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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09

q. In fact all the laws recommend
Ell have been enacted in a number OF
The states of the Union and all have
been founo to work admirably and to
make for the better enforcement OF
the laws. And that should be the
prime consideration. Every good citi-
zen, whether he approves law or
not, should be concerned for it's en-
forcement. Through the power Of
the laws of the land and through that
alone do we find protection for life
and property. Destroy the laws, sbol-
ish the courts and substitute might
for right and justice and there would
he no protection for either life or
property.
There is no denying the fact that
the chief executive of the State, in
theory charged with the execution of
tie laws of the commonwealth, Is
aampered through lack of power. Lo-
cal officials can nullify law thai the
Governor has solemnly sworn to up
hold and enforce and he must sit with
idle hands anu allow the majesty of
the State to be insulted. This is a
condition that all good citizens should
desire ended. People may. and do dis
agree about tie propriety of certain
laws but they cannot differ upon the
question Of the enforcement Of the
laws And when local officials are
recreant to their trusts and violate
their solemn obligations to the State,
there should be authority vested in
the Governor to adequately punish
them. This authority exists in many
states perhaps In a majority. In
New York the Governor can remove |
the officials OF the great metropolis OF |
the Union If they are direlict in their |
duties. In a number of States the |
power to remove sheriffs who do not |
abide by their oaths of office, exists
and It has had most Statutory effect
n the enforcement of the laws.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
INDEPENDENT PASTURES.

Our friend Reams, of the McTinn.
Vile Standard. the original insurSent
democrat of Tennessee, has declined
to be "harmonized" in advance of
any assurance that the harmony
candidates and harmony platform
will not stand for the return Of the
liquor traffic in Tennessee. In other
words he is not willing to deliberately
surrender all Of his convictions and
worE Of a life time merely to pre-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
PRICES ADVANCE
ON PHOSPHATE
CONDITIONS AROUND CENTRE.
VILE ACCORDINGLY MORE
ACTIVE.

The Hickman County News has
The following to say of the phosphate
conditions in that county:
The advance of fifty cents per ton
Tor phosphate rock is regarded as a
forerunner of increased mining in
the phosphate field.
A few weeks ago just prior to the
advance, d well known phosphate
man stated that so cents per ton
increase would start mining opera
lions in this section. He represents
big company and has a mine near
Gentreville which has done little the
past few years, but under improved
conditions operations will be resum-
ed with a zest. Other phosphate hold
ing companies will open new mines,
and this section will be as active az
in the days preceding the sitting pan.
ic.
or course an Industrial revival is
contingent upon the stability of the
recent advances in the fertilizer rock.
A fuctuation of values would retard
mining operations. It is believed.
that the upward tendency is the nat
ural reaction from the panic, and that
1t Will prove stable. Conditions at.
fecting the mining industry are more
hopeful than they have been since
Inc era of depression set in, and that
they will continue to improve is the
propbcsy of those competent to Judge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09

serve party organization. he also
1pines that he has been grazing on
Independent pastures" too long to
care much about party regularity.
There is nothing that makes more
Tor force, for influence and for pub
lie good than an Independent and
fearless press. Unfortunately Ten
nessee and the South have suffered
Fer lack Of independence in their
newspapers. But that day happily
is passing And we do not wonder
that Reams, who has for eighteen
years been absolutely free from boss
domination or machine influence,
should at this late hour decline to
become the plant tool of politicians
for the sake of party regularity"
If the term "bolters" ever had any
terrors for him he has long ago
ceased to fear its sting.
And when the history of Tonnes
see journalism is finally written as 1t
IS, Radford M. Reams will occupy
high mich as one of the first and fore
most of the fearless, Independent and
aggressive editors who have helped
to redeem the State from the DONNA
tion to a eonscienceless and merci-
less special interest Eighteen years
ago, when 1t was treason to criticise
a democratic legislature for an out
rageous and partisan theft of the
Goyernorshp, Reams had the cour.
ase TO bolt an unworthy democratic
nomination. And he has been bolt
ing" ever since when the nominees"
were not entitled to the support of
GOOD citizens.
Reams paper Is probably the first
democratic journal in Tennessee that
openly espouseG the abolition Of the
liquor traffic in every section and
quarter of the State. The fact is
Reams has become so in the habit of
i1surging against corrupt machines
ard liquor candidates that it is
chronic with him. His influence and
power for good have increased as his
paper has progressed from blind
adherence to machine mandates.
The Herald has long ceased to be
2 party organ. It belongs to no
party organization. 1t serves no in
Jerest but that of all the people. 1t |
has the honorable distinction of be-
ing the first daily paper in Tennessee
that repudiated the Patterson ma
chine in April of 1910 and advised |
democrats to vote as their con-
sciences dictated and not as the ma
chine decreed. And it has never had |
cause to regret that course. It's pow
er for good, its influence, it's circula-
ton have grown in proportion as it
las shown it's independence of the !
machine politicians and it's defiance
Of the powers of evil. It's foes re-
spect it and the lawless fear it. It's
friends arel more loyal and more
numerous than ever before in all it's
ong career.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
BUGGIES

