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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
REVENUE REPORT
Of COUNTY CLERK
SHOWS INCREASE
MORE FUNDS COLLECTED LAST
MONTH THAN IN OCTOBER,
1914
REPORT IS MADE PROMPTLY
Every Settlement Is Closed on the
First Day of the Month Although
Ten Days Are Allowed in Which
to Mako Them.

That better times are here is again
indicated in the increased revenue
collections of the county court clerks
office The receipts from privileges
and merchants ad valorem taxes
were larger during the past month
than they we're for the same month of
last year September also showed an
increase over the previous Septem-
bef.
During the past month the state
taxes collected by Clerk Lpscomb
amounted to $80S.25 as compared
with s754.42 for the same month of
last year The county collections
were $76S.S6 as compared with $742.69
for October, 1914; school collections
amounted to $f01.32 for the month as
compared with $306.6O for October,
1914, and the road taxes were $69.32,
as against $1O5S5 last year.
There is probably not a clerk or
collecting officer Of any character. IN
the state who is more prompt in max.
ing settlements and reports than the
ebliging clerk Of Maury county. On
the last day Of the month Mr.. Lips
comb begins to make out his reports
and on the first day of the month they
are completed and every cent due to
any fuRd is paid over on that day and
the books are closed with red ink.
The law allows the clerk until the
tenth of the meath to make settle
ments but he always has nine days Of
grace, that he does not use.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
REVIVAL IN THE
STEEL TRADE
AND MILLS ARE NOW
IN OPERATION BOTH NIGHT
AND DAY.

NEW YORK, Oct. $50 great has
been the sudden and general revival
in the American iron and steel trade,
authorities said here today, that with
virtually every blast furnace and
steel mill in the country working
night and day to capacity, the de-
mand for iron, steel and steel pro-
ducts cannot be satisfied and 1t is al
most Impossible to buy, for immedi-
ate delivery, scrap or ingots in sizable
quantities.
The revival that began the first OF
last July has been coming on rapidly,
with a deluge of orders since the mid
die of August and may not yet have
reached Its high mark. Within these
three months the price OF pig iron,
long regarded as the barometer OF
trade. has increased approximately
IS per cent
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
GOOD CITIZEN
GOES TO REWARD
DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME
ON KNOB cREEk-FUNERAL
SERVICES HELD MONDAY.

Thurston Pigg, q respected farmer
of the Knob Creek neighborhood, died
at his home Sunday morning morning
at $40 o'clock. Mr.. Pigg had been
sick for some time but had been in
bed for only one day and his death
was very unexpected. He was 80
years, S months and 6 days old. He
was a member Of the Methodist
church, prosperous farmer and a
highly respected citizen. His death
will be a shock to numerous friends.
He is survived by a wife and four
children, father and mother, one sis
ter and three brothers.
Funeral services we're held at the
Santa Fe Methodist church Monday
morning at II o'clock, by DR.. Waite.
Interment took place at the Santa Fe
cemetery.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
DR.. FORGEY BEFORE
PARENT TEACHERS
WELL KNOWN PHYSICIAN WILL
DELIVER LECTURE AT
MCDOWELL.

DR.. Charles A. Forgey, one of the
leading members of the medical pro-
fession of the city, will deliver lee
ture on tuberculosis in Young Chill.
dren" before the Parent Teachers AS
sociation of Mcdowell school at the
next meeting on Friday afternoon at
2:3O o'clock. A full attendance of all
the parents and friends of the school
is urged. DR.. Forgey has given a
great deal Of thought to the subject
and his address will be worthy Of the
closest attention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
TAX RECEIPTS
ABOUT THE SAME
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN COL.
LECTION FOR MONTH OF r
OCTOBER.

Collection of taxes in the trustees
office for the past month we're almost
identically the same that they were
for the same month of last year. In
October, 1914, the total collections Of
the Office were 1925 and for the past
month they were $S11.
Road Communication taxes from pres.
ent Indications will pass the mark Of
last year. The total is already about
equal to that of 1914 and the trustees
expects to add about $1OO or more be-
fore the end of the year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
MUCH.AC1IVIlY
IN MULE TRADE
MANY SALES ARE REPORTED BY
THE FIRM OF HAYS G.
WRIGHT.

