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0, Cm oULaa ID T 1 A BOLIVAR BU T T TCp HPT 1 m ava JL 1. N H VOL. XXXX-NO. 6. BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1904. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Year. REPUBLICAN Theodore Roosevelt Receives a Majority of 174 Votes in the National Electoral College. PLURALITY VOTE GREATEST IN THE NATION. Carried Every Doubtful State, and Made Such Heavy Reductions in the Democratic Vote of the Border States as to Make His Victory the Most Complete on Record Only Consolation Left the Dem ocrats Is in the Election of Douglas Governor of Mas sachusetts Even Missouri Has Deserted the Democracy. HOW THE STATES WENT. New York. Nov. 9 (2:30 a.m.) From returns on hand at this hour the electoral vote stands a3 follows: For Roosevelt. Stales. - Votes. California 10 Colorado 5 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Illinois 27 Indiana 15 Idaho 3 Iowa 13 Kansas 10 Maine 6 Maryland 8 Massachusetts 16 Michigan 14 Minnesota 11 Missouri 18 Montana 3 Nebraska S New Hampshire 4 New York . . 33 New Jersey 12 Nevada 3 North Dakota 4 Ohio 23 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania 34 Rhode Island 4 South Dakota 4 Utah 3 Vermont 4 Washington 5 West Virginia 7 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Total - 343 For Parker. Alabama 11 Arkansas 9 Florida 5 Georgia 13 Kentucky 13 Louisiana ...... 9 Mississippi , 10 North Carolina 12 South Carolina 9 Tennessee 12 Texas 18 Virginia 12 Total : .' 133 Necessary to elect, 239. RETURNS FROM EVERY STATE Show a Perfect Landslide Toward Re publicanism. New York, Nov. 8. It is more than a Republican landslide, It's an ava lanche. Therodore Roosevelt has been elected president of the United States by probably a greater plurality of the popular vote than was ever r&ct for a nominee for president, and by a larger majority of the electoral college than was ever given before. So the people have decided, as they always have done in affairs in this country, and they have decided in un mistakable terms in favor of the ad ministration at Washington, and against any change in existing busi ness conditions. The result is a vote of confidence in President Roosevelt of such an emphatic character as. to stagger an ordinary man and over whelm him with responsibilities which the vote will invest him with during tho next four years. New York State, contrary to general expectations, was not doubtful about anything. It was not doubtful about the presidency, because it will give Mr. Roosevelt a plurality aggregating 200,000. New York State ws not doubtful on the governorship, because it has MAINE. No Interest Taken, But Roosevelt Got the Vote. Portland, Me., Nov. 8. The elimina tion from today's election of a State contest in Maine detracted from the Interest. The result was a victory for Roosevelt. Returns tabulated at 10:30 p.m. from 350 out of 519 cities, towns and plantations, give Roosevelt 57,949 and Parker 24,730. The Eame places In 1900 gave McKinley 58,355 and Bry an 33,242. Roosevelt's plurality of ! J 3.21 6 was an increase of 8,103. ; LANDSLIDE given to Mr. HIggins a very largo plu rality. It has decided to elect the en tire Republican State ticket. A Re publican legislature by increased ma jority, and to increase the Republican representation for this State In con gress. What became of the 120,000 plu rality for Parker and Herrick in New York county that Charles F. Murphy was talking of? What became of 30, 000 in Kings county that Patrick H. McCarren was boasting of and betting on? What became of the 8,000 or 9, 000 that was promised by Joseph Cas sidy, the Democratic leader of Queens? Echo answers "What?" The Irish Vote. The Irish vote appears only largely to have swung to the support of the youcg president, and some of It to the support of the Republican State ticket. Kings county, before the returns were half in, showed that the nomi nees for president were running al most neck and neck. Queens county greatly dwindled away, and the figures at midnight on the pre' dency de cidedly reminded one very much of the returns of four years ago when McKinley carried Kings county by a small plurality, and Bryan had only about 30,000 in Kings county. The returns from New Jersey ap pear to show an equally emphatic re turn. Estimates, subject to revision, are that