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LARGEST CIRCULATION
OF ANY. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN SEVENTH CON
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
EIGHT BRIGHT PAGES
OF REAL LIVE TELEGRAPH AND
LOCAL NEWS. ONLY WEEKLY
CARRYING TELEGRAPH SERVICE
VOL. LXXI NO. 5L
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919
RETURN OF RAILROADS
TO PRIVATE OWNERS IS
DELAYED BY PRESIDENT
FRIERSON WILL
SUCCEED ERWIII
CITY RECORDER
NOW BELIEVED THAT GOVERN
MENT CONTROL WILL CON
TINUE UNTIL APPRIL 1.
COAL SITUATION IS INVOLVED
Government Caring for Natlon'B Fuel
Needs Through the Railroad Ad
ministration Bills Now Pending In
Both Senate and House,
(By United Press.) .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The re
turn of the railroads to private owner
ship has been postponed by President
Wilson until Apirl 1, 1320, at the oar
Heat, it was generally believed ber
today, with the government exercis
ing control over the fuel supply main
ly through the railroads. The Presi
dent, It is believed has, has abandon
ed plans for the return of the rail
roads until the present nituation
clears up. It is believed in congres
sional circles that the President will
allow congress to set the date for the
return of the roads. In both the housa
and senate bills are pending for iho
return of the roads on the last day of
the month In which the act is approved.
HANDSOME 'BONUS
'BYMAURY NATIONAL
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES ARE
GIVEN TEN PER CENT ADDI
TION TO SALARIES.
Probably the handsomest bonus
ever given to employes was that giv
en by . the Maury -JtfatieBAi Bank .to
day to its officers, and employes when
a bonus of ten per cent of their sala
ry for the past year was voted to each
of them. The distribution took place
today and it added nn aggregate .of
thousands of dollars to the . pay of
thdse faithful and ' efficient servants
whose services have been worth so
much In the success of the bank.
In addition to this bonus the luuaL
annual melon cutting for the benefit
of the shareholders of this great insti
tution took place..' The usual sem -annual
dividend of six per cent waii de
clared and $15,000 passed to the sur
plus , bringing the latter up to $ ! 00,
000. The Maury county Trust Compa
ny paid its usual semi-annual divii'end
of five per cent and added $2,00.1 to
the surplus making that now $10, 000.
Shareholders, directors, offi ;ers,
clerks and all will enjoy the best
Christmas that they have ever kmwn.
FLEMING GRATEFUL
y- FOR EFFORTS OF DAR
APPRECIATES CONFIDENCE OF
ASSOCIATES MORE THAN HE
WOULD HAVE THE OFFICE.
Hon. W. S. Fleming has Issued the
following card:
"To the lawyers of the fifth chau
eery division, the press and citizens
who wrought in my behalf, I beg
leave to express my deep apprecia
tion of the confidence evinced by you
in your efforts to have bestowed upon
me, unsought, the exalted position of
chancellor In this division the high
est office in the gift of this people,
and one magnified by the splendid
record of its last Incumbent and his
predecessors. To be regarded by men
of your appreciation of the require
ments of this office and your intimate
association and knowledge of myself,
worthy to receive the mantel of these
former chancellors, and to preside
as high priest at this sacred altar in
the Temple of Justice Is honor enough
for me, and 1 gratefully remain a
member of the Columbia bar with a
dpeper sense of the close ties which
have for years been growing between
us.
"I am peculiarly grateful to the
members of my home bar for their
zeal and the magnificent fight they
made with a unanimity of purpose
CHANGE WILL BE MADE ON
NIGHT THAT NEW CITY FATH
ERS TAKE OATH.
INCUMBENT GOING TO RESIGN
New Official One of the Most Expert
enced and Capable Bookkeepers
and Accountants in the City and Is
Very Popular.
George Pinckney Frierson will be
elected recorder on Friday niyht. Jan.
