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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

The Herald is authorized to an
nounce
Davis Mitchell
candidate for circuit court clerk.
Election Thursday, August 6, 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

a candidate for reelection as Cohsta
BILE of the second district of Maury
county. Election Thursday, August
8, 1914.
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The Herald IS authorized to an
nouncs
s. A. Hays
as a candidate for reelection to the
office of Circuit Court Clerk. Election
August 6, 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.
The Herald is authorized to an
nounce
Frank n. Smith
candidate for Circuit Court Clerk
If Maury county. Election Thursday,
August 6, 1914. DIV
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

COUNTY COURT CLERK.
The Herald Is authorized to on
nounca
Joe 7. Wilkes
q candidate for County Court Clerk
Election. Thursday. August 6, 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

The Herald is authorized to an.
nouncs
John p. Cheek
candidate for Sheriff Of Maury ooun.
ty. Election Thursday, August g.
1914
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TRUSTEE E,

TRUSTEE.
The Herald Is authorized to an
nounca
John W. Addison
a candidate for Trustee of Maury
county. Election Thursday, August
6, 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

a candidate for Constable 9Th Dis.
riot of Maury county. Election,
Thursday, August 6, 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

candidate for Sheriff of Maury
county. Election August 6, 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-10

The Herald Is authorized to an
nounce
G. D. Looney
as candidate for County Court
Clerk of Maury county. Election Au.
gust 6, 1914.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
HAROLD MORTON KRAMER
Who will lecture in this city
Tuesday Evening, Feb. Sd.

entertaining lecturers on the circuit
and everyone who enjoys good
clean entertainment should make It a
point to hear him.
The band has taken the matter up
and Is working to make the entertain
ment success and will be out that
evening and render a few selections
before the lecture
Do not forget the date, Wednesday
evening, Feb 4th, or the place, " hich
Is he Presbyterian church.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
sGbeKimberley
Gem
Ii Was Taken From the
Owner. and He Was
Obliged to Steal Il
BY ARTHUR STANTON

e,3e-SSS@@@S@9 100000
There was but one way out Of the
situation-I must become a thief, a
thief OF my own property. Possession
is nine points Of the law. and posses
sion was with my opponent He held
the gem. and could fight for it in
the courts. must get possession of
it and let him fight for it by law.
| stole it the law would convict me Of
being a thief and restore the diamond
to its supposed owner. II Benton
hadn't peached l could have got away
with my property without any trouble
This is how 1t happened. Thrown on
my beam ends. yet young and vigOr-
Gus. l resolved to strike out for some
new country where there were chances
for fellow to get a clutch on
the rounds Of the ladder Fate de
eided where | should go. Lettering on
the dock in New York. where a
steamer was loading for South Africa,
l went aboard, saw the purser and
told him would like to work my way
across the big pond. l knew how to
figure. and he needed a clerk, so he
gave me job my pay being my grub
and my passage.
Well. In time l found myself in
South Africa and. being strapped. was
obliged to go to work In the diamond
mines to keep myself from starving.
We were all searched on leaving work
each day to make sure that we had
no stones in our possession. Ii was
hard work and poor pay, especially
for me. who had been brought up in
refinement. But / had to stand it.
One Sunday took a long walk into
the country. II was a hot day. and to
get out of the sun went to some low
hills where there was shade and sat
down on the bank of a stream. Stones
and dirt were being constantly wash
ed down, and. my eyes becoming fixed
on a brown pebble. l picked it up and
looked at It. 1t was about the size
and shape Of a large almond. 1t look
ed to me like a diamond in the rough.
and If Il hadn't been so large I might
have suspected that it was n diamond
/ hadn't been working in the mines
long enough to become expert in such
matters, so | put Il in my pocket and
took 1t home. intending to get Jim
Benton. fellow workman with whom
l had fallen I'm and who seemed dis
posed to IAcFdmmy with me. to pass
III nev4eDAorget the look on Jim's
face when e turned 1t from the stone
to me.
How in the world did you ever get
out with it," he asked.
Get out with it, What do you
mean?"
"Out Of the minesT
Il didn't bring It out Of ~ mines.
I found it miles from the< mines.
What is it?"
ITS diamond"
1t was now my turn TO look peculiar.
had a fortune in my possession. but
] saw at once that 1 would be suspect
ed Of stealing it while at work and
not only lose it. but serve a term in
prison.
For heavens sake, JIM" ! said.
don't say anything about it, ! took
a long walk today and found 1t by a
stream. It must have been washed
out by the water 1t loOkef -gme-
thing like the stones we al Zging
out Of the ground, but it was so large
that l didn't think it could Nbe a dia-
mOnd."
Jim had a cast iron conscience and,
believing that l stole the stone. con
sidered it his duty to inform his en-
4 ployers Enough he mi.ht have been
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
The Grand

