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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
ENGLISH FIRST SEA
LORD RESIGNS
PAPERS CRlTlClSE PRINCE OF
BATTENBURG BECAUSE OF
AUSTRIAN ORIGIN.

LONDON, Oct 30-Prince Louis
of Battenburg, about whom there has
been much gossip because of his Aus
trian origin, has resigned his posi-
ton as first sea lord of the admiralty.
No open charges have been made
against him, but a newspaper cam
paign against his holding such a
high command is thought RESPONSE
Bile for his withdrawal.
Announcement of Prince Louis res
ignaton was made today in the court
circular, which stated that the prince
had been received in audience by the
king on relinquishing his appoint
ment.
Although born in Austria, Prince
Louis came to England as a boy and
was naturalized in 1868 when he was
only IA years old. Twenty-three
years later he was promoted to a cap.
taincy and after another thirteen
years became an admiral. He was
appointed first sea lord in 1912, a
few years after his visit to America.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
HANDLE SUGAR
AT BIG LOSS
CONGRESSMAN WRITES LETTER
TO COMMERCE COMMITS
SION ON SUBJECT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-RepreA
sentative Broussard, of Louisiana, ad'
dressed a letter to the interstate COM
merce commission today calling at
tention to the interest Of sugar cane
growers of Louisiana and Texas in
the advance rate application of the
Eastern railroads, argument for
which will be heard tomorrow by
the commission.
Mr.. Brousard asserted that "the
carriers had allowed the Seaboard
Sugar Refining Company to so fat
ten upon their revenues that the
companys annual output of 100000
pounds was being hauled from the
Atlantic coast to distributing points
Of the Middle West at loss of near
ly 60 per cent. of the published rate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
APPEAL IS MADE
METHODIST FUND
ADJOURNS AFTER
MAKING PLANS FOR YEARS
CAMPAIGN.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-With a
formal appeal to Methodists to con-
tribute 100000 during 1915 as a
fund to support retired ministers or
their widows and orphans, the Wash
ington conference of Methodist Epis-
copal clergymen selected to raise the
money adjourned tonight. This con-
ference was the initial step in the
campaign to provide relief fund on
the 15Oth anniversary of the founding
of Methodism. Anothr conference
will be held in Chicago shortly after
the new year.
The final address or appeal was de-
livered by Bishop William F. Nc
Donald, who, with Bishops Berry and
Quayle, had prepared it for promul-
cation. Bishop Earl Cranston presid-
ed at the meeting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
JUDGE BURROW
ANSWERS HOOPER
SAYS ONLY LIQUOR MAN IN
BRISTOL DISCUSSING RACE
is FOR THE GOVERNOR.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Oct 30.-No indie
pendent democrat or Confederate vet
eran sat on the stage with Gov. Hoop
er and Prof. H. K. Morgan when they
spoke here this afternoon. Only a
handful of republicans had seats with
the governor and the Middle Tennes-
see educator. The independent dem
ocrats and Confederate veterans had
been invited, but inasmuch as prac.
tically all Of them are supporting
Rye, not one could be persuaded to
sit with the governor
Gov. Hooper charged here that the
liquor me of Virginia have crossed
over into Tennessee fighting for Rye
in the hope of getting Tennessee wet
by the time Virginia goes dry. Judge
Robert Burrow answered this today
by saying that the only liquor man in
Bristol who had discussed the race
or was in any way interested was one
of the strongest Hooper men in Bris-
tol.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
PRETTY GOOD NUMBER
OF HORSE MULES
ON STREETS TODAY
BROUGHT HERE TO SELL TO THE
BUYERS FOR THE WARNING
NATIONS.
NOT ALL OF Them we're SOLD
Most of the Mules Were in Fair Con-
dition, Good Size and of the type
Wanted by the Contractors for Ex-
port-SeveraI Buyers on Streets.
Mondays Daily.)

