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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
REGULAR BUILDING
BOOM IS N PROGRESS
INCITI OF COL UNB|A
MANY HOUSES BEING ERECTED
AND ADDITIONS MADE TO A
NUMBER OF OTHERS. 4
CONCRETE SLAUGHTER HOUSE
TO Be Built BY Columbia Ice Co.. for
w. J. Guest & co.-severaI Real.
denees Are Rapidly Nearing Com.
pIetion, Others Contemplated.

| One has to only take stroll over
the town to see what is going on in
building way. AS everybody knows
the elegant high school building is
rapidly nearing completion A large
force OF hands under the direction OF
Contractor Willerford is pushing this
work forward The new residence at
the county Jail will soon be complet.
ed.
J. H. Thomas & Co. have nearly
completed a six room residence for
Joe Thomas on 18th street. The new
planning mill and lumber yards for J.
d. Thomas & Co., on East Seventh
street, is now in way of erection, and
is being pushed to completion. Mr..
Thomas hopes to move to his new
mill early in July. Gene Afford is in
charge of the construction.
The Columbia Ice Co. has awarded
a contract to w. T. Willerford for
the construction of concrete slaugh.
ter house near the ice plant for w. J.
Guest & Co.
J. c. Parks has let the contract to
the Richardson Lumber Co. for the
construction of brick garage at his
home in Riverside. The walls will he
brick, the floor concrete and the roof
will be of iron.
Joe Edwards is building concrete
house for JEFF Digger on Ninth street
between Garden and High streets.
The handsome two story residence
of W. c. Salmon on West Sixth street
is now ready for the roof. The walls
OF this handsome home will be of
stucco and Duck river mussel shells
will be used for the dressing. The
Richardson Lumber Co, has the man.
ufacture of the stucco in charge.
The handsome home of Mrs. A. F.
Burnley on West Ninth street is also
nearing completion.
In addition to these buildings that
are in way of construction there are
a number of plans being drawn for
other houses and Improvements on
residences about town, and by the
time the present work in hand is
completed there will be more than
can be handled by the carpent ers in
Columbia and the contractors will
more than likely have to import help
into the city.
The T. N. Figuers, Jr., residence in
Athenaeum Grove on School street is
also being rapidly constructed. Mr..
Figuers hopes to get possession of his
new home some time the latter part
OF August or the first of September.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
MAY COMPLETE NEW
ROAD BEFORE THE
WORK HOUSE MOVED
CITIZENS OF BRYANT's STATION
SECTION ANXIOUS TO KEEP
HANDS TILL AUGUST I.
Conference ON next MONDAY
Effort Will Be Made to Secure Agree.
ment With People Of Rally HiII-Ne.
apoIis Section to Delay Beginning
Of its Construction.

Ii the beginning of work on the new
county highway from Neapolis to Ke
dron and Rally Hill can be postponed
until August l, there will be another
new county highway in this county
Quilt by the work house hands. By
mat time it is expected to be able to
complete the road now being built
from the new county road across by
6ryants Station and thence to the
orr pike by way of Lee McKibbon's
place in the fourth district.
Negotiations are now pending be-
tween the people of the fourth dis
ulct interested in the latter road and
nose OF the third district who are be-
And the movement to build the Ke-
uron-Rally minneapolis highway with
view to completing the short road
lOr the former A meeting was held
IN Columbia on Tuesday between
leaders of the two sections and it was
proposed that If the citizens of the
fourth district would defray all of the
expenses of moving the work house
'ofceS and equipment to the new
'nlro district road that the citizens of
Tue latter would be perfectly willing
permit the hands to remain on
Tue Bryants Station road until July
l. The Bryants Station people coun-
'ered by agreeing that they would do
'nS II they could keep the hands un-
:" august l. Finally, without reach
ing any definite conclusion, 1t was
agreed to meet again next Monday.
Lee McMbbon is the leading spir-
II in the building of the short road at
pryant's Station. He and other cit
"ens OF that country made a deter
N'led tight to secure the hands at the
,O'opletion Of the road just finished,
wi tailed, the contract being award
Gu TO the third district. Nothing
0'unted however, they secured the
Vi me work house forces pending
1'V arrangement of rights of way on
'ue NaIly minneapolis road and have
'e'ly constructed nearly a mile OF
"'e road One and a half miles more
"u II Will be finished and a fine sec
WI OF Maury and Marshall counties
~ ~ nave a good outlet to Columbia.
Is c'tzens of that section have roy
10y 'ooperated in the work, one ex-'l
a., an''lon of its being pushed SO rap
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
HIGH H0NORS TO
ACADEMY PUPIL
ROBERT GARNER, FORMERLY OF
C. M. A., MAKES CLEAN SWEEP h,
AT VANDERBILT. Z.

