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The daily sentinel., 1912-06-04

oyster Bay, n. Y, June 4.-Colo-
mel Roosevelt has arranged for some
SHOW down" conferences during the
week with various of his political
leaders. He wants information on
the delegate situation.
Roosevelt men from southern
states, where he has been told he
may expect to draw the strength
that will swing the balance of power
to his side at the convention, will
visit Sycamore Hill. The ex-presi-
dent looks for conclusive word from
them that enough converts from the
Taft alignment have been obtained
to insure his nomination.
The daily sentinel., 1912-06-04

Columbus, o., June 4.-United
States Senator Theodore E. Burton
of Ohio. delivering the keynote
speech before the Republican state
convention YESTERDAY. declared the
country was confronted with a crisis
far surprising any through which it
has passed in the memory of the
present generation. He deplored the
absence from the polls of a great
percentage Of voters in recent state
primaries.
He foreshadowed many of the ten
cts that will be laid down in the
platform to be adopted at the coming
rational republican convention and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
CELEBRATION
BY THE MASONS
A NUMBER OF ADDRESSES ON
THE OCCASION OF ct.
JOHNS DAY.

st. John the Baptist day was cele-
brated Monday night by Columbia
Lodge No. 81, Free and Accepted Ma
sens IN a most appropriate manner.
SplenGid addresses and talks were
made by a number of the members
present, but chiefly among them
were the talks made by H. p. Fig
uers, Esq, who took as his subject
"T he Goodness of st. John the Pap
tist.' The speaker made an exhaus-
tive talk on this subject and showed
that he had given the matter careful
and considerable thought Maj ]. T.
Williamson gave a splendid address
on the Ancient History Of Free Ma
sonry' Col. &c. Hardy's talk on the
benefits of Masonic Widows and Or
phans Home" Rev. J. T, Ussery talk
ed on the general subject Of Mason
ry, covering all of its branches and
pointing out what it had been to civil
izaticn for the past three thousand
years or more.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
PRODUCE COMPANY
IS INCORPORATED
A CAPITAL OF $25,000 AND WILL
DO A COMMISSION
BUSINESS.

The Columbia Produce Co., which
firm has been composed of A. M.
Cochran and w. s. Beasley, has just
been incorporated, the incorporators
berg A. M. Cochran, w. S. Beasley,
Anna r Cochran, Mary IS. Beasley
and W. ]. fowler.
A. NJ Cochran is president and w.
S. Beasley, secretary and treasurer,
and the home office will be continued
at Columbia. Mr.. Cochran will go to
Nashville to have charge Of the bus
mess there, but will retain his citi-
zensnip in Columbia. The new firm
will have capital of $4,000 and will
do general produce, storage and
commission business.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
SPECIAL TRAIN OF
STATES EXHIBITS TO
STOP At CULltOKA
MOVING EXPERIMENT STATION
WILL REACH THERE ABOUT
$3.50 TUESDAY.
AT COLUMBIA FOR two HOURS
An opportunity to hear some of the
Great Lecturers, Including Prof. n.
A Morgan, That the People of This
County Do Not Have often.

Middle Tennessee's big agricultu-
raj train will stop at Culleoka next
Tuesday for thirty minutes. At the
earnest suggestion of several citizens
OF tnat section Capt. Peck, the COM
missioner of agriculture, has consent
Ell to change the schedule in order to
admit of this stop. The train will ar.
rive at Culleoka about $3.50 o'clock
in the afternoon and will stop at the
station, Pleasant Grove, for thirty
minutes.
Originally Culleoka was not in the
list Of stopping places but when the
interests of that section were pre-
sented to the commissioner he readily
agreed to the change. 1t was repre-.
scn.ed to Commissioner Peck that II
was at Culleoka that the largest yield
of corr ever made in the state was
made and that as the result OF that
exceptional yield the people of tina,
section were taking more interest in
scientific agriculture than ever before
The train will arrive at Columbia
on next Tuesday at 1 o'clock and will
remain here for two hours. Es cry
effort will be made to get large
crowd to attend the lectures and wit
ness the exhibitions. Nothing of the
kind has ever been here before. 1t ID
an opportunity to see real expert
n.ent station on wheels that the peo
pie Of Columbia and Maury county
have never had before.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
GREGORY & BREAUX
PURCHASE ALL STOCK
OF SHIRT GARTERC CO.
NOW THE SOLE OWNERS OF A
RAPIDLY GROWING CON-
Germ.
Will have A REORGANIZATION
Mr. Gregory VIII Be President and
WI! Spend Much Of His Time Here.
Business Is Doubling Every Month.
Big Premium for Stock.

