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tfELWEEKLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLICO IN SEVENTH CON
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
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LSOfJ'S CABINET IS
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
STILL CONSIDERING ITHE
J,
GOAL STRIKE SITUATION
JUST GIVE U8 A LITTLE MORE
TIME 8AIO ATTORNEY GENER
AL PALMER TODAY.
LONG SESSION HELD YESTERDAY
Cabinet Is Deadlocked in Discussion
of Miners' Wages In Comparison
With the Cost of Living Another
Extended Session Today.
t (By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. President
Wilson's cabinet today resumed con
sideration of the coal strike. Attorney
General Palmer on entering the meet
ing said he did not expect a repeti
tion of yesterday's extended session
vhich took up five and one-half hours.
,The cabinet is deadlocked in the coal
Wiscusslon, the equalization of the
miners' wages with living costs was
consuming a greater portion of the
lime. "Just give us a little more
time," said General Palmer.
Examination For
Teachers To Be
Held in January
There will be a uniform teachers ex
amination; held at the county high
school building on Friday and Satur
day, January 2 and, 3. This examin
ation will include all of the high
school groups as well as the elementa
ry, course. Teachers who desire to
quality for positions in the public
schools of. Tennessee should take ad
vantage of, this opportunity. They
should bear in mind the fact that un
. der-the iawnot evna temporary cer
tificate. can be issued to one who has
not had an examination.
, County Superintendent Graham this
morning, received the official notice
of the examination from the state de
partment. He is anxious that every
person in the county who would qual
ify to teach In the public schools be
present at the county high school on
the datei mentioned. "
POET SOLDIER MAY
INVADE DALMATIA
FEARED THIS WOULD CAUSE COM
PLICATIONSWASHINGTON ANXIUOS.
(' ' (By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Tho
threat that Gabriele d'Annunzio, Ita
ly's post soldier, will invade Dalma
tian territory, now held by the Jugo
slavs, today caused serious concern
at the state department. The action
in attempting an Invasion from tho
sea will throw the responsibility di
rectly upon the United States, the
United States having been assigned
the part of Dalmatian waters below
St. Benice, and to guard the coast
now occupied by the Jugo Slavs. An
invasion' by land would be less em
barrassing to the United States, as
the Jugo Slavs could handle the situ
ation to suit themselves, but should
the attempt be-made to land troops
from Italian-warships which joined
D'Annunzio, it is feared complica
tions would result.
t PRESIDENT SMART
SHOP IS IN CITY
Fred Livermore, of New York, pres
ident of the Smart Shop, is here today
with a big line of furs
ANCIENT RIVALS
READY FOR GAME
NASHVILLE
VANDERBILT-SEWANEE- CONTEST
BEGINS AT 2 O'CLOCK THURS
DAY AFTERNOON
ALUMNI TO SEE BIG BATTLE
Former Vanderbilt Men From AH Over
South Gathering in Capital City to
See the Annual Contest With the
Tigef.
Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 26.
Those two ancient rivals, Vanderbilt
and Sewanee will step on the field
promptly at 2 o'clock Thursday after
noon and will battle to see whether
the Tiger shall have another knot tied
in his tail by the Commodore method
or whether he will go back to his
mountain home with a victory from
his old time enemy.
Unless the dope goes astray to a
great extent the Commodores will be
victors by a good margin as the Se
wanee team is weaker than it has been
in many years and by comparative
scores the Commodores are over for
ty points better than the Tigers. But
the season of 1919 has witnessed too
many upsets in the dope for anything
to be certain and not until the referee
has blown his final blast Thursday
will it be known for sure whjch team
has come out victorious.
A large rowd will be on hand to
witness' the deciding of the above
questions. Alumni from all over the
state and South were coming in on
every train Wednesday and more are
expected Thursday. All these are pull
ing for the Commodores to leave the
Tigers far behind and are hoping that
the victory will be by a good margin.
In addition to the local and visiting
alumni a large delegation of prep
school men from Nashville and Ten
nessee are the guests of the Vander
bilt Athletic Association for the
Thanksgiving activities. On Wednes
day night a dinner will be held in
their honor at Kissam Hall and after
dinner the preps will be taken over to
the big Vandy mass meeting, to show
them what college spirit is.
STAGE IS SET FOR
BENEFiT OPERETTA
"AMERICA IN FRANCE" TO BE
PRESENTED BY LOCAL TAL.
