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LARGEST CIRCULATION
OF ANY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN SEVENTH CON
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
v VOL. LXXII NO. 2
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EIGHT BRIGHT PAGES
OF REAL LIYE TELEGRAPH AND
LOCAL NEWS, -ONLY WEEKLY
CARRYING TELEGRAPH SERYICE
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920
SOVIET ARK BUFORD NOW
CHANNEL TO
AWAIT FURTHER ORDERS
3HIP CARRYING DEPORTED RAD-
1CALS WIliL BE GIVEN ORDERS
i BY COMMISSIONER.
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PLACE OF LANDING NOT GIVEN
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Reports That Families of Deported
Radicals Being Investigated by Offi
clals of the Department of Justice.
; Relief is Planned.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. S Imports
.that the soviet ark, Buford, was lying
t ia. the English channel, awaiting or
ders according to plans were receiv
ed at the department of labor today.
The Buford has no instructions where
to land said Commissioner General ot
: Immigration, Caminettl, but as soon
88 I hear from the Buford It will be
notified where to go. Other officials
& previously said thje Buford had com
i plete orders.
,F .'.. To Care for Families.
WASHINGTON, Jan. is.The offl-
cal, ofthe department of Justice will
i endeavor to insure that the famlies
.of ,thfl deported radical aliens do not
suffer, it was announced today. Al-
though the department of justice ia
.without funds for this purpose, offi
!' clals are now studying the situation
; to learn where, they can be sectned.
f Cases of reported suffering are being
? Investigated.
IMMENSE
LOSS IN
RUNNING
RAILROADS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 8.
The railroads during November 1919
operated at a loss of approximately
sixty million dollars to the govern
ment according to the statistics given
out by the Interstate bommeree Com
mission today.
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STATklAW-FORBIOS
ABOLITION SUNDAY
LAW ALSO REQUIRES MUNICIPAL
OFFICERS TO AID IN ENFQRCE
MENT OF STATUTES.
LOCAL "HIT CLUB
ORGANIZED HERE
TO MEET EACH WEEK AND DIS
CUSS PROBLEMS OF HIGH
SCHOOL BOYS.
Tuesday night in the auditorium of
the Central High. School a local
' 111 Y" Club was organized.
The purpose of this club is to pro
mote healthy social intercourse
among the boys of the school, and to
inculcate in them principles of clean
,Hviui;,clean speech, clean athletics,
clean ,fltnrship and contagious
t'lniiitian character.
The election of oflicers wa3 held at
this meeting and the following from
the student body were elected: Sam
uel Rogers, president; James Morton,
vice president; Robert Walker, secre
tary and treasurer.
The club will meet once each week
and will discuss the problems of the
high school boy with the intelligent
ly directed intention of bettering pres-
j enl conditions and of mastering the
! present problems.
The organization of the local club
is simultaneous with many others
throughout the state, this being done
an n junior branch, as it were, of the
Y. M. C. A..
BELOVED WOMAN
ENTERS INTO BEST
MRS. D. E. MOLLOY DIES AT HER
HOME IN SPRING HILL BUR
IAL THIS AFTERNOON.
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"The attempt of the new ritJdmin
istration to virtually abolish Sunday
In Columbia realy does not change the
situation," said n we)l known attor
ney of the city this morning. "It is
still against the state law to transact
all manner of business on Sunday and
it is also a charter requirement und
etate law that the municipal officers
are required to enforce the state law: . i
Unless they do so they are subject t;,
ouster. . We have seen the results' o. i
the officials ,of Memphis -and Nash
'ville, who sefThemselves up as above
''the laws of the ste,' Under the ous
Vrter law the old Volunteer State is stilt
sunreme in its domain. No munici
pal corporation, not even the imperial; Mrs. y E. Molloy, fifty years of age,
Memphis, can set aside the laws tc j dL(l at 4:H0 o'clock at her home in
the state." j spring Hill Wednesday afternoon
' j after an illness of several weeks. Mrs.
Molloy was the wife of D. E. Molloy,
prominent druggist at Spring Hill.
She was a member of the Presbyterian
church and was widely known and
bt'loved. She Is survived by her hus
band and one daughter, Miss Mary
Corrinne Molloy, one sister, Miss Mol
lie Caperton, and three brothers. Pink
Capetron, Tom Caperton and Jasper
Caperton.
