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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
GROUND SOAKER
FALLS IN COUNTY
FIRST GULLEY WASHING RAIN
THIS SECTION HAS HAD IN
MANY MOONS.

For the first time in more than six
months Maury county had real "gul-
ley washing" rain on Friday night.
It was the first real winter down
pour Of the season and as a conse-
quence the country Is wetter this
morning than it has been since last
June. For a time in the early even
ing the rain came down in sheets and
the drains and gulleys along the
roads were full Of water, a rather
unusual sight in these parts. The
heavy down pour did not last long
enough, however, to do any real dam
age to lands. Moreover the lands of
the county are SO much better covered
this winter with green cover crops
that they will not be as susceptible
to washing this spring, even with the
usual rainfall as they have been in
the past. Following the rains there
was decided drop in the mercury,
freezing temperature coming before
day light this morning. A further de-
cline in the temperature is promised
before in the morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
NEGRO GIRL IN JAIL
ON THE CHARGE OF
ATTEMPTED ARSON
FANNY JONES ALLEGED TO
HAVE SET FIRE TO
HOUSE.
CASE SET FOR this AFTERNOON
Suspicious Blaze at Home Of Mrs.
Irene Nicholson in Highland Park
Leads to Arrest Of Negro Girl-cap-
tain Kidd at Work on Case.

Fanny Jones, negro girl, has been
arrested for attempting to set fire to
the home Of Mrs. Irene Nicholson in
Highland Park last Wednesday. The
fact has been known in a quiet way
for two or three days, but the details
were suppressed in order that some
witnesses, who were wanted to testi-
fly, might not be notified before the
case came up for trial.
AS soon as suspicion pointed to-
ward the girl, Capt. Kidd, of Law
|renceburg, was at once notified and
came up to gather evidence in the
case. He has been quietly at work
since Wednesday on the case, and has
gathered enough, he thinks, to con.
vict the girl.
According to local officers Mrs.
Nicholson saw smoke issuing from
under the house Wednesday after.
noon, and went at once to the scene
Of it. 1t took little trouble to put out
the fire, as thad aimed but short
Roadway. On Investigation she found
that the girl had piled up bunch OF
shavings and chips, to which it is
thought that she set fire. The girl
was seen to 60 into the cellar, that led
under the house, a few minutes be.
fore, according to Mrs. Nicholson. 1t
was impossible for the fire to have
started by itself, as there were NO
holes in the floor through which a
match or coal of fire might have drop
ped. 1t is also stated that there were
tracks that led to the place of the fire
The case Of the girl, who has been
cooking for Mrs. Nicholson, will prob
ably come up this afternonon. She
has been in Jail since Thursday. Nc
reason can be assigned for her alleg
ed attempt to burn the house.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06

some advantages, it is entirely prob
able that the world would never have
heard of Brown Hal, who has done
more to bring fame and notice to this
section than any other single agency.
Brown jug was also bought by Mr..
Fry when colt. He thought so lit
tie of him that he even sold him to a
negro for SIS, but on the failure Of
the later to pay for him in the stipu-
lated time, he took him back. He
showed such speed under the saddle
that Mr.. Fry finally placed him in
the hands of Mr.. Dawes, of Marshall
county, to train and develop. AS a
Ave year old he was carried north by
Mr.. Fry where he raced so sensation
ally on the Grand Circuit that he sold
him when an offer of $500 was made
for him. Later on his purchaser dis
posed Of him to Commodore Kitson
for the sum Of $4,000, one of the
largest prices that was ever paid for
"a pacing horse.
Mr.. Fry is still lover Of good
horses and has quite number of roy
ally bred ones at his stock farm near
Mooresville. He is master of the
art of judging good one, and few
are the points that he does not know
either about pedigrees or the qualities
that go to make race horse. He
has owned and bred many others that
have taken fast records, but never
has had the luck that he had in the
purchase of Brown Hal and Little
Brown jug, which together did not
cost him over 500, but whose later
value was between $4,000 and $4,000
1t Is a rare man that can own two as
good and valuable pieces of horse
flesh in life time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
ADMITS HE WAS
GUILTYFOR WRECK
.FLAGMAN SENTENCED FOR COL
LISBON THAT COST TWEEN.
TY-ONE LIVES.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 3d.
Charles H. Murray, f1agman of the
Bar Harbor Express on the New Ha-
ven Railroad, at New Haven on Sept
2, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and
was sentenced to one year in Jail
Sentence was suspended and Murray
put in care of the probation officer
The wreck cost 81 lives.
The court said that Murray's negli.
gence was very remote and the real
cause was the system under which
the flagman worked.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
NOVELTY SHOW
DRAWS BIG CROWD
LOCAL ARTISTS HAVE NEARLY
FULL. HOUSE IN SPITE OF
THE WEATHER.

