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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
WOMAN REBELLED
AGAINST HUSBAND
LIKE THE WORM OF OLD, MRS.
LUTHER BOWMAN TURNS AND
SHOOTS HIM IN THE NECK.

MONOGAHELA, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE
twenty-six years married life Of Mr..
and Mrs. Luther Bowman, whose fam
fly includes several grown-up chill
dren, was punctuated today by the
wife's use of revolver, inflfcting a
dangerous wound in Bowman's neck.
For fifteen yers," said Mrs. Bow
man, "he has prosecuted me with
Jealous suspicious. Today 1t was too
much intimacy with one Of our board
ers, and he became so violent over
the matter that / called police head
quarters and asked II they would
send up man to keep peace in the
family. They said No. unless want
ed an arrest made. l asked II 4
might defend myself, and they said
certainly
II hung up ire receiver and went to
my room to get revolver. Luther
stopped me as came down stairs, and
said If called the police he would
kill the officer. He tried to grab me
and fred"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
DISA POINTMENT
In DIXON S PLAY
THE SINS or THE FATHER"
DOES NOT CONE UP TO Ex.
PEcTATioNs.

Everybody was disappointed at
The Sins Of the Father" put on at
the Opera House Saturday night The
show people were disappointed be-
cause the crowd was a frost, and the
few who did go out were disappointed
because the play was not up to their
expectations. There were two good
actors and that was about all. The
leading man. who played the part OF
Major Daniel Norton, was one. The
other was AUNT Minerva" an OLD
Southern negress, who in company
with Andy, the negro butler, furnish
ed the laughs.
Those who went to see 1.-THE Sins
Of the Father" expected something at
least as good as 1.-THE Clansman." or
1.-THE Traitor" both of them great
plays by the same author. But they
did not see 1t.
The villain, or in this case, the
"villlaness," an octoroon, was bad.
The leading lady was rank amateur.
There is little in the vehicle which
Thos. Dixon has chosen for his la
test production on the race problem
to attract favorable attention It II
not play calculated to uplift or en-
oble nor can it be said that It is e.
sentialIy immoral. There is little In
the plot either to excite admiration
or cause criticism. Like all of the
Dixon productions it has tendency
to play upon race prejudice.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
PULLING OVER
APPOINTMENTS
CANDIDATES BEING
Welded oUT-coNSULTS
WITH CUMMiNS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Cummins, of Iowa, insurgent leader of
the upper house of Congress, called
at the White House today. Mr. Cum
minis spent an hour or more with the
President. He waited until the end
of a busy afternoon in order to see
the President alone.
Il was said the Senator again talk
ed with the President regarding SUI
preme Court appointments and made
a report on several suggested candi-
dates. Iowa Is in the Eighth circuit,
which is to be represented in the Su-
preme Court appointments, and the
presidetn sanxious to consult as
many of the Senators and Representa-
lives from the circuit as possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
COMPLETE BUILDING
OF CHURCH ADDITION
IN THIRTY-SIX HOURS
VAUGHN MANUFACTURING COM
PANY DISTANCES ALL REC
oRDS AT SPRING HILL.
KEYS DLLIVtEt SECOND DAT
Sunday School Gets Check for 500
as Result Of Aehievement-Better
Record, All Things Considered,
Than That Made at Nashville.

