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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-18
SOUTHERN ROUTE
VIA COLUMBIA
L. II. BURKE, OF PARSONS, TO
MAKE SURVEY FOR THE
g5 HIGHWAY.

LEXINGTON. Tenn, Aug. 16.--L
H. Burke, of Parsons, an engineer,
who came into this country with the
building of the Tennessee Midland
Railroad in the eighties, arrived in
Lexington yesterday to begin on the
west side of the survey which will
be built across the county from the
Madison to the Decaturline. The peo-
pie will at once begin the labor OF
construction, which is intended TO be
a link in the chain of the Tennessee
Midland highway from Jackson to
Nashville or Chattanooga, via Cen
treville, Clifton, Waynesboro and Co.
lumbia. The scrapers, plows and
hotter tools for road building bought
by the county have arrived and are
being sent to the people along the
route of the highway. E...
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-
LET ME KISS
THY RUBY LIPS
PREACHER IN ST. LOUIS WRITES
HIGH TEMPERATURE
SONGS.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 15.-When
the Rev. Pedro Ilgen, pastor of the
Holy Ghost Evangelical Lutheran
church, wrote 'Oh, let me kiss those
ruby lips of thine as a part of high
temperature love song, he really aud
truly did not mean anyone in partieu-
lar. He is married and has four
children; this is not an exposure, but
his own happy admission.
DR.. Ilgen need not pen such de-
manding lines to his wife, the re-
quest being a superfuous one, there
fore the poet but sighs for the lass
and the lassie who know not how to
sigh for themselves, or shhh! per-
haps spirit.
ooh, let me see those sparkling
eyes of thine is the title of Dr. IL
gems song, which is now on the mar.
ket, set to appealing harmonies by
Len Flemings.
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ON C|TYS
TAXES WILL ACCRUE
ON SEPTEMBER FIRST
CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY COM
MENcED TO SETTLE THEIR
ANNUAL OBLIGATIONS.
RU Il WILL CONE NEXT MONTH
Number Who Wait for Penalty and
Interest to Become Due Is Decieas-
ing Every Year-Little Change in
Tax Aggregate.

City Taxes in Columbia are now
due. Tax payers have already COM
menced to visit the recorders office
and several nice checks have gone
into the city's exchequer. But there
is plenty of room in the strong box
for more coin and he is a wise tax
payer who does not wait until the
penalty is added before making his
annual contribution to the support of
the local government.
The books will be open for the col
lection of taxes until October l. AT
ter that date penalty will apply and
in addition interest must also be paid.
The rush to make payments seldom
begins until September Is although
there are always citizens who are
prompt and do not wait until the rush
to make settlement. .. -..... .....
There is an ever decreasing num-
Der of those who have to pay the PEN
atty on their taxes. Now the penal
ty and interest collected by the city
amount to comparatively little. A
few years ago it was a considerable
sum. There will probably be fewer
delinquents this year than there were
last. ...
There is but little difference in the
amount Of the city's tax aggregate
for this year as compared with that
of last. This year the real estate
was not assessed, that is the valua-
ton of same remains as it was the
previous year. And there was no
substantial increase in the personally
assessment so that the aggregate is
not materially changed.
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BISHOP DENNY COMING.
Great Methodist Divine to Preach
Here on Next Sunday Morn
ing and Night.

Bishop Collins Denny, of the Meth
odist Episcopa, church, South, will
preach at the First Presbyterian
church on next Sunday morning at
II O'Clock. He will also preach at the
union services ON next Sunday night.
The news that Bishop Denny is
coming to Columbia to preach will be
received with genuine pleasure by
hundreds OF local church goers, es-
pecially is this true of the Presbyte-
rians and Methodists. The former
are quite as partial to Bishop Denny
as are those of his own faith. He
has frequently preached at the First
Presbyterian church while that con-
gregation did not have a pastor and
once before he was elevated to the
episcopacy of his church filled reg
ular appointment here every Sunday
for several months for the First Pres
ny lCl
Bishop Denny has been here once
before since he was elected Bishop
of the Methodist church at the gener-
al conference at Asheville in May,
1910. He is sure to be heard by
large crowds for there are few more
scholarly ministers today than the
new Bishop 1t is hardly probable
that Bishop Denny will be heard here
often in the future for at an early
date he will move his residence from
Nashville to Virginia therefore those
who delight to hear him will not miss
this opportunity.
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MAY CALL PASTOR
TO THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH AT OLD ZION
REV. J. F. soRRELL, OF VIRGINIA,
MAY BE SUCCESSOR OF DR.,
HAYES.
TO PREACH THiR ON SUNDAY
Bishop Collins Denny, of NJ, 6.
Church, South, to Be Heard at First
Presbyterian Church Here Sunday
Union Services at Night.

