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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
WILL h4YtS COIOREO
INSTANTLY KILLED BY
GRANVILLE LEWIS
SHOOTING OCCURRED IN POOL
ROOM OWNED BY LEWIS ON
MINK SLIDE,
QUARRELEO over BROKEN CUE
Mayes Is Claimed To Have Gone
Home After a Gun and Returned
Threatening Lewis-Was Considered
Bad Negro.

Will Mayes, alias "Nappy," colored,
was shot and instantly killed Saturday
evening at 6:15 o'clock by Granville
Lewis, another negro. The trouble
occurred in poll room owned by the
latter on Mink Slide.
Mayes and negro named Kennedy
had been playing pool when a row was
started with Will Wigfall, another ne.
gro. 1t is claimed that Mayes struck
Wigfall with pool cue, thereby break
ing it, and when he went to pay for
the game just played, he handed Lewis
dollar and asked for his change
Lewis told him that he intended to
keep the change to pay for the broken
cue. Mayes is said to have made the
remark that he was going home after
his pistol and that he was going to
have his money, and with those re-
mark left the pool room.
When he returned, those who we're
present at the scene, stated that he
approached Lewis and demanded his
money, whereupon Lewis refused to
refund it. The negro is then quoted
to have said, Zone of us will go to hi
if you don't give it back to me-" and
pulled out a gun. Lewis walked up to
him and is claimed to have said cal
right, here it u.s." whereupon he, pro-
duced gun and began firing, killing
the Mayes negro instantly.
Upon investigation, it was found
that the pistol carried by Mayes, was
Of the old cap and ball type and was
not loaded
Lewis was taken into custody by
Constable Ed Green, who reached the
scene of the tragedy within a few
seconds after the shots were fired.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
LONG IS ASYLUM
FREED AT LAST
STORY OF r. A. BLAkELoCk
READS LIKE ROMANCE OF
Widest FICTION.

NEW YORK, April 12.-Ralph Albert
Blakelock, who as a struggling artist
became broken in body and mind sew
enteen years ago and was sent to the
Middletown state hospital for the in
sane, was freed Tuesday at the age
of 70 years. He returned here to view
the paintings he was forced to sell for
pittance but which had since been
acclaimed by experts the country over
as representative of the finest in Amer
lean art.
Blakelock, who went away with
scarcely belonging, came back an
honored member of the National
Academy Of Design. Accompanied by
DR.. Maurice C. Ashley, medical super
intendent of the asylum, he was re-
ceived by committee of artists at a
gallery in Fifth avenue where many Of
his celebrated pictures, such as Moon
light and "The Old Oak" we're ex-
hibited before him to an admiring
throng of art lovers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
COMPLETE REPORT
COUNTY FINANCES
Of LAST QUARTER
JUDGE MENINGITIS STATEMENT
TO BE SUBMITTED TO COUNTY
COURT MONDAY.
SPENT FOR COUNTY PURPOSES
Total OF $12,982.74, Of Which The
Largest Amount Was Expended For
The County Work House-or Ordinary
Totaled About $1,000.

Disbursements from the ordinary
fund of the county for the quarter
ending on March 81, according to the
report of Judge j. T. Mcknight to be-
made to the county court on Monday.
were $129S2.74. This sum was ex-
pended for the following purposes:
Quarterly attendance, SALTS; circuit
court costs, $SO75S; poor house,
$S41.95; Jurors, $996.O0 jail, $1,343.61:
pauper collins and charity, $1,000. 10:
work house, $4,591.54; ordinary.
$2,97O.72.
In this report Judge Mcknight gives
an abstract of the funds of each OF
the various accounts Of the county
These are the county ordinary, the
school, the highway, the sinking fund.
the bridge, the special highway, the
special sinking fund, abutting tax.
high school, revenue accounts.
The statements show the amount ON
hand at the first of the quarter, the
amount received during the quarter
and the amounts paid out and the
present balance. The statement VIII
appear in full, hereafter in The Herald.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
STILL H R ING
MEN AT VERDUN
ATTACKS NET LITTLE GAIN FOR
THE FOES, PARIS STATE
MENT CLAIMS.