Distancing all former records for
quick building operations the Vaughn
Manufacturing Company on Friday
night completed the Sunday school
addition to the Presbyterian church
at Spring Hill, having commenced the
work the morning Of the day before.
When all Of the facts are taken into
consideration this is the quickest
building record in the State Of Ten
nessee.
At o'clock Thursday morning
there was not even a foundation for
the building, a substantial frame of
80 by %, by the same hour on the
evening Of the day following the
house had been completed, painted
and the keys delivered to the chair
man of the building committee. And
not only that but the Sunday school
is the richer by 500 as the result of
the record work. A prominent mem
Der Of the church declared Thursday
morning when the work commenced
that if the building should be COM
pleted by Friday night that he would
present the ladies Of the Sunday
school with a check for 500. The
building was completed within the
time limit much to the Joy Of the la
dies.
The work was done under the per-
sonal supervision Of Newt F. Vaughn,
superintendent Of the building depart
ment Of the Vaughn Manufacturing
Company, who gave bis entire time
to the work for two days. An ever- |
age Of sixteen men were employed,
fourteen the first day and eighteen the |
second day. This means that thirty |
two men in one day finished the biuld- |
ing. 1t was also treated to two coats |
of paint inside and out, every window |
and door, every lock and every finish
ing item was complete. There are |
nine windows and three doors in the
building and In addition a door had
to be cut into the church to AFFORD q
means of communication between the
two buildings.
None OF the lumber had been cut
when the work commenced, nor had
the foundation been made. The job
was complete, t1guratively speaking
from cellar to roof. A comparison
with the achievement at Nashville
shows that much better time was
made ON the Spring Hill building than
hat of the capital city.
At Nashville it required the labor
II 150 men one day to complete the
building and then it was left unpaint-
ID. At Spring Hill thirty-two men
lid the work in one day. At Nash
lille the foundation was already in
lace and the lumber cut At Spring
I'LL the foundation had to be con-
tructed and all Of the lumber cut. /,
his proves that the local enterprise
Odds the record. The building was
eady for Sunday school this Eaorn- -
lg and the first meeting will be held
a it tomorrow morning. the keys =
aving been delivered to John s. Odil, :
Ne chairman of the committee having !,
lie work in charge. =,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
DOWN GOES THE
PRICE OF WOOL
MARKET QUOTATIONS FALL
THREE CENTS DURING THE
PRESENT WEEK.

The price of wool has dropped
three cents per pound within the pre-
sent week. The falling in the price
is attributed by the dealers to the
garment makers strike in New
York and Chicago, thus causing a
hoIdup in the market. There is
plenty Of the article on the market
and the probabilities are that the
price will remain at low figure for
several months.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
JUDGE M'KNIGHT,
In CIRCUIT COURT
COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDGE HOLDS
SESSIONS OF TWO COURTS
SATURDAY.

Judge J. T. Mcknight held a brief
session OF the criminal court this
morning, sending a negro named Pat
terson to the workhouse for carrying
pistol.
He also presided in Circuit Court
for a short while this morning. Taero
was nothing OF Importance tried in
the Circuit Court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
GRAND JURY MAKES
81 INDICTMENTS
THE JURY Is DISMISSED FRIDAY
EVENING AFTER TWO WEEKS
SESSIONS.

The Maury county grand Jury ad.
journed Friday afternoon after re-
turning eighT1two indictments. The
jury has ben in session about two
weeks.
Judge Turner left this morning to
open court In 0Centreville Monday.
Judge Sam Holding was appointed to
look after amy matters that might
come up In Circuit Court Saturday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
eET THE eEuINE ALwAYs-

A substitute is a dangerous make
shift especially in a medicine. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughts and colds quickly and liz in
a yellow package. Accept no substi-
tute. Brooks-Latham Drug Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16

Worse than an alarm of fire at night
IL the metallic cough Of Group, bring.
ing dread to the household. Careful
mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar
in the house and give It at the first
sign OF danger. 1t contains no cpa-
ates. Brooks-Latham Drug Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16

Constipation causes headache, na-
sea, diSEiness, languor. heart palpita-
ton. Drastic physics grippe, sicken,
weaken the bowels and don't cure.
Doan's Regulsts act gently and cure
constipation Is cents. Ask your drug
gist
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
JUDGE ERWIN
IS IMPROVING

City Judge II. f.. Erwin, who has
been confined to HIS room for several
days, Is reported to be considerably
improved this morning. II is likely
that he will be able to resume his du-
ties In a few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
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Never can tell yhen you mash fin
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16

