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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25

In the declaration, sworn to be-
fore L. B. Alexander, a Notary
Public of McCracken County, KY,
20. Fl. Griggs is plaintiff. Thirty
one names, Kit Woods, John Lash
lee, Henry Stigall, Doss Crocker,
Dalton Parnell, Tom Bateman, Bu-
ford Hudson, Jerre Bateman, Bud
Lindsey, j. I. Hall, Nan Overfeld,
"Tom Lounge" Tom Mcdaniel,
"Blank Dayman," Hugh Bivens,
Billy Lashlee, Alfred Lasblee, Guy
Lashlee, Tom Saunders, Will Nor
ris, Newt Lindsey, Phil Browne,
Esquire" Cuff, Fayette Browning,
Jim Lashlee, Jim Whitfield, "Mil-
lard Frugger," Alvin Lashlee, Gus
lofty, Ben Lashlee, Dock Harris,
are included in the summons.
Of course it is not thought that
anything will develop out of this,
but it will put them to some little
trouble. Evidently the informers
or whoever furnished the above
names did not reside here, for it is
a we'll known fact that many of
them were not in Johnsonville at
the time referred to; others went
in an official way and to counsel
moderation. The list was doubt
less made up with an object to the
"main chance" Atleast this seems
to be the general conclusion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
Some of Camden's Citizens
Are Sued for $4,000 Damages

A bombshell was exploded when
Deputy United States Marshal G
W. Stewart Of Lexington struck
Camden Monday and summoned a
number of citizens to appear before
the Circuit Court Of the United
States in Jackson on the fourth
Monday in April to answer Nettie
Rollins (colored) a citizen of Illi-
nois in damage suit.
The plaintiff sues the defendants
Tor the sum of $4,000 damages;
he AYERS that he is citizen and
resident of Metropolis, county of
Massac, State of Illinois, and that
the defendants are citizens and res
idents Of Benton County, Tennes-
see, in the Western District Of
Tennessee.
The plaintiff AYERS that on or
about August 27, 1909, he resided
in Johnsonville, in Humphreys
County, Tennessee, in q house own
ed and occupied at the time by him
as his home; that the defendants
"wilfully, wrongfully, maliciously,
and wickedly conspired together to
attack him and his home, and did
with force and arms wrongfully
take him prisoner, whip, beat,
bruise, handcuff, and by threats of
violence drive him and his family
from their homes, etc.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
CANNON'S POWER
ON THE WANE

Speaker Cannon, as a political
entity and "Cannonism" as exem-
plifed by the Speaker, were ground
to pieces in a revolution in the
House of Representatives Satur-
day. BY a vote of 191 to 155 the
allied lnsurgent Republicans and
the Democrats ousted him from
the Committee on Rules, through
which he had welded his greatest
power, and enlarged the committee
from five to ten members.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25

The fight, which lasted three
days, was the most momentous that
has occurred in Congress in a gen.
Grafton. Amid the widest scenes
imaginable the insurgent Republi..
cans and the Democrats stripped
the Gear of the House" of his grip
on legislation.
Though Cannon will remain the
Speaker, his power to control leg
islation will be greatly curtailed, if
not entirely destroyed.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
IN CAMDEN MONDAY, APRIL 4

heDemocratso of Benton County
are hereby called to meet in mass
convention at the court house in
Che town of Camden on Monday,
April 4, 1910, at l o'clock p. m. for
the purpose of selecting delegates
to attend the Judicial Convention
to nominate candidates for the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25

Supreme Court and the Court of
Civil Appeals.
This March 81, 1910.
JOE f. ODLE,
Chairman County Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee.
n. j. CUFF,
Secretary
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
CALLS A LOCALIZED PRIMARY

Itwas decided by the Democratic
Congressional Committee of the
Eighth Congressional District, in
session at Lexington, to order le-
galized primary, to be held Thurs
day, August 4, 1910, the day of the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25

general election. All Democrats
desiring to become candidates shall
file notice with Chairman Henry E.
Graper by June l, deposit $50 to
pay the expenses of primary, and
must agree to support the nominee.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
Good Springs, Tenn, r. F. D. 5.
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co.,

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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-25

