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NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and The Nashville American, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1911. 12 POSITION OF SOUTH IN CIVIL WAR CLEARLY POINTED OUT some way which he dnc? not explain, that the majority who elected him, and whom alone he has intended to represent in his official acts, did not want him to enforce certain laws in fact, that they expressly instructed him not to enforce them. He really boasts of the fact tuat CITY RESPONDS TO BUTTON Oil! CALL Service Begets Business- own fame; had made history, but left the writing of it to others. "If the south would not have her children in the years to come wish to forget rather than to remember the deeds of their ancestors," says Dr. Cave, "Instead permitting the statement of those unable to understand her, or who willfully misrepresent her to go unquestioned, she must tell her own story and More and better service gets more and better business.

We realize these two facts fully, and work to this end at all times. Your account, small or large, will be handled satisfactorily. TheCumberlarvd Valley National Bank -Church Street ne nas not cniorcen me very laws which he not only distinctly mentioned and solemnly pledged to rigidly enforce, out which he declared the mayor had power, if only he had the will, to enforce, ne stands now confessing that he has this power as mayor, hut that he has not tno will to exercise It. "In addition to the mayor's betrayal of his trust by the violation of his express and positive promises and pledges to enforce tiie. laws, and by his open disregard of his oath of office, one notable event in his brief official career which characterizes the man and his conceptons of official duty deserves special notico In this connection and at this time, when he Is appealing for an indorsement of his course.

RING POLITICAL METHODS. "He sought, by clandestine methods characteristic of the ring politician, to foist upon the people of the city an amended charter that was designed and would have had the effect to make him the absolute boss of the city for a period of six years, and which was so vicious that it was condemned by petition signed by more than 10,000 voters. "This gives an earnest of what may be expected of the present mayor If allowed to hold office for another two years. "It is known to every intelligent voter of tho cltv that tho nrnsent mayor has equally neglected and refused to enforce other laws besides those ho boasts of not enforcing just as well known as if he had openly confessed that also. And yet he declares broadly, in his recent announcement for re-election, that he intends, if elected, to pursue the snme course in the future as in the past; and on that platform he asks to be Indorsed by a The Issue which the mayor thus tenders to tho voters of this city, stripped of all useless verbiage, Is this: Will you indorse my past course of lawlessness, and now renew niv commission to continue that course for another two years? "While the mayor has not employed these exact worrtn.

they are a fair statement of the substance of his recent announcement in the city press. Are the voters of the city, a majority of them.ready to give the present mavor the new commission which he asks? Does he rightly interpret the intelligent prevailing sentiment of tho voters? SLANDER ON CITY "We believe he. does not, and that the claim that a majority of the voters approve tho past course of the mayor and are ready to commission him to continue it, is a slander upon tho city's good name, and that it is the duty of every honest lover of the city to set the seal of his condemnation upon it. "The present mayor Is seeking nomination In a primary election to ho held on the Hth of September next. No one lo opposing him in this primary, for the obvious reason that every one knows the mayor Is slated for nomination therein and no other has any chance, irrespective of the vote which might be cast.

We believe that said primary Is and will be dominated by the mayor's machine, and that those not slated by the machine for nomination therein, however worthy they may be, are doomed to disappointment and defeat. The rules adopted for said primary require all voters therein to pledge themselves to support its nominees. It is being and will be used by the mayor and Ills followers as a means of whipping Into line for the machine candidates, and especially for the mayor, all who vote In It, even for a single friend, on the specious plea that it is a 'party' primary. Its chief purpose is to servo the schemes of the present mayor and his machine. It is called a 'democratic' primary, but It is prostitution of the name of democracy to use It for the purposes of a law-defying political machine.

It is, In truth and In fnct, no more nor less than a 'Howsocratlc' primary. STAY OUT OF PRIMARY. "Wo believe that all lovers of good government and of decent and lawful conduct of municipal affairs should refrain from voting In said primary, and that all law and order candidates who have committed themselves to it should at once retire from it. "We pledge the candidates endorsed by this mass meeting to the faithful observance, if elected, of the principles declared In this address; to the honest discharge of their duties, under the laws and their official oaths, without prejudice or oppression on the one hand, or favor or partiality on the other; to the redemption of our city from the reproach and disii'ace which have been cast upon it by unrestrained lawlessness; and, with confidence in the justice and rectitude of our plea, we appeal to all good citizens of every station, race, party or faction to stand with us and aid us by their Influence and votes. Wo cannot afford to give opportunity for the just charge that a majority of the legal voters of this goodly city Indeed and.

In truth favor or connive at organized and systematized lawlessness." ANOTHER MEETING SEPT. 10. The address arid the principles set forth were unanimously adopted by acclamation. Judge Pitts stated he had also been directed to submit the following resolutions which were adopted relative to the nomination of candidates for mayor and the board of public works, postponing other nominations until Sept. 16, after the so-called democratic primary: Pursuant to the recommendation of the prellmlnarj' committee of fifty, Be it resolved, that this mass meeting prcceetf now to name candidates for mayor and hoard of public works, and that nominations of candidates for all other city offices be postponed until Saturday, Sept.

