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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
PATTERSON DEFIES
DECEhCY, APPEALS
FOR ANOTHER TERM
WILL SEEK vlNDIcATIoN OF THE
INFAMOUS COOPER
PARDON.
ALARMED AT PRIMARY PLAN
Expected That Pretense viii Be Made
Toward Changing Method Of cleo
ton With Characteristic Gall Gov
ernor INDUCES in Mock Herolcs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 19.-Gov.
Patterson is to stand for reelection
to succeed himself.
Though it took him 1000 words to
state this fact, which could have been
told in dozen the meaning of the
screed can be picked out from the
maze of English in which it is en-
veloped.
Many reasons moved Gov Patterson
to this course, according to his long
announcement, but the most potent
are not referred to.
! It is case OF rushing INTO the
breach. With powerful candidates re-
fusing to enter his primary trap. and
with denunciation, official and private,
deluging him from every side, it be-
came absolutely necessary to DO some
thing to stem the tide ere it was too
late.
This was doubtless the chief reason
why Patterson comes forward at this
crisis in his political fortunes and, like
a pigmy defying the lightning, vainly
imagines that he can retrieve his shat
tered fortunes by words, mere words.
Among the mass of verbiage which
encumbers the royal message to his
followers is an attack on prohibition.
This and not Patterson Is the cause Of
Being a farseeing statesman, Gov. Pat
terson did all he could to prevent the
enactment of prohibition law, and
his skirts are clear in the explanation
he attempts to make of the distress
ing conditions which obtain, in the
State. :. =
Following his lead is the pardon is.
sued to Cooper, an attack Is made on
the supreme court in general terms.
Having already told the lower and
highest courts that they did not know
their business, it is easy to go mora
lhtO tDdu nc III llS SOOpSG
pardon, when his time was SO short
that he had to hurry before Cooper
got started on his way to the peniten-
tiary in order to have the pardon COM
pleted. 81
-
A very large share of his announces
ment is devoted to defense of the
primary law. As he has already come
% the defense of this indefensible
hing, his addition to his former briee
s not much more than an elargement
# the first. Being the creature of his
he is enabled to see beauty
where others only see deformity.
Then that Cooper pardon must bs
(Continued on Second paRAl
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22

The militant and outraged Democra-
cy of Maury county, determined to
free the party organization from the
enslaving shackles of one-man DONNA
ton, has called convention for Mon
day, May 2, at high noon at the court
house in Columbia
The call is made by one hundred and
fifty Democrats, every one of whom
has long paid allegiance to the party
of Jeffercon and Jackson, and every
one of whom is determined that the
grand old organization shall redeem
its blood stained record in this State
by casting overheard the piratical buc-
cancers who have attempted to scut-
tie the vessel that once bore them
to safe harbors.
On the petition are found the names
of James A. Smiser and j. l. Finney,
chairman and secretary respectively
of the county committee; several mem
bers of the committee, representative
citizens from every district in the
county, lawyers, doctors, bankers, mer-
chants, clerks; in fact every avocation
and every profession is represented.
The purpose of the convention will
be to name delegates to State con-
vention to be held in Nashville on May
H. The call follows:
For the purpose of restoring to the
masses of the Democracy of Tennes-
see the party organization and with !
t the right to free and untrammeled |
of the party will in the
of party candidates and |
he making of party platforms a con-
yention is called at the capitol of the
State on May IL; now endorsing the
objects and purposes of said conven-
ion and for the purpose of electing
delegates to represent Maury county
herein a convention of the Democra-
y of Maury county is hereby call d to
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
TO ATTEND THE
M CONFERENCE
PASTORS AND DELEGATES LEAVE
FOR CEDAR HILL METHODIST
CHURCH IN GILES co.

DR.. A. G. Dinwiddie, pastor of the
First Methodist church, Edward p.
Turner, Ross Burns, T. C..
Britain and ]. /. Finney, del
egates, LETT Wednesday morning for
Cedar Hill church in Giles county
where they go to attend the district
conference of the Columbia distict Of
the Methodist church which convenes
there this morning. The conference
will be in session for two days and
many matters of Importance for the
church will come up for action. Del
egates to the annual conference which
convenes this fall at GAINESVILLE will
be elected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
HAURY DEMOCRATS
WHETTING KNIVES
FOR H. PATTERSON
ANNOUNCEMENT or CANDIDACY
V1ILED TO SEND CHILL OF
TERROR.
Weak PLEA FOR PRIMAR
Recognized as Feeble Effort to Escape
the Inevitable in November-coun-
~ Will Back Neil, Shields, Green
and Lansden.

