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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-11-14
HITCHCOCK ROT
AGAINST CAUCUS
ON CURRENCY BILL
NEBRASKA SENATOR SWEARS he
WON'T BE BOUND BY ITS
ACTS.
SENATOR REED STILL HOPEFUL
Missourian Declares That the Time
Has Not Yet Come to Give Up, and
Is Pleading for Committee Agree
ment-Would Bide Caucus.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE ad
ministration decision to throw the
pending currency bill into confer
ence of senate democrats resulted in
an outburst of the floor of the senate
today and do-nothing session of the
deadlocked senate banking commit
tee.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
who has voted anti-administratio
throughout the committees delibera-
tians, declared on the floor that he
would not change his convictions,
even to meet the views of the Pres
ident Of the United States" and that
he would not enter caucus that
would prevent his voting his convic-
tions. II
Senator Reed, of Missouri, declared
that the time had not yet come to
give up hope for an agreement in the
committee. and urged that non-parti-
san deliberations in the committee
continue. He declared his willing
ness to abide by caucus. however, if
one was found necessary.
The committee made two ineffectu-
al attempts to get down to work to-
day. In the morning, after waiting
an hour for Chairman Owen, Senator
Pomerine and Senator Reed, the COM
mittee adjourned at the request of
the administration. supporters to al
low time for democratic conferences.
When the committee again met after
the senate adjourned Senator Owen
had departed for New York and the
other administration senators did not
attend. The committee then adjourn
ed until tomorrow.
In conference today the republicans
determined to await the decision of
the democrats If the latter 60 to
work ON the bill in conference the re-
publicans will prepare a bill to be
submitted directly to the senate. 1t
will be based on the administration
bill but will include the various
amendments already adopted by the
committee which the President has
declined to accept
Senator Kern, democratic leader,
explained during the debate ON the
floor that the proposed conference
would not be binding caucus and
that it was expected that the demo
carts would meet simply to talk over
the currency question. 1t was stated
also that the president understood
that the conference did not propose to
make the currency bill a party meas
ure.
Another attempt will be made to-
morrow to get the committee togeth-
er for the consideration of the bill,
but littel success is expected to at
tend the effort.
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.FlAGMAN BURNED
IN RAILROAD Wreck
NEAR FRANKLIN
HORRIBLE DEATH IN FLAMES
WHILE COMPANIONS CAN
NOT ASSIST.
Two OTHERS ARE INJURED
Passenger Traffic and Mails Held Up
From Saturday Night Until SUM-
day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Flag.
gng Cause of Accident

FRANKLIN, Tenn, Nov. S.-Ont
man was burned todeath and three
others slightly injured when fas
freight train No. IA crashed into tn,
rear of the second section of freigh
train No. IA, one half mile north O.
Franklin Saturday night.
The dead:
d. Gibson, brakeman on No. "A.
The injured:
Jack Hayes, 457 Chestnut street
Nashville, decorations and contu
sions of the forehead, wrenched back
J. S. Bugg, 3O19 Carlisle street
Nashville, badly bruised.
Engineer Conley, nose dislocated.
The death of Gibson was pathetic
in the extreme. Pinioned between
the tender and some timbers, he cried
piteously for help, while members Of
the train crew made frantic but flu
tile efforts to release him. Lord
Same Mel" cried the doomed man
but his pleas were in vain, and he
persisted before the eyes of his fel
low workers.
Gibson was riding in the cab wher
the wreck occurred, and his timei,
warning to the engineer and fireman
gave them a chance to jump for theil
lives, both escaping with only minor
injuries. Not having time to hurl
himself from the cab, he was caught
by protruding timbers that shot
ahead from the three cars directly be
hind the engine, when the crash
came.
Second section of Ma IA pulled out
of Franklin at 9:49 o'clock, heavily
loaded. At Cannon's grade, one halt
mile north of town. the train stalled
in attempting to climb a grade, and
backed up for a start. Members OF
the train crew stated that no fiagman
was sent back to signal approaching
trains, and when No. "a, which left
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FIGURES OF TAX
DUPLICATE SHOW
MT. PLEASANT LEAD
PHOSPHATE CITY HAS GREATER
PER CENT GAIN OF TAXA.
BILE WEALTH.
THREE DISTRICTS DECREASED
Comparison of the Various Districts
Show That Only Three Had De-
crease-All the Towns In the Coun.
ty improved in Valuation.

