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LOCAL NEWS. ONLY WEEKLY
CARRYING TELEGRAPH SERYICE
MEXICO NEGOTIATING
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
FOR PURSUIT PLANES;
WOULD OUTSTRIP U. S.
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INFORMATION RECEIVED BY WAR
DEPARTMENT SAYS MEXICO
HAS- STRONG AIR FORCER N
CONFLICTING REPORTS RECEIVED
Assistant Secretary of War Says He
I 8uro Information Secured By a
V New York Representative Is Not
Altogether . Correct. !
' "'.; (By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. The Mexl
l can government is negotiating for a
strong air force, according to infor
mation, received by the war depart
ment t6day." If Mexico should obtain
-the twenty-four, pursuit planes, which
Representative Laguardia, of New
York, claims she already has, the Car
ranza government would have su
premacy in the air over the United
States, said Asslctant Secretary of
War Crowell, but the secertary said
he did not think Mexico had the num
ber of planes claimed by Laguardia.
STARTLING
EXPEfiS
FOR JFISCAL YEAR
SENATOR WARREN SEVERELY
CRITICISES; ESTIMATE OF GOV
ERNMENT EXPENDITURES.
(BV United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 Severe crit
icism of the' estimates of ' government
pense fo the coming fiscal year
made n the senate today by Sen
ator MTei 0f Wyoming, chairman of
me aspirations committee. 0
r
ne they W
Senator jarren
SEEKll INFORMATION
. ON PRESIDENT'S HEALTH
J jVBy United Press.)
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Reports
that resolutions asking for official in
formation In President Wilson's con
dition wiiljmake their appearance i:i
congress shortly, were regarded as
anti-adminitration propaganda. N
Benator or representative could
iouna loaayiwno wouia annul coniem-
plating the introduction of such a re .
olutlon.
liliT
TESTIFY
AGAINST
, JENKINS
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MEXICO CITVfDec. 4. Mexican
authorities today resumed investiga
tion into the Jenkins case at Pueblo,
according to dispatches from that
city. Jenkins was in court when sev
eral Indians testified that they saw
Jenkins in the village of Santa Mar
tha near Puebla during the time of
the abduction.
RESPONSIBILITY
CAUSING WAR
WILLJE FIXED
GERMANY WILL BE REQUIRED
TO GIVE UP THREE HUNDRED
MEN, REPORT SAYS. . '
NAMES ARE NOT GIVEN OUT
Peace Council Gives Out No Informa
tion As to When Treaty With Ger
many Will Become Effective Ques
tion of Trial Discussed.
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Dec. 4. A list of per
sons responsible for war crimes whom
Germany must give up, contains more
than three hundred names, it was
learned today. The peace conference
has not yet decided whether they will
be tried in a body or singly. , The su
preme council took up in secrecy this
question today. The question of mak
ing the treaty of peace effective with
Germany wfts not made public
Landmark In
New Orleans
Is Destroyed
(By United Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. y4. The
rTTtrt-fWtuOi opra leuef a 'landmark
of New Orleans, was destroyed by
fire early today. The entire set of
costumes of the New Orleans-French
Opera Company were destroyed. This
included several valuable violins' of)
the orchestra. The loss is estimated
at $47,000 with $25,000 insuranc.fi. The
opera house was builV- in 1859, -for
more than fifty years the scene of the
great Mardi Gras carnival ball. The
total damage surrounding the building
is estimated at $200,000.
TOO MUCH WEATHER
FOR DR. HAROISON
WOULD RATHER HAVE LESS IN
THE DIMPLE THAN LIVE IN
MICHIGAN.
"I tell you right now I would not
give a few acres of land in the Dimple
for a few townships in Michigan, if 1
had to live there," .said Dr. Jo B.
HardLson, of the Hardison Motor Co.,
who returned this morning from a trip
to that state in search of cars. Dr.
Hardison returned last night with four
Dodge cars, making the trip across
country. The cars had all been deliv
ered to owners this morning.
Dr. Hardison had a very interesting
and rather nerve racking experience
on his return being caught in the cy
clone that devastated a portion of
Michigan. He said that for a time he
thought he and the cars would be
blown away. Then he encountered a
blizzard. The mercury was way down
and the wind blowing forty or fifty
miles an hour right off the place that
old Doc Cook never got to. The trip
was a successful one, but Dr. Hardi
son asks to be excused fronr visits
to that section during .the winter.