1t is not improbable that the Rev.
J. F. Sorrell, of Deerfield, Virginia,
will be called to the pastorate of the
Presbyterian church at Zion. DR..
Sorrell is one Of the ablest young d.
vines Of his denomination in the Old
Dominion, is nephew of Rev.
Thatcher, who is we'll known at Mt.
Pleasant and held a big revival there
few months ago.
DR.. Sorrell will preach at the Zion
church on next Saturday and Sunday.
He has been under consideration by
the officials of the church for sever
al months in connection with the pas
torate of the church and his coming
to preach on Saturday and Sunday Is
with a view to closer acquaintance
with him.
The pulpit at the Zion church. the
Oldest of the Presbyterian faith in
Maury county, and one of the most
historic churches in the State, has
been vacant for the past six or eight
months, since the resignation of Rev.
8. P. Halves. It Is expected that a
new pastor will be installed before
the end of the year.
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abled aeroplane, when 1t should sink
The only thing could do," said
Mr.. McCurdy, when picked up by the
torpedo boat Ferry, was to sit and
wait. This, l did, composing myself
as best | might with a handmade ci-
garette, could see the impatient
sharks swimming about eyeing me as
if they knew it would only be a ques-
tion of few minutes. l certainly
welcomed the apporach of the Ferry"
This oversee fight by Mr.. McCurdy
was watched with great deal ofin-
terest, not only by the government
of other countries, but by the govern
ment of this country, as it was taken
to mean the demonstration of the
usefulness of the aeroplane In war
emergencies. The United States ma
Wy department instructed Captain
Hayden, commandant of the naval
station at Key West, Florida, to give
Mr.. McCurdy every assistance, sup
plying government torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers to partol the
course over which he would fly
These craft were stationed at dis
tance of ten miles apart, from Key
West to Havana, and communicated
with each other by wireless when he
madehis start. Thus he was always
within the view of at least one of the
ships after he made his start at Key
West until he dropped into the ocean
at the entrance of Havana harbor.
Mr.. McCurdy, like his associate in
business, Mr.. Willard, has made
many fights, out he regards the Key
West Havana oversee flight as the
most dangerous undertaking in his
career as an aviator.
One of the features of the coming
fair at Columbia will be the flights
on September 6, I and by McCur-
dy. The daring aviator will make
one flight of 1000 feet, one showing
the possibilities of bomb dropping
and the other being a general demon
stration of the possibilities of the
aeroplane. . -....r rt...
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Oversee flights have been few in
the history of aviation, principally be-
cause they are the most dangerous.
When Bleriot made his famous flight
across the English Channel, it was
heralded throughout the world as the
most remarkable feat that had ever
been achieved up to that time.
Since then many startling things
have happened in aviation but none
have been more striking or more OAR
ing than the flight of ]. A. D. McCur-
dy from Key West to Havana, a dis
tance of los miles over sea.
To the man who sits securely in
his automobile or railroad train, or
lolls on the deck of a sumptuous
steamship, a journey of 105 miles is
not a thing to be regarded serious
ly, but to the man who goes up in an
aeroplane and trusts his life on the
slim thread of a perfectly working
motor, knowing that if it fails he will
drop into the sea, where his career
will be ended quickly, such trip is
a matter of life and death,
Mr.. McCurdy made his start on this
memorable trip at twenty minutes af-
ter o'clock in the morning of Janu-
ary 29th, 1910, and two hours and
eleven minutes later he dropped into
the sea at the entrance of Havana
harbor. our minutes later he was
picked up by the torpedo boat Fer
ry" and carried to Havana.
That he did not land on Cuban soil,
as intended, was due to no fault of
his, but was due to a trivial and I'M
fortunate accident-his lubricating Oil
gave out. The engine got too hot and
he simply had to drop.
The four minutes that he spent in
bobbng about on the bosom of the
ocean in q disabled aeroplane, wait
ing for a boat to pick him up, were
the most anxious moments of his life.
Everywhere about him swan great
man-eating sharks, waiting for their
prey to drop from his seat in the dis
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-18
TO MAKE TOUR ..
OF THE SOUTH
OR. p. p. CLAYTON TO CONFER
.. WITH THE STATE SU-
PERlNTENDENTS.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 16.-Dr.
P. P. CIaxton, recently appointed
commissioner of education Of the
United States, next Monday will be-
gin a tour of several states, to hold
conferences with State superintend-
ents of public instruction. This is
with a view to making improvements
in the methods of the bureau, and
to inaugurate plans for expanding its
work and fits beneficial influences
upon education through the country.
DR.. Claxton was until recently super
intendent of the Summer School OF
the South, and professor Of peda-
gogy in the University of Tennessee,
this city.
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PARTIES IN AUTO
In COLUMBIA
THEY ARE EN- ROUTE TO CHICA-
GO AND THE NORTHWEST
... FROM ARKANSAS.