County Court Clerk Hardin w.
Thomas has just completed the tar
books for the year 1913, and to be
convinced that it was a stupendous
task one only needs to look at the
book, and then look over the records
from which the book was made up.
The changes on the assessment books
made by the board of equalization
and the assessor during the summer
made these records at time mysti-
tying, and much work and study had
to be done to arrive at a proper de-
cision in the transfers.
The new book is a model of neat
ness and represents several weeks of
hard work. The larger portion of
this work was done by Mr.. Thomas
at his home with the assistance of
Mrs. Thomas.
A summary Of the different districts
of the county shows that three of the
districts decreased in their taxable
valuation, the third, the sixth and
the tenth. The town of Spring Hill
is located in the third district and
this valuation is outside of the cor
poration, the town showing a slight
increase.
The total INCREASE in the county,
including the increase in the three
incorporated towns of Columbia, Mt
Pleasant and Spring Hill, was $751;
ATS OF this amount approximately
$4,000 belongs to the city of Mt
Pleasant, and there is sufficient in
crease in the district outside of the
town to place the increased tax valu-
alton in that district well above the
100000 mark.
Districts. four and five barely made
an increase, while the others show a
substantial addition to their wealth.
following are the figures for the
years 1912 and 1913 by districts:
IA =
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Dobbins 9 Ewing
Columbia, Tenn.

Franklin II minutes later, steamed
rapidly into sight, it was too late to
avert the impending caalmity.
No. IA was in charge Of Conductor
Allen, win Engineer Martin at the
thrott EnSipssf Hayes was driv
ing the pig baoghl which pulled No
"A, with Conductor Conley in charge.
Both trains caught on fire when
the accident occurred, and this added
to the horrors of the wreck. The
three front cars Of No. "A were heav-
| lily loaded with lumber, which burned
rapidly. When the wrecker from
Nashville arrived at 1890 it was con-
cluded that the most feasible way to
dispatch the task of clearing the
track was to permit the wreckage to
burn, and then, to clear away the de-
bris In the meantime new track
was laid past the scene of the wreck.
A twisted mass of steel a shoulder
ing pile of ashes strewn along the
tracks of the L. &N. Railroad one
half mile north of Franklin, are mute
testimonial of the terrific wreck OF
two freight trains and the tragis
death Of Flagman d. Gibson Saturday
night. All traffic between Nashville
and the south was tied up for many
hours, and it was only after two
wreckers had worked all night that
trains were put through about 1O:3O
O'Clock Sunday morning. About fifty
feet OF track was demolished when the
two trains went together and this to-
gether with the heat from the burn
ing cars retarded the work OF the
crew.
Along the sides of the cut the
Ismouldering cars burned all day sun
day, while the huge engine which was
drawing fast train No. IA, lay omul'
ten mass, several feet to the right Oh
the track. Five heavily loaded cars
were consumed in the blaze that start
ed from the broken firebox OF inc
engine. According to the crews Oh
the two trains, the collision was que
entirely to the carelessness Of COLI
ductor Allen, who had charge Vi
freight train No. "a. They declare
that when the train was stalled 10
failed to send back flagman to S'op
the train coming on behind.
After the wreckage had been clear
ed only few charred bones OF Flag
man Gibson were found under inc
lumber nile which pinned him to DID
death. These mute relics were ga'r
cred up tenderiy by the dead mans
brother and brought to NashVin''
where they are being cared Pr ."
Ewes Infirmary.
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WOMAN IS KILLED
BY COLLISION OF
AUTO-S1RtET CAR
WIFE OF COMPTROLLER OF
NASHVILLE NETS DEATH IN
ACCIDENT.
OTHER OCCUPANTS UNHUR'
Victim tainted When She Saw Colii-
sion Was Inevitable and Never Re-
gained onseiousness-Died at the
Hospital.

| NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. H.
Mrs. R. Miles Burns. wife of the city
comptroller, was fatally injured short
lly before o'clock Monday evening
when the automobile in which she
was riding was caught with a crash
between an outgoing and an incoming
car at Eighth avenue and Commerce
street. She died about an hour later
at st. Thomas hospital.
In the rear seat with Mrs. Burns
was her sister, Mrs. Howard Lewis,
of Dayton, o., and Miss May Belle
Sanders. On the front seat was ne
gro chauffeur and Mr.. Burns and his
little daughter, Mary Louise. No
one was injured except Mrs. Burns.
The occupants of the automobile
saw that the accident was inevitable
a second before it occurred. Miss
Sanders and Mrs. Lewis stood up
quickly when they saw the danger
into which they were dashing and
leaned away from the approaching
Belle Meade car. Mrs. Burns, how
ever, was more excitable and nervous
and tainted instantly. She must have
been unconscious before the car
struck her, and remained in this con-
dition until the end. Her sister and
Miss Saunders both stated later that
the unfortunate woman undoubtedly
swooned before the collision occur
red.
According to the statement OF doz-
ems of eyewitnesses, including Mrs.
Lewis and Miss Saunders, the chauf-
feur was trying to pass the outgoing
Broadway car, and had turned to the
left. He had speeded up and was
just starting to turn in in front of
the Broadway car when a Broadway
Belle Meade car coming up Eighth
avenue in the opposite direction
struck the machine. The automobile
az ZIG IAilC was pOlHtluS uldSOHdIly
across the tracks of-both street cars,
and was caught Like a wedge between
them. Mrs. Burns was sitting in the
left rear corner of the auto, which |
lay directly in the path of the incom-
ing Broadway-Belle Meade car. The |
remainder of the tonneau was safe
between the double tracks, and for
that reason none of the other occu-
pants wass struck by either car.
According to the statement of Mrs.
Lewis, one of the occupants of the |
automobile, both of the street cars
were moving at rapid rate, and the |
negro chauffeur was also gniog at a !
fast clip in his. effort to pass the car !
The impact was terrific, and the |
Broadway car was knocked off the |
track The motorman succeeded in
bringing it to stop within a few
yards, however, and none of the pas
sengers were injured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-11-14
CLOSING DOORS OF
SALOONS RATHER
THAN PAY TAXES
ELEVEN GO OUT or BUSINESS IN
NASHVILLE WHEN WAR.
RANTS ISSUED.
Quite Number Paid License for the
Full Quatrer and viii Brave the
Orders of Judge Neil to Close on
November IS.

| NASH WILLIE, Nov. 10.-Following
the issuance of disterss warrants by
County Court Clerk w. F. Hunt, com.
polling delinquent saloon keepers to
either pay their quarterly licenses.
which came due Nov. /, or to close
their doors and sell no more intoxi.
cants in Davidson county, eleven
booze emporiums were closed Satur-
day night by deputy sherifrs, and the
stocks levied upon. In one or two
instances, when the stocks were
small, the goods were confiscated and
taken to the county Jail.
! After being notified by the officers
that their places were to be closed
unless the dues were promptly paid.
twenty proprietors of saloons settled
the distress warrants, each paying
the sum of $3O5.55, this amount be-
ing for the quarterly license, togeth-
er with penalty and costs.
The following places were closed
by Deputy Sheriffs Hooper, Felts,
Shuttleworth, Turbeville,S Duke and
Joe Elliston: C. T. Williams, 3O2
Third avenue, north; Ed Petre, 1888
Fourth avenue, north; Kimbrough &
Primm, Fourth avenue and Cedar
street; Charles Kirnes, Tulane Hotel;
P. c. Lewis, 2OS Second avenue.
north; H. A. Garman, 316 Church
street; Felix Raines, 404 Cedar
street; w C. Williams, 42S Cedar
street; w. G. & T. c. Smothermann,
815 Boardway; ]. B. Robinson, 534
Third avenue, north; w. ]. Dawson,
700 Church street.
Those who took advantage of the
warrants and paid in full their quar-
terly dues together with the penal
ties and costs. are: Luigart &
Horn, 913 Broadway; A. Kuhen, 9O1
Second avenue, notrh; Bohemian
cafe, 727 Church street; Bismarck
hotel, 206 Fourth avenue, north;
VIM. Luigart, 81 Broadway; H. j.
Litchford, III Broadway; Meyer
Hotel Co., Sixth avenue and Union
street; Lee &Harper, IS Broadway;
Gambill & Andrews, $40 Broadway;
T, M. Nall, 424 Broadway; John
Skillern, 20S Sixth avenue, north;
Mayors & Underwood, Public Square;
Tom Valaski, 929 Broadway; Pete
st. Charles, 201 Church street;
Southern Turf, 222 Fourth avenue,
north; Joe Murray, Fourth avenue,
and Deaderick street; Nose Fried
man, 435 Third avenue, north; Abe
Silverstein, AIS Third avenue, north;
L. Sparkman, 335 Fourth avenue,
north; D. E. Hooper, 100 Second ave-
nue., north.
The distress warrants were filed by
w. c. Cooper, attorney for the state
revenue agent for the Middle Tennes-
see district, and were placed in the
hands of Sheriff Chas Longhurst for
execution. A number of deputy sher-
ifs have been assigned to the work
and it is expected that all the war
rants will be served by Monday night
Thirty-three were executed Saturday
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Uncle PennYyile Says;
You never know what gOOu
family ! man. so pffuhtil be gets
Dinehed for : M
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In tho Kitchen.

why have you -four and mofasses
in all these saucers?"
Mother, we girls are trying to
find out whom we are going to
marry"
"All right. And while you are
peering into the future, just see if
you can't determine who is going to
wash all these soiled dishes"
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Different Times.