16, at 8 o'clock, p. nM and that this mass meeting, when it adjourns, adjourn to meet again at that time for the purpose of making such further nominations. PRESENTS NOMINATIONS. "I am also directed," continued Judge Pitts, "to present one other matter to this mass convention. 1 will now present the names of the candidates which the committee recommends for your favorable consideration.

These men were unanimously chosen by the committee and we believe will lead- your banners to victory at the next election. They are Dr. William C. Gillespie for mayor and A. R.

Dyo for the, position of member of the board of public works, to fill the term of J. Morgan Wilson, which expires in October." Prolonged cheering greeted the announcement and Maj. E. B. Stahlman arose and said: "The committee has been engaged for two weeks endeavoring to make a suitable selection In candidates.

There was nothing cut and dried about the matter, although' some may think so. The committee carefully went over the names of those enrolled upon the roster of the Board of Trade, Commercial Club, Industrial Bureau, fraternal organizations, the telephone and city directories. More than 250 names wero carefully considered and we finally reached the conclusion that these candidates were eminently fitted for these positions. Dr. Gillespie has lived here many years.

He is a successful dentist, every inch a man, a man with 'convictions and with more than enough courage to live up to those convictions. Mr. Dye is a railroad man. Twenty-five years ago he was a brakeman, later he' was made a freight conductor, then a- passenger conductor, and today he stands as general chairman of the conductors and trainmen of the Louisville Nashville Railroad from one end to the other." ESCORTED TO STAND. The chairman then appointed a committee consisting of C.

T. Cheek and John DeWitt to escort Dr. Gillespie to the platform, the crowd cheering lustily. Dr. Gillespie said: "This is my first dip into politics, and It makes mo feel very much like Alar'c Twain said he felt upon being imru-duced to president Hayes.

After the Introduction Mr. Clemens said he looked at the floor', then at the President, then at the floor, and then finally said, Mr. President. I'm embarrassed; ain't This affair was a great surprise to me. Dr.

Robt. Catlett Cave, Author "The Men In Gray," Gives Valued Contribution to Literature. A timely book, which presents the causa of the south In the great civil war In its true light, and in an effective manner, has Just been brought, out by Dr. Robert Catlett" Cave of St. Louis.

Its title beVig, "The Men In Gray." Dr. Cave is a brother of Dr. R. Lin Cave of this city, who is also an authority on the history and motives of the war. The book Is dedicated to the memory of the men In gray, who, with matchless courage, fought to maintain the principles of the constitution and -perpetuate Dig government established by their fathers, and whose heroic deeds crowned the south with deathless glory.

Throe lectures are all on the same point: "The Men in Gray," "A Defense of the South," "Cavalier Lay-, ally and Puritan Disloyalty in The first named was an oration delivered at the unveiling Of the monument to the soldiers and sailors of the Southern Confederacy at Richmond on May SO, 1894, which, was the object of a number of bitter attacks from northern papers and men. In the "foreword" to this oration. Dr. Cave brings his critics to task and exposes the fallacies and ignorance of their utterances. The author makes it plain why he desires that the south's position be kept in mind.

Not that the deeds done will be any the less praised, but that future generations may know that the principles for which tile southern soldiers fought were those which stood for patriotism. Efforts have been made bv northern writers and speakers to make it appear that the south was in rebellion, when as a matter of fact it was the north -which defied the constitution in the pulic prcas and from the speaker's stand. The necessity of getting the facts of history of the late 50's and early CO a "on straight" Is stressed, so. that posterity can remember the. justice of the cause for which the men In gray fought, bled and died.

One favorite expression of the north as to' the constitution was that It was "a covenant with death. and a league with hell." Hence it was the south which was really defending, the constitution as it existed then, and if there-were any traitors they were those in control of affairs north of the Mason-and Dixon line. It is to. the south's Interest that the glory of the deeds of her sol'diers be kept alive, and historic Questions be fully discussed. The south had been too careless of her OCCUPANTS BARELY ESCAPE WITH LIVES Early Morning Fire in Bakery and Residence of B.

Haiman No Clue to Origin. At 1 :30 o'clock this morning Are was 'discovered In the bakery of R. Haiman, 303 Second avenue south. The family was asleep up stairs at the time and barely escaped. Mr.

Haiman was awakened by the "smoke, the family sleeping up He quickly aroused his wife and three and by rushing in their night clothes through the flames which wero ascending the stairs, they escaped without serious injury. Mrs. Haiman fainted, but was revived. An alarm was turned in from box and the firemen responded. The building was gutted.

The loss was placed at 52,000, partly covered by Insurance. No clew to the origin, of the fire could be dbtaineVl. MOOSE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Order Sets. Aside a Handsome Sum for the Purpose. DETROIT, Aug.