2, and will at once enter upon the dis
charge of Ui3 duties. This is the slate
at present. On that date the old board
will go out of office and the present
recorder, William Porter Erwin, will
go out with them. Although Mr. Er
win has another year to serve, he has
already given notice that his resigna
tion would be in Mayor Dedman's
hands on the night that the oaths of
office are administered to the new
city fathers.
Mr. Erwin was elected la3t summer
to succeed his father, the late Judge
Ephraim E. Erwin, for the term ex
piring January 1, 1921. But at the
time he was elected he gave notice
that he would serve only until the new
board came into oHlce. Since the elec
tion of the Cherry ticket it is under
stood that a conference has been held
by the members of the board and an
agreement reached to elect Mr. Frier
son." ,"" " " ' ' ''
It is certain that the election of Mr.
Frierson will be an exceedingly pop
ular one: He is one of the most cap
able bookkeepers and accountants in
the city and has had long experience
in office work. He is widely liked and
his election will be generally endorsed.
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
TRUE SPIRIT OF
OHRISAMAS WILL IS NAME OF HEW
OBTAIN IN CITY
BEST DAY OF ALL THE YEAR TO
BE SUITABLY OBSERVED IN
OLD MAURY.
BUSINESS WILL BE SUSPENDED
MAURY REALTY GO.
Day will Resemble the Sabbath as
Practically Every House Will Be
Closed Festivities Around the Fam
ily Hearthstones.
EMPLOYES SHARE IN
. PROFITS OF BANK
SUBSTANTIAL EXPRESSION OF
APPRECIATION GIVEN TO
FAITHFUL WORKERS.
Employes of the Columbia Bank &
Trust Company on Wednesday enjoy
ed a melon cutting. They were plac
ed on a profit sharing basis and as an
expression of the appreciation of the
bank for (heir services during the
year received substantial checks. Al
together more than $500 was distrib
uted among the efficient men and wo
men who have contributed so much
to the success of the institution.
In the letter from President (Jreen
Inw and Cashier McKennon, it was
stated:
"The enclosed check is handed you
not only as an expression of good
will and in harmony with the spirit
of the season, but as a tangible ex
pression of the appreciation of the
management of the Columbia aBnk
Sr Trust Company for your loyalty
and for your efforts in advancing the
interests of the bank. It is the sin
cere wish of the management that the
coming year may bring you perfect
health, and a greater prosperity as
well as the continued good will and
confidence of your felow man."
STREET CARS ARE
WRECWONE KILLED
(By United Press ) .
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 24 One
man i9 dead and three are seriously
injured and several others slightly in
jured as the result of a rear end col
lision on the Birmingham Street rail-
most pleasing to me, whereby the not-! way today. The accident was anew
a heavy rog, wnirn nover -"-mingham
early today. The forward
car made a sudden stop to avoid
the office, but all that made it at alljsmasmng an nutomuu..,-, - .u .
attractive to me, when you showed by behind crashed into the trailers before
num BUU UUIIUUUl JUUI Diuvno ir-u. ------
cmn c ipri nnrt me inoiormuii,
U
id suport of so many other bars In
this division. was crystalized for me.
"You have conferred upon me, not
Christmas Day in Columbia will be
observed In a manner wholly in keep
ing with the true spirit of the occa
sion. It will be a day marked by a
Sabbath like stillness.' It will be a
holiday but not of the old time riot
ous, boisterous order. Good deeds
will be performed, but without osten
tation or display. The people who so
desire may go to a service at the
church, attend the Christmas celebra
tion at the Orphan Home nt 10 o'clock,
to which they are invited, or at the
Elk3 Club In the afternoon. The
vast. majority will remain quietly at
home with their families. This is es
pecially true , where there are little
folks.
More business houses will be clos
ed during the entire day than ever be
fore in the history of Columbia. It
has been only in the very recent past
that any of the business houses out
side of the banks and the public offic
es were closed throughout the day.