Foley's Kidney Pills are tonic in
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the natural action or the kidneys and
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Brooks-Latham Drug Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
JAYHAWKER JOTS

why a boycott on chuck steak and
liver, and none on false hair and will
low plumes? % inquiries the Atchison
Globe. That's easy. It's only the
in good strength. while it is their
wives and daughters who need the
false hair and willow plumes to keep
them up with the fashions.
A young lady living not far from
Barnard, who has been carrying on
quite a conventional correspondence
with young man connected with a
wholesale house in a distant state,
received letter from the said young
man the other day which concluded
thusly: Here is where I go to work;
l am in the billing department" The
young lady's answering letter conclud-
ed something like this: Here is
where 1 go to work; I am in the
coo (k)ing department" That ought
to break the ice some, don't you
think Barnard Bee.
A poor old fool who had in some
way accumulated a lot of Kansas
money, cattle and land, while in Kan
sas City a couple of years ago, made
the acquaintance of a silly milliner
who wanted a man and had never
been able to land one. The old fool
being something of a sport, resolved
to have some fun with the man hunt
er. Whether he told her that he was
already married and had a wife living
as we'll as grown family OF children,
perhaps the public will never know
even If it cared to. The woman says
that he never told her that but prom
ised her that he would fill the long
felt want and be her husband Lots
OF warm letters passed between the
two. Finally the milliner, in despair,
found out that the old fool was not
going to marry her for the simple
reason, apparently. that he was al
ready as much married as he could
be with the present system of laws in
operation. Then she brought suit
against him and asked for fifty thou
sand dollars as a balm for the injury
to her affections. The court heard
the mess of stuff called evidence in
the trial and sent the case to the Jury
The jury found for the defendant. not
because he ought not to be stuck but
because the millfner ought not have
any damages. Congress ought to pass
a special act placing every member
of that jury on pension.-Chanute
Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
THE LAWS DELAYS.

In the news dispatches from Wash
ington these days telling Of the pro
grams which are being formed tenta-
lively for congressional action on the
various matters of legislation which
have been suggested by President
Taft and others. there has been moth
ing but silence on needed preliminary
legislation looking toward reforms in
court procedure which will do away
with many of the present delays of the
law and also reduce the costs of liti-
cation.
President Taft styled this question in
his regular message to congress as
one of the most important which is
before the people of this country for
solution. He advanced the suggestion
that congress should provide for the
should mako an investigation of this
matter and report such remedial meas
ures as might be deemed advisable.
Such an investigation would merely
revolve around the methods of proce-
dure in the federal courts, but its rec
concentrations, it is reasonable to sup
pose, might form the necessary basis
for similar and even more greatly
needed reforms in state courts.
This matter has been the subject of
inquiry for several years back by the
American Bar association and by the
bar associations of several of the
states and considerable has been &C
complished by these Investigations. But
it would appear that the matter could
be handled in more definite fashion
by a special commission created by
congressional authority such as Presi-
dent Taft suggests. And congress
should not forget to take the requis-
lite action in the premises. Possibly,
this mater has been shelved by con-
gressional leaders because of other
things which they are inclined to look
upon as more pressing. These other
things may be more in the public.
eye, but not one of them is really of
greater Importance to the body polite.
1t was only the other day that Jus
tice Brewer of the United States SUI
preme court emphasized this conten-
ton strongly in an address he deliv-
cred at a meeting of the Civic Forum
in New York City. He was severe
in his criticism of the laws delay and
the unusual costs of litigation which
make justice prohibitive in many in
stances for the poor man. 1.-THE seat
of the trouble, in my opinion" he
said, lis in the fact that too many
appeals are granted when justice does
not demand it. Our courts trife with
justice by permitting delay after delay
upon mere technicalities
A matter so grave as this is de-
serving of the most painstaking in
vestigation and consideration and it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
WOMAN.

