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VOL. LXXII
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920
SENSATIONAL DECLIKE
SENSATIONAL DECLINE 1 ,
8TOPPAGE OF AMERICAN COTTON
. , IMPORTS VIEWED WITH
I v
GRAVE CONCERN.
HfiPE TO RELIEVE SITUATION
English Press Says That No further
Imports Shrould Be Made Until the
.Value of the Pound Sterling Be
comes Nearer .Normal.
(By Untied Press.)
LONDON, Feb. 5.-"Tho Bloppngo
of cotton Imports in one of the first
and most telling effects of the ex
change situation" between Great Brit
ain and the United States, the London
Star declared today. While no offi
cial ban has been placed upon cotton
imports from America, newspapers
pointed out that the British manufac
turers can improvo their nitnation no
bly by refusing to buy until the value
of the English pound becomes more
Dearly normal in New York.
; Aa the; .result of yesterday's sensa
tional Blump in value "of the pound
sterling In New York, the movement
to refrain from buying American
goods today reached such proportions
aa to cause grave concern among rep
resentatives of American business
houses here.
British financial authorities pointed
out that the government has aa its
only object, the relieving of the ster
ling exchange situation.
CHANCELLOR
LY
IE
IN COLUMBIA TODAY
MINGLING WITH FRIENDS AND
ACQUAINTANCES WILL BE
here yotyORRqw alo.
' Judge Thomas 11. Lytlo, of Murfrees
boro, newly apointed chancellor for
this, chancery division, is a visitor to
the city today;, and is mingling with
hja legal friends and acquaintances.
He expects to be in the city all day
'during his stay will possibly transact
some, official' business.
HIGH
SCHQO
no
MEET HUME FOGG
GREAT CAME IS SCHEDULED F3R
FRIDAY NIGHT LOCAL QUIN
TETTE IS CRIPPLED.
The hardest fought basketball gnue
of the season will be played hem Fri
day night, when the High School q-.iin-tette
meets the fast Hume-Fogg High
team, of Nashville. Columbia will
enter the game badly . crippled, be
cause of the illness of Maxwell, who
has been one of the bright and shin
ing stars of the quintette this season.
Parks Is also out of the game. Hut the
locals will give the Nashville boys the
best they have "in the shop" and bo
lieve that by doing ho they can at least
give the visitors an opportunity to re
alize that they have been in a basket
ball game. , v
. A news dispatch from Nashville
says'' that Hume-Fogg has played three
games this season and has won two
of them, and is expecting to get. away
from Columbia Saturday morning
with another victory to their credit.
The local team has played several
games, and with the best teams in
Middle Tennessee, winning from 'Win
chester High, Branham & Hughes,
Vanderbilt Scrubs, Lewisburg High
and Massey, and -losing to the heavy
Morgan team, it is believed that the
game Friday night will be one of the
most largely attended of the season.
TEACHERS WILL
RECEIVE SALARY
SAYS THE MAYOR
ALL WARRANTS WILL BE PAID
AFTER THE MEETING OF CITY
BOARD FRIDAY NIGHT.
CITY TO BORROW THE MONEY
11 Parties Having Accounts Against
City of Columbia Are Also Requested
By Mayor Cherry to File Them
for Payment.
"Wo are going to pay the teachers
of the city schools and the high school
Saturday,'.' duld Mayor W. O. Cherry
to a representative of The Herald, fol
lowing the publication of the report of
the meeting of the city board of edu
cation, in which attention' was called
to the fact that teachers in these
schools have not been paid either De
cember or January salaries, and have
been compelled to borrow money from
the banks to meet current expenses.
Continuing, Mayor Cherry said, "not
only are we going to pay the teachers,
but we are going to pay the accounts
which concerns about town hold
against the city. We intend to borrow
$10,000 for this purpose, and I wish
you would cail attention to the fact
that the city is going to do this so
the merchants and all other persons
who have accounts against the city
will send them to the city hall bo that
they may be paid."
The mayor said the reason the sal
aries for January have not been paid
isjiocause they are never pajd until
after the first meeting night of the
board of mayor find aldermen in the
month of February. Ho said that it
had been the purpose of the board to
pay the December salaries of the
teachers, but when the last meeting
of the board was called, nothing was
said about the payment of salaries,
and in the words of Mayor Cherry
"We said something about paying the
teachers' salaries at that time, but
the city recorder told us that wre could
not pay them because we had not in
cluded it in the call, but we sure are
going to get that behind us at the
meeting tomorrow night."
