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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
BAND WILL GO
TO PULASKI
WILL FURNISH MUSIC FOR The
FAIR BEGINNING SEP
TEMPER %.

Majors Concert Band will go to
Pulaski to furnish music for the fair
at that place, which begins on Sept.
90 and last four days. The band fur
nished music for the Fourth Of Jult
celebration in that city, and they lik.
ed it so well that the boys were en-
ployed for the fair.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
CREAM SUPPER
AT MCDOWELL
MUSIC AND REGULATIONS WILL
BE PART or THE Pro.
GRAM.

Mcdowell school, noted for doing
things we'll, will have an ice cream
supper Friday night. In addition %
che delicious cream and cakes to be
served the audience will be treated
to series of recitations, vocal &c.
lections, and string band will fur
nish music during the evening.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
TO EVANSVILLE
FOR CONVICTION
NATIONAL LETTER CARRIERS
ORGANIZATION ATTRACTS
MAURY CARRIERS.

W. s. Crawford, rural letter carrier
IRON this office, who is delegate at
large from the state to the National
Letter Carriers Convention at Ev.
ansville enxt week, will leave Monday
morning for that city. The associa-
ton will be In session three days,
and Mr.. Crawford will be accompa-
MED by Carriers W. E. Tanner and
9, D. Minor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
ATTRACTS PATRON!
FROM FLORENCE
MISS SIMMONS COMES TO TIE
CAMPBELL STUDIO FOR
PHOTOGRAPHS.

AS tribute to the superior char
acter of photograph work that is be-
ing done BY G. B. Campbell he has
this week had Miss Alma Simmons,
of Florence. IA, for several sittings.
Miss SINNERS came UP on the early
train and returned on the same day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
GRAFT LADtK BILL !.
] RUSHED THROUGH THE
REGULAR SENATE
ACT PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, IS AP-
PROVED.
PATRIOTS MAKE LOSING FIGHT
Attempts to Cut Out Items That Are
illegal Upon the Part Of the indie
pendents Are In vain--InvestIgate
the Fire Marshals. '
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 11.-A
probe. the purpose Of which is % as
certain who, If any, of the members
Of the legislature, are connected with
and drawing salaries as fire marshals
or doing other work in the ONCE OF
the insurance commissioner, was
started today. The investigation is
based on resolution offered by Rep
resentative O'Brien and unanimously
adopted by the house.
New standing committees are an
nounced in the senate. The shake.
up expected in this regard did not
come. Some Of them were shifted
about little, but the old chairmen
named by Speaker White in the reg.
ular session were allowed to continue
in most Of the committees. =
The miscellaneous appropriation
bill wentthfough the senate by vote
Of 20 to II. without amendment and
just as 1t passed the house Wednes-
day. The independents and repu5li.
cans made q hard fight to eliminate
the alleged graft and extemporaneoas
matter, but we're prevented by 4
strict party vote. An effort was
made by the opponents Of the. meas.
ure as 1t stood to cut the pay of the
filibuster members down, allowing
them pay for only 81 days instead Of
rs, but this effort went for naught.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
SCHOOLS Will MEET
HERE SEPTEMBER 20
WILL AGAIN ORGANIZE THE
ATHLETIC AND DEcLAMA-
TORY ASSOCIATION.
MANY MORE ARE INTERESTED
a.netitst Be Increased by the Large
" Increased Membership Of the
Association Over That Of Last
Year.

The meeting of the Middle Tennes-
see High School Association and De-
e,amatory Organization, composed Of
lsnumber Of schools d this section.
will be held in Columbia ON Satur-
day, September 20.
This association had to do with the
athletics land fnter-high school de-
bates tat lent 80 much interest last
rear Vt
Il is thought this year that instead
Of five schools In the association
there will be at least eight, and per-
hans ten, Schools at Lewisburg, Fay
sttevile, winchester, Huntland. Mt.
Pleasant, Lynnville, Iawrenceburg
and Pulaski, a. well as Columbia,
have all given favorable expression
and good delegation IL expected.
The meeting win be held at the
,Athenaeum building where organiza,
ton for the work Of the year will be
planned and schedule committee
appointed. As last year It L. planned
to have the athletic contests in the
afternoons followed BY the debates
and declarations at night, making .
double feature OF each occasion.
The fact that 30 many other schools
have given favorable expression
gives an impetus to the prospects Of
the organization and an added prom.
Use to the benefits which such an or
ganization will give.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
ENJOY A WATER
MELON FEAST
EMPLOYEES or ANDERSON BROS.
& FOSTER PARTICIPATE
FESTIVAL.