But tomorrow the bank3, the public
offices," the stores, the barber shops,
in fact practically all the lines of bus
iness that suspends on Sunday will
cease their operations.
There will be no one in the city
from outside except the visitors who
are tiere to spend the holidays.- The
folks in the country will remain
around their own hearthstones or
leave long enough to attend some cel
ebration at the neighboring church
or , school. Family dinners will be
about the most notable event of the
day, aside from the early morning ex
cursions In bare feet and nighties to
the stockings so carefully hung to
night around the hearthstone. Never
have the people felt in a finer mood
to get he real joys that come with
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AGENCY III CITY
WILL DO A GENERAL BUSINESS
IN CITY AND FARM PROPERTY
IN MAURY COUNTY.
C. A. PARKER, JR. MANAGER
His Brother, Martin Parker, Mrs. Bates
and Other Competent Help Will As
. slst In Carrying the Business to Ul
timate Success.
ASSESSMENTS
ALL PROPERTY
MADE NEXT YEAR
UNDER LAW VALUATION OF
LANDS MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED
BY ASSESSOR.
Theft of Auto
Tires Cleared
Up By Marshall
Mnury Realty Co., C. A. Parker, Jr.,
manager, is the name of a new con
cern launched In Columbia, with head
quarters at the office of the Maury
Laundry Company, on South Main
street.
It is the purpose of the Maury Real
ty Company to deal in Maury county
farm lands, city property and to
branch out into the adjoining coun
ties and do a general real estate bus
iness. ' Mr. Parker in, going into this
business with the knowledge that
it takes spiz and hUBtle. Of this
lie has an abundance. A few years
ago he took charge of the Maury
Laundry Co. after the institution had
been plunged into bankruptcy. He
has operated this business and has
done so In the face of great difficul
ties and made it a great success, and
now It is one of the best paying con
cerns in the city and employs a large
force of hands.
In the real estate business Mr. Par
ker will have associated with him in
attending to the office work, his broth
er, Martin Parker, arid Mrs. Clays
Bates, and two or three good men 'in
charge of the outside work. It is his
purpose to have a man and an auto
mobile ready to shoot customers all
over the county and show farms as
rapidly as the customers present
He wlltfalse have a good
STATE ASSESSMENT ALSO MADE
AURIGA
WERE HEL
CHARGES
SAILORS WHO
DO
i ASSAUL
FREED TODAY
Latter Will, It Is Understood, Be
About Four Times As Much As
That Heretofore Established Tax
Rate May Be Reduced.
After spending ten days in an ef
fort to clear up the many mysterious
thefts of autombile tires in Columbia,
City Marshal Tom McLeean believes
that in the arrest of Lucius Mitchell,
colored, the mystery has been boIv
ed. Mitchell was arrested in Mur
freesboro by Rutherford county offi
cials upon information furnished by
Marshal McLean, who with officer
Tom Cook loft Columbia in an automo
bile at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
for Murfrcesboro, and arriving at
home with the prisoner at 1 o'clock
this morning, after a trip rich In expe
rience. Marshal McLean said that
Mitchel had confessed to the theft of
automobile tires from Albert Wright,
and these tires together with two oth
ers have been recovered by officers
and returned to their owners.
For the past several days thieves
have been systematically, robbing au
tomobiles of the extra tires carried,
and Marshal McLean has been using
every effort to apprehend the guilty
parties. He feels sure that in the ar
rest of Mitchell he has reached the
solution of the problem.
The trip back from Murfreesboro
last night, was not only a cold and
disagreeable one, but a dangerous one
as well. According to the chief the
fog was bo thick that it was impossi
ble to see the road for more than a
few feet ahead, and the car had to
travel almost nt a snail's pace, and
when he reached here with his prison
er he was thoroughly worn out.
themselves.
man; versed- in. tk4ftftftirg of. city
property on the job to look after that
end of the business.