The Camden Produce Go. will
pay 12c per pound, spot cash, for
hens today and tomorrow.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09

believes In the training OF girls
for the practical and domestic
side Of life. She expresses be
lief that physical training at college
is the best preparation for mother
hood. She advocates athletics in wom
ems colleges. Sho believes that the
training OF the human body is of para
mount Importance to woman. and
she declares that II IL even more i'm.
portant for a woman than for a man.
Says Miss Hazard:
"The physical advantages welles.
ley offers are one OF It's most telling
points. Some time ago we inaugu-
rated the system OF not taking any
girl who was afflicted with any organic
disease or serious functional disorder.
do not think that we have carried
this tendency any too far believe
that girl should look first Of all to
her health. am strongly In favor OF
having stringent test made OF n
girls strength before she enters col.
lege, much as the young men az Har.
vard. N competing for n college toam.
are obliged to pass the strength
tests.
There Ia another phase Of education
which the adjective physical may In
It's broadost sense be said TO designate.
refer to tho household economies. AZ
present there IL no course given at
tho college In this subject. but am
on, OF those who are strongly IN IN
vor OF introducing one. This public
IL beginning TO realize that colleges
are tho best places 20 ne girls 10 be-
good wives. good mothers and home
makers. II II no longer considered the
place for the exceptional girl who
wishes 10 enter professional life. u
has become tho training school for
the ordinary. everyday girl.
I'm ono way Wellesley may bo said
TO bo ono great laboratory OF cconom
les. All the work OF providing food for
for the i.s0o-odd girls and the numor.
Gus others II carried on by one WON.
an. much ms tho commlssary depart.
ment OF the army 10 conducted. This
provlder calls meetings OF the various
heads OF houses and tho food for the
whole college Is thon planned out for
some time In advance. II In the same
way with tho laundry and other faeil'
tiles. Wellesley college In like town
by itself. or rather. Il Ia like one groat
household. and nowhere is there bet.
ter opportunity for learning how do.
nestle AFFAIRS should be conducted. Il
Is 20 the Developments In household
economies and In physical training. 10
sum up. that ! should say the growth
OF Wellesley college during my admin
iatration "a 10 be attributed"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
TOUCHED THE HEART
GEORGE wHITEFIELD MOST EF.
FEcTlVE PULPIT ORATOR.
Had Wonderful Success In Obtaining
Money for Rellelon-5enjamln
Franklln's Acknowledge
nent Of His Power.

Recent religious conferences have
had much to say Of the early heroes
Of the church. Next TO that Of John
Wesley the name perhaps oftenest
mentioned among Methodlsts familiar
with the history Of their church ia that
Of Rev. George Whlteheld, some
times regarded as the most effective
pulpit orator Of the eighteenth
century.
His eloquence was In nothing moro
apparent than In the ease with which
uI drew money from the unwilling and
Indifferent. From a London audience
he once took $4,000 then considered
a prodiglous subscription. Il is prob
ably the persuasive eloquence Of
Whitefeld which has been copied by
successive generations OF Methodistp.
that has made the preachers OF that
denomination the power that they are
In appeals for subscriptions TO church
and missionary enterprises.
Prudence in the person OF our own
BENJAMIN Franklin could not resist
Whitofleld's appeals, according 10 tho
Indianapolis News. Franklin disap.
proved OF an orphan asylum at Savan-
nah, thinking Philadelphia tho proper
place for It's erection and he says; Il
silently resolved he should get nothing
from me. had In my pocket hand
full of copper money. three or four
silver dollars and Ave pistoles In gold.
As no proceeded began TO soften and
concluded TO give the copper. Another
stroke Of oratory made mo ashamed
OF that and determined me 20 give the
silver, and ho finished 80 admirably
that I emptled my pocket wholly into
the collectors dish. gold and ALL"
Like John Wesley. Whitefield en-
tortained some odd notions about mar
riage. which as little In ono case No
tho other. contributed TO happiness.
While no was In America In tho spring
OF i740 no appeared 20 two OF his
friends. married couple. TO ask II
they would givo him their daughter
10 wifo. at tho Same time telling thom
that they nood not be afraid Of send
Ing him n refusal, "for blesa God" he
said. "if know anything OF my own
AANf AA'AN AAAh ANVNAh Iha-
sion which the world calls love.
write only because believe II In tho
will OF God that I should alter my
state. Hut your denial will fully con-
vince mo that your daughter II not tho
person appointed by God for me"
Tho following year ho was married
In England 20 Mrs. James OF Abergan-
yonny. n widow, who was about 35
years old. and by his own account
neither rich nor beautiful. but hav-
Ing once boon gay. ''was now do
spisod follower OF tho Lord" They
aid not live happily together. and ho
said that her death IN 1893 set his
mind at rest" Whiteneld died ut
Newburyport. near Boston. Mass. on
September 80. ITO. at tho age OF 80
Years.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09