25. The national convention of the Loyal Order of. Moose today empowered its educational cohurflttee to spend $50,000 for the organization of a1 Moose Industrial school. Orphans-and sons and daughters of members of the order will be taken into the Institution and educated In useful trades. The board of trustees, who will undertake the' establishment of the Institution, are: John Hays Hammond, recent, representative of the United States at the coronation of King Mayor George Scott of Davenport, and.

-former States District- Attorney E. Hen-ning Milwaukee. OBJECT TO NEGRO SCHOOL Citizens of Douglas County Make, Protest to State. :SFRINGFi.ELb. Aug.

25. A protest against the location of a. state Industrial school for negro girls Jn Douglass county, Missouri, was -the' burden of resolutions adapted by citizens of the county In mass-meeting at Ava, near here, today; A copy of the resolution was forwarded to the governor and locators. Aprl, 190G, there was a ten days' race war in Springfield that resulted In the-lynching of three-negroes and a i general- exotius of the race from here. The three negroes were hanged in the public square and their bodies afterwards' burned.

MARYVILLE MARSHAL SLAIN Henry Clemens Instantly Killed by Norman Loudon, Negro. KNOXVILLE, Aug. 23. Henry ClemenB, town marshal of Maryville, the county seat of Blount county, sixteen miles frdm Knoxvilie, was shot through the heart and instantly Killed late this afternoon by Norman. Loudon, a negro.

The marshal was trying to. arrest Loudon at his honie on a warrant charging him with assault, the latter fired three shots, two of which seared the marshal's shirt. Loudon is bclna: hunted by officers from both Maryville and Knoxvilie. Escape-'for him is believed to be impossible. S.

S. ASSOCIATION. OLARKS ILLE, -'Aug. a. (Special.) At; a hiectlng of the members the various Sunday schools of districts No.

t. 2, 3 arid.G yesterday at Hazel wood an association was organized with Theo; WaUhoI, president; Henry Bryan, vice-president, and Miss Joaio Leigh, secretary and treasurer. ROBERT B. JONES SCHOOL. LYNNVILLE; Aug.

Messrs. and Dozler, principals of the Robert B. Jones School! at this place, have secured the services of 'BUI- Neely of the 1910 Vander-bilt football team to coach their teim this fall. He. 'will take charge of the squad about September 18.

The Jones School will open on Tuesday morning, August 29. ENGINE KILLS FIREMAN. PADUCAH, Aug. 25. Just as his fireman, 'Gurard Barkley, crawled under engine to-oil a joint, the engineer's arm brushed against the throttle of Illinois Central engine No.

133 here at The engine moved forward and before the. driver could stop It, had severed the fireman's body at the waist. Barkley talked for an hour. AND CLEAN GUNS Francep Gives Germany Her Last Word on Mo- kv rocco. READY FOR FIGHT Accord or Rupture Now Depends on How the Kaiser the Offer Made.

rARIS, A us. 25. Following the cabinet council today over the Moroccan situation, it became known that the Instructions Riven Ambassador Cr.inbon form an important step toward a rupture or an accord, depending upon how the German government receives the proposals. The instructions endeavor to phrase the French conception of Germany's position In Morocco and authorize Ambassador Cambon to, offer fractional parts of French -Con go territory in exchange for the absolute recognition by Germany of French in Morocco." As a precaution, both France and Cer-niaijy are carrying on war preparations. Doubtless, as a diplomatic maneuver, there is a little, rattling uf the sabre to show mutual earnestness.

However, th word "war" In used more frequently this week in the language of serious Frenchmen than it has figured since 1906. Generally it is used interrogatively in the sense that "can it be possible that1 we must fight?" and "is Germany pushing us Into RETURN FROM BOSTON Tennessee Representatives to American Pharmaceutical Back. Dr. William R. "White and Dr.

J. O. Burge returned Friday from Boston, where they represented the Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association at the annual meeting of the national association. Dr. White represented also the Vandorbllt pharmacy department at the convention of- pharmaceutical faculties.

Dr. White stated Friday night that the convention was in every way successful, and that while the Tennessee representatives put up a strong fight Cor the next convention for Nashville and lost, yet that he believes the capital city will stand a good chance next year to land the 1913 meeting. On the trip Dr. Burge was accompanied by Mrs. and Dr.

White by his mother, Mrs. It. 'R. Williamson, and his aunt, Mrs. Eva D.

Chackston. On the return trip they visited New-York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Washington. LOUISVILLE GAS COMPANY Chicago Company Representatives Negotiating for Control of It. Aug. 25.

Representatives of the bonding house of N. W. Harris of Chicago, met here today with the 'directors of the Louisville Gas Company with a view to purchase control of the Louisville Gas Company. While no definite action was taken, the directors of the gas company recommended that the offer of the Chicago capitalists of $120 a share be accepted. It is reported here that the same capitalists arc negotiating for control of the Kentucltv Electric Co.

