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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30
'(Monday's Daily.)

Two hundred and fifty or more of
the leading citizens of Columbia, Mt.
Pleasant, Spring Hill, Rally Hill, Ke-
dron, Hampshire, Cross Bridges, Cul-
leoka, Glendale, in fact, from every
nook and corner of Maury county,
went on record at noon today as ia
yoring the passage of an enabling act,
allowing the people of Maury county
to vote on the question of issuing
100000 in bonds for the purchase of
the present pixies and the building of
better roads in this county. The mo-
ton was made by Col j. F. Brown
low, of Columbia, and seconded by S.
w. Warfield. The representatives OF
Maury county in the legislature were
petitioned to have the enabling act
passed at the coming short session
Of the legislature.
The meeting was the greatest good
roads gathering Maury county has
ever witnessed. Without other bust
ness or attraction than the meeting,
there assembled a crowd that fairly
packed the circuit court room
There were few vacant seats in one
corner, but in the opposite one the
aisles were filled and damned with
men. The meeting was entirely har-
monious The only division of senti-
ment seemed to be the amount that
should be asked for in the enabling
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30
MAN SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY BOY
ASA JOHNSON, AGED EIGHTY
THREE, KNOCKED IN HEAD
WITH PIECE OF RAIL.

GAINESBORO, Tenn, April "a
Asa Johnson, SO years old, who lives
in the ninth district of this county,
was late Wednesday evening knock
ed in the head with piece of rail,
and very seriously, if not fatally
wounded by boy Is or 20 years old,
who was working for him. The cause
of the trouble has not been learned.
The boy has noe yet been arrested.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30
TO MOTHERS CLUB
WOODROW SCHOOL
DRS. WALLACE WILKES AND ROY
HARRISON SPEAK AT
WILLIAMSPoRT.

The Mothers Club of the Woodrow
school at Williamsport had the pleas
ure of hearing recently two very in
structive addresses from Drs. Wallace
Wilkes and Roy Hardison, of this
city. DR.. Wilkes spoke upon the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat" while
DR.. Hardison took as his subject,
"The Care of the Teeth" They were
heard by large number of the ladies'
of the community.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30
CITY ELECTION
AT MT. PLEASANT
VOTERS WILL CHOOSE MAYOR
AND THREE ALDERMEN ON
MAY IS.

The people of Mt Pleasant are 60
ing to have their biennial munich
pal election on Tuesday, May IS. On
this date they will choose a mayor
and three aldermen to serve for the
next two years.
The only announced candidates to
date are the members of the present
administration, which is composed of
E. L. Parker, mayor, and ". A.
Green, A. L. Ward and w. D. Cooper,
aldermen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30

susseribs sOe TAs Herald.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30
Making Good Work Possible.

AS long as one is on his feet, he
can work after fashion, no matter
how badly he feels. But you cannot
do good work-have ambition and
energy, feel that life is worth living
with sluggish bowels or torpid liv-
er Foley Cathartic Tablets do away
with that drowsy, dull, tired feeling.
They never grippe or cause nausea.
They're wholesome. cleansing and
healthful. Most satisfactory for
stout Observation-Disclosures co.
(Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30
PETITION LEGISLATORS
TO HAVE ENABLING ACT
FOR 100000 PASSED
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY OF LEADING CITIZENS
OF THE COUNTY GIVE PUBLIC EXPRESSION
TO THEIR EMPHATIC WISH FOR BETTER
HIGHWAYS AND FREE PIXIES.

CIRCUIT COURT ROOM WITH MEN EVERY SEC
TON THE COUNTY TO HEAR DISCUSSION OF GOOD
AND THE MEANS BY WHICH THEY CAN BE sEcUR-
ED-JAMEs A. SLOAN, PRE- slDENT BOARD TRADE,
MADE PERMANENT CHAIR MAN-ENTHUsIAsTIc SPEECHES
BY PROF. J. p. grab AM, D. W. sHoFNER, JOHN S
BROWN, j. WEBSTER, Es Y. ENGLISH, DR.. J. HILL
DR. w. B. RIcKs j. AKIN, AND P FiGUERs
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-30

Suffered day and night tn torment
of itching piles. Nothing helped me
until | used Doan's Ointment. The
result was lasting. Hon. John r.
Garrett, Mayor Girard, Ala.-(Advt)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-19
A NICE QUESTION