Mr. Parker realizes that one of the
great essentials in doing business is
.getting the fact before the public, and
after making up his mind that he was
going to attach this line of work to
his laundry business, the first thing
he did was to call , up The Herald of
fice and ask for the ad man and re
porter. He realizes that the
greatest asset to any business is ad
vertising, if the advertising la backed
up by real live wires, men who will
come right up to the scratch upon any
proposition advertised. Mr. Parker is
made of this kind of stuff. He Is en
terprising and full of splz and when
he gets behind a proposition he pushes
it to an ultimate goal
Mr. Parker conceived of this plan
several months ago. Practically ev
ery farmer in the county visits the
laundry. He is thrown right directly
In contact with them every day of the
week and every week of the year. Ha
will make some splendid improve
ments In his office to accommodate his
real estate customers, this work of
improving will begin at once, but the
new real estate firm Is now a reality
and is ready to do business. They are
advertising for farms and city proper
ty to be listed with them for sale.
Tax Assessor Webb Williams is
getting things in shape for the bien
nial assessment of the county which
will begin on January 10. Under the
assessment laws this will be the year
in which property of all kinds, real,
personal and mixed, will be assess
ed for taxation. The task that" con
fronts the assessment is a big one for
there has been an unusually large
number of changes in the ownership
of property during the past year and
all of them must be listed. '
The state assesment will also bo
effective next year for the first time.
That this assesment is going to be
very much higher, in fact several
times what the present assessment
Is, goe3 without saying. While no
official figures have been given out the
assesment of this county, it is un
derstood will be roughly four times
what it is now. If that should prove
to ne tne case Maury county s as
sessment instead of being arouM $15-
000,000 Wil be close to $GO,000,000.
Under the law when the amount for
the entire state reaches a ( certain
figure there will be a proportionate
decrease in the rate. ln other words
with the increase In the value there
will be a lower rate. But the county
authorities are not hound to make
the same assessment for county pur
poses, Leaving unchanged the pres
enut county rates. However, the
county may adopt the states' tfssess
have to be a big scaling of the exist
ing rate. In other words should the as
sessed valuation for county purposes
be four times next ear what it is
this year the rate could be reduced
seventy-five per cent. This for the
reason that it is generally agreed
that the present tax rate, based upon
the present valuation, Is sufficient to
meet the needs of the county. The
year to make up certain deficits, but it
Is confidently believed that the in
crease will be abundant.
So that as a matter of dollars and
cents It makes little difference to the
taxpayers of the county, on their pure
ly. local taxes wheher the existing val
uation should remain or whether It
should be increased to the point fix
ed by the state board. If the present
approximate assessment remains the
irate will be practically unchanged.
If It Is increased the rate can be reduced.
CAPITAL OF U. S.
NEARLY DESERTED
CHRISTMAS EVE
FEDERAL EMPLOYES SCATTER
AS THEY LEAVE CAPITAL FOR
THE HOLIDAYS.
MEXICO COMPLIES WITH THE DE
MAND OF UNITED STATES IN
MAZATLAN CASE. i
NORMAL ACTIVITY WHITE HOUSE
President Will Spend Quiet Christ
mas, Having No Christmas Tree or
Children to Make Merry the Man
sionWill Issue Pardons Today.
1
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Christ
mas Eve found the national capital
practically deserted by government
officials who had scattered to their
homes for the holidays. The only
building retaining normal activity
was the White House, where tho Pres
ident is prepared to spend a very
quiet Christmas, and there will be no
iree or children to make the mansion
merry. ,
The President tendered a gift in
shape of a half holiday today, and
new year's eve to the employes in the
federal District of Cplumbia. The
President is planning to grant par
dons to ten or twelve federal prison
ers today. It is his custom to grant a
number of pardons on Christmas Eve.
