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CARRANZA SAYS REBELS
SHALL BE CRUSHED IF
IN HIS POWER TO DO SO
MEXICAN PRESIDENT ISSUES HIS
FIRST PROCLAMATION TO NA
TION ON INSURRECTION.
GOVERNMENT FALL PREDICTED
Close Observers Believe That End Is
Near for the Present Regime
Steady Desertion Nearly Depleted
Ranks of Federal Forces. '
(By United Press.)
MEXICO CITY, May C "It la my
duty to cruBh the rebels, and I will
not cease my efforts until I have
achieved that purpose," President Car
ranza said today In his first pronun
clamento he has issued to the nation
on the insurrection.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 6. Carranzas
back is against the wall, according to
confidential advices received In Wash
ington this morning from various
sources. Representatives' of the- Ob
regon revolution predicted today that
Carranza will bo overthrown within
the next week.
Indications are that tho government
officials think the present regime in
Mexico is nearer a collapse now than
at any time since Its establishment.
While there have been no important
battles as yet, Carranza's armies are
being weakened by desertion until
Boon they will cease to exist, Is the
belief of officials. ,
(By United Press.)
AUGUA PRIETA, May 6 A dis
patch from Sonora, Mexico, says tho
fall of Mazatlan, important west coast
city, Is expected hourly by the revolu
tionists here today. General Flores
with his rebel army Is now leas than
fifty miles from tho citl, reports said.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, May . Carranza
forces were routed yesterday from the
towns of Abuya and La Cruze in Sina
loa by advanchH! rebel troops undor
General Flores, according to advices
today to headquarters of General Al
varado here.
SAYS CITY LAWS
ARE FLAGRANTLY
VIOLATED HERE
POLICE COMMISSIONERS TO AP
' PEAR BEFORE BOARD MEET
ING FRIDAY NIGHT, v
APPEAL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chafed That Bootlegging, gambling
and speeding Laws Arc Not Being
Enforced Effort Made to Fix Responsibility.
SALVATION ARMY
DRIVE IS TO BEGIN
HERE ON SUNDAY
BRIGADIER DUNHAM WILL SPEAK
AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
BOTH SERVICES.
OTHER WORKERS IN THE COUNTY
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
Captain Fuller Will Address People of
Spring Hill at 7:30 O'clock Sunday
Evening, Captain Mrs. Fuller at Mt
Pleasant.
SOCIETY
CIRCUS
IG 10 T
ONI
FUNNY CLOWNS, FAT LADY, RD
LEMONADE, PEANUTS, POP
CORN N EVERYTHING.
"Hey! Hey! Hoy! Right this w; y!
See the fat lady redlemonader ip
cornpeanuts. Boseoe, 'e eats'm alive.
Peanuts five cr bag. A regular circus,
It will be, but it will be a society ir
cub and there is some class to these
society circuses but that is what is
to be presented at the Grand Theatre
on the evening of May 11 by the ladies
of St. Peter's Episcopal church, for
the benefit of the church. The ladies
have boon as busy as a flock of switch
engines several days making arrange
ments. They have learned well one
thing about the circus business, and
that is, "it pays to advertise," They
have said to The Herald gang, "We
are going to worry you nearly to death
with our 'propaganda' for the next
few day's" and they being church
workers we have found no reason to
question their veracity but, if that is
so, then Columbians have in store for
them a real treat." The ladies have
also promised that they are going to
pull some real stunts at "this here
circus" which will make you hold
your sides (not your pocketbook)
There will be , real bare
back riders, ballet dancers 'n every
thing. Oh Boy. It's going to be some
show not a dull moment not a care.
Drive tho blues away If you have a
sluggish liver you should sit in the
bald-headed men's row.
Members of the police commission
will appear before thei board of mayor
and aldermen, meeting in regular ses
sion Friday night, to ask why the laws
of the city are not being enforced, said
a member of the commission this
morning. This will be dono in an ef
fort to fix the responsibility for the
enforcement of city laws, either upon
the mayor or the police commission.