Between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 Is involved jn both deals. TO VISIT OHIO STATE FAIR Committee From Tennessee Exposition Will Study, It. For the purpose of studyingconditlons At Ohio State Fair, a committee, composed of J. W. Russwurm, May Overton and J.

s. Henderson, representing the executive committee of the Tennessee will go. to Columbus next weeK. At a meeting of the executive contrriit-tee Thursday, the alleged sale of liquor at the State Fair-grounds last year was discussed and the policy of the directors previously announced was aeain en-norscd. The committee will hereafter meet' every Thursday afternoon until the opening of the fair.

COMPLETE REGISTRATION Figu gures From Ninteenth Ward Show.sii Voters There, Registration figures from the Nineteenth ward, secured by The Tennes-soan and American on Friday, show that' the first repoit of E30 voters was 30 too many; The correct figures for that ward, following the registration which closed Thursday, ive as follows: White, negro. 110; total, 511. 'this makes the figures for the wards complete, as gathered by The Temusscan and American. The total 'registration for the city of Nashville, including the Nineteenth ward, is now PRIZE FIGHT WAS FATAL Boy Died From the Effects of a Knock-Out Blow. "EDWARDS 25.

Gilbert Jenkins, a Hi-year-oid sc'ioti. boy. who fought for the entertainment of a doyen- women and several hundred men on tlic steamer Keystone State last month. Is dvirie at his home here of In-jurlpii received In the bout. His life Is despaired of by two physicians who are attending him.

Young Jenkins went on with Bobble JJi-cndle in a "curtain raiser." He was "finished" In the second round with a blow In the left side of the abdomen. IT Tell limp to the floor, and while conscious, was unable to regain his feet. M. O. SECTION WORKMEN Promised Raise After First of Sep-tember, They Resume Work.

RBLMEH, Aug. 25. (Special.) The strike among the section workmen n-i the Mobile Ohio Railroad between Union City and Meridian Is settled. The laborers resumed work yesterday. Thev will receive $1.15 per day after Sept.

1. No trouble, nr vlvolence was In evidence, and they are satisfied with the wages offered. MAURY TRUST COMPANY Elected Trustee by Holders of Bonds of C. M. A.

COLUMBIA, Aug. 25 (Special.) 'At: a meeting of the holders of the bonds tft'the Columbia Military Academy held here today, the Maury County Trust was elected trustee for the holders In the place of the City Savings of Nashville, which has tlnued business. "RECEIVES 31-2 PER CENT Hamilton County to Borrow About Twenty Thousand Dollars. CHATTANOOGA. Aug.

25. From banks which hold the proceeds of Hamilton county's SSOO.000 road bond, sale, which interest at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent Is heinjr paid, the county: will on Sept. 1 borrow about paying the banks Interest at the rate of 6 1-2 per cent. This method of business is oc-mstoning considerable comment. Liberal Results From Friday's Work Sales Are to Be Continued With the work of the first day of the button sale in Nashville for the Mem-phls-to-Brlstol highway finished, the promoters report that the merchants and business men of the city responded liberally.

While definite reports were not had from all the committees, no very definite estimate could be made on the number of buttons sold, but the sale will be continued from day to day until the city is thoroughly canvassed and the remaining buttons old. The sale was highly satisfactory, especially in view of the inclement weather, and the fact that Nashville day at the Sumner county fair had taken a large number of prominent business men and good roads enthusiasts out of the city. The orders, as a rule, were liberal, and In many Instances promises were given for more. Buttons were placed for sale at the following places: Lelck-hardt's, Page Sims, Demovlllcs, Bloonrstcin's, Jennings', Young Thompson's, Stumb's" cigar store, the Stales clear store, Zelbart's, and at John Decker Son. They can be had also at the Board of Trade in any quantity as long as the present limited supply last.

ine money for the construction of the highway is already guaranteed in due form bv the various nonntlpw iln-niurh which it will pass, the proceeds of tho button sale to be applied to a general fund for surveying and engineering supervision of the entire road work across tiie. state to insure uniformity of tho road throughout Its length. Tho members of tiie committee will meet again at the Board of Trade this morning. Bigger results are expected for today than for Friday. DR.

W. C. GILLESPIE HEADS LAW AND ORDER TICKET (Continued from First Pago.) troduced Mai. E. B.

Stahlman, chairman of the subcommittee of ten appointed by the. general law enforcement committee to consider candidates. Maj. Stahlman nominated R. S.

Holllns for chairman and Ben S. Cockrill for secretary, who were heartHy endorsed. Judge John A. Pitts was Introduced and stated he had been directed by the committee to make a declaration of the principles upon which this campaign was inaugurated to the voters of the city, which follows: "T0 the Voters of Nashville: This mass meeting of friends and advocates of good government and the strict and Impartial enforcement of the laws appeals to the voters of the city to stand for these ideals hi the coming municipal election. "We submit for your consideration a brief statement of the principles for which we stand, and which we believe should meet lliu approval of every patriotic citizen.