Roosevelt will carry it by between 50,000 and 60,000. Mr. Stokes, the Republican nominee for governor, is elected by a plurality half that giv en for the Republican national ticket. Connecticut has gone for Roosevelt by a majority largely in excess of 20, 000. Massachusetts has given an aston ishing result, however. The itoose velt electors are chosen by a large plu rality, but William L. Douglass, Dem ocratic nominee for governor, has been elected. This Is one of the real sur prises ef the election. Roosevelt gets that State by 60,000 or 70,000 or more. Gov. Bates is defeated by the Demo cratic manufacturer by 25,000 or 30, 000. Mr. Douglass made his campaign on the labor issue and on the issue of free raw material. If this issue could have been successfully applied to the Democratic campaign the result might have been different In Massachusetts. It might have been different else where. Mr. Douglass has been the first Democrat to carry the State in a presidential year on his first candi dacy. Other Doubtful States. Rhode Island, another of the doubt- ful States in the East, has chosen Re publican electors by pluralities which may be larger than those of 1900. Gov. Garvin (Dem.) may be re-elected, but the returns are meager. Delaware has gone Republican prob ably by 5,000. The vote for Roosevelt is one of the largest ever given a nom inee in that State. The entire Repub lican State ticket, as agreed to at the conference between the Addicks and anti-Addicks Republicans, is elected, and the legislature is heavy Republi can. Even Maryland seems to have gone Republican. The city of Baltimore was very close, which was an unex pected loss to the Democrats on the issue of "leave well enough alone." In view of the returns the State never had been in the doubtful column, but for the race question, which was raised by the president. It is estimated that the Republicans will carry Maryland. .Returns from West Virginia are WEST VIRGINIA. Democrats Concede It to Roosevelt, But Claim the Governorship. Wheeline. W. Va.. Nov a ncmn. crats concede the electoral vote to Roosevelt, but claim the election of Cornwell for governor. The latter is running ahead of the ticket every where, but may loose through the fact that he must overcome largely in creased Republican majorities. The gains made for ..Cornwell In precincts that have reported will not be suf ficient if the ratio Is maintained to elect him. meager. The Indications are that It has been carried by Roosevelt, and is sharing in the general Republican sweep. On governorship the result at this writing ma7 be considered doubt ful for Dawson, the Republican nom inee, was heavily cut, and Cornwell, the Democratic candidate, may be elected on the tax issue. The West. The West presents a solid phalanx of States for Roosevelt, beginning at Ohio and Indiana and extending clear to the Pacific slope. Indiana has gone for Roosevelt by perhaps 40,000. Ma rion county, the home of Thomas Tag gart, chairman of the Democratic na tional committee, which has decided so many presidential contests, went largely for Roosevelt. Illinois has given a stupendous plu rality for Roosevelt. All of the Northwestern States have given stupendous Republican plurall ties. All the Rocky Mountain States have gone for Roosevelt, their Idol. The indications are that even Ne vada has been swung from the Demo cratic to the Republican column, and all the Pacific slope States are Repub lican. Parker Knifed. Under the surface the Democratic party has not been united. The Bry an leaders apparently were loyal, bet the minor leaders for weeks have been working to defeat Judge Parker In or der to bring about a new reorganlza tion of the party, looking to the nom inating of Mr. Bryan for president In 1908. On the other hand, many followers of Mr. HearGt have been engaged in slaughtering Parker, and the candida cy of Thomas E. Watson on the Pop ulist ticket has been used as a mask under which an anti-Parker propagan da has been conducted throughout the country. The effect of this is shown In the re turns of Indiana, New Jersey, New lork, Connecticut and Illinois. The word seems to have gone aroundj secretly to Bryan men In every sec tion of the country to defeat Judge Parker because he was the candidate of David B. Hill and various Gold Democrats In the East, so that the party could once more be