At the home of w. f. Anderson
Monday evening the employees of the
Anderson Bros. & Foster department
store participated in a watermelon
feast, having been invited by Mr..
Anderson. It was most pleasant
affair and the employees and employ
ers enjoyed it to the fullest extent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
OVER rHe COUNTY.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Porter, Of VIII
Transport, are the parents Of q son.
born Sunday. morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
.CITY CLUB OPERA NAMED
Century Is Title of Company in
incorporation Articles.

II was announced yesterday that the
popular opera company TO be established
in September at the Century Theatre by
the city Club was TO be called the Cen
fury opera Company.
Articles OF Incorporation were signed
Yesterday al the law Offices OF Finch.
Coleman & Saird. No. 80 Nassau street.
tho incorporators being Edward h.
Baird William G. Cornwell. Edward Il.
Finch. Roland Holt. Otto ". Kahn. Philip
NJ Lydie. Clarence ~. Mackay, Arthur L.
Stahlschmidt. Henry Rogers Winthrop,
Miss Belle de- Costa Greene. Mrs. Ed
ward r. Hewitt and Mrs. Frederick
Nathan.
Twelve OF the fifteen directors for the
first year named in the certificate OF IN
corporation are az follows: Edward KEEL
losg Baird. William c. Cornvell. Ed
mund c. Bayles Edward r. Finch OTTO
II. Kahn. Alvin w. Krech. Thomas ".
Lamont, Philip NJ. Lydig. Clarence ii.
Mackay. Paul NJ Warburg. Harry Payne
whitney and Henry Rogers Winthrop.
The amount OF the capital stock is
$500. 600. and Mr. Baird said yesterday
that subscriptions were coming in at
such a rate that there was little doubt
that the whole amount would he taken
up within very few weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
END CHICAGO THEATRE WAR
Managers Give Over 2 Houses
for Moving Pictures.

Chicago has awakened to the reaiiZa
ton that recently there has been al
overproduction Of theatres. and that nigh
class productions can no longer attract
sufficient persons 10 make a paying IN
vestment Within the last two days two
Of the legitimate theatres --'e gone over
TO the moving picture field, with indica-
lions that others may follow.
Announcement was made at the New
York Offices OF kiaw & Erlanger last
night that their Colonial Theatre. for
merly the lroquois in Chicago. had been
lea sed for term OF five years TO Jones
Iinick a Schaefer, who would present
family vaudeville and film pictures At
popular prices. This will enable Charles
Frohman and klaw & Eilanger 10 con-
centrate their Chicago attractions IN the
Illinois. the Powers. the Blackstone ana
the Studebaker theatres.
The historic McNickar's Theatre was
changed into moving picture house on
Thursday. and 1t Is said these develop
ments are principally result OF an
agreement entered into last winter among
owners Of some OF the principal theatres
10 curtai the competition caused by too
many theatres. Last winter only produc-
lions Of unusual pOpularty could attract
having audiences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
OBITUARY..
JAMES c. BAYlES.

James {. Bayles. mining and mechan-
zeal engineer an6 Journalist. who was
president OF the Board OF Health during
Mayor Hewitt's administration, died late
on Wednesday night at the New York
Medical College Hospital after a five days
Illness from pneumonia. lie was In his
sixty-eishth year.
His Introduction TO the engineering pro-
fession came following his discharge on
account OF broken health from the Union
army during the Civil War. lie became
interested in railroads. but worked only
short time as a surveyor. owing TO an
offer~of the associate edtorship Of THE
New York Citizen" which ne accepted IN
1866. In 1857 he became president OF the
Board OF Health and two years later gave
up his place on the Citizen" and severa !
technical publications to become a \ edito-
rial writer for THE New York Times
When re finally retired from that position
il was to devote mis- time to writing upon
technical subjects.
Mr.. Bayles was formerly president OF
the American Institute OF Mining tnsi-
neers and OF the New Jersey state SAM
tary Association. lie was a MEMBER Vi
the British Iron and Steel Institute ana
charter member OF the American Society
Of Mechanical Engineers. lie leaves Two
sons. both OF whom arc engineers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
HONOR FRESH AIR PIONEER
Friends to Unveil Tablet to the
Rev. Willard Parsons.

