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The Seward gateway., 1914-08-07

Perhaps you've drank good whiSkey While passing through this land, But did you ever drain a glass And say That's simply grand"? That's good old Golden Wedding The soul kiss of the Rye And you get it at THE PALACE Whenever you are dry.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-07

ble to supply them with transporta- ton and as many thousands more are supposed to be on the way here for the purpose also of going home to fight the conditions may become ser iOuS
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-07
25.OOO GERMANS FALL

likewise the whole power of the TeutOnic will be launched in the struggle of life and death.
 The martial spirit of the people continues as high as and huge crowds surrounded the palace O the aged Francis Joseph and Cheered him to the echo last night The emperor is now S years of age and unable to come out greet his people but he sent message of hope and trust that heaven would look after his soldiers in the great ordeal which they about to face
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-07

naval battle has taken place between the British and Ger man fleets off the South DOgger Banks, that nineteen Ger man vessel were sunk or captured and the remainder O
 the German fleet was driven back to the coast of Holland This may be only another phase of the false report which was denied by Churchill the first lord of admiralty m the house of commons although many people believe the story Further news is being eagerly awaited.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-07
DANCE TONIGHT

At Seward Picture Show Hall in honor U. $. s. Columbne. Admission $1. Ladies free. Music by Miss White and Mr. Manthcy.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-07

BERLIN, Aug. 7.-Thc emperor has renewed the order of the Iron Cross which will be conferred for dis tinguiShcd services on the field of battle. Since the last great war the order has been overlooked.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
DAVIS MITCHELL
LEAVES THE RACE
POPULAR CANDIDATE FOR CIR
CUT COURT CLERK ANNOUNC.
ES HIS WITHDRAWAL.

Davis Mitchell, of the fourth dis
trict, popular candidate for circuit
court clerk on Monday afternoon an
nounced his withdrawal from the
contest. Owing to the continued ILL.,
ness. of Mrs. Mitchell he has found
it impossible to give the attention to
the contest that he had expected. In
withdrawing Mr.. Mitchell said:
81 find that because of the contin-
ued illness of my wife who has kept
me at home for the past five weeks
and away from the canvass, in JUS
tice to myself and friends I have de-
cided to leave the race for circuit
court clerk. / am profoundly CRATE
full to my friends for their express
sions of support. They have been
very courteous to me and I appreci-
ate their consideration. l leave the
race with the best of feeling for all. :"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
SENT HUNDREDS
BOYS TO COLLEGE
LlNEAL DESCENDANT OF PAT.
RICK HENRY DIED IN
EVANSVILLE.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 22.-Mrs
Mary Stocwell, 80, who died in this
city to-day, was a lineal descendant
of Patrick Henry. She had lived
here for about twelve years and few
people here knew anything about her
daily life. 1t developed after her
death that in her life time she had
paid the way of about ZOE poor boys
through college. It is said one of
the professors now in Yale College
was helped through schol by Mrs.
Stockwell. She was one Of the
wealthiest women in Southern In
diana and one of her close friends
stated tonight that provision was
made in her will for fund to be set
aside for the education of poor boys.
Mrs. Stockwell was a native of vir-
ginia and leaves one daughter in
New York City. She owned a great
deal of property here in New York
and Virginia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
TO ENTER CONTEST
AT EARLY DATE
CONGRESSMAN PADGETT WILL
PROBABLY REMAIN IN DIS.
TRlcT SOME TIME.

Hon. Lemuel P. Padgett, represent
ative from this district, is here and
will probably remain in the district
until after the primary on Sept. s.
The house of representatives has fin
ished its legislative program for the
session and is simply awaiting for the
adjournment of the senate. There Is
therefore no reason why Mr.. Padgett
should remain in Washington any
longer. He will devote his time from
now until the August election to visit
ing his constituents in the various
counties. After the August election
he will vigorously enter upon his
campaign. Whether or not there will
be joint debate between Mr.. Pad
gett and his opponent has not been
determined.
After September Mr.. Padgett will
have to return to Washington even
should congress have adjourned sine
die in the meantime. He, together
with Senator Tillman, Of South Caro-
lima, and some naval officer to be des-
ignated by the naval department, has
been directed by congress to investi-
gate the question Of the erection of
an armor plate factory. M
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
UNITED STATE
SEXES LIQUOR
LARGE SHIPMENT OF BEER AND
WHISKY MAY BE CONFlSCAT-
ED BY GOVERNMENT.