LONDON, April 1.-THE armies of
the German crown prince around Yer
dun are still vigorously on the often.
sive against the French. Having de-
livered on attack along the line from
La Mort Homme to Cumieres which
netter them a few small portions of
French trenches on the east of LIE Mort
Homme, the German commanders rest
ed there infantry here, but in the
region of Douaumont-Vaux, northeast
of Verdun, threw their men in large
numbers against the French trenches.
Here again they met with success,
but only for short period of time,
for the French in a counter attack
drove the invaders from advanced Sec
tons of trenches they had captured,
and in the operations took about one
hundred German prisoners.
While the Douaumont-Vaux attack
was in progress the Germans had not
overlooked the line between LIE Mort
Homme and Cumieres and covered the
entire region with an intense artillery
fire, probably preparing for another
attack by infantry.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
ASSOCIATION FUR
PURCHASE Pixies
BY COUNTY COURT
RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT MEET.
ING OF MEMBERS AGAINST
TOLL ROADS.
attitude OF THE OWNERS
R. A. Wilkes Declares That They
Would be Willing to Accept Voua-
ton Fixed by Three Competent En-.
sineers Selected for Purpose.
Saturdays Daily.)

The Road Association of Maury
county had good meeting in the cir
cult court room of the court house this
morning and resolution was passed
expressing the sentiment of all pres
ent, for the county court to buy the
pixies.
Much discussion was entered into in
regard to the value of the pixies and
as to how to place this value. r. A.
Wilkes, speaking in behalf of himself
and expressing the sentiment of sew
eral other pike owners that he had
heard talk on the matter, stated that
he would be willing to accept the plan
of appointing three civil engineers for
this purpose, the county court to So
lect one, the pike owners the second
and both select the third, and enter
into an agreement that both parties
would accept the value placed thereon
Several of the citizens in the coun
ty expressed their desire to see the
county buy the pixies at a reasonable
rate and all stated that they did moi
believe that the county should OF
would try to confscate the pixies, but
would pay fair compensation fol
every one purchased.
The question arose as to how these
pixies would be kept in repair and tn
amount of money required for this pur
pose, but this question was. set aside
to decide in the future. The mair
things, stated the speakers, was tc
advocate the purchasing of the pixies
and then decide upon the matter Of
keeping them in repair.
One Of the strong speeches of the
occasion was made by Col. Jno. S
Brown.
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OPINIONS VARY As
70 Effect CUL) On
FRUITS Of COUNTY
1T is BELIEVED THAT APPLES
ESCAPED WITHOUT ANY
INJURY.
BUT DIVIDED AS TO PEACHES
Some Hope Held Out That The Entire
Crop Has Not Been Destroyed, Al
though Weather Was Very severe
On Two Nights.

Opinions of orchardists, fruit grow
erS and farmers differ as to whether
or not the fruit was killed by the
freezing temperature of Saturday night
and sunday night. There was an
abundance of ice on each night and
the opinion was general, without max
Ing an examination, that the peach
crop was entirely destroyed, while
many thought the same of the cher
rleS No one seems to think that the
apples were seriously hurt.
Upon a close examination, however,
there are many experienced fruit
growers who this morning expressed
The belief that the peaches were not
injured seriously, although many of
The small fruit and buds will drop from
The trees. Several farmers declared
mat it would be impossible for two
or three days to definitely determine
Whether or not the fruit was injured;
mat at this time there were no appar.
eht signs of deteriorating, but that it
mlth' be in few days the fruit buds
would turn black and drop off.
That the apples were not hurt by
Tue freezes is the general concensus
VI opinion. No one this morning ex
pressed any fear respecting the ap-
pies and there was little doubt about
Ne 'herry crop having gone through
without any serious harm.
The weather, while making no new
!e'oFos, was unusually cold on both
saturday and Sunday nights for April.
mere was an abundance of ice upon
'''n night. Fortunately the potato
crop OF the county is late and no in.
Jury was done on that score and the
mayor portion Of the garden truck was
Immune to the freeze. The promise
vi milder temperature will be CRATE
fully received.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise,
apply Dr.. Thomas Eclectic Oil-the
household remedy. Two sizes, 25c
and soc at all drug stores.--Adv.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
l0l6---SEASON---l0I0
Snow Hal Bob
FoALED 1906