Commissioners say that for a time
the laws were enforced, but members
of the council informed the commis
sioners that The power of enforce
ment was not vested in the commis
sion, but in the mayor.
Commissioners say that the laws of
Columbia are being flagrantly violat
ed in so far as it applies to bootleg
ging and gambling, and speeding, but
that the law with reference to park
ing automobiles and buggies is being
enforced. There are other laws, which
the commissioners say are boing vio
lated, and it will be their purpose to
ascertain at the next meeting of the
board 'justWhose' duty it Is to see that
all laws are enforced.
Another Woman
Shows Value Of
Income Of Eggs
Mrs. W. J. Perry, of Pottsville, finds
that eggs are one of the most profit
able sources of iiicome that the farm
affords and she has the figures to
prove it. In the past four months
she has sold eggs from 200 hens to
the amount of $250.20. There were
an aggregate of 68 4 dozen marketed
for the four months as follows: Janu
ary, 40 dozen; February 119 dozen;
March, 192 dozen; April 253 dozen.
The price averaged thirty-nine and a
fraction cents per dozen.
Pottsville is famous for its egg mar
ket and any number of good house
wives thereabouts make liberal addi
tions to the family income from eggs.
AUCTION SALE WAS
COMPLETE SUCCESS
Th auction sale of cattle aud farm
ing implements, conducted yesterday
at Highland Stock Farm by W. C.
Keen & Sons, was a complete success
In every way. A 1a-ge number of buy
ers from every section of the coutny
was present and bid spiritedly on all
offerings. Both live stock and farm
Implements brought good price, but
pome real bargains wore pecurcj by
lUose who attended,. .
BENSON SAYS SIMS
MUST BE MISTAKEN
ADMIRAL DID NOT TELL SIMS
THAT "WE'D SOON FIGHT ENG
LAND AS GERMANY."
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, May (i Admiral W
S. Benson, before the senate invest!
frafinir. committee today said "1 dol
--(-!
not think I told Admiral Sims that we
would as soon Gght the British as the
Germans," as Sims had previously
charged before tho committee that
Benson had told him just before he
started for England a' short time be
fore this country declared war. Admi
ral Benson was tho chief of naval op
erations during the war.
Miss Wooten, state organizer for
the Salvation Army's approaching
Home Service campaign, who has
been in this county for several days,
stated this morning, "I am very much
gratified with tho reception the Salva
tion Army is meeting in Maury coun
ty, and 1 feel sure the campaign will
be a complete success here."
The opening gun of the drive will
be heard Sunday morning, when Brig
adier Dunham of the army speaks at
the First Methodist church. He will
address a mass meqting at the same
place at 7:45 in the evening. At 7:0
o'clock Sunday evening Captain Fuller
of the army will address the people of
Spring Hill, occupying the pulpit of
the Methodist church. At the same
time Captain Mrs. Fuller will address
the people of Mt. Pleasant, speaking
at the Presbyterian church.
, The drive for funds will begin in
earnest Monday and although no quo
ta has been assigned for Maury coun
ty, it is expected hat a liberal response
will he made to the appeal for funds.
The money secured in this campaign,
which is being conducted throughout
the entire United States is to maintain
the home service department, to care
for all who are "down but not out,"
to provide homes for homeless and. to
place a ray of hope in the life of all.
Salvation Army workers say that a
careful investigation has shown that
assistance Is given a greater number
of people from the rural districts j
than in the congested citie.g,Jjecause
of the great number of boys and girls
attracted by the white lights of the
city leaving their country homes for
Broadway. Many of them do not suc
ceed, and it becomes the duty of the
Salvation Army to put an arm around
them and to point out the way. ,
TOM COOK ELECTED
10 POLICE FOBCE
M'DOWELL ENDS
SESSION: WITH
FINE PROGRAM
CERTIFICATES ARE AWARDED TO
LARGE GRADUATING CLASS
BY PROF. GRAHAM.
