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THE COLUMBIA HERALD FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920
!THE COLUMBIA HERALJ).
publshed Weekly by The Columbia
Herald Company, Inc., J. I. Fin
ney, President, W. D. Hastings,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Entered In the Postofflce at Columbia,
Tenn., as second-class mail matter.
). I. FINNEY ..President
RICHARD H. WYATT ........Editor
rV. D. HASTINGS.. Business Manager
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Tear .
fllx Months
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LABOR'S CHALLENGE.
I Organized labor in Tennessee will,
if it follows the advice of 4 the state
federation of labor, oppose Gov. Rob
eits for re-election. Gov,".Koberts is
not to be opposed because of the fiscal
policy of his administration; he ia not
the object of opposition of the federa
tlon by reason of any shortcoming of
his administration. The' sola and only
reason given for the hdstility of' or
ganized labor is that the governor has
kept the oath of his office and as chief
executive of the state has attempted
to assert the sovereignty of the state
and execute its laws. This is the sin
gle offense for which the gpvernor is
to be denied the customary endorse
ment of a second term.
In' support of its charge that the
governor, by reason of his hostility to
"labor" is unfit for re-election, the fed
eratlon' cites the organization of the
"law and order league of Tennessee,
which it with flagrant disregard of the
truth, declares was organized to op
preBS labor and reduce it to "serf
dom." It would have been wholly to
the credit of the governor if he had
organized and been the charter mem
ber of the law and order league of
this state, but a 'decent regard for
the facts forbids that clalmThe
law and order league was organized
during Gov. Rye's administration and
followed an especially outrageous and
unusually flagrant example of mob
violence. Labor, organized or unor
ganized, was in no sense involved
In that lynching and Jn the organiza
tion of the league there was no inti
mation from any speaker that, the
right of labor to organize or work
Individually was in any sense in the
minds of any one.
After Gov. Roberts' inauguration
the state' law and order league did
hold several meetings. 'vThey were all
attended by a leading member of the
state federation of labor and no word
was ever uttered at any of these
meetings either by the governor or
. any member of the league that could
be, by the wildest stretch of the im
agination, , construed into an ' attack
upon union labor. Witnesses from all
parts of the state will testify to the
truth of this statement. Qov. Rob
erts attended. all of the meetings, one
of which, at the capital last fall, was
entirely open to the public, and while
he did announce in' unmistakable
terms his determination to, so far as
was within his power, execute every
law upon the statute books, he never
once intimated that he believed there
was one law for organized labor and
another for Unorganized labor. He
Inveighed against all forms of law
lessness. Gov. Roberts greatest sin, in the
eyes of the labor agitators, was the
preservation of law and order at
Knoxville during a street car strike
there last fall. The governor did not
use his power to coerce any one. He
never once denied labor the right to
strikn, but when the street car oper
ators quit their jobs he insisted that
If other American citizens . wanted
these Jobs they had a perfect right to
obtain them. He did announce that
lives and property in Knoxville would
be protected if it should be necessary
to call into service all the resources
of the state and he made good this
declaration. In doing this he perform
ed a very disagreeable but stern duty.
He could not have done anything else
without violating his oath of office and
dishonoring his state.
There, should be and there must be
no classes in Tennessee. Our laws
should be executed against all alike.
(Membership, in any order, fraternity,
church or organization must give no
one immunity that every other citizen
does not enjoy. If membership in a
labor union gives or confers upon any
citizen special privilege to riot and
"raise bell" that other citizens do not
enjoy then the labor union must go.
When one citizen in Tennessee by rea
son of adherence to. any sect, creed or
faction enjoys freedom from responsi
bility for his lawless acts, that other
citizens do not have, then democratic
government has ceased to exist in this
state and in so far as is possible Amer
ican institutions have been dishon
ored. It is worse than puerile to say that
Gov. Roberts would reduce .labor to
serfdom. The governor is a poor man.