SNOW HAL is a dark bay or brown
stallion, solid color, is full 1914 hands
high, standard measure, weighs 1880
pounds, fine style and form, saddles
we'll, Is a fine walker and is smooth
in his eaits, drives kindly in harness
and works we'll anywhere and has
superior bottom. He transmits his
superior qualities tc his colts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
CAR PlUAGtS DOWN
kMRANkd.N[ LANDS
IN Up IF A Tree
ALMOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF
MT. PLEASANT PARTY OUT
RIDING.
SHOW GIkL StSTAIkS il JULES
Other Women Get Through With Only
Few Bruises. CantreIl and Red
Cross Members of the Party-Tem-
porary Hospital.

Jake Cantrell Red" Cross and
three women were in an automobile
accident last night about nine o'clock
at the iron bridge across Big Bigby,
about one and a half miles from Mt
Pleaasnt on the Hampshire and Mt
Pleasant road. 1t is alleged that the
party had gone out from Mt. Pleasant
earlier in the night for ride and that
upon their return trip, Cross, who was
driving the car, misjudged the quick
turn in the road at the approach Of
the bridge and the Car went over
high embankment plunging several
feet below into the creek. The car
landing at first in tree and later
falling to the creek below. 1t Is be
lieved that the tree is all that saved
the occupants of the car from death,
as they were turned out gradually and
the car was thrown several feet away
from where the car fell. Two of the
women belong to the Rogers Shows
now exhibiting in that city and the
other woman was a Mrs. Thompson
and the other show girl escaped un.
injured, but were pretty badly shaken
up and received severe wetting in
the classic waters Of Big Bigby.
A temporary hospital was estab-
lished at the office of DR.. McFerrin,
where the wounded received medical
attention The show women were
taken back to the show grounds.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

FAMLY-SNOW HAL sired by Hal Brown one OF the
to pacing sires produced Hal Brown the
sire Of Molly Darling 2:05A Mamie Dodd 2151 Hal
and others the greatest pacing Hal by old Tom
Hal No l.
Maxwell Bros was Bedfords Snow
he Shakespeare he by Bedfords Beauty
no nv knights snowhee Knghts Snowhe the of Sweepstakes
the dam 59A Knights Tom Hail. and he by old
Hal Kentucky Snowhee first dam by Blue john he by
rneboom Bedford dam by Coppbotom
Allowing two Copperbom Black satns first dam by Prince Pu
k sire of Prince Columbia $780, Ella Brown 211k dam of Walter
Direct 2:O5& Prince Pulaski third dam Red Buck
the find better horse to breed at $40?
not you Especial attention is called his
oaes unusually fast walker but his
colt Intentionally Middle his
nar as walking horse bred in the purple but
all purposed good qualities and kind DISPOSE
ton ANY breeder coming inspect this horse and he
does not find him everything recommend him to be will give
a service free
All care taken prevent liable should
any
GUARANTEE LIVING COLTS
e. D. Ingram,
Carriers Creek, Tennessee
Bell Phone $50 rngs-sprng Hill Exchange
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
en-. DEFEATED BY
ELIZABETH TEAM