"We believe that partisan politics should have no place in municipal government. Municipalities are creatures of the state, governed by its laws, and In their essentials not unlike business corporations whose stockholders are the people that compose them, and whose chief aims are the preservation of good order, enforcement of the laws, suppression of vices which tend to corrupt the public morals and degrade the community as a whole, and the honest intelligent and faithful expenditure of the revenues contributed by the taxpayers. It is no part of the legitimate functions of such corporations to formulate or promulgate governmental policies or principles, such as are proper and Indeed necessary to he done by the great political' parties of the state and of the nation. "We believe that In the approaching election for officers the sole Issue is between law enforcement and faithful and impartial discharge of official, duty, on the one side, and open and defiant 1 lawlessness and persistent and contemptuous disregard of law by both officials and private persons, on the other In short, the Issue Is between good government and anarchy. "Nothing should be permitted to becloud ibis issue.

The popularity or unpopularity of the antilifjuor laws; the question of prohibition or of local option, or of high license and segregation; the wisdom or unwisdom of the Sunday laws, of-the antlcambllng- laws none of these have' any place as Issues In the present contest, for the very obvious and conclusive reason- that the officers to be elected have nothing whatever to do with -repealing, modifying or changing any of them. "It Is sufficient that they are, in point 6f fact, existing and valid laws of tho state; so long as they continue in force. It in 'not only the swoj-n duty uf official to enforce them rigidly and to the utmost of ills ability, but also the bounden duty of every private citizen to respect and obey them. For. our officials to openly disregard then, and to consent to' and connive at their continual violation bv favorites or by the.

evil disposed. Is anarchy and treason against the constitution laws of the state, and if persisted in, will ultimately undermine and destroy respect for nil law bring lasting disgrace upon the city that will reuire decades to remove. "We behove that the deliberate vlola-tion'OCnnte-election pledges and promises upon which. votes were solicited and, obtained, by a successful candidate after he obtains the office sought, 'upon any pretext whatsoever, is indeed an embezzlement -of power, and even more deserving Of the condemnation of honest men than the embezzlement of money, fdr it not. only evinces a betrayal of a sacred trust involving more than money, but injuriously affects multitudes of innocent people who have no remedy.

DUTY -OF. GOOD CITIZENS. "We believe that under conditions now existing in the city of Nashville it is tne duty of all good citzens of every race and natonality and of' every political party or faction stand together as one man for the redemption of the city from the blighting, blackening cloud which these conditions aro casting over her fair name and fame, and that they can so unite and stand with perfect honor and consistency, arid with perfect freedom to act on political questions in accordance with their honest views whenever such questions shall future be presented. No honorable man can possibly sacrifice, impair or. prejudice any political principle or policy which he holds by standing for the enforcement of law and good and decent government, in municipal affairs.

are the conditions now existing in It brings the blush of shame' to the cheek of every; genuine lover of the city to think of them. They are known' to- all, not only to our own people, -but throughout our country, and It were needless to describe them here; it 1 is sufficient to say that our present mayor, with the machine he dominates, Is very larg'y responsible for them. "Shall these conditions be suffered to endure for another two years, and grow worse and. ranker as time passes? This is. the question now presented to the voters.

A graver one has not arisen in the city's -history. PRESENT MAYOR. present' mayor has announced his candidacy, to succeed 'himself In that office. He asks tho voters of the city to endorse his course during the past two years, and declares that if elected he will pursue the same course during tho next two years. We know full well what that means.

He has given us fair warning. He 'has thrown off the mask, anu this time wq are sure ne speaks his real When he was a candidate two years ago he apparently thought the sentiment of. a majority of the voters ot the city was in favor of the impartial enforcement of all laws, and In his appeal for support he solemnly and repeatedly pledged himself to their faithful and rigid enforcement those which he did not like, as well as those he did like. He was elected, and very soon after his i election ne claims to nave learned, in tell it with persistent reiteration. She must refute uie charge that tier sons, solely to perpetuate slavery, barbarous in its character and condemned by tha moral sense of the whole, civilized world outside of themselves, renounced their rightful allegiance, rebelled against the government established by the wisdom and patriotism of their fathers, and plunged this country into the horrors of a war In which the lives of hundreds of thousands were sacrificed and almost every home In the land was converted into a house of mourning.

This is what she is charged with in most of the so-called histories of the war; and this is what most of her people are acquiescing in. what many of the younger sons and daughters accept as true, and what the outside world generally believes. And yet this charge is false In every particular." To the southerner, "The Men in Gray" comes as a sueeint and convincing argument of the righteousness of the imjmj of the south, a clear statement of tiie fact which Js unanswerable. That the facts of history are so faithfully depicted and lie true reason ror the civil war stated, there can be no doubt. The south is placed In an impregnable position.

Every student In the schools of the south would do well to make a study of the truth as to the south in the history of the country. Numerous hearty endorsements have been given the book, which' lm3 Just full-en from the press of the Confede.ate Veteran, Nashville. Two of- the most highly prized are as follows; Fort Worth. June 30, 1911. After a careful examination, I most heartily endorse "The Men in Gray," by Dr.

