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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
FANCY PRICE
FOR MARE MULE
AR PENNINGTON TOPS THE MAR!
kET WITH ONE THAT
BROUGHT $3.50.

Probably the faacieTt price paid
for mule here on Monday was given
to Alb G. Pennington, of the Culleoka
section, who received $3.50 for an un-
usually handsome red sorrel mare
mule about five years of age. She
was in perfect hair and flesh and was
a picture of the perfection Of mule
flesh. She was purchased By q. c..
Pickens, of Belle Buckle, cne Of rhe
biggest buyers and best judges Of
mule flesh In all this country.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
DEEDS
AND MORTGAGES IN
PAST TWO DAYS
THIS is THE RECORD AT THE
REGISTERS OFFICE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.
ONLY $4,000 IS INVOLVED
Register Taylor and Deputy, Mrs. Nc
Knight, Break All Past Records In
Number Handled-one for Only
$12.50.

Mule men were not the only ones
who had a field day Monday and
Tuesday. Register Sam Taylor and
his efficient and popular deputy, Mrs.
Trim Mcknight, did land office bus
mess on those two days that will
probably break all past records in the
number of deeds and mortgages re-
corded.
The total number of deeds filed for
registration and entry upon the books
Of the county was twenty-six, while
thirteen mortgages brought the num-
ber Of papers to be copied and enter
ed on the records up to thirty-nine.
Many of these were for small
amounts and so the fees were not
colossal in size. Most of the trans
actions were for only few dollars,
and some Of the deeds had been
drawn as long as two or three years
ago, but had never been brought to
the Office of the register to be prop
erly recorded.
The largest amount involved in the
deals was only $4,000, while the
smallest was only $12.50. The great
majority of the deeds were for prop
erty in the northern portion of the
county. There seems to be quite a
boom in nreal estate in this section,
as most of the transfers in the past
few months have come from that di-
rection.
The whole sum of the deals
amounted to only about $4,000, which
is often exceeded in one real estate
transaction in these parts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETS IN REGULAR
MONTHLY SESSION
SUPERINTENDENT r. L. HARRIS
MAKES FLATTERING REPORT
ON SCHOOL WORK.
BILLS FOR JANUARY APPROVED
Preparations Made for Reception of
supts. Thompson and Bourne.
Plans and Specifications for New
High School Building.

The board of education of the city
met Tuesday night at the city hall in
their regular monthly meeting. There
was good attendance of the mem.
bers present, but nothing of special
Importance was done, as all the more
important matters were deferred un-
til after the meeting Of the mayor
and aldermen next Thursday night.
The roll call showed that Messrs.
Dedman, Adkisson, Salmon, Erwin,
win, McFall, Bennett, Yoest and Har-
ris Of the board were present for bus
ines. After the reading and approval
of the minutes of the last meeting,
jail accounts for the past month were
discussed, approved and ordered to
be paid. The election of officers for
the board for the coming year was
next taken up, but on motion of one
of the members, this was deferred un-
til the next meeting. A full meeting
was desired of all the members, as a
successor to Mr.. Hutton, who has
been elected to the county board OF
education, was to be chosen. The
motion was carried by unanimous
vote.
The two committees appointed to
visit the schools and to audit the sec
retary's books, were given another
month to perform their respective du-
ties, as they had not had the time
during the past one. The budget
committee decided to wait until after
the meeting of the board of mayor
and aldermen Thursday night before
making it's report.
Superintendent Harris was then
asked to give his report on the work
of the schools during the month of
January. He reported that the work
of all the schools had been fine in ev-
cry respect, and that taken as a
whole, that it was the best that had
been done since he had been in Office.
He stated that two machines had
been bought for use in the CONNER
cial department, as there were not
enough to accommodate the pupils.
There are now four in use. He was
of the opinion that the classes Of the
first and second year in the short
hand course were making exception
al progress, and that with only five
months study, that majority were
able to take sixty words per minute,
while some were competent to write
as many as seventy in that time. The
last two typewriters bought were
with the invisible or blank keyboards,
so that it would be necessary for the
pupils to use the touch system in
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
WIDOW OF PARSON
bROWnLOW PASSES
TO OTHER SHORE
END COMES TO ONE OF MOST
REMARKABLE WOMEN IN
STATES HISTORY.
HAD LIVED ALMOST A CENTURY
Almost to the Last She Preserved
Those Remarkable Qualities Of
Mind and Character That Made
Her Notable In States History.
Special to The Herald.