Probably one of the brightest pu.
pills that has ever attended Columbia
Military Academy since its founding,
and without doubt the one that has
reflected as much or more credit
than any other student ever gradual
ing from this institution, is Robert
Garner, who leaves on the 18th of
this month for Ithica, N. Y, where
he goes as representative from VAN
derbilt University to be an attendant
upon the peace conference which con-
yenes in that city some time this
month. Mr. Garner was elected by
the school to this honor and coca az
the guest of Vanderbilt University.
He is also the delegate from his
fraternity upon the convention at the
fraternity which meets in San Fran
cisco. about the latter part of this
month. Mr.. Garner goes upon this
expedition with all of his expenses
paid by the fraternity. Upon this
occasion he will be joined in Chicago
by his charming mother, Mrs. Rob-
ert v. Garner, who will accompany
him, they returning later through
Canada and other eastern points.
At the track meet in New Orleans
two weeks ago young Garner took
the honors on the track team making
the mile in 4:29, lowering the track
record of the South for the mile.
In addition to these honors, Mr..
Garner has captured practically every
honor in his classes and has won
the love and esteem of his classmates
and professors.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
LOCAL ADMIRERSDO
NOT APPROVE ACTION
SECRETARY BRYAN
REGRET EXPRESSED THAT he
SHOULD HAVE LEFT SERVICE
IN THIS CRISIS.
STANDING BY THE PRESIDENT
Local Supporters Of the Great Com.
moner in the Past Are Free to Ex-
press Their Surprise and Disap.
pointment at His Present Course.

Bryan's resignation from Presiden
wilson's cabinet and the probable eff
Iect OF the note of President Wilson
to the imperial German government,
we're the topics of discussion on the
streets, in the stores, offices and shops
and out on the farms in Maury coun
~ today. 1t was the sensation of the
hour and created almost ais profound
shock as the sinking OF the Lusi.
tania.
Bryan has always been the idol OF
Maury county democrats, ever since
in 1896 he received the highest vote
ever given candidate for the presi-
dency by this county, and he is great.
~ admired and much beloved, but
there were few, very few, to be found
today who endorsed his action in leay.
ing the service of the President and
the country in this crisis. Wilson ia
even more popular than he has ever
been. I'VE are with the President,
heart and soul in this crisis" was the
declaration from the mouths Of nearly
every one.
Bryan's resignation was received
with much establishment, and many
even of his warmest partisans declar.
ed that his course was indefensible.
After having signed the note of May
IA, which was practically an ultima.
tum to Germany, his course in quit.
ting when the natural and inevita.
Bile effect of that note might be war,
was quite severely condemned.
There is practically no division
among the people of this country re-
specting Wilson's attitude in this cri.
sis. He would receive today the an.
prevail OF nine out Of ten. The people
OF the county are sincerely DESTROYS
OF peace just as much so as Mr.. Bry.
an, but they are as equally deternin.
ed that the rights Of American citi.
zens and the law of nations must be
respected by Germany and every 9th.
er country. For these reasons the
great and good President at Wash
ington can know that he has the cor.
dial support of his followers in this
county in any eventuality.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
WHOLESALE PRODUCE.

Quotations by McCarty Produt
TO, and Park BrcS.)
Cabbage-$1.75 per crate.
Lemons-s5.00 per box.
Irish potatoes-$2.l0 per bag.
Navy beans-$3.S5 per bushel
Oranges-$3.00 per box.
Bananas-$1.z5 to S1.6$ per bunch
White clover cheese-lSc per n.
Sorghum seed-SO cents per bu.
Onions-s1.5O per bushel.
Onion sets-$1.40 per bushel.
Apples-Winesaps, $500.
Seed sweet potatoes-$1.1O per bu
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
MANY TRACTS TO
BE SOLD In JULY
CHANcERY COURT WILL HAVE
SEVERAL SALES ON SECOND
MCIDAY.

There will be several land sales in
the chancery court on the second
Monday in July Nine separate tracts
will be sold on that date by Deputy
Clerk and Master Mora B. Fariss.
These tracts contain in the aggregate
about 400 acres and in addition sever.
al town lots. For the purpose of act
ing on the clerks reports of these
sales, Judge Bearden has called a
special term of the chancery court to
be held at the court house on August
/. This term will be very largely for
the purpose of confirming the sales
made in July.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
FLOUR AND GRAIN.

