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PUTNAM
COUNTY
HERALD.
t VOLUME XII.
COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, Al'IUL 16, 1914.
NUMBER 15.
EVERYBODY HAS A CHANC
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Will Continue Another 1 0 Days
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
MEETS
, Order Pilmary on Aug. , to Nomi
v i , nate Democratic Candidate
The Democratic Committee for the
Fourth Congressional District met in
Cookeville last Friday, April 10, upon
call of Chairman W. H. Allen, and or
dered a primary election to be held on
the day of the regular election, Aug. 6,
1914, to nominate a Democratic candi
date for congress.
. The following rules were unanimous
ly adopted:
Be it Resolved by the Democratic
Executive Committee for the Fourth
Congressional District of Tennessee:
That a legalized primary election
be held at each of the voting precincts
in the various counties composing the
Fourth Congressional District . of
Tennessee on Thursday, August 6,
1914, between the hours of 9 a. m.
and 4 p. m., for the purpose of select
ing a Democratic candidate to repre-
Congress of the United States, said
primary election to be held injaccord
ance with the following regulations:
--; 1st. . Not less than thirty days next
preceding the date of said primary e
lection, each candidate desiring to do
eo shall submit to the Chairman of
mis ooniiuni.ee uie name oi a person
in each of the counties of the d'strict
whom such candidate desires to rep-
resent him in the selection of the judg
es, clerks and officers of said election. '
The names thus submitted for the
various counties shall be forwarded
by the Chairman of this Committee to
the Congressional Committeeman for
the respective counties, and the per
sons thus designated, acting with the
Congressional Committeeman in the
particular county. as Chairman, shall
constitute a committee for the selec
tion of judges, clerks and officers of
said election, said officers of election
to be equally divided among the candi
dates, as nearly as practicable.
2nd. All white Democrats over the
age of twenty-one years, and such as
shall have attained the age of twenty
one years at the time of the regular
November election of 1914, who will
be entitled to vote in said November
election in their district or ward, shall
be entitled to vote in said primary e
lection in their district or ward.
3rd. No poll tax receipt or regis
tration certificate shall be required of
any voter, nor shall the registration or
Dortch ballot laws apply. Each voter
shall vote in his own district or ward.
4th. When the votes are counted
the judges shall enclose one poll list,
tally sheet and certification in an en
velope addressed to the Chairman of
this Committee, and one in an envel
ope addressed to the Congress jnal
Committeeman for the county in which
such precinct is located, securely seal
the same, and deliver them in person
or by mail, one to the Congressional
Committeeman and the' other to the
Chairman of this Committee,' as afore
said. Each candidate shall be enti
tled to a representative at the polls in
each precinct or ward during the vot
ing, counting and certification of the
vote.
5th. The Committee heretofore
provided for for the selection of the
judges, clerks and officers of th eelec
tion are hereby constituted a canvass
ing board for their respective counties.
They shall meet at the courthouse in
their respective counties on Monday,
August 10th, 1914, canvass the votes of
their county, and prepare and sign a
taDuiatea statement of the same.
This tabulated statement, together
w'th the poll lies, tally sheets, etc.,
shall be presented by the Congression
al Committeeman, or his representa
tive, at the meeting of this Committee
hereinafer provided for for canvassing
the returns from the various counties;
likewise, the Chairman of this Com
mittee shall present the poll lists, tally
sheets, etc., delivered to him as here-ot
fore directed, to this Committee at its
meeting hereinafter provided for.
6h. The Congressional Committee
shall meet at Cookeville, Tennessee,
on Friday, August 14, 1914, canvass
the vote of the several counties and
declare the nominee.
7th. Any Democrat desiring to be
come a cand'date before said primary
election shall qualify with the Chair
man of this Committee, not later than
Wednesday, May 20th, a statement in
writing which shall declare the inten
tion of such person to become a candi
date in said primary, and to abide by
the result of the same, and such per
son is required to accompany- same
with $100.00 to defray the expenses of
said primary, at the same time declar
ing to the Chairman of this Committee
in writing his willingness to pay, when
called upon by the- Chairman afore
said, his pro rata of such further sum
as may be required to defray the ex
penses of the election.
8th. If there be but one person who
has qualified as herein set out by May
20th, 1914, then the Chairman and
Secretary of this Committee shall, not
later than June 1st, 1914, declare on
behalf. of this Committee such person
the nominee of the party for Congress,
and the primary election as herein. or
dered shall not be held.
W. H. Allen, Chairman.
Bradley McGinness, Secretary.
Mt. View Lodge, No. 179, I. O. O. F.
met at the usual time, 8 p. m., April
11th, 1914 W. N. Barr, N. G. protem
presiding and owing to inclemency of
the weather, but few were iu attend
ance. A very pleasant and harmoni
ous meeting was had. A great deal
of routine business was considered
and disposed of. Bro Dank Garrison
was reported still improving dowly,
Bro. J. H. York Is improving and re
covering from poisonous fumes en
countered at the Veneer factory boil
ing -at.
One petition for initiatory was re
ceived and referred to the investi
gating committee. One petition for
transfer of membership was reported
favorably and after balot was declar
ed only elected. It is hoped that in
our next communication we can state
that all four of the Poston children,
applicants for the I. O. O. F. Home
have been admitted. Bro. G. W. Nae
kles cannot be with us in celebrating
the 95th anniversary of the order.
Arrangements are being made to have
another to preach an I. O. O. F. ser
mon, on the 26th Inst.
A BILLETDOUX
. . Slickerville. U. S. A. By way of an
invitation on th yart of one of your
good citizens, T now seize the quill
with loving hands, with the intention
of making my debut in your paper.
