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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
TRULY REALISTIC
| WAS PRESENTATION
| JENNIE BRYCE CASE
COURT RoMM DEcoRuM FOL-
LOWED OUT NEvERY PARrlc-
uLAR THROUGH TRIAL.
SUFFRAGETTES FAIL TO AGREE
Presentation Under the Auspices Of
the Winnie Davis Chapter Y. D. c.
Sheriff Goodwin Likes New Order Of
! Things.
sUFfRAGETTEs FAIL TO AGREE

The Case of Jennie Bryce" at the
court house Tuesday night was one
OF the most realistic of presentations.
In dramatic finish and general deco
rum OF the court room it was as near
perfect as possible, and the perfectly
natural department of the witnesses
and those not accustomed to court
room procedure was amazing, cor
sidering that there had been no re-
hearsals. The story Of the case OF
Jennie Bryce appeared in the October
November and December numbers OF
Eyerybody's Magazine, and prize
was offered by the magazine for the
best amateur staging and presenta-
ton of the case. Two stenographers
were employed to take down the sestt-
mony of the witnesses, and to report
the leading speech of counsel for the
state ana defense. This Is all to be
transferred to the magazine for ludg-
ing, and the attorneys at this bar
are of the opinion that Winnie Davis
Chapter u. D. c., under the auspices
LOT which the play was given, have =
fine chance to win the prize.
A genuine dramatic finale was Civ
en- to the play when, after the jury
had received the charge, had deliber-
ated and returned with statement
to the court that a decision was in
possible that they could not agree
and was about to be discharged BY
the iudge-th supposed victim Of the
defendant appears and explains away
all the mysteries Of her disappear
ence and absence.
The court room was we'll filled with
spectators who were very much inter-
ested and were as orderly as II :
j. fine would actually stick" II they
should misbehave. Sheriff Goodwin
spoke in the highest terms Of the as
/; sistants he had in the trial, and said
!, he found no difference, however, in .
suffragette jury and one Of the old
kind they all hang. He further
stated that il the two constables viii
resign and accept commissions under
him he will appoint them deputy
sheriffs, and that II that condition OBJ
tains, he don't care II the sheFi6ss
once should be made one Of life ten
ure.
The amount Of the receipts was :
satisfactory sum.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
OLD MORGAN HAIL
A MASS Of RUINS
RESULT Of FLAMES
OCCUPIED ss MR. AND MRS A.
FRED THOMAS AND PROPER
~ or MRS. v. N. BROWN.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE MYSTERY
Constructed Before the War and One
Of the Most Handsomely Finished
Of Any Home In This Section Of the
state.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE MYSTERY

Morgan Hall is no more. What
was one Of the finest old homes In
Maury county now Lies in ashes, and
only the tall, bare chimneys now
mark the place where once it stood.
It was located only short distance
beyond the Southern limits Of the
city, was the property Of Mrs. Vir'
ginia M. Brown. the only child Of the
late Cal Morgan and was occupied BY
Mr.. and Mrs. ALI Thomas. The fire
was discovered IN the north wing q
the BUILDING between and 5 o'cloch
ana It vas soon : mass Of ruins. but
not before Mr.. Thomas and his neigh
bors. who had been aroused by the
alarm, had saved almost all his house
hold goods. These. OF course were
considerably damaged by the hand
(Ccntinned on Second Pase
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
SILVER COIN IN
OLD HEN HOUSE
SIXTY poLLARs FOUND ON THE
PLACE RECENTLY OCCUPIED
sY LATE GEO. UNDERWOOD.

While rummaging around in the
hen house on the place recently occu'
pied by George Underwood, twelve
miles up Duck river from Columbia
neighbors found a bottle containing
about $50 in silver coin. 1t had been
thought that Underwood when he
died had nothing except few person
al belongings and the little place
upon which he lived. No one had
any idea that he had any buried treas
ure anywhere and all were very much
surprised to find the coin hidden
away in the hen house. The money
was all In half dollars and quarters
and had evidently been the accumu-
lation Of years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
WRECK STOPS
n. 4 c. TRAFFIC
IprRA,LEp FREIGHT TRAIN TIES
UP BUSINESS ON ROAD FOR
sEvERAl HOURS.