4 memorial tablet in honor OF the Rev.
Willard Parsons, founder OF the Tribune
Fresh Air Fund. will be unveiled at the
and l20th street, Tuesday May Is. at i.i5
p. m.
Willard Parsons deserves 10 be ranked
among the great benefactors Of human
ity. He was not only the founder OF the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund. but was tho
originator OF the fresh air idea itself The
great movement which nowadays results
i'm the sending OF hundreds of thousands
OF the poor to the country annually had
its beginning in sermon which Mr.. Par
sons preached TO his congregation At
Sherman. Penn. in June. 1871. In that
year sixty children from New York were
given a fortnights outing
Since that time the movement has been
taken up by all the progressive nations
OF the world. Australia. South America
and Europe have adopted the idea. while
every city OF Importance I'm the United
States has its fresh Air fund.
For more than a quarter OF a century
Mr.. Parsons personally directed the &C
tiyites Of the parent Tribune fund. send
ing to the country In that time more than
two hundred and nifty thousand children.
Meanwhile he acted as chief adviser 10
the organizers OF similar enterprises In
many parts OF the world.
The tablet 10 be unveiled on Tuesday
was erected by tho Willard Parsons Me-
mortal Committee. and paid for by volun-
tary contributions from friends OF the
fresh air cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
DEAN HERE WITH ARMOR
Brings Fine Collection from Europe to
Museum Art.

Bashford Dean. curator OF arms and
armor At the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art. arrived here last night from Hsyre
IN the French liner France with one "
the most important collections OF Euro
pean armor that has been purchased FOR
the museum 81 many years. lie went
abroad in November and visited private
aud public museums and curiO shops in
al the big cities Of Europe.
Vienna had about the best assortment
OF European srmor in the world. lie said.
lis acquisitions, he said. would be eN-
hib!ted AZ the museum within month.
\ fellow passenger with Mr.. Dean was
William 10. Rigs. banker. VINO spends
much ~ his time in Paris and who has
the finest private collection OF European
AIMS and srmor Ia the world
Mr. Riggs has come here to visit Ameri-
can museums and viii ENLARGE his collcc-
ten lie said II armor In this country
should appeal 10 him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
THEATRICAL NOTES.

George Beban will sail for England next
TUESDAY. where he will appear for two
weeks at the Palladium. In London be
ginning on Monday MAY q. IN At the
Sign OF the Rose" supported by Henry
Weaver. George McBarron, Felix Krembs
Edith shayne and Edith Mcbride At
the termination of his London engage
ment Mr. Beban will return to America.
Kenneth and Roy Webb's comic opera
The Forbidden City" which was pro-
duced at Wallacks Theatre on Tuesday
night was repeated last night at the
Montauk Theatre. Brooklyn. The cast
was the same as that at Tuesday nights
performance Gina Campanarl singing the
principal role The proceeds were given
To- charity.
The Harvard Dramatic Club produced
three short plays at the Plymouth Thea
ire Boston. yesterday afternoon. Good
News" by Mr.. Ballard. II, who won the
Craig prize last winter. "Ysraine OF the
Hill Folk" tragedy In verse By Robert
Emons Rogers 90. and THE Wedding
Dress" by Katharine Mcdowell Rice o.
Radcliffe The club was assisted IN the
production by women from Radcliffe and
amateurs from Boston and Cambridge.
Lew Fields's summer production. An
Aboard" will he presented on what will
be officially known AS Lew Fieldss iith
Street Roof Garden" which Is on top OF
Weber a. Fieldss Music Hall, 4ith street,
west Of Broadway. The opening perform
ance is scheduled for June 2.
The Whitney Opera Company will pre-
sent the new comic opera, My Little
Friend" by oscar Straus, AT the New
Amsterdam Theatre on Monday. May 10.
The llbretto is by Messrs. wilmer and
Stein. the American adaptation by Harry
Il. Smith and the lyrics by Robert Smith.
\ special performance Of the Wild West
Show will be given this morning AT il
O'Clock in honor OF Sarah Bernhsrdt. who
will he escorted from her,hotel to Madi-
son Square Garden 10y mounted cowboys
and Indians.
The revival OF THE Geisha. which IS
beiur presented at Weber Fields
Tor;y-fourth street Theatre. will end its
metropolitan engagement tonight James
r. Powers will be starred In II next sea
oou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
IN THE BERkSHlRES.