These times are too swift fol
me-" declared grandma. "My grand
daughter and her set wouldn't care
for the old-fashioned Halloween
games like ducking for apples"
How do they celebrate Hal
lowe'en?"
They go in for cocktails, and duck
for the cherries"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-11-14
WOMEN BOSS THIS
COUNTY GRAND JURY

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, Nov. T.
Women will direct the affairs of the
San Mateo county grand jury, organ.
ICED here yesterday with eight men
and eleven wsmen members. The wo.
men proved the strength Of their po-
sition by electing one Of their number
secretary, although the men nominal.
ed candidate of their own.
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$11,590,4O0 $11,951,875
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BOX SUPPER WAS
DECIDED SUCCESS

The box supper given by the Mod
ern Woodmen at Sawdust Valley on
Saturday was a decided success
more than $50 being realized for the
order.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16
AROUND THE STATE

Editor Green of Sawyer will have
no trouble in passing the cold winter
evenings in an enjoyable manner. E
q. Skinner gave him a sack of pop
corn, which he received from Iowa,
and NJ. Hines gave him basket
Of batternuts as souvenir of his Iowa
trip. Now if someone will just do
nate few gallons of old fashioned
apple cider, his happiness will be COM
plete.
A marriage license was recently
granted to Geo. J. Knorr and Miss
Carrie Fal, popular residents Of Ward
county, residing southwest Of velva.
Rev. Mr.. Asher, district superin-
tendent of this district of the NJ. E.
church, fell from the Lansford depot
platform and seriously injured his
knee.
The editor of the Lansford Journal
fell over plank used to patch up a
sidewalk and injured his knee. Sue
the city. Bill. Easy money.
The Ryder school is growing and
has an enrolment of 1876.
Out in California thirty or forty
million dollars worth Of oranges and
lemore ,c-c frozen and but small
PEE a . # the crop remains.
FT,'jt IL gni,rg to be high and mighty
see A northerner swept Texas
and thousands Of head Of cattle per.
ished. While all this was going on.
the thermometer stood at only Is or
30 below in North Dakota and the
only damage that was done was
shooting the frost several feet more
Into the ground which insures us an
other bumper crop.
Arthur Peterson OF brady has re
turned from a visit with Minnesota
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16