reorganized on radical lines and make a fight against the trusts four years hence. The knowledge of this appears to have Inspired Judge Parker to take the stump and make his serious charge against President Roosevelt and Mr, Cortelyou in the hope that it would swing the radicals back into line. He made the move too late, and the con spiracy of radical Democrats was brought to a successful conclusion at yesterday's election. NEW YORK. Roosevelt Runs Ahead of McKlnley's Majority. New York, Nov. 8. Theodore Roose velt's plurality in this, his native State, is second only to McKlnley's 286,000 In 1896. It exceeds McKln ley's in 1900 by about 41,500. The late returns show that there were cast for him In New York Stat about 1R5 onn votes more than for Parker. Not only was nis vote heavy in the country dis tricts, where the Republican strong holds are, but in Greater New York, he ran much closer to Parker than had been expected, even by his own campaign managers. It had been es timated that e would come down to the Bronx with better than 140,000 plurality, but the figures tonight showed that this forecast would be exceeded by approximately 85,000. In the city Parker's supporters had ex pressed hopes that their candidate would have from 140,000 to 160,000 more than Roosevelt, but in this they were disappointed by more than 100, 000 votes. So overwhelming was the Republican vote that the result was known positively early In the even ing. The earliest counties to report made it clear that the Parker vote everywhere fell below Bryan's In prac tically all the up-State districts. In Greater New York Parker's plurality was from 12,000 to 14,000 larger than Bri an's, but In the State, according to the late reports, his total vote fell 16, 000 short of Bryan's. INDIANA. The Republicans Increase McKlnley's ureat Plurality. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8. Indiana has been carried by the Republicans by from 45,000 to 55,000. The legis lature will be Republican by nearly fifty, probably more. All the nine Re publican congressmen are re-elected by increased majorities and the Republi cans claim the Second and Twelfth districts represented by Representa tives MIers and Robinson, both Dem ocrats. They are In doubt The leg islature which will meet in January will elect two United States senators. one to succeed Vice-President-elect Charles W. Fairbanks. Senator Bev-, eridge will be re-elected. The Repub-1 Means have almost if not quite doubled tne McK.iniey plurality in the State : or zb.ibi rour years ago. j In scarcely a county of the State have the Republicans failed to make large gains. Democratic State Chair man O'Brien early conceded the State to the Republicans by over 30.000, and ; sent his congratulations to Republl I can State Chairman Goodrich. Dem ocratic National Chairman Taggart gave up the battle at 10 o'clock, and ; wired his congratulations to Republi ! can National Chairman Cortelyou. Vice-President-elect Charles W.Fair banks received the returns at his res idence from private wires which con nected his home with the White Hnnu at Washington. He and President Roosevelt early exchanged congratula tions. KANSAS. Roosevelt's Majority Approaches One Hundred Thousand. Topeka. Kan., Nov. 9. At 2:30 o'clock this morning returns at hand show that Roosevelt has carried Kan sas by a majority closely approxi mating 100,000. The returns elect E. W. Hich gov ernor by a plurality of 55,000. The legislature, which may have to elect a United States senator, will be overwhelmingly Republican. The eight members of congress from this i State are all Republican. ( KENTUCKY. Parker's Majority Will Be Between 12,000 and 14,000. Louisville, Nov. 8. With one-third of Kentucky's 1896 precincts reported, at 11 o'clock tonight the vote indicates a majority in the State of from 12,000 to 14,000. The figures of the Democratic and Republican managers show but little variance from this result. Kentucky in 1900 gave Bryan 8,098 plurality. The returns from 693 precincts show a plurality of 16,026 for Parker. Only a few counties In the First and Second and the Eleventh districts, the former being Democratic and the lat ter a Republican stronghold, have been received. In the Fifth district, composed of Louisville and Jefferson county, the Democratic plurality of 3,696 in 19C0 was cut down by fully 2,000 