The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-01-07
AT MIDNIGHT HOUR
MERRY BELLS RING
THE OLD YEAR OUT
WHISTLES BILE WAND cLAPPERs
SWUNG AT PASSING or THE
PERIOD.
REVIEW OF RECENT EVENTS
History Has Been Made In The
City, County, State, Nation And
WorId-Most EVentful Twelve
Months.

evening the old year was rung out an
the new year rung in. To the clang o
the court house bell, the siren accom-
paniment of a dozen whistles in full
shrek, the two years GRACEFUL!
merged, and 1908 lapsed into 1909.
When the midnight air was rem
with the elamorous demonstration
noting the passing of the year the frs
impulse of Columbians was to specp
late as to the whereabouts of the fire
Persons of excitable temperament
rushed to the door and we're certain
that they could descry the bright red
flames licking toward the sky in this
direction and that; while Central" a
ready source of quick information was
appealed to by numerous patrons of
the telephone system. More devout
and thoughtful persons had formed
watch parties" and were ready to
hang up new calendars the moment
the old ones were out of date.
Inc year tHdS has just PuooCu AhtO
history has been memorable one
from national, state and local view
point. It has witnessed the realiza-
ton of many dreams, the downfall of
many hopes. Events have occurred
that will go down in history to the
remotest days. Invention and disccv-
cry, walking hand in hand have made
remarkable strides. Commerce has
been developed along wonderful lines.
Reforms have been instituted, and re-
forms have failed In every line of
human endeavor the year has been
one fraught with great consequence
to the animate beings that swarm the
earth like ants and denominate them
selves as human.
The nation and the world have been
startled during the year by the twice
discovery of the North Pole. After
hiding out successfully from the very
edge of time down to the Present this |
point at the end of the |
earth has at last tumbled into the out
hands of two American ex-
pIorers. Cook has established himself /
as the most colossal fake of the ages
or the most unfortunate explorer,
which? Peary has proven himself to
be the boss mailer" by driving spike
DR. two into the frozen timbers of the
pole. At the same time he has won
he reputation of being destitute of
courtesy, un-American and unmanly.
The great Theodore Roosevelt, dur
ng the year, has broken all precedent
hat docs hedge president" by en-
,aging in an animalslaughtering trek
through the plains of Africa. His {
successor, William Taft, I,
las won fame as politician capable
4 revising the tariff upward. Ameri-
ans have triumphed in other lines.
)r. Dudley has discovered Neon, Sc
rance has trimmed Vanderbilt, Hans
Wagner has immortaliZed himself as Z
be greatest living American" by
atting an average that ran up a score ,
uually as magnificent as that for
hitch the other Wagner is RESPONSE /,
lie. In the affairs of nations Leopold
as fallen, and many other momentous
have transpired. The air
hip has been perfected, the automo-
lie popularized.
The state has witnessed the passing
I the saloon, during the year. A Ten
essee jurist has been appointed
lember of the greatest tribunal on
arth. There have been hundreds of
vents Of the greatest Importance, and
lie year will go into the records as
aving made more history than any
ozen that have come before. .
The city of Columbia, during the
Ear, has caught the step OF progress. =
lies upon miles of concrete walks ~
i've been built. Never before in the III
story OF the city has the spirit OF "
vic Improvement been so manifest. st
here has been a heated municipal III
plenty Of politics for all.
18th no saloon doors to swing open, n
e town has prospered as never be- ~
re and has entered upon a new era
growth and development. Nearly
hundred residences have been built,
e post Office building has been COM
eted The fight for the Normal c.
hool has been waged and lost, and
I of the campaign has come new
terest in the cause Of education, and
lch good has been done. ST.
The county has seen the establish
INT of high school, the organization trt
a gigantic phosphate company and tn
my smaller ones, the completion OF cit
new railway. ga
Truly the year has been one OF mar en-
ous achievement, and truly does the thu
" year promise to be even more