The following is the story OF the
production at the Grand theatre Sun
day Feb
The Secretary of the Navy orders
the U s S "Utah" to proceed to thu
Republic OF Antillas to protect
American interests during the i'm
pending revolution. On their arrival
at Caiman. the principal seaport.
Commander Benson orders lieutenant
Ward to proceed inland to Vail
diva. the capitol. and report to the
American Embassy so as TO keep him
advised OF the general situation On
bis arrival Lieutenant Ward meets
Minister Gordon and his daughter
Helen, with whom he at once fall 10
love, but finds a rival 10 the person
Of General De la Monte. the Min
lster Of War OF Antlllas. de also
meets a young inventor who has just
finished building a hydroplane.
While attending a Government ball
Helen overheRrs Gen. De la Monte
oonspirIng to Hssassinate President
Martinez and then blow up the Amer
loan battieahlp In Hn attempt to take
over the reins of the government In
his hands.
Helen tells Lieutenant Ward Of the
conspiracy. Before he has the oppor
tunIty OF thwartinR these plans Lieu
tenant Ward is wrongfully arrested
for the murder Of President Marti
uez. Minister Gordon finally OBJ
talus the freedom of Lieutenant
Ward. but not In time to prevent the
departure of the oonspirators. They
are prevented from sending a warn
ing by wireless aud Lieutenant de-
cides their only hope lies In his max
ing the flight of fifty miles In the
hydroplane. The moving picture
camera placed In the hydroplne itselt
then shows an exciting race by air
aud land. Lientenant Ward. at q
height Of To- 900 feet makes a dar-
log glide for the battleshlp an d
! reaches there barely ia time to pre-
vent Its obstruction by harbor mine
that throws a tower OF water two
hundred feet In the air. OommRn
der Benson Immediately opens fire
on the fort and during this thrilling
ombat, Lieutenant Wand asks per
mission to drop a bomb from the by
droplane. He does so with deNdly
results. No sooner Ia this battle over
than tie Utah Is attacked by the
foreign fleet and a spectacular naval
battle takes place which shows lhs
Utah defeating the fleet With the aid
OF bombs frSm the hydroplsne. The
hnal scenes OF this naval battle show
the foreign ships helpless masses OF
twisted steel with the actual sink
ing at ses OF one OF these ships
A wireless reaches Com. Benson
from the American Embassy report
that a revolt has taken place In tbs
City. Com. Benson orders 1t. Ware
to The rescue With a company Of
Marines. They engage the revolution
ists who outuumber them three &
one. After a desperate engagement
the Marines charge the foreign bat
teries and rout the enemy. 1t
Ward marched into Valdiva with thl
victorious Marines and resoues Min
later Gordon and HELEN. The las
score show Ward 10 be as successful
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
LYcEUM COURSE

Word has been received here chang
if-g the date Of Harold Mortnn Kra.
mer's lecture here from Tuesday even
ing February 3rd to Wednes day even
Jog February 4th. This change Was
uecessitated by conflict In dates
Mr.. Kramer is billed fo- Tuesday
evening at Harrison add Will be here
the next evening.
lie ls said to BIZ one Of the most
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