special to The Herald.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 4.-Mrs.
William G. Brownlow. one of the most
remarkable and oldest women in Ten
nessee, died at the home of her son,
w. B. Brownlow, in this city, this
morning. Mrs. Brownlow was nine
ty-five years of age and up almost un-
til the hour Of her death she pre-
served unimpaired those remarkable
qualities of mind and character that
had made her one Of the notable wo-
men in all the history of this state.
When she was girl of seventeen
years, almost four score years ago,
Mrs. Brownlow was married to Will
liam G. Brownlow, one of the great
men of Tennessee. She survived his
death nearly forty years. The meet
ing between Mrs. Brownlow and her
future husband took place at an old
fashioned camp meeting" so much
in vogue in Tennessee in the earlier
days. Their acquaintance soon rip
ened into romance and they were
married.
Mrs. Brownlow saw the lover of her
childhood rise to the very topmost
heights Of fame and power. He was
one Of the great ante-bellum editors
of Tennessee. SIS paper, the old
Knoxville Whig, was one of the most
powerful and influential journals in
that period of the states history just
preceding the war between the states.
He was one of the organizers of the
republican party in Tennessee, and
was the first governor of the state
after the war between the states, sue
ceeding Andrew Johnson, the militia
ry governor, when the latter became
vice president of the United States.
Brownlow served during the recon-
struction period as governor Of the
state. In 1869 he was elected to the
senate of the United states, and serv-
ed until 1875 when he was succeeded
by Andrew Johnson, whom he had
succeeded as governor. Mrs. Brown
low lived practically all of her life
in Knoxville and her birthdays were
always notable events. She had the
most vivid recollection Of all of the
events of her long and stirring life.
Mrs. Brownlow's life connected, as
few others have, the early romantic
history Of the state, the days Of the
pioneers and Of very primitive CIV
ilization, with the events of modern
life. She was born in 1919 and lived
under the administration of every
president Of the United States except
the first four. She saw the admins
tration of every governor of Tennes-
see except those Of Sewer, Roane
and Blount. She saw Knoxvills grow
from wayside trading post to one Of
the great cities of the South. She
witnessed the passing Of slavery, the
horrors of civil war, the terrors Of
reconstruction and then the rehabili-
tation of the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
BOARD OF TRADE
BOOSTING RALLY
SECRETARY soWELL ACTIVELY
HELPING IN THE BIG SCHOOL
DEMONSTRATION.

Certainly the Board Of Trade will
do all that lies within its power to
promote the big demonstration of
Feb. 12," said Secretary Ashley Sow
ell, of that hustling organization.
"The Board will not only help to de-
fray the expenses Of the rally, as it
has the expenses of all the other
scshool demonstrations here since its
organization, but it will actively boost
the movement"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
S. 0. THOMAS SELLS
FARM IN DAVIDSON

8. o. Thomas, the we'll known real
estate man, has just completed the
sale of 140 acre farm in Davidson
county to Frank Brown of Maury
county. The consideration involved
was $4,000, an average of about s57
per acre The farm is situated 7
miles from Nashville. Mr.. Brown,
who has sold his farm here; win move
to his new place to live.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
MONDAY MULE SALES
RUN OVER 100000
IN THEIR VALUE
ABOUT $50 SHIPPED FROM THE
STOCK YARDS TO OTHER
POINTS.
ESTIMATED 1850 CHANGED HANDS
Overflow of 200 on Square Today for
Sale-One Pair of Two Year oIds
Sold for the Record Price of
$50.

Monday will pass into history as
one of the biggest mule days that Co
lumbia has ever had. There has
probably never been seen more mules
and better ones than were in evidence
on the square and adjacent streets
Monday. There were so many that
all could not be sold, and there is
an overflow of 200 or more today
that are to be seen.
1t is hard to get statistics as to the
actual number that passed hands in
the spirited trading that took place.
From the Columbia. Stock Yards
about twenty car loads were shipped
out to other points. These were
bought by foreign buyers to go to
other points in the South. There
will be probably six or eight more
cars to go, as all could not be handled
on Monday alone. Averaging twen-
ty-eight mules to the car, no less than
$50 of the animals that "are without
the pride of ancestry and hope of pos
terity' were or will be shipped out of
Maury county this week. The amount
of ready cash that they brought into
the Golfers of the farmers of this Sec
ton, who owned them, will be at
least $125,OOO.
This does not take into account the
large number that were sold to be
kept in the county. 1t would hard
ly be beyond the realms of possibili-
ty and conservation to say that at
least 500 changed hands in this way.
One northern trader sold 55 in one
bunch in this way for an average of
from $3.50 to $50 per pair. They
probably averaged $175 or $3.50 each,
some even putting the figures at
much more than this. The pair that
brought $50 were only two years old.
This was one of the largest prices
that have ever been paid in this city
for mules of this age.
Summing up the situation, it seems
that not less than 1880 mules were
either traded or sold on Monday and
Tuesday. This is probably too con-
servative, but taking them at that fig
ure and estimating them at SITS each,
the grand total that they brought
would go beyond 100000. 1t was
necessary for the banks to keep open
until late hour Monday night to
check up and get the books to bal
ance for Tuesday.
Whether the figures be too high or
not, it is a certainty that an immense
volume of money was brought into
this county and city by the transac-
tions of the past two days. 1t but
further emphasized the fact that Co.
lumbia is the premier mule market
of the world, and that this county Is
admirably adapted to the raising of
this profitable animal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
YOANG AVIATOR HAS
WONDERFUL ESCAPE
THE GASOLINE GIES OUT WHILE
HE is FLYING UPSIDE.
DOWN.

