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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
Gymnasium Destroyed.

Rensselaer,, Ind, April 2.-The gym
nasum of st. Joseph's college was
burned to the ground today. The loss
will exceed $4,000. instruments used
by the college brass band, seven pi-
amos and a pipe organ were con-
sumed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
Death In Pittsburgh Blaze.

Pittsburgh, Pa. April 1.-Two po-
licemen were seriously burned and an
entire family, consisting of father,
mother and three children, are report
ed missing in fire that destroyed
four story frame tenement. The loss
is $4,000. Police and firemen res
cued many
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

Associated d Press
Exclusive Wire
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05
n RUINED NATION

Anyone who reads the following
and remembers Termonde i only one
Of q score OF Belgian cities DESTROY
ed. will wonder how the German con-
science can possibly excuse itself for
the destruction wrought BY the invaa
sion of nation that it vas pledged
to defend:
London, Oct Ia graphic picture
of the desolation OF Belgium was
brought TO London today BY j. H.
Nhitehouse. member of Parliament
from Lanarkshire, who has Just re-
turned from tour around Antwerp
to assist in relief measures.
Mr. Whitehouse made the trip out
side Antwerp with two military cars.
attended by Belgian officers. De
scrfbing the damage which he SAYS
the Belgians had to inflict upon them
selves to supplement the defences Of
Antwerp he said:
Hundreds OF thousands OF trees
had been cut down so that at some
points of our journey we had the i'm
pressing Of passing through a wilder
ness OF roots. The tree trunks had
been removed so as Co afford no COW
er to the enemy. All houses had been
blown up or otherwise destroyed.
Later we passed through the country
which had been flooded as further
measure of defence The damage
resulting from these precautionary
measures alone amounted to 500, !
900 900.
'sIn the villages all ordinary life
was arrested. Women and children
were standing or sitting, dumb and
patient by the roadside.
81 had read newspaper accounts 81
the destruction of Termonde. and HAD
seen photographs but they had no
conveyed and realization of the hor
ror of what actually happened. Ter
monde a few weeks ago was beau
/ tiful city of about 10000 inhabi
tants, a city which contained build
ings of SURPRISING interest.
II went through street after street
square after square and I found eV
cry house compa ete1y destroyed witt
all its contents. 1t was not the resuI
i OF bombardment. 1t was systemati
destruction. In each house q sepa
rate bomb had been placed. All tina
remained were portions OF the QUITE
walls Not a shred OF furnitHre 3
s. anything else remained inside tn
buildings.
OF the population / thought not
soul remained. was wrong, for a
we turned into square where / sa'
the wreck Of what had been one {
bhe most beautiful of Gothic churche
! a blind women and her daughte
CROPPED among the ruins. They we1
the sole living creatures in the whol
, town
shops, factories, churches an
! houses all were destroyed. Or
qualification only have to make |
this statement. Two or perhaps thre
houses bore the German command
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05
NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ISSUE
BONDS


Whereas, an ordinance has been
passed by the city of Ocala calling for
an election to submit to the registered
whether or not bonds to the amount OF
SEsH E,s' II ,la, THOUSAND DOL
Light sTATfoS II connection an with With
the city WATER WORKS, and extend
ing such lines and wires as there may
be necessary to furnish the citizens Of
OcaIa with light and power, said bonds
to be in the denomination of One
Thousand Dollars each, and bearing in
terest at the rate of five per cent per
annum, payable in not less than ten
nor1more than thirty years from date
Now. therefore, by virtue of author
ity vested in the undersigned as mayor
claim and order an election held on the
2Sth day of October, A. ID. 1914
in the said city of Ocala TO determine
whether or not the said city of Ocala
shall issue bonds to the amount of
SEyENTY-FIyE THOUSAND DOL
LARS for the purpose Of erecting and
TION in connection with the city
WATER WORKS, and extending such
essary TO furnish the citizens OF Ocala
with light and power. Said bonds TO
be in the denomination of One Thou
sand Dollars each. bearing interest at
in not less than ten years nor more
than thirty years from date of issue
L F. Ballard and j. H Livingston a
inspectors and Isaac Stevens as clerk
Said election shall be held at the city
hours Of 5 O'Clock a. m. and O'Clock
IN witness whereof I have hereunto
Of ocala. this the 18th day Of septem-
tSeaIa ]; D; R0BERTsoN, Mayor;
o-2e-d1y sat
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05