Oh, riddle of the endless years,
Thou near and dear divinity
Whose occultation neither clears
Nor distance nor vicinity,
Thou darling of infinity,
Partaker of its mystery.
Work, war and thee-the trinity,
Hath made the whole worlds history
Work, war and thee? Why do men toll
Who like not lives Iaborious?
Why make they war? Is 1t for spoil
That they do battle glorious?
Nay, she is most censorious,
And Spurns a sordid offering.
The hearts of the victorious
Alone are worth her proffering.
The fruits of all our toll and strife
We give-earth's full variety;
Wealth, glory, power, honor, life
Till threatens her safety,
Rewards she then such piety?
Nay, ask the world she rules and blesses
Each boon owned by society
Men won to win her dear caresses.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.l

LFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Every man imagines himself ac-
commodating.
This is what the protection" in
being married means to woman:
She has some one around who is al
ways grumbling about the bills.
When he hears someone calling
him to come in and go to work, or to
bed, is the only time a boy will admit
there is too much noise in the world
When banker does go wrong, it
seems to increase the general salts
faction if it is stated he was also su-
perintendent of Sunday school.
When a visitor tells her hostess she
is working too hard, her host makes
a deep down vow that he will never
let that woman visit at his house
again.
You never know how many figures
can be carried in the head until you
hear woman give out recipes for
cakes.
There is little danger that your per-
sonal liberty is going to be curtailed
to the extent of keeping you from
making a fool of yourself if you are
inclined that way.
Here is joke they are telling on a
Missourian: He attended the Christ
ian church yesterday, and he supposed
the foreign missionary envelopes Civ
en- to him contained free garden seed.
When a spin says in a decided tone
of voice that every woman on earth,
no matter how uhattractive, has, at
least, ONE opportunity to marry, it is
sign she wants to be given the
chance to tell you about hers.
Take girl who has never had a
dollar of her own and give her a for
tune, and, in a few days, she will
have acquired al the IRIS and man
nerisms of those born rich. But a
man can't do it: Once a plug, always
a plug, with a man.
1t was once proposed to get up a
picnic for Texas summer girl who
was visiting in Atchison. For heav-
ems sake she said, don't take fried
chicken. In Texas they can't catch
the cattle, so they catch the chickens;
I would rather have cold beef
In every town there is pale
faced, sad-looking woman who is
clerking in store, sewing by the day,
saying, Number, please at the tel
ephone exchange, or filling the posi-
ton of stenographer in some office,
and the people, who know her story,
point her out as the heroine of a ro-
nance. She is seldom pretty, so it
was not her beauty, which brought
the romance in her life; it was her
wilfulness. Her parents and friends
probably saw the romance coming,
and begged her to avoid it, but she
would have it, and it ended with the
parents paying for a divorce, and
with her working to earn living for
the baby which enters into most ro-
mances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

lFrom the Chicago News.1
Poets are born and sometimes thew
are paid. OS
All things come to those who wait
on themselves.
The longer the engagement the short
er the married life.
The proper time to do what vor, dor,t
want to do is by and by. 1i
~ 5; oead easy to convince man that
ne is smarter than you are.
some women seem to be ashamed 70
eat real food in a public dining place.
among other things that fail To i'm
press a man favorably are his wife,s
fool and his money are soon partad
pul us dlnerent with a lazy boy and a
An Ohio man fell and broke his nao,r
the day before his wedding was scbeJA
uled to take place. Some men are ~.
some suffragettes advocate whinn;nv
posLs Tor abusive husbands, but thev are
gtng wives. Ao1 nag
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
AS TO COLD STORAGE.