boy Is not 10 come under the influence
OF Mrs. Jennie DyrenfOrth, who has
lived apart from her husband for the
last ten years. He also cautions his
heir IN the win against Mrs. Rose
Marie Knowleton. a daughter who sid
cd with her mother IN the controversy
leading up 10 the legal separation.
Colonel DyrenfOFth was born IN Chi
eaFo IN 1874 and was graduated from
the University OF Breslau. Germany, in
1861. From then until 1866 he was In
the United States army lie was major
OF an Illinois regiment and was on the
staff of General Roseerans. General
Copeland and General Dodge. As act.
ing engineer he fortified the mouth OF
the Missouri river I'm advance OF
Prices raid IN 1854 Under President
Grant he'was principal patent examin,
er, and he resigned from the patent
Office on the accession OF President
Cleveland. Mr., Dyrenforth has prac,
tised as a corporation and patent law.
yer since 1855.
II was his army service that LED him.
IN his will. 10 choose an army career
for his heir. and. in order that the
young mans mind be not turned aside.
he provided that the executor should
guard the boy from feminine influence.
The will provides that the executors
are 10 let the boy know quietly. grad
ually and impressiyely. though TO no
erratic extreme, the indirect. artful
and parasiucal nature OF most OF the
unfortunate sex. and TO take care that
he may not marry beneath him"
II was Colonel DyTenforth who got
the idea a few years ago that he could
produce rain by discharging high ex.
piosiyes IN the air, and he experiment.
ed extensively. His theory was based
on the transforms that always spoil a
Fourth OF July OF the unsafe and In.
sane type. The colonel fired on a lot
OF rockets and other things down In
Texas In 1891 TO prove his theory and
his efforts were followed with a good
deal Of interest Nothing definite came
rom the experiments.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
LIvsrpool's Costly Docks.

Liverpool's docks, which are TO be
further extended at a cost OF over
B,OOO, 900, were begun In 1909, when
the town constructed the first wet
dock In the world Down 10 1918 the
docks were confined 70 the Liverpool
side OF the Mersoy. but In that year
Birkenhead's dock scheme was begun,
Liverpool owes it's very origin 20 It's
suitability for a port, having been
founded when the sitting OF the Dee
robbed Chester OF It's position as chief
mort for north Ireland. After Strong,
bows partial conquest OF the island
under Henry II. a fresh port was need.
ed. and the foundations OF what 10
now Liverpool were laid.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
IMPOSED ON THE LANDLORD
Favored Cues, Was only Lleu.enan,
Governor, Not Captain Of the
Baseball Team.

had registered at village inn on
Long Island 10 stay over night when
the landlord came out 20 me on the
veranda and said
Il hope you won't be offended. air
but can you identify yourself as the
man you claim 20 be1"
showed him a number OF letters
that happened 20 have In my pocket.
ane satisfied him In other ways. and
then he said:
Yes. sir. ! was taken In and done
for three weeks ago. and | don't pro.
pose TO have II happen again. A chan
came here singing on a heap OF style.
and some OF our folks said he must
ha captain Of a baseball team. | didn't
want 20 ask him about Il. but gave
hlm the bridal chamber, a table TO
himself. al had extra things cooked
every meal. ! took a New York daily
on purpose for him 20 read, and | sent
up there for Holsters and other things.
and ] just spread myself to make his
stay pleasant"
And wasn't he grateful?" | asked.
well. don't know about that part
OF IT,"
"Then there was another part?"
You bet there was. When he got
ready to go shaved his bill down,
took him 10 the depot for nothing, and
two hours later found out that instead
OF being captain Of the baseball team
he was only the lieutenant governor of
the state. You seem to be all right,
and | guess you are. but they don't
play that trick on me again. ."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
The Audubon
Club
By CLAUDINE sIssoN