l.enox. MAY 9-Mr and Mrs HAYDEN
Charming. who have been on their Wed-
ding trip. are now with Mrs J. Frederick
Schenck They will open their home at
Westboro. Mass. next week.
The Misses Gertrude Parsons and Hello
ise Never. who arrived I'm New York from
Europe OF the Amerika to-day. viii cone
to LenoX tomorrow.
Mrs Charles : Haight and family are
guests OF George Winthrop Folsom.
Ny and Mrs George Curtiss who have
been In Porto Rico. have arrived At their
country place in South Egremont
Mr. and Mrs. Henry ". Bishop. Of New
York. arrived at their country place
Wiaka. i'm Pittsheld. to-day. Late in
June they will 20 to seabrisht y. j.
n. Bolton Jones opened his summer
home in Egremont to-day.
Mr. and Mrs Hugh y. Scott. Of Boston;
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas B. owen OF Prori-
dence. and Mr.. and Mrs. W. \. \. Coon.
OF New York. are recent arrivals a. the
Red Lion Inn stockbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert G.. Ream. Miss
Charlotte Barnes and Harold Goodwin
have returned TO New York.
Mrs. George :. slsbee. Miss Elizabeth
snsbee Mrs George l.. LockV God and
Mrs. Louis curtis OF Boston. motored 10
Isenox to-day ana are AT the Curtis hotei.
y. Austin Cheney has leased Home
Farm OF Or Henry i. JaQHes Tor the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs Fritz Achelis Of New
York. are recent arrivals here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
WILLIAM ADRIAN GRAFT.

william Adrian Graf, for many years
A newspaper man in this city died yes
terday at his home, No. 90 West l25d
street. after a long illness. Mr.. Graz.
was ffty-hve years old and the son Vi
James W. Graf. one Of the Oldest news
paper men IN years and point OF service
i'm New York.
Mr.. Graf worked as reporter on Inc
Herald. The World" the old Record
or" The Times" and The Tribune. lie
was one Of the founders Of the old len
derloln club. later known as the Report
ers' club. and was also member or the
old Press club Eighteen years ago MT
Graf injured his left lee. The wound
never healed properly and he was oper-
ated on several times, without much sue
cess
The funeral will take place at 2:O
o o'clock tomorrow afternoon. at No. 50
East l25th street. Burial will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
SIR C. UPPER TELLS
FACTS ABOUT CANADA
Relations with United States
Better Than Ever-Shortest
Route to Asia is Via G. P. R.

London. May l0-The splendid mona
eenarian. Sir Charles Upper. arrived
in London Thursday night and yester-
day talked with representative OF
The Daily Chronicle about his be-
loved Canada and all she is doing and
all she is hoping TO do in The future.
Sir Charles is now the sole survivor
Of the thirty-two men who met in
Quebec in 1864 and laid the founda-
ton Of the Dominion. lie said.
If have no specific for long life
save one-hard work. ! have never
known anything else Ny only boli-
DAYS have been in train Journeys and
crossing the Atlantic. This last was
the sixty-fourth time ! crossed IL. The
first time ] came TO England was IN
1910 I crossed the Atlantic in
brigsntine of 100 tons. We were forty
DAYS getting from 81 Johns. New
loundland. 20 Tough FoyIc. Ireland.
"Canada's climate is one 81 her great
advantages. II makes men. II YOU
study the history of ihe world you VIII
see that it is men from the cold North
who have always ruled -. The south
crn races have always gone under.
Then YOU must remember that The
United states would not have had It's
ten million negroes were IL not for
the warmth Of some Of the southern
states. and these are increasing in
those statee. while native American
white men are decreasing. We have
been saved from that great problem
we are becoming the great highway
between cast and West. We VIII soon
have three transcontinental railway
lines working. and We must remember
that New York is thousand miles
nearer Asia 10y way Of the Canadian
Pacific and rcouyer than by any
port IN the United states.
Seward knew this and he abrogsted
the Elgin treaty in order TO force Can
ada to Join the Cnited states. do not
believe We should have been able 10
induce Nova Scotia 10 join tho Domiu-
ion If ~, had not happened. The
foundation Of the Dominion saved can
ada for the empire.
"Our relations with the United states
are now better than ever they were.
Hundreds OF thousands OF people from
the United states come over into can
ada every year and settle down. They
find the law better administered with
us than with them. and there is greater
security for life and property"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
KENNEDY ESTATE TANGlE
Institutions May Seek Portion
of Stock Increase.