Yod can buy buggy, quality con-
sidered as cheap from us as any one
In the Buggy business. Our stock is
complete, all new and up-to-date.
1t Street, Martin & Vaughan Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
GOTHAM BROS.
GET A NEW SAFE

A big new Mosler safe has Just
been received and put in place at
Gotham Bros, for taking care OF their
Dig stock of iewelry. A special ioun.
datioa was built for It, and its weight
VIII rest on the pillars Of a rock
basis
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
UNFOLDING The LAWS.

Some most valuable recommends
tons are made in the report submit
ted by the legal commission appoint
ed Thanksgiving Day by Gov. Hoop
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
QUEER TURN OF
 BIGAMIST'S CASE
WIFE NO. WON'T SUE FOR DI- VORCE AND WEALTHY SHOE MAN WILL SUPPORT BOTH
 FAMILIES.

Lynn. Mass, Sept. 14-Although her husband is a self-confessed bigamist, l. Mrs. Matthew Connell, Jr., today de cIared that she will not sue for di- vorce. Cornell, who is wealthy Lynn shoe manufactures, 30 years old. at his home, 1T 1-2 Lawton avenue. He has a 6 year old daughter, by his legal wife.
 By his own sconfession in court where he was fined $t00, Connell mar ried his first wife six years ago. in Lynn, and while on business trip to Miss Laura Cavanaugh, as John A. fleming. During the four years fol- lowing his marriage to Miss Cavan- augh, connen was acting as heaT the head with wife No. l. and the other here with wife No. 2.
 About Il months ago the women men wives met and Mrs. Henning decided to live with a stepmother less than a mile from the home of the bigamist. the bisanry charge. rhere was whis- pered consultation between the judge and his attorney and after he had pleaded guilty the fine was recoroed Massachusetts law sets the fine for biganry at not less than $500 or i've years in State prison It IS undef. whereby connel1 will support both his families and that he will see no more
 The Hne of sIoo against connell was fixed by Judge Churchill, Of the Dorchester court, Boston, who yestef- day sentenced Mrs. Mary stanton to an intetermtnate period in jail be. cause she sold furniture not all pa1d for to keep her baby and herself rom starving when her husband deserted her Mrs stanton was liberated up on the intervention of District Attor- ney Pelletier, who declared the case one of the most pit1a.bae he has ever known. He gave the woman $10 to get to her parents in Brooklyn, N. X.l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
NOT SALTS AND
 PILLS. 'CASCARETS"
If Constipated, Bilious, Headachy, Stomach Sour, Get a 10 Cent Box of Gas carets = Take One To- night.