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
TO DISCUSSiPLAN
FOR ERECTION OF!
BIG NEW CHURCH
FINANCE COMMITTEE OF CHRIS
TIAN CHURCH AND THOSE IN
TERESTED MEET FRIDAY.
MORE ROOM IS BADLY NEEDED
Proposed New Building Would Con
tain Large Auditorium, Convenient
, Sunday School Rooms and Modern
Church Conveniences.
RESIGNATION 0
LERSNER
AGGEPTEO
AFTEH REFUSAL TO TRANSMIT
LIST OF WAR GUILTY DELE
GATE LEAVES FOR BERLIN.
The finance committee of the First
Christian church, composed of Ash
ley II. Sowell, Herman Jones and T.
L. Cunningham, and others who are
interested in the erection of a new
church have been requested to meet
at the parlors of the Maury Under
taking Company Friday evening at 7
o'clock to devise ways and means of
raising funds for the erection of the
church.
It is believed that as a result of
this meeting Friday, concrete plans
will be made for a campaign for funds.
It is said by those taking the lead
in the matter that the congregation of
the First Christian church has large
ly outgrown the prosent church build
ing, and it has become necessary to
place chairs in the aisles at nearly
every service in order to accommo
date those who worship there.
Those who are active in the inter
est of a new church say that if it is
finally determined to erect a now
building, It will be modern in every
respect, having large and convenient
Sunday school rooms to accommodate
the largo sunday school attendance,
and will be equipped with kitchen, and
pastor's study and other modern
church conveniences.
It is the purpose of those interest
ed to build a church, not so much as
a show place, as for convenience and
room, having an auditorium large
enough to accommodate the entire
congregation and its friends. ,. More
room for this congregation has been
needed for quite, a, long "time, but on
account of unsettled conditions the
erection of a new building has been
deferred. .,
FORMER COLOMBIAN
' DIES IN DENVER
MISS ANNIE M'LEAN IS VICTIM OF
INFLUENZA WHILE VISITING
' IN COLORADO.
(By United Press.)
. PARIS, Feb. 5. Baron Von Lersner
left last night for Berlin after refus
ing to transmit to the German govern
ment the list, of war guilty. His re
signation as head of the German peace
delegation has been accepted by the
German government was reported.
Friends hero have received tho sad
intelligence of the death of Miss An
nie McLean, aged tifly-eight years,
which occurred while she was visiting
friends jn Denver. Influenza was the
iminedlao cause of death.
Miss McLean was formerly a resi
dent of Columbia, being a daughter of
ftjie late F. D. McLean, and a sister of
E. McLean. She has many friends
Li this county "who will learn with
much regret of her death.
HERALD SLOGAN IS
PUTJNTO ACTION
ELMER A, WOOTEN, OF DETROIT,
QUOTES FAMILIAR PHRASE
WHEN RENEWING.
Elmer A. Wooten, son of Col. and
Mrs. .1. C. Wooten, of this city, in
writing back from Detroit and renew
ing for his Herald use;) the old famil
iar slogan: "If you don't get The
Herald, you don't get the news,"
please keep min coming.
"E. A. WOOTEN."
CAVALRY RECRUITERS EXPECTING
- TO SIGN MEN IN FAYETTEVILLE
Here comes the "Fighting Fifth."
Men In the Fifth Cavalry from Marfa,
Texas, can even ride a truck if the oc
casion arises. Evidence of this fact
was seen this morning when the Fifth
Cavalry recruiting party left for Fay
ettevlllo by truck to bring hack eight
recruits, Tho only reason thy can't
bring more is that. Iho. trm-k can't
hold them.
"I hate to think of riding a truck
after riding a real 'honest to good
ness' horse down on the border," said
Corporal McLellan, "but one thing Is
certain, we can carry more men this
way." This truck has now become a
"member" of the Fifth Cavalry during
the big recruiting drive, nnd express
ed its regret at being unable to stay
permanently with the boys and go
back to Marfa with them. So yon
see, even a truck can appreciate the
fact'that the Fifth Cavalry is a won
derful "outfit" end the Big Bend a dan
dy place to be. The party is coming
back Friday afternoon.