- NfCE .GOES ISINs--kA OAIlLIL4
La, man charges his family physician
with having operated on him for APP
pendicitis and with the using the re-
moved appendix for fish bait, with
which he caught a fOUr-pOund trout.
Isaac Walton is quoted as having
said that it is entirely ethical to sWipe
worms from another fellows can if
you are out of bait yourself, but it
looks to us as if this Smith doctor
was OVer-enthusiastic. At any rate.
if he's a gentleman, he'll hand over
that trout to his patient j..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-19

ed there emerged the dashing mills
tary. figure of James B. Weaver.
During Weaver's time there also
arose John P, Altgeld, one of Amer
ica's great ones. He dared to set free
the anarchists, as clearly convicted
by popular clamor as was Leo Frank.
But in setting them free, Altgeld
brought down on himself a hatred as
bitter as the cause of It was great;
for he extended to the men who at
tackled property the safe protection
of the laws that all agree should be
given to those who only attack life
Tom Johnson was one Of the great
est Of these. He threw away his for
tune and killed himself for the cause
of common man. More clearly than
GerTit Smith, Johnson understood
that land monopoly is the great enc
shaving agency.
The present-day Atgeld, Weaver,
Cooper, Phillips, John Brown, GerTit
Smith, is Frank P. Walsh, chairman
of the federal committee on indus-
trial relations. He stands for free
dom. He is for equality He believes
it wrong for a Rockefeller to have
more power over a state than the
public opinion in that state. He dares
treat the richest man in the world
exactly as if he were the poorest.
And he is receiving his martyrdOm,
1t is not over yet; for the hate which
he must be proud to have directed at
him is the same hate which existed
when old John Brown was hung. The
hate of the slave driver for the abOli1
ZIONIST.
A NICE QUESTION: Smith.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-19

MARTYRS TO DEMocRAcY.-m
every generation there is one man in
this country who is to a greater or
less extent martyr to democracy
a man who pours on the altar of free
dom his prospects in life, his per-
sonal comforts and friendships, and
that esteem Of his fellow men of
short sight which may easily be as
dear as life itself. 2
Such men have always existed in
America, but they become ilIustrioUs-
ly prominent only at that time in our
history when the rights of man to his
labor and the fruits thereof became
issues in our affairs.
Wendell Phillips saw that chattel
slavery was only a part of the prob
lem of human serVitude; and so long
as he lived, he stood for the abOIi-
ton of those sUbtler forms of slavery
under which the masses of men still
suffer.
After Phillips, came Peter Cooper
Like Phillips, Cooper might have
lived hOnored, comfortable, at peace
with wealth and aristocFacy; but he
chose to fight for the rights of the
common man. He died. rich and re-
spected, but he never had the conf
dence of the men among whom he
4 -
Cooper was never a good speaker,
nor a skilled writer, and he had no
great genius for public affairs; but
out of the movement which he -headz
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13

Ames. May 12.-The list Of counties
in which boys have chance to win q
Panama-Pacific exposition trip by
growing prize acre of corn has swell
ed to thirty-seven and there is prob
ability of enough more to put the total
beyond forty.
THAT MEANS" says Director. R. X.
Bliss, of the agricultural extension de-
partment at Iowa State college, which.
is organizing the contests, that bet
ter corn growing will get a new slim.
illus in half of the state Wherever
these boys contests have been held in
years past, the result has been moro
and better corn generally in the com
munities. This year some thousands
of boys are likely to be in the contests
in as many communities in Iowa, in
stead of few hundred. This means
that millions of acres of corn growing
will be Influenced instead of tens of
thousands, and that corn production
will be permanently improved"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13

ments as to steps they intend to take
to protect their rights. While the
United States has additionally been
Opposed to Joint action, it often has
acted identically with other govern.
ments.
President Wilson Is not convinced
that the policy which the United States
has adopted need necessarily lead to
hostilities. Even a severance of dip
lomatic relations does not carry with 1t
such an obligation.
The president is known to feel that
utterances of DR.. Bernhard Dernburg,
former German colonial secretary, who
has no diplomatic status, are of a
nature seriously affecting the domestic
welfare of the United States in the
present delicate situation. Cessation
of DR.. Dernburg's activity may soon
be demanded with the possibility of
his being invited to leave the country.
try.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
DRAW Up PLAN FOR
POSTAL PENSIONS
RETIREMENT ON WAGE PER-
CENTAGE BASIS ENDORSED
AT CONVENTION.