The rain and inclement weather
had little effect upon the attendance
at the show given by the Greenfield
Minstrels Friday night at the New
Grand. The house was nearly full,
and the big audience gave the local
boys the glad hand on every number.
Probably the numbers that evoked
the most applause were those given
by Earl and Ralph Barker. Their
jokes and songs brought shouts of
laughter and rounds of applause. An.
other act that was unusually good
was the one given by Messrs. Green
field and Hahn. They gave selec-
tions on three different instruments.
McDougal and Ware were good in
their parts as black face comedians,
impersonating the looks, talk and
ways Of true sons Of Ham with all the
grace and ease of finished perform
ere.
The success of the show was large-
ly due to the unremitting efforts and
tireless energy of Chief Booster
Chares Rambo, who has played a
prominent part in the success that
the Greenfield Orchestra has attained
in Columbia. He has given unceas-
ingly of his time and moneny to pro-
mote this very laudable addition to
the city's musical organizations, and
the prominence and fame that it has
attained is a tribute to his energy and
tireless boosting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
A WINTER COUCH

A stubborn, annoying, depressing
cough hangs on, racks the body,
weakens the lungs, and often leads
to serious results. The first dose of
DR.. Kings New Discovery gives re-
lief. Henry D. Sanders, of Caven-
dis, VT, was threatened with con-
sumption, after having pneumonia.
He writes: "Dr. Kings New Discov-
cry ought to be in every family; it
is certainly the best of all medicines
for coughs, colds or lung trouble"
Good for children's coughs. Money
back If not satisfied. Price SOC.
and $1.00. At all Druggists.-H. e.
Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or st.
Louis. (Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
GREAT PACING SIRE
QtCE SOLD FOR
PALIRy sum $3.50
VISIT OF OZRO N. FRY RECALLS
THE SALE OF BROWN
HAL
He ALSO OWNED BROWN JUG
These Famous Brothers Once Brought
Less Than $100--Latter Brought
$4,000, While Former Was Almost
as Valuable.

The visit of Ozro N. Fry to Column
bia Friday recalled the conspicuous
part that he has played in the making
of race horse history in this state
and the country at large. Only few
of the older generation, who still
have vivid interest in pacing horses,
remember the conspicuous role that
he has occupied in racing history. He
was never a man who raced his
horses extensively, but rather gained
his niche in race horse annals by the
breeding and developing Of them.
Few men know that he was the man
who once owned and partially devel-
oped two of the most widely known
horses in pacing history. These were
Brown Hal and Little Brown Jug. The
former is probably the greatest of all
pacing horse sires, while the latter
once sold for $4,000 to Commodore
Kitson.
While in the office Friday he told
the story of how he got possession of
them Brown Hal and Brown jug
were full brothers, sons of old Tom
Hal, who was owned at Mooresville
by R. H. Moore. The owner Of the
former tried to sell him to Mr.. Fry
when he was sucking colt, but he
thought the price of $35 asked for
him was too high. He bided his time,
hwever, and when winter rolled on
and horse feed was scarce and high,
the colt was SO poor and skinny that
his owner finally agreed to take
$3.50 for him. Mr.. Fry took him at
this price and kept him until he was
a three or four year old when he was
fully developed and strikingly fine
looking horse. He then sold him
to Messrs. Mac Campbell and Camp
bell Brown at the reputed price of
$3.50. He was then placed by them
in the hands of E. F. Geers, the
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for these gentlemen at Spring Hill,
and who campaigned him in subse-
quent years, giving him a mark Of
2:12h to high wheels, very fast re-
cord at that time. It has been stated
that Mr.. Geers said that this colt,
which once sold for $27.50, was the
fastest natural PAGER that he ever
drove. He went wrong, though, be-
fore he could be given lower mark,
and had to be retired to the stud at
Ewell Farm, where for years he held
the record Of having more 2:1O pac-
ers to his credit than any pacing sire.
living or dead. The career OF this
great horse illustrates the fact that
the greatest of them spring very
often from very obscure circumstances
as do many great men. Had Mr..
Fry never bought and given the colt
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
NEW FIRE ENGINE
WILL NOT ARRIVE
BEFORE MARCH Is
ACTING RECORDER PORTER Err
WIN RECEIVES LETTER TO
THAT EFFECT.
WAS EXPECTED THIS MONT
Delay Due to the Failure of Some of
Steel Castings to Arrive on Time at
the Factory-Will Be Here in
March. ~