NJ. R. Patterson's announcement Of
his candidacy for reelection as Cover
no. of Tennessee occasioned no sur.
prise in Maury county, nor did it send
chill of terror to the hearts Of his
numerous opponents.
It was expected that the very logic
Of events would force Patterson to
again run for Governor, in the vain
hope of justifying his reckless and
wanton use of the pardoning power,
especially as refers to his political ally
Duncan B. Cooper, the murderer of
Senator E. W. Carmack
In his announcement Patterson
makes a pitiful and amusing plea for
a Democratic primary, even going to
the extreme of promising to do most
anything that he is told to. This plea
is ludicrous for the double reason that
II expresses Patterson's weakness and
also his high handed manipulation of
the alleged State committee. Had
he shown the committee even the cour-
tesy of limiting that it had just little
to do with the primary plans, or
had he been less anxious to escape
the inevitable in November, there is
no doubt but that his partisans would
heye been better pleased and his po-
litical enemies less prone to force
the issue in the regular election.
The plea for primary is looked up
on by Maury Democrats as a last fu-
tile effort to inveigle the opposition
into another bogus election and as an
admission that 'the game cock of De-
has no hope of being able to
win when the ides of November roll
around with their verdict of political
oblivion for him.
AS an answer to Patterson local |
Democrats are forging ahead with |
heir county convention at which del +
sgates will be selected to attend the
convention, where the party
viii be recognized and put back on a
'asis Of honesty and fair counting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
E. W. GAMBLE
CAKE CONTEST
THlRTY-FOUR EXHIBITS-FIRST
PRIZE WON BY MRS. A. s.
HoRSLEY. -

The cake baking contest at e. w.
Gamble Grocery Co. which came to q
close Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock was a splendid success. There
were "a cakes exhibited, all of which
were fine specimens of the bakers art.
The cakes were baked Of Head Light
-four and cottolene. The first prize, q
barrel Of Head Light -four, was won by
Mrs. A. s. Horsley; second prize,
forty-eight pound bag Of Head Light
-four. won by Miss Lillian Lamar3
third prize, a ten pound bucket of cot
tolene, won by Mrs. Jesse Tomlinsona
fourth prize, Ave pounds OF CANDLES
Blend Coffee. won by Mrs. w. B. Dob
bins. Tho judges we're Mrs. w. L. Mo.
Adams, Mrs. Frank H. Smith, Mrs. N.
B. Sheppard. Mrs. Jake Harlan and q
]. Christley. They we're one hour an;
thirty minutes in making their deciG
lon.
Before the contest began the ladid
we're lined up behind the counter con-
tanning the cakes and fash light pho.
Lograph was taken. The store was All
ID with visitors and interested parties.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
ANDERSON FILES
FULL SCHEDULE
OF LIABILITIES
LOCAL MERCHANT MAKES AS
SEGMENT TO PROTECT
CREDITORS.
DEBTS EXCEED Ten THOUSAND
Many Local Firms Are Listed Among
the creditors-Assets Consist of
Store House, Stock and Open Ae-
counts-Phoenix Named Trustee.

]. T. Anderson, one of the best
known merchants of the city, and a
member of the present Board of Alder
men, made an assignment Wednes-
day morning for the benefit of his
creditors, naming as trustee the Phoe-
nix Savings & Trust Company.
For many years Mr.. Anderson has
conducted a grocery business on South
Main street, and has enjoyed a large
trade. Among his customers were
many employees of the cotton mills,
and the closing down of the mills is no
doubt in part responsible for the as
Segment. The total Indebtedness as
listed, is S10,122.89, which includes
mortgage of $500 on the store house.
Creditors claim that the total indebt-
edness may prove even larger than
listed. The assets consist of the store
hose, stock of merchandise and open
accounts. The Phoenix Savings Bank
& Trust Company is empowered to
sell the house and lot, to pay attor-
neys' fees and to otherwise wind up
the business, paying pro rata part
to the creditors. should the assets
fail to equal the liabilities. The store
house is mortgaged to j. T. Scott and
wife for $500, with interest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
MANY CHURCHES
SEND DELEGATES
TO MEETING OF COLUMBIA PRES
BYTERY AT LYNNVILLE-
TWO DAYS SESSION.