The Ottumwa delegates to the post
al carriers and clerks convention held
this week in Cedar Rapids have re-
turned. 0. E. Linton Of this city was
elected member Of the executive
board. Several matters Of importance
were taken up at the session among
them being that Of postal pension
legislation. This mornings Cedar Rap
ids Republican has the following on
the meeting and election of officers
held Tuesday:
Postal pension legislation of the as
sociations of clerks and carriers, in
joint convention in the city, will take
the form of resolution advocating
the retirement Of all postal employees
twenty-five years or more in the sery-
ice and who have reached an age
limit of from 65 to 70 years, different
age limits being designated for diff
ferent departments. Retirement is to
be effected upon a wage percentage
basis. Such a resolution was adopted
after committee reports by both asso-
Citations in separate sessions Tuesday
morning. Joint endorsement was
given at the joint and closing session
of the afternoon, and the resolution
will go to the respective national con-
ventions for ratification and finally to
congress for national adoption.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
CHARITIES BODIES
IN NATIONAL MEET

Baltimore, Md, May 12.-More than
thousand delegates and visitors, in
Guiding noted social and charity work
ers from every section of the country,
are here to attend the forty-second an
nual session of the national conference
of charities and corrections, which
will begin tonight. There will be daily
meetings until next Wednesday and as
the conference has become so large
and it's discussions so varied, eleven
halls will be required for the meetings.
At tonight's meeting the invocation
will be delivered by Cardinal Gibbons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13

street, has gone to Charlton to visit
relatives.
Mrs. Ben Warren Of Chillicothe, Mo-,
has returned home after visiting at
the home of ]. H. Daugherty, southeast
of the city.
Miss Clara Miller of Sigourney, has
returned home after visiting friends
and relatives in Ottumwa.
Mrs. c. r. Burns of Abba, has re-
turned home after visiting friends in
the city.
Mrs. John Thompson of Lillian
street. has gone to Des Moines, to
visit relatives.
Miss Rhetta Heller, 729 North Ash
street, has gone to Oskaloosa to visit
her sister, Mrs. F. A. Bell.
Mrs. John Proctor Of Ash Grove, is
visiting relatives in the city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
PAckWooD.

Rev. Jasper N. Smith passed away
Wednesday afternoon May 5 at his
|home on North Main street after sew
eral months Of intense suffering which
he bore with patience. Mr.. Smith was
born in Rush county, Indiana, April 81,
1888 At the age Of Is, after the death
of his father, he came to Iowa and
made his home with an uncle In Des
Moines county. In November 1854 he
was united in marriage with Nancy
e. F1eener who with two sons M. n. OF
Packwood and John of Hedrick survive
him. Two children died in infancy and
a married daughter passed away twelve.
years ago in Davis county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith remained in Des Moines
county two years when they went to
Page county and in 1857 came 70
six miles west Of here which they still
own. Mr.. Smith embraced the doctrine
of the Christian church while young
and at the age, Of 10 entered the min
isterial field and for more than sixty
years was Jealous worker for the
doctrines Of the church he believed In
1t is believed he was the Oldest minister
Of his faith in the state. No fears Of
death troubled him during his long
hours of suffering. but he talked calm
ly with his friends of his approaching
death and his bright hopes of a future
life and made all arrangements for his
funeral, naming Rev. L. G. Walker as
principal speaker and Rev. w. A. Buel!
and Rev. S. F. Coats as assistants. He
requested Rev. Coats to sing his fav
orite hymn Throw out the Life Line"
which was beautifully done. He named
as pail bearers his old friends Abner
Head, I. N. Loomis, w. K. Bottorff, c.
w. Norman, VIM. McMain and c. /.
McChisney. The funeral was held Fri
day afternoon and large concourse Of
people was present to pay their last
tribute Of respect to him who had been
their friend in the hour Of trouble as
in happier hours Interment was made
in Packwood cemetery.
Mrs William Wells who has been i'll
for some time is no better Her brother
John Gillette and wife arrived Sunday
from Missouri.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
JOHN BARLEYC0RN
APPEARS IN COURT
MOCK TRIAL At DAVIS STREET
CHRISTIAN CHURCH SCORES
HIT WITH MEN.

