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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
COLLECTORS PATH
A ROCKY ROAD
INSTALLMENT MAN Is ASSESSED
FIVE FOR SCRAP WITH COL
oRED WOMAN.

The path Of the installment ccllec-
tor is veritably rocky road" accord
ing to the evidence produced in po-
lice court trial wednesday morning
with Assistant Recorder Porter Erwin
presiding.
In the effort to collect the prihcely
sum of $1.25 from colored woman a
white collector engaged in war OF
words and also in some rock throw
ing. There was conflict of testimo-
ny, but it was pretty well agreed that
both the woman and the collector In
dulged in some plain conversation,
and it was charged by the white man
that the black woman applied an OPP
probious term, peculiarly distasteful
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29

to Southerners to him, and that he
threw stone at her, knocking the
window stick out.
The collector swore that the woman
had previously threatened to throw a
rock at him, but she denied this. How
ever, her daughter admitted that the
old lady had drawn brick on the col
lector, while another witness for the
woman gave her black eye by deny
ing that she had been driving hogs out
of the yard, as had been testified, and
had rock in her hand. The fuss was
caused by the attempt to collect bal
ance of one twenty-five on a two dol
lar debt that had been sometime over
due. Mr.. Erwin assessed the white
man five dollars and costs and reieas-
ed the woman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
THE COLLINS AUTO
WRECKED BY FIRE
ON SUNDAY MORN
OWNER HAS NARROW ESCAPE
AND is PAINFULLY
BURNED.
A STARTLING ACCIDENT
Nearly Fourteen Gallons Of casol ne
Burns In Incredibly Short Time, the
Flames LsapIng Fifty Feet High
House and Machine Complete Loss.

DR.. Z. E. Collins had a narrow es
cape from death and his automobile
was wrecked by IRE Sunday morning
the result of . peculiar accident
The machine had stood for the night
In a recetly constructed and dlminu.
tive garage and it is presumed that
the fioater that confines the gasoline
to the carborater had become displac.
ed. When DIR. Collins started to crank
the machine. preparatory to a spin,
the gasoline ignited and burned With
great fierceness.
/ DR.. Collins fed for his life, but not
until his hand and arm had been Jain.
fully burned and the flames had re-
moved his eye lashes and eye brcws.
The fire did quick work and within a
flew minutes the once handsome car
was a mass of twisted and molten
metal and the garage heap of ashes.
The machine was insured for 81 200
in the Hartford Company, and had
been in use about one year. In de.
scribing his experience DR.. Collins
said:
Il had started to crank the machine
and when l pulled the crank down
and before it had made the first rev.
|olution there was a sudden ignition of
the gasoline. The flames shot out
with great force and before l could
run my hands had been burned and
my lashes removed The hot fire
flashed into my face and beat a pre-.
cipitate retreat.
''The tank has a capacity of four.
teen gallons and had been filed on
Saturday. As the macine uses one
gallon Of gasoline every sixteen miles,
/ am sure that there must have Leen
over thirteen gallons in the tank when
the accident occurred. The fioater in
the .carborater had probably become
displaced and the gasoline had leaked
out. / use a magnet, instead of the
dry battery, and / presume that the
spark ignited the gasoline, which inn
began to burn.
"The woodwork of the machine was
burned away, and even the brass was
melted The machine is apparently a
total loss.
$50 high did the flames soar that
when | ran upstairs and began to pour
water on the burning building was
driven back by the intense heat.
THE house in which the machine
was stored was built at a cost of about
fifty dollars and was a total loss"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
POLL TAX IS
BEING PAID
THOSE WHO WOULD VOTE ARE
BEGINNING TO QUALIFY BY
GETTING RECEIPT.