Hays & Wright report the following
sales: Half load yearlings to J. A.
Gilbreath; load of sugar colts to John
Dixon; half load sugar colts to J. P.
johnson; to W. T. Younger, seven
mules; Al Dowdy, Linden, thirty
colts; Abraham Bros, Montgomery,
twenty-six cotton mules; John Fox,
Dalton, Ga, half load cotton mules;
R. B. shueman, Florida, mixed load
Of mules and horses; Hence Frierson,
six yearling mules; Stewart Fleming,
thirty good colts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
STEAMER FLYING
U. S. FLAG SEIZED
THE HOOKING Is TAKEN INTO
HALIFAX BY PRIZE
CREW.

HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 2.-The
Dutch steamer Hamborn, from New
York, and the steamer Hooking, from
New York for Norfolk, were brought
into port today by prize crews from a
British warship
The Hooking was formerly the Dan.
ish steamer Gronland, but was re-
Gently changed to American registry
and was flying the American flag
when overhauled by the warship.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
WOULD COMPEL THE
ATTENDANCE PUPILS
|NcOLUMB|A SCHOO,
BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL RIG.
IDLY ENFORCE coMPULso.
RY LAWS.
TO EMPLOY lRUANT OFFICER
superintendent Harris Submits Most
Encouraging Report on the Work
That Is Being Done by the Several
Schools for Term,

The board of education met in the
city hall Tuesday night. The cues.
tion of obtaining more fire insurance
was referred to the board of mayor
and aldermen for settlement. All ac.
counts were approved and ordered to
be paid.
Superintendent Harris was elected
custodian Of the new high school
building. He is to use, or let be used,
the auditorium as he sees proper.
One Of the most important actions
put before the board and voted on
was the appointment of committee
composed of U. H. Foster, Frank Ben
nett and w. P. Boyd to cooperate
with the mayor and aldermen in se-
lecting an officer to enforce the COM
pulsory law within the city limits
Heretofore there has been an officer
to look after both the city and ceun-
ty and it was decided best to have a
county officer and . city officer, this
will enable them to see that the law
is strictly enforced.
After the report of the committees
and the business of the board was
acted upon, Superintendent Harris
made his report Mr.. Harris stated
that he had visited all of the city
schools several times during the past
month and had given each one
thorough investigation and has found
all of them in fine working order.
There are 389 pupils enrolled at the
negro school and the scholarship is
improving, attendance is good, and
everything ie working smoothly. At
the Andrews school there are 401 pu-
pills enrolled. The first grade is in
charge of three efficient teachers,
namely Misses wilkins, Jones and
Gilbert. The second grade is divid-
ed into two sections and is under the
directions of Misses Moore and Voss.
Mr.. Harris stated that this grade was
more nearly arranged than any other
grade in school, The third, fourth
and fifth grades all are differently ar
ranged from last year. The overflow
of these three grades are placed in a
separate class and is in charge OF
Miss Ussery. The three grades are
under the direction of Mr.. Thomas,
Miss Gray mad Miss Huston. Mr..
Harris is we'll pleased with the work
that is being accomplished at this
school.
There are 415 pupils enrolled at the
high school, making the total number
enrolled at the three schools over
twelve hundred. All Of the equipment
for the new building has not yet ar
rived but other than this the ma
chinery is oiled and running smooth
ly" Mr.. Harris stated that the force
was not sufficient to handle the in
creased attendance and dismiss
school at the regular time but that
they are forced to hold forty minutes
later. There are nine efficient teach
ers at this building and they are Of
fering six courses of study instead of
the two that has been given for the
past several years.
Before adjourHing, c. D. Adkisson
was selected to solicit, advertise and
receive bids for the razing of the old
high school building.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
LADIES TEA ROOM
OPENED IN CITY

Misses Emma Kennedy and Sue
Todd walker have opened on Garden
street a most attractive ladies tea
room and on Monday enjoyed a very
large patronage from mny friends in
the country. They have received
bmany compliments upon their enter
nrise
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-05
SPECIAL TURNPIKE
ACT OF 1905 VOID
DECLARES M'KN|CHT
VIOLATES THAT PROVISION OF CONSTITUTION
WHlCHGIvEs sCoRPoRATIoNSv VESTED RIGHTS
UNDER THE GENERAL CORPORATION ACT
CT THE STATE

EXHAUSTIVE AND ELABORATE OPINION DELIVERED Hy uncE
OF THE COUNTY COURT IN CASE OF THE STATE va
COLUMBIA GOODWIN & SAN IA FE TURNPIKE COMPANY AND
HORACE RAINEy, INDIcTE o FOR FAILURE TO PLACE COAT
ING OF cHERT, SAND cINpERs OVER THE STONE ON r.r
ROAD BED OF THE TURNPl KE-DEMuRRER OF THE DE-
PENDANTS SUSTAINED OTHER POINTS RAISED ARE DE-
cIoEo IN FAVOR OF coNTE NrIoNs OF THE STATE.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL
BANK.