i Special to The Herald:
LYNNVILLE, Tenn, April 20-Co-
lumbia Presbytery, U. S., opened here
last night with sermon by Rev. s.
P. Halves, of Zion, the retiring modera-
tor, following which the presbytery
was organized.
The Presbytery will be in session
Wednesday and Thursday. The fol-
lowing ministers are In attendance:
Revs. ]. w. Frierson, G. E. Sullivan,
IS. P. Halves, M. S. Kennedy, J. D..
Wallace, r. 8. Brown, F. d. Daniels,
w. A. Zeizler, w. T. Spears, T. A. Pat
ton, P. L. Bruce, A. P. Gregory.
The following churches are repre-
scented: Zion Pulaski, Mt. Pleasant,
Summertown, Fayetteville, Unity,
Lynnville, Memorial, Lewisburg, Beth
berie, Frierson Memorial, Ebenezer,,
Culleoka, Petersburg, Swan Greek,
Gregory's Chapel, Pigg Chapel, Spring
Hill. Port Royal, Union (Belfast),
Cornersville, Brick Church, Columbia
First, Bethany, Young's Chapel, Elk
ton.
Among the Columbians are w. s.
and H. o. Fulton. who are del
egates to the Home Mission Confer
ence; w. F. Embry, delegate from the
First Presbyterian church of Column
bia and Rev. w. T. Spears, pastor Of
Frierson Memorial church.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
MEN ARE
PUT ON THE ROCK
FEDERAL GRAND JURY BEGINS
INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED
BULL POOL.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Little or
no progress was made by the govern
ment today in its proposed investiga-
ton of the alleged pool in raw oottcn.
Fourteen prominent New York brokers
appeared at the Federal building in re-
Spouse to subpoenas, ready to testify.
but because OF the pressure Of other
work the grand jury was forced tenn
porarily to abandon the investigation
early In the afternoon after only four
OF the witnesses had been examined.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
SAYS WRIGHT GOT
HIS KITE IDEAS
CALIFORNIAN FILES SUIT FOR IN.
FRlNGEMENT OF PATENT
AGAINST AvIAToRs.

CINCINNATI, o., April 19.-Chas.
Lammson, OF Pasadena. CAL, filed suit
with the United States District court
here today to enjoin the Wright Bros.
from engaging further in the manufac-
ture and sale OF aeroplanes.
Lammson charges that the boz kite,
which the Wright machine includes,
infringes on patent boz kite which
be invented.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22

meet at the court house in Columbis
at noon on
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1910.
All Democrats who believe in the
rule of the people and who are oppos
ed to machine domination and are IL
sympathy with the objects of tho Nash
vile convention as set forth above are
invited to attend said convention.
This April 10, 1910.
e. H. AYERS, ST.,
S. H. WILLIAMS,
j. s. ODIL,
A. p. ODIL,
T. e. BOND,
FRANK SHORT.
D. q. MOLLoY,
]. M. MOORE,
MAI. N. F. CHEAIRS,
W. W. WELLS,
J. T. WILEY,
G. B. DODSON,
]. F. PARKS,
F. X. ODIL, Jr.,
L. J. ROBERTSON, ..
G. w. SPARKMAN,
]. p. ODIL,
GRAN PRATT,
J. w. CHEAIRS.
r. c. BUNCH,
E. H. AYRES, Jr.,
A. w. BUNCH,
E. C. YOKLEY,
o. J. HEWITT,
G. E. PADGETT.
JOHN F. BECKWITH,
f. X. ODIL, Sr.,
D. G. ODIL,
WALLACE FITZGERALD.
WILL HENDERSON,
LEE HENDERSON,
WILL F. ODIL,
M. L. NELLUMS,
N. N. CHEAIRS,
Continued on Stcond Page.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
GOV. PATTERSON IS
BURNED IN EFFIGY
CITIZENS OF ATHENS SHOW RE-
SENTIMENT AT PARDON GRANT.
Ed TO DUNG COOPER.
Special to The Herald:

Special to The Herald:
ATHENS. Tenn, April 1b-Gov. Pat
Patterson was burned in efigy last
night by large concourse Of citizens
Of Athens az the result Of his pardon
ing Of D. B. Cooper, the convicted muir
esrsr Of the late Senator Carmack.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-22
DEMOCRATS OF MAURY
CALLED To ASSEMBLE
ON MONDAY, MAY End
FOR THE PURPOSE OF NAMING DELEGATES TO
THE STATE CONVENTION AT NASH
VILE ON MAY IL.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CITIZENS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
couNTTs BEST MANHOOD, SIGN THE cALL-cHAIRMAN SEC
RETARY AND MEMBERS COUNTY COMMITTEE ARE ON
ROSTER.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
BRYAN NO CANDIDATE,
WARS ON LIQUOR
Question Not d Transient
One,'' lie Says.