Quotations furnished by Colunp'
MIL , Elevator Co., Asb;ons AL,
and City Mill q Grain Co.)
morrow. Eggs are unchanged.
Flour-Best patent, $3.50; second
grade. $500; bran per ton, $2s; mid.
dlings, per ton, $50.
Corn-Per barrel $500 in wager
losA
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
ROBERT L. SOWELL
TO STATE PRISON
ENTERS PLEA OF GUILTY TO
CHARGE OF ASSAULT TO
COMMIT MURDER.

In the circuit court this morning
Robert Lee Sowell, colored, entered
a plea of guilty to the charge of as.
sault to commit murder in the second
degree and was given a sentence in
the penitentiary of from one to FIVE
years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
HIDES, GINSENG. IRON. ETC

(QuotatiEns by Louis Barker.
Dry sait hides, 1Sc ~. Hint, II
b.; horse hides, No. /, large, $2.6O
green hides, 10 cents: cured, l2hc
mule. 81; goat skine, zoe; lamb skim
eOe.
Woool-14c to 30c.
Beeswax-Per pound, Pc.
Tallow-Per pound. SC.
Ginseng-Per pound. SIS to s7.7l
Yellow root-s3.5O per W.und
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
PRODUCE
Quotations by VIM. Barker. J

Quotations by VIM. Barker.)
Eggs, fresh, 13c candled, 12c uL
candled, and weak; hens, 1Oc; spring
chickens, 15c; turkeys, hens, Toe, COB
blers, &c; ducks, SC; ROSTERS, SC; but
ter, 16c.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
LIKE LETTER FROM HOME.
To The Herald.

To The Herald.
Please change the address of nv
paper from Punta Gordo, Fla, to Gull
leoka. We enjoyed The Herald so
much during our stay in Florida. It
was just like long letter from home.
MRS. W. L. WILKES.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11

IRON. RUBBER, ZINC AND LEAE
Quotations 's1ished by Loui
Bsrkss.y
, Olc scrap iron, Acc per leo Ds
heavy brass. Sc to SC Per ~; IL L
brass. &c per ib.; light copper. &c pc
D.; heavy coppsr. Be per n.
Bones. zoe to 5oc per 100 Da: NJ
/ shoes, Sc ~; No. 2 shoes. &c q. !
Rubber Rubber tires. Be-: ana
ttrsa. %
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
WHOLESALE FEED.
lDale Grain 4 Feed Ca.

Shelled corn-95 cents per bushel
No. Q white oats 70 cents per bu
chicken feed, $3.50 per 100 lbs; mo
asses, mule feed. $3.50 per loo ma
molasses dairy feed, $3.50 per 1Ot
bs.; choice Michigan timothy hay
$500 per ton: No. timothy hay. g.
per ton: choice prairie nay, sss pc.
on; choice tColorado) alfalfa, s2l
yer ton; No. ! lOklahoma) alfalfa
S21 per ton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11
NEAT AND LARD.

Quotations by HIN Grocery Co..
tPrices paid farmers).
Sides, l3c: hams, 15c; shoulders
lie; lard, ~llc.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
TUBERCULAR CAMP OPENED
New Tomahawk Lake institution for
Incipient Cases viii Care for
Thirty Patients.

Madison.-The tuberculosis camp
at Tomahawk lake is opened for pa
tents Applications of eight pa
tients already have been passed upon
by the state board of control. There
is immediate room for about thirty.
Only incipient patients will be &C
copied at the Tomahawk lake camp.
Applications of persons who desire to
be admitted must be approved by one
of the physicians of the state board
of control. who have been appointed
to pass upon applications of tubercu-
lar patients of whom there are at
least one in each county.
Except for New York, which has
similar institution in the Adiron-
dacks, no other state has camp of
this character. Light work will be
furnished patients without money.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
To Have Double Celebration.

Observation-Disclosures have been is.
sued for the celebration of the golden
wedding anniversary of D. L. Burgess,
former member of the Wisconsin leg
lslature, and his wife. Harriette North
way Burgess. On the same day A. A.
Burgess, a brother of the former as
semblyman, and his wife Maria Dut-
ton Burgess, will celebrate their gol-
den wedding. The brothers were mar
ried at the same time fifty years ago
this month and the double celebration
is to be made a notable event.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