ENT AT 8:30 TIONGHT.
The final dress rehearsal for "Amer
ica in France" last night was a grand
success. Miss Anderson. Miss O'Cal
laghan. Misses Boyd, Temple and
Green are simply charming in their
parts and the new Hindenburg Henry
Morton astonished the rest by his
superb rendition of this important
role.
The object for which the play is
being given to assist in the new me
morial building for the Mary county
hnvn and aside from the real merit of
the piece, this object no doubt will
appeal.
The play will not be given until 8:30
p. m. in the High School auditorium,
giving those who attend the meeings
at the rresbyterian church ample time
to proceed to the school auditorium
CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME WILL BE
PLAYED IN MUD
UNLESS RAIN PREVENTS, CON
TEST WILL BE STAGED AC-
' CORDING TO PLANS.
MUCH FUMBLING EXPECTED
Game May Not Be a Real Test of
Strength of Teams The Team That
Gets the Best "Toe Hold" Will Like
ly Be Victorious.
The first half resulted at followa:
Castle Heights 4; C. M. A. 0.
With Jupiter Pluvius a strong fa
vorite, the day pf the Castle Heights
Columbia Military Academy champion
ship game has arrived. The skies
have been weeping copiously for the
past twenty-four hours, and their grief
aparently has not yet been assuaged,
for still great sheets of moisture
are sweeping the gridiron at the Mil
itary Academy. It once was a gridiron
but now It Is a sea of mud, and even
if the championship struggle is stag
ed It is likely that the teams will have
to be equipped with flat boats, subma
rines, chasers and mosquito boats.
Seriously, if the Weather Man will
just have mercy and close the sluice
gates for a short while the contest
will be staged according to schedule,
but the field will be in such a condi
tion that it will be impossible to get
a real line on the strength of the
two teams. It simply means that the
team which gets the best "toe hold"
in the mud, will mdst likely slip away
with the verdict. The ball is . sure to
be heavy and soggy, and it will be al
most impossible to kick or throw it
with any accuracy.' If the game is
played it is sure to be featured with
"fumbling" for no team can handle a
wet ball with anything like accura
cy.. '
But despite the fact that the field
will be a sea of mud, it is expected
that the game -will be one of the hard
est fought -ever staged here. Both
teams are claiming the prep champion
ship of the state, and the game this
afternoon will decide it. It goes with
out saying, it will be a battle royal
it will be a "catch as catch can" prop
osition, and a fight to a finish. May
he best team' win.
Serbs to Sign
The Austrian
Treaty Today
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Nov. 26. The Serbian dele
gation will sign the Austrian treaty
with the radical minority clauses at
the French foreign offices today. This
will also permit of the signing of the
Bulgarian treaty. The Serbs only de
cided to accept the treaty after it had
become apparent that no other way
was available to become a party to
the signing of the Bulgarian treaty,
which they were very anxius to see
become effective. The execution of
the Bulgarlal Protocol will be delayed
until Rumania has signed the Bulga
rian treaty, providing for the free im
migration between Greece and Bulga
ria1. " r':" '" ' :1' '
GRAND JURY WILL TAKE A RECESS
UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY MORNING
The members of the grand Jury ad-!
journed at noon today until next Tues
day morning, when they will recon
vene and resume their deliberations.
It has been a long time since the
strenuously at
work in this county as it is now. The
members have had an unusually large
number of matters to investigate. The
passage of the dog law. the vehicle
tax law and tlw minor's tobacco law
by the last legislature added very ma
terially to the work of the grand Jury.
This is the first time that a deter
mined effort has been made to Inves
tigate violations of these laws because
it was felt that time should be allow
ed the people to familiarize them
selves with the laws and comply with
them.
In addition to these new laws ,Dr.
Voorhies, county health officer, has
undertaken a vigorous campaign to en
force the law against the sale of dis
eased meats and animals and several
Indictments have resulted with possi
bly mors to follow, a S
WATSON VS. WATSON
GAUS1IS DECIDED
JUDGE WHITTHORNE DECLINES
TO GRANT DIVORCE ASKED
BY DEFENDANT.
In the chancery court this morning
Judge Whitthorne sitting by inter
change, decided the case of Mrs. Mag
gie Watson against Gus Watson. The
court refused the prayer of the cross
bill of defendant, Gus Watson, for di
yorce. The relief sought by the com
plainant, Mrs. Watson, for mainte
nance was sustained and a judgment
given for 15 a month and attorney's
fees. 4 .