Acting City Recorder Porter
Erwin has received word that the new
fire engine for Columbia will not ar
rive here before March Is. It had
been confidently expected that the
new apparatus for the fire department
would arrive by today, but the letter
from the Observation-Disclosures Fire En-
CINE Co., received by Mr.. Erwin today
states that this will be impossible on
account of the delays encountered at
the factory.
The letter is as follows:
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 80, 1914.-Mr.
w. P. Erwin, Acting Recorder, Co
lumbia, Tenn. Der Sir: In refer
ence to your motor apparatus would
say, our factory advises us, under
date Of Jan. 9th, that your pumping
engine will be shipped about March
18th. We quote you excerpt from
their letter as follows:
Explain to Columbia, Tenn, that
the delay in shipment is due to dis
appointment in receiving certain spec
ial steels, though the material was
promised us originally at a time
which would have allowed complet-
ling our orders within the contract Pc
riod. You can appreciate that we
cannot foresee a condition such as
this. All orders received some time
ahead of Columbia were delayed in
completion and consequently we could
not make any better progress than in
dicated."
"We assure you that we regret
more than we can express the delay
in delivery of your machine, and sin
cerely trust you will accord us neces-
sary indulgence under the circum-
stances. With kindest regards and
best wishes, Yours very truly.
Observation-Disclosures. FIRE EN-
CINE CO., Inc,
| BY P. o. Hebert, Sou. Mgr.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
TWO MURDER CASES
AFFIRMED BY COURT
JAS. DURHAM, OF SUMNER, AND
LEONARD SMITH, OF GILES,
MUST SERVE TERMS,

Special The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 31.-Two
second degree murder cases were af-
firmed by the court, James Durham,
of Sumner county, receiving twenty
years in prison and Leonard Smith, of
Giles county, receiving fifteen years.
The case of Frank Holman, of Rob-
ertson county, for the killing of
Claude Norman, was reversed and re-
manded, and the court took occasion
to rebuke the district atorneyt for the
tactics pursued in the trial of the
case.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
CHARGE TO JURY IN
CHAUFFEUR'S CASES

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Trial of the
sixteen mail wagon chauffeurs charg-
ed with conspiracy to obstruct and
retard the mails in last October's
strike, neared close today when
Federal Judge Killits began his
charge to the jury. He announced
that he expected to give the case to
the jury by tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
FEEL MISERABLE?

Out of sorts, depressed, pain in the
back-Electric Bitters renews your
health and strength. A guaranteed
Liver and Kidney remedy. Money
back if not satisfied. 1t completely
cured Robert Madsen, of West Bur-
lington, Iowa, who suffered from
virulent liver trouble for eight
months. After four doctors gave him
up, he took Electric Bitters and is
now well man. Get bottle to-day;
it will do the same for you. Keep
in the house for all liver and kidney
complaints. Perfectly safe and de.
pendable. It's results will surprise
you. soc. and $1.00.-H. e. Bucklen
& Co., Philadelphia or st. Louis.
(Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
RAISE MONEY FOR
KINGS DAUGHTERS