The funeral was conducted at the
residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock
by the Rev. S. P. Hawes, assisted by
the Rev. J. E. Woodward. Interment
was in Spring Hill cemetery.
GOULD NOT SPARE
HERALD IN COUNTY
"I honestly believe that Maury
county could spare most any Institu
tion better than it could The Daily
Herald," said Dr. p. V. Mitchell, one
of the veteran subscribers in the Glen
dale section. "It is such a power for
good that I do not see how the county
could get. along without it."
AUCTION SALES IN COUNTRY
ONE OF DEVELOPMENTS OF YEAR
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
SCHOOL REPORT
CONTAINS SOME
VALUABLE DATA
INTERESTING FACTS GLEANED
HERE AND THERE FROM RE
PORT OF SUPT. GRAHAM.
AVERAGE TUITION COST IS $2.12
Scholastic Population of ' County Is
9,064, While City Has 2,164 Chil
dren of 8chool Acje Enrollment la
Considerably Less, However.
Somo interesting facts are gleaned
from the annual report of County Su
perintendent of Schools, John P. Gar
ham. For the year ending June HO,
1019, teachers salaries for the county
amounted to $27,248.00. Fuel for the
year cost $1,214.96, while maintenance
of the schools was just one hundred
dollars more than this amount, or $1,-
331.83. In the county schools there
are 198 teachers, thirty-one of them
men and 167 women. 'The average sal
ary per month in the county is $47.13,
the average in the city -4s $56. The
scholastic population of the county
being 9,054 and the city 2,164, and
with an attendance of 7,070 in the
county and 1,219 In the city gives an
average tuition cost of $2.12 per
month for both county and city. The
cost of tuition per month in the high
school is $4.38.
During the year, according to Prof.
Graham's report, 165 pupils in the
county and 60 in the city completed
the work of the 8th grade. Forty-seven
finished the high school work. In
the county there are 107 schools, and
In the city three. The average school,
term in the county is 160 days, while
in the city the term has an average
length of of 180 days.
In the county there are 60 libraries,
while in the city there are only 7, in
these county libraries there are 7,46-1
volumes while in the libraries of the
city there are 3,700 volumes.
The total expense of operating the
county schools for the year was $32,-
361.34, and to this must be added the
cost of operating the high school, or
$11,694.43. .
According to well informed school
men, who have visited Maury county
schools, Maury county Is securing bet
ter teaching for less expense than al
most any county in the state. The
county high school each year is at
tracting scores of boys and girls from
tho schools of the county, and high
school teachers say that these boys
and girls enter the high schools, in
nearly every instance, well qualified
to begin the high school work.
All the figures appearing in this arti
cle were taken from Supt. Graham's
report which ende"cl on June 30, 1919.
Since that time salaries of the teach
ers have been slightly advanced. How
ever, it is not thought the increases
will run the average to more than
$53 per month for teachers in the
county.
TRAIN STRIKES
LOADED TRUCK;
MAN IS KILLED
SUMNER ARMSTRONG,' RESPECT
ED CITIZEN, MEET8 INSTANT
DEATH AT GRADE CROSSING.
ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY EVENING
Columbia Military -Academy Crossing'
on Hampshire Pike It Scent of. the
Tragedy Funeral Conducted at
2:30 This Afternoon.
' One of the remarkable develop
ments In the matter of selling in Mau
;,.?ry county during the year 1919 was
-ifthe public auctions in the country.
V Never in any hair dozen years before
i.-were so many auction sales held as
there were In this county during the
, past year. There were rat less than
.a hundred of these said where the
aggregate of the property disposed of
did not run Into the thousands of dol
lars' to the sale. These country sales
ran from $2,000 to around $15,000.
Largely more than a million d d'ars
-,voi;th.of property wa sold at these
i ! .'' i.i.nl..int lo tuLall nf t fl P
t eaiea at auction of real estate which
! agf regated hundreds of thousands of
dollars during the year. The sales
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to which reference is made are exclu
sive of those of mules and other per
sonalty sold in the city of Columbia.
Many of these sales were due- to
tho unprecedented activity In real es
tate. More farms were bought and
sold during the year than ever be
fore. When a farmer sold or leased
his farm he immediately held an auc
tion as the best and quickest way In
which to dispose of the'accumulotlon
of stock and implements. Again there
were a number of community sales
where the farmers got together and
disposed of their surplus stock ot Im
plements. With very few exceptions
tho auctions were remarkably suc
cessful and an increased number is
predicted this year. . .