One evening after the Gle Ks bad
gone home l sat with the postmaster
In his office. Suddenly ] fell over IN
pretended faint and on reviviug begged
him to 90 for a doctor He did so. and
while he was gone with some wax
had provided for the purpose / took
an impression Of the lock on the safe
where diamonds waiting transporta-
ton were kept When he returned
with the doctor / was so far recovered
that l did not need the latter's serv-
Ices
The next day returned to Kimberley
and charged Benton to keep a sharp
lookout for the shipment of my Ola
mOnd. 1t may be wondered that. since
l was intending to steal my own prop
erty, | was punctiliOus as to linking
this particular stone 1t was. firstly,
because l should have had to take
good many other stones to make up its
value. and. secondly. Jim Bentons
conscience was so stiff that if he had
believed that l intended to take any
but the stone had found he might
have swung the other way and peach
ed on me again.
Jim did good work for me in looking
out for the shipment Of my stone He
was so thoroughly trusted by all those
In authority that he could ask ques-
lions about It without exciting suspi-
cion.
One day he came to me and said
that shipment Of diamonds was to be
made the next morning. and my stone
was among the number. 1t was con-
sidered so valuable that a double con-
voy would be sent out Within an
hour started for the coast.
Coming to the stream the party
would be obliged to cross, unclaimed
the boat, pulled myself over and on
reaching the opposite shore sent the
boat adrift AS l saw it disappear on
he current l felt sure the diamond
convoy would be delayed. Then
went on to the coast.
had the happiness to see the de-
layed diamond carriers coming In
when the mail steamer was well out
at sea. They took the gems to the
postmaster, who. l felt sure. would
lock them in his safe, and l had key
In my pocket that had been made from
the impression had taken. The party
went back TO Kimberley, and soon
after their departure l reappeared at
the postOffice. where / was heartily
greeted by the postmaster, whom
told that l had inspected the pOst0ffice
at Kimberley and would await the next
steamer for home.
The rest OF my work was dead easy.
complained Of not feeling well and
was Invited to lodge with the post
MASTER whose rooms were in the same
building with his office. In the mid
die of the night l went down in my
stocking feet to the safe, opened II,
felt among the stones till recognized
my diamond. relocked the safe and
went back to bed.
There was no hurry for my depar-
ture. for the diamonds would not be
taken out Of the safe till put on the
steamer. sailed on the same ship
with them and. on reaching Europe,
went to Amsterdam, where l had my
stone cut and sold 1t for a fortune.
concluded to forgive Benton, in
consideration Of his valuable assist
ance for peaching on me and offered
to give him a part Of the proceeds.
But he would take nothing and, for
aught know. Is still handling a pick
in the Kimberley mines.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
THEATRES
The Ideal

Tonight. Friday, Wet or dryf A
two reel vltaRTaph comedy called
"when Women go on the warpath"
This f. one OF the best features ever
shown 10 st. Maries. also Pathes
Weekly and an excellent drama
SATURDAY
selig presents a powerful two part
feature The Water Rat" also 1.-THE
Sheriff of Oochiss Essansy western
diana and a SeiiR comedy "HowlinR
Jones sbowing how a "Hengllshman
becomes westernlzed.
SUNDAY
Vitazraph presents 'The Tiger, I"
featuring Chas. Kent. This a power
full drama 10 which q tiger is the In
strument In tie hands Of irate father
to wreck Vengeance on the man who
eioDed with his daughter add then
deserted her. In addition there is q
Pathe comedy "JunRle Filtration
consisted Of animated cartoons, also
q strong Kalsm drama "Retribution'
and a splendid Edison called Island
ers Tongue"
Episcopal Benefit
Thursday Feb there will be 6
special entertainment at the Idea
consisting OF photo plays and &
special added attaction, songs BY 4
quartette, and instrumental trio and {
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
CATHOLIC.

Next Saturday mass at 8 O'Clock.
Before mass confession
Next Sunday High Mas at ten
thirty a. m Sunday school as usual.
Monday mass Gay mass
at eight O'Clock Before mass blessing
OF candles.
Father Vollebregt
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

Some curious facts about Mr.. Town
send. the art editor Of London Punch,
are narrated. He is a curious instance
Of ambidexterity His drawings are
done with the left hand, but his letters
are written with the right hand. He
is left handed as a billiard player, but
right handed as a card dealer. And
when he plays cricket he is a left
handed bowler but right handed
batsman.-LOndon Answers.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

The following is the story OF the
production at the Grand theatre Sun
day Feb
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

IN love as In war. as be wins Helen
after which she is presented to the
ocffieIs and crew Of the Utah, who
cheer her to an echo.
This feature will be shown Sunday
night only ut the Grand Theatre.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
Churches
PRESBYTERIAN

First Presbyterian Church Ninth
aud College streets Rev r Tweed pas
tor Sunday school at ten N
Church service at eleven m and
seven thirty p. m.
Christian Endeavor Society at six
thirty .. m. All are cordially in
vited.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
EPISCOPAL

Sunday school 10 A M Morning
prayer aud sermon. IL A M; Evening
prayer and sermon 80 p N; Lltsny
service Wednesday evening" at 30
A cordial invitatin to these serviceL
IL extended to all
W. W. Webster, min Isl err
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30
Cents and Sentiment.