NASHVILLE, July 22.-Twenty-six
barrels of beer and two barrels of
whisky were seized by deputy Unit
ed States marshal Tuesday afternoon
on writ of monition issued by the
United States district clerk on COM
plant of Lee Douglas, United States
attorney. The whisky and beer was
found in the freight house Of the
l.. & N. Railroad Company, consign-
ed by the Hartman Distilling Compa-
ny, of Hopkinsville, KY, to thirteen
consignees at Nashville. The con-
signees have not made their appear
ance.
The shipment was seized for alleg-
ed violation of section of the feder-
al penal code, which makes it unlaw-
full to ship whisky or beer without
proper labels disclosing the contents
of the packages. The barrels, it is
alleged in the libel Of information,
were unmarked and furnished no evi-
dence whatever of their contents.
The penalty is confscation of the
goods seized. The case will be heard
at the next term of the federal court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
REGISTRATION IN
SHELBY 10000
DEMOCRATS BROUGHT OUT WHO
HAD NOT VOTED IN MANY
YEARS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 1S-Com.
plete returns of three days registra-
tion from the thirty-two wards and
districts show that $4,000 registered.
Efforts Of the Hooper-Beasley COM
bine, said to have been aided by a
local combine including Sheriff Ttate
and Attorney General Estes, to throw
out substantial part of the registra-
tion met with a serious rebuke.
Old-time, full-fedged democrats
turned out in hordes and registered
in holesale fashion. Democrats who
have taken no part in politics were
seen registering in large numbers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
SCHOOL POPULATION
OF CITY INCREASED
THIRTY PAST YEAR
APPROXIMATELY 1,7O0 CHILDREN
IN THE CITY OF SCHOOL
AGE,
One In THIRTEEN CAN'T READ
iIIlteracy Among the Negroes Is
Some Larger Than Among White
Children-Latter Are About Four
Hundred the More Numerous.

The school population, which has
just been completed by J. Sykes Or
man, shows that there are 1897 chill
dren of school age in the corporate
limits of the city. This is thirty
more than last year.
OF this number, there are 209 who
cannot read or write This is about
thirteen per cent of the total. In
other words, one out of every thir-
teen children in the city cannot read
or write.
There are almost 300 more white
children of school age than there are
colored ones. The number of white
male children is 49S, of white females
545, making total of the white pop
ulation of 1,043, which is of school
age. OF these 943 can read and
write.
The percentage of the colored
school children who are unable to
read is some larger than among the
white children. There are 292 color
ed males, 1862 females, total of 6S4
colored school children who are of
school age. OF these only 545 have
the ability to read well or write their
names.
The percentage of school children
in the city is very small in proper
tion to the population. There are
5000 or more in the corporate lin.
its. There ought to be at least two
children of school age to every five
who are either above or below the
school age. This would give the city
a school population of about 2,400
However, the complete returns show
that the actual figures are about zoe
shy Of this mork.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
GLEE CLUB ENDS
SUCCESSFUL TOUR
CALIFORNIA BOYS WIND UP EU.
RoPEAN TRIP WITH PARIS
RECITAL.

PARIS, July 22-The University
of California Glee Club wound up
their triumphant European tour
here. In it's course they visited Eng
land, Germany, Switzerland and
France. The party of thirty young
men sailed for America on Wednes-
day.
The most successful concert of the
journey was given at the Hotel Ma
jestic here on Monday, when their
American part songs took the large
audience by stoim
Howard Patrick, singing songs Of
mis- cwn composition, made special
he.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
CAN'T GET QUORUM
FOR CONFIRMATION
SENATORS DO NOT THINK THAT
ENOUGH WILL BE PRESENT
BEFORE END OF WEEK.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Oficulty
in maintaining a quorum in the SEN
ate was ascribed today by administra-
ton leaders was one of the reasons
for delay in consideration of the NOM
nation of Thomas D. Jones, of Chica-
go, as a member of the federal re-
serve board.
We can't muster a quorum for a
vote" said Senator Lewis, of Illinois,
who is leading the fight for Mr.. Jones'
confirmation. Il hope we can reach
vote before the end of the week" ;"
No action was taken in the matter
today. No word has yet reached the
committee from Paul M. Warburg, of
New York, indicating that he would
agree to appear before the commit
tee for examination as to his financial
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
FILE PETITIONS
WITH THE BOARD
CANDIDATES ARE LOSING NO
TIME IN GETTING THEIR
NAMES ON BALLOT.