STODENTS GLOB GETS
. CHECK FOR LIBRARY
Becoming so interested through
reading The Herald in the objects for
which "Alice in Wonderland" will be
presented here on Saturday nighf,
Miss Lida Ilqsea, of Cincinnati, sent
Miss Carrie Smith for the Students'
Club her check for $10 to be applied
to the library fund.
DEMOCRATS
CONFER
TO
OH FUTURE
PEACE PACT
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Senator
Hitchcock today called a meeting of
the democratic senators for Saturday
to discuss the democratic position on
Senator Lodga'9 motion to call up tho
treaty Monday. ' Hitchcock returned
today from Nebraska. He said "the
meeting will be attended by friends
of the treaty."
ENROLLMENT IS
MUCH INCREASED
IN CITY SCHOOLS
MORE THAN THOUSAND STU
DENTS IN HIGH AND ANDREWS
SCHOOLS OF CITY.
INCREASED POPULATION SHOWN
Some Interesting Facts Concerning
School 8 of City Have Been Secured
By Staff of 8chool Paper "Signal"
Which Comes Off Press Today.
If the enrollment of the city schools
can be taken as an index, the white
population of Columbia in the lf20
census will show a considerable in
crease over the number of inhabitants
within the corporate limits at the time
the 1910 census was taken. Enrolled
Jn the Andrews school, and In Con
trol' High there are, according to fig
ures compiled 1,058 students, which Is
a considerable increase over the at
tendance for the term of 191S-19.
Some most interesting facts con
cerning the schools of the city have
been gathered , by the enterprising
staff of the "Signal," which'cotnes off
press today.
Under the appropriate head "Did
You Know?" these questions are
asked:
That the enrollment at the Andrews
building for this term is 487?
That " the enrollment at tho High
School building is 571, that the total
enrollment for these two buildings is
1,0587
That about 238 High School pupils
livo out of the city limits?
That forty-two of theso live near
enough to town to walk from home?
That 52 of them board in town?
That thirty-five come to school on
the train? .
That thirty-six come to school hi
buggies?
That -twenty-six come in automo
biles? That every district in the county is
represented In our ranks?
That 11 pupils live out of tho coun
ty; four In Hickman county, three In
Marshall, one in Sumner, one in Giles,
one in Georgia, and one in Lawrence
That besides the superintendent
there are twenty-nine teachers In the
faculty?
That eleven of these teachers are at
the Andrews butdlng?
That sixteen teach in the High
School?
That there are two special teachers
in Jhe High School, music and express
sion, paid by their pupils?
That the average of pupils to teach
er in the High School is 25 R-8.
That the City Schools and Central
High are the biggest asset the city of
Columbia has?
These figures afford much food for
thought. From them the taxpayer has
an opportunity to figure just how he is
spending his money, and how much
the education of each child in the
city is costing. He also is forcibly
reminded of the fact that more and
more the parents of the county who
have children to educate are taking
advantages offered by the splendid
schools of Columbia.
ROYAL INSURANCE CO.
AND NOT THE HOME
TAKEN BY HAYES & JACKSON.
COLUMBIA INSURANCE CO.
HAVE HOME.
It was stated through error in The
Herald Wednesday that the firm of
Hayes & Jackson had secured the
agency for the Home Insurance, Co.,
which should have been the Royal In
surance Co.; of Liverpool The Colum
bia Insurance Agency are represen
tatives for the Home Insurance Co., Of
New York, in Maury county, which is
one of the best known companies In
America. The Royal is also a splen
did company and Hayes & Jackson
are considered lucky to have been
able to secure the farm department 6f
the Royal. " .
FIRST APPEARANCE
, OFHDME AGENT
MRS. CRADY WILL SPEAK ON
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT TO
THE FERNDALE CLUB.
Mrs. Crady, the home demonstra
tion agent, will make her first appear
ance before the home makers of Mau
ry county on Saturday night when
she will speak at the meeting of the
Ferndale Club. Prof. E. A. McLean,
the county agent, will also speak at
this meeting.
SEVERAL CASES
SET FOR TRIAL
.'(FEBRUARY TERM
DOCKET IS SET FOR FEBRUARY
GRIND OF COUNTY CRIMI
NAL COURT.
WHEEL TAX CASES SUBMITTED
"Two Cases of Violating Liquor Laws
Will Be Tried at the Approaching
Term of Court Speeding Automo
bile, Case Thrown Out.
