sheet
and mention this paper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Dlstempey

In all its forms, among all ages Of horses
and dogs. cured and otheIS in the same
stable prevented from having the disease
tie guaranteed. Over 100000 bottles sold
last year. $50 and $l.0O. Good druggists,
or send TO manufacturers. Agents wanted.
Write for free book. Spohn Med Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
The oraxeIed Geometsr.

Euclid was Boosting Of his abilities.
But" cried his wife. can you find
why our gas bills are just as big as
when they charged dollar q thousand
cubic feet?"
With a moan he sped into the night.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
The perverse Seq.

"Hinkley's got a wonderful head. All
his woman readers are simply wild
over that serial love story he is run
ming In the Daily Stunt"
How did he clinch emf"
"Why. he printed the last chapter
Arstn
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
Eor coIda and orlnn-capudlne.

The best remedy for Gripp and Colds is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's Liquid-Enects immsdiatsly-l0
y and soc at Drug Stores.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

ma and I am accommodating IL
VI w. ~ friends. Mrs. W. =. FoRD.
lv Tranklin ST.. Baltimore. Md.
1, y, most successful remedy In this
- ior the cure OF all forms OF
tx complaints is Lydia T. Pink
II. Vegetable Compound. IL has
IA ne test Of years and today Is
-,iJely and successfully used than
I.s,Asr female remedy IL has cured
Ir.nds Of women who have been
- With displacements. inflam-
o. alteration, hbroid tumors. IT.
{s,rtieS periodic pains. backache.
!. s,adng down feeling. fiatulency.
.sion. and nervous prostrauon,
I'm other means had failed.
|p,,sa are suffering from any OF these
- don't give up hope Until you
u Sysn lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
n compound a trial.
IN YOU would like special advice
IN, 10 Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn,
M for it. She has guided
I,u,ands 10 health, free OF
k.rgt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
The unterrifed Improver.

First Angel-What is the rumpus in
the seventh heaven?
Second Angela moral uplifter has
broken through the roof trying to find
an eighth heaven.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
4 CHEERFUL PROSPECT.

fstl young man. what do you
d Of ny daughterg"
iliAer thin"
'IAai viii improve: at her age I
J he that"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Labor to keep alive in your breast
that little spark of celestial fire called
conscience Washington.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
important to Mothers.
Bears the

II you want to test mans charac-
ter watch and see what creates In him
an enthusiasm.-Angela Dickens.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

The family tree of bunko man
must be slippery elm.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Hulu hAhuteat
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling In my
stomach. / had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when l began 10
take Lydia r. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
1 felt as though
now life had been
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Constipation causes and aegravates many seriou
diseases ID 10 thoroughly cured by Or. Pierce
Plea ant Pellets. Tbs faVorito family LAXATIVE.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

No man can pass into eternity. fol
he is already In it-Farrar.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

". For I'VE years since was cured
by Doan's Kidney Pills. I have had no
return Of the trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 30 cents a boz.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, NY.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
[FTER
F0URYEARS
0FMISERY
|rsd by Lydia E. Pink.
r, Negotiable Compound

s's,,,ore. Nd. "For four years
J s ", Vas a misery TO me. ] suffered
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Tske LAXATIVE BRONO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money " 10 fails 10 cure. n. W.
GROVES signature is ON each box &c.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

When common sense takes a vaca-
ton It is time 10 stand from under
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.

PAzO OINTMENT is guaranteed 70 cure any cas-,
o. Itching Blind, bleeding or rrotruding Piles IN
sto Ia daI.o T nloney refunded. DC.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

A dogs bark isn't as bad as his bite,
but II lasts longer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES sue-
PEcT The KIDNEYS.

backache il kidney ache. In most
eases. The kidneys ache and throb
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

When a doctor gets sick he knocks
his own game.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Landlords and tenants can never see
through the same spectacles.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Mrs. WinsIow's hoOthIne syrup.
For children teethins, softens the guns reduces IN
AAmston. allay palm. cures WIND coils. 2oc bottle
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03


One day, when Lord Thurlow was
very busy at his house in ormond
street, poor curate applied to him
for living then vacant
Don't trouble me-" said the chan
cellor, turning upon him with a frown-
ing brow. Don't you see ! am busy
and can't listen to you7-what duke or
lord recommended your"
The poor curate lifted up his eyes
and, with detection, said he had no
lord to recommend him but the Lord
Of Hosts.
THE Lord OF Hostsl" replied the
chancellor, the Lord of Hostsl-I be.
lieve have had recommendation
from most lords, but do not recollect
one from him before; so, do you hear,
young man, you shall have the living"
-
coffroth Wins Race, London 10 Frisco.
James w. Coffroth, fight promoter,
won his bet OF $1,000 made with a
member OF the National Sporting club
OF London that he could reach San
Francisco in ten days from London.
Oourotn nad margin OF two hours
and forty minutes.
Coffroth, according to agreement.
sent telegram TO Eugene CORR, with
whom he had the wager. when he ar
rived at the Oakland pier he was well
coined by a large delegation that
cheered him as he stepped from his car.
The time made by Coffroth is the
fastest ever made from London to San
Francisco over the Atlantic and across
the continent He made the trip in
nine days, five hours and FIVE minutes.
The journey from Omaha to San
Francisco was made on the famous San
Francisco Overland Limited" OF the
Union Southern Pacific. and is
simply another victory for Safety.
Service. Speed via the old Overland
Route.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03

Il is easy TO offend people who have
no use for you.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-03
ALIENS lung BALsANt

10 the old reliable cough remedy. bound u svery
drua store and la practically every home. For sale
:, M druggi sts 25c. SOC aud q 00 bottles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

1t was an active market on the Con-
solidated Exchange, the sales for the short
two-hour session totalling 1880 shares. dis
tributed among fortytwo different stocks.
One-third of the total was accounted for
by United States Steel common, the trans
actions in which aggregated 1920 shares.
While the early professional tendency
favored the retirement of short contracts,
floor sentiment later again veered 10 the
bearish side. On the final drive of the day
against Union Pacific, which carried the
price on the New York Stock Exchange
down to 1885, the stock sold freely on the
Consolidated at 1895. The closing price OF
this stock was 1885, against 1891 on the
other board. Reading got as low los.
which was Il of a point under the bottom
figure of the other exchange, although its
high was 1895. which was IS of a point
above. Copper's low was 49,, against 7Sas.
and Smeltlng's low SSs. against Sc The
loaning rates for stocks at the close in
dicated a considerable long interest on the
floor in Steel common and a short interest
in Copper. the latter loaning down to
fiat" Detailed operations follow: