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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-22
COl0RED BAPTISTS
CLOSE FORTY-FOURTH
SESSION At SAhTAfE
LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN HIS
TORY AND MEETING SUCCESS
ROM ALL POINTS.
MEETS NEXT At SPRING HILL
Secretary Elected for Another Year
Notwithstanding His Enforced Abb
sence at Another Point in the State
on Business

The Forty-fourth Annual Session
of the Missionary Baptist Association
(colored), has just closed with the st.
John Baptist church at Santa Fe, and
letter from a. J. Armstrong, who
was chosen secretary for another
year during his enforced absence at
another place in the state, speaks in
strong terms of the kindness Of the
white people in the community
where the association was held, the
success of the meeting in every par
ticular and bespeaks the progress Of
the church and its auxiliary societies.
The secretary, A. ], Armstrong, ID.
one of the most painstaking and pro-
gresive colored men in this section
and has been secretary of the associa-
ton q number of years, and this is
the second time that he was elected
to that position while he was forced
to be absent from the regular session.
He knows the history OF the church,
the association and the individuals
who go to make up the membership
OF the church and the various socie-
ties.
The next meeting of the assCcia-
ton will be with the Mt. Hope church
at Spring HILL The letter Of the sec
Rotary follows:
The Duck River Missionary Baptist
Association has just closed its forty
fourth annual session with the st.
John Baptist church. Santa Fe.
Tenn. 1t can truly be said that 1t
was the largest in the history of the
Organization, and was widely attend
ed. The reports as read from the va
rious churches comprising the asso
citation showed progress from every
viewpoint. Too much cannot be
said by way of commentator Of the
white people of Santa Fe, who con-
tributed so much to make the ses-
sion success. feel that I voice
the sentiment of the official head Of
the delegation when l say we are
very grateful to them for the I'M
bounded generosity shown Us while
in their midst. We shall always feel
kindly towards the good people Of
Santa Fe.
] The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Moderator,
REV. NJ. F. Riley, LIST vice moderator,
Rev. c. G, Sholar; End vice modera-
tor. Rev s. y. Caruthers; secitary,
A. J. Armstrong, assistant secreta-
ry, Prof. B. F. Dobbins; treasurer, J.
W. Crosby.
Il The body adjourned to meet with
the Mt Hope Baptist church, Spring
Hill, Tenn.
] REV. NJ F. RILEY, Moderator,
| A. ]. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
| Subscribe for The Herald.
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NOTHING FINER
THAN OLD MAURY
FRANK G. SMITH TALKS IN SAN
FRANCISCO ON HIS RETURN
HOME.

The following is taken from San
Francisco paper Of July 20, and SEN
here by fellow passenger, A J.
Mechling, of Sistersville. Vest Virgin
IA:
F. G. Smith, a Columbia, Tenn.
chemist, returned on the liner after
a tour of the world. Columbia, Tenn,
owes Mr.. Smith debt of gratitude,
for he declared yesterday that he
found nothing in Europe or Asia, eth
err in the way of scenic beauty or SO.
cial enlightenment, to compare with
Columbia, Tenn.
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AROUND TOWN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Collier, of
South Main street, are the parents
|of seven pound boy, born Sunday
night.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-22
TEACHERS HAvEDOhE
EXTRA WORK DURING
THE SUMMER MONTHS
EACH LOOKING TO A BETTER
EQUIPMENT FOR SPECIAL
DEPARTMENT WORK.
WILL RETURN TO CITY SOON
New Departments viii Be Equipped
Within Short Time at the Direc-
ton Of the superintendent and In
structors.

Not teacher on the faculty of
the city public schools or the high
school but that has done special sum
mer work during the vacation" This
was the statement of Superintendent
Harris today in speaking of the pros
poets for the opening of school Just
one month hence. And of the entire
list, Miss Mcbride, but has been able
to give considerable time to the spec
ial work. Miss Mcbride has given a
portion of her time to the work but
has been kept at the bedside of an
invalid father in Mississippi since
the close of school.
The new departments. of course,
are attracting the most attention
just now. net that they are any more
important or will receive more thor
ough instruction, but because they
are new.
Mr.. Duke has returned from Knox
vile where he has been for six weeks
in manual arts instruction, and he
smiels in a most satisfactory manner
in contemplation of the new depart
mept he Is to have charge Of at the
opening Of the school.
Mr.. Morton has been at Columbia
University. New York, and will ar
rive home within few days.
Mrs. Mitchell was also month in
Knoxville; Miss Emma Claire Moore
month in New York. Miss Tolnlin-
son spent month at the Curry
Schoo lof Expression, and Miss Cone
has, ben doing some special music
work in Mississippi, mention of
which has been made heretofore.
Donnell Galloway, who will have
charge of the agricultural depart
ment and will take the place of Prof.
Matthews, beside getting married re.
Gently, has been making a special
study of the branches of the depart.
ment he will teach, and will be pre-
pared to stand the state exemaaina
ton before the opening of school
Miss Amis, who will be a new mem
Der on the faculty, has also been
making preparation for the examlna
ton at an early date. Miss Amis
will succeed Miss Kelley on the facul
lty.
| Miss Scott, the teacher recently Sc
lected for the home economics de
partment, has been in Columbia and
inspected the building and the ar
Engagements with the superintendent
preparatory to equipping the depart
men1
Three departments are to be equip
ped and the various teachers and the
superintendent are making every ar
arrangements looking to these equip
ments.
superintendent Harris has beer
about the busiest of any of the schoo
force during the summer makine
preparations for the others that they
might be the more efficient that theil
extra preparation anticipated d.r.n,
the session.
i Some OF the teachers have return
ed, and others will return Within the
next few days.
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TENT MEETING
BEGINS SUNDAY
ELDER r. C. SoWELL WILL CON
DUCT MEETING AT WILL
Transport.

Elder F. C. Sowell, who has been
conducting a series of tent meetings
during the summer, will begin meet
;ns at williamsport next Sunday.
These meetings have been attend
ed with much success in every in
stance. and the meeting at Williams.
ort next week will doubtless bring
out a good attendance and be fruitful
ci much good.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-22
REGUL AIRS ROW,
is PATCHED Up
Specia, to The Herald.

Specia, to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 20.-The
row la the regular caucus was patch.
ed ur this morning by an agreement
that . would go into Il joint conven
ton tC re-elect the election commits
sioners after which the question OF
no adjournment will be re-considered
1t looks as II there will be an adjourn
ment sine die without an attempt at
further legislation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-22
CHARGED WITH
TAKING A WATCH

In the case of the state VS.. Gus.
Cockrell, charged with larceny In the
taking of watch from the house of
Bessie Mason, Cockrell was bound
over this morning to await the ,tior
81 the grand jury. his bond being fix
cd at $500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-22
CREAM SUPPER
AT ATHENDALE

There will be an ice cream supper
at Athendale Friday night, August %
for the benefit of the school. The
public is cordially invited.
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Parallel ot~sse.

When Napoleon was student at Bri-
snne he happened to 10 asked by one
Of the examiners the following ques-
ton: "Supposing you wers In an invest
ed town. threatened with starvation,
how would you supply yourself with
provisions p From the enemy" re-
piled the sublIeutenant Of artillery.
And this answer 20 pleased the exam
tners that they passed him without fur
ther questioning. Now, Napoleon's an
swer WINS by no means original. for
one Of suvaroffs sergeants obtained
promotion from the ranks by giving
the very same answer when asked the
very same question. Whether 1t was
TINT Napoleon had read his story some
where and luckily remembered the ser
geant's answer at the right moment or
whether. as one writer says anent the
speech of the beef eater, "All that can
be said is that two people happened to
hit upon the same thought" we are
unable to say. but the similarity Of the
snecdote Is. to say the least Of 1t. u
strange coincidence.-London Standard.
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An Englishwoman Of rank. q duchess.
was very apt to forget to nay her bills.
A milliner. whose large bill had been
repeatedly ignored by the duchess. at
last determined to send her little girl.
4 pretty child of ten years. for the
money which was SO much needed.
BE. sure to say your grace to the
duchess" said the anxious mother, and
the child ravely promised to remem-
Der.
When, after long waiting, she was
nshered into the presence Of her grace
the little girl dropped her a bow OF
courtesy. and then, folding her hands
and closing her eyes, she said softly:
"For what am about to receive may
the Lord make me truly thankful"
As she opened her eyes and turned
her wistful gaze on, the duchess that
person turned very red and without de-
lay made out> q check for the amount
due her mllliner.
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yoLrep Her DIGNITY.



'"e 'e"' "s 49,
taee'as
They tell = story IN army easc'es N
Washington. wherein = you"s u..loo
OF much dignity ano suinS y.
mules wers the pr'nclpa' ae.o.n ~
appears that tnis you"k won ~
quite regal ar. eeu'.." -
added mucn 10 tue nu".o. =. Nv ~
alton In wnscn sne 'ounu ae'. ~
It should ne auoeo. " ' - ~
investigate pretty tnosouSn1y any Wv
phase OF lie Win wn'cn sne
contact. ACCORDINGLY. On Tue oSse"v.
OF her visit 70 an army ~. ~ ~
west. she had everything Ao' w
post carefully explained 70 n
One day. when ner no.t anu n@se
we're OUT OF tue nouse' suis ous
man thought It wen 10 go 70 tns ~
raj to inspect the army "u'eA guy
went among the animals cafei"''s "a
amining each one.
She happened 70 wear es.ume y.
very light color tnat quickly atefas.eu
the attention OF the aniIna's' "u'eu
were accustomed. IKE All army psc.
mules. to be led oy the wnitest an.u'a.
among them. They Slowly wooo,eu
their ears ~ they noticed the untuF'e"
white paraaol Of their vis'tof
The young woman nnisned ner IN
spectIon and took her departure. a.
she left the corral. ahe nearo Steps o.
hind her. CHANGING oack' she -"
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yeptriloauism IL no science, but mere
II a trick in the manipulation OF the
voice which after much practice IL
able to he done in way to deceive. 1t
consists merely In the varied modihcn-
lions Of the sounds produced In the
larynx In Imitation of the notifications
which distance imposes upon the voice.
The essential mechanism Of ventrilo-
quism consists in taking full breath,
then keeping the muscles Of the neck
and chest fixed and speaking with the
mouth almost closed and the lips and
bower jaw az motlonless as possible.
while air Il very slowly expo led
through narrow CLOTHS. Care Il also
taken that none Of the expired air e.
capes through the nose. Much Of the
ventriloquist's skill. however, in imi-
tating sounds coming from particular
directions depends on deceiving other
senses than hearing. The direction
from which sounds reach the ear is
never very clearly distinguished. and
when the attention II directed to par
.ticular point the Imagination IL apt to
refer to that point whatever sounds we
may hear.-Philadelphia Press.
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a rh,edor. Thomas Rotor.

A characteristic story Ia told Of one
Of the nrxt reienr,nis of the college
choir tof the Cincinnati College OF Nh
sic,. at which Theodore Thomas had
reprimanded some OF the sopr'int~
sharply for inattention. "He trents us
an " We were members Of his orches-
trnr' exclaimed an Indignant singer to
her next neighbor. rhonm. overheard
the remark and let It pdss for the mo
ment. but At the close OF the rehemr*ai.
as the performers were leaving the
stnge. he passed the indy in question
and. turning to her. said rery quietly.
but with TINT hitin. xnrcasm which
those who knew him did NOT care to
excite. ..AiadnIn. you will have to sing
a great deal hetter than you do now
heforr shall treat you ~ ! treat the
membess Of my Observation-Disclosures
III Theodore Thomas"
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Wills Il IL NO eayy ihntter FOR Q
violin maker to riv,f1 the famous
strndivsrius Instruments. an American
maker once did this. and did II tu no
effective manner that experts prO
uouuced his violin genuine Sfrndisa'
rtus. The nuccexsful man was George
t;emuuder. who died nome years. ago,
His remarkable ability M n ohkfr OF
,,ui,,,. wan known to mnny n distin.
Sut4hed player. such NJ OLE Hull. lie
menyi. and WiIhelmj. hut hr achieved
80 runs the stOry-his greate~t sue
cess ut the Inst Paris exposition. To
that exhibition be sent an imitntiop
strudIvarius and to test Its merits
had It placed on. exhibition NM the
genuine article. A committee of Ell.
perts carefully exnnlinrd the instrn-
ment and pronounced It Strnd'vari'is.
30 far Gemunder's triumph WIS com
piete. but now came difficulty. When
he claimed that 1t was not m old viO
lin. bur new one. nude by hinimalf.
the committee would not believe him.
They declared that he had never mnde
the instrument and pronounced him an
imrostor. He had done his work too
well.
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Neon Blindness.