You men and women who can't get feeling rfght-who have headache, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath. dizziness, can't sleep, are bill fous, nervous and upset, bothered with 8 sick. gassy, disordered stom- ach, or have back-acfne and feel worn out.
 Are you keeping your bowels clean With Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with salts, cathartic pills or castor oil |? This is important.
 Cascarets work while you sleep; cleanse and regulate the Stoma cI1, remove the sour, undigested and fer menting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poison in the intes- tines and bowels.
 A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morninga 10-cent box from any drug store will keep your stomach sweet; liver and bowels reg ular and head clear for months. Don forget the children. They love Cas- carets because they taste good-do good-never gripe or sicken.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
ALCO TRUCK REACHES
 RENO; MILEAGE 3,75S

On the last leg of it's journey from Philadelphia to the Pacific coast the Alec truck that is making the first coast to coast delivery of merchandise on record arrived at Reno, New, with the mileage figures boosted to 3,753. At this point the following word was sent by the crew:
 We passed today through many miles of that famous Nevada sand which changes it's base with every wind storm. Frequently the truck had to plough through two feet of sand, with sometimes a welI-built road under all. There were many long, stiff ascents for the truck through this mountainous region, supplying crucial tests to pulling power and hill climbing ability" In reaching Fal1on, New, the crew found it necessary to blast rocks because of the narrow roads, wide enough in places only for touring cars. Conditions beyond de scription'' is how the trip across a. 28- n1aIe alkai flat is described. At E11- reka the truck left the road close tq the railroad track and made its Wa4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
LACK OF GOOD ROADS
 A SERIOUS DRAWBACK

The absence of good roads is the one great drawback which prevents the United States and Canada from being widely known among the motorists of the world, is the assertion made by Lord Montagu, Editor of "The Car. ? in the current number of Great Brit aims leading motoring publication. Lord Montagu recently returned to London after tour of several weeks in this country and believes that good roads will eventually be built, and that there is no reason why the mum Der of automobiles used in North America should not run into the millions. With improved highways, this British au- thority, who has evidently made a careful study of the situation, pre- diets that European tourists will flock to this country and enjoy it's scenic beauties f'The influence of bad roads upon American automobilism is seen in the fact that the clearance between the ground and the lowest point of the chassis has ito be greater than in Flu rope, and the extra wear and tear on the machinery occasioned by holes, ruts and boulders is greater. leading to greater strength being needed in certain directions. Even in the big on the quf vive, for any street may be found full of holes and gaping ruts. Therefore refinement in springs or any really good body-work is almost inn possible, owing to the wear and tear occasioned by these fearfully uneven surfaces. The greatest street surface destroyers are the tramways, whose permanent way is generally shocking ly maintai inedx'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
THE SMITH-MURRAY co,

for 70 miles across country through marrow winding mountain passes to Austin For the greater part of the day the crew drove into the teeth of blinding snowstorm that obIiterated the road and in some places turned the going into slippery mire Twenty per cent. grades were common, ac- cording to advices from the crew. The vehicle with it's 3-ton cargo aboard climbed at this difficult angle for six miles over one nountein crest.
 Automobile insurance, protecting the owners of cars against, accident rob- bery and pthers hazards. is now a highly pecfalized business. More than 20,g00 claims are passed daily by the oncers of. the 74- accident insurance companies, making up what is known as the Detroit Conference Records on which rates .are based rival in de- gree of completeness those accumuIat- ed Tn many years of life insurance his tory One of the most interesting ta- bles furnished the conference at it's annual meeting in Detroit a few days ago showed the percentage and variety Of accidents, arranged according to the various makes of motor ears. Stren- uous efforts were made by several enanufacturers to secure this table It was readily appreciated that the man ufacturer whose cars made the best showing in the table would be fully qualified to claim his product the saf- est on the market The insurance men refused to allow such use of their private information.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
NEW LAWS SENT TO BOAT INSPECTORS
 BY SEC. NAGEL

Washington, Sept. 1.-The United States steamboat inspection service is, tors copies of the new laws approved by Secretary of Commerce & Labor NageI relating to lifesaving equip ment of passenger stee mers- Newspa- per reports of the rules finally approv- ed have been confusing.
 According to the circular being sent out today. the only amendment ap~ proved by Secretary NageI was the one specifying that passenger steam CTS in lake. bay and sound traffic, as we'll al those on the Pacific coast and the Atlantic (south of S3rd parallel of north Iatitude) and the Gulf of Mexico must carry 1feboats to ac- commodate at least 30 percent of all persons aboard, Including the crew. The old law required that sufficient lifeboasts be carried to accommodate every person on board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14