Several Important cases have been
set for trial at the February term of
county criminal court as follows:
Henry Kennedy, alias Bud Kennedy,
charged with violating the bone dry
law, set for trlalt February 10.
Henry Gibson, petit larceny, Febru
ary 10.
Horace Pugh, malicious mischief,
Feb. 11.
Riggs Jackson, selling liquor with
out license, Feb. 27.
Needham Rigner, using automobile
without owner's consent, Feb. 10.
Tom Love, violating the wheel tax
law, Feb. 10.
The cases against Cas Mooney, Ber
nnrd Pogue and James Blocker, charg
ed with violating the wheel tax law,
have been submitted and a fine of $5
and costs assessed in each case. The
fine and costs in each of these cases
amounts to' approximately $40.
Pillow Fraser, charged with speed
ing an automobile, has been found
not guilty, and the case stricken from
the February deket.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE
PAYS NICE COMPLIMENT
' TO CAPTAIN ENGLISH
MEXICANS mm
- " mam mm
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-rJoseph E.
Askew, an American citizen, was kid
napped by Mexican bandits during an
attack on the night of February 2 on
a plantation in tho state of Durango,
the state department announced to
day. The American embassy at Mexico
City has presented to the Mexican
foreign office an urgent request "that
the immediate ntops be taken to effect
the release of Askew unharmed," tho
state department announced.
COMMITTEE TO HEAR
POSfAlBILL ARGUED
learing on the second class postage
bill wifT take place before the commit
tee of the, house of representatives at
Washington on February 10, according
to a telegram received by J. I. Fin
ney, editor, of The Herald, from Sec
retary Johnson of the Southern News
paper Publishers'' Association. Mr.
Finney is a member of the postal com
mittee of the association and was re
quested to attend the hearing as one
of the three representatives of the as
sociation. However, as he had every
thing arranged to leave this morning
for a visit to his father in Florida, he
was forced to decline.
GERMANY IS ASKED
10 PUNISH LERSNER
(By United Press.) .'.
PARIS, Feb. 5. The second note
will be dispatched to Berlin Shortly
demanding that the German govern
ment punish Baron Krt Von Lersner
for him refusal to transmit the allied
list of German guilty, It was believed
today. A French diplomatic messen
ger, it was learned, left on the same
train with Von Lersner for Berlin,
carrying copies of the list.
D
AS
WILL GET
TWELVE
MILLIONS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. D. The sen
ate today agreed on the conference
report onthe Indian appropriation
bill, carrying $12,750,000.
TO SELL BONDS
OF COUNTY FOR
HIGHWAYS SOON
COUNTY JUD.GE WHITTHORNE IS
PREPARING DATA FOR THE
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS.
SPLENDIC SHOWING FINANCIALLY
JOSEPH B. ALLEN FROM DEPART
MENT OF COMMERCE AT
WASHINGTON HERE.
EXPECTS TO MAKE RECORD
Probably No County In Tennessee
Could Make a Better Exhibit Than
Maury Expect to Offer $100X00
Some Time Next Month.
Judge W. C.v Whitthorne, of tho
county court is busy preparing a state
ment for the sale of $100,000 of the
highway construction bonds of the
county to be issued for the purpose
of constructing state and federal aid
roads. The state highway commis
sion has called for the issuance of
$100,00 of the $200,000 of bonds that
were authorized.
In this statement Judge Whitthorno
will give a financial statement of tho
county, showing the taxable wealth,
the rate of taxation and the indebted
ness of the county. , No county in Ten
nessee could make a beter showing.
. The bonded debt outstanding of the
county is only $281,000 and the float
ing debt is only $15,000 wBich will
shortly be retired.
The county has never defaulted on
any obligation. It has never had any
former issue of its bonds contested
and so far as known no action to con
test this Issue is contemplated. Judge
Whitthorno also embraces in his state
ment the resolution passed at the
July term of the court last year au
thorizing the bond issuo. ,
The bonds will be sold during the
month of March so that when the
work begins on the construction of
the highways the funds will be on
hand to meet the state's proportion of
the cost.
PROMINENT CITIZEN
CALLED TO BEYOND
DR. W. B. HARRISON, AGED PHYSI
CIAN, DIES AT 12:30 O'CLOCK
THIS AFTERNON. .