Ills rise from poverty and obscurity
to the highest office in the state is of
itself the best possible evidence of the
value of our institutions. It is proof
that under American institutions there
Is equality of opportunity. It is equal
ly as silly to say that the members of
the law and order league are hostile
to labor. They are all laborers them
selves. They work with their hands
and brains while the agitators who
were responsible for the federation's
condemnation of Gov. Roberts, are
working with their mouths. A roll
call of the executive committee of the
law and order league will reveal the
fact that nearly every member has,
through his own efforts and because
of the opportunities enjoyed in free
America, worked his way from pover
ty and obscurity to a position of prom
inence in his community. This is the
chief glory of America's institutions
for the preservation of which, under
God, the league was organized.
The great majority of the members
of labor unions in "Tennessee are law
abiding citizens; they are untamed
with Bolshevism,' Many of them are. J
property owners and they realize that
this is a government of lav. and not
of men; that' their property gets its
value from the protection, that the
law provides. They will not- vote
against Governor Roberts because he
has stood true to his oath and ''lias
been the patriotic and devoted cham
pion of law and order. Hut the agita
tors and floor walkers, the sowers of
the seedof discontent, the evangels
of; hate;,the apostles ' of cluss con
sciousness, these and all th(Mr kind
and'tyk-Mwin brothers of Lenlne and
Trotsky will not support Governor
Roberts and from them the brave ex-"1
ecutive of Tennessee asks no consider
ation. It is war to the hilt between
the governor and those who would
substitute for our institutions an "in
visible government" in state and na
tion. . . ,
The Herald holds no brief for Gov
Roberts. It has been freo to criticise
many acts of his administration. He
has done many things he ought not
to have done. But this paper now and
ever stands for law and order; for
the . preservation unimpaired and un
tarnished, of the glorious institutions
of America. It hates everything that
is hostile to genius of our Institutions
It knows no creed nor sect nor party
In its devotion to the constitution of
its country. It Is Bometlmea a parti
san- it is always a patriot. The dec
laration of the labor chiefs is a chal
lenge to the patriotism and devotion
of the people of Tennessee. In such
a crisis there is but one course for
The Herald. ' It finds but one path
that it can tread; it sees but one bea
con to light the way. Its pathway will
always be illumined by the sacred em
blem of liberty, the stars and stripes
its chart will now and ever be the
constitution of Its country.
year .after to go to some other coun
ty. ,.
It is true that The Herald and the
average citizen can see no occasion
for a twenty foot road. Sixteen feet
Is wider than necessary. Better have
a nine foot road all over the county
than forty or fifty miles of boulevards
with the remainder of the county in
the mud. The roud engineers and of
flcials have gone wild on the subject.
It is unfair to expend all the revenue
on comparatively a few miles of roud.
But as stated, no consideration was
given to these objections by the offi
cials who have the funds in the hol
low of their hands hence it was a sub
mission to a plan that was unfair and
Inequitable and unjust to the great
mass of the citizens or pass over to
some other county nearly a third of
a million dollars of funds paid by the
taxpayers of Maury county. There
was no alternative and un'dor the cir
cumstances the acceptance of the bid
and awarding of tho contract was the
best thing to do.
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CHRISTIAN
uinsii
THE ROAD CONTRACT.
As -an original proposition the con
struction of boulevards at $35,000
mile in this county cannot be defend
ed. There are some twelve hundred
miles of public roads in the county
and to do exact justice to all, and build
them at even half that cost per mile
would reqnjre millions of dollars and
entail too great a burden upon the
people. The Herald has never been
an advocate of two or three fine boule
vards or speedways in the county to
be used largely for tourists and the
pleasure of the owners of great high
powered cars. It has long had the
idea that highways were primarily
to move the produce of the farms to
market and take the evidences of
culture and civilization that the farm
ers buy from the marts of trade to
their homes.
But under the circumstances that
existed when it was proposed to build
highways In this county at an ex
pense of ?12,000 a mile, two-thirds of
the cost to be contributed by the state
and federal governments from taxes
heretofore and hereafter to b6 collect
ed from tho people of this county1, this
paper did not see how the court could
refuse the necessary appropriation.
