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VOL. XXXIX NO. 28.
BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, ARRIL lo, 1904.
SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Year
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TURNED ASIDE
THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET AS AN EXAMPLE
AND WARNING TO CHRISTIANS OF TO-DAY.
Sermon ty the "Highway and Byway" Preacher.
(Copyright, 1904,
Chicago, Sunday, April 10, 1904.
Text: "Ye were running well; who hin
dered you that ye should not obey the
truth? This persuasion came not of Him
tr.at calleth you." Gal. 5:7,8.
UR text is taken
from Paul's letter
to the Galatian
Christians, and
conveys com
mendation for well
doing and then re
buke for having
turned aside from
obeying the truth.
They had been pro
gressing nicely in
the Christian life,
following faithful
ly the teaching and
doctrine of the
great apostle,
when certain conditions and influences
and individuals had combined to draw
them away from obedience to the truth.
And Paul goes on to tell them plainly
that they have not been persuaded of the
Christ who had redeemed them and
called them into His service. It was
something counter to the will and pur
pose of God which was; hindering them
In the Christian race thev were run
ning. He is concerned for them, and
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longs to guide their erring feet back into
the way marked out by the Lord. The
Galatian Christians to whom Paul sent
this message have passed away, but
Christians to-day manifest the same
tendencies which troubled the inspired
apostle, and the message which he wrote
to the Christians of that early day is as
much needed now as then. It is God's
Word convicting, convincing, authori
tative for Christians of all time. And
how often God has to say to the Chris
tain: "Ye were running well; who hin
dered you that ye should not obey the
truth? This persuasion came not of Him
that calleth you." It may not be that
Judaisers are bury among us leading us
into error as they were among the Gala
tians, but the Judaisers of the apostolic
days have given place to a multitude of
other conditions and influences which
operate with exactly similar results in
hindering the Christian In his obedience
to the truth, and in turning him aside
into sin and error. How many, many
Christians there are who have run well
and then been turned aside into the way
of disobedience and disloyalty to the
Christ. There is hardly a follower of
Christ but has had such experience. Per
haps even now ycu, who have run well
and faithfully, have turned aside and are
not now treading the pathway of obedi
ence and truth. "Who hindered you
that ye should not obey the truth? This
persuasion came not of Him that calleth
yon."
IN the thirteenth chapter of the fir6t
book of Kings we find a striking i
illustration of our text. Read it, for
we shall use the story to illustrate our
text. It tells of a prophet of God who
did run well, but who was turned aside
and met disaster and death. We do not
know his name or the particulars of
his life. We only know that, intrusted
with a most important mission by God,
he did splendidly for a time, but fell
short of complete obedience and suf
fered a sad and bitter end. The facts
in the story are these: Jeroboam, the
son of Nebat, the first king over Israel
after the disruption of the kingdom
under Rehoboam, had with wicked
cunning established two places of sac
rifice and worship one at Dan and the
other at Bethel so that the children of
Israel would not continue to go up to
Jerusalem to make their offerings.
And, regardless of the sacredness of
the office, and the fact that the sons of
Levi were the Divinely-appointed
priests, he formed a priesthood of his
own and he himself became the high
priest, as well as king. He established
regular feast days, and upon one of
these occasions, while he was officiat
ing at the altar at Bethel and burning
incense, God sent His prophet from
Judah to utter the Divine judgment
against the altar. And in passing we
must note the fact that this is one of
the most remarkable prophecies in the
Scriptures, and, "in its clearness, cir
cumstantial minuteness, and exact
prediction of an event that took place
360 years after, it stands in striking
contrast to the obscure and ambiguous
oracles of the heathen."
HAVING spoken the word which God
had commanded him, and having it
confirmed by the rending of the altar by
invisible hand, the man of God start
ed obediently to return to Judah by a
different way from that by which he
had come. Jeroboam, who had felt the
withering power of Divine judgment
upon his arm, and had then been gra
ciously restored in answer to the prayer
of the prophet, sought to stay him, and
invited him to the royal palace to dine.