With the expectation that there
would be several buyers here repre-.
senting the Guyton-Harrignton Mule
Co., of Kansas City, to buy mules for
the European war, there was a good
ly number of mules from all over the
county here this morning.
Most of the mules were horse
mules. For the most part, they were
heavy, big and rather aged. This
was the class of stuff advertised for
by the buyers, and it was the kind
that was brought to the city. They
were in very fair condition. None of
them were strictly first class mules,
of the kind that would have brought
top prices heretofore. However, the
grade was very good.
The buyers were not any too eager
in the early part Of the morning to
bid on the mules. They seemed to be
willing to wait along until the latter
part of the day to do much buying.
Among those bidding on them were
John Fraser, Dock Hayes, Charlie
Wright, R. F. Moore & Son, and sew
eral others.
The mules began to arrive as early
as Sunday afternoon, Late in the
afternoon they began to roll in from
the west, probably from the lower
counties, in order to have a nights
rest and feed before being placed on
sale today. This morning there was
a steady string that kept rolling in
until almost noon. There were very
few mare mules in the lot. The great
majority were horse mules of the
type and description advertised for
by the buyers.
Not all of them by any means were
sold. The bidders were limited in
their prices, and but few of them
paid over $140 or $3.50 for them. A
[
owners did not think that they were
offered enough for the grade of stuff
that they had.
After all, it is very doubtful Wheth-
err very many mules are going to be
gotten from this county for the war.
The farmers are mighty independent,
and none of them are in such straits
that they have to dispose of their
stuff at any price that the bidders
want to pay for it. The planters in
the lower states are in much worse
condition, and the buyers find little
difficulty in getting a lot of them, as
their owners are willing to sell them
at almost any price if they can get
cash for them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
Twenty Years
Ago in>Columbia

(The Weekly Herald, Nov. 2, 1S94.)
The state farmers convention will
be held at the opera house here on
Nov. Is, 16 and II. Col. J. W. S. Rid
ley, of this county, is the president.
1t is hoped that there will be big
attendance and proper local interest
manifested
A democratic club was organized
at Bigbyville last Saturday with DIR.
X. S. Hewlett president and E. M.
Pender secretary.
The rain came but it quit altogeth-
er too soon. 1t settled the dust.
Miss J. NJ. Roth has been appoint
ed postmaster at Mt. Pleasant. She
ha. many friends who will be glad
the honor has fallen on her
The engagement of Miss Nettie.
Cranberry, of Mt. Pleasant and Hugh
Foster, of Union Springs, Ala, is an
nounced, the wedding to take place.
In December.
On last Wednesday at Mt. Olivet.
church Miss Bette Mitchell and
Charles R. Baker were united in
marriage.
J. E. Littlefeld is in the fire insur-
ance business with a good line of
companies. He is also a notary
public
In the rear of his meat market w.
]. Guest is erecting an engine house,
sausage factory and stables.
Nat Wilburn, of New Orleans, is
visiting friends and relatives in the
Bigbyville section.
Last spring the Fleming Bros,
of the Frierson neighborhood,
bought one bushel of Irish potatoes.
From the two crops raised from that
two bushels they marketed sixty
three barrels for which a ready sale
was found at 81 per barrel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
LARGE CROWD TO
SEE VIRGINIA GAME
MANY PARTIES WENT UP BY
TRAIN AND BY AUTOMOBILE
THIS MORNING.