All along The Long Island shores X
was known that there was a state law
to protect the domestic birds and the
sea gulls from destruction. but only
here and there was II feared or en-.
forced. The residents of the villages
respected the law to some extent, but
when strangers broke II they had moth
Ing to say. II was the stranger who
left money among them, and they
looked AZ that more than at the life
Of the birds. Even II he shot and sent
away TO the taxidermist in the city a
score of the beautiful white gulls skim.
ming along the SURF what great harm
was there In it7 There were gulls In
plenty. No one could eat them. They
just few about in an idle. useless
way
And so. when their children came
home one day and told fishermen.
clammers and oystermen that the Lit.
tie Schoolma'am." as they called her,
had formed an Audubon club and was
going to save the birds, there was
much shaking OF heads and some
grumbling. She had been hired to
teach a summer school in the village
on great South Bay-not to meddle
with what they had come to consider
their vested rights. Sometimes there
we're half dozen sportsmen there at
once from New York and Brooklyn.
and they had been known to come
from Boston. and they spent their
money freely and made no objection
10 anything An Audubon club would
anger them and keep them away.
Suppose there was n state law about
III There were n hundred other
state laws that we're not obeyed.
The little schoolma'am had not only
formed an Audabon club. but she was
going to prosecute all cases. Not only
that, but all her pupils we're to be.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
Automobile
Antagonists
By ARL JEN KINS

Phillip Cranston was driving his
automobile along a highway in the
Berkshires at gait Of ten miles an
hour and smoking a cigar 20 please
and soothe, when Miss Winnie Ora.
ham appeared In a cloud Of dust in an.
other auto and whizzed by him at n
gait of 30 miles and missed MIN by
less than a foot. They looked into
each others faces for a second, and
they felt immediate antagonlsm, one
to the other-he because she was
reckless and had her chin in the air
and was good looking and knew II and
she because she saw reproof in his
eyes and had no patience with a man
who would crawl along when he could
as easily ny.
They had been staying at the same
hotel for two days without seeing each
other. That evening they were intro.
duced. They had the opportunity to
refer In laughing way to the incident
on the road, but neither of them did.
On the contrary, they bristled at each
other.
lHat young man thinks every girl
ought TO be poke. like his sisters"
was the mental comment of the young
woman.
That person Is wilfu as well .as
reckless, and rather conceited TO
boot" was the mental comment Of the
young man.
The antagonlsm was there and both
felt II. but they didn't groan and snarl
aud threaten. oh. no! They would
have done II In the days OF Adam. but
times have changed. There was one
little outbreak Of sarcasm as they chat.
ted and sized up each other and
looked for trouble. Mr.. cranston
quietly asked:
Does Il happen that you drive an
auto7"
There was an accent on the word
drive which meant thirty or forty
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
Shot and Secured Five oulls.

come spies or witnesses. Il was a
cheeky piece OF business. and she
must be talked 10, II would have been
cheeky IN a man. but she was only a
/ young woman. not over twenty years
old. When the committee had gone
down to Brooklyn 10 engage her they
/ had frankly said 20 each other that
they feared she would not boss" the
school. though they would give her a
trial
And Miss Nina Anderson was talked
TO. Five big weather beaten men
made Il plain 10 her that she would
deprive the village OF a great portion
OF its summer income by carrying out
her plan. She listened quietly TIL they
had finished. and then made reply
The club had been organized. It's
members would watch, prosecute and
witness. The hunters might shoot
rabbits and squirrels. but they must
let the birds alone. The fiye took
their departure. 10 spread the news
that an enemy was in their midst. and
10 promise their children the licking
OF their lives II they made any reports,
The sportsmen were welcomed and
told to keep on shooting.
When what they called the season
opened. the little school ma-am found
she had but one pupil she could de.
pend on TO aid her. II was white
haired. squint-eyed Johnny. twelve
years old. He didn't care a cent for
the birds, but he did for the teacher.
He had fallen in love with her the
first day. He knew that loyalty 10 her
meant lickings al home. but loyalty
and lickings meant being a hero. And
so Johnny kept his eyes open. and one
Saturday morning he appeared at the
schoolma'am's boarding house TO say;
Fellow down on the point shootin
gulls! He's just a-poppin them for
keepsl"
"And have you been down thereY"
was asked.
"Yes. ma'am. stood right near him
while he shot two gulls."
did you tell him we had an Auda.
bon club?"
yes; but he went at II and shot an.
other guilt He don't care a hang for
our club"
rs he a stranger?"
For sure. Great big fellow with an
ugly mug on him. Maybe he's broke
Jail somewhere. You get a warrant
and I'll be a witness. Don't let him
blun US. He's just going to shoot and
shoot till there amt a gull leftl"
The little schoolmaam put on her
hat and went with Johnny TO the JUS
tice OF the peace. He groaned as he
saw them approaching. He knew the
law, and must Issue a warrant and
impose the penalty. but his neighbors
would look at him askance for doing
his sworn duty. Johnny told his story.
and Miss Nina demanded a warrant
AS It was being made out, the gun OF
the sportsman was heard firing on the
gulls. The constable wanted to delay
serving the warrant He also feared
his neighbors. He was talked TO In a
way TO put springs under his heels.
He had always supposed little women !
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09