But the man of God had his explicit di-
rections, and plainly told the king that,
if he ehould offer him half of his king
dom, he could not tarry, for God had
told him to neither eat nor drink until
he had returned to his own home. And
so, mounting his ass, he started. Thus
far he had run well. He had obeyed.
But he loitered upon the way. He allowed
temptation to overtake him in the form
of a man who came to him with sancti
monious face and reverential manner,
and told him that he had had a revela
tion from God, which countermanded
the first orders of God. . In short, that
the man of God was to return to his
house, and eat and drink with him. And
because he wanted to believe this false
ophet this -wicked man who
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probably one of the appointed priests of
Jeroboam he turned aside from the
course God had marked out for him.
And while eating in the forbidden place
God's worst judgment against him
came, and he went out to perish before
the fierce attack of a great Hod. It is a
sad story, but it has its lesson and its
warning for ycu and for me. "Ye were
running well; who hindered you that
ye should not obey the truth? This
persuasion cane not of, Him that call
eth you." Let us not be harsh in our
judgments upon the prophet of Judah
who failed just when he was about to
round out a splendid service with suc
cess and full obedience. Let us con
sider ourselves and see if we have not
turned and are not most apt to turn
aside from complete obedience to the
will and commandments of God.
T
full instructions from God as to his
journey, his testimony and his return.
Man never turns aside from the pathway
of obedience because God has failed to
make the way plain. The Galatian Chris
tians had not departed from the doc
trine delivered unto them by Paul, be
cause it had not been made simple and
Plain. And you and I
I aciMn f rriTn the t-i p-n t na1
do not turn
aside from the right path because God
has not lovingly.and faithfully aEd care
fully marked all the way over which
our feet should pp. Yet did run well, oh,
man of God! Why did not you continue
so to the end? Ye did run well, oh, ye
Galatians! Why did not you so con
tinue to the end? You and I do run well
at times, we perform half a service for
the Master faithfully. But what hinders
us finishing as we began? Surely it is not
because God has failed to make Him
self understood. It is not because He
has not hung sign posts at every turn
in the road. He has made it so plain that
"wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not
err therein." The turning aside of the
Christian cannot be charged to any neg
lect, or indifference on the part of God.
He has provided chart and compass and
guide book, and best of all He has given
us a Pilot who has been over all the
journey of life and served in every possi
ble condition and circumstance, so that
He is able to help and guide as need re
quires. Such being the case, we cannot
claim that our vacillating course Is
chargeable to God. We cannot offer a3
excuse for having turned aside from the
path of duty and obedience that God had
not given us careful instructions, and
plain commands, for He has, and we know
it. God is not responsible for our fail
ures. F1RST of all. then, we may discover the
secret of the failure of the man of
God in delay and the seeking of ease
in a forbidden place. "What hath hin
dered you?" Delay and self-sought
ease! Perhaps more failures can be
counted from this source than from any
other. The man of God ttid not stop and
rest under the tree by the roadside in
order that he might commune with God.
Back into Judah was the place where
he must go to receive God's "Well done,
good and faithful servant." Back in
Judah was where God would talk with
him further. He could not receive these
on the roadside where duty had net
been fully performed. And neither
more can the child of God to-day. It
was safe for the prophet to go to the
very heart of the enemy's country, to
openly denounce the idolatrous worship
and the false altar and priests, because
God had sent him, but it was not safe
to tarry by the wayside, and seek his
ease, for God had not told him thus to
do. He had been told to go and get
back in time for the next meal, and that
meant haste. Perchance he was hungry
when he left Bethel, and he stopped to
think of what a feast he would have had
at the king's house. And how many
Christians there are like him. They lin
ger in the regions of the forbidden
ihings. They know they must not par-
taKe, Dut tney tarry to tninK wnat a
goodly land the forbidden land is, after
all, and they hanker after the viands
tnat have been denied them. And this
almost invariably leads to failure. The
Lord's business takea the Christian
right into the enemy's country. He is
in the world surrounded by all the at
tractive and alluring things of this
life. But. as the prophet was not to
partake of the bounties of Bethel, even
so the Christian is told not to love the
world nor the things of the world, nor
to indulge in worldly things.