On sccount Of wreck in Belfast.
IN Marshall county. on Tuesday aftes-
noon, there were no trains over the
Nashville, Chattanooga q St Louis
Railroad last night and the train this
morning was nearly an hour late The
train from Lewisburg and Fayette-
vile due to arrive here in the after
noon did not put In an appearance
and no train left for those points last
night. Trafic was delayed for al
most twenty-four hours. The wreck
was caused by a derailed car which
threw practically an entire freight
train on the track and tore up sever
al hundred yards Of the track. Three
Of the train crew were injured but
none fatally
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
STRATTON NAMED
><Io SUCCEED FOX
Aseo,NTep GRAND kgEpER or
HEcoaps AND SEAL sy
W. .. STEWART.

ovoCA, Tenn, Dec. l7.-Grand
Chancellor w. B. Stewart, Of DUNLAP,
has appointed H. W. stratton. q
Brownsville, to the position OF grand
keeper Of records and seal OF the
Knights Of Pythias Of Tennessee, 70
succeed the late w. d Fox. Mr.
stratton has accepted the app'int
ment and v1f come to ovoca Mon
day tonzs6lhe charge Of the once,
s,sscomt tshied BY Nfk strston. Mr.
Nstratton is a pa(t grand chancellor
fof the knights Of Psthias and is well
sersed in Pythian Law and matters
psrtaining to the affairs Of the or
der He was a warm personal friend
off Nh. y,Fox and familiar with the
I plans o. rtbe later in regard TO the
work at OF Ia. Mr.. stratton is state
saperinseneaot Of ne insurance de
i1ssut of tksAkrts Of Pythias
~. recently Vas employed By
s su1r}i1s sadge n the uzszeity Of
1<sturer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
WILSON TROUSDALE
SUcCUMBS TOATTACK
PARALYSIS TUESDAY
WAS STRICKEN WHILE IN THE
CITY ON MONDAY, DEC.
THE NINTH.
Died At GAS TUESDAY NIGHT
Surrounded by All the Surviving
Members Of His Family-Was a
Man Of Strong Character and Much
Influence.

After a confinement Of more than
week as the result Of a stroke Of
paralysis in this city on the 9Th, and
which during the last few days had
held out some grounds for hope Of re
covery, wills Trousdale died 1T hii
home near Bigbyville Tuesday n.gh'
at 9:45 O'Clock, surrounded BY thu
members OF his immediate family and
friends.
Mr.. Trousdale waA one Of the best
known citizens of the county, hav
ing lived here all Of his life, with ths
exception Of the time he was out Of
the state in the Confederate service
during the sixties. Had he lived I'M
til the 14th day Of May, 1918. b
would have been 50 years Of age HI
was twice married, his hrst wife be
ing Miss Sallie Moore After hel
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
CHURCH FOLK
ARE GRATEFUL
EXPRESS THEMSELVES REGARD
ING WORK or FIRE LADDlEs
AND sRIENps.

The members Of the Episcopai
church have expressed themselves a.
being very grateful for the prompt
assistance Of the fre department ana
the people q the city in general vhea
their church was threatened Tuesday
morning. In speaking Of the matter
this morning Rev. d. B. Andrews gave
out the following statement:
"The rector and vestry Of St. Pc
ter's church desire TO thank the fre
department for their prompt action
and splendid work in saving the
church building from, destruction By
fire yesterday. We also thank the
friends whe worked 30 willingly and
earnestly in removing the altar fur
nishings from the church"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
WANTS sTOPURCHASE
ALFALFA FARM LAND
N OLD TENNESSEE
HEAD OF 4 WASHINGTON CITY
+ coapoRArioA WRITES com.
.~ - 'f@
MISSIONER PECK.
new METHODS ARE SUCCESSFUL
Old Fashioned Farmer Deeries seien.
tfsc Farming and Regrets This
Glass 10 Rapidly suppaanting the
Old Time Characters
NEW METHODS Are SUCCESSFUL
Old Fashioned Farmer Decries s<ien.