R. 'C. Cave of St. Louis. It Is a most admirable defense of the south, and is unanswerable.

1 cordially commend it to all students of southern history. It should be In the hands of every boy and girl in the south. GEN. K. M.

VAN ZANDT, Commander Trans-Miss. Dept. have rea'd with almost inexpressible delight Dr. Cave's book, "The Men-in Gray," No Confederate who desires to have an intelligent-appreciation of the great civil war and its causes and the character of the men who engaged In it on the southern side, can-afford to bo Dr. Cave's In its way and along its Unea it Is the best publication since the war.

It deserves and should have an extended circulation. GEN. BENNETT H. YOUNG, Commander Dept. Armv.of Tenn.

Louisville, June 31, 1911, TOBACCO GROWERS AGREE TP POOL CROP Representatives From Bright Tobacco Belt of Virginia and North Carolina Meet. GREENSBORO, N. Ag. 25. Representatives of 00,000 farmers of the "bright" tobacco belt of Virginia and North Carolina, allied with the Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union, in executive session here today, entered into an agreement to pool the 1911 tobacco crop until a price of not Jess than 15 cents per pound Is obtained in any section; the "bright" grade of tobacco will be held for 20 cents.

It is estimated that the pool now represents 60 per cent of the 1011 crop of the two states. The officers or the union deny reports that the American Tobacco Company, has three years supply of tobacco in warehouses and contend that the tobacco companies will be compelled to come to terms with the tobacco growers. The farmers declare they have ample financial backing to enable them to hold their tobacco for years, putting it in warehouses and having Issued certificates acceptable as collateral at banks. ENCIRCLES WORLD IN FORTY DAYS Andre Jaeger-Schmidt Finishes His Trip at Paris, France. CHERBOURG, Aug.

25Andre Jaeger-Schmidt of the Paris Illustrated Dally' who started from. Paris July 17 in an attempt -to circle 'the forty days, arriving here -oh the steamer. Olympic from New. York this morning and. left for Paris at 2 o'clook.

A motor boat took off Jaeger-Schmidt- as soon as the liner entered tho roads, he being especially exempted from examination by custom authorities. On landing. he jumped Into a speedy automobile which was waiting at the quay and started for By reaching Paris Jaeger-Schmidt will have- consumed just forty days In circling the globed DECREE OF DIVORCE. NEW YORK. Aug.

25. Capt. Peter. C. Halns, now serving a term of eight years in Sing.

Sing for the killing of William E. Annis. was granted an Interlocutory decree of divorce from his wife, Anna L. Halns, in the supreme court in Brooklyn today. The suit uncontested, Annis being named as The custody of the three Halns children was awarded to Gen.

Peter Hains, of "Washington, D. C. BOOMING HARMON. COLUMBUS, Aug. 25.

That Judson Harmon made excellent governor of' Ohio and would. make an excellent. President are arguments made In the Harmon campaign book just issued the Interest of. Gov. Harmon's campaign for the democratic nomination for President 1912.

The governor's long fight with the legislature for. progressive laws is 'set forth, A feature is made of. the work of the state tax commission, which he appointed, in Increasing-valuations on public service corporations. REBELS VICTORIOUS VINCES, Ecuador, Aug. 25.

Rebels under CarlOR Alfaro have occupied, the of Jipijapa. The cruiser Bolivar, with 200 men, sailed from here today for Manmanta to join Ihe government troops now operating in Manabl under Gen, Trlvino, who has SCO men. Jose Feral ta, former minister of foreign affairs, and Rafael Aguilar, former secretary of state; have been permitted to leave the penitentiary and are now on their way -to Panama. POPE CELEBRATES MASS ROME, Aug. 25.

Pope Pius today for the first time since his illness celebrated mass in. his private chapel. In the ipresence of his secretaries. Later he drove about the Vatican gardens. FIRE FROM CANDLE.

Fire, caused by the overturning of a lighted candle, damaged the home of Foster Jones, 2005 Belmont 1 boulevard, slightly Friday night. Engine company No. 7 responded a telephone alarm and. stopped the blaze. The damage v'3 estimated at 30.

Jackson Building- I expressed to the committee when they called upon me the fact that I did not think I had created enough impression in tho seventeen years I have lived litre to lead you out of sucn difficulties an'i such an unfortunate state of ailaira which the city is now In. "I don't know how to form political mnrhhicp. I feel I am an amntenr in politics, but I promise to do the bet can ror yuu in a clean way. 1 lon't think you need much talk. We had p.cnty of that prior to the last election and there has been nothing donee three.

(Laughter.) Perhaps if I am not much of a talker I can do something, and with the aid of the good citizenship, I ought to do anything that Nashville needs. 1 never got back to Nashville after a trip that I did not thank God I was a resident here. I haven't been away slnco the last campaign, nowever. (Laughter.) But I doubt, gentlemen, if even tho otps-ent conditions could prevent the Icel-ing. CANNOT EAST ALWAYS.