B
UT the Christian, regardless of the
Lord's commands, sits himself down
under the shade of the world's tree,
and reasons on this wise, much as I be
lieve the man of God reasoned that
busy, and eventful," and fatal day. He
was conscious of having done good
service, but instead of reporting back to
headquarters av. once, and letting God
commend if commendation were due, he
encouraged the self-satisfied feeling
which filled his heart. His thoueht al.
centered in self, and what he had dons.
He. the servant of God, had obeyed
Gcd's voice, and departed early that
morning for Bethel. He had spoken
God's message, he had refused the
king's meat, and had started rick ai -other
way surely, he had done well.
He had obeyed God. Why should he
not rest here under the oak nigh 1 to
Bethel? He was entitled, he thought,
to a little quiet ease after his long jour
ney, his splendid sermon, and his re
fusal of an invitation to dinner. His
thought was all of self, and when one
tarries by the way to think of self, and
what self has wrought, he Is in great
peril. How very, very often the Chris-
tian falls into this snare. Faithful server
ice back at Bethel Is taken as warrant
ior seu-inauigence on ine ouiSKiris 01
Bethel. Obedience, partially rendered,
is deemed sufficient excuse for the seek
ing of one's own ease and pleasure.
Have you never sought to ease your con
science for some questionable indul
gence by recalling the attendance on
church, the Sabath-school class
taught, the errand of mercy performed,
the religious call, made? I have, and
It was only doing what this prophet of
old did sitting under the oak In ease
and comfort when you should be well on
your way back to Judah, there to meet
your Lord, there to receive at His hands
refreshing and blessing. .
I F THE man of God had not loitered on
1 the way, he never would have been
overtaken by the wicked prophet of
Bethel. All kinds of temptation come
to one when thus delaying on the path
way of duty. The man of God was in
viting disaster just the moment he light
ed from his ass and stretched his weary
body on the green sward under that en
ticing shade, and you and I invite similar
danger and defeat when we delay in our
Christian service. We run weil for a
time, and then failure comes. Why? so
often, we ask ourselves. We point to
the service behind and think that it is
strange that we could have so grievous
ly fallen, when we were serving so Joy
ally and faithfully. But the secret of
our failure, the reason we have turned
aside, is because we have stopped dft.'nfc:,
and have allowed the false prophxit of
temptation to overtake us and leaJ ui
astray. Many a temptation would fail
to overtake the Christian If he were
faithfully going forward on the pathway
of duty which led back to Judah. the
place from whence you had started at
God's command, and the place to which
you must again come before eating and
drinking and taking your ease. In the
quiet communion of your closet you re
ceive your commission for service. God
speaks to you. He tells you of service
to render, of a message to deliver, ard
you go forth to obey the command. But
Instead of returning to the closet after
the task is done, you rest by the way
side and temptation comes and turns you
aside. Mr. Moody, when holding meet
ings at St. Louis at one time, was ap
proached after the service by one of his
ushers who told him that there was a
group of the most influential men and
women of the city who wished to be In
troduced to him. This was very flatter
ing attention, surely. Mr. Moody had
just delivered one of his most powerful
and effective sermons, and was busy here
and there with the Inquirers, while this
company of distinguished people wait
ed to meet the great evangelist. But
when Mr. Moody had finished all the Lord
had given him to do, he quietly, and un
observed, slipped out of the rear door
and went to his room. And later, In
explaining his apparent discourtesy, he
said that he feared to tarry for the
words of adulation and flattery; he must
get back to his room and report first
to his Lord Who had sent him forth.
