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VOL. I-XXII -NO; 2i
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
FIREMEN HOSTS
AT DUTCH LUNCH;
EATS ABUNDANT
CAPT. BEARD SERVES AS TOAST
MASTER A3 CITY FAMILY GATH
ERS 'ROUND BOARD.
GOOD FELLOWSHIP PREVAILS
Several Visitors Present, and Speeches
Are Made When Immense Quanti
ty of Food Has Been Disposed of.
' The Dutch lunchk served last night
at the city hall by members. of the Are
department to city officials and a few
invited guests, was a most enjoyable
laffair. When word was given that the
lunch was served, shortly after 8
o'clock, a center rush was made for
the stairway, and with Mayor Cherry
leading the procession. The table
that had been prepared simply groan
ed beneath the various and divers
sandwich making materialsalmost
anything that the lovers of Dutch
lunch could desire. Select and Coca
Cola were served, and' although the
Select did not have the "kick" the old
timers liked to blow the foam away,
as In the days of yore, and many inter
esting stories of Columbia, and Co
lumbians went tho rounds as Captain
Beard of the fire department, acting
Master of Ceremonies, and his able
lieuteDants Pete Catina and Chas Ma
son, equipped with regulation aprons
served the lunch, and ured the visit
ors to have more. t
After the Inner man had been satis
fled, Captain Board called uponj Mayor
Cherry, and chairman of the several
committees, a,nd visitors for speeches.
Mayor Cherry said that he was not
in a speech making frame of mind, but
that be had certainly enjoyed the
lunch. :' Captain Beard explained that
the Are department had not given the
banquet 'expecting n raise In salary,
or for the city to buy a new fire engine
nr new equipment, but had merely tak
en that means of "getting the official
family of the clfy' toge.ther ,
, Coi,- Bob Moore, speaking for ne
fire commissioners said he was de
lighted to note the cpirit of good fel
lowship prevailing, and hoped that.it
woufd continue, and that all would pull
together for the good of the city.
City Attorney Hugh Lee Webster,
and former Judge W. P. Krwin both
made splendid short talk's. Judge Er
wln confining his remarks to the de
velopment of the fire department and
comparing it with those he had seen
in cities the size of Columbia in I1I3
work as nalestnen for lire hose compa
nies. Several other short speeches wore
made, all of them full of good fellow
ship and pull together spirit. The
entire affair was a most pleasant t ne,
and soemed to be thoroughly enjoyed
by all. '
Ten Are. Killed
In Mine kiots;
Many Wounded
1 (By United Press.)
MATEWAN, Vv'yo., May 20. With
at Wr.t ten men dead and several oth
ers wounded this town is quiet this
morning Avhen the first detachment of
state troops arrived to take charge,
following last night's battle between
miners and operatives from the Bald
win nlt.'. Detective Agency. The
eviction of miners from company hous
es precipitated tho battlos.
MASONS TO MEET
FOR WORK IN THIRD
CALLED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8
O'CLOCK NOTE CHANGE
IN HOUR.
There will be a meeting of Colum
bia Masons Friday night at 8 o'clock
for the purpose of conferring the third
degree.
TRAFFIC CONGESTION ,
IS NOT EXAGGERATED
R. C. Wallis and W. H. Mustalne, of
the passenger traffic department of
the lxmisriUe & Nashville railroad
were here Wednesday. They Stated
that traffic congestion had not been
exasperated V the papers. Tf.at un
der existing conditions it was almost
impossible to-Rive service either "to
freight of passengers. ,
THIRTY
maw
Impressive Ceremonies Mark Close of Most Successful Term in History of
Central High School Dr. Edwin Mims of Vanderbilt Delivers
Commencement Address. Superintendent Harris
Awards Diplomas, Medals And Honors
In the presence of a large and bril
liant audience made up of pupils from
all parts, of the county diplomas wore
awarded at the County High School
this , morning to thirty-seven of tho
graduates of the cjass of 1920, the larg
est in the history of the Institution.