TWO COLUMBIANS
ELECTED OFFICERS
MEADE FRIERSON AND OWEN
HENDLEY ELDERS IN FIRST
CHURCH NASHVILLE.
BUMPUS CASE f.lAY
GO TO THE JURY
THIS
AfTfflfiOON
ATTORNEYS HOPING TO COM
( PLETE THE CASE BEFORE
ADJURNMENT.
DRASTIC CUT 111
NEWS PRINT TO
SAVE SITUATION
SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS AGREE
TO A REDUCTION OF TEN PER
CENT IN COMING YEAR.
NO COURT ON THANKSGIVING INCREASE BE MADE IN THE RATES
Judge and Attorneys Will Enjoy a
Day of Rest Great Interest Being
Manifested In Outcome of Case Now
Being Tried.
Rapid progress is now being made
in the Bumpus murder case, and it is
expected that the case will go to the
jury before the adjournment of court
this afternoon. A special efferot is
being made to dispose of the case as
no session of court will be held to
morrow, Thanksgiving day.
The Btate completed its case yes
terday, and immediately Bumpus took
the stand in his own behalf. The tak
ing of his testimony did not consume
any considerable length of time, and
at an early hour this morning the de
fense had been practically completed,
and the introduction of character wit
nesses begun.
Young Bumpus is charged with the
murder of John Cothran, prominent
saw mill man. The shooting took
place in -the Mt. Joy community, near
Mt. Pleasant, on April 25, 1918. Much
Interest' is being manifested in the
outcome of the trial.
LABOR PARTY
HAS ENDORSED
THE PLUM PLAN
V " (By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 26. The nation
al labor party convention adjourned
yesterday without the selection of a
ticket for the 1920 election, the execu
tive committee, however, was author
ized to call a convention to choose
candidates and a platform which will
demand the repeal of the United
States espionage act, and no compul
sory military training or conscrip
tion, the abolition of secret treaties,
the right of free speech by the press,
free assemblage of all basic industries
and the adoption of the Plumb railroad
plans.' ' ' ' - '
REVENUE RAIDERS
AT LAWRENCEBURG
The force of revenue men under E
L. Davidson, of the central section of
the fifth reserve zone, have establish
ed permanent headquarters at this
place, occupying the entire ground
floor of the Stribbling building, just
off the square on Pulaski street. Be
sides Mr. Davidson, the force consists
of John W. Howard, Ben Aymett and
Irby Scruggs and their territory con
sists of Maury, Williamson, Giles, Law
is, Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Marshall
and Hardin counties in Tennessee, and
all territory of north Alabama on the
state line.
The past week has been marked by
successful hauls, two stills and five
men having been taken. One still was
captured in the second district, but
the operators escaped. In the third
district, however, two men, Lon White
and Clint Tankersley, were arrested,
charged with running the still, which
was captured. The two men had a
hearing yesterday before U. S. Com
missioner Lindsey and held under $1,
500 bonds to the federal court.
Both for Subscription and Advertising
as a Means to Obtaining the Desir
ed Results Serious Problems Con
front Publishers.
RAILROAD WORKERS DENY
REPORTS OF PLANS FOR
STRIKE IN NEAR FUTURE
Special to The Herald.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 26.
Newspapers of the South are pledged
to make every effort to curtail the
consumption of white newsprint paper
in the coming year, by not less than
10 per cent as compared with the con
sumption during the months of July,
August, September and October of this
year. A resolution to this effect
drafted by a committee was unani
mously adopted at the extra session
of the Southern Newspaper Publish
ers' Association on Tuesday.
The association also recommended
an Increase In the advertising rates
to make up for the decrease In the vol
ume that must come from a reduction
in the size of tho papers. Likewise
an Increase In subscription prices to
cover the cost of white paper and cost
of delivery to subscribers, was recom
mended. The newspapers also agreed
to reduce the amount of space used
for news, special features and illus
trations and to conserve In every way
possible the use of all paper made!
from wood pulp. j
The Monday session was devoted to
a discussion of the paper shortage-!
Representatives of news print paper,
presented statistics to show that there
was at present a consumption of pa
per ten per cent in excess of any pos
sible production during the year. Va
rious schemes were proposed for cut
ting down papers and finally the whole
question was referred to a select com
mittee of nine to report at Tuesday'a
session.