votes. In the Third district also the Democratic majority was reduced. The complete returns from the strongly Republican Eleventh district are not expected for forty-eight hours, but the reduction of the normal Re publican majority as the result of a factional fight over the Republican congressional nomination will partial ly offset the Republican gains in the Third and Fifth. The result of the fight leaves the congressional delega tion unchanged ten Democrats and one Republican. The result was not complicated by local issues save in the Fifth district (Louisville), where a $3,500,000 bond issue was defeated. NEBRASKA. Bryan Democrats Knifed Parker Over His Protest. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8. Nebraska re turns are filtering slowly, but there is no questioning that Roosevelt has carried the State by an overwhelming plurality over Watson and Parker. His plurality is estimated at 50,000 or 60,000. CONNECTICUT. Republican Majority of 1900 Will Be Repeated. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 8. Early re turns from Connecticut seems to show that the Republican majority of four years ago will be repeated. Roose velt will probably receive 20,000 ma jority. All the Republican candidates for congress are elected by substantial majorities. Roberts, the Republican candidate for governor, will run be hind his ticket at least 6,000 votes. Most of this is in this city, his home. Roosevelt receives about 2,200 major ity here, but Roberts run behind at least 2,000, and may be 2,500. IOWA. Indications Are That the Republican Majorities Are Increased. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 8. Returns are slow in coming in, but the indica tions on well distributed returns are that Roosevelt's plurality will be 125, 000, and the entire State ticket will have about the same number. Repub licans elect congressmen with the chance that the Second district, which is in doubt, will go Republican. FLORIDA. r Democratic Ticket Got the Usual Ma jorities. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 8. The few scattered returns so far received in dicate the usual majorities. The Democratic candidates for congress are all elected. ILLINOIS Gives Roosevelt the Largest Plurality Ever Received. Chicago, Nov. 8. According to re turns received at midnight Illinois will give Roosevelt the largest plu rality ever given to any presidential candidate. He had by the unofficial returns carried Chicago by 97,000 and the county of Cook outside of the city will give him about 9,000 additional. making his plurality in Cook county not far from 107,000. IDAHO Conceded to Roosevelt by a Heavy Majority. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 8. Roosevelt is conceded to have carried the State by a heavy majority. Gooding (Rep.) for governor runs slightly behind Roosevelt. Returns indicate that Roosevelt will carry the State by from 15,000 to 20,000. MISSOURI. The Result In This Democratic State Is in Doubt. St. Louis, Nov. 8. At 12:15 o'clock only scattering returns had been re turned from all portions of the State, and the result in Missouri, both in the State and national tickets was still in doubt- At that time the Democratic State committee claimed a State ma jority of 25,000, while the Republican State committee persisted in a Re publican State majority of 20.000. Out of 405 precincts in St. Louis, 243 gave Parker 30,426, Roosevelt 32. 660, Folk (Dem.) for governor 34.370, Walbridge (Rep.) 29,213. MONTANA Goes Republican on National Issues and Elects Democratic Governor. Butte, Mont., Nov. 8. Montana is for Roosevelt, returns up to 11 o'clock indicating a gain by the Republicans of over 30 per cent. The Democratic State ticket with possibly one or two exceptions, appears to have won. Ev ery county beard from has gone for Roosevelt by from 300 to 800 majority. MINNESOTA. Received a Great Record-Break ing Plurality In the State. St. Paul, Nov. 8. Roosevelt re ceived a record-breaking plurality in Minnesota, going far beyond McKln ley's margin of 77,000 four years ago. The face of the returns so far received give the Republican electoral ticket a plurality of over 100,000. Roose velt was especially strong in counties which formerly were Populist strong holds. Despite the tremendous plu rality for Roosevelt, the Democrats ap parently have elected their