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County Squires
To Hear Reports
Elect0fficiah
Justices of the Maury'icoutjty curt
will convene Monday morning in quar
terly session at 10 o'clock. They
will hear reports from all of the rev
enue officials of the county, that of
the road commission and the county
judge being especially interesting.
Many appropriations for the coming
year will be made, among the number
being for county home and demonstra
tion agents. Increased allowances for
bridges will also probably be made.
.From present indications John II.
Murphy will he re-elected a member
of the county road commission.
Sumner Armstrong, aged forty-six
year3, and highly respected citizen
of Columbia, was instantly killed, and
the truck which he was driving was
almost completely demolished when it
was struck by a switch engine, south
bound, at the Columbia Military
Academy crossing on the. Hampshire
pike, late Wednesday afternoon.
According to eye witnesses. Mr. Arm
strong was driving toward Columbia
and the front wheels of his truck
were about the eenter of the track
frhen the engine pulling a caboose
crashed into it; Mr. Armstrong was
thrown for a distance of some thirty
or forty feet, and the truck load ot pro
duce was scattered in every direction.
Those who saw the accident say the
engine was traveling at an excessive
rate of speed, and that no warning
whistle was sounded before it crash
ed into the truck. ' Other witnesses
also say that. the crossing "bell wa
not functioning, this is denied by oth
ers, who say that the crossing bell
was ringing, but " so faintly that it
could not be heard above the noise of
the truck. Mr. Armstrong evidently
did not see the approaching engine
until it was too late to escape, one.
reason lor this is the, fact that the
afternoon was dark and 1 rainy and
the side curtains on the truck were
up, which prevented Mr. Armstrong
from seeing the train until it was
too lati to save himself.
Leslie Clark, Herald, carrier boy, !
witnessed the accident. He tells in
substance the facts above given. He
Baya the crossing bell was ringing,
but says that If the engine gave a
warning whistle, he failed to near it.
Ha also says that, the crossing bell
was not ringing loud enough to be
heard by Mr. Armstrong.
The untimely death of Mr. Arm?
strong has been the cause of univer
sal sorrow here," as he was widely
known and highly' respected. Mr.
Armstrong had been one ot the most
active fraternity men in Columbia,
taking great interest in the work of
four fraternal organizations, namely
the Odd Fellows, the Modern Wood
men, the F.lks and the Jr. O. U. A. M,
probably taking the greatest interest
in the Odd- Fellows, and holding high
office in that order here. '
.Mr. Armstrong was a native of 111
nois, but came to Columbia in 1889,
and with the exception' of two years
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DEPUTY AUDITOR
PURYEAR lil CITY
IS NOW ENGAGED. IN BIG TASK OF
AUDITING STATE'S BRANCH
PRISON.
ER17IN RESIGNS
AS CITY JUDGE;
DOARD MEETING
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GEORGE P. FRIERSON UNANI
MOUSLY ELECTED TO SUC
CEED ERWIN.
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Or, Robert pillow, Jr., Is Elected New
City Health Officer J. Shelby Cof
fey Elected City Attorney Sunday
Law Modified on First Reading.
An ordinance modifying the pres
ent Sunday law, so as to permit, cer
tain business houses to remain open
on Sunday, with the exception of the
two hour period between 10:30 o'clock
a. m. and 12:30 p. m., during church
service, was introduced by Alderman
Kloepfer, and unanimously passed by
the board of mayor and aldermen, in
session last night. The ordinance was
passed without discussion.
City Recorder W. P. Erwin tendered
his resignation as city judge and re
corder, and was supplanted by George
P. Frierson,. whose nomination by the
mayor was unanimously ratified by
the board.
J. Shelby Coffey was unanimously
elected city attorney, the term of B.
C. Dedman having expired.
Dr. Robert Pillow, Jr., was unani
mously elected city health officer, suc
ceeding Dr. P. D. Biddle.
The board.was called to order short
ly after 7;.10 o'clock by Mayor W. O.
Cherry, all members responded to the
roll call. . The salary ordinance giv
ing slight increases to the members ot
the police force, as heretofore men
tionod in The Herald, was passed on
first reading. Salaries for other offi
cials remained unchanged.