John Barleycorn was given severe
but unusually amusing drubbing Tues.
day evening when the Workingmen's
Triangle Brotherhood OF the Davis
street Christian church held farce
trial in connection with the fourth
monthly meeting.
The scene was set for an old Ken
lucky court room, the prisoner being
tried for the manufacture and distribu
ton of moonshine B. H. Wilson, as
Peleg, the district attorney, O. d. Har.
Ian, as Hirman Snodgrass, the prose
cutting attorney, Bert Smith, as Cy
Plunkett, the sheriff, and ]. e. Proctor,
as Hezekiah, the counsel for the de-
tense, were good and scored some very
amusing points. O. P. NJ. Criley took
the role of Post Mortem, the prisoner
at the bar.
The witnesses were Jake Buzzard,
Nv. r. Stevens), BIN Stats, &C. w.
Mathews, Slippery Ike, Games
Schwartz), Percy Cakes. (Wesley
Smith,, Slim Sy, q. e. Miller), and
Rastus johnson Brown Lloyd Burn.
side), Lloyd Rhine acting as clerk of
the court.
The twelve jurors were Carl Bragg,
]. J. Childs; Ray Robinson, B. Smith,
Roy McCune, R. H. McClung, Robert
Forsythe, Edward Evans, Harvey
Green, Adolph Pearson, Clarence
Joseph and Joseph Pointer.
Eighty men we're present and enjoy
ed a pleasant social evening. A bull
letin of the records of the society was
read, showing the rapid progress and
growth of the brotherhood. Refresh
ments were served at the close Of the
program. A feature OF unusual inter
est was the full size cake OF Ice with
in which was frozen large triangle of
pink and white carnations. The, tri-
angle is the symbol of the society.
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DRAIN TILE
For prices and rmatorwrits
Mercy Clay Products Co
OTTUMWA, IOWA
Tri-Weekly Courier

CHANGING ADDRESSES.
Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name OF
the postoffice to which tho paper has
been sent az well an the postonice
waero they desire It to be changed to.
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dent Of the United States Of America.

dent of the United States of America,
to the governors of all the states OF
our land, and to the mayor Of each
American oity, to herald the coming
and celebration Of nag day, June 14th.
1915, by proclamation; we call upon
every public offlcer, every teacher of
the youth Of our country, the editors
of all newspapers, the daily instruc-
tors Of the youth Of our land, to call
public attention, to arouse enthusiasm
and to provide for public exercises and
general celebration of the day.
We earnestly exhort our citizens to
join in making Flag day an event and
It's celebration In 1915, great event.
Let us, from one end of our land to
the other, fling the stars and stripes to
the breeze on June IA, 1915. May it
greet the rising and salute the setting
sun, and float all day long from every
church ediflce, school and building,
public and private, and however hum
BILE. throughout the entire land.
Ralph r. Prime, President.
Louis Amin Ames, Secretary.
Salute to the Flag for Schools.
At a given hour in the morning, the
pupils are assembled and in their
places in the school. A signal is CIV
en- by the principal Of the school.
Every pupil rises In his place. The
flag is brought forward to the princi'
pal or teacher. While 1t is being
brought from the door to the stand Of
the principal or teacher, every p1lll
gives the flag the military salute which
is as follows:
The right hand uplifted, palm up
ward, to line with the forehead, close
to It. While thus standing with palm
upward and in the attitude of salute,
all the pupils repeat together slowly
and distinctly the following pledge:
II pledge allegiance to my flag and
to the republic for which it stands:
One nation indivisible, with liberty
and justice for ALL
At the words, as pronounced IN this
pledge. "To my flag" each one extends
the right hand gracefully. palm up
ward, toward the flag until the end OF
the pledge affirmation. Then all
hands drop to the side. The pupils,
still standing, all sing together IN I'M
ison the song America My Coun-
try IT'S Of Thee"
In the primary departments, where
the children are very small, tney are
taught to repeat this instead of the
pledge as given for the ouder children:
~ give my head and my heart to
God and my country. One country,
one language, one faw."
In some schools, the salute Is CIV
en- in silence, as an act of reverence,
unaccompanied by any pledge. At a
signal, as the flag reaches its station,
the right hand raised, palm downward,
to a horizontal position against the
forehead, and held there until the
flag is dipped and returned to verti-
cal position. Then, at the second
signal, the hand is dropped to the side
and the pupil takes his seat.
The silent salute conforms very
closely to the military and naval salute
to the flag.
2 Principals may adopt the silent
salute" for daily exercise and the
"pledge salute" for special occasions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
LANDSLIDE BLOCKS RAILROAD