NASHVILLE, Dec. 13.-Two letters
have recently been received by Capt.
r. r. Peck, commissioner Of agricul-
ture, which show distinctly the differ
ent views as entertained by modern
scientific farmers and the ancient
method tillers Of the soil. One letter
sfrom the head Of large corpora
ton in Washington, D. c., who wants
to purchase alfalfa farm land in Ten.
nessee, and the other is from Ten
nessee farmer, In which he decries
the scientific farming, and complains
because these kind are supplantine
the old-fashioned farmer.
The following is the letter from
the Washington man:
Commissions of agriculture.
Dear Sir: am preparing to organ
|izeA large corporation for the pur.
pose of operating large alfalfa farm
in each Of the southern states. am
getting together all the information
II can on the subject, and would be
pleased II you would let me have
what information you have, - we ex
pect to buy q large farm in your
state. owing to the favorable condi'
tons there. Railroads have endors'
ed our plans as . good one, and
would IKE very much II you would
express your views
IF some of the farmers Of the state
don't wake up TO the fact that people
are now farming on q scientific basis
they VIII hnd that they win be put In
the background by just such business
farmors as this Washington fellow
/ said Capt. Peck, in commenting on
the above letter,
"I received a letter the other day,
continued Capt. Peck, from farmer
in Tennessee In which he bemoans
the fact that the modern 'up-tonow
farmers are distaneing the old fash
ioned kind. He says that they are
making the money while we are DO
ing the drudgery.' Instead of com
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
CAPT. PECK PAYS
HIGH TRIBUTE TRIBUTE 10 I
JESSE TOML|hSOM
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER or
4 AcRIcuLroRE Receives gNss
N MUCH PRAISE.
Q2gN AIs EfflCIEI yfRVlCE
Fp.r.mess y Proud and One rha.
sS.sssA'.' Would ~.'
chsnss IN Any Wy
s-rrsnl 1 !
INN MS EfFlClEI lRVlCE

High praise n accorded Hon.
Jesse TonAinson. " this county, the
assistant commissioners Of agr;cul-
ture for Middle Tennessee, by his su-
perior, T. F. Peck, the states able
commissioner OF agriculture, In a let
ter just received BY. Mr.. Tomlinson.
In this letter the commissioners
states that his assistant has made a
record of which he is justly proud.
The letter, which is very much
priced by Mr.. Tomlinson, follows:
"State of Tennessee, Department OF
Agriculture, Nashville, Tenn. Dec.
y17, 1912.
aHon. Jesse Tomlinson, Nashville,
Tenn.
Dear Sir:-Another year has pass
ed; we are again approaching the
holiday season and the Beginning Of
a new year. The year 1912 will soon
be matter Of history and we can
not, if we would, change the record.
The record that you have made in
connection with the department OF
agriculture is one that am proud Of
and one that would not change. II
is a record Of devotion to duty and
1 loyalty to your department, iAimark,
ed contrast to the generally accApted
idea Of a public oficial's duty. You
have given the same careful. thought
lful attention to your work to make II
effective that you would to a private
employer or to your own personal
business, for which you are entitled
to full credit and grateful apprecia
ton from the public. l want to thank
you for your perfect cooperation II
the work OF the department OF agri
|. culture during the past year. Our de
Ipartment has received only commen
dation from the public and that com
mendation was earned by your ct.op
GRAFTON.
aThe results accomplished during
the past year fixes standard by NJ
means insignificant, but one ! wan
as to raise during the coming year.
II wish for you and yours merr,
Christmas and prosperous and hap
py new year. / am gratefully yours
at. r. PECK, Commissioner
Mr.. Tomlinson is popular In hi'
home county and his friends are yer.
much gratified at the highly credita
BILE record that he has made IN once
II is expected that he will be appoint
ed to another term without question
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
TELEPHONE CO. AND
|. LOCAL MANAGERS ARE
MADE DEFENDANTS
|suIT ENTERED AGAINST THEM
ron DAMAGES AeaREosTahe Z
SEVEN THOUSAND.
COMPLAINANTS AT SPRING HILL
Wire Across the Road Tore on the
Top Of an Automobile, Injured the
Driver and Threw Occupants 70 the
Ground.
COMPLAINANTs At SPRING HAL