That was ten months ago. Since then
labor and material have both increas
ed despite frantic efforts to reduce
the cost of living through legislative
legerdemain, and this paper was pre
pared for a fifty per cent advance, but
it was astounded when that advance
was 200 per cent. Somebody erred
and erred most grievously when the
estimate of $12 000 a mile was made
and the consequent resentment Is nat
ural. It was inevitable. The peopl
feel that they have been deceived.
The situation at Nashville Wednes
day when the bids were opened on the
first link of the highway in this coun
ty was simply this: The state and
federal aid, to the extent of around
$300,000, for the road will cost will
$450,000 when finished, derived from
taxes paid by the people of this coun
ty, but conrolled absolutely by the
state commission, was offered to Mau
ry county on certain conditions. Un
less those conditions were accepted
then and there, and accepted without
any sort of reservations, then the
$300,000 of state and federal funds
would be given to some other county
ready to meet the ' conditions. This
Was exactly the situation. Although
they did it in a more polished man
ner the effect of the attitude of the
state commission and the federal
agent was simply this: "Gentlemen,
we have here about $300,000 of your
money. It is absolutely under our con
trol. You may have it if you will
without quibble put up $135,000 to
$150,000. ITnless you come across this
$300,000 that Maury county people
have contributed to the state and fed
eral treasuries will be handed over to
Giles or Overton or Pickett county."
Under these circumstances there
was but one thing to do. That was to
take the money on the terms offered
and not permit it and the state and
federal taxes that Maury county w'il
II
HAH
CALLED TO BEYOND
MRS. KATE JONES STEPHENSON
DIED AT HOME OF HER DAUGH
TER AT MIDWAY, KY.
Mrs. Kate Jones Stephenson died at
the home of her only child, Mrs. H.
L. Martin, Midway, Kyi, , 'Thursday,
May C, 1920, at the age of 'seventy-nine
years, and her funeral was "eon
ducted at Zion church Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock, p. ja. by Rev. Clyde
Johnson, assisted by Itev. S.'P. Hall.
Interment will be in the Zioh church
yard. '
The body reached Columbia Satur
day morning at 9:30 and was conveyed
to her late residence at Ashwood.
Mrs. Stephenson was the widow of
Fohn J. Stephenson and the only sis
ter of Thomas N. Jones, Clark Jones
and James .Jones, the last named be
ing her only surviving, brother. She
was from early womanhood a member
of Zion church, and a most consistent
member, displaying all of the Chris
tfan 'graces of her profession. She was
noted as a home-maker and a gentle
woman in air that the word implies
She possessed a quiet, amiable and
yet, bright, disposition and was belov
ed universally among her acquaint
ance, y
The companionship between herse
'ana daughter, ana only child, since
the death of her husband has been
beautiful, and close, reversing and
repeating their companionship . during
this daughter's childhood. Their
lives seemed to be knit together in
one bundle. Her husband died sev
eral years ago having been one of
the most jrominent men among the
well-to-do farmers of the county, andl
his grandfather was the first pastor
of Zion church. She sleeps in the
bosom of old Zion churchyard, whiqh
she loved and helped to Care for so
long. Peace to her ashes while we
cherish the memory of her Christian
character.
WALTER DIRECT
PREMIER PAGING
SIRE OF WORLD
IS CREDITED IN YEAR BOOK
WITH FORTY-SEVEN STAND
" ARD PERFORMERS.
y
ON
WOMAN IS
DEATH'S ViCTIM
Miss Davie May Agent, aged sixteen
died Wednesday at 4 o'clock at the
residence of her parents near Match
af,ter an illness of eight weeks.
The deceased was a member of the
Christian church and one of the most
attractive young ladies of the commu
nity and had a host of friends in
the community in which she lived.
She is survived by her father, two
brothers and two sisters.
The funeral was conducted Thurs
day at 11 o'clock at the Hardison
cemetery by Elder Newt Derryberry.
interment was in the - family bury
ing ground. The "Maury Undertaking
Company in charge.
WORK ON BRIDGES TO
BEGIN IMMEDIATELY
SIX PER CENT WARRANTS WILL
EE SOLD TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS.
