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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
HOTTEST JULY FOR
TWEI VI YEARS YEARS
HAS JUST CLOSED
VERY DRY. The RAINFALL ONLY
SHOWING 2.75 INCHES FOR
THE MONTH.
MEAN TEMPERATURE IS DEGREES
Went Above Ninety Degrees Twenty
One Times-Detailed Observation
As Kept by Mrs. J. w. Fleming At
Ashwood.

The meteorological observations at
the government station at Ashwood
shows that July was tine hottest since
1901, the temperature going above 80
no less than twenty-one times.
The Sth day of the month was the
coolest the temperature only reach
ing Sc degrees on that date.
For the year 1901 the mean tempera-
ture was So degrees, the hottest
weather ever known in the state. the
highest temperature reaching log de-
grees.
The past month as all know was
very hot and dry, and comparison
with last year is interesting. July,
1912, the mean temperature was rs
degrees, and there was a rainfall OF
TIA inches during the month; and
the month just passed shows only a
rainfall of 2.75 inches, only one-third
as much as last year. 1t was only as
hot as 50 degrees four times during
July, 1912.
The observations kept in detail by
Mrs. ]. w. Fleming, shows as fol
lows:
Maximum nf temperature, 100 de
grees on the first.
Minimum Of temperature,< Sc de
grees on the eighth.
Mean temperature, sos degrees.
Rainfall, 2.15 inches.
Number of days on which rain fel
four.
Number of clear days, 5.
Number of partly cloudy days, "a.
Number of cloudy days, 2.
Prevailing wind direction, South
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
CUT IN TWO BY
CIRCULAR SAW

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. Mrs.
Thomas Salmon, "a, of this city, re-
|ceived a message today from Mos
helm, Greene county, stating that
Rev. Robert X LETTERS, of that place,
met terrible death today when he
fell on circular saw, and was cut
in two at the waist. OF course death
was instantaneous. No details of the
tragedy were furnished. LETTERS, who
was 35 years of age, leaves a widow
and three children.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
THIRD EDITION
BOOK OF POEMS

Mr. ard Mrs. William Yancey Err.
win are in Columbia for several
weeks. Mr., Erwin mas recently is.
sued the thiro edition of his original
poems aud aclostics, which is most
highly commended by all who have
read It TO, its variety of subject and
beauty of diction. 1t Is said to be one
Of the very few books Of poems where
the autnor has lived to see it inter
IS third edition. The book is neatl.
hound in green buckram, ink title
highly commended by all classes oil
readers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
Remarkable Cure Of Dysentery.

Il was attacked with dysen.ery
about July 18th, and used the doctors
medicine and other REMEDIES with no
relief, only getting worse all the
time. l was unable to do anything
and my weight dropped from las to
125 pounds. l suffered for about
two months when was advised to
use Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. used two
bottle of it and it gave me perma'
nent relief" writes B. w. Hill o.
Snow Hill, Y. c. For sale by all
dealers. (Adyt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
Costly Treatment.

Il was troubled with constipation
and indigestion and spent hundreds
of dollars for medicine and treat
ment," writes C. H. Hines, of Whit
low, Ark. Il went to st. Louis
hospital, also to a hospital In New
Orleans, but no cure was effected.
On returning home / began taking
Chamberlain's Tablets, and worked
right along. i used them for some
time and am now all right" For
sale by all dealers. (Advt.j
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
MARKED BALLOT
WITH HER FOOT

CHICAGO, Aug. Miss Kitty
Smith. who is armless, marked her
ballot with her foot when she voted
today at the first election in May
wood. under the new woman suf-
frage law. She is the founder OF
home for crippled children.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm.

When a ran has suffered for sev-
eral days with collie, diarrhoea Nor
other form of bowel complaint and is
then cured sound and well by one OF
two doses o. Chamberlain's collie
Cholera and D1arrhoea Remedy, as is
often the case, it is but natural that
he should be enthusiastic in his
praise OF the remedy, and especially
is this the case Of a severe attack
when life is threatened. Try il
when in need of such a remedy. II
never fails. Sold by all dealers.
.Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
AGENT FOR THE
u. S. ARMY HERE

Private ]. Il. Morgan, advertising
agent of the United States army, with
headquarters at Nashville under Capt.
w. N. Hughes of this city, was in Co
lumbia today looking after matters
under Capt. Hughes direction.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
HOBBS c. CASKEY
ARE DISSOLVED