At Hay-Long School at Mt. Pleasant
Thursday night a delightful enter
tainment was given by local talent.
A neat sum was realized for the
Kings Daughters home Of the incura-
bles at Memphis, the entertainment
being given under the auspices of the
local circle of Kings Daughters.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
FEDERAL LEVY WORK
is RECOMMENDED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O-Federal
construction of revetments in front
of Vicksburg, Miss, to prevent the
collapse Of banks of the canal leading
from Continental lake to the Missis-
sippi river, at cost Of s125,O00, was
recommended today by the war de-
partment, which conditioned its APP
proyal upon local cooperation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
MT. PLEASANT HAS
NO HEALTH OFFICER

The enterprising little city Of Mt.
Pleastn has no health officer at this
time. And being located in the DIM
pie where folks are generally pretty
healthy, there seems to be no press
ing need for one. Dr. G. G. English
was elected to the place, but refused
to serve and the Office has been va
cant for some time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
THE KING OF ALL LAxAruves

For constipation, use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka, OF
Buffalo, N. Y, says they are the
king of all laxatives. They are a
blessing to all my family and | al
ways keep a box at home" Get a
box and get well again. Price Csc.
At Druggists or by mail.-H. e. Buck
len & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis.
(Advt.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
BETTER TO TAKE THAN
DANGEROUS CAL0MEL

Dodson's Liver Tone is a wholesome,
reliable medicine that is guaranteed to
take the place of calomel Dodsons
Liver Tone strengthens the liver-it
does not drive it to its work by over
stimulating it as calomel does.
Dodson's Liver Tone does not have
any of the dangerous after-effects of
calomel., 1t doesn't knock you all out"
for a day or two the way calomel often
does. 1t is a vegetable liquid-abso-
lutely safe for either children or grown
people. Everybody likes its taste, and
it makes you feel good and lively.
No restriction of habit or diet neces-
sary.
Get large bottle at Fields Co., Inc,
for only fifty cents and try it. If it
doesn't satisfy you. if it doesn't take
the place of calomel to your satisfac-
ton, you can get your money back by
simply asking for it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS

in its shell. While the pupae is rest
ing near the surface of the water the
skin splits. Through this split tho
head, antennae, and the proboscis of
the mosquito slowly emerge above the
water.
Larvae Are CannibaIs.
The two fore legs are thrust out and
rest upon the water at either side of
the pupae case, making little dimples
on the film of the liquid These are
followed by the next pair of legs, and
then for half an hour the partly hatch
ed mosquito remains floating on the
discarded skin. The wings then gent
ly emerge and unfold, and the last pair
of legs are drawn out. Then the mos
quito flies away. If during this pro-
cess there is a puff of wind or a dis
turbance in the water the mosquito is
drowned. 1t is the fateful period of it's
life.
But If there is not enough food for
the 300 larvae in the water they will
kill each other, and only the stronger
or the luckiest will survive the pupae
stage. They will sink all considera-
tons of family ties in their desire to
live. In the meantime, however, the
mother of the first raft returns to lay
second the first generation OF her
children will consume readily their
stepbrothers and sisters. This can.
nibalism, however occurs only as a
last resort.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
ORDINANCE NO. 414.

An ordinance to adjudicate the fact Of
publication of notice according to
law, of Ordinance No. Alb to change
and extend the corporate limits and
boundaries of the City Of Hatties-
burg, Mississippi.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board
of Commissioners of the City of Hat
tiesburg:
Section /. That Ordinance No. AIS,
entitled IAN ordinance to change and
extend the corporate limits and boun-
daries of the city of Hattiesburg, so
as to include in the corporate limits
of said city the following described
tract of land: Commencing at the in
tersection of the easterly line of the
right of way of the New Orleans &
Northeastern Railroad with the south
line of sections 2 and 8, township 4
north, range IS west, which intersec-
ton is at or near the southwest cor
ner of section 2, township north,
range 10 west; thence east along the
south line of section to point which
is distant 400 feet at right angles from
the center line of the New Orleans
& Northeastern Railroad; thence
northeasterly parallel with the center
| line of the New Orleans & Northeast
ern Railroad and distant 400 fee
therefrom, to the western bank OF Lea
river; thence northwesterly along thu
western bank of Leaf river to thu
right of way line of the New Orleans
& Northeastern Railroad; thence
southwesterly along said right OF wa.
line to its intersection with the soutl
line of section 8, township A north
range 10 west; thence east along tn
south line of section 8, township
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
MOSQUITOES Do NOT
BREED IN HIGH GRASS
EGGS ARE LAID ON SURFACE or
sTAGNANT WATER. WHERE
LARVAE MATCHES.
(By w. A. Evans, M. d.