POSTAL TELEGRAPH fastest serDce n tie World
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05

chalk that they we're not 10 be burn
ed Where destroyed house hal
obyionsly contained articles of value
|looting had taken place
81 inquired what had become ofl
the population lit was question fo3
which no direct reply could be given.
They had fed ii all directions. Some
had reached Antwerp but great
number were wandering about the
country panic stricken and starving
Many were dead.
what had happened at Termonde|
was similar to what had happened ii
other parts Of Belgium under the mil
itary occupation Of Germany. The re-
suit is that conditions Of unexampled
misery have been set up for the civ.
ilian population and throughout the
occupied territory.
Many Belgians have reached this
country. Others remain wandering
about Belgium or fleeing to points
across the Dutch frontier
The whole life of the nation has
been arrested Food supplies which
would ordinarily reach the civilian
population are being taken BY the
German troops. The peasants and
poor are without the necessities Of
life and conditions daily grow worse.
Even where supply Of wheat is
available the peasants are not allow
ed to use their windmills owing TO
the German fear they will send sig
mails to the Belgian army
We are therefore face to face with
q condition that has rarely. ii ever,
been faced in the history Of the
world an entire nation IN state OF
famine and that within half 4 day )
journey of our own shores
"The completeness OF the destruc-
ltion in each case was explained to
me later by minister Who explain
led appliances German soldiers car
ried for destroying property Not
only were hand bombs carried but
each soldier had quantity OF small
black discs. a little bigger that sia
lpenny piece.
i saw some Of these discs which
lhad been taken from German soldiers
lon the battlefield These were de
scribed as composed Of congresses
lbenzine When lighted they burr
tbrillianfIy for a few minutes and AZ.
IsufIicient to start whatever fire neces
sary after the exlosion Of q bomb
To the conditions of famine an
lhome1essness there must be addel
one which is as bad the mental pan
/ ic many survivors suffer. under
5 lstrang how inevitable this was when
vlI saw and heard what they passe
I Through. witnesses Of unin
s lpeachable character described ID
{ suffering Of women and children !
E Liege. After they fled from tIhei
E burning houses, clinging to husband
and fathers. they were violently puI
1 ed away and saw their male relative
E ishot down
+ should supplement what hay
E said regarding conditions in Belgiui
4 with some reference to Antwerp. Th
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05
RIFLEsIEN on THE RANCE
Finest sIarksmen in the Southeast
VIII Compete this Month in
Florida


Jacksonville Metropolis: The Flor
ida state rife range will he a scene
of considerable activity beginning
Tuesday, October 6, and ending oc-
tober p. at which time the big shoot
ing tournament will be held This
will be the largest shooting event
that Florida has ever seen and teams
and individuals from all of the
southeastern states will be present
to participate. ALREADY preparations
are nearly completed at Black Point.
where the range is located, and all
signal and telegraphic connections
are being installed under the super
vision of army officers who are ahere
to conduct the work
Four associations have matches
scheduled during the sixteen days
and probably two thousand people,
consisting of state teams, men from
colleges. universities and academies,
and civilians. will shoot during this
time. Teams and individuals from
the u. S. army, navy and marine
corps will also participate in the d.
visional matches.
A team consisting of fifteen men
will represent each state in the
southeastern section in the divisional
matches and F'lorida State Rifle AS
ISOLATION match "a team of i've men
viii be picked from every company in
Florida to compete for the Taliaferrc
trophy. which is competed for every
year at the state matches.
Florida is expected to make q
splendid showing this year and win q
number of the matches.
Expert shooting has been showr
| by the fifteen men who will repre-
sent Fgorida in the matches witt
other teams. This states team has
an advantage over the others by be
ing familiar with the range, and the
conditions to be encountered How
ever, before the divisional matches
begin, preliminary practice for twc
days will be held that other teams
may accustom themselves to thu
range.
On the first day the Florida Stat,
Rife association will have the field
at which time the Taliaferro troph.
will be competed for. Other event
of this association will consume twy
more days and will cease on the 9Th
Friday and Saturday, October
and 10, will be taken up with tn
matches of the Southern Interstat
Rifle association. The Nationa
Rife Association of America vii
schedule its matches from monday
li12th, to Thursday. 10Th, four days.
The biggest matches of the Who'll
events will take place, beginnin
Friday, 10TH and lasting until tn
last day, Thursday, 22nd. The frs
two days will be taken up with pre-
liminary, practice for the yisitin
teams and the remaining days wi
be necessary to pull of the match
The last half of the day will Sc
the pistol competition of the M
tional divisional matches. This ever
closes the long program. The team
will return to their respective st;
lions as soon as possible after tn
matches.
During the entire program Gel
eral J. Clifford r. Foster. head
the Florida National Guard. will |
in direct charge of the field and wi
be the governing Officer. A lars
number of other officers from va
ious departments will assist him
| the work
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05