Candidates for the various Offices
to be filled at the August election are
qualifying every day now with the
board Of election commissioners.
Monday is the last day upon which
this matter can be attended to, and
most of the candidates are taking
time by the forelock and are filing
their petitions with the members of
the board That there will be full
quota of aspirants for all of the plac-
es to be filed seems to be assured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
ARMY WORMS ARE
~ 1lN MARYLAND
HELMETED PESTS MARCHING
SOUTHWARK COVER PATHWAY
TWO MILES WIDE.

BALTIMORE, July 22.-The army
worm is steadily marching south
ward on Baltimore from point
north of Roland Park and over a
pathway two miles wide, covering
some of the most beautiful suburban
territory in the country.
The pest made it's appearance in
this region about week ago.
Experts from the Maryland Agri-
cultural College are coming here to-
morrow to make an investigation and
insist in fighting the marching
worms.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
SQUIRE BROOKS TO
HEAD REPUBLICANS
OF MAURy COUNTY
CHOSEN CHAIR.
MAN OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
S. A. VEST ELECTED SECRETARY
Harmonious Session of the Govern
ing Board of the County Held and
County Races Are Discussed In
Secret Sessin-No Ticket.

At an adjourned meeting Of the
republican county executive commit
tee on Monday afternoon a reorgani-
zation of the party in this county
was perfected.
John B. Brooks, of Cross Bridges,
member of the county court for the
eighth district, was elected chair
man of the committee, and S. A.
Vest, leading chemist of Mt. Plea
SAINT. and prominently mentioned
several times in connection with the
republican nomination for congress
was elected secretary.
Chairman Hopkins, who has served
for the past two years, and .made a
most creditabble record in spite Of
the Doosevelt Bull Moose disaffec-
tion for his party, declined longer to
serve as the head Of the party. He
stated that he did not have the
time to devote to the duties of chair
man and also to attend to the work
Of commissioner of election and
would have to decline the rendered
craftsmanship. Mr.. Hopkins also
takes the position that the chairman
Of party committee should not at
the same time be member Of the
county election board.
Phineas Murphey, the secretary of
the past two years, also declined to
serve longer. Mr.. Murphey has been
most effective force in party coun-
ellis and his fellow members were
loath to part with him.
It is admitted that no better selec-
ton could have been made for chair
man than Mr.. Brooks, who is one of
the most popular men in the county
and a factor in the politics of his
section.
The committee held an extended
secret session at which it is said the
various races for county Offices were
discussed at some length. While
the members of the committee refused
to give out any statement it was
made plain that the republicans
have no idea of putting out county
ticket this year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
MONDAY RED LETTER
DAY IN BUSINESS
CIRCLES OF CITY
BANKS REPORT THEY HAD BEST
DAY SINCE FIRST MONDAY
IN FEBRUARY.
STORES DID Big BUSINESS
All Attribute 1t to- the Breaking Of
Drouth All over the Mounty by
Copious Rains-Gen. Prosperity
Seems to Be in Saddle Now.