The general merchandise firm of
Hobbs & Caskey at Campbells Sta.
tion has been dissolved, Mr.. Hobbs
retiring. The business will be con-
Quoted by Mr. Caskey.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
MAIL CAR ROBBED
NEAR BIRMINGHAM
BY TWO WHITE MEN
CLERKS ARE HANDCuFFEp AMI
THEIR THUMBS TIED TO
GETHER.
REGISTERED MAIL ALL TAKEN

hLuaVi LhLD mnAL hLL lAhtN
Perpetrators Make Their Escape an,
Are Followed by Detectives in An
tomobiles-Abandoned the Train
In Suburbs of Birmingham.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 6-.Tbs
mail car on the fast Louisville 4
Nashville train No. 4 from New ~
leans was robbed early last night nv
two unknown white men. All Of thu
registered mail was taken, but no u
innate could be made of the amount
secured.
The train reached BIRMINGHAM n,
time at S:37 p. m, and two OF .hs
mail clerks, George Hoover and e. @
York, were found handcuffed; the
irons had to be filed from tbe,,
wrists, while Chief Clerk Harry E,.
erett mad his thumbs securely tied ia
gather with heavy Irvine.
The robbers boarded the mail ca,
a. Calera on III. dark side after tho
train had begun to move. The clerk
>;a.e that thy we're Immediately CO.
ert,'d with ris'; s and ordered to
tEin their faces to the wall +, erett
ooked around once and was fired
upon. the sac. striking the corner Of
the car nelr his head. The robbers
jumped from TIE train at Fourteepn
srieet In Birn' fham.
CT ief CLERK Everett says he has no
'iea how l1i"'l O. value there was
III the registered mail, but thai the
men took it all He says they were
9th short slender men, but they did
uct get g,GI look at the ROBBERS
faces as Jh@y were forced to Feep
their own faces turned toward the
vill. The clerks first saw the rob
bers jump to the mail cars on their
hands and knees. One robbar kept
his pistol on the men while the ether
ransacked the mail. The distance
from Calera to Birmingham is thirty
three miles, so that they had plenty
Of time to make thorough job. No
one else on the train apparently knew
the robbers were aboard.
When the engineer stopped for
the Southern crossing at Fourteenth
street, Birmingham, he happened to
ook back and saw the two men Jump
from the mail car door. This arous.
ed his suspicion and an Investigation
revealed the two handcuffed clerks
A quick run was then made to the
Louisville & Nashville station where
the alarm was given. Every police
station was quickly notified aud auto
mobiles with detectives started 10
pursuit.
E. G. York, one of the clerks in the
car tonight, was also in the Louis
vile q Nashville mail car which was
robbed near Boyles about year ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
BILLS BOARD
BILL BORED BILL

Bill had a bill board; Bill also had
a board bill. Bills board bill bored
Bill. Bill sold his bill board to pay
Bills board Dill. So Bills board bin
no longer bored Bill.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
From Another Point of Vlesv

p.
Detroit
saddle is
Gillespie?
Frank
Commissioner Police.
agree
II
OSCAR
Annie Smith and Frank Hibbler please write
At that Commissioner
this In both ball teams
man in bought painting is
Showing the possibilities rs
An investigation
be In.
scientific
we have down right here In Detroit too probably
Presumably Also q
II costs night a
would be absolutely impossible for fellow ovsp
The dealer may
a growing Suspicion
Brought up o Detroit United, stand.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

When he was in politics President
Taft holly resented the charge that
he was not progressive at heart. In
situations to this effect were de-
nounced as cruel and malicious In.
ventions. II was declared that all
who doubted bis absolute and com
plete devotion to the policies and
spirit to which he pledged himself
when he was nominated and elected
were unjustly and contemptibly sus
picious. When one progressive lead
er after another fell away from him
II was said they were controlled by
jealousy or personal ambition or
some other mean motive.
In his fourth Yale lecture. deliv,
cred yesterday, Prof. Taft. out OF
politics. ended all controversy as to
the matter 30 warmly debated last
year. He talked. among other things,
OF the recall, and exceeded even Sen.
ator Root In the zeal of his opposf-
ton. When In Office he confined HIM
self to combating the judicial recall.
Now he does not conceal the fact
that he Is against the recall in all
its reforms. Men," he said. do not
administer government fearlessly un.
der government OF which recall 10 q
part" Speaking of the so-called
new doctrines as a whole. he said !:
The sole thought In all is socialis-
tic-the idea to make the rich poorer
and the poor richer, a levelling OF
property holdings"
A man who holds that the people
prefer bad service to good and. given
the chance. will prevailingly dis
charge good servants and retain bad
ones, IL surely to be reckoned az
weak in the progressive faith and as
probably disbeliever In the funda.
mental doctrines of democracy. Like.
wise any man who identifies as 80
cialistic."> and therefore to be op
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