MAURY'S FIRST FRENCH WAR BRIDE
SAYS THAT SHE IS CHARMED HERE
Madame Raymone Vercouter Jack
son, wife of Lieut. Thomas J. Jackson,
the first French war bride to tome to
Maury county, was In the city today
with her husband.- Although never
outside of Frauce before the close
of the great war, Mrs. Jackson speaks
good English and is easily under
stood despite that charming French
accent that softens the harsher
sounds of the tongiwj of Shakespeare.
Mrs. Jackson lived near Arras which
was the scene of such desperate fight
ing tor four ean between tho Eng
lish and the fUxhe and hr heme,
whll behind the British lines was
wiped out and completely destroyed
by th shell fire of the Hnn. She
hates the Boche with the g enuine
French hatred. Her father joined
the French army on August 2, 1914,
and served until after the armistice.
Her one brother, was too young for
service. :
"O. yes. I like America very much,"
replied Mrs. Jackson, to the question
of The Herald. "But it is strange,
and 1 do not think it so beautiful as
Fiance. Bnt I know I am going to
love it. I like the people here, they
are quite friendly." ,
. Mrs. Jackson in of the accepted
French type of beauty. She is quite
petite with the large, expressive
brown pyes that ad so to the charm
of the French girl Her completion
ia of the clear, transparent olive
type and her hair harmonizes with
her lovely eyes.
EDUCATION BOARD
CUTS! CHRISTMAS
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
CITY SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE, ON
DECEMBER 19, AND WILL RE
SUME DEC. 30.
OTHER BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED
Committee Appointed ' to Prepare
Budget for Coming Year Supt.Har
ris to Attend Meeting of Superin
tendents in Nashville.
At a meeting of the board of educa
tion, held late Wednesday afternoon',
it was unanimously voted to shorten
the length of the, Christmas holidays
from the customary two weeks to only
six school days, closing the schools on
December 19 and beginning on Tues
day, December 30. This is one day
longer than has been decided on for
the elementary schools, as the work
work after .the holidays will begin on
December 29, instead of the 30th.
Supt, Harris, of the city schools said
he strongly endorsed the plan to short
en the holidays, as two weeks was de
moralizing to both teacher and stu
dent. It was unanimously voted by the
board to send Supt. Harris to Nash
ville, expenses paid, to attend the
state meeting of superintendents to be
held on Jan. 13 and 14. This request
was made of the board by State Su
perintendent of Education Albert Wil
liams. '
The committee to prepare the
school budget for the coming year was
appointed as follows: U. H. Foster,
W. C. Salmon and C. D. Adkisson.
This committee will ,have the budget
ready to submit at the next regular,
meeting of the board.
A communication from several
mothers, regarded the crowded condi
tion of the colored school of the city
was read. Superintendent Harris said
that the complaint was fully justified,
as, the conditions there were congest
ed,; but said that he 'tad gone before
the ounty board of education and se
cured funds sufficient to guarantee the
employment of . another teacher for
the remaining months of the school
term, and said that this would be
done, greatly relieving the situation.
The congested conditions in the city
schools have been somewhat relieved
by some shifts and changes, and the
employment of another teacher ' for
ttiU, remainder of the term said Mr.
Harris, however the schools are still
cr6wded because of the large influx of
children from the county. There are
no, more, children from the rural districts-in
the schools here than ever
before said Mr. Harris. He said that
there was also a noticeable increase
In the attendance of boys in the
ehools.
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Public Sown
On Striking
Coal Diggers
Today finds the fuel saving order
of he Regional Coal Committee of At
lanta being observed in practically ev
ery section of, Maury county. The or
der, did not reach the rural districts
In time for it to be put into effect
Tuesday as it was in Columbia, but
as soon as due notice was received
the new schedule became effective.
Not on single infringement of the
new order has been reported in Co
lumbia, and it is thought that It will
be observed here to the letter of the
law, until notice is given that it will
no longer be necessary to husband the
fuel supply. Reports from the county
also indicate that the "lid is on good
and proper."
Traveling men, who test the effec
tiveness of the order in every city,
claim that the lid is on tighter in Co
lumbia than most anywhere they have
been. The report that they can buy
soft drinks and cigars in Nashville,
however, does not cause local dis
pensers and cigar stores to "loosen
up" until the hour? of nine arrives.