The lure of the Vanderbilt-Vi Virginia
game was too great for large num-
Der this morning, and they quit bust
ness and left the political speaking
at the opera house to go to Nashville
to see the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS game.
The supporters of the former rather
predominated, although there is quite
number of Virginia alumni in and
around the city. Feeling was high,
which was rather stimulated by the
beautiful day, the ideal conditions for
a football game and the old time ri
yalry by the two leading Southern
colleges.
There were probably 100 or more
who went from here The majority
of them took the train at II o'clock,
while a large number, who had cars,
went through the country.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
GEERS WINDS UP
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
CLOSES THIIRTY-FOURTH ANNU-
AL CAMPAIGN AT TEXAS
STATE FAIR.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 30.-Ed
Geers wound up his thirty-fourth an
nual campaign with harness horses
at the Texas state fair, at Dallas last
week and his last victory of the year
was with his Maury county PAGER,
Napoleon Direct, who made his
twelfth start of the year, in the 2:15
class and administered defeat to
The Assessor, another son of Walter
Direct and a horse who has develop
ed into a most useful racing tool in
the hands of Richard Mcmahon, Esq,
of Chicago.
The race, with a gross value OF
$4,000, netted the winner of $1,000,
and brings the winnings of this great
Tennessee PAGER up to $11,750, and
makes him the second largest win.
ming PAGER of the year, the largest
having been the descendant of old
Almont SO, King Couchman, with s13-
$50. Napoleon went to the score in
one dozen races, of which number he
was returned the winner in eight,
was second in two, fourth in one and
only once beyond the money division.
Geers shipped this aspirant to high
er honors in the pacing world in 1915,
to Memphis, and it is the opinion that
when the good old summer time rolls
around again, it will take 200 miles
to head this son of Walter Direct.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
WITHDRAWS BIG
ISLANDER SUIT
DEMOCRATiC NATIONAL COMMIT
TEEMAN SAYS CHARGES WERE
WITHDRAWN.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 31-The
suit for $4,000 damages for alleged
Islander filed yesterday by Thomas
Taggart, democratic national COM
mitteeman from Indiana, against De
laven Smith, owner of the lndianapo-
lis News. was withdrawn today. Mr..
Taggart said the paper retracted its
charges.
Joseph E. Bell, mayor of lndianap-
oils today filed suit for $4,000 dam
oqas against the owner of the News,
charging SANDER.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
BRAND WHITLOCK
SAVED ANTWERP
SECURED GERMANS WORD TO
SPARE HISTORIC TREASURES
OF THE CITY.

ANTWERP, Oct. SOTO Brand
Whitlock, the American minister to
Belgium, is due the credit for saving
the cathedral and the art galleries,
churches, theatres and public build
ings in Antwerp during the recent
bombardment of that city by the Ger
mans.
When the Germans approached
Antwerp Mr.. Whitlock asked the Ger
man commander, Gen. Won der Goltz,
to spare the historic buildings. There
upon Gen. Won der Goltz agreed to
use his good offices in this respect If
Mr. Whitlock would prepare maps
for the German aeroplanists in order
that they might direct the firing.
Henry Diederich, the American
consul general, then arranged num-
Der of large maps on which were indi-
Gated the points which it was desired
should be avoided by the German
shells.
Cen Won der Goltz explained to
Mr. Whitlock, when he received the
maps, that the gunners could not alb
soluteIy regulate their shells from d.
Fectons given by the aeroplanists as
the guns were located miles away
from the city. He added, however,
that his men would do their best.
The shooting was so skillful that
the palace of justice was the only
large government building struck
curing the bombardment. Two shells
hit it, but they did only slight dam
age y bomb also struck the fence
Of st. Peters church. The slight
Damage done to the city is consider
ed remarkable in view of the fact
mat addition to the three days
bomb dment Zeppelin airships and
Iauh- aeroplanes also attacked it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
HACK HACK HACK

With raw tickling throat, tight
chest, sore lungs, you need Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, and
quickly. The first dose helps, it
leaves a soothing, healing coating as
it glides down your throat, you feel
better at once. s. Martin, Bassett,
Neb., writes: 81 had a severe cough
and cold and was almost past going.
1 got a bottle of Foley's Honey and
Tar and am glad to say it cured my
cough entirely and my cold soon dis
Every user is a friend
co. (Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
MEDAL FOR FATHER
OF TWENTY-FIVE

ST. CHARLES, Mo, Nov. Fol
lowing the birth of Frederick Walk
enhorsts twenty-ffth child, citizens
have started movement to present
Walkenhorst with an anti-race sui
eide medal. Walkenhorst is a dairy
man and has so many children living
with him that he does not need hired
help.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
TO ELECTRIC
LIGHT CONSUMERS