The rust on the Office of Trustee
Elem Thomas has already begun, and
there is considerable demand for poll
tax receipts with the election week
off. The big rush, however, will come
next week. Under the laws Of the
State Of Tennessee a poll tax receipt
is necessary qualification to vote,
the money paid in going to the school
fund.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
SEVERAL CONTESTS
FOR MINOR OFFICES
COMING ELECTION
IN HALF or THE DISTRICTS ONLY
ONE CONSTABLE
QUALITIES.
FOR The BOARD OF EDUCATION

chas. p. Hatcher and &. N. klndell
Are Candidates For Reelection
without opositIon.-No one Wants
To Be Constable In the Sixth Dis
trIct.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
NO SERVICE AT
OLIVET SUNDAY

There will be no service at Mt. Oh
wet Sunday. 1t had been announced
that Rev. A. e. Clement, the hospital
commissioner of the church, would
preach at that time but Mr.. Clement
finds that he cannot come SO the SER
vice win not be held.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
A WRErcHEp MlsrAkE

to endure the itching, painful distress
OF Files. There's no need to. Liz.
ten: Il suffered much from. Piles
writes Will A. Marsh, OF Siler City,
N. c., IT'LL | got box Of Buckklin's
Arnica Salve, and was soon cured"
Burns, Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores,
Eczema, Cuts, Chapel Hands, Chill
blains, vanish before It. ESQ Fl
BROOKS-LATHAM DRUG co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
MARTIN COLLEGE
PULASKI, TENN

An endowed institution for girls and
young women.
Location ideal. Faculty of specialists
German director of music. Congenial stu
dent body. HEALTH RECORD UNSURPASSED.
Modern buildings, new furniture plenty Of
wholesome well-cooked food. "The best
Of everything, is the motto of Martin
College Write the president for catalog
and information.
w. T. WYNN, Pulaski, Tenn.
Observation-Disclosures lott
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29

Cure baby's Group. Willie's dtily
cuts and bruises, mama's sore throat
grandma's lameness-Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil--the great household rem
edy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
UNIVERSITY MAN
PLEADS GUILTY

KANSAS CITY, July 25.-John VIII
holt, formerly student Of the Uni
versity of Georgia, and son Of w. f.
Without, president Of the Cotton Oil
Company. of Atlanta, Ca, pleaded
guilty to burglary In the criminal
court here today. He was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
HEAL THY INCREASE
SHOWN THIS YEAR BY.
N. 0. DEPARTMENT
THE RECEIPTS ARE coNslDERA-
BLY, HEAVIER THAN FOR
LAST YEAR.
OVER TEN THOUSAND SOLD
Amount Of Money Expended BY Rural
Population for Liquor Is Gradually
Lessenins-Too Much Trouble to
order-5Ig Holiday Trade Yet

Figures given out by the money or
der department Of the local postofice
show a substantial increase in the
volume of business transacted during
the past year over that Of the year be
fore. This increase is commensurate
with the increase in the total amount
of business done by all departments
of the office, resulting in Uncle Sans
Extending to Postmaster Jackson and
the assistant postmaster q handsome
increase in salary.
A peculiar feature in connection
with the increased business-and a
very commendable one-is that the
additional money paid in for the OH
cial slips of paper did not come from
the thirsty, drink loving portion Of
Maury. There has been q marked fall
ing on in the number of money orders
issued for the purchase of liquors. no
Iticeably in the country districts. With
the exception Of one or two routes
that extend to the phosphate mines,
there is but little liquor now being or
dered by rural patrons of the post
office This is due to the fact that pro-
Inhibition prohibits.
Since the laws have made it more
dificuIt to secure wet goods, the ru-
raj drinler has been less and less dis
posed to take the trouble to order,
combining his expenditure Of money
for intoxicants largely to the big hoIi-
days, such as July Fourth and Christ
mas.
Another lettering cause is the diff
Guilty of keeping secret the purchase
of liquors, which incIines many of the
more respectable of the bibulous to do
without rather than take chances.
The total volume of money order
business done last year was $685.
66951, itemized as follows:
Bal. brought forward. 1913 1898
Received for sale of M. O.'s.. 44,3Ol.67 !
Fees on M. O's.. .......... 530.4O
Deposited by other Offices :. 5000 rs |.
Total ...... ...... s1SS, 669.51 |
This Years Report.
The figures for this year, which /
were prepared for The Herald by Miss
Fariss, the efficient head of
the department, follow:
Debit.
For Bal. Brought forward. s. 83S.61
For 10000 M. o. issued. 59,SS8.S1
For fees on M. o. .......... 54375
For 80 int. M. o. issued. 574O4
For fees on int M. o. $3.50. 6.4s I
For deposits .......... -. 9O,ST2-SS
Total $3.50. .,. ..... .$152,224.77 /,
Credits.
For 1857 M. o. paid .$36,2O6.7s
FOR int M. O.. paid. -. 1881
to Nashville. ~. 115, 10000 |
Bal. on hand. .......... ~. 644.1S
Total 1890. ....... $152,224.T
A total of s6O,5131S was received
or 1889 orders issued, making an j
.verage of thirty-fye orders a day
With an average Of $685. for each or
er A total of $36,2s5.59 was paid
nut for 4.376 orders, making an aver
ge of $3.50 for each order.
Rural patrons bought 4,153 money .
riders amounting to $22,6O976.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