VILLA
CAPTURE
'S
IS MERELY RUMOR
CONSUL BELIEVES
NO CONFIRMATION OF THE RE
PORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED
IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES. - :
ORIGINATED IN , JAUREZ
POOR HOUSE IS
GIVEN BEQUEST
IN LAST WILL
CONTINGENT INTEREST. OF COM
MISSIONERS IS MADE SUB
v JECT OF BILL IN EQUITY.
IS . DECLARED TO BE NULL
Noted Bandit' Is Being Held Awaiting
Payment of Reward Offered by the
Carranza Government, Rumor Says.
(By United Press.)
'ED pdST Texas, Decfl 4. The ru
mor that Francisco Villa has been be
trayed by one of his own men, and
taken prisoner an;d offered to the Car
ranza commander at Parral,' if a stand
ing reward of fifty thousand pesos is
first Paid, is still unconfirmed official
ly here today.' No credence is given
the rumor, which originated with a
Carranzista railroad man in official
headquarters at Jaurez. The Mexican
consul Andres Garcia, awaited a mes
sageconfirming fhe capture of Villa.
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HOURS FIXED FOR r '
' OPERATING PLANTS
MAY BE CHANGED TO SUIT THE
MANUFACTURER DOUBLE ;
SHIFTS 40NSIDERED.
Under the newf fuel regulations, is
sued by the,. Regional Coal Commit
tee, manufacturing j plants and other
industries which iare been operating
double shifts1 sineWOctober 1 will be
permitted to continue operations on a
nifiety-six hour w$$cly basis. Plants
that have only beW operating one
shift will be permitted to run but
forty-eight hours wlekly, but operat
ors will be permittdd to arrange the
hours' to suie; themselves, or in oth
fit awards they """niiy operate - thurfr
plants for forty-eight consecutive
hours and then close down for the re
mainder of the week, Instead of run
ning eight hours per day for six days.
The former plan, it is believed would
result in a considerable saying of coal,
as it would be necessary to keep
steam from day to day if the plant
were running only eight hours per
day, while on the other hand it might
be .operated day and night for two
days and then close down for live
days and workmen would be released
$ho might be of assistance In reliev
ing the fuel shortage.
Big Strike
In Rome Is
Called
Contingency Under Which Asylum
Would Get Lands Left It Cannot Oc
cur and Therefore Heir of Property
Denies Its Validity.
Probaly the first bequeHt ever made
to the commissioners of the. poor in
Maury county is revealed in a bill fil
ed on Wednesday in the chancery
court by Harvey D. Rankin, of Texas,
against his two minor children and
W. P. Russell, James T. Petty and M.
T. Voorhies, commissioners of the
poor for Maury county.
According to the allegations of the
bill Mrs. Selina B. Merritt, of 1 Wil
liamson county, died Nov. 21 last, leav
ing her last .will and testament under
the terms of which she devised to her
nephew, the , complainant, fifty acres
of land in the second district of this
county. The land is left to the com
plainant during his natural life and
then to his children and their descend
ants forever, and should he die with
out children, then the lands are left
to the testator's sister, Mrs. Tabitha
Rankin for her life, and after her
death to the commissioners of the
poor of Maury county. It appears
that the sister died in 1916, before
death of the' testatrix, and that com
plainant has two minor children.
; It is insisted in the bill that by
reason of the death of Mrs. Tabitha
Rankin the executory devise made to
her has been rendered impossible of
execution. , It is also charged tha the
effort to leave the property forever
to the , complainant and his qhildren
is contrary to the laws of Tennessee,
forbidding perpetuities and mouopo-
Jic?..t JLJ also alleged that . the - at;
tempted devise of the property to the
commissioners of the poor is void in
so much as it is expressly stated that
they are to take an Interest only in
the event that the property vest In
Mrs. Tabitha Rankin, whose death de
feats that bequest.
The bill filed by J. II. Dinning, coun
sel, asks for a construction of the
will and if the complainant docs not
take a fee simple title for its sale
a.n,d reinvestment in Texas property.
Offi
(By United Press.)
ROME, Dec. 4. The socialist par
ty in the confederation of labor has
called off the general strike, it was
announced last night. All workers
were ordered to report to their em
ployers today, it is understood.