TARGET PRACTICE DISTURBING
r
TO RENOVATE HOME
OF EXPRESS COMPANY
INCREASING VOLUME OF BUSI
NESS DESPITE THE SHIPMENTS
BY PARCEL POST.
tiat I was eligible.
"Fraternally yours,
-V7. 9. FLEMING
Deaton. was instantly killed. Tollce
are Investigating the accident. .
BILL M'KEE RACK WITH
THE WESTERN UNION
Bill McKee- is back at his old job
with tho Western Union Telegraph
Company. Formerly private secreta
ry to William Barker, later on with
tho telegraph company and then with
the Chero-Cola Company, he la again
back at the old first love. The patrons
of thw telegraph company have given
Bill a cordial welcome for he always
gets there with the messages.
T. 0. CROW IS HERE
FROM WASHINGTON
FORMER MAURY COUNTIAN
GOVERNMENT SERVICE IS
NOW AT HOME.
IN
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Crowe, of Wash
ington, D. C. are here to spend the hol
idays with their .brother, Squiro J. A
Crowe, at Rally Hill. Mr. Crowe has
been In Washington in the govern
ment service for a quarter of a cen
tury, and now holds a very responsi
ble position In the postofflce depart
ment. During all the time he has
been away he has never failed to visit
Maury county once a year and is a
constant reader of The Herald. He
nearly always comes home to vote In
Important elections.
VIRGINIA SOLON
DIES AT CAPITAL
(By United Frees.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Repre
sentative W. A. Watson, of Virginia.
died at a local hospital here today of
Mastoiditis. He had been a member
of congress for yean, and was elected
last November without opposition.
BIRMINGHAM HAS
DISASTROUS FIRE
. Immediately after the first of tho
year the home of the American Ex
press Company in the Bethel block
will be thoroughly renovated, painted
and papered. Manager C. D. Judd
! said this morning that when this
work was completed the Express
Company would have one of tho
"most up to the minute" offices
in the state. The business of the
express company is growing steadily,
despite the fact that the parcel post
delivery has taken a great deal of
the business that formerly went to
iheti express companies. Manager
Judd atributes this to the fact that
the people are becoming more thor
oughly educated as to the value of
express service. Mr. Judd says that
since the inauguration of the better
packing campaign by the express
companies, there has not been twenty-
Tampico Will Send Complaint to
Washington Concerning Target
Practice of U. S. Warships Off Tarn,
pico, It Was Announced.
(By United Press.)
MEXTCO CITY, Dec. 24. The two
American sailors, who were arrested
ul. Mazallan, charged with assault, and .
which resulted in the demand from
tho United States for their Immediate
release have been given their liberty,
it was officially "announced last night.
The investigation into tho affair will
continue. It was reported that tho
sailors were armed and intoxicated
when they went ashore.
Complaint that the United States
warships off Tamplco are disturbing
that region with target' practice is
being prepared for the American
state department, it was learned to
day. ;
ENUMERATORS IN
GILES INSTRUCTED
MACHINE SHOP SUFFERS $100,000
AS RESULT OF BLAZE EARLY
THIS MORNING.
(By United Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 24. Fire
early today in the plant of the Bir
mingham Machine and Foundry Com
pany resulted in $100,000 damage. The
origin of the blaze Is unknown. Fire
men were handicapped by the heavy
fog. No one was injured.
CAPTAIN ENGLISH NOW HAS
EVERYTHING READY FOR
CENSUS TAKING.
Captain T. Y. English, oonsiw su
pervisor for the seventh congresslon- ,
ai district, left Tuesday for Pulas
ki, where he -will meet "the" census
enumerators of Giles county and give
them tho final instructions before the
beginning of census taking on Jan
uary 3 . ' '
During tho past week Capt. En '
lish has met the enumerators for the
several counties in the county seuta '
of Hohenwarld, Cenfreville, Dickson,
Waverly, Erin and Franklin and Co
lumbia. Next week ho is planning to
visit Waynesboro and Lawrenceburg.