Lincoln, Nebr., July TT am not a
candidate for any office; l desire
nothing at the hands of my co-w1rk-
ers. They have already rewarded me,
and am indebted to them for what
ever influence | may have"
In these words in long statement,
w. J. Bryan gives notice that in the
coming campaign in Nebraska he will
seek to divorce the democratic party
from the liquor interests through the
medium of county option.
Mr.. Bryan does not spare the recog-
nfzed leaders of the party in the state
who have taken a stand against him
but his language is not bitter He de-
plores the refusal of Governor Shai-
lenberger to call an extra session of
the legislature to adopt the initiative
an referendum, whereby Mr.. Bryan
says the issue of county option might
have been referred to the people. He
adds:
when l speak of blame attaching
to certain persons who are responsible
for forcing the county option question
into the campaign | may be using the
wrong wOrd-perhaps l should say
credit instead of blame. 1t may pos
sibly be to the party's advantage 10
escape the discussion of national is
sues and to make fight on the liquor
question. 1t may be that the party is
stronger on this issue than on a ma
tional issue.
"If we must have fight on the
liquor question, it is important that
our party shall take the right side,
for the liquor question is not a trans
lent one, and besides having an eco
nomic and political feature, it in
wolves a question of morals also.
81 hope that differences of opinion
as to liquor legislation will not be per-
mitted to disturb the personal friend
ships which have grown up in our
party during our harmonious co-opera-
ton"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
my STEAM WAS GONE
DECLARES BIG BRUTE.
JeffrieS Talks Little of
Recent Fight.
Wife Feels His Defeat
Keenly as Does the
Big Fellow.

Oakland, Cal, July flames !
Jetfr1es arrived in Oakland today. He
was accompanied by his wife, brother
and number of intimate friends. He
was taken to hotel and Immediately
secluded himself. He refused to see
any visitors, even declining to meet
personal friends.
Jeffries will leave for Los Angeles
tomorrow afternoon and go at onae
to his ranch.
The big fighter bears the marks o1
his encounter with Johnson. His face
is badly marred, his lips swollen and
cut, and his eye almost closed. Many
patches of plaster adorn his features
and he walked with his head low, in
dicating in every line of his big body
a feeling of sadness. His spirit seems
to be gone.
Jeffries refused to answer the as
sertiOns of Muldoon and others that
he was "all in before he ever entered
THE ring. The t1ghter maintains ST.
lence, which his brother and his wife
are unable to break
lit is what we might have expect
ed" declared Mrs. Jeffries, in re-
sponse to a request for some state
ment of the criticism meted out to her
husband. She feels THE former cham
piOn's position keenly.
Jeffries refuses to look at a paper
it is said, and smiles grimly to any
one who offers a word of criticism of
his tactics during the fight
'My steam was gone, and I knew il
in the fourth round. | tried to fight
but / couldn't" he said once or twice
since his defeat, but of the reasons
which led up to this condition he re-
fuses to speak.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
PLANT is RUSHED NOW
WITH THE FLBFRTAS
Carloads of Fruit Canned
There Daily.

With the peach season at its
height this week, the Americus pack
ing plant, in charge of the Messrs.
Langrell of Baltimore, is rushed with
work in taking care of the Bellies and
Elbertas, and the establishment pre-,
sents scene of greatest activity. Cas-
loads of fine fruit are handled there
daily; shipments from nearby towns
and from orchards in middle Georgia
while local orchards are disposing of
immense quantities of fine fruit there
as we'll. Something like thirty thOus-
and cans Of the finest table peaches is
the daily output of the Americus plant
now, and this capacity may be in
creased with the inflow of fruit as
the season of the Elberta is short and
the canning process must be done
rapidly A very superior quality of
fruit is being put up here this year,
in fact about the best ever, as the
peaches are firm and sound, while the
quantity offered taxes to its utmost
the big plant and the several hun
dred employees there. The plant has
a very considerable weekly pay roll,
and is one Of the city's important
summer industries.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
| 200 ACRES IN MELONS
But YIELD is POOR
Large Crop Planted in
Sumter County.