We are selling Stock and Poultry
Powders and Medicines at half price.
Two Poets or 5Octs packages at one
price. ocala Seed Store 10-1-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05

OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Merchants Cafe, A. C. L. depot
corner. Meals a la carte and lunches
at any hou-.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-05
Our WOman'S
Bargain Club

publishers of the
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all the family
special viii and AFFORD you
valuable information and interest
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
STATE COMMITTEE
OF INDEPENDENTS
MEETS ON MO DAY
COL. JONAS T. AMIS, CHAIRMAN,
cONVENEs MEMBERS AT
MAXWELL HOUSE.
TO CONSIDER The SITUATION
Plans for the Approaching Campaign
and Other Matters of Political In.
terest Will Be Discussed-WiII
Call a Convention.

Col. Jonas T. Amis, chairman of
the Independent state committee, has
called a meeting of the committee to
be held on next Monday at noon at the
Maxwell House, in Nashville. The
call for the meeting is very broad and
general and under it the committee
can take most any action that it may
desire with reference to political
questions
1t is highly probable that at this
meeting the committee will call a
convention Of the so-called independ
democrats of Tennessee for the pur.
pose of electing new committee and
to take action with reference to can.
didates for governor, railroad COM
missioner and supreme justice. That
Justice Williams will be endorsed for
the supreme court again is assured
1t is generally believed that Hooper
will also be again endorsed for gov.
ernor and some independent will be
named for railroad commissioner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
lON HICKMAN SAID
TO HAVE RESIGN D
AS CULLEOKA P. N.
WILL NEITHER AFFIRM NOR DE-
NY REPORT THAT HE HAS
QUIT.
The REPORT CREATES SURPRISE
Was An Applicant for disappointment
and Had the Most Powerful Back
ing in Both Political Parties -he
Makes No Comment on Rumor.
(Monday's Daily

|
Has Postmaster Lon C. Hickman,
of Culleoka, resigned?
That is the question that is agitat-
ing the people of that section and
one to which it has been impossible
to return any definite answer. Mr..
Hickman will neither affirm or deny
the report.
When asked this morning the direct
question whether or not he had re-
signed, the Culleoka postmaster
said; Il do not care to give out any
thing for publication in regard to re-
signing as postmaster. You might
state, however, that | am still on the
job here, but that one can never tell
what will happen under a democratic
administration"
Further than this brief statement
Mr.. Hickman, who has held the office
for the past eight or ten years, and
is one of the most potent factors in
the political affairs of that section of
the county, declined to be quoted. He
intimated that full statement, if
made by him, might be pretty warm
document.
( Since the election o. President Will
son there has been a rather exciting
fight on for postmaster at Culleoka.
Under the new orders of Presidents
Taft and Wilson. postoffices of that
d class are placed under the civil SER
vice requirements and Mr.. Hickman,
originally appointed by Roosevelt, de-
cided to make an effort to hold on.
Recently examinations were held and
the race narrowed down to four, Miss
, Pattye Smith, Miss Dora Evins and
]. Walker Coffey, besides Mr.. Hick-
man, taking the examination. There
has been some animosity aroused as
the result of the contest and some
little feeling naturally engendered.
On Saturday it was rumored that
Mr.. Hickman had decided to quit the
contest and resign without further
delay. The report gained some cur
rency and naturally attracted much
interest as Mr. Hickman has large
circle of devoted and powerful
friends who have left no stone I'M
turned to secure an extension of his
official term. His friends are numer-
GUS and are not confined to any polit-
ical party, as some of the most ardent
endorsements are democrats of both
factions. They have insisted that
upon the splendid record which he
has made as postmaster he was enti--
tied to the endorsement of another
term, especially in view of the fact
that the Office was now under civil
service requirements.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13