Work on the bridges of the county
that were ordered placed in shape by
the county eour! on Monday will (-em
inence at once. . two or these bridges,
in the seventh district, are complete
ly down. They will be replaced vlth
concrete structures. It is the policy
of the county higSway commjsdon,
which controls bridges of the county
to do the work that is. required to
put them in shape as gradually as pos
sible, that is to undertake no more of
program than can be put through
without too great a burden on the tax
payers. The program for repair and
new structures this year will cost
about $23,000.
Warrants to the amount of $ls,r,00
bearing six per cent interest and due
in two, three and four years, will be
sold to pay the expenses of tho bridge
TEN PRODUCING DAUGHTERS
Has to His Credit Two Fastest Pacers
Napoleon Direct and Grace Direct,
Ever Got Ey One Stallion in Histo
ry of Turf.
Recording the death of Walter Di
rect 2:0.ri, which occurred last week
at Tolley Farm, the Horse Review, the
premier publication of its kind in this
country, declares that his loss is u
very great one und ranks him as the
premier pacing sire of the present
time.
Passing over the record of his short
career on the race track, which was
one of the most notable in horse an
nals, the Horse. Review presents the
facts and figures to prove his claim
to be the greatest sire of extreme
speed in the history of the turf. ""To
add to his fame it predicts that Grace
Djfect, that wonderful product of To!
ley Farm, will this season make e
mark of two minutes or less which will
give Walter Direct two in this list, the
only sire in the history of the world
ever1 having made such a record. ''
The following is taken from W
Horse Review's estimate:
Waller Direct went to the stud at
Columbia, Term., under the manage
ment of Chaflin Bros.., and his ge,t be
gari to distinguish him as a sire at
soon as they appeared in public. He
remained in service there until some
three years ago, when ft the Cnaffin
Bros, retired from 'breeding and he
was sold at auction. Col. James Haz
elton, of Frankfort, Ind then secure?
him and placed him In the stud there
where he was largely patronized. Las
fall Mr.-Toltyy, who was enlarging hit
breeding interests, in deference to the
popular call for the return of Waltei
Direct to his native state, purchased
him and went back to Columbia, to r
new home at Tolley Farm, amid mucl
rejoicing. There he promised to do s
big stud season for half a dozen years
more, but now all these prospects art
blighted by his so unexpected and pre
mature death. His sire, Direct Hal,
was but nineteen when he died, and
Walter Direct is now gone from us ar
twenty.
By common consent. Walter Direct
ranked as tho premier pacing sire o)
the present time. The Year Book,
Vol. 35, credits him with a total of
17 standard performers, . all pacers,
with 9 producing sons an'd 10 produc
lug daughters. As the sire of Napo
leon Direct 1:59 and Grace Direct
2:00 (last season's premier pacing
money winner), Walter Direct was
credited with the two fastest pacers
ever gotten by one stallion.. In al'
he had a total of fourteen in the 2: 1C
list, as follows: Napoleon Direct
1;G9' Grace Direct 2: 00, Waltei
Hal 2:04, The Assessor 2:04V. Mani
toba 2:04, Co!. Armstrong 2:05,
Walter II 2:05. Annie Laurie 2:0.1.
Merry Direct 2.0ti, Spy Direct 2:0G.
Jessie Direct. 2: 07, Hallie D. 2:08
Hallie Direct 2:09, Direct Spy 2:10
His daughters have produced High-.
land Lassie 2:07 and Pat Carmody
07. His son Merry Direct, is sire
of Main Direct 2:09.
As Grace Direct is expected tc
"cross the line" this season, it seems
likely that Walter Direct will gain tht
honor of being'thrs first horse to sin
two two-minute pacers. His loss is
truly, as Mr. Tolley says, a big one In
every way.
DEMOCRATS TO
MEET SATURDAY
AT COURT HOUSE
COUNTY COMMITTEE WILL PRO
VIDE PLANS FOR SELECTING
STATE DELEGATES.
CHAIRMAN LOONEY ISSUES CALL
Important Question to Be Decided Is
Whether or Not a Mass or Delegat
ed Convention Will Send Delegates
to Nashville.