"r lite on electric light service
" yer kilowatt. If paid by the
".# eag If November at the Office of
Ill" Apany a discount of 20fo will
We -N'a on the meter readings but
10 discount will be allowed sfter
mat date, Minimum charge for light
is 3I00. 1lst
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
LOANS WARNING
NATIONS MOUNTING

AMSTERDAM, via London, Nov. 2.
The Dutch minister of finance is
preparing plans for a war loan of
$15,000,000 at per cent, according
to the the TELEGRAPH. If the necessa-
ry amount is not forthcoming, says
the paper, measures will be taken to
raise the money by compulsion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06
CARS OFFER TO
ITALY ACCEPTABLE

ROME, Oct. 30.-The Giornale
D'Italia today declares that if Emper-
or Nicholas will deliver uncondition-
ally to Italy the Austrians of Italian
captured by Russia, the
Italian ministers are virtually certain
to accept the offer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06

Is your liver inactive? LIVER.
LAX will wake It up.--STEPHEN.
SON BROS. (Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-11-06

contender. based on an entirely new
principle. 1t is new, different for.
mula' never successfully initiated. II
makes corns shrivel and then van
ish. Two drops do the work. You
don't bundle up your toe any more
with sticky tape and plasters that
press down on the poor corn-no
more fesh-eating salves that don't
stay put no more hacking at corns
with knives or razors, no more bleed
ing or danger of blood poison. No
more limping around for DAYS with
sore corns, no more corn pains.
"GETS-1T' Is now the biggest selling
corn cure In the world. Use 1t on any
nard or soft corn, wart, callus or bunion
Tonight's the night.
GETS-IT" is sold by druggists every
where % cents bottle, or sent direct by
IL. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago.
"Gets-It" Is sold in Columbia BY
Co. and Latham's Drug
Store.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-25
JUNGLE JOE" AGAIN

The gayety of the congressional cam paign will be greatly enhanced by the re appearance in the Danville, H., district of ''Uncle J5e' Cannon as candidate for the house Of representatives The stand patters have missed "Uncle Joe' sorely and the house has not been quite the same without him. He is the representative of all that is bad politically and the repre- sentative personally of much that is pie turesque and original And whatever else may be said of him, he has at least the courage of his bad convictions. From Dan vile he sends out double defiance to Will son and Roosevelt and challenges them both to mortal combat It is pity to have to put an extinguisher on such a captivat-
 ing and spry old political bandit but unless public sentiment unLergoes a revolution we will have to forego the pleasure of his witty and audaciOus company at Washington. There are few public men who have sea soned their evil records with more plquant personal flavor If he had not got on the devils side, what a fighter he would have made for the Lord Baltimore Sun.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-25
DARING CHICAGO MAN
 WOULD COME FOR BONUS

Proof that there are still a few people in the world who are game enough to daily with chance is evidenced in the following extract from a letter received by Secretary C. B Yande,l of the Chamber of Commerce. says the Seattle Post Intelligencer, from a young broker in Chicago, who is apparently of that courageous soldier -of-fortune tenn perament now rarely found outside the GOV CTS of popular novels. The reckless and enlightened one says in part:
 "A broker friend of mine of La Salle street tells me the Seattle Chamber of Com merce will pay the fare of a man to Alaska and also give him S100 if he will guarantee to stay six months. l am 23 years old, energetic and progressive. Kindly send me from here to wherever you want me to go. l fully appreciate the hardships, but the price of success must be paid in order to succeed"
 It is good to receive such letter as that" said Secretary Yandell, "because 1t shows that in spite of the ennervating effect of civilization the indomitable spirit of the pioneer is by no means dormant, and there are still few who are willing to battle with Indians and suffer hardships in crossing the plains to arrive in this village and embark on the perlous enterprise of going to Alaska
 Tt was with regret that I informed the young man that the season for bOnused cX- cursions as he mentioned had not yet opened"
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-25
AFTER INCOME
 TAX DODGERS