The flag of the soldier boys was
cut down in defeat Tuesday afternoon
by the fast baseball team from
the Elizabeth Training school. The
final score was 2 to o.
This being the first of the season.
the locals are not in tip-top shape
and lack the vim and vigor and more
spirit. Johnson, in the box for the
locals, at times was unable to con
troll the ball and gave free passes to
seven men, but when the right aim
was put behind the gun, the firing was
so effective that the visitors were
unable to face the powder and only
three hits were made during the game
Fain catcher for the C. M. A. lads,
received the offerings of Johnson in
first class style
The Elizabeth aggregation proved
themselves masters in field work. but
lacked the hitting qualities enjoyed
by the boys of the uniform. Ander-
son, the classy twirler for the visitors,
had nice swift curve but neverthe-
less, the home team gathered the cher
ries with ease.
The score by innings is as follows:
123 As $3.50 r.
c. M. 20 0 o 20 20 %
Elizabeth .....0 10 0 0 %
Summary: Errors, Buckle /, Sey-
mones l, Hargis L hits, Buckle /,
Fain 2, Seymones l, Johnson 2.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
DIR. ALEXANDER
DELIVERS LECTURE

DR.. G. T. Alexander, the able Bap-
fist divine, delivered a lecture on
Good Citizenship" to the students of
the third and fourth years in the
High school Monday afternoon.
The lecture was short but to
the point. He said that q boy start
ing out in school did not think much
Of citizenship, but when he became a
high school student, he began to think
about the things that made men good
citizens.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

Itching, bleeding, prostrating or
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Ointment. zoe at all stores.-Adv.
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Doan's Regulets are recommended
~ many who say they operate easily,
without gripping and without bad after
effects. 25c at all drug stores.--Adv.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25
Gunpowder From the Air.

Dispatches from Germany announce
that the manufacture Of powder with
out the use of cotton is being carried
on with great success. Cellular ma
terial from forests are being used as
a substitute. The second important
ingredient, saltpetre, is being derived
from the atmosphere, which, as every
body knows, contains a vast quantity
of nitrogen. Germany claims that it
will be able not only to manufacture
all the powder it needs but even to ex-
port basic materials within the year.
The United States has no trouble
about the supply of cotton, for it pro-
duces more cotton many times over
than any other country in the world
But it has been compelled to rely on
Chile for it's supply Of sodium of nj
trate. The principal ingredient OF
most explosives is formed by treating
ordinary cotton with nitric acid. So
long as the supply Of nitrogen is drawn
principally from sodium of nitrate, il
would be necessary for this country
to lay in stock from Chile to carry the
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25

said. would be glad to give Senator
Mantle's candidacy a hearty backing.
With Edwards, Mantle and Dixon
in the race for the Republican nomi-
nation for United States senator and
with Senator Henry L. Meyers and
Joseph Kirschwing as the avowed can
didates for the Democratic nomination
a lively contest is promised in both
the Republican and Democratic prim-
aries.
The contest of the Democratic nomi-
nees for lieutenant governor is de.
yeloping also. The avowed candi-
dates now in the field are LieutenenS
Governor Mcdowell, Senator p. NJ.
Abbott of Gallatin county and Judge
Judge Ayers had been supposed Ia
be looking for the congressional nomi-
nation. The principal candidates. how
ever, for the congressional plums on
the Democratic side up to date are
Congressman Evans, Judge O'Connor
of Livingston and Senator Hogan Of
Billings.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25
BIRD R0osTs.
Safety First a. Il 10 Practieed by the
Feathered Tribes.