NEW YOK, Feb. Awhile Charles
7. Niles, outhful Rochester aviator,
Nas making a flight up-side-down in a
honoplane at an altitude of about
20 feet over the Hampstead Plains
eFLong Island today, his gasoline
supply gave out.
Tail first, the machine dropped.
Niles remained calm, however, and
partly righted the machine, landing
tely after a series of spiral dives.
Niles had ascended to establish a
cord in looping the loop and flying
p-side-down,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
HILL M'ALISTER
HERE TUESDAY

Hill McAlister, Jr., one of the most
prominent attorneys of Nashville.
was in the city Tuesday on legal bus
mess. Mr.. McAlister made quite a
reputation at the last session Of the
legislature when he was the leader Of
the regular forces in the senate. He
is gentleman Of considerable ability,
political as well as legal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
ONLY 1-62 INCHES
Of Rain FELL IN
THE PAST MONTH
SMALLEST AMOUNT THAT HAS
FALLEN IN THlRTY-ElGHT
YEARS.
TEMPERATURE So DEGREES
Thermometer Below 80 Twelve
'~rimes In the Thirty-one Days.
Minimum Was 10 Degrees-Averase
Above Normal.

According to the meteorological OBJ
server at Ashwood, January was one
Of the dryest months ever on record.
Only 1.62 inches of rain fell during
the entire thirty-one daye, 3.32 inches
below the normal rainfall for the
month.
It was very unusual month In
very many respects. The maximum
temperature ran up to 50 degrees on
Jan. 27, while the coolest day was on
the 18th. In January, 1912, the ther-
mometer went down to Z degrees be-
low zero, more than rs degrees cold
er than at any time this year. The
mean temperature for the month just
passed was 44.2 degrees, very mild
temperature for this season Of the
year.
AS to rainfall, there were five days
in which the heavens opened up and
the juice descended. There were
eight days in which there was not
vestige of cloud in the skies, while
there were twelve days in which the
clouds partly obscured the sun. On
eleven days it was completely hid
den and there was no trace of sun
shine. On only one day in the month
was there even a semblance of snow.
1t was so slight that it was hardly
able to be observed or recorded.
Mrs. J. w. Fleming, who makes the
observations for the government at
Ashwood, has made a summary of the
weather conditions for the past three
years and gives them below in con-
crete form. Jan. 1912, mean temper
ature, 34.6 degrees; rainfall, 3.25
inches; lowest temperature, degrees
on the 7th.
January, 1913, mean temperature,
Al degrees; coolest, % degrees; rain
fall, S.S2 inches.
January, 1914, mean, 44.2 degrees,
above normal; rainfall. 1862 inches,
1852 inches below normal. The nor
nal for January at Ashwood in tenn
perature is 1913 degrees, in rainfall,
494 inches. These figures are COM
puted from observations extending
over a period of thirty-eight years.
The temperature was only twelve
times during the month Of January
below 80 degrees, the freezing point.
On the whole it seems that January
has been a very unusual month. The
rainfall was very slight, there was
practically no snow, and the number
of cloudless or partly cloudy days
has been great. On some days the
temperature ran up to summer heat
almost. However, the warm spell
was not long enough to bring out the
buds of the fruit and other trees and
so no damage was done by the cold
snaps that ensued. The ground hog,
though, prophesies that there will be
little more of weather Of this brand
for the next six weeks, as he saw his
shadow Monday, and so went back to
his hole to stay until spring opens up
| forty days hence He is entirely cor
rect if today is a specimen of the
brand that will prevail during that
period.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
s'VALlEY FARM"
AT HAMPSHIRE
INTERESTING LITTLE PLAY WILL
BE PRESENTED BY LOCAL
TALENT FRIDAY.

valley Farm" is the title of an in
terestiDg little play that will be pre-
sented by local talent at the Hamp-
shire school on Friday night, Feb. 6.
The entertainment will be for the
benefit of the school.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06

CONTINUED on Second Page,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
DEALINGS IN STOCKS
| MARKED BY DULLNESS
Days Session Chiefly Conspicuous
for Extreme Mar.
roWness.