think it worth their while tn ,.br0,.,
the fact. But then, life is much che"
er out in the far East than il is
home. Why, we have epidemics ~
say, smallpox here in Hongkong a.
ing which a couple of hundred 60
and goodness knows how 49,
deaths, will be reported in a wear
And no one except the AUTHORIZES
takes much notice.
Mention of the hen above NAV mob.
the reader wonder what mannor ~
boats these are and what manner -
people and animals and birds are CON.
gregated therein. Bless you. in littIo
more space than is available in an or
binary rowing boat these sampan nao
pie will crowd three generations q,
people-anything up to ten-and hens
and dog. These at least. Don't ash
me where and how they all sleen
Even If they are packed as clothes are
packed in a holiday bag, with the
smaller articles-the children in tbis
wedged into any available cor
ner and crushed in the process. there
does not seem room enough for even
one to get legs healthily stretched
But they do manage it and keen
healthy and thrive tremendously nm
it. The housing problem for them is
readily solved.
To passengers aboard steamers thew
will sell eggs or vegetables or pots
and pans, or silk, or anything else
they may wish, They may not have
the particular article you require, but
they will either get it or find another
sampan where it can be secured. If
you go to Canton they will ferry YOU
across the river very cheaply-if YOU
know the ropes. Chinese passengers
will be carried across for ten cash,
which is one tenth of cent Mex, or
two fifths of one cent U. s. currency.
Work that out for yourself and don't
talk for strikes for a generation after.
But the European passenger, who is
not initiated, is fair prey.
VIII Squeeze you If he can.
The cost to him is as much as can
be squeezed out of him. No fftieth
part of penny for him. If he looks
a stranger so cents Mex. or more viii
be asked, and if he protests. the price
may come down to half. Even then
the sampan people have done a ia
nous stroke of business for that day,
And the best of Europeans count
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
BOLD THIEVES MAKE HAUL
Secure Nearly 1000 Worth of JeweIry
and Money From Residents
of GAINESVILLE.

anesville.-Sneak thieves and sec
ond story window robbers secured
in the neighborhood of $1,000 worth
of jewelry and money from several
residences in the city. In some cases
they worked almost openly while the
family were on the verandas or on
back porches, either using ladder
to enter or going in at the front door
At Frank Blodgett's, of the Blodgett
Milling company, they obtained $500
worth of jewelry At the home of a
Mr. Kelly, yardmaster of the Chicago
and st. Paul railroad, they secured
$50 in cash. At the home of Dennis
Mckinley they obtained $42 in money
and about $50 or $75 worth of jew
elry. They also robbed two dentists
Offices of gold plate and gold teeth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
SWISS HOLD CELEBRATION
New Glarus Unveils Monument to
Pioneers of 20 Years Ago-Many
Prominent Men Present.

Monroe. With close to 10000
people in attendance at the seventh
eth anniversary of the settlement of
the Swiss colony at New Glarus, Mar
lam Eliker, 9-year-old daughter of
the Rev. G. D. Eliker of the Swiss
Reformed church. unveiled the mon
ument erected in honor of the pio-
neers. The presentation was made
by Thomas Luchsinger.
Gov. E. L. Philip, himself boast
ing of Swiss blood. paid a glowing
tribute to these sturdy people who
entered wilderness and carved from
1t one of the richest agricultural sec
lions in the United States.
A feature of the celebration was a
parade in which there we're forty
floats representing scenes in the col
ony, together with herd of imported
Swiss cattle in charge of men and
women in the picturesque garb of the
canton of Glarus. :
Among those present were Gov.
Phillip, Atty Gen w. C. Owen, State
Treasurer Henry Johnson, Senator
Otto Boshard, Speaker Lawrence
Whittet, Industrial Commissioner
George P. Hambreeht, Insurance
Commissioner Michael Cleary, Pri-
vate Secretary r. B. Pixley and many
other politicians of state prominence.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
HALF PINT LAW IS LEGAL
City Law Limiting Sale Quantity Of
Liquor Valid, Decides Attorney
General w. c. Owen.

Madison.-An ordinance by the
city of Stoughton forbids pharmacists
to sch, even on physicians prescrip-
ton. more than half pint of liquor.
The state law does not make the limi-
tation and Secretary Edward Will
Jams of the state board of pharmacy
asked Atty-Gen w c. owen if the
Stoughton ordinance will hold water
In an opinion the attorney general
puts the seal of approval on the ordi-
nance, saying it is o. X.
Another feature of the ordinance
which forbids the sale of liquor ex-
cept upon prescription of a Dane
county physician, the attorney gem
eral has some doubts about, but holds
that even If this will not stand the
test. it's failure will not affect the
half-pint provision.
Stoughton is dry city.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
500 OPERATORS HELD UP
Bandit Makes Good His Escape Vita
$1ss-Sheriff's Force Find
No Clews.