New York, July 6-Experts on internal revenue expressed themselves as not sur prised at the reports published recently that the income tax returns would fall far below the expectation of the treasury department. Little credit was given to the statements that men of big fortunes were holding out against the government"
 Considerable difficulty has been eXperl- enced by income tax collectors from that clause in the bill which stlpulates that no matter where man lives, he shall make his income tax return from that city where his chief place of business is located. There are many men living in different parts of the country who through this clause have to make their returns here. Although cer- tain ether sections of the country may have fallen short as regards the treasury depart ments expectations, some parts of New York city, it is said, have far exceeded what was expected of them.
 No advices have been received here as vet ordering collectors to put forth drag net for dcEnquents, but it is known that when the time limit for returns expires the department is prepared to wage strenuous campaign against those who have not com rlied with the law.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-25
BOY SCOUTS HEAR
 ALASKAN LECTURE

Tacoma, June BOA large audience of Boy Scouts listened with intense interest last evening to a lecture on Adventures in Alaska" delivered by w. F. Prlestly, who has charge of the Montamara show in the Stadium.
 In the course of his lecture Mir. Priestly gave brief sketch of the history of Alaska, from the discovery by the Russians to the present day. This was followed by de scription of the country in general and his own experiences in particular during sev eral years residence in the Northland.
 Among the many experiences related were Mr. Priestly's travels with the Indians and Eskimos, hunting experiences and accounts of narrow and thrilling escapes in travellng through Alaska by dog team or canoe.
 Many valuable can2oing and travelling hints were given the scouts After the leo ture the boys asked MT. Prlestly many ques- tions, and were loath to let him go, even after they had thanked him with three ringing cheers.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-07-25
HOW WELSH BEGAN HIS CAREER

England's king has been feeling so good that he probably hasn't thought of Ulster or the feminist movement for a week. Why? Oh, nothing much except that Fred die Welsh, the kings pal, won another bat tie the other day You see, the king and Freddie are chums write letters to each other and all that sort of thing.
 The king and the kings English regard their little champion with much interest and esteem, for Freddie is about the only kind of an athlete that seems able to trounCe an American now and then. But little do they realize how near they came to losing him. Freddie Welsh is really an American pugihst. He represents England merely as business proposition. His good judgment is established by the gold belts he owns, the title he has, the smile he wears and the money he has got.
 Just about nine years ago little Freddie Thomas (Thomas is the correct way to spell it, arrived in this country sans belts, sans title, sans smile and sans money. He landed with nothing but hole in his pocket-fat fiat as a Mexican on a roof so fiat, in fact, that everyone seemed to overlook the little Welsh boy from Ponty- prdd entirely; so fiat that he was walked on kicked about and showed about-a hu- man pancake in world of giants
 The little Thomas boy had come to this country the same as do thousands of oth- ers-to seek his fortune. He had left the old country behind and hoped to start life anew in a new land.
 As for boxing, he never knew what it was, although he had done little wres- ting on the other side What is more it didn't seem as though he would ever learn, either, as he scrubbed floors, washed dishes in bum hotels, dug sewers and ''car- ried the banner and ate free lunch. He worked at everything and anything and lived the same way.
 After hungry days and sleeper nights he managed to get 8 job as half al Janltor around a gymnasium in New York. Here was his first view of boxing and boxers Some of the amateur boys used to train help them-by fixing their punching bags there Sometimes little Freddie used tc | tying on their gloves and washing out theil sweaters Che day a sparring partner failed to show up. and here and there Welsl started on his way to fame and fortune | The sting of the boxing glove was as th. sting of the boxing bug and socn after Ere. entered a Philadelphia ring to fight his frs ! battle
 i That was in 1905, and during this yea, and the next Welsh fought something Ike 1 twenty-five battles in and around Phila delDhia He was so successful and pros porous that he decided to give his owr folks chance to look him over. He fought eight battles in Great Britain 1T six months Then he returned to America to complete his pugilistic education. But he gave up the idea of becoming an Amer so much easier to lick that he decided tC ican citizen, as he found the Englshmer try for the championship of England.
 He stayed over there year and half during which he engaged in twenty-five contests. Then deciding that his schooling was finished, Welsh returned to EngIanc and won the title from Johnny Summers