Dubuque, May 12.-One hundred and
fifty feet of track on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, two
miles south Of McGregor, is covered
with earth and rocks piled twenty feet
high as the result of landslide.
Traffic on that section has been sus-
pended and all trains are being de-
toured over the Burlington road. It
is the largest landslide recorded IN
this section Of the country IN years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Nh. william Hamilton of Sigour-
n>y has returned to her home after
Waiting friends in Ottumwa.
Mrs, FRANKIE Lodge Of near Kirk
Vile has returned nome after visit
inx friends In Ottumwa.
Mrs. Norah Baker, living west of
the city, has gone to Oskaloosa to Wis
It friends.
Mrs. F. H, Welburn Of Abba has re-
turned home after visiting frienos IN
Ottumwa.
Mrs.. John Doherty, $40 North sheri-
dan avenue. spent the day in Eldon
visiting with her mother.
Mrs. James Fitzpatrick of Cedar
Rapida. has returned home after VS.
tting friends in Ottumwa, Ell route
from Kansas City.
Mrs., Charles Kelly, who has been
! visiting friends in the city, has re-
turned to her home in Oskaloosa.
Mrs. s. B. Whitaker OF keosauqua
IL visiting 1t the home OF hooert
sloan. al Washington street.
Mrs, l. Y. Kramer of Batavia, who
was called to Ottumwa by the deatn
OF Lethia Davidson, has returned
home.
Mrs. Harry Clark of Des Moines
has returned home after visiting win
relatives.
Nrs. ]. v. Payne of Burlington has
returned home after visiting friends
In Ottumwa and Charlton.
Mrs. Clara Burton, formerly of Of
tumwa, now living in Creston, visited
with friends en- route to Chicago
Mrs. George Evans, north of the
CITY. has gone to Oskaloosa to visit
friends.
Mrs. 3. B. Healy of Burrhus street,
has gone to Des Moines to visit rela-
tives.
Mrs. George scully Of Osceola. for
mer1y of this city, is visiting her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Scully, 4l3
West Finley avenue.
Mrs. J. Murphy OF South Davis
street has gone to Sigourney to visit
relatives.
Or. and Mrs. ID. B. Howell and chill
dren and Miss Sadie F1eener, 325 |
North Sheridan avenue, left Sunday |
overland for two weeks visit with |
relatives at Iowa City and Waterloo.
Fred T. Goodall, 224 North Schuyler
street, who has bsen confined to his !
home With illness for some time, is
improving slowly.
Calvin M. Garfield who has been
spending the past five years in Cali.
fornia and North Dakaota is visiting |
his SON, q. M. Garfield.
Mr.. John Huffman who has been
visiting friends In the city, has return )
I'd to her home in Oskaloosa
Mn. ]. Crumbholz Of Ksosauqua,
visited with friends In Ottumwa, en-
route to Pella.
Mrs. Joe Rossman Of Charlton, has
returned home after visiting friends in !
Ottumwa.
Mr.. C. H. Lewis, residing north of
the city, has gone to Sigourney to
visit relatives.
Mrs. o. P. Whitlock of oskaloosa,
has returned home after visiting Mrs.
II. w. Lunt, 718 Ellis avenue.
+ Mrs. L. Warhurst of Alton, is visit
ing with Mrs. l. H. Rasmus, 900 Rus
sell street.
Mrs. Guy Arnold Of Cedar Rapids,
has gone to Kansas City after visiting
friends in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Julia Moss of South Moore
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Mrs. Maude AIIbriuht.

The funeral of Mrs. Maude ALL
bright will be held Thursday after
noon at 2:3o o'clock from the resi-
dence of o. l.. Hittle, 719 Fellows
avenue, conducted by Rev. c. A. Mont
anus. Interment will be made in Of
tumwa cemetery.
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Mrs. William Wells who has been i'll
for some time is no better Her brother
John Gillette and wife arrived Sunday
from Missouri.
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charlea Iraoord .

The funeral Of Charles Tragord, was
held this afternoon at o'clock from
tho Sullivan chapel, conducted by Rev.
|P. o. Bersell. Interment was made
in Ottumwa cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
5Lethia Davidson.

The funeral of Lethia Davidson, was
held this morning at 10 o'clock from
the residence, TIT West Fourth street,
conducted by Rev. j. H. Cudlipp. IN
terment was made in Ottumwa Gene
terry.
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Obituary
DAME, Gallagher.

The funeral of Daniel Gallagher, who
passed away at Oak Forest, ILL.,, Satur-
day, May 8, was held today at that
place.