Many people are expressing the
opinion these days. and not without
good grounds for such beliefs. that
one of the causes for the outrageously
high prices for a variety of foodstuffs
is the possibility of cornering the mar
kets in them through the medium
of cold storage plants. OF course, this
Is vigorously denied by the cold stor-
age people. They go so far as to in
sist that the present method of stor-
ing away foodstuffs has tendency TO
eoualize prices. But the matter is one
of serious concern and quite worthy
of the investigation which has been
undertaken by one of the committees
Of the national house of representa-
tives.
Several remedies have been sug-
gested already for roofing out this evil
if it exists. One of them is that the
states should operate all the cold stor-
age plants within their confines. This
plan, however, does not appear to be
feasible or practicable. And it is ques-
tionable if it is within the proper
functions of such governments as exist
in this country to go into business
of this kind. It is not believed that
the courts WOulQ lOOh WIN AofOA OAA
such governmental activities.
What's the matter. though, with the
development of a system under fed
eral legislation whereby each article
that is put in cold storage shall be
branded with the date that it is put
away on ice? This would be but an
extension Of the present pure food reg
ulatton by the national as we'll as the
state governments. Under the pure
food laws as they now exist no i'm
positions can be practiced on the pub
lie Almost everything in the food
line is sold, or supposed to be, for just
what it is, except that there are no
regulations to indicate the age OF any
article. Compounds are labeled as to
their ingredients And the day of sell
ing oleomargarine for butter is of the
past. These same principles prevail
NOWADAYS in respect to weights and
measures.
Now, why shouldn't they be made
to apply also to the products that
are locked up in cold storage for
months and sometimes years? Why
shouldn't a consumer know just ex-
actly how old a chicken or dozen
serenely with it's brethren in mod
ern ice house while the man or men
who put those things there is manipu-
lating the prices of them or waiting
for the most favorable market?
1t is easy to see how such a plan
would work out. The great majority
of the purchasers Of these cold stor-
age products would refuse to buy, just
on general principles. chicken. eggs
and a variety of other things that had
been laid away for months or years,
regardless of the insistence of the cold
storage men that such commodities
were Just as fresh as the first day of
their incarceration. This would mean
that the cold storage people would
have to keep their things on the move
or eventually have no market for
them. And so the cornering of any
product through the cold storage me-
diuro would become an impOSSlbility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Few successes are worth while if
they do not result from hard work.
4 X
Some people waste all kinds of valu-
able time trying to fix up trivial mis-
takes.
y
The most difficult tasks for some
men to accomplish are just as easy for
others.
X
There may be plenty of mischief
lurking around for idle hands to get
mixed I'D with. but exactly the re-
verse is true of idle tongues.
y y
If everybody only practiced a small
measure of the things he breaches It
wouldn't be long before the world was
a much better place to live in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09

Members Of the Paper Board associ-
alton, with headquarters in New York.
and who. through this Illegal combina-
ton, levied improperly an annual tax
of about $5,ooo,o0o year on the peo-
pie of the country, pleaded guilty to
the charges against them the other
day and were each fined $1,000. Consld-
ering the "swag'' they got away with,
these fines can scarcely be looked upon
as being punishment in proper proper
lions. It's too bad that the law did not
permit of Jail or prison sentences be-
ing pronounced. Fines mean very lit
tie in such cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09

[From the Philadelphia Record
Many a man who would refuse a fin
will accept a perquisite.
It's a cold day when a man demands
justice and gets just ice.
1t is human nature to put the biggest
presents at the top of the stocking.
No, Maude, dear; it isn't the law of
gravitation that causes our hair 70 fa1I
out.
Shea man is as old as he feels a
woman is as old as she 1ooks.'' He
Not in the morning, I hope
When we meet some people we don't
know whether to shake them by the
hand Or shake them altogether
Hoax-"That fellow Biones tooks
rather rusty" Joax-"Yes. he bas ar
iron constitution and got caught out in
the RAIN AZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-09

A food inspector of the District of
Columbia comes out with a statement
that bal beef. some of it aged to such
an extent that it was ready to fall to
pieces, was served at the White House
during its occupancy by Colonel Roose-
Welt. Maybe the colonel had an idea
that he needed a strong diet to put
him in proper condition for his African
trip. Rhinoceros and hippopotamus
steaks are undoubtedly inclined to be
quite vigorous in the matter of
strength"