Monday was the best business
day that Columbia has had since the
first Monday in February" This was
the statement Of one of the bankers
of the city Monday afternoon after
the close of business.
I'VE did big business. There was
hardly moment throughout the day
that there was not customer in the
banks on some kind of business.
Many of them were depositors, who
had received their money for wheat
and their crops, and had come in to
put it in bank Our deposits showed
a substantial increase as a result Of
the days busienss. We did not get
through until night, whereas we gen.
orally finish up and leave the build
ing about four o'clock"
Other bankers Of the city made
similar statements. While there was
not a record breaking crowd in the
city during the day, yet most of those
who were here came on business and
not merely to stand around and gos-
sip, as is usual on first Mondays.
!, The stores did a nice business
throughout the day. There was
much buying. Combined with the
trading Of Saturday, which was also
an exceptionally good day for the
stores, they had two extra good days.
However, when the reason for this
is sought, it is not hard to find. The
breaking Of the drouth by copious
rains started the trading. Everyone
had been down in the mouth for
weeks, and saw nothing but failure
and short money ahead.
The whole face of the earth was
transformed by the rains. Those who
had been the bluest and cussing even
the Wilson administration for the
drouth, faced about and were the first
to climb on the prosperity wagon.
There was only one man in the whole
county who was heard to grumble.
He was sore because he was afraid
that it was going to rain too much
and destroy what remained of the
crops.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
SEVEN THOUSAND
VOTERS REGISTER IN
MAURY COUNTY
TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 1000
ABOVE THAT OF TWO
YEARS AGO.
four PRECINCTS NOT REPORTED
Next to Mt. Pleasant and Columbia
Districts the Heaviest Additions
Are in the Second Where Over 600
Are Qualified; Light In Places.

Maury county's registration will
exceed 1000. With four precincts
unreported on the supplemental reg
istration and no voters included in
them in the total, there are 6679 reg
ististered voters in the county. The
four precincts which have not sent
in the books are Santa Fe, Fly's
Store and Water Valley, all in the
first district, and Sandy Hook in the
seventh.
1t - safe to estimate that in the
four precincts unreported there are
registered not less than 500 voters.
This would make the total for the
county 7179. The estimate of 500 is
considered conservative as there are
doubtless half that number register
ed at Santa Fe, probably $50 at Fly's
and another hundred at Water Val.
ley and a like number at Sandy
Hook.
n Registration in the second district,
the seventh district and the ninth
district is unusually heavy. It is
lightEin the third district, about nor.
NAL In the fourth, light in the fifth
and sixth districts, little above
normal in the eighth and tenth dis.
tricts. Only one box in the first has
been heard from.
The aggregate registration Of the
county, when all of the books are in
will exceed the registration of two
years ago by almost 1000. However
there are more Implications this year
than usual. This is especially true
at Mt. Pleasant where the idea got
abroad that the legality of the regis
tration of 1913 might be questioned
resulting in probably ESQ registra
tions that were altogether unneces
sary.
Registrars in the four precincts
that have not returned their books
are urged to do so at once. Maj
Jno. T. Williamson, the copyist fol
the board of election commissioners
is busy making copies of the books
ready for the August election and he
must have the four unreported pre-
cincts before he can complete the
job.
The following is the aggregate reg
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
HALF OF
REGISTERED VOTE
IN TWO DISTRICTS
TOTAL IN THE SEVENTH AND
NINTH Is OVER 3,1o0
ELECTORS.
RECORD Vote IS EXPECTED
Estimated That the Full Poll In Au-
gust in the Entire County viii Be
More Than Five Thousand-Was
4,400 in November, 1910.

