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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-07-12
Good CITIZEN ANSWERS !.
. THE. LAST ROLL CALL
r. p. poi X DIED 'TU tuesday, MORN
ING AT 2:30 O'CLOCK AFTER q
s LINGERING ILLNESS. M

r. B. Polk died Tuesday morning. al
$3.50 at his home, the Guest House
after an illness of more than two
years. Mr.. Polk suffered a stroke of
paralysis in April, 1916 and had been
practically an invalid ever since. He
was in his sixty-sixth year, and up
to the time of receiving the stroke
was quite an active man, attending to
the duties of his hotel and looking
after other business interests. He is
survived by his wife and two daugh.
tiers, Miss Eunice Polk, of Columbia
and Miss Annie May Polk, of Hash.
vile, and two sons, Charles Polk, of
Sheffield, Ala, and Harry Polk, of
Henryville, Tenn.
The funeral services took place
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
from the Garden Street Presbyterian
church, conducted by Dr.. S. d. Logan
with interment in Rose Hill cemetery
Mr. and Mrs. Polk moved to Column
bia with their family about fifteen
years ago from West Point, Tenn,
and took charge of the Guest House
which they have successfully run
since that time. But before moving
to West Point, where Mr.. Polk was
engaged in the lumber and saw mill
business for a number of years. they
made their home in this county Con
corn, where Mr.. Polk was born and
grew to manhood, and where he was
revered by all who knew him as be-
ing a man of strong convictions and
greatly esteemed for his upright deal
ings with his fellowman.
The following will act as pail bear.
ers
Manuel Edwards, Will Alexander,
B. A. Satterfield, r. w. Hight, George
Parks and John T. Atkeisson. Cakes
& Nichols.
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The NASHVILLE. WRECK

More destructive of lives than half
dozen air raids by the Germans over
British or French city, or Of num-
bers of long range bombardments of
Paris by the Huns, the>fearful wreck
of two passenger trains On the Nash
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis rail
way near Nashville Tuesday morning
serves to impress upon us the un-
certainty of life even in a country
far removed from the scene Of war
and to cause us to look with less
dread upon the possibility of soldiers
from America being included i'll the
casualty lists of battle.
This horrible wreck also brings to
mind the deplorable carelessness of
human beings in America and the
with which men in posi-.
tons involving the safety of hun.
dreds of people hold that responsible
ity. 1t is not pleasant to put upon
men whose lives were lost also in
the same wreck the blame for the
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AMERICAS WAR AIMS.

President Wilson's Fourth OF July
address at Mt Vernon has been print
ed in the newspapers of the land and
read by most of the people. But the
ends for which the associated people
of the world are fighting, and which
must be conceded them before there
can be peace, as set forth in that adj
dress can not be repeated too often,
for il is well that America keep def
nitely i'm view the aims of this nation,
so that when the time for making
peace comes nothing short of these
ends will be accepted. President Will
son divided our war aims into four
parts as follows:
1. The destruction of every ar
bitrary power anywhere that can
separately, secretely and Of its
single choice disturb the peace OF
the world; or, il 1t cannot be pres
emily destroyed. at the least its
reduction to virtual Impotence.
2. The settlement OF every
question, whether of territory, of
sovereignty. OF economic arrange
ment or of political relationship,
upon the basis of the free accept.
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sorrow and suffering that was caused
when those passenger trains crashed.
But II seems that this blame must
rest upon the engineer of one or roth
of the locomotives that dragged scores
of men, women and children to their
destruction.
1t is said that this is the first
wreck in 40 years on the N. G. e ST
l.. in which a passenger was killed.
That was a record OF which the Off
cials and trainmen had just right or
pride. But it Is no extenuation Ut
Tuesdays catastrophe. 1t is. rather,
substantial proof that this wreci.
should not have occurred. 1t is proof
that wrecks are ayoidable. The N. G.
& St. L. for some time has been con
Quoting safety first campaign
among its employees and literature of
the company claims that there has
been a. satisfying decrease of acct
dents among the trainnien. That, al
so, is but further evidence of culpa
bility on the part Of whoever II was
that failed to observe the rules OF
safety first"
For many years, for so long that
the travelling public remembers no
other materially different schedule,
these two trains have been running
in and out of Nashville. They have
been shopping and business trains for
the people of towns and villages west
of Nashville for many years, besides
being important carr; of through
passengers to and froLi Memphis and
st. Louis and points beyond That
there should have been such an abera-
ton on the part Of either the engineers,
the dispatchers or any other person
having the responsibility of safely d.
recting these trains after so many
years of regular schedule is posi-
lively negligence of nature
scarcely less than criminal Had they
been new trains, or trains the sched-
ules of which had been changed under
the new conditions Of traffic, there
would have been possible some claim
of extenuation.
Where the immediate responsible
ty for this catastrophe, which has
caused sadness throughout a large
portion of Tennessee, should be placed
will, perhaps, never be known. The
placing of responsibility for such trag.
edies seldom is ever accomplished,
There may be investigations and in
quiries, but the probability is that
after few weeks it will pass from
public thought and nothing will be
done until another crash and long
list Of dead come, to remind us, of the
funchanging scarelessness and disro-
gard for human lives on American
railroads sf sss 4 3EN asF Il !,
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BEAUTIFUL LIFE Of :.
: mrs. CRAIG CLOSED