seven for larceny, five for selling
liquor without license and eight for
carrying pistols.
From the above, it will be seen that
the bootleggers are not plying their
trade quite so much as in former
days when the law was not enforced
quite so strictly as now. 1t is report
ed on good authority that they are not
as fiourishing as the Biblical green
bay tree. The sending of large
number of them to the county road
has had a very beneficial effect in
putting a stop to this constant viola
ton of the law. Judge Mcknight
has been without mercy in sending
them to the rock pile. There are a
few, however, that have been willing
to take a chance, and five of them
are charged by the grand jury with
this misdemeanor.
The number of indictments is con-
siderably fewer than heretofore. The
violators have become more wary OF
the clutches of the law, which is real
ly becoming something to be feared
in these parts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
This will be the first meeting O

This will be the first meeting of
the state committee held since the
last election. In fact it will be the
first meeting since the organization
of the committee when Col. Amis was
made chairman. He was elected to
that Office during his absence from
Nashville and over his protest. How
ever, he accepted and every one re-
members the brilliant campaign that
he conducted resulting in big in
crease in the independent democratic
membership in the legislature. Had
there been a similar increase in the
republican membership the fusion
forces would have controlled both
houses of the legislature
Col. Amis issued the following call
for the committee:
'The Independent state democrat
ic executive committee is hereby
called to meet at the Maxwell House,
Nashville, Tenn, at - o'clock noon,
March 16, 1914, for the purpose of
discussing, and taking such action
relative to existing political condi-
tions, as it may deem best, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before it.
JONAS T. AMIS, Chairman
81. B. EZELL, Secretary"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
MRS. A. H. POWELL
DEAD In The WEST
FORMER RESIDENT OF MAURY
COUNTY AND SURVIVED BY
RELATIVES HERE.

Word was received in Columbia
late Saturday night that Mrs. Allen
H. Powell had died at her home at
Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Powell was
formerly Miss Dowlen, Of this county,
the daughter of Mrs. S. T. Dowlen'
She had gone west three years ago
in search of health, but was unsuc-
cessful. Her death came as the re-
suit of a long illness from tuberculo-
sis.
Mrs. Powell was 43 years of age, is
survived by her husband and three
children. She leaves in Tennessee a
mother and two brothers and one sis
ter: Her body will not be brought
back to Tennessee, but will be inter
red at her home in Los Angeles.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
MORE THAN $4,000
COLLECTED IN LAST
MONTH BY TRUSTEE
BREAKS ALL PAST RECORDS BY
OVER TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
GRAND TOTALS JUST COMPILED
Check for $27,764.13 Forwarded to
Nashville Monday Morning by Nc.
Fall as States Portion of Stupen.
dous Recep ts-Accurate Work.

The February collections of Trustee
Spence McFall were $129,S36.77, an
excess of over $4,000 above those of
the corresponding month of last year.
This stupendous amount, for stu
pendous it seems to the poor man,
was taken in through the window by
the genial county official within TWEEN
ty-eight days, an average of almost
! $4,000 per day. The collections broke
all previous records and set a high
water mark at which future trustees
may shoot in the future. However,
it has been no easy matter to receive
and give proper credit for this monu-
mental sum of the coin of the realm
There has hardly been a day in the
whole twenty-eight that the trustee
and his brother have not labored I'M
ceasingly to give courteous and accu-
rate attention to the thousand and
one requests that were made upon
them. The last few days they were
overwhelmed with work and the mon
ey fairly poured into the Golfers of
the county.
AS stated above, the total receipts
for the month were $129,S3677. For
the month of the previous year the
total collection was $119,4O2.7O. This
is about per cent more than for last
year. 1t is probably due to the in
creased assessment of property and
the raise in the tax rate. The tax
rate is now $1.31. Of this amount
80 cents goes to the state of Tennes-
see, 80 cents to the county, 81 cents
to the schools, 16 cents to the high
ways, 10 cents to the sinking fund
of the county, a cents to the high
schools and cents to the floating
debt of the county.
Trustee McFall on Monday morning
| forwarded to Nashville to State
Treasurer W. P. Hickerson a check
for $27,764.13. This is the largest
check that has ever gone up to the
state capital from Maury county. 1t
establishes new record, and it might
be said incidentally that few of it's
size have ever been sent anywhere
from this county. 1t ought to help
considerably to strengthen the cof-
fers of the states strong box and in
crease her credit
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
NOAH COOPER OPENS
CONG. CAMPAIGN
MAKES NATIONAL PROHIBITION
MAIN PLANK IN HIS PLAT
FORM