"Present conditions cannot exist always. You know what they are and it is useless for me to go into them. If am elected every law on tho statutes will bo enforced. You do not have to have public opinion back of you to enforce tho laws. They are written, they are there on the statutes.

Whether or not an official approves of a law does not enter. It is his duty to enforce it. The only thing public opinion does is to make a man fish Tor It when he wants to run again and get votes. If I can be two years in office, I think 1 shall have done my work. I will either enforce those laws or you, eacli one of vou, will know who Is oust meting tiiolr enforcement.

(Cheers.) Publicity Is the greatest cure in the'world for lawlessness. Enforcement does not apply to any one law. It applies to all laws. Tho official Is the servant of tho people, not the boss. He cannot choose which law Is good nnd which Is bad.

"Tho man who has to be helped even by his oath of office is not a man. The innate principle of right itself must prevail in him. This is not a democratic, lepuhlican or prohibition fight. It Is an uprising of the people demanding that their laws be enforced, their constitution protected. If I am elected to this office, I vill pledge vou my utmost effort to carry out every obligation which may rest upon me.

I will do this without fear or favor. I am not a fanatic. I shall try to be just. Fanaticism is foolish and while I am not brilliant, I believe that I have gcod common horse sense. However, every law will be enforced." Prolonged cheering and cries of "Dyo" occurred at the close of Dr.

Gillespie's speech. It was stated that Mr. Dye could not be present at the meeting inasmuch as Important business had demanded his presence out of the city. MAJ. E.

B. STAHLMAN. Major Stahlman was callevl upon. "This is an auspicuous beginning of a campaign," said he. "But it must bo borne in mind that it is only a beginning.

What we now need and must have is an active organization In each ward throughout the city. There is no better manner In which to get this organization than in forming ward clubs. I therefore wish to move that the chairman be authorized to appoint at his convenience within the next few days a committee of fifty, who shall have In charge this campaign, and I hope the chairman will find It to his interest to appoint on this committee men from the different wards. You gentlemen hero should indicate to him, say two or three persons from your ward whom you deem good men anil suitable for this committee. Gentlemen, we are going to make a campaign this time.

You are going to hear some speeches. We will make this town thunder from one end to the other. Pio-hlbition Is not the question. There are many men who do not favor prohibition who are good citizens. This is a question of law enforcement, and as good citizens all must be for it.

"What we want Is law enforcement, to be relieved of the control of this machine, and the vicious lawless element in the city. This is what wo are here for tonight. I want to help build up sentiment to accomplish this purpose and that Is what you want to do. Use your best influence. Work for law and.

order, and gentlemen, right will prevail." The meeting then adjourned to Sept. lu. HEART AND SOLE IN RACE Dr. W. C.

Gillespie Enunciates Principles of His Platform. "I Intend to close my office and devote tverv bit of energy 1 have to this campaign." Dr. Gillespie said after the convention, In speaking of his convictions regarding' the enforcement of the laws, he said; "Good government should mean the enforcement of all laws on the statute books. The laws are made to be ibeyed ami for the correction of evil. The migrant and willful violation of any law creates a contempt for all laws and generates a state of anarchy.

"Officers in a municipal government should be free from all parly politics f.nd all officers of the law yhouhl be constrained to enforce such laws as pertain to their office through the promptings of honor and Integrity rnther than In compliance with a stereotyped oath of office. The principles of right, existed from the beginning of things and written laws are merely arbitrary enactments to cover and prevent specific criminal acts. "The spirit of law and justice should govern everv man in the performance of his dutv towards his community and himself regardless of snecific statutes made to apply to them. Tlmt the vicious and harmful conditions existing In the cltv arc due directly to willful and vicious disregard of public morals and decency upon the part or the chief officers of the law elected nnd commissioned to carrv out tho will of the people. "No officers of the law excent' judgps of courts have any right to nullify laws placed unon the statute books for enforcement.

The appeal is made In tho campaign to all decent, law-abiding- citizens to rise and comnel their servants in office to perform their plainly defined duties." SKETCH OF CANDIDATE Farmer Lad Who Has Made Good in Chosen Profession. Dr. William C. Gillespie was born thirty-eight years ago on a farm near Petersburg, Lincoln county, Tenn. He is the son of Jacob and Letitia Cowan Gillespie, the youngest or eighteen children.

Coming to Nashville in November, he first was employed bv John Ttamae Son and later bv the Timothy Dry Company, where he worked eight ye. is. He entered the dental department of Vanderbilt UnlversliV in 181X5 and was graduated in 1899. Following hlq graduation. Mr.

Gillespie practiced dentistry for two and one-half years at Fort Smith. Ark. organized the Arkansas State Dental Association and secured the passage of the state denial law of that state. He was appointed on the Arkansas tjoard of dental examiners while Jeff Davis was governor. Dr.