candidate for governorJohn' A. Johnson. VIRGINIA. Democratic Majority Will Amount to About 25,000. Richmond, Va., Nov. 8. rhe election in Virginia was absolutely without disturbance, so far as ha been heard, The Democratic majority on the presl dentlal ticket will be about 25,000 Nine Democratic congressmen out of a total of ten have been chosen Slemp, the Republican incumbent in the Ninth district, apparently is re elected by a majority of about 1,200. VERMONT Carried by Roosevelt by About 31 OOO Majority. White River Junction, Vt., Nov. 8. Roosevelt carried this State today by about 31,000. Roosevelt ran ahead of McKlnley's vote in 1900, while Par ker ran behind that of Bryan. The only question at issue was the choice of presidential electors. There were four tickets In this field Republican Democratic, Prohibitionist and Social' 1st. SOUTH DAKOTA. Democrats Concede the State to the Republicans. Watertown, S. D., Nov. 8. Chair man Martin, of the Democratic State Central Committee, issued a state ment in which he concedes that Roose velt has polled 60,000 votes in the State, Parker 30,000 and Watson 15,- 000. UTAH. Democrats Concede It to Roosevelt by 8,000. Salt, Lake City, Utah, Nov. 8. At Democratic State headquarters it is conceded Roosevelt has carried the State by 8,000 plurality. TEXA8. Austin, Tex., Nov. 8. Returns in from most of the State indicate that the three constitutional amendments voted on in Texas today, one seeking to provide for State banks, another for the irrigation of Texas by coun ties, and the third to Increase the State pension roll for Confederate veterans, were all defeated in today's election. It will require a two-thirds vote for them to be adopted, and It is believed they will hardly get a ma' Jority, if that much. WISCONSIN. Both Parties Claim to Have Elected the Governor. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 8. It is gen erally conceded that Roosevelt has carried Wisconsin by a plurality est! mated at between 60,000 and 75.000 Both Republican and ' Democratic State chairmen claim the State re spectively for LaFollette and Peck. WYOMING. Roosevelt Carried the State by 7,000 Majority. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 8. Partial re tiring indicate that Roosevelt has car ried Wyoming by 7,000 majority, and the election of Mondell (Rep.) to congress, and Brooks (Rep.) for gov ernor, and the remainder of the State ticket is certain. PENNSYLVANIA. Republicans Make a Clean Sweep of the State. Philadelphia, Nov. 8. The Repub licans have made an almost clean sweep In Pennsylvania, carrying the State for Roosevelt by nearly 500,000 and electing 25 of the 26 State sena tors and 29 of the 32 congressmen They have also elected about 175 of the 204 members or the house of rep resentatives. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Independent Voter Was Busy, But Roosevelt Carried It. Concord, N. H., Nov. 8. A big vote was polled in New Hampshire today. but the independent voter was in the booths in larger numbers than ever before, with the result that the count ing of the split tickets badly delayed the returns. There is no doubt, how- ever, of complete Republican success. Roosevelt has carried the State by 18,- 000 to 20,000 and McLane, Republican, for governor, is elected by at least 12,- 000. GEORGIA. The Democratic Majority Will Be Very Heavy. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 8. At midnight returns are still meager. No reason to change estimated total of 90,000 and plurality for Parker and Davis of something over half that number. AH eleven Democratic congressmen elect ed. Bell, in the Ninth district, rolled up an overwhelming majority. DELAWARE. Returns Indicate Republican Plurality of About 2,500. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 8. Returns at hand indicate that Roosevelt has carried Delaware by about 2.500 ma jority and that the Republicans have elected their entire State ticket by ma jorities a little smaller. CALIFORNIA. The Gold State Gives Roosevelt a Large Majority. San Francisco, Nov. 8. Returns in dicate that Roosevelt has carried the State by a plurality of 25,000. State Chairman George Stone of California wired Secretary Dover as follows: "California will give Roosevelt 75. 000 majority, and all the congressmen will be Republican." TRUE TO HER IDOL. Volunteer State Goes Democratic, But by Reduced Majority. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 8. It is prac tically admitted at State Republican headquarters that the Democratic na tional and State tickets have carried Tennessee. Chairman McCall says he has hopes for Littleton, but he has none. He Is still claiming Davis' elec tion in the Eighth district, but Sims is known to be elected. Frazier will have a reduced plurality, but it will be enough. (Tennessee Pardoned to See His Dying Son. Harry McCullough, a telegraph operator for the Southern Railroad, lies in a precarious condition from typhoid fever at the home of his mother, Mrs. Cassie McCullough, in Knoxville. The boy's father has been serving time in Brushy Moun tain prison for the past three years. Last week, when it was thought that the boy was dying, Gov. Frazier was wired to pardon the father. The telegram briefly 6tated the facts and added that unless the fatner eame at once he would not see his eon alive. Mr. McCullough's term would have expired in December, and, beside this, he has made an exemplary pris oner. The pardon came, and the father arrived. There was a joyful meeting. The son is barely alive, but it is hoped by his friends that the presence of his father, whom he recognized at once, will aid him in his fight for life. McCullough was convicted and sentenced to the pris on for killing a man named South ern in the McCullough store at Bull's Gap, Hawkins county, in a dispute over a telephone. Tennessee Pension Matters. Report comes from Xashville that the Board of Pension Commission ers has just completed its regular quarterly session. The board has now more men on the roll than is provided for by the appropriation, and if the latter is not increased the names added at the session just closed will have to be stricken from the roll. These names being added take up the lapses which have oc curred in the last six quarters. On report of the special examiner, Frank A. Moses, the board restored four third-class pensioners that had been dropped from the roll on charges preferred. The board add ed one second class, six third class and eighty-five fourth class pension ers to the roll. On the report of the special examiner ten pensioners were suspended on charges pre ferred. On the report of the sec retary, John P. Hickman, twenty five third class and eight fourth class pensioners were dropped from the roll, having died during the last quarter. Ground to Death by a Tarin. A deplorable death occurred at Jackson last week. It was proba bly a suicide. J. T. Vestal was en route to the West Tennessee Asvlum with his father-in-law, G. W. "Pot ter, an aged citizen of Dyer, sixty two years old. They arrived on an early Mobile & Ohio train and were to take the Illinois Central to Bol ivar. As their train approached Mr. Vestal was looking after their baggage when the old man suddenly ran across to the Mobile & Ohio yard, stopped in front of a train of cars being switched, and before any thing could be done he Avas beneath the cars and his life crushed out. He had made a previous attempt 6ome time ago to kill himself. He leaves three daughters and two sons. Congressional Majorities. Unofficial ficrures on the congres sional races in last week's election show the following maiorities: First District, Brownlow (Ren.) 10,134: Second, Hale (Ren.) 9.117: Third, Moon (Dem.) 3,488; Fourth, .Butler (Dem.) 1,137; .Fifth, Hous ton (Dem.) 6,241; Sixth, Gaines (Dem.) y,tb6; Seventh, 1'adgett (Dem.) 4,695: Eiehth. Sims (Dem.) 2,216; Ninth, Garrrett (Dem.) 10,347: Tenth, Patterson (Dem.) 6,035. Money in Safe Burned. Last week the office of Dr. A. M. McRee, six miles west of Trenton, was destroyed by fire. The olficc was well stocked with drugs and im plements, and there were $600 in the safe, all of which was destroyed. The estimated loss is $3,000, with no insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown." Adams Law Is Indorsed. Instead of falling off in Carroll county, Governor Frazier ran near ly 100 votes ahead of the ticket. This goes to prove that the Adams law is strongly indorsed. A Fatal Fall. A. W. Clymer, of Clarksville, fell from a low step Jeading from his yard into a cow lot last week and re ceived injuries that are pronounced fatal. May Not Sell the Deers. J. B. Richardson, administrator of the W. H. Jsckson estate, is quot