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 9.--In
the opening gun of his campaign at
GAINESVILLE, Noah w. Cooper made ma
tional prohibition the main plank In
the platform on which he will run for
congress against Joseph w. Byrns.
the present incumbent. The speaker
was greeted by large and attentive
audience.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
STRIKE CAUSED BY
EXAMPLE OF KING

NORFOLK, England, March 6-The
recent act of King George in raising
the wages of laborers on rural farms
in Norfolk and granting them Sat
urday half holiday has caused a strike
of the farm laborers on the royal es-
tate at Sandringham because the ten
ant farmers declined to follow his ex-
ample, although they had been advis-
ed to do so by the royal landlord.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
DUST OF THE EARTH"
AT WHLIAMSPORT

"The Dust of the Earth" four ACT
drama, will be given at the Woodrow
Auditorium at Williamsport on the
evening of March 10, at s o'clock
The proceeds will be used for the i'm
provement of the school.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
BACK AFTER
ABSENCE OF AZ YEARS

J. NJ. Dockery, formerly OF the
Santa Fe section of the county, was
in the city Monday. He has been a
resident of Missouri for the past for
ty-two years. He is judge OF the
county court at Portageville. His
visit to his old home is on business
and pleasure.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
S. S. CONVENTION OF
THE SIXTH DISTRICT

The Sunday school convention of
the sixth district will be held at the
Methodist church at Bigbyville at 10
o'clock Saturday morning, March 81.
The pastors, the superintendent, the
officers, the teachers and all of the
adult members of the Sunday schools
in the district are cordially invited to
attend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
COUNTY GRAND JURY
REPORTS TWENTY
THREE INDICTMENTS
ONLY FIVE CHARGED WITH SELL
ING LIQUOR WITHOUT
LICENSE.
one FIRST DEGREE MURDERER
Bootlegging Going Out of Fashion Be-
cause Of Strict Law Enforcement.
Seven Charged With Larceny and
Eight With Carrying Pistos.

The grand jury, which has been in
session for the past week, has
brought twenty-three indictments.
There is about the usual distribu-
ton of the indictments. One is
brought for murder in the first de-
gree, one for arson. one for bigamy,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13

Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil for such emergencies.
Two sizes 25 and SOC at all stores.
(Advt.)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-27
HINMAN TURNS GUNS ON BARNES
Chairman Planning to Keep Reins
on q. o. p, He says.

Harvey u. Human. Republican candi-
date for the nomination for Governor, Is
sued statement last night attacking
William Barnes, chairman of the Republl-
can State committee, He said that Barnes
is working for the election OF state com
mitteemen who will reflect him as chair
man. Tho statement follows:
Mr. Barnes's statement that his re-
election as chairman Is up to the new
state committee confirms information re-
ceived from many sources that ne is now
making every effort TO select candidates
for state committeeman who will support
hts reelection
This determination OF Barnes 10 con
tinue his disastrous domiration OF the
party organization regardless of effect
has aroused Republicans TO the vital ne
cess!ty Of following Senator Humans
lead IN making n determined fight not
only against whitman and other Barnes
candidates but against Barnes himself a.
a candidate for reelection as chairman.
THAT there may he no mistake az to
what the actual issue is 10 he. an express
sion of opinion will he obtained from rep
resentative Republicans throughout the
state on the State committee chairman
ship question and a fight opened along the
whole lir or the square issue OF the elm
nation OF boss rule from the Republican
party or a continuation OF the present
rule and ruin policy. which has accom-
plished tho intrcnchment of Tammany in
power IN the state