The terni of R, H. Guest as fire and
police commissioner having expired
A.' T: Sellars was nominated by MayoM
Cherry to succeed Esquire Guest and
the nomination was . ratified by the
unanimous vote of the council. J. A.
Collier, tendered his resignation as a
member of the fire and police commis
sion, which was accepted by the board,
and Cliff Hendley was unanimously
elected to succeed him.
Mayor Cherry announced that the
fire and police commission, has decid
ed upon- the election of W. B. Beard
as captain of the fire department.
John Hackney was selected; as city
porter.
After the election of officials for the
coming year had been . disposed . of
Judge Erwin called attention of the
board to a communication he had re
ceived Trom the King's Daughters,
asking that the board make an appro
priation of $25 each month for the hos
pital. Judge Erwin read the letter to
the board and then appealed
to members ot the board to make the
appropriation. Judge Erwin, said the
King's Daughters are saving Columbia
more than twice the amount asked,
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WILL FILE AMI-TRUST
flGA ST
FIVE PACKERS TUESDAY
FRIERSON
HAY NOT
BE CITY
RECORDER
DEMOCRATS STAND
BY THE PRESIDENT
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE NATIONAL
COMMITTEE ENDORSES HIS
FIGHT FOR PEACE PACT.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. A resolu
tion putting the democratic party on
record as being squarely behind Pres-,
ideal W id son in his fight for the rati
fication of the peace treaty was pass
ed unanimously by the democratic na
tional committee today.
Rail Rates To
. Be increased
f ;Sags Director
W. Harris Puryear, deputy state au
ditor, was in Columbia . Wednesday
afternoon. Mr. Pityear not loruj ago
finished the autfit of the statd nigh
way department, which required near
ly twelve months of the most pains
taking investigation and labor. He
said that a system of bookkeeping and
accounting had now been installed
that would obviate this difficulty in
the future.
Lawrence Parker, of Columbia, Is
the bookkeeper and auditor of the
highway department and Mr. Puryear
paid a high tribute to him. He said
that be was one of the most efficient!
men in the service of the state.
Mr. Puryear Is now engaged in the
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Dig jon or maxing an anau oi ioe
books and accounts of the state's
branch prison and coal minps at
Brushy Mountain.
"lt me renew for The Herald be
fore 1 leave," said Mr. Puryear, "for
I could not sleep without it."
(By United Press.)
.NEW YORK, Jan. 8. A fundament
al change in the management ot rail
roads will be necessary to protect it
from exhorbitant rates, and to pre
vent on the other hand insolvency of
the roads, Walker D. Hines, director
general of railroadB in an address
last night. He declared that the
rates must be increased necessarily
In order to furnish equipment to meet
the requirements, in the meantime
legislation to meet this end is pend
ing, Mr. lllnes said.
George P. Frierson, who was last
night elected by the board of mayor
and aldermen as city judge and re
corder may not accept the position,
according to current rumora today.
Mr. Frierson said to a representative
of The Herald that "he had nothing
to say for publication.
FIRST ACTION TAKEN IN DISSO
LUTION OF THE BIG FIVE PACK
ERS EXPECTED SOON.
PACKERS TO FILE ANSWER
But Will Not Dispute Claims of the
Government, and Hundreds of Sub.
sldiary Plants Will Soon Be Sold
According to Plans. '-'
CREAMERY BUTTER IS
SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
FLAGRANT ERROR MADE IN HILL
ADVERTISEMENT IN WEDNES
DAY'S HERALD.
The Herald made a very regretable
but patent error in the advertisement
of II. G. Hill Grocery Company yester
day. It was obvious on Its face that
it was an error when it stated that
"best creamery butter" could be ob
tained at 40 cents a pound. It should
have been 75 cents a pound. With
butter fat in the -same Issue quoted
at 70 cents a pound no such price pn
butter could be obtained. Mr. Griz
eard was beselged with' calls tor this
low butter from the time the paper
apeared yesterday, but' everyone
promptly accepted the explanation.
"Anyway," said Mr. Grizzard this
morning, "this error shows that the
people do read the advertisements of
The Herald." Just at that juncture
iihe interview terminated because a
little girl with a copy of the adver
tisement in yesterday's Herald ap
proached Mr. Grizzard and said: "I
want those," Indicating articles mark
ed by her mother In the advertisement.