miles an hour and three or four farm
ers scared 10 death.
"oh. mol crawl along In onel" was
the reply.
The accent was on the crawl. and
Mr., cranston smiled where he wanted
90 grit his teeth. The immediate re
suits OF the antagonism were that
Miss Winnie determined 10 speed
whenever she went out on the road
Just 10 be independent. and Mr.. Grams
ton determined 10 crawl along, Just 10
show that her Iibe had glanced OF his
armor. Out OF two hundred guests at
the big hotel. and out OF twenty auto
lists these were the only two who felt
quarrelsome Other autoists would
come in after a spin and congratulate
Miss Winnie on her nerve and daring.
but Mr., Cranston would sit there with
reproof spread all over hts face. other
ladies. old and young who had been
out motoring would come back to
speak OF him as a sensible young man
for maintaining a slow and easy salt,
and a smile OF contempt could be no
tieed on a certain face for half an
hour after.
The best road from the hotel. and
the one invariably taken by the auto
lists. led 10 the west. Ten miles away,
at the foot OF long hill. stood the
farmhouse of one Mr.. Jones. There
were other farmhouses. but Mr.. Jones
was the farmer fated to become en-
tangled In the affairs OF the two
young persons One day as Mr.. Grams
ton had started out for crawl" and
as Miss Winnie had sped past him In
her usual manner. almost ticking his
wheels and looking straight ahead,
Farmer Jones held up his hand for
the "crawler" to stop and then said;
Does II happen that you know that
girl who went by here like a streak OF
lightning a few minits agof"
"why. yes. She is stopping at the
Hill Top"
Say. now she ought to be sent TO
jail Almost every day she comes
along here on the whizz and It's
enough to raise your hair. She's killed
three chickens. two geese and
turkey She's knocked down a calf
and throwed hog over the fence. and
Just now the wind OF her machine
blew my hat on. You tell her that
she's got to stop IT,"
Really. but | shouldn't like TO carry
any such message" was the reply.
Then I'll build a rail fence across
the road and stop her and talk TO her
myself oh, can talk when | get
mad. and I'm mad now! I'll tell her
what's what, and II she sasses back
I'll make her pay for the damage she's
done. I'm going to be watching out
for her when she comes back This
whizzing has got to stop"
Mr.. Cranston "crawled" on in secret
satisfaction. He didn't want anything
serious TO happen TO the other party,
but fence across the road and good
talking TO by a toil-hardened agricul-
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-09
women's influence on tho Drama.

Further. there are tho women to
be considered. Here you have a tro-
mendous asset and one 10 be inoreas-
.ngly reckoned upon. Today woman's
position Ia very different from what
Il was 30 or 20 years ago, aha ia
free agent. She goes where she viii.
seeks diversion IN whatever quarter
she may please. she IL NO longer do
pendent upon mans advice or mana
protection. Examine any flrst'night
audience and you viii hnd-i am
speaking chiefly OF the occupants OF
Tho cheaper parts-that women con-
stitute quito 90 per cent OF those pres
ent. and that they have secured tho
best places for themselves. Il is for
is 10 provide them and their comrades
with the fare they want.-George Alex
eIder IN a London Interview.