e. l.. Gregory and S. L. Breaux, Jr.,
on Tuesday closed deal by which
they became the sole owners OF the
Shirt Garter Company, Mr. Gregory
purchasing all of the stock of the
company not already owned by him
self and Mr. Breaux The price paid
for the stock is not given out but is
said to have been very handsome
pi emium
The company will be temporarily
re-orgonized by the substitution OF
John F Stephenson for president in
stead of DR.. o. ]. Porter who has
been president almost since the or
ganization of the company.
Mr.. Gregory, who is now the prin-
cpal owner of the concern, will in
snort time, become the president,
and Will spend the greater part OF his
time in Columbia and become active
ly connected with the management in
cnriunction with Mr. Breaux.
The company will be re-organized
at an early date and the capital very
largely increased. The unprecedent-
ed increase in the volume of the bus
1iress renders this necessary.
Mr.. Gregory tells The Herald rep
rcscntative that in the reorganization
O. the company he will offer a portion
of the stock to Columbia investors,
but If not taken here himself and his
f,,unds will retain it.
The business of the Shirt Garter
Company is almost doubling each
month. 1t is the remarkable growth
which, renders the reorganization
and an increase in the capital invest
| er in ii necessary.
1t will be gratifying to Mr.. Grego-
rvs numerous friends to know that
he will again be resident of Column
bia. However, he will still retain and
colt his daily newspaper in Lawton,
Okla, making frequent trips to that
place. Mr.. Gregory is well known
newspaper man, having been the edi-
tor Of the Mt. Pleasant Record for
some time. He was formerly very ac-
tive In the politics of the state, being
elector for the state at large in 1904
and several times a delegate to ma
tional conventions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE Of THIS
SECTION NEXT WEEK
MINIATURE EXPERIMENT STA
TlON HERE ON WHEELS
NEXT TUESDAY.
Will ARRIVE AT One O'CLOCK
Exhibits of the Agriculture, Live
Stock, Health and Education De-
partments of State-Lectures by
the Experts of Country.

An1experiment station on wheels.
1hav is what the people of Maury
county will have an opportunity to
see neyt Tuesday. The special train
Of the department of agriculture will
be in Columbia from l o'clock to 8
o'clock. 1t should and doubtless will
be visited by hundreds of people of
this section.
This train will have on it's displays
of the agricultural wealth Of Tennes-
See. 1t will have displays Of the
very finest live stock Of the state. II
will have an interesting exhibit ot
the health department of the state
1t will have an educational display
showing the work that is being done
rby the department of public educa
tion. It will. in short and in fine, be
a miniature display of the resources
of the state with practical lessons on
ROW W get Lle U6SL I0SulIS L1OHl luclI
deye ,opment.
This is the first train of the kind
tnat has ever ran through Middle
Tennessee. A similar train was oper
ated lest year in East Tennessee and
lit was estimated that in one day
there were as many as $4,000 people
to view the exhibits. Whether or moi
the people of Middle Tennessee will
show similar appreciation remains tc
be seen
The train will stop on next Tues
day morning at Ewell or Spring Hill
It will arrive at Columbia at
O'Clock and remain here for two
hours. During the time that the
| tt ain is here a number of lectures
will be delivered by practical men o1
Experience in the various fields upon
which they will talk.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
RUG GOES TO
FIFTH DISTRICT
cUl.LEOKA PRODUCE COMPANY
HOLDS THE LUCKY NUMBER
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

The crowd at the drawing Friday
afternoon was much larger than at
any Of the other like occasions, and
the interest was apparently more
widesp, ead
TIE first ticket drawn was not.
represented in the crowd, the number
being 1850. After waiting for some
time for those present to canvass
their numbers the announcer held it
W and another was drawn, this time
with more success 1t was a Harlan,
Porter & Walker coupon and was
held by the Culleoka Produce Compa-
ny. TIE prize was handsome $25
rug, III
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
HICKMAN COUNTY
PHOSPHATE WORK
PROMISES TO DEVELOP INTO
TREMENDOUS PROPOR.
TIONS.