Mrs. Lizzie Strayhorn Craig, widow
5ofthe late Anderson d. Craig, died at
$3.50 last night at her home on South
Garden street, at the ripe age Of sew
enty-five years. Her long life was
one of rare beauty and sweetness in
its constant devotion to her country,
her home and her church. Cheerful,
sympathetic and patient always,
feeble health, afe and no adversely
could disturb the happy disposition
that shed its influence on a wide
circle of relations, neighEors, and
friends.
Two daughters, Mrs. Ira e. Brown
and Miss Callie Craig, and one son,
Robert Craig, have been in loving
attendance at their mothers size,
and receive the sympathy of the com
in their great loss.
The funeral services will be at the
home, corner of Garden and 18th
streets, at II o'clock tomorrow, July
II. The pall-bearers will be Messrs
VIII II. Ragsdale, w. Joe Miller, Clar-
ence w. Tucker, W. B. Wooten, Jake
Harlan, and Frank Wilsford. Inter-
ment at Rose Hill cemetery. Cakes
& Nichols.
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ELECTION NOTICE
q.

& Z y n g..te 3
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
pursuant to the statutes of' Tennessee,
the, undersigned commissioners of
election Of Maury county, will open
and cause to be held at the several
voting precincts Of said county, be-
tween the hours of o'clock a. m.
and o'clock p. M on
THURSDAY, AUGUST I, 1918
the same being the first Thuraday of
August, for the purpose of voting for
and electing five justices Of the SUI
preme court of Tennessee, two from
the state at large, and one each from
the three grand divisions; five judges
of the court of civil appeals c. Ten
nessee, two from the state at large
and one each from the three grand
divisions. one chancellor of the
Fifth chancery division of Tennes-
see; one judge and one attorney gen.
eraL of the eleventh judicial circuit of
Tennessee; one judge of the county
and criminal courts of Maury county;
one sheriff of Maury county: one
trustee, one register, one county court
clerk and one circuit court. clerk. all
of and for Maury county; five men,
bers of the county board of educa.
ton, one from each Of the five diyis-
ions OF said county; twenty four JUS
tlces OF the peace, two each from
each civil district except the ninth,
which shall elect three, and one each
from the cities of Columbia, Spring
Hill and Mt. Pleasant; one constable
from each civil district except the
ninth which shall elect two; and three
members of the advisory boards in
and for each civil district.
In order to be a qualified voter in
said election voters must be duly
registered and have, If liable therefor.
paid their poll taxes for 1917 not less
than thirty days before said election.
This July 3, 1918.
VI. E. ALLEN, Chairman.
JOHN M. BURNS,
R. s. HOPKINS, Secretary.
Commissioners Of Election
July "A Thur CIV At
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HOME FOR FARMERS.