Two auto parties, one consisting Of
James Fussell, Kirk Becker, Andy
vaconi and Chas. Lewis, from New
port, Ark ,eroute to Wakesha, Wis,
via Chicago, and the other consisting
of William Spencer and family, of
6race, Miss, enroute to Chicago,
spent Sunday here at the Bethel
House.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-18
THIRTY THOUSAND
MEN ON A STRIKE
At LIVERPOOL DOCKS
A GENERAL RAILROAD STRIKE
AND LABOR REVOLT Ex.
PECTED TO FOLLOW.
ENCROACHMfKTS ARE RESISTED
More Than Two Thousand Passen-
gers on the Steamships Will Be
Delayed on Account of the Labor
Trouble,

LIVERPOOL Aug. 15.-The strike
committee at II o'clock tonight de-
clared general strike of all trans
port workers, including the railroad
men, who up to the last had refused
to go out. The strike will be ef-
fective on all of the local steamboat
and the Mersy ferries. Seven thous-
and dockers struck tonight at Birken-
head.
During the Gay the lockout threat
ened by the ship owners became ef-
fective, and thirty thousand men
were refused employment until they
decide to abide by the terms Of re-
cent agreement
There has been much disorder in
both Liverpool and Birkenhead dur.
ing the day, and the police were con.
stantly in conflict with the disorder
ly crowds.
Tonight there appears little hope of
averting great railroad strike, which
will probably be accompanied by a
general labor revolt that will have a
tremendous effect on the trade OF the
United Kingdom. Yt.# --=. +.
At a meeting held in London to-
day by the managers of all railroads
having terminals here, 1t was resolv-
ed that the time had arrived to re-
sist the mems encroachments. The
managers contend that the men by
striking will violate the agreement ar.
rived at after the railway troubles OF
1907, under which all disputes we're
to be referred to eonciliation boards
or an arbitrator.
This agreement, they say, was to
run until 1914 Today's meeting was
unanimous that the only way to ter
inmate dislocation Of business would
be to take q firm stand and refuse all
concessions to the men. One mana
ger expressed the fear that there
would be grave troubles on all railway
systems before the present week
ends. He said the railroads were pre-
pairing to run the best service they
could under the circumstances, with
the aid of police protection for their
employees who are still willing to
work.
Sectional strikes OF railroad men
were declared tonight at Manches-
ter, Liverpool, Sheffield and other
places. Some OF the railroad lines
have already given notice Of their in
ability adequately to handle freight
traffic.
The Cunard officials announced this
afternoon that the steamer Caronla
will be unable to sail for New YORK
tomorrow, in consequence of the
strike. Between 1000 and 5000 sa-
loon passengers, the greatest number
of them Americans, will be delayed.
The Cunarder steamship company
is preparing to disembark all of the
Lusitania's passengers and as much
freight as possible at Fishguard,
where the steamer is due tonight
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GREAT HERO OF OVER SEA
FLIGHT WILL FLY AT THE
COUNTY THREE DAYS
MCURDY'S PERFORMANCE BETWEEN KEY
WEST AND HAVANA ONE OF THE MARVELs
OF THE AGE AND HAS CREATED A DIS
TINCT SENSATION IN AVIATION
CIRCLES

DARING BIRD MAN WILL MANY STUNTS THE BIG ExHleL
TON HERE ON SEPTEMBER g. 7 AND 8-wiLL MAKE EACH
ONE THOUSAND
FEET THE AIR-HE SHOW POSSIBILITIES OF
BOMB DROPPING AND IVE.A GENERAL OUTLINE WHAT
WILL ALI CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-18
FIVE NEGROES ON JOY RIDING TOUR RUN
MACHINE OFF BRIDGE ON A MOVING TRAIN
WOMAN FALLS ON FREIGHT CAR AND BAD
LY INJURED, WHILE SEVERAL OTHERS pref


none were killed. 1t is a remarkable
fact that one woman of the party fell
on top OF a freight car and came that
way to Nashville Her leg was brok-
en- in the fall. Her name is Laura
Fite. The Others were brought by a
subsequent train to Nashville and
sent to the city hospital.
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Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug. IL
Five Nashville negroes out JOY rid
ing near Brentwood pt an early hour
this morning ran their automobile off
of a bridge over the railroad on which
a freight train was passing.
All were more or less injured but
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-18
"HAPPYHOOLIGAN"
CROSSES OVER
FAITHFUL DOG OWNED BY DR..
w. A. SMITH SUccUMBED
SUNDAY MORNING.