PLEA FOR NEW BUILDING MADE
Splendid Work Done by the Pupils Is
Attested by the High Averages
Made by Them in All the Grades
of the School.
FORMER PATROLMAN "BACK ON
JOB," SUCCEEDS J. H. STORY,
RECENTLY'RESINED.
Tom Cojk, who for the past several
months has been . day clerk at the
Bethel Hotel, has been elected by the
police commission to the police depart
ment to succeed J. H. Story, patrol
man resigned. Mr. Cook formerly was
a member of the department and is
well known here, and no doubt will
make a capable officer.
POST TO TESTIFY
BEFORE COMMITTEE
WILL EXPLAIN WHY HE HAS RE
FUSED TO CARRY OUT DEPOR
TATION LAW AGAINST REDS.
GERMAN DELEGATES
ARE RULED OUT
WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TAKE
PART IN ECONOMIC DISCUS
SION BY ALLIES.
(By United Press.)
PASIS, May C. Allied leaders have
decided against allowing German tcp-
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, May C Iouis F.
Post, assistant secretary of labor, will
appear before the house rules com
mittee tomorrow to answer the charg
es made by several congressmen that
ho. has refused to carry out the de
portation laws, Representative Camp
bell, of Kansas, stated today.
CAN N 0
T EXPEL
ALIEN
RADICALS
DANGEROUS CITIZENS CANNOT
BE EXPORTED, ACCORDING
SECRETARY WILSON.
(By l'nitedPress.)
WASHINGTON ,D. C., May 6. De
portaion warrants for 200 alien radi
cals will probably have th be can
celled, immigration officials said to
day, as the result of a ruling of Secre
tary Wilson of the tabor Department.
Graduating exercises for the twenty
two pupils who had finished the course
were held at McDowell school this
morning. Medais and honors were
awarded and the graduating program
rendered. !
The address to the class was made
by J. I. Finney, editor of The Herald,
who made an earnest plea for a bet
ter school plant. . He emphasized the
importance of the public school as the
training ground for American citizen
ship, but he wondered if the, pupils
could be properly impressed with the
high estimate we profess for the pub
lic school when the -people who make
those professions are so nigardly in
their support of it.
Mr. Finney also presented the med
als. On behalf the members of the
class of 1920 he presented to Mrs.
Tomlinson, principal of the school, a
beautiful present.
The certificates were delivered by
Prof. John P. Graham, county super
intendent, who Urged all of the pupils
to attend and if possible finish the
high school course. lie called atten
tion to the comparatively few who
graduate from the high? school as com
pared with the numbep who enter the
first grade. i
The following program was rend
ered:
Song Class Song, Class; Invocation,
Dr. Molloy; Salutatory, Marie Voss;
Will, Sally Taylor; Class Doctor, S1.
G. Patterson; prophecy, Majorie
Brown: Valedictory, Jinunis Johnson;
Song, Bright Feet of May, Class;
Address, J. I. Finney; Presentation
Certificates, Prof. J. P. Graham; Pre
sentation of Medals, Jas. I. Fin
ney; Song, American Hymn; Report
of Year's Grades, Mrs. Jesse Tomlinson.,
Average' of pupils- who secured the
medals, based upon attendance, de
portment and scholarship for the
year:
First grade James Ross, 95 1-3.
Second grade Mattie Ruth Gabell,
96.
Third grade Ned Davis Lentz,
95 14-25.
Fourth grade John Love Loftin,
93 3-8.
Fifth grade Eugeno Alford, 97 4-5.
Sixbh grade Janle Johnson, 96.
. Seventh grade Jimmle Johnson,
98.
Alexander medal was awarded Jim
mie Johnson, she having the highest
average of any pupil in school. This
is the medal for which all strive, and
to secure it is the ambition of all.