From time to time letters have been
received by The Chicago Tribune dis
playing the erroneous ideas of great
many people as to the life cycle of the
mosquito and the places of its breed
ing. Many have insisted that mos
quitoes breed in tall grasses and in
manure. To correct this error once
and for all times, using for authority
Prof. e. H. Ross of England, The Chi
cago Tribune reprints as simply as
possible the stages in the life of this
insect.
From the moment the mosquito egg
is laid the living larvae begins its fight
for life. The life of the larvae in the
egg is very short if there happens to
be any goldfish in the water in which
the egg has been aid or any bird may
gobble up the entire egg raft. AS soon
as the larvae has left the egg and be
comes a wriggler its first trouble
may be to find food. Its mother has
flown away to annoy another human
being and has left 1t to take care oil
itself, together with 300 or 400 broth
ers and sisters. If the wriggler can
find suitable food, and the water is
warm, it grows very rapidly, shedding
its skin every two or three days and
gradually growing darker in color, un
til at the end Of the tenth day it enters
the pupae stage.
Breathes Through Tail.
Neither the larvae or pupae are fish
They are insects, and require air. The
larvae breathes through its tail and
the pupae through two little trumpet
like tubes in it's head.
The pupae stage in hot weather
lasts about twenty-four hours. During
this stage the insect is gradually form
ing within the pupae skin, much as
the kernel of nut loosens itself with.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
THE LOST INDIVIDUAL.
(From the Chicago Tribune.)

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
After the first German forces had
gone into Belgium against Liege there
was found on one of the roadways the
body of a man holding an umbrella.
Some orderly, circumspect citizen, ac-
customed to guarding himself against
such accidents of life as a sudden
downpour, had gone from home, carry
ing that protection of responsibility,
an umbrella. Responsibility does not
submit to the discomfort of dripping
clothes and the umbrella is the token
of precise nature.
His fate was sufficiently terrible in
it's irony to get line in the cables,
and the picture of the man with the
umbrella lying dead in the roadway as
the troops passed on was given us.
The man with the umbrella was the
individual and Europe no longer is
made up of individuals. 1t is made up
of masses. The individual has been
lost. A regiment may be scattered, a
brigade routed, division hammered,
but the individual is gone.
Two weeks ago the life of the man
with the umbrella was sacred. He
might have been a timed person, but
he would have gone almost anywhere
in Europe perfected by his own con-
I seriousness of his individual value. So
ciety was organized to protect him
Laboratories and law, health officers
and policemen, psychologists and sur
geons, worked to guard him.
His individualism was consciously
, important Suddenly it became moth
ing. Only masses count. The indt
vidual is lost.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
SUMMER COUGHS ARE
DANGEROUS

Summer colds are dangerous. They
indicate low vitality and often lead to
serious Throat and Lung Troubles, in
Guiding Consumption. DR.. Kings New
Discovery will relieve the cough or
cold promptly and prevent compiled
tions. 1t is soothing and antisepti7
and makes you feel better at once
To delay is dangerous-get a bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery at once
Money back if not satisfied. SOC and
s1.00 bottles at your Druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21

Let The News Job Department prln'
your stationery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
INFECTION AND INSECT BITES
DANGEROUS

Mosquitoes, flies and other insects,
which breed quickly in garbage pals,
ponds of stagnant water, barns, musty
places, etc, are carriers of disease
Every time they bite you, they inject
poison into your system from which
some dread disease may result. Get
bottle of Sloan's Liniment. 1t is
antiseptic and a few drops will neu-
tralize the infection caused by insect
bites or rusty nails. Sloan's Liniment
disinfects Cuts, Bruises and Sores
You cannot afford to be without it in
your home. Money back if not salts
ed. Only Csc at your Druggist
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-21
CONSTIPATION CAUSES SICKNESS

Don't permit yourself to become
constipated, as your system immedi-
ately begins to absorb poison from
the backed-up waste matter. Use DR..
Kings New Life Pills and keep well.
There is no better safeguard against
illness. Just take one dose tonight.
Csc at your Druggist.