ed as saying that he doubted very much whether he would sell the deer of Belle Meade at the coming sale of personalty on this noted 6tock farm, borne years ago when an ef fort was made to sell the deer the timid creatures almost killed them selves in the effort to escape the pro cess of moving. For this reason they may cot be sold. State News j Adams Law Violations. The exchequer of Union City waa considerably increased last week, on account of the Adams law. Chief of police arrested Ed Reaves, col ored, on the charge of illegally sell ing liquor, and Mayor John T. Walker imposed a fine of $50 on him, after which Deputy Sheriff Enlie Chiles took possession of him and Squire R, Polk sent him to jail in default of a bond of $250. Offi cers Pardue and Chiles then arrest ed Lulu Trimble, colored, for vio lating the Adams law. Considera ble liquor was found in her posses sion. She submitted and the may or taxed her $50, but remitted a portion of it, after which Squira Polk released her on a bond of $250 for the State. Half Fare for School Children. Johnson City's town council has won an important fight with the street car company. The citizens asked that street car fares for school children be reduced to 2A cents. The council took up the demand, brought some pressure on the com pany, and now the school children of that town arc enjoying the half rate price. Playing With Matches. Children playing with matches started a fire at Bluff City, last week, which destroyed three dwell ings, two barns and one store. Dr. W. S. Sproles owned all the prop erty. The business part of the town was threatened for some time. Cotton Factory to Resume. The Trenton cotton factory, which has been shut down for a year and a half, will begin running by the 1st of December. The directors, J. A. Landis, A. Freed and H. M. Elder, have telegraphed to Alabama for a competent manager, and have perfected all arrangements for the work to begin. Killed While Hunting. A serious accident occurred neai Pea Ridge, nine miles east of Sel mer, last week. Ernest Mychie and Patrick Johnson were out hunting when Mychie's gun went off acci dentally. The load struck Johnson in the right breast, killing him in stantly. Determined Not to Be Outdone. Springfield will soon have a can ning factory. Cedar Hill and Springfield have been rivals for the factory. Cedar Hill won and pro ceeded to install the plant. Spring field was determined not be to beat en and has raised the necessary cap ital to establish a rival plant. - A Good Drawing Card. At Ferry Landing, on the Cum berland river, last week, sixty-eight negroes were immersed in the stream and the ceremony of the col ored Baptist church was performed. The spectacle was witnessed by fully 6,000 people. Caught in Cog Wheel. Ben Markham, a young man em ployed at the Dyer Fruit Box Man ufactory, had his left hand badly mashed last week. He had the member caught in a cog wheel, so badly injuring it that amputation was necessary. T., C. and I. to Resume. It is rumored at Tracy City that the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com pany, which has suspended opera tions for four months, will resume ;n the next few days. It is also said that the company will dictate to the miners, which will be a blow for the unions. Murderer Hangs Himself. William C. Brown, who murdered Xick Shaw near Chapel Hill some time ago, was found last week hang ing against the latticed wall of his cell in the Lewistown jail. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict of suicide. Selling Cubans Seed Potatoes. Ashwood is rendered proud be cause the Cubans "are sending to that town for their seed potatoes. F. F. Clawson was called on for fifty barrels of his Triumph variety, and the order stated that it was likely that 1,200 barrels in all would b demanded. To Observe Arbor Day. Friday, November 18, will be ob served as Arbor Day by the public schools of Montgomery county. Want to Do the Proper Thing. Citizens of Chattanooga have no tified the city council that it would be proper for the town to present the new United States cruiser Chat tanooga with a silver service. The council is willing to make the pres ent, but does not know to which ac count the amount 6pent for the serv ice should be charged. The Chatta nooga will be put into active service some time during the present month, it is &ai4.