Safety First a. Il 10 Practieed by the
Feathered Tribes.
One Of the best ways to prepare for
a long journey is to make short one.
So we find that many birds, before
they embark on their great air voyage
which is to take them from their sum-
mer to their winter home. first make
daily trips between their sleeping quar-
ters and their feeding grounds.
This Is the habit Of our robin. Rob-
ins raise two and sometimes three fam
lilies in one season. When the first
family leaves the nest early In June
it is taken by the father robin to some
dense, leafy growth Of young trees to
pass the night. To this place they re-
turn every night. Many other robins.
sometimes thousands Of them, come to
the same woods. Such resorts are
known as robin roosts. In flying to
and from them the young birds learn
how to find their way.
Meanwhile mother robin is patiently
sitting on her blue eggs, from which
in about two weeks time another little
family Will appear. In two weeks
more they also will be large enough to
leave the nest and can join their broth.
ers and sisters in the roost.
Grackles, or crow blackbirds, have
the same habit. But since they have
only one family or brood both the par
ent birds 60 to the roost with their
young.
Sometimes the robins are Joined by
the grackles and both by the European
starlings, which, brought to this coun'
try and released in Central park, New
York. in 1890, have since become one
Of the most abundant birds in our mid
die Atlantic states. Such roost Is
visited nightly by many thousands oi
birds.-Frank NJ. Chapman in st. Mich
Olas.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25
country through any period of war.

country through any period Of war.
The annual report of the chief Of
ordnance, made to the secretary of
war, dwells at length on this question.
It argues that there is little probabili-
ty that the country will lay in stock
of sodium nitrate sufficient to carry it
through any war. He suggests that it
would be far safer to follow the exam
pie of European countries, which have
in successful operation plants for the
fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. In
order to obtain this with sufficient
cheapness, the chief of ordnance says
that water power must be employed.
Since the federal government con-
trolls the source Of water power, it can
prescribe the conditions under which
private parties may develope it, and
the chief of ordnance wisely proposes
that the regulations shall be so fash
ioned as to insure an adequate sup
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25

AS the subject for the weekly es-
say the school master asked his pu-
pills to say what they could do if they
had $5,000,000.
At once all heads were bent save
one, and pens scratched busily. The
one exception was little Willie. He
calmly sat doing nothing, twiddling
his fingers and watching the flies on
the ceiling.
At the end of the time the master
collected the papers, and Willie hand.
ed over blank sheet.
"How's this, Willie?" asked the
master. "Is this your essay? Why
all the others have written at least
two sheets, while you do nothing!"
"Well," replied Willie, that's what
would do if were millionaire
Philadelphia Record.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK.
And the Lesson the Small investor
Needs to Learn.

And the Lesson the Small investor
Needs to Learn.
The advice of one of the large banks
Of the country is that every one should
invest his surplus, whether large or
small, in dividend securities Of the best
class. whether railroad. real estate or
farm mortgages or public utilities. for
ITO keep money idle is costly oper-
Dtion.'
Let every reader of this article re-
member that with as little US S. or $40
he can make first payment on the pur-
chase of a first class 500 bond. Let
every reader who has few hundred
dollars to spare put it in good $500
or $1,000 bond on the partial payment
plan, and let it earn something. Five
hundred dollars invested in 6 per
cent bond with the income deposited
In q savings bank at 4 per cent? Will
double itself in twelve years-that Is,
the $500 will have become $1,000 In
that time. This $1,000 at 6 per cent
will earn $50 a year or over 81 week
for its possessor. Even at per cent
It will double in fifteen years and at 4
per cent in eighteen years.
The lesson the small investor wants
to learn is that his money is just as
good as that Of the larger investor.
The former has greater need OF being
careful because he has less to spare.
Learn to be a careful investor. The
first thing the careful buyer does II he
wants to buy a horse, COW. a house
or q farm, a bond or a share of stock
is to make a careful investigation.
Schoolboys may swap the jackknives
they hold in their closed hands. but
grownup men ought to know better.
The humblest investor can buy with as
great safety as the proudest. for both
can deal with the same bankers OF
brokers In these days when small lots
are popular with firms Of established
character.-Leslie'sW Weekly.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-25

In a rural court the old squire had
made ruling so unfair that three
young lawyers at once protested
against such miscarriage of justice.
The squire Immediately fined each Of
the lawyers for contempt of court
There was silence, and then an old
lawyer walked slowly to the front of
the room and deposited $40 bill with
the clerk. He then addressed the
judge as follows: "Your Honor,
wish to state that l have twice as
much contempt for this court as any
man in the ."-Youth's Compan-
ion.