CENTREVILLE, Tenn, June 26.-
The Indian Creek Phosphate Com
peny, formerly known as the Para
gon Phosphate Company, has its
mines near Centerville ready for
operation, and H. M. Hayes of Nash
vile, z member of the company,
states that the mines will resume
within the next month. About 100
miners will be employed. These
mines have been idle since the fall
of 1907, and their resumption in the
immediate future is prophetic Of a
revival of the phosphate industry OF
this ccunty.
The rock In the Indian Greek
mines faces from eight to twenty
feet and the quality is high grade
Fl. NJ. Hayes, William Rich and Ed
gar Foster are among the Nashville
owners of this splendid property
This company, it is stated, is Dego
tid. ling for the Pike Mines on Blue
Buck, with the probability of an
early consummation of the deal.
Other deals of big proportions are
pending, New York capitalists being
interested in some of them. The
outlook for mining in this county or
a tremendous scale is better thon il
has been since the panic five years
ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
ALABAMA IS HIT
BY A HAIL STORM
HEAVY DAMAGE DONE IN A PoR.
TIoN OF MONTGOMERY
COUNTY.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June ga
forty rajnute hail storm did several
thousand dollars damage to crops and
farms in the southeastern part of
Montgomery county this afternoon.
The store of J. v. Thompson at Myr.
tic was unroofed and rain and hail
shattered the stock of goods. Crops
were t-oken and ruined and hail GOV.
cred the ground for an hour. The
less cannot be determined until su-
perintendents of large plantations re-
port to owners in the city. Late to-
night II was reported that the damage
would reach $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
POLICEMAN KILLED
IN MEMPHIS BATTLE
FORMER PLANTATION MANAGER
AT RIPLEY SLAIN, NEGRO
WOUNDED.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 22.-Six
Ten, three of them negro desperadoes
engaged in a pitched battle, one 20
li'eman was killed, one negro wound
ed anG one arrest made after a dozen
reserves came to the aid Of the par
t. here early today. John N. Taylor
aged ~, a patrolman, was killed
Two of the negroes escaped. Robert
Summers, said to have been the third
VAS, ,taken. The negroes are assus
ell ;laving held mp and robbed
strees car employees and passengers
OF smai sums on different occasions
az ing the past two months. Taylor
vas Formerly plantation manager al
Ripley, fsna
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
PROGRESSIVE TALK
WITH ". J. OLIVER
The MAN WHO ALMOST TURNED
A TENNESSEE CONVENTION
INTO A RIOT.

Special to The Herald
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 25.-
I here is talk of a progressive party
in Tennessee with w. J. Oliver as the
gubernatorial nominee. Oliver is the
logical representative of the beliger-
ent from oyster Bay, as he Is the
man who stuffed the republican con-
vcntion four years ago when Senator
Sanders got separated from his rime
piece. Oliver was also very cold to.
ward the Hooper ticket two years
ago aHd has already predicted the de.
feat Of Mr.. Hooper since the Chicago
convention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
LOCAL DEALERS ARE
PAYING ONE DOLLAR
FOR new WHEAT CROP
BELIEVED THAT THIS WILL GET
THE BULK OF MAuRY's
YIELD.
POTATOES ARE RATHER WEAK
Probably S$2 VIII Be the Ruling Price
For This Staple-OutIook for a
Profitable Price for Oats Is Not
Very Ere .Iraging.

xns
New whea is selling on the Colum-
bla market at $1.00. That is No. 2
graz This price was offered today
by fark Bros. They do not believe
that there is any indication of a rise
in the market at any early date. This
isa good price, about thirty cents ad-
vaEce over the price at which wheat
opeiied last year. 1t means that the
cssh value of the crop in Maury coun-
ty viii equal that of last year despite
the shrinkage in the yield.
Potatoes opened at $3.50. That
price was paid yesterday and today
by Park Bros for the new crop, but
after tomorrow this firm will offer
only 1925. They predict the price
will decline within few days to 81
That is about the price at which it is
believed the major portion Of the crop
of Maury county will be marketed.
The prospects for the potato crop
of this county are not good The
yield will not be heavy and the acre
age is small. 1t is believed that the
total crop of the. county will moi
amount to more than fifty car loads
Some farmers have reported rros
poets for fine yields, but others state
that their yield will be less thar
4 twenty barrels to the acre of market
able potatoes.
However, at twenty barrels to the
acre the profit will be fairly good al
50 a,,barrel. That will be $40 to the
are. The potatoes will be small gen
orally as they were planted late and
the heavy rains packed the ground SC
that healthy growth was not permit
ted. The market is 81 to $1.25 lower
tt.an last spring.
The oat crop is good but the pros
poets tor a profitable price are not
gatherings Some crops nave been
sold at forty-five cents, but the opin
ion Of dealers is that forty cents will
get the bulk of the yielo OF the coun
ty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
CITY Of COL UMB|A
PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE
TO v. N. B|ODLE
BUSINESS HOUSES ARE CLOSED
THIS MORNING DURING THE
HOUR OF HIS FUNERAL.
MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Great Throng Follows the Remains to
Rose Hill Cemetery Where They
Are inferred With Honors Betting
His Excellent Life.