The time Is drawing near when Co
lumbia must prepare to entertain 3.
900 or more delegates to the Middle
Tennessee Farmers Institute which
will meet here July %, "a and 25.
There is a possibility that this big
institute will be held here every year.
This eventuality depends upon the
accommodations provided for the
delegates, men and women, while they
are here this year.
Within a few days committees will
make a house to house canvass of the
city and immediate rural vicinity to
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ohSO VI thnt octt'Suicilt Wy taS
people Immediately concerned,
and not upon the basis OF the ma
terial interest or advantage Of any
other nation or people which nay
desire q different settlement for
the sake of its own exterior influ-
ence or mastery.
3. The consent OF all nations to
be governed in their conduct low
ards each other by the same prin-
ciples of honor and of respect for
the common law of civilized So
ciety that govern the individual
citizens Of all modern states in
their relationship with one an
other; to the end that all prom
Uses and covenants may be sacred
ly observed, no private plots or
conspiracies Matched, no selfish
injuries wrought with impunity,
and a neutral trust established
upon the handsome foundation of
mutual respect for right.
A. The establishment of an or
ganization of peace which shall
make it certain that the combined
power of free nations will check
every invasion of right and serve
to make peace and justice the
more secure by affording def
mite tribunal of opinion TO which
all must submit and by which
every international readjustment
that cannot be amicably agreed
upon by the peoples directly con-
cerned shall be sanctioned.
""These great Objects" says Presi
dent Wilson, "can be put into a sin
gle sentence. What we seek Is the
reign of law, based upon the consent
of the governed and sustained by the
organized opinion of mankind
These great objects thus expressed
by the worlds greatest statesman
mean in coarser language that the
kaiser of Germany and all of his tribe
must be exterminated.
No peace negotiations can be begun
on this side of the Rhine or outside
Of Berlin with the hope of gaining
even semblance of the ends thai
President Wilson has stated. Not I'm
til the military power of Germany has
been so crushed that an unarmed ant
unprotected Belgian or American
woman or child could walk in safet,
on the streets of Berlin will there b.
any hope of attaining the ends Of thu
associated peoples of the world.
To make such peace possible it i
now the business of America to unit
every force upon the single nrojec
of war. Every activity Of the coun
try should be directed toward the n
crease and mobilization of our forces
sos that when that great day for al
allied offensive, led by Americans
comes we will be ready to.proceed 81
rapidly and 40 overwhelmingly thu
the battle cannot be stopped until, IL
crsst has swept across. German~soil.
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MRS. BETTE M'MEEN
DIED IN TEXAS HOME
FORMERLY LIVED AT CARRIERS
CREEk-MOTHER OF Alb Nc
MEEN OF MT. PLEASANT.

News has been received here an
nouncing the death of Mrs. Bette
McMeen, widow of the late Joe Nc
Meen, formerly of Carter's Creek,
this county. Mrs. McMeen died at
her home in Cado, Texas, Sunday
morning. She is the mother of Alb
McMeen, of Mt. Pleasant, and up to
a few years ago made her home in
this county. She has large circle of
friends in Maury county who regret
to learn of her death.
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Victims of Wreck


Van Lumpkins, colored, Little Rock,
Ark, extensive burns, will die.
Has Allen, colored, 1881 Kentucky
Ave-, Memphis, will likely die.
Lin Mckinney, colored, DsrmoIt,
Ark, both legs burned, fractured iibs.
Roy Dallas, colored. Little Rock,
Ark, fractured right collar bone.
Slightly Injured
The following were only slightly
injured and had their wounds dressed
and were dismissed:
X. o. r. j. Pitello, Centerville, Ark.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas ]. O'Conneli,
Lorraine. Pa.
William Meadows, Sheffield, Ala.
Warren Mitchell, colored, 343;A
Simpson street, Memphis.
Frank Moore, Texakana, Tex.
Jewell Nycks. Cumberland Furnace,
Tenn.
Frank Pearce, yhitton, Ark.
At Woman's Hospital
J. w. DUPONT. engineering company,
Port City, Texas, eyes injured.
At Forts Infirmary
Mrs. Mollie Mayes, Kingston
Springs, Tenn, head and eyes injured.
not serious A number of others
slightly injured received surgical at
tention here aud weer sent on homo.
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MRS. 7. S. RICHARDSON
NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED

Mrs. T. s. Richardson, who with
her little daughter, Mildred, and
niece, Dorothy, was on one of the
trains in the N. C. & st. L.. railway
wreck Tuesday morning, reached
nome safely last night and was not
seriously injured. She. suffered a Sc
we're bruise near her eyes, which has
discolored that portion of her face,
but the injury is not considered SER
ious. Her little daughter suffered
only slight bump on her head.
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RED CROSS WORKERS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WORK
ROOM WILL BE OPENED MON.
DAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY.