Names of pupils who secured 90
per cent and above: James Ross, Ra
chel Felds, Christine Beckett, Mattie
Ruth Gabell, Dorothy O'Bryan, Ned
Davis tantz, John Love Loftin, James
Caldwell, Michael O'Bryan, Leo
Woody, Robert Billington, Eugeno Al
ford, Josephine Gabell, Ethelreda
O'Bryan, Mattie Russell, Janie John
son, Lillian Hight, Lena Taylor, Jim
mio Johnson, Marie Voss. Alfred
Ames,, S. G. Patterson, Sallie Taylor.
ROAD COST MAY
HAVE EFFECT ON
OTHER MEASURES
MUCH SPECULATION AS TO THE
RESULT OF COURT'S MEETING
ON NEXT MONDAY.
CONTRACT
tSH HADE
dv i Dtii onii
II Cv
UUIILL
PROMINENT MERCHANT OF SAN
TA FE MAKES DEED OF TRUST ,
TO SECURE CREDITORS. v
SCHOOL PROGRAM AT ISSUE
Bridge Situation Is Also Acute With
Imperative Demand for Large Ap
propriations Without Any Further
Delay.
What will be the attitude of the
county court toward the completion
of tho plan for forty-three miles of
state and federal aid roads in Maury
county, since the cost of twelve miles
is two-thirds of the aggregate sum
heretofore voted by the county? What
effect, will this increase in cost of tjie
roads of nearly 200 per cent over the
original .estimate have on the school
building program to be considered by
the court next Monday in adjourned
session? What effect will it have on
the bridge program also to be con
sidered at the sariie time? ,
These are questions that are being
discussed with unusual show of inter
est by the progressive citizens of the
county. Unquestionably the folks
were not prepared to pay as much for
the first twelve miles of highway as
the contract calls for. At the same
time the roads cannot be constructed
according to the requirements of the
federal government at less cost. It
means that when the original forty-
three miles are finished the county
will have incurred a cost of over $400,
000 or double the sum originally vot
ed. However, since the first link has
been constructed", good faith to the
other sections of the county requires
that the whole program bo finished.
There Is no doubt of .this being done.
The advocates of better schools
who are numerous in the county, are
going to Insist before the court Mon
day that schools are even more impor
tant -than roads and that unless the
rural schools are improved the num
ber of people' in the county to use the
roads will steadily grow less.
Then there is the bridge situation
which calls for an immediate remedy.
Several bridges in the county are al
ready down and others are almost
impassable so that liberal appropri
ations, not less than $15,000 or $20,
000 wil have to be made at once or
many people will be entirely cut off
from the world.
FIRST 1
7" -I )
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HIGHWAY IN
CUSTOMERS SEEK
TO RECOVER SUM
LOST IN ROBBERY
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
AT MT. PLEASANT SUED FOR
... LARGE AMOUNT.
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OTHER SUITS TO BE FILED
Interesting Point of Law Will Be De
termined as Result of Test Cases
Filed In Circuit Court Here ln
volves Bank's Liability.
TO ASK KIWANIANS
HELPGET REDPATH
MATTER OF BRINGING WEEK'S
HIGH CLASS ATTRACTION HERE
BE PRESENTED TO CLUB.
At the meeting of the Kiwanis Club
to be held here tomorrow at noon, Ki
wanian Tom Cunningham will present
for consideration of tho membership,
the proposition of disposing of tickets
to the Redpath Chautauqua, which
comes to Columbia on May 29th for a
week's engagement here. Columbians
are already too well acquainted with
the .character of entertainment offer
ed by the Redpath Company to need
any further introduction, and it is be
lieved that if the sale of tickets is
boosted by the Kiwanis Club, ij
will be an easy matter to sell the num
ber required to assure the bringing
of this high class attraction to Columbia.