Oh. that we were all more obedient and
faithful.
AND having tarried by the "roadside,
and given the wicked prophet time
to overtake him. the man of God was
ready to take the next step in the di
rection of positive disobedience to his
Lord's 'commands. The prophet was
not willing to disobey God. Oh. no! He
knew what God's command was, and he
repeated it to the Bethelite who had
overta.ken him, but he was ready to lis
ten to a lying voice, and willing to be
lieve that God had changed His mind
and had sent him a message by-some
one else. This reveals to the Christian
one of his greatest perils. Not willing
to deliberately transgress the command
of his Lord, and knowing what that com
mand is. there come lying tongues within
and without to make him believe that
God had' changed His mind in his par
ticular case, "and that he may return
to Bethel and eat and drink and have
a good social time. - Analyze the reason
ing which your subtle and wayward
heart has used when you have turned
aside from the path of duty, and you will
find that vou led yourself, or were led
by some false prophet, to believe that
God did not mean what He said. The
devil knows that there are many, many
Christians whom he cannot get to do
wrong unless he can make them believe
that for some reason or other God has
not meant what He said, and in the guise
of an angel he brings a new message
which is directly counter to God's com
mand. The prophet believed this lyinj
Bethelite, because he wanted to. He
wanted to go back to Bethel. Hewanted
to partake of the good things which were
to be had during that festival occasion.
All the time he had been sitting un
der that oak he had been lusting for
the forbidden food, and wondering why
God had been so cruel as to deny him
thus, when he had served Him so faith
fully. And so when Mr. Lying Prophet
came up he was glad to hear and receive
his message and return with him.
Turned aside! What" a sad spectacle.
Such splendid service, so well on the way
back to the place where God could com
mend and bless. But loitering under the
shade of self-ease, longing for the forbid
den things, listening to a voice other
than that of God, led to failure. And so
it will you and me, dear Christian work
er. How often we are turned aside, just
as the prophet of old. "Ye were run
ning well; who hindered you that ye
should not obey the truth? This per
suasion came not of Him that calleth
you." Take heed! Learn the lesson of
the prophet of old. Be constant. Be
faithful.
Non-Smoking Employes Rewarded.
Six hundred and sixty men. women
and boys employed in the woolen fac
tory of Mr. T. F. Taylor, at Batley, re
ceived 1 each from Mr. Taylor as
a reward for abstaining from tobacco
for the last 12 months. One hundred
and forty-one men and boys, and 519
women had kept the pledge which they
were invited to take a year ago. As a
result of the year's experience, 40 of
the men have decided to give up to-
'-Itocether London Mail,
MAY GET THEM ALL.
William R. Hearst Already Has Ma
jority of Karftas Delegation.
Twelve Men Selected at Wichita for Na
tional Convention Declare for the Ed
itor and If Cult Rale Is Enforced
It Is Unanimous.
Wichita, Kan., April 9. M. F. Ihm
sen, Hearst's personal manager who
is here, claims a majority in the Kan
sas delegation, which yesterday wa3
claimed by the anti-Hearst element
He gave out signed interviews by sev
eral of the doubtzui-delegates who had
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WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
been counted against the New York
editor. Those delegates who thus are
classed as sure Hearst men who have
expressed themselves for him are Del-
egates-at-Large Sam I. Hale, J. N.
Haymaker, J. G. Johnson, and H. P.
Farrelly and District Delegates O. P.
Scearce. C. W. Oswald. W. P. Dillard,
T..W. Morgan, W. H. L. Pepperill, A.
S. Kemper, J. M. McCoun and, A. M.
Jackson. This gives Hearst at least
12 out of the 20 delegates chosen and
his friends claim even more than that.
Hale, Haymaker, Pepperill, Kemper
and Dillard were claimed by the oppo
sition. DO NOT AFFECT RAINFALL.
European Scientists After Investigation
Dlsabnse a Popular Theory Regarding
Forests and Climate.