The The Red Cross workers are re.
quested to watch The Daily Herald
for announcements in regard to sur
gical dressings and until further NO.
tice the work room will only be open
on Monday mornings. Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons when sewing will
be done.
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American women who speak Italian
fluently and who are trained in social
service work are being sent to Italy
by the American Red Cross TO help
with the refugees and children, 10 con-
duct soup kitchens and nurseries, and
to organize and carry on other forms
OF relief work, according 70 the state
ment of the American Red Cross.
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COLUMBIA AVIATOR

Lieut.. James WOOten, OF Co
lumbia, Tenn, and Lieut.. Cowart,
Pilot, in biplane attached to the
observation division, doWned q
bOche."
That is the kind of war news that
Columbians like to read. 1t is the
kind of news that we are going to
hear more of. Columbia and Maury
county boys are on the firing line
now in large numbers in all branches
of the service, and coon the war. dis
patches are going to be well spiced
with reports of what these boys are
doing to crush the Hun.
Lieut.. James Wooten is the first
Columbia aviator to bring down a
boche, and for that he is the hero o.
the hour. He has but recently be-
come q years of age, but he has been
in the aviation service more than a
year, greater portion of the time be-
ing at the front with French esca-
drille where he has already distin-
guished himself as an observer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Wooten, par
ents of the young hero, have every
reason to be proud of their son and
their pride is echoed in the hearts
IQfs all the people ofsthis4 community.
What he has done will strengthen
Mrs. Wootep in her tireless ana eff,
Client work with the Red Cross, and
will give greater inspiration ssos Mr..
IWooten in his effortssto carry on
lat home in the work to keep up tho
Civilian endtof the war game. /
Tie report of Lieut.. Wooten's adj
venture was given in asspecial article
from Bert Ford, International News
Service staff correspondent, dated
July1, 4 p. m, and published Monday
| in newspapers using that service.
Fords 5repDrt said: SEE
There has been another great burst
Of air activity on the American sector
Of the Marine front, during which one
German machine was shot down in
flames, another was compelled to
land out of control, while two other
boche machines were forced down by
American airmen attached to an OBJ
| caruot;o,, diu;o;opy
1t was in this burst of air activity
that Lieut. Wooten got his Hun. The
notable feature of the adventure is
that observers are not expected 10
bring down enemy machines but to
get the range of enemy land batteries
and direct the fire of the American
artillery. But recent letters from
Lieut.. Wooten told about his training
to shoot and indicated that if ever a
boche got within range he would rel
ish an encounter. -
The last letter from Lieut.. Wooten
described an artillery combat in which
he directed battery of the largest
American guns in their destruction Of
German artillery battery. IT was
thrilling work, but there must be-
much more satisfaction to the Column
bia aviator in having the distinction
of firing the shots that actually
brought down an enemy machine.
We are going to hear more from
Lieut.. Wooten and his work in the
air. We are going to hear more of all
the Columbia and Maury county boys
in the aviation and all other branches
of the service. The example set by
this aviator is good one, but it's a
fair prediction that the other boys ere
not going to let him win all the hon
ors.
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FOR STATE SENATOR

DIR. C. Y. CLARKE, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for state
senator in the general assembly from
the Twentieth senatorial district COM
posed of Maury, Lewis and Perry
counties, subject to the legal party
primary to be held August l, 1918.
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FOR MAGISTRATE

w. L. GOAD, candidate for Justice
of the Peace for the Second District
Of Maury county, Tennessee. Elec-
ton August l, 1918.
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WILLIAM B. WHITAKER, candi.
date for representative in the general
assembly subject to the Democratic
primary, Thursday, August /, 1918.
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r. N. MOORE, candidate for Demo
cratic nomination for representative
in the General Assembly from Maury
county, subject to the action of the
legal party primary to be held August
l, 1918. d&w
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SAM A. HAYS, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for represent
alive in the general assembly from
Maury county, subject to the action
of the legal party primary to be held
August /, fs1S.
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8 m 20 sFsa IN - tn
ANNOUNCEMENTS
..A " lAK.fflE NJ

FOR Representative

N W. RUSSELL, Candidate for the
Democratic nomination for represen-
tatiye in the General Assembly from
Maury county, subject to the action
Of the legal party primary. August /,
1918. F 4 u s sd&w
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-08
ALLIED PRESSURE
AGAINST GERMAN
LINES CONTINUES