Waukesha.-A masked lone rob
Der, described as being less than 25
years old, held up George F. Wright
and j. J Mcdonald. 500 line opera
tors, at the point of a gun, and then
made a getaway with $18S.62.
Wright had just relieved Mcdonald
and was manipulating the telegraph
instruments. when Mcdonald came
into the Office pursued by the rob-
Der. Wright had hardly looked up
when the gun was turned on him
with orders to "come across" with
the contents of the cash till The
bandit backed out of the cage He
wore cap, was short and had dark
hair and weighed about 1875 pounds
Mcdonald says the robber approached
him at the south end of the station
walk and ordered him to walk back
to the depot quietly Sheriff John
Sleep with his force and all the avail
able patrolmen were ordered on the
case, but no clews have been discov-
cred
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
POLICE ASSISTANT RETIRES
Honest Joe" Newhouse on Force
Twenty-seVen Years, Will
Receive Pension.

Kenosha. - Honest Joe" New
house, assistant chief of police and a
member of the Kenosha police dept
since the city has had a uniformed
force, retired. Twenty-seven years
ago he became police officer. Previ-
ously he served as city marshal and
deputy marshal. Nearly all the years
ne Travelled a beat. He was retired
on pension and will receive half
pay
Joseph G. Newhouse is now close
to 40 years of age. and has been con-
hned to his home for several months
as result Of broken leg, received
IN an attempt to prevent a panic in
a crowd attending banquet.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
ISSUES SECOND INJUNCTION
Portage Judge Restraints School Board
From ousting Superintendent
Employing New Man.

Portage Judge Kellogg issued
another injunction on the amended
complaint restraining the school
board from interfering with Prof. w.
G. Clough in discharge of the work
as principal and superintendent of
the city schools 1t also restraints the
acting of Councilman J. l.. Stauden-
mayer as Q member of the school
board and the payment of any city
money to Prof C. c. Bishop of vir-
oqua, recently engaged by four men,
bers of the present board to succeed
Prof Clough Judge Williams of
Milwaukee recently dissolved the
first injunction issued by Judge KEEL
logg.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

aunts or sisters set up tremendous
row which did not subside until some
time after the frightened hen had been
rescued. The loss of a baby was
neither here nor there; the loss of a
hen would have been serious from an
economic point of view.
Whether among land or water peo-
pie in China, girls are not greatly
wanted and the addition to family
which has already a sufficiency of
girls of another of the female sex is
counted almost calamity. But it is
a calamity which is easily got over.
One hates to set down the horrid
fact. but the unwanted baby is quite
often got rid of by the simple expedi-
ent of dumping it overheard. Especial
ly does this take place with much
frequency in Canton.
In the British city of Hongkong the
practice is not so commonly followed,
because the authorities have a swift
way of dealing with unnatural parents
of this stamp. But it is not yet
stamped out and probably never will
be- The best that can be said is that
fear of the law keeps it within rea-
sonabie bounds (if any bounds can
be reasonable In such a connecticut,
and that those parents who do risk
the penalty of the law have at least
been educated to the point of dump
ing the bodies with for them, quite
commendable decency. They do not
now drop them overheard and allow
them to be picked up or no as chance
determines. They dump them on
buoys, where they are sure to be seen
and so secure burial for them.
Life Cheap in the Far East.
Dumping on buoys is even today so
common that the newspapers do not
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
SONS OF PEARL PHELPS, SoLoN
SPRINGS, TORN TO BITS
by DYNAMITE.
SCRAPS OF CLOTHING FOUND
Lads Aged 6 and 8 Years Were Herd
ing Cattle Near Shack Where
$50 Pounds of Explosive
Was Stored.

Superior boys. aged and 8
years, respectively, were blo@n to
bits by an explosion of dynamite on a
farm near Scion Springs.
The two lads were herding cattle
on the farm of their parent. Pearl
Phelps In a shack near where they
we're working. $50 pounds of explo-
sive was stored In some unex-
planned manner the dynamite was ex-
ploded and the lads hurled into space.
Only bits of their clothing were
found by searchers who covered ev-
cry foot of space for blocks around
the scene of the explosion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
KILLS MAN WITH A FILE
Scissors Grinder Held Following the
Death of Man With Whom He
0uarreled in Burlington.

Racine.-James Murray, aged AZ,
itinerant scissors grinder, is under
arrest here as result of a quarrel
at Burlington, in which he is alleged
to have caused the death of Tom Ke-
ough. so years old, by stabbing him
with the sharp end CT a file
keough and a companion, Herman
Schweitler, are said to have beaten
Murray after a quarrel and to have
persisted in the assault when the lat
ter pleaded for mercy Later the
men found they had been stabbed.
The wound that caused Keough' S
death was an ineision two inches
abpve the heart