News of the death of Dr. W. B. Har
rison, aged eighty-nine years, which
occurred at 12:30 o'clock this after
noon, was received just as The Her
ald went to pres3 this afternoon. Dr.
Harrison was one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Columbia.
The funeral will be conducted to
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Episcopal church. Further details
and particulars will be announced
late..
wants tin
PUT Of
IS
AND
GREAT BRITIAN WILL DEMAND
THAT FORMER RULER BE
SENT FROM EUROPE.
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Feb. 5. If Holtond per
sists in her refusal to grant the allied
demands for the extradition of the
former Kaiser, the British Government
will insist that he be interned on a
Dutch Island away from Europe, Sir
Aukland Gpddes, President of the
Board of Trade declared last night
in a speech at Andover. Great Brit
ian is planning to get the former
kaiser out of Holland for trial by the
allies if possible.
LIST OF GUILTY
REACHES GERFflANY
(By United Press.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. C The list
of German war guilty, whose surrend
er for trial by the allies is demanded,
reached Berlin by telegraph yester
day; a dispatch said today. The list
was received at the foreign office, It
was said and was translated for a
meeting of the Government council
last night. . '
Pays High Tribute to the Work Being
Done by the Women Enumerators
Throughout the 8tate Be Back In
About Two Weeks.
Joseph B. Allen, detailed by tho dvV
partment of commerce at Washington,
to visit, work with and assist tho dis
trict census supervisors of Tennessee,
is iu' Columbia and will spend throe
days with Capt. T. Y. English,' super
visor for this district.
Mr. Allen was seen at his room at
the Hotel Bathel today by a represen
tative of Tie Herald and questioned
as to the manner in which he had
found the work in this district, and
made the following reply:
"I find that Mr. English is in com
mand of the sltuutton and has his
work right up to the minute. He has
conducted the work of the district ,ia
such a manner tffat 1 feel sure that the
census bureau can point to tho Colum
bia district with pride. In my visits
over the district I have not found any
that aro superior to the work in this
district, and the supervisor who beats
Mr. English with his report will have
to be a hustler.
"I hot only find that he, has his work
up, but that It is up in a most splendid
condition." He has a corps of assist
ants that are right on. their toes" all
tho time and up and doing. He seems
to have used great care in selecting
his enumerators, and with only a few
exceptions througiiout the entire dis
trict have 'come' right up to the
scratch."
In discussing the taking of the cen
sus throughout the entire state and
nation, Mr, Allen said that he was of '
the opinion that it was going to be a
most complete one. That the depart
ment had hoped to make it the best
ever, and that it looked now as if
their wishes would be realized. "Thero
is one thing that has greatly surprised
me," said Mr. Allen, "and that Is the
splendid (work that has been accom
plished by tho women enumerators.
They are swift and accurate, and in
some of the places they have outstrip
ped the men In most every way, both
as to accuracy nnd endurance. In
one of tho districts in the state I
found one enumerator who had made
comparisons of the work of the ladies
and the men. He said that this enu
merator had tabulated the days upon,
which the women had" reported that
the weather was too bad or that they
were feeling too badly to go out on
the job, and that upon these days the
tabulation showed that the women had
gouo right ahead regardless of the
weather and done their work,"
1 "It Is hard to down a woman when
she gets onto a thing and wants to
make It a success, in fact it is almost
nn Impossibility to Rtump them."
Mr. Allen stated that he hoped to
he back in Columbia in about two
weeks. lie goes from here to Nash"
ville and Cookeville and then to West
Tennessee.
AUTO OWNERS STILL
BUYINGJ920 LICENSE
WARNING GIVEN THAT IT WILL
UNSAFE TO OPERATE WITH
OLD NUMBERS.
Automobile owners' of Maury county
are still buying 190 license plates In
large numbers, although the time for
payment of this license without penal
ty expired February I, after which
time the owner of an automobile who
operates his car upon any public high
way or street Is subject to arrest by
county or state officials for non-payment
of license, aud Is also subject
to the payment of. a heavy penalty.
Up until this time no penalty has been
imposed, nor so far as has been re
ported, no arrests have been made.
County Court Clerk Lipscomb realizes
that It was Impossible for all automo
bile owners to secure their 1920 tags
during the month of January, and for
this reason no penalty has boen Impos
ed, but warning is given that it will
not be safe to operate an antomobile
with the 1919 plate many days longer.
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