Berlin, April 9. The influence of
forest upon climate rvas the subject of
discussion at the annual meetng of the
German Meteorological society yester
day, ine conclusions reached as
signed much less influence to the for
ests than has been hitherto assumed.
Prof. Schubert, of Goettingen, gave a
summary of the results of his four
years' observations at Prussian for
estry stations throughout the extended
wooded region of the northwestern
part of Bradenburg. Two observa
tions were taken daily at numerous
points within the forests, in clearing3
and other points. The result was that
from the minimum variations of tem
perature and humidity in the forests
and at. more remote points it was con
cluded that the forests had no appre
ciable influence upon the rainfall and
general climate. It was pointed out
that observations in the extended
fwamp regions of Russia gave similar
results.
FULL OF YEARS AND HONOR.
Rintr of Denmark Celebrate His Kiglity
Slxtli Birthday Fellciton Telegrams
from Crowned Heads.
Copenhagen, April 9. King Chris
tian Friday celebrated his eighty-sixth
birthday in excellent health. United
States Minister Swenson conveyed to
the king a greeting and felicitations
from President Roosevelt Congratu
latory telegrams were received from
all the sovereigns. Enormous crowds
thronged the vicinity of the palace
cheering the old monarch, who, with
the king and queen of England, ap
peared on the balcony of the palace.
Telegrams of congratulations were also
received front Danes in the United
States, and there were general festiv
ities throughout Denmark.
GAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A Great Well in the Outage Nation Set oa
Fire The Country Lighted Up
by the Ola re.
Ramona, I. T., April 9. The great
gas well on lease 61, Osage nation.
four miles from here, which has been
pouring 24,000,000 feet of gas Into the
air every 24 hours since last week
when it blew the cap and capping off,
was struck by lightning Thursday.
The country for miles around is light
ed up by the glare. The flame is 50
feet above the ' ground, and so far it
has been impossible to stop it.
The Indian Bill.
Washington, April 9. The confer
ence report on the Indian appropria
tion bill was submitted in the senate
yesterday. The bill as passed by the
senate carried an increase of $2,877,-
563 over the bill as passed by the
house. Of this increase the house con
ferees agreed to $1,005,738 and the
senate receded from $1,272,277. The
bill adopted as reported from confer
ence carries $9,247,930.
(joes to Highest Court.
Omaha, April 9. The Union Pacific
has appealed to the United States su
preme court from the decision of the
federal court of appeals, granting the
Chicago Great Western the right to use
the bridge and terminals of the former
road.
Tyner's Trial Ma? 2.
Washington, April 9. Justice Pritch
ard. of the criminal court, has fixed
May 2 as the date for the -trial of
Former Assistant Attorney General
James N. Tyner for conspiracy to de
fraud tie overnrheDi-
DEMOCRATS AT WICHITA.
State Convention Elected Delegates to 8U
loals John H. Atwood Elected
National Committeeman.
Wichita, Kan., April 8. There was
no contest in the democratic state con
ventipn. It was announced just be
fore the delegates left for the conven
tion hall that the Hearst forces had
quit. By the arrangements the Hearst
people asked for no instructions. No
fight was made on Claude Duval for
chairman. The Hearst people were al
lowed J. G. Johnson and H. P. Far
relly as delegates at large and did not
fight A. M. Jackson in the Third dis
trict. The Seventh district will be
represented by Hearst delegates. An
ti-Hearst men say the national delega
tion will stand 15 against Hearst to 5
for him. A Hearst man admitted that
the deal had been made and that there
would be no contest.
At 10:20 the convention was called
to order by Chairman H. P. Farrelly,
of the state committee. Rev. J. D.
Ritchey, of St. Paul's Episcopal
church, opened the "proceedings with
prayer. Secretary McCrum read the
call. Mr. Farrelly for the committee
recommended Claude Duval for chair
man. There were few dissenting
votes.