The officials of this institution are
as follows: Mr. Peter Thompson,
president; Ernest Thompson, vice
president; Henry Mystrom, cashier.
This institution does a general bank
ing business. Farm loans receive spe-
cial attention and the sound, conser-
vative business done in real estate
mortgages is one of the big features
of this banks prosperity. Five per
cent is paid on time deposits, which
is a most liberal interest rate indeed.
Owing to this generous figure deal
of individual deposit business has
been the portion of The Citizens Ma
tional Bank that might otherwise
have been wasted. One dollar opens
the ordinary individual checking &C
count and the industrious and thrifty
people in Worthington and the vicin-
ity are fast realizing the value of put
ting by the solitary dollar which goes
to make grand total eventually that
stands for financial independence. A
savings department is maintained and
in this connection has grown with
amazing rapidity. Foreign exchange
is written here, bank drafts, cashiers
checks, travellers checks, and a safety
deposit box vault is at all times ap-
preciated by the public, a great Num-
Der of whom have taken advantage of
this means of safety for valuable pa
pcrs.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01
ALBINSON-BOBERG LUM-
Der co.

Mr.. J. A. Aalbinson, president of
this company, has been in business for
himself now for nineteen years in the
retailing of lumber, building mate
rial and fuel. The line is a general
. one and also one that has won the
thorough appreciation of the inhabi-
tants of Worthington and surrounding
vicinity for the very completeness of
it in all its departments and also the
fact that it has been established for
SO many years full of successful and
honest endeavor in the supply of the
wants and needs of the thousands of
farmers and citizens of Worthington
and its territory tributary. In the
rough unfinished lumber there is suit
able timbering for joists, stills, beam
ings and heavy bridge framework;
while in the mill work finished prod
uct there is all the heart could desire
in the way of sashes, doors, screen
frames, flooring, mouldings and the
like. In the miscellaneous building
supplies are included shingles, 1ath,
lime, cement, brick, stone, wall board,
roofing of all kinds. This concern has
the agency for several different makes
of silos, the Merger Aerator, and also
the material for the building of same
Every grade of coal for specific and
general purposes is at all times to be
procured here, while the wood fuel is
handled the year round. Few indeed
are the yards that handle and carry
SO large line of all the essentials of
the lumber and fuel trade. We recon-
mend this firm to your consideration
when you are in the market for lum-
Der, fuel or building materials.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01
JOHN w. TUTHILL LUM-
Der co.

The general office of the John w.
Tuthill Lumber Company is at Sioux
Falls, S. D., but this branch here in
Worthington is without doubt one of
the best yards maintained by the com.
pany, and one that is productive of
greater business than the majority:
Building material, general lumber and
coal are the departments taken care
Of Rough timbering,. finished mill
work for flooring, mouldings, sashes,
doors, screen frames, etc., while all
kinds of soft and hard coal are to be
had the year round. Lath, shingles,
cement, brick, stone and all accessory
building materials are constantly in
store, while this company is also the
agent for the Weyerhauser Silo,
Queen Cupolas, as we'll as the mate
rial for building individual silos,
Beaver board and wall board. Mr..
Ole Swanson is manager for the COM
pany at Worthington. This firm has
been doing a nice business right along
since the first opening and stands
particularly we'll in public opinion in
Worthington, and is enjoying steady
increase in trade with each succeeding
year in which this yard operates.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01
Worthin@ton, Minnesota

manufacturers of Better Butter and
Nonpareil Ice Cream. Besides this
they are packers and shippers of eggs
and poultry. The products handled
or manufactured by this concern are
far above the ordinary and average ar
ticles of consumption of their kind.
The fame of the quality embodied in
the products turned out by the Worth
ington Creamery & Produce Company
has spread over an area of territory
which is not circumscribed by any
line drawn in the northwest, but is fast
taking on national proportions in de-
mand and application for this quality
of article. An immense shipment bus
mess is done and every time a ship
ment goes forth it means that there
will be just so much more business
come in as result of it. So taken
all in all this is one of the most pros
porous of the many lines of endeavor
found in Worthington.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01
WORTHINGTON CREAM
cry & PRODUCE co.