For the purpose ' providing for
thn election of delegates to the1 state
Jemoerutic convention in Nashville
next month and to determine whether
or not there will be a primary fur
sounty officers in Maury county this
year, the county democratic executive
yommittee lias been called to meet at
tins court house on next Saturday.
The call for the meeting of the com
mittee was issued this morning by
Chairman Edward D. Looney, and' is
as follows:
"The democratic executive commit
eo of Maury county is hereby called
to meet in the circuit court room at
Columbia, Tenn, on next Saturday,
vlay the 15th, 1920, to consider the so
'ection of delegates to the democratic
ttat'e convention, which convenes in
TashvilIo,aiext' June. Also to con
dderthe advisability of the selection
)f democratic nominees, for county of-
lces at the coming August election
m for the transaction of any other
uishiess that may properly come be
'ore 'said committee. This is an im
joriant meeting aim l earnestly re
luest a full attendance.
- "E. D. LOONEY, Chairman
Under the rules" adopted by tlve state
lemocratic executive committee the
lelegates from all of the counties to
he state convention must be select
id at conventions held in the court
louses on Saturday, May 22. If a del
)gated convention is held in any coun
y the delegates must be elected in a
rimary held on Wednesday, May 19
lence the important matter to be de
dded by the committee Saturday is
whether or not the convention on Sat
lrday, May 22, shall be a mass con
vention or a delegated convention. If
precedent is followed and a'delegated
convention is called then the commit
ee must arrange for the primary.'bth'
rwise simply a mass convention will
'ie held on Saturday week which will
mme the delegates to Nashville.
It is hardly probable that a county
u'imary to nominate county officers
Arill be called.
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Capital
Surplus .
I Undivided Profits
$125,000,001
$125,000,001
$20,000.00 1
We Solicit Your Business
FIFTY HEAD CATTLE
AT $500 A HEAD
SMITH SALE IN LINCOLN COUNTY
ONE OF THE BEST EVER
HELD IN TENNESSEE.
DIMPLE CREAMERY CO,
IN NEW HOME
WILL HAVE A GRAND OPENING
JUST AS SOON AS THINGS
ARE STRAIGHTENED OUT.
After many delays duo to labor
shortage and difficulty In getting mate
lals and equipment the Dimple Ice
Cream & Creamery. Company is at
last in its new home-on South Garden
street in one of the most complete
buildings and plants of the kind to be
found in the entire country. Just as
soon as tho company can get straight
ened out and everything in running or-1
der yf will have a big house warming.
The public will be invited to the grand
opening and asked to witness the mak
ing of butter and of ice cream in all of
its stages. Purity and quality are al'
ways the objectives of the company,
and Manager Lovcll is anxious that
his customers should see with their
own eyes just how every safeguard is
taken to guarantee these essentials.
M. O. toopcr, secretary of the Ten
lessee Beef Breeders' Cattie Associ
ation, was here Kednesday to discuss
arrangements for sale of Aberdeen-An-ius
cattle to be held in August. Mr.Coo
;us cattle to be held in August. Mr.
Cooper was formerly with division of
axtension of Virginia and is a gradu
ate of Iowa State College at Ames.
One of the best cattle sales ever
held in the South wes that yesterday
at the Elk Valley Farm of J. R. Smith,
Jr., in Lincoln county. This farm is
the home of Repeater, tho great $:!!,
000 Hereford bull. Fifty head sold at
auction brought an average of $500
'aach. There were buyers present
from the states of Missouri, Indiana,
jeorgia, Alabama, Virginia, Iowa, Ken
tucky. J. R. Susong, of Morristown,
Tenn., bought the fine young heifer
Bonnie Lass at $1,500. E. R. Keeley,
af Virginia, was a big buyers.
iLEHcLEUORL..-. I'. A. DALF,
President 1 - Vice Pres.