When Chairman Duval was escorted
to the platform he said: "No higher
honor can be conferred upon man in
the , realm of party politics than to
have the privilege of presiding over
the deliberations of a democratic con
vention. Especially is this true when
it is a convention composed of demo
crats true and loyal to the principles,
doctrines and traditions of the party,
called for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the national convention
that will nominate the next president
of our great country. Gentlemen of
the convention, at this time you, as
the representative delegates of the
democrats from your respective coun
ties, are race to race witn grave re
sponsibilities.
"Those of you who have carefully
watched Jhe action and anticipated ac
tion of those states that have and
will yet select delegates to the St.
Louis convention know that many of
the states desire to see a candidate
nominated who not only supported
our ticket in 1896 and 1900, but also
one that will unite all factions of our
party. Many of these states are now
placing before the democrats of the
nation favorite sons: Missouri,
Cockrell; UHnois. her Williams;
Maryland, her Gorman; Wisconsin.
her Wall; Massachusetts, her Olney;
California, her Hearst, and New York,
her Parker. So, gentlemen of the con
vention, let me ask that you thought
fully. and seriously consider what you
believe to be the desires and wishes
of a'majority of the democrats in your
lespective localities and throughout
this great state, . carefully consider
what you believe to be best for our
party and then with your, conscience
and your God do what you believe
best: for democratic harmony and dem
ocratic success."
The committee on resolutions, in its
report, indorsed the Kansas City plat
form of 1900 and the Chicago platform
of 1896; expressed confidence in Wil
Ham J. Bryan and declared for the
nomination of men for president and
vice president who supported the
tickets of 1896 and 1900 and who were
in sympathy with the platforms upon
which they ran; roasted the republic
ans of the state for turning down the
old machine and creating another
more dictatorial than the old and
charged them with building a railroad
machine and with turning the state
capitol into a roundhouse; commended
Senator W. A. Harris for his record
in the United States senate and
charged the action of Senator Burton
to the republicans.
A resolution indorsing William
Randolph Hearst and his victory over
the coal trust, as an example for dem
ocrats to follow, but not referring to
him as a candidate for president, was
the last in the report.
A supplementary report consisted of
a resolution or condolence on tne
death of W. 11. Craddock, candidate
for governor two years ago, was
adopted by a rising vote of the candi
dates.
The report was adopted by a unan
imous vote amid the cheers of the
Hearst men, who took it as indorse
ment of their candidate.
Delegates-at-large W. A. Harris
II. T. Farrelly, David Overmyer, J. G.
Johnson, S. I. Hale and J. N. Hay
maker.
District delegates First, James W.
Orr and Frank Fitzwilllams; Second,
T. W. Morgan and W. P. Dillard;
Third, A. M. Jackson and G. W. Ga
briel; Fourth. A. S. Kemper and J. M.
McCoun; Fifth, W. H. Pepperill and
T. L. Bond; Sixth, S. S. Smith and A.
A. Roth; Seventh, O. P. Scearce and
C. W. Oswold.
John H. Atwood, of Leavenworth,
was elected national committeeman by
acclamation.
A kb 1 11 at Kaw Improvement.
Washintgon, April 9. The senate
committee on commerce at a meeting
yesterday decided not to report the
amendment to the sundry civil bill ap
propriating $1,500,000 for the improve
ment of the Kaw at Kansas City.
Ex-Queen Isabella Near Death.
Paris, April 9. The condition of for
mer Queen Isabella of Spain is excit
ing serious apprehension. Her three
daughters. Infantas Isabella, Eulalie
and Marie, are now at her bedside
here. It Is said that Queen Isabella
has asked to see her grandson. King
Alfonso, and a telegram to that efffect
may be sent to him.
. Won't Repeal Desert Land Laws."
Washington, April 9. By a vote of
8 to 3, the house committee on irriga
tion of arid lands defeated the bill to
repeal the desert land laws.
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Smallpox Report.