ert's'r- 'e i,~ur"- ~l-ct ~ tN's So
! on Of the year, bit the business an
Professional ran has time to take hi.
inventory of stationery and order his
supply for months ahead. When you
want some real classy work turned
ut promptly, patron'ze this Office.
"Uncle Billy" Ward who is visit.
ng his son William, at Glenburn
walked three miles to Genhurn the
rther day with the thermometer reg
steering 20 below. A rather unusual
feat for an so year old lad.
T. l.. Smith, the Glenburn land
man, sent this telegram to Mime
sofa, the other day: do you want
half section? Wire at my expense. :"
The operator distorted the telegram
and made 1t read: "Do you want sat.
isfaction? Wire at my expense" T.
L. came near having a duel on his
hands.
Harry Schoovener, aged IL. an Ov-
erly lad. was shot by Elmer JOHNSON,
aged IS, with q rifle while the boys
were hunting rabbits. The Schoov.
ener lad was walking in the bed of
creek, his head showing, which the
Johnson boy mistook for a rabbit.
The bullet penetrated the top Of the
boys head and he died three days
later.
The best money maker on the farm
is the hen. she turns grass into
ereenbacks, grain into gold, and from
sand and gravel she coins silver.
There Is nothing else on the farm to
compare with her. The horses and
cattle are heavy consumers. In her
small way, she is gold mine or tho
face Of the earth, a mill grinds which
others overlook and refuse.
The Socialist vote in North Dakota
in 1919 was s18; in 1904, 1907; In
1903, 2.421; In 1910, 5,114 and in 1912
6,740.
Alice Nelson Page the big noise in
the suffragist movement, says that
majority Of the state legislators are
pledged to granting the ballot to the
ladies.
The Better Farming association ex-
pert at Westhope, has been commits
stoned by a number Of farmers TO go
to Wisconsin and buy lot Of blooded
cattle.
Instead of closing down for the win.
ter. as some creameries do-the but
ter making factory at Medina has pre-
pared for larger business than
usual.
The International aHrvester Co.,
the Rumely Co. and the Case CON-
pany will arrange for gas tractor
schools while the convention is in
progress. Several Thousand farmers
are expected here during the week.
Watch these columns for full particu-
lars.
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friends.
Mrs. Alberta j. Pake of Minot
was married las. week to Willard o.
McAllister of Ray. The couple will
reside OH a claim near Medicine
Lake, Mont.
Editor Ferries is giving Williston
one Of the states test weekly papers.
Last week there appeared over forty
columns of mighty good reading mat
ter.
Lawrence Bolsoe, who lives near
Squires postoffice, has Shorthorn
cow that gave birth to three healthy
calves.
A farmer driving across the Mis-.
souri, at Nesson, lost his team when
the horses fell thru the ice.
The Wflliston Graphic. Buford Tri
hume, and Ray Pioneer are the offic,
ial papers of Williams county.
Helen Lambrakis, a Rugby girl,
was terribly burned by the explosion
CT gasoline, In room over the Lam
brakis confectionery. She attempted
to hurry hard coal fire with kero-
sene but poured in gasoline instead
The explosion that followed broke
out the window lights and the girl
was burned about the body SO badly
that for a time it was feared she
would die. Helen formerly lived in
Minot.
Florence Gamble of Des Moines.
1owa's champion heart breaker.
has teen arrested charged with
using the mails to defraud. The
woman used several different names
and caught among other suckers, sew
eral North Dakotans. She represent.
ed in a st. Paul matrimonial paper
that she was soon to inherit $15, 900
aud wanted TO marry. Bert Page, q
Cogswell. N. D., farmer sent her so
for car fare, expecting her to come
to his home. He said she wrote sew.
eral letters a week, ans they were
warm ones. Louis Gallit1er Of Hal.
liday, N. D., also sent the woman
money. A fool who will part with
his ''kale' as easily as that ought to
consider that he has learned good
Lesson for a little money, and they
show poor taste In complaining.
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harnessmaker, claims to have skated
eight miles in three minutes. Edi-
Tor. Hermanson thinks that if this is
true, the man is wasting his time
greasing old harnesses. Hutchins did
rot specify just what he was drinking
when ne made this record.
Alfred Nygaard of Flaxton lost a
mule and Steve Peterson horse, IS
the result of eating frozen straw.
Edgar Alden of Ignite, who was
operated upon for appendicitis at
Flaxton, died from heart failure. He
was 81 years Of age.
Fl. n. Slljerseth of Darlington, as
sistant cashier of the Flaxton bank,
can speak seven languages. He can
say "no" in several different ways.
At meeting Of the brotherhood
Of the Methodist church at Grand
Forks last week (which Judge POI
lock was the guest of honor. he said
that every boy brought into his court
in the past sixteen years charged
with misdemeanor, was a cigarette
smoker. file called attention to the
state law against high school boys
and those under age frequenting good
rooms, and declared that these places
must he abolished, together with slot
machines and cigarette smoking If
the boys are to be saved from ruin
John Charmley, the Mott editor,
has been appointed proof reader of
senate bills, and T. W. McDonough,
the Granc editor, proof reader Of the
house bills.
The Glenburn Advance, Sherwood
Tribune and Mohall Tribune have
been appointed official papers Of Rem
Vile county.
Olaf and Oscar Mess, prosperous
sherwood farmers, received $4,000
each from the estate of their father,
who died recently in Minnesota.
F.. L. Campbell Of Sherwood has
some nice looking winter wheat sown
last fall.
There are fifteen farmers clubs in
Bottineau county.
A. G. o. Lomen has been named
postmaster at Ryder to slcceed Post.
master Bye, resigned. Postmaster
Lano has been renamed at Mohall.
The International complains Of too
many dogs at Portal. The editor
notes that a poor man usually has one
dog, very poor man two Of them
and still poorer man three or more.
I. Kapelovitz read an article in the
Portal International against smoking
cigarettes and it SO affected him that
he has sworn off for year.
Miss Mary Humphrey, who has
been employed In the Donnybrook
Courier office, has gone to jackson,
KY, where she will do editorial work
on a weekly newspaper.
W. J. Malthouse, who owned
claim in 1888, died at Rochester,
MINI, following an operation. He
was a 500 engineer and formerly nv-
ed at Harvey.
Oscar l.. solberg, a Ryder rural
mail carrier. has disappeared, leav-
ing his property in bad shape. ODs
OF his creditors has attached four
horses and motorcycle.
Geo. Hart Of Ryder has gone to
Bismarck to advance his candidacy
for the appointment Of chief game
warden.
K. s. Knudson OF Donnybrook On . |
Is acre tract Of wheat, secured 40
bushels per acre.
A business college was opened in
the Graphic building at williston,
Jan. s.
The Independents Job department
Is breaking all January records. AID.