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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
7
The Memphis Health Board suspects the editor of the Commercial Appeal of unsanitary conditions and orders its closure. A Galatin Tennessee commentator derides the Appeal as the pole cat of Tennessee journalism, accusing it of highway ownership by stench.
A bold promise frames Bryan and Carmack as a ticket above reproach to Democrats, claiming unmatched brains and patriotism, a combination seldom equalled in Tennessee's political history.
The Nashville Tennessean faces a tough task persuading the public Gov Patterson favors a primary while the Nashville American claims he opposes it. The New Jersey Democrats may invite Ex President Cleveland to the national convention, yet he will not back Bryan’s unanimous nomination.
A Nashville American writer adds harsh terms from the Memphis Commercial Appeal describing Mr. Carmack as a hanger-on and dependent. The piece notes the public may soon call him governor as financial stress and market turmoil loom.
Report states 200 gallons of liquor arrived Saturday. The piece cites Pat terson’s veto of the anti jug law as the motive for the trade surge. It notes hundreds traveled to Nashville for Christmas stock, claiming fewer would travel to Louisville to buy alcohol if bans were stricter.
The article condemns hazing as barbarous at Vanderbilt and other institutions. It urges ongoing rejection of the practice as indefensible. It contrasts Vanderbilt’s stance with editorials from New York Sun criticizing Democratic leaders and party alignment amid Pierpont Morgan’s influence.
Forty five committee members attended the Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington with thirty one backing President. Twenty one declared for Bryan, two for Judge George Gray of Delaware, and one each for Deseend Culberson and RB L. Monsteastie. The piece notes strong support for Bryan and praises local resolve to enforce a Christmas firework ban, advocating safety and order on streets.
Tennessee political debate centers on Governor Patterson’s stance as the Nashv ille American and The Tennessean spar over authority to speak for him The American claims authoritative voice on the governor’s position while critics doubt its reach The piece notes four fifths of county committees seeking a direct primary and condemns press commentary as mere abuse urging readers to watch Patterson’s eventual stance and the public’s demand for a primary.
A Tennessee review rebuts Northern claims that temperance sentiment in the South is driven by negro presence. It argues southern attitudes arise from broader factors and cites local conditions to challenge the Courier-Journal’s view. The piece notes that temperance gains can occur without southern demographics being the sole cause.
The article notes uneven growth of temperance sentiment across sections, with East Tennessee leading and the black belt counties opposing. Knoxville and Asheville show early moves to ban saloons, while Georgia’s Atlanta resisted but faced social issues. Temperance gains spread as white ruling classes recognize the moral wrong of supporting a vice.
The State Board of Education reported fifty-five counties eligible for Chestnutt Bill funds to equalize school terms, up from seventeen three years ago. Tax collection for school purposes rose from twenty-three to thirty seven and a half cents nationwide, with thirty years of gradual progress and praise for Superintendent Seymour A. Mynders and Gov. Priever's school administration.
The Lexington Progress quotes a wild Memphis Commercial Appeal line claiming washing in a river would kill all eels and catfish for nearly a mile downstream and poison any person who eats the fish or worms that eat the man. The passage suggests a satirical warning on unsafe waters.
The fourth Assistant Postmaster General reports 37.72 percent of U S rural routes in operation showing rapid growth since inception. Rural free delivery faced early opposition from merchants and postmasters fearing loss of rural business, but now bonds farmers to markets, spurring better roads and closer ties to urban centers. Daily papers reach farmers almost as quickly as city residents, reviving farm life and countering rural loneliness.
The Dark Tobacco Protective Association denounces mob actions in Hopkinsville that involved arson and murder. It argues lawful methods are essential to win against the monopoly, insisting law and order must be the foundation and that public sympathy hinges on lawful conduct by its leaders and members.
A father feared his child would die from a Cuban itch rash covering the body. The child cried in pain, clawed at sores, and could not be dressed. The mother urged trying Cuticura remedies as a treatment.
Fragmentary patent medicine advertisement notes a claim of cure by Cuticura for a child’s skin ailment at a cost of 75 cents, with garbled text referencing a spring in 1901 and an injured or ill person.
McKennon Anderson Foster express sincere thanks for favors shown during 1907. They strive to merit goodwill and note an ever widening circle of friends, yet acknowledge limits to human endeavor.
The piece argues that associations must gain support through persuasion not coercion and cannot legally dictate who may sell products. It condemns law defiance and warns officials who overlook crime become complicit in wrongdoing, stressing that vigilant enforcement is needed for respect for the law and to deter predation.
The Nashville and Memphis papers attack Carmack’s bid as base treason while the Democratic press largely backs a private citizen without office or machine. They argue the railroads face revenue drops from reduced travel, not fare cuts, and question the two cent rate’s test. Travel patterns and passenger demand are cited as key factors in railroad earnings.
An analysis argues that railroad revenues rose after two cent rate laws but notes the recent financial downturn clouds any clear link. The author contends repeal is difficult due to the combined impact of stringency and reduced rates on earnings.
Boston Globe notes government figures show world population rising from about 640 million in 1800 to 1.6 billion by 1906, a 160 percent increase. Wealth and industry also surged, with world commerce expanding from roughly 1.5 billion to over twenty billion dollars, prompting historical debates on overpopulation and potential catastrophe.
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