K. 0. FULTON,
, Cashier i
COUNTY COUNCIL
WILL MEET NEXT
AT ENTERPRISE
DIRECTORS WILL ATTEND BEG
CELEBRATION THERE ON MAY
29 IN A BODY.
OTHER CONFERENCES PLANNED
Big Picnic and Meeting of the Mem
bership at the Middle Tennessee
Experiment Station During the Sum
mer Is on" the Program.
m;
Metin2 with the Enter urise Cora-
unity Club on Saturday; May 20, for
the regular session "the directors of
the . Council of agriculture (of .Maury
county will inaugurate a policy of at
tending various farm community , con
ferences oyer the; county '-'during the
year. It is planned -also-to hold a b g
genera conference for all of the mem
bers, " together wlth4a rural picnic at
the Middle Tennessee' Experiment Sta
tion during the summer, to this con
ference all of the. members of the
council would be Invited and basket
dinner would be spreadn the ground.
The meeting at Enterprise on May
2! promises to be a notable one. Gov.
Roberts ,will be th,e chief speaker, but
there will be othors and it is pian
ned to have a musical program. : A
big barbecue free to all will bn serv
ed at noon. During the day the di
rectors of 'tho county council will hold
their sessions and discuss the various
matters that thuy,arp( planning for the
advancement' of the agricultural in
terests of the county.
It is hoped that by the next time the
directors meet at the court house the
new quarters in the basement will be
ready for them. The committee di-g
rected by the county court to have this
work done and consisting of Judge
Whillorne, Dr. Walter P. Woldrodge
and William P. Ridley, will not lose
any time, but have aire id y had esti
mates and plans .made fcr .uaklng'tho
necessary changes. . ., .
Herald Cheap Columns Pay.
You'll be well pleased with the '.'biil"
after we do your HEATING. WORK.'
NOW is the best time to see us about
those repairs, installation work, etc.
Don't wait until the 'FaU.
J. B. R EES
IS
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Wanted to Buy
Liberty
BOND
and
Victory I
BRYANT
y CLUB HI
$ We can use at the market frorri $50 jj-
to $10,000 of any issue of the
above mentioned bonds.
Resources Two Million Dollars
Maury National Banh
THIRTY-EIGHT MEMBERS EN
ROLLED AT INITIAL MEETING
OF ORGANIZATION.
Bryant's Station community Club
was organized with a membership of
thirty-eight at an enthusiastic meeting
held on Tuesday night, with Prof.
Evan A. McLean, county agent. Here
after tho club will hold regular meet
ings on 'the second Friday night of
each month. The following officers
were elected: William Jones, presi
dent; Mrs. 15. F. Agnew, vire presi
dent, and Miss Sallie Orr, secretary.
Tire club entered upon the program
with much enthusiasm.
improvements. It is not expected that
pay this year and next year and the j these warrants will be difficult to sell.
SPECIAL COLUMN
WANTED.
WANTED Pupil nurses for the
King's .Daughters hospital. For full
informationsea the superintendent of
the hospital.
11 2t
t
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Smith, of Nash
ville,, have been at Lewisburg and
Chapel Hiil doing business for the
Columbia Produce Company for tin
past ten days. They motored through
from Chapel Hill yesterday to visit
Mrs. J. T. Smith and Mrs. J. A. McA'-istef.
Jj Also for tho benefit of a few xchnhl chiMrm who did r ot $
..., uimcu oiutes compared jiisizo lo in rmuara ;T;
Desert, hero's the answer: 7
Square Miles in the Sahara Desert, iV O
Fquaro Miles in the United States, l,0M,7.) "
Now here's anotier question that all the prown. ups'
kiW, but all tho school children do not. '
Which President of the United States, at, idi do.ifn w.i
a jneiuoer elect or the Jotedrato Conjrre.? ., . ., ji:
T. It is not as important for yon to Know ilie nnvrr to&
$ these questions as it is for yog to havo a Buttle nreount in a &
f:
hy which yon o.ir save s.nd fcet ir-terej-t at the same time.
Time Certificates of Deposit.
Savings Department.
Christmas LJanldnj; Club.
& Gojumbia Bank & Trust Company
W. B. Greenlaw, President
Geo. E. KcKeBnon, Cashier 5
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