CONTINUED From Page One.)
latest reports are that sharp
fighting continues.
Along the Ckgnon river the
Americans have taken Torcy and
Bouresches and the French Veu-
illy-la- Poterie and Vinly. The
extremities .ofs~the advancing
line are marked by Bouresches
and Vinly.
Desperate Character
Friday the fighting was Of a
more desperate character than
on Thursday. but the Germans
were compelled to give ground,
the impetuous marines and
French being too much for them.
German prisoners taken now ex-
coed 90, as a result Of the adj
vance the enemy has been driv-
en- back on the river and across
it at Vinly. He no longer mem
aces the height positions south
of Veuilly, which form an i'm
portant part of the barrier hold
ing the Germans from Paris.
Capture BIigny
Between the Marine and
Rheims the French have COM
pleted the capture Of Bligny.
Elsewhere on the salient the in
fantry fighting has been at a
minimum and nowhere have the
Germans essayed attacks. The
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-08
SMITH TALKS
TO BIG CROWD
AT mine CITY
Thousand People Turn Out Be.
fore Breakfast at Wilton to
Hear Pershing Man
GREAT MEET AT MANDAN

Wilton, N. d., June S.-Corp, Har.
old j. Smith, one Of the fifty men
whom General Pershing sent back
from the front to tell America about
the war, spoke to an audience of l.,
OOO people from araiSed platform at
the 500 station early Friday while the
train waited. Farmer folk drove in
from a radius of 20 miles, many OF
them parents OF boys now in actual
service over there with the Bismarck
units Of the First and Second North
Dakota regiments. The Washburn
Ignite Coal Co, released its several
hundred employees to hear Corp
Smith. 1t had been previously an
nounced that work at the mine would
not begin until $3.50, and cars. were in
waiting at the station to carry miners
to the workings after the conclusion
of Smiths talk. The Pershing fighter
spoke but ten minutes;. he showed
some signs of strain as a result OF
the strenuous ten days he has put IN
In North Dakota, but he made a cork
ing good address and was cheered to,
the limit Wing, Regan, Baldwin and
other nearby towns were well repre-,
scented in the audience. NJ
Mandan, N. D., June s: The best
war talk tMandan has yet heard waA,
given here last night by Corp. Harold
J. Smith, one OF Pershing's famous
fifty, who spoke at the, Palace theatre
under the auspices of the council OF
defepse. The theatre was filled'to ca
pacity, and the audience was kept in
a fervor OF patriotic enthusiasm.
The surgical dressing class OF the
Mandan Red Cross had planned a
dance for Thursday evening. When
it was found that Smith could not be
here to fill his afternoon engagement,
the class agreed to callsoff its hop in
order that everyone might hear
Smith in, the evening. Following the
corporaPs address, a collection was
taken up for sthe surgical class, and
$500 was realized.
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Justice "A. Bruce gave splendid
address on the work Of the Red Cross,
being introduced by Vicar General M.
J .Hiltner, who testified eloquently to
the wonderful work this organization
is doing. The musical numbers were
exceptionally good, and everyone en-
joyed the refreshments and the cards
which followed. Mesdames John Rem
TER, John Holman and S. S. Clifford
We're the hostesses of the evening.
The Red Cross fund was enriched
$500. 90.
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Repairing School.
Major Pringle of the United States
indian bureau is supervising repairs
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at the Bismarck Indian School neces-
STATED by the blowing up Of one Of
the hot-water boilers during the past
winter. The school will be put in
first class shape before fall, when it
will be reopened.
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Delightful Affair.

The recital and card party given by
the ladies Of st. Mary's at the Knights
Of Columbus club ROOMS Wednesday
evening proved a delightful and graf
ffyingly successful affair. In spite OF
the storm more than 200 people at
tended, and it is estimated that as
many more, who had planned to come,
were kept home by the rain Chief
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For Mrs. Moore,

The Current Events club entertain
ed at the home Of Mrs. N. B.. Fitch on
Fifth street Wednesday afternoon in
honor Of Mrs. J. G.. Moore, who is
leaving for Grand Forks to make her
home. Sociability and knitting for
the Red Cross We're the order of the
afternoon.