Counsel representing four OF the re-
siduary legstees under the will Of John :.
Kennedy. the banker. appeared I'm tho
Surrogates Court yesterday to give mo-
tice that # might become necessary for
the institutions TO file objections 10 the
accountings OF the trustees OF four trust
funds created by the will OF Mr.. KENNEDY.
The Institutions represented were Column
bia University. the Presbyterian Hospital.
the Metropolitan Museum OF Art and tho
New York Public Library. Surrogate
Fowler allowed eight days for the filing
OF objections.
II was announced that the proceeding
was OF a friendly nature and was 10 de-
eide whether an extra dividend declared
by the Standard oil Company after its
dissolution upon the stock OF the Stand
ard OIL Company OF Indiana should he
declared as income or become part ~
the corpus or the estate The point to be
decided is whether the dividend is 10 20
to the principal of the trust funds or 10
the residue. The trust funds involved
aggregate about sl5 oco. O00
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
LAMBS GAMB0L G|DD|LY.
First as Broadway Bellies, Then
Turn Into Green Beetles.
"CINCH." SAYS NAT WILLS
Noted Actors Mingle Chinese
Fantasy with Comic Opera
and Some Serious Things.

Spring has come 10 Broadway, for the
Lambs have gambolled there. Their
shepherd herded them together yesterday
afternoon at the Metropolitan Opera
House for the annual inspection by the
ladies'. and, in the words OF Nat wills
uttered from the stage. ITS no gamble
it's cinch.'
When Lamb Victor Herberts orchestra
played the curtain music for the jubilee
II was 30 O'Clock; when Lamb Raymond
lubbtll directed the last strains il wa.
$40 o'clock. Between times q flock OF
Lambs frolicked on the stage and an au-
dience that had paid sl2s00 for seats
filled the opera house with approval.
Spring Lambs. or those in spring and
feminine finery. we're the Lambs OF the
day. They appeared as Broadway
Bellies" OF the chorus variety, In
sketch written by r. II. Burnside and
Raymond Hubbell. as lamblike bell-weth-
ers IN more serious offerings. and finally
as emotional creatures In a dramatic
little Chinese fantasy. The Green
Beetle" In all they did. especially In
their lsdylike efforts. they lived up TO
the best Lamb models in the persons OF
Ehingham Pinto. Ernest Truck. \. Bald
win Sloane Hassard Short and several
Others
Comic opera Was exhibited In the nrst
production on any stage OF The Village
Blacksmith" with melodies by victor
Herbert and libretto by George V. Ho-
bart. Principal parts IN the pathetic plot
were taken by a chorus OF male stars.
who behaved In the most approved
chorus man fashion by tripping and fall
ing over each other
Occasional serious moments in the al
tcrnoon's sport were provided by the re-
marks OF the Shepherd OF the Flock.
Joseph 4. Grismer; a poem by James
Clarence Harvey. scenes from VIZ
snius." acted by william Fsrnum I'm he
name part and in the production OF John
Wlliards playlet. The Green Beetle.
In the audience were seen Laurette
TAYLOR j. Hartley Manners. Dazie. Helen
Ware. katherine Grey. Bijou Fernandez.
j.. Frederick Zimmerman, jr.. Rupert
Hughes. Adelaide Manola. Melville Ellis
Emmett Corrigan. Frank Mcintyre. Irene
Franklin. Or. Alfred 6. Robyn, Robert
billiard. Ernest Glendinning. Daniel
FrOhman. r Daniel FrswIey. Grace
Field. James O'Neil and several thousand
others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
ART COMMISSIONS TO MEET
Come from All Over Country for Con-
vention on Tuesday.

The first conference OF art commissions
held in this country will be called 70 or
der on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock in the
City Hall. Mayor Gaynor welcoming the
delegates from out Of town on behalf 81
the city.
All the art commissions in the United
States will attend. Arnold r. Drummer.
John r. Pine Herbert Adams. Francis
G.. Jones and r. r. H. Halsey form
committee on details
or the sixteen art commissions in the
United states fourteen are municipal and
two state. having total membership o.
about one hundred. or this number about
forty are to be at the conference, coming
from Denver Minneapolis, Boston, Bait
more and Philadelphia.
Luncheon viii he served In the Metro
politan Museum of Art. where tho after
noon session is 10 be held The confer
ence will close with A dinner al the Uni
versity Club in tho evening