Nearly half of the registered vote
Of Maury county this year is in two
districts. If the ninth (Columbia)
and seventh (Mt Pleasantly districts
vote as they have registered they
will cast approximately one-half of the
vote of the county at the election on
the first Thursday Of August. There
are registered in the two districts,
with the precinct Of Sandy Hook, at
which there will be doubtless 100 or
more registered, not reported, more
than 5000 voters.
In the two precincts Of the ninth
district there is a total registered
vote of 1868. Mt. Pleasant reports a
registration Of 1,151. This makes Q
total for the two districts of 3.O27. To
this should be added not less than
100 at Sandy Hook which would bring
the grand total to close to 5000.
/ OF course large number of these
are re-registrations or duplicates. As
suming that 500 are in this class that
would leave $500 qualified voters
in the two districts and from present
Indications the total poll of the dis
tricts will not fall far short of this.
The largest vote cast at general
election in Maury county in recent
years was in the November election
of 1910 when there were 4,401 votes
cast. OF this number LOGO were
cast in the ninth district and All in
the seventh, or total Of slightly
more than $500 or one-third Of the
poll of the county. This percentage
Of the total Of the county will un-
doubtedly be increased in August be-
cause the registration Is not proper
, tionately as heavy in several Of the
country districts as it has been in the
past. For example the fifth district
has lost fourth of it's former total
and the sixth district Is likewise shy
over former years.
At Timmons there was big regis
tration last week, 1919 qualifying,
bringing the total to 269. Theta
came in with ninety-four extras Civ
ing the second district about the
heaviest registration that it has had
in many years.
Estimates as to the total vote Of
the county vary, but it is believed
that it will go to 5000 which will be
the heaviest ever cast since the
Dortch, registration and poll tax laws
applied to the entire county. The
heaviest vote at general election in
recent years was in 1896 when Bryan
and Mckinley were candidates, over
1000 being cast. But at that time
the Dortch and registration laws did
not apply.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
DAN DIRECT TO
GO INTO TRAINING
FINE YOUNG STALLION OF LU-
GAS is PURCHASED BY M.
M. EDGAR.

w. L. Lucas has just sold to M. M.
Edgar, of Cleveland, Ohio, his fine
four year old stallion, Dan Direct, by
Walter Direct, dam Nellie Hal by old
Tom Hal. Mr.. Edgar has shipped the
splendid young animal to Cleveland
where he will put him in training at
once. It is understood that a nice
price was paid for the stallion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
BAD ROADS COST AS
MUCH ANNUALLY AS
THE PANAMA CANAL
COL. cHAs. E. FooTE DELIVERS
INTERESTING AND iNsTRuc-
, TIVE LECTURE.
ANsILyER CRESCENT THEATRE
Asphalt or Asphaltic Mixture Most
Durable Material of Which Good
Streets and Highways Can Be Built.
Cheaper in Long Run.

Taking as his subject Good Roads
and Good Streets" Col. Charles E.
Foote delivered very interesting
and instructive lecture at the Silver
Crescent theatre Saturday afternoon.
Quoting from absolutely reliable
statistics, the speaker showed that
bad roads cost the people of the Unit
ed States each year as much as the
construction of the Panama Caanl,
something like $400,000,0O0. He
stated that, whereas in most OF the
countries of Europe the cost Of haul
ing produce to market was on eight
cents per ton per mile, in the United
States it was twenty-three cents,
nearly three times as much. The ex-
ira fifteen cents is the toll OF bad
roads. In those countries, he stated,
1t was a question, not SO much Of how
much team could pull, but how
much the wagon would hold without
breaking down.
AS to the method Of making roads,
the speaker stated that asphalt was
the best material for construction.
His assistant illustrated his remarks
upon this material by copious pic
lures, which were taken by him in
the Island of Trinidad and in Vene.
zuela, the only two places in the
world where it is found. It is mined
by the laborers in large chunks, much
as phosphate is in this section, and
shipped by steamer to this country,
where it is melted, prepared and mix
ed with other substances for use in
building roads.
Pure asphalt is very expensive, but
the most durable of all road and
street-making materials. Mixed with
concrete, crushed stone, or sand, 1T
farms an almost equally durable sur
face, that is dustless and will last for
years without repair or any work
upon the road. Light or heavy traf'
fic upon it has little effect. At this
point, the speaker stated that one OF
the faults with modern road construc-
tion was the lack of preparing good
road base. Engineers are liable to
refiard macadam as suitable, but he
thought that all of it should be re-
moved, layer of crushed stone OF
some six or eight inches should be
laid, and upon this the asphaltic mux,
ture should be placed.
Tennessee is just beginning to ag-
itate the question of good roads. Let
me urge upon you that you do not be
content with makeshift road that
will wear out in the course Of year
or so. 1t will not pay in the long
run. The best is the cheapest in the
long run. Don't deceive yourself into
believing that one road is as good as
another. There is no greater mis-
take. Have competent engineer
lay off the road correctly and then
under his supervision construct it OF
some durable material that will be
dustless and that will not need re-
pair whenever rain comes"
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