R. B. M'CARMACK DIES
INLONEJTAR STATE
News was received here today of
the death of R. B. McCormick Wednes
day night at his home in Blooming
Grove. Texas. Mr. McCormick had
many friends here who regret the sad
news of his death. He is survived by
his wife, five children and three sis
ters. Mrs. J. A. Rptchum, of this city;
Mrs. Wm. Tarks, of Spring Hill, and
Mrs. A. A. Shirley, of Little Rock,
Ark. Mrs. Ketchnm was with him
when he died.
In Darkness
Shoots Wife r
For Burglar
(By United Press.)
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 4. Robert
Gray told the police that he was awak
ened early this morning by someone
moving about the room, and believing
the person to be a burglar, seized his
revolver and fired. He said his wie
Florence fell mortally wounded. Gray
is being held pending an investiga
tion.
TRIAL BY JURY
IS
SUSPENDED
CABINET DECIDED UPON THIS
COURSE OF PROCEDURE FOR
ALL OF IRELAND.
(By United Press.)
LONDON. Dec. 4. At a meeting of
the cabinet held yesterday it was
decided to suspend trial by jury,
throughout Ireland because of the ter
roism, and the impossibility of se
curing convictions, it was understood
today. " .
MASONS TO ELECT
OFFICERS MONDAY
CHAPTER MASONS WILL HOLD A
MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
FOURTH DEGREE WORK.
DENIES REPORT THAT
GERMANY IS REFUSING
TO SIGN PEACE PACT
FUEL ORDER IS
MODIFIED TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT
BUSINESS HOUSES MAY REMAIN
OPEN IF THEY USE NO HEAT
LIGHT OR POWER.
REGULTTIONS FOR THE GARAGES
Regional Committee Is Now at Work
on New Set of Rules Which Will Be
Sent Out As Soon A Prepared.
Mayor in Touch With Atlanta.
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After trying nearly all day Wednes
day to get in touch with the Regional
Coal Committee at Atlanta, Mayor J.
M. Dedman, late Wednesday afternoon
finally got connection. He was told
that the orders previously sent
out : Avouhl remain in force
until further notice, however, the or
der has been modified to this extent.
Any store or place of business may
remain open after or before the spec
ified hours, provided that no heat, no
light or no power is used. This
means kerosene lights, tallow candles
or any kind of light. Coal oil stoves
are not allowed to furnish heat, or
wood fires. The order means all that
it Implies. There must, be absolutely
no heat, light or power,
The committees is now; working 'on
new regulations for garages, but they
are now not permitted to sell anything
except between the hours, specified. It
is , expected that other.,, jiiodiflcaUonw
01 me uruer win ue reueiveu buuiuj,
and as soon as they are they will be
made known to Mayor Dedman, who
has been delegated the power of en
forcing the order in the city of Columbia.
SEVEN DAY A WEEK
TRUCK MAIL SERVICE
LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO CEN
TREVILLE WILL HEREAFTER
BE OPERATED ON SUNDAY.
LaFayette Chapter Royal Arch Ma
sons will meet Friday night at 7:30
o'clock for the purpose of conferring
the fourth, degree. Companion J. H
McAlister, grand lecturers of the
state, will bq present and will assist
in conferring the degree. '
On Saturday night the fourth and
sixth, degreed will be conferred, and
on Sunday afternoon the seventh or
Royal Arch degree will be conferred.
On Monday jiight, Dec. 8, the regular
stated meeting of the chapter will be
held at which time the annual elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year
will take place.
High Priest .William J. Oakes is
mailing out personal lettters to every
Royal Arch Mason in Maury county
calling their attention to the impor
tance of these meetings and request
ing the attendance of the members.
At the 1 request of Representative
Padgett tho mail truck service from
Columbia to Centreville heretofore in
operation but six days a week has
beeu extended to Sunday, giving the
people of that section mail every day
in the week. This service has beon
in operation on week days for several
months and has proven a great boon
to the people of Columbia and Centre
ville and it also gives Centreville
mail earlier than formerly. Its ex
tension to a seven day a week service
will give that territory as good mail
facilities as they would have if they
were on a railroad.
REPORT CIRCULATED YESTER
DOY IS NAILED AS FALSEHOOD
BY VON LERSER.