NEW YORK. December IT. 1890 am.
Some confusion attended opening
dealings In tho stock market today
because Of q arrangement of the ma
chinery which distributes market
prices. Only initial quotations were
obtainable and these showed little
change from yesterdays closing level.
In the main. however. the trend was
lower. Amalgamated yielding half q
point with smaller losses in United
States Steel, Brooklyn Transit, Canadi-
an Pacific and Great Northern pre-
ferred, the latter selling under yester-
day.
The only notable exception to the
general movement was Reading, which
rose Is. Trading was in minor volume
Buying Largely Short Covering.
Prices soon recovered from the open.
ing. but the buying appeared to b<
largely in the nature of short cover.
timore and Ohio sold above yesterdays
best, while Steel and some others ap.
proxfmated that level. A few more
specialties touched their minimum.
Cessation of the moderate inquiry re-
suited in another receding movement.
with greater dullNess.
throughout the morning many hith-
erto active issues remained unquoted
IN tact. the session was chiefly con-
splcuous for its extreme narrowness.
Bonds were steady.
later In steadily decreasing volume
OF business. BY early afternoon over q
dozen stocks were selling under ves-
| terday's minimum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
new YORK SUBSCRIBERS
TO GREAT COTTON POOL
Forty-one Banks and Trust Compa-
MES and ]. p. Morgan & Co.
on $50, ooo, 600 Guaranty.

NEW YORK. December 1.-THE list
of local subscribers to the 1S5,oO0.ooo
cotton pool organized to ameliorate
financial conditions in the cotton
growing states resulting from the rail-
ing or in foreign demand. was made
public today by Albert H. Virgins
chairman of the clearing house COM
mittee.
Forty-one banks and trust companies
and ]. p. Morgan & Co. are among the
subscribers to the $50,0oo.o00 guaran-
teed by this section of the country.
The National City Bank heads the sub
scription with 100000.
Others who subscribed 100000 or
more were: National Bank of Com
merce. Hanover National Bank, Chase
National Bank, Bankers Trust Com
pany. Guaranty Trust Company and j.
P. Morgan & Co.. 100000 each: Ma
tional Park Bank. and the First Ma
tional Bank, s2.5o0,o00 each; National
City Company, $2.4O0,0O0; Mechanics
and Metals National Bank, and the
American Exchange Bank, $1,850.0O0
each; Central Trust Company, $780,
900. and Irving National Bank and the
Columbia Trust Company. 100000.
The remainder of the subscriptions
ranged from $4,000 to s75o.O0o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Friday; Small
Temperature Chauqes.

O'serlct OF Columbia, fair tonight and
Friday, not much change in tempera-
ture; lowest temperature tonight about
IA degrees above zero; light, variable
Winds
Cold weather continues this morning
over practically all districts east o.
the ROCKY mountains and the far
northwest with freezing temperatures
as far south as extreme north Florida
and below zero Temperatures in north
west Ohio. north Indiana, north Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Minneso l, the Dako-
tas. Wyoming. Montana and idaho.
Ahere have been local SHOWS in the
region Of the great laxes. Kansas, Ne
vada and Utah and rains in California,
Texas and the florida peninsula. Fair
weather prevailed elsewhere
With the exception Of rain or snow In
the lower Mississippi valley and rains
in Florida the weather will be gener-
ally fair tonight and Friday IN the
states east Of the Mississippi river.
and Friday in the east gulf states, Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley. It will
not change materially during the next
thirty six hours. in the Atlantic states
and the region Of the great lakes.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the reading of
the Thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm yesterday:
Thermometer-Yesterday, I pm. 26;
s pm. I'll: IL midnight, IS; today, 4
am. Is; s AM, Is. Maximum. 81. at 3
pm. yesterday; minimum, II, at z am
today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, Sc: minimum, 36.
Barometer-Yesterda 4 Pm, 30.5s;
pm. 30.59; IL midnight, 30.58; today
am, 1880: s am. 30.63.
Temperature-12 o'clock, 20; 2 o'clock
20. Barometer-12 o'clock, 1852; 2
o'clock. 30.59.
Highest temperature, 2s. 2 pm. to-
day: lowest temperature, IA, am. to-
day.
Weather in Various Citiea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
LONDON BANK STATEMENT.