The official report of the State
board of health shows the interest
ing fact that smallpox is no longer
to be dreaded as a fatal disease. The
percentage of deaths from this dis
ease is to small in comparison with
the same percentage for former
years that the fact is noteworthy.
Out of a. total of 3.567 cases in the
entire State from September 15,
1903, to March 15, 1904, it is shown
that only 70 deaths have resulted.
The disease is no respecter of local-it-,
and the reports show that the
eastern section, the middle section
and the western division are alike
visited by the germs, and the fur
ther interesting statement is made
that the white and negro popula
tion is equally touched by it. The
total white cases during the period
were 1,775, and the negro cases
3,792. Sixfy-foiir counties arc cm
braced in the report made by Secre
tary Albright.
v Col. Savage Dead.
Col. John II. Savage died in his
law office near the public square in
McMinnville last week, in his 89th
year, after an illness extending
over m.uiy weeks. Col. Savage had
not been well for several years, but
to the last he preserved that stoic
iMn characteristic of the man.
Though he had made many personal
enemies during his long and stormy
career, his death caused general re
gret "all over the mountain district,
and liis funeral was attended by a
throng of people. Previous to his
last illness he perfected the plans
which he had had in view for many
ears of erecting a monument to the
Sixteenth regiment, C. S. A., which
he commanded and which fought so
valiantly at Murfreesboro. It was
first intended to erect this monu
ment on the Stone river battlefield,
but a few months ago Col. Savage
determined to erect it at
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ville.
Young Lady Seriously Burned.
Mrs. Etta Ownbv, daughter of
Mr. E. P. Ownbv, 'of the Twenty-
third district, of Carroll county,
was fatally burned last week at her
home. Miss Ownbv was standing
before an open fireplace with her
back to the tire. Her clothing be
came ignited. Unaware of her peril,
the girl started into the kitchen to
assist her mother with the work.
Hie mother saw t lie blaze and
screamed, and Miss Ownbv dashed
into the yard, the wind fanning the
flames. She was terribly burned
from head to foot. Doctors from
Huntingdon went out, but could
only partially ease her terrible suf
ferings. Fell From a Pole.
East week while putting up elec
tric light wires in Bells, O. L. Hill,
sen of J. P. Hill, editor of the
Crockett Countv Sentinel, and pres
ident and general manager of the
Pelrs Electric Light and Power
Company, fell from a thirty-foot
pole, striking the ground full
length on his back. Those who saw
him fall thought he was killed, but
he revived in a few minutes, and
while no bones were broken and
later developments showed no se
rious injuries, he was considerably
bruised up.
Truck Growers' Association.
Another Truck Growers' Associa
tion has been formed lrr the plant
ers of the northern part of Mont
gomerv county, near the Kentucky
line, with John Gower as president;
X. Power, vice-president, and 1.
E. Shinnick, secretary. The pur
pose of the organization is to inter
est the planters in a diversity-of
crops to the exclusion of entire at
tention to the growing of tobacco.
Smith Found Dead.
Dr. A. W. Smith, a prominent
citizen of Lauderdale countv, was
found dead m his dental laboratory
at liipley last week. He was subject
to attacks of heart failure. He went
to Kipley in 18(!9 from Hardeman
county, where, however, he had re
sided but a short time, being a na
tive of Chatham countv, X. C.
School Bonds Sold.
Last week Pipley sold the $10,000
thirty-year coupon school bonds
recentlv issued to the Lauderdale
County Bank at 2 per cent, pre-
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ranim. lnere were several uiuuers,
but the bank got the entire issue.
Child Burned to Death.
Xear Gadsden last week Bob
Young's little 4-year-old daughter
was burned to death on the after
noon of the 4th inst. On thefarm
they were preparing for spring
planting, burning corn and cotton
stalks in the field not far from the
house. The little girl uas out there
watching and enjo3'ing the big fires,
and it is thought went too elose,
caught fire and was burned badly
that deatl1 ensued.