- Polar Research: Walter Wellman as
cended in his dirigihle balloon at Spitz-
bergen, bound for the north POLE meet
ing with an accident after travelling s.
miles which indefinitely postponed the
trip.
%. elimination of . forest fire which de-
stroyed 100000 worth Of fir and tam
arack timber along Lake Occur
d'Alene. Wash.
a. Aeronautics: Opening Of the aeroplane
races at Rheims. France.
n Fire: Loss Of 8. 900 900 by flames in
the business district OF Decatur. ILL.,
Accident: killed and many injured in
strikers riot at the Pressed Steel Car
company's plant at Schoenville. Pa.
Obituary: Rev. Thomas Ducey. pastor
OF ST. Leo's Roman Catholic church.
in New York city. widely known for
his denunciations OF municipal corrup-
ton: aged Is.
p Aeronautics: Glenn II. Curtiss. Amer
lean aviator. made q speed record at
Rheims by covering SIS miles in 8
minutes IS rs seconds.
Shipwreck: The Nicolas Castania found
cred off the Isle Of Pines, carrying
down passengers and q officers and
sailors.
T. Shipwreck: The North German Lloyd
steamer Schlesein coilided with the
Argentine excursion steamer Colombia
in Montevideo harbor and sunk her
with a loss Of over $50 passengers.
8. Aeronautics: Paulhan. French avi-
ator. broke all records for length
Of unbroken flight. including Wilbur
Wright's. by remaining in the air 2
hours. So minutes and "a seconds at
Rheims.
q. Obituary: George Manville Fem, Eng
lish novelist Of the old school. In Lon
don: aged IS
Aeronautics: Henry Farman, English
aviator. set new record for heavier
than air machines by covering Ill. 8
miles In hours. minutes and IS IS
seconds. At Rheims.
- Aaropaptics; elena H Curtiss won
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

Consular reports show that in no
place in Europe is bread so high as in
Sweden, and particularly in Stock
holm. The wheat bread varies in
weight and price according to the
within of the baker, and the conditions
are so exacting that a law is demand
ed by the authorities of Stockholm
calling for sale by weight. A kilo
(2.2 pounds) of bread, selling in Swe-
den for 1874 cents, costs in Belgium
GA cents: in England, S cents; in
France, 7.3 cents; in Holland. As
cents: in Russia, S.S cents, and in
Germany. 9.3 cents. The duty on
wheat in France is 33 per cent. high
or than in Sweden, but the price of
bread is IS per cent. lower, and in
Germany 43 per cent. While the price
of bread in Europe has risen steadily
for the last ten years, in Sweden it
has increased 81 per cent, of which 81
per cent. is during the last four years
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
Aged Countess to Marry Youth
Adorned With Jewels Elderly NobIeWoman Shocked for
Fear News of Permit viii Reach Relatives.