Everything is now in readiness for
work. Captain English says his or
ganization is working like a wejl oil
ed piece of machinery, and that all
enumerators have full instructions,
blanks, etc., and are ready to enter
the field on the day specified regard
less of weather conditions. In order
to get his force ready for work, Capt.
Engfilish has been going tight and
day. At the meeting of supervisors,
bold recently at Cincinnati,1 Captain
English was singled out as the one
supervisor who had everything. In
readiness for field work. In recogni
tion of the splendid work that' ho had
beer) doing, ho was given another of
fice man, and Girard Brownlow has
five per cent of tho loss that the ex
press companies had to stand former-! ))(en Jlddp(1 to the iOPai 0Rlce forco.
ly because of bad packing and maris-f A grPater part ot Cftpt, KngHsh
lng. Rare Indeed now is a claim fori f rr; service in France in fact.
eighty-two per cent of the men who
damage paid, because shippers are
required to pack securely and mark
plainly.
LOCAL LEGION TO
PREACH AMERICANISM
WILL
AT
INAUGURATE CAMPAIGN
ITS MEETING ON THE
FIRST MONDAY.
Leaders among the American Le
gion hero are planning an Americani
zation campaign for early in tho com
ing year. The question of having an
intensive one or more day's activi
ties devoted exclusively to emphasiz
ing loyalty to the country," will be dis
cussed at the regular meeting of the
local ost of the legion which will be
held in the Junior hall on Monday
night, January B.
Such a campaign was most success
fully carried out in Louisville recent
ly with marked results. It Is propos
ed here to set apart Borne day when in
every church and school and at public
meetings loyalty to country, devotion
to the nation's institutions, will be
the one theme. On the day following
a great parade of the legion members
and other civic organizations would
be bp)d In Columbia.
A big meeting of the legion Is ex
pected on January 5.
SHORTEST DAY
OF YEAR PASSED
MINUTE MORE OF DAYLIGHT
ADDED TO EACH WEEK UN
TIL JUNE 22.
IS
Tuesday of the present week was
Cue shortest day of the year. The
days grow longer, by one minute each
day until the twenty-second of Juno,
the longest day of the year. The days
and nights are of equal length on
March 22. It will not be many more
weeks until the increasing length or
the days will bo noticable, and wel
come, especially to those living In
the rural districts.
MRS. HENRY RUSSELL -
ENTERS INTO REST
Mrs. Henry Russell, aged 58 years,
died at 11 o'clock Tuesday night at
her. home on East Hill, after an ill
ness of eighteen months. Mrs. Rus
sell was a member of the Prenbyler
Ian church. Prayers were said at the
residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon
by Rev. D. V. Little. Interment was
in Creenwod cemetery. The Maory
Undertaking Company was in charge
of the funeral.
will take tho census in this district
are former soldiers, sailors or ma
rines. In the local office are four for
mer soldiers, three of whom were
badly wounded in Franco.
Dr. Lucius Gilmore has been ap
pointed to take the census of the col
order population in the thrid ward in
Columbia, this is the only. change in
the organization for this county.
With everything jn readiness. Capt.
English and his force are merely
awaiting "the day."
ORPHAN CHILDREN
VISII OLD SANTA
FIFTEEN CHILDREN OF THE
HOME SEE THE SIGHTS OF
CHRISTMAS.
Mrs. Cochran brought about fifteen
of the sweetest, brightest faced Httlo
ones from the Tennessee Orphan
Home down town Tuesday afternoon
to see old Santa Clatis and the many
prelty Christmas things that are
shown In the shops of the city. It
was a sight to do ones heart good to
see the eager look of anticipation
upon the faces of the children, but it
is an open question which enjoyed
Santa Claus most,' th children or
Mrs. Cochran. Th latter' pleasure
In the pleasure of her little wards wa
good to see.