The entire city joined in the fu-
neral exercises of DR.. w. M. Biddle,
ex-mayor Of the city and most highly
esteemed citizen
The funeral was conducted at the
Episcopal church, of which he was an
Official, by Rev. w. B. Capers, assist
ed by Rev. A. G. Dinwiddie, and long
before the pail bearers arrived with
the remains every available space in
the church was occupied, and the
resting place of the casket was bank.
eG with profusion flowers as an at
test Of esteem. ?
With the arrival of the hearse the
members of the order of Elks form.
ed a line on each side of the walk
leading to the entrance to the church,
aid preceding the casket the honora.
ry pail bearers formed open rank at
the church door and through this the
active pail bearers bore the remains
of. this highly esteemed and much low.
ed citizen.
Mayors Proclamation.
At the request of Mayor Dedmah
tie business houses of the city were
closed during the hours of the funer
a. as mark of respect to the memo
ry of the former mayor. This morn
ing Mayor Dedman, who succeeded
Mayor Biddle as the city's chief exec
uSive, issued the following proclama
ton:
In the death of former Mayor viii
liam Biddle the people of Columbia
have lost one of their most useful
AID progressive citizens. He was a
faithful and efficient public servant
He was active in civic, religious and
business affairs. His death has caus
ed universal sorrow in the communi
ty As a proper tribute to his memo
Try. | request and urge all of the
business houses of Columbia to close
today during the hours of the funeral
Jos M. DEDMAN,
Mayor of Columbia
In response to this proclamation
and cut of respect to the dead physi.
clan and citizen many of the business
houses were closed and the business
men attended the services. The
court house bell told the citizens of
the departure of one of Columbia's S
most patriotic and worthy citizens,
ard all paid tribute to the worth of a
good man.
The members of the city admins
t,atiun headed by the mayor attend
ed in q body, and the fire department
Was out with the ladder and hose
truck craped in mourning for the once
chief officer of the city.
Following the services at the
church an immense throng followed
the remains to Rose Hill cemetery
where they were inferred with hon
Iors, the Elks having-charge Of the
burial ceremonies.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
ONE CITY BLOCK
BOASTS TWO WALKS
TWO CONCRETE AND ONE BRICK
IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION
FOR TRAVEL.

The residents on High street from
Fifth to Sixth are doubtless the only
people in the city who can boast two
concrete and one brick sidewalk, all
in acceptable condition. Recently
the city put In a new concrete walk
on .he west side of the street, setting
it out twelve or fifteen feet from the
other, leaving the brick walk for trav-
ell during the construction Of the Lew
concrete. Now they are all IN use by
tho public.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
KITTY CHEATHAM
MAKES GREAT HIT

LONDON. June 26.-British society
tlroHged the Little Theater tonight
to pay homage to Kitty Cheatham,
the Tennessee girl, who made her
only appearance of the season Eere.
She was assisted at the piano by
Minnie Cochrane, one of Queen
Mary maids-in-waiting. Miss Cheat
hen's program consisted chiefly of
Legendary and old negro songs and
tales. g.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
PUCKETT RAIDS
A CRAP GAME
CAUGHT SIXTEEN NEAR JOHN.
SONS CHAPEL SUNDAY
MORNING.

Near Johnson's Chapel Sunday Dep
uty Sheriff Puckettt and others made
a raid on crap game that was in
progress during the services at the
church, the horses of the participants
on the church yards. Several white
and one negro participant fell in the
clutches Of the officers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
WAsHBURN LITTLE
IS FOUND DEAD
AN AGED CITIZEN WHO LIVED
ALONE IN ROCK SPRING CON-
MuNITY EXPIRES.