A naval correspondent had written
from Port Of Spain. Trinidad. Staring
that in bis travels he had come acroas
many cases Of moon blindness. cau"ed
by men sleeping with the moon shining
upon them. such cnses occurring priu
cipally In the tropics and the Mediter-
ranean. Strange to say. udds the Trini'
dad correspondent. men no affected cnn
see In daylight. but cannot do 30 when
dusk sets In. Mr.. Elgie further quotes
from communication mde by New
Zealand correspondent TO weekly
scientific Journal This correspondent
WINS many yearn ago an apprentice on
the Liverpool ship Langdnie. an Fast
india trader Once when the ship was
between At. Helena and the line sorne
Of the crew slept on deck fully ex-
posed to the glare Of the brilliant moon.
When they awoke three Of them were
quite moon blind. They had to he led
shout at night and the rores put into
their hands.-London Standard.
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str.wb.rris. In shsksspsars'. Day.

Strawberries In ehaksspsars's Day.
Strawberries have Improved very
much In flavor since the fifteenth CEN
fury. Until then the only strawberries
ca ten were wild Strawberries, Of q
kind which would never ind market
nowadays. BY 1880. however, they
were beginning to be cultivated. for
Holinshed records under that date a
particularly fine crop grown by the
bishop Of Ely In the grounds Of bis
palace. now covered by Hatton Gar
den. He quotes the Duke Of Gloucester
as saying to the bishop: my lord, you
have very good Strawberries In your
garden in Holborn. require you to
let us have a mess Of them" This
speech was copied almost verbatim by
Shakespeare In "Richard Ill" Still.
even the bishops fruit would not APP
peal much to the modern connois-
seurs, for the garden strawberries at
that period were only transplanted
wIldings, the plants being sold at
about fourpence a bushel. - London
Chronicle.
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The Duke Ut Norfolk once gnve Q
great dinner party to number of his
neighbours The duke WINS At the head
Of the table. and a man seated near
him called out to one Of his neighi0rs
At the other end of the table:
.Mr Howard. will you drink q gta"s
Of wine with me? There wis = es'n-
nection between our families"
with a great deaI Of pleasure" r.
piled Mr.. Howard. though ] don't
know exactly what the connection In.
but In this county there hnve been rev
eral marriages between neighlNrs
why. sir" resumed the gentleman.
..your ancestor. Lord william Howard.
hung up twenty-three out Of twenty.
seven Of my family. md You must own
that was tie."-Kansas City Star.
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JUSTICE AND JoLLI1Y.
They Mixed Punishment and Msrea.
msrt In the Coed Old Days.

They Mixed Punishment and Msrri.
mont In the Coed Old Days.
The milkman who waters his milk
and the grocer who adulterates bis
butter are not. after all. the products
of our modern civilization. These
men, 1t appears. have an ancestry Of a
respectable antiquity. Witness an
edict which an antiquary has discover.
ID IN the archives Of Puy-ds- Dome:
-.whosnever shall have sold watersd
milk. in hia mouth shall be set tube.
aud into the side tube shall b poured
the watered milk till the doctor or bar
Der there present shall assert that the
culprit cannot swallow more without
being put In danger Of his days. Who
soever shnil have sold butter contain
ing turnips. stones or any other for
eign substance shall be seized and at
tnched ir very curious manner to
our pilIory of Pontet.
Then the said butter shall be placed
on his head till the sun shall have
melted It completely. and in the mean
time the children and meaner folk OF
the villages shall Insult him with such
outrageous epithets as shall please
them. subject to the respect OF God
and his mn jesty.
"Whoaoever shall have sold evil or
rotten eggs shaiI be seized BY the body
md exposed in our pillory Of Pontet.
The said eRgs shall be given to the
children Of the villages. who shall BY
way Of Joyful diversion throw them
in tho fonD ~ tta <,ulprit ~ kh.k Ill
may he full Of merriment and laugh
ter"
Justice Ind n humorous way with it
In those good old daya-Paris Cor.
IIoudou Telegraph.
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Nav 10 Win q M.nt, c,rl,.

One man discovered nm infallible sys-
tenn for winning Mt Monte Carlo. It
can only be tried every now and then.
and 1t needs very little capital-three
halfpence will do. You take up your
stand near some one who il playing
high and who il enjoying run Of
luck. md you drop your purse open.
witt, enough in 1t to make good deal
Of juggling on the floor. One Is not al
lowed to poke about under tables at
Monte Carlo. 30 you mention your mis-
fortune to an ofacial. who Immediately
summons assistants with brooms.
These will sweep all round where you
are standing. and, with ordinary luck
there Is generally good deal Of fallen
money about the door-you will get q
nice little pile Of silver and possibly
gold coins In addition to your original
three halfpence.-Pearson's Weekly.
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A Fin. sens, Of laumer.