The most successful term that this
school has known since its establish
ment twelve years ago passed into
history when Superintendent llanis
delivered to tho fifteen young men and
tho twenty-two young girls the parch
ments certifying that thoy had com
pleted the course.
The medals were also delivered by
Superintendent! larris to the honor
pupils of the term. Tho much coveted
scholarship medal, which is to the win
ner what tho congressional medal of
honor is to the soldier or sailor of the
nation, was won by Miss Marietta
Sowell, of Santa Fe. Miss Sowell al:m
won tho Latin medal given each year
by Mrs. F. Ewing Kannon, who as
Miss Kelloy was formerly t member
of the faculty of tho school.
Tho domestic science medal, given
by the alumni association, was won by
Gladys Journey. The loyalty medal,
given annually by Miss Annie Mc
lirido, a former member of the faculty
also, was won by James Porter, of
Columbia..
The feature of tho exercises this
morning was an eloquent and scholar
ly address to tho graduates by Dr. Ed
win Minis, of Vanderbilt 1'iiiversij.y. J.t
was one oflhe finest messages that
any class ever hoard. It was filled,
with the finest, philosophy of life, with
good wholesome advice to the young
and with' a plea for alil'e of purpose
and work. '
Dr. Minis also made an eloquent
plea for the observance of the law; for
submission to authority and for rever
ence to the flag of Mutilation and loy
alty to the institutlonsChat have made
America what it is-. I)iV-Miiis' address
was a model of elegant but simple dic
tion. His periods were,, -ornate and his
appeals most impressive, lie was lib
erally applauded. V
The" class to whom idiplomas were
awarded were as follows:
Margaret Anne Cecil, Mary Thelma
Fly, Emma May Fields, Grace Mooro
Howell, Mary Brandon Johnston, Lau
ra Davis Klnzer, EvaMargaret Me
Call, Elizabeth Corinne Pender, Ru
by Alma Wiley, Mary Margaret Rob
ison, Sarah Louise Bratton, Mary Lu
cy Chcnault, llattie Cheek, Rhea
Overton Coleman, Lucile Harris, An
nie Jewell Hughes, Gladys Murphy
Sarah McCandless, Ruby Lytic Reed,
Louise Sharber, Charlotte Sowell, Ma
ry Virginia Sowell, Martha Sowell,
John Hunt Dugger, Samuel Carrol
JiVijis, Homer Garrett, Jewell K.
Gregg, James T. Hayes, Baxter Jones,
George Maxwell, Felix Casto Morri
son, Henry S. Morton, J. Robert Pat
terson, Ashley Z. Pogue, Otey J. Por
ter, Jr.,. Harvey Urban Wakefield, Jr.,
Edward Walker.
CLASS OF 1920 MAURY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
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LEAGUE NATIONS
SUBJECT ANNUAL
DEBATE AT CM, A.
QUESTION OF APPROVING THE
LODGE RESERVATIONS TO BE
DISCUSSED DY CADETS.
OR. CHERRY TO PREACH SERMON
Class Day Exercises Will Be Held on
Tuesday With an Address to the
Graduating Class and the Awarding
of Diplomas on Day Following.
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Commencement exercises of the Co
lumbia Military Acvademy will begin
on Sunday morning with a sermon by
Dr. J. W. Cherry, pastor of tho First
Methodist church. On Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock a band concert wiH
be given and dress parade will be held
at 5 o'clock.
On Monday the competitive drill will
be held at 10 o'clock and again at 5
o'clock there will be a dress parade.
On Tuesday morning the class day ex
ercises will be held. At 10 o'clock the
address to the class will bo heard and
medals, distinctions and diplomas will
be awarded. At the class day exercis
es the feature will be a debate on the
league of nations.
The following question will be
debated: "Resolved, That the Lodgo
reservations to the league of nations
are essential to the best interest and
welfare of the American people." The
affirmative of tho subject will be taken
by J. W. McCartney and Guy Ingram,
and the negative by Worth Wheatley
and Wallace Culpepper,
The following are the class officers:
Frank E. Poe, president, Wm. A. Gray,
vice president; J. Worth Wheatley,
treasurer; Melvin B. Bauer, salutato
rian, and George R. Pfahn, valedictorian.