President James H. Allison appoint
ed' the following members of this
select committee: Charles I. Stew
art, chairman; E. K. Gaylord, ,M. E.
Foster, F. G. Bell, Charles D. Atkin
son, John F D'Aue, James I. Finney,
Victor H. Hanson and Luke Lea.
The committee threshed Out the
whole question until 11 o'clock Mon
day night and finally reached an agree
ment on the resolutions unanimously
adopted on Tuesday by the whole con
vention. Very few people realize the serious
ness of the situation that confronts
the newspapers. Unless there is some
relief many of the smaller papers and
some of the great dailies will actually
be forced to suspend.
WATSON MAKES
STATEMENT ON
DEATH OF CHILD
SAYS HE WAS DRIVING AUTOMO
BILE SLOWLY WHEN ACCI
DENT OCCURRED.
HE EXPRESSES DEEP REGRET
Says He Swerved His Car to Avoid
Hitting Chaild, and Ran Into Curb
Which Threw His Foot Off Brake,
and Car Ran Into Post.
MAURY COUNTIANS
NAMEDBY GOVERNOR
TWO ARE APPOINTED ON HISTOR
ICAL COMMISSION OF THE
STATE.
In the commission of twenty-five ap
pointed by Gov. Roberts under a joint
resolution of the last legislature au
thorizing the appointment of a histori
cal commission, two Maury countians
are honored. They are John Trotwood
Moore, state librarian, and J. I. Fin
ney, editor of The Herald. It Is the
purpose of this commission to collect
and prepare historical data of the
part that Tennessee played in the
great world war.
Concerning the accident which re
sulted In the death of nine year old
Mildred Davis on South Garden street
Monday afternoon, Manch Watson who
was driving the automobile which
struck the little girl, has addressed
the following self explanatory note to
The Herald:
To the Editor of The Herald:
Believing that it is your policy to be
accurate In the publishing of all news J
in your paper, I desire to state briefly j
the details in connection with the
killing of the little Davis girl Monday
afternoon. Your paper of Tuesday
stated facts that are a little mislead
ing, due to the fact that your report-!
er did not have all of the facts. In
the first place, I am sorry beyond ex
pression, that the accident occurred
and it was certainly unavoidable be
yound any doubt. I was driving up
Garden street, in company with my
brother, Lex Watson, at a moderate
rate of speed. A truck was standing
near the Chero-Cola plant and as 1
was in the act of pulling out to avoid
it, the little girl ran out Immediate
ly in front of my car on the right
side of the street. My first impulse
was to swerve my car across the
street and apply the brakes at the
same time. Just as I was turning,
the right fender of my car struck her,
knocking her down. She was not
dragged at all and as soon as I ran
my car over the curb and Into a tele
phone post .on the opposite side of the
street, my brother got out and went
to the body, picking it up. The body
was not mangled and it was evident
that death resulted from the impact of
her head with the hard street. When
I ran my car into the curb, my foot
slipped off the brake, allowing the car
to run into the post. I did everything
within my power to avoid striking her,
but having been on the opposite of the
truck from by car, she evidently did
not see it approaching.
. MANCH WATSON.
ONLY QUESTION IS THAT OF PAY
FOR MEN IN THE SLOW
FREIGHT SERVICE. ,
PROPOSAL OF DIRECTOR HINES
Five Hundred General Chairmen In
Session at Cleveland Are Discussing
the Question of Accepting Plan for
Compensation,
(By United Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 26. Rail
road rotherhood chiefs in conference
here today denied emphatically the
reports given wide circulation that
they were holding secret sessions on
the question of calling a nation-wide
strike of tho railroad men.
There are nearly 500 general chair
men participating in the discussions
of overtime pay made to tho workers
In the new slow freight service by
Goneral Railroad Director Hlnes.
There Is considerate doubt as to
whether the proposals made by Hlnes
will be accepted, but it Is said by tho
chiefs that they have no Bort of in
tention of calling a nation-wide Btrlke
at this time. -
PADGETT MAKES
APPEAL QUOTA
FOR TENNESSEE
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF NAVAL
COMMITTEE OF HOUSE EN
DORSSES MOVEMENT..