resentative take part In the econom- j Wilson held that t,he Communist
ic discussions at Spa. Belgium, the
French foreign office today announc-
Labor Party Is within the law and not
organized to overthrow the govern'
ment,
The first assignment of any conse
quence made In Maury county in the
past two years was filed in the office
of County Register J. J. Pogue Ijhis
morning. J. Ben Cowley, doing a gen
eral mercantile business at Santa Fe,
though his attorney J. Shelby Coffey,
filed an assignment for the benefit of
his creditors. His assets consisting of
a stock of merchandise and accounts
is placed at $4,711 and his liabilities
the listed at $3.0:!5. The largest cred
itors are local people, the J. A. Sloan
Company being listed for $830 and
the A. D. Sloan Grocery Company at
$7.15.' Debts due to the local banks
are secured. Mr. Cowley was former
ly tax assessor of the county, serving
for two terms and Is ore of the most
popular men in the county. His fail
ure Is said to be due to limited capi
tal and to inability to promptly realize
9a bis assets . v
SERGEANT STUART
GOES TO COOKEVILLE
Sergeant Stuart, who for the past
sevral months has been assisting Ser
geant Megowan In the local army re
cruiting station here has been detail
ed to Cookeville, where he will take
charge of the recruiting station. Since
his arrival in Columbia Sergeant Stu
art has made many friends who will
learn of his departure from Columbia
with regret. , ,
As the result of the recent robbery
of the Farmers & Merchants Bank at
Mt. Pleasant, in which bold yeggmen
secured some $30,000 in liberty bonds
and other securities, customers have
filed suits in circuit court against the
bank approximating $16,050, seeking
to recover sums, Whicn were taken by
the robbers from the bank vault. It is
understood that ' several additional
suits will be filed later.
Those who have instituted suit up
until the present time are Miss Min
nie Pennington, who seeks to recov
er $1,250, J. A. Dunn $1,600, W. J.
Pennington $6,500, Brown Hughes
$750, J. W. Thompson $2,600, R. O.
Patterson $1,400, S. B. Gray, $750 and
Abe Rosenburg $1,250.
The suits were brought by clients
by Judge Sam Holding, of the Colum
bia bar, and LeRoy H. Hammond, of
Mt. Pleasant. Percy Chandler, of Mt.
Pleasant, will represent the defend
ant bank.
Declarations have not yet boon filed
in these suits, but it is understood
that the cases will be made a test
of tho libability of banks to protect
valuables of customers stored in bank
vaults. It is expected that the de
fendant bank will put up the defense
that customers were merely allowed
to stored their valuables in the. bank
vault as a matter of accommodation,
and that the bank is not liable for
such valuables stored there.
The case involves a most interesting
point of law, and it is expected that
tho cases will be contested from every
point ; . x ,-. .
AWARDED FOR
OF FEDERAL
THE COUNTY
ROAD FROM SPRING HILL TO CO
LUMBIA WILL COST NEARLY
$35,000 A MILE.
COUNTY'S PART IS $135,000.00
But If Contract Had Not Been Let
Other Counties Would Have Receiv
ed $300,000 of Aid Voted to Maury
County.
(By Staff Corespondent.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 6. At a '
cost of $34,399.90 per mile the con
tract for the construction of the first
link of the state and federal highway
in Maury county was yesterday after
noon awarded by the state highway
commission to the Knoxville Construc
tion Company and the Gould Construc
tion Company, the former ""to build
the highway and the latter tho bridges
on. the road.
This was the lowest bid that was
received, although seven were' submit
ted. The road from Spring Hill to
Columbia of approximately twelve
miles in length will coBt, completod,
with the bridges included, $405,279.12.''
The road itself was bid off at $360,.
529.61 on a basis of rock asphalt fin
ish, while tho bridges will aggregate
$14,749.51 ',': '
There were said to have been more
bidders on this road than any that has,
ever been let by the state highway
commission in Tennessee. The ropras
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GLOBE FURNISHING
SALE WELL ATTENDED
SALES PEOPLE RUSHED BY BUY
ERS FROM FIVE COUNTIES IN
SEARCH OF BARGAINS.