The Cumberland Telephone & Tel.
egraph Co, Fred Latta, district, man.
ager, and r. A. Moon, local manager
at Spring Hill, were made defendants
in large damage suits Tuesday after
noon in the circuit court In sums az
gregating $1,000.
The complainants in the suits are
T. J. Mckee, M. K Sweet and hus
band, J. o. Sweet, and ]. 0. Sweet
The two first ASKED damages TO the
amount Of 5000 each. and the
last claimed $1,000. These suits
grew out Of injuries alleged to have
been sustained By the complainaati
ON account of alleged negligence Of
the defendant company and socal
managers.
About ten days ago T. J. Mckee
who is a merchant at Spring Hill and
Who lives near the eastern limits oi
Tie town, Was In his automobile, 40
conpanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet
Ineighbors, en- route 70 their homes
and when slowing up to make q turn
in the road nearing their home q wire
that was dropped across the road. and
which was not discernible ia the dusl
of the evening. caught the top OF ths
car and tore It on. The wire also
caught Mr.. Mckee In the face and 80
riously injured his face and mouth
Mrs. Sweet was thrown from the ma
chine and her collar bone was bfok
en-. and she is yet unable to use hel
arm.
John L. Jones is noted az attorne,
for the complainants and has not yeI
filed declaration In the case,
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
A BOX SUPPER
AT SANTA FE

There will be held at Santa Fe on
Friday night, December 81 for the
benefit of the school Improvement
work a box supper.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
PREsToNJsksS. -.
iNAccfsssts

Special 10 The Herald
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec 1s.--llon. =
t. r. Preston is IN the city today buts ,
Inaccessible to reporters.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09

self to White Star ship until convinced that the
company has changed methods and managers. Try
a German ship.
The Germans are sane and observation-disclosures
reckless destroyers of human life, not towards in
time of disaster.
While the English captain and the English
manager of the White Star Line in blind reckless
ness running their ship to death the ice
bergs, the German captains We're turning south
and saving their passengers The German lines
are manned by trained seamen. The Germans do
not send great floating city out into the ocean,
commanded by an individual Indifferent to ice
bergs in the path put above that individual
Ismay, whose life any insurance company would
probably gladly insure for a nominal considera-
tion against risk based on sef-sacrifce or cour-
age.
We invite the excited and indignant British
editors and shippers to bear in mind the fact that
the boats that they operate carry American pas
sengers principally. And these passengers and
their government are entitled to protect their lives
against reckless captains and against steamship
company managers of the Ismay type, exceeding
in capacity to protect their own individual safety
We control these American ports and the docks
that make the British steamship lines profitable
We take the view, however offensive it may be
to British prejudice, that the lives of American
citizens are more important than the technical sen
sitiveness of British seamen
And we propose to show these British seamen if
necessary, by cutting their carrying trade down
to minimum in favor of more careful lines and
more competent natonalities, that killing first
class passengers by neglect and carelessness, and
numbering third-cass passengers by locking them
below the decks, can not be permanently profitable
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
Mutterings of Another
Civil War Now Audible.

We had civil war half century
ago. and the mutterings of another
civil war Of an economic kind are
distinctly audible.
And IN some respects the war
that is threatened now is of lower
grade than that which We expe
rienced in the sixties, for while that
was waged over a principle this is
war over dollar.
This struggle, into the edge of
which we are already entered. is
simply quarrel over the division
of the spoils of labor.
There is not a redeeming feature
nor a touch of nobility in the whole
business.
1t is like the snarling of two dogs
over the division of bone
This is not saying that there is
not involved a question of rights
rights on both sides.
But in the last analysis the entire
scrimmage reduces itself to this,
that one side or the other-or both
wants more than belongs to It.
1t is simply the case on an en-
larged scale of two boys fighting
over a bag of marbles, each trying
to see how many he can get, with
out much caring how many or how
few will be left for the other boy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
The Average Income
By A. G. CHITTICK.

TIME average income is sorely tried
In the struggle to make ends meet
To pay the wages of those who help,
And the bills for the food we eat.
For butter is up, potatoes are UP.
And meats were never so dear
But the average income just stands STILL
Or else grows smaller each year
The cook in the kitchen asks for more
And so does the serving maid;
And then perforce, as matter of course
The increase must be paid
We told that coal is about to rise
The gas bills are twice as large
And for every strike which threatens the land
The consumer must pay the charge
So. what are the people going to do.
And how they going to live,
When the average income is stretched and strained
Beyond what it's able to give2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
By HAL COLEMAN.