Gillespie returned to Nashville hi 1P01. Ho lectured at the dental department for five years and was elocted president of the Tennessee Dental Association last spring. Dr. Gillespie nlwayn has taken an interest in the affairs oi tno city and the state. Ho was one of tho.

organizers of the Young Turks, is a member of tho Nashville Board of Trade, Commeroii Club and the Nashvlllo Business Association. is a member of tho First Presbyterian church. Last May Dr. Gillespie married Mm Orient Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mik S.

P. Wilson. Ho resides at 311 Sixtli avenue, north. VETERAN RY. CONDUCTOR Capt A.

R. Dye, Nominee for the Board, Chairman 0. 0. R. C.

Capt. A. B. Dye, the nominee for the board of public works, to suceod Morgan Wllkerson, is general chairman of tlic Order of Railway Conductors for this district. Ho lives at 1005 Montrose avenue.

For twenty years he has been connected with tho Louisville Nashville tood, for much of tho time as conductor between Nashville and Columbia, and between Columbia and Decatur. A year ago ho retired from active work as a conductor to accrpt tho position as general chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors, his territory comprising all lines of the L. N. Ho has resided In Nashvlllo for twenty-five years. Ho is married, and has a wife and three children.

At the time of his nomination Capt. Dye was in Louisville on official business. He Is expected to return this morning. MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND Widow of Former President Saves Summer Home From Flames.

MEREDITH, N. Aug. 26. Friends of Mrs. Grower Cleveland are congratulating her on the bravery which she exorcised in fighting: a fire.

Tho flames were in a gas houso a few feet from her house, but sho saved her property from destruction. William O. Cook, caretaker of the property, was severely burned, and it is feared that he' may die. Mrs. Cleveland has sent to Boston for two physicians, to attend him.

Tho fire is believed to have- been started by an explosion in tho gas house. Cook was withl nten feet of the building when tho explosion occurred, and it knocked him over. The flames that shot out set his clothing on fire, but ho managed to extinguish them. The more serious burns wore inillcted upon him after he had rushed back Into tho gas house to fight tho flames. Mrs.

Cleveland, who had been aroused bv the sound of the explosion, helped him in the fight, throwing many palls of water upon the fiamcs. Her children also took a hand In the work by establishing a water pall relay from their house to the gas house. When Cook clothing took Are the second time Mrs. Cleveland throw a pall of water over him and dragged him away from tho flames. AEROPLANE GUN A SUCCESS.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. The experiments today with a new one-pounder gun aeroplane at the Indian Head proving grounds demonstrated to the satisfaction of tho naval, experts that tho design of the carriage of tho weapon, permitting its elevation at any angle, Is a success. Fifteen rounds were fired Into the air at various angles.

Blank shells arc being used in the present experiment. The fuse of a loaded shell is so sensitive the ordnance experts say that explosion would result immediately upon contact with an airship even though It grazed only a wing and would disable or demolish the aeroplane and probably kill tho aviator. ST. CAR CONDUCTOR'S TIPS. Tho street car system of Germany is distinguished from that of any other country by the practice on the part of a largo proportion of tho passengers cf giving the conductor a tip.

The averapo fare on the German street car Is 0 pfennigs, tho equivalent of 2 cents, but one-third of the passengers give another cent as gratuity to tho conductor when he hands them over their ticket. This is usually done by probably with the vague idea of securing tho championship of tho conductor in case of unpleasantness of any sort. That the tips amount to a considerable sum in tho course of a year was shown by a trial at Hamburg arising out of a dispute between the street car company and one of Its conductors in whim the court estimated the tips nt about fflo in tho course of twelve months. The existence of tho custom of tipping tho part of the public was assumed by the court from the comparatively low wages paid to the conductors ns compared with the drivers. New York Sun.

HEADS CATHOLIC PRESS. COLUMBUS, Aug. 25. Edward J. Coonev of Providence, editor of tho Providence Visitor, today was elected president of the Catholic Press Association, which was organized by editors of Roman Catholic newspapers and magazines hero today.

MACHINISTS LAID OFF HOUSTON, Aug. 25. All the machinists, blacksmiths and carpenters in the shops, of the Houston Texas Central Railroad at Houston were laid off today until September 1. Oyer 500 men were affected by the order. Stack business conditions wore given as tho cause.

AUGUST MOON LIGHT. The solemn light behind tho barns. The rising moon, the cricket's call, The August night, you and I What is the meaning of it aI17 Has It a meaning, after all? Or Is It ono of Nature's That net of beauty that she casts Over life's unsuspecting eyes 7 That web of beauty that sho weaves, For one strange purpose of her own For this the, painted butterfly. For this tiie rose for tills alone! Strange repetition of the rose, And strange reiterated call Of bird and Insect, man and maid-Is that the meaning of it all? If it means nothing, artnr alii And nothing lives, ec pt to die-It' Is enough that solemn light Behind the barns, and you and I Richard Le Galllienne in IXarper i "Monthly..