MAY STILL CARRY OUT TERMS
Signing of Protocal Has not Been De
cided, According to Authoritative
Information Received From Germa-ny-This
Morning.
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Dec. 4. The peace confer
ence has received no notification from
Von Lersner, ' German representative,
that Germany will refuse to sign the
peace protocal, it was' authoritatively
stated today. The report was circu
lated yesterday by a news agency that
Von Lersner had notified Paul Djitas
ta, secretary of, the peace conference,
that Germany had decldedtnot . t'd sign
the protocal, which .provides for
carrying out of the terms of the tre'a
tj. .
TO PUSH SALE OF '
V CHRISTMAS SEALS
DISTRICT ORGANIZER ,IS HERB
TO SHAPE UP MATTERS FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.
Crtnrad Dluhm, of Nashville, district
organizer for the state of the anti
tuberculosis association, Is in Co
lumbia today for the purpose of per
fecting an organization to promote
the sale of Christmas seals in the
warfare that this organization wages
on the white plague. Mr. Bluhm has
met with much encouragement here
and ?TlIcW"lS"liave"a "fine organiza
tion to push 'the work.
THANKS HERALD FOR
SUPPORT OF THRIFT
The Herald is in receipt of a letter
of appreciation from Silas W. Davis,
director of war savings for this fed
eral reserve district In the letter Mr.
Davis says:
"Permit me to thank you for your
valuable co-operation during this' year
and ask your continued support for
thrift work in 1920. The world has
lobt a large part of its working capi
tal and there is no way to make good
the loss but by industry and economy."
TWO BIG AUCTIONS
BE HELD NEXT WEEK
GRANBERRY PERSONALTY SALE
ON WEDNESDAY AND DINNING
SALE THURSDAY.
Upward Tendency
For Mercury For
Next Few Days
The much vaunted and long predict
ed blizzard for the Dimple failed to
arrive and even warmer weather is
forecasted for tomorrow. Many of
the inhabitants took the weather man
at his word Wednesday night and cut
off the water and otherwise prepared
for the worst. But it was no colder
at daylight han it had been at dark.
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LITTLE GIRL HURT
AS PONY RUNAWAY
The little seven year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Park, living
on the iron Bridge pike, was quite
painfully injured on Wednesday after
noon when the pony driven by her
little brother ran away and she was
thrown to the ground on W. Seventh
street. She, was rushed to Dr. Pillow
for treatment and was able to be out
today. The two children were driv
ing their pony when for some reason
he became frightened and ran away,
completely demolishing the cart. The
little boy was severely bruised.
ALBERT E. EDWARDS
BURIEO IN THE WEST
j Albert E. Edwards, former Maury
I miintlnn uhn toA in Rnswell. N?-..
Mex., recently will bo burled tbjjre.
according to information, reciveri by
his brother, C. M. Edwards' of this
city..' . " .
DISABILITIES OF MINORITY ARE
REMOVED FROM MARRIED COUPLE
In the notice of the sale of live
stock and farming implements of J.
M. Granberry it was Inadvertently
stated that this sale would be held on
Thursday. December 11, when It
should have been on Wednesday, Dec.
10. On Thursday. December 11, th5
bia auction sale of Oakmont, the 712
acre estate of J. H. Dinning, will takei
place at Spring HilL These will be,
two of the biggest auctions held in!
I he county during the month, one of
personal property and the other vt
lands and personal property, and are
attracting a great d?al of Interest.
DISABILITIES OF MINORITY I
. For the first time since the law was j
enacted in this county the disabilities!
of minority have been removed In the j
chancery court from a husband and
wife. On Wednesday evening Judge
W hitthorne, sitting as chancellor y
Interchange, removed the minority dis
abilities of Howard Giddens and his
wife Jessie Jewell Glddens
Since the set of 1013 was passed the
court has several times removed the
disabilities of a single person, but this
is the first case where both husband
and wife, under twenty-one years of
age, have been given the rights nf
citizenship since the enactment of the
law.
Under the terms of the decree both
Giddens and his wife, the former bplng
twenty and tht otht r clghtpen years of
age, are given all the rights and priv
ileges of citizens twenty-one years of
age, except that the riht of franchise
;s not conferred. They niay.buy and
sell real estate and sue and be sued
just a though they were twenty-one
years of age. They were represented
in the cort proceedings by Raleigh
S. Hopkiii. y
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