De not be disturbed, kind readers,
my mission Is one of peace. I bear
the ojive oranch. Be it far from me
to trouble or upset anyone's Eden. I
only wish to know you and I am well
aware of the fact that this is a deli
cate step, this first acquaintance, but
I am a delicate stepper and I'll step
across your heartstrings as softly as
the first dream of love.
I know that the first impression is
an evergreen so I will stand guard
over every utterance.. Nothing harsh
or rude shall escape me, if any word
seems to jar you, .it will be the pen,
so blame the pen. A slipping, slippery
pen might cqmmit a sin. I always
stroke the cat's back the right way.
I never pas3 anything but the sugar.
I am a goodly good kind of a goody,
a professional buquet thrower, but I
hold no posies now. I have not dis
turbed my bush of roses, but if I were
to throw an acre or so, it wouldn't be
anything amiss ,-you people deserve a
pelting. I like you. I like your buzz
and whizz. I ' like your bustle and
tussle. You have certainly caught the
idea, that up Jacob's ladder means to
hustle. So you haves good schools,
up among the best. Your roads hold
the feet above the miry clay and daily
trains take their lightning way across
your county.
These are the ear-marks of progress
ion, and these are the things that in
sure 'a vigerous, hearty growth and
not a mushroom spring like Jonah's
gourd Vine with its sharktoothed, nib
bling worm at the root.
I've seen these things. I've been
over, among you and have swapped
smiles with a few of your citizens.
I've thrust my soft white hands into
the rough, honest paws of a thousand
of your sons of toil and I've eaten pie
in your very capital.
This has already rather turned my
head. These are the things that tie.
These are the things that bind and
woo. Smiles and pies and andshakes
sometimes bring the jingling, tingling
wedding ring; but don't let me be too
sudden. I've been side-stepped more
than once because of my haste. I've
been jilted on a thousand mountains
high and sacked In valleys low, until
I am now suffering with nervous pros
tration. So not wishing to Induce a
collapse or cause the grim reaper to
stretch forth his sickle before the time
and not really being prepared to be
wiped off the map,. Ill drop the sub
ject. Yours for keeps.
Slicker Snake.
In omuch as Slicker Snake appears
to be so enamored at Putnam County
and Cookeville we suggest that he
moves over into- our midst and be
comes one of us. Editor
NOTED LECTURER COMING
Mrs. Elizabeth Romine will deliver
her lecture entitled "Dixie" in the Aud
itorium of the Public School Tuesday
evening, April 21, for the benefit of
the Public Library. . Admission 25c
for adults and 15c for children.
This has become a most popular
lecture, Mrs. Romine having been paid
100 an evening in eastern cities
where she gave the lecture last fall,
ad last week she was the principal
feature of an evening in Louisville for
the League of Southern Writers, de
lighting her audience with her South
ern lullabies, negro dialect and' remi
niscences of the ante-bellum South.
She comes to Cookeville as the guest
of Mrs. Rutledge Smith, and has kindly
consented to give the lecture while
here for the benefit of the Public Li
brary, of which Mrs. Smith, is Chair
man of the Book Committee.
The citizens of the town, and espec
ially the school children, are urged to
attend this lecture, receiving not only
a delightful evening's entertainment,
but helping to buy new books for the
Library. The work that is being done
in this Library cannot be estimated,
only the teachers knowing the great
amount of reading being done by the
pupils, and the great help It has been
with its reference books, of which it
has a good supply.
Const'pation causes headache, indi
gestion, dizziness, drowsin ss. For a
mild, opening medicine, use Doan's
Regulets. 25c a box at all stores.
THE SPECIAL EDITION
The special edition of the Herald
was a success, and attracted much at
tention. The field work was done by
Mr. I. G. Forrister of Harriman, an
experienced and capable newspaper
man, who did his work thoroughly
and well.
The Knoxville Engraving Co., who
made the cuts for this edition, say In
a letter:
"We received the sample copy of the
Herald that you sent us, and notice
that you got much better printer's
work on this edition than usual In
country papers, and all of the engrav
ings show up well. It was a splendid '
edition, and one of which the people
of Cookeville should feel proud."
We are so receiving many compli
mentary letters from readers away
from Cookeville, of which the follow
ing is a fair sample:
Dear Mr. Wirt: "The Illustrated
Booster Edition" of the Herald has
just reached me. It is a splendid re
production of the economic, financial
and business resources of Cookeville
and Putnam county generally. The
Herald should be congratulated on its
magnif'cent boost of the territory it
so well represents. Too much impor
tance can not be attached to an edit
ion of this kind, as it not only awak
ens the home people to a realization
of what they have, but it inspires
others to come and cast their lot with
a community that appears o be mak
ing rapid progress. Again congratu
lating the Herald, I am
Hulon J. Capshaw.
1 The work of getting out this edition
was considerable and the expense
heavy about $300.00; but such evi
dences of appreciation as above print
ed, and the feeling that our efforts
may redound to the benefit of Cooke
ville and Putnam county amply repay
us for our labor and cash outlay.
We have about 15o copies of the
spec'al edition on hand and anyone
who wants a copy has only to call
ad get it.
We cannot close without thanking
the enterprising gentlemen and firms
who so liberally patronized the special
edition, for without their support it
would have been a failure. : .. ' '
Jenkins
&
BIG
MONEY
Darwin Bros.
SALE
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Is attracting hundreds of, buyers every day, and it seems that the crowds
are increasing as the uncommon values offered become more widely known.
Those who have attended the sale go home and tell their friends and neigh
bors about the many money saving opportunities we are offering, and so
the good news spreads. Make up your mind right now .that you are going
to come and see how well it will pay you to patronize this sale.
The Sale will Continue One More Week
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