Wash Little, an aged and well
known citizen of the Rock Spring
community who lived alone, was
found dead in his yard this morning.
M Little was about seventy years Of
age and is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Jack Jones, and a number OF
other relatives. His home is about
nine miles from Columbia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
DRUNKEN REBELS
BOLDLY ROB MANY
AMERICAN CITIZENS
SEVENTEEN PERSONS ARE
MADE TO PAY RANSOM
OF $500.
A NUMBER OF OTHER CASES
Atrocities Committed Upon Those In
Mexico Are Almost Without Num-
ber--Washington Statement Deny
ing That Brigands Were RebeIe

Ell PASO, Texas, June 26.-Seven-
teen Americans in Velardena, fifty
miles west of Torreon, Mexico and
about 300 miles south of the Ameri-
can border We're recently lined up
against barn while half dozen
drink-crazed rebels brandished six
shooters in their faces and threat
ened summary execution unless a
million dollars ransom was forth
coming. The rebels abandoned their
orgy when $500 in gold was paid
them. This incident is one of a
series of atrocities committed by the
Mexican revolutionists under Gen
erals Campo and Argumedo in the
vicinity of Torreon was first made
public by party of witnesses to the
scenes enacted in the interior, who
arrived here today.
Americans, they said, had feared
| the consequences of revelation of
tfeir plight through official channels
and only with the routing Of columns
under Generals Campo and Argumedo
after nearly two months of depreda.
tions mad the facts begun to come to
Chihuahua with 600 men out Of a
force of 5000 men, became involved
in a quarrel with Gen. Pascual Oroz
co and was jailed. Gen. Arsumedo
however, with about 1896 men is
now ravaging the states of Durango
pursued by the federal commander
Gen banquet.
Argumedo, it is reported, is at
tempting to cut his way soutbward
to form junction with the Zapa
tistas in extreme south of Mexico.
At Velardena forty federal volun.
tcors captured by Gen. Campo were
executed in small squads. Rebel
officers wed with one another for the
~ = A'CSC VI SOHuuCtiuS lie SXeCu-
tions. One of the pitiful sights was
the killing of a federal volunteer
labcul e5 years old by a rebel soldier
hardly out of his teens.
A nan arriving here today toll of
findins near Torreon seven bodies
horribly disfigGred and mutilated.
One Of them was a woman. This
act is charged to the federal forces.
Statement Is Issued.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-The
Mexican revolutionary party here is
sued formal statement today desy.
irg that the brigands who held up
Americans at Velardena were re-
bells, and intimating they were Mad
ere volunteers. He reiterates the
pledge that the revolutionary forces
will protect all foreigners.
Orozco, he says, is to be tried by
court martial for his inflammatory
proclamations against foreigners and
their property in Chihuahua.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-28
WILL HOr FIFTH
SUNDAY MEETING
BEGINNING ON FRIDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING THROUGH
SUNDAY AT CALVARY.

There will be Fifth Sunday meet
Ing Of the Ebenezer Association at
Calvary church, near Spring Hill.
TIE meeting will begin on Friday
night. June 2S, and will continue
through Sunday.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17
SCARCITY OF GOOD TURKEYS
Census Bureau Issues Gloomy Fore cast for Future Holiday Feast
 Ducks Also Decrease.

According to the census bureau, the forecast for the future holiday feast is very gloomy at least as far as the tur- key goes Instead, chicken or roast beef as a centerpiece will be used in stead of the time-honored turkey. Ten years from now a multimillionaire may be able to have duck or goose on his Christmas table, but as for turkeys they will exist only in fancy or at the National Zoo. According to the cen. sus bureaus report, there were 6,954,' 695 turkeys on farms in the United States in 1900, and only 2,66S,70S in 1910. At this rate of decrease indi cated the turkey will be a strange bird In 1920. The number of ducks de creased with almost similar speed in 1900 there were 4,7S5,S50 and. in 1916 there were only 2,906,525 The geese have gone more slowly. In 1900 there were 5,676,7SS, and last year there were 3,431.9S0 Chickens are doing well, however, for in 1900 there were 233,966,021 and in 1910 there were 2S0,345,133, not counting the few that are matching as this paper goes to press.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17
PEA. H. }. TEAM DE-
 FEATED AT DEQUEEN

Prof. Tavener, c. H. Moore and the Prescott Agricultural High School base ball team re- turned this morning from De- Queen, where they went to play two games with the high school team at that place.
 The first game resulted in a score of 13 to f and the second 15 to 13. From what the boys, and others who were present at the games, say, the Prescott team was horn swaggled" from beginning to end, and, although they outplayed their opponents, the umpire took the games away from them. The boys also say that the managers of the De- Queen team paid only a part of their expenses, while under the rules of the High School Athletic Association they were to pay the expenses in full. And to cap the climax, they say our super intendent and coach were insult ed by members of the DeQueen High School faculty, for no oth- CT reason than that they were asked to live up to an agreement voluntarily made by them.
 Captain Smith, of the DeQueen team, who by the way is one of the very few gentlemen, met while over there, as reported by the boys, offered an apology for