| New York. Jan. 1-Claiming to be
closely related to royalty, beautifully
gowned. adorned with costly jewels
and as nervous as the traditional bride.
Countess FRANCHISE Mantiasolo. 81
years old. and Emil Arthur Springer,
who confessed to 30 years. applied for
a marriage license at the city hall yes
terday afternoon.
The countess gave her address as %
West Forty Fifth street, while the
bridegroom-elect said he lived at -
West Seventy-fourth street.
When the couple entered the city
hall Springer approached Clerk Hart
and said:
Gould have a word in private with
you. my good fellow"
When told he could, Springer unbur-
dened himself in this wise:
The countess and myself wish to be
married today. but We do not desire
any vulgar publicity. We want Ii
cense, but it must not be given to the
newspapers.
When told that this would be impos-
sible young Springer conferred with
the bride-elect, who exclaimed with
horror:
oh. dear. what would my royal rel
atives say if this crept into print 1t
must not be
A long and heated argument ensued
t,$~ IL 1l lnrt
Harris desk and gave their pedis> ees-
The Countess said she was a daugh-
ter of Casimir de La Tour and Fran
coise de Pallalion and that she was
born at Ally-Canrl. France. - years
ago She said she was a widow and
came Of royal lineage. Some day,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
A Beavers Toilet.

1t is an interesting sight to watch
a beaver at his evening toilet. To be-
gin with. instead of sitting up with
his large. fat. ribbed tail protruding
behind him. he tucked it forward be
tween his hind legs and sat upon it
Then with his hand he carefully comb
ed his long hair. using both hands at
the same time. There were nlauy
places. however. that could not b.
reached in this way. for his arms ar,
very short and his body very large. $.
he combed these otherwise inaccessible
places with his hind feet. using tirst
one and then the other. The entire
operation was performed with the Ut,
most elaboration and care and occu-
pied more than a quarter of an hour
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
The Abducted Voter.

A Londoner Of pronounced Tory
principles had a wife with strong Rad
ical tendencies. On the morning of a
contest in which every vote was OF the
utmost Importance his better half in
sinuatinsly suggested over breakfast
that they should enjoy what promised
to be a glorious day by driving in the
country.
The husband readily consented. and
after a pleasant outing they returned
in the evening just as 8 O'Clock was
Ginning. Then said the wife sweetly.
1T is too late now. dear. to vote in
this election"
Yes" was the reply. but / voted ut
8 O'Clock this morning. before you
came downstairs."-Londo Taller.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

Massachusetts has taken up the
idea of poor mans credit bank. This
is an institution where men of little
means can get loans with no security
except their personal character. The
bank accepts deposits and pays a
small rate of interest on them. 1t is
organized in the form of a company.
every member of which can get small
loans on the Endorsement of other
members AS the society is very care
fui in admitting members, there is
little likelihood of loss. The scheme
has worked we'll in Germany.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

The living conditions of the workers
in the larger mines of Mexico are ex-
tremely humble The average man
and his family live in a one-room
snack, mud house. stone hut. or dug
out along some bank Their food con-
sists of dried meat. fried flour cakes.
beans ard rank coffee. Stoves are
found only in the better homes. the
laborer's meal being cooked over lit
tie fire between stones. At meal times
the family gather around the fire and
they slep on blankts on the floor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

she said, one of her heirs might wear
crown.
The bridegroom said he was born at
Berne Switzerland, and that he had
lived in this country several years.
After obtaining the license they en-
tered a taxicab and departed for the
apartment of the countess
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
NOTICE.

Stockholders meeting of The Peo-
pies Home and Savings Association at
their office, l. 0. o. F. building. jan
uary 4. 1910. from to o'clock. f. n.
For the election OF officers and such
other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
1-3t JESSE H. BROOKS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

More than 80 per cent. of the cities
of this country with a population OF
ten thousand or more are equipped
with electric fire alarms
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

The New England Thanksgiving
dates from 1888, when the Massachu-
sets bay colony set apart a day for
thanksgiving.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

For an early breakfast. nothing SO
fine as Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat
cakes. Fresh goods now at your gro
GERS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
lon9feilow's Grave

Lonsfeiiow's Grave.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. the
poet. is buried in Mount Auburn GEM
etery, Boston.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
NOVEMB Err.