1sgan1c binders LaLnpblack will wear off under Ncontinued strain of service. but 1t will last long, as even together with the heat it suffers constantly the atmospheric elements have no effect on 1t. It, is principally the nechan- icaI hardships that radiator paint has to undergo in service that ends the 1 life after a relatively short period.
 A "No Mud" Association has been 1ormed In Paris. and as g. result of the activities of the organization, taking
 cne shape of threats of legal action against the mud-splash shing ornnibuses, the municipal council has decided to hold competition for splash qua rds. It will be remembered that tests of passers-by from mud thrown by the wheels of a car. We're held in France some time ago, but no official action Was taken. The coming ex aminations are for motor buses only, and if a successfuI device appears it is prob able that an ordinance will be passed requiring it's use. October has been set for the trials, and the machines
 mud track lined with boards divided ineo squares. This will enable the
 quantity ana distance of the mud
 thrown to be measured After this
 the devices will be tried out for 1c0 consecutive hours in the usual service Of the machines. The appliances must
 be capable of being run for twenty
 yards against the curb without being
 seriously damaged and must stand
 contact with the curb at an angle of
 90 degrees without being carried away.
 Besides buying the successful devices.
 the Paris Municipahty will award a
 first prize of $4OO to the winner. The
 total sum which will be divided
 among the successful competitors
 amounts to S. 200 Besides the official
 tests. the Automobile Club of Seine
 will repeat its splash guard conpe-
 titfon of last winter in a similar event
 to be held at Versailles. November
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
TEDDY DECLARES
 LINCOLN WOULD F BE A i'MOOSER"

Denver Sept. 14---Today's program brought Colonel Roosevelt to Reno for a. brief stop and he was scheduled for a. short speech at Sacramento Ha was due to arrive in San Francfacos tonight, to address "a big audience. As bRssdreW nearer the state which furniehed his running mate on tfIa progressive ticket, Col. Roosevelt again sang the praises of Governor John son.
 His record,'' the colonel told one audience,H is almost a statemeHt cE what we progressives want to apply to the nation at large"
 In several of his shorter speechea. Roosevelt 1apsed from politics to did cusS the square deal. At towns WherB only three or four minute stops were permitted the Colonel abandoned any attempt to deliver q connected polt- ticaI speech and merely ; ffniehed . snappy conversation with a brief ar- peal for support.
 eff Abraham Lincoln was alive. td- day. Ee declared at one time he'd be leading the progressive party
 e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14

travels ~at a speed Of from to % miles an hour, and is 60 light that three men can easily lift it from the track to let a train pass by. It seats ' men comfortably, and it's motor iB built to transport as many men and implements as the car will hold.
 The decision to equip the whole line with these cars was made after thor ough tests on three or four sections The speed of the cars would make it possible, if this were desired. to lengthen the track sections and there by use fewer gangs of trackmen to do the same work as now. But that ig not the object of the present move. The company officials report that the great usefulness of the motor hand cars is to be found in the added eff fciency of labor-in the nearer ap- preach to the absolute perfection iH maintenance of way that is the aim of every up-to-date railroad manage ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
s.SIR, DAN DONNELLY WAS
 THE PRINCE OF PUGILST

Although the record of worlds heAvyweight champions does not in clude the name of Sir Dan Don nelly, that merry Celt is rfghtfully en- titled to a place in the rolls of great fighting men. Dan, native of Dub lin. was carpenter until his twenty sixth year. It was ninety-eight years ago today, Sept 14, 1914, that he fought and won his first ring battle. Boxing was just beginning to become popular in Ireland, although it is un- necessary to say that the Irish had always been a race of brawny scrap pers .Pugiliszn had attained a. great vogue in England, and Tom Hall, who fought under the name of George, invaded Ireland and chanenged all the fighting men of the Emerald Isle to combat. Ha11 called himself the champion of England, but was not really the holder of the title, which then belonged to Tom Cribb. He was and had defeated Tom Molineaux, the American negro. The latter had once knocked out Cribb, but one of the Englishnan's seconds tricked the referee in the matter of time, and Cribb recovered and in the end knocked out the colored man, break ing his jaw. When Donneliy accept ed 'SCSeorge's'' challenge he had never fought in the ring, and his previous bouts had been of the Dennybrook Fair variety Nevertheless, the Irish sports backed him to the limit of their cash Curragh. in the County of Kildare, was chosen for the scene
 