A
CIRCUIT COURT
DOCKET IS SET
CIVIL CASES TO BE TAKEN UP
ON MAY 24 CRIMINAL CASES
ON JUNE 2.
Tho first day of the great "clean
out'" sale of the Globe Furnishing
Company exceeded all expectations,
the sales mounting to a point never
before equalled in the history of the
business. From the moment the store
openen In the morning, until the doors
were closed at night, the sales people
were kept constantly on the go. Hun
dreds, of people from Maury, Giles,
Lincoln, Lawrence and Marshall coun
ties visited the store. Quite a num
ber of shoppers from Lawrencehurg
and Lewisburg were there when the
doors opened and bought liberally.
The sale will be continued. Mr. Da
vis, the proprietor of the store, has
employed F. F. Berry, merchandise ad
juster of Minneapolis, to conduct the
sale and Mr. Berry says there is ab
solutely no doubt about it, the sale
will be a complete, success.
Several cases "have just been set
by Judge W. B. Turner for trial at
the next term of circuit court as fol
lows: Civil Docket.
Laura Sherrlll vs. John Haddox,
May 24.
J. W. Shelton vs. Will Nichols, May
24.
A. W. Lipscomb vs. R. S.. Hardison,
May 24.
R. S. Hardison vs. Aj. W. Lipscomb,
May 21. '
J. M. Bates vs. L. & N. R. R May
25.
R, S. Hopkins vs. Hardy Tlckard,
May 23.
Criminal Docket
State vs, Russell Johnson, violating
the ago of consent, June 2. . '
State vs. Van Leer Johnsoti, having
carnal knowledge of female, June, 2,
State vs. P. M. Johnson, passing bad
chock, June 2.
State vs. Seymore Dudley, grand
larceny, two cases, June 2.
State vs. Tra Savage, having carnal
knowledge of female, June 2. ,
State vr, John Sowell, assault, to
commit murder in first degree.
Sstate vs. Sam Galloway, alias Gan
naway, murder in first degree, uneT 1.
State vs. John R. Reece, Jr., grand
larceny, two cases, June 3.
State vs. Charley Harvey, Incest,
June 4.
State vs. Robert Bailey, having car
nal knowledge of female, June 4.
State vs. Reavls Cheatham, grand
larceny, June 4.
The non-jury docket will not be tak
on op until Saturday, June 5.
BELOVED WOMAN IS
OEATH'S VICTIM
FLORIDA CITY SHOWS
BIG POPULATION GAIN
. (By United Press.
WASHINGTON, May C-Thc ceisus
Mrs. .Zepher May Langley, aged 40
years, wife of J. T. Langley, died at
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at er
home In the Ogilvie lane, after an ill
nes of several months, resulting from
influenza. Before her . marriage to
Mr. Langley she was a Miss
Winn, of Caney Springs, and was most
highly respected In the community
in which she was reared.
Deceased was a member of the
Methodist church. She is survived by
her husband and several childiea. Tlie
HARDING DENIES -
HE'LL QUIT RACE
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 6. Senator
Harding, of Ohio, today denied tbe re
port that he would withdraw from the
fight for the republican nomination
for President and turn over to some
other candidate the delegats pledged
to bim. , .,
PAGEANT CHARACTERS '
TOJJEET TONIGHT
All except the Fourteen Point, fak-
bureau today announced the popula- funeral was conducted at 3 o'clock jng part in the Pageant to be given by
tion of Jacksonville, Fla.. as 91.416, an
Increase of 33,? 44 since the census of
1910.
this afternoon at Rose Hill cemetery the Business Women's Ansorb hn
by th Rct. R. M. Chenault. Inter-are requested to be at the Hleh Scnool
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