the performance was being given, at
the suggestion of the manager OF q
magazine printed for the blind Miss
Cowl knew they were out there and
she expected they would know she
was there when she spoke her first
lines.
But she had no sooner gotten on
the stage than the blind audience
burst into applause. Il have never
experienced anything like 1t In my
lifc," said the actress afterward.
There was nothing to tell them
had come on the stage except the
closing of door and the clank OF a
handcun. yet they knew II instantly
and applauded. The shock Of It al
most took me OF my feet and l could
lardly get through the act.
Il have never played to such an
audience. They got the comedy
much quicker than the ordinary aud
fence. The fact that they could not
see did not seen to make the slightest
difference"
A synopsis Of the play had been
printed In the magazine for the blind
and short outline Of each act was
read aloud before the act.
Probably no such happy and en-
thusiastic audience ever sat through
play.
A new play by new author. and
with a woman as Its producing man.
agcr, which Is something novel. II not
entirely new-all this Is offered at
the Comedy theater. where Margaret
Mayo presents" q little comedy by
c. w. Bell. called Her First Divorce. :"
Miss Mayos success as a playwright
was established with Baby Mine"
Her first bid for laurels in the prodac.
ing field does not promise quite SO
well. The play has for its heroine
woman lawyer. who undertakes the
divorce case of q woman friend The
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
BIZ RAYMOND PULLMAN,
Times Washington Bureau.


WASHINGTON. May 19.-That illit-
eracy in this country is a far more
serious problem than the average per-
son realizes and that its solution lies
il the development OF special school.
ing system for un-
PROBLEM lettered grown-ups
OF are the points de-
IlliTERACY. veloped In q study
which has just
been completed by DR.. p. p. Claxton.
United States commissioner OF educa-
ton. DR.. Claxton believes that the
mands more than any other problem
the immediate attention Of educators
OF the United States. In speaking yes
terday OF the conditions OF illiteracy
and the meaning OF .lliteracy figures.
Commissioner Claxton said:
Marching In double line at the
rate of 25 miles a day, the 5,516,0OO
illiterate persons ten years Of age and
over who were counted In the last
census would require more than two
months, walking night and day, to
pass q given point. This mighty
army would extend over a stretch Of
1867 miles, more than the distance
from Washington TO Chicago and half
the way back again.
"A mighty army Is this. carrying
banners OF blackness and darkness,
inscribed with the legends OF Hitter
acy. ignorance. weakness, helplessness
and hopelessness-far too large for
the safety of our democratic institu-
tons. for the highest good of society
and for the greatest degree OF mate
rial prosperity of the country. The
ignorance of more than $500, 900 per-
sons In the United States, IL not Who'll
" or chiefly their own fault. To a
large degree II is due to lack OF op-
portunity, because Of poverty or negli-
gence Of the state or communities In
which they spent their childhood"
Dr.. Claxton brings out many inter
est.ng facts connected with the Tilt
eracy problem in the United States.
Hc makes the point that the problem
of adult illiteracy Is no longer one
Of race or OF Sec
NO QUESTION ton. Although the
OF RACE OR percentage of illit-
SECTION. eracy among native
white persons OF
the United States is only 4.8 per cent,
a. contracted with 10 per cent of the
Negroes Of ten years Of age and over
who are illiterate. Commissioner Clax-
ton shows. however. that the total
number OF white illiterates Is greater
by nearly $4,000 than tho total num-
Der Of Negro illiterates. He brings
out the fact that illiteracy 10 not con-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
Where You Get the National Game
H0tund Rasv Win old AdaM Sauce