 and Irishman and an E4glishman,' and on the morning of that four teenth of September nearly century ago nearly 5000 sports were gather ed to witness the encounter. It was a one-sided affair from start to fin isK Hall soon found that he was no match for the powerful Hibernian. He went down repeatedly, but man aged to stay through eleven rounds. Two minutes of the twelfth round had elapsed when Donnelly put the Eng 1ishman down for the count. Don nelly's next battle was with George Cooper another Enghshman, in Decen- Der, 1915., and was again the victor after eleven smashing rounds. He then went over to London, and in 1s1a took on Tom Oliver, whom he defeated in thirty-four rounds, before an audience that included half the mobiles of England. The Prince of Wales was among those present, and H1 the conclusion of the bout he 5okingly .-kinghted'' the Irish fighter frrom that time until his death. which occurred less than year later, Don s1elly was universally known as Sir S0an.'' His popularity was attested by the fact that forty or fifty thou sand people marched in his funeral procession.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
CAPE COD A POPULAR
 TOURING GROUND

One of the most popular touring re- g1onS in New England this year is Cape Cod. where, according to advioes received at the Touring Club of Amer ica in New York from one of the Clubs official Blue Book cars, the roads are in excellent condition, with the possible exception of those in the immediate vicinity of the Cape Cod canal, where conditions are temporar- fly unsettled. Even in this territory the roads are good and if there are any detours made necessary by the building of the canal, they are well posted. with signs. As indications point to the breaking of all records for touring during the months of Sep tember and October, the hotels on the Cape have decided to remain open later than usual. so as to accommo-. date the tourists who are expected to visit New England before the end of the season. The best way to reach Boston from Cape Cod is by way of Onset, Wareham, Midd1eboro, Bridge water. West Bridgewater, Stoughton and Mattapan. The route is mostly macadam, with some good gravel roads and is used by all Bostonians who do not desire to return by the shore line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
AUTOMOBILE HANDCARS
 ADOPTED BY T;ETTGH

The adoption of motor cars for track work, in place of the old-faShioned nnan-power handcars, has been decid- ed upon by the management of the Le- high Valley Railroad, Forty-seven of have been ordered, and the substitution of gasolene for muscle, for transport ing repairrnen and too1s over the line, will eventually be applied to the whole Lehigh Valley system.
 Under the old plan the men in a section gang necessarily use up much of their energy in pumping the hand car. Under the new one the energy will be saved for the real work of keeping the track in perfect order.
 Not only this, but considerable saving in time will be effected. The section men can get to their work earlier and stay at it later, now that less of the working day is consumed The motor car of the type selected
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
SAM SCHEPPS BECOMES PRINCIPAL
 FIGURE IN THE ROSENTHAL CASE

New York, Sept. 1ESam Schepps, who was arrested in Hot Springs, Ark, and returned to this city to be used as a witness against Police Lieut.. Becker: has become a more prominent figure in the case by reason of state ments made by Becker's attorney. J
 F. Mcintyre, who obtained a postpone- ment of the trial of Becker until Oct. by saying that Schepps had stated would free the accused police officer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
CHURCH DESTROYED
 BY HEAVY WIND

Mobile, Ala. Sept. 14."Heavy wind and rain which is driving water over the bulkheads here is causing heavy damage to low lying property. The sVSater has backed up through the sewers and cellars are flooded while m erchants are removing their goods to the upper floors.
 The Worden Cedar Street Metho- dist church was destroyed by the wind and number of other build ings in the vicinity damaged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14

District Attorney Whitman has gone to Hot Springs to investigate this statement. Schepps remains in the custody of the police though no for~ mal charge of compliCity in the mur- der of Rosenthal has been made against him.
 New York City retained by Sam Schepps as his counsel in the Rosen- thai case was the guest yesterday of Wainer of 509 ogden St.