Telephone 100 for your supply of
butter, ice cream, eggs, poultry or
kindred lines, then you'll be sure to do
it right and get the best the market
affords. They have been in business
for some four years to this date and
are getting more business right along
Mr. E. O. Olson is the manager in
charge, and he is running the bust
ness as it should be run, from a quail
ity and satisfaction of service stand
point to the customer of Worthington,
or outside points. These people are
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01

Hardly a city packed with nobility,
despite the fact that Worthington is
the county seat of Mobiles county, but
at that there is noble opportunity
for the earnest person to achieve
financial and economic independence
in the pursuit of his calling here in
this city. There are about three thou
sand people in Worthington. Nearly
every one knows that Worthington is
located on the Chicago, St. Paul. Mil
waukee & Omaha Railway, and the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way, ffty-six miles southwest of St.
James, The prosperous cities IN
southern Minnesota are most numer-
Gus, but this is surely one of the most
prosperous and possesses the greatest
majority of it's inhabitants in COM
parative1y affluent and economically
independent state of any of the cities
of similar size in this wide sweep of
country. There are half dozen nice
churches in St. James, the Catholic
church being one of beauty and in
spiration. The commercial club is up
to snuff at all times, but finds its work
not so hard, as there are so many peo-
pie who have heard favorably regard
ing Worthington and surrounding 10
cality that the infowing tide is nu-
merous enough for all practical pur-
poses. There is crack military
company here and an elegant armory
aids the soldier boys in their drill
not little. The three hospitals are
among the most hospitable of hospi
tails in this hospitable section of the
land. Like other towns in this district
a creamery is we'll nigh indispensable
and Worthington has a good one, too.
The public library contains several
thousand of carefully selected VOL
umes; two grain elevators give indica-
ton of the business in this line;
brick and tile plant ships far and
wide throughout the breadth of this
glorious Northwest; the municipal
electric light plant is we'll conducted
enterprise for the public good and en-
lightenment; the water works are all
that could be hoped for; and two pa
pers are above the average in their
vim, dash, and news sense. From
Worthington are shipped a diversity
of products, ranging down through
hay, grain, wool, live stock, produce
and ice. Improved land is worth from
$50 to $3.50 per acre and uninproved
from SOS to $50 per acre.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01
MOBILES COUNTY.

This county was created May q,
1857, with the county seat at Graham
Lakes, which was later changed to
Worthington, the present county seat.
The area of the county is 1856
square miles, or 465,7416 acres, Of
which 454,877.12 acres are land and
1O,827N acres are water, the land
surface is divided into 1879 farms.
In 1913 the county had eight cream
cries the output of which was 1,O6O,17O
pounds of butter. The live stock of
the county for 1913 was as follows:
horses, 1885, cattle, 1885,; sheep,
7,028; swine, 1926.
The population of the county in
1910 was 1920, of which 12,430 were
native born, the foreign population
being as follows: Germany, 1857;
Norway, $50; Great Britain and Ire
land, 1872; Denmark, "a; Austria, II;
other countries, $50.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-01

According to the report made by the
Supreme Secretary at the recent
Knights of Columbus convention in
Seattle there were 377 $50 members in
the organization throughout the coun-
try.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-28