Clothing Costs
Continue Down;
Bank Loans Cut
CHICAGO, May 20. Tho wave of
price cutting in wearing apparel con
tinued today to sweep the country,
merchants in many cities and towns
announcing reductions in men's
and women's clothing, , . shoes,
hats and other articles. While some
merchants said tho reductions could
not bo maintained after present stocks
were exhausted, others declared that
the price cuts were the logical out
come of breaks in the western market,
a backward season and large stocks
on hand.
' While the movement which assumed
nation wide proportions yesterday con
tinued to spread, banking interests in)
New York today extended their cam
paign of deflation of credits and high
commodity prices, carrying out their
pledge to the federal reserve board.
SECOND PART
INCOME TAXES
DUE JUNE 15TH
NO EXTENSION OF TIME WILL BE
GIVEN AND PAYMENT MUST
BE MADE BEFORE THEN.
MAY BE PAID DEPUTY PEEBLES
Or If More Convenient the Taxpayers
Can Send Their Check for the In
stallment to Collector Craig, at
Nashville Next Due In September,
Attention 1b called by Deputy Collect
tor Irving Peebles to tho fact that the
next installment! of federal income
taxes will be due on Juno 15. Tljero
will bo no extension of time and all
taxpayers who did not in March or
since then pay their full income tax
for 1919 must on or before Juna 15
pay not less than twenty-flvo por cent.
Taxpayers who desire may nay the
balance of their taxes at this time, but
this is not necessary since they,tu
pay tho third installment in SepienK
her and the filial installment on or be
fore December 15. Comparatively few
income taxpayers who pay any con
siderable tax have paid the full
amount assessed against them. There
being no discount for full payment
They have availed themselves of the
Installment plan.
Taxpayers of this county may either
call at tho oflico of Deputy Collector
Peebles hi the Brown Block and hand
him their checks for the amount of,
tho installment due or they can mail
the check direct to Collector Craig at
Nashville. It Is anticipated that dur
ing tho first fifteen days of Juno thous
ands of dollars of taxes due. the gov
ernment for incomes,' '. surtaxes and
excess profits taxes will go from this
county.
PHOGRESSIS MADE ON .
CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY
STOCKHOLDERS ARE VERY OPTI
MISTIC OVER PROSPECTS OF
SPLENDID SUCCESS.
Contractors are -making good pro
gress in the erection of the new home
of the Maury County Co-Operative
Creamery Association. Concrete foun
dations have been laid, and contract
ors say tho work will be pushed to
completion just as rapidly as possible.
Machinery for tho new plant has been
bought for several weeks, and it is
expected that within a few weeks the
creamery will be in operation. Stock
holders are optimistic- over tho pros
pecs for success. A large number of
cow3 have boon pledged and It is be
lieved that a capcity business will be
done from the very start. ' 'j i"
SHIPPING GOARD HAS.
CREATED NEW DISTRICT
List of the graduates of class of 1920: Margaret Anne Cecil, Mary Thelma Fly, Emma May Fields, Grace Moore Howell, Mary Brandon Johnson,
Laura Davis Kinzer, Eva Margaret M cCall, Elizab:th Corrine Pender, Ruby Alma Wiley, Mary Margaret Robison, Sarah Louise Bratton, Mary Lucy
Chcnault, Hattie Cheek, Rhea Overton Coleman, Lucile Harris, Annie Jewell Hughes, Gladys Murphy, Sarah McCandless, Ruby Lytle Reed, Louise Shar
ber Charlotte Sowell, Mary Virginia Sowell, Marietta Sawcli, John Hunt Dugger, Ssmuel Carrol Evins, Homer Garrett, Jewell K. Gregg, James T.
Hayes, Baxter Jones, George Maxwell, Felix Casto Morrison, Henry S. Morton, J. Robert Patterson, Ashley Z. Pogue, Otey J. Porter, Jr., Harvy Urban
Wakefield, Jr., Edward Walker.