HIGH HONOR FOR THE STATE
Hope Is Expressed That Great Mon
ster of Deep Will Be Manned by
Seaman From the State Whose
Name 8he Will Bear. , -
ZERO WEATHER IS
SWEEPING NORTHWEST
GALE SWEEPS OVER GREAT
LAKES, AND HEAVY DAMAGE
IS DONE SHIPPING.
Two Columbians have been elected
elders of the First Presbyterian
church at Nashville. They are Meade
Frierson and J. Owen Hendley. Both
were formerly members of the First
Presbyterian church here and since
they moved to Nashville have been af
filiated with the First church there.
Heaviest Rain
Of the Year Is
Recorded Here
Since noon yesterday the hardest
rain of the year has fallen in Colum
bia. From 12 o'clock noon. Tuesday,
until 8 o'clock this morning 3.53 inches
had fallen, and was still coming. It I
is thought that for the full twenty-four I
hours, more than 4 inches will have'
fallen, as there has been no let up in
the precipitation. ,
The guage on Duck river, according
to the official record of W. O. Cherry,
government guage reader, at 7 o'clock
this morning showed a rise of 11 feet
Mr. Cherry predicted a considerable
further rise with a possibility of the
flood stage being reached by tomor
row, unles a cold wave reaches here
and etopsjthe rain, '
MONEY SAVING SALE
AT F. BRODSKY'S STORE
F. Brodsky, one of South Main
street's merchants, has inaugurated a
"Money Saving Sale'' at his store to
begin next Saturday, Nov. 29, and to
continue indefinitely. Mr. Brodsky Is
cne of the yongest merchants In Co
lumbia from point of residence, but he
is gradually building up a splendid
business.
(By Unitod Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 26. A severe
storm Is sweeping the great lakes and
the northwest today, and temperature
below zero prevails throughout the
section. A heavy gale, accompanied
by a blinding snow, has caused heavy
damage to shipping.
FUNERAL OF THOMAS
PIGG IS POSTPONED
The funeral of Thomas S. Pigg, who
dropped dead Monday at the borne of
his son, R. T. Pigg, near Water Val
ley, has been postponed until 10:30
Thursday, on account of the high wa-
GARFIELD
DECLARES
END MUST
COME NOW
Representative Lemuel P. Padgett,
of this district, for eight years chair-
man of the house committee on naval
affairs and now the ranking minority
member of that committee, today gave
emphatic approval to the appeal that
is being made by the navy department
for Tennesseans to man the great bat
tleship Tennessee. Mr. Padgett is t
probably more familiar with the navy
than any man in the state and the
building of the Tennessee and other
great ships of the navy was due large
ly to his determined efforts in pollt
ing the huge appropriations through
congress.
''It is something to cause one's pa
triotic fervor to thrill to contemplate
a great battleship from our own state
bearing the state's name manned by
seamen from the state," said Mr. Pad
gett. "Assuredly there are a thous
and young men in this state who can
and will volunteer for this service.
The country needs them. Ships are
of no use, they cannot perform their
mission and justify the expenses in
curred in their construction unless
thore are seamen to man them. It is a
great compliment to this state to give
it the privilege of furnishing the men
for the Tennessee.
"Naturally I have an affectionate in
terest in the Tennessee, aside from
that which is prompted by state pride.
My son, h. P., Jr., has been assigned
to the ship. T sincerely hope that
Mary county will furnish its small
quota. The boys' who served In the
navy during the war had a great ex
perience and they have returned to
their homes with broader missions and
better equipped In every way than
they were when they left home."
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. Fuel Ad-
m(nlatrlA forfiaM anting tnv Iha
j government, will deliver an ultimatum
j to the coal operators and miners warn
ing both sides that the coal contro
versy must end and their differences
be adjusted at once.
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TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS
BOSTON It was litterally "Tutt
Tutt" when .Miss Ruth Tutt married
her second coubin, Elmer Tutt, here.
NEW YORK "Nooody's goin call
me a 'red!'" and John Brastead. Mid
dletown auctioneer, set a new fashion
for fellow professionals when he tore
down his red "sale today" sign and
run np a blue one.
CHESTERTOWN, Md. Tbe old
"forget to mall if story has a new
record to beat. Fourteen years ago
Dud Walmsley, of this town gave a
relative a letter to mail. Last week
the relative discovered It in the pock
et of an old coat and it has just reach
ed jts. destination ..i..,t