Happy Hooligan," the faithful ca
nine owned by DR.. W A. Smith, died
at his home Sunday morning. DR..
Smith was devoted to the dog and
gave her Christians burial in his
yard.
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A Fierce Night Alarm

is the hoarse, startling cough of child.
suddenly attacked by Group. Often it
aroused Lewis Chamblin, of Manches-
ter. O.,[R. R. No p for their four
children were greatly subject to Group.
Sometimes in severe attacks" he
wrote 1--WE were afraid they would
die, but since we proved what a certain
remedy Dr. Kings New Discovery is,
we have no fear. We rely on it for
Group and for coughs, colds or any
throat or lung trouble" So do thous-
ands of others. So may you. Asthma,
Hay Fever, La Grippe, Whooping
Cough, Hemorrhages fly before it. SOC
and 81 Trial bottle free Sold by the
PAUL Drug Co.
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0wensby.

Mr.. Ben Kimbel and wife o f
French Valleyare visiting friends
at this place.
There was nota large crowd in
Jamestown Monday owing to the
inclement weather.
The nealth of Mrs. j. H. Bar
ger remains about1,the same.
Mrs. John woodbridge a n d
daughter of Jamestown visited
friends here.
Mr.. Lee Lawless has gone Q
Greenwood Ind, to attend t h e
funeral of his brother-in-law MI
N. G. Myers.
Mr.. Station, a, travling sales
man was here last week. -
There is meeting in progress
at Moore School house which
has been i n session twelve o I
thirteen days and being conduct
ed by Rev James Sullivan. 1t S
a great meeting so far there have
been 81 professions and "a o t
them Joined the M E. Church.
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Sparksville.

Business of all kinds is pro-
crossing nicely. Farmers have a
great deal more work done than
usual at this time of the year.
Fannie. little daughter of ].
j. J. Stotts, who had the misfort-
une of getting her hand cut near
ly off, a few weeks ago, is get
ting along nicely.
C. C.. Coomer visited at Basil a
few days ago.
Fl. F. CASTOR was transactlng
business at Gradyville, Tuesday.
Curt Yarberry. of Cane Valley.
was visiting relatives here few
days ago.
Prayermeeting at Antioch ev-
cry Thursday night.
0. w Breeding was at Weed
Saturday.
]. F. Gilpin spent Tuesday
night with his daughter, Mrs.
w. L. Gadberry.
Wheat and grass looks very
promising.
Mr.. Pink Corbin is confined t.
his room with grippe.
Mrs. Francis Roop is in a crit,
ical condition at this writing.
Bro. Payne and Bro. Scott have
just closed a revival meeting al
Antioch with rs professions anC
the church and community great
ly revived.
J. F. Gilpin bought an ageC
mare from A. 7. Coomer for $60
Hogs are very scarce in thi:
neighborhood.
A little child of w. R. James
S very sick at present
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Cole Camp.

Miss Annie Baker is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Emma Grissom,
of Burnside.
Duke Thomas, who has been
on the sick list for the past weeh,
is able to be out again.
Mrs. Pearl Cunningham and
son, Glayde, spent one day last
week with Mrs. Kate Fletcher.
Uncle John Martin Baker, who
has been confined to his bed with
pneumonia for some time, is no
better.
Misses Ruth Thomas, Emma
Nixon, Sallie and Julia Neathery,
were the guests of Miss Mary
Fletcher, last Sunday.
Chicken pox is in our neigh
borhood.
Mr.. Herbert Fletcher spent
last Sunday night with his uncle,
Mr.. Umena Fletcher.
Mr.. Jim Cole saio tell the
News he could eat a pound of
meat at one meal since he got
his new teeth.
Mr.. Charlie Cole sold his corn
for So so per barrel.
Mr.. Charlie Norris went out
last Saturday morning for fox
hunt, with nine hounds and for
ty people for company. /. Their
report was, they had a fine race.
/ We are having some cold
weather at present.
Mr.. Gillian Baker is buying
chickens at, 10 cents per pound,
Mr.. ELAN Fletcher made trip
to Burkesville last week.
Messrs. Gillian Baker anG
Pen Cole spent last Saturda,
! night and Sunday at Glensfork
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Greensburs Suburbs.