Memphis Stores
Slash Prices;
Big Reductions
. (By United Press.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. May 20. Dry's,
the largest department store here, has
announced the sale of 2-.000 men's
suits at $29, which the management
say were made to retail at $(if. They
said the manufacturers sold at half
the list price to get spot cash. Two
other stores announced fiat reductions
of fifteen to twenty-five per cent in
men's clothes, while nine others an
nounced from twenty to fifty per cent
off the prices of silks... '
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE PRESIDENT
ADVOCATE IMMEDIATE ADOPTION
OF VERSAILLES TREATY WITH
OUT RESERVATIONS.
(By United Tress.)
RICHMOND, Va., May 20. Virginia
democrats in Roanoke today endorsed
President Wilson's administration,
and advocated the league of nations
and the adoption of the Versailles trea
ty without reservations; They con
demned the republics ns for not revis
ing the present, tax laws and reiterat
ed the party's stand "firm friend of
honost labor and the promoter of pro
gressive Industry." , -
SPINSTER'S RETURN
AT SANTA FE FRIDAY
WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE LA
DIES OF THE WOODROW COM
MUNITY MAY 21.
On Friday evening. May 21", the la
dies of the Woodrow community will
present the "Spinster's Return" at
Santa Fe. Tbk U the entertainment
which met with such a howling suc
cess when presented at Woodrow re
cently. It is a sequel to the Old Maid's
Convention, and there's a laugh in ev
ery line, and a smile in every thought.
A sure cure for blues and grouch.
Those who are troubled In this direc
tion could do no better thaa to attend.
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI
WILL IET FRIDAY
IMPORTANT BUSINESS SESSION
OF ORGANIZATION FOR TO
MORROW EVENING.
An important business meeting of
the Central High School Alumni Asso
ciation will be held at the school
building Friday evening at 7:20
o'clock. Every member of this asso
ciation, oY any person eligible to mem
bership is not only invited, but urged
to attend this meeting, as matters of
vital Importance will be discussed.
F.J!oiiis the business meeting a
banquet will be fetidered the graduat
ing class. -MRS.
LILLIAN GAMBLE, Secretary.
(By United Press.) .
WASHINGTON, May 20. Rear Ad
miral Benson, chairman of the ship
ping board, announced that the board
has decided to create a new district.
to be known as the South Atlantic dis
trict, with headquarters at Savanah,
Oa.
MISS VIRGINIA SOWELL :
MADE MAID OF HONOR
A new distinction was added to the
number conferred by the High School
this morning when the degree of
"Maid of Honor" wa3 conferred on
Miss Virginia Sowell. Thi3 means
that the winner of this honor was the
most popular member of the class.
SOLDIER BONUS BILL : ' '
MEETS ROUGH SAILING
MEASURE APPARENTLY GROW
ING MORE AND MORE UNPOP
ULAR IN CONGRESS.
(By United Press.) '
WASHINGTON, May 20. The re
publican soldier bonus hill struck a
snag iu the house ways and means
coinm tteo when democrats succeeded
in writing into the measure a tax of
ten per cent on the privilege of Issuing
stock dividends.
MEXICAN SITUATION
NOW BECOMING NORMAL
(By Unitod Press.)
MEXICO CITY, May 20. General
Pablo Gonzales will probably be re
warded with the provisional presiden
cy for the agreement his candidacy in
the coming election, it was reported.
Advices received at the capital indi
cate that the situation is gradually
returning to normal. The press say
apparent harmony between Obregon
and Gonzales. ...
RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKS
START BIG OFFENSIVE
(By United Press.)
JiOXDOX, May 20. The Russian so
viet troops have started a general ad
vance against the Poles over a fifty
mile front in the Polotsklopel region,
a Moscow wireless message said. The
Russians pierced the Polish front on
May Hthj the message said.
CARRANZA SAID BE
JILL AT LIBERTY
(By United Press.)
VASIiINTON.-fay 20. Carranza,
deposed president of Mexico was lust
r-cn at Seacalan, east of Mex'co City
In the direction of Tuxpam, according
to press reports .received by the statq
department today..