One OF the strangest things In this
world Is why 1t is that even a stingy
man would sometimes rather give his
wife money than tell her be loves her
Galveston News.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

A persons character is and can be
nothing else but the total result OF
his habits Of thought-ArnoId Bennett.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

Fire Warden W. J Ross. Of ClarklR
has been spending a few DAYS In the
city.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-30

vocalist. The proceeds will go to the
chuIoh
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO %

AN ORDINANCE FOR LICENS- ING THE CARRYING ON OF GER TAIN PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLlNGS, BUSINESSES AND OC- CUPATIONS CARRIED ON WITH IN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23

Continued on Page Eleven)
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
Aged Should Eat sparInsIy.

A British scientist lays down a
regimen of hygiene for the treatment
Of the aged. 1t is pointed out that the
aged require less food of all kinds, be-
cause they utilize less. Overlooking,
or rather a normal adults ration, over
taxes their digestive powers and foods
the blood with effete products which
the kidneys and other emunctories can
not handle. Drinking water should be
encouraged, and baths, which should
be taken regularly, should be neither
hot nor cold, of short duration, and
preferably in the evening, when they
conduce to a good nights sleep. Fresh
air and exercise are indispensable.
Clothing should be light. warm, loose
and of wooden material The feet
should be well protected.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
SERVICES BEYOND ALL PRICE
Country Owes Much to Men Who
Safeguard the Vast Commerce
of the Nation.

A lightship must keep always In
one particular spot Anchored TO
the bottom of the sea, she has her
steam always up. but she never sails
unless relieved by another ship so
that she may put into port for repairs.
And such a boat is used because a
warning must be given at a place
where il is impossible to build light
house, and where even the clamor of
a gigantic bell buoy is not SUFFICIENT
to warn the navigator. No matter
how fiercely the storm beats or how
desperate may be the boats plight.
she must stay at her moorings. The
only movement she is allowed TO
make under the regulations is TO sink
when at last she can withstand the
gale no longer. II would bring them
deserved recognition II the govern
ment ever published a list OF those
who have lost their lives in the line
of such perilous duty. For about
100000 a year these men and their
craft save from diaster the billions
Of dollars worth of shipping and com
merce that come to American shores
The Popular Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
NOT so MUCH TO BE PlTlED
Visiting Englishmen Wasted Sympathy
on Man of Millions Who Was
Out for Exercise.

James Stillman once received a
group of British financiers in his i'm
posing New York Office and enter
tanned the mat luncheon in the Met
ropolitan club. Afterward he excused
himself. saying that he had important
business. But you can use my big
French motor" he said. pointing to a
splendid $4,000 machine that stood
outside. They accepted his invitation
and started off.
A few hours alter the Britons were
speeding down a hill on the Hudson
river drive. Suddenly they spied a
lone cyclist toiling up the incline. He
was pumping hard, but making
progress. AS they neared him one OF
the Britishers said:
II wonder who that beggar is?'
Poor devil" remarked another.
When they raced past him they saw
that the poor devil was their host
the head of one of the greatest OF
world banks, in whose costly car they
we're riding. Saturday Evening Post
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
Research,

Mary, aged five, was watching
mother dust the Encyclopedia Brit
nica-where it stood long phalanx
volumes on the bottom shelf OF I
bookcase.
What" she asked, SIS an encyc
pedia?"
AN encyclopedia" replied {
mother, is lot of books that tell "
about everything you want to know
The next day Mary, whose recei
studies at Sunday school had dea
with the creation, was discovere
seated upon the floor turning over ii
leaves of that volume Of the enc
clopedia which bears the superscri
ton Edw-Eva
What are you doing?" asked Il
grown-up intruder.
I'm looking for a picture of &C
making the world replied Mary.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
Plea for the Hen.

l should like to see the hen on
plane, at least, with the turkey at
the goose.
She is their superior in every VIZ
except of that size, and yet they ha'
long held the place Of honor OF
Christmas and the Thanksgiving
ner table, and they have had r.
and reams OF poetry written a
them.
But the hen, that most impor
of all feathered creatures, who WI
poetry about her? Who even ts
the trouble to know anything al
her early history in America?
owned the first hen; when and WI
did she land upon our shores?
Why not make amends for our l.
years of neglect by making her
center of the feast on the Fourth
July? Hereafter let it be our Thar
giving turkey, our Christmas goo
and our Fourth of July hen.-Atlan
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
rItta Ruffo's important Views.