Z Political: Judge William J. Gaynor
elected mayor OF New York on the
Democratic ticket: the election a gen.
eral reverse for Tammany Hall Mu-
nicipal reform defeated in San Fran
cisco. Tom johnson beaten by Her
man Baehr in Cleveland mayoralty
A1ActSQn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
STANDARD OIL PLANTS
BARRED TO TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 3-Charies
T. Gates, attorney general for Tennessee
was seen here today and asked what
steps would be taken by the state au-
thorities to eliminate the Standard Oh
company from Tennessee under the re-
cent decree of the United States supreme
court in the Gallatin case and replied:
I'VE have the decree of the court, and
under that decree the Standard Oil COM
pany is absolutely forbidden to do any
local business in this state. There Is
nothing to prevent that company from
shipping it's oils into Tennessee, but I'M
der the decision of the supreme court OF
the United States it can carry on nc
local business in Tennessee. The decree
of the highest court of the country SIM
ply enforces ITSELF
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
HYDE POISON TRIAL
ENTERS ON LAST LAP
Defense Begins Presentation
of Witnesses, Twnty of
Whom Are Summoned

KANSAS CITY, May. 5.-The Hyde
murder trial entered upon the last lap
today when the defense' began its pre-
sentation of witnesses. Between 15 and
20 persons will testify in behalf of DR..
Hyde, it is said, and indications are that
the case will be in the jury's hands with
in a wee!-.
Mrs. Logan o. Swope was the last wit
ness for the prosecution yesterday. Her
testimony was a plain narrative of the
illness and death in her residence. She
was a calm and Straightforward witness.
The defense questioned her briefly.
Il am we'll satisfied with the trial this
far" said Dr. Hyde before court today.
Il think L shall be acquitted"
SWOPE DRANK, WITNESS SAYS
In an effort to prove that Colonel
Swope's physical condition was poor. S.
w. Spangler, for seven years business
/, agent for the millionaire, was called to
open the defenses case. Mr.. Spangler
said Colonel Swope drank heavily until
eleven months before his death.
When Colonel Swope gave up drinking.
testified the witness, he became very
weak, sometimes suffered from fairtinC
spells. and was forced to lie down each
afternoon The millionaire was a user
of patent medicines, containing strych-
nine, said Spangler.
II may be here a day or a week, but
7 cannot last long. I'm liable to die
at any moment" Mr.. Spangled said
, Colonel Swope told him the day before
he died.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
WILL DEAS0N DIES
FROM WOUND IN FIGHT

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, May 5.-Will
Deason, who shot and killed Edward Ma
pier yesterday and was wounded during
the fight, is dead. Tom Deason was also
slightly wounded by Napier
Napier went to Deason's home about
daylight, tracking a negro who had stolen
his oats, it is claimed with no idea of a
fuss with the Deasons. One version of
the matter is that Napier, who was not
on good terms with the Deasons. was
struck on the back of the head and aft
erwards shot i'm the back.
Napiers friends claim he was assassin
ated and his wounds will substantiate
this view, he being struck on the head
from behind and all the pistol wounds
being i'm the back. The Deasons claim
that Napier was the aggressor and that
he came 10 their mill and started tne
quarrel
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
AFRICAN METHODISTS
TO MEET I'M AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA, Ga, May 3.-The eighth
general conference of the ColoreJ Metho-
dist Episcopal church in America will
convene in this/city tomorrow morning,
the senior biship. Il. II. Holsey, of Allan
ia, presiding. The members or the pres
ent church are the descendants of the
original slave members of the Metho-
dist Episcopal churc-I, south. who were
set apart into a separate c.-urch in 1872.
The general conference will elect prob
ably two additional bishops re-elect the
general officers, create one or two more
departments and take on foreign mis-
sion work among thu negroes in Africa.
Much special legislation is being dis
cussed. A large delegation came In this
afternoon from practically every state in
the union, headed by the bishops or the
respective dioceses
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
NEW YORK MUCH DRIER
UNDER LIQUOR TAX LAW

NEW YORK, May 5.-Although unof-
fetal estimates of the worth of Mayor
Gaynor's plan for enforcing the liquor
laws on Sunday have varied, Frederick
w. STEELE. of the state excise depart
ment thinks saloon keepers are more
law-a biding than at any time in nearly
Is years and that the city is 'drier" than
at any time during that period
In a letter addressed to the mayor, Mr..
STEELE says:
IT want you to know that number If
our special agents have reported to me
that never in their experience since the
liquor tax law was enacted in 1896 have
they seen such an effort to comply with
the law on the part of liquor dealers as
during the past two Sundays"