NAL at work with all his pores open.
follow your small boy TO the near
est free diamond and watch the kids
at play.
No chance there TO pose or pre-
tend. What you get Is the game hot
and raw, with old Adam sauce
soused all over H.
And think that. while a few hun
dred high.priced professionals fairly
revel in newspaper glory, there are.
this very day. throughout the United
States. literally millions OF tensed'
up amateurs who get neither pay
nor publicity, but who give all their
spare time and spare change TO
baseball with the enthusiasm or a
great passion and count II no sac
rifice. but. instead. life's Eesnest
pleasure.
They are the players OF the game.
the arch of Its support, the prap OF
its destiny.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

The big ball clubs are taking care
OF themselves pretty fairly. thank
you-especially the ones that aren't
content to live on their reputation.
So let's have a chat today about the
little clubs.
There's clean, wholesome fun In
watching hired men do your ball
playing. But (whisper) the true rea-
sou 30 many thousand bald heads In
this town do their sporting that way.
by proxy. is because. plague take
'em, they're getting old. Besides, as
with reforming. it's SO much easier
TO boss a job than TO do II.
Ii isn't In the big leagues, however
with their high admissions and fancy
salaries, that the national pastime
has its strength. It's In the back
lots. among the "amachoors."
II you want TO see real sport; II
you want to observe the human ami
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
f|fSS4|;Ss3
~NOf"ft10n

husband of this Portia thinks his
wife's client q foolish woman, unjust.
~ jealous Of her husband. SO he takes
means Of his own to upset the legal
proceedings. and succeeds. after COM
plicating the domestic AFFAIRS Of both
families to bewildering extent.
The play IL amusing, but rather
thin and spun.out.
Bernhard Is crowding the Palace
theater, one Of the biggest vaude-
Vile houses In New York. and 1t does
not seem possible that she has ever
received more tumultuous applause
than that which Is now being bestow-
ed upon her.
Nothing. nothing, nothing like perse'
verance. Reginald de Koven's prize
OF $1,000 for an opera libretto has
been awarded. II goes to one Hill
lizard Booth, a gentleman who raises
chickens at Aiken. N. c.
Sometimes somebody writes Q play
and unfortunately has the means to
produce 1t. This obviates the neces.
sity of finding q producing manager
who will stand sponsor for the brain
child. II also obviatss the passing OF
expert Judgment on the play and puts
the production, as a rule, In mex
perienced hands.
The result generally Is pathetic. 1t
was In the case OF The Passing OF
the Idle Rich" supposed drama writ
ten by Margaret Townsend from q
series Of articles by Frederick Town
send Martin and presented at the
Garden theater. Martins articles were
necessarily interesting because they
were the attacks Of millionaire So
ciety man upon society and wealth.
But when Miss Townsend sought to
make a play Of them-she simply
didn't. that's all.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
What the Government Is Doing

all. 800 were of those who had learned
the previous year, and 1000 were men
and women OF meager education"
According to the ofYicers of the
United States public health service.
one of the longest
AIMING At steps that has ever
been made to In
PURE WATER sure q pure water
supply for 10000
900 people in this country 10 the
order OF the Secretary Of the Treas
ury which provides that all water and
ice used In interstate tranac shall be
certified as to It's purity. Surgeon
General Blue of the public health SER
the first instructions relative to this
which will guide public health officers
in enforcing the governments pure
water regulation.
The effect of the regulation, making
1t necessary for all railroad companies
to obtain certificates as to the purity
Of water and ice used on cars engaged
in interstate trafic. will be far more
widespread than the public FIRST ex-
pected. The primary purpose OF max
ing the order was to protect persons
travelling interstate. Compliance with
the regulation will. however. mean an
examination into the water supply Of
practically every community Of the
United States which 10 touched by
railroad or other common carrier. A
community for whose water or ice
railroad finds 1t impossible to secure
a certificate will naturally do the very
best to purify the water supply In or
der to prevent unfavorable health re-
ports reaching the attention OF the
public.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