A piece of baked macaroni trying
to stand upright. That Is the def
ton of the modern American woman
given to a Denver newspaper reporter
by Titta Ruffo of the Chicago Grand
Opera company.
1T ees like a piece of cooked maca'
roni making effort to stand upright,
he said with an air of disgust. "ln
Eet-aly the women are beeg. Only
beeg women are beautiful.
The American woman is very chic
and it is good for her to be a suffra'
gette. 1t is nice for woman to rule
man in America. In Eet-aly 1t is not
so nice"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
TrInidad,s Manarove Trees,

Inc mangrove tree, which is found
~ trinidad, has many peculiarities.
rOr one thing, its seeds terminate on
ne branches, and when the shoots are
considerably grown they fall off and
saAe root In the mud. AS the young
nee grows 1t sends out fresh roots
, num its trunk and lower branches,
un'h at last the tree seems to be sup
NE, rv''eu oy network of roots, or COM
s''a,ea series of arches. in the midst
winch crabs, aquatic birds and in
'ee'S take up their abode.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
He Believes In Dreams.

Never be vindlctive, even in your
sleep. Mr.. Miggs. a well-known citi-
zen of the North End, was chased by
a bull in his dreams the other night.
Across the pasture dashed Miggs, the
bull gaining at every jump. Breath
lessly Miggs reached the fence at
last, and, safe astride the top, turned
and kicked the bull in the nose, break
ing one of his toes on the wall beside
the bed. He is out on crutches this
week.-Newark News.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
Lights Influence on Flowers.

II is known that light influences
very largely the aroma of flowers. A
garden is more fragrant when 1t is
shaded than when the sun is allowed
to shine in full blaze upon 1t. This,
at any rate, is the conclusion of a
Frenchman who has recently made a
vast number Of experiments. That
which affects tho fragrance of flowers
is not the oxygen OF the atmosphere,
as has been commonly supposed, but
the light.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
Process of MIIkIno.

! DO not know that the process OF
Hhlhg has ever been described. The
. :, first clasps the upper part
49, ,ue teat, and then the middle, ring
- H'tie fingers. in rapid succession.
80 as to drive the milk before them
1.ough the orifce. The knack is
, rl difficult to acquire, and at first
,ti MY "earying to the hands, though
~, No soon passes.-From "A Farmers
"0'e Sook," by C. E. d. Phelps.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
Animal Idiosyncrasles.

Many are the idiosyncrasies of ami
mails. Some horses are afraid of a
doc some of bit of paper, some
bear, some of a car. ] have
two mules to shy at big yell
icumber on a fence, and COW
merly owned could not endure
any mans hat removed
Oldest trick recorded of a rid
imal is that of Balaam's ass,
led to crush its riders foot
the wall. Biting, paving and
are also described in the Scrip
A balky team figures in Esop
laucer. That the horse of
acens used to shy is shown by
ADDITIONAL inquiry, IF they
King Richard was In that
This same baking, or jib-
all its varieties, is one of the
yravating of vices.-From "A
Note Book" by c. f. Phelps.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
The MontessorI system.

Old-Fashioned Mother-What>is this
Montessori system of child education
that hear so much about?
Old-Fashioned Father dunno, ex-
actly, but the keynote of it seems TO
be votes for children"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-04-30
ecessity for Extras"

CSCooitJ iOi CSto os
wed-Seems to me our gro
are very high for two per-
Iwed-You wanted me to he
Il, you know, and I've been
the bread crumbs for pud-
wed-Quite right, my love,
buildings they were. but /
ing of the grocery bills.
wedges; you see, 1t takes
worth of other things to
bread crumbs taste good