Sumter county, along with her vast
peach orchards, is one of the largest
melon producing counties of Southern
Georgia, but while the acreage plant
ed this year-probably 1000 acres--is
larger than heretofore THE crop viii
be poor cne, as a result of the con
cinued rains of a month
4 he fruit is rather scarce as yet
aud the quality hardly up to the usual
standard of excellence, being water!
and lacking n sweetness.
Mr. b +. Fasterlin, one of the most
extensive melon growers of Sumter
was in Americus yesterday and r..
ported conditions unsatisfactory al
around Andersonville.
There are probably 1,2O 0acres in
watermelons in that locality, Mr.. East
erlin stated, and the expected yield
would have been four hundred car
loads. Unfavorable seasons, however
have greatly damaged the crop, and
now 200 carloads is considered a full
estimate.
Last year the growers around An
dersonyille realized handsomely from
their melon fields. The fruit sold on
the track there as rapidly as the cars
could be loaded for shipment, and the
money was paid over by the commits
sion men before a wheel turned uD-
der the cars.
This year, however. results will not
be SO good The melons are rather
small and the crop generally will
prove a disappointment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
AT COMING DINNER
Promises to Be Event of
Much Importance.
Outlook for Biggest
Gathering of Editors
Georgia Ever Seen.

DIR. Howard S. Taylor, assOciate ed
itOr of the Chicago Examiner. Topic
"The Duty of the newspapers of the
West and South in the development
of the two sections"
Hon. Samuel {. Dunlap, Commits
siOner OF Industries and immigration
and publisher of "GeOrgian," Atlanta
Topic: "The Country Newspaper is
Necessary to GeOrg ia and Her In
tereSts.''
Hon. Richard II. EdmOnds, of Man
ufacturerS' RecOrds Baltimore, Nd
Topic: 'What the Newspapers of the
South Have Done Toward Its Develop
ment."
Hon. Wilson s. Hardy, associate ed.
tor Of the Rome, Ga, Tribune Her.
aid. Topic: "The Simplicity and
Sincerity Of the Work of the Southern
Commercial Congress-"
Mr.. William G. Sutlive, managing
Editor, Savannah Press. Topic: "SOme
Phases of Georgia Weekly Journal.
sm."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
COMMISSION TAKES
CHARGE OCTOBER /.
Will Be Elected By Council
August 81.
Will Control City Wa
ter, Sewerage and
Lighting Plants.

On August 81 the city council viii
elect a commission of three citizens
to whom will be turned over the
management in every detail of the
water. sewerage and lighting plants
of the city, the last mentioned, OF
course, yet to be constructed
On October L these commissioners
will take entire charge of THE water
and sewerage departments of the city
government. Whenever the municipal
lighting project is put through that
plant, as we'll, will be entirely under
their control.
The bill to be introduced in the leg
islature, and which, of course, will
be enacted into law, was presented at
tE'e meeting of city council, amended
in one or two respects, and then
adopted. Copies of it will go forward
at once to Representative Sheppard,
who will see to it's joint introdu1 tion
in the house and senate.
The bill, as stated, provides for a
water, sewerage and light commission
of three members, with full power
and authority to manage and control
such public utilities as may be owned
by the mayor and city council of
Americus for the purpose of furnish
ing water and lights in and for the
city. Of the three commissioners.
comprising the board, to be elected
August 81, by the mayor and alder
men, one will serve two years, one
four years and one six years. Their
terms of office begin October 1. Bien-
nially thereafters at the first regu-
lar meeting Of council in September
commissioner is to be elected to
fill the ensuing vacancy, the term Of
office being six years.
October 1 the commissioners will
take charge and assume full and COM
plete control and management of all
such matters and things as pertain 10
the water and sewerage and full and
complete control and management of
such lighting plant and business con-
nected Herewith as may hereafter oe
erected. The commissioners will re-
ceive $100 annually for their ser,
vices, except the chairman, whose sal
ary will be 5000. The board is TO
ho ohap0od with avorv+l1i,,or or yooooro ~
to the successful management and op-
GRAFTON of the plants transferred to it,
must make full quarterly reports to
the council, showing receipts and ex-
penditures in detail. The monies re-
ceived by it must be turned over to
the city treasurer, who will pay out
monies on it's warrants properly sign
ed by the chairman and countersigned
by the mayor.
At the meeting on Wednesday night
the following section was added to
the bill as originally drafted:
1t shall also be the duty of said
commission to erect and install such
lighting plant for said city as soon as
practicable after they are elected and
qualified, to extend and enlarge or i'm
prove either of said plants as they
may deem to the city's best interest,
and from time to time it shall be the
duty of the mayor and city council to
pay such bills as the chairman of said
commission may o. K. for this pur-
pose"
TLle commission will fix the rates TO
be paid for water and lights.