posed. all proposals looking to secur-
Ing a more general diffusion OF prop
erty is to be deemed a hard-shell re-
dictionary. Daniel Webster is not
known to history as dangerous So
cialist, yet he over and over again
declared that general diffusion OF
wealth was the bottom principle OF
republics and that 1t was not only
permissible but wise to enact legis-
lation that tended toward the level
ling Of property holdings. II all pub
lie action to make the rich poorer
and the poor richer Is reprehensible,
then an income tax IL bad, inheritance
taxes are bad, the exemption OF
homesteads from taxation is bad, and
q hundred other statutes making for
wealth equality are bad.
Prof. Taft In effect admits that the
popular nose was right when II
smelled him out as one having little.
II any, sympathy with progressive
ideas and ready 70 resolve doubts
against democracy rather than in its
favor.-New York Commercial.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

fined 10 any one section OF the coun-
try. and on this point he says:
Massachusetts has 1853 more Tilt
crate men of voting age than Arkan-
sas Michigan has 1858 more than
West Virginia. Maryland has 1852
more than Florida, and Pennsylvania
has $3.50 more than Tennessee and
Kentucky combined. The per cent OF
illiterates In population In New Bed
ford. Mass, Is 12.1; In Dallas. Tex, 4;
lii Passaic, N. j., II Is 1873; In Augusta,
Ga, 1913; In Utica. N. ", 1t 10 SO; in
Roanoke, Va, SO. These figures indi-
cate clearly that II all classes of pop
ulation are considered, no section can
Claim to be free from adult illiteracy.
"Of the total number of illiterates
l ,76S.OOO live in cities, and 3.74S,00O in
rural communities. small towns and
open country. OF the city population
81 per cent were illIterate and OF the
rural population 101 per cent.
ITO solve the problem OF illiteracy
is the great task which educators Of
the country must work for today. To
wait for a generation Of illiterate men.
women and children to die is a slow
anu painful pro-
SEEKING cess. That there Is
shorter way to
SOLUTION. the reduction and
elimination Of init
eracy has been proven by some Euro
pean states, and many sporadic at.
tempts in this country have indicated
that there IL q better way here, and
this is to teach grown-ups. in schools
organized especially for thSfh, TO read
and write, and possibly something
more.
"One Of the most notable recent at,
tempts to do this 10 that which was
begun last fall year ago by Mrs.
Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent
Of schools In Rowan county, KY, who
established what we now call moon
light schools because they we're held
on moonlight nights. The success OF
the men and women studying In these
Kentucky schools has proven that It
Is not so difficult for illiterate grown
ups to learn to read and write as IL
generally supposed. They learn to
read In q very short time, II given an
opportunity. The experience OF teach.
ers in adult schools 10 that reading.
writing and arithmetic are simple sub.
jects when mature minds are concen.
trated upon them.
Zone of the significant facts brought
out in this experiment. with moonlight
schools 10 that adults of limited edu-
cation have taken advantage of the
opportunity to return to school and to
increase their knowledge. OF the l..
900 adult pupils attending the moon.
oh AuV n
800 were unable to read and write at
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

The 8-year-old daughter of Q Boston
household recently sought out her
father with the startling statement
that her twin brother swore.
Richard swearing" exclaimed the
parent. In q tone indicating that his
ears we're not to be believed.
Yes, sir" persisted the child, he
swore."
What did he say?" asked the father.
He said Amt Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
Takinn Their Turn.

why station policeman beside
this park bench?"
1T is newly painted"
He can't keep people from testing
fresh paint"
NO: but he can keep 'em in line"
Kansas City Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19
A Bed Divided AGAINST It.elf

300 OVVtoeo NoaInot Vtoef.
Tom-Mother. Jacks got half the
bed!
Mother-Well. you take the other
half.
Toni can't; he's got his half In
the middle.--Woman's Home Compan.
Ion.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

NEW lUh4A, ---.. .s.-Of all the
fiebbergasted actresses who ever
faced an audience, Jane Cowl was per-
haps the fiabbergastedest when she
made her frst entrance In q special
performance OF within the Law" a
few afternoons ago.
There was an audience OF some
thing over 500 blind people, for whom
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

Mrs. Wood B. HIShbrow In Paris.
Imagine! My husband writes me
that he 10 bringing me nice little
Murillo from Italy! That's why I
am buying q cage."-Le Sourire. Paris.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

When She Has Temperament.
When a girl is intense. that means
her mother needn't expect much help
with the usework.-Pittsburgh Post.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

JOB Printing Done Right. tn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-19

eracy in this country Is a far more
serious problem than the average per-
son realizes and that its solution lies
il the development Of special school.