the world. in China, Japan, Australia
and Canada, and has been translated
into German.
Beatriz Michelena plays the part of
"Lovey Mary" in the photoplay. Miss
Michelena, by her beauty and ability,
has won great renown as motion
picture star, and is seen to advantage
in this film. Blanche Chapman plays
the part of Mrs. Wigs.
The character of Mrs. Wigs has be-
come a CLASSIC of American literature,
as embodying the best attributes or
good nature, kindheartedness. and
common sense in all circumstances of
life. Poor but honest" she is, radint-
ing cheerfulness, contentment and for
giveness about her.. The photoplay
takes scenes in humble life; in the
circus, IN fashionable and industrial
life as its backgrounds, and the char
acters have all the seeming Of ac-
'tuaiity, being drawn without eXag-
geration. Although here and there
touching the truly dramatic, the come
dy element eyens up pretty well. the
total result being an acceptable mix
ture OF humor and pathos in well
judged proportions.
The task of ofreprod~cing the atmos-
phere and feeling of well-known
novels and books on the motion pic
ture screen Is often attempted now
adays, but not always with success.
MRS. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" Is
an exception TO the general rule. The
story is "racy of tine SOIL" /. e., 1t Is
truly and typically American; and Its
plot is plausible almost to the extent
of triteness. The characterization is
the main strength of che photoplay as
well as of novel and stage play. eMrs.
Wiggs," is only one of many interest
ing characters In the Offering.
This picture will be shown at. "The
Anderson" Mopday. March 1st. Ad-
mission sc and 10c.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-28
Stocks and Bonds.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.--Irregular
prices and moderate trading were the
features of today's session on the
stock exchange. The movement was
upward at the outset, followed by
general declines and an uneven close
Amalgamated Copper was strongest OF
the active list. Other speculative
favorites made only i fractional
changes either way.
Foreign exchange was easier, the
rate for London bills being slightly
under yesterdays final quotetions
while remittances on Germ6ny repeat
ed recent low record figures. 1t is
expected the coming week will bring
developments of Importance to the
various markets for exchange, with
further gold imports from Canada.
Weekly trade reviews refer to re-
newed expansion of business. Retail
trade in most sections Is expected to
be stimulated by the first indications
OF spring weather.
Foreign news OF interest included
dispatches Of q probable Swiss loan
by American bankers. The amount
mentioned Is relatively small and If
carried out ana take the form of treas
ury notes. A more cheeAful tone
prevailed in London's markets, but
the volume OF operations there, espec.
tally in Amricans. was little more
than nominal.
announcement that Western Pacifis
probably would default on its bond in.
terest aI' that reccivership proceed
tngs would be instituted against the
road excited little interest by reason
OF the fact that such action had been
foreshadowed.
Today's bond market wa sirregular
with total sales, par value, of 81, 1884,
United States registered 2's declin-
ed Ia per cent on call, during the
week
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-28

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led concern having plant on the
Coneross Creek about four l1Ies
south of Seneca, and the Southern
Power company has a line passing 9
directly through our town, 1t was
felt that with all these possible
sources OF electricity that it was pos
itively inexcusable. not to have a
twenty four hour current available
for all purposes. And now IL is re-
ported that active steps are being
taken to make somes arrangement for
this long felt need
Shefiff Davis Captures u Stili, Its OPP
orators and Products.
Sheriff Davis was in town for
awhile yesterday. and related inter-
eStingly to your correspondent the
account of the way in which he cap
tured q st.ll, its operators and pro-
duets Thursday night on L. Yerner's
place near the Tugaloo river on the
back side OF the county. The sheriff
had gotten wind OF their operations
and with one of his deputies, Fred
Brown, went over to that side Thurs
day afternoon. He says that he crawl
sd right up to them and watched them
for some time In. the actual opera
tions. He says that this Is the first
time he has ever taken crowd in
the very act, that he has frequently
gotten there just aftar they got
througii. or just as they were starting
up. but this time he watched them
for some time In the actual process
He watched them build up their IRE
and, test their proof. all unconscious
that the eyes of the law were looking
down upon them. When they had tried
OF Watching this interesting process
they jumped right into the still and
each grabbed his man In the colissf
and threw him Sown. They were
taken so completely by surprise that
they easily sarrenSsred. y. .:ssy ss:s.ss,-
tursd aeyersl gallons Of the fihished
product and destroyed several barrels
OF beer and mash and quite asasssss
OF meal. 2she sheriff said everythina
indicated ettenaive operations.
One OF the men captured whose
name is fsangstou. VISA only q boy.
They we're lodged In Waihaila jail1
Quito a number went TO WalhaiIa
from here today to attegc 10 County
fnterdcnnnitnAtional Sunday School
Convention, Mrs, w. j. Lunsl6y. Mrs
w. y. Reid. Mfssrs. s. X DeniY, j. "
Norman and l, E. Wallace. and AIisses
Norma GigniiIiat, and Julia Harper
were among the number
Miss Lila Sherard OF I9a "A visftfnt
her sister. Mrs. i. H. Wallace.
The many friends az Mrs. II: u.
Smith viii regret 10 Iesfp 3kl.at she Il
soon GO leave Seaecs Sbz VIII SO tc