State News j
Bridge Bill Defeated.
It was the hope of many people
in Obion county that the County
Court, which met last week, would
vote to issue $100,000 worth of
bonds for the purpose of erecting
steel bridges over the county, in
stead of the old-fashioned wooden
affairs, but the bill was defeated by
an almost unanimous vote. The sal
ary of the county superintendent
was raised from $700 to $1,000 a
year, and the court voted $200 to
secure one of the three summer nor
mals which will be held this summer
in West Tennessee. '
Jumped From a Window.
While crazed by fever last week,
Monroe Lane, a Mobile & Ohio fire
man, jumped from the upstairs win
dow of the Jackson sanitarium, and
is in a serious condition from the
shock. At the time he had a. tem
perature of 105 and was under tho
hallucination that he was being im
prisoned by force, and seriously ob
jected to the visits of the physi
cian. Fruit Not Injured. i
It is the general opinion of the
fruit growers around Chattanooga
that fruit has not been injured
by the recent cold spell to any ap
preciable extent. While probably
some of the buds have been killed,
no more have been lost than in the
best seasons, and it is expected that
the crop, especially of poaches, will
be one of the largest in the section's
historv.
Mrs. Frazier Cremated.
A lamentable accident occurred
last week a few miles west of Tren
ton. Mrs. Frazier's clothing in some
way caught fire from an open grate
and before her husband, who was"
at work in the garden, could reach
her she was severely burned, and in
a few hours succumbed to her in
juries. Mr. Frazier was gainfully
but not fatally burned in attempt
ing to extinguish the flames.
Clarksville's Button Works.
The Clarksville Button Works
Companv has filed its charter, with
M. H. Stratton, H. W. Hitter, C. C
Gerhart, A. 11. Gholson and F. J.
Runyon as incorporators. The cap
ital stock is placed at $25,000. The
companv proposes to at once install
a sixty saw plant that will have a
capacity of 1,000 gross of button
blanks per day.
Suspicious Negroes Caught.
A trio of negroes, supposed to be
criminals, as one of them had on a
pair of handcuffs, were arrested by
Benton county officers at Camden
last week and placed in jail. They
were coming from toward Memphis
and when asked about one of them
being handcuffed thev could give no
explanation that was at all satis
factory to the officers.
True Acquitted.
W. X. Tine, ex-trustee of Madi
son count3, who was to have been
tried last week the third time for
embezzling, was acquitted on ac
count of prosecution in the case
withdrawing. True had been ac
quitted once, and another jury hung
fire, ten being for acquittal. His
case and the outcome has been
watched with much interest by the
citizens of Madison countv.
Will Sell Road.
The stockholders of the Knox
ville, LaFolette & Jcllico railway
met in Knox ville a few days since
and authorized the directors to sell
the road to the Louisville & Xash
villc. This will be done during the
next few months. The Ixmisville &
Xashville built the road from Sax
ton, Ky., to Knoxville.
Playing With Matches.
Catherine Gibbs, a little 5-year-old
girl, set her clothes on fire while
playing with matches in Knoxville
last week, and before help could
reach her had been so badly burned
that she died. The flames from the
little one's clothes ignited a bed and
firemen were called to extinguish
the fire.
Strike Declared Off.
The strike of the Jackson paint
ers, paper hangers ami decorators
was declared off last week, when the
scale presented by the boss painters
was signed by J. J. Christie and J.
G. Jester & Co., two leading paint
ing contractors.
Sold Liquor to Minors.
Judge Levi Woods at Jacksnn J.ist
week fined Join; A. Parr, a saloon
hi. $50 for scliing whisky to mi
nors, took away his license and de
barred him from taking out license
for another twelve months.
Peabody Appropriation.
The Davidson county court last
week unanimously passed a resolu
tion appropriating $50,000 to the
Peabody Xonnal college in case
$1,000,000 or more of the Peabody
fund is iocited in Xashville,
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