ITHE first chair was tiny high chair
A baby was tied in the seat
IA fat, hungry child, he croWed and he smiled,
While waiting for something to eat,
IA mother kept watch DER this diner
For fear he might make the chair FALL
And now we are done with Chair Number One,
The first little chair of them all.
The second chair, thirty years later
Held boy who was handsome and StrOngi
Hin a gIded cafe, with royStererS gay
He let the swift hours slip along,
below and murdered by the White Star Line suits
surviving relatives. We trust our courts to teach
the White Star Line that even third-class people
can not be eheaply killed where our courts have
jurisdiction.
For every person killed in that disaster of blum
ders and of cowardice the highest possible damages
should be awarded especially to the impoverished
steerage survivors and the relatives of the dead
steerage passengers.
There should be lawyers to take up each case and
obtain the highest possible damages against the
shamefully mismanaged technically incompetent
and idiotic White Star Line, that browns its first
class passengers through ignorance and negligence
and murders its thrd-class passengers by locking
them below the decks.
The English declare that this collection of in
competent and reckless ship managers has been
treated unjustly in this country
THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED FAR TOO
GENTLY. WITH FAR TOO GREAT CONSIDER
ALTON
If the English admire a man like lsmay
whose thrd-class passengers locked below the
decks while he runs to safety, if they hold up as
an example of British technical skill and courage
gentleman who saves his life while and
children drown they welcome to the national
pride that they feel in such person
But this country prefers to take him, and ex
anime him. get the truth out of him if it can and
through him and others to discourage murder by
neglect, murder by recklessnesS, and deliberate
murder on the sea by locking and women and
children below the decks in time of danger.
One lesson of the Titanic disaster is this:
/ No man should be fool enough to trust him
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09

A waiter kept watch DER this diner
For fear he might make the chair fall
And now we are through with Chair No, 2,
The merrieSt chair of them ALL
The third chair was back of a barroom
In a corner all dingy and dark
A man worn and thin had pleaded for gin,
Because it was cold in the park.
No soul kept a watch DER this outcast-
They knew he had met with his fall
He was sleeping, you see, in Chair No. 5,
The last little chair of them all.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
Application of Princi.
How to Help Others.

The lesson told by II is special
application of the principle that in
order to be means of benefit to
others we need to be not only our
selves, but also the person that we
would uplift.
The man must be also boy and
have the feelings of boy If he
would make the boy man. The
freeman must have sense Of what
it means to be captive if he would
help to enfranchise the captive.
The teacher must be able to real
ize in himself the limitations of his
pupil if he would be effective in
releasing the pupil from those linn
itations
This is Just a part Of the evan
gelical conception of Christ, that
while remaining divine He had also
to become man in order to redeem
man.
The truth depicted is a great one,
and Coffman has done It apprecia-
lively and well.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
Written For The Georgian
By the Rev. DR.. c. H. Parkhurst

II T is lndlscreet to put excessive
emphasis on the dark side of
things. and there is just as lit
tie discretion in throwing upon the
dark side a light that is artificial
and, ostrichlike, to thrust our heads
into the sand and argue that be-
cause there is no enemy immediate
ly in sight. therefore there is no en-
envy.
Because there is peace in our
homes, and the machinery of social
life continues to run without jolt or
jar, we easily become tnsensible of
and therefore Indifferent to the
tempest that is brewing
1t is very often the case that in
nature the sky is for a long time
fun of sunshine, even after storm
of great fury has begun to develop
near the horizon.
Certainly to the observant eye
the signs of tempest are already in
the air, and to one who looks across
the world with a glance that takes
In the whole collective scene 1t is
not easy and 1t is not reasonable to
maintain ones self in perfect Sc
renity of mind
It is not simply that there is
more or less of skirmishing going
on in our own country, as among
the miners and the textile workers.
or that Socialism is asserting itself
on American ground with tone
that is increasingly distinct and de-
termined
The more serious thing to consid-
er is that what we listen to here is
but a few notes of the general con-
cert Of discomfort that prevails both
sides of the sea, and that that dis
content is everywhere declaring
itself in tones that are increasingly
confident and bold.
And. so far as appears, nothing
essential is being done to stay the
forward march of dissatisfaction.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
The Titanic Wreck and In
vestigation Appear HUI
mOrous to Certain
Englishmen

Perhaps Damages Rendered by American Courts
Will Make the Titanic Murders Seem Less Funny Even
tually.