The Russian Emperor Ivan Nv. once
ordered one Of his high court oflcials
to procure for him measure full Of
fieas and when the poor man failed
through the friskiness Of the insects In
jumping out OF the measure had his
head cut on and inflicted q fne Of Z 600
rubles on the city Of Moscow for it,
share in the failure. On other occa-
slons he would wander away into the
country with some boon companions
and n few Gagged bears and when he
came to a peaceful village would let
slip the bears and shrek with laughter
as the villagers rushed for safety or
fell victims to the hungry animals.
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Those timekeepers the Pleiades have
been used to mark the days from the
most remote periods. T. w. Fewkes.
describing the fire ceremonies Of the
Pueblo Indians of Tusayan, said that.
having been present on two such occa-
sions in 1892 and 1893. he found that
the error Of time made by the Indians
as to the 18th Of November in those
two years was Insignificant. 1t was
the elimination Of the Pleiades which
told the Indians the proper time for
the beginning Of their rites.
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Wa. willing to % I. s...

wa vvussss8 ~ w. - OS@s
At the time when William e. Chan
der Of New Hampshire was Sec
Rotary Of the navy Admiral Meade was
commandant Of the navy yard in
Washington. They got into trouble
somehow, these two positive gentle
men. and the commandant was sum-
moned before the secretary one day OH
n matter Of importance. The secre-
tary told the commandant that II he
kept on. or words to that effect. he
should certainly be Obliged to punish
him by sending him to sea. "Mr. Sec
retary.' said Meade. 81 haven't any
thing to say except that when 1t ~
punishment for an onicer Of the navy
to be ordered to sea what Is your serv-
Ice coming to? should like to go to
sea, sir. Good day"
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When sred,. slussd Mitchell.

When 0e0dto Ulouo0 WttoNSu.
Once, when in England. Steve Brodie.
the famous bridge jumper. was in
party which included Charlie Mitchell.
the prizehghter. Mitchell made some
remarks derogntory to John L. sulli-
van, to which Brodie rejoined with
some sarcastic observations on the
sprinting ability Mitchell displayed
while in the ring with Sullivan. This
angered the prixefghter. who knocked
Brodie fat. AZ he scrambled to his
feet Mitchell made another, rush at
him, but by then Brodie had pistol
In his hand and. thrusting 1t under his
assaiIant's nose. remarked: You think
you're goin' to make reputation on
fickin' Steve Brodie. don't yoa? Well.
you Just hit me once and there'll be
lot In the papers about 1t, but you
won't read It." That closed the Incl
dent.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15

Ethel. who was ten years old. was
studying her geographical reader and
learned that Dab are placed In brine
before they are dried and prepared for
sale. After explaining that brine u
very strong salt water the teacher
asked why the Dish were placed in It
Ethel'a face was illumined with sud
den understanding, and she promptly
replied:
because they are used to salt va.
ter."-Youth's Companion.
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To do even the most humble work
worthIiy and well sOn'ethinR more than
blind mechanical service must Ike
given. A young mistress once asked
her cook atnut u certain recipe. lust
how much Hour do you put in. Nary
s~T.nw. mum. you don't follow any rule:
you Just use your jedgment! "But
suppose you don't have any judy
u,ent r returned the puzzled mistress,
..Theu don't cook" was the reply. sue
cinct and to the point
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Most Of all the other beautiful thiogs
In life come ny twos and threes. By
dosens and hundreds! Plenty Of roaes.
stars, sunsets. rainbowa. brothers and
aiaters. aunta and cousins. but only
one mother In all the wide world
Kate Douglas WIgEiu.
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Ih. rr,. h the Picture.


confess that to mo much Of the de-
light Of an early morning landscape Of
Corot or Claude Monet II due in no
small measure to the music Of sing
Ing birds. Though not one IL to be
seen, am sure they are there.
There il story told Of Corot that he
was once painting In a wood, while
near him sat another painter whose
creed was to record things In nature
Just as they are. Coming over to the
easel Of Pere Corot. he said:.
why, you are not painting this
scene at all as It really is. You have
left out that large rock yonder and
put in a birch tree-there II NO such
tree to be seen"
With a confdins smile Corot replied:
"If you'il not say anything about II,
will tell You why put In that birch.
It was to please the birds."-Atlantic.