(By United Presa.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Attorney
General Palmer plans to tile an anti
trust action, against the big five pack
ers Monday or Tuesday, It was learn
ed today at tho department of jus
tice.
This will be the first step in carry
ing out the agreement for the dissolu
tion of the packers hundreds of sub
sidiary concerns. The suit will be
filed iu federal court and will charge
the packers With the violation ot the
anti-trust laws and asking an injunc
tion against their participation In the
ownership or management of their
subsidiary companies. Under the plan
agreed to by tho packers tuey will
Lflle formal' answer and accede to the
request of the injunction without dispute.
JOHN M. CRO WELL WITH
E. D. LOONEY & COMPANY
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NEW MEMBER' OF THE - BIG IN-
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REAL ESTATE LINE.
NOBLE SERVICE OF
THE LOCAL HOSPITAL
MAY REPATRIATE
POLISH TROOPS
CO-OPERATING WITH GENEROUS
PHYSICIANS IN TREATMENT OF
ORPHAN HOME CHILDREN
Another of the many-fine" things
that the King's Daughters hospital
does for the people of this communi
ty Is the service that it is rendering
to the inmates of the Orphan Home
here. All of the children of that
home are being taken to the hospital
and examined by Columbia physicians
for throat and nose troubles. If an
operation is necessary it is performed
at.Mhe hospital and the children are
given the same care and attention
that Is accorded any patient. This is
all absolutely without cost to the
children or the orphan home. No
charge is made either by the hospital
or the physicians who are perform
ing I he operations for services. There
will be from a dozen to a score of
these little folks who will need this
attention and they are being taken
two each day.
Trof. John M. Crowell, who has
been teachging in Alabama for the
past fifteen years, but who is well
known here, having married In this
county, a daughter of John H. Mur
phy, and being a frequent. visitor to
Columbia has decided to make his
future home in the Dimple. Mr. Crow
ell lia3 purchased the William J. Har
bison house and lot lu Riverside and
will move there at once., The consid
eration was $3,500 and the sale was
made through S. O. Thomas.
Mr. Crowell has become associated
with the Insurance firm of E. D. Loo
ney & Co. and will devote his en
tire time from now on to the activi
ties of that big concern. , This firm
writes all of the known lines of in
surance and In addition it Is prob
able that a real estate department
will be added at an early date. Mr.
Crowell is thoroughly familiar with
the values of Maury county real es
tate, having owned at different times
several farms in the county. He is
a great believer in and booster of. the
Dimple. . ,
With the edition ofMr. Crowell to
the firm it can extend its activities
and be better able to take care
promptly its ever increasing business.
HERALD A WELCOME
VISITOR TO HOME
Writing from Melon, Texas, K. C.
Maxwell, former Maury countian,
says: "The Herald comes each week
as a visitor from home and It always
gets a warm welcome." ' ', .
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OTHER TROOPS WILL BE REMOV
ED FROM NORTHERN RUSSIA
SOON, ACCODING TO PLANS.
ORGANIZATION OF TEACHERS OF
COUNTY BE UP AGAIN SATURDAY
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(By United Preat.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Arrange
ments have been completed for the re-j
patrtation of the Czechoslovakia, Pol-j
lsli and Roumanan troops from Slbe-
rla. The t'nlted States transports,;
President Grant and America will
leave New York soon for Vladivostok
to begin the withdrawal of these forc
es, the state department announced
toda. '
At the regular meeting of the coun
ty teachers association on Saturday
at 10 o'clock the question of affiliat
ing with the state teachers' associa
tion by the election tif delegates to
the meeting at Nashville next week
will again come up. It will be recall
ed that at the meeting of Ihe teachers
In December no final decision was
reached on the question, there being
Home division as to whether or not
Maury county would affiliate with the
proposed state organization.- It is
believed that at Saturday's meeting
affirmative action will be taken. '".
In addition to this question the reg- , :
ular program of the meeting will be
considered. Miss Annie Grace O'Cal
laghan, of tho county high school,
will deliver an Interesting lecture on
music in the schools
After discussion of this subject.
Prof. Donnell M. Galloway, of the high
school faculty, will talk on school
Improvement work and reports of Im
provements that have been made in
the schools recently will be 6ubmitteJ r