statement of the Bank Of England:
Total reserve increased f1,121, 900.
Circulation decreased f159,000.
Bullion increased 1861 1928.
Other securities decreased f1.119.000.
Public deposits decreased e 1.83J.0OO.
Notes reserve increased Ell 100000.
Government securities increased E9, 600.
The proportion of the banks reserve
to liability. this week is 1881 per cent /;
last week it was 1858 per cent Rate
of discount, 5 per cent.
Bar silver, 22Ed per ounce.
Money, 1 Il per cent
Discount rates. short and three
months, 2k per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
Money to Loan
sseured by First Deed Of Trust on Real EstssA
Prevailing interest and commssioa.
Iosenh 7 W,,ier. heo r st NV
Real Estate Transfers.

TENNESSEE AVENUE NORTHEAST
between C and D streets-Harry A
Kite ct ux to Grace r. Donohoe. lot
1853. square 1921: $40.
NO. 1887 X STREET SOUTHEAST
Mary S. Taylor to Elizabeth A.
Leatzow. lot SO. square 1923: $40.
CHILLUM CASTLE HEIGHTS-Con-
tinental Trust Company. trustee, to
Washington Land and Mortgage
Company. lots 81 and 20. square
square 1890: $500. Same to same.
los 35, So. 80 and 40. square 1908:
$1,000
NO. 1920 T STREET NORTHWEST
Charles C. Stott. executor, TO Mary
NO. 1872 STREET SOUTHEAST
Preston C. Day ct ux. to Brooks r.
and May Newton, lot 3S. square
south Of 1921; $40.
PETwORTH-Harry Wardman ct al.
to Dwight snt s 4 Particle lots 80 to a.
to Eva D. Ehrhardt. half interest in
% p STREET soUTHwEsT between
Leroy aasdis., jr.: ct u1 to Alex
Of 643. $40.
q R,rs s rrSsRsx 10,
"a. square 1903: $40.
SHERwOOD-Ciara A. Marden to
George Holexy. lots 3. and >.
square 1870; s2.1S4.
lot 20, square 4z46: sos;
SHERWQOD-Same to Edward o.
gTaasen. lot n 4; s1Sars 1921; s7ss;
CENTRAL ADD of sssS ssta
VILLA PARk-Clara A. Marden to
Plus Pohl. lot 81. square 49,, Ss42.
VILLA PARK-Same to Ola B. Eiwood.
lot IS, square 1927; s444.
VILLA PARK-Same to Lars A. John
son. lot q. square 1895. and lot "a.
VILLA PARK HEIGHTS-Clara A.
Marden to H Isnyy Edison. lot 20.
NOS. 1886 TO 1874 MARION STREET
Edward p Schwartz. part lots 80
cHi Az NJ s csHsTiE $50 HE sS tnor.h
MISUNDERSTANDING Land and
Mortgage Company TO Emory c. and
Maude NJ. Queen. lots and S. square
MOUNT PLEAsANT-william J. Null
hall to Mary c. Mulhall. lot S2S.
square 2677; $40.
STREET NoRTAwEsTNAnna E.
i. III; e.. block %. c0iumSis
NO. 1908 EUCLID STREET NORTH
WEST-May G. Callahan to Anna E.
and Sarah J. Leaver. lot IS. block
80, Columbia Heights; $40.
INGLESIDE-Luther A Swartzell to
Partillo H. and Matte NJ MCGOWAN,
lot 20. block 6: $40.
PETWORTH-Dwigh J. Particle ct
ux. to Harry Wardman and Thomas
Bones, lot SO. square SO: $40.
II you want work, read the want col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

ton market lost part of yesterdays
advance during today's early trading.
Cables were lower than due. and after
opening steady It II decline of ! to 3
points prices here sold about to s
points lower before the end of the first
hour. Trading was very quiet. and the
decline seemed to reflect scattering
liquidation rather than any change in
creased southern offerings.
Futures opened steady as follows:
December offered, 6.97; January, ITO;
March. 1872; May, 7.4s; July, 1855; Oc-
toher. 7.94.
There was very little cotton for sale
on tho early decline and the market
flrmed up during the middle Of the
morning on reports of steady spot
markets. large exports from Savannah
trade buying and covering of shorts
Prices were about 2 to points net
higher shortly after midday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-17
Record Cotton Week at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, December 1.-THE
export movement of cotton today was
the largest of any day since the first
of the season and the beginning Of the
European war. Total clearances from
all United States ports for foreign
ports amounted to 107,331 bales. The
increase in shipments will make this
week the record week for the season
thus far. with 291,491 bales cleared
already, to which must be added the
foreign clearances of tomorrow.