The measle tide seems to be
about over at the present.
Several cases of whooping
cough in this community.
Mr.. Newt Bagby is critically il
with double pneumonia.
Mrs. Lethia Sheriff. is confined
to his room with a severe case
of lagrippe.
Miss Mamie Burress is at
home from school with case of
lagrippe.
Miss Mary 10y is visiting her
grand mother Mrs. Mamie Hood
at Bliss Adair county.
Miss Ora Hood of Bliss is the
guest of her sister Mrs. J. E.
10y.
Revs. Levi and w. H. C.. San
didge closed a series of union re-
vival meetings at Bethlehem
Tuesday night with seven con-
versions and the community
greatly revived.
Your reporter and family Wis
tied relatives at Bliss last week.
Preparations are being made
to take up the discontinued work
on the Greensburg and Columbia
pike in a short time.
Mr.N. R. Waggener of Column
bia visited relatives in this COM
munity few days of last week
and left Greensburg Saturday
for Pleasant Plains iii. where
he expects to locate.
Miss Lee Burress and your re-
porter have the earliest young
chicks in this community, sc
come around and.g early FRIED
chicken.
! Rufus Burress sold three stacks
of hay to Mr.. Leachman for $50
one to Bob fairfield for $11. one
to Ed Coffey for Sill.
Tyler BLrress bought a milcl
cow from Mrs. Tennie Bagby
for $35.
James Neagles bought milcf
cow from Mr.. Simpson for S35
and sold 7 calves to Jim Arder
son for 70. so.
Charlie Perkins is now running
a huckster wagon through the
Thurlow section and!Greensburg
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M. F. Helm spent the day with
Mrs. H. B. Helm last Thursday.
Mrs. ]. H. Coe has been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. Willis Brock
man, of Joppa.
We would be very glad to see
another letter from Belle PLANE
Kansas, also from you Oklahoma
folks.
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to nearly every home between
the two places.
Our mail is placed in the boxes
daily.
A huckster makes weekly
rounds to gather chickens and
eggs.
Your efficient Hatcher CORE
spondent is teaching splendid
school at that place.
Prof. Henderson, of Green's
burg, also has an interesting
school at Clay Hill. Both gentle
men are instructors of many
years experience and the patrons
shouldbe congratulated on obtain
ing their services.
Money has been appropriated to
build A iron bridges across Mea-
dow Creek.
The public road crosses the creek
eleven times between Hatcher
and RoachvilIe. And these
bridges are sadly needed.
J We have services Sabbath by
able ministers. From the forego-
ing facts, the News can readily
see that we are not idle if we are
/ not as boisterous as Peter.
/ Mrs. J. T. Johnson who has
been confined to her room for
several weeks is improving slow
Il y.
/ Messrs. Walter and Robert
Gibson, of Cambellsville, were
with their parents here Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Graham Supt.
of public schools, and Miss Alice
Shreve of Greensburg, visited the
Clay Hill school Wednesday after.
noon.
! 2tT5 JJ;lI,:l al P.lny-
cuff are holding series of meet
at Saloma, Taylor county.
! Messrs. Joe Golfer and Walter
Harmon willsleave in a few days
for Ill.
Miss Lula.Gwynn of Cambells-
vile was the Mguest of frien S
Sunday.
Anderson:Bros. of .Greensburg
passed through here :last week
large drove of hogs they FUR
chased in. Russell county.
Hogs are scarce..in this locality
and prices are weaker.
J. L. Millerschristened his new
home, " Egypt >, Jimmie can
sing Down by the river" with
nothing to answer in1his final
, save the boot of the owl.
Mrs. Nat Keltner who has
been in bed five months--doesn't
seem toimprove any, DR.. ]. L. At
kinson is the attending physician.
Most farmers have plowed
their sod land, some have burn
ed plant beds. The all absorbing
question is, "Whatslwill be the
1 result of the years toll?
! Tread with pleasure the spicy
articles from Mr.. Fred McLeans
o pen. Come often.Mr. Mclean and
e stay long time you surely have
r pleasant memories of Meadow
Creek.
With best wishes.for the News.
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Meadow Creek Taylor County.

Editor News.
A little more than year has
elapsed since | was in the beauti-
full little city of Columbia and
handed the News a do liar. How
time flies! Love for Adair and
her people is my heritage. So
find enclosed one dollar to keep
the News coming.
Will say that Meadow Creek
takes in Hatcher and Roachville.
Two telephone lines gives service
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-03-08

Fifteen passengers were injur-
ed in the wreck of Santa Fe
train No. 2, the east-bound Los
Angeles-Chicag tourist flyer.
The accident occurred at Garcia,
As miles west of Albuquerque.
N. M.